We will commemorate the berlin airlift this evening. First, i want to recognize our cosponsors for this event, ar, and the allied museum in berlin, where our Vice President , our very own exhibitions and programs Vice President is on the advisory board. I would like to thank you for your support and coordination in organizing this event this evening. At the moment i would like to , introduce the director of the allied museum in berlin. He is in charge, currently, of managing the reinvention process for the allied museum, which will move from its current southwest berlin to hanger in berlin, a huge complex built in the nazi era. His academic career brought him to washington, d. C. He was a Research Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial museum, working on his phd project on the restitution of jewish property in germany. His latest publication dealt with the memorialization of the of democracy, the history of democracy in museums and memorial sites across germany. Without further
Press club. Our guest today Marianne Williamson is a candidate for the democratic president ial nomination. And politics is a departure who spent half a lifetime as an author, activist and non the nondenominational faith leader. For years shes been speaking, writing and working at the intersection of spirituality and politics. Shes the author of 14 books, for that have reached number one new yornewon the new york tim bestseller list including the most recent politics of love a handbook for the new american revolution. She sounded several nonprofit organizations including the Peace Alliance and project angel food a nonprofit that has delivered millions of meals to homebound americans since 1989. She joins us here to detail one of the signature policy proposals, the creation of a novel the United States department of peace. Please join me in welcoming to the National Press club this Marianne Williamson. [applause] thank you so much. Thank you, everyone. I appreciate your being here. This
Well be asking what could be next. Also tonight days to decide if there can be a brexit deal. Emmanuel macron tells the Prime Minister his proposals will be evaluated by the end of the week. An emotional appeal from the parents of the teenager killed in a car crash involving an american diplomats wife. I wouldnt want to think that she put herself on that plane to go home to avoid what shes done, because i couldnt live with myself. The agony of endometriosis. Bbc Research Reveals the hidden toll on womens lives. And ginger baker, Ground Breaking rock drummer, has died at the age of 80. Good evening. Scores of people were arrested in hong kong today after under new emergency laws brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in the latest protests and there were violent clashes as they were met by riot police. The new law forbids people from Wearing Masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations, with a possible one year prison
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming out. I am the executive director of the International Spy museum. Im excited to introduce this program, dawn of the cold war looking back at the berlin blockade and airlift, 70 years after the last american flight. We will commemorate the berlin airlift this evening. First, i want to recognize our cosponsors for this event, deutschlandar, and the allied museum in berlin, where our Vice President , our very own exhibitions and programs Vice President is on the Advisory Board. I would like to thank you for your support and coordination in organizing this event this evening. At the moment, i would like to introduce the director of the allied museum in berlin. He is in charge, currently, of managing the reinvention process for the allied museum, which will move from its Current Location in southwest berlin to a hangar at the former airport building in berlin, temple hawk. Hawk, a huge complex built in the nazi era. His academic career brought hi
Make an emotional appeal for her to return to the uk i wouldnt want to think that she put herself on that plane to go home to avoid what shes done because i couldnt live with myself. Ginger baker groundbreaking rock drummer has died at the age of 80. And at 11 30 well be taking another look at the papers with the independents deputy political editor, rob merrick and broadcaster lynn faulds wood. Good evening. Scores of people have been arrested in hong kong today under new emergency laws brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in protests and there were violent clashes with riot police. The new law forbids people from Wearing Masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations with a possible one year prison sentence. 0ur asia correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Loud bangs. At what point does a protest movement become a rebellion . Today in hong kong, it felt close to that edge. It is now illegal here