And i like to talk a lot. Prisoner of war slows me down a little bit. Civil war prisons and prisoners of war fall outside of the traditional heroic narrative of the war. And looking into this story, in a sense, that requires one to dive deeply into the wreckage of the war, the consequences of the war. And, again, you lose objectivity very quickly the longer you stay down in the wreckage of the war. Andersonville is the most famous of the military prisons. Its a long way from the rest of the civil war world, both literally and figuratively. The prison site was chosen on purpose 150 years ago to be as remote and as insulated a place in the confederacy, far from perceived locations of battle. And 150 years later, this prisoner of war story remains distant from the rest of the narrative. We have the tendency to talk about prisoner of war camps, and andersonville, off to the side of the main narrative of the war. Its, you know, as we talk about battles and campaigns, oh, by the way, theres
Vladimir putin and a thousand journalists ask about your teetering economy what do you do . Well, you blame the outside. At his into the year marathon press conference today, he accused the United States and saudi arabia pushing oil prices down in an attempt to put russia back in a box. But couldnt still enjoys high popularity numbers at home. He said he will not allow the rest the west to turn the russian bear into a stuffed animal. He promised a return to growth in two years time. We start with this report from moscow. The images of the beginning of his media extravaganza show him relaxed and confident. But when the talk turned to the currency crisis, Vladimir Putin started to look tense, despite his upbeat message. I give it two years. After that, our economy will definite grow because the Global Economy will also expand and more Energy Resources will be needed. Grace many of the reform measures that he spoke about are not new. The president himself joked that the News Conference co
When you are russian president Vladimir Putin and a thousand journalists ask about your teetering economy what do you do . Well, you blame the outside. At his into the year marathon press conference today, he accused the United States and saudi arabia pushing oil prices down in an attempt to put russia back in a box. But couldnt still enjoys high popularity numbers at home. He said he will not allow the rest the west to turn the russian bear into a stuffed animal. He promised a return to growth in two years time. We start with this report from moscow. The images of the beginning of his media extravaganza show him relaxed and confident. But when the talk turned to the currency crisis, Vladimir Putin started to look tense, despite his upbeat message. I give it two years. After that, our economy will definite grow because the Global Economy will also expand and more Energy Resources will be needed. Grace many of the reform measures that he spoke about are not new. The president himself jo
Are still missing and the newlyelected president vows to do everything to bring them home plus. Im phil at a state sanctioned camp for migrants trying to reach the uk and find out why authorities are sending them here and why the migrants say the conditions are worse than inhumane later in the program. Lets bring you some breaking news coming into us first out of somalia and people from alshabab in the ministry of education in the capitol mogadushu and people are on the scene and perhaps one person has been killed and we will have more on that as soon as we get it. Lets go to yemen now where the Saudiled Coalition is intensifying air strikes on multiple targets in yemen south where Houthi Rebels made gains in some areas, jets have pounded the port city of aiden including the president ial palace which is in houthi hands. And saudi arabia is also reenforcing security along its border with yemen and more aid has arrived in the capitol sanaa, these are pictures of a plane from Doctors Wit
Continuing gun fire as rival troops battle for control of burundis capital. The president of the country says he is back in the country despite a coup and why turning your rooftop green is more than a growing trend in france. And sport looking to bring cricket pack to pakistan could be off the the. The tour of pakistan may be over before its begun well talk about Irans Nuclear ambition. In a moment well go to the u. S. President. We think hes about to speak at camp david. Those discussions have been the main focus of a meeting between gulf leaders and president obama, saudi arabia, kuwait and others. The white house confirmed it received requests from its g. C. C. Partners for help in developing defense capabilities it will try to make it happen. Well go now to the u. S. Theres president obama at camp david. We are expecting at least one of the representatives of those gulf nations. He may be with him at the start of the News Conference then taking questions and issuing a statement. Th