A minute of silence. And americans what they think about the about of 1945. The service of. Just a flight i dont know i think its tough to believe people for the mistakes of history i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it. Welcome to the weekly here on our t. V. Our roundup of the days headlines along with the stories that shape the week. Theres been a tense standoff in the lebanese capital amid an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesdays deadly explosion Security Forces use rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds calling for justice. We went to Martyrs Square to sort of gallows for those who did this to our country today will hang losers and we wont lead a single government ministers. A Police Officer was reportedly killed in the clashes and more than 700 people were injured according to local Emergency Services some demonstrators reportedly tried to break through a barrier blocking the street leading to parliament a number of arrests
A 10000000000 dollar government rescue package to help keep it afloat. The governor of the u. S. State of texas reversed his plans to lift the locked out there after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. And further consolidating power russians take part in a referendum that could see the president stay in office for another decade. And sport australia and new zealand of won the rights to host the 2023 womens world cup the joint bid between colombia and a vote held by footballs world governing body. Its been a month since the death of george floyd in custody and policing in the United States could be on the brink of a major change the house of representatives is debating democratic legislation that reduces Legal Protections for officers and would make it easier to prosecute police it would also ban chokeholds and change the criteria for using lethal force. Exactly one month ago george floyd spoke his final words i cant breathe and change the course of history since then here if it day ame
It exceeded our expectations certainly. So thank you to everyone for all the terrific presentations. Thanks very much. [applause] and this wont be the last you will have heard from the gathered scholars. We are going to compile an edit new volume in our women f. Cody series of the American West with the university of oklahoma press. All of the presenters are invited, as they know, to submit their work for consideration for this volume. Then all of the rest of you are invited to purchase and read that volume when it comes out. [laughter] stay tuned. Its a great pleasure to introduce tonights keynote speaker. Paul Andrew Hutton is an american historian. He is an awardswinning author, writer and television permanent. He serves as a distinguished professor of history at the university of new mexico. As we all know, he is published quite widely in both scholarly academic venues and popular magazines. He has reach add very large audience through that kind of work. His work has been recognize
[applause] and this wont be the last you will have heard from the gathered scholars. We are going to compile an edit a new volume in our women f. Cody series of the American West with the university of oklahoma press. All of the presenters are invited, as they know, to submit their work for consideration for this volume. Then all of the rest of you are invited to purchase and read that volume when it comes out. [laughter] stay tuned. Its a great pleasure to introduce tonights keynote speaker. Paul Andrew Hutton is an american historian. He is an awardswinning author, writer and television permanent. Personality. He serves as a distinguished professor of history at the university of new mexico. As we all know, he is published quite widely in both scholarly academic venues and popular magazines. He has reached a very large audience through that kind of work. His work has been recognized far and wide. He is a sixtime winner of the western writers of america spur award and a sixtime winner
Sensitivities in mind, hoover officialhe take a semi tour latin america after the election. Coolidge agreed. Earlyovember 19 1928 to january 1929, hoover not only stayed out of washington. Better still, he stayed out of the country. Fulfilling an29, ambition that had touched his soul for a decade or longer, Herbert Hoover became president of the United States. He had done so without ever elective public office. For an hour and a half, he and Calvin Coolidge stood, sat and walked sidebyside without saying a word to each other. In his inaugural address, hoover paid tribute to his right predecessor. Is when the ceremony was over, they said goodbye, and the expresident went home to new england. Announcer 2 you can watch this and other American History programs on our website where the video is archived. That is cspan. Org history. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Buffalo Bills death at the buffalo and the Buffalo Bills Center Hosted a symposium. Western historian paul hutton delive