Minute event. Well, thank you for coming out what i want to try to do is look at the cold war it is worth baring in mind that there were actually periods of time that caused your fore bearers more anxiety and in some cases with much greater reason to do so. And won the 1952 and 1956 election. And these are the years that represent a high point. Thinking about the cold war and the United States its worth bear in mind that the legacy and the history of the cold war was one of much of americas 20th century. And the forces in the soviet union was not during the period that you tend to think is the cold war which is from 19464748 and and much of eisenhowers much of the people in the army who served with him are being framed by the fact that america is one of the coalition of powers that went to war with the communists in the russian civil war. The idea that russia represented an ideological challenge to the United States begins there. The cold war is at its hottest between the United States
Life. For six years, we traveled to six cities and bringing the book cities. Watch more at cspan. Org cities tour. We are here in the sioux falls Downtown Public library. A few blocks from here on the north end of sioux falls, i am a my booknd my roast is about caesar and i. Julius caesar died in 44 bc. Most of the buildings around their argon and his clothes are gone, even the iron daggers that stabbed him have long ago rusted into dust. About the only thing we have left it of Julius Caesar is his breath, air that came out of his lungs and spread their way around the world. T is not just Julius Caesar you can connect him with anyone you are interested in in history. Relatives, people you like or dont like. Air is one of the very few things that connect all human beings throughout history. Even the people who we do not have anything remaining of their lives and know little about them. We do know that its of their of are still around bits their air are still around and we have that mate
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the gaza strip, where the Palestinian Islamist group hamas has called for a new popular uprising, or intifada. It follows president trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. Traditional allies of the us, including saudi arabia and france, condemned president trumps decision, but israel said it was a welcome step forward. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports. Over the years, palestinians have burned Many American flags. The question is whether something fresh is happening. Whether this old conflict has entered a new stage. Volleys of tear gas were directed at palestinian demonstrators by Israeli Security forces in towns around jerusalem. Many palestinians have serious doubts about whether these street clashes change anything. Jerusalem, though, is as special for palestinians as it is for israelis. And trumps decision to ignore palestinian claims to the city has caused real anger. Israels Prime Minister, benjami
And ill be getting the inside track on philanthropy for women by women. Hrh Crown Princess of norway is here. Female empowerment is a big theme here this year, and you canjoin in the debate. As the allegations have surfaced about the hostesses who we re surfaced about the hostesses who were harassed at a men only dinner in london, 50,000 people have signed a petition saying more needs to be done to protect women. Tell us what you think should be done. There are 3,000 of the worlds top business and political leaders at the World Economic forum in davos. But none of them will get us much attention as the man arriving in a few hours , us President Donald Trump. Tensions have already been stoked with the us delegation talking of a trade war and more tariffs on imports. This week the president signed new protectionist measures against foreign goods slapping tariffs of up to 30 on chinese solar panels and up to 50 on south korean washing machines. Mr trump has alsoe threatened to pull out of
And a state of emergency has been declared. California is no stranger to wildfires but these are some of the worst on record. A combination of dry weather and strong winds are fuelling the ferocious pace of the flames. The bbcs dave lee is on the scene. Its the vast scale of these wildfires thats most alarming. More than 15 major blazes raging across 73,000 acres, creating an apocalyptic landscape. The conditions were perfect dry tinder, ignited with the help of 50 mph winds. When the flames came up, we came down here, and you could not see your hand in front of your face. Fire was coming up over the houses, about 100 feet, both sides of the street. Firefighters say containment has been virtually impossible, so they have been concentrating on getting people to safety. These people in this car fleeing to escape, shocked by the mass destruction. Holy moly and in towns and cities north and south of san francisco, fires have disintegrated home. Many have been left with nothing. All our pic