And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. This is through the decades. Here on through the decades we take a long view of history. Examining how events of a single day continue to impact our world for years to come, often in ways that are hard to see in the moment. Few eras have had the reach or see in the moment. Few eras have had the reach or the influence that the cold exacted. This wasnt some remote Foreign Policy relegated to sound bites on the evening news. As well see in the next hour, it was connective tissue that impacted our politics, pop culture and personalities all woven through the decades. But we begin with, the 1959 debate when politicians from the soviet union and the u. S. Went toe to toe on telelvision. The summer of that year, vice moscow as part of a cultural exchange. That trip would earn a place in history thanks to an impromptu debate with the soviet premier that would forever be known as the kitchen debate. Some of the twentieth centurys most extraord
Find great erin sight into it. No one respected the admiral than i do. He is caught many times between the macinations of congress where we force him to take from Critical Systems to pay for other Critical Systems and i think he would like to avoid that conundrum. But our near peer adversaries are near to tackling our space assets. This is no longer academic and the question before this committee is what shall we do about it. These adversaries have taken note of the u. S. Space dominance provides our military and observed the defenseless nature of our space assets. If we are to abandon the commanding heights of future battlefields without a fight, it will be our military who suffers the consequences as they find themselves cut off and fighting blind in an environment far from home. China has clearly demonstrated antisatellite missile capability and proven it could reach from orbit to low earth orbit. Russia has also tested a direct assent a sat and north korea and iran have both launch
Malaria researchers here are worried about this weed. Rival factions in libya have agreed to form a National Unity government in a bid to end a conflict that has torn the government apart. U. N. Sponsored talks have been going on for months. The first is the general national congress. The gnc operates out of tripoli. It came to power when libya dawn took over the capital last year. The group drove out the government to tobruk. And our diplomati diplomatic editor james bays. There were smiles when the u. N. Mediator announced his plans for an unity government. They said it had been a difficult process. This was not success. We have been listening to many people. At its head a the architect in tripoli. Its now been four years since the death much libyas former ruler, the country has been racked by turmoil and violence ever since. The two factions reluctantly agreed to the deal, there has been bloodshed and bad blood. One of the first challenges will be to take on isil who have a major fo
Of all americans. Some critic however asking how will he pay for that . Heres tom. Tonight some real details from donald trump. This is my wheel house. Thats what i do well. The economy is what i do well. Trump promising to eliminate income tax entirely for more than half the country. Any one making less than 25,000 dollars and couple earning less than 50,000 would pay no taxes at all. Trump would also offer sweeping tax cuts for businesses which she says will create jobs and slash tax rates for the wealthiest american and who does trump want to pay for it all. Some of the richest people on wall street. Those are the hedge fund folk i talk about for quite a while. Make a lot of money. Trump will lose some of the Tax Deductions and also close other tax loop hole that benefit the rich. In other words, its going to cost me a fortune. Which is actually true. But does that part of the plan sound republican . Trump asked about it on 60 minutes. Im a pretty good republican but ill tell enthus
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