greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our arts and culture news and before we get dazzled by some cutting edge of light art here s what else is coming up. in our continuing series 100 german must reads a personal account of the wrong realities of trench warfare in world war one. our new series underground europe explores what s going on below the surface of the continents many must see locations this time in poland. and some exciting news in film as the latest from marvel studios and ventures and skate has become the highest grossing film of all time. oh yes sociate light with bright ideas and at the world s 1st museum dedicated entirely to light art there are certainly plenty of those housed deep in the belly of a former brewery in western germany the center for international light art opened in 2001 when addition to its permanent collection it s currently showing the finalists for the 3rd international light art award with some brilliant explorations of a material tha
a canadian genocide that s the conclusion of a landmark government report into canada s $4000.00 or so missing all met its indigenous women the report is a combination of a 2 and a half year national inquiry it uncovered a disproportionate level of violence against indigenous women through state actions and inactions rooted in colonialism and colonial ideologies the report was leaked to count as national broadcasts. plenty more ahead on this al-jazeera news hour including britain s boris johnson receives a presidential vote of confidence as a conservative leadership contest continues to gallons 3 steam plus the band with battle what scientists say could be catastrophic consequences of 5 g. technology and world heavyweight titles up on the line in new york joe looks ahead to anthony josh was u.s.t. . to the democratic republic of congo now where mourners are paying tribute to a veteran opposition leader it kennedy the longtime opposition leader died in belgium 2 years ago but
this year. this portion of washington journal, is 55 minutes. for key perspectives on immigration reform we are joined by daniel stein, president for the american federation of immigration response reform and ben johnson. the four we get to your predictions, your hopes for 2018, ben jonson, what do you think was the most important development in 2017 when it came inthe issue of immigration this country? probably the emergence of dreamers and what we do with the in thelion of young kids united states, the felt the fact that they have put a face on this issue, bart out some of the truth about immigration, who we are talking about when we debate immigration, those who make their stories note, i think that is transformative. we understand that these are doctors, lawyers, auto mechanics, cashiers, priests, marines. does the whole panoply of things that they do to contribute to the united states has been transformative. host: what you think is the most important? it is
[ chinese-style music plays ] when the chinese invented the first rockets, they didn t care that their rockets blew up midair because they mostly used them to create fireworks. fast forward 2,000 years, and a british soldier named congreve turned rockets into weapons, an idea he borrowed from india. but controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. [ ragtime music plays ] rocketry really didn t take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. fortunately, they didn t. after the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ up-tempo classical music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23-inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket.
turned rockets into weapons, an idea he borrowed from india. but controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. [ ragtime music plays ] rocketry really didn t take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. fortunately, they didn t. after the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ up-tempo classical music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23-inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. in 1957, the russians sent the first artificial satellite, sputnik i, into orbit. you are hearing the actual signals transmitted by the earth-circling satellite one of the great scientific feats of the age. [ beeping ] those eerie