feel of the trenches at a safe distance war on the silver screen whether patriotic glorification or cautionary tale movies shaped our ideas about war they tell stories of heroism. and trauma real change. but where are the black soldiers on the cinematic battlefield and what roles do women play in war movies we put the film genre in our crosshairs 75 years after the end of world war 2. most of us have never and hopefully will never go to war. our experience of battle comes from the movies. war has fascinated filmmakers from the start of. battle scenes to push the technical limits of movie making. over a century of cinema war movies have become more intense more realistic and more violent . but they show us what war is really like. sam fuller hollywood director and world war 2 veteran didn t think so tall or who was sometimes in a bad mood would then say if you really wanted to film war you would have to actually fire real and you nation out of the audience are over the heads o
it s newsday. glad you could join us. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london and 8pm in washington dc, where the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has said he will not be stepping aside, after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago. the allegations have threatened mr kavanaugh‘s chances of winning confirmation for the post in the senate. earlier, president trump pledged his support forjudge kavanaugh, describing him as an outstanding person. mr kavanaugh and his wife sat down with fox news to issue a denial of sexual misconduct. here s a little of what he had to say. did you guys ever look at each other and say i m out, this is enough, this just isn t worth it ? i m not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process, and we re looking for a fair process, where i can be heard defending my integrity and my lifelong record, my lifelong record of promoting unity and equality for women, starting with the women who knew me
the bulk of england and wales after a cold and frosty start. a different story for scotla nd a cold and frosty start. a different story for scotland and northern ireland. a wash of grey in western scotla nd ireland. a wash of grey in western scotland with outbreaks of rain. we have this calm. max cloud streaming and ona have this calm. max cloud streaming and on a strengthening south westerly wind that means it is going to be cloudy across northern ireland. most of the rain coming across western scotland. eastern scotla nd across western scotland. eastern scotland may see sunshine. temperatures 14 or 15 degrees. further south, more sunshine and warm, temperatures 17 or 18 celsius. quickly in the south gets chilly this evening. windy weather through this evening. windy weather through this afternoon particularly in the north west. gusts of 50 60 mph. the westerly wind will keep blowing in cloud across the northern half of the uk. outbreaks of rain chiefly across western scotla
guilty. i knew it was my job as mom to really find out what happened to ahmaud. i prayed. god answered my prayers so i m just thankful. ahmaud arbery s mother speaking to cnn as these men found guilty of murdering her son while he was jogging. run with ahmaud became a rally cry. cnn s ryan young is live in brunswick, georgia, and ryan, you covered this case extensively. it s another emotional thanksgiving for arbery s family and bittersweet. yeah. as you can imagine, you can only think about what they re feeling today. the emotions of what happened yesterday, but the long haul to get to the point where we are. two laws have changed in the state because of this case. now there s a hate crime law in the state of georgia and they got rid of the citizen s arrest law that was here for so long. i want to show you this video of the men being taken out of court yesterday. it was so surreal to see them walking away in handcuffing under police guard with the crowd cheering as they
people or more than we did before covid hit. and today s most colorful and creative sign yet that america is nearly back to normal, a packed macy s thanksgiving day parade. 2.5 million people were expected to show up along the route in new york city, and take a listen to their cheers for the start of the show. it feels like we re almost getting back to normal in a sense. we re able to be out in crowds again. we re visiting family in new jersey we haven t seen in a long time. it is a great feeling. and cnn s pete munteen is at reagan international airport. the tsa just announcing a new pandemic air record for the number of travelers. which means this new move by the justice department matters even more. tell us what they re doing and this new priority for federal prosecutors. it s so true, jessica. 2.3 million people screened yesterday aausz the country by the tsa. that number double than where we were this time last year, 88% back in 2019 before the pandemic. a new pand