records from his presidency secret. take to the skies to vaccinate all of australia, we visit the remote areas where an airborne logistical effort is getting in arms and the cinema, a hollywood star urges film fans not to watch as new sci fi epic on the small screen. welcome. colin powell, the first african american to serve as us secretary of state has died at the age of 8a. following a distinguished military career which culminated in his appointment as chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff he served a secretary of staff he served a secretary of state in the first term of president george w bush when he sparked controversy by helping build support for the iraq war. our north american editor looks back at his life. general colin powell, the very embodiment of the american dream. the first black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and
record from his presidency secret. and see it at the cinema. timothy salome urges people not to urge his new sci fi epic on the small screen. timothee chalamet. colin powell, the first african american to serve as us secretary of state has died at the age of 84, following a distinguished military career which culminated in his appointment as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, he served as secretary of state in the first term of president george w bush where he sparked controversy for helping build support for the i write white. the iraq war. general colin powell, the very embodiment of the american dream. the first black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and the tributes have been lavish. he broke so many barriers and those barriers were not easy to break by any stretch. but he did it with dignity, he did it with grace. un
and see it at the cinema. hollywood star timothee chalamet urges fans to not watch his new sci fi epic, dune, on the small screen. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. colin powell, the first african american to serve as us secretary of state has died at the age of 8a. following a distinguished military career, which culminated in his appointment as a chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff, he served as secretary of state in the first term of president george w bush where he sparked controversy for helping build support for the iraq war. our north american editor looks back at his life. general colin powell, the very embodiment of the american dream. the first black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and the tributes have been lavish. he broke so many barriers and those barriers were not easy to break by any s
84. because of general powell s remarkable record of service to the united states, his status is just a singular figure in modern public service. american flags will fly at half staff in colin powell s honor not for a day but for every day this week until sunset on friday night. general powell s legacy is an important, powerful, complex thing that operates on a lot of different levels. we re going to have much more on his passing coming up over the course of this hour. he s just about the only american i can think of who was not a u.s. president but for whom you nevertheless need to consult a presidential historian to talk about his role in our country and his role in modern history, how he changed this country as a singular figure. we re going to do that later on this hour. we ve got much more ahead on that coming up. we are also following a number of developing stories tonight. the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol tonight has released a for