civil war in their country. meanwhile, the leader of the wagner mercenary group now confirmed by the leader, the president there, lukashenko is in belarus as far as we re told. he will not face prosecution for leading that uprising. this is a highly unusual situation. there he is on the right-hand side of the screen. he backed down in the march to moscow and decided to turn his troops around. now the u.s. sending ukraine another half billion dollars in military aid. we re the largest supporter of that effort on the ukrainian side. let s listen to what s going on at the pentagon right now. general ryder is being pressed right now. i was clear at the top we won t get involved in this. we made it clear we re not at war with russia. we don t see conflict with russia. our support is supporting ukraine and enabling them to defend themselves. my question is about child soldiers. the u.n. released their report about armed conflict and allegations against children. according to th
like many others, conflicts, stomach age. this is another way. he s not copying anybody. it s his own ideas. martha: it s extraordinary. it is. thank you. congratulations on all you re doing to bring italian opera to more people to make it more accessible and young composures as well. with that, we want to hear from isaac. go ahead, isaac.
she s a mentor and a professor, she champions new composures, ear earning dozens of honors. her deeping latin merkin fluns and classical music and it was president kennedy who laid the foundation that brought her to america and 55 years later she received a kennedy center honor and we thank you for breathing new sounds into the soul of the nation. [ applause ] we the people, we hear the words of one of my favorite poets of all time. my colleagues up in the united states senate used to kid me because i was quoting eyish poets on the floor. and i thought it was because i was irish. i did it because they re the
havana. surrounded by the very sounds of cuba and the fusion of cultures and music. a young child who danced to the radio and not long after she learned to walk. and at age 4 her grandmother enrolled her in a music conservatory and she trained into her 20s to be a classical piano player and boarded a freedom flight to miami and the wake of the cuban revelation days later landed in new york city. over the next six decades she s became one of the most classical composures of our time. during the civil rights movement. she cofounded a first black classic ballet company. [ applause ] she also conducted the world renew hampshired new york philharmonic and worked to bring classical music beyond concert halls into city neighborhoods.
the same pleasure you might get from something really dangerous like a drug. reporter: even since motzart s time, composures have known how to push our brain s buttons. listen to adele. hear how she holds that note on you and does that flourish at the end? that s it. scientists say our brain loves that tension. and it isn t just sad songs. apparently tragic movies make us happy. i ll never let go. i promise. reporter: maybe that s why titanic is one of the highest grossing films o f all time. it may seem counterintuitive to spend two hours with a sad movie and feel happy about your life. but because of the sad emotions, you think more about the people you care most about and it makes you a lot happier. i waited for you for seven