A rant and infested mess thats what president truong called the city of baltimore over the weekend not reaching many of his residents now hes doubling down railing against the city calling it corrupt and badly mishandled. Fibrin coffee its good to have you with us who will help patrol the sea still night the United States has formally called on germany france and britain to help provide security for shipping in the strait of hormuz now the street is a strategic route for about 5th a 5th of the worlds oil and you see its a very Narrow Passage their relations between tehran and the west have deteriorated ever since the u. S. Last year pulled out of that landmark deal which was designed to limit Irans Nuclear. Program a recent series of tit for tat tanker seizures has only ramped up tensions further and germanys official line remains that it favors a multinational approach to protecting shipping there we have coverage tonight from here in germany and from washington d. C. For more we want
Its good to have you with us who will help patrol the seems to night the United States has formally called on germany france and britain to help provide security for shipping in the strait of hormuz and the street is a strategic route for about 5th a 5th of the worlds oil and you see its a very Narrow Passage their relations between tehran and the west have deteriorated ever since the u. S. Last year pulled out of that landmark deal which was designed to limit Irans Nuclear program a recent series of tit for tat tanker seizures has only ramped up tensions further and germanys official line remains that it favors a multinational approach to protecting shipping there. Well we have coverage tonight from here in germany and from the washington d. C. For more we want to go to our correspondent here in berlin kate brady shes at our parliamentary studio and in washington helen the humphreys on the story for us to both of you good evening kate let me start with you the u. S. Has made a formal
What has it done to your thinking of history . Fan ofd i might be a john because he was a good old yankee. But i am not sure that being a northerner has affected me consciously, i do not like to think that i am letting the present influence my conception of the past. So i am not sure. But i am a new englander for sure. Brian can you remember when you first heard about john adams . Mr. Wood probably not until high school. I did not know much about him, not until college. Home not gotten to see his until after college. So it was a long time before i got to know him. Now, because they did three volumes on his writings, i got to know him. I know him better than i know most of my friends. He is really something. Brian you said in your book that he had a tyree and Thomas Jefferson did not. Why do think one did and the other didnt . Adams was a puritan in that sense. Tradition, of that they kept diaries. He needed to write out his emotions and feelings. He put everything in that diary. He sai
Gordon it made me a fan of john, just because he was a good old yankee. I am not sure that being a northerner has affected me consciously, i do not like to think that i am letting the present influence my conception of the past. So i am not sure. But i am a new englander for sure. Brian can you remember when you first heard about john adams . Gordon probably not until high school. I did not know much about him, not until college. I had not gotten to see his home until after college. So it was a long time before i got to know him. Now, because they did three volumes in the library of america about his writings, i really got to know him. To know him better than i know most of my friends. He is really something. Brian you said in your book that he had it and Thomas Jefferson did not. Why do think one did and the other didnt . Gordon adams was a puritan in that sense. He came out of that tradition, they kept diaries. He needed to write out his emotions and feelings. He put everything in th
Brian gordon wood, as a longtime historian, what impact does it have on you that you were born in concord, massachusetts, grew up around boston . What has it done to your thinking of history . Gordon it made me a fan of john, just because he was a good old yankee. I am not sure that being a northerner has affected me consciously, i do not like to think that i am letting the present influence my conception of the past. So i am not sure. But i am a new englander for sure. Brian can you remember when you first heard about john adams . Gordon probably not until high school. I did not know much about him, not until college. I had not gotten to see his home until after college. So it was a long time before i got to know him. Now, because they did three volumes in the library of america about his writings, i really got to know him. I think i got to know him better than i know most of my friends. He is really something. Brian you said in your book that he had it and Thomas Jefferson did not. W