Of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited these sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, well feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin outside of cleveland. Well learn how the canal plays a major role in western expansion. The ohio canal is part of a twocanal system that was put in place in the early years of america, built between 1825 and 1832. And basically its a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river which is part of a large idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated along the atlantic seaboard. And our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle. The appalachian mountains. Our first president , george washington, happened to be a canal engineer, had an idea. That idea was to create a transcontinental water
I have about 45, 50 minutes of stories and information im excited to share with you. And i do very much hope that you will pose whatever questions you have. I dont always have the answers but i will certainly give it my best shot. The cover that youre looking at there on the screen is the cover of my most recent book, peace on our terms. And it is fundamentally tied to the history of world war i which makes this collaboration so important to me. My book is a snapshot of a singular moment in history. Almost exactly 100 years ago, as the world finally began exiting from the devastation of the first world war. And was able to begin both dreaming and planning for the peace and the new world that would come afterwards. At this moment, i show in my book that women from farreaching and incredibly diverse parts of the world began stepping onto the global stage and asserting an agenda of womens rights and gender equality. And at the core, demanding the right for women to be able to help shape t
Philippines. The Weather Agency says it crossed the coast with catastrophic lee violent winds gusting up to 280 Kilometers Per Hour about a 1000000 people have been evacuated from its projected path to me and has the latest from the net. Were just starting to feel the impact and strength or of life when going its still making its way here west words coming from the province of ill buy and found one this province where he 1st made its initial 2 landfalls now earlier today well listen to the advisories of top government officials it was the 1st collective advisory given today where they talked about the number of evacuated residents of more than a 1000000 people have been evacuated from coastal communities and towns identified as has or there is and theyre well within the path or type one going there over 19000000 feet filipinos well within the path of this typhoon the strongest to ever hit not just the philippines but basically globally this year with just 3 days until the u. S. Preside
Promises to respect the rule of law nigerias government stands accused by the International Community of serious human rights abuses my guest this week here in london is live mohammed the countrys information minister how does he defend against the countrys many critics when the evidence of wrongdoing is so compelling. Like mohammed welcomes conflict so thank you for the human rights record of your administration has been widely condemned by the un western countries your own Lawyers International human rights bodies for brutality and the stunning lack of accountability why do you say this go on in the region why didnt you get a grip on this. I think theres been a lot of. Mystery of the intention by all these groups absolutely really working concert well or you know theyre working constant and theyre working you know a little but i know for a fact thats essential in particular as being very sensitive to the issue of human rights most sometimes terrorists politicians activists are confus
London is live mohammed the countrys information minister how does he defend against the countrys many critics when the evidence of wrongdoing is so compelling. Like mohammed welcome to comfort zone thank you for the human rights record of your administration has been widely condemned by the un western countries your own Lawyers International human rights bodies for brutality and the stunning lack of accountability why do you say this go on in the june why didnt you get a grip on this i think theres been a lot of. Misrepresentation. By all these groups absolutely really working concert well or you know theyre working constant and theyre working you know a lot but i know for a fact thats essential in particular as being very sensitive to the issue of human rights most sometimes. Terrorists politicians attributes i confused with human rights so you put it all down to confusion i would do that because i do not know as a fact and ive been minister for almost 5 years that this any policy of