the following. he s a cnn special report december 5, 1989? it was a cold night in dresden, east germany and it would change the course of vladimir putin s life the berlin wall had just formed all over east germany angry crowds roamed the streets lashing out at symbols of communist rule that night in dresden they found a target. the local kgb headquarters a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger inside, peering through the curtain this was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin he was terrified that they re going to storm the building putin was a junior officer but the boss was away. he was in charge the berlin wall had come down, policework going to help and he called for instructions desperate for help. putin diouf kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. finally, one official told him simply, moscow is silent and i think it felt like a deep the trail vladimir putin was on his own he went
december 5, 1989 it was a cold night in dresden, east germany. and it would change the course of vladimir putin s life the berlin wall had just formed all over east germany, angry crowds roamed the streets lashing out at symbols of communist rule that night in dresden they found a target. the local kgb headquarters a mob surrounded the building as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger inside, peering through the curtains, was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin he was terrified that they re going to storm the building putin was a junior officer but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down. police weren t going to help. and he called for instructions desperate for help putin diouf kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again finally one official told him simply, moscow is silent. and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to vladimir putin was on his own he went down into the bowels of the building an
trace: breaking tonight, a mother, matriarch, and beloved monarch. queen elizabeth the second 70 year reign comes to an end as britons gather outside buckingham palace to eulogize her with a rendition of god save the queen. we have extended coverage of how the world is remembering one of the most iconic figures in british history from 1600 pennsylvania avenue to 10 downing street, the life and legacy of the queen looming very large tonight. plus what comes next for the new king, charles the third? we begin tonight s special four our coverage of remembering the queen in london with our senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg. good friday morning to you, it truly is the end of an era. the mood to hear is one of shock. here in london and probably across the united kingdom, queen elizabeth had to become noticeably more frail in the last year since her beloved husband prince philip the duke of edinburgh died to. i think anyone really thought that she was nearing the e
[ chanting ] all of east germany, angry crowds lashed out on the streets. that night in dresden, they found a target. the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building, as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside, peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. he was terrified they were going to storm the building. putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down, police weren t going to help. he called for instruction. desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him simply, moscow is silent. i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace shoveling documents, as he hears protests on the street. they were filing so many documents, that the furnace was
the berlin wall had just fallen. all over east germany angry crowds roamed the streets, lashing out at symbols of communist rule. that night in dresden they found a target, the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later the crowd grew larger. inside peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. putin was a junior officer. but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall in come down. police weren t going to help. and he called for instructions. desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow. over and over again. finally one official told him simply, moscow is silent. and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. he finds himself in the basements at a furnace shoveling documents as he hears demonstrations