Heard of. One of the most notorious sinner of war camps in the history of modern warfare. It was a confederate prison for Union Soldiers in the southwest of georgia. We will talk about hanging henry wirz. He was executed for perpetuating mistreatment and murder at that can. He was one of the first individuals in the modern era tried for war crimes. Of 1865l in the fall set the precedent for more recent war crimes trials, the nuremberg trials of nazi perpetrators after world war ii, the allied prosecutors preparing for those prosecutions in nuremberg actually studied the wirz trial and his defense so they could prepare for what they anticipated the nazi defense would be. They called it the wirz defense, basically i was only following orders. That was the typical defense. They used his trial to prepare for that in 1945. Ins is an important moment world legal history. We are going to be thinking about the prison andersonville it self and what led conditions to be so horrible and what led
Cook. And good morning im dave clark. Were starting with the latest development this is that terror attack in nice, france where at least 84 people were killed at bastille day celebrations. We have just learned ten of the People Killed were children. The victims were children including one boy from the united states. The attacker driving a large truck, you see it on your screen there, was packed with guns and explosives and plowed into a crowd of people along a popular waterfront. Now countries across europe announced they are on alert. They have increased patrols at possible targets. Christien kafton is in our studios with more. Reporter we are still learning more about the man that drove that truck into dozens of victims killing men, women, and children and at least two americans, a father and a son. Family members have identified the american casualties at Sean Copeland and his 11yearold son brody. The attack came after a fire work show celebrating bastille day. This was a family or
Stars continues along the plaza, with Robert De Niro hitting the red carpet. We begin in vienna, where world powers are meeting to stabilize a shaky syrian ceasefire, while reestablishing peace talks. These are the differences between world leaders. Thats cross to our correspondent Anthony Mills in vienna. What is expected to come out of today . The different parties involved in these talks are hoping that they are going to be ceasefireive apache that has been a apache ceasefire that has been shattered and use those patchy ceasefires that will in some ways diminish the violence in syria, and hoping they will use those ceasefires to draw the opposing parties, the assad regime on the one side, and the militants who oppose him on the other toward some kind of dialogue, something that can manage this peace process, if that is one could call it, forward in the direction of the ofe durable absence violence. That is something proving because of the entrenched positions on both sides. On one h
The british Prime Minister hosts an anticorruption summit in london. Dilma rousseff has been knocked out by the senate. On akers to suspend the embattled leader. T dawn aftere a a session that lasted throughout the night. Voted to suspend the embattled leader. [applause] the trial is approved. This, lets cross to Richard Thompson who joins us from rio de janeiro. Its say andas had Dilma Rousseff will stand trial for breaking budget laws. Using tricks to hide a large budget deficits. What happens next . Basically, Dilma Rousseff is automatically suspended for up to six months. Emer president michel t becomes the active head of state. Marines have will be Dilma Rousseff will be informed of her suspension. She has already cleared out her personal belongings and sixpack expected to and is make an appearance to supporters. She remains president and will emer will assume her duties. We dont know when the trial will happen. Dilmaer to remove rousseff permanently from office, two thirds will h
Emergency meeting. Theda has concerns about president ial polls. The main candidate is taken into Police Custody again. Also coming up in the program, we will take a look at the facelift for the french labor laws. Its a holy war of words. Donald trump lashes out against pope francis for questioning his faith. We will have more on that later. The start in brussels where reform talks are in their second day. Far, they have come up empty. Ford cameron is looking reform package he can sell to the British Public to stay in the eu. Maeve. E, lets cross to we have a lot of work to do. What is left to work out . a lot of issues still to work out. All of them are telling the press at the summit. There will be solutions to these problems. These things are taking place between David Cameron and the countries that have various issues with the eu draft deal that was issued on the second. The treatyrined in of rome and at 1957. Its something very sensitive to the thousands. They dont want the u. K.