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with me, zeinab badawi, recorded in front of an audience coming to you from the bbc radio theatre as part of our freedom season. the acclaimed south sudanese singer and political activist emmanuel jal was just a boy during the sudanese civil war when he was captured and forced to work as a child soldier in the 1980s. he escaped and went on to see his people gain independence in a referendum three years ago. but now, south sudan is once again in conflict as rival tribes descend into ethnic violence that has killed thousands since december and left nearly a million displaced and at risk of starvation. when will the people of south sudan enjoy peace and freedom at last and is emmanueljal himself free from the traumas of being a child soldier? audience, please welcome emmanueljal to hardtalk. i was born in violence so peace was robbed from my childhood. in the beginning. you were not only robbed from peace, you were robbed of your mother, who died in the conflict. all my au ....
theatre as part of our freedom season. the acclaimed south sudanese singer and political activist emmanuel jal was just a boy during the sudanese civil war when he was captured and forced to work as a child soldier in the 1980s. he escaped and went on to see his people gain independence in a referendum three years ago. but now, south sudan is once again in conflict as rival tribes descend into ethnic violence that has killed thousands since december and left nearly a million displaced and at risk of starvation. when will the people of south sudan enjoy peace and freedom at last and is emmanueljal himself free from the traumas of being a child soldier? audience, please welcome emmanueljal to hardtalk. emmanueljal, sudan as it was then at warforfive decades, nearly 2 million people died from starvation or disease. you yourself in your young life really only knew conflict. i was born in violence so peace was robbed from my childhood. in the beginning. you were not only rob ....
with me, zeinab badawi, recorded in front of an audience coming to you from the bbc radio theatre as part of our freedom season. the acclaimed south sudanese singer and political activist emmanuel jal was just a boy during the sudanese civil war when he was captured and forced to work as a child soldier in the 1980s. he escaped and went on to see his people gain independence in a referendum three years ago. but now, south sudan is once again in conflict as rival tribes descend into ethnic violence that has killed thousands since december and left nearly a million displaced and at risk of starvation. when will the people of south sudan enjoy peace and freedom at last and is emmanueljal himself free from the traumas of being a child soldier? audience, please welcome emmanueljal to hardtalk. emmanueljal, sudan as it was then at warforfive decades, nearly 2 million people died from starvation or disease. you yourself in your young life really only knew conflict. i was born ....
because the humidity wasn t high enough but today the heat s high and the humidity is much higher than it was yesterday and so heat advisory kicking in at noon and going until 7:00. heat index values could be in the upper 90 s even close to 100 as we go through the afternoon hours. we also have another code orange ozone action day. those of you in at risk categories want to limit your outdoor activity and exposure during the afternoon hours and the rest of us can help out by not filling the car until later this evening or maybe getting it done this morning o satellite shows you a decent amount of sunshine on the way early. there are a few fair weather cumulus clouds around. overall we expect things to cloud up a little bit more later this afternoon and this evening than they did yesterday. and your temperatures are starting out warm. we re at 73 degrees in philadelphia. as the sun still tries to build in. 69 in allentown, 72 in wilmington, 71 in cape may and the dewpoin ....
eric from washington university is traveling, so i am filling in, which i am delighted to because jason parker is a good friend of mine. first, let me make some general introductions. this is the last session of the washington washington history seminar for this spring season. we will start up again in september, and we have together our fall lineup of speakers, and we will be sending that out very shortly. it is a very exciting list of speakers. i think you will find it very exciting very interesting. we are delighted that we have been able to attract so many very first rate people to speak. i want to thank, as always, the people behind the scenes who make this possible. the liaison for the wilson center makes all the logistical arrangements here, and amanda perry, over to the side and the front, the assistant director of the national history center who also helps out in arranging these events. i also want to issue a special word of thanks to our sponsors. first an ....