Really, this is too little too late. We want to tell other children all around the world that they should stand up for their rights. Mystery surrounding the leader of the most exclusive nation. If you want to invite jesus in your life, pray this prayer with me. No the death of another black teenager at the hands of police. One officer hurt. Eight people arrested, and one American Flag torched. We begin with isils advances in syria and iraq and a warning that some 12,000 kurds could be massacred if isil finally succeeds in taking the Syrian Kurdish town of kobane. The u. S. Led coalition has launched in support of the kurdish fighters trying to hold the town. But on friday u. S. Deputy National Security adviser admitted isil now controls 40 of kobane. They also said that there are other kobanes in iraq and iraq on a daily basis. That includes iraqs Anbar Province and now they control from syrians border to baghda baghdads suburbs. They called for action to save kobane and prepare the im
Inflight anger has taken to a whole new level in korea. Well bring you the latest on the south korean story of nutrage in first class. Our reporter is the first journalist to make it to iraqs Largest Oil Refinery after it was liberated from islamic state. Reporter iraqi armies tell us that [ gunfire ] isis fighters from this area, but not all of them. Theres still a risk. Sally joins us with fresh evidence that greater inequality holds back success, economic success. Yes, lucy, it can. The oecd says the bigger the wealth gap, the slower growth. So it suggests taxing the rich more. But is that really the best way to help countries recover from the financial crisis . Its midday here in london. 3 00 p. M. In moscow, and 7 00 a. M. In washington, where the capital is Bush Administration itse is bracing itself for a report by the cia. It is so sensitive that u. S. Embassies and military bases around the world are preparing for a possible backlash. The report covers the cias campaign against
Four decades or even more, its a little short of remarkable that were marking 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall. Its remarkable because on the one hand we can recall that event so vividly, but on the other hand, it sometimes seems like it took place a lifetime ago. Its also remarkable because for those of us who pursued our degrees and published our first books during the preceding decades, in some cases before the construction of the wall [ laughter ] its collapse seemed so unimaginable. In fact, if i can indulge you for a second, the year before the collapse, i organized a conference on john foster dulles. No one was more associated with the cold war. Some of you were there. There was lots of talk about the integration of europe. The soviets new thinking. Glasnost. Perestroika but no one was talking about the reunification this was the time john gaddes began their conferences on soviet and american relations. First time soviet and American Scholars got together. And Scott Ar
Will, within the communist world would react to remove those like gorbachev who tried to push the world forward through with reform. And ultimately, we see this fear coming true in august of 1991 when there was a conservative coup, at that point without very likelihood of success. But nonetheless, the great fear that that could generate into civil war, Ethnic Violence and the like. So i argue that there are really two moments, therefore, when president bush essentially took off the hypocratic gloves, if you will. The first was with reunification of germany. He believed in a nato context it was necessary to keep future sta bill nit europe because having nato in europe allowed the americans to also stay in europe and he believed firmly the only thing that kept the peace since 1945 in europe was the american presence. Therefore he pushed hard for reunification an the terms he needed which was keeping germany in nato. And the second moment was the gulf war. When this strikes me as really t
On weekends cspan 3 is home to American History tv with programs that tell our nations story. The civil wars 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. American artifacts touring museums and Historic Sites to discover what artifactsry valley. History book shelf for the best known history writers. The presidency looking at the policies and legacies of our nations commanderinchief. Lectures in history with top college professors. And our new series, real america featuring archival government and educational films from the 1930s through the 70s. Cspan 3 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. To mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall a panel of historians discuss the end of the cold war. Constructed in 1961, the wall began to fall on november 9th, 1989, after months of protests an political liberalization in pro soviet Eastern Europe. This event is hosted by the society for historians of American Foreign relati