[explosions] [chanting] jesse tonight events in The Middle East spiraling out of control. An air strike at a hospital in gaza has left hundreds dead, but its not what it seems. [sirens blaring] Hamas Claims Israel struck the hospital. Israel denies it. They say a Faulty Hamas Rocket fired from gaza hit their own hospital. Number one, israel does not target places like hospitals. Theyre not a target for us and we wouldnt have deliberately hit a hospital. Number two, we know that at the time of this tragedy, that hamas was firing a barrage of rockets at tel aviv and the center of the country. Jesse the idf has just released Surveillance Footage showing a rocket launched towards Israel Igniting Mid Flight and then propelling directly down into gaza. There that is right there. The Silicon Valley bank timestamped also directly correspondence to the moment the hospital is struck. The idf also reportedly have recorded a conversation among jihadists that links them to the misfire. This is inco
Ethan allen was one of vermonts founding fathers. He was the first colonel commandant of the original Green Mountain boys, and the Green Mountain boys were at one time the Largest Paramilitary Force in north america, if not for the actions of ethan allen, and the other Green Mountain boys, vermont may very well have looked different than it does today. Announcer welcome to burlington, vermont on American History tv. Located on Lake Champlain, about 45 minutes south of the canadian border. It is home to the university of vermont, and it is the states most popular city with about 42,000 residents. Our comcastp of cable partners, over the next 75 minutes, we will explore the city and region. We begin on the waters of Lake Champlain. To hear how important it was to the citys origins. Welcome to Lake Champlain. We are out here today on the spirit of ethan allen interiors. Great opportunity to tip to talk about americas first great lake when it comes to historic significance. Lake champlain
Weekend, every weekend on cspan three. To join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. The history of burlington, vermont is tied directly to lumber, textiles and even politics. Next, we speak with local historians about the history of burlington and its role in vermont. Vince we are standing above what in the 1790s was referred to as Burlington Bay on Lake Champlain. Of course, the fact that it is on Lake Champlain is part of the reasons why we have the city here today. The early europeans, the new englanders who came up here, allen, saw the potential of Burlington Bay as a port city. Lake champlain flows north and it flows into the Richelieu River. Which then flows into the st. Which gives burlington, interestingly enough even though it is an in land place, access to the atlantic ocean. Early settlers saw that and became interested. But the area really did not take off, despite the attempts by ira allen to make this an important place by putting the university it the
A manhunt is underway for two other suspects. Growing tensions. Morocco accuses the hid of the urn of taking sides in a territorial dispute and threatens to pull out troops. He is coming, he is going to help. We are going to look at returning to growth and responsibility. Brazilian president ial Dilma Rousseff appoints the former president la da silva. Declaring the region an autonomous federal zone. The Assad Government and turkey want syrias borders to be maintained. Adding a new layering of complexity to the talks in geneva. The leader of the Syrian Government delegation ruled out direct talks with the opposition. Bashar al jaffari. Lawrence lee has the latest there the turkish syrian boat. The syrian town of kobani was almost fought off. Which would stretch all the way to the border with iraq. On the turkish side of the border, theres support for the ypg. Just as much backing for kurdish awm. All. Autonomy. Not on just day 3 in geneva have the kurds even though they werent invited
During what turned out to be a very critical time, before and immediately after the 9 11 attacks. He was very much involved in u. S. Efforts to oust the taliban from afghanistan and bring hamed karzai to power and the books title refers to the period between september 11 and december 2001 when karzai made his return to afghanistan from pakistan. Other books of course have reported extensively on the war in afghanistan including some by other former cia officials. Bob offers fresh details about the role of both the cia and the pakistanis in the pashtun areas of afghanistan in the months after 9 11 with his ringside seat as the Senior Agency official station the closest to afghanistan. He recounts meeting by meeting and sometimes even phonecall by phonecall how events unfolded. As he explains in the beginning of the book he knew early on that he wanted to write about the experience and about what happened so he kept extensive notes and was able to review many relevant documents. After hi