The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
48 hours 7 ships have suddenly caught fire in iran the new news agency there is describing it as a series of quote fires and explosions around the country some of which have hit sensitive areas there you can see firefighters you see the rescue officials there looking somewhat perplexed almost confused as they try and put out these blazes that they cant quite explain ok now i mentioned that theres a mystery here and that theres more to this story and well here it is if those fires and explosions were an isolated incident i would not be leading this newscast with this revelation but the fact of the matter is these are not isolated fires theyre not since late june there have been fires and explosions many of them unexplained. Around Iranian Military nuclear and Industrial Facilities in fact i want to take you through some of these incidents about 3 weeks ago june 26 an explosion occurred just east of tehran near the Parchin Military base the cause was said to be a leak in a gas Storage Fa
You can head to. Head with. International. Law and from the World Headquarters of the r. T. America our Nations Capital this is. Rick sanchez and hello again everybody im rick sanchez and we want to welcome all of you who are watching us from all over the world including those of you who are watching us on your phone using the portable t. V. Something kind of mysterious is taking place in iran as we speak the story begins but certainly does not end with this video that im about to show you right here take a look at this video because it reflects whats been going on there in the past 48 hours 7 ships have suddenly caught fire in iran. The new news agency there is describing it as a series of quote fires and explosions around the country some of which have hit sensitive areas there you can see firefighters you see the rescue officials there looking somewhat perplexed almost confused as they try and put out these blazes that they cant quite explain ok now i mentioned that theres a mystery
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Has not decided whether to appeal member states. At least 7 ships have been damaged in a blaze at a shipyard in southern iran there has been a string of unexplained fires and explosions at military nuclear and industrial sites across the country since late june. A statue of a black lives matter protester appeared overnight in the english city of bristol generally it was photographed on the plans after the statue of 17th century slave trader edward was toppled by protesters engine. This is you know being news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website w dot com. The u. S. President does not like the grim statistics that are made public every day about americas Coronavirus Crisis so hes taking over the numbers ordering hospitals to send their data to him instead of the nations top medical experts as the white house politicizes the pandemic researchers are rushing to find a vaccine and there is new reason to hope tonight theres also reason to worry