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chances are, you haven t been to this place. chances are, this is a place you ve never seen. other than maybe blurry cellphone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii. chances are, bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar. after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and it s pretty incredible. in yangon, capital city of myanmar, it s dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancient power grid. what sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie, yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948, after helping the british fight off the japanese, and with a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections, they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell had once served as a colonial pol ....
Welcome in to The Sunday Show, i am jonathan capehart, and we are following Breaking News out of iran. Earlier today, helicopter carrying the iranian president crash landed in a mountainous region in the countrys northwest, near the border with azerbaijan. Irans Foreign Minister and other State Officials were also on board. According to Iranian State media reports, rescuers have had a hard time reaching the crash site due to poor weather and heavy fog in the area. At this hour, theres no word on the president s condition. Rescuers have reportedly pinpointed the location of the downed chopper and made contact with two of the passengers. Joining me now is nbc news correspondent, josh letterman, who is following ....