One emphasized it was a piece border, doing what they needed to do, what any sovereign state could do. People who were family members of people who were killed at the wall have a very different view on the legitimacy of the wall and see it as a terrible, violent thing. What are your thoughts on how germany is marking the anniversary today . Is this a day of celebration in germany, a day of remembrance, what is your view, looking at what happened so far this weekend whats happening today. Guest theyve been busy all week with the climax today and i think they do multiple things. They always come on the anniversary of the fall of the wall, commemorate the people who lost their lives for whom the wall fell too late. They celebrate the glorious moment of the peaceful fall to the wall, and many germans feel proud of this. And thee holocaust heavy weight of history on germanys shoulders, to feel there is something in their contemporary history they can be proud of, this peaceful fall of the w
Albany. He spent his career preserving military history with the National Park service, new york state government. Rensselaer. Civil War Preservation trust. Kentucky state parks and u. S. Arm. Hes written books on various aspects of military leadership from 1775 to the present. Published to books with the civil war at perryville and stone river and Tullahoma Campaigns and studied the 1941 and 42 entitled last day in bataan released in 2016. In september of 2016 the arm published his volume on virginia campaigns as part of the series on the civil war. Last year at this event friday night i bought this book and i spent all night reading it. Highly recommended. Last about chris he is a great researcher, he knows an amazing amount of almost anything military, havent writer and, most importantly he is a really good guy who will share anything with you which i think is the most important thing. He is also getting ready to get married. So without further ado, chris kolakowski. [applause] good
Left 58 people dead and hundreds injured, an 800 million settlement has been reached. Weve got the inside details then to the brave bank teller who fought off an Armed Bank Robber and playoff baseball is in full swing weve got your highlights and the best of thursday night football its crazy in the middle of being investigated for asking Foreign Countries for asking Foreign Countries for election help thats like chugging a beer while taking a breathalizer test early today starts right now. Good to be with you on this friday morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. Defiant and in the face of an impeachment inquiry, President Trump is adding fuel to his own political firestorm by publicly calling on china to launch an investigation into his political rival joe biden. The same action with ukraine is what set the houses inquiry into motion. When democrats seized on the moment, mr. Trump tripled down on twitter claiming he has the absolute right to investigate corruption and that incl
Its spectacular. Its my real pleasure to introduce the next speaker. He is somebody you already know. You have heard him speak somewhere or on tv. He was born and raised in fredericksburg. He spent his career interpreting and preserving American Military history with the National Park service, the new york state government, Rensselaer County historical society, the Civil War Preservation trust, kentucky state parks and the u. S. Army. Do you think he is qualified to speak . He has written and spoken on various aspects of military history and leadership from 1775 to the present. He has published two books with the history press, the civil war at perryville and the Tullahoma Campaigns, and contributing to the emerging civil war bulldog and studied the 19411942 campaign released in late 2016. In september 2016, the u. S. Army published his volumes on the 1862 virginia campaigns as part of its series on the civil war. Last year at this event on friday night, i bought this book and by satur
Difficult to ignore the topic of refugees. This is an image of a refugees experience fleeing communist vietnam in 1975. In many ways, it reminds us of images that we might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea. Refugees are suffocating in meat trucks. Theyre crowding onto leaky boats. Theyre drowning the bodies of those unable to cross to safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. Refugees have been in the news for the past few years, particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So were not just talking about refugees coming from syria, but from other wartorn regions. Especially in the last couple years, it has been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. Refugee resettlement has become a polarizing topic. On one hand, opposition to refugees has been fierce and even hostile. Politicians at the local, state, and federal level have linked refugees to