Century, transformations that changed the country from being one country distant from the center of International Conflict and activities into becoming a central actor. Not the most dominant, most powerful. A country to be reckoned with. One way to think about this is the u. S. Goes from being a continental power after the civil war to being a power now with International Range it did not have before with a whole new set of problems related but also different from the issues of the postcivil war decades we dealt with before. In the first proposition central to the way we think about American History is the u. S. Is always an international society. International in the obvious ways but also in the sense the u. S. Has always depended upon the movement of people, goods finance from far away. There was never a time when americans living in the u. S. Were isolated from the rest of the world. Never a time when they were an island without connections elsewhere. Our ideas of governance, the pe
Marianne favro has more. Marianne . Reporter it was an emotional and meaningful tribute. One including a video made by maddy herself. The sound of bag pipes pierced the silence as Maddy Middletons mother joins 1400 others to celebrate her daughters life. Maddy was just eight years old when she was murdered last month. Just a few months from her home in santa cruz. Her 15yearold neighbor is charged with raping and killing her. The message is not to de demonize anybody. We are here together. Today many, including artists, turned to music to express the grief. An American Idol finalist james durbin sang for maddy. Everyone got to know the little girl a little better especially when her mother read from her diary. Dear diary, today was christmas at school. I went to all of the fun centers. It was amaze ppg. She even showed a video showing her creativity. She is wonderful, smart, had many friends. Even strangers say they have been touched by maddy. My family and i came out because we were t
And forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up accusations and insults between President Trump and a senior puerto rican official at the u. S. As the u. S. Caribbean territory struggles to recover from hurricane maria. A rare admission by secretary of state Rex Tillerson the u. S. Is in direct talks with north korea. And searching for justice one mans case against police in new york is highlighted in a new documentary. As voters continue to go to the polls the Spanish Government is called catalonia is controversial session referendum illegal and unconstitutional the remarks come several hours after polls opened and scenes of violence by Spains National police towards voters a polling stations government says that more than three hundred people have been injured spains deputy Prime Minister says the Police Response was proportional will be speaking to aljazeera Tony Berkeley who was in madrid for the latest but first lets speak with. A whole his reporting for us from barcel
Passive resistance if police tried to interfere with the photos. Hold camera operator. Were caught up in the clashes outside a polling station and bosler. Right there on the edge of the but as you can see are now starting to move on the to the crowd. That shot in the crowd from the crucifixion photos patients down the. Release from other areas of playing to catch a load of the specific crimes out on this thread. Are people trying to vote in the referendum have been speaking out about the Spanish Polices heavy handed tactics as they see at a polling stations. I completely respect people that dont want to be abandoned for but i wanted to ban guns which is not you can be in favor you can be against but its not im not the and today its been one of the worst day in my life because i came to the fans our right to vote i was just on the on the street and the police came very aggressively and they they go in they went like these on the floor they even abroad my mobile as you can see and i had
Mixed day with the pivotal meeting of catalonias Regional Parliament coming up. The euro is rising, up two thirds of 1 . Bond yields are gaining. We have had some retail sales data today in the u. K. , retail is the clearly losing the battle against high prices, potentially strengthening the case for the bank of england to raise rates next month. Likeort today showing Product Sales increasing 1. 9 from a year earlier, the fourth straight month of gains. The fastest growth since april mainly driven by consumers paying more for essential items as retailers pass on the impact of sterling drop since the brexit vote. Elsewhere, a mixed day of data for the u. K. , a picture of an economy struggling to gain momentum. And after production rising 5. 2 in august, boosted by better than expected manufacturing performance. Construction bringing back some of the losses sustained in july with a trade deficit unexpectedly widening. And ports jumping. M ports jumping. Jumping. S ahead of the big speec