Welcome to the program not a happy saturday to you all this is our to international bring your live news update this hour. Some merino has begun vaccinating its population with Russia Sputnik job after deliveries of approved alternatives failed to arrive the microstate surrounded by italy isnt a member so it was excluded from the blocks deals with pharmaceutical giants however it negotiated getting a tiny part of each delivery to italy but theres been delays to the it was the medical director at summer in a State Hospital said there have been no concerns about using the russian vaccine. We chose the sputnik vaccine because there is an agreement between us and italy through the European Union for the supply of money and Pfizer Vaccines that unfortunately are delayed at the moment therefore given the excellent diplomatic relations with russia d we have chosen to get the sputnik the vaccine faster we saw some excellent reviews from Renowned International medical journals like the land set
After a powerful earthquake on. The island. The dutch government resigns every child care scandal that wrongly accused thousands of. Sports news as well madrid knocked out of the spanish super cup and despite coronavirus concerns cameroon gets ready to host footballs african nations championship with a limited number of fans inside stadiums. So then u. S. Troop levels in iraq and afghanistan have been cut to the lowest level in nearly 2 decades there are now 2500. 00 troops in each country thats down from more than 4500 in afghanistan and around about 3000 in iraq the u. S. Had already reduced its numbers in afghanistan from 14000 last year after a deal was made with the taliban at the height of the war with iraq will than 125000 u. S. Troops were deployed well there were over 100000 in afghanistan in 2011 well take a closer look at the situation in iraq shortly but 1st lets have this report now. Rufio contre 40 from kabul. Its americas longest war longer even than vietnam but it could
On the history of communities across the country at cspan. Org cities tour. This is American History tv only on cspan3. [drumming] ms. Mccarty my name is kim mccarty. I am the curator here at Washington Crossing historic park in pennsylvania. Today is a very exciting day. We are doing a reenactment of George Washingtons crossing of the Delaware River on christmas night, 1776. What happened here is actually one of the most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. And the story is, washington and the Continental Army, after having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey, came into bucks county in the beginning of december 1776. [gunfire] they encamped in several locations around this area, including the Thompson Neely house, which is also part of our park. Things were pretty desperate at this point for washington and the patriot cause. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid that the british were going to invade philad
Ms. Mccarty my name is kim mccarty. I am the curator here at Washington Crossing historic park in pennsylvania. Today is a very exciting day. We are doing a reenactment of George Washingtons crossing of the Delaware River on christmas night, 1776. What happened here is actually one of the most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. And the story is, washington and the Continental Army after , having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey, came into bucks county in the beginning of december 1776. [gunfire] they encamped in several locations around this area, including the Thompson Neely house, which is also part of our park. Things were pretty desperate at this point for washington and the patriot cause. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid that the british were going to invade philadelphia and take over the capital. And he really knew that what he needed was a bold action. And after meeting with his war counsel
We will see the reenactment and talk with several participants. My name is kim mccarthy. I work here at the washington team. Todays very excited they. We are doing a reenactment of George Washingtons crossing of the Delaware River on christmas night, 1776. What happened here is actually one of the most unexpected, daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. The story is, washington and the Continental Army, after having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey, came into bucks county in the beginning of december 1776. They and camped in several locations around the area, including which is also part of our part. Things were desperate at this point for washington. The patriot cause. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid that the british were going to invade philadelphia and take over the capital. He knew what he needed was a bold action. After meeting with his war counsel they made the decision that on christmas night, they would cros