churchill number 6 on do you w. . this is the w. news law either from but n.y. festivities are kicking off to mark that game since the fall of the wall and they include this all in summation on funding in front of the brandenburg gate a correspondent joins us with the with details also coming up rival protests over lebanon's political future thousands take to the streets to demonstrate against the

ruling elite rallies in support of the country's president also to launch crowds we will go from my rooms. and we just a year to go before the next presidential election in the us d w this is a town in rural wisconsin considered a bellwether of the political movement so what are locals that predicted. i'm head of the humphrey glad you could join me germany is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the full of the berlin wall which happened on the 9th of november 1989 today kicks off a week of celebrations with 200 events exhibitions and art works like here at the brandenburg gate this 150 meter long installation is made up of 100000 colorful streamers with messages were seen by germans floating like

a giant wave right in the halls of. and just 2 kilometers away alexanderplatz but in many had mono will be officially launching the festival we can that is where our chief political correspondent melinda crane is standing by for us melinda what is happening today where the mayor will inaugurate to this commemoration of the fall of the berlin wall it's being billed as you said as a festival celebration but in fact as you can probably discern it's a little bit more understated than that behind me is a stage where there will be performances also as soon as it is fully dark there will be projections of historic events on the buildings all around me and this commemoration is being called 7 days 7 places which is basically in

recognition of the fact that although most of us think of the moment of the peaceful revolution here in germany that ended the division of the country as the 9th of november when the berlin wall actually fell in fact the revolution was a sequence of events over a period of weeks or even months and one of the absolute milestones of that sequence occurred right here 30 years ago when a massive demonstration took place the largest in east german history you have to imagine a sea of humanity gathered around this world clock behind me and emanating out all across this historic square let's take a look back to find out more. in november 989 the exodus of people leaving east germany reached a peak those who decided to stay demanded more freedom more than half a 1000000 staged a mass protest an east berlin's alexanderplatz the largest demonstration in the

history of east germany it is. it's as if someone has pushed open the window. of the years of intellectual economic and political stagnation. shelf the nation for leaders years reeking of apathy 2 years of double speak and bureaucratic despotism but feel cut out of it. the communist regime had subtly and publicly lost all support but even then no one predicted that just 5 days later the berlin wall would fall. so milestone moment as you point out that melinda just tell us a bit more about the importance of all that demonstration 30 years ago where you're standing now. the demonstration was organized by artists by actors by members of church groups academics students members of civil society

a very diverse group some of them very very prominent others largely unknown and they actually went to the unusual step of applying for a permit to demonstrate here that was the 1st time that it occurred in east german history in the 1st time that it was also authorized nonetheless when they gathered here that morning 30 years ago they could not know 1st of all how many people would attend and whether in fact a protest would be met with violent recession by the authorities because in fact there had been police violence at protests a month before in my position elsewhere and also the then new head of the east german government was known to have spoken with understanding about the chinese harsh chinese violent repression of the uprising on tiananmen square earlier that year nonetheless there was no violence in fact those who spoke on the stage here at alexanderplatz were able to air their demands for more freedom democratic freedoms

for justice for transparency peaceably in the presence of communist party officials and in fact the whole thing was televised which had an enormous impact throughout east germany televised although in fact that wasn't officially authorized by the state now amongst those who spoke were not only these members of the opposition who had organized the demonstration but also a member of the politburo of the state and one of the organizers said that when she saw his hands shaking as he read from his paper she knew that the days of the regime were numbered and of course she was right and thinking about those people who were that mean 30 years ago in the grand scheme of things isn't so long ago so what do they feel about what has happened since then. well i think the short answer that many would give is it's complicated many people would say in from east

germany would say their lives have changed for the better since unification and yet those i speak with also say they are painfully aware of the i'm going to vision of divisions between east and west between people from the former g.d.r. and people from the former federal republic but also larger divisions about the meaning of the events here 30 years ago about the aftermath of those events about the way that unification transpired and what that meant for east german sense of identity and belonging to visions that run through families that run through a circles of friends and many of those i speak with say you know the fact is history takes a long time to play out and many of our feelings are ambivalent and that's why perhaps the commemorations here are going to include a lot of discussions that pay tribute to that sense of ambivalence when our chief political correspondent melinda crane putting it all into perspective for us thank

you so much and now some of the other stories making news around the world pirates have attacked a greek oil time carol the coast of togo and taken full cream and this hostage takers navy said and security guard was shot and wounded in the attack on the el karras startle incident comes 2 days off a similar attack in the waters off neighboring benny. the mag dad at least 5 people have been killed in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces dozens more were wounded when security forces used live rounds and tear gas on protesters moving towards the fortified green zone where the government is headquarters more than 250 people have died since anti-government protests erupted last month's. iran's announced new violations of the landmark nuclear deal it signed with wall towers in 2050 tech trends new kitschy says it's developing a new generation of advanced centrifuges which can enrich uranium option 50 times

faster show around began violating limitations on uranium enrichment after u.s. president donald trump pulled out of the nuclear deal last. protesters demanding political reform in lebanon have blocked roads across the capital beirut demanding an end to corruption and calling for president michel i want to step down the protests have been going hold more than 2 weeks and led to the resignation of the government last week but now supporters the president have also taken to the streets. a human roadblock to help our allies a country they say just isn't working these protesters have little confidence in the future accusing the government of not only corruption but also incompetence mahalo your lawyer we are escalating our protests because we don't trust this corrupt government they are negotiating with themselves we warned them that if we take to the streets we wouldn't go away we used to come and block the roads until

noon and then leave but this time they'll be blocked forever there are no further. the protesters have blocked the roads across the country more than one quarter of people in lebanon live in poverty the economy has stalled and the country's lurching from one political crisis to another. person. porters of president michel aoun are rallying around valley into the thousands turned out to push back against calls for him to step down they say lebanon needs him to root out and tackle the problems facing it. save your money in the president isn't to blame for lebanon he's not responsible for everything wrong in the country today he shouldn't step down protesters think if the president needs power the problems will be solved on the contrary 6 if that happens the crisis will worsen for the return before them if not the. president has appealed to the protesters for patience.

dari we have put together a roadmap to deal with the 3 points. corruption the economy and a civil state. they are not easy points to deal with. my danny. but public opposition against him bridges religious and economic divides demonstrators say no good can come to the country until the current system of power is overthrown. now the u.s. presidential election is a year away and donald trump could be heading for a tough race an average of all the opinion polls puts chubs approval rating just above 41 percent but more seriously for him almost 55 percent of americans disapprove of the job that he is doing of course the key question is who will trump face in the 2020 election most most polls predict that if it is this man the former

vice president joe biden trump will lose many polls suggest that the more progressive democratic candidate elizabeth warren could also have a slight edge over trump well richland county in wisconsin has long proven to be a reliable indicator all the outcome since 1980 the county has always voted for the women turned it. in all of the south it went there to gauge them age feeding time for dairy farmer mark stalls and his calves like most people in richland county stalls voted for president trump in 2016 but twice for barack obama in the elections before this time he says the political mood is anything but clear . we tend to we tend to like trust more than most people saw i don't i we don't talk a whole lot about it but it can get very testy very quickly even within our family have got to give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give me even though you voted for trump in the last election

marks told skiers of all the key democratic issues like health care and climate change he also wants an end to the president's trade more farmers like him particularly hard he says so that that's hurt we don't have a good place to ship melican way products and cheese and you know so right now on the markets got a lot of milk and cheese on it and americans are drinking less and all wisconsin lost over $600.00 dairy farms in the last year. richland center with its 5000 citizens is the largest town in richland county a bellwether for the presidential election since 1980 the majority here has always voted for the winning candidate. richland county is traditionally a republican county. do we always vote that way you know i wouldn't vote for a i don't like him my doesn't think i think if he keep his mouth shut if they offer

twitter he would be fine i think it's with all the impeachment so it's going to be very noisy and interesting for the next year but if i was betting today i would bet he'll get elected again. at the local newspaper editor dawn key 1st says left and right wing supporters in the county are fighting for the public's attention she is often criticized for printing opinion letters that are too critical of president trump. i suggest to those persons they ought to write letters their their own selves expressing their beliefs but most of those people declined and they don't want to explain why not i suspect they don't want their name in the paper. dairy farmer marks told says the decisive factor for him will be who the democratic contender is if the candidate is to progressive he might stick with donald trump even if that means more suffering for him and the farmers of richland county.

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