between say in south carolina massachusetts and i want to get in obviously with this animosity we see today's definite different it seems that after the civil war obviously there was a bit of acrimony between both sides but people seem to be able to talk to one another now there's a certain sense of disrespect the fact that congressmen and senators have to focus more on raising funds and going back to their home districts between thursday monday and thursday of every week they're focused on legislation here the rest of time they're raising funds and that seems to have taken a bit away from from what's important which is relationships with you know the in washington and presidents usually with a visionaries and pushing in that direction and sadly we're missing that's what i think a little less acrimony a little bit a little bit more of practicality on both sides and the congress and in this in the executive would be an important thing right now to get something done you know you can't just ram things through and we saw this tax reform bill but i want to talk about something that we will go in the way back machine a little bit and i was reading a book recently about george washington's birthday now talking about infrastructure

building canals over the over the mountains to get to get west but really when you think about moments where infrastructure was important we're talking about a big infrastructure poll now president just put one out one point five trillion dollars proposal but let's go back to the civil war professor and talk about how infrastructure played a role in the civil war and really helped honest abe lincoln absolutely when you look at what was happening in washington back then it was a major metamorphosis between what was happening in the eight hundred fifty s. in the latter part of the eighteen sixty's washington is transformed almost as intensely as it is during world war two the city just completely changes overnight lincoln having been a whig party member prior to being a republican was big on internal improvements as people may recall big infrastructure began setting the ground for what would eventually be the trans pacific railroad rail act that he would pass an eight hundred sixty three. some of

the deftly we have to give lincoln back in the day a lot of credit for being a real visionary for being a practical politician in that sense when he signed the pacific row act of eight hundred sixty three that leads a direct line to chicago where chicago was far behind st louis a direct result of this of the civil war and that act by lincoln leads to chicago being the major metropolis that is eventually connecting to the west so is a whig former whig party member and as a brand new republican party president that was an important facet of the republican party platform back in the day and that ended up actually helping the north when the civil war in the south had. lots of con cotton plantations expectorate but the infrastructure to ship things back and forth was great walter montana professor at boston university presidential historian scholar thank you so much for you here real pleasure appreciate it thank you.

and before we go on this president's day in the us it might be a good time to recall that george washington even as a child told his father of a damaged cherry tree i cannot tell why i did it with my hatchet whether myth or fact the story appeared of misers washington's personal virtues which made him an excellent leader and our first president and honest president abraham lincoln honest abe this memorial we stand in front of right now he was called by that moniker from an early age and it transcended to his life and politics even as political foes senator stephen douglas for example with whom lincoln was competing for a senate race said he is as honest as he is shrewd and if i beat him my victory will be hardly one lincoln lost that senate race against senator douglas but two years later they were at it again the running for the presidency of the united states when lincoln won douglas said you have

a very able and very honest man as president everyone knew of honest a about his integrity he didn't need to spend time convincing people that he believed what he said and he said what he meant instead he penned spent time on doing things like saving the union during the civil war there's more outright lying in politics today than ever before in history and unfortunately it starts at the top if you want to check out political fact dot org for unbiased assessments of the truth telling politicians feel free that's political fact dot org what a sad state of affairs for our country our economy is finally getting out of the gutter there are many reasons to be hopeful yet politicians are having a terrible time with the truth and some in the us have simply overlooked it. we could all probably a do a lot better the politicians and us we need to hold those who lie accountable and they the politicians need to listen or they'll be voted out at least that's how it

should work if we all do our part the politicians will follow suit and that will help keep our nation on the right track for our people and our businesses and for the economic engine of our democracy so perhaps today some will hear the lesson from two great presidents who thought truth was terrific happy birthday mr president that's all for now on this president's day thanks for watching be sure to catch boom bust on you tube at youtube dot com slash boom bust archie see you next time. about your sudden passing i phone lee just learned you were yourself and taken your last wrong turn. your act caught up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest piece things that

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the turkish president has just announced that his army is going to encircle syria's afr and in an operation to oust kurdish forces the statement comes amid conflicting reports that damascus also plans to send troops to the city. in japan recently discovered secret state documents on the practice of forced sterilization have prompted victims to break their silence and seek compensation. i know i will suffer until the end of my life if only i fifty packin time the time comment. and the international criminal court receives over one million testimonies from afghans alleging war crimes perpetrated by arming others the taliban islamic state the afghan military and u.s. army personnel.

this is arch international bringing you your life news update this hour with me gianluca thank you to that welcome to the program. president everyone has just announced that the turkish army willing circle syria's afrin where it's trying to oust kurdish forces the announcement comes amid conflicting reports that damascus also plans to send troops to the city to end the crisis. time to make preparations on the ground the siege of our friend city center will take place in the coming days. to see the kurdish children and their teachers have marched through our friends in protest over the turkish military offensive there and the kurds appear to be looking to strike an unlikely alliance with damascus reportedly in talks to assist the kurds turkey said it would welcome any effort by the syrian army to drive out what it calls terrorists from afrin however kurdish y p g militias have denied reports that they reached

a deal with assad's forces. explains. africa has turned into a bloodbath a grinding war that is claiming dozens if not hundreds of lives every day. turkish soldiers rebel allies die in droves near a thousand dead reportedly the kurds the white p.g.p. k.k. or p y d some estimates put their losses over a thousand in a matter of weeks the turkish operation in africa isn't so much an advance as it is a meat grinder this is a senseless yet according to the belligerence necessary slaughter and it's hurting

everyone we can cooperate with any side that lends us a helping hand in light of the barbaric crimes and the international silence. there is a possible solution one that could stop this madness a man the least likely candidate of all. is that assad is clearly a terrorist and is carrying out state terrorism there is no peace in syria cannot be any peace with assad in power. the regime says we will hand over our regions to the regime's army we will never handed over that was then before the us led anti isis coalition began butchering each other now when everyone's dying and they need him asaad isn't such a bad guy anymore. if the regime is entering that cleanse the petri kain p y d then there are new problems however if it comes in to defend y p g the nothing

and nobody can stop us or turkish soldiers simple if asaad took over african and african is syrian territory he could this arm or sideline the y.p. ji ankara's enemy would be neutered and there'd be no more need to throw away turkish lives the kurds in turn would survive and afrin will be turned into another crater it's the least bad solution so far the only solution to stopping this now. kutluk you know what it is a very good step it's good news for us may god help them and everyone who supports a free but honey we are all very happy about this decision we want this crisis to end so people can return to their homes we are waiting for the pro-government forces to help us it's early days the details are still being worked out the issue

is no one trusts anyone the turks are afraid asaad will ally with the y.p. ji the white p.g.d. are afraid that assad will sell them out to the turks and asaad asaad probably wants both gone we spoke to journalist amy mackey who says surprisingly enough both turkey and the kurds are now looking to assad for decisive action. well it is ironic because both the and the turks of a different time stated their absolute condemnation of the syrian government and their own willingness to deal with with president assad or the government at any particular moment in time now now both of these groups are now looking at the massacres as some sort of peacemaker in this conflict because the first factories desperation both sides cannot find an ultimate solution to this conflict which is emerge i mean the turks are losing troops and tanks on a day to day basis because of the. allies by any stretch of the imagination but they view that deal with assad would be better than making

a deal on very weak terms with the turks the second factor is the lack of the definitive role of the united states of america which is essentially think it's two main allies in syria or next to syria fighting each other now that's a chaos so damascus has just stepped into the void now and is filling the vacuum created by this tension and this crisis. over to japan now where we suddenly discovered secret government documents have shed light on the practice of force sterilization which affected thousands of people with mental or physical health issues the procedure was carried out under now scrapped eugenics projections protection law it was adopted after the end of world war two and was in force up until nine hundred ninety six that permitted sterilization to quote preserve the purity of the japanese race according to some estimates up to twenty five thousand people were subjected to the procedure the newly revealed archive records pertain

to fewer than three thousand victims some of whom are now taking legal action r.t. had a chance to speak with one of them. has a hard time going through middle school. one of the teachers to speak in. that i was constantly being used by his wife i never got some never got paid and never had the chance to see the official to back my diagnosis see that she hated me. my teacher took me for a magical chacon and i was taken to hospital he didn't explain anything. when i woke up i was there stephen they told me not to drink water that's when i remember. the time my parents told me

that i was operated on and now i cannot have a baby my father didn't agree to arrange the schools to sign documents by legislation and welfare from science. i had many chances to get married when i was young but tough to the operation i found period i married and divorced i'm married again my husband left me when i told him about the operation. the committee further recommends that the state party adopt specific measures aimed at providing victims of forced sterilizations with assistance to access legal remedies provide them with compensation and rehabilitative services. the government should make upon its loss and pay compensation to them if i was not forced and together the pressure to have i know i will suffer until the end of my life if only i feel i can time i caught.

the woman's lawyer told us the fight is far from over as he says the japanese government is turning a blind eye to the problem. the two and a half years ago i received a call from mrs zucker it was the first time i'd heard about this matter we found out that people were taken to the facilities and forcefully operating on little under instructions from the government it was a whole organized system japan still has a problem with ideas and eugenics and those who claim that disabled people have no right to live some psychometrist have started speaking out about the things that they did back then instead of taking their licenses away i think it would be better to ask them to bring their confessions to light and if not the issue now that we're discovering the truth we need to make those responsible apologize their actions and make sure the victims get compensation it's clear of the main problem here is the japanese government continuing to ignore the problem and advice from the un. now

japan is not the only country that has at some point resorted to forced sterilization programs and speired by eugenics among the notable examples are germany during nazi rule and sweden both countries have since offered compensation to the victims. afghan citizens have submitted more than a million statements to the international criminal court alleging they were victims of war crimes the court began collecting testimonies in november of last year the statements describe accounts of alleged atrocities perpetrated not only by the taliban or islamic state but also by the afghan army and american military forces stationed there some of the testimony is worse than made it on behalf of a number of people so the actual number of alleged crimes could in fact be higher we spoke to our door hiwatt who lost fifty two.