joseph stalin once made the monstrous confession that no moment in his life was so sweet to him as the moment when having perfected plans for the elimination of a former comrade, he could lie down to sleep with the certainty that all would be accomplished by morning. that is cold-bloodedness. and men like that never murder sleep. actually, it is macbeth's guilt combined with his fears that drive him headlong to destruction. but not just fear of human enemies, he's too brave for that; rather, fear of what he doesn't know and feels is already known by supernatural powers represented in the witches. against these supernatural fears, he asks for supernatural assurances and gets them, or thinks he does. nothing he has told can touch him till birnam wood moves to dunsinane, or he meets an enemy not born of woman. ha, that can never happen, or can it? can one trust a witch? finally, comes the moment when birnam wood is seen to move. and when macduff reveals he was torn untimely from his mother's womb, now, knowing the worst, macbeth recovers some of his former virtue and manfully fights his l

blamed on the nazis but it was later surface after the soviet union admitted that it was in fact joseph stalin who had. ordered the killing of the polish people in this case now in one thousand nine hundred the russian state media published a message saying that stalin secret police and stalin himself were responsible for this and the same day president of the soviet union to tell gorbachev apologized publicly for it over the years has the investigation that was begun as i said in one thousand nine hundred carried on certain documents were declassified others were not and this was where some of the descendants of the victims were very unhappy numerous cases of documents were not only declassified but in fact in two thousand and ten published online however the descendants were not happy with with the ability to get into some of these classified documents and the russian government ruled that as foreign citizens they weren't allowed to to look on those classified documents. so that's where the strasbourg court was brought into the case now the court did rule in fact russia was in violation of a

is it kim il-sung, fidel castro, mao zedong or joseph stalin.n twitter or facebook. if you miss a show or special, go to itunes.com/fareed and download them. this week's book is "the tea party and the remaking of republican conservatism." if you want to understand the rise of the tea party and who they are, read this book. now for the last look. in 1999, 10,000 people were killed when a ferocious cyclone hit eastern india. this past weekend, the same region was once again in the crosshairs. this time it was the region's most powerful storm this century. there was a much better outcome. a million were evacuated ahead of time. only 21 people lost their lives. thousands of others were saved. extreme climate events may be getting worse but technology has truly enabled us to save lives. we're now better than ever predicting the scale of storms and cyclones and we're better than ever at getting the message out. of course you still need a government that manages these situations well and for that all credit to the government which learned from the mist

project of the early 1960s and how do you update liberalism when you don't have the depression of joseph stalin. >> more on american history tv looks at the literary life of erie, pennsylvania, saturday at noon on c-span2 and sunday at 5:00 o'clock on c-span3. >> president obama met with italian prime minister to discuss the economy and nato operations in afghanistan. [applause] >> it is wonderful to welcome the gentleman to be over office. we have had a chance to get to know each other over the last several international summits that we have attended. and i could not be more impressed with the prime minister's integrity and ultimate end i want to congratulate him in a vote of confidence in passing the budget and it's clear that italy is moving in the right direction and stabilizing the finances and embarking on the forms and we spent a lot of times discussing the importance of european growth. with high unemployment, particularly high youth unemployment and the challenges that have been created since 2008. as well as the challenges within the euro zone. i think it is important for all of us to

how do you update that was someone you don't have a depression and joseph stalin is dead. the wilderness for really 1965 to 1966 through the age of reagan. liberals lost faith in the american project. i mean, that is how i was on a. it is understandable. watching your own countrymen and countrywomen beat africans americans in the street and the civil rights act this in the street and watching on television the horrors of vietnam, you know, a war that lyndon johnson himself never wanted, that the american people never wanted. those two seminal event so enraged liberals and understandably so, that they begin to question the basic fairness and decency of their own country. i argue that american liberals in some, not all begin to have a more radical piece of american society democrat roosevelt tied or john kennedy had, instead of coming in now, piecemeal reform from the know, they want more radical approach is to change america for the better. and so when middle america feels that their country is being demeaned an attack in their own values are demeaned and attack by well, th

the great man-made famine was executed under joseph stalin's communist rule to eradicate culture, social institutions. under stalin's regime, the ukrainian people were stripped f their land and grain and left to starve. which was once the breadbasket of europe, it was forced famine that ultimately took the lives of over six million innocent men, women and children. but stalin's attempt to schedule much the spirit of the -- squelch the spirit of the ukrainian people failed. we will remember those whose lives were taken by the man-made genocide. the museum will celebrate the strong and vibrant people of the nation of ukraine that strives today. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i was stunned to see russian president vladimir putin disparage american exceptionalism a