to the secretary nicolay while they were working on articles. and just as an aside, to make you understand, how amazing it is that these things survive, nicolay had until 1901. that went across town to washington. and he was secretary of state and he had them until he died and then i went back to robert lincoln. and then he went back to washington d.c. in vermont. they went from d.c. to vermont to d.c. to vermont. and then finally in 1919, it is herbert putnam, who finally prevails on robert lincoln to put them somewhere safe, the library of congress. and a 1923, robert gifted them to the library of congress, where some of you may know that at his request, there was an inscription on the paper that they were not to be opened to the public until 21 years after his own death. i hate to say that people were wishing him ill. [laughs] so, they weren't open to the public until 1947. that was after his death in 1926. so, that's how they get there and we want to keep them separated. so, if you are in series one of the abraham lincoln papers, that's part

so finality, ukraine's feeling relatively calm that they are being kept in the loo. nicolai, they're reported from give. let's have looked at some of the other stories making headlines. president, tomorrow's, his soccer and barlow of kinnear. a guinea bizarre has issued a statement saying he is safe and that com has returned to the west african nation . his statement came of the heavy gunfire erupted in the capitol. security forces were supposedly repelled an attack on a government compact in the u. s. pharmaceutical companies, biotech and pfizer are seeking emergency authorization for a vaccine developed for children under the age of 5. if approve this weaker version of the vaccine would be the 1st to be made available in the u. s. to children above the age of 6 months. meanwhile, the world health organization has warned countries not to lift all their cove at 19 restrictions at once. the head of the w h o set omicron should not be underestimated and cautioned that the virus is continuing to evolve. and it's really, really careful to india now where there has been a rise in the numb

the crisis dw corresponded nicolai reports on the challenges facing the german chancellor. on today's visit to keith, germany's new chancellor is going to keep at a time of unprecedented tensions not just between ukrainian russia, but also between friends. with cave, accusing berlin of sitting on the fence. ukraine, prepare its bomb shelters. the foreign embassies evacuate their stuff. berlin's refusal to follow the lead taken by the u. s. in supplying ukraine. the defense of weapons is key of number one, complaint where other countries have provided entered tank missiles, ammunition germany, his offer to sent 5000 helmets and announcement to provoked amusement and anger in equal measure. young boucher, i hope germany never has to go through what we are going through right now. hold of it never has to feel what we are failing. so mitchell, i am only but if the situation were reversed, we would help you. yes, i would wait. pushed off of under one of these gas pipeline between russia and germany. nostrand too is the other major point of contention. bucklin is complete, but is

might not be able to rely on as much support from western european countries as it is thought. des nicolai reporting there in chia for us. thank you. now to the winter olympics and one of china's most promising winter sports stars has taken her 1st goal at the beijing game with a breathtaking freestyle ski jump she had never completed before. in competition or practice. american born eileen booth took 1st place for her adoptive country and the 1st ever freestyle. the big air competition at the olympic games are winning, move in bold, spinning 4 and a half times mid air. the 18 year old only recently began representing china and has found plenty of new admirers in her adopted country since making the switch. she, as though been criticized by some us media for her decision. and here is a closer look now at one of the big stars of these winter gates. hi. lean due is one of the best known winter olympians in china. despite the fact that she was born and raised in the usa, she's one of the home nations most promising medal hopes at the 2022 games. gu is among the many foreign born athletes. com

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they can trust him to negotiate away at this crisis when he goes to moscow, they w correspondent, nicolai file that report is joins us now from the ukrainian a capital. welcome, nick. so what can chancellor sholtes do to earn care or ukraine's trust again? well, i think it's going to be about cash. ukraine's economy is suffering right now already without a single bullet. having been fired and government basically unable to raise money on the settle debt markets. the currency under a lot of pressure. investors putting planned investments in ukraine on i said that money would be very welcome, would help to short the ukraine government and supports living sales here in ukraine. but the ukranian government is still intent on the monument weapons. we heard from the ambassador to germany, even just yesterday that ukraine was 12000 enter tank missiles from germany. so no sense here. they're going to back down and politely, just keep quiet on over these requests. right, and, and germany course is one of a growing number of western governments telling their people to leave ukraine. how's that goin

there dw correspondent nicolai is in the north east and ukrainian city of harkey near the russian border. and nick of the russian defense ministry says that some military drills have ended and troops are, were drawing. has there been any independent verification of this? what are you hearing? well, that's the $1000000.00 question right. there are no international observers allowed at these russian exercises, in theory, they should be there, but russia says that they are lots of small exercises rather than one big exercise which would fall under the rules that would require international observers. so this is basically guesswork, i guess it, us intelligence will be following this closely. and it's as in the last few weeks where the world's journalist had been trying to interpret satellite imagery of russian tents and russian logistics to pose and try work out if that means more or less people on the ground. but certainly ukrainian, the ship is not convinced and says that they will only believe this once they see hard facts. and i'm not going to go by these announcements or you and be move

and do anything that would disable the situation in des nicolai reporting from here. good to talk to you. the you commission has just given the green light for a controversial label that allows certain new, clear energy and natural gas investments to be labeled as sustainable. the commission says the legislation paved the way for private investment to contribute to our climate goals. but critics believe it jeopardizes the blocks target of climate neutrality by 2050. each member states remain fiercely divided over the so called energy taxonomy which could come into effect in the next 4 to 6 months. and d, w max sandra's following the story for us from brussels. hi max. what exactly does this decision mean? right, so the e taxonomy is all about becoming for you to become climate neutral by 2050. and the taxonomy essentially is some sort of guide book that is essentially supposed to tell investors what are green and sustainable fields to invest in terms of energy. and now the taxonomy is supposed to help fund this transition to, to, to green energy. and by this, it's sup

done yet, and look on republic, claim that several towns were targeted in missile attacks, including nicolay of car where russian military forces rescued an elderly woman. with russian forces say that they rescued that woman. now, staying in done yet. scan. lugens republics ortiz, my cousin is in the dumbass region with his take the ukrainian army are retreating, but so they are destroying everything on their, on their way. on this, on this retreat, according to a local officials or the crating, an army or targeting civilian infrastructure in people's home. and they're using a so called the a scorched earth policy against the civilians and not the military. now they added that to ukrainian military. the ones who are still fighting or placing their positions in near civilians, homes and schools, and kindergartens, and virtually turning civilians into a human shields. once again, this according to local officials, and of course we can hear artillery strikes here in the nest where i am right now. on saturday, a massive, massive artillery attack was heard throughout the city. and they were 152 m

you chris northern border is more than a 1000 kilometer long rewards or yeah, but nicolai shenker remembers when there were no demarcations. russia, bela roost, and ukraine were all part of the soviet union. he says his life was better them. graham and his wife nadia is suspicious of us and says that no one here will tell us what they really think people here closely linked to russia. valerie petrovitch tells us people into mary go shopping across the border. that's where he got his boots and he doesn't see their big neighbor as the enemy ringing in utah, tanya, but no, no, no, no, no, nobody will fight everyone here. we'll laugh about it. we don't care. i watch tv, and it's horrible. our troops are mobilizing, mobilize in russians, don't care why let them come. we will welcome them. they won't do anything to us. we are not afraid, because we are a part of russia. but i'm sure me nearby you. ah, if they were to invade russians could also come through this and keep crossing. it sits at the junction of ukraine, bella roost to the west, and russia to the east. the 3 sisters monument, a symbol

showing presence here and em, potentially coming with some drones into, for the young a correspond nicolai in t if there thank you. next ton of a quick round up of some of the other story. my story is making headlines today. benny gans has become the 1st is really defense minister to visit bahrain. it's the latest high profile diplomatic trip since the countries have normalized ties. israel's reconciliation with several arab nations broke with decades of arab league consensus against recognizing israel until it finds a peace agreement establishing a palestinian state. new zealand will begin to reopen its borders and phases, starting at the end of february, fully vaccinated citizens and visa holders from australia will be allowed in 1st, under the new rules vaccinated citizens entering the country will be allowed to quarantine at home instead of in a managed isolation facility shares in facebook owner meta plunged by around 20 percent and after hours trading on wednesday, knocking a massive $200000000000.00 of the company's value. chief executive mark zuckerberg had warned investors in a ca

in 2021, the shipbuilding factory in nicolai was closed. the conference starting from 2016 has not produced a single plane. the factory that was building a space grade missionary, they are almost bankrupt. same like -- same as the steel factory. as for the gas transport system that was built by the entire soviet union, it has become so dilapidated, that using it has a lot of risks. and in this regard, we have a question -- this property loss of the industrial and technological potential, is that the choice, the pro-western choice that was put into the heads of the people for years now? is that it? the reality of everything comes down to the fact that the collapse of the ukrainian economy goes along with robbing the ukrainian people. and ukraine itself is now being controlled from the outside. it is perpetrated not only by the instructions from the west, but also locally, by a network of consultants, ngos, and other institutions deployed in ukraine. they have direct influence on all the important decisions at all the levels of government, fr

two shots ahead of denmark's nicolai.ack-to-back parties to become the challenger while of course record 63 gets to 10 honor and the third spot. he suffered a disappointing loss in the been -- open tour de france run in 2016 in montpellier. after the first set it was a similar story in the second. the three-time champion and third seat for this year's competition was unable to find a rhythm. six/1, 6/two in less than an hour. novak djokovic will give his version of events concerning his deposition from australia within the next 10 days. he was sent home from melbourne last month due to australia's strict vaccination rules. bearing in mind that i have not spoken publicly regarding the event in australia and this is the first time i am speaking publicly i ask for your patience. in the next seven to 10 days i will address the media with more details with my, so to say, version of the story. and everything that happened in australia. novak djokovic thanked the serbian president for his support during his legal challenge to pl

but nicolai shenker remembers when they would know demarcations with russia, billers and ukraine were all part of the soviet union. he says his life was better than grandma and his wife. now j, suspicious of us and says that no one here will tell us what they really think people here closely linked to russia. valerie petrovitch tells us people into mary go shopping across the border. that's where he got his boots and he doesn't see their big neighbor as the enemy ringing in you talk to a nearby. no, no, no, no, no, nobody will fight everyone here. we'll laugh about it though. we don't care. i watch tv, and it's horrible. our troops are mobilizing, mobilize in russians, don't care why let them come. we will welcome them. they won't do anything to us. we are not afraid, because we are a part of russia. but i'm sure me nearby you. ah, if they were to invade russians could also come through this and keep crossing. it sits at the junction of ukraine, bella roost to the west and russia to the east. the 3 sisters monument, a symbol of brighter days, between the 3 countries and natalie and hi