his name was thomas holmes. and thomas holmes had a very unique set. he knew how to embalm people and he had come down to washington thinking that this rebellion he would need to embalm people, to ship them home, because the only way to really ship people was via the adams express. the adams express would only ship human remains if they were either sealed in an airtight metallic coffin or they were embalmed. now, airtight metallic coffins were being made. but think about it, they're ramping up wartime production in oc. the metal is being used to make ammunition and weaponry, so the two manufacturers of these airtight metallic coffins, they were having trouble getting the materials. so if you could find one of these, they were going to be very expensive. so really the only option at this point, if you want it to be shipped home and you were a soldier was to be embalmed. a skill set. the thomas holmes head. so holmes knew william seward and he got an audience at the house. they rushed over to the white house and they found president lincoln, his office.

capacity to play a very big role when it comes to helping ukraine. holmes, thank you very much for your analysis or political correspond it, thomas sparrow. you are watching d. w. news live from berlin. we have just wrapped up a press conference with the nato secretary general. you installed back. and forrest historian, the new german defense minister, we heard the german defense minister staying that germany does have a commitment to ukraine's defense, that it needs to send a message of determination to russia, but that nato should not become a party to the war. i'm terry martin, thanks for being with the start asking themselves to leave or not to leave, leave the u. k. that is like briggs it. the question of independence is dividing the country. ah, the economic crisis is hitting many hard and those affected hold the government in london responsible. we take a look at the scottish question. clues. 15 e w. a joy ride through fascinating worlds. into uncharted depths, our guides know their way around with a strictly scientific trip to some pretty wacky places. curiosity is required to borrow today. 90 minutes on d. w. ah. with ca

thomas. this happened three days before christmas and the court heard that mark holmes had been pending at thise rams the two cars in the driveway, he breaks down a wall and he actually flips one of the cars in this fit of rage as paula brown was trying to get him to stop. the digger actually graces her arm and she sustained minor injuries. after that at the end of this video which was filmed by people on the street, he then drives down to the local police station, admits to what he has done, admits he had been drinking quite a bit and admits he had a lot on his mind and there had been family disagreements, but in the court to date the judge said that was not an excuse for what he has done and he sentenced him to 16 months suspended for two years and disqualified from driving for three years, as well as given a restraining order. transport and public services in france are being badly disrupted by another day of strikes against government plans to push the age of retirement up from 62 to 64. demonstrations are being staged across the country with the biggest this afternoon in paris. earlier i s