alexander gas will become the second european the first german to command the s.s. when he takes charge this year he has promised to be the nice fall and he says in addition to all the research and experiments it's important that he makes sure that his crew members have fun and that they enjoy the ride is hugely popular here on earth especially in germany he has sparked the imagination of young people by sharing his experiments in real time via social media here's more on the space star. castro alex. the t.v. superstar. at least in germany he has many fans here including at the chancellery in berlin. the two libyan your limits here myself included will be following the news about astro alex very closely for. everyone loves scarcest no wonder he's the first german astronaut to charm the public with his personality and with what he does his secret. hey guys alexander guest here from baikonur he's super cool but he's still got his feet on the ground and he shares everything including on twitter or astro alex has more than a million followers. they're all thrilled about

cosmonauts and astronauts embarked on what will be a six month stay on the international space station alexander guest has been there before but this time he's writing history becoming the first german all the all u.s.s. with the title commander i'm burnt off in berlin and this is the day. for . i'm looking forward to kind of having this does very well the role of responsibility for the international space station. and lit up when you fly a second time to space the training actually gets much easier because of the experience of my first flight i couldn't just cut out the other four and things and concentrate on the things that are really important yet in the order of two to three hundred in every expedition so i'm really looking forward to conducting these it's very important to see the science that we do on the space station not just as a one off experiment that we do in one mission like my expedition but it's a series of experiments that develop over time. also coming up with the right to give the heart a home the european court of justice rules that same sex married couples have the same righ

a copilot on board is german copilot alexander gerst.e wr astamander leleader this year and was cleay excited to be making another trip to the stars. reporter: thumbs up ready to go. alexander gerst was all smiles as final preparations got underway for this, his second trip into space. his fans know him better as astro alex. but not everyone knew the launch site was quite so excited. he tweeted about a great farewell from friends and families, but some unimpressed cows were at the side e the road. is 42. his debut mission was in 2014 as an onboard engineer. now as the only member of his crew with actual experience in space, he was blasting off in the soyuz as its c copilot. alexander gerst and his crewmates will be based 400 kilometers above the air. orbiting the planet at a speed around 28,000 kilometers per hour on the international space station. and starting in october, he will be in charge. >> i think it is also a very good sign of this international cooperation to show that all partners can get into this function of commander, it s

alexander galant course we don't we'll turn it to put germany quotes controversy with his comments minimizing the darkest chapter in germany's history also coming up. new prime minister prepares to lead a minority government socialist is sworn in but he now faces an all challenge. has also taken office today and king torah is calling us to join fresh independence . i'm glad you could join us here in germany a far right politician has sparked controversy after dismissing hitler and the nazi era alexander golland the co-leader of the alternative for germany was speaking at a meeting of the party's youth wing now his comments have caused outrage with other politicians in the parliament condemning what. the seventy seven year old co-leader of the f.t. alexander garland has been accused of dismissing the crimes of nazi germany as a blip in history in comments at the f.t. youth wing's congress he said that historians have placed too much emphasis on the twelve years of hitler's rule. yes we recognize our responsibility for the twelve years but dear friends hitler and the nazis are just a bird dropp

by german alexander gear as the crew of three will carry out dozens of experiments and some info for future missions to mars also coming out people fully as guatemala's volcano of fire erupts yet again seventy five people are confirmed dead the search is on for more survivors in a landscape that is blanketed with hot ash and mud and argentina pulls out of their world cup of warm up match in jerusalem palestinian groups say it's the right decision. it's good to have you with us the latest mission to the international space station is on its way after the three strong crew blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan today the copilot on board is german astronaut alexander guest on his second mission to space just will take over as commander later this year and was clearly excited to be making another trip to the stars. thumbs up ready to go alexander garst was all smiles as the final preparations got underway for this his second trip into space his fans know him better as astro alex but not everyone near the launch site was quite so excited he tweeted a by to greet farewell

news coming to you live from berlin all systems go in just a few minutes time the german astronaut alexander gassed and his troops are due to blast off to the international space station to carry out experiments to prepare for future missions to moscow. is ready for launch we'll be live at the liftoff. also coming up. to you in this a few minutes time lotty nationally crew of astronauts to a blast. in kazakhstan on a mission to the international space station the german astronaut alexander guest is copilot of the series spacecraft that will take them to the i s s it will be his second mission to the space lab where he take them on to the sea his crew will conduct a host of experiments including some into the effects of stress on the human immune system and that's important. actually seeing live pictures of. the rocket is ready for liftoff of course we'll bring you live pitches a soon as it starts its mission and that could take a few minutes but first let's take a look at this report from you due to chateau. i mean by cornu are at the world's largest spaceport cause more drama as it's called

alexander guest as the first german astronaut to win a large fan base for himself and space travel. you guys astronaut alexander guest here from baikonur he's a cool dude and also down to earth he talks to his fans on twitter where he's handle is astro alex he has more than a million followers they're excited about the horizons mission on the international space station. it's gas second time up there but his first as commander. very humbled by the trust of people having me to actually come on this. fantastic space station but of course it's comes with a big responsibility also already in training. guest and his crew spent two years training for the mission. it involved countless medical tests and experiments. the fans were kept informed. even when he tried space food which he says tastes better than it looks. is meant to trigger my memory. you know i can make choices based on our memory a. few new ones in between to sort of get. on the menu in the heavens is comfort food from the guests home region a swabian equivalent of macaroni and cheese. the crew won't just be feasting but also

alexander guest american. chancellor and russian surrogate will spend six months aboard the international space station that's a long time to be away from family and friends correspondent or you're a shattered films these pictures of dr guest stay goodbye on his way to the launch pad crews are quarantined before taking off to safeguard against illness and he had one last message to his mother before driving off. thomas reiter is a former astronaut he's now an advisor to the european space agency he spoke to us from the launch site and by colonel we asked him if he wished that he was on his way back into space. bringing really memories for me it's already more than twenty years ago that i was launching from. at this time to the russian space station mir now seeing this perfect launch today was just gorgeous of course seeing the three person crew with. blasting to the blue sky. it's just marvelous if somebody would ask me if my boss would ask me if i would be ready to go again i wouldn't have to think twice it t

alexander: mr. president, i want to thank the senator from delaware for his customerary leadership. he's been wise to come up with this idea. in some cases the corps of engineers has completed projects under the budget. the corps had excess nonfederal funds paid by the project sponsor. his amendment which i'm happy to cosponsor requires the corps to provide a list of all those projects that have been completed and have that excess nonfederal funds that have been not been returned to the project sponsor put on that list. it also requires the corps to provide a final accounting for each project, and the status of the corps' plan to return the excess nonfederal funds. it does not increase federal spending. it's not intend -- it is intended to ensure the corps returns excess nonfederal funds to project sponsors in a timely manner. just for the information of senators and staff, but first let me thank the republican and democratic staffs for working with us through the morning in the customary smooth way

the three person crew blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan german astronaut alexander guest is pilot of the soyuz spacecraft taking the team up to the i s s it will be a second mission to the space lab he take over as commander later this year. i guess and his two astronauts american some family and friends are correspondingly shutter shot these pictures of alexander guess saying goodbye to the window of a bus on his rates the launch pad crews are quarantined before takeoff to see if god against illness. and asked to alex's one last message for his mother before driving off have a look. at their son go to do the obvious science correspondent. he's at that european space agency's event in zines a planetarium. so figure you were watching the takeoff right there were thousands of other people there must have been a great sense of excitement when liftoff finally happened. amazing it was an absolutely amazing sense of excitement here the planetarium. for it was in the baikonur cosmodrome but we you know it was absolutely palpable to use our cliche here lots of kids here lot

>> that was the impression that i got, alexander dix was quite keen on -- alexander nix was quite keen on selling contracts, but after he put the investment into cambridge analytica, the only restriction that we had was not to work with democrats.>> for exame, fusion gps is much of the news, they provided opposition re to the dnc, against the trip campaign, the data itself, and the means by which you analyze it and use it, is pretty much agnostic. you can use it for or against a political candidate, a product, or for an information campaign, like we said? >> yes.>> so mark zuckerberg, when he was here the other day, he kept saying, we don't sell data. and i responded to him, will you clearly rented. i don't know whether that is a fair characterization or not, how would you characterize the social media platforms like facebook's use of personal data, they say they don't sell it, how would you characterize it? >> they have created a platform that encourages the use of data, so it is true that you can go to facebook and simply by facebook's data, that make it readily avlae to its customer

us from by a far right german politician tells his party's use wayne that the nazis didn't know alexander gowda the co-leader all the alternative to germany of course control the scene with his comments minimizing the don't just chopped it into the history. poster coming up. spain's new prime minister prepares to meet a minority government socialist federal sanchez this would mean that now he faces an only child and catalonia community that has also taken office today and you thought i was calling on sanctions to join a fresh independence told us something. we can do it was all dead also now it's back on again us president donald trump says the new thing with north korea's leader will take place on the twelfth of june out of originally planned announcement all day high level north korean envoy nicholas chump at the white house. being. banned. from having a home free you could join us here in germany a far right politician has sparked controversy after dismissing hitler and the nazi era alexander galland the co-leader of the alternative to germany was speaking at a meeting all the parties

the seventy seven year old co-leader of the eye of the alexander garland has been accused of dismissing the crimes of nazi germany as a blip in history in comments at the f.t. youth wing's congress he said that historians have placed too much emphasis on the twelve years of hitler's rule. years we recognize our responsibility for the twelve years but dear friends hitler and the nazis just a bird dropping in over a thousand years of successful german history. of the gold and has repeatedly argued that germany should be proud of its world war two veterans he's also been criticized for failing to rein in the extreme fringes of the party. the a.f.d. tapped into anti immigrant and anti establishment sentiment to win twelve point six percent of the vote in last year's parliamentary elections that makes them the third largest party in the bundestag and the largest opposition party. now those comments from the air. have spot a massive controversy here in germany and political correspondent but devolved is with me here in studio so what have some of their reactions to gollum's comments sofa and

up and away alexander gas launches into space. remarkably realistic animation of human facial expressions is getting better all the time. garden of tomorrow hertz and edible flowers are grown underground in new york is this the future of. seeing earth from outer space not many people have had the experience. what is alexander gets to is just started his second mission to the international space station. each of these images during his first run. and soon will be seeing. germany's very own super star astro alex. he's been doing the rounds of the t.v. talk shows. and he has lots of fans in high places too. that he can define yes of course we should be following the news about astro alex very closely myself included for. alexander guest is the first german astronaut to win a large fan base for himself and space travel. guys astronaut alexander gets here from baikonur he's a cool dude and also down to earth he talks to his fans on twitter where his handle is astro alex he has more than a million followers they're excited about the hor

being named after alexander the great the main expressway running through the country named after alexander the great i'd like to bring i guess to capitol hill and now mr better of has this dispute been damaging to both countries other than it getting in the way of macedonia joining the european union and nato. it's been much harder evidence from us a lot of freaks and i mean frankly greece has had many other problems on its hands and was happy with the status quo but as my friend borat you've asked pointed out muscle only has been in a limbo because a funny thing the blockage has helped prime minister risky the former chief of cabinet to concentrate polities hansen to build this chronicon a me and to engage in high level corruption and the loses have been the ordinary citizens and scoping. out of places across possible any sort of the sad fact of the simple hopefully not ever the breakthrough so what will that mean then mystery of an offer for the referendum will macedonians as mr better call them you know the losers in this limbo will they pass this agreement in the referendum do you thin

alexander also allowed students to take selfies with his gun...uns to school. but alexander is a reserve police officer... so he was allowed to carry. alexander has since resigned from his teaching job. ( james ) in bay area baseball it was a big day for giants fans as madison bumgarner made his season debut but it did not go as planned.( darya ) bumgarner got off to a bit of a rocky start against the diamondbacks. he gave up two runs in the second inning but then he settled in. he did not allow any more runs but the giants offense could not ocme up with the big hit. they went on to lose by a final of 3 to 2. the two teams play again this afternoon. first pitch is set for 12:45 at a-t-and-t park. ( darya ) things did not go any better for the a's... who were in texas taking on the rangers. oakland jumped out to an early lead but then the pitching staff gave up 5 home runs. and it was too much for the a's to handle. texas wins by a final of 7 to 4. the two teams play again tonight. first pitch is at 5:05. ( james ) in about 2 months... the outside

all systems go german astronaut alexander gas and his crew on the bottom blast off from international the international space station they've got plenty of experiments to carry out including preparing for future missions to mars. and disappointment for israeli fans of soccer star messi argentina council there was warm up match in jerusalem because of trash from the honest in the hands. hello and welcome. in guatemala fresh flows of superheated ashen mocking the volcano fire has forced more people to feed their homes officials now say that at least seventy five people have been killed since the volcano began. at the weekend and almost two hundred more are still missing apologies have issued new evacuation orders and residents have begun to panic about what's to come. fleeing the disaster zone. people left their homes as fast as they could taking with them only what they could carry on their own. many hoping for a quick escape or slowed down by clogged roads. authorities issued evacuation orders for half a dozen villages after increased volcanic activity on tuesday raising the threat of

missing the landscape blanketed with hostile and mud also coming up all systems go to german astronaut alexander gaston and his crew are about to blast off for the international space station they've got plenty of experiments to carry out including preparing for future missions to mars. argentina canceled their world cup warm up match against israel they fear the match due to be played in jerusalem would be met with violent protests by palestinians. and can the world cup hosts russia put a stop to racism among times we find out what this player from nigeria's national team has had to put up with when playing in the russian football league. oh i'm terry marchin good to have you with us in guatemala fresh flows of superheated ash and mud from the volcano a fire have forced more people to flee their homes officials now say at least seventy five people have been killed since the volcano began erupting at the weekend and almost two hundred more are still missing authorities have issued new evacuation orders and sparked panic among residents. fleeing a disaster zone. people left their homes as fast as

and nine press conference from outer space with alexander gaps is another way to go to the back of the head of the un p.w. news of the day fifteen hundred hours mukasey. was. the first. to. finally hear the world cup starts this week. this summer will be hot. kick off tackle story.

this is news coming to you live from berlin all systems go german astronaut alexander guest and his crew are about to blast off for the international space station and carry out experiments to provide insights for people on earth and prepare for a future long term missions to mars also coming up in guatemala people fleeing new eruptions from the volcano well far the death toll is now seventy five hundreds are missing and the landscape is blanketed with hot ash in mind. and he's only been in office for four weeks but the new u.s. ambassador to germany richard grenell is ruffling a lot sort of feathers solemn or calling for his expulsion. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a multinational crew of astronauts will blast off in a few hours time to spend six months on the international space station they'll lift off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan the crew will conduct a host of experiments including some into the effects of stress on the human immune system that will be important for future missions to mars he. sent us this report from the law site. i mean by cornu we'

and alexander what does this mysterious letter that was delivered to draw today from kim jong un do we know what's inside. well the president said that it was good letter and interesting and nice letter and he's the white house press secretary serres and there are still a tourist set that the president has read to see in the letter and it is reportedly robert basic that there are reports saying that kim jong un's is expressing his willingness to meet this letter and nothing more but that's of course it's up to the u.s. presidents to publish this letter if you would like to do it. right our white house correspondent washington bureau chief alexander phenomena on the story for us tonight alexandra thank you very much. all the european union has seen a day of challenges a euro skeptic government taking charge in italy and political change in spain and italy the president has sworn in prime minister. and his cabinet and it follows a turbulent week of political drama and financial turmoil sparked by fears that the populist coalition now in power wants to leave the euro zone. in the end it a

alexander phenomena but the latest from quebec city where the g seven meeting currently under way thank you so much. in other news the united nations general assembly has voted for germany and for other nations to become nonpermanent members of the security council the new members take up their seats in twenty nineteen and will spend two years at diplomacy is top table germany has held its election as a vote of confidence in its global role. germany one hundred eighty four. while the news did not come as a great surprise the german foreign minister said he wasn't expecting such an overwhelming majority one hundred eighty four votes in favor out of a total of one hundred ninety. eight i know that's yet to be confirmed with one hundred eighty four votes is a terrific result for those that oppose it shows that the international community has great confidence in germany and want to live up to our responsibilities and take a stand on difficult decisions with shying away from the. fog of the cannon mass added that germany will be heavily engaged in conflict prevention peace building and peace

president although trump there let's go now to the white house our alexander phenomena standing by good afternoon to you alexander so how did this happen how did we end up getting this singapore summit back on schedule. well apparently the president was convinced by this meeting with this senior north korean official that it's worth taking the chance and meeting with kim jong in singapore so this was a major news coming out of this meeting today with the president saying that we are going to be in singapore he also said that it was a great meeting a sort of getting to know each other that they talk about many different topics about everything as he said not that both human rights abuses in north korea however he had to admit that he also said that he is convinced that the north korean regime really wants to get rid of its nuclear weapons but that's of course something that we have to see and he also added that it could be only the first of many a number of meetings to follow and that we shouldn't expect anything to be signed during this meeting in the course that is an interesting devel

but alexander quarter didn't believe layon was a risk of committing suicide so we had advised him to undergo a trial year where he could try out life as a boy with a new name and have psychotherapy at the same time. that's in line with medical guidelines for treating children and young people with gender identity issues. but those guidelines of drawing vehement protests. this idea that transgender people are mentally ill label to make their own decisions and take responsibility for their lives is very hurtful and a violation of their independence. and especially in fact young children are less able to protect themselves. so what does laon think on phones like interest i want to see. that i was angry that i couldn't start the hormone therapy right away and i had to undergo the trial year. looking back it was very helpful for me to try it out for myself that it really was the right path for me. and it was helpful to have a therapist during that process discuss very personal things were. things i couldn't talk to my parents or friends about. the trial. became convinced that is indeed tr

absolutely the nationalist basically what they are saying is that alexander the great greek was quick most of dung it is great and no one else has the right to claim this name because it belongs to braise and everybody else will still the great history and by stealing great history that will be able to claim to salome just well they will be able to move towards grace and take over the northern part and i suppose this is something that is very little to the population absolutely said the old not that these are very well and greece currently in a. couple but i'll give the coming out of. this great austerity period which is which is really impoverished so many people in the country presumably this appeals to many people who feel that greece is being treated badly by its neighbors perhaps a matter of national pride. absolutely for greece if we speak in political terms and before and will use terms it's probably the best foreign policy agreement that has ever done in this recent history and it was i think it was the best thing that the greek government could have done of about this agreeme

germany a far right politician has sparked controversy of to dismissing hitler and the nazi era now alexander and the cold the dolby alternative for germany was speaking at a meeting of the party's youth wing his comments of caused outrage with the politicians in the parliament condemning gollum's words. the seventy seven year old code leader of the f.t. alexander garland has been accused of dismissing the crimes of nazi germany as a blip in history in comments at the f.t. youth wing's congress he said that historians have placed too much emphasis on the twelve years of hitler's rule. yes we recognize our responsibility for the twelve years but dear friends hitler and the nazis are just a bird dropping in over a thousand years of successful german history live i've reactions from within german politics have been scathing last cling biol general secretary of the social democratic party took to twitter to say alexander garland statements have revealed what lies behind the f.t.'s facade this is a terrifying minimization of the nazi era it's shameful that people like him are in the german bundest

scathing last cling biol general secretary of the social democratic party took to twitter to say alexander garland statements have revealed what lies behind the f.t. s. facade this is a terrifying minimization of the nazi era it's shameful that people like him are in the german bundestag. the conservative side of german politics also reacted critically and it didn't come out on our of i'm going to miracles christian democrats tweeted fifty million war victims the holocaust and the total war just bird poop for the a.f.d. and gallant this is the party's true nature revealed behind its middle class respectability galland has repeatedly argued that germany should be proud of its world war two veterans he's also been criticized for failing to rein in the extreme fringes of the party the a.f.p. tapped into anti immigrant an anti establishment sentiment to win twelve point six percent of the vote in last year's parliamentary elections that makes them the third largest party in the bundestag and the largest opposition party. mark organ of d.w. sports is with me to talk football markets everyone's

he wrote to me when i called him he told me that alexander golden statements have root revealed what lies behind the eight of these to say this is a terrifying minimization of the nazi era it's shameful that people like him in the german bunds talk and we have several of these reactions also talk to the leader of the left party comes to keeping and she said quite frankly these are the words of a fascist talking about fascism so what we hear from all parties in germany is discussed and so very strong statements coming in from a very strong statement that was also made by golan but can saying something like this attract consequences for him here in germany well there are rules in germany and other european countries it is forbidden to deny all the. all the calls to to deny the victims of the nazi era but it is not forbidden to say something what gulden just said he didn't say was no holy cause he didn't say it didn't kill six million jews and he didn't say hitler didn't start the war what he said was in the end but compared to two thousand years of german history the twelve years would

alexander gassed an american serina on chancellor and the russians. well spend six months aboard the i assess a long time to be away from family and friends correspondent judy woodruff shattered films these pictures of dr guest saying goodbye on his way to the launch pad crews are quantum teen before takeoff to safeguard against illness and he had one last message for his mother before they drove off. thomas reiter is an astronaut and an advisor to the european space agency earlier from the launch site in baikonur shared with us some of his memories from his own time on the i assess and we asked him if he was perhaps wishing that he was on his way back into space. really marvelous memories for me it's already more than twenty years ago that i was launching from. at this time to the russian space station mir now seen this perfect launch today i was just gorgeous and of course seeing the three person crew with syria and sergei blasting into the blue sky. it's just marvelous if somebody would ask me if my boss would ask me if i would be ready to go again

and alexander as you said trump is a very unique leader with a unique style and as is kim jong un and i believe we have a report that wall. inform us and tell us a little bit more about what that means. to unpredictable leaders to nations with a hostile past the world watched as north korea's kim jong un and u.s. president donald trump shook hands in singapore. a first for them and for any u.s. president and north korean leader it almost didn't happen trump called it off before saying it was back on now the adversaries who have threatened nuclear exchange are exchanging pleasantries. we will really get their. practices and prejudices worked against us but we overcame all of them and we are here today i think with. the face to face between the two men moved on to a team meeting at a working lunch the u.s. wants north korea's denuclearization north korea wants u.s. security guarantees commitments that have been promised and reneged on before trump is confident that this time will be different but its past efforts have shown it's a long way between a handshake and peace. so we're live in

also have dmitry babich is a political analyst we spoke nick international and in london we crossed alexander make us he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to london first let me go to alex i did stew a quick update on what's going on on the korean peninsula this time last week trumpet said no now he says yes what i think is in play is really the enter korean dynamic here this is where the real peace process where there is one going to be one it rejuvenated there and it's going to continue there and we'd have to see where the u.s. stands but even if the u.s. does change its mind one wants more it doesn't mean a peace process is over. go ahead alex in london i think that is absolutely right and i think you are correct to point out that this actually started as an insecurity in dialogue the koreans first started to talk to each other and properly back in january when kim jong basically made a speech in new year address he said let'

alexander said sankoh and his team help the disabled man build a new life for himself. open. to everything i've been through. that life for me has changed. now i know the value of every second of my life. i've realized how important material things are and how valuable friends comrades and family are mostly you scared the briefing everyone is scared but it's about duty and if necessary i'll go back to the front lines. this is where we're going to leave. i currently along the five hundred kilometer front about thirty two thousand pro russian separatists are facing some one hundred thousand ukrainian troops the board drags on and nobody knows when it could end or how many more thousands of lives it will claim. but there is a shimmer of hope in this terrible conflict russia and ukraine have agreed to meet for talks on june eleventh in. now whether the wealthy of the world is the royals the rock stars and the oligarchs turn to find the right kind of person to look after their little ones well for many of the super rich the only real option is a super nanny as turned out by the ex

alexander gets to ask the copilot of the three man crew we carry out dozens of experiments in preparation missions to mars. also coming up. in guatemala the dead still reaches to seventy five kindle fire again he cannot forced to flee their homes through a landscape blanketed with hot ash and mud. and she didn't like the idea of germany's chancellor angela merkel has finally submitted to direct questioning by. we find out how the grilling by a. mock match canceled because of fears of protests disappoint israeli fans as. argentina out of the world cup wall op match in jerusalem has been in groups it was the right mills to go. on with the cima the latest mission to the international space station is now on its way. three to. feed their. people and come blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan german astronaut alexander guest is scope on it officer is spacecraft taking the team up to the i s s it will be his second mission to the space lab he take over as commander later this year. their son going to do the obvious science correspondent as a body he's at that european space age

up and away alexander cast launches into space. remarkably realistic animation of human facial expressions is getting better all of the time. gobbling up tomorrow cuts and edible flowers are grown under ground in the.

jeffersoneresting -- davis was a far better politician than alexander stevens. he never mentioned slavery as a reason for secession. some good qouotes early in this period that i'm looking at, alexander stevens is the joe biden, can i say that, of the administration. he would say anything. as i said in his speech to the virginia secession commission, convention,, it's about white supremacy. that is why we left. and our constitution is built on that. jefferson davis was playing it a little more carefully and he was quite surprised, think he was rather surprised when england did not come in on the side of the confederacy. and part of that was the slavery issue. england would abolish slavery in the 30's, i think it, throughout the empire. if it was about slavery, they were not going to get involved. >> also, there was an incredible giving up of slaves that the french and the british did. lost an incredible amount of money. dr. pitcaithley: earlier. >> earlier and during the civil war. longer cotton -- was no being sent to britain and made for the cotton mills. so,