because of vietnam and the heightened tensions with the cold war and the soviet expansion into czechoslovakia. >> bad year. it was a year where it seemed like all of these strands seemed to come together at once. north korea became more, you know, opportunistic, trying to actually launch a kind of situation where they might be able to open up a southern front, taking advantage of the vietnam war and the ted offensive and czechoslovakia, which was this moment where like so much of 1968 where it seemed like everything might change for the better and then the cold war comes in and slams it all down. >> explain what happened with the soviet moving into czechoslovakia and why that was such a significant milestone in 1968? >> well, in a way,

the marchers sing the czechoslovakia national anthem. who. who. ooo. the white helmet held in our marchers hands was worn by one of the first victims a twenty seven year old worker who was shot who who ooo. a curfew begins at ten pm the national television station has closed its broadcasts banned but like their radio colleagues technicians broadcast illegally from a construction site in a suburb there reports are filmed with equipment like this and broadcast locally the brave crews need to be careful and also cunning soviet helicopters fly over the area searching for antennas one hundred thirty kilometers south of prague the czech military protects this secret studio state television employees prepare a news broadcast sometimes things go very badly the invading troops have destroyed this relay station some one hundred kilometers from prague these images like those shot in the progs suburb and those filmed under the protection of the czech military show resistance to the soviets and tell viewers around the world that the country has been invaded thanks

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is a former prime minister who back in one thousand nine hundred played a role during czechoslovakia as transition to democracy it makes him sad that even fifty years after the prague spring the country's communist past still casts a long shadow the us. i've been involved in our history and remembrance for many long years. now for me it's become a fascinating but at the same time a grim topic. stalin publishes the same words over and over again because he's surrounded by good marketing people who keep him from having to make things too complicated. he constantly repeats the same stuff about lies and campaigns against him. chello the. gun ban you for holland our who took part in the progs spring the memory of events in czechoslovakia after the invasion are as painful now as they were then to see what you got. in august of one thousand nine hundred sixty eight he smuggled his pictures out to west germany for broadcast. but. it was really very bad back. fifty years after the hopes of the prague spring were crushed by the soviet union the legacy of the past continues to haunt him. well n

and its warsaw pact allies invaded czechoslovakia and crushed the short lived movement few can forget the dramatic pictures of tanks on the streets of prague crushing a largely nonviolent resistance in getting students right as an intellectuals one hundred fifty people were kids. chorus line from coastline reports how events of the time still cost the long shadow on the politics of today. better hour is looking for traces of the past near the radio station building in prague fifty years ago dramatic scenes unfolded on this street. mall when i was standing in front of this tree. the shells were exploding shrapnel was flying everywhere. explosions and shrapnel everywhere barricades were crushed by soviet tanks soldiers shot demonstrators there our took photographs on that long day along with many other progress that ends in the early hours of august twenty first one nine hundred sixty eight warsaw pact troops ended the prague spring dream of an open and humane communist system at the start of the year the communist party had begun allowing greater freedom of expression journalists worki

now what i wonder was it like during the progs spring fifty years ago people in what was then czechoslovakia was still celebrating the liberal reforms introduced by alexander dubcek and it seemed as though a new dawn has broken but then moscow ordered its tanks into prague to crush the uprising so what did that short period of freedom just four months really feel like and to what extent to the ghosts of that time still haunt czech politics well as a young man roland barrow a witness to those remarkable events. it's a day seared into all and ours memory august the twenty first one thousand nine hundred sixty eight the day soviet tanks rolled onto the streets of the czech capital the prague spring a dream of freedom was brutally suppressed and bare howard was right in the thick of things with his camera throughout that long day the now eighty two year old documented how the soviet leadership ended the dream initially disguising the move as military maneuvers the soviets and other eastern bloc countries invaded czechoslovakia and soon tanks were patrolling the streets of prague the country was

when he orders the invasion into czechoslovakia. is taking the reins of power. >> take us back to what you think president johnson was thinking as he sent more troops to vietnam and was looking at the broader picture of where the soviet union was. >> the major buildup of u.s. forces occurred before 1968. starting in 1965. at the height, forces reached about 525,000. that is an astounding number. it was a military victory for u.s. forces but a political disaster. the vietnamese communist had far greater strength and staying power than the u.s. government had been leading on. particularly the secretary of defense mcnamara. it was the turning point in the war. until that time there had been majority support diminishing but still majority support in the united states for the war. public support from then on never was the majority again. increasingly it turned against the war. johnson was consumed by that. it led to his decision in march not to seek reelection. >>> this was from july 1968. president johnson traveling to hawaii and meetin

it came to a crashing end with the invasion of czechoslovakia.he war in vietnam had taken a very unfortunate turn. the north koreans had seized the uss pueblo and so the cold war was very vividly under way at that point. nowadays there are still major problems with numerous countries, iran, north korea, russia, china, but they're of a different order compared to what was there in 1968 and during other years of the cold war. >> the caller brought up what it was like here on the home front as we had the escalation of the cold war and the rising concerns of vietnam. this is from the defense this is from the defense department from that era, taking a look at how children especially should prepare for the possibility of a nuclear attack. >> at the request of the office of civil and defense mobilization, the united states army chemical corp has developed a mask especially for civilian use. this mask protects the wearer against biological and chemical attack by purifying the air inhaled. filter pads in the mask absorb toxic gases and screen out radioact

gombau and for volunteers our who took part in the progs spring the memory of events in czechoslovakia after the invasion are as painful now as they were then. when you got. in august of one thousand nine hundred sixty eight he smuggled his pictures out to west germany for broadcast. but. it was really very bad back a. good. fifty years after the hopes of the prague spring were crushed by the soviet union the legacy of the past continues to haunt him. well now on a very different note a story about why and bananas and about a man called eve chico who becomes originally from the democratic republic of congo where they make banana wine now these days home for eve is the austrian capital of vienna and when he saw that overly ripe bananas were simply being thrown away he decided that the time was ripe to create his own but not on a wine. waste not want not that's. every week he sells his rather unusual wine at vienna's big open air food market most people struggle to guess what the beverage is made up. it has a very interesting flavor and aroma. taste is a little strange for wine drinkers

. >> this reference to czechoslovakia. >> i just returned. kept stumbling saying czechoslovakia, and it no longer is. >> how were the u.s. troops received in czechoslovakia? >> with shock and dismay. the idea that you don't have control over your own country was a terrible thing. it was seen in hungary in 1956. so, again, people kind of hunkered down and survive. and that was the case in eastern europe, you know, up and through 1989. >> but there was a big difference in 1956, hungarian revolutionaries used violence against soviet forces who came in. there were about 750 soviet troops killed. there were about 2500 hungarians killed. there was no violent resistance. czechs and slovaks were dismayed and shocked to find that they had come in and also knew if they tried to resist violently, it would be mercilessly crushed. so there were about 100 people killed in the invasion, but there wasn't anything like the carnage in 1956. >> with that background here from the white house, 1968. the johnson white house and this film that includes former presi

way, was so, in a significant because czechoslovakia helps create the cold war. when they began a program of lifting censorship am a creating a more open government, the soviets come in and shut that down and what happens after -- theeonid brezhnev president of 1968, all the wonderful flowering of possibilities for greater has been cut off, and brezhnev says we will intervene any time a socialist, communist government is threatened. host: what was the domino theory? caller: that was the -- that was the idea after world war i that if one country fell to communism, the others would as well. the concern was if south vietnam was overtaken by the communists in the north, that laos and cambodia would soon follow. notionctrine was -- that was inspired in part by what had happen in eastern europe right after world war ii where governments, especially in central and eastern europe had direct soviet occupation. the concern in east asia was it might come out through who might guerillas take over. who was arming the north vietnamese? guest: they were heavily armed by china.

czechoslovakia must be free! czechoslovakia must be free! russia czechoslovakia must be free!slovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 sub mariners who died on board the submarine. we are all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown crack of. stay with us, stay with us, chanted this ocean of humanity. well, well. joked the pope, so you wa nt well, well. joked the pope, so you want me to desert rome? this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: there has been an outpouring of tributes to the soul singer, aretha franklin, who has died at her home in detroit aged 76. the drought affecting large parts of australia is fuelling unseasonal winter bushfires and is expected to get worse. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post reports on the ongoing trade war between china and america. a delegation of chinese officials is being sent to the us later th

putting a human face on socialism that was the go on off the so called prague spring in czechoslovakia back in nine hundred sixty eight in january of that year the new leader of the czech communist party introduced a number i'm president of the forms in an attempt to liberalize some of the country's restrictive laws or to the anger of the soviet union leadership fifty years ago today the u.s. assault on this was still packed allies invaded czechoslovakia and crushed the short lived movement or the resistance of the invasion was mainly nonviolent troops responded with force killing one hundred fifty people during the clashes. our correspondent frank off month sent us this report from prague. well one better hour is looking for traces of the past near the radio station building in prague fifty years ago dramatic scenes unfolded on this street. oh i was standing in front of this tree. shells were exploding shrapnel was flying everywhere. explosions and shrapnel everywhere barricades were crushed by soviet tanks soldiers shot demonstrators but our took photographs on that long day along wi

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oh it was fifty years ago today when soviet tanks rolled into czechoslovakia crushing what became known as the prague spring today czech prime minister andres bobbish tried to deliver a speech to mark the anniversary but the crowd of listeners and onlookers well they had a message for him take a listen. to what you are hearing there are shelves in check of shame on you aimed at the prime minister some historians say that mr bobbish was an informant for the state secret police under the communist in the nineteen eighty s. when he wus free coffman travel to prague and he introduces us to a resident who lived through the events of one nine hundred sixty eight and the return to hard line communism that followed. roland burris our retraces the pass near the radio station building and crowd fifty years ago dramatic scenes unfolded on this very street. toward the. mall where i was standing in front of this tree. the shells were exploding shrapnel was flying everywhere. explosions and shrapnel everywhere barricades were crushed by soviet tanks soldiers shot demonstrators there our took photogra

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the reform movement came to a bloody end play more solid states led by the soviet union invaded czechoslovakia claim the drain of socialism the face was crushed the trusts claimed lives thirty minutes clinton. i. mean i'm a man nine hundred sixty eight and i'm crying echoed around the world. young people would build against their parents' generation. it was an obsolete and dusty full of stupidity entish in the street they demanded nothing less than a home society the wanted maelstrom of euphoria and violence with the vietnam war pledge rolling my generation watched the bomb war every day. our documentary takes a mile times losing one of the members of the movement for the first time i had a feeling of being part of something. means of those events today. consumes civil rights. peace movement. is. nineteen sixty eight the global revolt starts september first on w. . officials in the indian state of colorado have announced that ten days of heavy rain have killed both and three hundred people and said the state is facing its worst flood than one hundred years carla is drenched by monsoons every y

the russians have moved into czechoslovakia. i said, ooh. he said ooh is right. we want you back here tonight. you are going to be the lead of the program. take as much time as you like, that explained why the russians would move west at this point. takew that he did not mean as much time as you like. that was sort of one minute 20 tops. i was thinking on the drive to new york what i was going to say. was that that the idea the american president in the russian mind was sold sort in the vietnam war that we in europe, communists in europe have got to move west and take advantage of the american preoccupation with the war in vietnam. that is one of the major reasons they moved. there were others. i wrote this up. i handed it in about 1:00 in the afternoon. walter thought it was terrific. in those days, you had to get in front of the camera, do it. the film had to be processed and all of that. :45 thatabout 5; afternoon, he called me to his office. sorry to tell you. we just got footage of a fire in new orleans. we really want to run that footage of a fire. i knew t

his first wife, ivana, came from czechoslovakia.ween ivana and melania, four out of the president's five children were born to immigrant mothers. so how much of a role do you think race, joan, the country of origin, played with this president? you say -- i mean, it sounds like he's saying, hey, we want to do away with, you know, family reunification. >> right. >> what he calls chain migration. if you're mexican or if you come from south or central america. >> i think he's told us about the s-hole countries, told us he'd like more norwegians coming to the country. i think race does play a role. i don't know about most, but many of the people who take advantage of family reunification now tends to be latino, don, and those are the people that he and jeff sessions also have suggested don't belong here. they don't contribute, they don't bring skills. and it's kind of disgusting. i also want to say, it is exactly two years to the day that cnn reported donald trump said his wife would be giving a press conference about exactly how she got

the events of the prague spring served only to fortify moscow's hard liners in the politburo czechoslovakia state security. services immediately expanded and they took on additional spice historians believe that in the one nine hundred eighty s. the current prime minister on trade became one of them. and. bush was in the highest category meaning agent and. tonight the allegations a few weeks ago on an online channel he himself phones to show some of them when the media claims that i lost this state security affair and courses and then that is a line. while many historians are convinced that czech prime minister bobbish used to serve as an informer of the state security agency of communist czechoslovakia at least some office voters see it a little bit differently. last year about issues party became a strong guest in the country after a populist election campaign was opinion about him is divided and avoided like you know it's not strange that he was an ancient it would bother us but they haven't proved it is. the same as are the years and i think just about everyone is bothered by it but mos

chanting: czechoslovakia must be free!ourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: the aid operation accelerates in the indian state of kerala. more than a million people are living in relief camps. venezuela's neighbours say they're struggling to cope, as more and more migrants flee the country's economic crisis. usain bolt says he's ready to prove he has what it takes to become a professionalfootballer. following his first session with the central coast mariners in australia, he said he'd turned down offers from clubs around the world to train with them. the jamaican sprinter retired from running last year. joining me live from the new south wales central coast is shaun mielekamp, who i

czech prime minister used to serve as an informant of the state security agency of communist czechoslovakia at least some office voters see it a little bit differently. last year about issues party became the strongest in the country after a populist election campaign but opinion about him is divided like you know it's not strange that he was an agent it would bother us but they haven't proved it. as a message of the word years and i think just about everyone is bothered by it but most people don't let it show so. these are things that are contrary to human principles and it's downright unprincipled that it is also that i don't know but it bothers me terribly i can't understand why so many people don't care. as people remember the events of the products springs violent ten fifty years ago it seems to debate about the country's communist past has also returned to the czech republic. and today is nearly done but it's never the conversation continues online to find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can write directly to me at brant goth t.v. don't forget to use hash tag the day every me

in czechoslovakia -- we might refer to it as the swamp. the folks that are there are just as interested in shutting down what we believe and how we believe society should operate in america and what was the former soviet union. so thank you for your insightful remarks. it has fostered so much debate. for those interested in buying the book, you can do so in the foyer where he will be signing copies. let me close with the following. thank you for coming tonight. as i mentioned just prior to the talk, our nation has a problem and that is a lack of intellectual rigor in key institutions, government, the academy, media and business it's a leader in filling the void of the intellectual rigor. we provide an education what makes it free and prosperous. we can go against no holds bar thrive on the chaos and the lack of politics and philosophy. to fill the void we need your help. thank you for coming and supporting the dinner. i hope many of you, if not all of you once or twice will consider making further donations and support so we may continue b

czech prime minister used to serve as an informant of the state security agency of communist czechoslovakia at least some office voters see it a little bit differently. last year about issues party became a stronger stay in the country after a populist election campaign was opinion about him is divided and avoided like you know it's not strange that he was an agent it would bother us but they haven't proved. their summers or the word years and i think just about everyone is bothered by it but most people don't let it show so. these are things that are contrary to human principles it's downright unprincipled that it is also that i don't know but it bothers me terribly i can't understand why so many people don't catch. as people remember the events of the prague spring is violent ten fifty years ago it seems to debate about the country's communist past has also returned to the czech republic. think. that's american rock i making the national for me at the m.t.v. music video awards which were held at the u.s. city music hall in new york last night. are often met from got to decide joins me wel

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the invasion of czechoslovakia. august of 1968. celt the stage, what was happening in the cold war, what were our relations like with the soviet union and why was this a significant development? guest: well, 1960 had brought to a head a number of things in the cold war. it intentionified the tensions between the two sides and everybody in the west assumed that because the russians had a very major force in eastern europe it was there essentially to threaten the west but not actually to take action against the west but on october 20 of 68, the russians moved takes tanks into prague, the capital of czechoslovakia. i happened at that time to have been on vacation. i was on the outer edge of long island. i got a call from walter cronkite -- cronkite and i said did you hear the news? i said no. he said the russians have moved into czechoslovakia. i said ooh. he said ooh is right. we want you back. you're going to be the lead on the program that night. take as much time as you like but explain why the russians would move west at this poi

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he said, we're going to czechoslovakia. and he broke up laughing, hit me on the shoulder and he said, gotcha. so many times he was feisty but he was also funny. kristen? >> he was, kelly, and what an honorou having covering his legacy. really appreciate it. kelly o'donnell,erhanks much. >>> as mentioned, john mccain was in public service for six decades. savannah guthrie has a look back now on his life. >> reporter: john born to be in the navy. >> there is nothing more nobling than serving a cause greater than oneself. >> his father and grandfather were in the naval academy. john himself low on hijinx. he carried fighter jets off carriers. he was part of the prison system. his refusal to accept early lease left him with years of torture and permanent scars,nout ing could break john mccain. fellow p.o.w. alvarest remembers the first time he had contact with people. >> he was shaking hands, slapping backs along the way, and ied a one of my colleagues there, who is that fellow, the guy with the shocking white hair? and they're

allies were not keen to repeat the mistakes as had happened so disastrously with the germans in czechoslovakia. the ideals of the atlantic charter were to take a backseat to the realities. german populations would be expelled. soviet union having thought every step of the way. from stalingrad to berlin were yet to succeed on its western borders. the statistics vary, but almost certainly in excess of 70%. perhaps as high as 90%. of all german military casualties and world war i are inflicted by the red army. you heard him talk lastnight about the price for soviet union paid. at least 20 million dead. at least 20 million dead. but many of these concerns exhibited by stalin and the communists were not terribly different to the concerns of ms. ours who had always looked to secure the western invasion route into russia. the western allies, the french were the keenest on the punitive peace and on reparations, entertained in early plan with the industry of coal production. the british were dealing with financial implications of the war, quickly retreating from interest in greece. relinquishing the ro

the fall of austria, czechoslovakia, poland, denmark, norway, holland, belgium, france, had ordered formore than 100,000 slaves to work for him or starve. the preliminaries were over. it was time for the main event, the battle of britain. hitler and his generals feverishly drafted their plans for the conquest of britain. every detaille must be anticipated. a slip now might wreck the whole time table of worl conquests. six weeks of preparation went into their plans. six weeks to determine the history of 1,000 years. the thing was foolproof. see for yourselves how simple the whole operation was to be. look. german plan for invasion of england. phase one, knock out the royal air force and its bases, control of the air and sea lanes across the channel. destroy communication and transport lines. above all, get command of the air. phase 2, pulverize the coastline with dive bombers. drop parachute troops to take over the air feeleds and establish beach heads. phase three, actual invasion. pour the german pansers across in high-speed brarges, under an umbrella of protecting fighter planes. then

before the year is over, czechoslovakia -- is dead. eastern europe in the words of winston churchill promised that -- and iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line by all the capitals of the aji states of central and eastern europe, behind the iron curtain they were easy to express contentment -- and difficult and dangerous. -- in east germany and 1953 and in 1956 -- augmented by russian soldiers. in poland concessions are made so that poland today although indisputably communist limits the degree of freedom unheard of and other i encourage her he -- iron curtain countries. poland criticized the government decisions if they do so discretely. and occasional political joke is allowed but loud laughter is not recommended. you might disturb your neighbor and he might be the law. budapest in october 1956, these demonstrators are not anti- communist, in fact many of them are hungarian students are communist to feel that as hungarians they have the inalienable right to determine how hungarian communism should be admini

czechoslovakia? norway? poland? holland? greece? belgium? albania? yugoslavia? or russia?tch the entire film sunday on railamerica only on c-span3. you are watching american history tv. >> next on the presidency, a discussion about the complicated and controversial building of a memorial to president james garfield on the u.s. capitol grounds. we hear from matthew gilmore who edits a washington, d.c. history blog. mr. garfield was shot in july of 1881 by a disgruntled office seeker and died from his wounds the following september. the united states capitol historical society hosted this 45-minute program. william: those of you in the d.c. history community know matt