along with these television companies support cspan2 as a public the berlin wall was reduced to a symbol of the cold war when the eastnnounced it was allowing free passage between the divided cities. next the wall, in 1962 u.s. information agency short film that takes us back to witness the shock of berliners in the crisis caused by the walls construction in august of 1961. [background sounds] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> we have lived here shadow of the war for more than a year. it cuts through the heart of berlin. we have learned to live with it. ♪♪ we refuse to think that i will always be this way. ♪♪ in the beginning we will waved across the wall to our family in east berlin. ♪♪ it didn't matter who watched us. but later the communists policemen came and stopped their families from waiving. ♪♪ my mother lives over there. they will move her of a way if she dares to wave. it is forbidden. i speak to my children in east berlin with hand signals making certain the guards are not watching. i don't want them to harm my family. we have become good with our signals. at dusk the communists have a hard time tracking us down but we take chance

well, i was on portland on east berlin. and my family name is carrie was 22 brothers and assisted me. photo of us. we haven't done parents both sites, but they were living separate. and what was said is that each of where life was love in the village are born in poland. and what was you can tell me the name of the village and what kind of community it was like. well have to it was or had the call or send those to vic and to everybody live for their own land. so it wasn't, wasn't a village which is house next to each other. this is everybody live on his own land . and i can't really say much because i don't remember much from poland. i remember more from the time they took us to say video, that peptide, a member oh, i oh. well they took us february 10th to try to pick up my grandparents with didn't we just so added to the window because the day was very cold and they blocked our door. so my mother was crying and begging them to. she wanted to see her parents. they just took them, both of them put on their slaves and over the

. >> the communist rulings of east berlin reinforce barricades. >> in the early and mid '60s there ismoil with the civil rights movement, in terms of vietnam. there is a real crisis of identity. >> and there is a pattern in american entertainment of when things get really serious, we got to get silly. >> i just don't understand it. >> don't try to. it's bigger than both of us. [ laughter ] >> people just needed to escape and go watch a talking horse. ♪ ♪ >> come on, mom. cut it out. >> not until you call the police. >> my mother the car, the car was haunted. i don't know why his mother was haunting a car. >>bility it's about a car and a mother. >> the flying nun was probably the silliest show ever made. >> i wanted to be a nun when i grew up. >> hey, i think i'm getting the hang of this. >> well, i knew i couldn't be a flying nun, but -- [ laughter ] >> i knew i couldn't be a nun, either. ♪ ♪ >> in the 1960s, most successful sitcoms were just fun and over the top and silly. >> you laugh because someone else is falling on the banana peel and that is the essence of escaping. >> that's w

these photos are of people from east berlin trying to reach west berlin or as you see in these photos, refugees, some went to its ordinary length. they don't underground tunnels and jumped over fences and walls and in some cases they don't hot air balloons to fly them across international borders. they demonstrated, they symbolize the hunger on behalf of humans to live in free society or so the argument went. refugees were also highly skilled or in many cases they were the highly skilled of their societies and in some cases they brought important intelligence that informed our military policies overseas. refugee scientists like albert einstein. okay, thank you. so refugee scientists like albert einstein and and rico fermi played a key role in the development of nuclear physics in this country. and the united states also went to great lengths to bring in people that they considered the brightest in the united states. and as we discussed a couple of weeks ago the secretary of state even expounded the nazi records of people like warner von brown and his fellow nazi scientists so that the

escape a communist country as you see here on the photo read and these photos are of people from east berlin trying to reach west berlin or as you see in these photos, refugees some refugees went to extraordinary lengths and they built underground tunnels, they jumped over fences and walls and in some cases they built hot air balloons to fly them across international borders. they demonstrated, they symbolize in the hunger on the behalf of humans to live in a free society's or so the argument went. refugees were also the highly skilled in their societies. in some cases they brought important intelligence than former military policies overseas and refugee science is under scientist like albert einstein, excuse me. okay thank you of soap refugee scientists like albert einstein and others played key roles in the development of nuclear physics in this country. in the united states also went to great lengths to bring in people that they considered the brightest into the united states. and as we discussed a couple of weeks ago, secretary of state even expunged it need not seen records of people li

. >> the communist rulers of east berlin reinforced their barricades. >> in the early and mid 60s, there's of the civil rights movement, in terms of vietnam. there's a real crisis of identity. >> and there is a pattern in american entertainment of when things get really serious, we got to get silly. >> a brand new episode of "history of the sitcom" airs tonight at 9:00 on cnn. >>> operation warp speed was a big part of trump's administration. when the former president encouraged his followers to get vaccinated this weekend, boos rang out. find out what happened after that. you're live in the cnn news room. why new woolite? because it was specially formulated to protect synthetics and blends from damage in the wash. like fading, stretching, and pilling. new woolite has evercare, a first of its kind formula that keeps today's fabrics looking like new. new woolite with evercare if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture, now might not be the best time to ask yourself... 'are my bones strong?' life is full of make or break moments. that's why it's so important to help

[bells ringing] we still waved to her families in east berlin and they still dared to wave back. we cannot be together. [bells ringing] swept through the colonies. >> we've been talking about the founding of the american colonies, and we're getting now into the 1700s. today and this week i want to focus mostly on religion in the late colonial period and the coming of the great awakening in the 1730s and '40s. and i know this has been on you all's minds since you have a paper coming up. we're going to get to some background on religion in the colonial period and the leadup to the great awakening, some of the overview of what happens in the great awakening and, hopefully, that'll set you up better for your papers. you can see here on the screen we have an image of george whitfield who is the most famous preacher of the great awakening preaching in london there in the 1730s, 1740s. he is the sensation of the age, but we'll talk more about him when we get there. first, i want to take a look at the background to what's happening in 18th century america with regard to religion. we've t

soviets were particularly upset that western powers is still maintained troops in west berlin, which surrounded by east german. eisenhower's chosen to be chairman of the first of this conference's meetings. and he opened opened the conference by saying the following. we meet here for a simple purpose. we have come to find a basis for accommodation, which will make life safer and happier. not only for the nations we represent. but for people everywhere. so already in specifically dealing with the soviet leadership. he's implying that everything they do will have an impact on people around the world. eisenhower's little in the way of concrete accomplishments relating to major issues he did use the conference as a chance to create and strengthen personal relations. relationships with leaders of the most powerful nations in the northern hemisphere he held personal meetings with each government leader, and he was able to to learn their strengths and weaknesses. um when he returned from geneva, he wrote a letter to his brother milton. and in that letter he discusses the results of the geneva conference. he s

i'm of a - certain age fortunately where i was able to go and visit berlin when it was still divided between eastterial this david s character might�*ve given away — it seems to be largely about british counterterrorism intelligence. buti think what underlines is how much germany is still on the front lines in the battle to contain russia. i'm talking to you tonight from salisbury, a place that was attacked by the nova truck poisoning. russia is always on the offensive —— novichok. we are lucky that we seem to have foiled this latest attempt by russia to spy on us and harm us. sienna, are you intrigued by the story? i sienna, are you intrigued by the sto ? . �* , story? i am, there's some interesting _ story? i am, there's some interesting details - story? i am, there's some interesting details in - story? i am, there's some interesting details in the | story? i am, there's some - interesting details in the times right— interesting details in the times right up. — interesting details in the times right up, it says that sources suggest _ right up, it says that sources suggest his motivation was mo

berlin -- toryism -- it has been great. you can feel a lot of people are moving to the east or to greece because gentrification is slowly goingurope to cheaper places. >> as well as the soundtrack, aesthetics have emerged with architecture, lighting and the core a huge part of the experience. night fever, designing club culture. there are examples of the mythical nightclubs of the last half-century from new york's studio 54 to manchester's hacienda. is there one that sticks in your mind for its style? >> i love panorama bar. the -- in amsterdam was amazing and print works in london is really great. it is an old printing factory. it is huge. this is what we should more do in france. we still do think nightlife has to be in a club somehow. i think it is beautiful when it gets out of clubs and into old warehouses, or museums even. >> speaking of physical space, another change we have seen is how dating applications have taken over when it comes to meeting up, especially in the lgbtq community. some say the virtual world is contributing to the cloture -- closure of queer friendly spaces. >> it has changed. before, you would go to

berlin was the spy capital of the world. the glienicke bridge there was known as the bridge of spies because of the exchanges that took place between easts can be stolen remotely over cyberspace, but that does not mean that old—fashioned human spying, as seemingly witnessed in today's case, has gone away. it's unusual but it's not surprising. it would be more surprising if russia were not doing this. it's no surprise that they are conducting espionage against a country that they consider to be their adversary, the uk, and it's also not surprising that they get caught in the process, which is quite reassuring. so far this potential security breach at the embassy does not look to be too serious. but it does serve as a reminder that beneath the surface of a city like berlin spies are still plying their trade. gordon corera, bbc news. now, skateboarding has become very popular injapan after its teenage athletes achieved a sweeping victory at the tokyo 2020 summer games. you may remember, i told our reporter mariko oi we should try it out when she gets back to singapore — and she appeared reluctant but she actually went to learn the sport fr

berlin wall. she was what the then chancellor was looking for, a young ambitious woman from the east.rkel's journey has not been easy. she has always had a card up her sleeve. she is finding her feet, tested by the global financial crisis and negotiating a stimulus package to counter the great recession. her mantra is the euro fails, europe fails. in late 2011, she ordered the end of nuclear power in germany by 2022 in the wake of fukushima , i catastrophe -- a catastrophe over 4000 miles away. the debt crisis rolls on and merkel comes under fire over the refugee crisis. vladimir putin invades crimea, the u.k. votes to leave the eu and then there is donald trump. if postelection talks of dragon to december, merkel will become germany's longest-serving leader. battling covid may have been her toughest hand yet and it is a test that is far from over. the question is, how will germany's next chancellor play the cards that have been dealt by angela merkel? tom: ok, let's get more from maria tadeo in berlin. who won the debate? maria: if you look at the poll that was done after the debate

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berlin was the spy capital of the world. the glienicke bridge there was known as the bridge of spies because of the exchanges that took place between eastely over cyberspace, but that does not mean that old—fashioned human spying, as seemingly witnessed in today's case, has gone away. it's unusual but it's not surprising. it would be more surprising if russia were not doing this. it's no surprise that they are conducting espionage against a country that they consider to be their adversary, the uk, and it's also not surprising that they get caught in the process, which is quite reassuring. so far this potential security breach at the embassy does not look to be too serious. but it does serve as a reminder that beneath the surface of a city like berlin spies are still plying their trade. gordon corera, bbc news. 0ur europe correspondent mark lowen is outside the german federal court ofjustice in karlsruhe. what happened in court and what now? this is germany's highest criminal court here in karlsruhe. it's where david s appeared this afternoon facing the german legal charge of engaging in intelligence agent activity. we know thejudge enga

berlin wall. it is with the chancellor was looking at -- looking for to balance out the cdu, young, ambitious woman from the eastmerkel's journey to germany's has not been easy. she has been tested by the global financial crises and negotiating a stimulus package to counter the great recession. her mantra is if the euro fails, europe fails. in may 2011, she lauded the end of nuclear power in germany in the waco fukushima. -- the wake of fukushima. the debt crisis rules on and merkel comes under fire over europe's refugee crisis. if that is not enough, vladimir putin invades crimea. the u.k. votes to leave the eu. and then there is donald trump. if postelection talks dragged into december, merkel will become germany's longest-serving leader. battling covid a very well be her toughest hand yet and it is far from over. how will germany's next chancellor play the cards dealt by angela merkel? >> angela merkel's consequential legacy mapped out as german chancellor. as we count down to the elections taking place at the end of september, the three front runners vying to take over have faced off in the first televised e