so, val kilmer was on top of the empire state building. >> jimmy: by himself >> yeah.him a hot dog or something, i dunno >> jimmy: he's a -- he's the funniest guy, the nicest guy he's batman. >> he is batman, right >> jimmy: yes, he was batman >> certainly a lot better than the batmans we saw before. >> jimmy: well, yeah - >> i mean, they were good -- >> jimmy: but you have a little history of being batman. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: you were in a show called "batman live. >> yeah, that's right, yeah. a couple years ago, i -- >> jimmy: this is sam in - [ cheers ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: now, what -- what was "batman live" -- i mean, was it a musical? >> that was -- it's a -- it's a stage show it's like a cirque show. all around the world -- we kinda -- we did the staples center. we did vegas we did all around the world, yeah >> jimmy: before "outlander" obviously. >> before, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: i mean, can we -- can we - >> i'm not sure if batman has ever worn a kilt, has he probably a bit weird, right? >> jimmy: no, yeah, you never know probably be -- but it'd be

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women's boxing reached the top of the empire state building but it's looking to the sky.ritish comedian and actor turned us talk show host james cardin said he stepping down from hosting the late late show next year. he made the announcement during a recording of the cbs programme in los angeles. best known in the uk for the tv series abba and stacy has hosted the nhl since 2015. here are the headlines on bbc news. this exam # champion boris becker a sentence or two and a half years in prison after being found guilty of four charges related to his bankruptcy. the conservative mp near paris has the rib removed while he's being investigated for allegedly watching pornography in the commons chamber. two british and volunteers missing in ukraine are named. his family say they're worried and are praying for his safety. now it is time for news watch. hello and welcome to news watch. where the details on the bbc reports on that team westwood allegations to let her read to broadcast before the watershed? 1m’ith let her read to broadcast before the watershed? ~ , ., ., . watershed

all the buildings looked like the empire state building, they were really wawas. all the cars looked like mercedes-benzes, they were kias. but it was just so cool to be in, like, a new place and see this place i had never en. but the weird rt was that, you know, once i got there, me and my brother did the same things we always did when were in richmond. we just played video games, watched basketball, and ate chocolate chip cookies. like, that's really the time we spent. when i got back, though, i knew i had to brace myself, because i was still in trouble. and i didn't know how bad it was going to be. i walked in the house, my mom's sitting on the couch, and all she does is stare in silence. and i don't know if you've ever seen a sniper rifle... (laughter) but that stare was like a red dot on my chest. and that silence was like a trigger. and i was like, "oh, man, i am in for it." i just go to... well, you can't do anything, i just went to sleep. next day, i wake up, things are going to be better. red dot, still there. next day, i wake up, red dot, still there. it'

new york's empire state building lit up tonight in the colors of ukraine.t the upper floors the tower will light up for 15 minutes after sunset. it's a partnership project between cnn impact and the city of new york. for more information about how you can help humanitarian efforts in ukraine go to cnn.com/impact. thank you so much for joining me this evening. i'm jessica dean. pamela brown will be back tomorrow. this is... ♪ this is iowa. we just haven't been properly introduced. say hello to the place where rolling hills meets low bills. where our fields, inside and out, are always growing. and where the fun is just getting started. this is iowa. so, when are you coming to see us? ♪ dove knows we damage our hair a lot my hair i curl it. i have to use a lot of heat new dove hair therapy shampoo & conditioner with ceramide & peptide. it nourishes at a cellular level to rescue damaged hair. discover 10 x stronger hair with new dove hair therapy rescue and protect. ♪ ♪ we believe there's an innovator in all of us. ♪ that's why we build technology that makes it

became the first black man to play in a major league baseball game for the brooklyn dodgers and the empire state building will shine blue and white lights with the number 42 rotating on display during a special lighting ceremony. plus all major league players and coaches will wear the number 42 this year all numbers will be dodger blue regardless of the team's primary colors. >>> let's get to your good friday weather with michelle grossman >> good morning to you both. and we're looking pretty good weather wise we're watching a few spring storms through the south we're going to unsettled today also through easter sunday it's going to sweep through the midwest bringing storms at home and also arkansas as we head through the later part of friday, and then by tomorrow areas of wet snow in new england and scattered storms for much of the southeast. so we do have a severe threat as we look towards parts of oklahoma and arkansas. that includes tulsa, and then northwest of little rock we can see damaging hail, 2 inches or greater. so that's big hail also some wind gusts and a brief tornado is possible.

nearly as long as the empire state building is tall, by removing 500 containers to lighten the load, dredging the bay floor, and pulling the ship horizontally. how uncommon is this? >> this is the biggest ship to ever ground in the chesapeake bay, very uncommon. >> reporter: not the only ship evergreen has had grounded. the coast guard is investigating how the crew missed the turn in the chesapeake and they'll check to damage to the hull before allowing ever forward to continue forward to norfolk, virginia. >> duncan: for many christians this sunday marks the first time they've been ability in three years to celebrate the easter holiday. for many churches they were able to start and it was a busy day. lilia. >> reporter: it is a busy day jericka. the crowds are out even dancing here in west hollywood. even as covid cases continue to climb here and the rest of the country, the focus is on return to normal. worshipers sang shoulder to shoulder at new york city's holy trinity lutheran church. >> being together on easter brings me hope. >> reporter: in person services many for the first

the pair reach a new height here in new york... ..a photo op on the empire state building ahead of thishe best night of my career. there's definitely something different about this fight, this is a moment in history. ireland's former olympic champion is the crossover star. serrano, a sevenweight world champion, the co—star looking to steal the show. 13 years as a pro fighter, i've struggled, i've fought my way to this spot right now and i want to go out there and just secure that victory. and the target? the undisputed lightweight title and a place in history. so what can we expect on fight night between katie taylor and amanda serrano? we have a clash of styles, and after about a round, katie taylor can box no longer, she has to brawl. and that's we get what i call the rocky moment, when everybody stands up, you can hear the tunes in your head, and theyjust hit each otherfor 10 rounds. this blockbuster bout notjust significant, but also lucrative. both will earn over $1 million — that's double the challenger�*s career payday. and youtuberjake paul, who promotes serrano, is putting his

madison square garden when they meet on saturday, the pe stage, they face off at the top of the empire state people, unprompted uninterrupted. there is a form of knowledge which is kind of not acknowledged, though, there isn't only one story to be told even about colonialism. the other african bridge and the marine biologist advisors swim short documentaries from african heal membrane to do that from south africa was.

a photo op on the empire state building ahead of this landmark moment in boxing., this is a moment in history. for the first women to headline madison square garden. ireland's former 0lympic champion is the crossover star. amanda serrano a seven weight world champion the co—star looking to steal the show. 13 years as a pro fighter, - i've struggled, i've fought my way to this spot right now— and i want to go out there and just secure that victory. and the target, the undisputed lightweight title and a place in history. oh, there it is! a chance to join the list of the all—time greats who have secured milestone wins at this iconic venue. so what can we expect on fight night between katie taylor and amanda serrano? we have a clash of styles and after about a round, katie taylor can box no longer, she has to brawl. and that's we get what i call the rocky moment, when everybody stands up and you can hear the tunes in your head and theyjust hit each other for ten rounds. this blockbuster bout is notjust significant, but also lucrative. both will earn over $1 million, a

a photo op on the empire state building ahead of this landmark moment in boxing.women to headline madison square garden. ireland's former 0lympic champion is the crossover star. amanda serrano a seven way world champion the coast are looking to steal the show. 13 years as a pro fighter, - i've struggled, i've fought my way to this spot right now— and i want to go out there and just secure that victory. and the target, the undisputed lightweight title and a place in history. oh, there it is! the left hook right the mouth! a chance to join the list of the all—time greats who have secured milestone wins at this iconic venue. so what can we expect on fight night between katie taylor and amanda serrano? we have a clash of styles and after about a round, katie taylor can box no longer, she has to brawl. and that's we get what i call the rocky moment, when everybody stands up and you can hear the tunes in your head and theyjust hit each other for ten rounds. this blockbuster bout is notjust significant, but also lucrative. both will earn over $1 million, and that's doubl

are enjoying the limelight ahead of their historic meeting in new york faceoff at the top of the empire state building. that all the sports is they'll be more for you again a little bit later on kim. and thanks very much for her. let's it for this news hour. and i'll be back in my planting all the days you said to stay with ah, a with, [000:00:00;00] with mainstream coverage of big stories can sometimes deliver more heat than lights in maybe water scenario. there's always a push to simplify. narrative nuances is always called for even in the case of an aggressive war. the listening pe, delve into the news narrative and dissect.

we saw plummeting future inventories in the empire state data. dimartino booth and michael mckee, thank you for your insight. we will keep our eyes on that base report due to come out in a few minutes. we keep hearing that the consumer is strong so what are people worried about if you can actually see them whether a lot of disinflation. do you just to stick it out. jon: we mentioned those inflation numbers in canada. consumers have to grapple with those higher prices. and speaking of higher growth rates, happy birthday. kriti: thank you. my quarter life crisis. tune into bloomberg markets the close. i'm kriti gupta. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ romaine: this is bloomberg markets the close, i am romaine bostick alongside special guest gina martin adams. this comes just two weeks ahead of the next fed meeting. traders pricing in a full 50 basis points and rate hikes both meetings. taylor: we have been joking with martin mckee about how we are describing the economy as we continue to see some tightening of these financial conditions on the 10 year real yield.

. >>> new york's empire state building is shining its tower lights in the colors of the ukrainian flag0 minutes every night until june 1st. if you want to help, go to cnn.com/impact, where you can find a number of ways to help. >>> an after school program in the united states is helping ukrainian american children understand the war in their native country. here's gary tuchman, with what the kids think about the invasion of their homeland. >> reporter: it's called the ukrainian academy. >> good afternoon, everyone. >> good afternoon. >> stoday, we're going to speak about war and peace. >> reporter: in parma heights, ohio -- >> can you raise your hand if you have grandparents in ukraine? >> reporter: almost all of their parents were born there, and almost all of the children are born there. it's a preschool, day care, and afterschool program for children ages 6 months to 12 years. >> are we in a state of peace or we in a state of war in this country? >> peace. >> peace. what about ukraine? >> war. >> reporter: the feeling here is that what is happening in ukraine is frightening, it's im

at the spectacular new york city skyline, and in partnership with cnn's impact your world the empire state the colors of the ukrainian flag every night through june 1st. for more information on how you can help provide humanitarian aid to ukraine just log on to cnn.com/impact. well, that does it for me. jim acosta will be back next week. now, we won't embarrass him by giving away his age, but today is his birthday. so we want to wish him a very happy birthday. and before we go i want to leave you with this. dave matthews performing his new song right here on cnn this morning in support of millions of ukrainian refugees. i'm paula reid in washington. have a great night. ♪ ♪ a cut that just won't heal ♪ ♪ the smoke after the fire ♪ ♪ as long as we remember ♪ ♪ it's as good as real ♪ ♪ as good as real ♪ ♪ it's something we can hope for ♪ ♪ something to tell my baby ♪ ♪ forever at the end ♪ ♪ possible but just maybe ♪ ♪ when you think about it ♪ ♪ it's going to make them smile ♪ ♪ and maybe make things easier ♪ ♪ something to tell my baby ♪ ♪ if i go to sleep right now, i can get more.... four

not just the citizens of the empire state, but for the rest the country as well.l explain in my angle coming up next. ♪ ♪ during world war two, most of the world turned a blind eye to the holocaust and hitler's atrocities. christians were slow to act and did not speak up until it was too late and 6 million jews were murdered. right now, thousands of ukrainian jewish families are fleeing the russian army for the freedom of israel. imagine fleeing with a baby in one hand and a toddler holding the other with all of your earthly possessions in a sack over your shoulder, leaving your husband behind to defend your country. these courageous families need our help. the time for action is now. we do not know when the borders will be closed. silence in the face of evil is evil. god will not hold us guiltless. take action today. donate at jhm.org/help or call 1-855-694-9654. god bless you and god bless the jewish people. one of my favorite supplements is qunol turmeric. turmeric helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. unlike regular turmeric supplements qunol's s

. >>> new york's empire state building is shining its tower lights in the colors of the ukrainian flag the 15 minutes after sunset. if you would like to help the people of ukraine who are in need of pretty much everything right now from shelter, food, water, medical supplies, what they want really is peace, but in the meantime, let's try to help them out as much as we can. go to cnn.com/impact. there you can find ways to ensure your generosity will find the people who need it the most. >>> i'm john vause. for our international viewers, please stay with us. we'll take a short break. when we come back, "living golf" is next. for everyone else, our breaking news coverage live from ukraine will continue in just a moment. the sleep number 360® smart bed is on sale now. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because the sleep mber 360® smart bed is really smart. it senses your movement and automatically justs to help keep you both comfortable all night. it's so temperature balancing, so you stay cool. it'so smart it knows exactly how long, how well, and when you sle. sleep number

now the empire state building is using its lights for a special purpose.will shine bright in the colors of the ukrainian flag for the first 15 minutes of every evening now through june 1st. it is part of a partnership with cnn's impact your world initiative. and so far more than 80,000 cnn viewers have come together to raise $7.5 million to send to the people of ukraine through 40 vetted charities. fantastic. to find out how you can help, visit our impact your world site at cnn.com/impact. >>> and that's all the time we have. it was great to be with you, alex. thanks for starting your morning with us. >>> "inside politics sunday" with abby phillip is coming up next. take care. cooold cuts cooold cuts where do you find the perfect projecect manager? well, we found him in adelaide between his color-coordinated sticky note collection and the cutest boxed lunch we have ever seen. ...but you can fd him right now on upwork. when the world is your workfor findg the perfect project manager, designer, developer, or whomever you may need... tends to fall right into

the empire state building lit with the colors of the ukraine flag in support of the people of ukrainepact. cnn.com/impact. thank you for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> should the world prepare for vladimir putin to use tactical nuclear weapons? tonight in for anderson, that's the warning from ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy. he said that vladimir putin could turn to tactical nukes or

the empire state building lit with the colors of the ukraine flag in support of the people of ukraine. to find out how you can help, visit mack your world at cnn.com/impact. cnn.com/impact. thank you for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> should the world prepare for vladimir putin to use tactical nuclear weapons? tonight in for anderson, that's the warning from ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy. he said that vladimir putin could turn to tactical nukes or chemical weapons. >> the director of the cia warned that he's worried putin might use a tactical nuclear weapon in this fight. are you worried? >> not only me. i think all of the world, all the countries, have to be worried. because you know that it can be not real information. but it can be true. because when they begin to speak about one way or another, battles, or involved enemies, or nuclear weapons or some chemical issues, chemical weapons, they should, they could, i mean, they can. for them, lives of the people, that's nothing. that's why. should think, not be afraid. i mean, don't be afraid. be ready

they face off at the top of the empire state building. i thought was pausing for now. i'll be here again in a couple of hours with more or grades up there later. thanks peter. and with $200.00 experiments on that to do less with dragon fly. plenty more can be found on our website. the address for that out there at dot com. that's it for me, laura called this visa agent will be here in just a moment. mm hm. which temperature sweet minus 30 blue turkey's shin kaya bus analogies era. when the news break, your came through the building, trying to seek this, anybody else dropped inside? when people need to be heard and the story tones, i feel like i wasn't really awake until i went to morocco. it definitely changed my life in a good way with exclusive interviews and in depth reports of not hardly him, but he left her because al jazeera has teens on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and lied niece in the vietnam war. the u. s. army used to highly toxic on the side with catastrophic consequences. agent orange was the most destructive instance with chemi

. >>> well, and in new york the empire state building lit with the colors of the ukrainian flag in support of the people in ukraine. an after school program in the u.s. is helping ukrainian american children understand the war in their native country. >> reporter: it's called the ukrainian academy. >> good afternoon, everyone. >> good afternoon. >> so today we're going to speak about war and peace. >> in the cleveland suburb almost all of their parents were born in ukraine, and many of these children were also born there. this is a private preschool, day care as well as an after school program. for children ages 6 months to 12 years. >> are we in just state a peace of, or are we in a state of war in this country? >> peace. >> what about ukraine? >> war. >> reporter: the feeling here is although what's happening in ukraine is frightening it's important for these children to learn about it and talk about it. >> how do you feel about them? >> that they're brave. >> they're brave, right? if someone comes to your house, start destroying it, taking your stuff, you know would you be happy about t

the empire state building will be lit blue and white. in la -- 75 years is a moment in history that continues to inspire generations of americans and no doubt will for generations to come. thank you for us for letting us into your homes for another week of shows during these extraordinary times. "the beat" starts right now. hi, jason. >>> thanks so much. welcome to "the beat." we have basic, big show for you tonight. a special intere interview with former president obama navy secretary on the crushing loss for russia. that warship sinking after taking tire. we start with the january 6th probe in the committee flexing its evidence. we're starting to see more incriminating evidence leak out seeing just how deep the plan to steal the election newly revealed text messages show mike lee and chip roy going right to mark meadows in full support of the claims of fraud being pushed by trump and the maga team. senator lee telling meadow, exhaust every legal and constitutional remedy at your disposal. congressman roy saying we need ammo. we need fr

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with china, a new state border was drawn along the amur and ussuri rivers, so without a single shot the vast territory of the amur region and primorsky krai became part of the empire. by the beginning of the 20th century, the russian state stretched from the arctic ocean in the north to the black sea in the south from the baltic sea in the west. yes , the pacific ocean in the east, in its size, it was second only to great britain, its possession is not scattered all over the world, except for native russians the empire included the caucasus and almost the entire territory of modern ukraine, belarus, bessarabia, modern moldavia, the urals, the far east and central asia, as well as finland and part of poland. one and a half hundred nationalities lived here, which mixed among themselves russian admiral nikolai krabe. yes, i wrote to myself my father was a purebred finn mother, a moldavian. i myself was born in teflis in its armenian part, but i was baptized in orthodoxy, therefore, i am a natural rusak, this is any state of such scale, russia faced social problems and national contradictions, but learned to cope with them, and gradually economic growth made it possib

but up next , the failure of new york must act as a lesson not just to citizens ofas the empire state but for the rest of the country as well. i'll explain my angle next . >> a eliminating grace is as easy as comb your hair just from an easy comb and color. just twist and comb getting natural looking results. this meeting started has never been easier. the most men trust just women backyards yellow with green pressure treated by this yellow . you don't want a heart attack giving out life insurance? no, but we have life insurance. john, i'm trying to find something we can afford. fortunately in only a few minutes select put down john a five hundred thousand dollar policy for only twenty nine dollars a month and his wife and a five hundred thousand policy are only twenty one dollars a month. go to select post.com now and get the insurance your family needs at a price you can ford select post we shop, you save was said so miss swim trunks did them in rubbings. that's why i wear fair harbor the soft antique shave liner. every pair is made from plastic bottles to protect the ocean. i can o

concentrating under their rule most of the former russian empire later, even many white migrants would call lenin the collector of russia to create a united soviet statehe leninist government. increasingly relevant, by the end of the civil war , six soviet republics had formed on the territory of the former empire, in which the power belonged to the bolsheviks. in addition to the russian federation of the rsfsr, these were the ukrainian belarusian azerbaijani, armenian and georgian soviet socialist republics, the last three were united in one transcaucasian socialist federative soviet republic, they all retained formal independence, while their armies were subordinate to moscow a. the russian ruble was adopted as the currency. the time has come to turn the military economic union into a political one, but on what principles to build it, the people's commissar for nationalities joseph stalin proposed to include all the republics in the russian federation on the rights of autonomy lenin accused his comrade-in-arms of great russian chauvinism, in his opinion, each of the republics was supposed to enter a new unified state with equal rights, it was precis

and before the united states ended so if the united states had been part of the british empire would american had ended during the war and maybe on the other hand the existence of large numbers in what i'm calling the united states or the british empire would have made it harder to and the british empire so it kind of the counterfactual question but in the end, in the end the future what i'll call the united states and canada in the 1770s when the americans declared independence they eventually come back together in the 1860s and canada today is more independent and much more like the united states senate is written so just as there's a separation between the united states and britain and the british came back together in the 20 century the canadians did the same thing in this raises the question did all this happen without the war? what everybody it had the same vision? just look where this is all going but of course that's not what happened. >> i found different aspects of in the book and the personalities of some of the that you highlight can be extremely interesting. promis

boldly acclaimed the president's address being beamed at a transmitter on the very top of the empire state building a signal which could reach for a whole 25 miles. now, in reality only about 1,000 people we think tuned in because there were only about 200 tvs in existence in new york at that time, mainly because this is what a television looked like at the time. a 5 inch screen, smaller than some of your cell phones today. it wasn't even technically black and white, it was a weird greenish hue and if you, the regular person wanted to buy yourself a television, cost today's equivalent of about $4,000, for that wooden box. but this was an incredible thing we now know in hind sight would really go on to introduce the world of tomorrow. but the irony here and the one that would continuously haunt the entire world's fair was the fact that while this may have been the first broadcast in america, it was nazi germany that beat us to it by three years. the first live television broadcast was the opening of the, or the opening ceremony of the 1936 olympics in berlin where hitler featured prominentl

, ended slavery before the united states ended part of the british empire would american slaveryic have ended i'm calling the united states made it harder the futures card independence and remain loyal and canada, today so just as though there is a separation between the united states u and britain and the americans and the british came back together in the 20thh century or canadians have done the same thing which then raise the question have the same vision benjamin franklin had. now it happened very quickly mention slavery. and the personalities of some of the slaves you highlight can be extremely interesting. promises were made to enslave people if they fought on the loyalists aside or if they fought on the patriots side, they would receive their freedom. i've got a lot more complicated than that of many of the promises that were made to slaves were in fact not honored. i thought that was a really interesting aspect of the book because one reads quite often about the promise of freedom granted to slaves. who fought on the british side even though they'd

they said they have to stop at the empire state building first. >> reporter: he responded by launchinghowed that like in situations like, that people need to laugh. >> reporter: despite his unfiltered act, friends remembering gottfried as a sweet, sensitive and shy person. his family tweeting their heartbreak along with this reminder "although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in gilbert's honor. for "today," kristen dahlgren nbc news. >> there was this photo i think struck so many people. al you were telling us about this gilbert gottfried actually posted this photo earlier this year he wrote he's remembering his fellow comedians, bob saget and louis anderson both good friends that will be missed >> a sweet guy quiet guy. he loved his kids. he loved his wife. and he was just -- he was a very -- he loved tv trivia >> you just did his pod cast last year? >> last year check it out his pod cast is so much fun. and he was just have very special man. completely different than -- >> you said the first thing he was quiet? i said gilbert >> shy he reall

that is why the ukrainian state should exist in the russian empire as an autonomy state should become historical conclusions already in the form of a political strategy and tactics of creating a ukrainian nation. summarized by another galician. author of the theory of integral ukrainian nationalism. dmitry dontsov of grushevsky, he considered moscow to be a philanthropist and demanded an independent ukraine oriented towards europe, for which russia is the main enemy to create such a state, according to dontsov, the ukrainian nation should be a minority with driven conscious, who will be led by the ukrainian people to form the political purges of the dontsov believed that the national idea should be immoral, that is, above any universal values , fanatics are needed for its approval, who consider their truth the only common and binding for others, hence the aggressiveness and intolerance of other views. dontsov's ideas in 1929, the organization of ukrainian nationalists uses the accusation created. it is still in effect and is banned in russia during world war ii. the ussr put dontsov o

the empire state building will be lit blue and white.rations to come. thank you for us for letting us into your homes for another week of shows during these extraordinary times. "the beat" starts right now. hi, jason. >>> thanks so much. welcome to "the beat." we have basic, big show for you tonight. a special intere interview with former president obama navy secretary on the crushing loss for russia. that warship sinking after taking tire. we start with the january 6th probe in the committee flexing its evidence. we're starting to see more incriminating evidence leak out seeing just how deep the plan to steal the election

the empire is not just a state, it is a single space of law and civilization, which covers many countriesples and has a single center of power - the sacred personality of the emperor. the russian empire considered itself the heir of byzantium, the duties of the russian autocrat included protection of the church and patronage of the orthodox throughout the world. it was in the era of peter i that the compilation of geographical maps began to take place according to all the rules of geodetic science to create maps of various regions of the empire, hundreds of graduates of the marine academy of the st. petersburg engineering school and other educational institutions worked. one of the main enthusiasts of the cartographic body was peter's associate ivan kirillovich kirillov at his own expense. he produced several dozen richly decorated maps, as well as a three-volume atlas of the all-russian empire. these publications gained great popularity and were freely sold in bookstores in moscow and st. petersburg . however, they still had many inaccuracies. only 7 years after the death of kirillov in

become independent at some point just as canada did and for example the british empire ended in slavery before the united states ended slavery so they were part of the british empire with that have slammed on —- ended before? and on the other hand with the existence of large numbers of what i call the united states it would have made it harder to end slavery so it is a counterfactual question but in the end so the futures of the united states and canada diverge in the 17 seventies and they declare independence but then they come back together and that was in effect independence and canada today is independent so just as a separation between united states and britain and then they come back in the 20thid century so could this have happened. you see the same vision benjamin franklin had? just look at the future. but of course that's not what happened. >> you mentioned slaveryry and i find the different aspects of slavery raised in the book with the personalities from what you highlight to be extremely interesting. promises were made to enslave people and if a fight on thede loyalist side or the patriots side, the

one of my favorite examples is the one of both the first and last empire ambassador appointed to the united states, a polish turk and he is appointed to d.c. and he's given one instruction on his departure and you know from our work earlier this semester that constantinople is hotly contested zone. go to the states and all you have to do is be charming, have fabulous parties, be a fabulous guest, and avoid any social or political. he, of course, gets to d.c. right about the time that news of crisis is happening in the empire, armenians and other christians are being attacked. the american press is pointing out that this is a problem. well, they didn't feel that was neutral, that was pretty judgy. he so irritates woodrow wilson that woodrow wilson has his privileges as an ambassador revoked. how timely with our current news. on his way out he knew how to annoy americans. he said how dare you americans who claim to be neutral judge we ottomans given how you treat your own minorities, native americans, african americans. you have no business telling us about being violent or how to control our minori

states will purchase the danish islands. and with a 25 million dollar check put an end to denmark as an empire. so, oh you buy out an empire. so the virgin islands that some of you may have enjoyed thus far or will at some point in your lives used to be part of denmark. and the us purchase it and by say and art makes the case for that expansion not. a pure imperialist act they say the danes another neutral country aren't going to be very good at keeping the germans at bay in europe. and if they fold we're going to have a german state. just off the coast of florida. that's not okay where they can park their warships and from that base lunge towards the panama canal in the bottom left hand corner. it's not quite on this map, but it would just be below nicaragua. right so you'll recall that i mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the germans had moved two warships into the into north america one was parked. where near nope, not the east coast. specific and puerto rico, so one ship is parked moored right off the case right off the coast. of puerto rico dominican republic haiti and the other ship is