july 28th, 1914, when austria- hungary declared war on serbia after the assasination of archduke franz ferdinand >> darya:the war would soon spread throughout europe -- and across the globe. >> darya:the u-s attempted a policy of neutrality but hostilities with germany led the u-s to declare war against that nation nearly three years after the war started. world war one would end a year later -- in 1918. >>: people are worried about the 49 this preseason injuries. quick quarantines of being prompted by a deadly disease. ebola virus has outgrown and libya. his colleague nancy i've been treated and mind rove. whether working to help ebola patients. last week's a victim died from the blow up last. it's one of the most deadly diseases and the world. ...we need to break up. is it the biting? cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. you say, tomato. old el paso says... diced

its kind global conflict began under an outlandish one the assassination of austria's archduke franz ferdinand with no living veterans of world war one left to give us a firsthand account but a legacy of the great war is often largely clits by the horrors of more recent conflicts because of the scale and scope is matched in contemporary times the more claimed thirty seven million casualties from nationalities that spanned every continent reshaping borders and settling the groundwork for many of the senseless wars that occur today so with the absurdity of war in mind here to break down some the most outrageous pretext for war in the context of modern history and remembering the steps producer manual buffalo what is it one way yeah i just. yeah how do you know world war one anniversary tragedy it's insane and i'm glad that we're doing this because it kind of all stems back to the pretext for these large scale tragedies that really is just. even what goes on today we haven't we haven't learned anything from from what these wars in the past even even the groundwork like you said that world war one

hundred fourteen with two shots fired from the gun of a serbian assassin which killed archduke franz ferdinand of austria hungary and his wife one month later on july twenty eighth one nine hundred fourteen emperor of france joseph of austria hungary declared war on serbia allies of both sides assembled and a bloody battle raged until november one thousand eight hundred leaving more than five million dead troops in its wake along with the set up of another world war so today as we remember the lives lost in that great war perhaps it can provide us some perspective on how important is to learn from history. and before we go don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's guest is oscar winning actress and star of the t.v. series true blood anna paquin here's a snippet of what's to come what was a favorite part about playing suited to good sookie is kind of the ultimate. compilation female character that doesn't really exist she gets to sort of like where cute clothes and be cute and blonde and perky but like kick ass and get the everloving whatever kicked out of her and be invol

after austrian archduke franz ferdinand was assassinated from bosnia.he united states stayed out of it, physical declaring war on germany in 1917. world war i ended november 11, 1918. >>> a 64-year-old woman is being treated for arm injuries after she was struck by a car during a comic con event in san diego. amateur video captured the moment saturday when the car slowly plowed into a crowd taking part in a zombie walk. the driver told police he slowly proceeded into the crosswalk to get away from the crowds because the zombie costumes frightened his children. the driver was arrested a short time later as the crowd cheered. >>> i'm mark kelley. live in livermore, 580 backed up. find another route if you can. >>> one government official has a plan to house hundreds of immigrant kids now trapped at border holding facilities. a live report, coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, we are the solis family. and this is our chex commercial. there's lots of choices and each of us has a favorite. like chocolate, honey nut and cinnamon. there's no artificial colors or flavors. tha

. >> reporter: arch duke franz ferdinand and his wife sophie were assassinated during this visit to sarajevon june the 28th, 1914. serb nationalists were blamed for the killing, seen as an act of rebellion against austro-hungarian conflict. >> that should have been a balkan conflict. to try and crush serb nationalism. however, it escalates because of the alliance system. >> reporter: emboldened by a pledge of support from germany, the austro-hungarian empire declares war on serbia. >> serbia has a very powerful friend in russia. russia feels it can't stand by and watch its slavic brother crushed by austro-hungary. >> one moment they were declaring war. next minute belgium was invaded, france was invaded. >> reporter: to defend belgium, britain entered the conflict. >> this makes the war global. britain and france have huge international empires. >> reporter: over the next four years, the empires would clash. 16 million people, soldiers and civilians, would die. >> the death toll is almost impossible to understand. it's so huge. really 2% of the world population was killed. so this is a compl

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i hope that this isn't a sort of franz ferdinand moment for the world and instead a moment where everybodyand bring an end to the war in ukraine. >> how are the ukrainians where are you, how are they reacting to this? >> the ukrainians are blaming the separatists and blaming russia. they say that russia arms the rebels. and they say that russia instructs the rebels. in fact, they say many of the rebels themselves are sent here from russia and they have no doubt in their mind that this plane was shot down by the pro russia separatists in eastern ukraine. but you know, there's a argument going on between the supporters of russia and the ukrainian authorities here. you have the russian media reporting that it was a ukrainian fighter jet that shot the boeing down. that's totally unconfirmed, obviously. you've got these completely dueling narratives going on at the same time in russia and in ukraine. >> stand by, simon. i'm going to get back to you. bob bare is joining us, as well. if these pro ow-russian separatists did carry out this out, how do you think the ukrainian government and military