griffith brought to this film. as a film it's astonishing. as a culture document it's still astonishing, just in a different way. >>> you can watch the entire three-hour film "the birth of a nation" along with comments from historians and viewers on our website, c-span2.org/history. this is american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. next, the 93rd annual black history luncheon held this past saturday in washington d.c. each year the association for the study of african-american life and history establishes a black history theme. this year the theme is black migrations. as 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the forced migration of enslaved africans to the virginia colony in 1619. at the luncheon speakers reflected on the migration into slavery as well as the northern and western mra

griffith brought to this film. as a film, it's astonishing. as a cultural document it's still aen toishing just in a different way. >> you can watch the entire three-hour film "the birth of a nation" along with comments from historians and viewers on our website, c-span.org/history. this is american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >>> next, the 93rd annual black history luncheon held this past saturday in washington, d.c. each year the association for the study of african-american life and history or asala establishes a black history theme. this year the theme is black migrations as 2019 marks the 40th anniversary to the virginia colony in 1619. at the luncheon speakers reflected on the migration into slavery and the northern and western migration of african-americans in the 20th century. >> welcome to the 93rd annual black history luncheon of the association for the study of african-american life and history. when i had to think about a few things, i actually shouldn't be your emcee today. the reason why i shouldn't be your

yeah, so, we're in griffith park, and here is one right here. this park is surrounded by freeway, by urbaniza by some major barriers for wilife. so, we just saw two, maybe 3 coyotes within this picnic area. so, they know that this resource coyotes are doing prell in this urban landscape thanks to their adaptability, but the mountailions are another story. they really need some help if they'ing to have a mepulation here for multiple generations to i use camera traps, which are-a motiivated cameras that have a sensor in front that's triggy motion or heat that allows me to document wildlife that is using a particular area. and each photo or each image is time- and date-stamped to tell me activity levels of certain species. oh, there he is. walking right past on the same trail. yeah, he's looking healthy. he's walking really well, which is great to see. p-22 nd of adapted to griffith park, and when i say "kind of adapted," i mean that ra has retained the same behavior of his counterparts in patagonia and in the western santa monicas. but at its core

korinne michigan, i'm marquette, michigan, i'm korinne griffith." griffith." korinne michigan, i'm korinne griffith." griffith." turning now to lawrence. lawrence karnow: there were a few showers this morning before clearing this afternoon. it will be calm most of the night but a major storm is lurking off the coastline. you can see the storm just putting itself together in the pacific. it will intensify just before hitting late tomorrow. winds will be very strong with gusts as high as 50 to 60 mph. a flash flood watch has also been posted for the enire bay area. showers will start tomorrow afternoon and then become heavy overnight. highs tomorrow will be in the 50s to low 60s. rain will continue on saturday and sunday with another round of rain on monday. (pam) (pam) the snowpack in the sierra nevada registered a significant improvement at today's survey. officials with the department of water resources say, they are encouraged by today's results with the state -wide snowpack at 100-percent of average. the department credits winter storms in early january for

yes, hywell griffith, ithink yes, hywell griffith, i think he is spot on on that, hywell griffith in news today: theresa may has told british mps to hold their nerve over brexit, and give her more time to negotiate a deal acceptable to both the european union and the uk. the prime minister said she was discussing a number of options to secure legally—binding changes to the backstop, and prevent a hard border in ireland. football greats have been paying tribute to england's world cup winning goalkeeper gordon banks, who's died at the age of 81. the brazilian superstar, pele, who he famously denied during the tournament in 1970, said he was a fine human being. during his career he was named fifa goalkeeper of the year no fewer than six times. the us secretary of state mike pompeo is in warsaw to attend an international summit focused on promoting peace and security in the middle east. the event is seen as part of washington's strategy to reduce iran's influence in the region. the british born rapper, 21 savage, who's being held on immigration charges in the us state of georgia, is expe

griffith was openly racist. -- was an unrepentant racist. of the civiltory war and reconstruction based on a novel called the klansman. it tells the story of families ,orn asunder by the civil war and the portrayal of southerners in the film is very sympathetic. and it's very affected by the ku klux klan. veryis a film that is difficult to watch out of context. people who see it today, people who come to it fresh without knowing the background, the era, find it a very difficult film to .eal with but it is part of our job to provide the context. i am not excusing the inherent and grotesque racism of the film. as a socialt it historian one way, very much a piece of its time, but as a sinema historian -- cinema historian, you can still admire the technique dw griffith brought to the film. as a film, it is astonishing. as a cultural document, it is still astonishing, just in a different way. >> you can watch the entire three hour film the birth of a nation along with comments from historians and our viewers on our website, c-span.org/history. th

and says the pullout will provide an opportunity to end a four year war martin griffiths says it will begin with two small airports before moving to her date as main terminal diplomatic answer james bays has more from un headquarters in new york the u.n. security council was told by the special envoy for yemen mohsin gryphus that the redeployment of forces around today this stage one would start in the next twenty four hours of course the redeployment was supposed to start after the stock called peace deal and that two months ago and all the while the humanitarian situation on the ground in yemen has been getting worse the u.n. was briefed by the undersecretary general mark local ensure mr president things are very bad and unfortunately aid agencies are running out of money among the many challenges the eight eight operation faces funding is quickly becoming the biggest we expect current resources to be used up by the end of march just six weeks from now the special envoy martin griffiths also told the security council there's been progress in talks on trying to get a prisoner exchang

so griffith was an unreconstructed racist. who had very, to be kind, paternalistic attitude toward african-americans. so birth of the nation is the story of the civil war and reconstruction based on a novel by a man named thomas dixon, called the klansman. it tells a story of the families that are torn asunder by the civil war, and the portrayal of southerners in the film is very very sympathetic. including the fact that the rescue at the end of the film is affected by the ku klux klan. so this is a film that is very difficult to watch out of context. people who see it today, people who come to it fresh without knowing the background, without knowing the era, find it a very difficult film to deal with. but it is, you know, part of our job to provide the context for the film. i am not excusing the inherent and grotesque racism of the film. i can look at it as a social historian, you can look at it one way, very much a piece of its time. but as a cinema historian, you can still admire the technique that dw griffith brought to th

i griffith, thank you. hywel griffith in melbourne for us. the headlines on bbc news at 9:00.t of a revolt by remain—supporting ministers with calls for her to take a no—deal brexit off the table and extend negotiations. jeremy corbyn says labour will now support a second brexit referendum if its alternative eu exit plan fails. convicted of child sex abuse — the vatican‘s treasurer cardinal george pell — found guilty of assaulting two choirboys when he was archbishop of melbourne. and in sport, celtic have given brendan rodgers permission to speak to lester about their vacant managerial position. the bbc understands rodgers is expected to leave the club. he has led them to seven trophies in less than three yea rs. seven trophies in less than three years. chelsea‘s goalkeeper has been fined a week of wages and apologised for refusing to be substituted during his side‘s league cup final defeat to manchester city. he said he has made a big mistake and apologised. she beat conny perrin in straight sets in acapulco, break of serve in each was enough for the british number two to pr

united nations envoy martin griffiths is back in yemen's capital sana'a for talks with the rebels to try to shore up the fragile cease fire deal in her data as was it for as reports of the attacks on government positions in the strategic port city on saturday as a direct contravention of a un brokered truce agreed in sweden two months ago while the cease fire has largely held up to now neither side honored an agreement to withdraw their troops from the city by january the seventh. general the u.n. put in charge of overseeing a cease fire resigned after only one month his replacement is only a few days into the job and a prisoner swap agreed during the talks in sweden has also yet to take place become the saudi state media say yemen's hooty rebels have killed at least nine saudi soldiers in a renewed cross border offensive it's acts happened in the southern saudi provinces of us year another on priyanka gupta reports. fierce fighting in the northern front lines of yemen who the rebels say they have launched major attacks on saw the u.a.e. backed forces across the border in saudi arabi

griffith was in unreconstructed races. he had, to be kind, pertinent journalistic attitude toward african-americans. birth of a nation is a story of civil war and reconstruction based on a novel by a man named thomas dixon called the klansman. tells a story of families torn asunder by the civil war and the portrayal of governors in the film is very sympathetic, including the fact, the rescue at the end of the film affected by the ku klux klan. this is a film that is very difficult to watch out of context. people who see it today, people who come to it fresh, without knowing the background, without knowing the era, find it very difficult film to deal with. but it is a part of our job to provide the context of the film. i am not excusing the inherent and grotesque racism of the film. i can look at it as a social historian, you can look at it one way. very much a piece of its time. as a cinema historian you can feel it meyer that technique that dw griffith brought to this film. as a film it is astonishing. as a cultural docum

our correspondent hywel griffith has this report from sydney.el: as the monsoon los over the city, streets remain submerge the dark, stagnt waters carry dangers. this crocodile was snapped in one of the suburbs. more than 1000 residents were helped from their homeover the weekend, but the flood levels are still too high to return and assess t damage. >> we went to get out the night before last and it was still pretty safe.db we sged, but to no avail. looks like we have lost everything. can't get in there to have a look. yeah, family heirlooms that go back 100 years and all that we lost. hywel: a year's worth of rain has fallen in a week, causing the dam to reach more than double its capacity. the floodgates had to be opened, unleashing a delugchand causing aos. the last major flood here was in 1998. this time, too people are saving , what they can, as the rain just keeps on coming. hywel griffith, bbc news. laura: this week "sesame street" is turng 50 years old. r half a century this groundbreaking tv show has beenn educkids while nitertaining t

. >> announcer: this is "nightly business report" with sue herera and bill griffith. >> knowour abcs. google's parent, alphabet, reports strong revenuerowth t costs rise, and that's raising some questions. >>> beyond stocks, not cvinced at the market's bounce will hold? maybe it's time to consider alternative investments. >>> cashing out. a new start-up will buy your home so you can rent.t back >>> and a growing number of peop are doing it. rose stories and more tonight .n "nightly busineort" for >>>erood evening, ne, and welcome. alphabet is a silicon valley heavy weightnd tonight, it reported better than expected earnings. at first glance, the results are somewhat of a relief, given the decline in the stock price late last year. sales rose despite mounting public pressure over issues like privacy and the company auorized andditional $12.5 billion in share buybacks. but costs rose ast well and t is not sitting well with investors. here are the numbers. alphabetard $12.70 a share, easily topping .expectatio revenue was up more than 20% from a year ago to $39 billion. but those cost co

have coming up this year is our signature event, where we're bringing on paula madison and bill griffithtwo of our main authors. and we host them at the de anza college at the--with sal pizarro, the mercury news columnist. we get to have a whole discussion, and they're on hand to autograph books. it's a really good change to explore those works in person. robert: well, it's a great event anyway, and i like to attend it too, so we'll see you there, okay? chris: excellent. robert: all right, well, as you heard, there are about 140 events throughout february and march. the silicon valley reads signature event is wednesday, february 27 at 7:30 at the visual and performing arts center at de anza college in cupertino. admission is free, and as you heard, mercy news columnist sal pizarro will lead an onstage conversation with two featured authors, bill griffith and paula williams madison. and kelly loy gilbert will discuss her book with teens and adults on monday, march 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the saratoga library. and then on wednesday, march 13, she will share creative writing tips with teens at th

observatory ca ns to different kind, griffith observatory cans to be southern california's eight wayhern california's gateway to the cosmos. they night the views over la are well worth a walk up the hill, but get there early because it films up very —— fills up very quick. still to come on the travel show: simon is back with your e—mails, this week cutting the cost of luxury trains and seeing south america by bus. i'm looking for the smell museum. plus it is carmen versus kumamoto. kevin sheedy see the city's highlights in less than 90 minutes? smelly socks. yuk! so stick with us for that. this week i have advice on a cut price great railjourneys through canada and the best day trip from dubrovnik. first, the railway line between the two biggest cities increase has been transformed with passengers between athens and thessaloniki set to experience faster, more comfortable journeys. until now, trains only spectacular route have taken nearly six hours but the journey should soon be two hours faster. brian is spending four daysin hours faster. brian is spending four days in the final cro

s original baseball stadium, griffith stadium, was really in the heart of the urban community. you can see that it's next to a number of businesses and residences. we have a college of dentistry, a hospital and a lot of row houses here and a lot of fans would often gather late in the day and sit on the roofs and watch a free game of baseball but what these fire insurance maps do, and we have them for a number of cities here in the library, is show that these stadiums are right in the midst of their community, not in some idyllic pasture. this map was updated in the 20th century. another thing we talk about here are the customs ask rituals fans experience at the ballpark. everything from keeping score -- here we have a hand written scorecard from the 1986 world series between the yankees and the giants. fans will often keep scores in ways they don't for other sports. everyone seems to develop their own style based on a template they rernl headline and another tradition is the singing of "take me out to the ballgame." this was the original sheet score from 1908 when the some -- s

because we are the ones who in two thousand and fourteen made the difference and i think martin griffiths faces the same problem to his predecessors face which is let's start with one point and then build confidence building measures that does not seem to be working as we speak of just watching the healthy media saying that griffith has failed and that patrick has also failed an indication that there's a growing tension now in yemen ok has some how about a thank you. well pope francis is appealing for an end to the war in yemen that's ahead of his historic three day visit to the united arab emirates addressing a crowd in the vatican the head of the roman catholic church urged to urge those involved in the conflict to respect the cease fire. and he later boarded a flight to abu dhabi that's where he'll be meeting with the crown prince and dignitaries this is the first time a pope has visited the arabian peninsula earlier human rights watch released an open letter to pope francis saying he should use his visits to press the u.a.e. is government to end violations in yemen part of it reads th

more from the bbc‘s hywel griffith.returned from rome claiming he would clear his name, but cardinal george pell, once one of the pope's closest advisers, now faces going to jail. the 77—year—old was for many years the face of the church in australia, revered for his intellect and uncompromising manner. but pell also used his power to manipulate and abuse. in 1996, in one of his first services as archbishop in melbourne cathedral, pell found two choirboys helping themselves to communion wine. he told them that they were in trouble, and then, grabbing them by the head, forced both into a series of sexual acts. in his rise through the ranks of the catholic church in australia, george pell became responsible for dealing with the abuse perpetrated by other priests. here in melbourne, he claimed credit for setting up a world—first system to counsel and compensate victims, but for decades, his crimes remained hidden. george pell reached the top level in the vatican, becoming its treasurer. from rome, he gave evidence to an in

hywel griffith has more.rome claiming he would clear his name, but cardinal george pell, once one of the pope's closest advisers, now faces going to jail. the 77—year—old was for many years the face of the church in australia —— face of the church in australia —— face of the church in australia —— face of the church in australia, revered for his intellect and i'm compromising manner, but pell also used his power to manipulate and abuse. in 1986, in one of his first services as archbishop in melbourne cathedral, pell found two choirboys helping themselves to communion wine. he told them that they were in trouble, and then, grabbing them by the head, forced both into a series of sexual acts. in his rise through the ranks of the catholic church in australia, george pell became responsible for dealing with the abuse perpetrated by other priests. here in melbourne, he claimed credit for setting up a world first system to council and compensate victims, but for decades, his crimes remained hidden. george pell reach

more from the bbc‘s hywel griffith.d returned from rome claiming he would clear his name, but cardinal george pell, once one of the pope's closest advisers, now faces going to jail. the 77—year—old was for many years the face of the church in australia, revered for his intellect and uncompromising manner. but pell also used his power to manipulate and abuse. in 1996, in one of his first services as archbishop in melbourne cathedral, pell found two choirboys helping themselves to communion wine. he told them that they were in trouble, and then, grabbing them by the head, forced both into a series of sexual acts. in his rise through the ranks of the catholic church in australia, george pell became responsible for dealing with the abuse perpetrated by other priests. here in melbourne, he claimed credit for setting up a world—first system to counsel and compensate victims, but for decades, his crimes remained hidden. george pell reached the top level in the vatican, becoming its treasurer. from rome, he gave evidence to an

hywel griffith, bbc news, melbourne. have arrived in the vietnamese capital, hanoi, ahead of their second summit. they're expected to discuss ways of ridding the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, but there are few signs that pyongyang is willing to give up its arms. facebook has taken down the far right activist tommy robinson's official page and his instagram profile for violating its policies on hate speech. the former english defence league leader was deemed to have engaged in what it called "organised hate". facebook said a number of posts on his page had violated the social network's community standards, but it had not taken the decision to remove his page lightly. here's our media editor, amol rajan. thank you, every single one of you, for turning out today. tommy robinson has mastered the art of social media. we don't need the media to report that! because we are the media. stephen yaxley—lennon, to use his real name, is a far right activist who claims to have been silenced by the mainstream media. so he turned

hywell griffith, bbc news, melbourne.e union speech, but let's go back in time to what president trump promised to do last year. these speeches are a chance for a president to lay out an agenda and goals for the coming months, and in 2018, donald trump touched on the iran deal, infrastructure, and the so—called islamic state group. so has he delivered? 0ur correspondents have been finding out. the state of our union is strong, because our people are strong. but there is much more work to be done. we will continue our fight until isis is defeated. fast forward to december 2018, when president trump tweeted that the us would be pulling troops out of syria, saying that isis had been defeated. and we have won against isis. we have beaten them and we have beaten them badly. we've taken back the land. many experts and officials dispute that statement. while isis has lost much of the territory it held in the middle east, it still has a large presence in syria and iraq, with an estimated 30,000 fighters. and at the start of this

hywel griffith has the details from sydney.quiry looked at more than 10,000 complaints from bank customers here in australia and it clearly found a pattern of misconduct, mis—selling, customers basically being ripped off. however the final report leaves the big four banks in australia bloodied and bruised but not being broken up. that wasn‘t among the recommendations. the commissioner has recommended that 22 different institutions, including three of the big four banks, are looked at by the regulators with potential civil or maybe even criminal breaches to be investigated. but it doesn‘t really name names, so we are not expecting to see more chief executives lose theirjobs. however, there will be big changes, particularly when it comes to the issue of commission, for example with mortgages. the mortgage industry is huge here in australia. the banks take a big chunk of that but the way that people are charged and how the fees are hidden has really come under scrutiny. the australian government says it will look to act on all 76

hywel griffith, bbc news.arly hours of friday, have made an appeal for her safe return. the 21—year—old hull university student was reported missing after getting into a taxi during a night out. her father asked for people to come forward with any information "no matter how small". please, come forward with any information you may have, no matter how small or irrelevant it may be. we just want her to be how small or irrelevant it may be. wejust want her to be home. sun libby, wejust wejust want her to be home. sun libby, we just want to know that you are safe. please get in touch with us are safe. please get in touch with us any where you can. the whole family is missing you, especially me and yourdad, your family is missing you, especially me and your dad, your sisters and your brother. i miss you so much. it is breaking my heart not knowing where you are. i love you. a bbc undercover investigation has revealed that gangs are charging people thousands of pounds to help them cheat in uk citizenship tests. the

envoy to yemen mr martin griffiths is going to have to paul a lot more weight on putting pressure on to these parties meaning that he's going to have to rely on the british government and the american government at the saying that hey the international community here wants peace and therefore that's what's going to happen politicians in the u.k. and the u.s. are stepping up pressure to stop exporting arms to saudi arabia with the hope of preventing the world's worst humanitarian crisis from getting even worse priyanka gupta is here saudi arabia has signed a deal with a french company another group to build in the kingdom state defense companies saudi arabian military industries. in abu dhabi the saudis are among the top five for defense spending in the world and have been fighting a costly war as we're hearing in yemen since twenty fifteen or ships including frigates and submarines we built in a joint venture of the french. french president emmanuel mccall has condemned anti semitic abuse after a group of protesters verbal a harassed a leading french jewish intellectual during a yell

hywel griffith, bbc news, melbourne.oke to us earlier from melbourne, and said the catholic church in australia has responded to this verdict... we have heard in the last couple of hours from the current head of the catholic church, the archbishop of brisbane, who said, in a line we have heard from a lot of people, no—one should be above the law and they accept that secular law does override. that is a debate which has been playing out in australia and in rome — should someone be accountable to criminal law? should cardinal pell still be allowed to be a cardinal? how can a convicted paedophile still retain that title? so many of cardinal pell‘s critics, and there are many of them in australia, want rome to react following the criminal conviction here in australia. the sentencing will play out over the matter of a few days, beginning tomorrow, cardinal pell will enter the court, probably for the last time as a free man. he will need to bring his bags with him because tomorrow is the day we expect him to go into custody. h

don't know yet about a lot of diana for some of us and for michael griffith or my it. wasn't quite how to shut them up or feel. measurement for the. past or how ways yet you had the heart of the heart of a serial see if i hustle that kind of i was sleep. with almost everyone was you were led to throw a little plot of attack but it up with my luck the way it let the young man with what hossam of the world in the lead off with a weather move on us must not have us all of them then why it was not a political kind of youngish which is going to split into five how do i have to be able to switch cannot. just have my own country so one of the but after about two years i was surfin to say a little more of the focus of the imagination i had to cover how the dollar now might not have made him. sound all bossy if he did this little closer to the whole phenomenon that. the man on the show. you know mr lawlor santa catarina there never was one i know. that one. generation where nine am and. desists is a sticker from the water bottle phone in the stomach of a fish the brand is part

tasmania is responsible for growing around half of the world's legal opium supply — but as hywel griffithis an industry feeling pain of its own. it's one of australia's best kept secrets, the drug supply that blossoms and blooms in the tasmanian hills. for this farmer, blossoms and blooms in the tasmanian hills. forthis farmer, growing opium poppies has helped double the income of his business, giving him money to invest in sheep and crops. it is an intensive process. injust a few months, the seed pods from these flowers are processed into painkilling opiates drugs used around the world. a lot of people are shocked and don't realise that global reach of what we do. you point out it is in pain relief, you know, when you break your arm. when you see people in hospital drugged up you see people in hospital drugged up and you like to —— use a —— you would like to express, hey, thanks for supporting me, mate. it has grown to nearly 900 at its peak of yea rs grown to nearly 900 at its peak of years ago, farmers. injust grown to nearly 900 at its peak of years ago, farmers. in just a few decades

envoy to yemen mr martin griffiths is going to have to paul a lot more weight on putting pressure on to these parties meaning that he's going to have to rely on the british government and the american government at the saying that hey the international community here wants peace and therefore that's what's going to happen politicians in the u.k. and the u.s. are stepping up pressure to stop exporting arms to saudi arabia with the hope of preventing the world's worst humanitarian crisis from get even worse priyanka gupta is here. and to more still to come including politicians lose their perks in haiti but will the concessions be enough to quell anti-government on the rest. of us aid from the united states waits in limbo at the border to take a closer look at how vital services continue to flow into venezuela. how i we got lucky fine weather across australia at the moment we are looking good here a little bit of sherry right up toward the top end but nothing much to speak of little cloud to down into the far south asian this is where the the main weather action going to be over the ne

hywel griffith, bbc news.of dangerous animals in residential areas. this crocodile was spotted in a surban driveway in townsville. queensland's environment minister leeanne enoch said, "crocodiles may be seen crossing roads, and when flooding recedes, crocodiles can turn up in unusual places such as farm dams or waterholes". a bbc undercover investigation has exposed gangs offering to charge 1000s of pounds to cheat in uk citizenship tests. the life in the uk test in uk history, laws and culture must usually be passed for foreign nationals to obtain indefinite leave to remain or citizenship prior to obtaining a passport. but secret recording captures criminals arranging cheating using tiny bluetooth earpieces to feed the answers. concerns are being raised about the integrity of the test which is overseen by the home office. guy lynn reports. 0ur undercover researcher hands over cash to a criminal. a man who arranges cheating and citizenship tests. at the heart of the process to get a uk passport. do any of you

hywel griffith, bbc news, melbourne.ent trump is considering whether to sign a compromise package on border security aimed at avoidi another government shutdown. it gives a fraction of the money hed wan pay for the wall, but he says he will build it anyway. speaking ahead of the cabinet meeting, mr. trump said he did not like the deal but may still sign it to keep the government open. pres. trump: am i happy at first glance? i just got to see it. the answer is no, i am not. i am not happy. i don't think you are going to see a shutdown. if you did have it, it's the democrats' fault. jane: his comments come a day after a raucous rally paso where a bbc cameraman was attacked by a trump supporter. alexis simendinger is a natial political correspondent for "the hill" and explains it -- and she joined me earlier. how nervous are lawmakers knowing that mr. trump doesn't like this deal? alexis: not only do they know he doesn't like the deal, but they know that the president is capable of pulling surprises based on the media cove

everything that dw griffith has learned about cinematic grammar. he throws into this film.ull of amazing story-telling techniques, terrific acting, beautiful editing. it is truly one of the most important films in the history of the evolution of narrative cinema. unfortunately, it's also one of the vialist racial tracks in the history of american cinema. so griffith was an unreconstructed racist who had very -- to be kind, paternalistic attitude toward african-americans. so "birth of a nation" is a story of the civil war and reconstruction based on a novel by a man named thomas dixon called "the klansmen," telling the story of families torn asunder by the war. the portrayal of southerners in the film is very, very sympathic. including the fact that the rescue at the end of the film is affected by the ku klux klan. so this is a film that is very difficult to watch out of context. people who see it today -- people who come to it fresh without knowing the background, without knowing the era, find it a very difficult film to deal with. but it's, you know, part of our job to pro

not very serious about ending the war and it seems that the yemen the un envoy to yemen mr martin griffiths is going to have to pull a lot more weight on putting pressure on to these parties meaning that he's going to have to rely on the british government and the american government at the saying that hey the international community here wants peace and therefore that's what's going to happen politicians in the u.k. and the u.s. are stepping up pressure to stop exporting arms to saudi arabia with the hope of preventing the world's worst humanitarian crisis from getting even worse priyanka gupta is here. also anti-government demonstrations have been taking place in sanaa these have been protest against what they believe is the normalization of relations between yemen's government and israel and it's in response to yemen's foreign minister your money sitting next to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu during the war source of it the u.s. special envoy for syria has reassured allies that the withdrawal of american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich secur

next, a conversation with martha griffiths of michigan and patsy mink of hawaii.s of the u.s. information service conducted the interview. >> united nations has designated 1975 as international women's year, a year in which member nations will focus their attention on ways to further advance the status of women around the world. i'm wendy ross, usis congressional correspondent. to discuss the changing role of women in the united states, we have with us two distinguished members of congress, representative martha griffiths, democrat of michigan, and representave

special envoy to yemen martin griffiths was able to secure a cease fire between the two sides the hobbies and the who these because of the congressional pressure on the trump administration and saudi arabia now that has been a fragile cease fire the suffering in yemen remains on the biblical scale twelve million people on the brink of famine and talks are resuming again right now they're actually griffiths's in who data province right now in the harbor on a boat talking to both sides they're trying to agree to the prisoner exchange fifteen thousand prisoners to be exchanged between the two sides and also to have the forces inside who dated province redeployed now so this vote the timing of this vote creates tremendous leverage for those peace talks so i think you have a real of impact on the ground but there's an amendment in the resolution that would permit the u.s. to continue sharing intelligence with the saudis the saudis rely on u.s. intelligence for targeting flash strikes so how does the resolution actually help what's happening on the ground as far as the fighting. so this would c

are not very serious about ending the war and it seems that yemen the un envoy to yemen mr martin griffiths is going to have to haul a lot more weight on putting pressure on to these parties that meaning that he's going to have to rely on the british government and the american government at the saying that hey the international community here wants peace and therefore that's what's going to happen politicians in the u.k. and the u.s. are stepping up pressure to stop exporting arms to saudi arabia with the hope of preventing the world's worst humanitarian crisis from getting even worse priyanka gupta is here. libyans are marking the eighth anniversary of the start of the twenty eleven revolution protests in benghazi eventually led to the toppling of longtime leader. well many say much has changed political divisions are still taking their toll in the country. has moved from tripoli. many people families are heading out of driving are heading up to the square where they're going to celebrate and mark the anniversary this anniversary comes amid political rivalries division and military confli

river near griffith park. a man spotted clinging to a tree. they were able to get this guy back to shore, including his bicycle. he was very, very lucky. in the same area, a city utility truck got swamped by deep mud and flowing water. heavy rain causing the creek to quickly overflow its banks, that pushed the mud flow down the hillside. this is la tuna canyon in the l.a. area. they are saying get used to it, this weekend could be worse. more rain in the southland. >>> attorneys for the wildfire victims say their claims should take priority, as pg&e goes through bankruptcy. >> but they are one of the groups -- one of the groups of stakeholders jockeying for position here. >> what came out of the federal court hearing today. >> reporter: we heard from lawyers today for the cities and counties affected by the wildfires. we also heard for creditors. lawyers for the fire case are suing pg and lawyers for insurance companies hoping to get money back but the lawyers for the wildfire victims, who made their case today. the victims should be among the

it held around 300 asylum seekers in 2017. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith is in sydney.ere. is reopening christmas island wait to get around this policy defeat? if strong attention to the government ‘s border protection policies and allowed it to look tough on immigration and accusing the opposition which had a major victory in parliament last night. accused it of being soft and potentially opening the door to more people smugglers and more people trying to seek asylum in australia. by trying to seek asylum in australia. by landing here legally. scott morrison, who was himself the immigration minister saying he needs to reopen the centre which was the scene of protests and hunger strikes, that in anticipation, more people smuggling efforts coming in to australia. he is also claimed that his ministers see, this new law in australia that doctors will be able to decide which asylum seekers and refugees need to come here for medical treatment, that'll open the doorfor rapists medical treatment, that'll open the door for rapists and murderers and child molesters says the gove

hywel griffith, bbc news.far greater risk of getting an obesity—related cancer than people born in the 1950s. that's according to researchers in the united states. a study published in the lancet public health journal, shows an increasing number of younger adults are being diagnosed with cancers linked to their weight. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. evidence supporting a link between obesity and cancer has been growing stronger over the past few decades. with us obesity rates doubling in a 30—year period, there is concern over what this may mean for future cancer cases. now researchers in the united states have looked at cancer diagnoses from 1995 to 2014. they found an increase in the rates of six types of cancer related to obesity, particularly in people under 50. these included colorectal, kidney and pancreatic cancers. the increases were more marked in successively younger generations, particularly among millennials. we know that the number of younger people diagnosed with cancer is still