earth or a tarion rule we cannot tolerate democracies in europe yet we have not crawlers only hungary poland. the insurrection in washington has focused attention on the apparent fragility of democracy in the us but how strong is democracy in europe my guest this week from germany is going to critique down an m.p. from angela merkel seaview party and chair of the e.u. affairs committee in the federal parliament why the big gap between the e's rhetoric about rights and rule of law and the dismal reality in parts of the union . going to create a problem welcome to comfort zone. when borland took over the rotating e.u. presidency it's set itself the tasco of protecting fundamental values and rights in the european union and i want to look 1st at whether it met that objective in any way at all according to human rights groups you have now almost 10000000 citizens living under or thora tarion rule in hungary aren't you ashamed of the. well i am not totally satisfied with the results to be very honest anyway we are able to achieve the 1st step to come that the financial aid from the budget of the

change but most agree prime your article 7 process is against poland hungary of going absolutely nowhere and the looks as though none of this is going to result in any sustained that action whatsoever and this latest mechanism also ended in failure because both hungary and poland announced that if you went ahead with it and they would veto the latest stimulus package straight unashamed blackmail wasn't it and you gave in to it. no there there i don't share this of opinion because her really always respect the decisions of the i car and this is of on me personally the red blood and the red light means to respect the decisions of the high court so they're sciences and hunger and in the past so now they that will alter the future there we have more problems all over and saw my. past the more to respect the stupid decisions and the now we have once again this is millionaires who respect rule of law otherwise we can lock them up and this is the one consequence when i was fully. feeling a. consensus i have to take issue with you when you say that you know this mechanism survived intact what wh

with the change but most agree upon your article 7 processes against poland hungary of going absolutely nowhere and the looks as though none of this is going to result in any sustained that action whatsoever and this latest mechanism also ended in failure because both hungary and poland announced that if you went ahead with it and they would veto the latest stimulus package straight unashamed blackmail wasn't it and you gave in to it. no there i don't share his opinion because her really always respected decisions of the car and business of on me personally the red blood and the red light means to respect the decisions of the hike or so there's decisive hungrily in the past so now they will also do their we have more problems. and saw my dear i have asked the more to respect the citizens and to the now we have once again this is known as the respect rule or otherwise 'd we can lock them up and this is the one consequence one which will leave. a feeling of. concern states i have to take issue with you when you say that you know this mechanism survived intact what what you did was in fact

with mr greenspan your article 7 process is against poland hungary have gone absolutely nowhere and the looks as though none of this is going to result in any sustained action whatsoever and this latest mechanism also ended in failure because both hungary and poland announced that if you went ahead with it and they would veto the latest stimulus package straight unashamed blackmail wasn't it and you gave in to it. no there i don't share his opinion because. of always respect the decisions of the i car and this is of on me personally the red line the red line means to respect the decisions of the hike or so there's the science of hunger and in the past i know that it will also get there we have more problems all over and saw my dear i ask the mob to respect decisions and the now we have once again this is millionaires who respect rule of law otherwise we can lock them up and this is the one consequence when i was fully. feeling. concerns it's i have to take issue with you when you say that you know this mechanism survived intact what what you did was in fact climb down but when brokered

with the change but most agree upon your article 7 process is against poland hungary have gone absolutely nowhere and the looks as though none of this is going to result in any sustained that action whatsoever and this latest mechanism also ended in failure because both hungary and poland announced that if you went ahead with it and they would veto the latest stimulus package straight unashamed blackmail wasn't it and you gave in to it. no i don't share his opinion because really always respected the decisions of the ira and this is on me personally the red line the red line means to respect the decisions of the high court so they're sciences and did in the past so now they will also do their we have more problems all over and saw my view i had asked the mob to respect decisions and the now we have once again this is known as the respect rule of law otherwise 'd we can lock them up and this is the one consequence one will slowly. feel. concerns it's i have to take issue with you when you say that you know this mechanism survived intact what what you did was in fact climbdown but when brok

overwhelming mood amongst the majority of european leaders only a few right wing populist leaders in hungary poland for example and also in britain not so happy today but the rest of the of the politicians are expecting a new partnership a real partner in the white house who was reliable predictable trustworthy and also some more civilized than trump had has been after 4 years of trump america 1st a doctrine when it comes to defense will nato and the e.u. put more trust in the biden administration as an ally but the conflict of interests between the leading partner in the nato and the u.s. and the rest in europe with a certain to remain in the conflict of burden sharing and defense spending is not over and it started already under the obama biden in the situation but the europeans are pledging that they want to do more for their own defense that they want to create a kind of european independence europeans to energy and we have to see how that pans out to the foreign minister of germany for example says at least we won some consultation and cooperation in they do many things will change and many wi

poor and under convincing hungary poland and other governments that have no interest in finding a solution isn't going to help either the news on not only will it serve germany's interests. indeed don't you think you know if the german government were to say now that irregular migration has slowed more than it has in many years i feel we could build a coalition with other countries to show us how it's done. and we could implement our goals quite quickly to fictional ford it would inspire others to join and that would be a truly european approach and for that's how the shang in zone or the euro came about this was that that's how the european community came to be in 1950 it was founded by a group of countries that got together to solve a common problem. but until we reach that point it seems there's still a long way ahead of us meanwhile the catastrophe in moria continues despite fires despite pacts and that's migration policy made in europe. when antibiotics are out similar to. the causes of mounting resistance on a well known. factory farming. poor hospital hygiene. a premature use of ant

born on the net in convincing hungary poland and other governments that have no interest in finding a solution isn't going to help either the news on the whole nor will it serve germany's interests. don't you think if the german government were to say now that irregular migration has slowed more than it has in many years we could build a coalition with other countries to show us how it's done. and we could implement our goals quite quickly. it would inspire others to join and that would be a truly european approach and for that's how the shang in zone or the euro came about was that that's how the european community came to be in 1950 it was founded by a group of countries that got together to solve a common problem. but until we reach that point it seems there's still a long way ahead of us meanwhile the catastrophe in moria continues despite fires despite pacts and that's migration policy made in europe. he says in jail. he used everywhere alex they now call me the russian opposition leader is more or less a mass protest. despite shocking police violence young people especially are

poor and under very convincing hungary poland and other governments that have no interest in finding a solution isn't going to help you got the news and not only will it serve germany's interests. indeed dacha to see if the german government were to say now that irregular migration has slowed more than it has in many years i feel we could build a coalition with other countries to show us how it's done. and we could implement our goals quite quickly. it would inspire others to join and that would be a truly european approach and for that's how the shang in zone or the euro came about this was that that's how the european community came to be in 1950 it was founded by a group of countries that got together to solve a common problem. but until we reach that point it seems there's still a long way ahead of us meanwhile the catastrophe in moria continues despite fires despite pacts and that's migration policy made in europe. he says he's in jail. he was everywhere. alex where you know following the russian opposition leader is mobilizing mass protests. despite shocking police violence you

with mr greenspan your article 7 process is against poland hungary of going absolutely nowhere and the looks as though none of this is going to result in any sustained action whatsoever and this latest mechanism also ended in failure because both hungary and poland announced that if you went ahead with it and they would veto the latest stimulus package straight unashamed blackmail wasn't it and you gave in to it. no there i don't share this opinion because her really always respect the decisions of the ira and this is on me personally the red blood the red line means to respect the decisions of the high court so their society says 180 in the past and they that will also be there we have more problems all over and saw the minute i asked the mosque to respect he said decisions and the now we have once again this is known as the respect rule of law otherwise 'd we can lock them up and this is the one consequence one will slowly. feel. concern states i have to take issue with you when you say that you know this mechanism survived intact what what you did was in fact climb down but when bro

overwhelming mood amongst the majority of european leaders only a few right wing populist leaders in hungary poland for example and also in britain not so happy today but the rest of the politicians are expecting a new partnership a real partner in the white house who's reliable predictable trustworthy and also some more civilized than trump had has been after 4 years of trump america 1st a doctrine when it comes to defense will nato and the put more trust in the biden administration as an ally but the conflict of interests between the leading partner in the nato the u.s. and the rest in europe with a certain to remain the conflict of burden sharing and defense spending is not over and it started already under the obama biden in the situation but the europeans are pledging that they want to do more for their own defense that they want to create a kind of european independence europeans to energy and we have to see how that pans out the foreign minister of germany for example says at least we want some consultation and cooperation in nato many things would change and many would change for the better

poor and under very convincing hungary poland and other governments that have no interest in finding a solution isn't going to help either the news and not only will it serve germany's interests. indeed don't you think you know if the german government were to say now that irregular migration has slowed more than it has in many years i feel we could build a coalition with other countries to show us how it's done. and we could implement our goals quite quickly to fictional ford it would inspire others to join that would be a truly european approach us and for that's how the shang in zone or the euro came about was that that's how the european community came to be in 1950 it was founded by a group of countries that got together to solve a common problem. but until we reach that point it seems there's still a long way ahead of us meanwhile the catastrophe in moria continues despite fires despite pacts and that's migration policy made in europe. conflicts when china imposed a national security law on hong kong last year and promised that the principle of one country 2 systems and the bas

we are not and authoritarian regime, we are not hungary or poland but in terms of how rigged the institutions look and hell would delegitimize to they've come when you think about the role of impeachment in the united states and the role of the legislature and the role of the media and social media companies this is significant and the work of a generation and it will be the work of the generation if we rebuild and repair it. we can't go back to where we were. that's my general view. if it is a split it is that we are more on the negative side. i've been quite surprised that richard and he whose name cannot be mentioned as the anniversary of the council of relations and says it is the end of u.s. exceptionalism. i don't think i'm quite there but he was drinking that evening. so that'sa a little bit for me. >> can i jump in [inaudible] first of all, i'm not as pessimistic and i would have shared your analysis 100% had donald trump won the election, the era of liberalism, probably over. but he didn't. he isn't going to be president. we are all completely shocked by what's happened. there may be

we are also going to have to know out and take a look at what is happening in hungry, and -- hungary, and poland and the philippines, to be tougher on the dictatorships that have tightened the news in the past four years. i frankly think that by investing our energy in democracy promotion overseas, it will also lend strength to our efforts here. it will put more pressure on us to get our own house in order. [laughter] if we just shrink from the world, if we just rolled up the carpet on democracy, promotion abroad it would frankly be easier for us to do the project here about doing the work abroad puts pressure on us to be more vigilant and act faster on domestic democracy reform. major: maybe around the table we all say now yes we need to get our houses in order, let's start there. from usa today foreign affairs reporter regarding tony blinken's confirmation hearings next week. what questions we be asking and how much does last week's challenge increases challenge to restore america's standing as a beacon of democracy? sen. murphy: i am of big supporter of tony blinken. i am glad we are moving f

you see what happens even in europe, in hungary, in poland, in across the world, and erosion of democratic values, erosion of the rule of law and the very things that not only harry truman but arthur ben berg and others want to the united states influence globally so it is good to ask those questions. it is good to ask, but joe biden and republicans and democrats who believe the united states does play by the rule in the world we need to explain to the american people that yes, for instance we spent billions of dollars on the marshall plan. it rebuilt the economies of western and central europe and that helped usher in the american century. if you look at america's gdp from 1947 forward compared to every other country and i am such a nerd i have done that regularly, look at the gdp of other nations, other allies, always ups and downs with other countries, ours goes straight up and the reason why is we invested in our friends. we invested in our allies. we look outside of ourselves. we had leaders, republicans and democrats alike, who actually understood freer markets and freer men and wome

more democratic countries like germany like france and italy and balancing out countries like hungary in poland which have been moving away from kind of social liberal liberal lety and and democracy and so that's going to be a big change within the e.u. within the kind of balance of power within the e.u. and also don't forget the u.k. is a nuclear power so militarily also a big loss for the e.u. this much to look at so how do we know what comes next it's really difficult because everything that you look at every political every social every economic factor within the e.u. within the u.k. is going to change in some ways very dramatically. some of these trade agreements that have been you know launched this this week and a great number one that a lot have to unpack see what really is in the detail there but some of them have also been decided that they'll be on a sliding scale like the fishy fishy was nearly on block when they got the whole thing they've decided that they're going to push some of those the decisions on for several years so this negotiations that are going to be going on for ever

morning newspaper in cleveland, castigating the allies and fdr in particular for having sold poland, yugoslavia, hungary, romania, for having sold one of those countries down the river at yalta. that was the phrase always used fdr sold poland down the river or yugoslavia or hungary at yalta. in the '70s, i was born in 1958, one of the big issues was the return of the crown from st. steven to hungary. there say crown traditionally associated with him and has a crooked -- the crown was off kilter because it was hit by a give it out to improve relations with hungry. that was carter's explanation. it roiled politics in cleveland for the better part of three years. a cleveland city councilwoman was leading the charge not to give the crown of saint steven back to the conference. and that was the talk over the years. now, what i'm going to try to agriculture today, there's another lens through which we can and probably should look at and i think it's one that is a little less used. the doctor referred to it enough times. but i'm going to try to go into a bit more detail on it here. he did set me up nicely. and

it's known the transport leave for poland slovakia hungary and italy and they are known to avoid austria. so who is responsible now. the vehicle did have a neighborhood in the truest of the barren area the origins of the smallest card in the will. and i don't see the european commission as necessarily responsible based on their regulations are relatively clear appropriate procedures should be in place to put pressure on member states. the german government says the federal state governments are responsible for their actions and that's true. i often get the impression that economic interests mean there's no inclination to change that goes for things. so the transports continue. for the ball caps that are exploited be under certain german states and 3rd countries transported for fattening up before being packed on the boats and shipped off to the middle east. and the bream cattle many of which end up in arabia where fully conscious will have their throats cut under inhumane conditions. that. these kind of animal transports must stop. breaks it has a lot in the middle of the colona pandemic

tell say to poland and hungary. we're not you know you have committed yourself to democracy and under article 5 of nato we're going to suspend your admission your position in nato all of the law unless you comply with the european union's demands will have would change things a lot that of course is not what prop was doing he was playing ball with johnson oh i say are you what goes it goes sort of an integrated have it be international a jigsaw puzzle if i can put it in no those sort of crude terms of. president try to is please i was going to if president china will hunt. padan himself given that the fractious nature of american society and politics wouldn't be good folk president biden to patna him. well you see it's more complicated than that because. the. president can only pardon someone for his criminal offenses against federal law however president trump. has. pretty plain committed very many violations of sht the law of new york state. moreover the the government of new york state and the is and the judiciar

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and germany, italy, hungary and poland. that sort of -- that genie is back in the bottle. not, the government's crackdown in deportations had definitely hurt the radical movement and membership in both the socialist companies plummet. and they're willing to freely admit that they're holding radical ideas. probably one of the most important reasons why the red scare ended is a. mitchell palmer. for months and months and months he had been telling the american people, been telling the congress, that the communist revolution is just around the corner. that there's going to be massive, massive dislocations and the problem is, it becomes the boy who cried wolf. his biggest mistake is to say, hey, when may day comes in 1920, there's going to be mass violence. dogs and cats living together. and when that does not occur, he starts to lose credibility. and the american people start to lose interest. it's ironic that when the worst bombing of the red scare actually occurs on wall street, on the 16th of september, while there's a spike in concern, the american people are already onto

tell shay to poland and hungary. we're not you know you have committed yourself to democracy and under article 5 of nato we're going to suspend your admission your position in nato so all of the law unless you comply with the european union's demands will have would change things a lot that of course is not what prompt was doing he was playing ball with johnson oh as are you here with us a good sort of a n.c. great thing about bibi international a jigsaw puzzle if i can have put it in the sort of crude terms i'm. president tried to. please i was good so if president child wouldn't. have been himself given that the fractious nature of american society and politics wouldn't be good folk president biden potten him. well you see it's more complicated than that because. the. president can only pardon someone for his criminal offenses against federal law however president trump. has. pretty plain committed very many violations of sht the law of new york state. moreover the the government of the new york state and the is. t

needs the united states will continue this be no different from is going to decide and be like poland in hungary because of their experiments. as the americans will continue to meddle in european. politics but you won't get anyone that interferes in america. like a british citizen in 2016. yes no there's no question that that will be. part of the american general take a leader hungary with the blink who has a family connection with hungary with his father was a former ambassador. run out of time you know i want to thank my guests in oslo and in budapest i want to thank our viewers for watching us your r.v. see you next time remember. the day or thinks. we are here to ask. so we were. going to. give you more. now. on those who just came up with a ticket in your show that. antarctica is a very international community. media used to really need to. do this because this. is. but the. script. is everything. to do with. the. time they have to go out he decided not to take this life. with him i gave you the. vaccine program with the goal of immunizing more than half the country's population by the end

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needs the united states will continue this be no different from is going to decide and be like poland in hungary because of their experiments. as the americans will continue to meddle in your view. and politics but whoa there anyone that interferes in american politics like like a british citizen in 2016. yes no there is no question that that will be part of the american general take a leader hungary with anti blink and who has a family connection with hungary with his father was a former ambassador so i'm sorry george we've run out of time here i want to thank my guests in oslo and in budapest i want to thank our viewers for watching us your r.v. see you next time remember. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics score this list i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. some rumors as so

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back to the fall of the 1989 and the ensuing years where countries throughout europe, hungary, czechoslovakia, poland, romania, and even the soviet union itself turned toward democracy, turn towards freedom, turn towards free markets and we even saw that movement occur in china as well where a seemingly indigenous movement suddenly sprung up from the use of the country. suggesting they would turn themselves toward the 20 first century. there was such enthusiasm throughout the world for this concept of democracy, of liberty, of free markets, there was such enthusiasm that a man named francis became instantly famous -- let me tell you for a scholar is really hard to do. instantly famous by writing a study entitled " the end of history." the least understood title in all of history because most people presume that things were so great that nothing was ever going to happen again, not what he was saying. what he was saying in this book was that all of human history had been a struggle, a competition to try to decide how exactly we as human beings should organize ourselves as a society, government, civiliz

think back to the fall of 1989 and the in suing years, when countries throughout europe, hungary, czechoslovakia, poland, romania, and then even the soviet union itself, turned towards democracy, turn towards freedom, turn towards free markets. in fact, we even saw that movement occur in china as well. a seemingly indigenous movement suddenly sprung up from the youth of the country, the future of the country, suggesting they were going to turn themselves towards the 21st century. there was such enthusiasm throughout the world for the concept of democracy, of freedom, of liberty, of free markets, any synonym you want. there was such enthusiasm for this that a man named francis fukushima became instantly famous, which for a scholar is really hard to do. he became instantly famous by writing a study entitled the end of history. it's the least understood title and all of history. because most people presumed when they heard that that things were so great nothing would ever happen again, not at all what he was saying. what he really was saying in this book was that all of human history had been a struggle, h

it's known the transport leave from poland slovakia hungary and italy and they are known to avoid austria. so who is responsible now. the view than that of a neighborhood in the truest of the very authorities are the smallest card in the will. and i don't see the european commission as necessarily responsible what the regulations are relatively clear appropriate procedures should be in place to put pressure on member states. the german government says the federal state governments are responsible for their actions and that's true. doc i often get the impression that economic interests mean there's no inclination to change that goes for it. so the transports continue. for the ball caps that are exploited be under cern in german states and 3rd countries transported for fattening up before being packed into boats and shipped off to the middle east. and the breeding cattle many of which end up in arabian are to ours where fully conscious will have their throats cut under inhumane conditions. these kind of animal transports must stop. and residents can finally party again in china where things

say to poland and hungary. we're not you know you have committed ourselves to democracy and under article 5 of nato we're going to suspend your admission your position in nato all of the law unless you comply with the european union's demands well that would change things a lot that of course is not what trump was doing he was playing ball with jump ship or eyes or you know it goes it was sort of a it's a great thing about bibi international a jigsaw puzzle if i can put it another sort of crude in terms of it and president tried it please i was going say if president child wouldn't. have been himself given that the fractious nature of american society and politics would it be good for president biden to patna him. well you see it's more complicated than that because. the. president can only pardon someone for his criminal offenses against federal law however president trump. has. pretty plain committed very many violations of sht the law of new york state. moreover. the government of new york state and the is a

countries like hungary or even poland being coming more and more undemocratic. you spend more time thinking about this. how the u.s. effectively address that. what should the new biden administration do in regard to the threats to democracy in side the u.s. itself? >> guest: first of all we cannot forget in dealing with putin, he is a former kgb agents. he knows how to undermine other systems. and what he is systematically trying to do is undermine the country's essential and eastern europe for starters and separate them from us. he also, he played a weak hand well. russia is in trouble economically. and he has got issues with them what parts of used to be the soviet union. so his activity in ukraine was abominable. the kind of things going on in belarus, and i think we need to keep making clear that we don'tt want to abandon the post- satellite companies protect don't know how to describe n them anymore. the new nato countries that members of the ee eu. in terms of trying to make sure the european works. i've been veryhe interested in the actions they are takin

the reds had been rolled back in germany, in italy, in hungary, and in poland. so that jeannie is back in the bottle. like it or not, the government's crackdown on deportations had definitely hurt the radical movement. and membership in both the socialist and communist parties plummeted. very few people are willing to freely admit that they are holding radical ideas. so to some extent you can argue , that that worked. but probably one of the more important reasons why the red scare ended, is a. mitchell palmer. for months and months and months he had been telling the american people, he had been telling the congress, that the communist revolution is around the corner. that there is going to be massive, massive dislocations. and the problem is, he becomes the boy who cried wolf. his biggest mistake is to say hey, when mayday comes in 1928 -- 1920, there is going dogs and to be mass violence dogs and cats living together. , and when that doesn't occur, he begins to lose credibility. and the american people start to lose interest. it is ironic that when the worst b

we'll give you poland, yugoslavia, czechoslovakia and hungary, what do you think?> are you suggesting that's what happened at yalta? are you saying that's what happened at yalta? i just want to know. i'm not agreeing or disagreeing. >> kind of sort of, yeah. >> i don't think there's any doubt that yalta, much of what was discussed at yalta, but not all, can be qualified or characterized as reale politic. you give us men to help invade japan, that was precisely what was done. it's very honest about human nature. it'st says people won't do things for altruistic motives but they will do things for a quid pro quo. you do something for me and i'll do something for you. if that's all yalta was, then why all the talk about the united nations? that's not the sort of reale politique. it's that people cooperate with one another and sometimes they're willing to surrender their sovereignty in the interest of the broader global community or regional community. what you've said is essentially a pretty good characteristic. the western allies wanted some stuff. they got some stuff

it's known the transport leave from poland slovakia hungary and italy and they're known to avoid austria. so who is responsible now. the vehicle did have a neighborhood in the truest of the very authorities of the smallest card in the will. and i don't see the european commission as necessarily responsible based on their regulations are relatively clear appropriate procedures should be in place to put pressure on member states. the german government says the federal state governments are responsible for their actions and that's true. i often get the impression that economic interests mean there's no inclination to change their lives. so the transports continue. for the ball caps that are exploited be under cern in german states and 3rd countries transported for fattening up before being packed on the boats and shipped off to the middle east. and the breeding cattle many of which end up in arabian artois where fully conscious to have their throats cut under inhumane conditions. these kind of animal transports must stop. entering the conflict zone within sebastien china is roiling the west

response to putin in crimea and ukraine in the rise of nationalism in the loss of democracy in poland and hungary and the other countries. would we have another iron curtain speech? >> a friend of mine, a lincoln scholar, was on the radio in boston back in the '70s for a calling program. someone called in and asked, what would lincoln have said about bussing, which is the big issue of the time. and my historian friend responded by saying, what's a bus? it's always dangerous to try and divine these sorts of things. but i do think that churchill would have viewed russia and putin with the same jaundice and weary eye that he always did, the soviet union, and i think he would be dismayed that this resort destination where he spent this glorious week on the riviera of hades with his fellow leaders was going to be seated back to ukraine and seized again by putin in the year, what, 2013 or 2014. anyway, i think that -- i would like to think that he would be -- he would be vigilant and on guard and would be making very inspirational speeches while at the same time pursuing the interests of the uk in a ve

and every town where the german advance eastward into poland and romania, hungary, that's what they did ben, we have here some footage from your opening argument at the trial for these mass murderers. i would like to take a look and see 27-year-old you opening your presentation of the case. let's have a look. >> i can recite it. >> this was a tragic fulfillment of a program of intolerance and arrogance. vengeance is not our goal nor do we seek merely a just retribution. we ask this court to affirm by international penal action man's rights to live in peace and dignity regardless of his race or creed. the case we present is a plea of humanity to law. >> ben, we have a couple questions from viewers. a viewer named nicole is asking, what pressure did you feel taking on the largest murder trial in history at the age of 27? and middle school student named creighton from illinois asked if you were scared or intimidated giving your first speech in court? >> i remember writing the speech a couple days before the opening trial, the day before i was sitting in the nuremberg courtroom. it was a su