she was an immigrant from lithuania. she lived through the war there with her dad and her siblings, and as, you know, many people who have gone through war and have suffered, you know, trauma, she had a dream with her sister, sharing the same dream for years about being hunted down. so somehow i inherited part of this dream life. and i think one of the curious things for me as a writer and just as a daughter is why i have the second part of the dream, the second dream and not the first, and not just the first. >> host: and when did you, when did you discover why you were having that second dream about being a murderer? >> guest: well, i discovered it about five years ago when i first learned that -- first, i should say i come from a blended family. my father, who died ten years ago, was an eastern european jew. my mother was lithuanian catholic, first generation. about five years ago in a conversation with my mom, i learned that her father, the lithuanian grandfather i had loved, was not just a resistance fighter against

occupation that originally was part of the trove of archival material and then they returned to lithuania. so i knew the selling of the town where my grandfather was based then going through the german documents and as it turns out to over a period of two hours is a language that is easy as i began to understand what i was reading was distracted there was so much material i was taking notes on many different people nothing to do with my grandfather but fascinating and horrifying and after two and a half hours i was exhausted and felt foolish. what am i looking for? i didn't have any background of my grandfather's history and so i remember i said just ted more minutes i pledge in the last real i hit the fast but then i said no cheating like each document one added time turning the dial then all of a sudden here is my grandfather's name his handwriting, his report and another reporter and another report and another report. a and that was one of the beginnings. >> host: without giving away what you did discover with the connections to the gestapo, now that the book is done, where are you wit

because he could measure it could measure the freedom he lost a lithuania.when my father was born in 1922, ma the first your lithuania gained its independence five centers. of courses would he witnessed the gradual erosion of the independence by forces within limiting the site and without. what he saw was his country destabilization and occupation by the soviet union as foreshadowed, its destruction upon the nazi invasion in june 1941 and roughly four years of german occupation of which point all his friends are medical school were murdered and finally the murders -- the 900 day siege of leningrad. as the soviet forces approached my father would can underground to resist the soviets tried to persuade his father and a dummy to leave. his father refused, arguing that things would return to normal after the war. my grandfather in a letter to my father never spoke about a lithuania expressed his sorrow for not having followed my father's advice. but in fairness he had grown up -- become a widely regarded hospital administered in the couldn't conceive of a differ

he was a refugee from lithuania. like many immigrants before him he received a new name courtesy of ellis island. he was extraordinarily conscious because of his life experience of the freedom he enjoyed in his adopted country because he could measure it against the freedom he had lost in lithuania. when my father was born in 1922 the first year lithuania had gained its independence in roughly five centuries. he witnessed the gradual erosion of that independence forces from within lithuanian society and without. he saw was destabilization and then occupation by the soviet union. its destruction following the nazi invasion and soviet occupation, at which point many of his friends, many of them jewish, were murdered, and following the return of soviet forces following the 90 day siege at leningrad. my father, who had gone underground to resist the soviets, tried to persuade his father and their family to leave. his father refused, arguing that things would return to normal after the war. my grandfather in a letter to h

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have before them document s/2015/602 the texts of a draft resolution submitted by france jordan lithuanialaysia new zealand, spain, the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the united states of america. i wish to draw the attention of the council members to document s/2015/138 a letter dated february 2015 from the secretary general addressed to the president of the security council. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i shall now put the draft resolution to the vote. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s/2015/602 please raise their hand. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2235, 2015. i'll now give the floor to members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to the representative of the united states. >> thank you, madam president. today the u.n. security council has taken another step aimed at stopping the use of chemical weapons in syria. >> okay. so the u.s. ambassador there addressi

he was a refugee from lithuania. like many immigration immigrants -- immigrants before him he received a new name courtesy of ellis island. consciousraordinarily because of his life experience of the freedom he enjoyed in his adopted country because he could measure it against the freedom he had lost a lithuania. 1922my father was born in the first year lithuania had gained its independence of the in roughly five centuries. he witnessed the gradual erosion of that independence forces from within lithuanian society and without. he saw was destabilization and then occupation by the soviet union. destruction following the nazi invasion and soviet occupation, at which point many of his friends, many of them jewish, were murdered, and following the return of soviet forces following the 90 day siege at leningrad. my father, who had gone underground to resist the hisets, tried to persuade father and their family to leave. his father refused, arguing that they would -- things would return to normal after the wall -- war. i g

latvia, estonia, lithuania. thereafter, throughout the war, the soviets were careful to conduct operations in areas of special interest. those areas where first the baltic region and second the balkans. that became abundantly clear by early 1944 when they attended a full-scale offensive in the balkans, only to see it falter. late summer, 1944, again they return to the balkans and the baltic region, this time successfully. i maintain now and this will be a new book, that in all likelihood the decision by stalin to halt his forces at the 13th or 14th of february, halt them east of berlin and send them to vienna instead probably was a reflection of that policy to make significant gains in the baltics. as you investigate the planning of soviet operations, and you watch the evolution of force structure, you will see these same considerations in place. far earlier than i had ever anticipated, and to a greater degree than i had ever anticipated. these new revelations continue right up to the final few points of my slid

you can see in the same realm as lithuania, slovakia, the russian federation, sweden, and hungary. students did as well in those countries as they did in the united states. for the science scores, the countries where students were performing about the same level were denmark, spain, lithuania, france, latvia, norway, and italy and several others. you can see that information on the pugh research center's website. their five facts about students in the class of 2015 and students in this country. we're asking our viewers to weigh in this morning. what's the quality of local schools in your eoç>area? bill is in buzzard bay, massachusetts, a parent. bill, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i'm a grandparent. so my days of sending my children off to school are long gone. but i'd like to talk about that fella who just talked about passports. the money we spend on pre-k, common core, facilities, is humongous in this country. it's very easy to point fingers at the teachers and to say, oh, the building should be a little better or we should have more computers. before we spend a nickel

by the way, a soldier was event of the year in lithuania last year. that to our soldiers are. -- that's who our soldiers are. there in the republic of korea supporting our allies, fighting the war on terror around the world. that's what i stated in his uniform so long, it's because of our soldiers. their dedication and commitment to this nation. i want to just take a minute to talk about our noncommissioned officer corps. what makes this different than any other army in the world are our noncommissioned officers. they are our standardbearers. they are what changed our army over the last 40 years, and that the opportunity to serve. it's in the changing nature of our noncommissioned officers that has transformed our army. and they continue to do that today. and i think back 39 years ago to sergeant first class christiansen and brooks, if it wasn't for them i would not be standing here today. and it it's of those noncommissioned officers that continue to stand up and lead our young men and women, no matter how the difficult task is. to our officer corps,

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well and that has forced them to restrain their spending along the way also baltic nations like lithuania and estonia with the recession hit they did a lot of cutbacks in terms of government spending. they made that a recession worse in the short term and was much deeper but now they are coming out of it that europe went more of the al shape but they have not come out. but britain is beginning to come out of there is fairly strongly with reelecting david cameron because they did some austerity over there with some cutbacks. >> host: you are not a big fan of stimulus what should we did do or not do? >> stimulus spending does not generate long-term growth. what it did is makes that trough deep but keeps us from bouncing back from where we were. when we talk about the stimulus spending it is the bag of money theory i have this bag of money but the reality is it comes from someplace else. in the book i talk about the french economist and the example he gave was supposed to resume french farmer planning to irrigate his field and before he can do that the french government takes the money to ta

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. >> poland, estonia, latvia, lithuania have asked for nato protection. 70% saw russia as a major military threat to neighborin countries. have these countries been brainwashed by the west? >> not by the west. in poland and in baltic republics, they feel phantom pains, you know. they were several hundred years inside the czarist empire and soviet empire. they still feel these pains but these pains have nothing to do with the reality. >> what are phantom pain? >> phantom pain means that you think something, you are sick and you have some pain but it's head. ukrainians? >> this is not the ukrainians because ukraine is a special case. by the way, ukraine for a long time and until now especially was very deeply divided society. ukraine as a country, as a unified country never existed. >> that's why this is the period when this country is going through very painful process of nation and state building and as a result, every leaks ended up in new division. eastern throughout are russian speakers. they are culturally connected with russia. they are civilizationally oerptsd towards russia and the

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. >> he performed for the chamber orchestra in lithuania for children.wanted to do an orchestra piece that is based on nora's playing the riffs that she plays. >> and thus the catcerto is born. >> i think this is the first time that a concerto has been written for an animal. i think this piece could only exist because of the internet. >> when posted on the internet, the catcerto receives more than 1 million hits, and in october of 2009 nora wins an aspca award for cat of the year. >> what an honor. >> in this dog eat dog world, it's night to see a cat succeed. >> betsy and burnell are creating t-shirts and calendars and books featuring nora. >> i'm going to write a positive life philosophy book. it's called "nora's piano life guide for how to make every day a catnip day." >> and they hope her music will continue to inspire people all over the world for years to come. >> she's like a little miracle that's actually happening. she has a lot of piano-playing years ahead of her, but even when that's over, those videos will live on. >> can you play some more?

you can see in the same realm as lithuania and the russian federation and the sweden and hungary.s students did in those countries as in the united states. for the science scores the countries were students were the sameg at about level work denmark, spain, lithuania, france, latvia, norway and italy and several others. information ont the pew research center's website. there are five facts about students in the class of 2015 and in this country. we are asking our viewers to weigh in this morning. what is the quality of the schools in your area. bill is in massachusetts and is apparent. good morning. >> i am a grandparent. of sending my children to school are long gone. but i would like to talk about that call you just took about passports. the money that we spend on is-k, common core facilities humongous in this country. it is very easy to point the fingers at the teachers and to say the buildings should be better or we should have more computers. before we spend a nickel and sending a child to pre-k which in my day was called nursery school. not kindergarten but nursery school n

the soldiers in eastern europe reassuring our allies by the way a soldier was a man of the year in lithuania. that is who the soldiers are. they are the republic of korea supporting the advice for the war on terror around the world. that's why i stayed in the u-uniform uniform for so long is because of the soldiers. their dedication and commitment to this nation. i want to take a minute to talk about the noncommissioned officer corps. what makes us different than any other army in the world are the noncommissioned officers. they are standard bearers. they are what changed the army over the last 40 years i've had the opportunity to serve. it's been the changing nature of the noncommissioned officers that it's transformed the army and they continue to do that today. i think that 39 years ago to the first class christiansen. if it wasn't for them i wouldn't be standing here today. if those officers continue to stand up and lead the armed men and women no matter how difficult the task is to the officer corps i mean this when may miss when i say that i've never had a bad boss. maybe i was lucky.

a soldier with the man appeared lithuania last year. that's who our soldiers are.the world. that's why state in this for so long because of our soldiers. their dedication and commitment to this nation. i want to just take a minute to talk about her noncommissioned officer corps. what makes us different than any other army in the world her noncommissioned officers. they are standardbearers. fair what changed our army over the last 40 years and i've had the opportunity to serve. it's been the changing nature of noncommissioned officers that has transformed our army and they continue to do that today. when i think back 39 years ago, sergeant first class brown and brooks come in the first three ncos i would not be standing here today. and it's those noncommissioned officers that continue to stand up and later a young man in women no matter how the difficult task is. to our officer corps, i truly mean this when i say i've never had a bad loss. maybe i was lucky. i had the opportunity to work incredible leaders who took the time to mentor me, who took the time to train m

germany voting as well and then latvia, lithuania and some committees have already approved it.nce has given the green light and we have a whole host of countries that can rubberstamp this. it looks like the biggest holdup is going to be germany and it looks like this is going to pass. so from the parliamentary angle this is going to get through. but one note on how difficult the politics are, 86 million is the headline number we have been using and there is a report out that says already greece will need another 6 billion euros. guy: bigger and bigger. country it has a lot of money. carolyn girl and a lot of debt. let's check in on how the market is performing. some phenomenal news coming from asia. the biggest selloff since july 27. guy: what you're looking at here is a three-day chart. this is the session today down here at the bottom. as he can see the shanghai, has been falling for the last couple of days. we are seeing a little bit of bounceback but nevertheless we are seeing this continuation of concern surrounding the shanghai composite being reflected in prices. carolin

lithuania, latvia, and estonia. >> how concerned are you that russia will try the same strategy in natobordering russia? >> russia is assessing the reaction of nato to any of their actions. what i were radioaboorry about and violate article 5 of the nato agreement. i asked the general if they have the deterrent capability to deter russia. he said in his word, it has some, not a ringing endorsement of the ability of nato to deter russia from further military action. he says they're just beginning they have a lot of work to do. jim sciutto, thank you for your report. we are looking into reports that a top korean official has not been seen in public for months. cnn's brian todd has details on this. >> concern that kim jung-unmay be eliminating any one that mildly crosses him. from seoul to washington, officials are scrambling to find out what happened to a man who served kim and his father for many years. a top official in kim jong-un's government vanished from view, chon gon jong hasn't been seen in eight months according to the unification ministry which tells cnn it is watching closely

the report confirms the cia ran black sites in afghanistan, lithuania, poland, thailand, and a secretsite on the naval base known as strawberry fields. so far no one involved in the cia interrogation program has been charged with a crime except for the whistle blower, who just came out of two years of prison and is currently under house arrest. well, it is so important to assess the bush administration, and i hope in a few years you'll be doing the same for the obama administration as you have done in the past, should president bush, vice president cheney, secretary of defense rumsfeld, and cia officials be tried for torture? that is a very serious question. a human rights group in berlin has filed a criminal complaint against the architects of the bush administration's torture program, the constitutional human rights, accusing former bush administration officials like cia directors and donald rumsfeld of war crimes calling for immediate investigation by a german prosecutor, following the release of the senate report, but it's not only international law groups that are calling for thi

you do if russian president vladimir putin started a campaign to destabilize nato allies estonia, lithuaniamirroring the actions in ukraine? >> first, it is sad to think now but probably the russian and chinese government know more about hillary clinton's e-mail server than do the members of the united states congress. and that has put our national security at risk. if i'm president, he won't think about that. putin believed in the old adage, you probe with bayonets. when you find mush, you push. when you find steel you stop. under obama and clinton we found a lot of mush. we need to have a national security that puts steel in front of our enemies. i would send weapons to ukraine. i would work with nato to put forces on the eastern border of poland and the baltic nations. and i would put back in place the missile defense system that we had in poland and the czech republic. he would find steel. >> governor huckabee, the culture of the american military is definitely changing. women are moving into combat roles, don't ask don't tell has been dropped. now defense secretary ashton carter recent