things can be terrible but you don't have to compare them to the horrors of slavery and nazi germany. >> but with the internet now we've got -- they call it godwin's law. the first person to make the nazi comparison loses the argument. maybe we need one in politics. the first person who jumps to the slavery argument loses the argument. >> i think it's well over time for that to happen in our country. we can't have a double standard. it's a grey evil and there's nothing redeeming about slavery. >> and when you compare other things happening now to it, it takes away from the reality of what did happen and i think, eric, you're right, it weakens your argument. thank you both for your time. >> thank you. >>> let us know what you think. follow me on twitter. >>> up next, president obama saying it's time to get serious about a budget deal and the republicans say, not if it includes taxes. democrats say not if it includes medicare. nothing is really at stake except, maybe, the global economy and your job. >>> and later an update from syria where thugs apparently with support of the governmen

they like saying in russia we liberated the lithuanian people from nazi germany at the go so that i add the following yes you did but you didn't bother to leave afterwards did we. get that when perestroika got underway in the late one nine hundred eighty s. if you are a neo was one of the first soviet republics to demand independence. was for as we are concerned though uses the capital notes moscow has the way as has been an island will it be in the future. the confrontation between the soviet empire is weakening center of the rebellious baltic republic resulted in street clashes. fourteen people were crushed by tanks hundreds wounded. that the town came to hold when my leg was called between the caterpillar tracks i realized then that there was no escape other than death. if you a new one its independence in one thousand nine hundred one small boats like republic then desperately tried to join european structures and leave it soviet past behind as fast as possible. if you any in business some of the you must know now scots lives in the village a group has one hundred twenty kilometers

twentieth century of the world war one the poles were in charge then during the second world war nazi germany took control when the soviet army drove the fascists out of the baltics the city became if you a nice capital most again of the country joining the soviet union. they like saying in russia we liberated the lithuanian people from that see germany that i add the following yes you did but you didn't bother to leave afterwards do we. when perestroika got under way in the late one nine hundred eighty s. if you are a neo was one of the first soviet republics to the month independence. was far as we are concerned a phone use is the capital no small sco but that's the way as has been on whale a b. in the future. the confrontation between the soviet empire is weakening center of the rebellious baltic republic resulted in street clashes. fourteen people were crushed by tanks hundreds were hit. that the town came to hold to in my legless call between the caterpillar tracks i realized then that there was no escape other than death. if you a new one its independence in one thousand nine hundred on

these might be the people want to follow into nazi germany. they both had such different orientations at first, but the undergo what i see as very compelling personal transformations. as you know, in fiction, you cannot write a good novel without having a character be transformed in one way or another. in nonfiction, you have to go with what you have. it is relatively rare to find people, let alone to people in the same family, who undergo a very satisfying real life transformation. >> you are still in that dark spot? >> now that this book is done, yes. i am looking for the next. i have killed off a couple of ideas thus far. >> how many affairs did martha have that you could find. why were you able to find them? >> i do not know how many affairs she ultimately had. i can talk about a few. first of all, she tells us in her more and in her papers in the library of congress. she makes references to the people that she knew and became involved in affairs with. she was one of these people who -- we have all met them. we probably have all dislike th

the second world war the worst war crime in the second world war was the crime of aggression by nazi germany against the neighboring state of that was not decided by me it was decided by the nuremberg tribunal that action has been repeated in europe by the bomb being of the federal republic of yugoslavia by nineteen nato states led by the united states and that is the worst war crime for me and this war crime if you're going to call it that it's robin it's our last about three or four days so it's a military operation in which some crimes have have certainly taken place but they have to be defined very much more closely and the word massacre is used in connection with robyn and so but then also the word genocide these are two very distinct terms and massacre you know does not have to be illegal you know war is certainly illegal if one massacre of women and children or let's say prison a sort of war which of orderly surrendered but if there is an ambush if armed forces of the other side are simply sprayed by machine guns as as often happened in a war and then that can also be called massacre

nothing to do with it russian politicians sometimes say we liberated the lithuanian people from nazi germany by responses the following yes you did but then you didn't bother to leave afterwards the patient had given way to another. before you got its independence. used to march through central vilnius on victory day but now they can only mark their holiday at a military cemetery. governments has created a mountainous fear where war veterans are called occupiers. the current propaganda slant is that lithuania was a second time in one thousand nine hundred eighty four when soviet troops entered the country to drive the germans i. know that young people have been brainwashed into believing that war veterans are ok pires. don't feel like demonstrating in the streets you. may even once twenty ten. each of the fifteen veterans have fought for the sake of victory and. despite each of them being over eighty years old they've decided to march to the city center just as they used to in the old days. a band of enthusiastic musicians accompany them as they march through the streets. supply comes from r

nazi germany was in danger of winning. britain desperately needed a break through to survive.t happen here in secluded countryside 40 miles north of london. this is quiet and rather overlooked now, but, 70 years ago, these prefabricated huts were part of one of britain's most secret and model assumptions. it was here that britain broke the codes of the german military. the most brilliant mathematician, crosscourt experts, and linguists were brought together to tackle the intercepted messages of this, the supposedly impenetrable german cipher machine called enigma. the british built this, called colossus. this is a replica of it. it is generally considered to be the world's first computer. with its coats, which had taken codebreakers six days to crack by hand, it could now be crack in a matter of hours. >> we would have lost a war. it is that important. >> 70 years after the codebreakers work in total secrecy, their work, which shortened the war by perhaps two years, received the recognition and gratitude of the nation. >> a retired couple from scotland has emerged as the winne

nazi germany was in danger of winning. britain desperately needed a break through to survive.t happened here in a secluded countryside north of london. this is what is the park -- blog park.letchley it was here that britain broke the code to the german military. the country's most brilliant mathematicians and linguists were brought together to tackle the intercepted messages supposedly impenetrable machine known as enigma. to help break the codes, the british built colossus. this is a replica. it is generally considered to be the world's first computer. coves that had taken six days to correct by hand could now be broken in a matter of hours. >> we would have lost the war. is that important. >> 70 years after the code breakers worked in total secrecy, their work that is said to a shortened the war by two years, received the recognition and gratitude of the nation. [applause] > ♪ >> it is a drop that threatens 10 million people. the international community is being asked to help. a huge fund-raising appeal is under way for the victims of the worst drought in east africa in six

. >> the story of politics and intrigue of nazi germany sunday night on q&a. >> nasa officials today said the next mars rover nicknamed curiosity will land near a mountain inside the 96-mile wide gale crater to search for evidence that the planet was once capable of supporting microbial life. the landing site was chosen after an extensive review of potential sites. the mission is expected to launch in november or december this year with a target landing date on mars of august 2012. this hour-long news conference took place at the smithsonian air and space museum in washington d.c.. >> i am delighted to welcome everyone here to the museum for this very special press conference by nasa and the national air and museum focusing on the next great adventure in planetary science and exploration. we are here this morning to announce the landing site for the mars science laboratory and also known as the rover curiosity and share some of the details of what the mission hopes to accomplish. on july 1, 1976 just 35 years ago on the front steps of the then brand-new nationalists air and space mus

nazi germany was one of the most lawful and unjust society is in the history of the world. the nuremberg laws were rules by law. what exists around most of the world and in cuba today come in my own experience, is that the most powerful, the most privileged, get together and decide what rights, if any, the minority have. the united states constitution is the rule by law. the rule by law is to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. it is the classic definition of law. now, the rule of law is what justice kennedy and justice roberts recently spoke about. in their opinions, one was involving the flag-burning case. texas vs. johnson. the other one was by justice kennedy. the other one was by justice roberts very recently in the demonstrations of military fit -- demonstrations at military funerals. they both said the same thing. they said, we don't like what these people did. as a matter of fact, what they did and their beliefs are abhorrent to most americans, and to us personally, but unless we protect their rights, all our rights are in jeopardy. and that is wh