we visited the newseum in washington, d.c. to tour an exhibit on the tet offensive and battle of hue where some of the most intense fighting took place. we speak with former stars and stripes photographer john olson about his photos and experiences in the battle. >> in 1967, i arrived in vietnam as a u.s. army draftee. and prior to coming to vietnam, i was a highly motivated to be a world class photojournalist and in fact, combat photographer. i was very fortunate. i ended up with the best job one could have in vietnam. i was the only photographer there assigned to the newspaper "stars and stripes" and they gave me total freedom to go where i wanted to go, do what i wanted to do. so i spent a year there photographing combat throughout the country. in january of 1968, the tet offensive broke out. and if you are a combat photographer, you can't fake it. you need to be in the middle of things. the more dangerous, the better. shortly after tet broke, i learned that the fighting in hue was vicious. i traveled to hue. i went to viet

katz' journal that he kept in the years of vietnam is on display here in the newseum, and there is an entry that says, grantham ab, charlie, 1-5 and gunshot wound to the chest. it is a short entry, and i said to mayor, i said, it does not look like it was that significant, and he said, it was not that significant. i said, wait a minute, so the wound was not that significant can, and he said, no, we got these all of the time. i said, well, you mean that he was not wounded that badly are, and he said, no, he came to us dead. we just brought him back. that struck me as to the power and the importance and the dedication these surgeons had, and now mayor tells the story of operating on a marine and came to him with a gunshot wound, and the guts were exposed as they brought him in, and they put him on the operating table, and he went into cardiac arrest. he had a r partner and a surgeon partner and they opened his chest, and they took turns. one would massage the heart, and the other would try to stop the bleeding. they massaged his heart for 44 minutes without success, and mayor said to hi

painting purchased by twenty five thousand online buyers has been put on display in a swiss newseum is the first major work of art to be owned collectively by an online community the owners of because those musketeers bust paid about sixty five years each in return they can all visit the painting at the geneva modern art museum free all the owners enlisted next to the painting projects organizers said their goal had been to make the art market more democratic. you're watching the news from berlin plenty more coming up at the top of the out in the meantime so you had twelve website that is the pools the w dot com you can also find us on twitter and facebook i'm having a humphrey invalid thanks as ever to your company and. global inequality. what does inequality mean in a global economic team is well. known to the media. join the discussion and help your. global media forum twenty eight. every journey begins with the first and everyone reaches the first word alleged illegal because.

some of it is right here at the newseum. some people would send letters saying, why don't you go back to russia and china where you'll have oodles of freedom. i thought, what are they talking about, i'm from atlantic, iowa, where i was raised before we moved to des moines, iowa. and some people like that, you know, they're still out there. they were sort of the trolls of 1965, but i think that was the hardest thing when people threw red paint at our house and called us communists just because we were speaking up for peace. my mom would say, we're not communists, we are methodists. [laughter] so we handled it with, you know, by just laughing at times and crying at times and always remembering the sacrifice that other people before us had made. we always thought about the birmingham kids and the other kids in the civil rights movement and people who had risked their lives and really stood up to make a difference to make our democracy better. jessi: and he asks why also did you feel the need to start this and did you have any r

the team at the newseum could never work their way through three point eight million items that's why they summon the hive mind to help if long. people each do a little the task becomes manageable. the herbert north project has been up and running for a year now its website is have gone out and bought. the scientists at the museum first photograph each specimen and each label. speciality is biodiversity informatics she organizes and catalogues the entries in the database she's impressed with her benoit's commitment and skill in time always good to. see how they've processed one hundred thirty thousand entries still far. and deciphered eight thousand problematic labels. and we have about one hundred eighty her but not for the moment the tide movement. enjoys the challenges and goes the extra mile in his research on a label from one nine hundred twenty seven it's that a certain specimen was found on a certain street in the town of about some on the property of mr had who was a glazier. that wanted to find out exactly where that was. old address books online and found one from nine hundr

now the newseum in washington, d.c., has been sorting through seven decades of the iconic photos to find the best. from 40,000 images, they selected just over 100. we went to take a look. >> wherever you look here in the exhibit, you will see somethinga that you know,you have seen. the story is familiar, but right next to it, you will see someing that is powerful, an you will say, wow, is that when that happened? is that the photographer that actually captured that moment? the selection process is very interesting. it is like choing amongst your most beloved children. we selected 40,000 images that ve won in the contest the last 75 years and culled thisesown to 108 im so this image right here is one of the most famous images, at least one of the favorite ones heof the visitors, because come here, and what i have heard time and time again is "is that real?" with this era of photoshop and manipulation, the visitor is always wdering, did they just grab that guy d put him in there and make it look pretty? it is absolutely amazing and impressive, but no, it is al. i can tell you that there ar

only had a day i would definitely suggest a bit of a good job one visit to one of the three major newseum we have in my dreams like the brother that i'm just a few out with a decision and i would also suggest shopping because operate from the big and well known mismanage brands that everybody knows we also have in this district a really nice shops spanish brands and the third thing i would suggest medical is on the. the macondo just i'm a gal that's located just a few meters away from the class of my you are the structure dates back to nineteen sixteen unlike other spanish markets this is not a place to do ordinary grocery shopping but rather a venue to enjoy and a ray of spanish delicacies. that doesn't mean it is but a tourist day and as you can see that a lot of people at every hour of the day it was a million like it that they have it we know they did and the good thing is that you have a like all the good choices of spanish guests rather especially the a baker house. following marcello's second tip we head to the shopping district of salamanca this is madrid's most exclusive suburb w

really the premier partner was the newseum. they saw it as an opportunity to do something that seldom can be accomplished. look back 50 years. identify people in the photographs. talk to them today. ask them how do the effects of 50 years ago effect your life in the years that proceeded. this is my most iconic photograph. i have little memory of when i shot this or how i shot this. i remember mortar coming in, i remember having shot this with a couple of different lenses, but this is the single image from that that stands out. it shows a number of wounded marines. in 1988 "people" magazine published this photograph and asked their readership to help identify the men. a reporter there told me that there were over a thousand responses from a thousand different people identifying the men on the tank. there were uncles, aunts, grandfathers and veterans saying i know who that is. since this exhibit has opened, i've had at least four e-mails identifying people on the tank. so that process still goes on. i think in many ways it is a f

now, the newseum here in washington dc has taken on the colossal task of sorting through seven decadesos, they selected just over 100, and we went to take a look. whenever you look here in the exhibit, you will see something that you know, that you have seen, that the story is familiar but right next to it, you will see something that is powerful, that is impactful, that you will say wow, is that when that happens? is that the photographer that actually captured that moment? and this is beautiful. the selection process is very interesting, it is sort of like choosing amongst the most beloved children. we started with 40,000 images that have won the contest with 40,000 images that have won the co ntest a nd with 40,000 images that have won the contest and have cold this down to 208 images. so, this image right here is one of the most famous images, at least one of the favourite ones with the visitors because they come here and what i have heard time and time again is is that real? and with this new photo shop and manipulation and just wanting things to be better and bigger, the visitor

sami a he's a two newseum national and he's believed to have joined al qaeda in afghanistan back in two thousand and illegibly worked as one of osama bin laden's bodyguards because he was already a german resident by that point he dented germany three years prior a need on a student visa when he came back he filed an asylum request that was denied in two thousand and six and a court in germany described him as an acute and considerable danger to public security but a higher court subsequently overrode the deportation order and they cited concerns that this man sami a would be subjected to torture back home in tunisia now sami a was never actually charged with terrorist activities in germany but laura sees deem him a security risk and he has to report to a police station on a daily basis and this whole story has been unearthed again because it's caught the attention of the alternative for germany party they're the ones that put in a request with the regional authorities to find out the status of this man and how much money he's getting in benefits payments and it's triggered harsh critic

this small town on the two newseum coast would soon emerge as the seat of a rival caliphate. and this new caliph would not be sunny. but she. it on heartland of shiite islam in the modern world. today shia make up around fifteen percent of the global muslim population of more than one and a half billion. in their belief it is the title of the man and not caliph that confers the right to rule. the vast majority of shia in the world are known as twelve years. they follow a hear read a terry line of twelve immense descended from the prophet's cousin and his wife fatimah the prophet's daughter. a line ending with the last eman al mahdi. the twelve or she i believe holds that on maddy disappeared then sum it up and eight seventy four. he will reemerge at the end of the world as the ultimate savior of mankind. you know she has been in the mimic them a human being has shia. militia it would be no clue to look. here with if he. should live that a shrewd maneuver that he for people whom. in body were bit dirty feet in a hoodie in. for the better will she be well a shirt with a tease.

now, the newseum here in washington dc has taken on the colossal task of sorting through seven decades they selected just over a hundred, and we went to take a look. is that the photographer that ca ptu red is that the photographer that captured that moment? and this is beautiful. the selection process is very interesting. it is sort of like choosing amongst your most beloved children. we studied 40,000 images that have won the contest over 35 yea rs that have won the contest over 35 years and have got this down to 108 images. saw this image right here is one of the most famous images, one of the favourite ones with the visitors because they come here and what i've heard time and time again is, is that we'll? with this era of photoshop manipulation and one thing being bigger and better, the visitor is always wondering, todayjust grab that guy and put him in there? it is absolutely amazing. but it is real. ican absolutely amazing. but it is real. i can tell you that there are themes throughout the 75 years. there is u nfortu nately always wore. throughout the 75 years. there is unfortun

series here in washington, d.c., interviewing prominent newsmakers on wmau, public radio, nbc 4, the newseum on campus and online. and in 2014, she was chosen professor of the year by au student government for her work with students. jackie kucinich is the washington bureau chief for "the daily beast" and a cnn political analyst. prior to joining "the daily beast," she covered politics for the "washington post" and "post tv," and she previously worked for "usa today." you should also know that she graduated from american university in 2010 with degrees in journalism and political science. dana madioli is a mergers and acquisitions reporter for the "wall street journal." in this role, she and her team have reported on some of the largest m&a deals in history. in 2016, dana was part of the team that won a gerald lobe award in the breaking news category for coverage of the dow/dupont merger. she also graduated from american university in 2006 with degrees in journalism and literature. and indira lochminan is the chair in journalism ethics at pointer and a columnist for the "boston globe." at po

nine eleven museum was there and they are now numerous holocaust museums it's not beautiful and i newseum so countries around the world have walked to memorialize these events that have shaped them by dition is not about the political events that led up to partition it's about the impact on each person who went through it it's really important that we highlight the stories of humanity hopefully one outcome on this would be that we remember our shared humanity and the shared history. in a country with high youth unemployment one organization helps turn school children into entrepreneurs gonna tell us what i mean by their wide fundraising empowering them to reclaim their futures retention dam out of very historic question was how to make the best face and build more prosperous communities some of the invest the money into the business of school for life uganda part of the rebel education series at this time on al-jazeera.

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