between our forces which landed in southern france on august 15th and those which had landed in normandy on the sixth of june. this junction closed the last escape route for the germans remaining in the south and west of france. those the fighting of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the united nations defeated the germans in southern france. their valor to duty were beyond praise. >>> you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. >>> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlyle, pennsylvania. hundreds of hobbyiests conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about the military. the theme this year was the d-day 75th anniversary. next on "american artifacts" we visit a living history camp to learn about the experiences of the army's 517th parachute infantry combat team. those who fought in france 75 years ago in the autumn of 1944. >> my name is matt holmgren i'm part of a group representing the 517th parachute infantry, which was part of a unit called the 517th prtc. it's a world war ii unit i

normandie was an even more important operation. as you know from history, this was delayed until 1944. that took place on august 15. >> troops began to come in off the beach. they were prepared for an enemy onslaught. not a single german soldier appeared. not even in luftwaffe soaring overhead. mine detector squads cleared the roads. german prisoners were herded onto the beaches. by midnight, the french commando had been contacted. operations were so smooth that by noon the following day, a beachhead 20 miles long had been established. >> this was after the initial invasion when they were protecting the right flank. they were in combat for approximately 90 days until late november. they were on the line fighting against the germans down in the south of france. they were protecting the right flank. essentially, it was aggressive patrolling. they were going hilltop to hilltop. here, we have an outpost. that would be ahead of the mainline of the troops that were dug in. that would be an early-morning system. it was a two-man foxhole.

those which had landed in normandy on june 6. this juncture close to the last escape route for the germans in the south and west of france. the fighting qualities of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the united nations defeated the enemy in southern france. their valor, stamina and devotion to duty were beyond praise. >> you can learn more about the 517th parachute regimental combat team at 517prct.org. you will find a regimental history, photographs, and a collection of soldier stories. you can watch this and all other american history tv programs online at c-span.org. labor day weekend on >> this is american history tv on c-span3. each weekend we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nation 's past. >> in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out. c-span opened the doors to washington policy for all to see. bringing you unfiltered contact from congress and beyond. in 40 years.nged on television and online. you can make up your own mind. this is broadly by your cable or satellite -- brought to you by dorks cab

it was overshadowed by operation overlord, the famous normandy operation. they were nicknamed hammer and anvil. due to lack of landing craft and aircraft, they were not able to have both operations at the same time. normandy was deemed the more important operation. the southern operations were delayed until 1944. troops again to scramble up the beach. they were prepared for an enemy onslaught. not a single german soldier appeared. not even in luftwaffe soaring overhead. squads cleared the roads to permit our tanks to continue on their way. of august 16, the french commandos had been contacted. operations had regressed us most lewdly, that by noon -- operations had progressed so smoothly, that by noon it had been established. was after the initial invasion when they are protecting the right flank of the meat advance. dayswere in combat for 90 until late november. they were on the line fighting against the germans down in the south of france. they were in the maritime alps protecting the right flank. they were going hilltop to hilltop, ravaging the germans ou

nonetheless, it was one of the spearhead units involved in the normandy invasion. it was some of the first amphibious troops who were ashore. and they waded ashore on utah beach. unbeknownst to many of them, they had landed on the wrong sector. they had landed half a mile off course. and there was a little bit of uncertainty, perhaps hesitation as to what they should do. but the assistant division commander, theodore roosevelt junior, son of the president, who was the oldest american participant in the invasion, said very defiantly, we are going to start the war right here. indeed, that is what they did. they carried the fight inland to the normandy countryside, where they really began to tally up casualties. the unit fought all around mainland europe. they were the first american troops into paris, the first american troops into germany. but unfortunately it inflicted a very grim toll. the unit in its entirety suffered about 250% casualties. there was just a perpetual stream of wounded, killed, and then replacements, and their replacements after that were being wo

and landed a spot in the 4th infantry division in the months prior to the normandy invasion. roosevelt pleaded with his commander, raymond tub by barton, he was unceasing and wanted to go ashore with his men. and barton finally acquiesced and barton realized a this moment this is going to be the end of this general, his health was failing, he was suffering from chest pains and he wasn't telling anybody about it. he had very bad arthritis. his mobility in some cases was very limited. but nonetheless he went ashore with the 4th division in one of the secondary waves on june 6th. he had a cane in one hand, a revol revolver, a pistol in the other and stayed with his men through thick and thin. he rode around in his jeep, called rough rider, named after his father's unit. unfortunately his poor health did catch up with him. a few weeks after the invasion he suffered a fatal heart attack and becomes one of the highest ranking americans to be killed in france as the invasion was ongoing as well. he rests in the normandy-american cemetery to this day next to the remains of his brothe

those which had landed in normandy on june 6. this juncture close to the last escape route for the germans in the south and west of france. the fighting qualities of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the united nations defeated the enemy in southern france. their valor, stamina and devotion to duty were beyond great. >> you can learn more about the parachute regimental combat team at 517prct.org. you will find a regimental history, photographs, and a collection of soldier stories. you can watch this and all other american history tv programs online at c-span.org. labor day weekend on american history tv. --we take here's the reason program.

i have been the normandy. i take tour groups over there. i got to take some of our students from the staff college over there. in paris, i have met some rude people. i have met some rude people in kansas city too. [laughter] mr. laver: for the most part, even in paris when i would take undergraduate civilian students, any number of times my students would tell me somebody stopped and asked them if they could help them find what they were looking for. especially out in the countryside, my experience was the same. when you go to normandy, there are american, british and french flags everywhere. about every trip, somebody has done the same thing to myself or a member of my group thanked the , u.s. for their contributions to the war. i confirm your experiences very much. yes, ma'am? >> i was just wondering, does hitler ever actually go to paris? mr. laver: did hitler ever go to paris? he did. soon after paris was occupied in the spring of -- late spring, early summer of 1940, he went to paris. i will bet you everybody did what hitler did when h

lack of landing craft an aircraft they were not able to have both operations at the same time, and normandymportant operation, and we know from history what happened there. this operation was delayed until august of 1944. >> troops began to scramble up the beach, prepared for an enemy onslaught. but not a single german soldier appeared. not even a luftwaffe soared overhead. mine detector squads cleared the roads to permit our tanks to continue on their way. >> 570 along with the first airborne task force had a unique uniform item, experimental camouflage that the first airborne task force tried out for operation dragoon. they literally spray-painted a uniforms. they had their spray guns filled up with faint of green and black and they had the guys lineup, but a card bought walks over there had and engineering would hit them with the chicago board box over their head, they would be hit with the paint and they would go. commander fredericks came down to camouflage their uniforms. here we have an example of the 517 helmet. it was an overspray of the green and the black, than they would put a h

adolf hitler had made it clear after june 6, when allied forces landed in normandy come that paris was going to be held, and it was not going to be surrendered to the germans. well on august 7, the same day eisenhower was in normandy setting up his headquarters, named as the commanding general of paris great good luck or horrible luck, depending on how you might look at it. he had extensive experience in the war, including overseeing occupied cities. he was known as a tough guy in the german army, and he was hitler's hand-picked choice to oversee paris and ensure that it remained out of allied hands, so from that day on august 7, he began organizing the 20,000 or so german forces under his command to ensure that hitler's decree was going to be carried out. french hadrse, the been thinking about paris, always thinking about paris, for paris to the french was more than just a political capital, more than the economic capital, more than the cultural center of was the spiritual center of france, where the french soul resided, even when the city was under the heel of an occupying military f

president, you made all americans proud earlier this summer when you traveled to normandy to recall and honor the

that is just normandy. during seven weeks of fighting in the northwest corner france, as you know, there was more heavy fighting to come along the rhine, in the green are and ardennes forest, in flooded soggy holland, cross northern germany, fighting in italy in the balkans, in southern germany. and more fighting, much more fighting, all down the long eastern front, from finland through the baltic states, and eastern prussia, in the woods of belarus across the embassy fields of ukrainian grain -- across the amber fields of ukrainian grain. in romania, in bulgaria, in hungary and began in poland. all of that before death and justice road across germany on horseback and yes even on camel. the soviets used camels in 19 45. to get to berlin. it rode in heavy lend lease trucks, it road in massive tea 34 soviet tank armies, that germans could not even conceive pointlier in the war my in this place, is that the war was won by the greatest generations of many nations. that thought the axis powers together. the men

step we have to begin all the steps publicly all the steps the means broke for the normandy i have all that i have i have i just want the board to say about it join us live we i hope we'll have the nearest meeting in normandy permanently and the big about the and will be all the steps during the. the future i during the near future we have to do all the steps to finish this horrible war. so finishing this horrible was present so let's is let's get says i think that is optimism we haven't seen for a long time this is a peace process that has been stuck for years and hasn't been going anywhere but i think this is low hanging fruit as it were this was something that was relatively easy to do relatively small compromises having to be made on both sides the next steps will be much more painful this will be the bigger issues of providing some core kind of autonomy to these eastern ukrainian regions if their returns to kiev control and also what to do with all the people who serve the separatist forces some kind of amnesty what is russia willing to give what is ukraine when to give much less

it took three weeks to clear normandy. another four weeks to liberate just the rest of northern france. southern france took longer. and a second invasion on august 15. paris did not fall until august 25. and it came within hours of being blown apart by the germans. before the french took it back, on their own, with the resistance uprising, and free french sherman tanks racing down with the cross of lorraine, joan of arc's symbol on their side. over the seven weeks in france, allied forces suffered 200,000 casualties. the germans lost something like 440,000 casualties. over 20,000 french civilians were killed by everyone's artillery, and by british and american bombs. hundreds of french were killed by the gestapo and by the vossen s s, including the entire civilian population of the village of ouridour sur glen, who were herded into the village church and burned alive. during seven weeks of fighting in the northwest corner france, as you know, there was more heavy fighting to come along the rhine, in the green are and arde

between our forces which landed in southern france, on august 15, and those which had landed in normandyn the sixth of june. this junction closed the last escape route for the germans remaining in the south and west of france. thefighting qualities of soldiers, sailors and airmen of the united nations defeated the enemy in southern france. their valor, stamina and devotion to duty were beyond praised. ♪ ♪ announcer:, a u.s. office of war information newsreel showing the street battles that led to the liberation of paris from nazi up you five years ago in august of 1944 -- from that the occupation 75 years ago in august of 1944. ♪ ♪ announcer: paris was a city with a smoldering purpose, signs in an alien tongue stood isolated. and alien flag flapped in the breeze. but behind the windows there was meaningful preparations. men checked their stock of arms. no single bullet could be wasted . each battle grenade was inspected. the french forces of the interior, fudged their requisition cars -- camouflaged their requisition cars. the first sparks were ready to burst into flames. bastiandes a na

i hope we'll have the nearest meeting in normandy for march and speak about. all the steps during. the future i during the nearest future we have to do all this to finish this horrible war. the german chancellor angela merkel has welcomed to the swap she said this exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine is a sign of hope it's worth continuing the hard work to implement the minsk court and the french foreign minister john so this is a gesture that reflects the willingness to russia and ukraine to resume dialogue that allows people to see an end to a 5 year conflict which continues to kill dozens of people every month more now from step she's in moscow with details on the prisoner swap. this is the 1st major positive move between russia and ukraine since the conflict started in 2014 a prisoner exchange including a person who was sentenced to jail for 20 years all accents of ukrainian filmmaker who has also been on a hunger strike 445 days managed to get home today meeting his family after 45 years in prison here in the north of russia has really seen as a major concession by

ukraine as it struggles with a separatist uprising in the east germany was part of the so-called normandy format that sought to bring an end to the conflict but trump appeared to ignore this at a yet more strain to the german american relationship. over more on the fall well from the whistleblower report i'm joined tonight by jonathan katz of the german marshall fund jonathan spent many years developing u.s. policy in europe including ukraine with the u.s. state department as well as on capitol hill others good to have you on. trump like other u.s. president says that his conversations with other foreign leaders should remain confidential if not embarrassing things are said and revealed what alarms you about what we've heard tonight that this conversation was al did or that both of the president's. trashing. i think there's 2 things here one obviously this was a whistleblower that witnessed and was part of witnessing the president trying to use his office. and to go after a political opponent and so there's nothing disturbing about a wistful whistle whistle blower exposing mr trump and th

ukraine as it struggles with the separatist uprising in the east germany was part of the so-called normandy format that sought to bring an end to the conflict but trump appeared to ignore this at a yet more strained to the german american relationship. oh for more on the fallout from the whistleblower report i'm joined tonight by jonathan katz of the german marshall fund jonathan spent many years developing u.s. policy in europe including ukraine with the u.s. state department as well as on capitol hill others good to have you on the show trump like other u.s. president says that his conversations with other foreign leaders should remain confidential if not embarrassing things are said in revealed what warms you more about what we've heard tonight that this conversation was al did or that both of the presidents were caught trashing. i think there's 2 things here one obviously this was a whistleblower that witnessed and was part of witnessing the president trying to use his office. and to go after a political opponent and so there's nothing disturbing about a wistful whistle whistle blower e

and today, i can announce £7 million of funding for the normandy memorial trust, to com plete the normandyemorial overlooking the beach where so many troops came ashore. and we will also support the vetera ns ashore. and we will also support the veterans of today's wars as well, as we confirm the funding today for the new office of veterans affairs. i congratulate my honourable and gallant friend the member for plymouth moor view on his tireless work in championing veterans. mr speaker, i have set out today a big increase in public spending that will pay for more police and safer prisons, more nurses and better hospitals, more money for schools and further education. but i now turn to the remaining departments across whitehall, those that have not been protected over the last decade. investing in the people's priorities inevitably means difficult decisions elsewhere. every spending review presented to this house over the last 15 years has had to find cuts from those departments. this party has never shied away from taking the difficult decisions to make sure that we live within our means.

she was commanding troops in normandy on d-day and we don't know about her. there were soldiers under her command answering to her orders, when the allies arrived. she was second in command in the french resistance behind enemy lines on the most important day of the 20th century and you haven't heard her name. she was second female paratrooper ever. very first female paratrooper has an even more interesting story. she was 22. she was the very first female combat paratrooper. she was completely different. she left school at 14. she was a counter girl at a bakery. but when hitler marched into paris, she marched out, with 6 million other frenchmen. she walked south into the demarcation line into unoccupied france and volunteered to become a member of the red cross. she trained as a nurse. while working as a nurse, she joined the underground. she became part of an underground railroad where she helped get 65 allied airmen out of france and back to england so they can continue bombing hitler. 65 is a high number. the entire underground railroad over the course of

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sailors during the battle of coral sea and 75 years ago australian ilots flew in the skies over normandyization. the united states and australia formalized our security alliance in 1951. decades later on september 10, 2007, right here at the white house, our nation celebrated the 50th affers of that treaty. next morning, september 11, america was attacked and australia invoked the commitment for the first time ever. in the weeks that followed, as our beloved sons and daughters deployed to defend our freedom, they took comfort knowing they had australian warriors buy our side. today on national prisoner of war national recognition day, we pledge to honor our service members captured or still missing from battle throughout our history. we work and pray for the day when all of our heroes return home. on behalf of every american, i extend my profound thanks to the people of australia who have sacrificed with us in our shared fight against the menace of fascism, communism and radical islamic terrorism. in the past century, the friendship between our nations has not only withstood the test of

they didn't have the good fortune in the sense of prosperity to fight on the battlefield with normandy and received those glades but they fought just as hard. there's a lot of legacies and things to learn from, so we've established this in the first place after all these years the atomic bomb for instance the sort of ultra- code breaking and all that have seen a lot of great work done but i wouldn't say it is over with, but a lot has been done and the thing i found that there was massive amounts of material for a story that hasn't been sold out quickly and then loads of great material to tell it. one of the things i found is a great deal of japanese stuff. japanese soldiers, because they didn't anticipate any of them would ever be captured because this was of course forbidden in the japanese army. japanese soldiers kept diaries. they were not trained to clam up the way that they were an in for when they were killed, they could be captured and so thousands of them were captured, translated by the translators and deep in the archives pretty remarkable stories to be found. so the book, as

due to the lack of landing craft , they were not able to have both operations at the same time and normandydeemed more important. we know from history what happened there. operation dragoon, the southern operations, were delayed until august 1944 at took place on august 15. >> troops began to scramble up the beach, prepared for an enemy onslaught. but not a single german soldier luftwaffenot even a sword overhead. mind detector squads cleared the roads to permit our tanks to continue. >> 517 along with the first airborne task force had a unique uniform item. there was experimental camouflage that the first airborne task force tried out for operation dragoon. they literally spray-painted their uniforms, had their engineers have spray-painted buildup -- filled up with green and black. they put a cardboard box over their head and the engineers would hit them with the camouflage paint and off they go. it was from the command of colonel frederick that came down to camouflage their uniforms. we have an example of the 517 helmet. andhave the green and black they would put the helmet on and spray f

sacrificed, our sailors, during the battle of coral see, 75 years ago rc pilots patrol the skies above normandyd rescue civilization. the united states and australia formalized our security alliance in 1951, decades later on september 10, 2001, right here at the white house our nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of that treaty. the next morning, september 11th, america was attacked, australia invoked the treaty's mutual defense commitment for the first time ever. in the weeks that followed as our beloved sons and daughters deployed to defend our freedom, we took comfort in knowing they would have australian warriors by their side. today on national prisoner of war recognition day, pledged to honor service members, to battle throughout the history. we work and pray for the day when all our heroes return home. on behalf of every american i extend my profound thanks to the people of australia for sacrificing with us, and our shared fight against the menace of fascism, communism and radical islamic terrorism. in the past century the friendship between our nations have withstood the test of time

between our forces which landed in southern france on august 15th and those which had landed in normandyn the sixth of june. this junction closed the last escape route for the germans remaining in the south and west of france. those the fighting of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the united nations defeated the germans in southern france. their valor to duty were beyond praise. >>> you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. >>> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in

. ♪ ♪ and no citizen need fear of old age in denmark or normandy. the midnight sun.of the allies. is people are ragged. strong. norwegians are rugged, but peaceful. tranquil. just beyond their homes, the soviet border and the barb wire's of a very different life. iceland does not have an army. but it is an invaluable base in the north atlantic. between european and american is partners in nado. ♪ icelanders feel strongly about definition. freedom to disagree. the basic human freedoms. one of the basic freedoms about the alliance. they do not quarrel. nato nations. nowhere in the world does freedom fly higher or higher than canada. a vast region of thick forest and mineral wells. canada is infertile and rich and generous. canadians have sent their fruits of labor. canadian defense provides a vital link in the alliance. the largest landmass in nado, it has buried terrain. british and french influences are part of modern canada. ♪ and the open front there, the united states. in america, i sought the image of democracy itself. its inclination, it's character, its passion

sailors during the battle of coral sea and 75 years ago aussie pilots patrolled the skies above normandy states and australia formalized our security alliance in 1951. decades later september 10th, 2001, right here at the white house, our nations celebrated the 50th anniversary of that treaty. the next morning, september 11th, america was attacked and australia invoked the treaties mutual defense commitment for the first time ever. in the weeks that followed, as our beloved sons and daughters deployed to defend our freedom, we took comfort in knowing that they would have australian warriors right by their side. today on national prisoner of war missing in action recognition day, we pledge to forever honor our service members captured or still missing from battle throughout our history. we work and pray for the day when all of our heroes return home. on behalf of every american, i extend my profound thanks to the people of australia for our shared fight against the menace of fascism, terrorism. in the past century our nations have withstood the test of time here on earth and led our natio

just feel for what you say about it but what journalists we i hope will have the nearest meeting in normandy permanently and will speak about it and will speak all the steps during the not the future i during the nearest future we have to do all the steps to finish these horrible war. so finishing this horrible was president says lecky says i think that is optimism that we haven't seen for a long time this is a peace process that has been stuck for years and hasn't been going anywhere but i think this is low hanging fruit as it were this was something that was relatively easy to do relatively small compromises having to be made on both sides the next steps will be much more painful this will be the bigger issues of providing some core kind of autonomy to these eastern ukrainian regions if their returns to its control and also what to do with all the people who say the separatist force is some kind of amnesty what is russia willing to give what is ukraine willing to give much less room for maneuver there and very tough negotiations ahead he says they have an economy in moscow and matthew cook

between our forces, which landed in southern france on august 15, and those which had landed in normandye. this junction closed the last escape route for the germans remaining in the south and west of france. the fighting qualities of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the united nations defeated the enemy in southern france. their valor, stamina and devotion to duty were beyond praise. announcer: up next, a u.s. office of war information newsreel showing the street battles that led to the liberation of paris from nazi occupation. ebony five years ago in august of 1944. -- 75 years ago in august of 1944. ♪

a story of a lighter pilots and paratroopers rangers and other soldiers who led the invasion of normandy. mr. kershaw to tell us about your book in the challenges you face in writing it. kirchoff: it's great to be he here. 98 degrees. [laughter] it was 57 degrees on d-day. that was cold. i think i prefer that. i am a worshiper, i spent 25 years of my life celebrating and spending a lot of time we put actually mostly working-class americans who liberated europe a place we all love. and for the 75th anniversary, i was unashamed of the commercial because i have to make a living because writing about world war ii and i thought what a fantastic opportunity on the 75th anniversary to celebrate the guys that i've always worshiped most. or i thought i did. the most important jobs so i took 12 combat commanders and six american or british into canadian, central bit. and i added one frenchman. [laughter] actually commander a french commander who landed in the first way. my idea was that i was going to take these 12 junior combat commanders and have them in the highest rank was a colonel. you hear

between our forces, which landed in southern france on august 15, and those which had landed in normandyjunction closed the last escape route for the germans remaining in the south and west of france. thus the fighting qualities of , the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the united nations defeated the enemy in southern france. their valor, stamina and devotion to duty were beyond praised. ♪ ♪

catholican 85-year-old priest was viciously killed while celebrating mass in normandy, france in thet -- france. in the past year, america has had horrible anti-semitic attacks. in march, muslims praying with their families were sadistically murdered in new zealand. year, sunday this churches in sri lanka were bombed, killing hundreds of faithful worshipers. who would believe this is possible? these people attacks are a wound on all humanity. we must work together to protect communities of every faith. we are also urging every nation to increase the prosecution and punishment of crimes against religious communities. there can be no greater crime than that. this includes measures to prevent the intentional destruction of religious sites and relics. today, the trump administration will dedicate an additional $25 million to protect religious freedom and religious sites and relics. we are also pleased to be joined today by many of the partners from the business community as we announce a very critical initiative. the u.s. is forming up coalition of businesses to protect religion. this is

why did she say when he was back in normandy that she wanted to see him in prison?hey've actually had a desire to put this -- really to end his presidency, and it's a political move, not a judicial move or fairer move. i'm for fairness. if the president committed a crime, he should be impeached whether he's my friend or not. i do not believe that there's any evidence -- i've known the man for many years. i've never seen him even hint at doing a criminal act. >> can you tell him to stop using dehumanizing language about the press, calling us sick, calling us these -- he's been saying corrupt -- >> can i hear you, brian, will you and cnn condemn representative talib for -- >> i'm not going to play her game. i'll look it up. >> where she says impeach the mf. the story's on newsmax right now. >> how is that related to the president calling journalists scum, dehumanizing language. >> i disagree with the president. i do not believe the press is the enemy of the people. i think the white house has -- can improve its communications game with the press. i agree with you ther

worship, in 2016 and 85-year-old catholic priest was viciously killed while celebrating mass in normandyfrance. the past year the united states somatic horrifying anti- attacks against jewish americans at synagogues in pennsylvania and california. in march, muslims praying with their families were sadistically murdered in new zealand. on easter sunday this year, terrorists bombed christian churches in sri lanka, killing hundreds of faithful worshipers so we -- these people attacks are a wound on all humanity. we must all work together to protect communities of every faith, we are also urging every to increase prosecution and punishment of crimes against religious communities. there can be no greater crime than that. this includes measures to prevent the intentional destruction of religious sites and relics. today the trump administration will dedicate an additional $25 million to protect religious freedom and religious sites and rep -- relics. we are also pleased to be joined by many from the business community as we announce a very critical initiative. the united states is forming a coa

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the ration and when i finished the third volume, i went through north africa and western europe in normandy, thinking about what to do, that campaign in the mediterranean into europe from i just didn't have the heart for it. i've been thinking for a long time about what it is i really wanted to do and as a narrative writer, the boys had a fascination since i was a kid. so i'm one third of the way in from what i hoped would be another trilogy. this one is a history of the revolution from both the american side and the british side. >> why do you say it's more important now than ever? >> when we look at the resolution, we are trying to figure out who we are, who we come from. we are trying to understand if anybody can themselves. what are they dying for? what is that all about? it seems to me that this day, in a moment when the country is with the most practice in politics that you and i can remember, trying to understand the first to come out of the revolution at the beginning of the republican, it's important to remind us of who we are and what people are willing to die for. >> from your bo

his promise so now the way is open for negotiations there's a possible meeting of the so-called normandy group which consists of germany france ukraine and russia maybe even just a month or a. when the negotiations about what's happening in eastern ukraine and a possible solution for that area could be discussed but what this whole exchange shows and also the delays that have happened is that the. bargaining position of russia and of president putin is very strong and that they hope that of course the concessions will come from the ukrainian side as the foreign ministry in moscow has put it they say. has shown to be a sensible person who is willing to compromise with us now from moscow because who is from the russian academy of sciences it's good to have you with us so everyone seems to be very positive about this the ukrainian president was we've heard from the germans and the french as well they think it is a good 1st step do you share that enthusiasm. yes this is a very good step and i would like to say that this is a step towards the direction of building it thrusts a soul or way to

what if they don't for us yeah yeah yeah you're stormed the beaches of normandy not recently you didn't go do it again do it again we'll talk we have a national mental disorder called. homeless people or that's unfettered capitalism plenty. money plenty of food plenty as is sitting empty on used and hoarded but. and while we're on. the topic of science saving us i have new info on whether it can save us from mosquitoes which are the world's deadliest animals killing $700000.00 people a year recently we created genetically modified mosquitoes to decrease the mosquito numbers and we unleash them in the tests in a test city in brazil but instead of a big success the plan to crush the mosquito population failed and may have actually made them stronger. who could possibly have imagined. then frankenstein mosquitoes could have unintended consequences. while i did because i see a drastic part. told you idiots know by now that jeff goldblum is never wrong ok never not only did the g.m.o. mosquitoes end up breeding which they weren't supposed to be able to do but even more problematically these

he caused a sensation in june by parachuting into normandy for the 75th anniversary.>>> that is it forat 6 pm begins right now.>>> city leaders shortening the taxpayers out of millions of dollars that would otherwise go to build affordable housing. >>> fall out from being carson's bay area visit. accused of making derogatory remarks about the transgender community. >>> three new lawsuits against a police force in solano county. by the plaintiff say their objective is not money. >>> taxi company speaking out against a law designed to help gig workers. why they say it isn't one size fits all. >>> good evening. >>> we start with a battle over affordable housing fees. boiling over in san jose. >>> the mayor is favoring his own donors. let's get you right to live in downtown san jose. he has the latest.>> reporter: we are live at the corner of fourth and santa clara across the street is a huge construction project going on. more the 600 apartment units going in. this project never would have gotten off the ground if it wasn't for something called the downtown high-rise fee reduction program

the united states should be join that part and germany france and ukraine within the talks called normandy format? >> i think the fact that the prisoner swap took place yesterday with russia and ukraine is a very big step. and it's a very positive step, if they needed me to get involved, i'd get involved. but that really is a very positive event that took place there. [ inaudible question ]. >> well, you're always concerned they're temporary. but we now have much better legal protection. and we'd have total protection if the democrats would get rid of the loopholes which are there, they could do it, as i say in 15 minutes if they would get rid of the loopholes and fix asylum. but they don't want to do it. the democrats want open borders. it means drugs and crime and human trafficking. and if they want to run on that, they can run on it. our people and a lot of people in this country, and i would say a very large percentage of people, they don't want to have crossings illegal. they don't want to have open borders. i've always said without a brother, we don't have a country. and without a co

should be able to build lasting peace by working on the ground in the next few weeks we will have the normandy format summit. topics, theof these same question is asked of us, how to create an effective framework of cooperation between states and i believe it is possible. don't believe the problems we resolved byan be diluting responsibility or seeing a globalization that disregards our peoples and nations. back to what mr. -- what president trump said this morning. i don't believe the crises we are experiencing can be resolved by turning inward by isolationism, i truly believe in patriotism. combines athat universal location. i truly believe in sovereignty, a sovereignty that ensures autonomy and independence for oneself. but also with the need to cooperate, what we need to -- what is to reinvent called a strong multilateralism in my last statement to you. multilateralism that was repeated but rather a multilateralism based on cooperations that strives to produce concrete results. we've demonstrated the effectiveness of this contemporary strong multilateralism. decisions of the weted states t

problems who live in normandy it's not near me and it's all the area of attics. existing as wider than before so now we're looking for ticks and we're using this white flak so how do you do that. if you take it and be very thoughtful take in the ambush no yeah so you are morally simulating someone who is going through the forests basically take a look actually caught something. in writing ok what we've got here i mean if you look like in the book you start on the left and you don't lose any take and if you look for example you do that is the most important take stage because it's more and your dog if i if it's biting but it can transfer all. diseases. occurring in jong il ok so they can feed from 5 to 7 days and in this time it's either vector. they can transmit a lot of genes and the infection rate is. so what kind of disease is transmitted by ticks i mean the most important one the most important. to keep borne disease enjoy. is lyme disease so it's caused by boy boy able to off into sick and come to cease in germany is t.v. that is transmitted mainly in. the s

. >> who can give us information about william, duke of normandy? prime min.johnsonglhe conquered d. >> but why did he think he -- how did he have a claim to the throne of england? o prime min. johnson: uh -- >> do you want someone to help you? laura k.: he has lost control of parliament. he cannot brush that all. prime min. johnson: anybody who says -- th stuff about it beingde antcratic, what a load of nonsense. we were very, very clear that if people wanted a democratic moment, they wanted an election, we offered it to the labor opposition. mysteriously, they decided not not to go for it. laura k.: parliament seemed i shock about what happened in the early hours. the idea that both sides could have resct for the other almost stripped away. the doors are closed, though. mps are away for weeks witn an uncertturn. the prime minister determined to stick to his brexit deadline of halloween, whatever nvention he has to flout. but opponents raged against him who will push the boundariesba righ. that squeezes the prime minister's options, lving more risky contversy