between a muscle in the desert you have to cross the entire length of the ottoman empire through the highlands. the last so tell them. she killed with the cubit i know she was wealthy because she had diamonds and gold. but i believe that little by little she tried to convert them into money when he's completely her children were still very young and didn't survive i still think. said general memo this young mother had to endure all kinds of horrors she and all the others you saw . one and a half million armenians were killed on the orders of the government of the so-called young turks they took advantage of the chaos created by the first world war to massacre the armenians in their own land without having to fear any foreign intervention. news of the massacre spread quickly and a number of high ranking individuals first and foremost fringe of nuns and himself swore that justice would prevail and that the young turks would be held responsible for their crimes. armenians who survived the massacre and deportations were left to fend for themselves in the syrian desert after the end of wo

my parents ended up in the ottoman empire. turkey was part of the ottoman empire at that time. they -- that is where they were born. spanish,y spoke judeo a form of spanish. the spanish they brought from spain which evolved in a different way over five centuries. they kept it a lie for five centuries, which is remarkable. i am the last generation who can speak it. it, butren don't speak they can understand it because i use some expressions with them but they don't speak it. bill: your parents moved to france. at that time they moved separately? albert: they moved in 1923. war, 1914 first world to 1918, the ottoman empire sided with germany. inn germany was defeated 1919, there was a conference in versailles outside of paris. the ottoman empire was dismantled and then came to nameda strongman in 1923 fhkfafar. mustafa the father of modern turkey. the jews were concerned they had witnessed what happened to the armenians earlier in the century. i think it was in 1915 where they were massacred on their way back to armenia. power and there -- a strong greek community we don't have t

this is part of female culture in the ottoman empire. they were in charge of the process by which an old wise woman, a grandfatherly type, was brought in for a treatment, groups of children once they reached a certain age usually six to 12 years old. an old woman with a nutshell full of smallpox scrapings from someone who had a mild case of smallpox. she would bring this nutshell and ended needle and the group children would all be scratched with a needle. they would get a mild case of smallpox and then it would go away without any scarring or very light scarring and they would never be endangered having smallpox again. it was called inoculation. inoculation with smallpox is a huge advance. lady mary against the wishes of almost everyone she knew decided to have the procedure done on her son. her son was very young put in secret she had them inoculated and he survived. he never got smallpox for the rest of his life and she brought the secret back to england. she tried to introduce it to the physicians in england knowing ahead of time bec

this is part of female culture in the ottoman empire. they were in charge of the process by which an old wise woman, a grandfatherly type, was brought in for a treatment, groups of children once they reached a certain age usually six to 12 years old. an old woman with a nutshell full of smallpox scrapings from someone who had a mild case of smallpox. she would bring this nutshell and ended needle and the group children would all be scratched with a needle. they would get a mild case of smallpox and then it would go away without any scarring or very light scarring and they would never be endangered having smallpox again. it was called inoculation. inoculation with smallpox is a huge advance. lady mary against the wishes of almost everyone she knew decided to have the procedure done on her son. her son was very young put in secret she had them inoculated and he survived. he never got smallpox for the rest of his life and she brought the secret back to england. she tried to introduce it to the physicians in england knowing ahead of time bec

massacre as well although turkey acknowledges that many armenians are work eld at the hands of the ottoman empirethe country rejects the term genocide turkey's president has been critical of france's decision to host its first ever national day of remembrance for armenian victims. all right let's get the angle now from istanbul dorian jones our correspondent there is standing by dorian no what did turkey's president richard cohen say about france's commemoration of the genocide well we've been hearing some very tough language from president he said that france has no interest in finding out the truth accusing him of being up to mischief and i quote he said we see that those who attempt to lecture us on democracy and human rights over the armenian issue themselves have a bloody past them and went on to say that france was responsible for the rwanda genocide in which about eight hundred thousand people die so a very very tough language coming from the president clearly very angry over these commemorations being held by the french president in france so he's very angry but how does a turkey's positi

become an annual march to commemorate the deaths of 1.5 million armenians at the hands of the ottoman empire. >>> we are witnessing the clocks turning backwards. the measles, a disease we thought was wiped out decades ago, is surging to its highest level in 25 years. nationwide, nearly 700 cases. compounding the problem, misinformation about the vak se -- vaccine. measles is the most contagious disease in the world and is spreading. new cases here in california, as well as new york and new jersey. >> one of the things that the anti-vaccine movement is doing is portraying measles as nothing more than a rash. nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: four years after ariel's son got the measles as an infant, too young to be vaccinated, doctors told her to be on the lookout for a deadly nervous system disorder. >> being scared for years that your kid is going to die out of nowhere is terrifying. >> reporter: it's a rare but long-termplication of the virus. >> the way it manifests is sharp declines in behavior in cognitive function, eventually seizure. complete loss of motor function

collapse of byzantium its defeat by the west during the fourth crusade and its subjugation by the ottoman empire all played a major role in the development of the renaissance man from a few think in the year up to now many scholars fled to italy taking manuscripts with them and trying to instil new values and ideas into a culture they still saw as barbaric no gave an unprecedented boost to innovation and that's why. i was. the libraries of constantinople will repeat with treasures of immeasurable worth the collective knowledge of antiquity. as hundreds of scholars and artists led the advance of the ottoman turks they took valuable books with them. money where chris lawrence was one of them when the chancellor of florence offered him a chair at the university there he also sent him a wish list of ancient words. this exodus of scholars from the three introduced ancient techniques to the west. sculptures took on a realist movement and vitality unknown in the middle ages ancient frescoes inspired painters. long forgotten engineering techniques triggered a wave of technical innovations. ancient ideas

they marched to commemorate the deaths of a million and a half armenians at the hands of the ottoman empire and the crowds protested outside of the turkish consulate demanding that turkey recognize the deaths as genocide. turkey claims it was part of a civil war gwynning in 1915. the governor issue a proclamation saying today is a day of remembrance of the armenian genocide. >>> president trump and house democrats are gearing up for a new fight. this time over subpoenas. nbc's blayne alexander updates us on the atext by congress to follow up on the mueller investigation. >> reporter: president trump vowing to fight subpoenas from house democrats who are seeking everything from his financial records to testimony from white house officials following the release of special counsel robert mueller redacted russia report. >> ridiculous. we have been -- i have been the most transparent president and administration in the history of our country by far. >> reporter: the president telling "the washington post" he is opposed to his current and former white house aides testifying. noting that he has al

i see them going down a path-- erdogan, going back to the ottoman empire, and he is this dictator. they are starting to do things that are not in our best interest. ms. harman: he just lost a lot of his power in the cities. he does not have a majority, his party does not, in several cities, including the capital. what will that mean? do you think that will change his attitude toward us? and his attitude toward the other nato nations? rep. mccaul: i have met with him. there is no lack of confidence or ego there. he will try to remain in power as long as he can. it has shown that his support is waning. i disagree with the president when he will pull the troops out of syria. the turks see the cards, that we thought with to defeat isis, as their sworn enemy. they call them terrorists. the first thing that will happen well they will come in and slaughter the kurds. the 2000 jihadists we have in ydf, have in these prisons, will be opened. glad that the 6 -- minnick security conference is able to make the argument that having the president changes position. rep. mccaul: he has changed it.

i see them going down a path, edjuan, it's like going back to the ottoman empire. he's a dick -- dictator that started to do things not in our best interest. mrs. harman: he just lost a lot of his power in the cities, he doesn't have a majority, his party doesn't, in several cities including the capital, ankara. what do you think that will mean? will it change his attitude toward us? his attitude toward the other nato? mr. mccaul: i hope. there's no lack of confidence or ego, he'll try to remain in power as long as he can. it shows his support is waning. i disagree with theth when he's going to pull all the troops out of syria because they're our sworn enemy they call them terrorists. the first thing is turkey will come in, slaughter the kurds and then all the -- the 2,000 jihadists we have in prison, the yef, have in these prisons will be opened. m gld that lindsey graham is able to make the argument and have the president change his position. mrs. harman: and he has changed it. we'll kept a smaller force but we will keep a force that could increase. but let's say