at the ottoman ruler of great. her syria jamal pasha executed a group of arabs in damascus and beirut in 19151916 they were accused of being separatists and of supporting the british and french this hard determination of the arab nationalists to separate from ottoman rule and to create an independent arab states hussein didn't have any modern ideas of nationalism but he wanted more autonomy under the ottoman. empire but it's only gradually that he was drawn into what became an arab national movement a full scale revolt against the ottomans and this wasn't an easy decision for the sharif maker to make because the ottomans were fellow muslims. and he was siding with an infidel. against fellow sunni muslims. there had been conversations between the british and the hushed more it's before the war but in july 1915 sharif christine wrote to the british high commissioner sir henry mcmahon. he offered his support to against the ottomans in return for british support for an independent kingdom that would include the provinc

the allies decided to open an eastern front against the ottomans. the ill fated gillet police campaign ran between april 19th 15 and january 19th 16th. when it's finally field the allies including australians and new zealanders suffered a major step. this monument commemorates the ottoman victory in which around 80000 allied troops were killed. this defeat and skill of police and litter includes mr the team caused the british to enter into more secret dealings over the middle east. coming up how the british conspired which should be 1st seen mcconnell to strike back at the ottomans through an arab revolt. the british adopt the sharifs of mecca as the partners that were essential in the propaganda war with the ottomans to demonstrate that the muslim world was better off on the allied side that fight the odds let me explain why we must have and sikes. negotiate face to face to get what they both want from the middle east well if we cannot have palestinian my government was suddenly not allow britain to control my government would take the same view of

the ottoman empire did not spare any assistance relief to them. the ottoman empire also provided graves to those who were killed by the armenian gangs. however. 300000 armenians lived and the western part. as we speak more than 100000 armenians. living among us. they have always lived with. us. these. numbers. so much. if the turkish empire the ottoman empire had perpetrated these massacres those armenians wouldn't have come back. and. in. lebanon and. other groups of armenians also moved others moved to the united states or europe. now how fold law is been propagated that those armenians were massacred by the ultimate. they allege that they were killed because of the law that was in acted at that time. it is also alleged that the situation would have been different if the armenians wouldn't have moved out. at that time the ultimate. that was in a state of war started to stand up to those gangs. needless to say that the situation was getting dark on the fighting forefront. with many scenarios take aim flays. and that's why those gangs were killing

president joe biden officially declared the mass killing of armenians under the ottoman empire during the 1st world war as genocide i think the whole armenian community really think you for him to pronounce as a genocide so we. we so appreciate it the finally the justice it's coming i'm so happy that president biden made the statement today and. i wish my parents were alive to hear this and see this my mother and her family did go through the walking through the desert and syria. they killed her father my mother's father my mother's youngest sister died biden statement said we remember the lives of all those who died in the ottoman era armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again recurring previous presidents of voided use of the term for fear of angering nato ally turkey and indeed turkish officials lashed out summoning the u.s. ambassador to lodge a protest and foreign minister may have let couples so glue declaring words can't change history we won't take any lessons about our own history from anyone turkey has fiercely denied the mass kil

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president joe biden has formally recognized the 915 mass killings of armenians in the crumbling ottoman empire as an act of genocide in a written statement the us president said we remember the lives of all those who died in the ottoman era armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever occurring again he added we do this not to cast blame but to ensure that what happened is never repeated and turkey is rejecting the statement summoned the u.s. ambassador to rancor in protest foreign minister. said words cannot change or rewrite history we have nothing to learn from anybody on our own past political opportunism is the greatest betrayal to peace and justice we entirely reject this statement based soley on populism. for armenians though it's a watershed moment at home and among the extensive diaspora worldwide president biden's announcement coincided with the 106th anniversary of the mass killings armenian prime minister nicole says it's a powerful step towards justice or more reaction shortly after this report from her bottle which contains images some

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president to formally recognize the mass killings of armenians during the ottoman empire as an act of genocide turkey is rejecting by the statements some in the u.s. ambassador in ankara in protest on meaning prime minister nicole push me and says it's a powerful step towards justice. has been more tension between russia and ukraine this time see russia has closed all naval access to the kurds strait ukraine says it's illegal and violates a treaty moscow says its forces are conducting military drills it follows the mobilization of tens of thousands of russian troops on the ukraine border in recent weeks bernard smith reports from crimea. on the way out of crimea but very much still in charge russia's land sea and air forces are heading back to their bases after 2 weeks of exercises along the border with ukraine and in the black sea it was a mobilization big enough to worry nato with at least 100000 russian soldiers estimated to have been involved but russia is keeping up the pressure on its neighbor by closing the curch straight to the ukrainian navy this links the black sea to the se

asking for change inside ottoman turkey.s met with massacre as punitive act, especially in the 1890's and the early years of the 20th century, but when the war broke out, the ruling elite in turkey decided they had an opportunity to eminate the entire armenian population, population between julie people and two point finally people who are living on their indigenous homelands. as for the greeks and the syrians, the two other major christian relations of the ottoman empire, living under indigenous homelands. it is worth noting, other christian nordic populations as syrians and greeks were also wiped out before world wa i and its aftermath was over, about 4 million christians disappeared from tury. so the plan was systematic and it started with the arrest of the armenian cultural and intellectual leaders on the night of april 24 in this symbol, then constantinople -- istanbul, then constantinople. the implementation of military intervention, mobilization of killing squads in order to arrest and deport every armenian family fro

a lot worse before it improves plus 106 years on armenia remembers the massacre of people on the ottoman rule on the symbolic day u.s. president joe biden angers ankara by recognizing the atrocity as genocide. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program germany is switching gears in the fight against the pandemic of the palm and approved a legislative amendment having the way for more centrally coordinated response on saturday night or far he's patrolled cities across the country to enforce the most controversial of the new measures a curfew between 10 pm and 5 am our reporter kate brady was out in the capital berlin. it's saturday night in berlin streets are trying to strict with just minutes to go before the new curfew kicks in attempt. enough time to grab a quick beer and some late night food for the right. writer and she was the clock strikes 10 many local shops begin to roll down the shutters minutes later police arrive to clear stragglers from the square. according to federal rules repeated violators of the measures risk a hefty fine of up to 25000 joyrides for most tonight though

live from berlin commemorating the debt armenia remembers the massacre of its people under turkish ottoman rule as u.s. president joe biden enters ankara by recognizing the atrocity as genocide also coming up. india's hospitals collapse under the weight of a colossal 2nd wave of corona virus infections the capital delhi is counting one cold weather related death every 5 minutes as people struggle to find help. thanks for joining us i'm marrying evans dean many historians regarded as the 1st genocide of the 20th century and now u.s. president joe biden has formally recognized the massacre of hundreds of thousands of armenians over a century ago as a genocide in a statement biden said he sees armenians pain and affirms their history his recognition comes as thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan commemorate the killings deportations and forced marches which began in 1915. marching forward to look back. on officials who lead the nation in commemorating the horrors of the past the procession of this hilltop memorial in the capital yet of on included prime minister nicole passion yea

president joe biden formally recognized the armenian genocide which took place during the ottoman era has summoned the u.s. ambassador over the remarks in his statement and said he and all americans honor the memory of all those are meaning ince who perished and of genocide that began exactly 160 years ago thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan have been commemorating the mass killings deportations and forced marches. marching forward to look back. and officials lead the nation in commemorating the horrors of the past the procession at this hilltop memorial in the capital we haven't included prime minister nicole passion yann members of the public to streamed in to honor the dead and they welcomed the announcement from washington formally recognizing those past events as a genocide. so i think it's a great thing that biden recognizes the armenian genocide because the us are a major country and it might have an effect on turkey. we've been waiting for this for years we wanted this before biden many made promises trump did and so did those before him and we waited. in 1915 a

the president refers to the ottoman era armenian genocide and says...mages from 1915 show some of the horrors. skulls on public display. armenians hanging in full view. for decades, turkey has denied this was a genocide and said innocent turks died too in the turmoil of war. it has reacted angrily to president biden�*s move. i reached the senior adviser to the turkish leader, who said president erdogan had tried to talk him out of it and there would be consequences. we could not dissuade him. it's very sad because once the cat is out of the bag, you can't put it back in. we feel that this is that situation. declaring this as an act of genocide is going to bring a lot of complications. this is my grandfather and he was the only survivor of the armenian genocide. the loan armenian mp in the turkish parliament told us it would mean far more if turkey acknowledged the genocide. i want to believe in turkey and i believe in. turkey is going to face this genocide one day, and we will have thatjustice one day, i'm sure about it. will you see it in your lifetime

those who paid tribute to the victims armenian say the killings committed in the final days of the ottoman empire amounts to a genocide the turkish government rejects that scription. reports and the warning some of the images in his report are disturbing. it's a story more than 100 years old for turkey it's a chapter that's turned but for the united states and other members of the international community turkey must apologize for the events that started in 1915 that was when ottoman turks deported hundreds or thousands of armenians from eastern and atoll year to the syrian desert but what happened and how many were then killed remains disputed many historians say more than a 1000000 armenians lost their lives turkish officials deny any systematic killings took place saying it was a time of war and the death toll has been exaggerated turkey has always been angered by government describing the event that began in 1915 during the ottoman empire as a genocide the armenian genocide remembrance day that takes place in armenia and is observed by many armenians abroad on april 24th every year is w

president joe biden formally recognize the armenian genocide which took place during the ottoman era both the turkish government and opposition condemned the u.s. announcement with the foreign minister calling it populism its statement by said he and all americans honor the memory of all those are many and who perished in genocide that began exactly 160 years ago is acknowledgment comes as thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan commemorate the mass killings deportations and forced marches. marching forward to look back on many an official to lead the nation in commemorating the horrors of the past the procession of this hilltop memorial in the capital we haven't included prime minister nicole pasha. members of the public to streamed in to on of the dead and they will come the announcement from washington formally recognizing those past events as a genocide. i think it's a great thing that biden recognizes the armenian genocide because the us are a major country and it might have an effect on turkey. we've been waiting for this for years we wanted this before biden many mad

first of all cuts a deal with ottoman turkey when the catholics are expropriated in the 1530s and to a certain degree -- [inaudible] what happened is a good deal of the wealth that the catholics had accumulated and what came to be known as the british isles was shipped eastwards to ottoman turkey. there was the de facto alliance in many ways between the english and the rising muslim power which obviously outraged the catholic powers. one of the factors that helped to impel the spanish to sail westward across the atlantic in 1492 was that they were under tremendous pressure from the muslims turkey may recall that it was only in 1492 that the last muslim dominated precincts on the iberian peninsula were disassembled, so to speak. the ottoman turks have been placing enormous pressure on western europe, as i suggest, in some ways you can see the sailing westward as a way to escape this pressure from the muslims. 1492 was also the year where you were seeing the acceleration of the expulsion of the jewish population from the iberian peninsula with many of them of course fleeting to turkey,

most understand and accept that the ottoman empire did terrible crimes.e word "genocide" which is associated with one country only and that's nazi germany. >> and so if you advised president obama against doing this, why is this administration making this decision now? why is it now deemed to be in america's national interest to make this call? >> well, i think first of all it's a domestic concern. living unto the commitments that you've made for your voters. i don't think there's any particular geostrategic benefit of doing this -- >> but there will be geostrategic implications, won't there? >> absolutely. and those are down sides with turkey. turkey is an extremely important ally of ours in syria and libya, the ukraine, afghanistan, the caucasus, and in nato and in containing both russia and iran, which are both on the march throughout the middle east and the region. >> so we understand that turkey summoned the u.s. ambassador. that is to be expected no doubt. what other chips is mr. erdogan holding right now? how could he make life difficult for the bi

writing, we remember the lives of all those who died in the ottoman era armenian genocide. we see that pain. we affirm the history. we do this not to cast blame, but to ensure that what happened is never repeated. starting in 1915, 1.5 million armenians were massacred or deported from the ottoman empire, now turkey. today's statement welcomed by the estimated 500,000 members of the armenian-american community. hundreds gathered in l.a. to mark the occasion. past presidents had avoided using the word genocide, not wanting to antagonize turkey, which for years has adamantly rejected the label. the turkish government today quick to denounce president biden's statement. their ministry of foreign affairs writing, the u.s. president's statement will not yield any results other than polarizing the nations and hindering peace and stability in our region. president biden just spoke to president erdogan yesterday for the first time since taking office. according to the white house, president biden said during that call he hoped the two countries would be able to effectively manage th

terrible violence and suffering wrought upon the armenian people in the years 1915 to '16 by the ottoman empire, and yourfamily ended up living in lebanon. did you, as a child, get raised on stories of what happened? i'm just wondering what specific impact that had upon you. all four of my grandparents were survivors of the armenian genocide. growing up in los angeles, i mean, they didn't share the stories when i was a child, but as i was getting into my early teens, i started asking questions about theirfamily, where they came from, what happened to them, and that obviously was a huge, you know, kind of learning experience for me, as to what transpired to my people during the ottoman empire... in the last days of the ottoman empire, i should say, and that became kind of like — i'll tell you without you asking the question — that became the conduit for me to become an activist, when i learned about the... you know, when i learned that the us was trying to use the armenian genocide — the g—word, as we call it — as political capital, or economic...for economic purposes in dealing with turk

the international community turkey must apologize for the events that started in 1915 that was when ottoman turks. deported hundreds of thousands of armenians from eastern and atoll year to the syrian desert but what happened and how many were then killed remains disputed many historians say more than a 1000000 armenians lost their lives turkish officials deny any systematic killings took place saying it was a time of war and the death toll has been exaggerated turkey has always been angered by government describing the event that began in 1915 during the ottoman empire as a genocide the armenian genocide remembrance day that takes place in armenia and is observed by many armenians abroad on april 24th every year is why this scene in turkey as a western propaganda aimed at a time issue in the country's reputation turkey has very strong objections to the use of the word genocide those see it as being linked to the holocaust even though these are 2 separate atrocities 30 years apart so that's not really the case they also worry about some kind of legal claims against them but again these are

live from berlin commemorating the dead armenian remembers the massacre of his people under turkish ottoman rule as u.s. president joe biden anchors ankara by recognizing the atrocity as genocide also coming up india's hospitals collapse under the weight of a colossal 2nd wave of corona virus infections the capital delhi is counting one poll with related deaths every 5 minutes as people struggle to find help. a warm welcome to our program i'm married i haven't seen many historians regarded as the 1st genocide of the 20th century and now u.s. president joe biden has formally recognized the massacre of hundreds of thousands of armenians over a century ago as a genocide in a statement biden said he sees armenians pain and affirms their history his recognition comes as thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan commemorate the killings deportations and forced marches which began in the year in 1915. marching forward to look back on mean you know officials who led the may. in commemorating the horrors of the past the procession at this hilltop memorial in the capital yet every one include

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president to formally recognize the masking the killing of armenians during the ottoman empire as an act of genocide biden said his intention is not to cost blame but to ensure that it better happens again rob reynolds reports from what about a california. a day of sorrel and remembrance at the armenian martyrs memorial near los angeles all day long families came to pay their respects laying flowers to commemorate the dead but this was also a watershed day for armenian americans as u.s. president joe biden officially declared the mass killing of armenians under the ottoman empire during the 1st world war as genocide i think the whole armenian community really think you for him to pronounce the genocide so we. we so appreciate it the finally the justice it's coming i'm so happy that president biden made the statement today and. i wish my parents were alive to hear this and see this my mother and her family did go through the walking through the desert and syria. they killed her father my mother's father my mother's youngest sister died biden statement said we remember the lives of all

president joe biden has formally recognize the massacre of armenians under the ottoman empire during world 'd war one as an act of genocide armenia's prime minister welcomed it as an important day but turkey has rejected it saying it will open a deeper wound in already freer trade ties southeast asian leaders of demanded an immediate end to violence against civilians in myanmar asin leaders met even easy on saturday the leader of myanmar student i was also at the summit of the protestors come there and his visit and russia has closed off access to the khurshid straight which is used by the ukrainian navy to access its eastern ports moscow says it will conduct military exercises ukraine says it's a breach of international maritime. india has recorded a record number of coronavirus cases for a 3rd straight day with almost 350000 infections staff at overwhelmed hospitals are begging for exigent supplies as the country's health care system buckles at least 40 patients have died in the capital in the past 2 days due to shortages elizabeth per annum reports now from new delhi where one per

those who paid tribute to the victims armenian say the killings committed in the final days of the ottoman empire amounted to a genocide but the turkish government rejects that description reports and a warning some of the images in her report are disturbing. it's a story more than 100 years ago for turkey it's a chapter that's turned but for the united states and other members of the international community turkey must apologize for the events that started in 1915 that was when ottoman turks deported hundreds of thousands of armenians from eastern and atoll year to the syrian desert but what happened and how many were then killed remains disputed many historians say more than a 1000000 armenians lost their lives turkish officials deny and systematic killings took place saying it was a time of war and the death toll has been exaggerated turkey has always been angered by government describing the event that began in 1915 during the ottoman empire as a genocide. the armenian genocide remembrance day that takes place in armenia and is observed by many armenians abroad on april 24th every year

president joe biden formally recognized the armenian genocide which took place during the ottoman era has some in the u.s. ambassador over the remarks in his statement biden said he and all americans honor the memory of all those are mean and perished in the genocide began exactly 160 years ago thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan have been commemorating the mass killing state for taishan and forced marches. marching forward to look back many and officials lead the nation in commemorating the horrors of the past the procession at this hilltop memorial in the capital we haven't included prime minister nicole passion yann members of the public to streamed in to honor the dead and they welcomed the announcement from washington formally recognizing those past events as a genocide. so i think it's a great thing that biden recognizes the armenian genocide because the us are a major country and it might have an effect on turkey. we've been waiting for this for years we wanted this before biden many made promises trump did and so did those before him and we waited. in 1915 a 1000

the campaign of armenians and ottomans with massacres and starvation. many armenians recognizing the brutality endured by their ancestors is a crucial step in righting a historic wrong. but the modern day turkey that rose from the ashes of the ottoman empire has maintained that the systemic killings were smaller in number and do not meet the definition of genocide. the genocide and legal framework around it only entered the mainstream after world war ii and it was entered by the nazi's systemic way to eradicate the jews known as the holocaust. turkey has softened the position with president erdogan in 2002 issuing a first ever statement calling the events of 1915 a shared pain and offering condolences to the descendents of the killed. turkey says that the events have to be put in historical context, and that other groups were also killed and some carried out by the armenians and the long historical debate has been overshadowed by politics in recognition of the armenians. other leaders in the west have sidestepped genocide in order to keep ankara in the

lot worse before it improves plus. 106 years on armenia remembers the massacre of its people under ottoman rule on this symbolic day to the u.s. president joe biden angers on the ground by recognizing the atrocity as genocide. i'm nichelle for good to have you with us germany is switching gears in the fight against the pandemic after parliament approved a legislative amendment paving the way for a more centrally coordinated covert response on saturday night authorities patrolled cities across the country to enforce the most controversial of the new measures a curfew between 10 pm and 5 am our reporter kate brady was out and the captain. it's saturday night lynch friedrichs hein district just minutes to go before the new curfew kicks in at tempe am enough time to grab a quick beer all some late night food for the right. right and here was the clock strikes 10 many local shops begin to roll down the shutters minutes later police arrive to clear structureless from the square. according to federal rules repeated violators of the measures risk a hefty fine of up to 25000 euros for most tonight

ottoman empire ruled until world war i, and in palestine, soldiers tried to enforce international lawalled for an international home. the next few decades were filled with growing tension and bloodshed. >> judea home. jews-- >> after 2000 years a jewish nation exists in the atmosphere of civil war, relinquishing of the british mandate, palestine is rocked by full scale war. >> when israel was officially founded in 1958, british soldiers pulled out and were replaced by soldiers from arab countries. palestine is invaded as the united nations looks for some way to stop the war. >> in 1948, the army invaded and took the hills and renamed it the west bank, meaning the west bank of the country jordan. so what was the strategic reality on the edge. state of israel were controlled by jordan? >> they were literally on the pie ground, pete. they were controlling the area. we were in a situation where we could be obliterated. >> from 1948 to 1967 that's how it remained, judea and samaria was now the west bank. >> they occupied this area for 19 years. in 1967 israel miraculously, i would say, lib

the president writes, each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the ottomand recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. this recognition has been years in the making. in fact, many american presidents have declined to take such a step out of fear of damaging the strategic relationship between the united states and turkey. turkey has also repeatedly denied that there was ever genocide. so the question is, why did joe biden decide to do this at this time? number one, there has been a big lobbying effort that's gone on for decades here in the united states to get this recognition to actually happen. joe biden used it as part of his campaign promises while he was running for president. also, the biden administration has been working very hard to try to stress the importance of human rights here in the united states. there's also a tough relationship between the president of the united states and turkish president erdogan. in fact, joe biden called erdogan on friday, indicating to him that he was going to make this statement. prev

the international community turkey must apologize for the events that started in 1915 that was when ottoman turks deported hundreds or thousands of armenians from eastern and atoll year to the syrian desert but what happened and how many were then killed remains disputed many historians say more than a 1000000 armenians lost their lives turkish officials deny any systematic killings took place saying it was a time of war and the death toll has been exaggerated turkey has always been angered by government describing the event that began in 1915 during the ottoman empire as a genocide the armenian genocide remembrance day that takes place in armenia and is observed by many armenians abroad on april 24th every year is why this scene in turkey as a western propaganda aimed at a time machine the country's reputation has very strong objections to the use of the word genocide those see it as being linked to the holocaust you know these are 2 road atrocities 30 years apart or that's not really the case they also worry about some kind of legal claims against them but again these are tragic events th

president to formally recognize the mass killing of armenians during the ottoman empire as an act of genocide biden said his intention is not to cast blame but to ensure it never happens again reynolds is in montebello california and has this report. a day of sorrel and remembrance at the armenian martyrs memorial near los angeles all day long families came to pay their respects laying flowers to commemorate the dead but this was also a watershed day for armenian americans as u.s. president joe biden officially declared the mass killing of armenians under the ottoman empire during the 1st world war as genocide i think the whole armenian community really think you for him to pronounce as a genocide so we. we so appreciate it the finally the justice it's coming i'm so happy that president biden made the statement today and. i wish my parents were alive to hear this and see this my mother and her family did go through the walking through the desert and syria. they killed her father my mother's father my mother's youngest sister died biden's statement said we remember the lives of all th

decades of diplomatic language, president biden has described the 1915 massacres of armenians in the ottoman empire as genocide. the indonesian navy says debris has been found after the sinking of a submarine with fifty—three sailors on board. britain's prime minister is urged to explain how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for, following allegations from his former chief advisor. and the latest space—x mission that sent four astronauts to the international space station — we'll be speaking to an astronaut who's been there three times. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. as india's health care system buckles under more record breaking cases of coronavirus, experts say the worst is still to come. they say the rate at which infections are climbing suggest the crisis still hasn't peaked. there are almost no intensive care beds left in delhi, where oxygen supplies are running out. one hospital in the city reports that shortage has led to the death of twenty—five patients. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan�*s report contains imag

the country pauses to remember the 1950 massacre of armenians to what was then the ottoman empire.than a century later, that pain is still felt over the debate how to exactly characterize what happened. now, for the first time, the u.s. government will openly call the mass killings a genocide, the u.s. president spoke with them on friday to let them know turkey has long opposed to use of that term. a statement from the white house is expected later today. our cnn arwa damon is covering istanbul. arwa, a shift here in the u.s. people are asking why now. take us through the significance and timing of this move? >> reporter: well, kim, it could very well be that president biden feels this is something that is necessary, given how he is trying to and has pledged to do so during the campaign. but also, president biden is in very many ways trying to right the image of the united states globally. and among those attempts is trying to create the impression of a country that sfr standing up for human rights around the world. is that very well could be, analysts are saying part of this logic

historians estimate 1.5 million armenians died during mass killings by the ottoman empire. the government of turkey disputes those numbers and rejects the term genocide. today's a statement by president biden ends by saying the american people honor all of those armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. presented by these television companies and more including buckeye broadband. buckeye broadband supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> this week on "the communicators," we want to introduce you to jessica melugin, she is with the competitive enterprise institute.

president joe biden became the first president to recognize the massacre of armenians under the ottomanenocide. nbc bay area's marian reports from couperty know. >> a commemoration ceremony will be held here at st. andrew's church tomorrow and many people we talked to say, now that president biden has used the word genocide, they feel they've finally been heard. at st. andrew's armenian church prepares for commemoration here tomorrow, tonight, sisters lori and naray placed flowers in front to remember the 1.5 million armenians killed during a massacre by the ottoman empire. today, a major-turning point, as president biden issued a statement saying, the american people honor all those armenians, who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago, today. >> i was so happy to hear that he kept his promise. >> reporter: she says using the word genocide is important in describing what happened to her family, in the past. >> all four of my grandparents were impacted. their -- their parents were massacred. their sibling -- some of their siblings were also massacred. their aunts, their uncle