that's a red army soldier in the life magazine. again, we were allies, even to the point of being in the mov ies. you've probably heard of this fellow, gregory peck. this is his first movie, and it's about red army partisans. and of course, he dies a noble death fighting for the soviet union. and then over here is another one called "the northstar, " which again depicts partisans to some degree, containing many of the famous actors and actresses of the 1940's. 1945, we have to say, after 1945, things change. the soviets became our enemies. we saw them very suddenly in the movies. until the soviet union fell. then, all of a sudden, we began to see. movies again. f. we began -- then, all of a sudden, we began to see movies agani. -- again. when the red army was first organized in the 1920's by trotsky, one thing he wanted to do was eliminate the uniform of the past, of the czarist regime. under the czars, uniform of a regular soldier in many cases looked very much like the one i'm wearing. under the czars, the uniform of a regular so

so trotsky said i want to make the red army a working man's army. so when you go to work, you don't wear a suit with a raised collar and epaulets, you have a suit that has a lay-down collar. so as we saw on the front of the book, that is what we call the early war uniform and it was just a simple smock like this with a lay-down collar and all of the rank insignia were on the collar. but as the war progressed, as i suggested, there was more and more reference to the past to the heroics of the military achievements under the czars. so a lot of the changes were made to kind of encourage that, to reinforce that. so later on during the war, the uniform was now changed back to, in a sense, the czarist-looking-type uniform with the boards and the raised collar. okay? again, the medals came back. medals were prolific. as i said, the guard medal, the idea there were famous czarist guard units, well now we're going to have elite red army guard units to, again, raise morale and encourage the men to fight. so i guess i'd like people to take away from this, i'll

trotsky took the red army and said, i want to make it a working man's army.you go to work, you don't wear a suit that has a raised collar and epaulets. you have a suit that has a laydown collar. on will -- as we saw on the front of that book, that was the early war uniform. it was a simple smock. the rank was on the collar. as the war progressed, there was more and more reference to the past, to the heoroics of the military achievement under the czars. so, a lot of the changes were made to kind of encourage that, to reinforce that. so, later on during the war, the uniform was now changed back to, in a sense, the czarist-type looking uniform. again, the medals came back. medals were prolific. the guard medals, the idea that there were famous czarist units. now we were going to have elite red army units to raise morale and encourage the men to fight. so, i guess i would like people to take away from this -- i'll say, for example, that c-span is a source of much of the information that we use in our hobby. and i've heard numerous occasions, on various historical

. ♪ [military band music] ♪ ♪ [newsreel intro music] >> berlin is occupied by the red army. army stages a review in berlin. ♪ in this headquarters on the eighth of may, the final unconditional surrender has been ratified. ♪ german field marshal keitel, the former chief of staff. marshall jukov of the red army. ♪ ex-field marshal keitel signs for those still bearing arms. general admiral yvonne friedberg signs. american general spots from the eighth air force. british air marshal ted r. -- theodor. ♪ it is over. the war in europe has ended. ♪ in berlin, the brandenburg tower still stands. amid the ruins, dazed people wander here and there. not much else remains. in southern germany, allied troops move forward to complete the occupation of the country. ♪ the eagle's nest at berchestgarden, formerly hitler's mountain retreat. ♪ much of munich lies in ruins. the famous beer hall, little remains. ♪ one of the first war criminals is captured, hermann goering. ♪ [dramatic music] he is interviewed by allied newspapermen. ♪ field marshal castlekesselring, former commander of german t

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the soviets were insistent it would only happen a place where the red army could guarantee secret. the building was built in the middle of world war i which i find kind of incredible for the crown prince and his wife. they were to move into it at the end of the first world war and this was to be their home. so even while germany is fighting the first world war and trying to win that war, it build this is massive palace to the crown prince. this building will become the center, really, the conference. it is relatively modern, it has electricity and modern kitchens and enough space that the delegations could all set up offices which i'll show you here in just a bit. when the great powers came to the conference, they saw what you see here. it is still there. that gigantic red star of geraniums that the soviets will planted to greet the great powers as they showed up. inside of potsdam and a neighboring city, they dodd-frank i'ded it into the sectors to house the great vips that had come. this is the back of the palace. it looks out on to a lovely lake. no expense was spared to make th

if you are german living in what will become poland, the red army will encourage you to leave. and this is going to happen to millions and millions of people. at potsdam, the united states knows that the soviet union is doing this. they know that in that shaded area that becomes part of poland, they are taking away lutheran churches and sacrelizing them as catholic churches. they are taking down german street signs and putting up polish ones. for all intents and purposes, they are taking those regions and making them polish. they will do this throughout the map of europe. the soviet expectation is this is the way you're going to end the problem of what to do with displaced persons and what to do with the boundary lines. the big problem is what to do with the jewish survivors of the concentration camps, and this of course will lead into the decision to see palestine as a solution. here at potsdam, i was quite surprised by what they do not talk about. and the main thing that they do not talk about is what to do with these jews, and what to do with the future of palestine. the key

if you are german living in what will become poland, the red army will encourage you to leave. this is going to happen to millions and millions of people. at potsdam, the united states knows that the soviet union is doing this. they know that in that shaded area that you see becomes part of poland, they are taking the lead lutheran churches, sacrilege in this catholic churches. putting a polish ones. for all intents and purposes they are taking those regions and making it polish. they are doing it throughout the map of poland. the soviets expectation is this is the way you're going to end the problem of what to do with displaced persons and what to do with the boundary lines here. a big problem is what to do with jewish survivors of the concentration camps. this of course will lead into the decision to see palestine is a solution. but here in potsdam, i was quite surprised by what they don't talk about. the main thing they don't talk about is what to do with these jews and what to do with the future of palestine. the key thing, i think for the people in 1945, the problem of ger

potsdam is emptied of germans by the red army before the conference begins as another symbol this is over. potsdam is symbolic because frederick the great is also there and the -- wilhelm the second signed the order is also in potsdam. to the conquering nations, the conquering allies, potsdam has this symbolism. it is the place where german militarism began. it is where the first world war began, it will now be the place where the second world war, at least in europe will come to an end. i can't prove it, but i think the russians arrived at the conference late in order to make sure that the americans and british saw berlin for themselves. president wilson in 1919 had famously not toured the battlefields because he did not want as he put it for his heart to grow hard. what stalin wanted is for the american and british leadership to see berlin for themselves. see as much of germany for themselves as they could. again, this produces different reactions depending upon one's definition of history. should the allies, should the british, french, and soviets put money into germany to rebuild

here in berlin the soviet union the red army they were the liberators. but many berliners didn't see them as a realistic option for many berliners the soviets were something they'd been taught to fear something they'd been taught was the mortal enemy. the nazis persecuted detained tortured and murdered millions of people especially jews and many places in berlin today commemorate the jewish victims of the nazi regime. has a long jewish tradition stretching back to the 13th century in the 1920 s. some 170000 jews lived in the city after 983 many were forced to emigrate all fled from the nazis around $55000.00 jews were killed in the shower the holocaust the nazi regime's mass annihilation of european jews. the holocaust memorial only the brandenburg gate commemorates this genocide a field of concrete blocks of varying heights all reminiscent of the way the abstract installation aims to evoke a sense of contemplation. since the memorials are important for understanding and for compassion i mean the generation after me i'm 18 now the generation after me nee

because president roosevelt had to make the arduous trip to yalta, where the red army could guarantee security. the palace was built in the middle of world war 1 which i find incredible. for the crown prince, they were to move into it at the end of the first world war. each while germany is fighting the first world war, and trying to win this war, it builds this massive palace to the crown prince. this building will become the center, really of the conference. it's relatively modern. it has electricity in every room and it has modern kitchens and it has enough space that the british, american and soviet delegations can all set up offices which i'll show you here in just a bit. when the great powers came to the conference, they saw what you see here. it's still there. that gigantic red star of geraniums that the soviets planted to greet the great powers as they showed up. inside potsdam, the soviets divided those two areas into three sectors and american, soviet and british sector to house the great vips that had come. this is the back of the palace that looks leak a lovely lake and no

roosevelt got promise from stalin that three month after the eight end of the war in europe, the red army was going to come into the war against japan. truman said he went to potts dam in july to meet with churchill and stalin to make sure the soviets were coming in. he gets the agreement from the soviets of the first day of the conflict. stalin will be in the poor by august 15. he writes home the next day that the russians are coming in, the war will be ending sooner now. think of all the boys who won't be killed. truman also under the japanese were trying to surrender. he describes the intercept of the telegram as the telegram of jap emperor. american intelligence reported repeatedly that the entry of the soviet union into the war would convince all japanese that complete defeat is inevitable. is, why truman, who was not bloodthirsty, not hitler's, he did not take pleasure in killing people, why would truman use the atomic bombs knowing the japanese were defeated and trying to surrender? knowing they were not militarily necessary? we assume a big part of his motivation was that he was s

finally got a promise from stalin that three months after the end of the war in europe, a big massive red army was going to come to the war against japan. truman met with churchill and stalin to make sure the soviets were coming in. he gets the agreement from the soviets the first day of the conference. he writes in his journal stalin , will be in the japanese war by august 15. he writes home to his wife the next day and says the russians are coming in, the war will end a year sooner. think of all the boys who will not be killed. he described the intercepted july 18 telegram as the telegram from the japanese emperor asking for peace. we knew that. american intelligence reported repeatedly that the entry of the soviet union into the war will convince all japanese that complete defeat is inevitable. the question is, why truman who is not bloodthirsty -- he did not take leisure in killing -- pleasure in killing people. why would he used the atomic bomb knowing they were not militarily necessary? what we assume as historians is that a big part of his motivation was that he was sending a message to

it was president harry truman who pushed the red army out of iran and came to the aid when communists threatened to overthrow greece. in west berlin, flying in supplies and saving the city. time after time in our history in the face of great danger, democrats and republicans worked together to ensure that freedoms would not falter, but not today. motivated more by partisan politics, today's democratic leaders see america as an occupier, not a liberator, and nothing makes this marine madder than calling american troops occ liberators.r than [cheers and applause] tell that to the one half of europe that was freed because franklin roosevelt led an army of liberators, not occupiers. tell that to the lower half of the korean peninsula that is free because dwight eisenhower commanded an army of liberators, not occupiers. tell that to the half-billion men, women, and children are free from poland and siberia because ronald reagan rebuilt a military of liberators, not occupiers. never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more of the freedom and liberty of total strangers tha

got a promise from stalin that three months after the end of the war in europe, that a big massive red army was gonna come to the war of japan. truman said he went to potsdam, and july, to meet with churchill. and stalin. to make sure that the soviets were coming in. he gets the agreement from the soviets, first day of the conference. you may have seen that journal that night, stalin will be in the jet war by august 15th -- truman knew that. he writes homes a best, says the russians are coming in. the war will end a year sooner. think of all the boys won't be killed. truman also knew the japanese were trying to surrender, he described the intercepted july 18th telegram as the telegram from the jab emperor asking for peace. we knew that. we all knew the japanese were finished. and american intelligence reported pityingly that the entry of the soviet union into the war will convince all japanese that complete defeat is inevitable. it will lead to the end of the war. so the question is, why truman who was not bloodthirsty, who is not a hitler, and did not take pleasure in killing people. why w

three months after the end of the war in europe, the big massive red army was going to come into the war for japan. truman said he wants to potsdam in july to meet with churchill and stalin to make sure that the soviets were coming in. he gets the agreement from the soviets, first day of conference, right in the journal that night, stalin would be in the japanese war by august 15th. truman knew that. he writes home to his wife the next day he says the russians are coming in, the war will end the year sooner now. think of all the boys will not be killed. truman also knew the japanese were trying to surrender. he describes the interceptive july teen telegram as a telegram from the japanese emperor asking for peace. we knew that. they all knew the japanese were finished. american intelligence reported repeatedly that the entry of the soviet union into the war will convince all japanese that defeat is inevitable. it will be to the end of the war. the question is, the confusing thing is why truman, who is not bloodthirsty, who is not a hitler, he did not take pleasure in killing people, w

[cheering] >> then the mighty red army was afghanistan. american weapons. in nicaragua, squalid marxist regime was elections byd free ronald reagan's culture army and were thrown out of power! [cheering] >> fell hoe americans -- fellow americans, we've got to remember, it was under our party that the berlin wall came down europe was reunited. it was under our party that the and thempire collapsed captive nations broke through. every american president will be remembered in a singleith but sentence. george washington was the father country. abraham lincoln freed the slaves union.ed the and ronald reagan won the cold war. [cheering] is time -- [cheering] time, it is just about is just about time that my colleagues, the columnists and on ustators looking down tonight from their skyboxes and gave ronald reagan the full credit he deserves for leading america to victory in the cold war! [cheering] [chanting] friends,st of all, my us, ronald reagan made us proud to be americans again. we never felt better about our and we never stood taller in the eyes of the worl

promise from stalin that three months after the end of the war in europe, a that the big massive red army going to come to the work against japan. truman went to potsdam in july and met with churchill and stalin to make sure the soviets were coming in. he got agreement from the soviets the first day of the conference. he writes in his journal that night, stalin will be in the japanese war by august 15. he writes home to his wife the next and says the russians are coming in, the war will end a year sooner now. think of all the boys who will not be killed. he described the intercepted july 18 telegram as the telegram from the japanese emperor asking for peace. we knew that. they all knew the japanese are finished. and american intelligence reported repeatedly that the entry of the soviet union into the war will convince all japanese that complete defeat is inevitable. it will lead to the end of the war. so the confusing thing is then why truman, who is not bloodthirsty, he did not take pleasure in killing people, why did truman use the atomic bomb knowing that the japanese were defeated in

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[cheers and applause] then, the mighty red army was driven out of afghanistan with american weapons.hen in nicaragua, that , squalid, marxist regime was forced to hold free elections by ronald reagan's contra army and the communists were thrown out of power. [cheers and applause] fellow americans, we ought to remember, it was under our party that the berlin wall came down and europe was reunited. it was under our party that the soviet empire collapsed and the captive nations broke free. you know, it is said that every american president will be remembered in history with but a single sentence. george washington was the father of his country. abraham lincoln freed the slaves and saved the union. and ronald reagan won the cold war. [cheers and applause] -- it is time [cheers and applause] and it is just about time -- it is just about time that my old colleagues, the columnists and commentators, looking down on us tonight from their sky boxes and anchor booths, gave ronald reagan the full credit he deserves for leading america to victory in the cold war. [cheers and applause] [crowd cha

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socialist movement with the supporters of joseph stalin and the left opposition and one of those of the red armyd tried to set up the international revolutionary organization to oppose joseph stalin's policies and against the rise of hitler. his best writings warning is what would happen if it came to power in like i did with him being assassinated. but in the meanwhile with the world of literary modernism and was closely associated with the new yorker intellectual kevin greenberg. and considers himself to be in a small way so the word that represents the allegiance that is now buried and lost of revolutionary thought and action that is charismatic. that sounds cryptic look at the biography trotsky with that account of his life. >> san diego you are on the air. >>caller: can you comment on the american and hubris and willingness to accept loss of active in gaul one - - involvement of japan and china and also about free inquiry and have you read much of isaac asimov? >> in reverse order you - - i once went to hear in the early eighties with their attack on the creationist movement i am not a scie

lot to do with the fact there's a lot of personnel around you know people from the german red cross the german army the companies doing the testing they're all very supportive giving a lot of information sometimes when several planes arrive at the same time here. queuing gets a bit longer but i have seen nobody freaking out. can read what the exact steps travelers must take to get tested once they arrive in germany. or when you travel to germany from one of those countries deemed to be at high risk if you have to fill out a passenger locator card on your plane which is collected upon arrival this is the information database for the health of forty's to know who should go into quarantine and who should be tested after landing it's to the passengers to decide whether they will do the testing here at the airport or whether they go home for us and then see their general practitioner and do the testing there. the phrase countries deemed to be high risk is one that stands out travelers returning from where exactly will be subject to these new testing rules. the list is very very long. it's given out by t

promise from stalin that three months after the end of war in europe, at the -- the big massive red armyoing to come into the war against japan. truman says he wants to pot stem -- went to pot stem to make sure the soviets were coming in. he gets the agreement from the soviets and writes in his journal that night "stalin will be in the jab war -- the jap war. he writes to his wife, the russians are coming in, the war will end soon or now, think of all the boys who won't be killed. intercept as ae emperor from the jap asking for peace. we all knew the japanese were finished and american intelligence reported repeatedly that the entry of the soviet union into the war will convince all japanese that defeat is inevitable and will lead to the end of the war. so the question is, the confusing thing is why truman who was not lead thursday, who is not a hit, he did not take pleasure in killing people, why would truman use the atomic bomb knowing the japanese were defeated and trying to surrender, knowing they were not militarily necessary? what we assume as historians is that a big part of his m

digging in the rubble because they came with the equipment needed the lebanese civil defense the red cross the army they didn't have all the necessary equipment so people are angry they believe this is negligence incompetence on the part of the government and now more and more calls for people to take to the streets they're trying to revive a protest movement that began in october but many feel that change will be difficult because they were faced by a military with a militarized state in the past and those in power are making it clear that they want to cling on to power thank you very much from beirut zain a hall there. with al jazeera live from london much more still ahead creating this chinese influence miscall tensions all growing as a president trying to plan to ban. hello england is interest free day heatwave the rest of the european plane it will probably last longer than that pressure is high as long as cloud in the sky and the days are still long there are few showers around tempering what it feels like in for example greece doesn't greece or at least there will be some time later on satur

the red cross, sheltering. salvation army, doing feeding. the deity and and providing helicopters and highway vehicles and i could go on and on about the teams that are assembled to respond to recover from this disaster. and again any other disaster we may face. we have a couple of pictures we would like to share with you. and my assistant, administrator for response and recovery team. will help us gotta go through this. we want to give you taste of, we have been on the ground for about six hours of our doing assessments. it will probably take the rest of the day and even tomorrow to kind of see the size and scope an impact of laura. we wanted to share pictures. >> syrup one of the ways that we gather information for people are on the ground as we do social listening and identifying photographs for the social medio get the task forces and others who are deployed. where to go, to check on people. you will see as we go through a few of these photographs, some of them are first social media and some of them from our personnel in the ground. and

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not just government, but also nonprofit like red cross, salvation army, things of that nature. >> yeahoubt. and so many people just affected by this hurricane, not just in louisiana, but texas, as well. mark, we always appreciate you coming on and giving us your insight. >> oh, you're welcome. have a good night, c christien. >>> some of the highs today, you almost could look at them and think they were overnights lows. take a look at pacifica, where the high was just 55 degrees. we only made it up to 87 in concord. livermore did get into the 90s. 78 in san jose. it was pretty cool out there. the marine layer is moving in here and our live picture at sfo. unfortunately some of our air quality is not moving out, right? we were hoping to see it a little better today, but as you can see, the north bay is doing pretty well, but if you move farther to the south, you start to see more yellow, and look at livermore where they had that heat today, and fremont and san jose in the red. so not great. tomorrow not expected to be a lot better in the central moving into the unhelp the category. so be

be it civil defense, army, red cross teams, international teams that were brought in to do search andeanup continues of the rubble, of the glass. a scene of solidarity, like your colleague arwa speak of earlier, with people getting together, providing food, shelter, helping each other clean up their streets. >> we just lost the last bit of what you said there. if you're still there? >> i'm here, yes. >> excellent, all right. >> people trying really to -- yeah. >> can i ask you just perspective, what's the biggest need right now, what are some of the biggest challenges in fulfilling those? >> coordination efforts. we've received support from all over the world. 60 planes have aright with assistance. all of this needs to be coordinated properly, needs to be distributed properly to ensh ensure that all this aid goes to where the needs are. the needs are everywhere, from hospital of hospitals to search and rescue teams to rehabilitation and people displaced due to the explosion. >> when you're talking about where the aid is going successfully, we were saying earlier, many states, organiza

so we are supporting the authorities in close coordination with the nice with the army and as well with the lebanese red cross so in short that proper morgues i set up so over the last we've been setting up temporary refrigerated trucks and other reflection. containers. groups at the waterfront to ensure that all human remains and body parts are stored safely and in a dignified manner according to international standards and in a way that will allow proper identification of human remains and inspection of d.n.a. it's a complicated process it's been very complex as well in terms of courts initially because of the multiplicity of actors on the field and because onsite abby explosion. bodies were taken from hospitals and warrants and now efforts are underway to consolidate over where that was done and ensure proper identification of all the about missing persons and to be able to relieve the families of the missing that are the exactly the explosion some are still waiting for news about their. violet there are many health care facilities maternal a newborn centers that have been severely damaged i want to

not just me, but all the federal families and our great private partners like the american red cross, salvation armys are ready to deliver aid to those impacted by the disaster. >> in terms of the resources available, of course, on august 8th, the president signed that executive action allocating all but 25 billion from fema's disaster aid fund to deal with unemployment benefits there, do you have enough money at this point? >> we do. we do. and we've been stockpiling commodities like food, water, tarps, and all of those things you need for a disaster season. we actually overstocked this year, because we knew it was going to be a higher than average hurricane season, so we're in good shape. we have plenty of funding from the disaster relief fund. and so, no one should worry about that in texas, louisiana, or arkansas this morning. >> all right. peter gainer, fema administrator, we do appreciate your help. thanks for being with us. we know you have a long day ahead of you. >> thanks, john. >> we are just getting our first look at aftermath of hurricane laura. more than a millions residents along the