for 16 years he has covered washington and the united states for rome.interviewed and written about some of the most important people and events of our time. >> vice president will have a brief opening statement. i would ask the subject matter of this press conference be limited to the trip and it will run approximately half an hour. >> i've just completed a meeting with the president which lasted about an hour and a half, in which i briefed him. >> on this particular morning in february marino de medici attends a news conference held by vice president mondale. >> i believe the trip is a success. we've set in motion a process of intensified consultations which will label our nations to deal with greater effectiveness and to deal successfully with matters bearing on the security and well-being of each of our people's, the health of our economies and common goal to increase the prospects for a more stable international environment. >> mr. vice president. >> mr. vice president. >> mr. vice president, both the germans and i believe the french -- >> in this r

they're going to vie for the sole rule of rome.all of his supporters, and he says come fight with me against octavian. and herod the great says, yeah, no, sorry, i'm busy. and that's because he hates cleopatra, and he sees that octavian is the one who's going to win. >> mark antony and cleopatra are routed at the battle of actium. they manage to flee back to egypt, but octavian is right behind them. >> it becomes clear that cleopatra is going to end up being paraded around in a roman triumph, which is the last thing that she wanted. >> she says over and over again, i will not be triumphed over, and it means that she just can't envisage herself as a prisoner, as anything other than a queen. >> hoping to trick octavian, cleopatra hides in her mausoleum and has her maidservants spread the rumor that she has killed herself. >> so the problem with cleopatra locking herself up in the tomb is that she didn't tell mark antony. and part of what you need to do is tell your lover where you're going to be because he, of course, is defeated and

mark lowen, bbc news, rome. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. good afternoon.er grey sunday out there for many. if we take a look at the satellite picture, you can see exactly what i'm talking about. there are some breaks in the cloud and some brightness into western scotland in particular and parts of north wales but a weak weather front is shifting its way steadily south and it's enhancing some sharp, possibly thundery downpours to develop a little bit later on in the day. also, a northerly flow means that it's quite cool out there, particularly on exposed north sea coasts. there will be a good deal of dry weather but, as i say, quite a lot of cloud around as well. so top temperatures, 12—20 degrees at the very best. it looks likely that the best of the weather as we go through the week, though, will be monday and tuesday, as this little bump of high pressure will build in from the atlantic and keep things relatively quiet. so if you've got some outdoor plans, certainly monday and tuesday look likely to be the best days but it's not going to be very warm for

washington wanted rome built on the potomac river. also had what they would call potomac fever he was not well-traveled about the potomac where is equal to the danube and the rhino put together. but it connected that community next to it and rivers were important in the day primitive transportation and rudimentary communication. and the potomac flows westward. and with the images of the tributary word run west of the ohio territory of pittsburgh and so forth and so on so then to connect north and south and east and west would serve to unite the new capital city with the atlantic ocean. so on and so forth. that is washington's vision. next. in the constitution with the debate over the capital city, article one, section eight it is the capital city should be 10 miles square. that is 100 miles. so almost laughably will be larger than paris, london, the great capitals of the world that yet built in the words but where would the 10 miles square be? the initial argument was new york city would serve as the interim it supposed to be march 4t

in ancient rome, the gladiators went into the arena with these words - on their lips, "let me win, butbrave the attempt." today, all of you young . athletes are in the arena. many of you will win, - but even more important, i know you will be brave and bring credit to your parents _ and to your countries. let us begin the olympics. thank you. applause volunteers were needed for almost every individual athlete. j this was new for even the volunteers to have even an opportunity to meet first—hand a special child or an adult. reporter: there are seven basic events: running, - jumping, throwing and swimming. my coach came and tell me i am in the 50—yard dash. i was excited but kind of nervous. the 50—yard dash, shortest yet severest test of speed - in the special olympics competition. it was hard at first, when they raised the gun and said, "on your marks, get set, bang". i didn't know if i was going to take off, but i took off! we were all kind of fast runners. i came pretty close to the nose. reporter: only two tenths of a second separates - first and third. i was catching my breath, and

squares and grand boulevards that intersect for the state so wine and so forth that is inspired by rome paris and even though he is fired it is his design of the great city of today washington know that only takes the frenchman the foreigner by an irishman to design the president's house he was also well-educated and designing beautiful buildings in charleston and south carolina washington immediately fell in love with the design it reminded him of rome so washington pushes and they build a presidential palace running into funding problems so there is good and bad news with more stonemason on —- masons and and reliance slave labor so that built the president's home in the capital city because it was cheaper and they ran out of funding. next slide you can see recognize it today the original design which is that i am not sure what they would name the city but everybody knew it would be named for washington somebody proposed washington obelisk but the other part of me things i like that name george washington's legacy as to when the revolutionary war and resigned from power once to say he'

washington wanted rome built on the potomac river. he wanted it near the potomac river. washington at what other founders would joke and call potomac fever. george was not well-traveled. washington not that the potomac was equal to the danube, the rhine all put together. like the potomac, but it's hardly equal to any one of those yet alone all of them. .. pittsburgh and so forth and so on so the potomac would then connect north and south as it was equidistant between the two and east and west and it served to unite the new capital city with the atlantic ocean and so on and so forth . that'swashington's vision . next >> in the constitution over the debate over the capital city, article 1, section eight, it agreed the capital city should be 10 miles square. it's 100 miles. what it means is this capital city almost laughably will be larger than paris, london, the great capitals of the world yet it would be built out of logs and wood. the question remains where these 10 miles square d. next slide. so the initial argument was new york city would serve as our interim. washingt

. >> i heard you were just in rome.lady gaga, she is amazing, and just wrapped it up it up. >> kelly: that is amazing, what did you like about rome? i liked the food. >> yes, i love the food and i was very low-key, calais, because at this time my character is not supposed to be super good looking, so it was good for me to gain some weight for it. and with all the pasta, it was the perfect location to have a love affair with food and not feel guilty. it was like a dream come true. now, when you are 54 and you have to hit in the reverse, it's not as fun. but i will cherish the moment. >> kelly: i love it. the way i think i'm going to gain, i don't know if it is how they make their food or their wine, something is different but it is so good. you grew up in mexico but you did spend some time in my home state, i hear in texas. >> of course! if you are mexican you go to texas a lot. i still have a lot of friends in texas that i go and visit a lot and also my parents did, so we used to go all the time and i love texas. >> kel

it reminded him of rome. it looked like marble. so washington then pushes by hiring hoban and a build with referred to as a presidential palace. they ran into construction problems and funding problems, so there's good and bad news here. they found brilliant scottish stone masons so they brought more europeans in. however tragically, they would rely on slave labor. so yes, slave labor built a good deal of the capital, the president's home in the capital city because it was cheaper and they ran out of funding for it. next light. here's the image. you can see and you recognize that of the white house today. this is the original design which pretty much held. let me bring this to close by simply saying, they weren't sure what they're going to name the city but everybody knew it was going to be named for washington. somebody proposed washington opelousas. a methinks that's ridiculous the other part of me thinks i like that name. george washington's legacy is multiple. he would when the revolutionary war and resign from power once, lead

peter oliver live in rome, both of you. thank you. why let's across life, not too shabby at around 3, a political analyst joining us here on the program on ology into national. we continue our coverage of breaking news related situation of from afghanistan funds for coming on the program this evening. what do you make of the timing of this double prong a target? cobble airport? is there a message? had a good evening. look at the end of the day. it's really quite remarkable as, as your report from your correspondence in london and abroad was indicating that washington london have been predicting this to happen for the last 24 hours. so is there a sinister hand on the washington? i sit on the ground in walden, some where is being said that the new a very and i sees which is being dub. i says k, just like the comment, marian delta, it should be referred to as i says, very into use leak left as it would try to. in fact, a one is non with the random. however, i'd be the poly bond vaccine to carry the metal further with control the spread b

earlier i heard from our correspondence, peter oliver in rome and isa ali in london who brought us up to speed on the latest european reaction. peter, we'll start with you. have we heard anything concrete yet from the decision makers in europe's capitals? well, not just in year from the us as well. i'm 20 a good seattle has just recently has said that he will be convening a meeting of the un security council on monday. specifically to talk about the ongoing situation in afghanistan here in year. if we've heard from sha, michelle, the you council president who comes in the attack and said that he hoped this wasn't going to see a resurgence in terrorism. m and a thing from of gun stun, nato secretary general. you insult him, but also adding his voice to the condemnation of this attack. he said evacuations would continue, that, that remained the priority, getting people out through cobble apple, where they possibly could when it comes to germany, they had to now through and kind of cut them out of the german defense minister that the german evacuation mission had been completed. that's t

a grand romanesque inspired by rome, a city for the ages.fway between the north and south and brings it together. too far south or north, one half is happy. how do you view the people with a sense of national identity if you have a small federal account with a couple brick buildings? you don't. you have a romanesque capitol. capitolas city as stated in the constitution something david has beenin about 10 miles square, is 100 miles, everybody. putting paris and london to shame. it's quite an ambitious undertaking.s. the government for the door. if we view the government with legitimacy, strength, it could and/or physically to patients for the capitol one is led by jefferson and southerners and a slave owning. single-story brick buildings separated by field and woods and forests. think of the architecture of politicscs or politics of architectures. the states are supreme. a challenge in the institution of slavery. if you have a great and glorious rome and you know if the federal government is imputed in power and that could change the equation

channeling rome and inspired by paris.the grand boulevards intersect with our public squares each be filled with memorials and monuments. glorious marvelous looking buildings. he shared his exaggerated view of the capitol. picks the architect for the billing that sedate the white house. another immigrant from washington's part of the effort for the scottish stone nations beautiful embellishments on the building. he even plays a role in selling the plot of the link. i'm trying to raise funding for this. so from beginning to end washington is intimately involved in this. i think the idea and i grew david david, during his presidency one of the great things washington did was he had his eyes on the ball of creating a nation. and part of that was creating a capitol. you could really say the last ten years of his life he was darn near obsessed at the idea of a p-uppercase-letter he visited the site. he hires the federal commissioners to oversee the city he demands regular updates and reports. he states intimately involved in it

channeling rome and inspired by paris.the grand that intersect for the public squares each was filled with memorials and monuments beautiful buildings. he shared the exaggerated view of the capitol. another from james hoven of ireland read washington a scottish stone masons it's a beautiful embellishment on the building. so when the h plots of land and trying to raise funding for this. i'm beginning to end when the great things washington did was hit his eyes on the ball of creating a nation. he was darn it obsessed with the idea of a capitol. he visited the site on hires who overseeoners the city but he demands regular updates and reports pretty face really involved in it. which i will more thing that i'll bring this to a close. heel making everybody has seen hamilton, the musical right? i loved my 20-year-old son is named for alexander hamilton. which he now tells all of his friends very properly did not like his name before i was in human under the 30 things hamilton is the bomb. i was on the hamilton bandwagon 20 some

the case will take us from moscow two rome, two london, into a world of spies and spy catchers. of corruption and those who dare to expose it. a world in which murder happens, often. was there a hit list in my? >> sure that there was. >> but our story begins closer to home. on a late, winter evening, paul joyal, an intelligence analysts, was driving to his house just outside washington d.c.. it was quiet and dark. >> i got out of my car. there were two men waiting in the bushes. they jumped me. one man i fought with. and we ended up on the ground in a tussle. and this one man said to someone outside i didn't see, shoot him. so, i covered my heart with my arms and i turn to the side. and i was shot went through me. >> one shot? >> one shot and then i heard the click -- >> another? click >> right, and nothing happened. >> so your shot once, rolling to protect yourself. >> i hear a chamber to clear it. the gun jumped. at that point in time, the lights went on in my house. joyal's wife elizabeth heard the commotion. >> all of a sudden i hear a shot and that just flipped me up. i kne

it reminded him of rome. washington then pushes by hiring hoeven and they build the presidential palace. they run into construction problems and funding problems so there's good and bad news here. they found to bring scottish stonemason so they brought more europeans and however tragically they would rely on labor so yes labor built the president's home in the capitol city because it was cheaper and they ran out of funding for it. here is the image. you can recognize it as the white house today. this is hoban's original design. and let me bring this to a close by simply saying they weren't sure what they were going to name the city but everybody knew it was going to be named for washington for somebody proposed washington annapolis. part of it thinks it's ridiculous and the other part thinks i like that name. george washington's legacy is -- he would win the revolutionary war and design washington leading king james the third to say the washington's greatest man alive because he do but no other man could do.

challenge rome and inspired by paris.levards that intersect with public squares and filled with memorials and monuments and glorious marblesque looking buildings and so he shared washington's exaggerated view of the capital and picks the white house. and another immigrant from ireland, and washington is part of the effort to get the scottish stone masons to provide the beautiful embellishments on the building so washington plays a role and even plays a role in selling the plots of land and trying to raise funding for this. so, from beginning to end, washington is intimately involved in this. i think the idea, and i agree with david, you know, during his presidency, one of the great things washington did was he had his eyes on the ball of creating a nation. and part of that was creating a capital and you could really say the last 10 years of his life he was darned near obsessed with the idea of a capital. he visited the site and he hires the three federal commissioners who oversee the city and demands regular updates and r

in england, in collaboration with the national right to rome campaign. the natural world outside our houses should be open for everyone. and yes, a time that might mean you have to walk around someone living in a tent or even better, we could give housing to every human being. oh, the horror. no, i don't. i don't want the place, i don't want the place. it doesn't break. i said i had a breakable plate. it's not that, not that hard. look. the only reason we think things like homelessness or outlying walking through a field makes any sense at all. because of the brain parasite, we have a parasite that has caused us to behave like i would say animals, but that would be a huge insult animals. i mean a lot of animals and work quite well together. millions of vans can cooperate peacefully, but you get 10 americans together and the guy who likes the maps will end up punching the phillies fan in the face. what i think. oh capitalism. brian parasite . i think we all know that. right? yeah, we get a company from washer dc, the belly, the base is redact for the day.

well, here in rome, the defense ministry confirm no italians had been caught up amongst they killed other wounded from the terrorist attack on friday. what we have seen though is a number of those countries announcing the end of that q ation programs. norway said it was impossible for them to take anymore people out they've been joined by belgium, poland. busy and canada all saying there was no more left would be involving their personnel from the grounds from we heard from a manual cross, the french president speaking in dublin, meeting there with the irish leadership. what he said was that there was 20 boxes of french nationals on the guns that france was one thing to evacuate from the country. 20 pulses waiting near or right cobble airport that they intended to try and get them out. but it didn't look good for them doing that so far. you said that the embassy was being evacuated in the, the french ambassador to afghanistan would continue his work from rome to london. isa over to you, any reaction from downing street because it wasn't so long ago that london was saying he would like to

cbs' chris livesay reports from rome. >> reporter: want to see inside the coliseum?ow about the sistine chapel? not without a covid pass. as of today, it's italy's golden ticket for most indoor venues, from movies and museums to pizzerias. brad carlson is a texas tourist visiting just before the new rules took effect and without getting vaccinated. how would you get into restaurants and things like that without your vaccination here in italy? >> ( laughs ) i wouldn't be able to. >> reporter: if he got tested, a negative result from the past 48 hours would also do the trick. for the vaccinated, your c.d.c. card is just as good. >> i think it's a good idea, really, actually, because it makes the people who have been vaccinated feel a little safer. >> reporter: for italians, some have taken to the streets, calling it a violation of civil liberties. but for the vast majority, it's a way to ensure italy, once the epicenter of the pandemic, never returns to the hell of last year when they ran out of space to bury the dead. indeed, vaccination rates have tripled in some reg

the immediate news of this terrorist is lacking cobble from, from around the european union, from rome to london isa over to you, any reaction from downing street because it wasn't so long ago that london was saying he would like to actually see the deadline extended. absolutely. we've been, in fact, over the last few days, warnings coming from u. k. officials that there would potentially be some type of attack, specifically targeting the evacuation as warning go their own systems, of course about the potential threat of this attack. and it's now played out virus johnson, the prime minister. however, saying that the u. k. will be abandoning day will they see is that responsibility to continue to get people out of the country and say those efforts will still continue. we're going to continue without operation and we're now coming to towards the, the end of it to the very end of it. in any event, what this attack shows is the importance of continuing that work in his thoughts as efficient manner as possible in the hours to remain to us. and that's what we're going to do. the case manager

well here in rome, the defense ministry concert, no italians had been caught up amongst the killed other wounded from the terrorist attack on friday. what we have seen though. busy with a number of those countries announcing the end of the evacuation programs, norway said it was impossible for them to take anymore. people out. they've been joined by belgium, poland, and canada. all saying there was no more left to be involving that personnel from the ground from. we heard from emanuel chrome that the french president was speaking in dublin during meeting with the irish leadership. what he said was that there was 20 boxes of french nationals on the guns that france was wanting to evacuate from the country. 20 pulses waiting near or right cobble airport that they intended to try and get them out. but it didn't look good for them doing that so far. you said that the embassy was being evacuated in the, the french ambassador to afghanistan would continue his work from rome to london. isa over to you, any reaction from downing street because it wasn't so long ago that london was saying he woul

in the sports news in about 10 minutes, i talked to al jazeera rome. did you want the un to take and who stopped you? we listen, see the whole infrastructure in guys being totally destroyed. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. on our sierra. this lights may look like a city from the sky, but they're fishing vessels just outside. i didn't 100 exclusive economic zone. the united states launched operations southern cross to combat illegal and regulated fishing in the southern atlantic. argentina's coast guard say the main task is to control the movements, so they do not cross into argentine territory from this home argent time authorities can monitor for what's happening in economic exclusive films. but what afford, if you are saying is and what's important is to regulate what's happening in international waters. oh, a. welcome back. you're watching the news on life from your top stories. dangerous and desperate scenes are unfolding at the airport in cobble where huge numbers of people are trying to leave off. taliban t

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channeling rome and inspired by paris.the grand intersects with the public squares and each would be filled with memorials andnd monuments and darius marble ask hugging buildings. so we shared washington's exaggerated view of the capitol. washington picks the architect that's going to be the white house james from ireland in washington is part of the effort to get the scottish stonemasons, to come in and provide these beautiful embellishments on the building. and so washington plays a role even plays a role in selling lots of land and trying to raise funding for this. so from beginning to end washington is intimately involved in this and i think the idea and agree with david, during his presidency, one of the great is that washington did was that he had his eyes on the ball creating a nation and part of that was creating the capitol you can really say the last ten years of his life was darn near obsessed with the idea of a capitol and he visited the site any hires federal commissioners who oversee the city any demands regu

mark lowen, bbc news, rome.co. she gave me her reaction to the ban. well, of course we welcomed the decree to prohibit ships larger than 25,000 tonness from passing through the canal in the venice lagoon. as you know, the state of conservation and its lagoon has been reviewed by the world heritage committee since 2014 for a number of different issues, many of which have to do with the impacts of excessive tourism. and suddenly large cruise ships traversing through the heart of the city's a significant issue and we very much thank the state party for all the efforts to address the recommendations of the world heritage committee, but we do look forward to receiving the full details of how these large ships will be circulating and where they will be moored, because we don't have these details yet. and so while we very much appreciate the willingness to find solutions, there does need to be a clear plan on how these will be moored to be able to assess what impact they will have. just to jump in there. if the princip

it reminded him of rome and it looked like marble brightest of washington then pushes for hiring him in the building with a referred to as a presidential palace predict and a friend to construction problems and funding problems. so those good vendors, they found brilliant scottish stonemason so they brought more europeans and however tragically they would reliance life later. yes lame labor built the presence home in the capitol city because it is cheaper the round of funding. next slide. here's the image, you recognize that, the white house today, the original design. pretty much help. next slide. the me bring this to close by simply saying they work show with ava named the city but they knew it would be named for washington's of a proposed washington obelisk. the other part of me his legacy is small, he would when the revolutionary war and resign from power once pleading king george the third is the greatest man alive because it would amended, voluntarily relinquish power. washington would do it again the presidency leaving king george the third to advise a statement the city's gre

well, here in rome, the defense ministry confirm no italians had been caught up amongst they killed other wounded from the terrorist attack on friday. what we have seen though is a number of those countries announcing the end of that to ation programs. norway said it was impossible for them to take any more people out. they've been joined by belgium, poland, and canada. all saying there was no more left would be involving their personnel from the grounds. fronts. we heard from a manual cross, the french president speaking in dublin, to a meeting with the irish leadership. what he said was that there was 20 boxes of french nationals on the guns that france was wanting to evacuate from the country. 20 pulses waiting near or right cobble airport that they intended to try and get them out. but it didn't look good for them doing that so far. you said that the embassy was being evacuated in the, the french ambassador to afghanistan would continue his work from rome to london. isa over to you, any reaction from downing street because it wasn't so long ago that london was saying he would like to

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i can understand it very well because like when she went off to rome. what do you think was on my mind? being because of obviously the terrorist threats there's so, how do you live with that but i think we both have a great deal of confidence in. the people who were in charge of their security i did a little checking before she went away really it did. yes. did you check? one to make sure that there was plenty of it. did you not know that? and you really i mean personally hands-on wanted wanted to make sure that that she'd be safe there. and i know fairness i have to say that. my remarks were really unnecessary because those in charge that had the same thought and we're doing everything that should be done. i think the only danger she had in rome was for marcelo must trayane not from one of those good looking italian men. mr. president, how much do you rely on mrs. reagan's advice on that as a personnel and policy? well, we we certainly talk about. things like that was i said earlier we talk about everything. and sometimes we disagree on on the some one

like when she went off to rome. what do you think was on my mind?because of obviously the terrorist threats. >> yes. >> so how do you live with that? >> i think we both have a great deal of confidence in the people who were in charge of the security. did i a little checking before she went away. >> really? >> you did? i didn't know that. >> what did you check? >> i wanted to make sure that there was plenty of it. >> did you not know that? >> i didn't know that. >> and you personally were hands on, wanted to make sure she would be safe. >> uh-huh. and in all fairness, i have to say that my remarks were really unnecessary because those in charge had had the same thought and were doing everything that should be done. >> i think the only danger she had in rome was from marcello, one of those really good looking italian men. >> how much do you rely mrs. reagan's advice on matters of personnel and policy? >> well, we certainly talk about things like that. as i said earlier, we talk about everything. and sometimes we disagree on someone, their particular q

same thought and were doing everything that should be done. >> i think the only danger she had in rome was from marcello mastroianni, one of those good-looking italian men. mister president, how much do you rely on mrs. reagan's advice on matters of process policy? >> well, we certainly talk about things like, as i said earlier, we talk about everything. and sometimes we disagree on some one or their particular qualifications or something but we have very seriously it's good that to talk about it and have either input just as i also do that and not that i'm in love with the cabinet around saying [inaudible] the administration, too. >> but obviously, this is a very special relationship, and this is the person you talk to more than anyone else and. how important is her advice on serious matters? >> very important, isn't it? absolutely. >> yes. see? yes, and i feel better knowing we are in agreement on something. >> mrs. reagan has told us that she thinks she's a little tougher and a level perhaps a little smarter about staff then you are. >> i didn't say smarter. >> while he said that yo

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