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our reporter walked from siberia to australia. hear the stories of her amazing trip. >> on a closer look, the iconic photos include john malkovich. the actor who recreated these amazing images. her birth place in belgium to the texas roots of her father. a highly regarded guitarist of his own. we will show you the moments that changed her career and she will perform in our saturday session. >>> first, the top story this morning. anger surrounding donald trump's presidential campaign reaches a boiling point in chicago. last night the republican front-runner cancelled a campaign rally over security concerns. when thousands of protesters gathered outside an arena at the university of illinois and then flooded the venue where he was scheduled to speak. >> trump's campaign events have turned increasingly hostile, with sometimes violent kron . >> reporter: they did not recommend cancelling the event. that decision was made by the >> for safety of all tens of thousands of people that have gathered in and around the arena, tonight's rally

in -- thank you for sending me to siberia in november and december.trategy in tech ed -- tahiti could you? we had encounters with the naval vessels, and i was impressed with the civility and professionalism of our soviet counterparts. systemdeveloped a single with an agreement i will talk more about later. i want to take a look a little bit more macro, as far as strategies during the cold war. it by to talk about talking about the obvious. i was in mind that at the end of the war we had japan, and how we handle japan really set the stage for everything else that would follow. germany,news, unlike with the exception of it northern islands, japan's integrity remained intact. this was a military command, i was mostly civilian crew. one of the members with a navy sailor who had sailed right after world war ii. he was telling me about his experiences, and what he did, he shore, coming on upon a couple of children who were playing outside, him and his shipmate with sale near. the mother came out of the house, she was terrified. she was under the impression

because it's moving easterly, more cold air out of siberia, towards in sa po sappora, snow fall, youave the northwesterly winds coming in, setting up the classic sea effect, the snowfall, a very late season, probably one of the last big events of the year out here, not only for okido, skiers and snow boarders, definitely happy about this. in talking about that, this is very late season, a lot of late season video going on. i have some video i want to show you. first coming out of alaska, one of the biggest events of the year, as far as free riders are concerned. get dropped off on top of mountains. that's what happened here in haines, alaska. some of the best riders in the world. if that's not your cup of tea, i want to show you another video coming out of georgia. now, this is definitely another little challenge out there. a bunch of skiers taking to what they had a snow splash right here, trying to demonstrate their tricks. you could see the spectators definitely the smarter of the bunch watching people do that right there. if you're out here in georgia, and you want more snow, you

thanks, peter, for sending me to siberia. couldn't come up with a strategy for tahiti, could you?y, during my frequent trips to vladivostok, withd several encounters our soviet counterparts. i want to look little bit more macro, as far as the strategy during the cold war. let's talk about the obvious, i that the and end of the war, we had japan. we handled japan really set the stage for everything else that would follow. unlike germany, with the exception of the northern islands, their territorial integrity remained intact. talking again about the uss navasota, it was mostly a civilian crew. one of the crew members was a navy seal or who had sailed in right after will work too. he told us about his -- after wwii. he told us about meeting a couple of children who were playing outside, saying hello to the kids, and the mother coming to run outside the house. she was terrified, she thought these americans are going to harm her children. instead, the sailor and his shipmates pulled out a couple of hershey bars. that is symbolic of how the , in contrast japan to what happened in world

one in bolivia and one in siberia they appear in clusters. >> you address the issue of nature versusre, you dismiss the a bit. i was always fascinated by that. you do say genes have something to do with it. hard work malcolm gladwell 10,000 hour rule, all things are significant but place might be something we have ignored a lot and might be very significant. >> exactly. we are hung up on myths of geniuses are born, or made, all about hard work but i really think geniuses are grown in the soil and place matters tremendously much more than we realize. if you take mozart out of 18th century vienna he is probably not mozart. >> how much of it is that all these brains are there at the same time wanting to outdo each other? >> competition is part of it. leonardo da vinci and michelangelo who couldn't stand each other. but they see a sweet spot between competition and collaboration. between openness and discernment separating the good from the bad ideas. >> but once the sweet spot is found is it hard to keep the sweet spot going? you bring up the 13th century which i didn't realize was prob

are from across the world's most isolated regions, there are nine teams from scandanavia siberia canada and alaska, taking partly in traditional events unique to their regions. paul reese has more from greenland's capital nook. >> reporter: now, the arctic winter games are tiny when compared to a winter or summer olympics but the mere fact that it's in the arctic, makes it a unpredictable situation. there have hardly been athletes. there are no roads going between the towns and city in greenland. the only way into nook is by boat or plane. on sunday a huge snow storm blew in meaning the athletes from northern russia, scandanavia and north america were unable to get here. that's why the games are so important to people in the region. athletes would not normally get a chance to compete against their peers. they live thousands of miles apart yet share the same culture. the weather now has cleared up so planes are coming in, bringing athletes bit by bit, if it stays like this, then on monday they will get a chance to compete be that for most of them will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

there are nine teams from remote regions of scandinavia, siberia, canada and alaska. they'll take part in winter sports and traditional events from their region. >> now the arctic winter games are tiny when compared to a winter or summer olympics, but the very fact that it is in the arctic makes it a huge and very uncertain operation. the games begin on monday here in the capital of green land, but so far it has been very hard to spot an athlete because there simply have hardly been any. there are no roads between the towns and cities in green land. the only way is by boat and by plane. on saturday a huge snowstorm blue in meaning the athletes from northern russia, sand navy i can't and northern america were san franciscoed to get here. that demonstrates why meese games are so important to people in the region. athletes just never would normally get a chance to compete against their peers. they live thousands of miles apart yet they share the same culture. the weather has cleared up, so planes are coming in, bringing athletes bit by bit, and if it stays like this then

. >> in day deputy from siberia with the facebook page andwo days later came to his store of his children. >> [speaking russian] translator: to request against publishing this report. into bandy -- but i dunno what works. >> and then to build the pressure. >> [speaking russian] because he is the weakest link in to transform our country the matter how dangerous. >> for those that are here on this side. and with that opposition i think for us with the opposition leaders and individuals so it seems like to meet the western has responsibility of the safety and to be more involved and how is and if that should or could. >> [speaking russian] translator: there to my state to western ideas the perception is the same it is a the concern for the west. >> but that holds the western values and then to be on the isis side. >> end in many ways this is a result to create an ideal environment and with that diaspora from europe with the pressure against the west. >> in and going overseas taking their relatives as hostages and chechen the --. >> [speaking russian] translator: so those members in in europe

. >> siberia. >> someone that vehicle nearby captured it all on cell phone video. >> boeing 737's are fairly heavy, way around 40 tons, but can be moved by extreme winds and also slippery surfaces, look at that. >> spinning on the ice there in sigh pier c lets he is get back to our country where my daughter was in saint martin, saint bart's with me for a week, right, my daughter jill. >> yes. >> so she flies back from saint martin to charlotte, then flies into denver, where she lives with her husband, brandon, and their son, jack, my grandson. >> okay, well learning with her, weren't he? >> brandon wasn't. she was there with only jack. >> okay. brandon is having an affair. >> no he is not. don't start this. >> so she gets to her home and this is what she sees. >> wow. >> a foot of snow couple every days into spring. >> oh,. >> from saint martin. >> was she wearing shorts? >> she actually was. >> always hard traveling to warm place, want to travel in your coal weather clothe because you'll need them coming back. >> it was like 87 degrees when we got on the plane. >> then how old was th

think nobody who has traveled in that space since its very early days when he wrote a book called "siberia" which almost didn't get published because his first publisher thought the internet was a fad and it was going to go away. so there's no one better to help us understand the times, the crazy times that we're living in when technology seems to be bringing us more amazing innovations every day, and yet for some reason something about life doesn't seem right. so i'm really excited and thrilled to bring douglas rushkoff back. george bullen from the open technology institute where she is director of technology as part of new america is a perfect interlocutor to bring douglas here. so welcome them both to civic hall, and if you're interested in learning more about civic hall, go to civichall.org, sign up for our e-mails, come visit the space and come join the community. >> thank you. >> you're on. [applause] >> hi. and thank you, everybody. this is my first time actually in the civic hall space. i used to be based in new york, but i'm down in d.c., so this is really exciting to be here. so

so in the eclipse of 1978 that crosses from siberia over the bering straits through canada and then into and all the way through the width of the united states, from idaho and montana down to texas, the thus government set up on station,s and among thes they wish to see is whether they could detect a little planet orderly hidden by the glare of the sun to see it during an eclipse, and the passage i'm going read to you is -- comes right from when that eclipse is hearing and there's a slight ellipsis which will be obvious when i fumble for a page. >>> 3:13:34 p.m. totality. soon the shout came, james watson fixed the sun in center of this field of view. from there, he slowly swept due east. at the limit of his predefined search pattern he moved his telescope one degree down and reversed direction, covering eight degrees of sky each way. on his first pass, he recognized a familiar star. delta, in the constellation of cancer. back on the sun, he repeated the move heading waste, another -- heading west. another star slid into this eyepiece. there so early in his run, watson saw something new.

the sniper rifle on his face. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: a former deputy from siberiamade a critical remark on kadyrov on his facebook page, and two days later kadyrov's thugs came to his -- knocked on his door and threatened him with a punishment. himself and his children. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: several days ago kadyrov's -- kadyrov's official approached general prosecutor's office and requested to start a criminal case against me for publishing this report. among other requests they ask for to ban me from using facebook. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: i don't know what would be worse. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: but it is quite obvious that anybody who touches this issue feels heat, feels the pressure. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: but no matter how dangerous it is, i'm perfectly aware of danger, but i believe that this is our duty, this is my duty and we will continue doing this work. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: because kadyrov is the weakest link in the putin chain o

. >> boko haram does own significant territory in northern siberia as does al-shabaab in somalia. right now in somalia, there has been a tactical upswing in al-shabaab activities and i think that's a tactical change right now and we are doing everything we can to support the countries to ensure that is just a temporary change. >> final question the cessation of hostilities, would you categorize that as a locking in as the regime's position or a cessation's of hostilities? that always seems to favor the regime. how would you characterize that? is that a predecessor to peace talks or something else? >> it's left to be seen what the outcome would be. the goal is to get the help to the disadvantage people. that's a really big thing. we would also like this to lead to the talks. we are hopeful that it will lead to a better out outcome. i think that long term, the russians don't own the clock. if we reach a point where this drags out for an extremely long period of time, then i think it will play to their disadvantage. >> that's certainly better than the all-out war that we were seen be

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