it is a new symbol of the unification of germany, the syol of unification of germany.eople are euphoric-- they go to the wall when the wall opens up and they visit and they hug and everybody seems to be very happy but once the euphoria settles a little bit it becomes very clear that between the two sides there is fundamental differences. narrator: an entire generation had grown up on opposite sides of the wall under radically different political systems with different social values. now everyone would live in a capitalistic market economy-- in effect, the west had won-- but it hasn't been easy to bridge the 40-year gap. isabelle aflalo studied the urban geography of berlin just after the wall was demolished. she starts herourney in what was west berlin, near what the locals call the "ku'damm," or the kurfuerstendamm. this avenue, often compared to the champs-elysées in paris was a showcase of western consumer goods and the capitalistic lifestyle when the city was still divided. ( aflalo speaking french ) translator: we have just seen the ku'damm district a very rich ar

the government that's holding a grand celebration to commemorate the unification of vietnam.ning the parade are veterans who fought in that war. we dug up an old film reel. ♪ it shows the farming village in north vietnam during the height of the war. it opens to the scene of quiet paddy fields. then images of a village. a village moving head long into socialism. in the village square, a performance is under way. the lion dance. but this is not a festival. there's a banner. it's a slogan calling for fighting spirit. the villagers have come out to cheer on a group of young men, they're going off to war. ♪ ♪ the people who shot that film worked from an office in this hanoi hotel. a japanese tv news agency opened its office in hanoi in 1964. indian staff reported on the situation in north vietnam until the war ended more than a decade later. here's one example. an indian report from 1966. it shows american military planes bombing hanoi. at the time, u.s. officials said their planes were targeting military facilities only. these images showed the world a different story. many civi

tap into a new resource, underground drainage water, naturally occurring salts, seleniums make it unif it for human consumption. >> our goal is to take this water and turn it into a productive resource. >> >> desal nation removes salt and minerals from brackish water. it is often very energy jump tensive. here they've built a desal nation plant that works on solar energy. >> we can use the sun to reduce the amount of fuel or electricity. that's very, very important from an overall solution. >> the most prominent feature is this 377-foot long array of mirrors. >> we're using this large mirror to capture the heat. the sun light is right field here. >> mineral oil travels do you know central tube and heated by the sun to 248 degrees. the heat is then piped into evaporators and steam generated. fresh water is condensed from the steam and salt and other minerals removed in the process. >> what percentage of the water is purified? >> we can go to 93% water recovery. >> is 93% a typical amount of recovery? >> no, it's very high. that's what makes this process different from traditional sea wa

we're starting the family unification process. we're working with amtrak, with our hospitals, we're working with all of our human services agencies. so again, if the public is looking for someone, a loved one, start that process by calling amtrak's number. 1-800-523-9101. again, 1-800-523-9101. we're working out of the city's emergency operations center to match all of that information against what we have with hospital records, amtrak, manifest information and again, call that number and we'll start the process. >> hospital person relevant at our emergency operations center which is why that is a central coordinating place. so we're able to match to a great extent the manifest information with hospital personnel and reoc. then when people call, the number of sam phillips gave you, they'll be able to get more information about their loved ones. we would expect since the train had already passed philadelphia's station and was a washington to new york bound train, many of those passengers are probably either washington, d.c. residen

clinton: unification should be one of our goals in comprehensive immigration reform. because we have attempted to deal with this challenge for years now and in the absence of actually finally passing reform, a lot of families have been broken up. that is really so painful for people who live through it, and even those on the outside to even imagine what that must be like. that is why i want to do everything we can to defend the president's executive orders. i think they were within his authority, constitutionally, legally, they were based on precedent that i believe is adequate. and still try to go further like the unification of families that have been split up. yes. >> 276,000 undocumented lgbt immigrants in the united states. some of them are trans. as a lesbian woman, i would like to know how we can protect our trans brothers and sisters where they do not identify with their gender identity? mrs. clinton: i think we have to do more to provide a safe environments for vulnerable populations. that certainly includes lgbt community, children, and unaccompanied childre

we're starting the family unification process. we're working with amtrak with our hospitals, we're working with all of our human services agencies. so again if the public is looking for someone, a loved one, start that process by calling amtrak's number. 1-800-523-9101. again, 1-800-523-9101. we're working out of the city's emergency operations center to match all of that information against what we have with hospital records, amtrak manifest information and again, call that number and we'll start the process. >> hospital person relevant at our emergency operations center which is why that is a central coordinating place. so we're able to match to a great extent the manifest information with hospital personnel and reoc. then when people call, the number of sam phillips gave you, they'll be able to get more information about their loved ones. we would expect since the train had already passed philadelphia's station and was a washington to new york bound train, many of those passengers are probably either washington, d.c. residents,

anchor: the award recognizes contributions towards european unification.ecked -- he accepted the prize, and said he hopes to make europe more accessible to all europeans. >> martin schultz has been described as "mr. europe," a committed european and the face of the european parliament. he has been in brussels fighting for a stronger eu for 21 years. he passionately defended europe in his acceptance speech. mr. schultz: stop blaming brussels for all the things that go wrong, all the unresolved problem, while pinning every success to your nation. >> schultz is a passionate politician not afraid of speaking his mind. he recently called on eu member states to take on more responsibility in dealing with the refugee crisis in the mediterranean. mr. schultz: the decision on whether to make progress will be made in brussels, but only geographically speaking. it will not be made in brussels institutions, but in berlin, rome, london, and madrid. >> german president yorkie and out and french president -- joachim gauck and french president francois hollande were prese

open for some quota ands provide these people with different kinds of possibilities, from family unification. we have families that were broken. then we have the possibility to increase their resettlement. we know that some countries in europe have done a lot like germany, for example. some others might do more. some countries will start to increase their settlement quotas like italy, for example, for the first time. we think more is needed because, first of all, we want to bring these people out, to pull these people out of the hands of the smugglers. >>> this is coming up after the break. police in texas investigate the background of two men shot dead after opening fire outside a far right conference. >>> israel's prime minister visits a black israeli soldier whose beating by police brought angry protests because of alleged racism. >>> austria's chancellor says there should be an eu-wide quota to accommodate people reaching europe's southern shores. nearly 86,800 have been rescued. >>> rescuers in nepal find more and more bodies as they reach areas cut off by last month's earthquake. in on

a day of unification. and it really is the true beginning of the civil rights and that leads us all the way to the present day. they made a move today that would change american history forever. and profoundly change the lives of millions in this country. it is the 150th anniversary of the surrender at appomattox. we are at the appomattox court house national historical park we will talk to the man u may have seen just a few moments ago, david blight, the author of a number of books -- including race and union in the civil war. we are going to obviously give you a chance to join the conversation and offer your comments -- here's how to do that -- if you are in the eastern or central time zones, the numbers 202 -- 798 -- 8900. host: you have written about the end of appomattox as being the beginning of a new calendar of time for freed slaves. what does that mean to them? >> there were actually some african-american leaders in the wake of the civil war that even suggested 1865 is the beginning of a new calen

guest: i think the advances of the islamic state and the unification of a number of opposition groupsighting their , the increasing pressure of the syrian regime, will create factions in the assad regime. the iranians have had to divert a number of their proxies out of the fight in syria in order to help stabilize the situation in iraq. very special operations command or equivalent has been orchestrating the iranian campaign from lebanon to the iran-iraq border. they directed the employment of almost 20,000 shiite militia from iraq to support president assad. almost all of those have left syria and returned to the fighting in iraq. this is stretched and undermined the security apparatus of the assad regime. there is vulnerability. the momentum is going the wrong way for a side. -- assad. host: we read in a about the isis gains this past week in the new york times earlier. next to that, republican rivals skirting specifics on the isis fight. john is joining us from cambridge, england. this is live on the bbc parliament channel. good afternoon. caller: yes, sir. i think that what is hap

and the university of texas and i know from data god that you are interested in the articles and unification of the fundamental interactions. that interests me very much because i think the interactions that you're talking about are interactions of particles that form the building blocks for something else were we get to the atoms and molecules and organisms and so on and so forth so i wonder, you asked a question that is listed in the book on dreams and realities and is there anyway any way that we can learn to define him that intuitions derived from life on earth come from intuitions from that that are inapplicable to the realm that you are describing or would like to describe have i stated that correctly? >> i think that is a fair question. the description of nature in terms that are not intuitive but that's taking beyond ordinary human perception is a very attractive idea, and it goes way back to greek times for example he said everything is water but more deeply much more admired by plato who gave arguments that nothing ever changes. certainly not what appears to be true and it contradi

and still try to go further, like the unification of families that have been split up.es. >> there are 276,000 undocumented lgbt immigrants in the united states. some of them are trans. as a lesbian woman, i would like to know how we can protect our trans brothers and sisters where they do not identify with their gender identity? mrs. clinton: i think we have to do more to provide a safe environment for vulnerable populations. that certainly includes lgbt community, children, and unaccompanied children. there are groups of people who deserve a higher level of care because of the situations they are finding themselves in. i also think we have to reform our detention system. i'm not sure a lot of americans know a lot of the detention facilities for immigrants are run by private companies. they have a built in incentive to fill them up. there is actually a legal requirement that so many beds be filled. so people go out and round up people in order to get paid on a per day basis. that makes no sense to me. that is not the way we should be running any detention facility. the

he worked in unification advancement devision in the 80 as and was involved in senting agents to the south cree why and japan. he estimates there could be hundreds of agents working in the united states at any time. to concentrate on korean americans but then they try to recruit people by offering free reesas allowing them do business there or by using people would entice them. >> it may sound like a tle back but north korea hasn't movond from that time and with limited resources and ways of in states, it is vital. >> and earthquake hit the dover area in southeast britain. the 3.7 quake was feld as far as france across the english channel. that's unusual. >> very. there are only about 20% of earthquakes felt by people. >>> scrabble's official democraticry. >> coming up with new words they are adding and what these new -- are they adding that? >> oh my gosh. really? >> scrabble dictionary is getting a little bit. how about it next. >>> if the term triple word score means anything to you, you'll enjoy our next story. for the first time in almost 10 years skacrabble is adding new words

. >>> a group of 30 international peace activists march near the korean dmz calling for the unificationnorth and south korea. earlier, they road a bus across the heavily fortified worder. critics say the trip is used as a propaganda for pyongyang. >>> demonstrations sparked by the acquittal of a police officer. he was charged of firing 15 bullets at an unarmed african-american couple after a car chase killing them both. >>> this year's winner of the hugely popular euro vision contest. he said he was sure russia or italy would win. it started in 1956. the most successful act ever? abba. >>> voters in ireland are giving a resounding, yes, to same-sex marriage. ireland is the first country in the world to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote. more than 60% of voters approved the constitutional change. homosexuality was approved a decade ago. cnn's phil black has more. >> reporter: no one can call ireland a conservative country now. this was the moment it became official. the confirmation the irish people voted to include same-sex marriages in their constitution. ♪ if you're happy and

. >> if you want to talk about unification, you want to sit there and unify the country, talk faith.you're black or white or asian, and that is how we are going to unify. charles: i think that that is a tough row to take. i wish it was true, but the problem is that it comes from so many different places, that, i would love. but this country is so diverse, as you mentioned, it can be tough for all of us to sit down and agree. >> i think there is some merit to what you are saying. if you notice every election until the election is over. [laughter] >> it helps to get you elected. >> yes, i think that one of the pillars of this foundation what made america great is a strong belief in god and from the very beginning, i think that we're not just talking about spiritually but economically and any kind of way you talk about it, the more we fade away, the more we start to crumble. >> i agree. but i think that there is a decline in faith in all institutions and anything big, permanent, anything well established, people do not like. >> we are seeing it because families are looking for something

>> i'll be running the family rue unification and multiple delivery services. >> reporter: we hear a lot about the urgened on the ground rescues and what did the not, but this is the bulk of the work, helping the people who survived it. >> certainly in the early days, like in texas right now, a large part of it is rescuing people, where are the 12 people missing? where are the families that have been separated. i'm going to the later phase, so i'm following up on the tornadoes that hit oklahoma, and now we're seeing some flooding there as well. so both have happened in oklahoma and texas. >> reporter: so you're dealing with the double tragedy of the folks who are already in the shelter because of the tornadoes, and now the folks who are -- >> it's an ongoing operation, so the red cross has a number of operation going on in the u.s., and those are two of them. >> you have a long history of working abo ining in business h skills must be necessary? >> absolutely. being nimble is part of every operation here, and that's silicon valley, and basic management is what i'm doing. >> what do y

. >> then n the most delicate part of the maneuver, they separate, and start to unif you recall a hugeag which isn't seen yet on camera. >> it's like flying in a hurricane. it's 80 miles an hour straight at the ground. >> but something goes terribly wrong: stapleton gets his foot tangled in his lines, porschely collapsing his parachute. >> at first i'm thinking oh, man i'm such an idiot, he can't believe i let this happen. my parachute starting spinning and my arms actually got trapped in the lines of parachute and i knew i was dead right then. we were probably doing 60 to 70 miles an hour straight at the ground. >> stapleton is in a death spiral. >> i released my end of the flag so the problem became just craigs and then i started just following him down. >> stapleton manages to free his arms and release the flag. but he's losing all the attitude, and hope, fast. >> now i'm down to one problem i have a malfunctioned parachute. sky divers are trained from jump one how to deal with a malfunctioned parachute. you reach down and pull the handle and release the parachute. >> the handle is

we're starting the family unification process. we're working with amtrak, with our hospitals, we're working with all of our human services agencies. so again, if the public is looking for someone, a loved one, start that process by calling amtrak's number. 1-800-523-9101. again, 1-800-523-9101. we're working out of the city's emergency operations center to match all of that information against what we have with hospital records, amtrak, manifest information and again, call that number and we'll start the process. >> hospital person relevant at our emergency operations center which is why that is a central coordinating place. so we're able to match to a great extent the manifest information with hospital personnel and reoc. then when people call, the number of sam phillips gave you, they'll be able to get more information about their loved ones. we would expect since the train had already passed philadelphia's station and was a washington to new york bound train, many of those passengers are probably either washington, d.c. residen

that mother hated the word "unification -- "beautification," but she was certainly the johnny appleseed of natural beauty. [applause] steve: again, it would be two things. he first was breast cancer, what mom went through. the second was addiction, i'll call is him and drug addiction, that again she was faced with. -- alcoholism and drug addiction, that again she was faced with. mom and dad together because they were such a team, the moment she raised her hand and said, my name is betty and i'm an alcoholic, again that was as transparent as she could be. it changed the dynamics and the stereotypes of another disease alcoholism. it would be those two things for breast cancer and alcoholism recovery. [applause] anita: let's talk about your dads. we want to be equal opportunity here, because i know you are all obviously proud of your fathers. we will start with you this time. talk about your dad a little bit, something -- sort of a twofer question. something we might not know about and something you are really proud of something he did. barbara: i think jenna got to this before. our dad is

khamenei conversation is quite brilliant and also carl anthony mentioned earlier that work she did on unification and the ways in which we can now see in retrospect that laid some groundwork for the environmental movement that we all know today that did not exist in a way that it did then and being from texas and growing up with seeing don't mess with texas signs everywhere and the appreciation for the bluebonnets there and just what that means into no that she and her world as first lady influenced all of that in a way that was quite subtle and not necessarily understood at the time but that we now do understand. >> now carl i'm going to ask you because you are a scholar of the full breadth of first ladies. >> dolley madison because she was one of the first who had a real sense of duty to his constituency meaning the country. it was unusual for a woman back then too perceived as part of her proper role a sense of duty and connection to the general public to people she didn't know. shackling candidate very strongly because of her sense of where the u.s. was in the cold war how democracy could be

thing right now is that the incident has been placed under control so we're starting the family unification process. we're working with amtrak and our hospitals and all of our human servicesations. so again, if the public is looking for a loved one, start by calling amtrak's number. 1-800-523-9101. again, 1-800-523-9101. we're working out of the city's emergency operation center to match all of that information against what we have for hospital records and manifest informationful call that number and it will start the process. >> hospital personnel are at our operations center which is why it's a central coordinating place so we're able to match the manifest information with hospital personnel and reoc and when people call the number that sam phillips gave you they will be able to get more information about their loved ones. we would expect since the train had already passed philadelphia and was a washington to new york bound train, many of the passengers are probably either washington d.c. residents, new jersey residents or new york residents. obviously some people may have gotten on the t

there must be unification and simplification of process across the organization to achieve an order of efficiency and common outcomes. when you've seen one va you've only seen one va. in this regard we have seen no recent operational structural changes in the va. implemented in local facilities perhaps because the facility leaders have not understood that the changes are mandatory. >> doctor you'll have to make -- clean up your time here. >> i'm one sentence left. >> okay. good. >> hearings like this are important and helpful and the va appreciates the opportunity to be here today. we want to help fix the medical care problem. the unfortunate truth, however, it's far easier to throw money at the situation than it is to fix it. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you doctor. mr. morris? you have five minutes to come across with your testimony. >> ranking mean north bradley and distinguished members of the subcommittee, we thank you for examining the issue of overcoming barriers to more efficient and effective va staffing. veterans should never be short-changed in their medical care. what

i felt that was part of my duty and the quickest way to international unification, but now things have since i came over to this part. >> reporter: both men had remarkably similar talking points saying they were raised to hate north korea and felt being spice was the right thing to do. now they say after being detained here they have a completely different perspective. they say north korea, they do not believe, violates. human rights of prisoners and others. of course keep in mind these two men are in a very precarious situation. their lives and freedom hang on every word they say. they know the north korean government is listening when they spoke to cnn, even though we had no preconditions set on our interview. we are working to put together a more full version of what they said and will bring that to you here on cnn. will ripley cnn, pyongyang, north korea. >> will ripley with that exclusive report from pyongyang. next we'll head back to baltimore for the latest of the mayor lifting the curfew. (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (

civil wars and foreign interventions, wars of unification, germany, you can -- japan, and united statesroducing competition. we are the new kid on the block along with german and japanese friends at the time. this world gives the united states a lot of power and creates a lot of older abilities as well. it creates new obligations. it creates new challenges. the most significant one is the integration with actors consumers, economic producers who are far from the united states. a powerful the united states becomes, and this is true today, the more powerful the united states becomes, the more dependent we are on the actions of people far away. the clearest way to make that point in our world today is to think about energy resources even though we are taking a lot of oil out of the ground now in texas and elsewhere. we are part of an oil market. how much oil do sound is produced even though they might be producing less than us affect how much we pay for gas. there are times where we talk about this in the course where middle eastern countries start producing oil in large quantities when ou

-- places around the world that are going through either major emancipation's, major political unification, other kinds of major social transformations at that exact time in the 1860's? how would an international -- transnational perspective make the reconstruction process look differently? dr. groce: i need to ask the panel to answer that rather than myself. dr. harlow: one thing that is significant that was said over 30 years ago writing a book called "nothing but freedom." what he says in that book is that the u.s., what is different about american emancipation is that freedom comes with citizenship rights and the vote. at least for men. and in other places, it comes with land or something like that, but that inclusion in the polity that all people were born in the united states would be part of the fabric of the country is something that is distinctive. dr. groce: other questions? i take it that there are no other questions. thank you very much. get our panel a round of applause, please. [applause] >> the civil war airs here every saturday at six clark and 10:00 p.m. eastern time. to w

if the welterweight title unification fight ends in a tie, both will be paying out laws as high as 18n it millions that on each fighter. disney's "avengers: age of ultron" hits theaters today and disney as saying that it could exceed 200 million dollars in a box office receipts and its opening weekend. it is already taking and over $27 million and thursday's night showing and more overseas. that is not including china. huge numbers. the first film grossed more than $1.5 billion. and joining me from l.a. -- how could this be -- how big could this be? >> we were expecting this to be the biggest film of the summer and could be the biggest of it the year. it into you historical context, adventures -- "avengers: age of ultron" is on track to break the record for the biggest opening for a film ever. that is around 220 $7 million, that is what they are expecting. they are probably being conservative and in some people have it going as high as $220 million. it will be interesting to see how much it does over all in the u.s.. some people expected to do a bit less. as you said, as well, the int

khamenei conversation is quite brilliant and also carl anthony mentioned earlier that work she did on unificationthe ways in which we can now see in retrospect that laid some groundwork for the environmental movement that we all know today that did not exist in a way that it

not because of the inevitability of any kind of trajectory towards unification or integration with democratic freedoms, every generation has its demagogues and revisions and transitions are full of parol -- peril. what makes me optimistic is president clinton's vision -- has very little -- president putin's vision offers very little other than myths and illusions. the false promise of returning to a past when that passed was not too good of a past. the sleight-of-hand that presents the bullying of civil societies, dissidents engaged as substitutes for strong leadership. the propaganda that conflates aggression. it is that easy for governments -- it is not easy for governments to provide for people in the 20% three. but -- in the 21st century. it is like physics these days. you need political and economic openness, respect for law strong functioning institution and markets. without all those in place economic growth does not occur and will not occur. and together, we, the united states and europe, can reassert and stick to our principles, deliver on our commitments, and help make ukraine and e

there must be unification, simplification to achieve an order of efficiency and common outcomes. when you see one va, you only seen one va. in this regard we have seen no recent operational changes that would increase the the efficiency in the va. changes announced by the current secretary are not being consistently implemented in local facilities. perhaps because the facility leaders have not understood the changes are mandatory. >> doctor, you'll have to clean up your time here. >> i'm one sentence left. >> hearings like this are important and helpful, and we appreciate the opportunity to be here today. we want to help fix the medical care problem. the unfortunate truth, however, it's far easier to throw money at the situation than it is to fix it. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, doctor. mr. morris. you have five minutes to come across with your testimony. >> chairman, ranking minority member and distinguished members of the health sub committee. we thank you for examining the issue of overcoming barriers to more efficient and effective va staffing. veterans should never

and still try to go further, like the unification of families that have been split up. yes. >> there is 276,000 undocumented lgbt immigrants in the united states. some of them are trans. as a lesbian woman, i would like to know how we can protect our trans brothers and sisters where they do not identify with their gender identity? mrs. clinton: i think we have to do more to provide safe environments for vulnerable populations. that certainly includes the lgbt community, children, and unaccompanied children. there are groups of people who i think we deserve a higher level of care, because of the situations they are finding themselves in. i also think we have to reform our detention system. i'm not sure a lot of americans know a lot of the detention facilities for immigrants are run by private companies. they have a built in incentive to fill them up. there is actually a legal requirement that so many beds be filled. so people go out and round up people in order to get paid on a per bed basis. that makes no sense to me. that is not the way we should be running any detenti

guest: i think the advances of the islamic state and the unification of a number of opposition groups fighting their , the increasing pressure of the syrian regime, will create factions in the assad regime. the iranians have had to divert a number of their proxies out of the fight in syria in order to help stabilize the situation in iraq. very special operations command or equivalent has been orchestrating the iranian campaign from lebanon to the iran-iraq border. they directed the employment of almost 20,000 shiite militia from iraq to support president assad. almost all of those have left syria and returned to the fighting in iraq. this is stretched and undermined the security apparatus of the assad regime. there is vulnerability. the momentum is going the wrong way for a side. -- assad. host: we read in a about the isis gains this past week in the new york times earlier. next to that, republican rivals skirting specifics on the isis fight. john is joining us from cambridge, england. this is live on the bbc parliament channel. good afternoon. caller: yes, sir. i think that what is h

sinter brutal head of the secret police proposed that will crimlin offer the west a deal on the unification and neutralization of germany agreeing to sacrifice the east german communist regime. and improve the economic conditions in russia opportunities that were squandered in favor of securing german participation in nato. it was a shocking decision that is being relived right now. under the circumstances of the early '50s it is not impossible that agreements might have been reached that would have protected the security of the u.s. population from the gravest threat on the horizon. but the option wasn't considered and possible opportunities were dismissed with ridicule. another indication of how slight role authentic security plays in state policy. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> "clinton cash: the untold story of how foreign governments and businesses made bill and hillary clinton rich" is the name of the book and on page 183io write the clinton's are the most politically sophisticated and know foreign governments are trying to influence policy and know