see a date where there will be a unified germany? >> in my dreams, yes. with both ofician my feet on the earth, i do not see it. no possibility for united germany in the first yearbook future under present -- in the foreseeable future under present circumstances. it's not old-fashioned policy. are that there are two integrated states into military alliances that guarantee stable balance of power and, on the other hand, i they would like publicme a federal drug -- republic or a sovereign state. nosently, there are conditions for a united germany. >> would you be willing to put it to a vote? >> could there be a unified berlin before a unified germany? it is possible. the federal republic of germany and west berlin -- it is under occupation. i do not see any possibility for uniting. >> you say you have two states that are divided militarily between the nato and warsaw pa c cts. isn't it possible that president bush and gorbachev will be deciding the future of germany? superpowers and small states. they have a right to live and decide on their destiny will bep

-german relations and the impact of a unified germany. we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span. here on c-span, "the communicators" is next with christopher yoo, discussing policye -- open internet . that is followed by a look at how tuesday's midterm elections were reported on by the media. then more on open internet policy with a discussion hosted by the fordham law school in new york city. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. from time to time on "the communicators" we like to step back from the day-to-day issues and talk to the big thinkers on telecommunications policy. joining us this week is university of pennsylvania professor christopher yoo, who runs the center for technology, innovation and competition there. professor yoo, what is that? >> it is part of the law school. we do research and hold events. we are sponsoring inno

the climax comes as they are released into the sky of the new capital of a unified germany. >> still to come - why some syrian refugees are excluded from the u.n. world food program >>> plus, defiant catalans head to the polls. independent. that's after the break. >> the government that came in won't allow the people to speak up... >> john stewart and maziar bahari >> the film is about democratization of information >> the fight for free journalism... >> these regimes are aresting more and more people... >> primetime news only on al jazeera america >>> welcome back. america the top stories - yemen's prime minister says the newly sworn in government will hold together, despite major political factions rejecting the new administration. one person has been killed in a suicide bombing inside afghanistan's police headquarters in the capital kabul. the explosion happened outside the office of the police chief. the taliban said it carried out the attack. commemoration held in germany to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. german chancellor angela merkel laid roses mark

. >> then they were set free to fly over the capitol of a rue unified germany, a symbol of the struggleor liberty and powerful of peaceful change, even when it seems impossible. >> let's hear more from berlin. celebrations still very much in full swing there as we can see behind you. it is one of those events in history, where everyone remembers where they were when the berlin wall fell and everyone's got their own story to tell about it. >> ♪ >> you're absolutely right. one man in the crowd showing his passport and travel documents. you get an yes of what it was like. overnight, the wall disappearing. [ inaudible ] ♪ ♪ >> you saw the balloons flying into the night sky, the feel in here is that it's been transformed into a wall of pride, a moment of history of which germans can feel proud. twentieth century history is what is taught to germans in school to build upon what happened 25 years ago, however, in this city, and along the berlin wall is something that i think germans almost uniformly feel proud of. >> nick spicer joining us live from berlin on the 25t 25th anniversary of the ce

the cold war, dividing east and west berlin, which are now, of course, part of a prosperous and unified germany. mikhail gorbachev commemorated at checkpoint charlie to commemorate the anniversary. back then for us in the news media, it was the biggest story for us at the time and few of us can believe it's been 25 years. i'm brian williams reporting from the berlin wall. >> as i was saying, a number of us were there early on. but one american anchorman, one broadcast, this one, in fact, got their first. tonight, tom brokaw has a look back at that trip and that momentous time. >> reporter: it was a night when the world changed right before our eyes. good evening live from the berlin wall on the most historic night in this wall's history. this was me 25 years ago at the brandonburg gate, the berlin wall, the night that it came down. a complete surprise and yet one of the most historic and significant events of the 20th century. east berlin, a maximum security prison in the heart of europe. we had come here to report on the growing protests against communist rule. and the violent crackdown. it lo

germany. the city is unified. the country is now unified. some divisions remain. s is something that germans are fully aware of. east germany had to play catch up with west germany, east berlin and west berlin as well with industries, with the economy in both parts of the country sometimes going at two speeds. so this is obviously as well even a quarter century later something that is very much an issue for germany as it continues a quarter century on as a unified country. we are still following what's going on at the berlin wall memorial. the mayor of berlin, klau klaus voverite is addressing the assembled vips at the documentation center. a new permanent center is being opened by the chancellor, angela merkel. let's lis enfor a moment to the mayor of berlin. >> translator: interest is really good and we should focus on that. on the other hand, we know that there is very little known. we need those places in the open official spaces. we have to commemorate people who became victims, stones on the floor, show us where it went. the former prison tells about the trea

andand look german relations and the impact of unified germany. we will take your calls and you can join of the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ >> a live view of the u.s. capital -- capital. renovation is underway at the capitol dome. the president is in route to beijing for the start of a weeklong trip that includes the apex summit then on to burma and finally australia. a weekp comes less than after his party saw significant losses in the midterm elections. it is sunday morning, november the ninth. carrying aers, common theme. what the result means for republicans as the party prepares to take control of the house and senate. it is our focus. our republicans ready to lead? .or democrats, (202) 737-0001 .or republicans, (202) 737-0002 and for independence, (202) 628-0205. this is the headline that caught our attention from politico. there is also this from paul waldman of the washington post. actuallylicans do not need to show that they govern. nottor mitch mcconnell is hoping to create a sparkling new era of bipartisan cooperation. he kn

germany. on a day like this, the more important fact is that she's also the first east german chancellor of the unified country. she grew up in the north of germany. her father was a pastor that was quite uncommon in east germany. they had communist and didn't really have much time for religion. angela merkel was not someone who fought the system very much. she was never really comfortable with the system. she was in a lot of east german youth organizations and had a career in east germany, in the christian democratic party. her political career in unified germany took off very quickly after unification. she is one of the east german politician whose put her stamp on west german politics early on. she was in the cabinet of helmut ko kohl. after he lost the election in 1998 she became the head of the christian democratic union and ultimately the chancellor of germany. she is someone who really was a person who bridged the gap between east and west journey. she became a unified german politician. it didn't matter whether she was from the east and the west. she still, however, does take her east german he

so they are still there and they are still going across the world and sending the message of a unified germany, and obviously freedom that was not only brought on by east and west germans, but also by the allied power, and including and foremost, the united states. >> must be such an emotional time for a lot of berlinists, and people who separated from their jobs. thank you, we appreciate it. thank you. >>> we're just kicking off an entire weekend of special coverage here on cnn for our international viewers. it's later today starting at 8:00 today in berlin, and 7:00 in london, and for the viewers in the united states and around the world, join us tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in berlin for the start of the day's ceremonial events. we will hear from chancellor, angela merkel, on her country's historic day. we will have more after this break. >>> survivors of this record-breaking storm are still trying to rebuild more than 70,000 people still live in the danger zone fearing what could happen next. one filmmaker takes a look back at the dreaded days when the typhoon hit and his life was completely cha

the climax coming sunday night, where they are released into the sky of a new capital, a newly unified germany >>> pope francis spoke about the fall of the berlin wall, addressing worshippers at the st peter's square. >> 25 years ago on 9 november 1989 the wall of berlin fell. it divided the city for a long time and was a symbol of the ideological symbol. the fall happened stilled but was the -- suddenly but was the result of hard work of a lot of people. some people lost their lives for it. >> translation: never again may incident people be persecuted and killed for their belief and religion. >> pope francis gave credit to john paul ii for helping to build support for the end of communist rule in the soviet union >>> my colleague spoke to a histion from berlin. and gave a first-hand account of watching the wall come down. >> that night i was with friends in a restaurant in west berlin near the wall. suddenly a person came in and said "the wall is open." so we had hard in the days before about the discussions, about the new regulation, ruse, travelling rules, and we went outside and immediatel

no one imagined a unified germany, and less than a year after the berlin wall came down.hat's why we have the big celebrations 25 years after the fact. one of the cool things i have seen around here, not only people around back then, but younger people who weren't around when the wall informs place celebrating the moment and grasp what that moment means nor us and our freedom today. >> what i found interesting watching that piece was there were a lot of people in east berlin who didn't want to leave to the west. to me, that's remarkable. but let's talk about this weekend. celebrations, 25 years since the end of the iron curtain. what celebrations do they have with former president gorbachev and angela merkel? >> merkel gave a speech yesterday in parliament. gorbachev is popular here. he's one of the most popular here. many in the east and the west know it was his policies and the fact that the soviet union troops, there were over 100,000 here, they didn't intervene back then and stop that peaceful revolution from happening. what's going on is one of the things you see beh

andand look german relations and the impact of unified germany. we will take your calls and you can join of the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ >> a live view of the u.s. capital -- capital. renovation is underway at the capitol dome. the president is in route to beijing for the start of a weeklong trip that includes the apex summit then on to burma and finally australia. a weekp comes less than after his party saw significant losses in the midterm elections. it is sunday morning, november the ninth. carrying aers, common theme. what the result means for republicans as the party prepares to take control of the

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one year later, east and west germany were unified.ext, a portion of the television series "the big picture" from 1962. of thees the history conflict between the soviet union and western democracies that eventually led to the construction of the berlin wall in 1961. this torsion of the film begins in the 1950's, just after the berlin airlift of 1948-1949. >> in the 1950's, the united states army in berlin, as in all of western germany, had a steady , constructive influence, restoring dignity to the people and helping build a free german nation. with american aid, west germany attains prosperity and a dynamic economy, a vivid example of growth that could only be accomplished under the protection of sympathetic military forces. cooperation of our soldiers in local product -- projects encouraged the united states army and the german people to create an atmosphere of goodwill and friendship. youth activities became an important part of the army participation in the life of west germany. across the border, east berlin reflects the influence

transformation to prepare germany politically for the bailouts of greece, spain, ireland aba lot of the arguments the politicians use, we helped our european neighbors and have to help them as we unify our country. it's very, very relevant to the way germany is thinking of conducting foreign policy in the future, saying we can't sit in the corner and let nato decide everything for us anymore. germany is trying to be more assertive without aggression and this is what you have to look at. >> we are expecting 8,000 balloons positioned along what was the wall to be released. just talk us through what we're expecting to see and what that's all about. >> well, you can see, i think behind me, a line of balloons that goes in front of the brandonberg gate, 7,000 balloons follows the line followed by the berlin wall. it's a kind of art project. they will be released in a few minutes to the sound of the ode to joy. they symbolize the fall of the wall in a sense and the hopes of a nation coming true and also their hopes for the the country is trying to take on more geopolitical responsibility. everyone will have a feeling what the balloons mean to them, to marry family and to their country. >>

unified economy. it is also remarkably self-sufficient. imports made up 17% of the world economy in 2012 compared to the world bank compared to germany's 46% and china's 25%. and this number in the u.s. will fall as america imports less and less foreign oil. he emphasizes the degree to which america's energy revolution has insulated it from the rest of the world. thanks to efforts to extract shale, north america has much of the energy it needs at home. as the world gets messier, he argues, there are fewer and fewer compelling reasons for america to pay blood and treasure to stabilize it. i'm not as sure as he is that america's advantages are simply structural. if one looks at the last five years, again in comparative terms, american public policy actually comes out looking impressive. to combat the global economic crisis of 2008, washington acted speedily and creatively on three fronts, aggressive monetary policy, fiscal policy, and reform and recapitalization of the banking sector. every other rich country did less and has seen a more troubled return to normalcy. now, since the response to the crisis, washington has been paralyzed and pol

unified iraq by the shia. by their own people. their own puppets they would like to have. yes, we were not happy to see germany or other countries with the in addition equivalent because they can cook and still is a big debate of that city. out of considered it's an outer city. the kurds still think there's a majority kurdish, but they would use that force, the occasion, the support to view as to make sure to do the referendum as fast as possible. to make it a kurdish city. it has oil, we understand that, but you know, i think we're playing with fire here when we use economic interest, when use the you know, a city which is considered to be an add aed city given to the kurd, not giving -- i think isis is not -- isis target is united states of america and iran. this is the two because somehow, they see strong allies between. >> there was also, there was, you know, you blamed the united states for having believed perhaps that the syria conflict was containable and it has obviously me tas sized in the region to something far larger. but now, you're speaking of the islamic state as if it is containable and not rea