mark silva chair of east asian economic studies at the university of pittsburgh and thank you very much for this insight. germany is one of the world's top travel destinations government statistics out today show tourism is stronger than ever people from inside and outside germany are visiting places like berlin in record numbers or tolls reported some two hundred fourteen million overnight stays in the first off of twenty eighty four percent over the same period last year and there were more than thirty eight million foreign visitors that's up five percent but while also also happy the n.g. g union says the boom means the hotel employees are having to work all the time which often goes on. let's bring in color of booze and from downtown from for one of those top travel destinations cover the how did germany's become so cool as a troubled us the nation. well guess what i have to say if you take frankfurt for example a city that's often perceived to be a bit boring with all its banks it's also a big surprise to see how many tourists are coming here but germany has done a lot to become mo

. >> university of pittsburgh and here at syracuse and then teaching course dealing with anti- communism wondering if he was with the communist party with the propaganda?? there was a lot of anti-communist. . . . . was the committee on information. committee on information headed by george creel and now is an outright propaganda effort. i was the kind of place where they talked about the hon. they went over the top in terms of propaganda appeared roosevelt although he was on good terms with creole, did not want another creole agent to seek out bosnian fdr to create an agency before they kept putting them off. horton's packaging than just distributing information was a way to avoid the controversy creole had created. >> lend lease, when did it started that most of it out of britain? >> i have not an expert on lend lease, but i believe it was approved in 1941 and now was one of the big issues we described by the author in the afternoon session. great britain i can tell one anecdote. great britain was in such bad shape that the day congress finished passing lend lease, roosevelt asked in a

the eurasia center and in managua across sudan he is an adjunct professor of law at the university of pittsburgh as well as author of the plot to scapegoat russia all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it dan when did you finish writing your book the date. yes last last year like last so what what did you know that we didn't know then because it sounds like an absolutely perfect idol for the moment in the current news cycle go ahead. well russia has been a scapegoat at the united states for a long long time you know we could go as far back certainly as die nine hundred seventeen but certainly after or two we had you know what was known as the cold war which. centered upon the vilification of russia to justify the u.s. . benchers abroad and we are in a new cold war now and we were it was an it. and it seems to be only intensified even though the soviet union collapsed in one thousand nine hundred one the us has developed by russian paint and any that it's not ok brian what do you know what i find really interesting and it

eurasia center and in managua we cross sudan like he is an adjunct professor of law at the university of pittsburgh as well as author of the plot to scapegoat russia all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it dan when did you finish writing your book the date.

of the soviet state. i wouldn't be surprised to find a graduate from the state university teaching at the university of pittsburgh but i think the opposite is still quite exotic how did you hear well i started writing my dissertation on the one nine hundred thirty six constitution and when i looked in the archives in moscow there was just an overwhelming amount of material so i needed to focus on the reach and. and one of the regions i found a lot of material from cure of funding was a little bit difficult to come by it's not necessarily the most sexy topic uses know the topic but i think it's a very counter-intuitive topic on many levels how did the idea pop into your well there's a difference actually how i came to them like constitution and stalin seem like two things that shouldn't go check out there so i wanted to see what this was about how serious a project this was whether it was really just a propaganda exercise as it had been described or if there was something a little bit more substantive now this column here is one of the most extensively researched areas of the soviet history and it's also the one t

of this. i wouldn't be surprised to find a graduate from the state university teaching at the university of pittsburgh but i think the opposite is still quite exotic how did you up here well i started writing my dissertation on the one nine hundred thirty six constitution and when i looked in the archives in moscow there was just an overwhelming amount of material so i needed to focus on the region and one of the regions i found a lot of material from cure of funding was a little bit difficult to come by it's not necessarily the most sexy topic you say no to sex a topic but i think it's a very counter-intuitive topic on many levels how did the idea pop into your well there's a difference actually how i came to them like constitution and stalin seem like two things that shouldn't go check out there so i wanted to see what this was about how serious a project this was whether it was really just a propaganda exercise as it had been described or if there was something a little bit more substantive now the stalin era is one of the most extensively researched areas of the soviet history and it's also the on

of the soviet state. i . wouldn't be surprised to find a graduate from the state university teaching at the university of pittsburgh but i think the opposite is still quite exotic how did you up here well i started writing my dissertation on the one nine hundred thirty six constitution and.

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of journalism at ohio university. following several years working a television news producer for cbs in miami and pittsburgh. [applause] >> i'm going to take us out of the u.s. just a little bit to talk a television news producer for cbs in miami and pittsburgh. about the genocide in rwanda. before you think, genocide is a stretch for what we are seeing today in the u.s. and this discussion over hate speech just bear with me for a second. because i think it's actually way more relevant than a lot of people think it would be. the rwanda and media played a key role in the 1994 genocide that left at least 800,000 people dead. particularly am going to talk about a radio station. this radio station was an active participant in the genocide and it is kind of the model for if you want to marginalize and dehumanize a group of people and then make it ok to physically attack them, this radio station is the model for that. thepower party founded station in july 1993. about a year before the genocide started. was it went on the air it the only radio station besides the government station to air. dry officiale information

of pittsburgh. it says that the bishop was parr of the cp. the president of trinity university says the report calls for an act of atonement. >> i think the cardinal should consider stepping aside. not to say tt it is culpable. but that would help catholics to see there are teeth behind the words. >> they had a meetg and the church has not told us what was discussed in that meeting. >>> a school outside of town has been vandalized. there's an online petition to remove his name fromchool. he was part of a cover-up, allegedly, of sex abuse in the diocese. >>> new fallout involved in the death of mcnair. >> boomer esiason looked into the handling of mcnair's death. take a listen. >> the heartbreak that i share over the mcnair's fa unspeakable strategy is only matched by the disgust toward the university leadership. they are reportedly on shaky ground. this could be a good time for them to exit. >> mcnair died in june after suffering a suspected heat in stroke dpractice.se ral members of the administration, including the head football coach are on leave. the players plan to hor mcn

of pittsburgh. it says that the bishop was part of the cover-up. rierl denies that. the president ofty university says the report calls for an act of atonement. >> i think the cardinal should s nsider stepping aside. not to say that itlpable. some feel that he is. but that would help catholics to see there are teeth behind the words. >> they had a meeting and the church has not told us what wasc sed in that meeting. vandals hit a high school named for cardinal wuerl. there's an online petition to remove his name from thechool. he was part of a cover-up, allegedly, of sex abuse in the diocese. >>> new fallout involved in the death of mcnair. >> boomer esiason ripped into the handling of mcnair's death. ke a listen. >> the heartbreak that i share over the mcnair's family unspeakable tragedy is only matched by the disgust toward one university leadership. they are reportedlhaky ground. this could be a good time for them to exit. >> mcnair died in june after sufferina suspected heat stroke during practice. several members of the administration, including the head football coach are on leave. the play

of pittsburgh. wuerl insisting the report is not accurate. anguish emory university theology professor dr.eard at sundayte mass the priest's sermon. >> in that moment a father rose to his feetnd simply called out how, how do we reform the chch? what do we do? tell us how to begin. >> reporter: reynolds one of 2800 catholics signing an online lett urging american bishops to submit their resignations on mass to the pope as chile bishops did. notre dame professor kathlee mmings echoed the call for radical change. >> the bishops created this crisis. people who create the carsis 't going to be the people who are going to lead you out of it. thompson nks to ann for that report. >> just ahead, goats run wild on the new york city subway. plus the big winners andig moments from last night's vmas. you're watching "early today." ih gronk. i'm gronk! i'm big and awesome, but this guy is little, can it really clean? heck yeah it can! it's concentrated detergent plus stain fighters plus odor flighers that fight for clean. boom! even this entire bottle can't beat tide pods. and now a word from future gro

of it involved the time that washington cardinal wuerl served in pittsburgh. wuerl denies t allegationst he helped to cover up the abuse. >>> the university of maryland strengthys with it its and conditioning coach following the death of one of its players. several more coaches are on leave including head coach durkin. today they said they acceptl lend moral responsibility for the death of jordan mcnair. >>> a local developer's lawyer called it a a justified citizen's arrest. >> but thef'sher office called it a crime abduction. now a77 ear-old loudoun county man is preparing to fight the chges filed against him when rentered trashed his airbnb and he held him at gunpoint. >> bureau chief julie carey shows us the damage done. >> reporter: it's a home so stately it has a name, spring glade, but now it looks more like a house of horrors. this is what a group of partyins renteft behind, lots and lots and lots of damage. >> blood, broken windows, broken doors. it looked like there was a mass murderer from his perspective there. >> reporter: these photos showed blood everywhere from some kind of fight that broke out. e propertymployee discovered the damage saturday m

of journalism at ohio university. following several years working as a television news producer for cbs in miami and pittsburgh. [applause] >> i'm going to take us out of the u.s. just a little bit to talk about the genocide in rwanda. before you think, genocide is a stretch for what we are seeing today in the u.s. and this discussion over hate speech just bear with me for a second. because i think it's actually way more relevant than a lot of people think it would be. the rwanda and media played a key role in the 1994 genocide that left at least 800,000 people dead. particularly am going to talk about a radio station. this radio station was an active participant in the genocide and it is kind of the model for if you want to marginalize and dehumanize a group of people and then make it ok to physically attack them, this radio station is the model for that. the power party founded the station in july 1993. about a year before the genocide started. when it went on the air it was the only radio station besides the government station to air. instead of the dry official information that the radio rwanda gave the peop

trinity university in northeast washington has had a close relationship withna car donald wuerl, but trinity's president telels tuerlhe helped cov up cases of sexual abuse by priests in pittsburgh calls for anct of atonement on his part. >> i think theul cardinal s consider voluntarily stepping aside, not to say that he is culpable though some peel that he is, but i think t thatt is the kind of gesture of atonement that could really help catholi to see that there are teeth behind the words. >> stephen white is a fellow in cathtudies at the ethics and public policy center and attended a mass last week at st. matthews where cardinal wuerl presided a gan with a statement addressing the pittsburgh grand. jury repo >> he talked a lot about we and us, but there was very little sense of personal accountability in it. that really stood out and people were disappointed and angry about that. >> i spoke with some of the people who attended noon mass a toda st. matthews cathedral. >> i think he should be removed and step down. just due to the fact that the temperament of the times for this kind of thin >> iaven't made a personal opinion on that number one because i don't know all the facts

university in northeast washington has a cse relationship with cardinal donald wuerl, but trinity's president tells me the algations that cardinal wuerl helped cover up cases of sexual abuse by priests in pittsburgh calls for an act of ave tonement on h -- an act of atonement. >> i think the cardinal should step aside, not to say that hs culpable though i think some feel he is, but that's the kind of gesture of ematt that could really help catholics to see that there are teethbe nd the words. >> reporter: steven white is a fellow in catholic studies at the ethics and public policy center. he says it appears to him that cardinal wuerl is trying to soothe parishioners rather than accept responsibility. >> it's not clear to me yet whether cardinal wuerl will resign or whether he should, but i think there's something to be said for the fact that a bishop who has manifestly lost the confidence of his flock would have a hard time continuing as archbishop. he will ultimately have to be the one who makes that decision. >> reporter: when the 12 l. 10 mass let out today at st. matthews cathedral, we asked some of the people here their reaction to the recent revelations. is it testing your faith? >> no. no.