at the treaty of lancaster, the most important interpreter was a fellow named weiser. -- conrad weiser. have any of you ever heard of conrad weiser before? he was an early american with a fascinating story to him. if you drive east of gettysburg and you go to on the ash -- to amish country, you will find the conrad weiser homestead, a state historic site you can visit today. he was born in germany and came over in the 17 tends to new york with a large group of -- 1710's to new york with a large group of germans and moved up into the mohawk valley region to find land. he basically lived as this kind of insular german-speaking community, they did not want to be bothered by folks -- as a young boy, conrad weiser was taken by his father and placed in a local mohawk community. the german immigrants wanted somebody to develop the language skills to communicate with them. and so as a boy, conrad went to live with the mohawks and learned the mohawk language. and then as an adult, he moved into pennsylvania, he came down the susquehanna valley and became a fur trader. a farmer on the pennsylvan

and that us weiser deems were gone to say no and to start saying yes again any yet it seems. there are also singing our shout out singing bella chow an old partisan song. that's now the anthem is italian anti fascism. the. jock now. in a small village that's making a big name for itself in far off china the area has plenty of rule charm but there's one local product in particular which is putting the country side village on the. clear air high mountains and no industry. love to see is a typical garion village except for the tourists. see attracts many from china where it's much better known than in bulgaria itself. many people even though. we don't know what you'll see is. 10 years ago a chinese firm bought the bacteria found in local yogurt to develop a mass market brand commercials like this have put the village on the bucket list of many chinese tourists traveling to europe maria may not dress in folk costume like a typical carry an innkeeper but she does speak a bit of chinese and the yogurts growing popularity means visitor numbers are soaring. to paris they do massive a

and that us weiser danes were bond to say no and to start saying yes again and again it's that it is. there also singing. shout out singing bella chow and old parties and song. it's now the anthem of italian anti fascism. with. the. job shot shout out what idea we spoke seen at the very base journalists the make up there about the saudi movement and whether it might develop from a street level protests a political force and government. what the difference perhaps between this movement and the 5 star movement is that it's not about populist ideas and there's no use as such in the way that the 5 star movement had bet big really oh the comedian turned politician. so in that sense it's different lives very categorically they don't want any representation of any political party no banners no flags of any party is allowed at any of these gatherings but i think a lot of political observers as well are looking at this and wondering while this actually resulted anything is is what you are as well i mean is it going to be a political party as such and i think the key test will be in the regiona

and that us weiser danes were bond to say no and to start saying yes again it needs yet it is. there also singing. the anthem of italian anti fascism. earlier i spoke with rome based journalist seem a good about the sardine movement i asked her whether it might develop from a street level protest into a political force in government. well the difference perhaps between this movement and the 5 star movement is that it's not about populous ideas and there's no leader as such in the way that the 5 star movement had bet big really oh the comedian turned politician in so in that sense it's different and this very categorically they don't want any representation of any political party no band has no flags of any party is allowed at any of these gatherings but i think a lot of political observers as well are looking at this and wondering well this actually resulted anything is is what you watch as well i mean is it going to be a political party as such and i think the key test will be in the regional election that is expected next month and that's of the region of a 1000000 romagna wh

spit stal ty at our site, serving coffee and hygiene kits and you see why we refer to the people weiser vis participants. we're asking them to participate in their goal and be a part of it with us. you're not just there to receive care, but engage with the care you need and volunteers can be a part of those achievements and it is an impact full day. >> i met one of the volunteers race sently and shri admitted herself she had done very well in the tech industry and she volunteered with you as a way to give back, give back to the community. >> yes. >> i think so many people want to help, want to give back. want to be connected with someone that they might not have the opportunity or feel afraid of being connected with. >> yes. >> and so you're breaking down those stigmas even amongst your volunteers. >> absolutely. we like to get creative. if you have low mobility, if you have obscure hours, we'll fry to find something you can do to still be involved and work with us. >> yes. >> you emphasize you're not a shelter, but you are a resource and referral community, just tell us again about wha

the weiser diplomacy center and the american academy of diplomacy hosted this event at the university of michigan ford school of public policy. form school of public policy. [applause] >> hello, everybody. and welcome. i would like first to add my thanks to the wiser family as well as to the academy of diplomacy which we've been fortunate to partner with to bring today's topic. today's topic is timely and extremely important. we're going to talk about u.s.-iran negotiations, politics and security in the gulf more generally. and of course, those issues are linked to a whole range of other regional issues relevant to u.s. foreign policy in the middle east from israel and the palestinian territories in yemen and afghanistan appear beyond. to have a discussion about this, we've assembled a dream team with experience in the region. i'm going to introduce them briefly. and trust me, introducing them in a time efficient manner requires a lot of distlation of their incredible accomplishments across decades of u.s. foreign service. i'm going to start on my left, your right with ambassador gera

the weiser diplomacy center and the american academy of diplomacy hosted this event at the university of michigan ford school of public policy. form school of public policy. [applause] >> hello, everybody. and welcome. i would like first to add my thanks to the wiser family as well as to the academy of diplomacy which we've been fortunate to partner with to bring today's topic. today's topic is timely and extremely important. we're going to talk about u.s.-iran negotiations, politics and security in the gulf more generally. and of course, those issues are linked to a whole range of other regional issues relevant to u.s. foreign policy in the middle east from israel and the palestinian territories in yemen and afghanistan appear beyond.

i would like first to add my thanks to the weiser family as well as to the american academy of diplomacy with which we've been fortunate to partner to bring today's event together.the topic we will address is obviously timely and extremely important. going to talk about us iran relations, the nuclear deal, politics and security y in the gulf more generally and of course those issues are linked to a whole range of other regional issues relevant to us foreign policy in the middle east from israel and the palestinian territories to the conflicts in syria, yemen and afghanistan and to have a discussion onsuch an important and wide-ranging array of issues we have assembled a dream team of diplomats with experience in the region . i'm going to introduce them briefly and trust me, introducing them in a time efficient manner requires a lot of distillation of their icincredible accomplishments across decades in us foreign service. i'm going to start on my left, you're right with ambassador gerald feierstein was a 41 year career veteran in the us foreign service, now retired. he was ambassador to