still to come, the dissident chinese artist, ai weiwei ai weiwei, tells us artist, ai weiwei ai weiweid his latest work. members of the of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim on certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." cheering and applause chapman, prison—pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he believes that onjune 8th, god told him to plead guilty, and that was the end of it. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: computer systems around the world have been hit by a major cyber—attack which has targeted bank

a medium ai weiwei has mastered.often heard a lot of criticism, but i also think it's what we want to know, how this guy really thinks about or even the mistakes this guy can make, but the discussion is still always on the surface. it's not a really in the more profound way. unnoticed, the killer stands out. liu xiaobo, the jailed chinese dissident and nobel peace laureate, who as the exhibition opened, was moved from prison to hospital, suffering from terminal cancer. ai weiwei says he's symbolic of many others who suffer the same fate unnoticed. they can easily make you disappear. your lawyer cannot really defend you, or your family cannot know where you are. in some cases even after you're serving the time, you still cannot see your family. audiences may not sympathise with the motives of everyone portrayed in trace, but the broader aim of ai weiwei's work is to raise questions about the nature of freedom and how it is protected or violated by governance. jane o'brien, bbc news, washington. i want to pause and tak

amazing works from ai weiwei ai weiwei. you have been watching newsday. stay with us.ars ago with a report on how one of the worst—hit countries, indonesia, has fared since then. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. this is pituco — he's a 12 year old pup in parai, southern brazil, and he's so worried about missing out on his treats, he heads to the pet shop himself to pick up his own grub. pituco is blind in one eye but that hasn't stopped him from making the daily trip for the last nine years. he trots along just over half a kilometre a day to get himself to his local pet shop. 0ften often with a pitstop. but he still has to pay and that falls on his owner who quietly visits the pet shop later on to hand over the cash. good morning. since the start of the week, the weather has turned. we see more rain around. this picture was taken at swanage, in dorset. instead of the sunshine on monday we had the rain of tuesday. rain far and wide in the uk. 56 millimetres already in the isle of man. recently we saw the wettest weather in the south—east, spilling

a medium that ai weiwei has mastered.lso think there is a lot we want to know, how this guy really thinks. or even the mistakes this guy can make. but the discussion is always on the surface, it is not really in a more profound way. one portrait in particular stands out. the jailed chinese dissident and nobel peace laureate who as the exhibition opened, was moved from prison to hospital suffering from terminal cancer. ai weiwei says he is symbolic of many others who suffer the same fate unnoticed. they can easily make you disappear, your lawyer cannot really defend you or your family even cannot know how you are. in some cases even after you have served your time, you still cannot see your family. audiences may not sympathise with the motives of every in trace, the broader aim of ai weiwei's work is to raise questions about the nature of freedom and how it is protected or violated by governments. before we came on air catti told me she was speaking to nancy pelosi and tonight you're having dinner with ai weiwei. the circl

as pierre and weiwei tries to explain, really, when we do something, why do we work together? it is because really we want to have -- to start from scratch, so not knowing what he would do or pierre would do independent he, and in this case we had this huge empty space and that was the start. we said, that is our potential. it is very extraordinary set of space in the, in the center of such a city and we at the beginning we have this kind of spontaneous idea together this is a place for everybody, a park, kind of a park where you should pet lost. where you should lose yourself. and this was the beginning, and then when w we were further thinking about people moving in there freely and that cameras would follow, and we would trace the paths, and that is how step-by-step different elements came together and filled up literally this space, made it a mental space, a surveillance space, a psychological space, whatever, you know, we could not discern it afterwards, but it is not that it started with a title or with the idea of surveillance, but those things came in after. >> rose: a

a medium ai weiwei has mastered.ial media? i often heard a lot of criticism, but i also think there's a lot we want to know, how this guy really thinks about or even the m ista kes really thinks about or even the mistakes this guy can make, but the discussion is still always on the surface. audiences may not sympathise with the motives of eve ryo ne sympathise with the motives of everyone portrayed in trace, but the broad aim of his work is to raise questions about the nature of freedom and how it is protected or violated by governance. we managed to get those technical gremlins out of the system. tennis star serena williams posing naked on the front cover of vanity fair magazine. that streaming online. one of germany's most highly decorated second world war pilots, has taken to the air over the skies of england but this time to fly in the plane he was flying against back then, a spitfire. 95—year—old hugo broch fought in the battle between british and german pilots in 19110 known he says he will take the back seat.

the cultural revolution, ai weiwei is a man driven by his conscience.s much as he is an activist. he uses sculpture, installation, film, and even social media to speak about issues surrounding truth, justice, and human rights. >> ai weiwei is very important

reporter: since 2015, ai weiwei has been living and working in berlin.ght this book that from the mediterranean -- boat back from the mediterranean. and these lifejackets. he come them in a memorial to the dead -- he hung them in a memorial to the dead. reporter: dw follow the artist in exile over the space of several months. our film, "drifting," had its world premire in berlin. >> the only way i think my life can continue is to develop, to have new ideas, or to put myself in even more difficult situations. then force myself to answer some questions. reporter: for dw, the artist opened up his studio where he works. it is now impossible for ai weiwei to return to china and work as an artist. for a glimpse of his life in a file, tune in to "drifting" on june 24. brent: world champions in germany are in final preparations ahead of their confederations cup football campaign in russia. the cup is a precursor to next year's world cup interval pit a young german -- and it will pick a young german squad against champions from the six continental federations. re

the chinese artist ai weiwei brings his new work to washington and, with it, his support for american

you are looking aet the first exhibit ai weiwei has been able to see in person.ese government kept him from leaving the country. that experience lead him to create works high lighting activists and to bring attention to major human rights issues. >> this is the first time i've seen my work here. >> reporter: assembled by hand with thousands of plastic lego bricks, these cover the museum. some names are pharmaceutical from controversial whistle blowers edward snow done and chelsea manning to giants like nelson mandela and martin luther king jr. others are lesser known but include freedom fighters in >> i have so many friends who will never get released. >> reporter: on the day we met with ai weiwei, one of his friends was leased from prison because of deteriorating health. >> what was his role? >> he wanted a release of democratic society, that's all he did. >> reporter: he became the first chinese citizen awarded the nobel peace prize, an honor he never received in person. >> you say this isn't about individual portraits. the entire installation is a portrait of

, and even social media to speak about issues surrounding truth, justice, and human rights. >> ai weiweiterms of what he represents

." >>> and we speak with chinese artist and activist ai weiwei about his art and pushing back againsternment. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> time to rise and shine! as we take a live look this morning at the bay bridge, a lot of fog out there to start the morning. it is thursday, june 29. good morning, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm anne makovec in for michelle griego.