according to them, west berlin was a base for intrigue and imperialist assault on east berlin and eastchance to enjoy the finer things in life. ♪ but they were going the other way. east to west. so has every other casualty at the wall. no one can be sure of the real reason, but prior to the election of the wall, almost anyone who could get into east germany would reach west berlin if his feet held up. many did. once in west berlin, you were outside the iron curtain. the free passage of people between east and west berlin was the only physical gap in the iron curtain, so the russians sealed it. the wall is a solid fact. ♪ and the wall remains. it stands in berlin today. it stands and will stand wherever the road of world communism leads. ♪ someday, according to its builders, it will surround not merely the world but the moon, the stars, outer space, the universe. their objective is clear, and so is ours. they intend to put the world on their road. we intend that the world shall be free, each man and each country to choose the road that suits him best. to achieve our objective, we need,

the free passage of people between east and west berlin was the only gap in the iron curtain. mains. it stands in berlin today. it stand and will stand wherever the road to communism leads. someday, according to its builders, it will surround not merely the world but the moon, stars, outer space and the universe. soir objective is clear and is ours. world shall be free. each man and each country to choose the road that suits and that's. to achieve our objective, we need to above all understand, each in a threat must be met. exploitation of economic weakness with economic aid and cooperation. dead,oice is not read or the choice life between with the and ignorant. bravery and cowardice. freedom and slavery. ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: 50 years ago, the united states was at war with vietnam. nationalve from the archives, by the backdrop of yinge helicopter fl veterans. at 1:00 p.m., from washington dc's the in on veterans memorial chucking comments from hagel and the memorial designer. on the real america, the special report. >> whether it is due to the enemy's clever tactic, the air or the

your east german citizenship was revoked two thousand nine hundred eighty three and you moved to west berlin it must have been a difficult time for you. and i should give you. well it certainly was not just for me but for my whole family and my friends. i was forced to leave my homeland. and for me that was worse than being in prison. this is i knew that i would have to stay in the west for a long time maybe forever. talk he was a real shock i. had spent my whole life in east germany it was my homeland my connection to my fellow citizens i didn't want to leave. you did post it. correct the police put me in handcuffs and tossed me on a train and i had to leave my home my parents everything that made me happy like everything that was part of my homeland. yeah. but boy. did the east german the authorities decided to just pull out you because you become a troublemaker and you were arrested several times but you continue to protest against the government. gave you the strength to keep going because you know that's what happened now. well i wanted to live my life as i saw fit. at that time when i

fastenings i used to sit by the window and you look out to the left of it and there was west berlin and i thought that's roller cool music comes from and at some point it all worked out and if you. yeah. paul van dyke has been making music for over a quarter of a century and has had a defining influence on the evolution of the transgender. he's been voted best deejay in the world multiple times and still rocks up more miles a year than most professional pilots. but in february twenty sixth seen that glittering career almost came to an abrupt end fatal and. he had in the collective two and i had a pretty bad accident there was this stage construction about it and it was covered with black fabric that i wasn't very robust i fell through it because the closet couldn't hold my weight just give me a tug at. it and underneath the stage there are these intertwined cables and structures and so i plunged six meters down and got pretty damaged to the bones and got on. inspiration pushing east. and i was bleeding in several places and i have to say i was lucky that there was a specialized neurolog

fastenings i used to sit by the window and you look out to the left of it and there was west berlin and i thought that's roller cool music comes from and at some point it all worked out and if you. yeah. paul van dyke has been making music for over a quarter of a century and has had a defining influence on the evolution of the transgender. he's been voted best deejay in the world multiple times and still ranks up more miles a year than most professional pilots. but in february twenty sixth seen that glittering career almost came to an abrupt and fatal and. it had been the collective shoe and i had a pretty bad accident there was this stage construction about it and it was covered with black fabric that i wasn't very robust i fell through it because the closet with my old my weight just give me a tongue out when i may need. it and underneath the stage there are these intertwined cables and structures and so i plunged six meters down and got pretty damaged to the bones and got on. and by him pushing east. and i was bleeding in several places and i have to say i was lucky that there was a

off your east german citizenship was revoked nine hundred eighty three and you moved to west berlin it must have been a difficult time for you. and i. certainly was not just for me but for my whole family and my friends. i was forced to leave my homeland. and for me that was worse than being in prison. this is when i knew that i would have to stay in the west for a long time maybe forever. he was a real shock. i had spent my whole life in east germany it was my homeland my connection to my fellow citizens i didn't want to leave. and you were deported. correct the police put me in handcuffs and tossed me on a train and i had to leave my home my parents everything that made me happy like everything that was part of my homeland. but. the east german north or a chinese decided to just post you because you become a troublemaker and you were arrested several times but you continued to protest against the government. gave you the strength to keep going because you know that's what i'm. well i wanted to live my life as i saw fit. at that time when i came across a situation that i thought was u

in west berlin province some people are skeptical about him but at the end the day he is what zimbabwe has been knows that even if you love more hate him he is what you have until elections until the eighteen and the four years died down but now these people it's cautious optimism and he seems to be saying the right things for now for example he wants a smaller government he wants people who stole money and stands abroad to bring him back by february or they be arrested there's an appeal of congress happening the same but he says not understand eight million dollars and one is then one million dollars and that's and the surprise situation today he visited some of the public hospitals by surprise surprise most of the staff nice hospitals just to see the condition that poor zimbabweans have to go through but but but that said there are people who are cautious about him they say remember he was in iran mugabe's government the former president from one thousand nine hundred eighty he i suppose how mugabe same path with thirty seven years one man actually said it's the same bus the driver h

strikes against terrorist facilities and militaryin installations following a terrorist attack in west berlin ..failure to do so could cause operational paralysis in confusion in military operations. diplomatically speaking, it could cause our allies to question our commitment to defeating isis and potential repeal of a amf without an immediate and appropriate replacement could raise questions about the domestic united states activities against the taliban, al qaeda, and associated forces including isis as well as our detention facilities at guantanamo bay. any new authorization should not be time-constrained. legislation that would arbitrarily terminate will be inconsistent with a conditions-raised approach and that unintentionally embolden our enemies with the goal of outlasting us. allow would also have to the united states to quickly move against our enemies without constrained by the feedback loop. eight umf must not be geographically restrictive as is the case under the current amf, the administration would need to maintain the statutory authority to use military force against an enemy

on august 13, 1961, his right has been set aside cross into west berlin, use had to swim through the canal. on reaching the western bank, he gets to freedom and is probably shot down by rifle power. to know why he was shot down across an artificial border by a man >> we must go back along it, many miles and many years. watch the entire film sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. only on c-span3. >> welcome to sioux falls, on american history tv. the falls of the big sioux river, is south dakota's largest city, with a population of about 175,000. with help from our cable partners, we will explore the city's rich history. theng up, here about different groups of people who called the northern plains home over the past 300 years. later, find out why sioux falls was abandoned just a few years after it was first settled. now, we begin our look at the city's history, as we take you to the home of south dakota's first u.s. senator. >> we are in the pettigrew home and museum, the home of u.s. senator richard franklin pettigrew, who served in the senate from 1889 until 1901.

on august 13, 1961, his right has been set aside cross into west berlin, use had to swim through thel. on reaching the western bank, he gets to freedom and is probably shot down by rifle power. to know why he was shot

berliners from east and west linked hands and celebrated. linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and, with nobody to stop them, it was not long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. it is keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinean authority has declared a state of mourning for the leader who symbolised the hopes for independent statehood. in the wake of the colombian volcano disaster, rescue teams are trying to reach thousands of survivors who managed to clamber onto rooftops and trees above the sea of mud. after 17 years of discussions, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers, who had long felt only begrudgingly accepted amongst the ranks of clergy, suddenly felt welcomed. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a

since two thousand and twelve his berlin wall picture has shown people looking across the border from west to east berlin on a gray november day in the early one nine hundred eighty s. . now visitors can immerse themselves in the world of the reformation in between there. the rotunda will remain open for another four years meanwhile jada got a c.z. is already working on new panoramas. and that's all for this edition of our highlights so until we meet again i must go to all spending. what is the truth. what is a lie. what information is reliable. we are all the sieged on line my opinion and by news both real and fake what does that mean for journalism. post truth times. we the media. fifteen minutes on d w. your children like chocolate. you can't live without your smartphone. or tomatoes in the supermarket. as we go about our daily lives schuman writes often the last thing on one minds. invisible hands slavery in the twenty first century starting december second on t w. they're black and living in germany. she's reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter done up like this not being

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since two thousand and twelve his berlin wall picture has shown people looking across the border from west to east berlin on a gray november day in the early one nine hundred eighty s. . now visitors can immerse themselves in the world of the reformation in britain there. the rotunda will remain open for another four years meanwhile yet augustus easy is already working a new panorama. and that's all for this edition of our highlights so until we meet again i must go to all spending troops. the ottoman empire it ruled over three continents seven seas uniting different cultures and religions. the ottomans reign for six centuries. but what happened in the nineteenth century what triggered the empires collapse the end of the sublime multiethnic states in the ottoman empire. fifteen and. they're black and living in germany. is reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter john up like this not being able to blend in and i was. the. group and you know different than the way. she traveled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. it's. i grew up in a white family

west by land. but after the fall of the berlin wall it lost some of its drama the former east became fashionable while the good i'm seemed stuck in the past. not a lot has been done to burnish the image in recent years many new buildings have gone up others have been renovated. and this has been a huge transformation after the fall of the wall there were only cheap shops here but now it's much nicer to. invest more people are coming to the west to see what's going on. there's something new every day no even talk about noise but like the old christopher street day parade for instance all the big celebrations after football matches. once again the qudama is one of the busiest time best streets in the city . my next stop is the zoo located just off the cool. it's home to some twenty thousand animals and oasis right in the middle of berlin. to new panda bears are the current favorite attractions arrived in the summer the public loves it. and then there are the tap ears i'm going to head zookeeper your feet then. but what do they like to eat you know the south american flag as far as the top is in the moun

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since two thousand and twelve his berlin wall picture has shown people looking across the border from west to east berlin on a gray november day in the early one nine hundred eighty s. . now visitors can immerse themselves in the world of the reformation in between there. the return to will remain open for another four years meanwhile yet it got a c.z. is already working on new panoramas. the reformation anniversary is also drawing many tourists to the town of eisenach now this is located some two hundred fifty kilometers south west of it burg and it was here at the viper castle that martin luther sought refuge for a year in fifteen twenty one after he was excommunicated from the catholic church he was considered an outlaw and sought protection in the castle well the town's greatest claim to fame maybe martin luther is exile here but during former communist times it was a hub for automobile production a guided tour that's visitors in on the town's main attractions. everyone who visits eisenach wants to see voc book castle. for many germans it's much more than eleven the century council. is

they realized, khrushchev was ready to move on with 3 billion -- west berlin. we would have had to go nuclear. you can see the chain reaction and where it started. you got to calm down these hoxha. you know what he did to do he went into the room of hocks and we are not the empire of japan. we don't pull sneak attacks, we are not going to kill everybody. just because we want to gain advantage, we are not like them. [applause] >> he made a lot of great calls, joe mccarthy, turned on him, the thing i liked about bobby was his character, when he turned against joe mccarthy, he went too far in appeasing witnesses and demagoguery, he wrote the resolution condemning them on behalf of democrats to bring them down. when mccarthy drank himself to death it took three years to do it, determined, drank himself to death. bobby stayed with him as a person, with his family, sit there where mccarthy sat across from him, wrote in his diary, drunk the last three hearings. i'm irish, i understand this thing. the guy who grew up like you even if he goes bad. i understand it and al

. >> the iron curtain between east germany and west berlin has come tumbling down. >> good evening.vative on "controverross " >> the american people appreciated the new television. they certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement, because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones, and it was hard. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were frea

his brother jack said if we move on cuba, khrushchev is ready to move on west berlin and we were outnumber thread ten to wound, we would have had to go nuclear so he can see the chain reaction, and then he said, you have to calm down the hawks. know what he did? he went into the room of hawks, bundy and curtis lemay, people like that. he said we're not the empire of japan. we don't pull sneak attacks. we don't go and kill everybody without notice just because we want to gain a strategic advantage. we're not like them. unfortunately, george w. bush never got that memo. so, he made a lot of great calls. made a lot of mistakes in this youth. joe mccarthy and then turned on him. but the thing i like about bobby was his character because when he turned against joe mccarthy, he thought maccar the has gone too far in fighting communism and abusing witnesses and demagoguery. he wrote the resolution condemning him on behalf of the democrats and help bring him down. when mccarthy drank limps to death, in- -- drank himself to death, in three years, bobby stayed with him as a person. he would go to hi

east berlin was still an unusual place and not taken seriously by many in the west. and so naman by feel. during the communist era berlin state opera was largely cut off from the international classical music scene but under daniel barenboim it once again became a world class orchestra. in one nine hundred eighty one barrymore made his by right debut and conducted there regularly for almost two decades he worked closely with the festival's then director. pieces by german composer he carved wagner became a focus of barenboim's work. some fellow jews openly criticized him for that because rijkaard wagner was adolf hitler's favorite composer still there and boy managed to get a whole generation of musicians and singers interested in voc his works. in two thousand and one than one caused a scandal when he conducted the prelude to wagner's opera tristan and his alter at a festival in israel. that's big theater and of course i respect the feelings of holocaust survivors who can't or don't want to have anything to do with this music. but he was but i don't have to respect th

berliners from east and west came to make the first attempts to destroy the structure itself.'s name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends on public display and on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning for the leader who symbolised his people's hopes the independent statehood. in the wake of the colombian volcano disaster, rescue teams are trying to reach thousands of survivors who manage to clamber onto rooftops and trees above the sea of mud. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy, and result was greeted with an outburst of joy, and ministers result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy, and ministers who had long felt tolerated among the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed. this is bbc world news today. i'm reged ahmad. the latest headlines. visiting catalonia, spain's prime minister urges what he called the silent majority to fill t

berliners from east and west link hands.roy the structure itself. it is keeping the candidate's name in the public eye at all time that counts. it is not just on display, but at the campaign headquarters. yes arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so dominated the palestinian cause for so long. he has died. a state of mourning has been declared for the leader who symbolised the hopes for independent statehood. in the wake of the volcano disaster in colombia, rescue teams are trying to reach thousands of survivors who clambered onto rooftops and trees above the sea. it was greeted with an outburst of joy. sea. it was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. suddenly sea. it was greeted with an outburst of joy. suddenly they felt welcomed. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: after wrapping up his visit to china, president trump is heading to vietnam for the apec summit, where he'lljoin 20 other world leaders. the united nations issues a dire warning for yemen that a saudi blockade there could create one of the worst famine

berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced round their liberated territory.ts were made to destroy the structure itself. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning for the leader who symbolised his people's hopes for independent statehood. in the wake of the colombian volcano disaster, rescue teams are trying to reach thousands of survivors who managed to clamber onto rooftops and trees above the sea of mud. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers who'd long felt only grudgingly accepted amongst the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: a new report is warning that climate change is inevitable even if we drastically cut co2 emissions. zimbabwe's military is

berliners from both east and west wing cans and dance throughout the liberated territory.ttempts were made to destroy the structure it self. it is keeping the structure it self. it is keeping the candid's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work avert women volunteers. yasser arafat who dominated the palestinian cause for so long has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of authority —— mourning for the leader who symbolise the hopes of his people for an independent state. in the wake of the colombian volcano disaster, rescue teams are trying to reach thousands of survivors who clambered onto rooftops and trees. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: president trump has started his second day of his visit to china. he will be holding talks about north korea later this afternoon. a senior member of the bri

new guinea berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced round their liberated territory. before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning for the leader who symbolised his people's hopes for independent statehood. in the wake of the colombian volcano disaster, rescue teams are trying to reach thousands of survivors who managed to clamber onto rooftops and trees above the sea of mud. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers who'd long felt only begrudgingly accepted amongst the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. and i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: the asean summit gets underway