in october nine hundred sixty one really touched her enrolled at the free university in west berlin he studied sociology he was rooted a seeker and so he immersed himself in his studies he read everything he laid his hands on. i feel splendid at the moment i studied tirelessly for ten to twelve hours a day he wrote in his diary. he read heidegger void plato and max weber. the crucial thing was he read. that was a protestant trying certainty came from the written word put which word. read on and on reading never meant just understanding to him it also meant understanding something about himself the twenty two year old christian with a socialist heart red car marks. who commented the only thing that mattered to me in that moment was reading and studying those things that didn't match my direct experience of life in east germany but we're still connected. would call this a process of working through he worked through his past and recognized even in real world socialism people exploit each other. there is no true socialism on earth yet socialism with a human face. from then on this would b

the world i drove to tell toe on the edge of west berlin with rudy on a motorbike again it was all closed off already in preparation for the wall but there were checks on the way they knew us and they let us leave i drove into the station and tell. if that's where we said goodbye in sixty one thinking it wouldn't be long before now that i think that. east germany turned him into a foreigner but. germany was also foreign to him looking valor was his home. was to remain an advocate for german reunification for the rest of his life. now after the second world war the government started talking nonstop about reunification twenty years have gone by and it's not happening what we do have governments that are institutionalized lying machines machines of half truths and distortion that people aren't being told the truth getting there's no dialogue with the masses no critical dialogue that could explain what's going on and society and how the economic miracle suddenly came to an end and why there's no progress on the reunification and its virtues when this there's talk of relaxing the rules to all

blasts from the past a new photo book shows how the wall used to define the cityscape in former west berlin. clean fun particularly out alcohol is a growing trend among the health conscious. most artists draw or paint on paper but the russian born artist yulia brought skye out paints with paper now she uses colorful pieces and cuts and folds the strips into the shapes that she wants now her creations can currently be seen in the display window of a london lingerie shop we met up with the artist in her studio. you have to look twice to really understand what this work of art is made of it's comprised of hundreds of little strips of paper which together form a picture but it's the combination of colors and shapes which gives the portrait its depth paper artist and illustrator yunior broadscale created these works she's been fashioning paper three d. pictures for a decade. they prayer is just amazing it's like simple versatile there are just so many things you can do to it it can fold it it can cards. to. name it really like to use it. julia came up with the idea of creating three dimensional

sites in the country after the building of the wall it formed part of the border between east and west berlin day after extensive renovation it stands for reunification this monument has an eventful history a perfect stop for this week's serious europe's famous landmarks. the brandenburg gate is the german capitals most important landmark right in the heart of the city twenty meters high with the wind gauge on each side it's the culmination of the crumble of on our own today london prussian king frederick william the second had the triumphal arch built in the late eighteenth century it's crowned by the six metre tall quadriga a team of four horses pulling a chariot steered by victoria the roman goddess of victory when first created victoria was nude but was later given a gallon. historians' ito purchased has deciphered the structures message. different or not often seventeen eighty eight so a significant event some precious. frederick william the second was able to conclude an important alliance with britain and the republic of the netherlands. to celebrate the event he built this triumphal a

west of the city on crew for some kind of. most famous boulevard. i'm on crew first dumb also known as the cool it's berlin's most famous shopping drag right in the heart of the area known as city west. of the boulevard it's three and a half kilometers long and extends from the kaiser village memorial church i tried lots all the way to hearts and all thoughts in the gloom of a district. the cool first dump is not just a popular shopping destination it's also a fashionable place to take a stroll the idea is to see and be seen. i want to pack as much as possible into my trip along the cool first my plan for today shopping culture and sightsee we also add to the soup and will be taken in some culling very highlights too so let's go. i start the day with shopping after all it's the major attraction of the food. and surrounding streets first stop the luxury of scotties the department store. it's located on telling scenes dawson which is an extension of the. germany's most famous department store opened in one thousand and seven shoppers will find everything they need and don't need to hear. from forssell and. dec

berlin. divided by the russians in the west after world war ii, people are flooding through soviet-controlledo escape communism. it's a major source of embarrassment for kruschev. >> people are fleeing the eastern part into the west, and kruschev wants to stop that flood of refugees. >> in vienna, they went off into their meeting which was five hours long and a complete disaster. >> the soviet leader makes an impossible demand. he wants kennedy to surrender the western sector of berlin. >> kruschev just bullies kennedy. >> there was nothing kennedy could say to him except "i give up on west berlin" that would have made kruschev happy. kruschev was determined to put kennedy's feet to the fire. >> despite his best efforts jack is humiliated. leaves the mmit having achieved nothing. >> kennedy's first meetings with journalists after vienna, there was no spin. he was dejected, he didn't hide it. >> i will tell you now, it was a very sober two days. no spectacular progress was either achieved or pretended. >> and two months later kruschev built the berlin wall, sealed off east berlin from west ber

berlin. divided by the russians in the west after world war ii, people are flooding through soviet-controlledst berlin to escape communism. it's a major source of embarrassment for kruschev. >> people are fleeing the eastern part into the west and kruschev wants to stop that flood of refugees. >> in vienna, they went off into their meeting which was five hours long and a complete disaster. >> the soviet leader makes an impossible demand. he wants kennedy to surrender the western sector of berlin. >> khrushchev just bullies kennedy. >> there was nothing kennedy could say to him except "i give up on west berlin" that would have made kruschev happy. khrushchev was determined to put kennedy's feet to the fire. >> despite his best efforts jack is humiliated. he leaves the summit having achieved nothing. >> kennedy's first meetings with journalists after vienna, there was no spin. he was dejected, he didn't hide it. >> i will tell you now, it was a very sober two days. no spectacular progress was either achieved or pretended. >> and two months later, kruschev built the berlin wall sealed off east b

when the city was divided and this area of the river served as the border between east and west berlin the crosses for member people who lost their lives trying to escape from the east. i'm standing in front of the chair. up there on the seventh floor that's where an alum merkel works unfortunately i can't get in but on her official website you can take a look at her office. wow look at that view you can see the tear garden the big inner city park all the way to the right star. right next to the chancellery and i'm going to hop on that who bought. me claimed the chancellor train this will get me to the grand boulevard on today linton in no time and that's good because i have a very important appointment to keep. i'm of course going to take the v.i.p. entrance i mean i have a photo session with the chancellor herself. ok ok it might not be all that exclusive after all at madame tussaud everyone can take a picture with. our western morocco obama. or other celebrities a bit stiff but pretty close to the originals and you think. now i'm going to treat myself to a little break the tea i got

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on april eleventh one thousand nine hundred sixty eight was riding his bike in west berlin when he was attacked by an unskilled labor yourself back and called out you dirty communist pig then fired three shots was severely injured but survived. at the time he was the most prominent spokesman of the west german student movement he knew he was public enemy number one for political conservatives the government and the tabloids not you afraid someone will beat you up. i'm not scared you could happen but friends watch out for me if i don't tend to go around on my own. but of course a crazy guy could just flee palace. was born to a devout lutheran family south of berlin just days before the berlin wall was built he fled to the allied controlled west of the city he felt he was being targeted in communist east germany for advocating democratic socialism and german reunification settling in west berlin he studied sociology and became politically active against war capitalism and exploitation. it was during a visit to berlin by congolese prime minister and why his chandi in one nine hundred sixt

mentioned you were a centrist i want to pick up on your dr king came right here to berlin in one nine hundred sixty four he came to west and east berlin spoke on both sides of the wall he was welcomed with open arms is there a martin luther king legacy here be you and i both live here is there a legacy there's a lines here that maybe is not in the you would see a different well the difference i see here is there is an openness and a willingness. to have dialogue but i see that a lot of the conversations around race relation they're very outdated as you know the word racism wasn't even in the german dictionary until one thousand nine hundred ninety seven and so i see a lot of the conversation is still a bit behind also i noticed that in germany a lot of people are quick to point out this happens in the u.s. there's gun violence there's police by and they don't look around and see the violence around them and i wonder you know as black americans as black germans as black europeans the question that an artist needs to ask is do we have to die to rest in peace. you know. we've got about forty five seconds left i want to as

restaurant is located right on the cook at popular shopping in the west of berlin but you have to look up to spot the establishment. was once considered the host of. off to the full of the wool the area became less popular. but that's changing again the west is livelier than ever. read well. remember when i first came to berlin i took the bus somewhere and a young berlin woman got home with a curry vorst and sat down right next to me and looked at shop cold all over my jacket she said to me in the berlin dialect you should watch out and i thought then i k. of arrived. five years on a really feels at home in the german capital at restaurant forty four he made me use his recent products as is common in switzerland. and his team set up no frills potatoes cuisine of the highest quality. software is going to. introduce him and go up to. the scottish woman susan philips for. as the first artist to receive the prestigious turner prize for a sound insulation one of her main focuses is examining transience and memory in her current exhibition separated strings which is on display in the eastern

mentioned you were centric i want to pick up on europe dr king came here to berlin in one nine hundred sixty four he came to west in east berlin spoke on both sides of the wall he was welcomed on both sides with open arms is there a martin luther king legacy here in the human eye but is lives here is there a legacy there's a life here that maybe is not in the u.s. see a different well the difference i see here is there is an openness and a willingness. to have dialogue but i see that a lot of the conversations around race relation they're very outdated as you know the word racism wasn't even in the german dictionary until one thousand nine hundred six one thousand nine hundred seventy and so i see a lot of the conversation is still a bit behind also i noticed that in germany a lot of people are quick to point out this happens in the u.s. there's gun violence there's a response and they don't look around and see the violence around and i wonder you know as black americans as black germans as black europeans the question that an artist needs a cost to ask is do we have to die to rest in peace. you know we've got a

of east berlin from running to freedom in the west. there is a tragic story unfolds in britain this week of a new virtual berlin wall that british and european authorities have erected on little 2-year-old elfie evans who lives in britain. they have eliminated this child's right to travel and they are holding him prisoner. elfie is severely handicapped. british officials have made the decision over the objection of elfie's young parents that elfie would be better off dead. as such, they are prohibiting elfie's parents from taking him to bambino jesuit hospital in rome, which has offered to care for the bill. elfie is not suffering, but british officials appear to be projecting their own subjective views on elfie's quality of life and are deeming his life not worthy of living. among my most heartwarming experiences, my work in my district, are visits to the severely handicapped. i visited with individuals who will never walk and who never communicate verbally. but they can and do love and they are loved. for some folks in life, their cal

the city is about 300 miles west of berlin: and now we look at this, it comes a year after a similar attack in another country. >> reporter: police and emergency vehicles were in the downtown area of this city, saturday afternoon a van crashed into a crowd in front of a popular bar. three people, i can chewing the driver--including the driver are dead. this witness said he heard a loud bang, screaming, and then police arrived. authorities say that the man behind the wheel of the man shot and killed himself while still in the vehicle. police raided his home looking for evidence. they say he is a german citizen. this spokesman said that the investigation is ongoing. this congresswomans exactly one year--comes exactly one year after this truck attack in stockholm that killed five people and brought back memories of a 2016 truck attack in berlin that killed 12. in that autocar man mowed into a christmas market. --in that attack, a man plowed into a christmas market. cbs news. >>> in western canada, members of a youth hockey team were killed when they bus collided with a tractor trailer.

are dead, dozens injured after a van rams into a group of people in muenster, about 300 miles west of berlin. laura podesta explains this comes exactly one year after a similar attack in another country. >> reporter: police and emergency vehicles swarmed the historic downtown area of the city of muenster. a van crashed into a crowd in front of a popular bar. three people, including the driver, are dead. dozens are injured. this witness said he heard a loud bang, screaming, and then police arrived. authorities say the man behind the wheel of the van shot and killed himself while still in the vehicle. police raided the suspect's home looking for evidence. they say he's a german citizen and as of now do not believe he had terrorist ties. this police spokesman said the investigation is ongoing. saturday's incident comes exactly one year after this truck attack in stockholm that killed five people. it also evoked memories of a truck attack in berlin that killed 12. in that attack, a man with islamist links plowed into a christmas market. police have urged people in muenster to stay inside their h

a good singer and hamann are based in an elegant nineteenth century apartment in the west of berlin theyight work in design but starting their own company was less about creativity and more a matter of crunching numbers. they have a staff of eight and no plans to expand the team designs office furniture lamps and curtains a lot of their commissions come from hotels. guns booze or has this ultimately we're responsible for the guests first impression of the hotel it's up to us to justify why they might be spending around four hundred euros for a double room it's our job is to provide the customer with luxury and comfort and looks everything the hotel represents so the hotel can hide everything else in the basement so we have really deserved to be taken more seriously as a. once allen stuff. the hotel industry has grown cutthroat the interior designers have to fight for every last cent of their budget. marcus's head of design for a tough hotels and make sure that one feature setting the hotel chain apart is its choice of artworks. in the past hotels would sort out their interior design and

the main the main train east west train through berlin so anyone trying to get from one side of the cityto the other was unable to parts of the underground which shut down basically it was travel chaos and i'm sure people are really relieved that everything's back up and running now just ahead of the weekend talk with us a little bit more about that really if it is i'm sure it is indeed high and i know that you've been speaking with people over there where they're telling you. yeah well i mean i was talking to the police obviously they are really relieved that everything went to plan it was a sort of a joint police fire brigade operation the fire brigade were the ones with the actual disposal team but they were working very closely with police i've spoken to them they're obviously very relieved that everything went to plan them in a safe and of course you know people standing by you know hoping to get trains or just wanting to to see what was going to happen are all really relieved of course i'm certainly relieved this building is glass and i was told by a bomb expert that even were to e

lead were assaulted the attacker a syrian migrant a semitic abuse a solidarity much in the west has begun in berlin in a moment we'll take you live to the event first though we asked members of both ensues community if they are afraid to wear their skull caps in public. but it's not strict enough danger for other people it's only one small. nothing more and it's so ingrained porton produced tradition that. they have a moment i once forgot to take off my cap i when i was at an event all the way home nothing really happened but i took it off then. or i personally do not want to wear a cap on the street of a bush there is no reason in the world to say to people to not wear their their. accessories for their religion i think it's a great shame because we're in the poorest across who can do or want to do most of the where there he jab grecians going to where they're christ's everybody can do whatever he wants to do and in the twenty first century it's a huge huge mistake for this incident recently it's just really worrying i would also think that it's not harmless strictly in the most horrible thing abo

the city is about 300 miles west of berlin. it happened outside of a restaurant. after the crash the driver shot and killed himself. police raided the suspect's home looking for evidence. he is a german citizen and they do not believe editor errorist ties. >> they didn't believe that it happened in muenster because it is really secure. i am also shocked. >> salter's crash occurred on the one year anniversary of the terrorist attack in sweden when a stolen truck hit pedestrians killing five. >>> national guard troops moving into position along parts of the border with u.s. and mexico. 250 troops will be at the border tomorrow. in arizona the governor says about 150 will deploy this week. the president says this is necessary to turn back threat of unauthorized immigrants, drugs, crime. james mattis has authorized funding to deploy troops. california officials are waiting to see the details. >>> facebook is admitting it's been secretly deleting messages sent by mark zuckerburg. this has been going on for several years with various inboxes. recipients of the messages

there are forces moving through and they are all on different lines of operation as they move west toward berlin and parts of germany. let's get to it, right? what is going on around budapest, hungary is significant ally for germany mainly because of oil reserves and a geostrategic location of budapest which controls access to yugoslavia, and it also controls exit to vienna, and some excess of north towards slovakia and poland. hitler,ler's, -- for it really is his last ally. the romanians have been defeated, interestingly enough the soviets beat the romanians in 1944, they capitulate and are going to join the soviets. that is significant, they are going to let the romanians liberate budapest. this is significant. , the germanening ally structure which is so fantastic in 1941 and 1942 is crumbling. you have the geostrategic position in the lines here from october through december of 1944, as they are slowly getting move back. ultimately you have the fortified lines through 1944. as the fight is going to start ramping up, the germans have moved from a line all the way out here, and they are build

west point 1986. he served as -- before the berlin wall. after he edited the log review and he's a man of great accomplishment before hand or politics. he also into successful businesses before he was elected to the house of representatives in 2010. he served from 2010 until 2017. it is duties range from the iran nuclear accord to the patriot act. he understands the issues and is of significant capacity and most importantly he was picked by the president who after this time working together with director of pompeo the president should know exactly what he's getting. frankly, we should too. president trump decided to not only nominate director pompeo but when he was confirmed 66 - 32 is the vote 14 senate democrats there may also be here voted of the cia. i would say he's more qualified today to be director of the cia. he has taken the responsibilities seriously, his brief the president over and over again. the president knows what he's getting and director pompeo should know exactly who he's working for. given the challenges he faces here a

this is you know we news live from berlin russia and the west at loggerheads over the script all poisoning reports say russia fills in a bit to gain access to britain's investigation into the attack at a meeting of the world's a chemical weapons watchdog britain maintains moscow is the chief suspect in the attack also coming up drawing up a blueprint for post-war syria turkey russia and iran discussed the war torn countries future. and a tragic anniversary.