Doesn't ship the government says the law was intended to address the persecution of religious minorities such as Hindus Sikhs and Christians in those Muslim majority countries but thousands have protested saying the exclusion of Muslims from the law is on t. Islam and weakens the secular foundations of India. Some protesters believe it's a measure by the Hindu Nationalist government to marginalize the community buses and trains stations have been torched and on Wednesday police fired shots to push back thousands of demonstrators throwing stones and glass bottles the Supreme Court said it would hear petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the law on January 22nd that is Francis McGuire reporting the latest attempt by u.s. And South Korean negotiators to reach a deal on sharing defense costs ended without agreement on Wednesday but senior u.s. Negotiator James De heart said that Washington was committed to finding a solution that was mutually acceptable to all involved and agree an agreement that that the government to Freo will find value in. An agreement that will be supported by the National Assembly and we respect very much the role of the National Assembly Dart was speaking after the 5th round of talks to resolve the issue in Seoul the current agreement expires at the end of the year the Us Supreme Court said that it could limit job bias lawsuits against churches a.p.s. Water rat love has details the Us Supreme Court says it will consider expanding protections for churches against job discrimination claims at issue are 2 cases where a federal appeals court allowed lawsuits to go ahead by teachers against 2 Catholic schools in California the Supreme Court has previously ruled that religious employees of a church cannot sue for employment discrimination but the court hasn't made clear exactly who could sue as a secular employee and who cannot as a religious or. Lawyer The question for the justices in the new cases is how broadly religious institutions can invoke a Ministerial Exception to anti-discrimination laws I'm Walter Ratliff and the Australian state of New South Wales has declared its 2nd state of emergency in 2 months on Thursday as temperatures were set to solar above 40 degrees Celsius and nearly 100 bush fires were burning throughout the state for more visit our website I'm David for video a nuke. It's tragic that the president's reckless actions make impeachment necessary impeach bring could put the president of the United States on trial in the Senate this is Thursday but I see you took December this is v.o.a. h M m I remember it was she did also a coming ahead we take you to Delhi and it talk about a new law that has led to mess up protests across India United States is having its problems reaching agreement with South Korea and we have a decision made by u.s. Aircraft company that has ramifications bore the future it's all coming your way on today is below a Asia. The u.s. House of Representatives headed Wednesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump accusing him of abusing the power of the presidency to benefit himself politically and then obstructing Congress says it investigated his actions House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened hours of debate telling lawmakers that trauma by pressing Ukraine to investigate one of his chief 2020 Democratic rivals former Vice President Joe Biden and then standing in the way of a congressional investigation quote gave us no choice but to pursue his impeachment if we do not act now we would be derelict in our duty it is tragic that the president's reckless actions make impeachment necessary he gave us no choice president Trond Baz's his style did not mince words this has been a. Total sham from the beginning everybody knows that covering this is story competes print procedure and to be always Congressional Correspondent Catherine Gyp's and Catherine were are we now as far as the process of a peach for this concern Well we're hearing about our. Lawyers would be on article didn't we have. To have 3. I know where I want to go by our calculations up here and it is but I'm sure I'm out of certain points in tedious get out there's a mostly with the house trying to be out here so what exactly is happening from what I have seen on our They did so all over television obviously and radio is 1st one Democrat saying why he or she is going to vote for impeachment and then a Republican Republican saying why or not he or she will not vote for impeachment and that's all you pretty much heard right you've pretty much summed up what's been happening up here for the last 5 or so hours what it really is is a chance for each of the members to really go up a record with well will be one of the most important votes if not the most important vote out their political careers you know impeachment only have rarely in American political history once in a generation in the modern era and one of the significant decisions a member of Congress will ever make so this really is their opportunity to come to the House floor to be in the eye of the. Merican public and really sort out their reason why they're voting or. Not. Catherine House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Had word for everybody who was taking part of this proceedings in that this was a very serious very sad situation has hasn't carried out has that order been been carried out so far it absolutely has and you know what we heard was that Speaker Pelosi wanted embers absolutely no gloating no wow thing when that vote finally happens later on this evening they are going to remain so calm for which has been the marching orders all want is that Speaker Pelosi did not want to make this move she considers it one of the most serious of the speaker can make and that she really had to be dragged into it because at the seriousness of Trump's actions she wants the whole country to understand that the Bembridge at least the Democratic ones don't take this lightly voted in favor of but peace and Pietschmann is expected to pass from the house so what happens then then it goes to the Senate right. Right although we're having a little bit of trouble with that up here right now there is some caution a very wonky procedural discussion that Speaker Pelosi could hold back those articles of impeachment she have to transmit them to the u.s. Senate just some of our listeners may know that help will update Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who is a Republican an ally of the president has really been pushing back against Senate Democrats on some of the Will the ground rules of how about a trial will run the car pollutes the is considering that transmit in those articles been teach but over until she gets what she wants out of McConnell Well if that's possible I have been getting some messages from some listeners saying Why go through all of this we already know what's going to happen right so why. Why are we doing this that's a good question on the part of your listeners and I think the next something that American citizens themselves who are exhausted by some of the care to some slighting in this country the past 2 years they're laughing but what we have to do is take a step out of step back from the social media step back from the cable news all of those discussions that we have here and take a look at how the founders of the United States set up the system and they wanted the u.s. President to be held accountable for his or someday her actions and they set it up so that the u.s. Congress so that lawmakers would have a way of doing that is that system breaks down that some of the core components of the United States are lost we still need to run through the system so that the country can ask on ourselves you know what do we expect of us President behavior do you sign acceptable or not acceptable and I think this whole process has really got that discussion going have Katherine gypsum congressional correspondent for The Voice of America's always Katherine thank you Piers so welcome we invite you to read more of our top story by following us on Facebook be a way Asian and the v.o.a. News dot com website. These are among the top Asia headlines you'll find right now would be a way News dot com Australians experienced their hottest day on record this week and temperatures could soon climb be even higher say the weather people unknown gunmen in Pakistan killed 2 people that do 2 police officers guarding polio vaccinators Wednesday during a national immunization campaign in a country where the crippling disease remains endemic to Japanese journalist Shiori Ito who won her civil lawsuit seeking damages from a prominent reporter she says raped her and said her pain will not he is but hopes her case will set a new standard at a news conference on Wednesday at least 6 people were killed dozens injured Wednesday when a double decker bus crashed in Hong Kong read and watch more of b. Away Asia Facebook. India Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed a hearing pleas challenging the constitutionality of a new citizenship law that has sparked opposition and massive protests across the country court said it would you consider the pleas on January 22nd protest in widespread condemnation happened growing against the citizenship Amendment Act with demonstrators erupting in India over the last week the new law applies to Hindus Christians and other religious minorities who are in India illegally but can demonstrate religious persecution in Muslim majority Bangladesh Pakistan and Afghanistan it does not apply to Muslims Sharma's the executive editor and t.v. Anchor at that we on t.v. In New Delhi. Tell it Tell us what really is going on as far as how you see it on every day basis. There are 2 sets of protests happening in India one is in the northeast of India where people of the Salamander states do not want any immigrants Hindle Muslims seek any religion they just don't want immigrants because they say it puts a lot of stress on their resources and it changes the demographic of the state whereby the original inhabitants of the state become a minority they want no immigrants the rest of India is protesting because they see this this law this amendment as a challenge to India secular fabric they say that the exclusion of Muslim immigrants does not set sit well with with a secular India and that is not the right way to go about it and apparently it does not sit very well with the rest of the world is that correct so it appeals from Pakistan to Bangladesh to even the us everyone has taken this opportunity with this opportunity to comment on what India is doing and as we said a number Aunt Constance Well today that India. Loses its moral authority and has always taken pride in the fact that it has a healthy mix of different communities different religions. Living peacefully together coexisting together. This decision puts a question mark on that even though the government is going out of its way to tell everyone that this is not and. That everyone all religions all nationalities all kinds of people can still apply for citizenship that this amendment is only for the minorities of 3 countries and since these 3 countries are Muslim majority countries Muslims have been excluded but that's not how the political opposition sees it well does that mean that some Muslims can still apply and still gain citizenship on Muslims going to. All citizenship law says that you will you will take 11 years to become a naturalized citizen of India it's a long procedure the new law says people are specific religions Hindu Sikhs Buddhists season Christians if you apply under the new law you will take 6 years to become citizens of India but that is not to say that people of other countries other nationalities other religions including Muslims cannot apply they can still apply they will just take longer to become in citizens if they sell other criteria . Well that's what his critics say when he came too far he said that I will be everyone's president Hindus and Muslims it was awarded for me and those who did not vote. In 25th his party is seen as a party that is supported by the Hindu majority in this country but the 29000 elections so not in the mood be winning in such a big really even in areas which are Muslim dominated so it was being said that he has transcended that divide of cost and religion that used to be the hallmark of the Indian elections now it is being said that his critics say that he is finishing the unfinished agenda of his right wing party but that is just a job there is no way that as an independent journalist I can I can endorse that Supreme Court has postponed a hearing. On the constitutionality. Of the police on January 22nd does that mean. More protests and what about the reaction to those protests which many are saying are. There is a feel yes that these protests will be fueled. By by statements. From from all sides from all political parties so I don't see this simmering down anytime soon because no side seems to be ready to back track the government is issuing threats at the same time the prime minister says I urge everyone to be gone but he's also said just before that that we will identify the protesters by their clothes which is a statement that was not taken very well by the people by the protesters so it is going to be very hard to bring the tone down unless the government reaches out to some of these people and their fears yes the matter have gone to the Supreme Court but it's going to be very hard for the court as well to dismiss a legislation that has been already the by both houses of the Indian parliament thank you for taking the time. And hopefully we can talk again in the near future be thank you very much good to be on the show. That legality should appearance of I don't normally be here the American student who died after 17 months of a North Korean president hailed Wednesday new congressional legislation passed in their son's Liam calls for produce a feelings on Pyongyang staying up to date would be a way if you were listening to be away Asia. We are indeed happy you are aware this is the latest attempt by u.s. And South Korean negotiators to reach a deal on sharing defense cost ended without agreement on Wednesday but the senior us me go shooter James die hard said what she did was committed to finding a solution that met both sides what we want is an agreement that is mutually acceptable. And agree and agreement that. The government of Israel will find value in. An agreement that will be supported by the National Assembly and the respect very much the role of the National Assembly and in providing its consent to any agreement and and also an agreement that will be welcomed and supported by the people of the Republic of Korea the heart was speaking in Seoul after the 5th round of talks to resolve the issue of the current agreement on cost sharing is set to expire at the end of the year to hard emphasize the us government once all of its allies to pay their fair share not just South Korea this question a burden sharing is not just about the Republic of Korea but as our president has said we think that we need an equitable burden sharing with all of our allies around the world and so. We have been we have been pursuing that with many governments around the world. Coming up if you were a Boeing 737 aircraft might be in your immediate future be but after the planes are cleared to fly this is below Asia. 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Correspondent Marianna de gallo reports on the potential impact of that move the move to suspend production of its bestselling $737.00 Max came days after the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said no to reset if you have a jetliner and 2 possibly sometime next year that he has raised concerns for some workers right before the holidays and Christmas ham but for now the company says there would be no layoffs of its 12000 employees doing the production. Action freeze Meanwhile suspending production of a commercial aircraft will have a major impact on multiple levels analysts say suspending production of a commercial aircraft and we don't know how long that would be. Is really going to create some chaos for the airlines that are involved in this as well as the $600.00 or so companies that are part of the $737.00 next supply chain and Boeing itself it's going to have substantial impact on the u.s. Economy and as it already has I think it will affect our trade deficit Boeing officials say they decided to stop production in part because the f.a.a. Declined to so defied the aircraft at least until 2020 the 737 Max had been grounded since March after 2 separate fatal crashes one in Indonesia and another one in Ethiopia that killed nearly 350 people Boeing made a lot of missteps starting with the design of the airplane and there was some early signals that it needed some fixes and those were missed by lots of people aviation expert Joshi Why don't men says full Boeing this is going to be a tough juggling act like this is a core of their operation a 707 Max and you have lots of workers are trained to do one thing and have them do another thing now as you try to figure out when you're going to start is going to take some fancy footwork c.e.o. Dennis Lindbergh had his chairmanship stripped from him because of questionable decisions he made ahead of the 2 crashes he also testified before Congress the bad boss incidences and I want to convey our absolute commitment to safety our commitment to learning our commitment to rebuilding the public's confidence in what we do. And to preventing accidents from like this like this from other ever happening again but critics say he's been slow to accept the blame for software failures that safety inspectors say contributed to bluff crashes I am a general view we News Washington. The news break from the b.o.h. L. Washee did is appealing a World Trade Organization ruling in a dispute over import duties on Indian steel products that despite having recently pours the w t o of people here if it's as bad of its own operations does it feel we hate it here on You Tube Instagram and Twitter this is the only Asian. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest kinds there is because it's almost always found too late this cancer is hard to detect and symptoms only show up when the cancer has had bands but as the us Carol Pearson reports researchers are beginning to make inroads in this most difficult to diagnose disease. U.s. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has survived pancreatic cancer not once but twice hers was found early which is rare the pancreas is an important organ that produces insulin a hormone that regulates the body's blood sugar but the pancreas is hard to see it's at the back of the abdomen covered by the stomach and the liver that's why doctors can't detect early tumors during routine physical exams Dr so much shaker Krishna is an endocrinologist who says that's why only 9 percent of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are alive 5 years after diagnosis the cancer doesn't produce any symptoms early on Patricia Beatty likes playing cards with her children she went to the hospital with what she thought was a stomach virus during a scan of her stomach the doctor found a cyst he told me that you know that the cyst was there and that it was pre-cancerous pancreatic cancer develops in one of 2 ways it either starts as a cancerous tumor or it starts with a cyst changes and becomes cancerous the difference between a tumor in the system is that the tumor is firm while the pancreatic cyst is filled with fluid says sun the pancreas are common most are fortunately benign doctors can test fluid from inside the system but it's hard to tell which cysts will develop into cancer cancerous tumors or cysts can be detected with sonograms or other diagnostic imaging tools but imaging is so expensive it can't be used as a regular screening device Dr Krishna at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center let a study of a new diagnostic method that gives doctors a microscopic view of the cyst wall he says his study showed this virtual biopsy is highly. Accurate you know we can diagnose says for the accuracy of 96 to 97 percent the procedure uses a tiny scope that emits a laser like to produce a cellular image of the inside of the cyst looking at the water the pad on the major pattern which comes from the system wall which is which comes as a direct to video feed in real time we can conclude what the diagnosis is Krishna and others are training doctors at hospitals across the us to use this new technology so they can more accurately diagnose precancerous cysts this can save lives but the procedure will only be used after an m.r.i. Or a sonogram is ordered for another reason so the cancer will still grow silently in most people until it's too late to save them Krishna told v.o.a. That a blood test is the most logical way to find pancreatic cancer early the problem is it hasn't been developed yet although researchers are working on it as for praeter should baby she's cancer free because this new diagnostic tool found her cyst before it became malignant and spread Carol Pearson the away news. This is something that's going to. According to a new study published in the Astronomical Journal about 3500000 years ago with Sean a galactic scale is quite recent There was a colossal explosion of energy at the center of the Milky Way The explosion which scientists call a safeword flare so powerful Khushi beams of radiation that slice through our galaxy and a good distance into deep space the researchers say the flare was so powerful that of the fact of the Magellanic stream some 200000 light years from the Milky Way study authors who use data in from the Hubble Space Telescope to make their findings estimate the blast lasted for about 300000 year research team behind the study says this explosion was truly enormous to have been set off by anything other than nuclear activity associated with a super massive black hole epicenter of the Milky Way known as Sagittarius a star I'm be always Rick pencil a 0. You have been listening to v.o.a. A.j. And remember to get our program on i Tunes Sound Cloud download our podcast take b.o.h. You if you visit our v.o.a. News dot com program page she is on You Tube follow us on be away Asia Twitter In other words we are all over the place thank you for joining us thanks to our director Tracy Carter our engineers even Abdel-Rahman managing editor Diane gallon r b o h a team of Jim Stevenson Keith Lane and Doug Bernard I'm Ira now with a watch she didn't have a wonderful day ahead. At the. Welcome to learning English a daily 30 minute program from the Voice of America I'm Jonathan evidence and I'm Ashley Thompson this program is aimed at English learners so we speak a little slower and we use words and phrases especially written for people learning English. Today on the program you will hear from Mario Ritter Jr and ball and Brian Lamb later we will present our American history series The Making of a nation but 1st. A court in Pakistan announced Tuesday that former President and military ruler Pervaiz Musharraf is guilty of high treason the court sentenced him to death the treason charge was tied to too much Shara declaration of emergency rule in 2007. It is the 1st time a Pakistani court has tried and convicted a military leader Bashar of came to power after the military ousted the government in 1999 the treason case has been moving through the courts since 2014 when new Sharath was charged he has been in Dubai for medical treatment since 2016 Pakistani justice officials have asked the former president to return and answer questions in court several times but he has said he could not return for medical reasons earlier this month from a hospital in Dubai Musharraf expressed his distrust in the judicial process he described himself as a victim of it the major opposition parties in Pakistan and praised the court decision as a protection against future military overthrows the country has spent more than half of its existence under direct military rule. Dari is the leader of the Pakistan People's Party he is the son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who was murdered in 2007 he wrote on Twitter or Tuesday them ocracy is the best revenge Pakistan's government considered close to the military did not issue an official statement on the conviction however at least one government minister expressed concerns about the court's decision. We need to unite the country why take decisions that divide the nation and its institutions wrote. The Minister for Science and Technology. Aerospace company Boeing's announcement that it is suspending production of the $737.00 Max passenger jet is affecting more than just the businesses financial results thousands of employees and hundreds of suppliers are also facing an unclear future with the production for. Boeing's biggest in 20 years Boeing builds the 737 Macs in Seattle Washington about 12000 employees are involved in making the airplane the company said it would not lay off employees during the production free. However the move will affect a supply chain of up to $900.00 companies and the u.s. And overseas that make parts for the complex jet. Boeing's board of directors made the decision Monday after a 2 day meeting last week the Federal Aviation Administration did not approve the 730 seven's return to service before 2020 the 737 Max passenger airplane has been banned from flying since March shortly after a 2nd deadly crash involving the aircraft took place near Addison a Theo. 5 months earlier one of the jets crashed after taking off from Jakarta Indonesia a total of $346.00 people died in the 2 incidents the crashes caused an international outcry against Boeing and many questioned the company's support for safety policies pilots reportedly had expressed concerns about one of the flight control systems on the plane it caused the aircraft to lose altitude under some conditions Boeing has made changes to the airplane software and proposed upgrading pilot training but the changes are still being studied by flight safety officials the Federal Aviation Administration would not comment on what it described as Boeing's business decision it said it would continue to work with safety officials around the world to study the proposed changes to the $737.00 Max. Our 1st priority is safety and we have set no time frame for when the work will be completed the agency said the production freeze signals a deepening of the crisis for Boeing u.s. Representative Rick Larsen called the decision a body blow to its workers and the region's economy the lawmaker However praised Boeing's promise not to lay off workers before Monday Boeing had not stopped production of the $737.00 Max during the months long grounding of the company said that it had about $400.00 airplanes in storage waiting to be sent to buyers It is estimated that the grounding has cost Boeing about $9000000000.00 so far and about $1000000000.00 each additional month Boeing's production halt also affects suppliers like spirit aero systems holdings ank based in Wichita Kansas 50 percent of the company's sales are based on the $737.00 Max. Other companies that supply parts to Boeing are Britain's senior p.o. C. And Francis saffron say. I'm Mario Ritter Jr. As the United States explores ways to deal with the shootings at schools some Americans argue more people should carry guns the only way to stop the bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun President Donald Trump told the National Rifle Association and April more states are giving teachers permission to carry guns he said And who better to protect our children than our teachers who love them but a look at unintentional shootings by law enforcement officers including some at schools raises questions about whether more guns would help keep students safe the Associated Press a.p. Investigated the issue it found that accidental shootings happen at law enforcement agencies of all sizes across the country every year. The a.p. Examined public records and media reports it found 1422 unintentional shootings by officers at 258 agencies since 201222 of these shootings happened at schools or colleges the National School Boards Association reports that at least 9 states have passed laws enabling employees to carry guns on school grounds the schools taught children from kindergarden generally for ages 4 to 6 through high school the group noted that 19 states give anyone with permission from a school administration official to carry a gun at school experts say anybody carrying guns including teachers needs ongoing intensive training to control their arms expertly and react the right way in stressful settings but many law enforcement officers do not even get that Doug 10 going is firearms program manager at the Washington State Criminal Justice training commission the state's police training center. He said that most people including police officers do not have enough training to be able to shoot or carry a firearm responsibly the A.P.'s investigation confirmed 6 accidental shootings that involved officers reacting to reports of active shooters one such shooting happened in 2016 at the Alpine high school in the town of Alpine Texas when a call came in about 2 shooters inside the school local state and federal officers hurried their homeland security investigations Special Agent John dangle was shot and injured just outside a classroom u.s. Marshal Douglas Mullens later admitting that he had accidentally fired his weapon the a.p. Found other accidental shootings at schools happened while officers chased or arrested suspects taught gun safety classes or attended school events while off duty in some cases officers teachers or students were injured experts say the way to avoid these accidents includes following rules for safe use of guns and training regularly in settings that seem like real life. Alan Gottlieb started a group called the 2nd Amendment Foundation in Bellevue Washington the 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of individuals to keep and carry arms Gottlieb supports arming teachers as a way to prevent violence he says schools without guns are a target rich environment for people who are crazy yet many educators have resisted the idea that they should carry guns in 2018 a group called Teach Plus asked more than one $1200.00 teachers about being armed at schools and 80 percent said they were strongly opposed also last year the National Education Association the country's largest teachers' union asked about $1000.00 members if they would be willing to carry a gun in school even with training and 82 percent said no we reject the idea that putting more guns in schools will make schools safer the group's president Lily Eskelsen Garcia told the a.p. I am Brian Lin and on a on ball. Welcome to the making of a nation American history in v.o.a. Special English on April 9th $1865.00 Confederate General Robert e. Lee surrendered his army to a Union General Ulysses Grant within weeks the civil war would be over when people in Washington learned of Lee's surrender they hurried to the White House the crowd wanted to hear from President Abraham Lincoln . The speech he gave would be one of his last as Cagle lont and Harry Monroe explained in our series. President Lincoln spoke several days after generally surrender the people expected a victory speech but Lincoln gave them something else already he was moving forward from victory to the difficult times ahead the southern rebellion was over now he faced the task of rebuilding the union Lincoln did not want to punish the South he wanted to rejoin the ties that the civil war had broken so when the people of the North expected his speech of victory he gave them a speech of reconstruction instead. On the night of April 11th Lincoln appeared before a crowd outside the White House he held a candle in one hand and his speech in the other fellow citizens Lincoln said we meet this evening not in sorrow but in gladness of heart the surrender of the main army of the Confederacy give us hope of a righteous and speedy peace the joy cannot be held back by baby's recent successes we have had pressed more closely upon us the question of reconstruction we all agree Lincoln continued that the so-called seceded States are out of their correct relation with the union we also agree that what the government is trying to do is get these states back into their correct relation I believe it is not only possible but in fact easier to do this without deciding the legal question of whether these states have ever been out of the Union finding themselves safely at home it would be of no importance whether they had ever been away there was cheering and applause when President Lincoln finished but less than when he began this speech had been too long and too detailed to please the crowd. Lincoln however believed it a success he hoped he had made the country understand one thing the great need to forget hatred and bitterness in the difficult time of rebuilding that would follow the war the president continued to discuss his ideas on reconstruction over the next few days on Friday April 14th he agreed to put this work aside for a while in the afternoon he took his wife Mary for a long drive away from the city in the evening they would go to the theatre one of the popular players of the time called Our American Cousin was being performed at Ford's Theater not far from the White House the Secretary of War did not want to the Lincoln's to go alone he ordered an army officer to go with them the President and Mrs Lincoln sat in special seats at Ford's there the presidential box was above and to one side of the stage a guard always stood outside the door to the box on this night however the guard did not remain he left the box on protected President Lincoln and settled down in his seat to enjoy the play as he did so a man came to the door of the box he carried a gun in one hand and a knife in the other the man entered the presidential box quietly he slowly raised the gun. He aimed it at the back of Lincoln's head he fired then the man jumped from the box to the stage 3 meters below many in the theater recognized him he was an actor John Wilkes Booth booth broke his leg when he hit the stage floor but he pulled himself up shouted 6 Semper tyrannosaurs Thus ever to tyrants and ran out the door he got on a horse and was gone. They attacked was so quick that the audience did not know what had happened then a woman shouted the president has been shot Lincoln had fallen forward in his seat unconscious someone asked if it was possible to move him to the White House a young Army doctor said no the president's wound was terrible he would die long before reaching the White House so Lincoln was moved to a house across the street from Ford's Theater a doctor tried to remove the bullet from the president's head he could not nothing could be done except wait the end was only hours away cabinet members began to arrive while wild reports spread through the city the Confederates had declared war again there was fighting in the streets an official of the War Department described the situation. The extent of the plot was unknown from so horrible beginning what might come next how far would the bloody work go the safety of Washington must be looked after the people must be told the assassin and his helpers must be captured. Early the next morning April 15th Abraham Lincoln and. A prayer was said over his body his eyes were closed the news went out by telegraph to cities and towns across the country people read the words but could not believe them to millions of Americans Abraham Lincoln's death was a personal loss they had come to think of him as more than the president of the United States he was a trusted friend people hung the black cloth on their doors in sorrow even the South mourned for Lincoln its former enemy Southern General Joel Johnston said Mr Lincoln was the best friend we had His death is the worst thing that could happen for the South messages of regret came from around the world. British labor groups said they could never forget the things Lincoln had said about working people things such as the strongest time of human sympathy should be one uniting all working people of all nations and tongues a group representing hundreds of French students sent this message in President Lincoln we mourn a fellow citizen there are no longer any countries shut up in narrow front 2 years our country is everywhere where there are neither masters nor slaves wherever people live in liberty or fight for it we look to the other side of the ocean to learn how a people which is known how to make itself free knows how to preserve its freedom the assassination of Abraham Lincoln touched the imagination of America's writers many tried to put their feelings into words well Whitman wrote several poems of mourning here is part of one of them. Captain My Captain. Here Captain dear father this arm beneath your head it is some dream that on the deck you fall and cold and dead my captain does not answer his lips pale and still my father does not feel my arm he has no pulse nor will the ship is safe and sound its voyage closed and done from fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object one exult old shores and ring bells but I with mournful tread walk the deck my captain lies. Cold and dead Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the spring that is the time of year when lilac plants burst into flower throughout much of the United States one of Walt Whitman's most beautiful poems in honor of Lincoln is called when lilacs last in the door yard bloomed Here is part of that point when lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed and the great star early drooped in the western sky in the night I mourned and yet shall mourn with ever returning spring ever returning spring Trinity is sure to me you bring lie Locke blooming perennial land to drooping star in the West and thought of him I love cough and that passes through lanes and streets through day and night with the great cloud the darkening the land with the countless torches lit with the silent sea of faces and the Bayard heads. With the tolling tolling bells perpetual clang here coffin that slowly passes I give you my spring of lilac. And that's our program for today listen again tomorrow to learn English 3 stories from around the world I'm Jonathan Evans and I'm Ashley Thompson. A new David. Debate has largely. Been the impeachment hearings and vote on President Donald Trump we get details from A.P.'s as.