I bring coffee its good to have you with us it took 3 days of marathon talks but European Union leaders they have finally reached an agreement on who they would like to see as their new chief ursula found alliance germanys current defense minister and a close ally of german chancellor Angela Merkel she has been nominated to become the European Commission president now if approved by the European Parliament underlying would make history as the European Unions 1st female leader well who is ursula fun the lion we begin with this report. Shes considered a close ally of german chancellor Angela Merkel ursula funday line German Defense minister Christian Conservative and long time politician a medical doctor and mother of 7 funder line joined merkel c. D. U. Party in the early ninetys she later headed the ministry of family and women before serving as minister of labor as germanys 1st female defense minister funded line aimed to revamp the armed forces but shes recently drawn criticism for p
Henry kissinger, called him the most dangerous man in the world. His potential punishment for the espionage charges was 150 years in prison. But the Nixon White House overplayed his hand. President nixon had ordered aids to break into ellsberg psychiatrists office to steal his medical records and to link them to the press to discredit him. But they were caught and the operation back fired in the end, a federal judge dropped all of the charges against ellsberg. It was then the Daniel Ellsberg became a lifelong activist. He was not the typical anti war crusader. He was a republican. He was a marine corps veteran, but his new mission in life was to work against war and especially against Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Proliferation were gonna speak with 2 of Daniel Ellsberg, personal friends, randy credit go a long time comedian and social justice activist, the former director of the william m, so there fund for social justice and host of the radio show live on the fly. With chairs every fri
Dressed in rags as homeless people, their signs protest the shanghai auto shows decision to ban models. It started when chinese president xi jinping expressed concerns that a culture of vaal vulgarity was tooking root in the country. Industries began implementing self regulations with the shanghai auto show suddenly cancelling the use of models at booths. China held its firstever auto show in the 1980s. It was a time when owning a private car was beyond most citizens dreams. The exhibitors mostly targeted businesses looking for commercial vehicles. And also promoted car parts and new technologies. Thanks to economic growth, auto shows are now completely different. These days, the chinese own more than 150 million cars, 15 of the worlds total. Modelling at the shows has become a dream for many young women. Over the past several years, they have dressed mostly in revealing outfits. Smaller car makers came up with the strategy in order to stand out as they cant compete with major firms. S
France, and the entry of spain into the war. Arms and supplies from the spanish governor of louisiana aided the american cause and the thech army and navy made yorktown victory possible. The stories of our nations early days cannot be told without reference to the national archives, diplomatic correspondence, treaties, military commissions, and more on the internet American Revolution. Will enlighten us about the roles france and spain played. Lets now hear from the panel. To lead the discussion we are happy to have rosemarys regarding, processor professor at george Mason University. Ferreiro, author of men and arms, teaches history and engineering at University George Mason University. Francois furstenburg, professor of history at Johns Hopkins university. His parents, are the furstenbergs here . Onyou have ever shopped st, it isut at fur furstenberg. Please welcome them. [applause] good evening. I from george zagar Mason University and we are thrilled to see you tonight. The first it
We are now standing outside in the garden and you can see the hatch where the tunnel ends. The bomb shelter is an interesting part of tudor houses history, helping to show the story of the family from the American Revolution to the cold war. It is a portion of the garage we will be opening for interpretation in the future, a project i am excited about. Weve only had a chance today to see a portion of our collection so i hope you will take a tour and experience the house. We are constantly highlighting different items from our 15,000 object collection, as well as as well as exhibits. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. American history tv is on cspan3 every weekend featuring museum tours and programs on the presidency. The civil war and more. Here is a clip from a recent program. One thing we should talk about would be nancy reagan and barbara bush. It is 1980. George h. W. Bush and Nancy Ronald Reagan run against each