Moderator lester holt for favoring Hillary Clinton and blamed the microphone for the sniffing sound. I wonder was it set up that way on purpose. The microphone in the room they couldnt hear me. New jersey governor, Chris Christie was in last nights audience and understandably the trump supporter is tapped to lead the republican nominees Transition Team should he win the white house, tonight christie is facing his own problems amid new testimony in the bridge gate sandal. Nora muchanic is live with that story. Reporter hi there monica. Former christie appointee, David Wildstein is the key witness in the bridge gate scandal. He plead guilty and is testifying against two others, he testified that he told governor christie about the lane closure as they were happening that is something that the governor denied. There is all kind of of stuff going on in the courtroom in newark and i want to be clear. That is governor christie saying he knew about the lane closures when they were happening,
Then we go to the philippines where waves of extradition killings has claimed thousands of lives since Rodrigo Duterte became president. He vowed to crack down on drug users like you did as mayor. On thursday, a former hit man testified that while duterte was mayor, duterte personally ordered him to carry out assassinations. The killings started from 1988 to 2013 will stop i think we have killed over 1000 people in the city alone. Amy then storycorps has launched a new campaign called whoweare, some with a surprising twist. I get off the train, walking toward the stairs and this young teenager pulls out a knife. He wants my money, so i gave him my wallet and told him, here you go. Like,rts to leave and im hey, wait a minute, you forgot something. If youre going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm. Amy we will speak with storycorps founder dave isay. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, th
Exhibit investigation by wisconsin prosecutors into possible illegal fundraising by Governor Walker for the thirdparty Group Wisconsin club for growth. We will be quit guardian. Eporter Ed Pilkington then we go to the philippines where waves of extradition killings has claimed thousands of lives since Rodrigo Duterte became president. He vowed to crack down on drug users like you did as mayor. On thursday, a former hit man testified that while duterte was mayor, duterte personally ordered him to carry out assassinations. The killings started from 1988 to 2013 will stop i think we have killed over 1000 people in the city alone. Amy then storycorps has launched a new campaign called whoweare, some with a surpsing twist. I get o the train, walking toward the stairs and this yng teenager pullsut a knife. He wants my money, so i gave him my wallet and told him, here you go. Like,rts leave and im hey, wait a mute, you forgot something. If youre going to be robbing people for the rest of the
The u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to north korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into south korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on january 1950 the u. S. Secretary of state dean acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the United States interest. Imagine japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. The North Koreans interpreted that as a statement the u. S. Would not go to war to defend the south korea. So in june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chinese the north korea invaded south kor
Today im going to talk about the korean war. Were going to cyprus Civil Military relations for the last time i met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony in japan since 1910. During the Second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to north korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into south korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on january 1950 the u. S. Secretary of state dean acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions t