on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: voting is in the news across europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from london: british prime minister theresa may called for an early election, in june, instead of waiting until 2020. speaking outside her official residence, may said she is asking to move up the vote to strengthen her hand in negotiating britain s exit from the european union. division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit, and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country. so we need a general election, and we need one now, because we have at this moment a one-off chance to get this done. woodruff: we will take a closer look at t
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: voting is in the news across europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from london: british prime minister theresa may called for an early election, in june, instead of waiting until 2020. speaking outside her official residence, may said she is asking to move up the vote to strengthen her hand in negotiating britain s exit from the european union. division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit, and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country. so we need a general election, and we need one now, because we have at this moment a one-off chance to get this done. woodruff: we will take a closer look at the implications of may s mo
at the united states naval academy in annapolis, and served as senior fellow at the council on foreign relations in new york. a contributor to such publications as the new york times, the washington post, wall , newsweek,nal, time the london observer. professor mandelbaum served for 23 years as the associate director of the aspen institute congressional project on american relations with the former communist world. he serves on the board of advisors also the washington institute for near east foreign policy near east policy. a washington-based organization sponsoring research and public discussion on american policy towards the middle east. born in 1946, professor mandelbaum is a graduate of yale college. he earned his master s degree at king s college cambridge university, and his doctorate at harvard university. professor mandelbaum is the or co-author of numerous articles and essays, and 15 books, the nuclear question, the united states and 1976,r weapons 1946 to and the
where we are right now is the actual room the debate will take place in. they don t have all the lights on yet, but joe, our camera person got to the door to give you a little bit of the sense of the site, the sound, and the feel of the venue for tonight presidential debate. is not the first time washington university has posted a presidential debate. the last time they did so was 2004 when president george w. bush faced massachusetts senator john kerry in a town hall format similar to what you will see tonight. this is just over an hour and a half. [applause] otis: senator kerry, after talking with several co-workers and family and friends, i asked the ones who said they were not voting for you, why? they said that you were too wishy-washy. do you have a reply for them? kerry: yes, i certainly do. (laughter) but let me just first, cheryl, if you will, i want to thank charlie for moderating. i want to thank washington university for hosting us here this evening. mr. presid
we were slated in the philippines. they needed a military advisers to create the philippine military. douglas macarthur brings a very task.sive resume to that he is the most highly decorated american officer in the first world war, had been superintended at west point, a military academy. he was announced any graduate at west point. was known in the philippines and served in the philippines, had a lot of friends in the , had beens government chief of staff of the united states army from 1930-1935. immediately after that, he to be military advisor. he took his 88-year-old mother with him and they put passage on .he liner hoover macarthur being a major general in the army reverted to that link after becoming chief of staff was seated at the captain stable. captain s table. this program is from october of 1935 on their way across the pacific. while there he meets a 37-year-old jean faircloth. jean is on the first leg of an asian tour. and we actually have the correspondence