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Perhaps in music. at a concert tonight in berlin the conductor was leonard bernstein. they performed beethoven's ninth symphony climaxing in the "ode to joy." except one word was changed. tonight it became "ode to freedom." ♪ >> the playwright and human rights activist is czechoslovakia's first non-communist president in 41 years. >> the new leaders of romania said tonight that the deposed desp despot nikolai ceausescu and his wife were executed after a military court found them guilty of genocide, stealing state funds and trying to escape prosecution. >> from our point of view, there was no...

Chris. >> suzanne, thank you very much. another story line you'll hear, president trump facing criticism for his praise of brutal world leaders, many with atrocious human rights records. the president says, quote, he would be honored to meet with north korea's kim jong-un. as we learned trump is going to speak with president vladimir putin today, it will be the third time. joe johns live at the white house with details. joe. >> reporter: good morning, chris. that call coming at a time there are multiple investigations into russian interference in the last election. on top of that, you have thi...

Very little resemblance to traditional islamic faith practice. >> good to have you on again. thank you so much. >> absolute pleasure. thank you, andersen. >> we have a lot of news ahead. want to take a moment to remember a friend, man i cam to know on the broadcast, a man we cam to like. fouad ajami, grace, kindness, scholar of the middle east, eloquence without parallel. his opinions, controversial, came from a place of compassion and caring for voices not being heard. those forced to live under desp despot's cruel rule. born in lebanon, and in 68 years he traveled far and saw much. we frafld...