In germany, the Centre Left social Democrat Party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz narrowly fends off an electoral challenge in the eastern state of brandenburg by the far right afd which had been ahead in Opinion Polls before the vote. Sri lankas president ial election has been won in a political shift for the nation. The election on saturday was the first to be held since mass protests unseated the Countrys Leader in 2022. Ill a full bulletin at nine oclock. Now on bbc news, its time for americast. How can america keep its politics safe . Safe for everyone, but particularly safe for the candidates who are running for the presidency. It is, of course, a huge issue now. There have been two attempts on Donald Trumps life. There is a potential threat, of course, to everyone who is involved, and it has an impact on america because, in a practical sense, how do people go out and campaign if theyre unsafe doing so, but also in a kind of undermining of democracy sense, as well, that the whole natio
Of all, with their open borders and bad elections, they have made us into a third world nation, something which nobody thought was even possible. Americans deserve a campaign based on the issues. We try and keep it on the issues, and god has now spared my life. It must have been god. Not once, but twice. And there are those that say he did it because trump is going to turn this state around. He s going to turn this country around. He s going to make america great again, and maybe. So how does america protect its presidential candidates? welcome to americast. Hello, it sjustin in the worldwide headquarters of americast in london, england. I thought we d decided that wasn t funny any more. It s sarah here and i m in springfield, ohio. And it s marianna, aka misinformation. Also in london, also in what we are still very boringly calling the worldwide headquarters of americast. Ok, it s not funny, but we re doing it all the same, and there s quite a lot that falls into that category. Anywa
Now on bbc news, americast. How can america keep its politics safe . Safe for everyone, but particularly safe for the candidates who are running for the presidency . It is, of course, a huge issue now. There have been two attempts on Donald Trumps life. There is a potential threat, of course, to everyone who is involved, and it has an impact on america because in a practical sense, how do people go out and campaign if theyre unsafe doing so, but also on a kind of undermining of Democracy Sense as well, that the whole nation feels itself to be unsafe and unable to be properly democratic. Donald trump has been talking about the second attempt on his life and using it, its fair to say, for his own political gain. Theyre doing things in politics that have never been done before in the history of our country, and worst of all, with their Open Borders and bad elections, they have made us into a third world nation, something which nobody thought was even possible. I americans deserve a campai
Investments. Additional support has been provided by and by thE Corporation for public broadcasting, a privatE Corporation funded b t american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewans like you. You. Good evening, thank you for joining us. It was not quite four years ago that we y brought a newshour weekend special called america in black and blue. At the time the country was reeling from the death of an africanamerican man in minneapolis, Philando Castille, whose killing be a pol officer was caught by his girlfriend on video and a Police Dashboard camera. [ shots ] you just killed my boyfriend that was after another black man, jamar kclark, wasled by the minneapolis p. D. Local and National Protests ensued. Everybody wne philando knew that he was a good man. Hands up, dont oot hands up, dont shoot now a minneapol Police Officer has been charged with murder for killing anotherer africanan man, george floyd. Floyds life was taken just miles from where Philando Castil
Some of these authors have appeared on booktv. You can watch online, booktv. Org. Later story of hello girls of world war i. We begin the special features of the mayors of bryan and college station. One of the wonderful things of bryan, college station, you have two cities, the city of bryan started a couple of years before, really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here. Stopped before the civil war and after civil warred and it continued on and bryan for the first few years after the civil war struggled to get itself created and was able to do that. The University Got its first six students and city of bryan was getting going and the area that you see around us today are still some of the first buildings that were being built at the time, 25 years ago this was a ghosttown. Because of area of state, geographically blurred too. Texas a m was one of the land grant institutions and over time it grew but it was 5 miles from a town