President s it established and the legacies that left. There is a strong case to be made that november 11, the day that a battered square rigor called the mayflower made safe harbor in a place near what is today in massachusetts. That day should be one of the greatest moments in our national theory, comparable to fourth of july, independence day, and september 17, constitution day. But let me qualify that statement a little bit. As ourk of the pilgrims forebears and we are right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new puritans that were selling new england at the time did not imagine they were settling establishing the United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The early settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations they wanted, what the spaniards wanted from the
We think of the pilgrims as our forbearers and we have a right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new englanders settling at the time did not imagine they were settling United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations, gold, wealth, material wealth. The settlers of new england were driven by religious zeal. Most of them were puritans, men and women of a company spent who believed the church of england had not gone far enough to purge itself of its corrupt aspects and would despair of a cleansing renewal ever coming in their lifetimes, and hence their decision to emigrate to the new beginning. In particular were not only calvinists but separatists, meaning they had separated themselves from the aurch of england as they
Tributes pouring in for football legend. Diego maradona, whos died of a heart attack at the age of 60 Prime Minister says the final phase of the offensive in the Northern Region has begun in a statement when it is telling residents to stay indoors, as the army is ordered to move on, the regional capital, the calais government imposed deadline for to Ground Forces to surrender expired on wednesday. Has been nearly 3 weeks of fighting with hundreds killed and tens of thousands displaced. Lets get more from malcolm webb. Hes live for us in neighboring kenya. Malcolm, what do we know about this final phase . What does that involve . Well, Prime Minister had to eat a statement, a short while ago saying that this 3rd and final stage would begin. Now this follows the ultimatum that he issued on sunday. He said that the Ground Forces should lay down their weapons within 3 days. Otherwise the regional capital of, mckelway, which is the as far as we know, the headquarters of the, the p. L. F. ,
Mecca leg plus. I believe that this grim season vision demonisation is going to give. We laid a message of hope from u. S. President elect joe biden, as he urges americans to stay safe from kovi. This thanksgiving and rallies around the world call for the elimination of violence against women. A problem intensified by the, for the virus pandemic. And then he just image in doha with your small, to look back at the life and legacy of Diego Maradona and the tributes being paid. Following the origin times to the football world is in mourning for argentinian legend. The Diego Maradona whos died of a heart attack at the age of 60 weeks after emergency brain surgery regarded as one of the greatest if not the greatest player of all time. He captained argentina to victory in the 1986 world cup, but also enjoyed Great Success in Club Football, but off the pitch, he had a turbulent private life. Well, mourners have gathered outside his childhood home on the outskirts of the argentinian capital, a
Thanks so much for being here tonight for one of the most contentious consequential and closely watched u. S. Elections in history thats right Democrat Joe Biden is fighting to unseat republican President Donald Trump and the world has its eyes on america tonight and well be following every twist and turn with our team of correspondents and experts and ill be keeping you up to date with all the results as they come in and this of course is an election played out with america in crisis mode the cold food pandemic is surging and theres a stark political divide and thats raising fears of unrest but turnout is set to shatter all records lets take a look now at deadline day for American Voters. This is what us to mock crissy looks like today huge lines at many polling stations in one of the worlds oldest and largest democracies from chile wisconsin in the north. Through the city that never sleeps. To tropical florida and the south voters seem to have shown up in massive numbers even during