gordo had to mexico city. the generals have decided the mexican generals have decided to give it one one last stand and they do and so one option for the americans is to send a division to flank the mexican army at cherubusco by by by cutting across these lava beds a not so young and not so young engineered named robert e. lee finds the path to cross these lava beds, but they're relatively unguarded path to mexico city because no one it seems had found a path through them before at least not invading army clearly, so they're relatively ungurred. so that's that's one possibility to to do by marching across the lava bit taking the small village of contreras. and then attacking from the rear and that would split the mexican forces and that's that's really the american plan to take mexico city. so, it's august 19th an american division marches across the lava beds. they've they've fought earlier in the day at contreras. they're gonna fight later in the day the same day the battle of chura bus go with turned into o

he is going to take the national highway on into mexico, on into mexico city. his first meeting with santa ana is the kind of battle that would normally end any other war. that is the battle of cerro gordo, at the passive cerro gordo on april 18th in 1847. it's been about a year since the war started. but despite not having high ground, despite fighting in another country's territory, scott's army is victorious, santa ana retreats from the field. i can't remember if this is the battle where the americans came away with one of santa ana's legs or not, a false leg, prosthetic leg, he always carried a few extras, as you can imagine. so, there are sometimes weird trophies in wartime, due to atrocities there is even weirder trophies but i don't know we'll have time to talk about today. it may have been cerro gordo, i'm not sure. well, scott passed on to occupy the city of puebla. puebla, mexico is one of the, i think, the most beautiful cities on the continent, i haven't been then a couple of decades. but it is a wonderful place. he is occupying puebla in may, on ma

and we'll wrap the reports from mexico city demonstrators in mexico city, there protesting against rising costs of housing. and the increase in rent and housing prices is negatively effecting as, as a local community. this woman has asked us not to reveal her identity out of fear of reprisal. she says the housing crisis goes beyond increasing prices. after her apartment building signed a deal with the home share company, air b and b, she was given 5 days to move out. she says short notice evictions are becoming common place across the city. but i'm, i tell them this is a matter of human dignity. how can someone come to your home in the evening and say you have 5 days kate? what do they expect us to do? in recent years, mexico city has seen a large influx of foreign residents. the mexican capital is now considered one of the top 5 cities in the world for remote workers. and in agreement signed last month between the city and air b and b 6 to attract even more. if we meet us, you know, this is an invitation for watkins from the whole wall to come live in mexico city, a city that has it all.

. >>> the 49ers take care business in mexico city. we break it down for you in this morning's steak way. >>> let's look at today's top stories. we are learning more about the victims and the heroes of the nightclub shooting and colorado. raymond green vance, carrie loving, and daniel asked him were killed in the shooting . 17 others were hurt. the army veteran, richard fierro saved lives by taking down the gunmen. he was at the club with his wife, daughter, and her boyfriend. >> i hit him with his gun . i grabbed it. i hit him with it. i kept hitting him with it. >> i'm not a hero, i am just some dude. >> the shooter is anderson lee aldrich, he is a hospital meeting facing hate crimes and murder charges. >>> sheng thao is declaring victory. we have the latest results coming out overnight. sheng thao is leading with 53.3% over loren taylor. she says i have never felt more hopeful or determined. loren taylor has called for a news you thought there were not enough twitter employees left to run the company, think again. elon musk laid off

diehard to the point he made the trip to mexico city to see his favorite team. >> i saw mexico city on the schedule and you've got to make the international trip, it happens once every 10 years or so so my girlfriend and i wanted to take advantage. >> east. they host games outside the united states and this year the figment -- the 49ers were chosen to go down to mexico to play the cardinals. he says he goes to one away game every year so he chose this one, he said it almost felt like a home game. >> we are staying downtown, and there are 49er fans everywhere. there are few cardinal fans here, not completely absent but the niner fans are outnumbering them. there are 20 49er fans to everyone cardinal fan. >> video he sent shows a sea of red on saturday night, hours before kick off a similar scene. massive amounts of 49er fans in front and around the stadium. leading to what newman says is an experience you won't forget. >> when you go to a place like mexico city where you have fans traveling all over the world, even the locals here in mexico going to support the 49ers, it goes to show ho

and a group of transgender footballers winning over a tough city in mexico city with a message of unity. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. we begin tonight in china. authorities are redoubling their efforts to stamp out unrest over beijing's zero covid policy. students seen as leading the protests against the lockdown restrictions, those students have been sent home. police are on the streets in force of at least 16 cities. but despite authorities also relaxing some restrictions, there is widespread unrest. >> it's a display of public rage not seen in china for decades. what began as a position against anti-covid restrictions has morphed into something bigger -- a thinly veiled discussed with those in power from beijing to hong kong. >> we want human rights. >> the protests have become too loud to ignore. the ruling communist party has staged a massive show of force by security services and vowed a resolute crackdown on what it has labeled sabotage activities by hostile forces. this is what the crackdown looked like in

one will wrap hello has more from mexico city. it's been more than a year since the last time the venezuelan government and the verizon opposition actually sat at the negotiating table. and one of the reasons there's been so much optimism of head of this round of negotiations is precisely because the goals and the rewards the potential rewards were outlined. well ahead of the negotiations, it was outlined before the cheaters even sat down at the dialogue table. and the goal, of course, is to resolve the ongoing economic and political crisis in, in venezuela for the government of nicholas mother. would. that would mean that he would have to commit to participating in free and fair elections in the country for the government of nicholas. my ludo, the reward is an easing of crippling international sanctions. the signing of an of an agreement between the 2 parties here would also automatically lead to an issue and of licenses to chevron, to resume operations in venezuela. this, of course, is good news for the united states. this comes

and our respect is gonna be a lawyer to peter is one of mexico cities, most infamous neighborhoods. it's notorious for crime, drugs and poverty. but it's also colorful diverse and now known for its transgender football team. they play against the men in city festivals, a level of acceptance, therefore, hard for, but the decision to host the world cup and guitar, where trans people are persecuted, they find particularly painful. look for them of the gardens. it's more like you can't deny that transgender people exist, that gay, bisexual, or non binary people exist when not a minority. what part of the population and my standing up against this discrimination from qatar. it doesn't look at that. the women know what it's like to struggle. now me moved to mexico city as a teenager, leaving behind a strongly religious family in a village where she struggled to be herself here in the city. she feels free lawyer bizarre in my village. i would have always just be known as the gay one, and i knew i wanted more. i wanted to be something different. visibility, she says is important. that's why

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out of rapid reports from mexico city. demonstrators in mexico city there protesting against rising costs of housing. and the increase in rent and housing prizes is negatively effecting us as a local community. this woman has asked us not to reveal her identity out of fear of reprisal. she says the housing crisis goes beyond increasing prices after her apartment building signed a deal with the home share company, air b and b. she was given 5 days to move out. she says short notice evictions are becoming commonplace across the city. but i'm, i tell them, this is a matter of human dignity. how can someone come to your home in the evening and say, you have 5 days, kate? what do they expect us to do? in recent years, mexico city has seed a large influx of foreign residents. the mexican capital is now considered one of the top 5 cities in the world for remote workers, and in agreement signed last month between the city and air b and b 6 to attract even more. if we meet us, you know, this is an invitation for watkins from the whole wall to come live in mexico city, a city that has it all.

culiacan, the biggest city there, is the reputed narco capital of mexico. and el chapo essentially owns the town. >> it would be like in the heyday of prohibition when al capone completely owned chicago. for somebody to come into just try and throw handcuffs on a couple. >> it was a police were king pins who died in mexico's drug wars were policed in the large ornate tunes. they seemed to stand as reminders of the violence and the danger that engulfed the city. >> i think it's very dangerous. those areas are completely controlled by the drug cartels. >> but drew was relentless. for instance, just before he arrived in mexico, he came upon a treasure trove of evidence. el chapo had left his safety even for this mansion in kabul st. lucas. it was raided by mexican law enforcement. el chapo got away. there were key scraps of paper, notebook and phones left behind. with phone numbers and drew can target. >> you can't just target the man himself. you have to target his entire infrastructure. that means is pilots, his facilitator, his career years, his wives, his

a few years ago were young woman last me was merge on the university campus here in mexico city. they in doing the luck, went that at the time with the city prosecutor's office circulated messages via it's twitter account, her less be may have been murdered. but according to our initial investigation, she liked to party and drink a lot of alcohol in this before that she could keep up with. ouch. things are completely irrelevant for a woman was murdered here. either there must dart, investigating what happened they did this. how are you going to solve this case? i was on the verification on leslie was found dead by this telephone booth on the university campus. investigators claimed she took her own life. ah, her mother never believed that version of events. and neither did her lawyer. ah leif, whether we need a key gaseous huckabee the law the other day i can come here, thanks to the students and young women who have supported me with the and they were here from the beginning and gave less for your voice a good as that pre minimum industrial nike, they said this was not suicide.

newspapers in mexico picked up the story. lynching in the editors of mexico city. anglo-americans that whites ofh the north the giants of the dollar but of culture. the indignation among mexicans over the lynching november 8, 1910 writes had eruptedra across mexico targeting the considerable numbers of u.s. owned businesses and homes the protesters smashed windows and torn down american flags while chanting those yankees a death to the americans. the police arrest hundreds of bpeople in one officer drew sabers and descend upon a crown killing a man by stabbing them through the neck. the protest continued on the streets and in the press, prompting the u.s. ambassador to mexico to issue a public warning. the unites states government will leave nothing undone to protect u.s. citizens and property mexico. it was a threat to pray the united states would invade mexico with attacks on u.s. interested nazis. but the protest raged on. bester will subside to visit the general the dictator of mexico to insist he put ato stop to but it was too late. they had already incited th

if international women's day in mexico city, thousands of young women take their anger, powerlessness and despair to the st. ah, we are afraid to go out. we have had enough. ah, they demand justice and a life without fear. they too have adopted the green scarf from argentina as a symbol mexican women are fighting against every day sexism and harassment and against structures in which men take precedence. whether at work in relationships or in the family covered like this and feels immune to men scrutiny. it's her armor for the day. but being a woman in mexico is a constant struggle with it means that you have to try to survive every day, no matter where you are. we are always living under threat even when we go to the shop, we're in danger. with cat ears are there, trademarked, they call themselves the meat cheese. spanish for kitty's. and today the streets belong to them, not to the muchos. ah, i mean the small is elbow, we broken them in very go in advice and the phenomenon of my cheese. mo is deeply rooted in mexico. women are seen as property well as possessions soul, but as somet

he considers his inferiors fume the editors of mexico cities el debate. another paper dubbed anglo-americans the barbarous whites of the north dividing them so called giants of the dollar but pygmies of culture. there is indignation among mexicans over here over this lynching reported by yees. but november 8 1910 riots had erupted across mexico. targeting the considerable number of us-owned businesses and homes, the protesters smashed windows and tore down american flags while chanting mueren los yankees death to the americans. the police arrest hundreds of people in one case officers drew sabers and descended upon a crowd killing a man by stabbing him through the neck. the protests continued on the streets and in the press prompting henry lane wilson the us ambassador to mexico to issue a public warning. the united states government will quote leave nothing undone to protect us citizens and property in mexico. it was a threat. the united states would invade mexico of a tax on interests did not see. but the protests raged on ambassador wilson decided to v

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i uti now heads as the special prosecutor for pharmacists and mexico city . the attorney general publicly apologized as someone putting film good him and we have a crime before us that was poorly investigated over a file that was poorly kept in a case that was badly presented to the judges. hearing a crime that almost went unpunished in a crime. that happened in a context of violence against women where we are criminalized, harassed in the streets, in the workplace and in schools. there are now 4 times as many investigators working on premises and her prosecutor's office. but the cases are piling up all the same. jackie casey, that is just one case. what i think of all of it. oh, oh, siena middle is dozens due to sickness, noise. lucas in the soil cri, adams, which is not enough to just establish new institutions. so if you look behind the curtain, you see that they are often sand castles, but there is nothing behind them. now they have no resources, no staff. they are institutionally weak because they nat solid legal foundation. they, if there is no politica

while i was around mexico city, there was one place ijust had to check out. within the waterways of xochimilco lies a local legend. step onto an island here and you will find among a few small huts a place which some say is cursed. welcome to the island of dolls. this strange little place has become a massive tourist attraction, but its origins are actually pretty dark. so, around 70 years ago, a young girl drowned nearby, and so the island's owner started placing dolls around here for her spirit to play with. but the story gets much weirder than that. after filling the entire island with dolls, the owner himself died in the exact same spot as the young girl. it is said he spent 50 years adding to the collection of dolls here before his own mysterious death in 2001. definitely not the kind of place i'd want to spend the night alone. so it's probably for the best then that you can't actually sleep here, but you can visit the island as part of a day tour of xochimilco's waterways. it's not one for the faint hearted. i've never been to a place like this before.

he's a mexican fan who's, who's visited here to mexico city. read me even the clouds that seem to have rolled in, it seems darker. even the music seems kind of sad. this place was packed just moments ago. how do you feel about mexico performing vasquez? i'm very sad. it was a disappointing match because like i said, i travelled from california to celebrate among the mexican supporters. the energy was high. the supporters were there is just, we didn't get the result we wanted. fortunately, mexico, but it brought better players that had a better team. and you know, the results shows that one thing that i've got, one thing that i really like about mexico fans is that people, regardless of the outcomes, seem to be having a good time. how do you describe the mood during the game? and people were just, they had high hopes. if you see that they wanted age and they were there until a very last minute supporting their team. and that's what we do. i haven't heard this many size and screams and, and let downs at a very long time. read me. thank you very m

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s. congress becomes more divided after the mid term elections. manuel apollo, al jazeera, mexico city. mexico has become one of the most dangerous countries in the well to be a journalist. that is the assessment of the committee to protect journalists, which says, attacks are coming from by organized crime and authorities. least 13 journalists were killed as yet that makes the country 2nd only to ukraine and journalist deaths . and it's a year long problem in total. more than a 151 mexican journalists have been killed in the last 3 decades and aggressions against the press of increased by 85 percent during the current government. as, according to the international free speech organization, article 19. and the 1st of our 2 part series john holman reports and that occurs on the risk janice, face in mexico. this is norma. she's a local crime, be reporter for digital outlet radio station veracruz in upper hall. i believe it's one of the most violent state to mexico serving as a key location for criminal groups engaged to both drug and human trafficking. we traveling with her that she head

take the field that will be in mexico city and losing my voice a little bit. i'm so excited for this game monday night against the arizona cardinals in mexico city, and today coach kyle shanahan in the 49ers they boarded busses. bound for colorado springs because they're going to be practicing there all week in order to get acclimated to playing at elevation, jimmy garoppolo and company they're going to set up shop at the air force academy elevation 6200 ft, which is actually about 1000 ft. lower than azteca stadium. right, bill 7200. ft that's what azteca stadium is tight and george kittle is fired up for the trip down south. we're coming to mexico, baby can't wait to see you guys. it's gonna be a party. let's have some fun. see you guys soon. there's a lot of love for the niners out there, and i'm personally really excited to get out there and play a great game against a great opponent. you know, it's always a great matchup between us and the cardinals. the sharks were in las vegas tonight, looking for their first three game win streak of the season. the nig

the game will be the fifth game played in mexico city. the oakland raiders played in the first two games, although the cardinals are technically the home team, the crowd will be behind the niners , a ticket broker algorithm projects. 82% of those in attendance will cheer for the 49ers time. not 5075. people are dead in colorado springs, colorado. dozens more were hurt after a gunman went on a rampage inside of an lgbtq nightclub. police say the patrons inside club q risk their own lives to attack the gunman and the deadly attack. here in the bay area and all around the country. people gathered for vigils to honor the victims who were killed or injured and a memorial near the night club is growing with flowers, cards, balloons and other items, and there are fundraisers to help the families of the shooting victims. reporter alicia acuna says this deadly mass shooting is being investigated as a possible hate crime. authorities say it was clubgoers who put an end to a shooting at a nightclub in colorado springs, rushing the gunman and subduin

after oppression in mexico city and st. louis, to build a social movement to try to oust the dictator. so it recounts the story of what happens after they arrived in the united states and build a social movement. they restart their rebel newspaper. they start a political party, the plm and establish fan army of the dispossessed, of cotton pickers andminors and migrant workers that goes on to raid mexico four times between 1906 and 1908 . those stabilize the regime and that diaz days are numbered and why that's important in the united states is that the united states made major investments in states in the diaz administration buying up a quarter of the land based reand coming to dominate key mexican industries and more. so when the magonistas start reading mexico and saying we're going to pull out this dictator the united states government goesin and says we've got to stop this revolution potentially destabilizing our investments . so bad mexicans tells the story of the rebuilding of the inunited states. they're outrunning s

as say they threatened mexico's democracy. manuel. rob, hello reports from mexico city. i thousands on the streets of the mexican capital. it's one of the largest pro democracy demonstrations in years a mausoleum. today we all come together because we want to defend democracy. protests against a proposed change to the country's electoral system. took place in more than a dozen mexican cities. critics say the changes threatened the independence of mexico's national electoral institute or inv, which overseas federal elections. many people are worried about the path our democracy is taking. we are, we're, it, effort country is, are going to end up as other countries like venezuela the protests and mexico city was the largest to date against the electoral reforms. the change is being proposed by mexico's president are part of a broad set of reforms that encompass everything from the implementation of electronic voting machines to a reduction in the number of seats in mexico's congress. critics, however, say that under the surface, the proposed reforms have the potential to u

this is preparing for that game in mexico city with the cardinals. that game is going to be 7200 feet above sea level. poor 49ers, though. temperatures in colorado around 20 degrees. >> i mean, the cold is kind of a pain, and i don't like being cold, but i mean, it hasn't changed anything with the practices. it's been no different so far. it's all about the altitude, which they say helps us, so hopefully that will. >> it was rough. the ball is heavy. hands are cold, frozen. it was tough. >> you feel it most when you start to string plays together in a series, and you're sprinting, you know back and forth, and the heart rate doesn't come down as quickly. it's good to do it now so monday isn't a complete shock to us. >>> nfl, parkers hosting the titans at a frozen lambeau field. third quarter, derrick henry, just a flick of the wrist and throws the touchdown pass to austin hooper. fourth quarter, titans up 27-27.27 27-17. green bay's slim playoff chances keep taking a hit, titans winners 27-17. tennessee 7 and 3, packers just 4 and 7. >>> cool moment a

the protests and mexico city was the largest to date against the electoral reforms. the change is being proposed by mexico's president are part of a broad set of reforms that encompass everything from the implementation of electronic voting machines, to a reduction in the number of seats in mexico's congress. critics, however, to say that under the surface, the proposed reforms have the potential to undermine democratic institutions in mexico for his part president and bisman will lopez over the world says his reform is aimed at reducing election costs and increasing transparency and says the protest or fuel by his political opponents, the skin, those are the he, yeah. elegant. they people should not be fooled. they should know that this march is a demonstration against our government because of our policies, while some war and the proposed reform puts too much power in the hands of federal government. constitutional experts say the country would benefit from certain changes, so long as the plans are discussed openly within mexico's congress. been able by lisa roomma

is me said lucy. rosario went to an official refuge for survivors of violence in mexico city where she lives. the local government is built 13 of the houses, which have helped over 8000 women in the past year alone, se, but it's not always easy to ask for help. some women are afraid, their neighbors will see them enter a safe space and mark them as victims. this district organizes daily st. patrols to discourage stigmatization and raise awareness of institutions that protect women. the environment is also part of the problem with the authorities of improve street lighting on several main avenues to create say, paths for women. nearly 3 quarters of all harassment and other sex crimes happened in the street and on public transport. almost half of mexican women say the fear of sexual violence has made them stop taking walks, visiting relatives and friends, or even going to school can be assumed. they misses them. one man was masturbating right in front of me or sony. others brush up against you when they walk past. he put them on the we can ask for help, but no one does anything, no one a

after a week in the cold of colorado, the 49ers are off to the warmth of mexico city. we'll hear from kyle shanahan on what practicing at elevation was like i just walked up these stairs so the world cup kicks off in qatar , letting score

city safer. for women and girls. and christiane, the rinaldo becomes the 1st man to sport 5 world cups says his portugal side, when a thrilling match against gun. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. at least 4 people have been killed an overnight missile attacks on the city of cas on in ukraine's south. there are, these are the worst that strikes region has seen since it was retaken 2 weeks ago by ukrainian troops. the targets included homes and commercial buildings. ukrainian forces had warned of an escalation in house on as russian troops doug in across the ne pro river d w's. ukraine corresponded. nick connelly has more on the latest attacks in household i think after the initial period of euphoria here, ukraine about kits on returning to ukraine control. many people have seen those images of people out with a ukranian flags on the streets. of course, on meeting the crane soldiers getting autographs, taking selfies. i think the route is now heading home to the russians still are

he was turned down in mexico city. comes back to america. the question is whether the cia spying on the cuban missions in mexico city where they had pictures of oswald and heard him boast he might do something against the president. then when oswald came back into the u.s. they didn't tell anyone. the cia kept it a secret and didn't tell the fbi. this is the agency the cia that missed the bay of pigs and the offensive and iran was about to fall. they didn't know the soviet union was going to invade afghanistan or that the soviet union was about to fall in 1991 and got with wrong in iraq about weapons of mass destruction in 2003. why are we not surprised they didn't get something wrong here and not want us to know about it? >> tucker: let's send them more in the black budget. >> it's only 56 billion dollars. we don't know what it goes for. the largest segment of money in the united states that is given away to a group. they decide how they will use it without any oversight. scary. >> tucker: doesn't sound like a democracy to me. joe, thank yo

hello, al jazeera mexico city. ah, if a boy, well, a cup is just 6 days away and the trophy all the players will want to be holding off the final is now haven't gotta, i just, there is a home on it was ass army. the world top is about to get on the way and everybody's got their eyes on the prize. we're here the party to celebrate the arrival of the world, but we don't social media fluid. we go members of the media. we thought some be ip even. what we're going to do right now, we've talked to someone who's involved in the organization with coffee, coffee tour is one of the great at that explanation that be adding together before coming year. a. so now the i here in the hall county and so excited because this is actually the official title role. it's got by everyone. pump the work up your entire downright needs. are you well, the big question is, who's going to win it? the thing is we've been speaking to someone who wanted people.

but protest to say the change is threatened, mexico's democracy. minority reports now from mexico city. o. thousands on the streets of the mexican capitol. it's one of the largest pro democracy demonstrations in years a mausoleum. today we all come together because we want to defend democracy. protests against a proposed change to the country's electoral system. took place in more than a dozen mexican cities. critics say the changes threatened the independence of mexico's national electoral institute or ini which overseas federal elections. many people are worried about the path. our democracy is taking. we are, we're, it, effort country is, are going to end up as other countries like venezuela the protests and mexico city was the largest to date against the electoral reforms. the change is being proposed by mexico's president are part of a broad set of reforms that encompass everything from the implementation of electronic voting machines to a reduction in the number of seats in mexico's congress. critics harbor to say that under the surface, the proposed reforms have the potential to