Fall of the Wall

" Twenty years since -- day that changed the world November ninth 1989 Germans divided four decades. Terror ring down the Berlin Wall piece by piece many using their bare hands. The Brandenburg Gate today the scene of a massive ceremony there you're looking live right -- Berlin has thousands gather for concerts and -- Commemorative walk between east and west Amy Kellogg live in Berlin now with more on what's happening hi Amy."

" Hi -- well yes we're listening to the mayor of Berlin speak right now. The Brandenburg Gate is just over my shoulder it's a miserable rainy night that the crowds. Our intense out there it's a very celebratory mood. I don't know why -- twenty years is such a big deal. This celebration has been greater than ten years or fifteen years. Maybe at some people have pointed out that Germany is finally feeling truly -- there were. Growing pains -- it was a very expensive proposition one point. Three trillion euros which I think would be over two trillion dollars to pay to bring the -- up to -- unemployment. In the east than in the west and -- a certain. At prejudice between the two sides stereotypes. And -- automatically all feeling like Brothers and after that initial. Embrace that they all have when they cross the -- twenty years ago we got leaders giving speeches paying tributes to. The brave people who struggled against communism and -- the different movement solidarity. The dissidents."

" People who spent there who lives in jail fighting the cause and freedom. And then there's going to be a big concert and shortly by Jon Bon Jovi who is going to also. -- a little walk through the Brandenburg Gate as -- We heard -- concert by Daniel Barenboim is just a short while ago there was a symbolic walk across the first checkpoint that was -- and I under the Merkel chancellor of -- herself comes from east Germany -- very huge success story for this country in terms of reunification. And so. I think this festivities will go quite late into the night despite the fact that it is -- is cold I'm sure a lot of people are uncomfortable atmosphere -- at that moment twenty years ago I think it's very much alive is sleeping bag. I'm Amy Kellogg live in Berlin we're gonna continue to -- follow what's happening on the right hand side here's."