Fall of the Wall

" Twenty years since the day that changed the world November ninth 1989 Germans divided for 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 Ian Berlin as 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 to 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 reunified there were. Growing pains Craig 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 see -- speaker unemployment. In the east than in the west and and a certain. At prejudice between the two sides stereotypes. And things should automatically all feeling like Brothers after that additional. Embrace that they all have when they crossed the -- twenty years ago we've got leaders giving speeches paying tributes to. The brave people who struggled against communism and -- winds the different movement solidarity. The dissidents."

" People who spent there who lives in jail fighting the cause of freedom. And then there's going to be big concert in shortly by Jon Bon Jovi who is going to also. Until little walk through the Brandenburg Gate as -- of we've heard -- concert by Daniel Barenboim is just a short while ago there was a symbolic walk across the first checkpoint that was -- and I Angela Merkel chancellor -- yourself comes from east Germany and it's very huge success story for this country in terms of reunification. Snow I think this festivities will go quite late into the night despite the fact that it is -- it is cold and sure a lot of people are uncomfortable. Atmosphere at that moment twenty years ago -- 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."