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how a local pearl harbor survivor is remembering the attack 79 years ago. >> she once brought her newborn to a floor vote. why this california lawmaker was just sworn in from her front law. >> how california is getting closer to receiving the much- anticipated covid-19 vaccine. good evening. i'm allen martin. we have the latest on when we could see those vaccines here in the bay area. ken? >> millions of californians are orders to stay home. covid-19 cases continue to climb in hospitals and intensive care units. the bay area is preparing for the first expected shipments of vaccine. >> reporter: while the first batch of covid-19 vaccines arrived in the u.k. over the weekend, california is close behind. >> hope is on the horizon. >> reporter: an fda advisory panel meets on thursday. the group is expected to recommend the emergency use of the two-dose vaccine. we could see the first shipments by next week. >> when i see the fda with their career scientists say that a vaccine is safe and effective, i will take it myself when my time comes. and i will recommend it to all people. >> reporter: c

japanese attack on pearl harbor.400 americans killed. president franklin d. roosevelt. >> we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us god. >> congress issuing a declaration of war half that speech. tonight, on this anniversary, a nation remembers. in boston, a flag is removed from the "uss kasim young". that ship survived two kamikaze hits. in washington, d.c., national park service living history volunteer patrick mccourt salutes as a military honor guard lays a wreath. in pearl harbor, hawaii, a national parks service official ringing a bell from the "uss arizona." just two survivors remain from that ship. retired lieutenant commander lou c conter is one of them. he celebrated his 99th birthday. there's 101-year-old survivor mckem mckey gannidge. and like that long line of cars to mark lou's birthday in recent weeks, tonight, a nation says thank you and we'll always remember that day. we salute lou, mickey and all of our veterans and, of course, the lives lost on that day. i'm david muir. good night.

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marking 79 years since the attack on pearl harbor.emonies and events held today. . >>> today marks the 79th anniversary of the bombing of pearl harbor. the surprise attack by japanese forces killed 2400 sailors, soldiers and civilians. >>> mike emmanuel shows us how the country remembered the lives lost despite the restrictions because of the pandemic. >> reporter: the u.s. navy holding a wreath laying ceremony in the nation's capitol honoring the more than 2400 service members and civilians killed in the 1941 attack on pearl harbor. >> when he got up on the deck they were already there bombing. the japanese planes were flying so low they could see the pilots' faces. >> in hawaii people expressed their gratitude to those that lost their lives remembering america's heroes. >> as we remember there were horrific tragedies of world war ii so we do not commit the same mistake again. >> the surprise japanese attack 79 years ago on pearl harbor a u.s. navy base in honolulu led the u.s. in the second world war. about half of those kill were s

pearl harbor happened. cy tries to enlist. he's rejected. he has bad teeth and bad knees. they said, forget about it, a couple years later, and i believe the timing was such that his son has lied about the his age, said he was a year older than he actually was and [&hñ enlisted in the marines at 16. cy in 1943, out of his own pocket, pays to get his knees repaired, teeth fixed, is allowed to enlist in the navy. he's serving in the european theater of operation. his son, buddy is with the marines in the pacific. bill, pick up the story from there. >> buddy was killed on christmas day, 1943 at new britain in the solomon islands. they were trying to capture japanese airfields. the u.s. marine corps lost 325 soldiers that day. he had just turned 17 and he was killed. and his dad, of course, was already serving -- he was on a ship over in europe and he -- nine months later, he had his own misfortune. he was on a mine sweeper and the mine sweeper didn't do a good of a job sweeping this mine, it blew up the ship and 58 members of that crew were killed. cy was lost the use of both

. >>> the nation remembers the attack on pearl harbor 79 years ago with in person ceremonies and someming up. >>> as coronavirus cases continue to set records here in the u.s., the outbreak may be turning a corner soon in the u.k. as it prepares to roll out the immunization program tomorrow. they have received 800,000 doses of the vaccine. last week the country authorized pfizer for emergency use and they were the first to do so. first in line for the vaccine will be front line health care workers, those over the age of 80 and home care workers. >> the united states top health officials say within days the government could author pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. the fda will meet on thursday with medical experts to evaluate the vaccine. alec azar says if its authorized shipments will go out to states and territories within 24 hours. the health and human services secretary says that a similar time line will be followed for moderna after its scheduled fda meeting up next week. >>> what i have said is high tens of millions of doses of fda gold standards by the end of the year will have that hi

pearl horrible happens, he tries to enlist.he is reject it, he has bad teeth, he is bad knees, they said forget about it. a couple of years later, i believe the timing was such that his son had lied about his age, said he was a year older than he actually was enlisted and enlisted at the age of 16, so in 1943, out of his own papa doug he gets to his knees repaired, gets his teeth fixed and he is allowed to list in the navy. he is serving in the european operation, his son is in with the marines with the pacific. pick up the story from there. >> but he was killed on christmas day, 1943, the marines were trying to capture some japanese airfields. the u.s. marine corps lost returned 25 soldiers that day. he had just turned 17. he was killed. his dad of course was already serving on a ship in europe and nine months later he had his own misfortune. he was on a minesweeper and it did not do such a good job of sweeping a mind because it blew up his ship. at 58 members of that crew were killed. tsai survived but he was apparently, jack

on the day the japanese attacked pearl harbor charles mcgee turned 22.hter pilot with the legendary tuskegee airmen, the all-black unit that broke barriers and helped usher in change in america. >> after my first flight in a pt-17 at tuskegee armory's molten field in alabama i was hooked i loved flying. >> reporter: amassin more than 400 career combat missions in world war ii, korea and vietnam, retired colonel mcgee was later awarded the rank of brigadier general by president trump. his great grandson ian there with him at this year's state of the union. >> general mcgee, our nation salutes you thank you, sir >> has life changed a lot now that you are general? >> a lot to be thankful for because of that. >> now on his 101st birthday, mcgee saluted by columbi college in missouri where he got his degree, dedicating a veterans service center to him. >> oh my, such an honor. >> what do you have in common with today's young warriors, young military members? >> what i like to pass on to them is their participation and knowledge to know that they can achieve i

she calls what happened on november 3rd now a 2020 cyber pearl harbor.y powell joins us in just moments. but first, we want to touch on a number of new developments today. the federal investigation or joe biden's son hunter biden, new information. the u.s. attorney's office in delaware is looking into biden's foreign business dealings, especially with china. that investigation has been ongoing, we have learned, since 2018. joe biden's campaign says in a statement that biden is, quote: deeply proud of his son who has fought through difficult challenges including the vicious personal attacks of recent months only to emerge stronger. the u.s. attorney in delaware is trump-appointed david weiss. he has refused to comment on what is, obviously, an ongoing investigation. but sources tell fox news that that investigation was predicated in part but transactions in china and other foreign nations. the investigation is also examining a trove of messages and documents found on hunter biden's laptop that he he left at that famous computer repair shop. that story fir

fororld war ii, the star the americans was the attack on pearl harbor.or americans and the rest of the world, the final end of world war ii was that surrender ceremony aboard the missouri. by having the missouri sitting in pearl harbor, we have the bookends of world war ii. the beginning on the arizona and the end on the missouri. as she sits bow to bow with the arizona, the uss missouri's guns stand watch over that ship over the soldiers forever into in the arizona -- forever entombed in the arizona. announcer: you can watch this and other programs on the history of communities across the country at c-span.org/cities tour. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. announcer: sunday, a historian ses the cold war and 's lasting impact on politics. >> people had the idea i had it easy, the 50's was a peaceful time. don't believe a word of it. it was a dangerous era. i believe we don't give ike enough credit for doing the things presidents had to do every day, manage crises. it's all well and good to say i waged and won a war. eisenhower did that. but m

. >> today is pearl harbor day. on pearl harbor, 2,403 americans were killed. three days last week, we exceeded that. >> reporter: the u.s. average daily death toll is higher than it's been since april and record numbers of americans are now in the hospital. >> our surge right now is intensifying. it is amplifying. >> reporter: post-thanksgiving surge has not even hit yet and, soon, there could be another, but bigger. >> with christmas, it starts several days before. it goes through christmas. the week after christmas into new year's and the new year's holiday i think it could be more of a challenge than what we saw with thanksgiving. >> reporter: sunday night, a last hooray for several restaurants. much of the state today is back to take-out only and back under stay-at-home orders. >> they say we feel we need to do this. what do you think? i said you really don't have any choice. >> reporter: the icu beds are getting scarce, too scarce. today, new york city reopened some schools. >> the parents were so happy and so relieved. >> reporter: just hours later, a wa

>>today we honor those who died in the pearl harbor attack 79 years ago coming up.ghbor is honoring >>tonight we pause to remember and honor the americans who lost their lives 79 years ago in the attack on pearl harbor that attack inspired some americans to enlist and tonight one veteran received a special gift from a friend from another generation, dan daru has the story from denver. >>christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes. a resident great kyle is making a special christmas gift for a friend. it's not very big in size and it's just made out of 10. but the meaning is pure is gold. so this is our world war 2 dog that i'm making for my friend, howard berger kyle was using an original world war 2 dog tag machine called the address so it's at wings over the rockies air and space museum. this is an exact copy of what he received during world war 2 but lost it needs to be authentic for the person receiving the gift is authentic as they come what's good to see your again if put the hill you guys do it on coming to take you to launch that would be howard berger worl

that is of course the bombing of pearl harbor in 1941.can joe biden take away from fdr and this incredibly important chapter in america's history? >> well, i think the first thing is that presidents never quite know what's coming at them. history happens. that's why it's history and not an absolutely predictable series of events. you know, fdr had two of the great crises of american history on his watch. the first the crisis of capitalism, and then the crisis of fascism abroad and the future of democratic institutions, lower case d, around the world. the other is roosevelt had a remarkable capacity to lead what was even then two americas. there was an isolationist america, isolationist sentiment was incredibly strong. today is the day that pushed america. this is a very important point. america did not decide, you know what? we're going to go save the world for liberty. we were attacked on this day by japan, and then it took us five days as craig knows well to declare war on nazi germany, which we only did after hitler declared war on us,

harbor. >> pearl harbor. that is a serious charge from the united states congressman. now, the white house says that our commander in chief, president trump, is up to speed on the attack. >> i will say, you know, he's up to speed and his team is working very hard on it. if he wants to speak directly as opposed to, you know, through his team of course that's the president's prerogative, but i won't get ahead of him at this point. >> we have no idea if he's up to speed because he's choosing not to speak about the attack, just like he said nothing about the more than 2,200 deaths from coronavirus so far today. we don't know if he is up to speed because he is busy doing something and that something is tweeting, you know, lies about election fraud. and today urging the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to, quote, get tough or you won't have a republican party anymore. we won the presidential election by a lot. fight for t don't let them take it away. okay, this is a categorical lie, it's completely untrue. wh

>>pearl harbor sinking a number of naval ships and killing thousands of americans and that is what's prompted the u.s. is entry into world war 2 doug johnson spoke with a grass valley man who survived that attack. >>every one of did their job world there wasn't one person on a share doing job the way he was trained 99 year-old louis contar who just goes by lou. >>had been in the navy for 2 years on december 7th 1941, as he served as a quartermaster 3rd class on the battleship uss arizona burner in and out of port stirred the ship in another part. lou it just turned 20 years old 2 months earlier and says the arizona arrived in pearl harbor the afternoon of friday, the 5th today claims when he saw the first japanese planes attacking over oahu that sunday morning. he was not all that surprised and near a afternoon for that been training for for iran af. >>at the time lou was near the back of the ship when japanese bombed penetrated the arizona's forward turrets causing a massive the fire is all around the ship or was that despite the flames lou stayed on board for 30 minutes after that

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journalist daniel pearl in 2002 other dorm our sage will be freed pending an appeal earlier this year the high court overturns as murder charge proles family appealed against the decision daniel pearl was a reporter for the wall street journal large parts of england have been put under even tougher a covert $1000.00 restrictions from saturday as a more contagious variants of the virus spreading new infections have risen by 57 percent last week a new strains of the corona virus are emerging in africa with separately taishan is recorded in the geria and south africa the u. variants in south africa is believed to be spreading at an alarming rates according to experts we are quarantining cases and close contacts of cases found here in the u.k. 2nd we're placing immediate restrictions on travel from south africa and finally and most importantly anyone in the u.k. who has been in south africa in the past fortnight and anyone who has a close contact of someone who's been in south africa in the last fortnight must quarantine immediately and palestinian christians are prepared to go ahead with

. >> so you know, it's 79 years since the attack on pearl harbor today. and that attack united this country. and obviously it was an act of war. but we're attacked now by a virus and every single blow divides us more. right? people literally don't see the same facts. and it is frightening to all of us. what's changed? >> you know, i think the fundamental character of the country is still strong. but we have been deeply divided by leadership that has intentionally divided us from the white house in a way that we've never seen before. and i think one of the things this anniversary shows us is that we can't wait for a disaster or an attack to unite us as it did after pearl harbor, as it did after 9/11. we have to have fidelity to common facts but there are things we can learn from that history. you know, i was thinking about michigan. senator arthur vandenberg, a republican, who was a staunch isolationist, a harsh fdr critic. after pearl harbor he switched -- changed his tune. he backed the country. he coined the phrase partisan politics ought to end at the

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journalist daniel pearl in 2002 on our side share his being free fall an appeal is under way earlier this year the high court overturned his murder charge but that was challenge by pearl's family their appeal will be heard in early january probably was the shapiro chief for the wall street journal and he was kidnapped and murdered. as sir john listen author of taliban militant islam oil and fundamentalism in central asia he says international pressure could lead to his imprisonment. there must be a very serious internal middle she ations going on in islamabad between the government the intelligence agencies the military. and of course if this case is sent up to the supreme court in islamabad it's quite likely that he would be jailed again the problem is that he's being he's been rejected now for several years on 90 day detention order which is not exactly what he you know he would be convicted of murdering daniel. and. and he has been sentenced to 18 years in jail. but you know his actual yelling and being carried out on a on a had not basis or a 90 day today it's an order now the qu

david pearl from epoch investments. up next, dr.pekosz from john's hopkins, a public health professor, looking at the number of cases and deaths. this is bloomberg. ♪ karina: this is "bloomberg surveillance." oracle has come out with a forecast for revenue, a sign there is improving demand for this software company. oracle says sales jumped 33% last quarter. most employees at apple will not return to the office until june, the word from tim cook. has had success during the pandemic and it could lead to more working remotely. way aroundas found a his old firms demand for returning more than $10 million, he is giving the money back to charity. that is the bloomberg is this flash. francine: thank you so much. as we track the virus, bloomberg has developed a unique partnership with johns hopkins. every day we bring insight from experts in public health experts and emergency preparedness. joining me today is andrew kosz. why are some people still -- questioning mask wearing? dr. pekosz: sisi guidelines suggest we should be wearing masks

and on pearl harbor, 2,403 were killed. three days last week we exceeded that. >> the average daily death toll is higher than it's been since april, and record numbers of americans are now in the hospital. >> our surge right now is intensifying. it is amplifying. >> reporter: post thanksgiving surge hasn't even hit yet, and soon there could be another, but bigger. with christmas, it starts several days before. it goes through christmas. the week after christmas into new year and the new year's holiday, i think it could be even more of a challenge than what we saw with thanksgiving. >> reporter: sunday night, a last hurrah for many restaurants in california. >> we know the drill, and it's the only way to survive. >> reporter: today much of the state is back to takeout only, back under stay-home orders. >> they said we feel we need to do this. what do you think? and i said you really don't have any choice. >> reporter: because icu beds are getting scarce, too scarce. >> hospitalizations, we're now over 10,000 patients in our

before we let you go, we have to talk about this, the anniversary of the attacks on pearl harbor.n the commercial break we were talking about that you used to be stationed in pearl harbor. i didn't realize that. tell me what this day means to you. >> marines don't often get stationed at pearl harbor but it was something else for me to be there and to wake up every morning, sometimes looking over the water at the missouri and arizona. it's just an amazing thing that this one event took american lives but then put us in a war and they say that 9/11 was our pearl harbor. so i feel connected to those men and women that acfife -- sacrifd that day and went on to serve the military and win a war. and through everything that's going on this year, with negotiations with taliban, we could say we won a war. so far, we can't. i can understand what the country is going through. i feel like we went through something like that with 9/11. i think about what this means for my generation and you how of big it must have been for theirs. jillian: joey, thank you for joining us. good to see you in per

harbor on december 7, the 79th anniversary of the bombing of pearl harbor, i said on that day that our president said this is this is a day that will live in infamy and united the country to fight for freedom. n that war, in world war ii, americans died-- in combat in world war ii. today, we have an assault by a virus on our society, our economy, our schools, our children, our people. we do not have a unifying president of the united states. in fact we have a president for a long time in denial derek laying and distorting, calling it a hoax. many thousands more people have died because of that. 290,000, today we will probably surpass, sadly the world war ii number. in another few days, we'll serve once again sadly 300,000. we observed 100,000 as if it was an impossible number to accept. 200,000, how could it be true? 300,000 by the time we get through the weekend. let us hope that this vaccine will inspire people to follow advisement of masks, separation, sanitation and the rest. so that they can be prepared for vaccine to hopefully reverse this tide in terms of these numbers. to that

pearl harbor attacked 79 years ago. >> the japanese attacked the pearl harbor, hawaii, from the air.s. today a ringing of the bell from the uss arizona, retired lieutenant commander, one of the last survivors from the ship. recently celebrating his 99th birthday. and ricky ganic, watching a ceremony from home. today and every day, america salutes its heroes. and that's "nightline" for this evening, you can watch the full episodes on hulu, see you back here tomorrow, same time. thanks for the company, america, good night.

survivors usually return to pearl harbor to honor those that died.at is not happening this year due to the covid-19 pandemic. >>> in the bay area a virtual lighting ceremony at mt. diablo at 4:30 this afternoon. three survivors reflect on their experiences that day. it is usually only let's pearl harbor day but because of the pandemic it has been in operation every sunday since march to honor healthcare workers. you can watch today's ceremony on the website links at ktvu.com. >>> oakland police investigating a shooting that sent one man to the hospital. officers responded to a shots fired notification around 5:00 this morning they found the victim on seventh street. he was on the alameda side of the western area, no word on what led up to the shooting or if anyone has been arrested. >>> a santa rosa woman now in jail after she was found walking down the middle of highway 101 with her four months child in her arms. the state released a photo of the baby shortly after the child's mother was taken into custody saturday afternoon. katy watson abandon her

he goes into the service and then within a day or two of the bombing of pearl harbor on december 7, a number of players immediately enlisted, most notably bob feller the future hall of fame pitcher. more than 500 big leaguers would eventually serve in the armed forces during world war ii, including 30 who appeared on a red sox roster, and over 4000 minor somewhat remarkably, almost no major leader died in combat, but almost 45 to hall of fame lawrence, who at the time pitched for the boston. knuckleballer so that is setting the stage. the big question facing major league baseball as an institution was to play or not to play. that led the commissioner of baseball at the time writing as theuld become known green write letter seeking advice on what baseball should do. you pick up the story from there? >> sure. the letter talked about this being on ordinary times and the one suchto play serious social and military action was going on was very serious to him and he thought it was above his pay grade, so he reached out with a letter in 19 ?o and asked should we play president roosevelt sat

that's nearly one pearl harbor every 22 hours. the pandemic will kill upward of 100,000 more people in this country than all the american troops killed in the second world war. more than half a million deaths. president trump is the one liking this. he called himself the world time president. that was a long time ago. those were the days he wanted to be seen as kmacommander-in-chie and stop listening to doctors who knew what they were doing. the president is not concerned. if anything he seems like a deserter. he's absent. the american people have given him leave, voting him out of the ballot box but he still has some weeks left. he chosen to go a-wall. he decided to join the fight against covid, he's not rallying anyone to wear a mask or talk about it, it is particularly gone given so many of us are now sick or died. december 8th, president roosevelt says there is no blinking that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. he even spelled it out for us. august 4, 2020, here is what this president told bob wo

well today marks the 79th anniversary of japan's attack on pearl harbor, the surprise attack on the naval base in hawaii, propelling the u.s. into world war 2 2400 americans were killed on that day december 7th 1941 will forever be known as quote a day which will live in infamy as then president franklin delano roosevelt, famously proclaimed remembrance events are held every year at the pearl harbor national memorial and to our 4 zone forecast chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us for that lawrence still dealing with a red flag warning where we where are we with that actually just came down right now it's still windy in parts of the bay area but looks like things are going to improve overnight tonight. >>decreasing winds the humidity should begin to creep up a little bit although still dry out there so you want to be careful anyway. but tonight we're going to notice some changes going to see those winds begin to calm down today another record breaking day of heat out there temperatures soaring in the 70's out there right now beautiful look no clouds to speak of right now on or low

that's nearly one pearl harbor, every 24 hours. by april of next year, the university of washington's institute for health, metrics, and evaluation, projects the pandemic will have killed upwards of 100,000 more people in this country than all the american troops killed in three and a half years of the second world war. more than half a million dead. president trump is the one who likened this to a war. he called himself, in fact, a wartime president. but, that was a long time ago. those were in the days he wanted to be see as commander in chief, leading the effort, when he took over the coronavirus press briefings. and then, stopped listening to the doctors who actually knew what they were doing. now, the president doesn't seem concerned about being a wartime commander. if anything, he seems more like a deserter. he's absent. the american people have given him leave, voting him out at the ballot box, but he still has some weeks left. he has chosen to go awol. he's declined to join the fight against covid. he's not rallying anyone

americans were killed when japan bombed pearl harbor, hawaii. public will be at is ceremony but it will be live streamed at 7:55 a.m. local time. >>> a climb up the tallest mountain in oregon became a fight to survive. a woma a woman who took an unexpected tumble into a potentially deadly hole is talking about her ordeal. >> reporter: this morning an oregon woman is sharing her terrifying experience after falling down a snow-covered volcanic hole on mt. hood. >> it's like someone pulling a chair out from underneath you as you're trying to sit down. i have that sensation of falling. >> reporter: 32-year-old caroline sunbalm was climbing at an elevation above 11,000 feet when she stopped to rest, unknowingly sitting on a volcanic vent known as a fumarole. >> fell about five feet under the snow, landed on my shoulder and then slid another five to ten feet kind of down the side of the mountain in really the sort of cave-like structure. >> reporter: the air in that structure can be toxic and potentially deadly. >> i did feel the heat on my hand, whic

indoor dining and the cdc chief's dire warning, for month expect more deaths every day than 9/11 or pearl harbor. >>> also is the vaccine safe for pregnant women what experts say >>> president trump for the first time acknowledging the incoming biden administration but betting on a long shot case at the supreme court and the president lashing out at the justice department over the hunter biden investigation. >>> after more than 50 years, the riddle allegedly sent by the zodiac killer solved. >>> the car plowing into protesters in new york city. multiple injuries. we have the latest >>> the tiny devices tracking the vaccine our fact check on what it means for your privacy. >>> just hours left. the holiday shipping deadline you need to know >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone critical pieces are in place tonight. the vials poised to ship as the country anxiously awaits the fda's authorization of the first covid vaccine for use in the united states. an announcement that could come at any time injections of pfizer's vaccine potentially under way within d

call the number on your screen, or visit healthmarkets.com shannon: on this pearl harbor remembranceday we honor the american heroes of world war ii and thanking our modern day warriors too and author of the brand-new bestseller modern warriors first in a series of books in the fox news imprint. great to have you with us live. you, humble as you are, served a number of times overseas. you share your story and a lot of folks will recognize, tell me what it was like to put together this book and have people recount your stories in a way that is true to combat and what goes on for people? >> we want to be honest, candid, non-politically correct and on the anniversary of pearl harbor these men know they stand on the shoulders of previous generations, the real one%, they said we will do the dirty work for a nation and what i love about this book is we got a little more comfortable, more honest, don't want to talk to reporters, to tell the story knowing it will be portrayed fairly, the good, the bad and the ugly and you meet the men behind the real one% of our generation who have given it

. >>> 79 years ago today congress declared war on japan in the wake of the pearl harbor attack.he storied career of an american patriot who fought in three wars >> reporter: on the day the japanese attacked pearl harbor, charles mcgee turned 22. soon he was in uniform a fighter pilot with the legendary tuskegee airmen, the all-black unit that broke barriers and helped usher in change in america. >> my first flight in a pt 17 in the tuskegee's army field in alabama, i was hooked. i loved flying. >> reporter: amassing more than 400 career combat missions in world war ii, korea, and vietnam, retired colonel mcgee was later awarded the rank of bridge dear general by president trump, his great grandson ian with him during his speech. >> general mcgee, our nation salutes you. thank you, sir >> has your life changed a lot now that you're general? >> a lot to be thankful for because of that. >> reporter: now on his 101st birthday, mcgee saluted by columbia college in missouri where he got his degree, dedicating a veteran service center to him. >> oh, my. such an honor. >> what do you ha

he was the oldest veteran to survive the attack on pearl harbor. now the city is honoring him by naming the main post office in poway, san diego, the ray travis post office. president trump signed the bill on monday making the name change official. shortly before he died travis actually visited president trump at the white house. >> anthony flores joining us now for sports, and today's game meant really nothing for the 49ers, but still felt really good for inniner fans here in the newsroom today. there was a lot of shouting and cheering. >> yeah, finally a reason to celebrate because it has been a tough year for the red and gold. the 49ers using the home field to their advantage against the cardinals in arizona. why this win was so special for their starting quarterback. stick around. sports is next. a drink with friends can turn into two, and a prescription can be stronger than you thought. stop! there are a lot of ways to get a dui. and a lot of ways to go-- text a friend, call a cab, share a ride. whatever you choose to do, go safely, california

. >>> 79 years since the attack on pearl harbor. japanese bombers attacked pearl harbor and drove the united states into world war ii. this ceremony will be streamed online and only a small number of veterans in attendance. a moment of silence was observed at 7:55 this morning hawaiian, the moment that attack began. >>> our team is always on social media. nbc bay area kris sanchez shared this time lapse video of her and her husband putting up the lights on their christmas tree. they had mishaps there which is funny but they put it altogether together. make sure you follow kris on facebook, twitter and instagram. share with us your decorations for christmas. we would love to see them. tag us at nbc bay area. >>> you can help those in need right now. if you're looking for a way to give back this holiday season our nourishing neighbors food drive is going on right now. next time you're at safeway make a 10 dollar location and it will to local food bankers across the area to help families in need and runs through december 29th so you st

to mark pearl harbor day. three local world war ii veterans shared their story during a virtual event before the beacon was lit. the beacon used to guide planes coming into the bay area since 1964. it has only been lit once a year on december 7. >>> check in with paul hagan right now. boy, you can see the light tonight, pretty clear outside. >> yes, not nearly as windy on top of mount diablo as the conditions were last night. very cool condition that they needed to light up once a year for a very good night for it. now last night, they would get blustery out there. let's take a look at the peak wind gusts that we had last night. 70 miles an hour winds on top of mount saint helena, on top of the mountain last night. we would have 30 to 50 miles an hour winds elsewhere across the bay area. we do have wind gusts that are called down significantly since then, talking about 10 to 12 miles an hour wind gusts right now. higher in the highest elevations, that'll be the case through the rest of tonight. but by tomorrow

and what came before pearl harbor. i put myself into that category in the sense that until i wrote this book. i knew a lot about world war ii. i could tell you what happened after september 11 but i could tell you very little about american policy in the early decades. in the 19th century. it was eye-opening for me. in fact my have exploded when i started to read this history. because my first reaction was what country am i reading about. there is so little resemblance to the america that i know and i had grown up in. because that america was very engaged in the world. in military forces around the world always at war. is not what we were like for most of our history. the second revelation that i think i will put out here at the front of our conversation is that one of the reasons we were isolation lists and reluctant to extend our strategic reach around the world was american exceptionalism. the founders propagate this notion at the expense of liberty and prosperity at home. by keeping the world at bay. intending our

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journalist daniel pearl in 2002. his being freed file an appeal is under way earlier this year the high court overturned his murder charge that was challenge by pearl's family their appeal will be heard it's an early january was a reporter for the wall street journal let's get more from. the journalist and author of taliban militant islam or oil and fundamentalism in central asia he joins us by skype from the horror in pakistan with us why do you think he's being freed before this appeal is being held. well you know anderson happened before and there's been this running battle between the same government and the federal government and the same high court the same high court frequently issued creating orders that daniel pearl should be free and that is being counted monday by the government which imposed another lockdown my people who will be in this this battle going on has not sent me anywhere or. will actually be freed although the same night court is taking a very odd line because the government think the governme

commerce the other day we are and the time frame now for the next 60 or 90 days will have more than pearl harbor this is going to be a al unfortunate loss of life and in reality the vaccine approval will not really impact over the next 60 days this is why we really have to do everything we can. >> looking at the mortality of the virus it is very unusual it can cause death for adolescents andcross every age group it's very different for those under the a of 45 and between 55 and 60 and with that comorbidi and then they may not like the answer when they aret greater risk for death with 30 percent of the nation is obese to a very significant number of people with the comorbidity. the other thing worried about the equy with the greatest social injustices. whether it's in the old city and a 20 year lifespan one of the reasons with diabes or rel disease and ts virus does exploit those comorbidities and that is the reason and t medical treatment is very good so we've gone from april with the mortality. the hospital so a lot of improvements with healthcare facilities to understand how to te care

but when pearl harbor hit, the whole thing changed. people started saying here are able bodied athletes that ought to be prepared to fight with everyone else. shortly after pearl harbor, about a month later, he was pulled back and he was relass if ied classified 1a. he was again granted it. and it was a little bit of discomfort, even in the red sox organization wondering if this was good pr to have their star player granted a deferment. and there was a little pressure that was developed. but he went around on spring training and got support from servicemen and gave him a big round of applause. so he decided to make his point, stick with it, and then in may he signed up for the navy to take effect at the end of the season. >> he took a pretty good beating in the press, correct? and -- >> some of the press. there was those like dave egan who spoke up for him. but it was a mixed balg. he was the sole support of his mother, she didn't bring in any money on his own. he was prepared and he knew he informs a difficult situation. >> what about

on this pearl harbor anniversary, covid-19 is killing almost as many americans on average every day ashe attack that left 2,400 people dead. health officials are extremely worried about the coming weeks. dr. anthony fauci warning we still haven't seen the full brunt of the thanksgiving surge, adding, i'm quoting him now, the middle of january could be a really dark time for us. >>> all eyes will be on the fda meeting this thursday which is expected to clear the way for the pfizer vaccine to be distributed immediately. we are also following the presidential transition. president-elect biden announcing key members of the team that will fight the pandemic, including dr. fauci who will be a chief medical adviser to the president. for more on the breaking pandemic news, let's go to cnn's lucy kavanagh in denver for us. an average, what? 2,200 americans are dying daily from covid. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. to put that number in context, more americans could potentially die of covid-19 today than the total number killed tell pearl harbor attack nearly 80 years ago. the numbers, cases,