it won the 2015 bancroft prize bancroft prize for history and diplomacy and examines grand strategy as well as the experience of the common soldier during the final bloody months of the war. the new york military affairs symposium posted this 80 minute event. >> marc gallicchio, a history professor and chair of the history department at villanova university. he holds a ba from temple university, ma from pennsylvania state university, and a phd from temple university. he is author of several books on american-east asian relations,

it won the 2015 bancroft prize bancroft prize for history and diplomacy and examines grand strategy asas the experience of the common soldier during the final bloody months of the war. the new york military affairs symposium posted this 80 minute event. >> marc gallicchio, a history professor and chair of the history department at villanova university.

i don't know if you can see them there, from a fire at 108th at bancroft today. they gave them water and oxygen through those little tiny pet masks there. they were able to get them out, so some good news here on a friday. >>> have you ever made plans and then right when you're going to put it into play, scrap it all and just start all over again? >> yup. >> every day. >> that's the best time. >> that was the sports department tonight, i guarantee you. it's because this young lady went out and pulled off a feat of a lifetime as i continue to talk while i wait for video to come up on a national stage. the story of alyssa lu who knocked the rest of the local sports right off the pedestal tonight. and i'm not talking about tomorrow's all-star game.... this star? >>> all right. tonight a star was born. homegrown talent, too and it happened on ice. i'm not talking about tomorrow's nhl all-star game either. this star is just 4' 7, her name? alyssa liu, 13 years old from richmond. went to the u.s. figure skating championships and crushed it. ladies free program tonight,

and the australian cricketer cameron bancroft has had a good day in the big bash.scandal last year. his ban finished at the end of last month and today he hit an unbeaten 87 off 61 balls to help the perth scorchers beat the sydney sixers. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. three men have been killed in an avalanche near the austrian ski resort of lech — as heavy snowfall continues to bring parts of central europe to a standstill. austria has seen record snowfall, with more forecast for the weekend. soldiers, firefighters, and volunteers have been battling to clear blocked roads and rooftops during breaks in the weather. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. this part of the world is no stranger to snow. but emergency services here in southern germany, and in neighbouring austria, are having to work extra hard after days of unusually extreme weather. more snow fell overnight across the bavarian alps where people are already experiencing disaster conditions. last night in lech, three skiers were killed in an avalanche after the group ventur

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it won the 2015 bancroft prize bancroft prize for history and diplomacy and examines grand strategy asell as the experience of the common soldier during the final bloody months of the war. the new york military affairs symposium posted this 80 minute event. >> marc gallicchio, a history professor and chair of the history department at villanova university. he holds a ba from temple university, ma from pennsylvania state university, and a phd from temple university. he is author of several books on american-east asian relations, including "the african-american encounter with japan and china: black internationalism in asia," fascinating. that book one the society of historians of american foreign relations robert h. farrow prize. his most recent book, co-authored with his mentor waldo heinrichs, "implacable foes: war in the pacific, 1944 to 1945." this was awarded the 2018 bancroft prize in history and diplomacy. please welcome dr. marc gallicchio. [applause] prof. gallicchio: thank you, bob. i want to thank bob and the members for inviting me here today. thank you all for coming out. it

and more suspected leaders bancroft and had to cough is with me this weekend and then i sit down with what we can expect from the investment front the year is gearing up to be a huge one for the ipl and to wide it is happening for over 30 years to play a huge role in the venture capital field a firm focusing on the early digital media investment and expansion more than $1 billion under management right now good to see you. thank you for joining us. i love talking to you because you get a chance to see all the stories of america and the world when they are small companies and you can decide what you like and what you want to put your money. . >> right now it's the best i have seen in the last decade. going back to the boom times before the best of early 2000 but we are seeing enormous entrepreneurial enthusiasm but there are incubators and start up labs in every city in the country sioux city iowa, every locality wants to encourage the young people to start businesses and not just with tax benefits because most young companies don't pay taxes because they are losing money but they are

a firefighters enter on bancroft avenue, finds a carrier. inside the carrier, a bunch of puppies. will see they're very young. at first they're not moving, and then the firefights do their thing, a little oxygen here, there, and the also puppies perk right up. there they go. they're all all right. firefighters are fine, the pupiers are great. don't know what started the fire, but really just glad the pupiers can do their thing. a lot of questions about the fire, what were they doing there? where is the owner? all that stuff. the puppies are fine, bottom line. what's going on weather-wise? >> not a lot. >>> we had a lot of clouds, but not much underneath other than some hazy skies. golden gate bridge th mostly overcast skies. 58 degrees currently, as we watched our temperatures tonight eventually drop into the 40s, in fact already into the 40s. napa and santa rosa at 48 degrees. still 61 degrees, notice the wind direction. the winds aren't strong, it's the direction, though, that's important. thanks to high pressure, which is keep things dried. tomorrow morning, a few high clouds,

this was awarded the 2018 bancroft prize in history and pumice he. -- diplomacy. please welcome dr.arc gallicchio. [applause] prof. gallicchio: thank you, bob. i want to thank bob and the members for inviting me here today. thank you all for coming out. it is a real honor to be speaking to this group. tonight, i would like to talk about the final months of the pacific war, following the surrender of germany in may 1945. the title of this talk is intended to convey the connection between the strategy the u.s. pursuit in the war, the rise of war weariness on the homefront, and the impact that that domestic discontent had on america's ability to achieve its objectives in the war. war weariness was more than a generalized mood of public tiredness with the war. ofing the spring and summer 1945, war weariness was manifested in specific actions and policies. it had the potential to undermine american strategy and wargames. there is my thesis. as with any sort of narrative, once you decide where you want to begin, you also have to decide what the reader or the listeners need to know in adva

oakland firefighters saved three little puppies from a fire at 108th and bancroft today.them water and oxygen though those little pet masks.. too cute, glad they were able to get them out! <> <> <> ever made plans...and shortly before you put it into play... ...you have to erase it all... roll out a new plan??? that was the sports dept tonight.... before this young lady went out and pull off a feat, of a lifetime! a bay area star is born....on a national stage. why alysa liu, knocked the rest of the local sports...off the pedestal tonight... (((break))) (((break))) (((break))) tonight... and i'm not talking about tomorrow's all-star game.... this star? is just 4-foot, 7... her name? alysa liu... ...13 years old from richmond... she went to the us figure skating championships...a nd crushed it! ladies free program....pulled off not one...but two "clean" triple axles... and worked the detroit crowd into a lather!! started skating 7 years ago...makes sense,she was 6... ...and tonight...became the youngest indi

>> he's george anthony bancroft ii. so, george anthony bancroft iii. what will the nickname be?, 9:00 central. >>> we're going to send it to mr. roker. >> that's good. andrea had to have a boy just for that promo. worked out nicely. so, we're looking at all this snow finally ending in oklahoma. oklahoma city. they've had 4.5 inches of snow yesterday. that makes it is snowiest january since 2010. now, we shift into the southeast, as this storm system pushes. we have warm air, unseasonably warm. the calendar is going ahead. minneapolis, 41. that's a temperature you would see in mid-march. indianapolis, 46. that's where it normally would be in early march. new york city, today, we're going to get to 48 degrees. again, a mid-march reading. we go into saturday, mid-march, philadelphia, early march. and that heat continues into next week. cleveland, we're going to get to 50 degrees. 60 on monday in raleigh. tallahassee, 71 on tuesday. and dallas, you're at 71 degrees. the rest of the country, we have this flood risk in the southeast. this system comes up and into the mid-atlantic stat

i have conducted several outreaches in the bayview along armstrong and bancroft. myself and those on behalf of the coalition. many of those vehicles are not transients to leach city resources. one elder plea man struggled with addiction. he is working to support himself inside his rv for several years. another is hoping to raise his credit score. his children attend the public school. others were living in shelters. there were unsafe you living conditions like bedbugs. the list is endless and heart breaking. more over an embarrassment. the steve san francisco we choose to apply restrictions and enforcement and criminalize the people for trying to survive in the home base tha that is unaffordable. we must carefully create alternatives for vehicle and unharness folks. we must remind ourselves they are fighting every day to get by in the city. signs force them to move from one street to the next. it is part of the problem. until we face the issue of homelessness and carve out spaces to over humanenessties we are not addressing the homeless issue, not creating solutio

she will sign the bill at bancroft elementary school in northwest d.c. businesses organizations in our area are adding new services for struggurngughed workers every day. as we get the information we are adding it to a gtwing list t we have of resources in our nbc washington app. just search shutdown. >> a lot of good information there. >>> alose call for some pedestrians in georgetown after an out of control carwa careens them. >> that car just missed the people but it wound up slamming into a building on 28th and m street. >> we have meghan mcgrath live on the scene there talking to a he have lky couple. megh>>, hi? eporter: good morning. it was an incredibly close call. if you look behind me here you can see we now have a tow truck on the scene actually pulling this suv out of the building. but an absolutely frightening situation for a man and his pregnant wife. they were standing right over there on the w sidewalk,te are the suv went into the building. they had to literally jump outo he way. james person says it was like something out of a movie. >>

this happened yesterday at a strip mall on bancroft avenue. firefighters were busy battling the flames when they heard the pups crying for help. they brought them out and treated them with a tiny breathing apparatus. >>> firefighters were busy battling the flames when they heard pups crying for help. they brought the pups out. they treated them with a small breathing apparatus. the fire happened at the side of the pet store the city shut down last year after complaint about the conditions there. but at this point, it's not clear if the shop was back up and running when the fire broke out yesterday. >>> a long-time oakland teacher may finally be able to afford his first bay area home after winning $25,000 for a down payment. nester gonzales has taught physics and biology at dewey academy for 30 years, but he's never been able to afford a home. this week, he was awarded a grant from the play off foundation. so the foundation will also give $2,500 to the school located near lake merit. gonzales says he plans to pay it forward by helping someone e

and it was a good day too for cameron bancroft.ls to help the perth scorchers beat the sydney sixers. finally — the f1 season may be over, but lewis hamilton is still thrill seeking... turns out he's a pretty handy surfer — here he is at an artificial surf centre catching a few waves before a fairly spectacular crash. he's not had many of those in his driving career recently. and it must be pretty chilly because after that, he's off to the hot—tub to warm up with 11 time world surfing champion kelly slater. maybe i would be as good as him if i had kelly as my teacher. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. we have stan and ollie about the tour of the uk. in the front one or a political drama starring hugh jackman. he touches pretty good and it? i thought she was really good. it isa it? i thought she was really good. it is a story of the author and the performer. we met at the very beginning. she'd is a country girl who falls in love with an entrepreneur. he has a pen name and he writes books by the peopl