the british enlisted 200 african-american men into the british marines, and used them in the chesapeake bay as well, and the british didn't leave the bay until the war ended in february 1815. so the official end of the war was -- was february 16th, 1815. so our bicentennial can go until 2015. >> let's get one more quick call. bob in baltimore. go ahead for vince vaise. >> caller: hi, thank you. bob cullen here in baltimore, not too far away. great job, vincent. i'm really enjoying this. i just was very curious though. you're obviously very much an expert on the war of 1812. what got you interested in the war of 1812 in the first place? >> when i was a little kid, my dad took me to ft. mchenry, and i ran up and down the ramparts and then i made a little paper hat when i got home, and i had a little wooden sword that my dad made me as well, and i had good history teachers. when i was going to high school and they got me intrigued, and that's how i started volunteering at ft. mchenry and then i became a park service ranger with the national park service and now i've come full circle becaus

they fought magnificently. >> how many british were there? >> the british? there were around 1,200 fighting. the americans vastly outnumbered the british, but the british were the finest army in the world, and most of the defenders were militiamen and couldn't possibly hold a candle to these regulars from britain. >> our viewers are seeing video from fort mchenry, re-enactors at fort mchenry over the weekend celebrating the 200th anniversary of the start of the war. jackie, go ahead with your comments. >> caller: hello. i'm a graduate of western reserve university in cleveland, and i understand that the western reserve refers to the fact that connecticut was also burned, and these people were given lands in the western reserve of connecticut which is northeastern ohio. >> i have to pass on that because my expertise is on washington, the invasion of washington. >> also you wrote about, talked about a hated figure because of burning not just washington, but before that on the shore of maryland? >> the british had been plundering, pillaging, doing other misdeed

so "constitution" has just beaten a british frigate. britain has been queen of the seas for as long as anybody remembers. britain always wins sea battles, but here uss confusion fought the battle and saw cannonballs bounce off of her side and a sailor cried her sides are made of iron, a joke because she's a fully wooden ship but she earned the nickname "old ironsides." when "constitution" returned to boston after the victory over the british in the war of 1812 the city exploded. it was such a surprise that an american frigate beach a british frigate and captain isaac hull who you see in this portrait by gilbert stewart was welcomed as a hero. by the time he set foot on shore, there was a parade ready to lead him up state street and the crew was greeted with ceremonial dinners, a trip to the theater. it was an explosion in the city. it was such a wonderful surprise. isaac hull came home to the hero's welcome and then he stayed ashore because of a death in the family. he had personal matters to care for so william bainbridge was serving a

merchant vessels to search for british sailors that had obligations to serve in the british royal navy which had the unintended or intended side effect of sometimes sweeping americans into the british nets, as it were and impressing, forcing american sailors into the british navy. reasons for the war. the orders in council were reversed before the british knew about the u.s. declaration of war. so that was removed right from the very beginning and the issue of impressment was not in any way addressed with the treaty that ended the war. the treaty of gent which simply returned all matters to the status quo, so in terms of evaluating the effectiveness of the war, if you're looking at relationships with britain, the war doesn't change that much, but the war does have important effects on american unity and american patriotism and it also has very significant effects on american power on the continent vis-a-vis native americans who are the often, kind of unspoken element in the war, battles with native americans were a crucial part of the war and the balance of power shifted pretty decisiv

landing parties and then at night, harry the british fleet. he was given permission and funds to do this. these were put under the department of the navy, since joshua barney had been retired and was no longer in seniority within the navy, he was made a commodore of this whole flotilla. it was somewhat part of the navy but also separate from the navy. on his first voyage out with his flotilla, this was 15, 16, 17 ships, he ran into superior british ships who chased him up the river. he fought some retreating battles. at one point he was bottled up in st. leonard's creek and then was able to fight his way out but he couldn't fight his way into the bay. he was forced to come further and further up river, retreating. the british following him, their forces building to the point that he got so far up river, he could not get any further up river. it was apparent that the british could capture his ships so he was ordered by the secretary of the navy to abandon his ships and when the british tried to take them to set them on fire, explode them with g

well the british may have thought and certain the indians thought the british would be the guarantees for the rights after wards under the treaty. the united states had a different attitude toward that and thought that could not be admissible. this was u.s. territory the united states fought for the sovereignty of the borders. it curtailed any contact to the extend they could between indians and the british. >> well, one name that you've heard a number of times is that of chief gomo, and i think of all the names that are in the book, he's the individual i would like to meet the most because he's absolutely a fascinating person. he was a chief but remember, native american chiefs weren't ceo. they couldn't give orders. they had to sort of import tune and lead. he was someone who is counted as a friend, by both different points the americans and the british. he was considered generally reliable. one of the goals, and i think you've handledded it admirally has been whatever possible to get authentic indian voices in the book and you're actually able to quote a speech from gomo not word f

why british? why should your customers go british? >> well, first of all let me say a crowded and competitive market is the place to be. that's when people really give us their best. when the markets are less competitive, and more administered if i can put it that way, people get complacent. so from the customers' point of view, a crowded competitive market is great news. and actually for the nations which build and develop the products, it's great news too because everybody has to try that much harder. so why britain? for a number of reasons 679 i mean the -- reasons. i mean the united kingdom has been in the business of defense and i'm not talking just about the development of great equipment. but in the operations of defense in many parts of the world. for decades. and we continue to be one of the most operationally experienced defense nations. so when people look to purchase equipment, develop their own capabilities, it's not surprising that they go first and foremost to nations which actually have the experience of living through

us british are not very good at positivity. we've been whining about the olympics for several weeks now. you've heard about the problems with the security. the taxi drivers, the cabdrivers have been moaning about the olympic route network. you get them in every olympics, of course. but there is nothing quite like somebody coming from overseas, telling us that we're not behind our olympics, for brits to really get behind it. i think so since mitt romney rocked up a couple days ago, you can almost see the brits put their arms around the olympic stadium saying, you know what? we are behind this. i've been watching some of the opening ceremonies secretly because you can't see it for a couple of hours yet. everyone is behind the games and it's looking good. >> he still looks stiff as hell walking around number 10 there. it's a strange way the guy walks. i want to know the politics of this. we'll get to the pictures and the quotes in a second. here's the point. i thought cameron would like him. aren't they fellow tories? >> i think t

the british following him. to the point he got so far up the river he could not get any further up river and it was apparent that the british could capture his ships. he was ordered by the secretary of the navy to abandon his ships and when the british tried to take them to set them on fire, he exploded them with gun powder. it's at this point where we are now that they can see the mast and at very soon afterwards they saw the ships were on fire and heard the explosions from the powder kegs that were set. they went further on up river and found the fleet entirely scuttled except for one vessel that the fuse went out on and they were able to capture the vessel and bring it down river with them. there were a series of merchant vessels that moved up with them to try to avoid capture from the british. they were scuttled or the british set them on fire and destroyed them. the river was deeper during that time period and it also got very sallow up river. they were taken up as far as they could go. there was some thou

certainly this is a day made in heaven to honor our friends, the british. i think they got it exactly right. well, let's get started. to welcome us here this for the national monument and historic shrine, here are the for the mchenry guard and drum corps. well, they tell me they've already performed. weren't they great? so we have a great act to follow them, though. welcome to the podium maryland's senior senator in the u.s. congress, the honorable barbara mikuls mikulski. >> can i move this over? good morning, everybody. well, hasn't the weekend just been fan fatasticfantastic? the great weather and crowds and participation commemorating the war of 1812. i want to welcome our distinguished ambassadors from britain and canada, ambassador westcott and duer and ray mavis and fort mchenry superintendent tina orcut. the congressional delegation is here and the mayor is here and she's been everywhere over the weekend. i know that governor o'malley, i believe, will be coming shortly. we're so excited about being here to commemorate this war of 1812 in a very fitt

that's a british way. >> oxford wing tip. >> the classic british thing. best dress shoes in the world and american men are going for it. >> let's bring everybody out for one last look. that's the way to go british, i like it. fish and chips and a cockney accent and you're set. thank you so much. >>> coming up next, from british flair to latin fare, a healthy summer meal quick and easy. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ jennifer ] better. stronger. believe. happier. healthier. i believe weight watchers made me more powerful. it's time to believe again. stand up and take charge. i believe if you want to change your life, you can. ♪ believe in yourself [ female announcer ] weight watchers -- rated number one best plan for weight loss by u.s. news and world report, again. [ jennifer ] join for $1. weight watchers. believe. because it works. i'm home! toilet's fixed. [ male announcer ] of all the things that happen on your wooden surfaces, disinfecting has to be one of them. clorox disinfecting wipes. gentle on wood. hard on germs. but not for your eyes. they'

suffice it to say the british were unimpressed.ere's the british prime minister david cameron. >> we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. of course, it's easier if you hold an olympic games in the middle of nowhere. >> the middle of nowhere. romney reportedly tried to put things right in his meeting with the prime minister, particularly since mr. cameron had gone out of his way to host the presidential candidate. later, outside of 10 downing street romney began his long and winding walk bach. >> i also applaud the work of the organizing committee in bringing the olympic experience right into the heart of london. >> but that was not nearly enough for the british press, so romney added this. >> we talked about the great progress that has been made in organizing the games. my experience as an olympic organizer is that there are always a few very small things that end up going not quite right in the first day or so. those get ironed out. and then when the games themselv

british ale. >> this is "bbc news." olympic organizers apologize to north korea's team for using their neighbors like instead of their own. preparing for battle of control of the country's second city as government forces get set to confront them here ye. i am pleased we are not going to be dwelling on new zealand's lost ts. >> i understand that. let's concentrate instead on the first official action on friday, the men's football tournament, which kicks off -- has kicked off as a human minutes ago. the matches are spread all over england scotland and wales. group b mexico face south korea. the last match of the day sees great britain wa. he is hoping to pass on his big tournament experience to the younger players. to go it is up to me and the most experienced players to help the under players as well. it is something i am at ease with. something i have dealt with for a number of years now. of course, you want to win every game, and we want to win the tournament. we know it will be tough. it will not be easy, but nothing

stop british forces at north point in baltimore.have dimmed, they still burn as brightly in our collective memory as the rocket's red glare of september 1814 when francis scott key in this off-told history stood on the deck a british warship and watched and waited to see if if our nation's tattered flag still flew here over fort mchenry after a night of unrelenting fire. when dawn showed that flag still there, his experience became a central part of our identity in the star-spangl"star-spangled ." this war gave us the enduring navy watch word, don't give up the ship. from the war emerged some of america's most memorable hero, andrew jackson, leading the final victory at new orleans. the wonderfully named oliver perry building a fleet and then leading it to victory in lake erie and in nine separate great lakes campaigns to help secure our upper midwest. dolly madison risking her own life it to previous the fan jibl tangible possessions and the constitution. much as has been noted has changed in 200 years. britain, our foe then, and c

and then watch our interview with a controversial british m.p. who exposes the hidden side of the u.k.'s domestic and foreign policy stay with us live here in moscow. more news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. today. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy. there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines in two cars a report.

and members of the british public. peter alexander covering the romney campaign is with us from just outside olympic stadium where the romneys are among those taking in tonight's opening ceremony. peter good evening. >> reporter: brian good evening to you. for mitt romney attending these games was intended to show case his strength as a problem solver. he helped turn around the 2002 olympics in salt lake city. instead, he is now trying to resolve an international stir of his own making. with much of london stuck in a preolympic lockdown today mitt romney like thousands of others here had to abandon his ride and walk to his meeting with ireland's leader. >> i enjoyed the walk. >> you also had to walk. >> yes. we're used to walking in ireland. >> reporter: but after waking up to another round of harsh british headlines attacking his critique of london's preparation romney told matt lauer he now believes the city can deliver. >> but after being here a couple of days it looks to me like london is ready and, of course, it i

there was to be no healing here. >> we do not expect a british queen. we never will accept a british queen. we do not want her here at all. she is not our clean. >> the second day of the visit, just before the royal helicopter was due to land -- >> in 1977, security was so precarious that her majesty was not allowed to spend a night in the province. she was helicoptered in, helen -- having stayed offshore. she was greeted at the castle by a cheering but carefully selected crowd. while the queen was being welcomed, the provisional ira mounted a roadblock a few miles away. we were told earlier in the day that this was it. more propaganda than military exercise. perhaps for our benefit, perhaps as a morale booster for supporters. the checkpoint lasted five brief minutes. but it happened within half a mile of an army post, which was up around the corner, out of sight. that afternoon, 3000 supporters of the provisional ira hailed elizabeth as queen of death in a black 5 march -- flag march. >> we were not allowed in the city center. the march was banned. >>

listen, we're british.> hold it and gently put it in. >> beautiful. >> what oil do you use? some people say it makes a difference. >> peanut oil is regularly used in england because of the flavor. but because so many people have allergies, i'm using grape seed oil. it's better for you than olive oil. >> better than olive oil? >> much better. >> i don't believe you. >> and it gets to a higher cooking temperature very quickly and has no flavor. it's much better. >> how long do you cook it for? >> that will be cooked in about three seconds. here is what you're going to do. all these, flour them, batter them and put them on the tray. whoever gets the most done in a time wins. >> flour it? >> excess flour off. batter it. don't let her win. what's up with you? what is that? >> la, la, la, la, la, la, la! this is so he'sy. >> oh, my gosh. >> now what do we do? >> hang on, hang on. >> who did that? >> what? >> how come kathie lee is cleaner? >> it's a messy business. >> yours does not look better than mine. okay? w

us british are not very good at positivity. we've been whining about the olympics for several weeks now. you've heard about the problems with the security. the taxi drivers, the cabdrivers have been moaning about the olympic route network. you get them in every olympics, of course. but there is nothing quite like somebody coming from overseas, telling us that we're not behind our olympics, for brits to really get behind it. i think so since mitt romney rocked up a couple days ago, you can almost see the brits put their arms around the olympic stadiums say say you know what? we are behind this. i've been watching some of the opening ceremonies secretly because you can't see it for a couple of hours yet. everyone is behind the games and it's looking good. >> he still looks stiff as hell walking around number 10 there. it's a strange way the guy walks. i want to know the politics of this. we'll get to the pictures and the quotes in a second. here's the point. i thought cameron would like him. aren't they fellow tories? >> i think

he faced mounting pressure from british politicians, press, and the public. there are still questions about london's reputation with the banking sector. >> once again, we have been confronted with the reckless trading and market manipulation. it is time that these practices stop once and for all. >> hello and welcome to gmt. i am george alagiah, with a world of news and opinion. also in the program -- the syrian regime condemns the systematic use of torture. these pictures are based on the victims.ts of the f officials in china have backed off of building a copper factory after thousands said it would lead to pollution. >> in london, the barclays chief executive has announced his resignation in the wake of the interest rate-rigging scandal involving some of his traders. his departure has done nothing to mute calls for an inquiry into not just barclays, but banking culture in london. regulation in britain is under the spotlight. >> bob diamond had hoped to ride out the storm. the embattled $30 million per year and chief executive of barclays had promised to pu

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that bust, now resides at the british ambassador's washington, d.c. residence. the white house collection has had a second churchill bust for decades, which is the one pheiffer says is on display in the residence. late today, pheiffer updated his blog post noting the two busts, not admitting a mistake, but instead, maintaining, quote, the idea put forward by charles krauthammer and others that president obama returned the churchill bust or refused to display the bust because of antipathy toward the british is completely false. reaction from charles in a few. >>> is the british press playing favorites when it comes to president obama and governor romney? one media writer says yes. mediaite notes londoners criticized him for so-called gaffes during the visit. but rothman says the fourth estate there has been much more forgiving to president obama. when he gave the queen an ipod containing among other things, audio of two of president obama's speeches, some in the u.s. labeled that a tad bit egocentric. but the guardian gushed, clearly a lot of thought went into th

brits, the british, causing trouble, and why are the british just jumping on this guy -- i don't know how to describe it. how do you describe it? >> chris, there is no question that there is nothing the british core enjoys more than having fresh meat to savage, particularly if that fresh meat happens to be a presidential candidate from the united states. i think mitt romney, and equally his team misread some of the very british tea leaves that existed going into this trip to london. there had been an enormous amount of moaning and whining about the olympics by ordinary brits over the course of the last several weeks. but the mayor of london, boris johnson, himself a conservative said to everybody about a week ago, it's time to put a sock in it. largely brits listened to that. but mitt did not. >> well we love boris johnson. i think i look like the guy anyway, so i like him a lot. let me ask you, chris. what do you think is going on here? you're allowed to dump on your country or its problems at home, but don't come in from somewhere else and start doing it? >> i think that's exactly r

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one british tabloid called romney, quote, mitt the twit. and romney shambles into a viral twitter hashtag in the uk. romney is stirring up the twitter verse for another reason, because of tweets sent out by beth myers, the woman in charge of his running mate's church. meyer tweeted a list of names believed to be vp picks including condoleezza rice and ohio senator rob portman. up to this point, the romney camp has been quiet about possible running mates. the campaign has only admitted to vetting florida senator marco rubio. the man accused of killing 12 people in aurora last week was seeing a psychiatrist. defense attorneys are requesting that the contents of the package be handed over to them. what's still in question is the time frame surrounding the records. legal medical experts say it's still unclear of whether doctors would uphold an assertion of doctor-client privilege in this case. >>> president obama and his foreign policy have been compared. the ralph meade foundation, which owns the billboard, says it wants to draw attention to m

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the london olympics as the british with guarding the games apologizes for. there was a lack of direction for the russian market to claim something. in about twenty minutes time. world wide news live from moscow city center this is with me wrong. key syrian government officials have been killed in a suicide bombing in damascus the defense minister is the most senior member of the syrian government to have been killed since the conflict began last year the attack adds to the violence that's been rocking the syrian capital for four days now. with more. that is suicide bombing that killed syrian defense minister and his deputy who's also been present brother in law and former deputy chief of staff has happened on wednesday in the very heart of damascus just less than five kilometers from where we are we have been able to hear the sound of this explosion and we have to say we have to meet that aid has been very intense and massive last reports that a suicide bomber had attacked and national security building. here in damascus at a time when. of cabinet ministers

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the british taxpayer is not involved. on longer-term issues, eurozone members agreed important steps towards closer integration following a discussion of the report by the president at the european council and others. it is of model for britain and the strength and prosperity, we would argue, of the whole european union, that they do this in the right way. as this goes ahead, the unity and integrity of the single market will be respected. on the specific growth at the bank in union, britain will not be part of any common deposit guarantees or under the jurisdiction of any single european financial supervisor. british taxpayers will not be guaranteeing eurozone banks, and i'm equally clear that while we need proper supervision of our banks, british banks should be supervised by the bank of england, not by the ecb. the initial draft of the growth compaq included a whole section on in the monetary union, which implies that a banking union might apply to all 27 countries, and a number of countries worked to ensure that that w

finally there were the islands of the british west indis. although it is next to impossible to quantify the number of slaves who decided to head south rather than north the evidence suggests that escapes along the atlantic sea board to jamaica were not infrequent. and i want to turn to just -- one incidence here to explore this sort of international dimension to it. one incident in 1855 shows the inventiveness of the slaves and those who helped them when planning the escapes and the impact their actions could have on the relations between washington and london. relations had been strained over the refusal to return slaves and ships what had been driven by bad weather to take refuge in the bahamas and bermuda after the emancipation act. in 1831, the brick comment ran aground on the bahama islands with 106 slaves on board. three years later a brig with 45 slaves ran into similar difficulties. the following year, 78 slaves were forced into hamilton bermuda by bad weather. in all three days, american authorities called unsuccessfully for the rel

official felt come across some may be surprised to see american agents operating on british soil the u.s. transport administration or for a city has reportedly been allowed to bring in its agents in a move aimed at helping british authorities to secure american flights in and out of the u.k. the agents apparently won't be allowed past boarding gates or the u.k. aircraft but them if presidents could prove controversial in the u.s. they've been accused of performing intrusive pat down it's just the latest confession that britain's been forced to make to the u.s. which doesn't believe the olympic host has done enough to ensure the security of the games the american team will reportedly bring with it five hundred f.b.i. agents to protect athletes and diplomats plus of five hundred security staff all of whom will be operating on british soil raising questions about still princie american on the follows a catalogue of failures on behalf of the security company that won the contract for the games g four s. . it's admitted it couldn't provide the number of security staff it had promised that

and so, you know, this was a british press -- this was driven by the british press. i don't think the american press would have picked up on it unless we saw those headlines over there. unless we saw the outrage that the british -- >> a the -- >> the street generated. >> let me come back to historical perspective from kelly goff. you saw the coverage, we sought coverage of obama in '08 when he went overseas. it's hard to see the same approach. >> no, i will say we have to keep in mind that there were specific reasons why the coverage was slightly different, howard. for one, if you remember at the time that then-senator obama visited in 2008, polling showed that the british public overwhelmingly wanted troops out of iraq. since that was the centerpiece of his campaign, there was a level of jubilation and sort of the red carpet being rolled out for the then-senator with this idea that he would help support all of these troops coming home. and so that was part of the focus of the coverage. then you had his speech in berlin, and that sort of solidified his international

els wins his second british open and fourth major. >>> from the british open to the first brit to ever win the tour de france. bradley wiggins, a leisurely ride, final stage. more ceremony than anything else. he wins cycling's greatest race. >>> yankees with a lead and a's clawed back. seth smith tied it in the ninth with a bomb to straightaway center. ask then in the 12th, how about some coco, tastes like victory. coco crisp with the rbi single. a's walk off with a 5-4 win. >>> cabrera belted his 299th career home run and then two innings later, number 300. tigers beat the white sox 6-4. >>> team usa sporting the throwback dream team jerseys for an exhibition against argentina. looks a lot like magic and jordan here. lebron james to kevin durant. americans win 86-80. they'll have one more game before the olympics. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm bill seward. >>> the jackson family feuding continues. duh, winners at the teen choice awards. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, looking like a famous writer may not get you much in