special envoy for middle east peace david hale is in the region trying to revive the peace process. >>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcoming the challenging of the 2011 disaster, but it won't be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show you their struggles and their successes on "the road ahead" every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time here on "newsline." >>> experts warn a nuclear plant in central japan may be sitting on an active fault line. authorities have ordered a new round ofionis at the tsuruga power plant. the reactor is already offline for regular safety checks. the nuclear and industrial safety agency issued this inspection order. japan atomic power company operates the plant. the team of experts surveyed three faults under the plant compound. one is 150 meters from the number two reactor may be active. the team said the fault could shift simultaneously with an active one nearby. that could trigger an earthquake more powerful than the plant was designed to withstand. the agency ordered the operator to confirm whether the li

and david hales and i will be at the table in the back. more importantly, please buy the forgotten conflict: the war of 1812. buy centennial edition. $20. wonderful book. also, i absolutely love don't give up the ship. it is just a fascinating read with more than he could tell us here this evening. >> on the myths. >> on the myths. >> i'll have four or five books for sale out there if you're interested. i'll be happy to sign and inscribe. >>> from the colonial era prohibition to today, drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. tonight, live on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of "back story" with ed ares, and brian gallow regale of tales of beer and spirits in america. tonight at 8:00 eastern, part of american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. >> a generation before president john f. kennedy action on behalf of a grateful nation designated him an hon they'orary american citizen. winston churchill paid a tribute to transatlantic orgins. appearing before a joint

and david hales and i will be at the table in the back. but more importantly, please buy the forgotten conflict, the war of 1812 bicentennial edition, wonderful book. also, i absolutely love don't give up the ship. it is a fascinating read with more than he could tell us here this evening. >> i'll have four or five books for sale out there if you're interested. i'll be happy to sign them in the front. ♪ ♪ listen to the mocking bird listen to the mocking bird ♪ ♪ the mocking bird is singing ♪ >> the name hairette wayne may be widely forgotten today, but in the year before the civil war, she was almost as famous as her uncle, the president of the united states. because game buchanan was the bachelor, harriet served as his white house hostess. it was hair yet who welcomed the prince of whales in 1959 and harriet who left funds in her will to erect this monument in the park. even then, there was no rush to memorial united states the deeply unpopular president. another dozen years went by until the eight-foot tall bronze likeness of buchanan wa

and david hales and i will be at the table in the back. but more importantly, please buy the forgotten conflict, the war of 1812 bicentennial edition, wonderful book. $20. also, i absolutely love don't give up the ship. it is just a fascinating read with more than he could tell us here this evening. >> on the myths. >> on the myths. >> i'll have four or five books for sale out there if you're interested. i'll be happy to sign and inscribe. [ applause ] >>> the single largest and most impressive civil war monument in washington to a military officer is the statue to general grant. even though he was president of the united states, it's really his service as the commanding general of the union army that made him famous. it's a very unusual statue. it faces down the mall from the lincoln memorial and it's right at the base of the capitol. it's actually several statues together and it was constructed over time. it was constructed and designed by a man named henry schrady, who was not a professional artist. he was a wealthy man that went into a

. >> i am david hale, president of florida structural steel. a little bit about our company. we are located here in tampa with two fabricating shops as well as our corporate office. we have been here for 85 years. we -- 55 years. we employ a little over 200 individuals at our operations here in tampa. a bit about what we do -- we are a very diversified company. one of our basic product -- product lines is we fabricate large storage tanks. these tanks, some are big enough that a football field could fit inside of. another bit of work we do is we fabricate and erect large steel highway bridges. for instance, all of the bridges over 10,000 tons of bridges at tampa airport we did right here out of tampa. we have been in a growth mode for a four-five years now, but the good news is, we see that continuing. the free-trade agreement is instrumental in our growth by supporting our export business. we continuously are involved in central, south america, and, in fact, have opened support offices in guatemala, panama, and colombia, south america. this year out of this location in tampa,