while japanese depomed's were talking peace in washington -- diplomats were talking peace in washingtonhere the united states destroyers are downed as they rest on the bottom of pearl harbor. first of feel the sting of japanese steel are the uss oklahoma and the uss utah, the latter a 33-year-old target ship. accurate hits make short work of these two navy bulwarks. they like helpless wrecks, and he said reminder of the strategy. to make possible the surprise attack within pearl harbor, the japanese built manned submarines to allow them into waters that are narrow and torturous. several of these weapons were blown from the water by direct hits of our name -- our naval gunners. sky and sea fire were still raging, cruise inspected the crafts to see what maybe saved. bombs the din of bursting had been silenced, preparations were under way to salvage these two warships. at low tide, the huge propeller of the oklahoma was high above water. it is believed that the small two-man japanese submarines were responsible for these two losses to our pacific fleet. here is the actual bombing of the mi

depomed. president vladimir putin has chosen not to take any immediate action. now his sanction has countrymen packingg their bags. >> they were given 72 hours to leave. this mansion in new york state was abuzz with activity after 35 russian spies were expelled. the compound and itself and in maryland were ordered closed. under the watchful eye, the russians strive away. russian officials have another story. the u.s. says this place was used for espionage. >> i think it was what scandal is that they went after us. they know full well that those abilities that they -- that those facilities they mentioned where for our kids. this is christmas time. >> meanwhile, in moscow, the cold war style events made vladimir putin look more states the mike in his u.s. counterpart. rejecting a earlier proposal to strike back at washington's actions. the russian president said he would not expect -- expel u.s. diplomats. he invited them and their children to a party. on the streets of moscow, people reacted with defiance to the u.s. moves. >> our russia has always existed and wi

there are depomed issues that ,hina can be very influential especially when it relates to other countries where china is expanding its influence. china, as a growing military power, has that issue well for donald trump to consider. oliver: let's switch gears for a minute. the electoral college, the votes are now happening, and some of the "never trump" and "anti-trump" pollsters are trying to get the electoral members to not vote for him 30 some of your guys reporting that the only votes that have not gone the way they are supposed to is one for bernie instead of clinton. is this move dead in the water or what? sahil: it seems that way. this move never had a lot of steam behind it. it would be unprecedented in american history. never once have electors overturn the result of an election. in the entire american history, there have been 83 instances of what we call "faithless electors," never has it changed the result of an election. if it did this time, it would be a pretty explosive event that would undermine basically the entire election system that we have. that does not seem to be happ

your experiences overseas and what you think this assassination of his russian forssador could mean depomedecurity overseas. that number for foreign personnel is 202-748-8003. derek is in maryland, a democrat. go ahead. caller: it is the same as it ever was. with the president getting ready to comment has a big mouth and he is going to find out that people who he thinks he is bigger than he is not. we will just wait and see. i cannot wait to see how trump does. things ared out harder than he thinks they are. host: tony from district heights, maryland, and independent. caller: good morning. i cannot believe what i'm hearing. have turned into nothing more than a complaint board. i cannot understand it. what we need is his investigative journalists. we need to know, and i don't understand, i can see it every day on every issue, republicans with this issue, all republicans callers will claim that we should kill everybody and all the democrats will call in and say it is all fear mongering. it is the same thing with every issue. let me tell you something, how somebody isow that religious when the