they marched into downtown honolulu. they surrounded the palace and invited the queen to leave.he first example of american regime change. when i went there in 2005 it was than that i realized why in 1905 when the americans on this imperial cruise sale than to honolulu harbor, novated hawiians came to greet them. you can imagine my surprise when i was out there in china. i am walking the streets of china and a stumble upon, i stumble upon the origins of the fortune that supported the life of franklin delano roosevelt. with a name like roosevelt i thought he had inherited roosevelt money but i learned that franklin delano roosevelt's father was a farmer up in the hudson, well off but not wealthy, not wealthy enough to support the lifestyle of franklin delano roosevelt, a town houses in manhattan and yachts and whatever. where did this money come from? i learned in china of that it was the delano fortune that supported franklin delano roosevelt who. the dylan of fortune that was made entirely in china. it turns out that grandpa adela no, warren delano was the american opium king o

richard quest, paula newton, ed henry is in honolulu where the president is. let's go to him right now. he's been keeping up to date on what the president knows and what he is instructed. ed? >> reporter: as you noted, senior officials telling cnn that the white house does believe this was an attempted terror attack. i pressed one of those officials on whether or not they believe there are others at large. was this person acting as part of a plot or was he acting alone? and they refuse to comment. officials are just not going there yet. they realize this is still very early in this investigation. they don't want to get ahead of any of that. so what they're sticking with is what they know so far. the president was briefed the first time about 9:00, 9:30 this morning here, hawaii time. that's five hours behind the east coast in the united states. we're told the president sat down and got the secure conference call going with two of his top security aides. homeland security as well as national security aides, and instructed federal officials to increase aviation

do you have a problem with the image projected from honolulu? >> from a matter of pure political strategy, certainly he has not projected the strongest image. waiting until monday to be seen publicly talking about this issue was a problem. having gibbs and napolitano say the system worked, however they tried to backtrack on sunday, was a political mistake. it would also be a mistake to agree with ben and suggest that somehow because the president comes out with a polo shirt rather than a neck tie that he isn't serious on terror. he has been hawkish on iran, sent troops to afghanistan. he has launched strikes in yemen. he's followed the bush blueprint almost word for word in terms of military action. i can't imagine having any more military gravitas than he has right now. >> peter, you have to admit at some level with napolitano and gibbs the impression that you got coming away was, well, you know, everything is safe and fine and there wasn't, you know, this was christmas weekend and i talked to a number of people who were frightened. do you thin

ed henry is with the president in honolulu. we have our reporters in washington and across the globe. we'll be talking to paula newton in just a moment to find out a bit more about what the explosive might have been. tough call. well, during the volkswagen sign then drive event, you can get a jetta, tiguan, or award-winning cc for practically just your signature. and volkswagen even covers scheduled maintenance at no cost. it can't be that easy. [ engine revs ] [ tires screech ] [ seat humming ] [ engine revs ] [ seat humming ] [ seat humming ] [ pen scratches ] that was pretty easy. [ male announcer ] sign then drive is back. hurry in and get legendary volkswagen value for practically just your signature. ♪ >>> coming up on the bottom of the hour, let me bring our viewers watching us worldwide and here in the united states up to date. breaking news, a long flight across the atlantic and a terrifying one for the nearly 300 people on board. our breaking news coverage of the alleged terror plot on flight 253 continues here in the

the day before was non-eventful except i did not go ashore because honolulu in those davis was not a favorite port because there were no women. -- in those days was not a favorite port because there were no when then. people said, what are all those planes terrain on a sunday morning -- doing on a sunday morning? about the time i looked up, i was almost positive there were six of them coming information. i saw the bomb dropped, and then i saw this huge red plane and black smoke, and i thought, those are real bombs. i thought somebody really made mistake. about the time, i felt it. we were being hit by torpedoes on the opposite side. >> if you would like to see extended interviews with the survivors, go to c-span.org. the senate was in session began today debating health care legislation, and a portion of the debate beginning with mitch mcconnell of kentucky. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: first, i want to extend a welcome to the president who is coming up to the capitol today to meet with democrats on the suggest of the heal

honolulu, steve u.s. attorney now a court judge probation officers the bringing him probation for revocation seven, eight, 10 kumbaya 12 and din been they had an average of 14 prior arrests and fit judge said to probation officers okay i see why i should provoke him he is not getting the message but why get this file now while it is too late? is number nine violation what happened the first eight times. the officer said your honor, we have caseloads of 180. they come in once a month for 10 percent don't show up , a 20% are dirty. we cannot write to all of those reports and if we did you would not hold the hearings so we do what we can and the ones that we can't we bring to you. the judge said i hear you and i understand but you would not train a puppy that way or raise your kid that way. i want to know about the first violation. the probation officer said, but your honor, , is there some parts of impossible for you like us to explain more slowly? we cannot do that. the judge was very reasonable and said o

ed henry is in honolulu. he's been traveling with the president. ed? >> reporter: that's right a senior administration official telling cnn now the white house believes this was an attempted terror wattack. i pressed on whether or not they believe there are more people out there, this official refused to comment. basically it's too early in the investigation to really get out too far on those details. but what we do know in terms of the presidency's involvement early this morning about 9:00 or 9:30 hawaii time locally, five hours back from east coast time, the president was briefed by his military aide about this flight, about what happened. then we're told the president had a secure phone call two of his top national security aides and was concerned enough that he decided to convene another secure call with a wider group of federal officials where white house spokesman bill burton says the president then ordered that officials beef up aviation security around the country. saying he asked to arrange a subsequent secure call. in that he instructed t

i did not go ashore because honolulu in those days was not a favorite port because there were no women. their 2010 for everyone in. -- there were 2000 men for every woman. what are all those planes doing out on a sunday morning? i could vaguely hear a droning, which was not unusual. about the time i looked up skyward i saw this group, and i am almost positive there were six of them, coming in a v formation. i saw the bombs drop, and i saw this huge, red flame, black smoke, and i thought oh, my god, somebody really goofed, because those are real bombs. we were used to being bombed with duds. i thought somebody really made a mistake, those are real bombs. just about that time i felt the ship lurched. we were being hit by torpedoes on the

from crossing and recrossing numerous time zone wake to make a pre-dawn landing during a stop in honolulu at that time i was in command of a 767 with overly 240 passengers on board. while this segment was legal to fly with only two pilots, because it was a few minutes short of the eight-hour limit it would have been far safer had we had the third pilot to augment the crew as had been the case for every other leg of that specific trip. that would have allowed both me and my first officer to catch a couple-hour nap in the cabin. current u.s. flight and duty time rules date from 1954, when the d.c.-3 was the state-of-the-art. times and equipment have changed but the rules have not. since 1989 the national transportation safety board has issued more than 70 fatigue-related safety recommendations. few would deny that modern science-based recommendations are urge endly needed. from our view from inside the cockpit a rule must be grounded on three basic tenets. one, it must be based on science. two, it must apply equally to all flight operations. no exceptions, no carve outs, no loopholes for ai

recrossing that we were barely able a to stay awake from make a predawn landing during a stop in honoluluith a 767 with over 240 passengers on board. while it was legal to fly with only two pilots, because it was a few minutes short of the eight-hour limit, it would have safer had we had the third pilot to augment the crew, as had been the case for every other leg of that specific trip. that would have allowed both me and my first officer to catch a couple hour nap in the cabin. current u.s. flight and a duty time rules date from 1954 when the dc3 was the state of the art. times and equipment has changed. but the rules have not. since 1989, the national transportation safety board has issued more than 70 fatigue-related safety recommendation. new would condition that modern science-based regulations are urgently needed. from our view from inside the cockpit, it must be grounded on three basic tenants. one, it must be based on science. two, it must be apply equally to all flight operations. no exceptions, no carve outs, no loopholes for air cargo or charter operations. three, a new rule al

numerous times zones that we were barely able to stay away to make a pre-dawn landing during a stop in honolulubedtime i was in command of a 767 with over 200 and 40 passengers on board. well this segment was legal to fly with only two pilots because it was a few minutes short of the eight hour limit, it would have been far safer had we had the third pilot to augment the proof as had been the case for every other leg of that specific strip. that would have allowed both me and my first officer to catch a couple hour nap in the cabin. current u.s. flight and duty time rules date from 1954. when the dc-3 was the state of the art. times and equipment have changed but the rules have not. since 1989 the national transportation safety board has issued more than 70 fatigue related safety recommendations, he would deny that modern science is regulations are urgently needed. from our view from inside the cockpit, a will must be counted on three basic tenets: one, and must be based on science. two, it must apply equally to all wide operations. no exceptions, no car routes, the loopholes, or air cargo our

from crossing and recrossing numerous time zone wake to make a pre-dawn landing during a stop in honolulut time i was in command of a 767 with overly 240 passengers on board. while this segment was legal to fly with only two pilots, because it was a few minutes short of the eight-hour limit it would have been far safer had we had the third pilot to augment the crew as had been the case for every other leg of that specific trip. that would have allowed both me and my first officer to catch a couple-hour nap in the cabin. current u.s. flight and duty time rules date from 1954, when the d.c.-3 was the state-of-the-art. times and equipment have changed but the rules have not. since 1989 the national transportation safety board has issued more than 70 fatigue-related safety recommendations. few would deny that modern science-based recommendations are urge endly needed. from our view from inside the cockpit a rule must be grounded on three basic tenets. one, it must be based on science. two, it must apply equally to all flight operations. no exceptions, no carve outs, no loopholes for air cargo

and at that time we had our bus station at the army and navy ymca which is located right in honolulu. and from there as we were traveling over to scoffield barracks, where i was stationed at the time, i passed and looked down into pearl harbor. i had a panoramic view of the destruction. it was emblazenned in flames. all other ships were afire. and what stood out in my mind was the oklahoma had capsized. it was on its side. and i saw sailors aboard the hull of the ship just scrambling on it. that was for them to keep out of the fire because all the water was on fire. >> to watch more extended interviews with pearl harbor survivors, go to c-span.org. the united nations climate change conference begins in copenhagen. here's a conversation with a formal presidential advisor followed by a nasa scientist from today's "washington journal." this is about an hour. host: our guest now, the former chairman of the president's council on environmental quality, under president bush, 2001 to 2009. host: our next guest is james connaughton. they are of the climate summit and you can see them talking