the american captain, james lawrence, berks buffer. even as she slowed, the ship and entered firing range. standing order worf for his crews to shoot when the guns bore on the second port of the chesapeake. den 14 was the first to fire and the second report was heard from the british frigate before the gunners on the chesapeake reply. thereafter the air thundered and then the next six minutes the ships exchanged three full broadsides. dimly heard above the deafening boom of the canon was it crackles and pops of small fire from muskets, rifles. the hellish cannon fire and low blasted into the decks and holes of both ships. don't try, fire into her quarters maintained and the main deck, quarterdeck and codec. kill the men and the ship is yours. on both ships many men fail. a rifleman high in the rigging shot helmsmen of the chesapeake. the man who took his place soon met the same fate. a round shot beheaded a lieutenant in an explosion of bone and brains. two midshipmen were killed outright and another had his leg blown off. in the openi

captain james lawrence would live three days before he died of his wounds. few doubts was expressed of fighting the shannon that day but many of much louder voices said the toast was soon offered by secretary of state in washington in the society as cincinnati in the york but the most prophetic bespoke 10 in baltimore and the words do not give up the ship the eternal model of america. in fact,, lawrence's friend soon raise the pundits on his ship called the uss lawrence named after the late capt. and it was sown with his famous phrase and became the model. ironically a horrific loss a hero and a rallying cry. i do not have been a video of the war of 1812. but in my mind's eye i can envision a book journalist how hollywood dennis and the highlights would have to include the battle of baltimore, a crucial conflict with the land and the sea, them bombardment of those who were held captive on a ship. he recorded on the first publication the defense of fort mchenry but somebody else renamed it the "star spangled banner." also the smoke from the battle of lake eri

james. >> hey, lawrence. you and i talked about oil and gas this morning on "squawk on the street."'ve been thinking about it for the rest of the day, frankly. you know what? this move to use natural gas as a surface fuel for automobiles, for trucks, it's gaining momentum. and i'm beginning to believe that nothing can stop it. it's happening. it's happening, larry. it's in the air. we all know it. with oil up huge, with the threat of embargo or war, this country is switching fuels. switching to natural gas as a cheaper resource. i wish the switch could be done with the help and not the opposition of washington, hastening the substitution with the credit that could be paid back for truck buyers who junk their diesel clunkers for clean nat gas. i want to hasten this change. that way in a couple years we'll be forcing the world price of oil lower. at the same time as curing our balance of payments issues, making the clies clearer and making us less dependent on our enemies in the middle east. but a combination of an aversion to all fossil fuels which you talked about including the pres

james, thank you very much. >>> let's check in with lawrence for a look at the weather this monday morning. >> and it has been spectacular. the weekend was just something else around the bay area and the temperatures soaring well into the 70s. we started the cooldown and starting some patchy fog moving in. and the sea breeze is kicking in outside. if you're headed out and about, we've got dense fog out to the coastline and fog a little thick to the santa rosa area. otherwise, we're looking at mostly clear skies inland. by the afternoon, the clouds continuing out toward the coastline. and the temperatures are only in the 50s. out at the beaches today. 60s inside the bay. and 60s, maybe a few low 70s in the valleys. with sunshine. but definitely cooler temperatures outside. as that sea breeze is starting to blow. big changes over the next 24 hours. this system is going to drop into the bay area and bring with it at least a slight chance of a few showers. the computer models are picking up on the clouds, especially to the coastline today, and going to keep things much cooler around the bay area. then the systems