. >> hello, my name is keith hudson and i am samuel murray stone senior director of research and directorf the world war ii museum in new orleans. we're standing in the road to berlin, permanent gallery exhibits which opened in december of 2014 after several years of development. our mission here at the national world war ii museum is to tell the american experience in world war ii why it was fought, how it was won and whate means today. and the building we're in tells what i call the war part of the story, how it was won. in the museum we try to build this environmental challenges that the u.s. faced our forces faced in world war ii. so in north africa, the deser is as big of a challenge as the enemy at times. and so what we have here in the gallery is an environmental treatment that not only shows the rocky desert that we're going to be fighting in but also the past. february 1943 where the united states is unfortunately going to very, very batly whipped by the germans in the desert. many of our viewers will remember the movie "patton" where george pat top is brought in to try to reorga

keith jones, nbc 10 news. >>> we have this just into our newsroom tonight. new video of the moment the new video of the moment the tanger'çg burst into flames. this killed the driver in hudsoncounty this afternoon. investigators blame a pile of mattress on top of a cargo van. police say the mattresses came loose. that forced the truck driver to swerve and flip over the guardrail. >>> a bucks county teacher is in trouble tonight while thousands of people on the internet share images of an injured special needs student. tonight we've learned that teacher is facing termination proceedings. nbc 10's drew smith explains what has people so upset. >> reporter: it was here on the east campus of penn berry high school where people admit the disabled girl was out. flipped and landed on the pavement. we showed the photos of a bloodied and bruised student to local parents. the image spread across social media showing the swrrz to the student's face that september her to the hospital. we chose to blur the photo to protect her identity. >> i'm surprised. i never heard of the girl, and then usually this is a good school district and teachers are nice here. >> reporter: a facebook page ask