macarthur's? [laughter] >> no. >> douglas macarthur was his favorite general and i could understand if he and macarthur knew a lot of people because especially when united states is fighting a limited war is some ways like the war in korea. united states really has military support. he has the boteri force to defeat north korea but their reasons for united states does not bring its military forces there. but it does lead to frustration on the part of all the people. we have this great oteri power and we spend millions of dollars every year. we need more generals like macarthur and it's natural except when trump says and when trump says when he went on to say and he would have his generals giving interviews that's when i say he does not know macarthur because macarthur gave interview after interview after interview. that's the reason he got fired by harry truman. actually there are sometimes the depression surrounds truman's decision and it wasn't as though truman, i mean truman did have a a -- the

macarthur was of five-star general. so mcarthur is saying the chinese will never dare to enter the war if they do we will annihilate them so one month later it does enter if anybody gets annihilated it is america so when he proceeds to say go all-out if they do they will never enter from the soviet. >> would do believe to compare donald trump. [laughter] >> the first thing i would say is for him to announce his favorite general because especially when they are fighting the war it is like the war in korea has military force is the reasons to bring that to to frustration we are the great military power we cannot defeat a bunch of ragtag terrorist so for truman to say we need more generals is natural he would not have is general giving interviews then you do not know macarthur. [laughter] because he gave interview after interview that was his whole problem and why he got interviewed and actually that there is the impression that surrounds truman decision to fire macarthur no question he did have a temper but he did not fir

macarthur didn't believe him. harry truman flew all the way to the wake island to meet with macarthur who didn't have the good grace to fly to washington to greet the president said he would even come halfway or to san francisco or even to hawaii. he said i'm sorry wake island is as far as i can go for truman was willing to humor macarthur because macarthur was telling him the war is almost over. truman had strong suspicion of macarthur's willingness to obey orders. it's important to bear in mind that in the minds of many americans douglas macarthur clearly outranked harry truman. it's true, chairman was president of the united states and constitutionally commander-in-chief but harry truman had risen to the rank of military captain. in a matter for macarthur is saying -- the chinese will never dare to enter the war and if we do -- if they do we will annihilate them. china does enter the war and if anybody's getting annihilated its not china, it's american forces so when macarthur proceeds to say i think we ought t

it is now part of the macarthur museum here. john wright is its executive officer. >> do you feel when you walk in here that you are following the footsteps of -- general ak arthur? >> there is an aura of history about it. >> just 15 days after pearl harbor, stunned by the sudden arrival of war, u.s. troops pass through australia. in time for the 75th % anniversary, the museum has finished restoring the general's office. the bronze door handles returned. the tim bework revived. >> why was it important to restore his office to the way that it was? >> this is a museum which is in a position to actually show the enormous impact that -- that decisions made in that office had on australia. when macarthur arrived in australia in the spring of 1942, he did not land as a conquering hero. he was forced to flee the philippines with his family. issuing his famous promise, i shall return. but not for two years. >> was he sort of licking his wound. >> he was definitely licking his wound. >> he wrote "macarthur at war." >> how does a general

macarthur: it is a good question. what is going on in my district is what's going on across america. we have people that see things differently. it doesn't need to make them enemies. in half of my district, i have far more republicans than democrats, and in the other half of my district, i have far more democrats than republicans. i won both of those counties. i did it by making sure that i paid attention to what people on both sides of the aisle insist on, and i -- clearly donald trump, president-elect trump, clearly presented an alternate path that appealed to enough americans that he has been elected. and we have to respect that, but we also need to be careful to work with both sides and make sure the government actually works for all the people. and i'm committed to that in this next congress. >> what were some of the legislative efforts that were your big successes in the 114th and some of those constituents efforts as well? rep. macarthur: i'll start with the second part of that question, because it comes first.

macarthur?r: ron reece says ma gave him t lieutenant's pin when he was 6 years old and this letter after a chance reunion new york over tea. reece is now a volunteer at macarthur museum. >> some small manner of repaying, you know what, and spite the ited states a adoration, and status as one of the most famous generals, macarthur apparently never let go of certain insecurities. >> instead he has george washington. as john wright tells us back >> you would expect the president of the day, franklin roosevelt to be up there, he made the comment that, that he wasn't having any democrat looking down on him. >> he was a republican?>>e was with, probably ambitions to, 1944 presidential nomination. >> macarthur didn't end up campaigning for president. instead on september 2nd, 1945, the deck of the uss missouri. that day he famously told the american people in a radio address. that day he famously told the american people in a we must goo preserve in peace what we won in war. mark albert, australia. thi

macarthur was a charming woman. i always remember the general had lovely soft hand, because one day, he took arthur's hand and my hand and we went down the hall singing little songs. >> reporter: how many letters did you exchange with macarthur? ron reed says macarthur gave him this lieutenant's pen when he was just 6 years old and t letter, after a chance reunion in new york over tea 20 years later. reese is now a volunteer at the macarthur museum. >> some small manner of repaying the united states and our allies and what they did for me. >> reporter: despite that and his status one of the most famous generals in u.s. history, macarthur apparently never let >> reporter: as john mcwright tells us back in his office. >> you expect the u.s. president of the day franklin roosevelt up there. he made the comment he wasn't going to have a republican looking down on him. >> he was a republican? >> he was a republican probably with ambitions to the 1944 presidential nomination. >> on december 2nd, 1945, accepted japan's sur

he becomes the exemplar for douglas macarthur. really in many ways to understand douglas macarthurfat. he eventually becomes a general, served in the spanish america war, fights in the philippines. this is one of his philippines sword for the enemies that arthur mcarthur would have fought. 1899 to 1901. and then a novel, under mcarthur. most when they look of that, that must be douglas in world war ii. no, this was arthur. this was arthur back about a quarter century before that. as a matter of fact, for a long time, in the philippines, douglas was known as mcarthur the unger to differentiate him from mcarthur the elder, arthur mcarthur himself. one other neat thing that people don't realize we have. what's in the case right here from arthur mcarthur. this is his field desk from the philippine war. he was the senior american officer in the philippines from 1899 to 1901. military govern of the philippines also. until he ran afoul of the civilian governor who was appointed over him, william howard taft. the other thing i'll point ou

macarthur: it is a good question. what is going on in my district is what's going on across america. we have people that see things differently. it doesn't need to make them enemies. in half of my district, i have far more republicans than democrats and in the other half of my district, i have far more democrats than rans. i won both of those counties. i did it by making sure that i paid attention to what people on both sides of the aisle insist on and i clearly donald trump, president-elect trump, clearly presented an alternate path that appealed to enough americans that he has been elected and we have to respect that, but we also need to be careful to work with both sides and make sure the government actually works for ault all the people. and i'm committed to that in this next congress. >> what were some of the legislative efforts that were your big successes in the 114th and some of those constituent everytimes as well? rep. macarthur: i'll start with the second part of that question because it comes first. i have

your alternate, take macarthur boulevard. this will likely be this way through the morning commute because of a fatal krarchlt eun? >> thank you, melissa. it's the 94th national lighting tree ceremony and it will be the last time the obamas light the tree as the first family. it will include a list of of that for you. >> first megan mcgrath is life at the ellipse where the ceremony will be happening. megan, what do they need to know? >> reporter: it's a national event, a washington event. it's been happening for 94 years and the tradition continues tonig michelle obama flip the switch and light up the tree. it's a little bit dark. you can't see a whole lot but they're just starting to make out the stage there. you can see the wreath center stage there. now, the show gets start at 5:00 tonight. take a look at video from last year. the gates open at 2:30. security is going to be tight. travel light. no ipads, lights, umbrellas, folding chairs, or signs. you're going to be checked by security. it's a star-studded night, somethin

by general macarthur. because he was in charge of post war japan. i hope i've answered your question. >> we have a question all the way in the back right here. >> thank you, all three panelists, for your fine talks nd for your written words. the commenter heard earlier said that -- or agreed with you that general douglas macarthur took or followed his orders from washington. i would add when it pleased him. i also with respect to his attitude towards the defeated japanese, in a book about the great british general william slim who achieved victory in he a, when he was told that should allow japanese officers to keep their swords, i think it was, because general mack arthur did not want japanese soldiers to lose respect for their officers. general slim expressed the hought that it was exactly what he wanted for those -- for japanese troops to lose respect for their officers. thank you. >> good old general slim. >> next question in the center. >> this question is directed to dr. stine maker. i enjoyed your presentation very much, sir. you mentioned th

this is one from captain mark douglaso asked about macarthur. how is it that macarthur was so unprepared for the attack on the philippines the day after pearl harbor? it was actually the same day as pearl harbor, just nine hours later that the first japanese air attacks on the philippines. islandn airbase on the of parkfield was bombed -- clark field was bombed. and a dozen of the 17 bombers were destroyed on the ground. again, this was nine hours after the attack on pearl harbor. macarthur's crew had ample warning that they were on the ground. this extraordinary attack was permitted to occur. why did that happen? the questions are still being asked and have not been answered. i think it is likely that what happened was macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, were hoping that if they did not make any sort of hostile move for the japanese, that the philippines might be spared. think that that is the most likely explanation. but the local commanders of the airbase had called to get permission to get the fighters into the air, and get

and macarthur was never held to account for that. i think it's somewhat of a mystery, i think a lot of it has to do with the way the news was presented to the american people and by the time the american people and the leadership in washington began to focus on what was happening in the philippines, by then the african-american press had really chosen to portray macarthur and his forces as making kind of a heroic stand. so it's a good case study in how really in a very arbitrary way the way news is reported during -- during a conflict really shapes public perceptions and that, in turn, will shape actual strategic and tactical decisions. >> did he suffer any of the disciplinary actions that were imposed upon the commander of the pacific fleet, admiral husband kimmel after world war ii -- after pearl harbor, rather? >> no. no. none. none at all. he was given a congressional medal of honor which i believe was unprecedented because that medal is really reserved for hair owe whistle in combat but congress voted to give it to him and he wa

but the tokyo war crimes trials, as i said, were presided over by general douglas macarthur. but since he took his orders from washington, people blamed him tremendously for commuting the sentences of all the rest of these japanese war criminals. and, you know, they didn't -- people didn't know that he was acting under orders from washington because all of a sudden, we had to make nice to the japanese because they were our bullwark against russia. and so these postwar tokyo war crimes trials were really truncated because general macarthur was told to shut them down as soon as possible so that we didn't offend the russians anymore than we needed to. and the americans were very much involved with covering up the war crimes trials of the -- in tokyo. and sugamo prison, which was in tokyo, was empty a few years later and was closed because it was empty. and that, to me, is a tremendous indication of what the americans did in covering up the japanese atrocities, you know, in the tokyo war crimes trials because we were under the impression that the russians were going to take over

this one is going about douglas macarthur.it that he was so unprepared for the attack on philippines the day after pearl harbor? ian: it was the same day, just nine hours later the first japanese era tax fell on the philippines. -- air attacks fell on the philippines. a dozen b-17out bombers were destroyed on the ground. this is not after the attack on pearl harbor. macarthur's headquarters had ample warning we were at war, and yet this extraordinary attack was permitted to occur. why did that happen? the questions are still being asked and have not been answered. i think it is likely what happened was macarthur and his that of staff were hoping if they did not make any sort of hostile to 20 japanese -- hostile move toward the japanese, that they might be spared. that is the most likely explanation. the commanders at the herpes and called -- at the air base had called manila. two perhaps launch airstrikes on japanese airfield. they were essentially grounded. they were not given any orders. macarthur was never held to account f

macarthur: it is a good question. what is going on in my district is what's going on across america. we have people that see things differently. it doesn't need to make them enemies. in half of my district, i have far more republicans than democrats, and in the other half of my district, i have far more democrats than republicans. i won both of those counties. i did it by making sure that i paid attention to what people on both sides of the aisle insist on, and i -- clearly donald trump, president-elect trump, clearly presented an alternate path that appealed to enough americans that he has been elected, and we have to respect that, but we also need to be careful to work with both sides and make sure the government actually works for all the people. and i'm committed to that in this next congress. >> what were some of the legislative efforts that were your big successes in the 114th and some of those constituents efforts as well? rep. macarthur: i'll start with the second part of that question, because it comes first.

best bet gw parkway macarthur boulevard or riverrd r road. road. just watch for extra congestion on those secondaries.cond this is just insides the t beltway on clara barton afterft cabin john turns into claracla barton. we'll keep you updated on thatet closure and when things are are able to reopen much as youas y make your way out for yourr from that traffic on alltraffioa inbound bridges looking gunookig the beltway is quiet.. problem free on 50 headingeadi inbound from annapolis. annapol. keep in mind if you're heading out by the white house today whi we have the national christmasnn tree lightinalg c taking place.. road closures kick in as earlysy as 2:30 p.m.p.m. we'll take a close look at all of those road closures with w your next look at traffic.

we have limited service from the macarthur bart station in oakland heading to the richmond station due to a broken-down maintenance vehicle. so avoid this train. take alternate transportation. ace train 1, muni and caltrain are on time. on the roads, the bay bridge toll plaza we have a lot of cash lane backup there. the carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze will take you 19 minutes. then no delays through the toll plaza across the span of the bridge. however, keep in mind, like roberta said, there are high winds. so make sure he keep both hands on the wheel and drive slowly. winter weather advisory on the slowly. north flynn road 50 miles. >>> today marks a year since the san bernardino massacre and now there are new details about what may have triggered that terror attack. we report where the investigation stands now. >> the fire alarm was going off. sprinkler was going off. it was quite chaotic and hectic. >> reporter: san bernardino police officers say they will never forget what they saw when they responded to calls of an active shooter inside the inland regional

macarthur: that is a good question. i certainly intend to continue in the things that we talked about, bipartisan efforts, focus on strong national security. maybe i intend to get more focused on some of the national flood relief issues. i think there is more that needs to be done in the heroin abuse. i'm very concerned about that. so i may be taking a deeper dive into some of the things that i started in this first congress. >> what do you think when the congress gavels in in january, what should be the first issue the house takes up anyway? rep. macarthur: i think the american people have made it clear they want to see reform to the healthcare system. i think they made it clear they want to see some comprehensive reform of our immigration system. in my view, in all of those reforms, we have to make sure we do it carefully enough that we don't leave people behind. i think tax reform is essential if we're going to get our economy growing again. my guess is those are, in fact, the three areas we start with. >> you come t

congressman tom macarthur invited us to his home in toms river. a town in ocean county that has been ravaged by here when you set leading member of a bipartisan task force to combat the heroin epidemic in new jersey. >> the task force does a number of things. first we try to educate the entire congress on with the issues are so that people open their hearts and open the federal budget. this takes money and resources. >> we said that addiction does not discriminate by tax bracket, color, gender, gender and right off the bat tiger summit macarthur told the authorities of a good friend that he recently lost to addiction. >> he was a close friend. our kids play play together, they grew up together, he was a family man and a hard worker. he just went down the lon of addiction and cannot find his way. it had home that he could not will his way out of it. >> i had blake who performed the intervention on tj with the joe at the treatment center because we wanted to have a conversation between the lawmakers and the boots that are on the ground trying to sav

use river road or macarthur boulevard as your workaround. coming from centreville, 66 jammed up because of a crash involving an overturned jeep, back up on its wheels, hooked up to a tow truck. a car into a house, and as a result there was a gas main has closed off a portion of braddock road to back late. you will find an eight-car pileup south on kenilworth avenue before perot's -- before burroughs. we also have delays in eastbound on the freeway headed from virginia in toward main avenue. the crash there was reported on the right side of the road. green and yellow lines, expect delays because of an earlier problem outside of u street. that is our traffic watch. in the next 10 minutes, we will have in update on your ride in northeast. autria: it is beginning to look a lot like christmas on the national mall. larry: for micah johnson is out there. what is going on? veronica: that's right, today is the big day. we kick off the holiday season shortly after 7:00. the sun will start rising, and will be performing. rehearsals start just after 9:0

the tree came down on veterans lobar, a section of highway one north of the macarthur tunnel. emily turner is nearby and shows us a closer look. >>reporter: we have pictures from the road where it happened. it gives you the perspective to see just how much of a mess intimate this afternoon. the tree now just before 1:30 pm and landed on a vehicle just ahead of this staffer who shot this video. luckily no one was injured. the tree fell on the north side of the macarthur tunnel and block traffic for the better part of an hour. you can see crews scrambling to cut the limbs of the tree. chopping it up and then hauling it out of the way. that red double-decker tour bus got a front row seat. in the meantime traffic backed up both ways. those headed north were backed up to golden gate park and south down drivers were stuck on the golden gate bridge. there is no word on what caused the tree to fall. we did look around the area and the ground is certainly very wet. >>> a health alert went out this afternoon because of flaring at the shell oil refinery. a view shows why smoke coming out

when rescuedater, by macarthur, this is how they looked.s wanted to burn of manila. city before our men could kill them all, the suns of heaven thousands of helpless filipino citizens in the inner city. >> coprosperity. peace. enlightenment. that's roughly your enemy, japan. a nation with a tough, seasoned of four million. a nation that can supply a conscripts a year, willing to die. willion that believes we throw it in, because they will outfight us, outlast us, outdie us. a nation hell-bent to rule the nationalcommit suicide. defeating this nation is as necessary as shooting down a mad dog in your neighborhood. with only a portion of our total strength, we have already cracked japan's outer defenses. ♪[music] hasral macarthur brilliantly retaken the philippines and cut their supply the indies. it was the payoff that thrilled hearts of american and filipino defenders of 1942. >> our marines topped their glorious fighting history by 20,000 japanese on awo. on okinawa, we trapped and 100,000 of their best troops. navy... airports sent and mi

general macarthur, number one on wrote his ownds communiques. he never told anything happened accurately. the senate they drove off the japanese invasion force which they had not. he said they were holding manila, by the time the newspapers get the story that he was holding manila, manila had been evacuated and surrendered to the japanese. on corregidor island in manila bay until he could get out of there. the heroism became very famous. our troops left in the philippines were being held up. mcarthur was the hero of the town. later on, the carter would name his private plane which he had in australia after he was evacuated their. he called his own group of cronies did attend gang. he was there once in his whole career. but he was the hero of that place. the is what we face in beginning of world war ii at christmas time. and yet christmas went on as if there wasn't much change. people let their christmas trees. there was no blackout. church health roosevelt liked the wake-up christmas trade. -- white house christmas tree. people were not allowed

macarthur, the enraged japs wantonly burned most of the city of manila. of heaven had bound and slaughtered thousands of helpless filipino citizens in the inner city. ♪ 2]ethoven symphony 7, mvt. ♪ narrator: coprosperity. peace. enlightenment. >> [speaking japanese] narrator: that's roughly your enemy, japan. , a nation with a tough, seasoned fanatic army of four million still practically intact. a nation that can supply a million conscripts a year, willing to die in their foxholes. a nation that believes we will throw in this towel, because they will outfight us, outlast us, outdie us. a nation hell-bent to rule the world or commit national suicide. [cheers] narrator: defeating this nation is as necessary as shooting down a mad dog in your neighborhood. with only a portion of our total strength, we have already cracked japan's outer defenses. ♪ [gunfire] ♪ narrator: general macarthur has brilliantly retaken the philippines and cut their supply lines to the indies. the price of this power to erigidorery guitar -- was the payoff that thrilled the hearts of

t couldo several hours that investigation closes claraigat barton park bay keep to it gw parkway macarthur boulevard river road. you have options. options. later in the morning this area tend to get a lot oftend congestion on the roads soads so please use caution as you make your way out coming inbounday o from the beltwayut c.om beltway we'll certainly keep you updated on that closure.ted melanie alnwick is gathering more information and willal bringnw t ihanft to yorou as sos sit becomes available.able aside from that as we take a t wide view of our thursdayy morning commute, traffic on 95f looking good towards the the mixing bowl.xi bowl. the inner loop looking nicelo ln and quiet threw annandale andnn beltzville. if you have an early morningan r flight to catch traffic on the way to baltimore-washington parkway looking good on 95 and bw parkway.okinbw pay problem free on the outer loop o and i like what i'm saying coming down the 270 spir frompif rockville north of that pointhao in frederick also quiet.o q metro gearing up for service at 5:00.at 5 we'll take a look at that safe track w

macarthur, the enraged japs wantonly burned most of the city of manila. of heaven had bound and slaughtered thousands of helpless filipino citizens in the inner city. ♪ [beethoven symphony 7, mvt. 2] ♪ narrator: coprosperity. peace. enlightenment. >> [speaking japanese] narrator: that's roughly your enemy, japan, a nation with a tough, seasoned fanatic army of four million still practically intact. a nation that can supply a million conscripts a year, willing to die in their foxholes. a nation that believes we will throw in this towel, because they will outfight us, outlast us, outdie us. a nation hell-bent to rule the world or commit national suicide. [cheers] narrator: defeating this nation is as necessary as shooting down a mad dog in your neighborhood. with only a portion of our total strength, we have already cracked japan's outer defenses. ♪ [gunfire] ♪ narrator: general macarthur has brilliantly retaken the philippines and cut their supply lines to the indies. the price of this power to retake corregidor was the payoff that thrilled the hearts of a

. >> i have in two questions in that macarthur did not prepare very well from the short period of time before the japanese that the philippines and second no one ever seems to talk about that diplomatic attache to hawaii at the time that was actually doing spying for the japanese and commenting to japan of when they would be there and he also did intelligence work i think for one year before the attack dealt here anyone talk about him very much but thank you for your comments. >> vice bent quite a bit of time on the japanese spy he did a fantastic job because the embassy were he pretended to work he would act like the good time charlie was a drinker not doing work everybody thought he was no good but he did that some of the one suspect was working for the japanese and outside of the and the seat he took aerial tours of the island and went swimming in the channel and did everything in fact, he went to a teahouse of deals skirts of honolulu's soil went to that teahouse and they spoke many times and how wonderful it was but you cannot see any of pearl harbor from their. >> key was much mo

that's between macarthur and richmond. that's your traffic. >>> today marks one year since husband and wife terrorists stormed a building in san bernardino county and killed 14 people. >> 911 operator 7. >> we have a active shooter here! >> ma'am, listen to me. take a deep breath. have you seen the person with the gun? >> yeah. they're dressed in black! and they have a gun! >> 22 other people were injured on december 2, 2015. county employees had been taking part in a mandatory training session and holiday themed lunch when syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik went on a shooting spree. they were later killed by police. one survivor is now speaking about the attack for the very first time. kevin ortiz was shot seven times and has post-traumatic stress disorder. he credits his wife, family and church for getting him through it. >> i think having them by my side through this whole journey, it's been a blessing. i don't think i could have did it without them. >> san bernardino county employees will hold a moment of silence

. >> caller: macarthur didn't prepare very well before they hit the philippines. second, no one ever seems to talk about the diplomatictalk ao attachÉ to hawaii at the time who was actually spying for the japanese and was commenting to japan on the number of ships would they leave or be there and also he did work and we never heard anyone talk about him very much but thank you for your comments. >> host: >> guest: i spent quite a bit of time with the japanese spy. he would act like a good time charlie and he was a drinker and the reason he did that is he was working for the japanese navy. outside of the embassy, he was the greatest tourist that hawaii had ever seen. he went swimming in the channel, he did everything in fact he went to a famous teahouse to get a view of pearl harbor so i went to get the exact same thing and he spoke many times at how wonderful it was to be tended to. you can't see any of pearl harbor from their. >> guest: he was much more of a self promoter than a spy. you could hardly call him a spy. what he was doing anyone could do. it was an ea

under general douglas macarthur, american and filipino forces fought a fabulous delaying action in thempossible to send supplies for reinforcements. general macarthur established his headquarters in australia and as commander-in-chief of united nations forces in that area, prepared for defenses that would develop inevitably, four, despite setbacks, we had established a supply chain 6000 miles across the pacific that stretched to new zealand. like the other democracies, we were not prepared for total war. fortunately, under a land lease act of march 1941, we had set out to become the arsenal of the free and fighting nations. we were determined to supply them, if they could afford to pay or not. we were buying time -- time to convert the industries of peace into war. time to make ships -- merchant ships and warships. time to make planes and more planes, bombers, and fighters. more powerful than any the world had ever seen. more guns.e guns and shells and more shells. tanks and more tanks. strengthather the huge which was ours, to pour the great riches of american earth into the cauldron

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best bet gw parkway macarthur boulevard or riverrd r road. road. just watch for extra congestion on those secondaries.cond this is just insides the t beltway on clara barton afterft cabin john turns into claracla barton. we'll keep you updated on thatet closure and when things are are able to reopen much as youas y make your way out for yourr from that traffic on alltraffioa inbound bridges looking gunookig the beltway is quiet.. problem free on 50 headingeadi inbound from annapolis. annapol. keep in mind if you're heading out by the white house today whi we have the national christmasnn tree lightinalg c taking place.. road closures kick in as earlysy as 2:30 p.m.p.m. we'll take a close look at all of those road closures with w your next look at traffic. wisdom and maureen. and >> coming from fox5 newsing morning a suspect is inspecis i custody accused of starting stan two of the tennessee wildfires.wi >> major league baseball andeagu the players union reach ach >> as we head to break a livee look across the d.c. region. rio it is 5:08 right now a

under douglas macarthur, filipino forces fought actions in the philippines.le sense of reinforcement. [sirens] narrator: general macarthur establishes headquarters and as commander-in-chief of united nations forces in that area, prepared from the offensive that would develop inevitably. setbacks, he had established a supply chain 6000 miles across the pacific that stretched to new zealand. like the other democracies, we were not prepared for total war. fortunately, under a land-lease act of 1941, we had set out to become the arsenal of a free and fighting nation. themtermined to supply whether they can afford to pay or not. we were buying time. time to convince the industries of peace and war, time to make ships, merchant ships and warships. time to make planes and warplanes, farmers and fighters, faster more powerful than any world to never seen. time to make guns and a more guns, shells and more shells, tanks and more tanks. time to gather the huge strength which was hours, to pour the great riches of america's earth into the causes of war. oil, coal., time

we're off the macarthur boulevard. you can see behind me, car after car having to make their way off the parkway onto the boulevard to find their way somewhere else this morning as a result of what is now a single car fatal crash there on the parkway. we do have an overhead view of the crash response there. the single vehicle wreck happened close to1: around and chain ridge road. that is right by the d.c. montgomery line. this car, we're told, not only just crashed but also caught fire leaving one victim dead and another injured. now at this point park police have not leased any details about those victims. so at this point this morning they're asking all drivers who rely on that roadway to plan alternatives. into the morning commute. back to you in the studio. >> justin finch. thank you. it's :03. the death toll is rising. fire investigators now say seven people died in those fiers. hundreds of buildings are damaged or gone. >> it is finally raining in tennessee, which should help firefighters some. we're also learnin

it is wednesday. 20 minutes is not bad through the macarthur maze. there is not a lot of slow traffic as you get to the toll plaza. westbound traffic is not bad. it continues to be not bad as you get to the bridge. as you drive to marin county, it has been slow because of a stalled vehicle. softbound 101 is much slower than usual. the winter break is not happening on the 101. >>> happening right now, the public works crew in foster city is doing emergency repair work on a damaged sewage line. a short time ago, the broken sewer line is near the intersection of east hillsdale boulevard. city inspectors blame it on aging pipes. it is expected to be completed sometime later this morning. talent a mom helping her stranded son, ended up crashing into his car, sending both him and her to the hospital. had happened on southbound interstate -- interstate 680. his suv broke down in the center divide. he called his mother for help. issue is arriving to help, she got into a crash with another car. the woman's car flipped over and landed on top of her sons car. h

in that fighting, the 24th wisconsin was led by arthur macarthur, father of general douglas macarthur. he would be wounded there. the most dramatic tales of this battle -- carter. todd carter. the son of the carter family whose home has witnessed all of this. serving as a staff officer. he goes in with his hometown regiment. a short distance from his home, he is mortally wounded. he gets something many soldiers did not. he dies in his own bed. wounded five times. this is the legacy of the battle. the union army retreats leaving hud with the field but it goes to nashville. there has been the death of an army here on this field. cleborne is gone. officer losses. regiments were destroyed. but this is the hallmark. you have these generals dead or mortally wounded. patrick cleborne. carter. john adams. he dies when his horse runs up onto the earth works of the union line and is shot down at that point. but then, you have three generals wounded. scott, manago and one captured. general george gordon. he was made a prisoner. this is illumination that happened on the anniversary. one candle re

brands on the contentious relationship between president truman and general macarthur. at nine, stuart stevens recalls his time serving you under seven different presidents. on "after words" at 10 p.m. eastern, georgetown university philosophy professor jason brennan weighs many on flaws in democratic systems. and we wrap up our saturday prime time lineup at 11 with the 37th annual american book awards. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> 1776 was not a great leap forward for africans, nor was it a great leap forward for the indigenous population. it was for many europeans, that is to be sure. but europeans, as we well know, do not comprise the entirety of humanity. and i think what it set in motion is what, actually, we're seeing in 2016. that is to say, with 1776 you had the progressive expropriation of land from the indigenous population, and then that land was parceled out often times

macarthur of course went on to say husband kimmel was only heard of in a negative sense for the rest of his life. >> host: adm and honolulu. how quickly did washington find out about the attack push america >> guest: washington found that about 8:00 a.m. in hawaii. 1:30 in the afternoon on sunday in washington. the first word that the secretary of the navy received was from a messenger who showed up at his office where he was at slate ran talking with the chief of naval operations herald start and i believe roy ingersoll, the assistant chief naval operations as they appeared through three of them with their and arrived. she started the ranking person. knox is a civilian at the newspaper guy with the republican vice presidential candidate in 1936. he didn't really know naval message terminology. he looked at the message and said out loud this must be the philippines. it has to be an air and start up the message and he could read the sender and is it a building go. he this is perl that is telling them they're some underway at that moment. at that same moment or perhaps a little before,

that is backs up all the way to the macarthur maze.he trip from oakland to san jose is taking a better part of the hour. the silicon valley commute, all of this getting up to the west valley. and, they're all very busy. at 7:33 am, let's go back to the desk. >>> unfortunately our top story is the continuing coverage of the tragic warehouse fire. the new information this morning, 36 people are now confirmed dead. that number is expected to go up when search and recovery crews are able to go back inside the building. >> yes, our colleague, you are out there now. what's happening now click >> -- >> reporter: it is a slow, long waiting game. as you can see, the podium is behind me. the newest information that we had came in the form of a news conference, which we brought you life at 6 am -- live at 6 am. and, so many are focused on this. it is the number of people confirmed dead. it stands at 36. the number has not changed in the past 90 minutes. those are the number of people who are confirmed dead officials say that they do ask that to f