reid binion has the latest. 3 3 topping this morning's newsreel... italian police are investigating the death of an american woman in the city of florence. they say 35- year-old artist, ashley olsen, was found dead in her apartment on saturday. officials say they are still waiting for an autopsy to confirm how she died. an italian news agency says her death is being investigated as a homicide. olsen was from summer haven, florida. 3 3 northern california commuters witness a deadly attack. they say the passenger was killed by another rider as they pulled into a station. one person tried to perform c-p-r on the victim... to no avail. police have taken a man into custody. 3 3 emergency crews in pennsylvania rescued a worker who got trapped in a hole at least 14-feet deep. officials say he got stuck while he was working on a sewer line over unclear how he got trapped. but, rescuers managed to pull him out about two hours later. witnesses say he was conscious and talking to his rescuers. the worker was taken to the hospital for observation. 3 3 a volcano

henry ford was a big filmmaker and had all whole studio that made weekly newsreels that circulated throughout the united states. there are films that are pushingional films, anything from the united fund or united way to a prounion film coming out of the united auto workers or afl-cio. >> bill thought of the promises made by the president of general electric. >> take-home pay on a 40 hour a week basis must eventually represent the higher levels of pay that now prevail. >> things were not what bill had hoped for. roosevelt was gone and his enemies were on hand to claim the victory. pay cuts at home, oppression abroad, bill did not like it. >> and antiunion film coming from general electric. >> automation pays for itself in a reasonable time and increases efficiently -- efficiency. shutdownan run without for loading and reloading. manual.asis shifts from >> there's every kind of great idea, great conflicts, every technology. a lot of these films are quite wonderful. i like the films sponsored by westinghouse in 1939 called the middleton family at the new york world's fair. this is a 55 minute f

a detour was set up while it was fixed. 3 3 3 in this morning's newsreel... a deputy in new orleans is in critical condition after being shot during a drug raid. the deputy was serving a warrant as part of a federal drug task force when he was shot. he underwent surgery. the suspect is charged with attempted first degree murder and drug offenses. 3 four years after a high-speed chase that killed two unarmed people, six cleveland police 137-shots were unloaded into the car. the officers were fired for creating a crossfire situation that could have endangered officers. six other officers face suspensions, and another one retired. 3 a protester who held a 30- year peace vigil outside the white house has died. the washington post reports connnie picciotto died monday at a housing facility for homeless women. the vigil was widely considered to be the longest-running act of political protest in u-s history. a homeless shelter spokesperson says picciotto had recently suffered a fall, but the cause of death was not yet known. 3 u-s customs arrested a man they say tri

and did not have a history of domestic violence. 3 3 3 topping this morning's newsreel... two people were killed when a small plane went down in utah. the twin-engine jet crashed near cedar fort. officials say both people who died were husband and wife from tucson, arizona. witnesses reported hearing.... and even feeling an explosion. 3 32-44 "some of the people who heard the boom were more than a mile away from the aircraft - where the aircraft ended up on the ground, and they didn't only hear it, but they described feeling the boom as well and that tells you it was a fairly sizable event."3 authorities say the debris field covers about a mile. they are sifting through the pieces to determine the cause of the crash. 3 3 an amtrak train slams into an s-u-v in san diego... seriously injuring a man. the impact reportedly sent the vehicle flying 50 yards. a chaotic scene played as crews had to cut the man out of the vehicle. officials say his injuries were non-life- threatening. no one on the train was hurt. coming down as he inched forward, and he either got nervous and stop

that story starts today's newsreel. the fbi is is now involved, it began saturday as a rally to support two ranchers, set to begin sentences for arson. >> they claim the refuge has been destructive. no one was in the wildlife refuge and so far there are no reports of my injuries. the militia members say they are prepared to defend themselves and stay out there as long as necessary. >> an employee was stabbed to death this morning in the bronx. police say the suspect and the employee got into a dispute inside the restaurant. the suspectctas escorted from the building and then came back many and stabbed the employee. so far, n no arrests have been made. >> the site of the san bernardino shootingss will be open today. there will be tighter security as 600 employees return to work. the shooting rampage left 14 people dead and 20 others hurt. >> taking a look at vote 2016 and the race to the white house. it is down to four weeks until the first sglufrjts a report that presidential candidates are scrambling to lock in support

that's first in this morning's newsreel. white house sources say the goal is to close the so-called "gun show loophole"... that allows gun skip buyer background checks. the measure is also expected to provide funding to local agencies to enforce existing firearm laws. gun control advocates expect the president to present the plan during the state of the union address, which is set for january 12-th. 3 new this morning... the actor who played trapper john on the popular mash t-v series has died. wayne rogers was 82. his publicist says he died yesterday in los angeles, from rogers played the wise- cracking sidekick to alan alda's hawkeye pierce for the first three years of the series. 3 a hotel catches fire in dubai, as thousands of nearby spectators waited for a new year's eve fireworks show. officials say the fire started on the 20th floor of the hotel. the building was evacuated, and firefighters worked to control the flames. 14 people were hurt... and one person suffered a heart attack. it's unclear what started the fire.

florence. 35-year-old ashley olsen was found dead in her apartment over that story starts today's newsreel. >> police are treating the death of 35-year-old ashley olsen. the vibrant young artist was last seen late thursday evening. the following day, a gruesome discovery. >> the body was found after her boyfriend with whomhe had an argument alerted police she wasn't answering her phone. >> olsen was found nude with bruises and scratches around her neck. the itall news agency reports she was strangled. officials are waiting for autopsy results to release the cause of death. the artist left behind a string of cryptic messages on her instagram account, perhaps clues. in october, she wrote, i have a stacker, hash tag stalker alert. before her death her final post captured graffiti reading, kiss me hard before you go. exchange student amanda knox whose conviction for the murder in 2011. the handling of that case drew broad criticism in the u.s. . >> i'd like to see a thorough investigation and a careful investigation investigation. the sergeant will stand before a military court in fort bragg.

that story starts today's newsreel. >> the white house disputes the claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb. even if the device is smaller than what north korea says, the test indicates peeng yang has advanced its nuclear program. the south korean government went into emergency meetings and in talks with the u.s. the test alarmed japan whose leader told the u.s. a firm global response is needed. >> residents of the community where an armed group is occupying a federal building got a chance to speak their minds. last night residents gathered for a town hall meeting. the ranchers were targeted for not selling land to the government. many residents said while they sympathize with the group's cause, it was a situation to end. end. >> the safety and security of are our concerns. we'll work through this. we'll work through it peacefully. >> the group's leader says he has been told the fbi has arrest warrants. neither local nor federal law enforcement confirmed that. >> emergency crews rescued all 17 might beers trapped in an elevator in lancing, new york. the miners were reportedly 800 feet

that story from marcy gonzalez starts today's newsreel. >> from teacher to inmate, now behind bar accused of helping these three violent criminals escape from this california jail. >> i'm very surprised. >> they are now on the run for a week after officials say revaey provided them with google maps to their escape. steve gomez say the maps may have helped the three get to a specific address or given them a better understanding of surrounding buildings and the jail roof. authorities say revahey denies providing anything beyond the map. >> always a sweet kind person, never had a bad thing to say about anybody. the last person i think of who would have been involved with someone like those three guys. >> the three are believed to be living in this gmc utility van stolen saturday in los angeles after one of the men responded to a for sale ad. >> took it for a test drive, came back and at some point took off. >> they believe the men may be in the area because of their ties to local gangs. there is a $2,000 reward for information leading to their arrest. being called a hero after dash cam video

how many were injured after smashing into a dump truck. 3 3 33 in this morning's newsreel... georgia's governor has rescinded an executive order barring the state from assisting syrian refugees. republican nathan deal announced the reversal after the state attorney general said the state cannot legally syrian refugees. in november, deal joined other governors including pat mccrory... who tried to stop acceptance of syrian refugees. 3 3 more than 20 people were injured... when a train hit a garbage truck that was stuck on train tracks in florida. officials say the truck's driver escaped the disabled vehicle just before the crash. a railroad spokeswoman says the crash caused significant damage to the tracks. 3 3 the e-p-a and justice department are suing volkswagen for 18-billion dollars... over its emissions cheating software. the federal agencies accuse the automaker of violating u-s environmental rules. volkswagen has admitted that its diesel cars had illegal software installed to cheat emissions tests. 3 3 tesla motors says it made more than 50-thousand electric cars in 201

officials say no one was living in the home. 3 3 3 topping this morning's newsreel... the f-b-i is now taking the lead... monitoring the situation in oregon. armed militia members remain at a federal wildlife refuge this morning. the group seized control of the building on saturday to support two local ranchers charged with arson. those ranchers plan to report to a federal prisosotoday. the group also says the goal is to defend "the people" against oppressive and unconstitution al federal land management. we will have more on this story coming up in our next half hour. 3 3 a fire in bridgeport, connecticut claims the life of an 18-month-old girl. firefighters say they found her body under the crib in her bedroom. two other children and three adults were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. officials say the smoke-alarms had been disconnected. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. 3 3 protests continue in iran... following saudi arabia's execution of a prominent shiite cleric. on saturday, demonstrators threw fire bombs at the saudi embassy in tehran. the cle

that starts today's newsreel. >> penn state university official julio peno under investigation for possible ties to isis. the 55-year-old man known as assad teaches latin america. the probe came to light after the editor of the student newspaper broke the story. >> i had written a couple of articles about professor peno. just wanted to see what we and get more information on him. >> the school paper posted the sever view online. he denied supporting the terror group. >> i haven't broken the law. i don't advocate anyone break the law. >> he hasn't been charged with a crime. in october 2011 he made headlines after shouting death to israel at a public lecture given by a former israeli diplomat visiting the campus. he blamed his rhetoric for possibly sparking the fbi investigation. >> everything i have done is perfectly legal. i fulfill my dies as an american citizen by speaking out on issues that some people find controversial. >> the investigation is cooperate with the investigation and the fbi assures the school there is no threat to campus.campus. >> a pre-trial motion is scheduled for four

that story starts today's newsreel. the suspension comes after an alcohol related incident happened during the rush event tuesday night. according to an e-mail sent out by campus officials, a new sorority member was hospitalized in critical condition. the student is expected to recover. officials have partially lifted the ban to allow sisterhood events, chapter meetings and community service activities. texas police arrest a hitting two 18-year-old students with his car. the victim, the male and female were getting off the bus and the driver rammed his vehicle into them. those students suffered minor injuries. police say the suspect told them he was tired of the talk at school. a woman in michigan is asking for $50,000 after an august traffic stop in which she says the officer asked her to shake her bra. the routine stop turned into a search for contraband. a passenger reportedly admitted having a small amount of marijuana. the woman says the experience left her feeling degraded and believes the officer handled the situ

that story tops this morning's "newsreel." 3 3 it was supposed to be a short week anyway. today's votes were already canceled. house democrats were scheduled to annual retreat. no announcement has been made about that event. votes on an override of the president's veto of the obamacare repeal and iran sanctions, will be rescheduled for february. 3 the winter storm that roared-up the eastern seaboard caused the roof of this strip mall in virginia to cave-in. the national weather service puts preliminary snow totals for fredericksburg at 17-inches. that is where this shopping center is located. no one was hurt in the collapse. 3 the storm also burst a bubble for the washington "redskins". the weight of the snow on top of the team's indoor practice facility caused the inflatable roof to come down. it left only part of the team name visible. the bubble-covered space can also be rented-out for special events. the team says once conditions improve, it will be re-inflated. 3 as this major storm hit... one teen decided to get out his phone and record a very cool time-lapse. 15-yea

that story starts today's newsreel. federal law enforcement officials are developing a plan to end the standoff refuge. they will start with negotiations. the agent central command post will set up between the courthouse. the group took over the building and are standing up for two local ranchers convicted of arson. >> a friend of one of the san bernardino attackers will appear in court in riverside california. enregion was a friend of sayed farook. also in this case, the fbi says husband and wife whereabouts during an 18 minute window the day of the massacremassacre. >> lawyers for william porter, a baltimore police officer accused in the death of freddy gray have asked the officer not to be compelled to testify in another officer's trial. the trial begins next monday. white's trial is scheduled to begin january 25. >> el nino is reeking havoc bringing severe storms and threatening mud slides. a winter snap of cold air is bringing unseasonably cold temperatures. >> torrential downpours have turned this backyard into a

he faces a number of charges. 3 3 3 in this morning's newsreel... a fifth teenager is now in custody in the brutal gang rape of a young woman on a playground in brooklyn, new york. the 17 year old is expected to be charged as an adult. police say the five suspects pulled a gun on the 18-year-old victim and her father last week, and ordered the father to leave, before raping her. the suspects range in age from 14 to 17. 3 3 the u-s supreme court strikes down florida's death sentencing process. it comes after a challenge from an inmate who was sentenced to death by a judge... after the jury recommended it. the ruling says the sixth amendment requires the jury to impose a death sentence... not a judge. the ruling could affect death penalty laws in other states. 3 3 u-s oil prices hit their lowest point in 12 years, falling below 30 dollars a barrel briefly yesterday. oil is down 72 percent from last june. the reason is the faltering economy in china. triple-a says the good news average for gas is now below a dollar-97 a gallon. that is down from three-

that story starts today's newsreel. the jet caught fire and crashed. officials say a husband and wife from tucson, arizona were on board. witnesses reported seeing and feeling an explosion. >> some heard the boom from more than a mile away from where the aircraft ended up on the ground. they describe feel the boom as well. that tells you it is a fairly sizable event. >> authorities say the debris field covers a mild. they are sifting through the pieces to determine the cause of the crash. >> we have an update on a murder-suicide near the state university of new york. police now say a relationship breakup was the motive. three student athletes were found stabbed to death sunday morning. investigators say collin ngston with his ex-girlfriend with another man in her apartment and killed them both before killing himself. were a couple for three years and didn't have a history of domestic violence. >>>>ow a car crashed into a fire hydrant. look at the video. the accident caused water to shoot into the air creating icicles. crews were able to shut the water

that starts today's newsreel. firefighters were called to the apartment complex this morning. the mother and an 11-month-old baby are expected to be ok. another child is in critical condition. fire investigators believe the fire started in the basement. there were no working smoke detectors in the unit. >> an illinois corrections officer died while transporting a prisoner. the victim was adam conners, he was transporting a prisoner when he lost control due to icy conditions. the van spun into oncoming traffic and was hit by a semi truck. the crash blocked the interstate for hours and hundreds of drivers were stuck in the grid lock. >> two people were hurt wednesday when a fire truck crashed into the side of a dairy queen texas. police say the new truck was being delivered when it crossed over into the web lanes of traffic and crashed into the fast food restaurant. two people were hurt including one dairy queen employee and one customer. under investigation. >> groups collecting signatures for a ballot initiative. the measure would place equivalent taxes on tobacco products inc

. -- weekly newsreels that circulated throughout the united states. there are also institutional films to push it a point of view, which could be anything from your local chapter, the united fund, the united way, a prounion film coming out of the afl-cio. the promises made during the war of the president of general electric. >> after the war is won, take-home pay on a 40-hour a week basis must eventually represent the higher levels of pay that prevail. things were not what bill had hoped for. roosevelt was gone, and his enemies were there to threaten the victory. threats at home, threats abroad. bill did not like it. film byen & a union general -- or an antiunion thrombi general electric. itselfmation pays for over time. genes can run without being shut down. .orkers are upgraded the emphasis of a shift from manual to mental skills. every kind of great idea, technology. if you look hard enough, you can find a film. a lot of these films are quite wonderful. example, a film sponsored by westinghouse in 1939. it is called "the middleton family at the new

that story from carla starts today's newsreel. >> these pictures released by the same show the u.s. sailors on their way back to u.s. custody. >> also want to thank the iranian authorities for their cooperation and quick response. >> the sailors are seen on the floor of the same boats in which they were seen. the one female sailor wearing the head covering required in iran. >> these are situations which everybody knows, if not properly and i'm preesh where active for the quick response of the iranian authorities. >> the crisis began on tuesday aft sailors two small boats drifted into iranian waters. they were transitioning from kuwait to bahrain when the rainses say the navigation equipment on one of the boats failed, resulting in what they called, quote, an intrusion. >> these photos circulating by a news service show the moments when the sailors were in custody. their arms up and they're firearms out on display. the navy saying there are no indications any of the 10 had been harmed while in custody. >> the quick resolution to diffuse what could have been an intebl crisis this just

will allow visitors to search for fossils and other plant and animal life. 3 3 3 in this morning's newsreel... georgia's governor has rescinded an executive order barring the state from assisting syrian refugees. republican nathan deal announced the reversal the state attorney general said the state cannot legally resist the resettlement of syrian refugees. in november, deal joined other governors -- including pat mccrory -- who tried to stop acceptance of syrian refugees. 3 3 a train hits a garbage truck that was stuck on the tracks in florida... injuring more than 20 people. officials say the truck's driver escaped the disabled vehicle just before the crash. a railroad spokeswoman says the crash caused significant damage to 3 the e-p-a and justice department are suing volkswagen for 18-billion dollars over emissions- cheating software. the federal agencies accuse the automaker of violating u-s environmental rules. volkswagen has admitted that its diesel cars had illegal software installed to cheat emissions tests. 3 3 tesla motors says it made more than 50-thousand electric cars in 2015.

florida, a tornado tears through a mobile home park, killing two people and that starts today's newsreel. there is also major storm damage in sarasota county. two people had to be pulled out from the rubble. luckily, they are both expected to be ok. no one was seriously hurt there. but there is major destruction to people's homes. >> one person is dead after a series of crashes. . whiteout conditions, police say as many as 50 vehicles and nearly a dozen semi trucks were involved in the pile-up. michigan state police say heavy snow, high speeds and reduced visibilities are to blame. >> a missouri police officer shoots and kills a man inside a fast food restaurant. authorities say the suspect has just robbed the kentucky fried chicken. a witness flagged down the police sergeant. authorities say that sergeant opened fire after the suspect raised a handgun and refused an order to drop it. deaths of three people. officials say the bodies of two men were found inside a home. officers say no guns were involved but they did find a knife at the scene that could be a clue as to what happened. >> w

that tops tonight's newsreel. it was supposed to be a short week. monday votes were already canceled. house democrats were scheduled to head to baltimore. there was no announcement made about that event but vote on an override of the president's veto on obamacare repeal will be rescheduled for some time in february. >>>as the storm roared up the eastern seaboard it caused this roof in virginia to cave in. the national weather service puts preliminary snow totals at 17 inches in fredericksburg. no one was hurt in that collapse. teenager decided to get out his phone and recorded a cool time lapse. check this out. 15-year-old chase higgins lives in washington, d.c. he put his phone to the living room window about 1:00 on friday afternoon as the storm was beginning to hit the dc area. he left it in that wind until late on saturday night. look at it go. snow in a hurry. what do you think? meteorologist karen wynne is standing by. that's a tough act to follow. >> karen: we saw a lot of that snow melt a similar opposite time lapse. then, of course, all tha

other than maybe blurry cell phone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii.

other than maybe blurry cell phone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii.hances are bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar, after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and it's pretty incredible. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, la >>> in yangon, capital city of myanmar, it's dark. blackouts are frequent, with the ancient power grid. what sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948 after helping the british fight off the japanese and with a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections? they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished, or silenced entirely

when the united states detonated its first hydrogen bomb in 1952 as documented in this period news newsreel, the yield was 10 megatons more than a thousand times greater than the latest north korea test. >> the violence of the bomb is comparable by the energy released by the sun itself. >> but there was another part of the north korean claim that can't be so quickly disproved. meaning that the device was miniaturized. small enough to be put atop a land base or smar submarine basd device. something he has to take seriously. >> it is a threat that we cannot ignore as a country. >> reporter: shortly after the admiral's comment north korea released imagery reportedly seeing its leader, kim jong-un watching the launch of a nuclear submarine. traveling only a relatively short distance. but whether north korea has taken its nuclear might to the next level or it's just another exercise of bellicose bluster, the most rudimentary of nuclear bombs could keep a superpower at bay. >> a threat on a foreigner's soil is enough to deter a foe. you don't need thousands to do that. >> roughly the size of a pr

and patton was successful and, of course, got himself in all the newsreels and so on. he then conquered sicily before going on to england. there he commanded a dummy army that was designed to fool the germans. didn't have a lot of troops, had a lot of radio traffic and things. and this was because of the infamous slapping incident where general patton had lost control of himself, and he found a soldier in a hospital ward who was there for some kind of combat fatigue i think they called it then, and general patton did not believe in combat fatigue. so he jerked the soldier up and began to browbeat him. and this was reported by the hospital doctors, and eisenhower found out about it. eisenhower initially didn't do anything about it. he put a letter in the file. but then the press got hold to it, and it ramped all over the u.s. that general patton had been slapped -- slapping his soldiers. that's a violation of law, it's also a very rude thing to do if you're a general, to slap a private. general eisenhower's thinking about firing general patton. here's where general mars

it was subsumed by the depression and then world war two, it didn't have wealth of newsreels, nightlyverage, hollywood production and other media and popular culture that later wars did. we're now two or three generations beyond the people who fought it. it's quickly receding in our national memory and it shouldn't. >> brown: world war one -- the so-called "great war" -- began in july 1914 and ended with the armistice on november 11, 1918. overall, some 38 million soldiers and civilians were killed or wounded in one of history's bloodiest conflicts, mostly waged in europe. the u.s. joined the fighting in 1917, deploying two million soldiers overseas. 116,516 were killed, more than in korea and vietnam combined. sandra pershing's husband was the general's grandson. >> the general loved his troops, and he really would have wanted to be surrounded by images of everybody that helped during the war. i think it can be a very nice tribute to everyone who fought and served, and to a lot of people now who can be here and enjoy it, and look around and say thank you, we're free. >> brown: the co

campaign, and he can't run it, i mean, he could draw big crowds and mass rallies to give all seen the newsreels, but how many can you do in a short period of time? not too many. can he go on the radio? franklin roosevelt to the fireside chats. german radio is state run, state-sponsored at tha the timed they're still smart enough to keep the nazis off the air. and when they did with the nazis on the air in 32, the first two guys to go on part two of his henchmen. so he's got to do it in a different way and he does it in a different way and it's called hitler over germany. he's going to fly to all the campaign stops. nowadays we say well, so? back then that the savages, just seven years after lindbergh. and it really excites the german people. hitler over germany has two meanings. one, he's going to fly over germany and the other thing is people eventually have power over germany. when the votes are counted, hindenburg still wins but hitler has come a lot closer than anyone thought he was going to come. and he has done it by taking votes from both the extreme nationalists and from the communists.

think of, if you're thinking of world war ii newsreels with big arrows on them, think of one arrow going and one going to raqqa in syria. mosul is the biggest city they occupy in iraq. it needs to be retaken. raqqa is the capital of their so-called state. it is, by the way, where people sit at key boards and try to get americans to attack americans, orchestrate jihadi attacks in paris. we can't have that. we have to destroy in those two places, and i'd like to get on with that as soon as possible. as i said, we're prepared to do a lot, but, you know, when they're defeated, we'll remember who helped. >> the elephant in the room was always the b room, the boots on the ground. if we get help from other countries, that's going to be part of the whole -- >> we -- i got to say, though, we have boots on the ground. >> right. >> but a larger amount. >> well, we'll probably have -- i just gave basically the campaign plan description i just gave you to the 101st airborne division in fort campbell, kentucky last week. they are the next unit to rotate in there and do advise and assistment to be clea

this clip of a paramount newsreel courtesy of the fdr presidential library and museum includes that portionthe speech. the film is preceded by a short interview with paul sparrow, correct of the fdr library. >> this year marks the 75th anniversary of president franklin d. roosevelt's four freedoms speech, the core part of a state of union on january 6, 1941. we are joined by the director of the fdr presidential library and museum paul sparrow. what was the four freedoms speech? >> guest: it was really an opportunity for him to try to explain what america should get about the war that was racing in europe, and the war that was raising in the east. in asia. it was a way for them to sort of look at the future and say what we're going to be fighting for? the four freedoms, freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear, he thought these were the things that defined the difference between democracy and the dictatorships that were at that point running rampant throughout the world. the american public at the point was still fairly isolationist dicta