nick bunker wrote "the british have never seen anything quite like the gaspee affair." their attack on the ship amounted to a complete rejection of the empire's right to rule . according to dan harrington's op-ed, "king george iii was furious and offered huge rewards. inquiries were made and nooses were fashioned. but in the end not one name was produced as thousands of rhode islanders remained true to silence." the site of this historic victory is now named gaspee point. in honor of this incident and the audacious rhode islanders who accomplished it. according to bunker, the rhode island patriots successfully organized "a military operation three years ahead of its time that arose not merely from a private quarrel but a matrix of ideas. -- ideas." the ideas, madam president, a liberty. rhode islanders have made it a tradition of celebrating the incident and this year marks the 50th annual gaspee day celebration. we celebrate by marching in the annual parade as we recall the courage of the men who fired theand drew the first blood in the quest for american independence.

as nick bunker, author of the book empire on the edge, wrote. "this harassment did not sit well with rhode islanders, who had grown accustomed to personal freedom unique in that time. even by american standards rhode island was an extreme case of popular government. a chapter in his book in which he describes this is entitled this dark affair by the gaspee incident. out of all the colleagues, rhode island was the one that entered most deeply into the lives of people. and we want to did free. in july of 1663, 100 years before the incident, king charles the second granted a royal charter. the charter said this was to hold forth a lively experiment. a most flourishing civil state may stand and best be maintained full liberty in religious concerns. the lively experiment in rhode island-based of the path for american freedom of religion, a fundamental right of our great nation. in rhode island, what with then considered radical ideologies of freedom ran very deep. a century later william betting stem would learn how as he went about confiscating carg

nick: no. everything's good. jim: this is the bunker he was in regulation. he played more of a chunk-and-run then. and found its way up there about three and a half, four feet away and a saving -- away, saving par. nick: it's perfect. everything's fine. he should -- oh, heck. uh-oh, that pulled down. what happened there? peter: that was down at the bottom of the bunker right where it's really wet and hard. he leaned on it and caught it way too close to the ball. nick: thank you and good night. jim: remember what happened at 15. nick: yeah. jim: bunker shot, same thing? nick: went long. that was straightforward. even if it was firm, you can feel that. he squared the blade up. that was a -- jim: i'm shocked by this result. nick: yeah. completely -- got a little faverser -- faster tempo to it. jim: he never saw that coming after what he had done his last two green-side shots at 18. peter: you could see how little sand there was under that ball. jim: yeah. peter: the way it came out. nick: not pretty. >> guys, mover back three or four yards, please. jim: bubba ve

nick: no. everything's good. jim: this is the bunker he was in regulation. he played more of a chunk-and-run then. and found its way up there about three and a half, four feet away and a saving -- away, saving par. nick: it's perfect. everything's fine. he should -- oh, heck. uh-oh, that pulled down. what happened there? peter: that was down at the bottom of the bunker right where it's really wet and hard. he leaned on it and caught it way too close to the ball. nick: thank you and good night. jim: remember what happened at 15. nick: yeah. jim: bunker shot, same thing? nick: went long. that was straightforward. even if it was firm, you can feel that. he squared the blade up. that was a -- jim: i'm shocked by this result. nick: yeah. completely -- got a little faverser -- faster tempo to it. jim: he never saw that coming after what he had done his last two green-side shots at 18. peter: you could see how little sand there was under that ball. jim: yeah. peter: the way it came out. nick: not pretty. >> guys, mover back three or four yards, please. jim: bubba ve

bunker but this is how he closed things in 1993. you see payne stewart in the background. boom. for the win. nick: jack has done over the bunkers. ey're now twice as deep. jim: how hard of an up and down will it be for lingmerth? upslope? nick: i don't think it's too bad. the slope is a huge help. it might leave him a downhill six-footer. jim: just a sea of supporters ringing the 1th green and lined up all the way down the fairway some 10 deep.

nick bunker wrote the british had never seen anything quite like the gaspee affair. complete rejection of the empire's right to rule. according to dan harrington's op-ed king george iii was furious and offered huge rewards for the capture of the rebels. inquiries were made and nooses fashioned, but in the end not one name was produced. as thousands of rhode islanders remained true to silence. the site of this historic victory is now named gaspee point in honor of this incident and the audacious rhode islanders who accomplished it. according to bunker, the rhode island patriots successfully organized -- quote -- a military operation three years ahead of its time that arose not nearly from a private quarrel but also a may tricks of ideas the ideas, madam president of liberty. but islanders have made a tradition of celebrating the gaspee incident, and this year marks the 50th annual gaspee days celebration in warwick. over the years we celebrate by marching in the annual parade as we recall the courage of the men who fired the first shots and drew the first blood in the

nick: jack has done over the bunkers. they're now twice as deep. jim: how hard of an up and down will it be for lingmerth? upslope? nick: i don't think it's too bad. the slope is a huge help. it might leave him a downhill six-footer. jim: just a sea of supporters ringing the 1th green and lined up all the way down the fairway some 10 deep. nick: it could be a little bit of -- the courtesy on tour is if you miss the green you play up first. is he away first peter? peter: he's asking justin and justin was looking around for slugger white and here he comes with a slow jog. nick: from my angle, rose might be given further from the hole. peter: i don't believe so. -- i believe so >> sure. you want justin? you want to go, just season >> go ahead, gid. peter: in this situation since it's still stroke play, there's no mandate that the ball away has to go and that's what lingmerth was asking. he's ready to go. it's not as much on an upslope as he might prefer, so he's got a fairly small area to land this on and control his distance. nick: he has a very stron

nick: jack has done over the bunkers. they're now twice as deep. jim: how hard of an up and down will it be for lingmerth? upslope? nick: i don't think it's too bad. the slope is a huge help. it might leave him a downhill six-footer. jim: just a sea of supporters ringing the 1th green and lined up all the way down the fairway some 10 deep. nick: it could be a little bit of -- the courtesy on tour is if you miss the green you play up first. is he away first peter? peter: he's asking justin and justin was looking around for slugger white and here he comes with a slow jog. nick: from my angle, rose might be given further from the hole. peter: i don't believe so. -- i believe so >> sure. you want justin? you want to go, just season >> go ahead, gid. peter: in this situation since it's still stroke play, there's no mandate that the ball away has to go and that's what lingmerth was asking. he's ready to go. it's not as much on an upslope as he might prefer, so he's got a fairly small area to land this on and control his distance. nick: he has a very stron

bunker. very similar to what casey will face right here. nick: we've been talking all day, the sand's a little heavy but -- jim: it is heavy but beautifully done. nick: looks like he's going to get in the top half at 16. jim: back to 17. >> what a fantastic shot that was from paul casey. peter: this lie is not too bad for bubba. >> ok. peter: that's the good news. bad news is he's only going to put 12 feet of green between the bunker and the hole. it's downhill moving away. >> you just saw the graphic. this is tough. going high. did he get under it? very fast left-to-right putt from 15 feet for his par. and of course, we saw the two shots then from delaet and harman they're inside. check this out. he had a little upsurge, as you see, but he tried to hoist it up high. peter: that's where he had to make his mistake. he couldn't risks the other shot. >> really is a slippery green here. toughest hole on the golf course today, remind you. there's been a few birdies but always the opportunity for some bogeys and doubles. but the key is the drive. beca

bunker and i can clean up my mess and then move on. >> is that a sandtrap right there? >> sandtrap there. yeah. >> jack nickawsuit designed this back 9 for grand total of $0. he did it just because he wanted to help. >> it's rehabilitating. it allows to you relate to life. in life you have challenges. i lost my leg. in golf you have challenges, not nearly as big. >> we just had our second child, a baby girl. i love my life and my injury didn't stop that . >> i am kind of nervous about having a girl, though man. >> it's a piece of cake. >> is it easier than the boy? >> much easier. >> whether that's you having a job or whether that's you taking care of your family, you keep moving. >> man, i hit that ball a long way. >> yeah, you did. >> american league golf course gives hope. great, great, great support all right. thank you very much. we have a round-up the top stories including the latest 125i with us. >> this week on talk to al jazeera james patterson one of the worlds best selling authors. >> first book thomas berryman number was rejected by 31 publishers and i still keep a list of all the editors who re