it's a tree that's dedicated to the sun sons of norfolk who died in the world war.embered in the words of sigourney are's poem. leaving the shiny glory of the living dead. or should we seek causes of the catastrophe rather than its memory. the descent of europe that claimed millions of lives. was it embedded in alliances. a complicated network of intrigue and espionage. are they to be found in aggression of young germany, the fears of a humiliated france. or this the imperial designs of arrogant european powers so intent on extending reach across the globe they became blinded by folly. in the chaos of the collapsing european empires. the russian empire. shattering at high pitched national voices or the confusion of ethnic identification if lands that had no clear affiliation nor seemingly a need of oh one. the descent into worldwide destruction. where were these lives claimed in the trench riddled western front in the mud and mire of the eastern front. in the limestone hills of the austro italian front or on the rugged ball can front. how can we remember and underst

there were different thoughts like maybe we should consolidate the tracks along where norfolk southern goes. that was an approved plan at one point. --uch more audacious plan the beginnings started hatching in the late 1960's and early 1970's. let's just relocate both trains to locations along the riverfront, so we free up the whole central city area from the challenges of the conflicts between cars and trains. , i startedhing i did knocking on doors in the north end of the houses where people were going to be relocated. amazingly, they were supportive of the project. there was an amazing coming together through the decades to eventually bring this thing to completion. there would be discussions in a particular neighborhood, should it be -- there was a through e seÑor d through the neighborhood, causing different levels of the location, but as i said, it was remarkable that the people who would be affected by those different scenarios were not automatically oppose. they were open and listening. was an't hurt that jim truly selfless public servant and highly trusted, so that people have

. >>> american history tv visited the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up next in a previously recorded segment historian sean mcmeekin takes viewer calls on the state of europe just prior to the beginning of world war i. he talks about how the assassination of the austrian arch duke franz ferdinand led to what he calls a countdown to war. this program is about 25 minutes. >> american history tv is live from the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, where the world war i centennial symposium is on its lunch break. until they return we're joined by sean mcmeekin, author of "july 1914: countdown to war." mr. mcmeekin appreciate you joining us on american history tv. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be here. >> a century since world war i, there continues to be a debate about which nation was responsible for the start of the first world war. take us back to america in 1914. 1915, 1916. was that debate about who was responsible taking place in the united states at that time? >> it was not necessarily the mos

they were sailing south from norfolk around cape hatteras. when when it started getting ing shelved bee the 140 which is ant alarming thing to have happen. it began as zigzagged and they n were taught to a do to avoid th possibility of being hit by a torpedo basically it's the idea of gingm running from a sniper.o. the process of doing this, it t came across an area called diamond schoells. doing the shells were not doing that much damage, the bottom of the ocean did. aground it ran aground and was stuck ao hard aground and shill being shelved. during theel process of this, t diamond light ship which this rs was a purpose built ship built in 1899 anchored for the specific purpose of warning ships that you can run aground i here. that was sittingng there and haa crew of five folks aboard. they had this huge and had this huge mushroom anchor. between firing up the blows and removing that mushroom anchor iu generally took them about five e hours to get under way. v so it's not very efficient, as very much considered a sidere stationary vessel.ly

so the closest naval installation that you have is up here in norfolk. you're down here along this area where it is difficult for military vessels to access. you'll notice here the continental shelf. this is these different shades of blue are depicting the water depth. the continental shelf runs quite close to cape hatteras here. because it sticks out in this area, the ships would run up and down the gulfstream would have to come past this point. this gives you a really good concentration of merchant ships particularly as this is sort of where they would hang a right to head towards british or gulfstreams were kind of like a moving walkway in an airport. give them a few extra knots of speed. u-boats would kind of hang out right here in this area because it was a steady thoroughfare for shipping. they also had being a tess to de access to deep water to hide. it was a very attractive area to operate and they were usually far away from military installations and because all of the aircraft fields in north carolina are located on the inside of the sound here

this program is about 25 minutes. >> american history tv is live from the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, where the world war i centennial symposium is on its lunch break. until they return we're joined by sean mcmeekin, author of "july 1914: countdown to war." mr. mcmeekin appreciate you joining us on american history

. >> i trust you'll have a better time in norfolk this evening than in serbia years ago. we have eight minutes now.v3c6t% until the next presentation. thank you so much, sean mcmeekin. [ applause ] >>> here on c-span3, we're featuring "american history tv" programming. we'd like to get your thoughts on our shows. e-mail us at american history tv@c-span.org to leave your >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other "american history tv" programs. join us us every saturday for "history bookshelf." writers of the decade talk about their books. "history bookshelf" every saturday 4:00 p.m. eastern here on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span with the lighting of the national christmas tree, followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lighting of the capitol christmas tree. after 12:30 p.m., celebrity activists talk about their causes. at 8:00, samuel alito, and former florida governor jeb bush. on will bill of

. >>> american history tv visited the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. author sean mcmeekin talks about the events in 1914 that led to war, and how it might have turned out differently. he argues against the idea that an arms race between germany and britain provoked the war. instead, he describes a series of decisions made by heads of state that had a domino effect. this is about 50 minutes. >> professor sean mcmeekin did his ph.d. at uc berkeley and he talked at many universities before beginning at professor of history of russian and eurasian studies at bard college in new york. among his recent books are the russian origins of the first world war, july 1914, and the berlin baghdad express, the ottoman empire and germany's bid for world power. his research languages include russian, turkish, german and french. his talk today is the war of 1914, an avoidable catastrophe. >> thank you for that kind introduction. we'll see if i can get the clicker to work before we get going. there we are. it's true, i did one book wit

american history tv visited norfolk, virginia, to a symposium harking the world war i centennial.timothy orr describes how world war 1 was different from previous wars and highlights major battles this introduction is about a half hour.

tv recentlyhistory visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia for the world war i centennial symposium. oring up next, timothy describes how world war i was different from previous wars. this introduction is under a half hour. present dr. timothy or. in american es military history. he has written about the lives of union soldiers. american naval history and virginia history. dr. timothy or. [applause] >> on september 19, 1917. one of medal honors. the medal e admitted was a small conversation for his services. the more he looked at it the more despicable than medal.. i was left alone with across, i have thoughts in my mind with those that were with me. it resembled a grotesque impression of the war brutality. focused upon the colors, solid black with a sickly yellow edge. he began nightmares. he wrote, it seems like progress is made of shell. bandages crossing, voices, of stump of a leg. not want to see all those black and yellow sites again. he did not have to wait long for fate to render, four days later he was killed. of the area across -- iran cross. symbol of suffering

complete schedule go to c-span.org.bjçñ >> american history tv visited d the mcarthur memorial in norfolkrginia which was hosting a m symposium marking the centennial. up next author nimrod frazier talks about world war i, focussing on the rainbow p division which included soldiers from 26 stalts and district of i columbia.vi among them, his own father. his talk is about 50 minutes.50 >> our second speaker this afternoon is nimrod frazer. he is a son of a soldier serving in the 42nd infantry division which is important us to because there is the division in which douglas macarthur will spend during the american defenses to world warnd 1. war his father received the purple purple h battlee of paul ruth farm. mr. frazier himself is a silver star veteran, and business hall of fame. world war i fighters in the hio rainbowry division, 167th regim published by the university of alabama press.en mr. frazier serves as treasurer of that foundation. he will share research from his history and his talk federalized state and militia units and the style of the regular army from alabama to mexico. plea

. >> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up focuses on the rainbow division which soldiers from 51 states. his talk is about 50 minutes. >> our second speaker is nimrod frazer who is the son of a world war vet. this is the division in which douglas macarthur will serve as chief of staff and brigade commander during world war i. frazer's father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he's the author of send the alabamians:the history of the 167th infantry regiment. he's a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming nimrod frazer. >> thank you, dr. orr. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i'm not an academic. better described as a child of the rainbow division. i knew the name of the commanding officers of the 167th infantry before i could read. i knew the name of the company commander "d" company of the 167th infantry before i could read. my family was divided in later life but the common gro

people were hit at these crossings, mostly along norfolk southern, because the train did come throughtty slowly when it was coming down the middle of the street. most of the people could get out of the way of that one. there were regular fatalities. the question was raised in the late 1960's and early 1970's, shouldn't we do something? there were different fonts, like maybe we should consolidate the tracks along where norfolk southern goes, which is a big diagonal. that was in an approved plan at one point, but a much more audacious plan, the beginnings of it started getting hatched in the early 1970's. let's just relocate both trains to a location along the riverfront where we free up the whole central city area from the challenges of the conflicts between autos and trains. i had to knock on doors from the north end, at the houses where people would be relocated, and amazingly, they were supportive of the project. there was just an amazing coming together, bipartisan, to eventually bring this thing to completion. there were the discussions in a particular neighborhood -- should it be

he and two other employees, of norfolk dredging company fell in the water near the port of wilmington after crane barge pap sized, two other men resurfaced. search went late in the evening. it was suspended due to poor river conditions. >>> update now to the story we first brought you monday night. police say, they found the car involved in a hit-and-run accident, in west philadelphia. this happened around 9:00 monday night near 59th and market street. police say a man was crossing the street when a volvo station wagon hit him. this morning he is in critical condition, and police still aren't sure who he is. >>> and new sexual abuse allegation against bill cosby there is accuser says that she was a tarring when the she was under age. >> fox 29's steve keeley live from center city this morning, with the latest. good morning. >>> well, despite the rain right now, we are getting pro and con comments from people passing by on the sidewalk here across the street from city hall. the newest claim has two big differences then all of the other recent ones, comes in a lawsuit so cosby will have

. >>> "american history tv" visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. the rise of the global power during world war i. describing japan as one of the few countries pulled into the r#lict as an because of a kcolonyial relationship. this is about 50 minutes. >>> okay. we'll shift our focus here a little bit to east asia. professor frederick dickinson teaches japanese history at the university of pennsylvania. he has m.a. degrees from kyoto university in japan where he's lived for quite a while. also yale university where he has a ph.d. in history. he's been a visiting professor at institutions in japan, in belgium, also at waswart more, d japan, the great war, 1914 to 1939. i'm sorry, 1919. and another one world war i in the triumph of a new japan 1919 to 1930. you can speak as you can see here. the great war on the great war as world war, japanese belligerence and the dawn of an asia-pacific world. welcome to professor dickinson. [ applause ] >> thanks very much. and thanks to all of you for sticking around f

norfolk southern here and then southwest airlines as well. that is big one to watch as well. let's look at some of the ones it's close in value to. it is also just about the same size as both a netflix and a chipotle. combine these companies together and that is what uber is worth about $40 billion. also other big ones to watch here. gopro, a stock we talk about constantly here on this show. a very big recent name to this world of publicly traded stocks. four gopros are worth about one uber. and one more interesting one. just because it is a great story here. it takes ten pandora internet radios just to equal one uber $40 billion valuation. so overall it takes a lot of different companies to make up one uber. the question becomes whether or not some feel this valuation is justified given what it does. sf is it transportation? is it technology? remains to be seen. >> thanks domonic chu. markets have closed in the u.k. and across continental europe. rallying on that blowout jobs number here in the u.s. stronger than expected german factory orders and hopes ecb expands stimulus

>> american history tv recently visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia. coming up next, old dominion professor timothy orr describes how world war i was different from previous wars and highlights some of the major battles. this introduction is just under half an hour. this time, i'd like to bring up dr. timothy orr, who will lead all of our sessions today. dr. orr is a professor of history at old dominion university and specializes in american military history and the history of the civil war era. in particular, he's written on the liveslization and of union soldiers. his latest research focuses on theisan conflict within officer corps and also a set of interests, u.s. naval dive bombing during the midway.f dr. orr teaches courses on history. dr. timothy orr. [applause] 13, 1917, aber who had been off the front lines for a full year, received the iron cross, second class. one of 5.1 million medals the german army. he was not pleased. at first he admitted that the offered him some small sense of compensation for his services. but the more he looked at it,

just before 7:00 an employee with the norfolk dredging company called the coast guard after the bargesized saying three crew members fell into the water. two were rescued quickly. crews are still searching for 25-year-old emanuel gatling. he was reportedly wearing an orange float coat. now, the search is expected to start again once the sun comes up. wilmington fire crews and the coast guard are helping in this search. we are live here in wilmington, delaware, eva pilgrim, channel6 "action news." >> eva thank you for that. >>> and we're also continuing to follow this developing story that came in just about an hour ago. a robber held up a wawa in the west mount airy section of philadelphia. police are now taking a look at surveillance video hoping it captured some images of this culprit. the wawa is on germantown avenue and allen's lane. police say that robber barged in around 3:30 this morning and told an employee that he had a gun but the employee did not see a gun. the robber then took off with an unknown amount of cash. no one was physically hurt. >>> it's 6:06 now. federal offici

. >> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium markingthe world war i centennial. coming up focuses on the rainbow division which soldiers from 51 states. his talk is about 50 minutes. >> our second speaker is nimrod frazer who is the son of a world war vet. this is the division in which douglas macarthur will serve as chief of staff and brigade commander during world war i. frazer's father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he's the author of send the alabamians:the history of the 167th infantry regiment. he's a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming nimrod frazer. >> thank you, dr. orr. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i'm not an academic. better described as a child of the rainbow division. i knew the name of the commanding officers of the 167th infantry before i could read. i knew the name of the company commander "d" company of the 167th infantry before i could read. my family was divided in later life but the common grou

he talks about the thing itself. >> a better time in norfolk than serbia many years ago. have eight minutes until the next presentation. thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> here we are featuring american history tv programming and we would like to get your thoughts on our shows. e-mail us at americanhistorytv@cspan.org. >>> we would like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern for a look at history book shelf. watch as american history writers talk about their books. that's history book shelf every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span 3. holiday festivities start with the lighting of the national christmas tree followed by white house christmas decorations and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. then at 8:00 supreme court justice and former florida governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. on c-span 2 venture into the art of good writing with steve pinker. see the feminist side of a superhero. at 7:00 p.m. author pamela paul and others tal

. >>> the british royal family has been attending a christmas day church service in norfolk here in the uk. well-wishers caught a glimpse of the queen and her family outside the church, although neither the duchess or cornwall nor prince george were there. >>> stay with us here on "bbc world news." thanks. ♪ [ male announcer ] fedex® has solutions to enable global commerce that can help your company grow steadily and quickly. great job. (mandarin) ♪ cut it out. >>see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ wellllll... ♪ earlyfit ♪ latefit ♪ risefit ♪ fallfit ♪ ballfit ♪ wallfit ♪ pingfit ♪ pongfit ♪ pingfit ♪ pongfit ♪ rowfit ♪ throwfit ♪ slowfit ♪ olliefit ♪ oopsfit ♪ otisfit ♪ thiswayfit ♪ thatwayfit ♪ daddyfit ♪ pappyfit ♪ datefit ♪ weightfit ♪ goalfit ♪ gooooooalfit ♪ stepfit ♪ stairfit ♪ smartfit ♪ heartfit ♪ spinfit ♪ bikefit ♪ hikefit ♪ yikesfit ♪ wheeeeefit ♪ wowfit ♪ whoafit ♪ findyourfit ♪ it's all fitbit [ roars ] [ chiming ] man: come on! out of the way! [ screams ] move yourself, please! coming through! excuse me, sir! madame vastra, thank god. i'll wager you've not seen anything like this befor

. >>> the british royal family has been attending a christmas day church service in norfolk here in thehurch, although neither the duchess or cornwall nor prince george were there. >>> stay with us here on "bbc world news." thanks. ♪ [ male announcer ] fedex® has solutions to enable global commerce that can help your company grow steadily and quickly. great job. (mandarin) ♪ cut it out. >>see you tomorrow. ♪ (vo)rescued.ed. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over seven years. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> peace around the world. >> translator: may indifference be changed to end closeness and rejection into hospitality, so that all who now are suffering may receive the necessary humanitarian help. >> the controversial film "the interview" gets its first outing in cinemas and online after a cyber attack during the row over its release.

this program is about 25 minutes. >> american history tv is live from the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, where the world war i centennial symposium is on its lunch break. until they return we're joined by sean mcmeekin, author of "july 1914: countdown to war." mr. mcmeekin appreciate you joining us on american history tv. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be here. >> a century since world war i, there continues to be a debate about which nation was responsible for the start of the first world war. take us back to america in 1914. 1915, 1916. was that debate about who was responsible taking place in the united states at that time? >> it was not necessarily the most important question in u.s. politics. i think probably for the woodrow wilson administration, the key thing was to keep the united states out of the war. i think certainly if there had been a different president in the white house, possibly theodore roosevelt, might have taken a different line. he was quite clear about the fact in 1914 that i think he saw the germans as, if not necessarily to blame for th

will have aou better time in norfolk this evening than you did in serbia a few years ago. [laughter] document much -- thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] fire, aatured trial by 1965 episode of the u.s. army punish feature, narrated by paul newman. the 70th anniversary of the battle of the bulge in the story of the 84th infantry division during the battle, including american and german veterans reflecting on their experience. funding it author alan taylor delves into the war of 1812 and how it was seen as a civil war. a relatively forgot more, the war of 1812 is considered to be a continuing statement of republic versus an empire carried over from the american revolution. taylor focuses on the overlap of american and british forces and how the border impacted personal experiences. it is about 50 minutes. >> i am doing something reckless today. i am coming into the heart of virginia and talking abou

widespread 50'ss for the mid atlantic basically from pittsburgh down to norfolk, virginia, roanoke and charlotte at 57 degrees. fox future cast showing these showers around through the rest of this evening. very light rain on and off but kind of drizzly and damp through at least the overnight hours. by 7am tomorrow morning, probably starting out with some clouds on the drive in maybe a little bit of fog other than that, we should see the clouds thin out more sunshine expected tomorrow. and this will set up the stage for a string of some pretty nice and sunny days which we do deserve. we got a little bit of sunshine yesterday but we've hard pressed to see much over the past couple of weeks. by 5:00 o'clock thursday you can see closing out another nice day. scattered showers this evening 41 in the city. 35 in the suburbs. it is just rain. at least not dealing with snowflakes yet. 50 degrees the high temperature still nice and mild tomorrow. probably a mick of sun and clouds. it will be breezy though gusts to 25 miles an hour at times. 50 tomorrow and back into the mid 40s pretty seasonal

. >> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, marking the world war withcentennial. this introduction to the day's

american history tv visited norfolk, virginia, to a symposium harking the world war i centennial. ethics timothy orr describes how world war 1 was different from previous wars and highlights major battles this introduction is about a half hour. at this time dr. timothy orr will'd rour sessions, a of professor of history at old dominion university specializing in american military history and the hicks of the civil war. he's written on union mobilization and the lives of union soldiers. his research focuses on partisan conflict in the army of the potomac and also, a diverse set of interests, u.s. naval dive bombing during the battle of midwayment he teaches american history, virginia history and the history of the civil war and reconstruction. dr. timothy orr. [ applause ] >> on september 13, 1917 a soldier received the iron cross second class. one of 5.1 medals !aácgwt by the german army. he was not pleased. he first said the medal offed him a sense of compensation for services but the more he looked at it the more despicable the medal appeared. the day after he received it he wro

tomorrow hitting norfolk with heavy rain. snow back in the mountains of west virginia. hitting new york city in the afternoon with very heavy rain. and then a bullseye of very heavy snow around the albany area, maybe up to two feet expected. boston will get heavy rain. there will be coastal flooding along the areas as well from boston down to the jersey shore. here's a look at the snow forecast. that 18 to 24-inch bullseye is near albany, new york. the storm will last for several days as well. so there are warnings and watches that stretch all the way into new england that will continue into thursday. and on the west coast we've got that next storm you're talking about. they're already seeing rain around the seattle area. and they could see anywhere from four to eight inches of rain. flood alerts are already in effect, brian. >> janice huff tonight from the weather center. janice, thanks. >>> on both coasts anger over the eric garner grand jury decision continues to boil over. protesters started laying down outside the barclays center in brooklyn where britain's royal c

. >> american history tv visited h the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia which was g hosting a similar posing marking the world war i centennial.minus >> our second speaker this afternoon is nimrod fraser. >> a graduate of harvard business school and a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he he's the author of world war i fighters in the rain bow division, the history of the 167th infantry division.ment. he's a founder and benefactor of the memorial foundation and mr. fraser also serves as treasure of the board of directors of that foundation. today, he will share some of his research from his unit history in his talk please join me in welcoming nimrod fraser. >> thank you doctor. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i knew the name of the commanding officer of the 167tht infantry before i could read. e knew the name of the company commander of the 167th infantry before i could read. my family was divided late in life, but the common ground thaa oil have with my father is a ex complicate guy but a very n as experienced combat veteran as n was his best f

now, just before 7:00 an employee with the norfolk dredging company called the coast guard after the barge capsized saying three crew members fell into the water. two of them were rescued quickly. crews are still searching for 25-year-old emanuel gatling. he was reportedly wearing an orange float coat. now, the search is expected again to resume once the sun comes up. wilmington fire crews and the coast guard are helping in this search. we are live here in wilmington, delaware, eva pilgrim channel6 "action news." >> all right, eva thank you. >>> new on "action news" a nasty three-vehicle crash in west philadelphia sent two people to the hospital. the action cam was on the scene at 54th and chestnut streets just before 1:00 a.m. one of the cars took out a traffic light pole. two victims were taken to the hospital with various injuries. it is unclear what caused the cars to crash. >> new this morning, police are looking for the suspect who stabbed a man on the roosevelt boulevard. police were called to cottman and the boulevard in northeast philadelphia around 8:15 last night and there

now, this is video of the search efforts last night just before 7:00 an employee with the norfolk dredgingpany called the coast guard after the barge capsized saying three crew members fell into the water. now, two of them were rescued quickly. crews are still searching for 25-year-old emanuel gatling. he was reportedly wearing an orange float coat. again, the search is expected to start again once the sun comes up. wilmington fire crews and the coast guard are helping in this search. we are live here at the port of wilmington, delaware. eva pilgrim, channel 6 "action news." >> we checked overnight. philadelphia police say they're closing in on a hit and run driver who left a man in critical condition only "action news" was there last night when police impounded the volvo station wagon they say hit the man. the vehicle has front end damage an cracked windshield. a tip call led police to the 200 block of south cecil street where the car was parked. sources close to the investigation say surveillance video obtained exclusively by "action news" shows that volvo hitting the victim and driving

the navy hired him to work at the norfolk naval shipyard.llegedly gave the undercover fbi agent drawings of the aircraft carrier gerald r. ford which is under construction. detention hearing is scheduled for wednesday. he could face 20 years in pris prison. >> a special reunion for a five-year-old girl in texas. little are a win saeger spent part of the weekend meeting the firefighters who rescued her from a burning home last month. her grandmother tried to get to her but the smoke and flames were too much. two firefighters were able to rush in and save her. >> pulled her up out of the window and took her out and we took her straight to the street and at the time she was unconscious, not breathing. and we started initiating cpr in the street. >> my initial instinct when i hand thed her out it was lifele. it's not going that be a good out come but fortunately it was. everything worked great that d day. >> it took time for her to recover from all the smoke she inhaled. her parents say she's doing fine tonight. >> look at her now. >> she looks

. >>> american history tv visited the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposiumhe world war i centennial. author sean mcmeekin talks about the events in 1914 that led to war, and how it might have turned out differently.

. >>> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium mark rg the world war i centennial. holger herwig author of "19 the opening of world war i the battle that changed the world" explains how the battle prevented a quick german victory. and he discusses march tenacity in spite of early losses and the different command styles of the opposing military leaders. this is about 50 minutes. >>> our next speaker is holger herwig. he lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor at university of calgary and canada research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. his list of awards and appointments is staggering. dr. herwig is a fellow of the royal society of canada, a grant recipient from the alexander von humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode island. dr. herwig has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. he has published m

he and another man when missing last night when working on a barge for the norfolk dredging company. the other men were rescued but no sign of gatling. >> it's a big river and it's dark and it's an unfortunate accident. >> crews are also trying to figure out how to upright that barge. >>> police are looking for a man they say robbed two banks in wilmington. they caught up with william rand and arrested him with no trouble. they say he robbed a wells fargo on november 21. and then the artisan bank on silver side road. he remains in jail today. >>> in just a few hours it's city of philadelphia will light their holiday tree, they are live in the courtyard where they will throw the switch on the 35 foot tall norway peruse. mayor michael nutter will light the street and grammy award winning artist, estelle will perform. can you catch the action here on 6 abc. rick williams and cecily tynan will host and alicia will be there also. it starts tonight at 7:30 right here on 6 abc. looking forward to it. >> it seems like fun, nothing worse than a tree lighting ceremony, lets check out the accuw

. >> american history tv visited the macarthur he moirl in norfolk virginia hosting a symposium marking the world war 1 centennial. author katrine clay talks about royal cousins george v of ing gland, kaiser will hem. of germany and nicholas ii, of russia on the eve of the first world war with and how itir impacted the coming global conflict. this is about 50 minutes.ne2b >> our first speaker today is catrine clay who had two years. from the 1980s to 2003 she was a writer, director and producer for the british broadcasting corporation, the bbc, where she directed numerous documentary skbroekts and worked as a produc producer. in her second career ms. clay left the bbc to become a full time writer. accomplished researcher and outstanding story teller. king kaiser czar is more closely tied to the topic today and recounts the lives of the three royal cousins, georgeie, willie and nicky who became king george v of great britain, kaiser wilhelm ii of germany and czar nicholas ii of russia. all relatives of queen victoria, three royal cousins. in a compelling exploration of oh family drama cl

. >>> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up next, maritime archaeologist joseph hoight describes confrontations between american u-boats and vessels off the virginia and north carolina coasts. his talk is about 55 minutes. >> thank you very much. i'm glad to be here in my backyard. i just want to say one thing before i start with mr. robert shaw's presentation. for those of you that have never tried to identify a set of human remains, this is incredibly difficult work and very important stuff. my primary job is for the "uss monitor" when we recovered the turret in 2002, we found the remains of two u.s. sailors inside the turret and over the course of about ten years, we worked really closely with the joint pacific account and command of hawaii to try and identify those remains. full dna analysis. we did facial reconstruction through louisiana state university. we knew there were 16 sailors lost so we knew generally out of a pool

. >> kabul became for photographer simon norfolk a museum of warfare. >> if you went to where the you you mujahideen were fighting, it's been nipped at. >> his pictures show a story of conflict and death. you can't make the photograph too grotesque, but then it won't be used won't be seen. but you can't make the picture pretty, either, because war isn't. >> it gives visitors a new perspective on conflict and the time to reflect on how war impacts people's lives. jessica baldwin, al jazeera, london. >>> last year a nasa contracted rocket burst into flames right after liftoff. >> testing engines at 108%. >> the explosion dashed the dreams of four young iraqi refugees who had a science experiment on board. but now they're getting a second chance. bisi onile-ere has their story. is. >> five four three two one. >> when an unmanned nasa rocket launched last october, the dreams of these iraqi refugees took flight. >> our experiment in that rocket, it's going up. >> then moments later, disaster, the rocket explodes just after takeoff. in it commercial supplies and over a dozen science experim

norfolk southern was off today. oil companies on use the rails in places where there is no pipeline capacity because it's much more expensive to ship by rail, but with the massive decline in crude after today's rebound, the marginal cost with access but no pipe may be indeed too high. really worry for the future and industrials that took a major plunge into oil like general electric which is inquisitive getting hammered. it was a huge positive to move into oil and stock dropping and same goes for dover and i talk about this not enough but it's terrific. very visible oil business that's going from being an asset to a liability in three months which is why jp morgan declined it. there are credit worries. i don't want to finger any one company because we don't know how they are hedge skd and don' want to cause a panic but stocks are down and not because they are oil and gas companies. it's because they borrowed a lot of money to drill. borrowed more than their current cash flow can cover. they own a house, and they can

. >>> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up next biography lee craig talks about secretary of the navy josephus daniels as a key member of president wilson's cabinet he built up the fleet for war. the talk is about an hour. >> thank you. our first speaker today is dr. lee a. craig, an alumni distinguished professor and head of the department of economics at north carolina state university in raleigh. dr. craig is a graduate of ball state university and completed his m.a. and ph.d. work at indiana. 1989 he won the allen nervens prize for the best ph.d. dissertation in economic history. since that time, has been ubiquitous in his efforts, publishing essays, supervising dissertations and present being academic papers. he is the author of 24 articles and essays, mostly economic histories, and population studies. his most recent book is josephus daniels, his life and times published by university of north carolina press. this biography examines the life of josephus daniels, 41st secretar

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3 philadelphia, chester, wilmington, dover, sea forward, laurel, princess anne, little creek and norfolkcts in jersey city from montclaire, mount pocono, wilkes-barre, clark summit, great ben, binghampton, geneva, pitston, almira. mount morris and buffalo. >> whoa. and they fired you. >> that's right. >> greyhound what are you thinking of that. >> i got fired for a wildcat strike. >> you are executing a role. i don't know. >> it's interesting that you say that and it's true. >> you lock into comfort. >> i locked into a comfort zone which is a disfraction all the nasty things that happen out in life being an actor for me is a blessing because it gave me an opportunity to play peters. if i was distraught in this area where it was real life i was able to play a character and escape into something else. >> how interesting, one of your most famous lines, michael coreleone says hello. it was ad libbed. >> i'm nervous as hell. i got the part by being interviewed. we're down in the place, going to shoot this scene in rehearsal. i have to come out and put this thing around his neck. michael plays