this talk in norfolk, virginia, was part of a day long symposium to mark the battle's anniversary. it's just over 40 minutes. >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, we're ready to continue our program here. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. timothy orr. dr. orr holding a ph.d. from penn state university and currently an associate professor of history at old dominion university. he is an expert on military history and his wife, laura, deputy director of education at the hampton rhodes museum, he recently published a book, "never call me a hero." and it follows the actionses of dusty and the only pilot on either side to hit three ships in the battle. >> to share his story and other aviators of midway, please welcome dr. timothy orr. [ applause ] >> on the afternoon of june 4th, >> on the afternoon of june 4th, 1942, the pilots would be on board of what would damage the uss ship. even though the pilots expected to encounter a cloud of japanese pilots, no one asked about providing the fighter sdds. at innocently, asked what fighter escort will we have? the response came back curtly, there wil

friday, american history tv will be live all day from the macarthur memorial versus center in norfolk, virginia for the anniversary of the battle of middle way. author of "the admirals," about the five-star admirals who won the war at sea. the author of "joe rochefort's war." the author of "the shattered sword." and the co-author of "never call me a hero," a legendary american dive bomber pilot remembers the battle of midway. watch the battle of midway's 75th anniversary special, live from the macarthur memorial visitors center in norfolk, virginia, on friday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> coming up next, a senate

yvonne from norfolk, virginia line for independents.aller: my question is, i'll be honest with you i'm 70 years old. i don't understand why trump cannot release his taxes. he claims to be open about everything. we don't know where the man money is coming from. he doesn't show any respect for any of the laws that are in place in this country. he puts his family in the white house without any vetting when they know that we have anti-nepotism laws. i do not trust the man. period. host: victoria allenton, florida, republicans go ahead. caller: hello. good morning. c-span you're the greatest show on earth. host: appreciate that. caller: it's about president trump. i just want to let you know that i'm old enough to know him. he's a little older than he is. i'll tell you, the guy is quite a character. host: do you know him personally personally? caller: when he announced periodically several years ago that he was going to run for president. i said, no, there's a guy that we as americans should be entertaining in our minds. not in your votes. t

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battle of midway 75th anniversary special live from the macarthur memorial visitor center in norfolk, virginia, on friday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on american history tv, on c-span3. >> the appalachian region has been defined as the region that runs from southern new york to northern mississippi, including all of west virginia and parts of 12 other states, including new york and mississippi. up next on c-span3's american history tv, a look at the history and mythology of the appalachia region. then a discussion on the moon shine wars in appalachia in the 1870s. later a conversation on the origins of country music. ♪ ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. on lectures in history, shepherd university professor benjamin bankhurst talks about the role of ap lafepa, describing how the recentlial stereotype has changed over time from being viewed during the industrial revolution to backwards hillbillies to a people respected for their culture in t

rain and the storms well down to the south of us, showers way down in southern maryland towards norfolk, virginia beach, places like that. temperatures right now, 72 martinsberg, 67, cooler and drier air working into the northwest, here's how it looks. good amounts of sunshine especially in the afternoon, not so humid, not so muggy. to 87 today, 88 for high temperatures feeling not too bad. pretty warm. last day of spring, tomorrow starts summer. >>> 4:36. roads are quiet in sound maryland, looking good in fort washington clinton, problem free on upper marlboro. same story, down through scherffly. outer loop looks good. traffic on the way there in baltimore washington parkway will slow you down and quiet on wait to reagan as well as dulles, and no problems if 270 to the beltway your wide open. no issues on 15 as we keep a of the beltway. same story on 66, we'll take a look at metro next, questions erin fox 5 dc on twitter. >>> new ruling from the high court may have just made the internet even more dangerou. >>> research revealing a disturbing fact about children and guns in network >> here's a l

history tv will be live all day from the macarthur memorial visitor center in norfolk, virginia for the 75th anniversary of the battle of midway. featured speakers include the , ther of the admirals five-star admirals who won the war at sea. elliott carlton with his book the odyssey of the cold breaker. anthony tully, author of shattered sword. and committee or, author of never call me a hero. watched the battle of midway's 75th anniversary special live on the memorial -- from the at norfolk,morial virginia on american history tv on c-span3. sunday night on afterwords, howaska senator ben sask on to encourage adolescents and young adults to be independent, active and engaged it is in his book. by the foundered and president of the millennial action project. that and large, students will graduate this spring and summer from college are going to change jobs three times -- such as jobs, change industries three times in their first decade. postcollege that is new. all the scary stuff that progressed progressivism was about the

watch live from the macarthur visitors and are in norfolk, virginia at friday beginning in the beginning >> this afternoon president trump announced the united states would withdraw from the paris climate accord and looked to renegotiate the agreement. it aimed to prevent the global temperature from rising by two degrees and allowed other countries to set their own national strategies to help reach that goal. president trump was introduced by vice president pence. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. [applause] vice president pence: good afternoon. secretary mnuchin, secretary ross, c.p.a. administrator scott pruitt, members of congress, distinguished guests. on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] vice president pence: you know, it's the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to a president who is fighting every day to make america great again. since the first day of this administration, president donald trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the american people. president trump

friday, american history tv will be live all day from the macarthur memorial visitor's center in norfolk virginiaor the 75th annual -- 75th anniversary of the battle midway. the author of a book about admirals who won the war at sea will be there, elliott paulson with his book -- the odyssey of -- the code breaker who outwitted yamamoto, and piccoli, co-author of shattered sword, and told story of the battle of midway, and timothy board, co-author of never call me a bureau, a legendary american guide -- autopilot remembers the battle of midway. watch the battle midway 75th anniversary special live in the macarthur memorial visitors center and no fork, virginia, at friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history's -- american history tv of c-span3. hours --he next two commencement just from around the country with new jersey senator cory booker, vice illinois like tents, senator tammy duckworth, former president bill clinton. former senator kelly ayotte -- -- and chair of joint chiefs of staff, -- we start the senator booker who spoke to graduates at the university of pennsylvania in phi

friday, american history tv will be live all day from the macarthur visitor center in norfolk, virginia for the 75th anniversary of the battle of midway. , andude authors the co-author of "shattered "never, he a hero -- never call me a hero." watch live from the macarthur visitors and are in norfolk, virginia at friday beginning in the beginning >> this afternoon president trump announced the united states would withdraw from the paris climate accord and looked to renegotiate the agreement. it aimed to prevent the global temperature from rising by two degrees and allowed other countries to set their own national strategies to help reach that goal. president trump was introduced by vice president pence.

host: norfolk, virginia, richard, independent. caller: what is interesting to me is to see how the politicians on both sides are tiptoeing around the real issue, which is the guns. there are 300 million guns in the united states now, and 32,000, 33,000 people year are another 60,000 to 70,000 are wounded, just about destroying their lives in most cases. we are talking about, we have see what the other person is saying. , are humane got is beings who react emotionally. they have differences of opinion and then they act them out. .hat is not going to change i am sure it was like that 3000 years ago and will be like that if we are still around another 3000 years ahead of us. what we have to do is somehow get rid of a lot of the guns that are here right now. unfortunately with 300 million of them around, it is not going -- it is not even thinkable. host: congressman? richard'sppreciate call. i don't think anyone is tiptoeing around the issue. theave taken in to uphold second amendment which is the right for american citizens to own an

watch the anniversary special live from the macarthur memorial visitors center in norfolk, virginia. beginning at 9:30 eastern on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. this is eric lipton with the new york times. he serves as their washington correspondent and has a recent story taking a look at the pharmaceutical industry. i will show you the headlines and we will start from there. drug lobbyists cry over prices, blame the others. can you give us a setup? mr. lipton: there is a lot of debate and pain going on relative to the high cost of pharmaceutical drugs in the united states and that is why many people's health care plans have risen so people have to pay more out of pocket for what they need to treat various conditions. because there has been a lot of anger that has emerged as a result of that, there is a fair amount of discussion in congress about possibly finally doing something to try to understand why prices are so high and to perhaps consider price controls to reduce them. the pharmaceutical industry, one of the biggest injuries in the united states in manufacturing, is

next, author elliot carlson talks about the code breaking in norfolk, virginia. this was to mark the battle's 75th anniversary. it's about 45 minutes. by the u.s. during the >> welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. it's about 45 minutes. >> well, welcome back, ladies before i introduce our next speaker, it is a perspective ling and honor to announce we actually have a battle of midway veteran in the audience today. i'd like him to stand and be recognized. captain rumsy flew out of frigate shoals during the battle. everyone. [ applause ] >> thank you for your service. elliot carlson is a long time journalist who worked as a reporter, editor and staff writer for the honolulu journal and "newsweek" and graduates from the university of oregon and stanford, university, author of "the odyssey of the code breaker at midway." it explores the life and career as he describes as the most consequential actor in the midway drama. he tells us code breaking and intelligence gathering at pearl harbor was actually the work of many individualized. to discuss the efforts of these ind

this 40 minute talk from the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, was part of a day-long symposium to mark the battle's 75th anniversary. mr. pentangelo: ok, ladies and gentlemen, we're ready to continue our program here. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. timothy orr. dr. orr holding a ph.d. from penn state university and is currently an associate professor of history at old dominion university. he is an expert on military history. along with his wife laura, , deputy director of education at the hampton roads museum, he recently published a book, "never call me a hero: a legendary american dive-bomber pilot remembers the battle of midway." the book chronicles the actions of the last surviving dive bomber pilot, and the only pilot on either side to hit three ships during the battle. to share his story and the experience of other naval 88 or is involved in the battle of midway please welcome dr. , timothy orr. [applause] mr. orr: on the afternoon of june 4, 1942, the pilots onboard -- enterprise would prepare during the briefing, the dive bomber pilot raised a hand and asked his sup

this talk from the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, was part of a daylong symposium to mark the battle's 75th anniversary. it's 45 minutes. >>> our first speaker today is walter borneman. his biography as well as all the other speaker biographies are in your program. he's author of books including the study of civil leadership and we had him here last july to speak on his book of general macarthur. haeds a great scholar and doing some really cutting edge stuff on the pacific war. at this time walter borneman. >> good morning. thank you, chris. you know it's a pleasure to be here. and when i was invited by criss and jim to speak about the battle of midway i said, gosh, i'm not really a midway expert. and they said that's okay, we have the experts coming. what we want you to do is set the table. and that's what i'm going to indeed do this morning, set the table of how we got to midway. i want to go through a few landmark things in terms of japan's relations with the world 50 years prior to midway. and then we're also going to talk about based on my book "the admiral" the leadershi

this talk in norfolk, virginia, was part of a day long symposium to mark the battle's anniversary. it's just over 40 minutes. >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, we're ready to continue our program here. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. timothy o

this talk in norfolk, virginia, was part of a day long symposium to mark the battle's anniversary. it's just over 40 minutes. >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, we're ready to continue our program here. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. timothy orr. dr. orr holding a ph.d. from penn state university and currently an associate professor of history at old dominion university. he is an

friday, american history tv will be live all day from the mcarthur memorial visitor's center in norfolk, virginia frr. speakers include the author of the admirals. the five star admirals who won the war at sea. elliott carlson with his book, the odyssey of a code breaker who out witted yamamoto at midway. the untold story of the battle of midway. and timothy orr co-authorer of never call me a hero. a dive bomber pilot remembers the battle of midway. watch the battle of midway's 75th anniversary live on friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> the house way and means committee recently held a hearing to changes to the tax code that could expand the u.s. economy and create jobs. executives with manufacturing companies were at the hearing. which was chaired by kevin brady.

the largest in norfolk virginia, jefferson labs, langley and we are the fourth largest commercial portthe east coast, gateway to the chesapeake bay which helps to not only support the economy of the country and virginia at the military facilities in virginia. 45% of our regional economic development is based on the presence of federal facilities as well as critical infrastructure. impacts the whole beauty. the whole region is impacted by what is affected here and its ability to support the military. 65% of the 1.7 million people who live in hampton roads'17 cities and mentalities travel to municipalities travel to another city to work. it has to be done across the region. i often encounter people who can't wait to tell me about their experience with water. i will share a few with you. a nato colonel and his wife -- as soon as she found out i worked on sea level rise, she could not wait to spend the next 30 minutes telling me about life in hampton roads dealing with water. she had to drive a four-wheel drive vehicle and think about what the storms and tides were going to be to get in an

. >> navy ports from norfolk, virginia, to san diego, california, could be overtaken by rising seas. winner could be russia. in the resource rich arctic which could become more nav gabl with rising seas. >> the arctic is going to be a place of growing strategic importance. the russians are active there. >> during his confirmation process, defense secretary james mattis wrote climate change can be a driver of instability. similarly, a director of national intelligence report warned just nine months ago, a changing climate could lead to conflict, saying "when climate related effects overwhelm a state's capacity, its authority can be so undermined in the most dramatic cases, state authority may collapse." and look at it this way. if state authority collapses in some of these fragile countries because of rising seas, rising temperatures, lack of food, all the climates change factors that could happen, conflicts can erupt. you get conflict zones and time and again, this has also been shown to be a prime breeding ground for terrorism. wolf? >> good report, barbara starr at the pentagon. th

the battle of midway 75th anniversary special live from the mcarthur memo visitors center in norfolk, virginia, friday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> the appalachian region follows the spine of the appalachian country. it includes new york and mississippi. up next on c-span3's american history tv, a look at the history and mythology of the appalachia region. then a discussion on the moonshine wars in an lasha in the 1870s. more on the origins of country music. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and it's brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> on lectures in history, shep period university benjamin bankhearse talks about the role of appalachia. he talks about how it was viewed during the industrial revving loose as backwards hillbillies to people respected for their folk culture in the early 20th century this talk is about an hour. >> all right. let's go ahead and get started everyone. welcome to class. over the course of this semester so far, we have seen how an lash ya perhaps

the battle's 75th anniversary we will be live from the macarthur memorial visitor's center in norfolk, virginia. that's here on c-span3. >>> on sunday, matt taibbi will be our guest on in depth. >> instantly you fall in love in that moment, you know, for me, trump was like that except it was the opposite. when i first saw him on the campaign trail i thought this is a person who is unique, horrible, amazing, terrible characteristics were put on earth specifically for me to appreciate or unappreciate or whatever the verb is because i had really been spending a lot of the last ten to twelve years without knowing it, preparing for donald trump to happen. >> mr. taibbi is a contributor to "rolling stone" magazine and the author of several books "the great derangement," "a story of bankers, politicians and the most audacious power grab in american history" and "insane clown president." during our live three-hour conversation weal take your calls, tweets and facebook questions. watch in depth with author and journalist matt taibbi, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday. >>> sunday night on aft

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tonight, we travel to norfolk, virginia to meet jonathan atkins, a 19-year-old body builder with down syndrome who competed in the 2017 body sculpting open. the story was produced by students at granby high school. the student correspondent is jamil aforo. >> reporter: professional bodybuilders are praised for their ability to enhance their external appearance, pushing the limits of the human body. but for jonathan atkins, the hobby has transformed not only his body but his life. the 19-year-old athlete comes to this virginia beach gym, called the house of champions, to workout with his trainer joe hartfelder every week. jonathan was born with down syndrome, a genetic disorder that stems from an additional chromosome. >> my name is joe hartfelder. i'm a w.m.b.f. natural pro body builder. i met jon over a year ago through his mother who i have known since i was around six or seven years old. he always showed an interest in lifting weights at the house and kind of doing his own thing. i don't impose bodybuilding on anyone. because a lot of people don't get it and everyone does it for a

often -- some dogs don't have bulletproof vests and i started -- i was doing a speech down in norfolk, virginiammy called me about a week before and said that a police dog had been shot to death there named krueger and that's how i started getting involved. >> and that unequivocal loyalty. >> it's incredible. for the police officers who work with k-9s, it's their partner. and when a k-9 is killed in the line of duty, it's like losing a partner. >> amazing pieces. thank you so much. you can watch the full segment about spike's k-9 fund at cnn.com/championsforchange along with all the other stories, including -- >> how are we feeling? >> good. >> feeling strong? >> yes. >> who runs the world? >> us. >> fredricka whitfield sure is passionate about girls' sports. she heads to washington, d.c., to see how one girl uses athletics to empower them for the future. up next, we explore childhood hunger with a group that ensures they get and receive the nourishment they need. ♪ i told you i was down i was down would you lift me up ♪ >>> welcome back. here in the united states, 13 million households with ch

this 40 minute talk from the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, was part of a day-long symposium to mark the battle's 75th anniversary. mr. pentangelo: ok, ladies and gentlemen, we're ready to continue our program here. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. timothy orr. dr. orr holding a ph.d. from penn state university and is currently an associate professor of history at old dominion university. he is an expert on military history. along with his wife laura, , deputy director of education at the hampton roads museum, he recently published a book, "never call me a hero: a legendary american dive-bomber pilot remembers the battle of midway." the book chronicles the actions of the last surviving dive bomber pilot, and the only pilot on either side to hit three ships during the battle. to share his story and the expe

battle of midway 75th anniversary special live from the macarthur memorial visitor senator in norfolk, virginia today beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. ♪ announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, columnists and radio show host from around the country share their thoughts on president trump's term to date in the 115th congress. we will also get your reaction. join the conversation with your phone calls, emails, facebook conversations, and tweets. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal coming up at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion. announcer: yesterday, president trump announced the united states would which often the paris climate accords in the to renegotiate the agreement. it aimed to prevent the global temperature from rising and allowed countries to set their own national strategies on that goal. president trump is introduced by vice president pence.

what are you going to do when people leave miami, when they leave galveston and leave norfolk, virginiaause the water is coming. what are you going to do when you have to pay for sea walls in manhattan and here in washington, d.c. >> is that the best use of our resources today, to think ain't generations 20, 30, 100 years in the future, when there's people who need jobs and educations and safety today? what about that argument. >> can i get in this conversation? >> are you kidding? >> i'm playing devil's advocate for a minute. >> so next week, climate change affects us tomorrow. climate change affects everyone in the world. because we all share the air. you can't build a border wall against carbon dioxide emissions. the time to get to work on this is right now. take it, mr. norquist. >> grover, we need to have clean air and clean water today to have jobs and go to school and thrive. >> look, absolutely. and one of the reasons that people question the motivations behind people with the agenda on how to reduce carbon, is that they're the same collections of structures that opposed nuclear

. >> in norfolk, virginia, i think it's them. they have a program for students who want to go to sake of argument their school to actually learn the different type of jobs you have for that company. and that program's been around for a number of years with some success. i had a chance to go to their graduation. their young men and women walking away with a high school diploma and a job offer. at times making more than some of our teachers make coming out first year and they had three years of undergrad, two years of grad school. that's one program in place in virginia that's having a good impact and there's others. >> the answer again would be not enough. two quick stories. one, i was just with an administerer of a public school district who will remain nameless talking about this issue. they initially called it shop. they called it shop again. so i don't know what that tells you, but it tells you something not good, right? the other thing i do know, there's a charter school we work with in gary, indiana, that's graduates kids fr

battle of midway 75th anniversary special live from the macarthur memorial visitor center in norfolk, virginia on american history tv on c-span3. >> a college student from the university of california tried to help organize an event with conservative commentator ann coulter on campus. he talked about his experience. this was a part of the panel on free speech. it runs a little over an hour. scott: good morning, i would like to welcome you to today's discussion about free speech issues on campus. i will give a very brief introduction before introducing my colleagues. i will then ask them some questions and throw it open to you. there are microphones on both aisles for that. first of all, just a few introductory remarks about free speech on campus. first of all, it is not new. it has gotten some more attention this year than in many years in the past, but there are fairly constantly debate over controversial speakers and whatnot, and i think that context has been missing sometimes. likewise for reasons that are somewhat hard to predict, the press jumped on some incidents much more than others. a

. >> in norfolk, virginia, they have a program for those who want to go to their student there. had a chance to go to their graduation. at times making more than our teachers make. they had two years of grad school. that's one program in place in virginia that's having a good impact. and there are others. >> the answer again would be not enough. two quick stories. one, i was just with an administerer of a public school. and they called it shop. they went back and called it shop again. so i don't know what that tells you but not good. there's a charter school we work with in gary, indiana, that is graduating kids from high school with a certificate and diploma in the workforce at the same time. so there are some models out there. >> we now had several questions on how do we connect education better to the jobs that people are going out to after getting education. we have inherited in the last generation particularly an education reform movement that's very focused on academic achievement oriented mostly towards college. and even when it's not specifically college, it's very abstr

battle of midway's 75th anniversary special, live from the macarthur memorial visitors center in norfolk, virginia, on friday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> coming up next, a senate agriculture committee hearing about environmental regulations on pesticides and how they affect farming, farm workers and endangered species. kansas senator pat roberts chairs the agriculture committee. >> good morning. i call this meeting of the senate committee on agriculture to order. we're going to go out of order here for just a moment. and i recognize the distinguished ranging member, senator stabenow. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and first of all, i want to thank you for coming to michigan this past weekend. you were a big hit. and so don't come to michigan and run for office, for the senate. but in all seriousness, it was a wolf opportunity to have both you and your staff

the largest naval command outside of europe, supreme allied command for transportation is in norfolk, virginia. also, we are the fourth-largest commercial force on the east coast gateway to the chesapeake bay which helped us to support not only the economy of the country, the economy of virginia in the military and civil facilities that put-- reside in the region. 45% of our regional economic development is based on the presence of federal facilities. also, it could go in the structure, so it impacts the whole community. the whole region is impacted by what happening here and its ability to support the military. 65% of the 1.7 million people who live in hampton roads 17 cities travel to another city to work. the resilience and adaptation can be limited to just protecting a facility or a city. it has to be done across the whole government community within the region. in my ongoing work on the region i often encounter people who cannot wait to tell me about their experiences with water and i will share a few. a nato colonel and his wife that amended the christmas party, as soon as she found out

we can get our coal out on the ocean through baltimore and norfolk, virginia.at team of miners, great equipment, that allow us to sell metallurgical coal to the steel industry. stuart, steel industry is quite strong. steel production at record levels. conditions are quite favorable to open up the new mine. stuart: new numbers from the census bureau the mining industry had it is first profitable quarter in two years. the first quarter of this year mining operations, corporations, profits nearly $2 billion in total. compares to last year when corporations lost a lot of money, like $27 billion. seems like an awful lot of money. is your company experiencing this kind of financial result because that is extreme? >> we absolutely are, stuart. we had the best quarter, financial quarter in our company's history in the first quarter of this year. we'll have another great quarter in the second quarter. prices are at levels we haven't seen in several years, owing to strong economy and economic outlook. stock market at all-time highs. buoyed by a very strong steel market w

. >> back now live to the macarthur memorial visitors center in norfolk, virginia, for the event markinge'll hear next from anthony tully, co-author of "scattered sword mpblt untold story of the battle of midwayment" he'll review new information about the japanese since that book's publication. live coverage continuing now on c-span3. >> good afternoon, everybody. did everybody have a good lunch? good midday break? i didn't hear that with a lot of enthusiasm. that's better. i was worried they might be falling asleep on you here, tony. we'll kick off our afternoon program with a little bit different perspective. we've been talking about midway and the setting from a u.s. perspective although walt did a great job talking about some of the japanese thinking that led them to midway. but anthony tully will build on that and go deeper on the japanese size, specifically the combined fleet and the perspective because in many ways they're essential to the battle's outcome as any american action. tully has written publications of the naval war in the pacific and should provide a very illuminating

friday, american history tv will be live all day from the mcarthur memorial visitor's center in norfolk, virginia frr. speakers include the author of the admirals. the five star admirals who won the war at sea. elliott carlson with his book, the odyssey of a code breaker who out witted yamamoto at midway. the untold story of the battle of midway. and timothy orr co-authorer of never call me a hero. a dive bomber pilot remembers the battle of midway. watch the battle of midway's 75th anniversary live on friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> the house way and means committee recently held a hearing to changes to the tax code that could expand the u.s. economy and create jobs. executives with manufacturing companies were at the hearing. which was chaired by kevin brady. >>> the committee will come to order. good morning, and thank you all for joining us. and today our committee's focused on a top priority for the american people. pro growth tax reform that will create jobs, increase paychecks, and strengthen our nation's economy. america has one of the most cos

the teen who was not identified was taken to norfolk general hospital in virginia and is currently ine condition. >> scary. >> charges dropped in the sandra bland case. >> and the former police officer who pulled over sandra bland won't face charges anymore. why the judge dropped the perjury charge. >> and investigators saying no alcohol or drugs were found at a party where a 15-year-old was shot and killed by police after calls that there was under aged drinking at that party. >> plus, why cvs is hiding the cookie and candy from you. >> we're back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> now apparently cvs doesn't want you baking in the sun all summer without proper uv protection. the drugstore removing tanning oils and sun screens with an spf under 15. foods with trans fats, chain moving them. cvs is aiming to make its food offerings healthier. they will test a new layout that puts pretzels nuts and dry fruit where the candy and cookies once were and move the candy and cookies closer to the story. >> i see what they're doing okay. you're going to want that sunscreen for sure. >> it's goi goin

area towed to the norfolk on the james river when virginia sets sail. the first day it goes down, sinks two union ships and grounds another one before the tide falls low enough that they have to go back upriver to norfolk. the next day they come back down when the tide is high enough, and they want to go and finish off that other union ship. when what should appear? a small,or, which is ironclad ship with a revolving turret. it's very maneuverable, and those guns could fire wherever they needed to go. you didn't have to turn the entire ship to fire those cannons. that day, the fight ends in a draw. the very first battle of the ironclad. when that battle ends, other countries around the world hear about this battle and stop production of all their wooden ships because they realize that they have been really left behind by the united states and their shipbuilding capabilities. there is your tie in to the monitor and buchanan. buchanan is actually the skipper or the captain of the virginia for the first day of battle. he's wounded in the leg by a union shar