not only was pearl harbor attacked, there was carnage in the north atlantic. great britain had held on by the skin of its teeth. the japanese were conquering bases, american and british and dutch bases throughout the far west. throughout east asia. and the wehrmacht, the german army had reached the gates of moscow. and if they had succeeded in taking the soviet union out of the war, it would have taken a tremendous counterweight to hitler and the german army out of europe, which would have been very bad news. on top of it, making it even more poignant for roosevelt and churchill, when churchill came the first time, in that august off the coast of newfoundland, he arranged a very bright but solemn anglican service on the deck of "hms prince of wales." roosevelt and churchill were both anglicans. roosevelt belonged to the episcopal church. churchill the church of england. the episcopal church had split off from the church of england after the american revolution, but the liturgy and the hymns are very similar. so they had this very emotional service, uplifting s

north atlantic flags celebrated hull's historic ties to scandinavia —— north atlantic flocks. —— fluxby the musicianjohn ground. hull is a place that has been on my radarfor some time, some of the artists i admire have connections of hull. i think you will see what hull has two off and also things from the north atlantic, it is quite scandinavian. another event with sound at its heart, height of the reads as a sonicjourney across the iconic humber bridge. the swans spend their necks backwards to see god. they know the magnetism of the blue space. listening through headphones they are hearing a piece of work which combines poetry with the sound of the bridges and sways in the wind. 0pera north's chorus and orchestra married with sound recordings of the bridge itself. look up. and a hull schoolgirl who guided the audience. it will be weird hearing myself but it will be pretty cool. australian company circe brought circles, dance and sound to a hull graveyard. a horse, horse, my kingdom for a horse! and more world—class theatre with matt fresia —— mat fraser. in richard iii by shakespear

a big wedge of warmth across the north atlantic, and that will come oui’ the north atlantic, and thatcome our way later today. the wind will shift vibration and things will turn milder, even through the course of this evening. let's look at the scene around 6pm tonight. the temperature in northern ireland getting up to six or seven. in the lowla nds getting up to six or seven. in the lowlands of scotland, three, and still quite cold across many parts of england and wales. it will take time for the mild air to move in. on the south coast in southampton, still four. showers around, not a com pletely still four. showers around, not a completely dry evening, very few around and they are of rain. no snow in the forecast this evening. northerly wind into the night, starting to develop this west, north—westerly, that is the atlantic aircoming in. cloud north—westerly, that is the atlantic air coming in. cloud with it as well. temperatures, a touch of frost around where the sky clears, but for major towns and cities, above freezing. here is the picture for tomorrow, the saturday, this is the

north atlantic right whales are among the rarest in the world and they have endured a deadly year.there are about 450 of the whales left and 17 died so far this year. >> some economists in santa cruz worry the transition to legal status for cannabis farms will hurt mountain lions. the fear is they will leave their habitat in cannabis farms grow in rural areas. they must meet several requirements. it is set to go into effect at the first of the year. >> salvation armty needs more volunteers to keep the bells ringing during the holidays. abc news visited the hayward corps where the charity faced a shortage of bell ringer to stand next to donation boxes across alameda county. >> we are seeking the community's help in manning the kettles. funds that are collected are vital. a lifeline for many individuals and families. >> the salvation army has 32 kettle locations in alameda county. right now it averages about 10 volunteers a day. if you're interested, you can contact the salvation army in hayward. >> santa's toy drive got a big boost today here if the bay area. >> jasanta needs our he

you will see a good mixture of what hull has to offer but also things from the north atlantic.dinavian. another event with sound at its heart, height of the reeds was a sonicjourney heart, height of the reeds was a sonic journey across the heart, height of the reeds was a sonicjourney across the iconic humber bridge. the swans bend their necks backwards to see god. they know the magnetism of the blue space. listening to headphones, they hear a piece of work that combines music with poetry and sounds of the bridge as it quicksand sways in the wind. 0pera north's chorus and orchestra married with sound recordings of the bridge itself. look up. and a hull schoolgirl who guided the audience. look up. and a hull schoolgirl who guided the audiencelj look up. and a hull schoolgirl who guided the audience. i feel weird hearing myself but it's going to be pretty cool. australian company brought stands, circus and sound to a hull graveyard. my kingdom for a horse! more world-class theatre with matt fraser in shakespeare's richard iii. i'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for

the russian submarines have dramatically stepped up their activity in the mediterranean and the north atlantic the alliance fears that moscow could be using its navy to damage or tap into vital undersea data cables that run between europe and north america in an interview with german news with a german newspaper nato general secretary general secretary stoltenberg says that russia has invested massively in its marine capability especially in submarines furthermore he pointed out that quote russia submarine activity is now at its highest level since the cold war. ukraine's president petro poroshenko has thanks the u.s. for its decision to provide his nation with lethal weapons commenting off the record u.s. officials say washington plan to provide the ukrainian government with two hundred ten anti-tank missiles and thirty five missile launchers the state department said it was providing kiev with enhanced defensive capabilities to deter to deter further aggression ukraine has been battling russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine since twenty fourteen more than ten thousand people have bee

says russian submarines have dramatically stepped up their activity in the mediterranean and the north atlantic the alliance fears that moscow could use its navy to damage or tap into vital undersea data cables that run between europe and north america in an interview with a german newspaper nato secretary general yen stoltenberg said quote russia has invested massively and its marine capability especially in submarines he also pointed out that russia's submarine activity was now at its highest level since the cold war. more than one hundred people are dead in the philippines after a tropical storm brought devastation to the south of the country rescue operations are underway to find dozens who are still missing ten bin is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week it's wept over the southern island of mindanao leaving destruction in its wake. this man and child and lucky to be alive. the effects of mudslides and flooding have been devastating. entire villages under meters of water. others swept away. fallen tears have been digging through mud to try to recover bodies. houses will bei

and that's reflected in submarines surging into the north atla ntic submarines surging into the north atlantic20 years so starting to match nato in the levels of activity of their maritime forces. haven't we seen peaks and troughs, it just changes forces. haven't we seen peaks and troughs, itjust changes over years, there are surges of activity and thenit there are surges of activity and then it subsides, could this not just be another one of those high points and then it will taper off ain? points and then it will taper off again? of course that's always possible. but i think more about russia returning to the normal level of activity for a force that wants to actually be seen as credible by nato. for a long period after the end of the cold war in the early 19905 end of the cold war in the early 1990s russia had a large fleet but hardly ever went to sea and therefore nato navies came to believe they really had not much capability to actually use them, but over the last decade that's changed. they've become more active and more serious and one of the consequences has been that nato navies, inc

a50 feet of rock soaring out of the north atlantic, known as the old man of hoy, and a very crumblingnd five others took on the old man of hoy in orkney, off the coast of scotland. we just had a bit of a slight tangle in the rope there, which stopped me pulling the rope into the carabiner to secure myself. he was then, and still is, among the world's most well—known climbers. but his greatest achievement was nearly 30 years earlier in the himalayas, scaling the unclimbed mountain of kangchenjunga. it's almost as high as everest but harder to climb. some of his fellow mountaineers were involved in the successful ascent of everest two years earlier. they were climbing royalty — joe was a builder from manchester. this was my kangchenjunga axe that i was supplied with. joe recalls how surprised he was when the expedition leader asked him tojoin. when i received a telegram, saying, "invited on kangchenjunga expedition, letter following, wants to meet you in london etc," i was... i mean, it wasjust incredible, ijust couldn't believe it. the mountain was prone to avalanches, and its terrain

it is in the crossroads of the north atlantic economic system. so south america, africa, north america, europe, united kingdom. barbados in the 17th century was one of the hubs of the british empire's trading system. america, london in the home country, and bridgetown in barbados. important iny terms of the logistical, navigational, and trading aspects. on importance for belying the ane of the island -- belying the sizelyin far of the island. to illustrate the importance of these islands, it seems incredible today, but at the end of the seven years war, france is prepared to give up half of the continent of north america in order to retain the islands of martinique and guadeloupe. the french probably argued that sugar and rum were far more important than beaver pelts. [laughter] so they even canada in order to keep martinique and guadeloupe. the 1770's map of barbados. it shows barbados as a mature sugar colony. already one of the world's most densely populated places, every name you see on that map represents a sugar plantation. the island itself

their operations compared with a decade ago and that is reflected in submarines surging into the north atlanticre than 20 years, so starting to match nato in the levels of activity of the maritime forces. haven't we seen sort of peaks and troughs and, you know, it sort apostolate over the years so some searches of activity and then subsides, so would it not just be activity and then subsides, so would it notjust be another one of those high point in that it will taper off ain? high point in that it will taper off again? of course, that is always possible, but i think this is more about russia returning to a normal level of activity for a force that wa nts to level of activity for a force that wants to actually be seen as credible by nato. for a long period after the end of the cold war, in the early nineteen nineties, russia had a large fleet but it hardly ever went to see and for nato navies came to believe that they didn't have much capability to do them for use them and over the last decade it has changed, i have become more active and serious and one of the consequences have been that nato

it has not undermined the security of the north atlantic treaty organisation in any way shape or formfence without undermining existing layers. would it be a good thing? no. if this had been around before the referendum, with schultz and other people talking about a united states, the referendum would have been even bigger. people do not like the idea of the united states and brussels taking even more power away from sovereign parliaments. if there a problem with germany, or it seems like a dictat from martin schulz in this position. to control everything within the eu. yes, there is a problem with germany. they run the whole show. what show? that is what it is. that is the fact for germany running the show. germany is obviously the economic powerhouse. the french end of the franco german relationship is not at its strongest and now there is a challenge, but this is not the position of angela merkel who is likely to see and had the government as we go forward. it is the position of the underbidder. you take offence at this idea that germany runs the show. absolutely. germany is the la

cold air entrenched across the northe and mid atlantic. thirty-four in d.c. thirty-four in richmond, virginia. nineteen in state college. eighteen in buffalo and getting a live look at rehoboth beach, quiet conditions but no one out and about, not a great evening for a stroll, even though those wind speed are starting to re relax. we had wind gust that is were awful today. wind gusting 22 in wildwood, 18 in trenton. check out wind through the day today peak wind gusts of 51 miles an hour reported in stone harbor also in cape may, gusting in the middle 40's in newtown square and high wind gusts of 40 miles an hour in philadelphia. less winds tonight. good news there still cold. 25 degrees. period of light snow developing as we head in the day tomorrow turning sunny, very quickly, blustery conditions once again but temperatures improve a little bit. we are up to 39 for tomorrow. storm scan three showing us cloud deck is quickly increas ing from southwest to northeast and already starting to see some returns, coming in toward lancaster county. we have snow up wi

scientists found a connection between sea surface temperatures in the north atlantic in march and aprilmmer's rain or shine. they say the new method could benefit agriculture, tourism and construction. can you hear that noise? there is a bit of beeping. we will figure it out. definitely, i can hear it. it is high pitched. it is sending me wild. don't adjust your sets. a snail—eating turtle discovered in a thai food market and a horseshoe bat are just two of 115 new species discovered by scientists. they already face an uncertain future due to threats to their habitat in the greater meekong region of south—east asia. the creatures have been documented by the world wide fund for nature. what a shnoz! perhaps he is making the noise! that's a mole, isn't it? and some sort of fog. do you know the difference between a frog and a toad? 0ne the difference between a frog and a toad? one is a frog and one is a toad. this board. justin gatlin. we have to be careful about how we talk about it. anti—doping and athletics authorities are investigating allegations that members ofjustin gatlin‘s entoura

they sent all of us guys to the fleet that had returned from north atlantic patrol. and the yorktown was a dry dock at newport news. we went aboard and issueds us dungarees. we got beneath the yorktown and scraped the barnacles and grass off it. then we went through the florida straights. arrived there the day after christmas and stayed a couple days. and took a convoy of marines, a whole battalion down to samoa and dropped them off. we didn't go in, our little battle fleet, two cruisers and four destroyers, we went west, and another carrier came over the horizon and an sbd took off and landed on our ship. and this guy got out the back seat, you talk about halsey. i'm a sky lookout. and i'm looking down at the deck. this guy got out of the plane. this plane handler slapped him on the back and said, hey, chief, that was a good landing. and he took the liftoff, had three stars on there. he had come over to confer with our admiral fletcher. and they got their heads together and without approval for us, we went and bombed the marshall and gilbert islands, which was the f

but upon president truman's request, he became the supreme commander of the recently formed north atlanticor nato. meanwhile, the calls for eisenhower to run for the white house grew louder. ike decided to run for president in march of 1952. and he immediately resigned his position as nato commander, highly sensitive about any possible mix between politics and the military. he also formally retired from the army. >> nobody knew really whether he was a democrat or republican. in the end, he chose the republican party. he chose it because, at heart, he was a fiscal conservative. he was, however, a republican internationalist, not an isolationist. >> the man from abilene. out of the heartland of america, out of this small-frame house in abilene, kansas, came a man, dwight d. eisenhower. >> he had a tough fight getting the republican nomination because robert taft represented the hard conservative wing of the republican party. they slugged it out a little bit. but in '52, eisenhower, of course, gets the nomination. >> for president of the united states, dwight david eisenhower. [ cheers and ap

sunday the japs blew a hole pensacola, all died from the fleet that returned from the north atlantic patrol. the yorktown was a dry dock at newport news and the first carrier i ever saw, first large ship. so we went aboard. they issued us dungarees. we chipped bark off. then the canal up san diego and arrived there the day after christmas and stayed a couple days. took a convoy of marines, a whole battalion down to somoa and dropped them off. we didn't go in. two crews and four destroyers we went west. another carrier battle fleet came over the horizon. sbd scott muller douglas took off and landed on our ship. this guy got out of the back seat. you talk about halsey, i'm a sky looko lookout, on the decrease. this guy got out of the plane. a handler, seaman himself, slapped him on the back and said, hey, chief, that was a good landing. he took it offer and had three stars on there. he had come over to confer with our admiral fletcher, blackjack fletcher they called him. they got this heads together and went on approval for us deck force types and bombed the islands, which was the firs

la, la, la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ >>> there's nothing like the north atlantice beach. pretty much had my first everything on a beach. you name it, first time i did it, beach. i was miserable in love, happy in love, alternately, as only a 17-year-old could be. this is where i lived. very happy summer in the early '70s, and that was my room on the left. it's an amazing spot if you think about it, a bunch of knuckle heads working as dish washers, waiters, and pizza servers. we could work on a beach like this. happier, stupider times. you know, i can still hear the play list, the brothers johnson. if you put on marvin gaye right now, i'd burst into tears. what do you do? you're young, you go to the beach, you know, you get laid, and you get high. it was here, all the way out at the tip of cape cod, provincetown, massachusetts, where the pilgrims first landed. and it was where i first landed. 1972, washed in a town with a head full of orange sunshine and a few friends. provincetown, a wonderland of tolerance, long-time tradition of accepting artists, writers, the ba

salt air, a walk by the glorious north atlantic, the greatest of all earth's bodies of water, the classics is what it's going to take for atlantic city to come back. it's going to be on places like this. we celebrate the ghosts, you know? >> anthony: some nice crab cakes at dock's. a big freaking lobster stuffed with crab imperial, pommes soufflÉ, those things are bad for business -- the business of taking your money. >> anthony: thank you so much. lovely, that'll work. that's good. yeah, oh, that's good. i don't want to sound like i'm down on atlantic city because i see ludicrously, hopeful place, whatever left of it should be, to my nd, hung onto because they're going to come around. ♪ there's nothing funny about losing all your money. yet casinos are steady employers of that most hardworking species of entertainer. comedians rich voss and bonnie mcfarlane are two of the hardest working people around, married to each other and new jersey. >> rich:: it's so much money to live here. i drove three exits on the jersey turnpike. it was $7. see, if you drive the whole new jersey turnpike, whe

on how to support his administration -- how supportive his administration would be toward the north atlantic alliance. and in the israeli-palestinian conflict, the u.s. wants the only mediator all sides would accept has found itself isolated after trump's decision to declare the u.s. recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. so are we still a force on the world stage? >> we -- i think we are for now. it's too soon to say that the u.s. is not a leader, not a leader that people look to. it's why countries are still actively trying to understand what the communications out of that administration are. so i don't want to rush to that too soon. however, i do think if the administration continues on its policy of, you know, pursuing certain unilateral decisions without partners without key allies like france, germany and the uk, how they pursued the decision related to the iran deal or things like that, we risk isolating ourselves even further. >> make sense of today for me. on the one hand, tillerson talking about china and the diplomacy in china and praising the import bans and the sanctions

thing and that is that it is not likely that russians would in fact be using their submarines the north atlantic sea lines of communication. the question is how would they use them and where and i can at least venture one thing, which is available when you look at it in these documents that's also important to look at. the russians pioneered the use of antiship cruise missiles. going back to the 1950s. and that if you want to start with understanding the history and the utility of the russian navy for the future, start with the antiship cruise missile. >> sir, you have a question? oh. >> thank you. my name is jeffrey with the tv network. item goi i'm going back a little bit in history. i wonder if mr. stansfield can e elaborate on a statement. because i'd love to take that statement and reverse engineer and to see how that works out with the available documents. i'll leave you in a statement was the first to blink during the cuban missile crisis. now the publicly available documents state that the united states also withdrew quietly. it's nuclear missiles pointed at the soviet union at the time

and that is it is not likely the russians will be using their submarines to interdict in the north atlantic sea lines of communication. the question is how would they use them and where would they use them? i can venture one thing which is available when you look at these documents that are available to look at, the russians pioneered the use of anti-ship cruise missiles, going back to the 1950s. and that if you want to start with understanding the history and the utility of the russian navy for the future, start with the anti-ship cruise missile. >> sir, i think you had a question? >> thank you. i'm going back to a little bit of history. i wonder if you can elaborate on a statement you made a little bit earlier, because i'd like to steak that statement and reverse engineer and see how that works out with the available documents in the public domain. in the statement that russia was the first to blink during the cuban missile crisis. now, the publicly available documents state that the united states also withdrew quietly its nuclear missiles pointed at the soviet union at the time from turk

since then they've t throughout the north atlantic.ery lost me than 00 followers on twitter, more than >> yes. no doubt, congratulations to her. a new record this year. shoppers spent more than$8 billion. some say that's up almost online purchases 18.1%. 45% of consumers will ret at least one item december 26 and january 31st. that is forcing shops to finde convenient. fortune seniorr leigh gallagher is here with more. good morning. >> good morning. >> we know we want to get it shipping. what about the returns? >> returns have been aeconsumer the retailers as well. shopping grown, it's become a huge point of friction in t researchers have spent the last few years trying to address d f. they need to find a way to deal with it. and the co have been so spoiled, we expect everything to be seamless andheo meet that need. so there's all kinds of creativ year. we're starting to see more of them. a big thing is buy online and return in store. so these acty consumer in many ways. it's cheaper for the retailer. it ri lot of companies will havesi

that it is not likely that the russians would in fact be using their submarines to interdict north atlantic sea lines of communication. the fundamental question is how would they use them and where would they use them? and i can at least venture one thing, which is available when you look at it in these documents, that's also important to look at. the russians pioneered the use of anti-ship cruise missiles. going back to the 1950s. and that if you want to start with understanding the history, and the utility of the russian navy for the future, start with the anti-ship cruise missile. >> sir, i think you have a question? >> thank you, my name is jeffrey. i'm going back to the -- a little bit of history rather than the current day. i wonder if miss mans field can elaborate on a statement that she made a little bit earlier because i'd like to take that statement and reverse engineer it and to see how that works out with the available documents, and public domain. please give me the statement that khrushchev was the first to blink during the cuban missile crisis. now the publicly available docu

the north atlantic right whale. they may become extinct unless special measures are taken to present them. one step includes the u.s. and canada decreasing the number of deaths caused by humans. 17 have died this year in the waters off new england and canada. >>> a zoo in berlin is celebrating the birth of this tiny polar bear cub. the mother, named birth a few days ago, and this morning the cub is only the size of a guinea pig. >> a little thing. zookeepers aren't sure yet whether it's a girl or boy. >> like a stick of butter. >>> coming up, your christmas might be made in china. >> two-thirds of the world's decorations come from one small region where santa's helpers don't look like your average elf. >>> and the force is strong with this one. stars storm the red carpet for the premiere of "the last jedi." it's time to get your lig lightsabers ready, people. first, let's take a look at your temperatures. >>> "world news now" weather, brought to you by car fax.com. i'm worried i can't find a safe used car. you could