the north atlantic treaty organization. or as it came to be known, nato. together in washington in april 1940 night they put the seal on their union. they were resolved as they put it to unite their efforts for collective defense and the preservation of peace and security. it was to be the end of leaning over backwards in the face of consistent soviet expansion. for west berlin it had been a tough winter. on the airfields fog, mist and freezing cold. yet in spite of the conditions the air lift carried on. in spite of the conditions, and the --. by means of the airlift west berlin had been kept alive. all of the sufferings of war in the mist of peace. there could be no turning back now. if the russians thought the city could not be supplied indefinitely by air they would be proved very wrong for the airlift or possible reinforcements. more planes, improved runways, greater facilities. and so what had begun as makeshift became routine. food and supplies, month-end, month out. soon it became clear that the west had not only won a victory against logistics but

you can see those yellow colours here indicating those lower temperatures from the north atlantic, mostlynly 14 in stornoway, but to the south, we've got temperatures in the high teens. and then this central bit here, around northern england, wales, that's where the weather front is moving through, so a chance of catching, i think, some rain during the course of wednesday. now, wednesday into thursday, these weather fronts, in fact a succession of them, start moving through the uk. and then, behind it, and the forecast has been the same for the last few days, we have this much fresher air coming off the north atlantic, almost from iceland, so that cooler air starts invading the uk on thursday. but one weather front moves through the south—east earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts or showers moving into scotland and northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles an hour. you can double these for gusts of wind, so perhaps gusting to 30 mph there off western scotland. but cool already on thursday. you can see temperatures in the low 20s

we have this much fresher air coming in off the north atlantic and iceland, so that cooler air startseast earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts and showers moving into scotland and northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles per hour. you can double these, so winds gusting perhaps to 30 mph there off western scotland, but cool already on thursday. you can see temperatures in the low 20s in the south, in the mid—teens for belfast, glasgow and for edinburgh. how about the next few days? well, it looks like the temperatures might pick up a little bit, but not awful lot, and cardiff might be up to 19 by monday, possibly 21 in london by monday, but it will be quite changeable. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen pleads guilty to breaking campaign finance rules. in court under oath, he says he committed the crimes at the direction of the candidate. and another dark cloud for the pre

you can see the weather is very changeable across the north atlantic.ons. the reason why it is very cool over the uk right now is because we have a dip in the jet stream. when that happens it drags the cooler air from the northern area. we're talking about 15. hovering around the high teens in the and southeast. here's the weather this evening. fairly fine across much of the country. but this heavy rain that we've had will be pulling away. and bringing some nasty weather to the low countries here. some thunderstorms, very strong winds and some gales around the coast. for us, the weather is looking fairly clear. tonight, we'll just scattered showers here and there. and quite chilly. single figures in the countryside. in towns and cities, more like 11 or 12 degrees. more weather systems waiting out in the atlantic. on friday, it is not looking too bad. we are between weather systems. another one is behind me you can't even see it. we're in a with slightly better weather. but there is still some rain. tomorrow, if you are out for the whole day, take an umb

the north atlantic treaty had two purposes. we often think of it mostly as a deterrent against the soviet union. but when you look at the negotiations that were underway all through 1948, you see that a major preoccupation was to reassure western europeans, and the british, about the revival of german power. that was deemed indispensable in order to expedite the recovery of all of western europe, which is what the british and the americans wanted. of course, in 1948, at the same time, people were uncertain about what would be the long-term consequences about the revival of german power. and a north atlantic treaty was aimed at reassuring europeans about the revival of german power. at the same time, the north atlantic treaty had provisions that provided for the possibility that over time, the newly emerging west german state itself would be able to join nato. when nato was formed, germany was not part of it. western germany was not part of it. but americans hoped that eventually, western parts of germany, and what would become

you can see those yellow colours here indicating those lower temperatures from the north atlantic, mostlyve got temperatures in the high teens. and then this central bit here, around northern england and wales, that's where the weather front‘s moving through, so the chance of catching, i think, some rain during the course of wednesday. now, wednesday into thursday, these weather fronts, in fact a succession of them, start moving through the uk. and then, behind it, and the forecast has been the same for the last few days, we have this much fresher air coming off the north atlantic, almost from iceland, so that cooler air starts invading the uk on thursday. 0ne weather front moves through the south—east earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts or showers moving into scotland and northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles per hour. you can double these, so winds gusting perhaps to 30 mph there off western scotland, but cool already on thursday. you can see temperatures in the low 20s in the south, in the mid—teens for belfast, glasgow

you can see those yellow colours here indicating those lower temperatures from the north atlantic, mostly but to the south, we've got temperatures in the high teens. and then this central bit here, around northern england, wales, that's where the weather front is moving through, so the chance of catching, i think, some rain during the course of wednesday. now, wednesday into thursday, these weather fronts, in fact a succession of them, start moving through the uk. and then, behind it, and the forecast has been the same for the last few days, we have this much fresher air coming in off the north atlantic, almost from iceland, so that cooler air starts invading the uk on thursday. but one weather front moves through the south—east earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts or showers moving into scotland and northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles per hour. you can double these for gusts of wind, so gusting perhaps to 30 mph there off western scotland. but cool already on thursday. you can see temperatures in the low 20s in the south,

you can see those yellow colours here indicating those lower temperatures in the north atlantic, mostlynd then this central bit here around northern england and wales, that is where the weather front is moving through, so the chance of catching, i think some rain during the course of wednesday. now, wednesday into thursday, these weather fronts, of wednesday. now, wednesday into thursday, these weatherfronts, in fa ct a thursday, these weatherfronts, in fact a succession of them start moving through the uk, and then behind it, and the forecast has been the same for the last few days, we have this much fresher air coming in off the north atlantic and iceland, so that cooler air starts invading the uk on thursday. 0ne weather front the uk on thursday. 0ne weather fro nt m oves the uk on thursday. 0ne weather front moves through the south—east earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weather fronts and showers moving into scotland and northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles per

we have this much fresher air coming in off the north atlantic and iceland, so that cooler air startsfront moves through the south—east earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts and showers moving into scotland and northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles per hour. you can double these, so winds gusting perhaps to 30 mph there off western scotland, but cool already on thursday. you can see temperatures in the low 205 in the south, in the mid—teens for belfast, glasgow and for edinburgh. how about the next few days? well, it looks like the temperatures might pick up a little bit, but not awful lot, and cardiff might be up to 19 by monday, possibly 21 in london by monday, but it will be quite changeable. bye— bye. hello, everyone. this is newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: president trump's former campaign chief, paul manafort, found guilty of eight criminal charges, including bank and tax fraud. president trump gave this reaction. this started as russian collision, this is absolutely nothing to do — this is a wi

we have this much fresher air coming in off the north atlantic and iceland, so that cooler air startsagain, more weatherfronts and showers moving into scotland and northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles per hour. you can double these, so winds gusting perhaps to 30 mph there off western scotland, but cool already on thursday. you can see temperatures in the low 20s in the south, in the mid—teens for belfast, glasgow and for edinburgh. how about the next few days? well, it looks like the temperatures might pick up a little bit, but not awful lot, and cardiff might be up to 19 by monday, possibly 21 in london by monday, but it will be quite changeable. bye— bye. you're watching bbc world news. i'm babita sharma. our top story: dramatic developments in two separate court trials in the us, involving figures who have been close to president trump. a jury finds his former campaign manager, paul manafort, guilty of eight charges relating to tax and bank fraud. president trump calls it a "witch—hunt". and in new york, the president's former lawyer, michael cohe

modernization, and readiness in what is the most important alliance in the world, and that's the north atlantic treaty organization. the nato summit originally concluded -- recently concluded despite the headlines was in fact a very good summit that delivered quite a few important conclusions and set the alliance on a good path towards combatting the threats that face us. it provides leadership in the region, troops in afghanistan for many years and so on. the u.s. and the u.k. have been shoulder to shoulder for many years. sharing these defense and security priorities. we are pleased to welcome the secretary of state williamson. he was appointed in 2017. the position of great responsibility going all the way , from strategy, to acquisition, to operational deployments. in 2016, he was honored to be named commander of the order of the british empire. today we hear from our guest, and we will have a >> today we hear from our guest and they we will have a conversation with 23rd secretary of the air force, the honorable deborah lee jones who is here today. she's a distinguished fellow of the atlant

this 30 minute film details the berlin airlift in the creation of the north atlantic treaty organization now called nato to defend against the soviet aggression. >> the building of roles, the erection of barb wire's, these cannot provide people. never create a prison for the human spirit.

we have this much fresher air coming in off the north atlantic and iceland, so that cooler air startsst earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts and showers moving into scotland and northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles per hour. you can double these, so winds gusting perhaps to 30 mph there off western scotland, but cool already on thursday. you can see temperatures in the low 20s in the south, in the mid—teens for belfast, glasgow and for edinburgh. how about the next few days? well, it looks like the temperatures might pick up a little bit, but not awful lot, and cardiff might be up to 19 by monday, possibly 21 in london by monday, but it will be quite changeable. bye— bye. ningxia this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump is facing a huge test of his presidency after his former lawyer admitted breaking election finance rules. michael cohen says he did so at the direction of the candidate presumed to be mr trump. the 51—year—old admits paying hush money to two women who claim to have had sex with the president. and in

across more of the country for a time, but then another kink in the jet stream developing in the north atlantic as we head into next week. this is monday and tuesday of the following week. still rather cool and breezy across scotland and northern ireland. warmer and drier with a bit of sunshine across parts of england and wales. the outlook generally a bit of a mixed one. it's often looking quite breezy, frequent showers in the north and north—west and the driest and warmest weather to be found towards the south—east. you can find a full 14—day forecast on our website. bye—bye for now. this is bbc news, i'm chris rogers. the headlines at ten: police in manchester say a shotgun was probably used in a shooting in the city's moss side area last night, 12 people, including two childern, sustained pellet—type injuries. two, one, zero — lift—off! nasa's space probe begins its ambitious seven yearjourney to the sun after it finally takes off from cape canaveral. dina asher—smith wins her third gold of the european athletics championships in the four by 100 metre relay. and at 10:30 and again at 11:30

the nato information service this half hour film details the berlin air lift, creation of the north atlantic treaty organization, and the problems facing the city and the western allies as the cold war developed. >> the building of walls, the erection of barbed wire and barriers can never long divide peoples, never create a permanent prison for the human spirit. for the strength of the wall is measured only by the fear of those who built it. [helicopter engine]

information service, this half hour film details the berlin air lift, and the creation of the north atlanticreetdy organization, now called nato, to defend against soviet aggression. >>> the building of walls, the erection of barbed wire and barriers, these can never for long divide peoples. never create a permanent prison for the human spirit. for the strength of a wall is measured only by the fear of those who built it.

what is still the most important alliance in the world and that is the north atlantic treaty organization. the nato summit that recently concluded, despite the headlines was a very good summit that delivered quite a few important conclusions and set the alliance on a good path toward combating the threats. course has been at the desired defense spending level for quite a while. we should pay tribute to the europeans for kicking in over $40 billion towards revitalizing the economic strength of the defense agreements. the u.k. has troops in estonia, and poland which form a core of the nato defense in europe. it provides leadership in the region, troops in afghanistan for many years and so on. the u.s. and the u.k. have been shoulder to shoulder for many years. sharing these defense and security priorities. we are pleased to welcome the secretary of state williamson. he was appointed in 2017. the position of great responsibility going all the way , from strategy, to acquisition, to operational deployments. in 2016, he was honored to be named commander of the order of the british empire. toda

maybe the north atlantic allows a little bit of despite in terms of numbers being delivered.g to be talking to the cfo a little bit later in the morning. our evernext is popular segment, battle of the charts. guy is going to battle annemarie. i remember when our producer actually invented this segment. she is going to be the judge today. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is the european open. i am matt miller. it is time now for our battle of the charts. annmarie is going to go head-to-head with guy johnson. we have our producer hillary clark judging from the control room. nnmarie: i'm looking at commodities. line.me in stock under pressure. first-half profits for you are high. mittel, highest profits in two years. the ceo of rio was in trouble because of trade concerns, but saying no impact yet. i'm looking at what is quite a happen after this summer. if you look at the bloomberg commodities index, you can see commodities, metals are having a very tough few months this summer. this has to do with all of these trade concerns between donald tru

information service, this half hour film details the berlin air lift, and the creation of the north atlantic treaty organization, now called nato, to defend against soviet aggression. >>> the building of walls, the erection of barbed wire and barriers, these can never for long divide peoples. never create a permanent prison for the human spirit. for the strength of a wall is measured only by the fear of those who built it. this was the city 30 years ago, a city then one of the great nest the world, in size and stature, ranking with london, paris, rome, new york. alive and a unity, this was berlin in the 1930s. no barriers at the brandenberg atoll. no guards at the blats dammoplats. but this was berlin before hitler came to power. 1945. and this was berlin, a city in name only and geographical location. amid the rubble of destruction the flags of the victors, men who had taken up arms in self-defense with the common aim to destroy that which menaced them all. around them, a defeated nation for their armys had met in the very middle of germany. until such time as germany could reshape her own

i'm thinking i was in the high school and korean war, i was chasing russian submarines in the north atlantic, which told me there was a strong goal, then there is this vietnam war. now people want to run the country, i want to be president, and this issue is coming to the top. the statistical things i had to do in school taught me a lot about new hampshire. new hampshire had a very high percentage of people who had sued the services. in south carolina, they were big bases there. but a lot of people in new hampshire served in the united services through all of these different wars. we had strong feelings of wanting to be patriotic, but also one analytical truth. as we look back to it, we can say we did not know for certain there was a disengagement from what the military was feeding our united states president, and a disengagement from what the public was getting from the media, and a disengagement or feeling from politicians that they did not want to lose one. they probably were looking for the hope of what happens if we hang on. now to nixon. nixon wrote several articles. political journals

i cannot imagine flying, drifting across the north atlantic in a blimp but they did. they got there and realized there was nobody on long island that knows how to moor an airship. so an american observer said i will take care of this and he strapped on a pair of shoes, jumped out of the blimp, pulled the cord. he took off the parachutes and he tied the blimp up. in 1919, the u.s. navy decided what would be a good idea to prove that we can cross the atlantic? so in typical military fashion they overdid it a little bit. they had three airplanes instead of one. they stationed warships at 50 mile intervals across the atlantic with searchlights. so that the seaplanes could see at night. it would work one time, probably and not something commercially viable in the long term. but they figured we will do it this one time. out of the three flying boats that took off from newfoundland, one made it. nobody died. one crashed in the sea and the crew was picked up, one came down in the sea and was taxied to the azores. the third one made it to the azores and then to portugal and en

we also in the north atlantic have the re m na nts of also in the north atlantic have the remnants ofhatjetstream energy, we don‘t know exactly where that jetstream is energy, we don‘t know exactly where thatjetstream is going to be, to the north or the south of us. that is the headache. so basically we need to give the jet stream a little bit of a lift to get rid of that dip. yes, it is a double-edged sword, because some of us really do wa nt sword, because some of us really do want rain. others of us enjoy the sunshine. i say rain at night and sunshine. i say rain at night and sunshine during the day. yes, me too. and victoria is going to talk to i lets. could customers spending a penny help companies make pounds? it might sound a little bit far—fetched, but there is a strong case to be made for businesses letting people use their facilities. we have lost a third of our public toilets since 2000, and a campaign has been launched by the british toilet association to encourage companies to open up theirs. you know it is august, don‘t you? so could it really help keep firms flush? jayn

livelihood made viable, in part, because of trade relationships with countries like china- where north atlanticer is popular. >> it's going to hurt our market. we're making less every year than we did years ago and now we got another something else hanging over our head. >> reporter: in june, the trump administration announced a 25 percent tariff on chinese goods. beijing responded with its own 25 percent tariff on a list of goods that includes live lobster. at the same time, china has lowered its tariff on canadian lobster imports to 7 percent, making them more attractive to chinese buyers. stephanie nadeau distributes the lobster caught by fishermen like steve train. she says that chinese buyers used to account for 35 percent of her sales. but since the tariffs have came into effect, that market has virutally dried up. >> there are no lobster going to mainland china. >> reporter: threaf stopped. >> they've stopped. >> reporter: because the price went up because of the tariffs? >> we have the identical product to canada, my lobsters have a 25 percent tax, which, at a $2 difference, is an insur

just after inauguration last year, at the north atlantic regional security conference in halifax canada, i got to see john command respect across the board from political and militaryleaders from a dozen countries and heard leaders from allies and partners across europe from the baltics to the balkans , our reassurance we would keep our commitment and stand by their young democracies in the face of russian aggression. during that trip, senator mccain once again reiterated his principled unequivocal stance against the use of torture, his unwavering commitment on that issue at that critical time . it was just one of the many ways that john nudged us closer toour ideals . finally on anunforgettable trip to vietnam , just last june i got to visit the hanoi hilton with john to hear his undescribable descriptions of the aggravations of his long captivity and torture and got to see in person the high regard that people and leaders of vietnam had for him as a warrior and peacemaker, a statesman and healer of the wounds of that war. we admire john for all these things, but working with him in th

been a tense week of haggling for mexico the united states and canada the twenty four year old north atlantic free trade agreement was designed as a three way deal so the u.s. and mexico surprised everyone when they reached a bilateral agreement first mexico's president elect takes office in december and so the mexicans really want a free trade deal before then the message to canada join in or face auto tariffs it all amounted to a pressure cooker atmosphere it's worth bearing in mind that any deal will still need the approval of legislators in all three countries canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland went to washington to try to repair the damage asked if a deal could be reached she said this. you're tempting me to say something church knowing it was the end of the beginning the beginning of the end but let me just. a lot's has been accomplished assignment evan at joins me now from st gallon university in switzerland he oversees the m.b.a. program there and is a professor of international trade and economic development thanks very much for being with us so does this updated nafta have

atlantic is very active. one weather system coming out of north america and one out of the north atlantic.atlantic. today into the weekend as well. the winds will be coming from here as well. it will be coming from here as well. it will be coming from here as well. it will be breezy and cool as well. temperatures will peak around the high teens or 20s in the south. for many of us it is the mid or the high teens. as i say, lots of showers around. perhaps a few more than you we re around. perhaps a few more than you were expecting. this evening will be clear. starry skies out there. it will be a sparkling sky on the way for many of us. very nippy. in the countryside could be as low as 4 degrees. in london, barely double figures. we will be waking up to sunny but chilly weather. a weather front is approaching on saturday, but i of it much of the country is in the clear. first thing in the morning on saturday, it is looking beautiful across the uk. nippy but sunny. the clouds will then increase, we see sunny. the clouds will then increase, we see some sunny. the clouds will then increase, we s

a teacherfrom ohio has become the first american rower to complete a solo jurney across the north atlanticarriving in the isles of scilly off the english coast. the biology teacher left canada on june 27th on his six metre vessel. he's waiting official confirmation that he's beaten the previous record for a west to east solo crossing by two weeks. that's all the sport for now. sawing wood and chopping logs may not strike you as the most obvious basis for a thrilling sporting contest — but the elite athletes competing at this weekend's british timbersports championships would beg to differ. mike bushell has been to blenheim palace in 0xfordshire to find out more — and obviously don't try this at home! it is at the cutting edge of extreme sport, and dangerous and painful if you make the slightest of slips. it is physically exerting on the body. your legs, core, chest, arms, everything. stand to your timber. three, two, one, go! stand to your timber is the cry in a sport in which you require the swing of a top golfer and the strength of a rugby union prop forward. all the power comes from the

the north atlantic treaty organization. in may, the war in europe came to an end. this had been the price of europe's unpreparedness and -- unpreparedness. peace 19 85, our hard-won seemed secured. a few days before, allied forces on the west joined with the russians from the east. agreedtatesmen had not that the countries they had occupied should be truly liberated and that freely elected governments should be set up as soon as possible. , scandinavia and europe for free and independent. is occupied by russia, stalin had other ideas. throughout eastern europe, elections were held, but the russians had placed the communists in key government positions and in the secret police. within a short time, the non-communist leaders had been liquidated. russia had swallowed up eight european countries. great britain and the united states were tested, but these countries had bad -- been coursed. russia ignored the protest. stalin knew the greater part of the allied forces had gone home, leaving their arms to rest in europe. west, demobilization. the war was the next. they had

the former north atlantic passenger steamer built in one thousand nine hundred twenty nine in hamburg had room for six hundred guests and was very popular as a cruise ship its destination this time the norwegian sure. gave a maid a well groomed impression on board her suits were made by high class berlin tailors still albert spared described her in his memoirs as modestly and unobtrusively dressed and that she wore noticeably cheap jewelry. the first class passengers passed their time at the pool. younger sister gretel was frequently in the cameras on. a shore excursion in northern norway. of course the locals didn't know that the lover of nazi germany's dictator was one of the tourists. another highlight of the cruise mobster was served on deck at lunchtime. or. the browns wallowed in luxury while their daughter's companion at home was preparing to plunge europe into. another war. on june seventeenth one thousand thirty nine hitler welcomed a special emissary from the saudi arabian king for a meeting at the barrack home. a vote was usually confined to her chambers during meetings wit

a livelihood made viable in part buzz of trade relationships with countries like china, where north atlanticis popular. i market. we're making less every year than we did years ago. and now we've got another something else hanging over our head. >> reporter: in june, the trump administration announced a 25% tariff on chinese goods. beijing responded with its own 25% tariff on a list of goods that includes live lobster. at the same time, china has lowered its tariff on canadian lobster imports to 7%, making them more attractive to chinese buyers. stephanie nado distributes lobster caught by fishermen like steve train. she says chinese buyers used to account for 35% of her sales. but since the tariffs have come into effect, that market has virtually dried up. >> there are no lobsters going to mainland china. >> reporter: they've stopped? >> they've >> yes. havehe identical producttax, a insurmountable difference. >> reporter: maine currently produces more lobster than any other u.s. state or canadian province. and for now most of steve train's lobster can still be sold domestically. but as the

it is a story of the battle of the north atlantic, a u.s. destroyer leading or shepherding a convoy of merchantmen across the north atlantic and the battle between you-boat wolf packs and the destroyers. it is from a book by c.s. forester called "the good shepherd." tom loves the book and he wrote the script and we did it down in baton rouge, shot aboard the uss kidd down there and recreated the kidd on the inside of a sound stage, put it on a gimbel so it would rock and roll. i think it will be a great film. the navy, frankly, needs a shot in the arm at this point. that will come out in, i think, april of 2019. i have worked for tom while he's directing though. we did a film called "larry crown" in which he hired me to play his boss and i fire him for incompetence or something, i forget what it is. but he is an actor's director because he is an actor, and he tends to use the script as a structure and then let the actors sort of flesh it out and make it come alive, and that's really great if you are an actor and you have a director that allo

it's a story of the battle of the north atlantic. a u.s. destroyer leading or shepherding a convoy of merchant men across the north atlantic and a battle between u-boat, wolfpacks and the destroyers. it's from a book by c.s. forester called "the good shepherd." tom loves the book, and he wrote the script. and we did it down in baton rouge. shot aboard the "uss kidd" down there. re-created the kidd on the inside of a sound stage. put it on a gimbal so it would rock and roll and that kind of thing. i think that's going to be a great film and the navy, frankly, needs a shot in the arm at this point. so that will come out, i think, in april of 2019. i have worked for tom while he's directed, though. we did a film called "larry crown" in which he hired me to play his boss and i fire him for incompetence or something. but he is an actor's director because he san ais an actor. he tend s to use the script as guide and let the actor flush it out. and it's great if you are an actor and have a director that gives you that latitude. steven is more stru

murrow, tells the story behind the north atlantic treato organization , 1945, the war in end.e came to an been the price of europe's unpreparedness. our hard-won peace seemed at last secure. before, allied forces from the west joined hands with the russians from the east. cordiallyes men met atialitia and pots stan. the countries they occupied should be liberated and freely elected governments set up as soon as possible. andin a few months, europe scandinavia were free and independent but for the countries occupied by russia, had other ideas. europe,ut eastern elections were held but the communists ind key government positions and in the secret police. thein a short time, non-communist leaders had been liquidated. russia swallowed up eight european countries without firing a shot, other than those of the execution squads. britain and the united states protested but these countries had been coerced by russiaof force and that had broken her treaty but russia ignored the protests. knew that the greater part of the allied forces had rusthome, leaving arms to in the fields of europe. in the

currently they are in the north atlantic, commanding and direct doing anti-submarine warfare operations. keeping an eye on the undersea cables that underpin our systems. they are on the eastern fringes of europe, supporting nato's deterrence against a resurgent russia, policing the black sea, the baltic and, soon, icelandic skies. presence innato's estonia. in march, i visited our troops and estonia, close to the russian border. not surprisedbut by how many locals still saw britain as a liberator and protector, willing to stand up for their freedom as we have so often done in the past. our people are not just in estonia, they are in poland to, proudly operating with a u.s. battle group. it underlines the increasing integration of our forces, who serve and train together regularly, so they can fight together senior -- seamlessly. betweenthis integration our armies from battle group through brigade from division to court. you see it between our air forces and our navy's. your u.s. between marines, who have the privilege -- who i have had -- who i will have the privilege of seeing at their

another one in the north atlantic. could be as low as 4c. even in london barely double figures, so we will be waking up to sunny but cold weather. there's a weather front approaching on saturday but ahead of that much of the country is in the clear, so first thing in the morning on saturday it is looking beautiful across the uk. cold but sunny, and then the cloud increases off the atlantic and we will see some rain reaching the west country and wales by the time we get to the afternoon but for many in the east and north it is not looking bad at all on saturday and it will feel a bit warmer because there will be more sunshine but if you are out saturday night expect the cloud to increase across the country and saturday night most of us will see a bit of rain here and there. as we go through the course of the weekend, saturday into sunday, the low pressure is over us and that means we will see outbreaks of rain spreading across the country so pretty unsettled, and i think sunday on the way. winds coming from a southerly

talking about, this is both through air and through submarine navigating iceland going through north atlanticy to u.s. coast towards venezuela and knack and to it's only prudent that the u.s. which had abandoned command years ago given the lack of russian activity just prudent to put something back in place that we have some capabilities on the table. >> is it about sending a message? >> i think it's sending a message that russia just can't expand force and capabilities unchecked. they'll be a monitoring of that, they'll be american presence as well, we do do attach tremendous enforcement of freedom of navigation and maintaining presence in surveillance capabilities. >> now nato and russia, nato has moved assets deploying 4,000 troops to eastern part, the alliance dubbing the action to be defensive, though, noting that russia is the one with troops in ukraine, georgia, mall -- maldova, is this a sign of escalating in tensions between nato and russia? >> it has no doubt increased tensions between nato and returnia -- russia. he said russia will be reasserting itself in ways that it had not don

it's routinely deployed in the northwest, north atlantic and most recently the greatee lakes. it acts asts an early warning system for harmful algae bloom and a critical data source for input into predictive models and operational forecast. maclean has continued innovation on the platform with direct support from noah's pcm competitive research program. maclean is also made significant investments in exploring these technologies, and we would like to thankne our partners for their enduring support and capacity for innovation. thank you, mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee. i hope that my testimony has been helpful in highlighting a couple of these tools available for harmful detection and monitoring developed in cooperation with our partners and research teams that i welcome anyec questions that you or other members may have spread that concludes my testimony. >> thank you. >> good afternoon and thank you. i'm executive director of the cleveland water lines. we are water innovation blue economy economic development cost cluster consisting of aclcl coordinating group.

he signed the north atlantic treaty reluctantly, even almost grudgingly and under relentless pressure from the british and the french. let me create the context for this. truman was not eager to incur strategic commitments in europe or anywhere else in the world. truman was imbibed with the basic american tradition. what was the basic american tradition? no entangling. warnedwashington had against entangling alliances. thomas jefferson had warned against entanglements. of course, the united states had been an associated power during world war i -- and associated power, not in ally -- of france and britain during world war i. the united states had been part of the great alliance that had triumph over the nazis in world war ii. at the end of the war, most americans, including president truman wanted to be free of obligations. when he went to the potsdam conference in summer of 1945, when he first met churchill, the talk we heard about a few minutes ago, read truman's diaries. he was suspicious, not only of stalin, but also churchill. basically, he did not like foreigners. he wanted to p

esp's are not employed in the pacific northwest, north atlantic and most recently, the great lakes. the esp acts as an early warning system for harmful -- for harmful algal blooms. mclane has continued innovation on the esp platform with direct researchrom the noaa program. mclane has also made significant investments in exploring these technologies and would like to thank our partners for their support and capacity for innovation. we leverage our region's assets and resources to create a water innovation ecosystem that harnesses spurs resources.or hazards in the great lakes region present a significant challenge that is affecting societal and environmental health. erie,stern basins of lake which contain source drinking water for millions while driving a nominate out but, are impacted annually by algal blooms. in recent years these have led to separate -- to several, temporary do-not-drink orders. if unchecked, the economic impact of habs will be in excess of $2.5 billion over the next two decades. in supportater lines with partners is spearheading a technical approach by making the

pentagon and nato brass have issued fresh warnings about increased russian naval activity in the north atlanticiterranean sea. if that's not chilling enough rewind two months ago. just before the helsinki summit when a submarine test launched four nuclear missiles off the coast of russia in the white sea those missiles? they had a range of 6,000 miles put in washington d.c. within target range. the defense department has acknowledged the news both under sea and now just hours ago up in space, that there is a threat. vice president pence unveiled the plan for a federal space force today that would mark a new branch of the u.s. military. who better to weigh in about whether this can and will work than former nasa astronaut tom jones flew on four space shuttle missions beyond the earth's orbit and on his last flight led three space walks to install the center piece of the international space station. you are one of my heros definitely so i'm glad to have you on sir thank you. thank you liz glad to be with you. liz: as well as a few whose been up there what's your first thought about creating a spa

> rort spicion deepens as we learn that the mother/son relationship could be as choppy as the north atlantic. >> well, i think anyone who has a child that has autism or asperger's, it's difficult. there were conflicts on occasion, but he considered her his best friend. >> reporter: in addition to any personal friction, investigators see a possible financial incentive for foul play. is nathan due to get a huge windfall? is he due to get all of his mother's money? >> that's my understanding. >> reporter: millions of dollars? >> yes. think it's around $7 to $8 million. >> reporter: that's why a phalanx of investigators -- local police, the coast guard, even the fbi -- are taking a hard look at signs of possible criminal activity on that doomed boat. and so are we. this is ram point marina in rhode island, where nathan and linda set sail that night in september, 2016. >> welcome aboard. come on in. >> reporter: captain dave mccormick runs irish jig charters and was out fishing the day nathan and his mother set out on that seven-hour trip to block canyon. captain dave considers it highly unusual