i have to run to the northfield end, but -- [inaudible] >> absolutely. spent take as many questions as you want. >> sounds good. thank you very much. thank you. >> of the 80 ships, you mentioned there were 80 ships at the beginning of this campaign, how many of them remained seaworthy after? >> the 80 ships was the size of the initial any force and that would have included the carrier forces as well as the supporting ships. both sides, the americans and japanese sustained about equal losses in the campaign. each side lost 24 major warships. and so, i'm you, the losses were so great they eventually coined the nickname, that little, the body of water north of guadalcanal were all the fighting took place, iron bottom sound. and, in fact, robert ballard who discovered the titanic wreck followed up that feat by taking one of his submersibles and crew and cameras, went down and ask that the number of the racks of the guadalcanal campaign, a wonderful book called the go ships of guadalcanal. has some stunning photography of the racks of the quincy. and they are

a man died at the scene and a 31-year-old fairfield man is stable at northfield medical center.ide detectives worked into the night collecting evidence and upper viewing witnesses as they watched the fight escalate to a shooting. >> any time somebody opens fire it is subject to hitting anybody else specially by standers. this was a conflict between two groups and the people shot were the intended victims or part of the fight that ensued outside. >> and police are now ready to give out the names of those two men who were shot. again one died and the other is alive and expected to survive. they tell me they have leads in the search for the shooter but at this point they are not ready to release any sort of a description. live in fairfield, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> we got information about a shooting in oakland. two men were hit 9:00 last night and the gunfire now appears to be connected to another shooting a couple of blocks away. nobody was hurt in that earlier gunfire and the two victims drove themselves to the hospital and they are expected to be released t

. >> our coverage of the 2012 colby military writers' symposium in northfield, vermont, concludes with james hornfischer. mr. hornfischer discusses his book, "neptune's inferno," and takes audience questions for a little under an hour. >> good afternoon. it is my distinct pleasure to present to you today at our colby symposium writer and speaker james hornfischer. hornfischer quickly is establishing himself as doing for the navy what popular historian steven ambrose did for the army. this quote is from "the rocky mountain news," and i feel it fits hornfischer very aptly and describes him very went mr. hornfischer is the author of three works of naval history; the last stand of the tin can sailors published in 2004, won the samuel elliott morrison award for naval literature and was recently named by naval history magazine as one of a dozen all-time naval classics. his second book, "ship of ghosts," about the cruiser uss houston was the main selection of the history book club and the military book club and the winner in 2007 of the united states' maritime literature award. his most recen

editor in chief of "government executive" magazine and got his degree from carleton college in northfield, arizona, just south of the twin cities. portland, oregon. chris on the democrats' line. caller: good morning, you guys. i heard some negative comments about conferences. i just wanted to point out that conferences are important. they allow people to momentarily focus on the issue at hand -- team building, whatever. i just wanted to make the point that conferences are important and we cannot turn our back on them. we do need conferences. thank you. guest: i think a lot of people would acknowledge that is the case, and i think much of the criticism is not directed at the fact that there was a conference held -- although i think some people think that government agencies just should not be doing it at all. pittand the ig is calling it did -- and the ig is calling attention to the fact of the amounts spent on it is more the issue than there was a conference at all. caller: this is almost a clarion call for smaller government. basically smaller government, smaller problems, bigger governm