majorreat answe movement in august, 1944, canadians, british and americans cut down a formidable german .orceting ceased around turned into atle major german military disaster. the canadians alone took more than 12,000 german prisoners. at least eight and a me divisions were destroyed and 16 more suffered disastrous losses -- at least eight german divisions were destroyed and 16 more suffered disastrous losses. responding to the united nations many canadian, soldiers volunteered for duty in the korean hills. withing side-by-side american and other eu soldiers against north korean communist, the canadians brought a matter military professionalism to their work, a model for all. these men knew their jobs. they remember the reputations their fathers had made. and before they were finished in korea, the communists remembered them. the first commonwealth division provided recreational facilities, such as they were. hard-fighting canadians, the chance to relax over a glass of ale was always welcome. the canadian army has maintained a brigade group in germany since 1951, as part of its nato obligati

teams from the army and air orce played in the first ever armed services clack there. >> for woodbridgee army captain meredith pick rdca, it was an honor to take the field of herometown team. >> letting us do this, you think your dream is ton be ie army, no, my dream is to be in the army and play softball at nats park. we're doing that. >> you hope a lot of things for your kids but you never picture one of them playing on a professional baseball field at this level. it's great that the nationals and t-mobile sponsored this. i know these kids in the armed services and their families are psyched to be here tonight. >> nobody expects anything like this ever. it's nice when a little kid sayy than for your service. that makes my day. this is unreal. >> being here andpretting to ent the army in this capacity, i'm a 33-year-old lawyer and they're letting me play softballro in assional stadium for the army. nothing is cooler than that. surprises me a guy tries to throw out a girl from left field. no, i'm kidding. all theeople out here, i thought it would be our parents and kids and like signifi

the blast left a bus-size crater along 5th avenue in manhattan orcing first responders to evacuate moren buildings in the surrounding area. the explosion also raising health concerns after the site tested positive for asbestos. nbc's rehema ellis has the terrifying moments follong the blast. >>eporter: just after sunrise, a c billowingloud of steam exploded out of the ground right at the start of the morning commute. the blast created a shower of debris and grime. >> it felt like an earthquake or something like that. >> reporter: left behind, a hole the size of a city bus in the middle of 5th avenue, one of the busit streets in mid town manhattan. >>> what did you see or hear? >> i heard a boom and i saw people running. >> reporter: officials say the steam erupted from an 86-year-old pipe, one of thousands of aging pipes that snake beneath the city providing heating and cooling to 2000 buildings. >> there wasto asb in the steam line casing. that's oiously a real concern to us. >> reporter: the mayor says the air quality is safe, but officials set up decontamination centers advising peop

. >>> ldfires are raging across the west tonight including a deadly inferno spreading in oregoat orced a number of evacuations. this as another huge fire threatens one of america's greatest natural wonders and hot, dry weather is only making conditions more dange nbc's steve patterson with the latest. >> reporter: tonight, state of emergency in oregon, fireghters scrambling to save homes in the cross hairs of the substation fire. sense tuesday, the fire exploded in more >> it's ndheat fields and burns fastot. >> reporter: residents across two counties rushing to get out. wednesday, crews discovered the body of a 64-year-old tractor operator and officials believe he was trying to save homes there have been 588 fires in a oregon bolstered b rainless spring and in the forecast, lightning poised to spark fiross the west. thunderstorms are threatening to swell the ferguson fire, dangerously close to yosemite national park. the flames spread across more than 20,000 acres churning through withered forests. >> a lot are standing dead trees that pose a gnificant risk to all firefighters. >> rep

has said and done, whatever candidates and presidents may be disastrous doesn't change the reality orcs the huge majorityep oflicans approve and just today we learned from a new "washington post" abc poll tha most republicans by large majorities approve of what he did at helsinki in the, and even those, it seems the part keeps going on. >> sreenivasan: what when ow members of his party turn against him or criticize him? >> again, the normal situation is that when a president's own party turns against him with harsh words that has an imtp and yet despite the criticism from republican conalgressi leaders, folks on fox news, former house speaker ginich who say this was a bad week the dust clears and trump supporters say, no, if trump says something is true, it is true. >> sreenivasan: is it time for us to start calling it may be a different party then if there is a chunk of the party that is soe loyal to the psident that it acally finds tha disagreement from the party leadership only strengthens the president's position? >> or now, i think it is true. he has totally redefined what a republ

here is a picture taken from orcs -- oak shores park, looking southeast across the lake.ou can see a big plume of smoke in hills. people swimming at oak shores park captured the video, playing, flying low, dropping bright red fire retardant in attempt to make an attempt to stop the spread. boaters posted this video on snapchat, huge plumes of smoke filling the sky. multiple structures are on fire. right now, there are mandatory evacuations in the highlands, steele canyon road, we have a crew on the way to napa, they should arrive within the hour. we will keep you posted. >>> weather is not helping, even at this late hour. the numbers near the fire at lake berryessa are at 96 degrees, winds have picked up in the last 60 minutes. they are gusting at 15 miles per hour. they will ease a little bit overnight. the combination of temperatures in the 90s, and humidity in the low 20s is not a good one. there are no prospects for a changing tomorro is sll infu force income -- in southern salad -- california. we will have the complete forecast in a few minutes. but now,

what they write in here is needing to address the work orce pipeline on three fronts.n businesses need skilled workers now. retraining our work force to meet our current labor demand. only a robust immigration system based on market demand can meet employer needs. mr. thompson: absolutely correct. i would add another one. unfortunately the columnist missed. it's the obvious one the number of people we have in this country that have been, unfortunately, been placed on the sidelines. it's not just about retraining. we'll have an opportunity to with that, with a farm bill vote that actually we're going to conference committee on the farm bill, vice chairman of the agriculture committee. this deals with folks who have been druggle -- struggling financially. neighbors, friends, loved ones, who have been struggling financially. they're on the sidelines because of unemployment, underemployment, because of -- because of interthen rational poverty. this is a significant number of people, millions in this country that we need in the work force and they need a greater opportunity

information that they don't want to hear and they've been resistant the nose of the federation in the orcs and all of the achievements that they have supported me in their current efforts and to vote for the party at least for the third with things that's why i thought the back of the democratic party under obama as he was barely accomplishing anything it's like ok why should we trust another democrat when brock obama in my opinion made things worse than even made progress on a big picture so it's like hard to trust the democratic party when they have nothing to be responsible for having fixed in recent memory you know the only the only talking point we've had since the election of two thousand and sixteen from the left is to hate and undermine and dismiss everything the president of the united states said the democratic choice of the american people i mean it it's painful to watch cable t.v. like m.s.n. b.c. and c.n.n. i mean it's not even worth watching like why should i sacrifice the time they will never get back in my life just to hear slurs and. and really just incredible bias it's su

. >> president trump's pick for veteran affairs not without hist orc opposition.illicy will propel to the senate floor for final approval but not every voter was on board, marking the first time that a senator has rejected a nominee. sen bernie sanders voted against him. willicy's final enist are voed of approval could come as early as next week. >>> defending congressman against allegations he defended abuse. the former coach said at the time neitherer he nor jordan had any idea dr. strous was abusing students. they never discussed the doctor during coach's meetings. telling nbc news there is an investigation ongoing and if there are victims, then they deserve justice. >>> last week his lawyers ask that he be moved from rural virginia jail, to some place closer to the washington. yesterday they ordereder manafort be moved to alexandria. manafort's lawyers stated quote they must yield to concernses about his safety. he skz the court to permit him to remain. he's set to begin his first of twoany trials later this month. his bail was revoked last month. >>> still i

now at 5k tonight, the fast at moving flames orced dozens of families from their homes and has them asking what's next. >>> severeat thunderstorm and flash flooding concerns again. a weather alert day as storm team 4 tracks rain and what could be strong str.ms on the ra >>> we begin tonight with our eyes tards the sky. parts of the area under a severe thunderstorm watch right now. good eveng. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim handly. they're knocking on our doors. tracking those storms for us. the timing of when they'll arrive and the impact they' have once they do. meteorologist amelia draper is center.torm how are we looking now? >> we have a sev warning until 5:30 for parts of frederick county, washington county, parts of the panhandle and west virginia. then in maryland parts of st. mary's county continue to be under flash flood warning. in effect until 6:45. here is a look on storm team 4 radar,his mainline o thunderstorms that i'm keeping a very close eye on. you c see excessive amounts of rain to frederick and loudoun countys. these started to pick upsteam. we're thinking the impact t

fireworks cs fireworks crews are facing to day on the front lines, explosive conditions across the west,orcing thousands to flee flames from california to colorado. in the mountains three hours outside denver, the most destructive fire this year incinerating ove100 homes and crews are losing more ground every day. the spring fire charring 95,000 acres. >> we don't have fires now. we have mega firesn >> reporter: all, 60 large uncontained wildfires are sweeping acros 11 western states. outside salt lake city, new evacuation orders, hundreds of homes in danger. >> i jt hope to god that these people get out and nobody loses their life over this. >> reporter: with drought-like conditions fueling fires across california, this blaze in wine country could burn for months tinder box conditions across the region forcing several cities to cancel fireworks shows. instead, drones illuminye the here this was the only safe way to celebrate. soon firefighters will feet the heat in a different way. that summer sizzle that cressed thcooked the eastern seaboard is moving west. >> it's dangerous. >> reporter: af

okay, orc, nato, we're not going to talk about that. let's move on. under hostile questioning from chairman trey gowdy, peter strzok did get to explain the context of an august 8th text message from 2016, one of the ones that republicans really, really love quoting. in the exchange, lisa page had written to peter strzok "trump's not ever going to become president right, to which he responded no, no, he's not. we'll stop it." today, given the chance to actually explain the context of that text and what he meant, peter strzok did so. on tv. out loud and it was not what republicans wanted. also, check out the response in the room whether he finishes up here. >> i think it's important when you look at those texts that you understand the context in which they were made and the things that were going on across america. in terms of the texts that we will stop it. you need to understand that that was written late at night off the cuff and it was in response to a series of events that included then candidate trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war

compare that to "saving private ryan," i would say the germans and the film have more in common with the orcs in "lord of the rings" than the germans that you see in "the longest day." i also think it's important that in "longest day," there's an emphasis on the allies, that the french and the british are given equal in the telling of the story. and in fact, there were more british troops used in d-day than u.s. troops. this is not -- this is one of the absences in "saving private ryan." there isn't even an attempt to talk about the british experience, just a line. but "saving private ryan" was serving other needs that the united states had in the mid 1990's, which didn't include acknowledging and affirming alliances. it was more about going alone. i think that to me, "the longest day" looks outward and rward, and "saving private ryan" looks backward and inward. both of those are valid directions to look, and they shape the way in which a film announcer: watch the entire program at 2:00 p.m. eastern only on c-span3. on "the civilt, war," author in historian john reeves discussed his book, "th

pay 35%orced disney to bob iger agreed to in december.upert murdoch is laughing all the way to the bank. jason: i love the details you had about the meeting of the minds between murdoch and eiger. you were at sun valley where there was a lot of this happening behind the scenes. >> this came down to eight relationship between rupert murdoch and bob iger. it was interesting to know who was hanging out with you. went and had breakfast with rupert murdoch a prominent table on the first day. that is a bold move. alix: can we glean anything from the fact that bob iger said, you let me have fox and you can take sky? you can rebid. is that the horse trading that went on? not allowed to talk to comcast as part of the agreement. maintains his agreement did not allow him to do that. if you're rupert murdoch, that might have driven down the price. you do not want that. talk that disney may let them have it but there's nothing to stop disney to make its own offer first guy. bob -- for sky. bob iger did say he thought it was the crown jewel. i do not k

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compare that to saving private ryan, i would say germans in saving private have more in common with the orcs and lord of the rings than the in the that you see longest day. i also think it is important that in the longest day, there is an emphasis on the allies. but the french and the british thegiven equal standing in telling of the story. in fact, there were more british troops used in d-day than u.s. troops. one of not -- this is the absences in saving private ryan. there is not an attempt to talk about the british experience. there's a dismissive line about how horrible the general was. saving private ryan was serving the united that states had in the mid-90's which did not include acknowledging and affirming alliances. it was more about going alone. me, the longest day looks outward and forward and saving private ryan looks backward and inward. both of those are valid directions to look. they both have consequences that shape the way in which the film is put together. >> next, university of connecticut professor man nisha a class about the reconstruction era of the civil war. different

whether the president is deploying the same tactice used with kim jong-un of fkz trying north koro orce a meeting earlier this room. >> peter alexander, thank you so much. >>> to thera tc duck boat accident. it is back in the hands of federal investigators. more srs of the deadly accident are sharing their stories for the first time. nbc's ron mott has the latest. hey, ron, good morning. >> good morning to you. this duck boat is now thee centerpif evidence in this case. its records are going to be poured over, those safety records, as officials try to first determine why itank and perhaps if then is to blame. >> the duck boat pulled from the bottom of the boat, unused life ackets dangling from its canopy. this morning new questions being raised about whether it should have been on the lake with severe weather approaching. fourteen people survived theer disancluding tia coleman. her husband glen and three children children, aria, evan and reese among the 17 >> somebody told me that when they found my husband he had all three of my babies. so the reason i couldn't find them is because he

that was completely wrong for the time, but they are presented of that line of looking at them as orcs, and it is worth referring that the other side, though thank god and supporting an evil regime, many of them were just doing what they thought was their duty. as we look and try to see films and treat them in a new way, not simply as propaganda, presenting a single point of view, but more nuanced and a rounded interpretation of history. it is worth remembering that part of it. in my studies and my travels, i was privileged to get to know many great distinguished heroes and american veterans, but also some british euros and veterans and some germans, highly, highly decorated individuals. i will share with you a short anecdote that took place on june 5. the fellow is still alive, in his mid-90's, his name is hans baughman. -- andthe type commander at this point he was the company commanders driver. -- commander's driver. wills a take driver, and i not even go into that, but he was a noncommissioned officer and he is telling me in german, he had a beautiful car. and a a beautiful car 193

they more than any other segment secret,orces operate in undertake mission to keep us safe, and we will not know ever most of the stories of the service they carry out for all of us. they really are the watchmen on the walls of freedom and they stand guard for all of us day and night, undertaking missions that are incredibly complex, incredibly dangerous, and too often pay the ultimate sacrifice. but they're willing to do that for our freedom. it's crucially important, mr. speaker, that we don't in this house and in this congress continue to force them and all of our men and women yao n uniform to pay the price for our dysfunction. that's a price that comes with fund degree lays and uncertainty. so therefore, mr. speaker, i urge the adoption of this resolution and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has yielded back the balance of her time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 109. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended

saving private ryan," i would say the germans in "saving private ryan" have more in common with the orcs and lord of the rings than the germans you see in "the longest day." i also think it is important that in "the longest day," there's an emphasis on allies. but the french and british are given equal standing in the telling of the story. more british troops used in d-day then u.s. troops. this is not -- this is one of the absences in "saving private ryan." there's not an attempt to talk about the british experience. there's just this line about how whole -- how horrible the general is. saving private ryan was serving the united that states had in the mid-90's which did not include acknowledging and affirming alliances. it was more about going alone. , the longestto me day looks outward and forward " looksving private ryan backward and inward. both of those are valid directions to look at they both have consequences and shape the way in which a film is put together. in 1962, the u.s. needed to remember corporation. it needed to assert the wisdom of the father and maybe find a way of tam

europe and the oreign policy establishment, president trump might follow through on threat to withdraw orcesrom germany, and diminish that deterrent to russian aggression. do you think the president would that and what ke would the impact be? guest: he's shown a habit of he says, which is refreshing in politics, quite frankly. he question of how many troops should be deployed, i defer to military experts, but i think president'sle to the expressing that we have too many ssets deployed in historical locations and are there because of employment needs for the host ofntries and things, instead being put in place to do the most good to protect america, baltics, ern europe, the ukraine. troy, ebbie calling from ohio. good morning, debbie. caller: good morning. just wanted to say i support our president and if the american people were smart, they would follow behind this our dent and give him support. i don't think we should be a russia, llow the money, all this spying came from the ueen elizabeth herself and george soros, they overthrow countries and the queen sucks up all the money. money, we're

trump has created this false and mess perhaps only for his political goals to perhaps orce us to get used to discriminatory and hateful beliefs. this whole immigration dilemma is turning to a crisis which i as a person that lives in waco, texas, reminds me of the -- as the ultimate tool to end this issue. perhaps it is going to be out of control. all of the children are kind of --a place host: you're worried that is was going to happen here? caller: of course. you have parents, they have children, we have this huge national dilemma and it seems completely unsolvable. the president keeps pushing it to the edge and exacerbating. noticing whatly it might resemble. host: about 10 more minutes left in this segment. we are asking you, have you left one of the major political parties over the years? we want to hear your story, when that happened and what you consider yourself now. both my performer democrats (202) 748-8000. -- phone line for former democrats (202) 748-8000. phone line for former republicans. (202) 748-8001. we will have our panel discussion on the week ahead in washington.