territory in the pacific, alaska, hawaii and guam.nd with the help of our vital help from japan, we're increasing, as you know, our air, naval and marine presence in guam. this will also enable the continuous or near continuous presence of japanese and other allied and friendly forces for training with the united states in better position us for continued engagement, not only throughout southeast asia but also the area involving the compact states and our other territories in the pacific. this will allow us to continue to develop capabilities and to continue to develop relationships across the region that will contribute to peace, stability and prosperity throughout the area. >> thank you. >> i have my final question is for admiral willard. the 2009 report to congress from the u.s. china economic and security review commission made a very intriguing and stark finding, china's development of anti-ship cruise missiles. the report state and i quote, according to the u.s. department of defense this missile will have a likely range of 1,50

i've now been in command of the united states pacific command for about three months. and although i may be new to pay com, i've commanded extensively in the asia-pacific region. consequently during my 36 years of service, i've developed a great respect for this part of the world. in that time i've come to believe that now more than ever it's vital to our national security interests and economic prosperity. in previous tours as now, the emergence of chine in and its military has ban reteen topic of decision in my interaction with regional leaders. of concern the most, reconciling china's declared desire tore a peaceful and stable environment for economic development with a

pacific command for about three months. and although i may be new to this i commanded extensively in the asia-pacific region. consequently during my 36 years of service developed a great respect for this part of the world. in that time i have come to believe that now more than ever it's vital to our nation's security interests and economic prosperity. in previous taurus as now the emergence of china and its military has been a routine topic of discussion in my interactions with the regional leaders. of concern to most, reconciling china's declared desire for a peaceful and stable environment for economic development with a new military capability and capacity that designed to challenge international freedom some action and potentially in force influence over regional nations. reconciliation of these two divergent positions can only occur through continuous rain conversations and mutual actions within a strong and mature military to military relationship. he relationship that is not yet exist between the united states milita

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pacific. we're going to haiti, and we begin with christian amanpour, our chief international correspondent. saturdays and sundays on cnn. chr chrisiane, you just got there this week. what's your overview on this? what's your read? >> well, the thing is it's getting better in certain instances. obviously, we've heard since the earthquake struck of all the difficulties getting the food, supplies and medicines out to the people. that is getting better whether it's here in port-au-prince or out in the southern caribbean coast or lagone. the military operation to provide security and get the supplies out is expanding. but it's still not enough to meet the needs of every single person. right now the big issue for many people is still getting enough food and clean water, although many individuals, many people here in haiti, many businesses are doing their best also to give free food and water. the big issue is shelter, because so many of the buildings, certainly in port-au-prince, have been either de

pacific time, and among our guests will be senator john mccain. so "larry king live" will be at midnight eastern, 9:00 pacific tomorrow night following the state of the union and cnn's political team discussing the state of the union. we're going to go to haiti and we begin with christiane amanpour, our chief international correspondent and the host of "amanpour" seen on saturdays and sundays on cnn. christiane, you just got there this week. what's your overview of this after a two-week occurrence that has developed into a nightmare? what's your read? >> well, the thing is, it's getting better, if you can say that, in certain instances. obviously, we've heard since the earthquake struck of all the difficulties getting the food, supplies and meds out to the people. that is getting better, whether it's here in port-au-prince or out in jacmal or in the southern caribbean coast. trying to facilitate the airlifts, provide security and get the supplies out is certainly expanding, but it's not enough to meet the needs of every single person. right now th

up here and what we now call the pacific, china, india, central asia, middle east, europe up here, and africa obviously and then this is the most famous part of the map, north america up here and the gulf of mexico here and the islands of the caribbean and the region columbus explore and the long, long thin land mass is south america. the dominant visual impression you get from looking at the new world is this giant southern place and that is really what was making an impression on europeans in the early days of discovery. it wasn't owe much the westness of the new world, it was obviously -- a new route was pioneered across the atlantic and he thought he reached asia and he and everybody thought he confirmed old geographical ideas. south america, which -- america which was written about in the late 1490s and early 1500s extend far into the south, part of the globe people tended to think there wasn't any land in and that made a big impression and we'll get back to that in a minute. what dominates the map then is the southern part and that is why the cartographer, but the word america on

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there were plenty of maps that-- over here is the east and this is what we now call the pacific. this is china, india, central asia, the middle east, europe appear and this is the most famous part of the map, the north america lapeer, the gulf of mexico here and the island of the caribbean. this is the region columbus explored and his long thin line is self america. the dominant visual impression you get from looking at the new world is this giant southern place and that is really what was making an impression on the europeans in the early days of discovery. it wasn't so much the west and this of the new world. it was obviously-- columbus pioneered a new route across the atlantic but thought he had reached asia so he and just about everybody thought he confirmed old geographical ideas. south america,, emir eggo vespucci road about in the late 14 90's and 1400's extended farther to the south and to part of the globe the people tended to think there wasn't any landing, and that made a big impression and we will get back to that in a minute. would dominates the map then is the south

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and then we'll be back at 11:00 pacific dealing with the senate seat in massachusetts. and we'll have live coverage from haiti tonight. wolf live on this special election. wolf? >> the votes are enormous. 57% of the precincts have reported. scott brown, larry, the republican in massachusetts with 53% to martha coakley, the democrat 46%. he's building up almost 100,000 lead right now, 653 to 575,000, so he's doing well, but once again, they still have a lot of votes yet to be counted. i will say this, larry. they're coming in, the votes in massachusetts, very quickly, so we're going to get a lot of results over the course of the next hour. at some point, i assume, we'll be able to project a winner. we'll do it if we can this hour or we'll do it and wait. >> we'll hang right with you. let's go to john king. he's in brown headquarters, the park plaza in boston. john is a veteran of boston politics. how much of the votes are from urban areas? >> that's the great question, larry, because right now 30% of the precincts in boston has reported in boston. martha coakley, the dem

call it football island, american samoa, a rock in the distant south pacific. for a football stat? from an island of just 65,000 people, there are more than 30 players of samoan descent in the n.f.l., and over 200 in division one college ball. that's like 30 current n.f.l. players coming out of sparks, nevada, or gastonia, north carolina. american samoa was a place we had to see, so we traveled 8,000 miles to find a people and traditions so perfectly suited to america's game, it's as if they'd been waiting centuries for football to come ashore. in american samoa, it's the pregame show. this is a high school team warming up with the haka war dance, something that's been passed down for ages to teach agility to warriors of size and strength. what coach doesn't wish he'd thought of this first? it turns out, the south pacific was raising football talent before there was football. when we were there, the island was getting set for its super bowl, the high school championship. after a winning season, 16-year- old quarterback tavita neemia would lead the samoana high

we find ourselves in the southwest pacific in 1942 through 1944. in many of these battles, the japanese gave as good as they got. the new tactics had to be developed to defeat the powerful japanese navy. mander arleigh burke suddenly became to national fame during his service of battles with his destroyer squadron named them the little beavers. he loved the little beavers. he always loved those favors untracked sailors and that's why the lone star sailor down on involving avenue symbolizes that let that he has for sailors. burke was an aggressive combat leader. his standing orders were to attack an enemy contact without orders from the task force commander. in the battle empress augusta bay and cape st. george, he emulated among all people the strategy to defeat hannibal in the second punic war. here's how he described it to himself. the plan was based on hitting the enemy with one set of surprises after another. this is accomplished by turning to destroyer divisions in parallel columns. one division would slip enclosed under the cover of darkness,

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over year toward the east this is what we now call the pacific, this is china, india, central asia, the middle east, europe appear, africa and then this is the most famous part of the map, north america up here in the gulf of mexico here and these are the islands of the caribbean and then it south america. the dominant visual impression you get from looking at the new world is this john and southern place and that is what was making an impression on europeans in the early days of discovery. it wasn't so much the west of obviously columbus had pioneered a great new route across the alana tech but he thought he reached asia so he had just about everybody thought he confirmed old geographical ideas. south america which he wrote about infil late 49 fees' and early 1500's extend far into the south and to part of the globe people tend to think about there wasn't any land in. that made a big impression and we will get back to that in a minute. what dominates is the southern part and that is why martin, the cartographer put the word america on the subcontinent along the shores america he sealed

and a couple of guys who will be stars in that game tomorrow at 3:30 eastern, 12:30 pacific, randallenior, a tremendous scorer, particularly from three point range. and derrick williams. how does he get it done? >> miles: derrick williams has been great all year. he needs to be recognized on the national level as one of the best freshman in the country. >> steve: he's been averaging over 15 points per game. and california 6-2, they've won three in a row, they'll be at arizona tomorrow. but look at 4-4, looks like washington will move to 4-5 and washington state will also fall to 4-5 with the way the huskies are putting a blitz on the cougars in the second half today in seattle. it is all cougars today. and there is matthew bryan-amaning with the jump hook. it will thought go. pulling it down, reggie moore. stolen by thomas. they have sliced and diced the cougar in the second half. and now moore kick it is out of bounds. in a game of cats and dogs, the huskies buttieing ars >> steve: washington blowing out washington state in the second half. under four minutes to play. let look at ou

pacific command is contributing nearly 30,000 troops to the middle east, and certainly forestructureto the two wars that are currently on going in our nation, and as we determine our abilities to meet our obligations throughout the pacific, to include the potential for future contingencies in the western pacific, i have to evaluate the associated risks to our two wars and what mitigations i'm obligated to put into place to ensure that i can perform my mission and yes, i believe i can do that. >> we want to support you in that. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i thank the gentleman from north carolina. the last question i would address to secretary gregson, in light of the google news this morning, and other recent attacks against american government sites, how are we addressing the increase in cyber attacks from china? >> i think it's not only increased cyber attacks from china, that the united states faces, but increased cyber attacks from a number of places, including non-state actors, everybody with access to the necessary -- >> i understand that. i'm asking about china. >> among other

he said i'm america's first pacific president. he struck a lot of conciliatory notes when he was china. japan and the united states don't want that story line. they push back a lot on that. they are a little bit skidish about that storyline. that's not one that they want to see out there. chris: that's funny. they wanted to be the country that's part or the world again. >> right? >> absolutely. and there is a difference between the obama policy and the bush policy. they don't want to lose that america should lead the world. we set the agenda. if obama loses that and we saw it late last year when he accepted the noble prize, that fed into the storyline that he doesn't necessarily believe in american exceptionalism. it's more that i want to be president of the world. it's a very effective one. and i don't think -- i think that's a constant in american politic, people want the president to believe in america exceptionalism. chris: what do you think that this president is tilting to the world? >> i'm always amazed by people's warmth t

this is the part we now call the pacific, china, india, essentially shut, africa obviously, and thismexico here. this is the reason -- and this big long sunlight access south. the dominant visual impression you get from looking at the new world is looking at this giant southern place in god's really what was making an impression on europeans in the early days of discovery. it wasn't so much the wetness of the new world. it was obviously columbus had pioneered a great new route across the atlantic, but he thought he had reached asia. so she and just about everybody thought that he confirmed old geographical ideas. south america, which, excuse me, amerigo vespucci wrote about in the late 14 90's and early 1400's extended far into the south into a part of the globe that people tended to think there wasn't any land. and i made a big impression and put it back to that in a minute. what dominates the map then is the southern part and that's why the cartographer put the word continent along the shores that amerigo vespucci sailed along. [inaudible] always zero in on it. it's probably on tod

there is the pacific ocean. we are about 5 miles from the pacificare.his valley has the mattole river which is one of the last wild rivers and california. the mattel indians wiped out in the late 18th century. the problem with laptops and pc's, i think they make you write to fest. if i had my way anyone learning to write would have to use a stone chiseler and a piece of stone and they would learn how not to make mistakes before they work. >> in depth there is live at month on booktv on first sunday c-span2. log on to booktv.org for information about upcoming guests. >> "too good to be true" is the name of the book by erin arvedlund, the rise and fall of bernie madoff. ms. erin arvedlund what is too good to be true? >> everything about mcduff was too good to be true, the returns, the consistency of the returns and the fact that nobody seemed to be, seem to know how he was investing the money. so, all and all, it turned out that if it really is too good to be true then he should just stay away. >> why did you, why did you write about bernie madoff? was th

this is not what we recall the pacific, china, india, central asia, the middle east, europe. , africahe and just about everybody thought that he confirmed old geographical ideas. south america, which amerigo vespucci wrote about, in the late 1490s and early 1500s, extended far into the south into a part of the globe that people tended to think there wasn't any land and. and that made a big impression. we will get back to that in a minute. what dominates the map that is the southern part, and that's why the cartographer put the word america. i was due in on. is probably on what today would be considered brazil. right there. that's the first use of the work. these guys made a name up and and put it on the map. as i said though there's much, much more to the map and just did depiction of the new world that i want to do a book for ra like me who is reasonably well-informed that really didn't know anything about the map or the history of really world mapping, would read and learn as much as possible from. and i wanted to come up with a will of making it kind of gripping narrative read. as

and south america surrounded by water, it's really the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean. this is something of mr. guith europeans are supposed to know about the pacific ocean and mountaintop.alboa caught sight so that's something that brings a lot of people back to the map, something that peter has written about extensively. it's not something i'd will on a whole lot in the book because i felt the ministry is almost more fun to leave as a try to resolve the. but it's a great part o story. there's more that is very, very significant about the map. if you look at africa, for example, this is one of their first printed maps of africa that showed a full coastline. africa had 11 circumnavigated by the portuguese pulled in 1497. maps are only beginning to show all of it. the frame at the bottom of the map is broken. it would have been easy to push the frame down a bit. i think the point is pretty clear, this is new knowledge and it is exciting. t.thibly to log is more exciting people tend to forget that. this is a great discovery because it means you can sail from europe

as not just the cornerstone but an indestructible component of the american approach to the asian pacific liege. one of the things we tried to underscore when the secretary was in hawaii, that we have seen over the kors of the last several months many -- course of the last several months many areas in which japan has stepped up in important ways. today, japan is the largest supporter of our ongoing efforts in afghanistan, with the $5 billion commitment to a host of humanitarian and reconstruction efforts. in copenhagen, it was japan and the prime minister that provided the most generous support for efforts in the developing world to deal with the adaptations that climate change will bring to the disadvantaged. -- and we have seen japanese support to haiti, communicated directly to the secretary when we were in hawaii. i think overall we've seen indications of this new government -- and we believe it will be critical in the coming months to make sure that our two governments are working closely together. you but clearly our issues that require more work and more consultation and from the u

i'm david shuster in for alex witt, at 9:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific -- actually 6:00 pacific, here's what's happening right now. >>> first up, we are following breaking news at this hour. an active threat by al qaeda has forced the closure of the u.s. embassy in yemen's capital city of sana. the british embassy is closed. all 500 u.s. embassy employees have been instructed to stay away until further notice and to remain inside their homes as much as possible. this comes just hours after the head of u.s. central command general david petraeus made a surprise trip to yemen to talk counterterrorism efforts with yemen's president. and on the same weekend as president obama acknowledged for the first time the connection between al qaeda and yemen and that suspect in the failed christmas bombing attack. >>> nbc's mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. mike, any word this morning from the obama administration or is this all simply the state department in terms of the closure of the u.s. embassy in yemen? >> actually, the white house homeland security adviser here at the white house john

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i'm starting an investigative journalism program and news bureau for the pacific research institute. a think tank based in san francisco. we're going to be starting the cal watchdog program in the early session of next january and the whole idea is to keep an eye on the government and the unions that control sacramento. i've been at the "orange county register" for 11 years and i still write a column for them and i've covered government down here in orange county but now that i'm up in sacramento, the capital city, the den of inequity -- i don't know. i thought i would head up to this place. it's a nice city but it's really a government city. by the way, i'm not too worried that i won't have enough to write about california. all around the city are these yard signs from the sciu union, state employee and proud of it. and that just reminds you of the -- a lot of the people who live in the city are union members and they are quite proud of it. then i got into work and i couldn't get my city-run parking a pass to work in the city run garage and i had to go to city hall and wait in line.

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eastern and pacific on c-span. tonight, the history of executive power. john yoo talks about his quote and with a former assistant attorney general on afterwards -- on "after words." >host: our guest is senator byron dorgan. david drucker is one of our two questioners. and the financial correspondent for politico. we are taking this on friday afternoon after an extraordinary meeting between the president and house gop members. it was televised live, and scrap this session for the president. much of it was about partisanship or our partisanship. in this town at this time, is partisanship possible to? -- our partisanship possible? -- bipartisanship possible? guest: are sure wrote this is able to be changed, because it is intensely partisan. when george w. bush was elected, i invited him to, meet with the democrats. he came, and we have a good exchange. it was polite and respectful. i am pleased president obama decided to go and was invited at the republican caucus. i did not give the chance to see all of it, but it is the right thing to do. need to build br

pacific northwest will see rain along the coast, and snow back into the interior washington state andarts of the columbia liver valley. that's the latest for your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. enjoy your day. >>> when money is tight usually the first thing go georgia is fancy restaurants. right? but coffee is something folks just won't give up. one city's brewing up a new reason for tourists to savor the flavor of a cup of joe. >>> the u.s. postal service is kicking off the new year with a rate hike. starting tomorrow, prices will be going up for ground packages, air express items and international shipments. but the post office says the rate increase does not include first-class stamps. >>> the rough economy may have forced you to cut back, but one thing some folks won't give up is their good old cup of joe. in seattle there are so many coffee shops brewing, people are going on what's called a coffee crawl to sample flavors. and marley ginter of affiliate komo went along. >> reporter: most won't give up that morning cup of coffee no matter how many pennies they want to pinch.

i'm starting in investigative journalism program and news burrell for the pacific research institute, think tank, based in san francisco. were going to be starting a watchdog program with the beginning of the california legislature, the new session in early january. the whole idea is to keep an eye on government and to give and not on the unions that control sacramento. and i've been at the orange county register for 11 years, and i still write a column for them and i've covered government down here in orange county. but now that i'm up in sacramento, the capital city, i don't know, i thought i would head up this, it's a nice city but really a government city. by the way, i'm not to worry that i'm not going to have enough to write about given how well run, efficient california government is. but one of my days in the capital, i'm driving from my apartment to downtown, and all around the city are these yard signs on the union, state employee and proud of it. that just remind you a lot of the people who live in the city are government employees, union members, and they're quite proud of

a little over 2,000 jobs work out of our city with union pacific. and we kind of grew up as a railroad town in arkansas. so i say that -- we love our roadways. we love our waterways. we're on the mcklennan-kerr project. transportation is a large industry in our state. in fact, we're happy to say -- at least we are that caterpillar is going to be opening a brand-new road grater facility in north little lock i know their home headquarters was in your district. so any road graters that are going to be made in north america will have a north little rock, we hope, tag on them -- at least that's going to be constructed. i say all that to say this, that in the future of our country, we're going to have a census next year and we're about 307, 308 million people and by the middle of the century it looks like we may be pushing somewhere in the neighborhood of half a million folks. well, our transportation system won't handle it. we've got to do things that are different. the obama administration -- we're excited about the innovation that it's looking at in te

as this crisis has shown, that now you know, seeing the economic gravity shift to the east asian pacific, is decoupling 2.0, is thata reality? is that a real prospect now? >>mokhtar: i thk quite clearly, the growth epicentre is, has been accelerated by the crisis to move eastwards, and certnly that is happening. the coupled nature of globalization and financial globalization meant that clearly there was a contagious effect that the force of which was something we had seldom,hardly ever saw before. really at that point some of us remarked that the real decoupling was between the financial economy and the real economy and i think if that gap becomes closer which is reallywhat this crisis is happening, that is all well and good, i think for the better of everyone. but what it means in terms of the geographical maybe decoupling is too strong a word geographical but when they are running in different lanes, one in the fast lane, one in the slow lane, one in the middlelane. asia is certainly in the fast lane and i think their pace of growth and therefore all their various supply chains should

pacific. pacific. two members of that great generation who served in world war ii, special people, are with me today, my father, jack mcdonnell, and my father-in-law, frank gardner are with us today. [applause] >> on behalf of a grateful commonwealth and nation, i thank them and all of the members and veterans of the military for their incredible sacrifice and service to our nation that continues today. the actions of those patriots that have come before us had a common purpose -- to create and expand freedom and opportunity for the generations that were to come behind them. the creation of and desire for opportunity has shaped virginia from its very foundation. it was in seeking the opportunity of a new world that captain john smith and 104 brave settlers braved the perilous atlantic to step on the floors of cape henry in 1607. it was in securing the opportunity of a new nation that virginia patriots joined together with their fellow colonists in the first fight for independence and thus was

pacific command. that is live on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. did you know the number one freak news application for your iphone is c-span radio? -- #one free news application for your iphone is c-span radio? there's also a tab with links to all our podcast, including question -- "q &a." >> the decision to open a plan for public comment passed by a vote of 3-2. we join this meeting just after it started. >> we have been told the industry has reformed. while it appears more compensation is paid out in restricted stock, it is unclear whether this represents lasting reform. as troubling as the bonuses are, this is not about the level of compensation but is a matter for shareholders. it does us whether certain structures encouraged institutions we insurer to take imprudent risk, and if so, should that be factored into our assessment? this type of risk evaluation is central to our mission and purpose. i am confident our work will benefit from the fact of supervisors such as the federal reserve are also looking into this issue. i am equally confident

in this case it was pacific williams mine in sells out the door. this young woman here killed two weeks ago, eight months pregnant, coming back from the river having done her laundry shot in cold blood. if we're serious about peace building and water we need to be at the side of these people. demanding that things be ecological sustainable. i was asked to suggest additional areas for further study beyond what we touched on this book and i think some more concrete water scenarios in the african nation conference will be worth it. reading the size of the time with the war zones and on stage actress in development efforts trying to -- what can be done there, what is working. my hat's off to those who are trying. this issue of water contamination, as we continue to make headway in getting more access to safe water, we need to look at the issue of how do we continue to make water a to a renewable resource and that's going to involve contamination issues. is going to be expensive technically challenging but necessary. and then again the other success sto

same story in the pacific northwest.ooks like the parts of the coastal range, then back into the cascades, heavy snowfall possibility. light snow possible into the sierra-nevada. that is a look at the forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. >>> some anxious moments at seattle's airport. a man who says he has a gun locks himself in a bathroom and refuses to come out. rush limbaugh says he's fine. he was released yesterday from a hospital in hawaii. limbaugh went in wednesday because he was having chest pains. doctors say tests showed he didn't have a heart attack and, more importantly, he does not have heart disease. as evidence he was feeling better, limbaugh couldn't resist taking a political jab at a hospital news conference. >> based on what happened to me here, i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. it is working just fine, just dandy, and i got nothing special. i got no special treatment. >> at his news conference, limbaugh also said he wasn't taking painkillers. y

. >> steve: but ucla coming to the pacific northwest to recruit.y've got a young fellow by the name of josh smith, big athletic center, coming in next year. >> marques: right in the huskies' own backyard. big body, quick off his feet, strong hands. player out of mater dei high school. been watching the last couple of years, very athletic wing player with the ability to shoot the basketball. >> steve: they got the point guard out of the junior college ranks, dick jones. there's a lot coming out of this seattle, washington area. i just wonder, because of the rain where kids have to play indoors, basketball court, work on your game. seems like the last 20 years, a lot of talent has come from this city. >> marques: it's always raining. but the coach of the sonics in the early to mid-'90s put a lot of money into the program and developed this killer traveling team. they were allowed to use the supersonic facilities when they were here in town, and other travel teams kind of followed suit. >> steve: misses. >> marques: they produced the michael dickerson

we find ourselves in the southwest pacific in 1942 through 1944.y of these battles the japanese stood as they got. the new tactics had to develop to feed the powerful japanese navy. commander burke came to fame during his service of battles with his destroyer squadron. he loved little beavers. he always loved the sailors that served under him. that is why the lone star -- lone star sailor on pennsylvania avenue symbolizes that love he had for sailors. he was an aggressive leader. [unintelligible] in the battle he emulated the strategy to [unintelligible] here is how he described it. the plan was based on hitting the enemy with the one surprise after another. this was accomplished by putting two divisions in parallel columns. one would slip in close and launched torpedoes and ducked back. when the torpedoes hit, the enemy started shooting. the second half of the team would open up from another direction. when the enemy turned around, the first division would slam back into it. that produced a victory. following the battles, the japanese no longer he