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the book pearl harbor christmas is about what happened after pearl harbor. how different was the world and how different was the united states after pearl harbor. what changes were made, was the holiday season in 1941 for example any different than it had been in 1940 or 1939 rather years just before that in peacetime. this to me tells us about the impact of the war that made a difference and were lives immediately to do that. i was a collector of bubble gum cards, of but as quick as could be, the bubble gum makers came out with war cards and i brought them to show you to give you an idea of what i mean to be a i collected these when i was a kid and one of the heroes of my book is winston churchill. he turns up in the cards and another one less of a hero in my book but nevertheless a major figure in the newspaper was general macarthur, and he became so important. he became a number one among the war cards, so they told us a lot about what was going on. and they also told us a lot about what was not going on. soon after pearl harbor, the philippines were inva
the book pearl harbor christmas is about what happened after pearl harbor. how different was the world and how different was the united states after pearl harbor. what changes were made, was the holiday season in 1941 for example any different than it had been in 1940 or 1939 rather years just before that in peacetime. this to me tells us about the impact of the war that made a difference and were lives immediately to do that. i was a collector of bubble gum cards, of but as quick as could be,...
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the book pearl harbor christmas is about what happened after pearl harbor. how different was the world and how different was the united states after pearl harbor. what changes were made, was the holiday season in 1941 for example any different than it had been in 1940 or 1939 rather years just before that in peacetime. this to me tells us about the impact of the war that made a difference and were lives immediately to do that. i was a collector of bubble gum cards, of but as quick as could be, the bubble gum makers came out with war cards and i brought them to show you to give you an idea of what i mean to be a i collected these when i was a kid and one of the heroes of my book is winston churchill. he turns up in the cards and another one less of a hero in my book but nevertheless a major figure in the newspaper was general macarthur, and he became so important. he became a number one among the war cards, so they told us a lot about what was going on. and they also told us a lot about what was not going on. soon after pearl harbor, the philippines were inva
the book pearl harbor christmas is about what happened after pearl harbor. how different was the world and how different was the united states after pearl harbor. what changes were made, was the holiday season in 1941 for example any different than it had been in 1940 or 1939 rather years just before that in peacetime. this to me tells us about the impact of the war that made a difference and were lives immediately to do that. i was a collector of bubble gum cards, of but as quick as could be,...
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at the time of pearl harbor she was one of three carriers permanent inside to the pacific fleet, and the reason she was not destroyed in the port of pearl harbor is because she was on the way back the woodpecker delivering airplanes airplanes to wake island. and the weather and another ship and the task force delayed her return. she got into perl that evening, the evening of the eighth. and that did not prevent several other aircraft from being shot down in the japanese attack, because enterprise had launched some scout bombers to search a head of the ship, and been to hawaii, and then later that evening a flight of six fighters, wildcats, was diverted ashore to pearl harbor. and as anybody who has been in a military knows, there's always somebody who doesn't get the word, and here's six airplanes who, although their scheduled arrival had been known at some levels, the word did not get around to everyone. somebody opened fire, long story short, five of the airplanes were shot down and three of those pilots were killed. one of them was an acquaintance of mine, jim daniels, who was an
at the time of pearl harbor she was one of three carriers permanent inside to the pacific fleet, and the reason she was not destroyed in the port of pearl harbor is because she was on the way back the woodpecker delivering airplanes airplanes to wake island. and the weather and another ship and the task force delayed her return. she got into perl that evening, the evening of the eighth. and that did not prevent several other aircraft from being shot down in the japanese attack, because...
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it was during his first full year of freedom in 1848 that jennings acted as an operative in the pearl escape attempt. one of the 77 slaves who boarded the schooner that night and hid themselves below decks was dolly madison's slave ellen stewart. she was the 15-year-old daughter of paul's great friend suki, dolly's ladies maid. it may well have been ellen's desperate need for escape that precipitated jennings' involvement in the pearl affair. you see, six months earlier, dolly determined that she was going to sell ellen to the georgians as the african-americans of the time referred to the traders whereby slaves would be resold to the deep south. the trader was at dolly madison's house across the way and had called ellen in, nominally for bringing in a glass of water. but really so she could show her to the trader. ellen was excused, and there was a deal between dolly and the trader that, at a prearranged time, dolly would send ellen to fetch water at the public square right here on the lafayette square common. but that really this would be the opportunity for the slave trader to pounc
it was during his first full year of freedom in 1848 that jennings acted as an operative in the pearl escape attempt. one of the 77 slaves who boarded the schooner that night and hid themselves below decks was dolly madison's slave ellen stewart. she was the 15-year-old daughter of paul's great friend suki, dolly's ladies maid. it may well have been ellen's desperate need for escape that precipitated jennings' involvement in the pearl affair. you see, six months earlier, dolly determined that...
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and chris was essential to the united states able to pursue the pacific war back in the year after pearl harbor. shortly after we ended the guadalcanal campaign which was really 43 and the correspondent brooch averitt contemporary book called then there was one and that title returned to the fact at the height of the guadalcanal campaign which was the most closely fought in the pacific war the only enterprise remained afloat of our six carriers that had combat in the pacific in 1922. the only other survivor was the uss saratoga that sustained a heavy battle damage on two locations and therefore missed the entirety of that year, so considering that he wrote a 200,000 word book about the enterprise what is it that 50 years later or in some other ones, and i thank there's a couple of reasons. number one, the book is superb on the aspects of the various units that went through the air prize dealing with the entire war but he's told me in a couple of e-mails he wished he had been able to write longer book and it took him five years to read this one that would include the ship's company with t
and chris was essential to the united states able to pursue the pacific war back in the year after pearl harbor. shortly after we ended the guadalcanal campaign which was really 43 and the correspondent brooch averitt contemporary book called then there was one and that title returned to the fact at the height of the guadalcanal campaign which was the most closely fought in the pacific war the only enterprise remained afloat of our six carriers that had combat in the pacific in 1922. the only...
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the contest between washington and pearl intensified in may. by this time analysts at all of the navy's decrypt entities had made giant strides cracking the imperial navy's main code. they all picked up clues pointing to a major imperial navy offensive. they all agreed the track would be big, but they didn't know where the imperial navy was headed. but in march, two months earlier, hypo had intercepted a transmission from a japanese scout plane that described a certain island in the central pacific and identified it with a geographic designator af. the island fit the description of midway located 1200 miles northwest of hawaii. now, two months later on may 13, hypo intercepted another message containing the designator or, af. in this message, this message convinced rochefort and his code breakers, they all agreed that japan was heading for midway, and rochefort promptly informed the pacific fleet intelligence officer, eddie lateen. hue tent commander laten and rochefort or were old friends. they had studied japanese together in tokyo in the ear
the contest between washington and pearl intensified in may. by this time analysts at all of the navy's decrypt entities had made giant strides cracking the imperial navy's main code. they all picked up clues pointing to a major imperial navy offensive. they all agreed the track would be big, but they didn't know where the imperial navy was headed. but in march, two months earlier, hypo had intercepted a transmission from a japanese scout plane that described a certain island in the central...
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people always say do you think fdr knew about pearl harbor? i think fdr knew that an attack was coming and he knew an attack was probably coming first of december, the first two weeks of december but where was it going to be? almost everyone thought that would be on probably singapore and the philippines. the japanese had 50,000 troops in saigon vietnam something from french indochina to the philippines or singapore was an easy thing and fdr and general marshall have had the war department warned the bases to go on high alert. the problem is if i had an hour i could go over what happened at pearl harbor. it's a perfect storm of mistakes and everyone there believes they were in command of the win command with the attitude of it doesn't matter any way because we are really not going to be attacked so why bother and that is a very bad way to do it and other commanders had done that but it was 1932 were 34 or 36 and your commander in hawaii, you could have that attitude and you were fine and you could spend two years out in hawaii and not do a who
people always say do you think fdr knew about pearl harbor? i think fdr knew that an attack was coming and he knew an attack was probably coming first of december, the first two weeks of december but where was it going to be? almost everyone thought that would be on probably singapore and the philippines. the japanese had 50,000 troops in saigon vietnam something from french indochina to the philippines or singapore was an easy thing and fdr and general marshall have had the war department...
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and my pearl harbor hat with all of the pins on it there. >> more than seven decades after pearl harbor he is a national treasure and he does talk about it to kids to schools and anyone who will listen. but the items he would use to show them, including his these, disappeared after the break in. he is devastated. >> this -- you can't replace it. it's so meaningful. it's, that i can do it and i survived. >> when the japanese attacked pearl harbor he lost ship mates. he remained in the navy until 1960 surviving korea, atopic testing and likes to teach because history books can never have the same impact as stories told firsthand. >> this just found i can serve these people wrk out our generation they would not be here. >> there is no trace of the items since they disappear bud if you see a hat like this for sale or medals they belong to micky. they're his history and our history. he just wants them back. >> this is so meaningful. don't throw it awaichl boy like to have it back. -- i would like to have it back. please give it back to me. >> a simple request from a victim who has given so m
and my pearl harbor hat with all of the pins on it there. >> more than seven decades after pearl harbor he is a national treasure and he does talk about it to kids to schools and anyone who will listen. but the items he would use to show them, including his these, disappeared after the break in. he is devastated. >> this -- you can't replace it. it's so meaningful. it's, that i can do it and i survived. >> when the japanese attacked pearl harbor he lost ship mates. he remained...
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experts have tried to explain why this took place. >> well, after the attack on pearl harbor which hadeen a sneak attack, don't let anybody tell you that there wasn't a lot of fear on the west coast at the time because they had barrage balloons up in san francisco, a japanese sub was sighted off santa barbara. so there was real fear that the japanese would also attack the west coast. but the urging for the detention of the japanese came from the civilians saying we don't have time to find out whether any of these people individually are disloyal. we've got to intern all of them. >> by 1944 one of the most interesting parts of this is it was also apparent there had never been a basis for holding these people. >> never. and at the time the man in charge, general dewitt, knew there was no basis. he had been told that by j. edgar hoover. he told him the fbi doesn't want these people moved. we know who the spies are and they aren't it. >> the due process clause of the fifth amendment is supposed to balance the hower of the government against the rights of its citizens. due process did not p
experts have tried to explain why this took place. >> well, after the attack on pearl harbor which hadeen a sneak attack, don't let anybody tell you that there wasn't a lot of fear on the west coast at the time because they had barrage balloons up in san francisco, a japanese sub was sighted off santa barbara. so there was real fear that the japanese would also attack the west coast. but the urging for the detention of the japanese came from the civilians saying we don't have time to find...
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. >> you don't just fly over japan right after pearl harbor 1,500 feet and expect to survive it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scot pelley. >> pelley: good evening. when american culture was upended by a revolution of rock 'n' roll, dick clark was our guide, a fixture on television, almost as long as there's been television. clark died today, a heart attack at 82. "americanbandstands launched a charm live of wealth and fame that ended with the brave struggle against the effects of a stroke. we asked anthony mason to tell us about the man who spun 45s into gold. >> lady, here's chubby checkers! >> reporter: as "american bandstand" ran for more than three decades, at its peak playing to 20 million viewers, dick clark's ever-youthful appearance earned him the nickname "america's oldest teenager." he agreed. >> the minute you grow up, the minute you mentally atrophy and freeze in time, you are old. >> reporter: clark was a 26-year-old philadelphia d.j. when he took over "bandstand" a local tv show n1956. within a year it went national. behind clark's
. >> you don't just fly over japan right after pearl harbor 1,500 feet and expect to survive it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scot pelley. >> pelley: good evening. when american culture was upended by a revolution of rock 'n' roll, dick clark was our guide, a fixture on television, almost as long as there's been television. clark died today, a heart attack at 82. "americanbandstands launched a charm live of wealth and fame that ended...
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just like pearls, twitter, and one year ago when we sat down and asked, what do you want to do about tax exemption for mid market, this is the vision that we had. we will make sure that we go through every detail possible. welcome to the neighborhood again. now i get to do something. the most important thing. we are declaring this dottie's true blue cafe de in the tenderloin and san francisco, and mid market. by the way, i used to wash dishes, too. i know how hard it is. >> thank you, mayor. jane kim is also here to say a few words. >> i think you will see a lot of city hall employees here. it is only about seven minutes from city hall. mayor lee said many of the things i would have said. people often ask me, how this commitment to sixth street and mid market has been any different from before. for decades, we have been talking about the commitment to six street. i think we are really starting to see this today. it is an unprecedented gathering of agencies, folks, city hall, in this corridor. i want to recognize the police department, dpw, urban solutions, which had been harboring wi
just like pearls, twitter, and one year ago when we sat down and asked, what do you want to do about tax exemption for mid market, this is the vision that we had. we will make sure that we go through every detail possible. welcome to the neighborhood again. now i get to do something. the most important thing. we are declaring this dottie's true blue cafe de in the tenderloin and san francisco, and mid market. by the way, i used to wash dishes, too. i know how hard it is. >> thank you,...
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on the day after pearl harbor, the philippines too were under attack.ense here was pitfully hampered by lack of men and -- with his knowledge of past campaigns, particularly with those of his father in this very area, macarthur withdrew his meager forces into the baton peninsula. from the rocky fortress, he directed an operation as crucial as any in the war, this early campaign in the philippines, the heroic fighting by a lonely army of filipinos and americans for almost half a year caused a critical delay in the japanese timetable of attack. back at home, the leader of the first desperate ground fighting became a symbol to a nation just beginning to gird itself for all out war. the people found in him what they were beginning to discover in themselves, a spirit of intense determination. suddenly macarthur was ordered by president roosevelt to leave to carry on the fight in australia. leaving the philippines hurt him deeply, as always, he wished to be at the front besides his comrades. when finally they were forced into the infamous march, his promise t
on the day after pearl harbor, the philippines too were under attack.ense here was pitfully hampered by lack of men and -- with his knowledge of past campaigns, particularly with those of his father in this very area, macarthur withdrew his meager forces into the baton peninsula. from the rocky fortress, he directed an operation as crucial as any in the war, this early campaign in the philippines, the heroic fighting by a lonely army of filipinos and americans for almost half a year caused a...
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. >> reporter: in a package that came from a woman named amy in maine, these pearls. they're willing to loan her $4,000. turns out amy and her fiance are pawning the pearls for money to start a daycare center. the family used to live in maryland and when the economy was rolling, they owned a multi-million dollar cable installation business. >> from 2003 to 2008, business was booming. >> reporter: then what happened? >> the economy. people stopped having so much cable. as the customers went away, so did our business. >> reporter: you worry -- >> i worry, too. >> reporter: but the gap between hope and reality was too big. a few weeks after we sat down with the couple, they defaulted on their pawngo loan. if they'd done that at their local bank, they could probably forget about ever getting another loan. but not with todd hill. >> if you walk through the doors again, i'm going to shake your hand, put my arm around you and say, what can i do for you today? >> reporter: kate snow, nbc news. >>> when we come back, health news tonight about breast cancer about the risk of ho
. >> reporter: in a package that came from a woman named amy in maine, these pearls. they're willing to loan her $4,000. turns out amy and her fiance are pawning the pearls for money to start a daycare center. the family used to live in maryland and when the economy was rolling, they owned a multi-million dollar cable installation business. >> from 2003 to 2008, business was booming. >> reporter: then what happened? >> the economy. people stopped having so much cable. as...
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however -- pearl harbor, and pictures of but to most men and women with slanted eyes, so they put usll in one category. i'm happy to say that when the war was over the regiment that i served with was the most decorated unit in the history of the united states, and also had 22 medals of carter, which is much more than most of the -- medals of honor, which is much more than most divisions, and just recently the president and congress is should the gold medal. host: matthew, what do you make about how the government has acted since then? you talk about it. do you think enough has been done to make up for that part of our history? guest: i think even though the government made a mistake back then, they have done a lot to make things right, especially the clinton administration in 1998, as well as the $20,000 given to each japanese-american family. i think the government has made -- tried to make things right. host: matthew shimura, the plan to keep studying this issue? what do you think? guest: i want to continue studying this issue, especially in hawaii, because there were some japanese
however -- pearl harbor, and pictures of but to most men and women with slanted eyes, so they put usll in one category. i'm happy to say that when the war was over the regiment that i served with was the most decorated unit in the history of the united states, and also had 22 medals of carter, which is much more than most of the -- medals of honor, which is much more than most divisions, and just recently the president and congress is should the gold medal. host: matthew, what do you make about...
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like how far quadalcanal is from tokyo and pearl harbor.he logistics' trading, stable operations, it was far more than anyone kinase easily. these constraints of fuel and supplied. in the japanese suffered as much as we did. it deals to back well, i think you for your attention. you have been a great audience. i am proud to be with you. we look forward to hearing what some other offers have to say. dickey. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author a book you would like to see to it? send us an e-mail at booktv.org. tweet us. it twitter.com/booktv. >> my connection to this foundation goes back quite some years. with great honor and boasting i used a lot of the work in my own research and in writing. his work has been particularly helpful for me in terms of my own attempts to think differently about both political and economic liberation for african-americans.g7 the united states is an incredible place. it stands out among other nations and in the world. i've recently had an opportunity to be reminded of how great this places that my family
like how far quadalcanal is from tokyo and pearl harbor.he logistics' trading, stable operations, it was far more than anyone kinase easily. these constraints of fuel and supplied. in the japanese suffered as much as we did. it deals to back well, i think you for your attention. you have been a great audience. i am proud to be with you. we look forward to hearing what some other offers have to say. dickey. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author a book you would like to see to it? send...
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a pearl harbor survivor and what they took, his medals. >> the medals and pins and pearl harbor hat.d all the pins on there. >> more than seven decades, he is national treasure by virtue of still being around to talk about it and he does to kids, to schools. to anyone who will listen but the items he would use to show them all disappeared after the break-in. he is devastated. >> you can't replace it. it's so meaningful that i survived. >> reporter: when the japanese attacked pearl harbor he lost shipmates. he remained in the navy until 1960. he survived korea and he likes to teach because history books can never have the same impact as stories told firsthand. >> i just found i could show these people the younger generation. without our generation they would not be here. >> reporter: there has been no trace of the items but if you see a hat like this for sale or a sexton or medals. they belong to him. it's our history and he just wants them back. >> it's so meaningful. don't throw it away because i would like to have it back. please give it back to me. >> reporter: a simple request fr
a pearl harbor survivor and what they took, his medals. >> the medals and pins and pearl harbor hat.d all the pins on there. >> more than seven decades, he is national treasure by virtue of still being around to talk about it and he does to kids, to schools. to anyone who will listen but the items he would use to show them all disappeared after the break-in. he is devastated. >> you can't replace it. it's so meaningful that i survived. >> reporter: when the japanese...
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>> mother-of-pearl. mother-of-pearl. different colors. on the cart here we have a few other things. what a great hat. i do like this hat, because it says on the front, bill clinton, washington, d.c., 52nd presidential inaugural. it looks like a regular old hat, but it's a man logic hat. it pops open. let me get it to see. we have a city scene of washington, d.c. in the hat. this was gin by a don or, just an american citizen who lives in virginia. nice, little piece. we had these great tennis shoes. a man in california made them, painted for the president. the presidential seal on the side with bill clinton. i got to show you the backs. the backs say numero uno and the chief. got 42nd president right here. 42nd president. nice piece. not something you see every day. this is an interesting piece. this is actually a campaign piece that was given to president clinton by a donor from england, actually. i don't know how they got it or why they have it. you can plug this into your outlet in your car, and it likes up. it's a brake light that says go for clinton when you apply the brakes. i
>> mother-of-pearl. mother-of-pearl. different colors. on the cart here we have a few other things. what a great hat. i do like this hat, because it says on the front, bill clinton, washington, d.c., 52nd presidential inaugural. it looks like a regular old hat, but it's a man logic hat. it pops open. let me get it to see. we have a city scene of washington, d.c. in the hat. this was gin by a don or, just an american citizen who lives in virginia. nice, little piece. we had these great...
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up next here on the edge, it was america's first air raid on japan four months after the attack on pearl harbor. now 70 years later, surviving doolittle raiders are talk about that. and the london olympics, keith moon of the who probably won't be able to be part of the closing ceremonies because he died in 1978. the manager says he got a request from organizers for moon to take part in the symphony of rock. a celebration of british pop culture during the closing ceremony. >>> a big celebration at the national mall today commemorating the 269th anniversary of thomas jefferson's birthday. a wreath laying ceremony was held for the third american president. the national park service, and d.c.'s society of the suns of the american revolution all in attendance, honoring one of america's founding fathers. and biggest wine lovers. next week marks the 70th anniversary of a story chapter in american military history. a near certain suicide mission in the early days of the second world war. carried out by a volunteer group of airmen. bob has their story. >>> i'll never forget
up next here on the edge, it was america's first air raid on japan four months after the attack on pearl harbor. now 70 years later, surviving doolittle raiders are talk about that. and the london olympics, keith moon of the who probably won't be able to be part of the closing ceremonies because he died in 1978. the manager says he got a request from organizers for moon to take part in the symphony of rock. a celebration of british pop culture during the closing ceremony. ...
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i would call your attention to the letter from the managing partner and an owner of pearls because i think she sums it up well, that alcohol is a problem, this is a high crime district, however, haven't won more storefront on sixth street is going to stop the momentum that is growing. urban solutions has done a great job cleaning up and i know that because i'm one of the founders of urban solutions. i know six street pretty well. if we keep doing the same things over and over, that's called insanity. if we keep leaving storefront's vacant, and this is the only person that has tried to read this place for two and a half years, and it has been a bar for 40 years, there's a board of appeals decision that let the license come on and let an entertainment license continue. this has been publicly that it before the city agencies, and i would ask you do issue this letter of determination, that it does serve the public convenience and necessity of san francisco. you'll hear a lot of support today and you have today an opportunity to create history. there are 5 million south asian people in th
i would call your attention to the letter from the managing partner and an owner of pearls because i think she sums it up well, that alcohol is a problem, this is a high crime district, however, haven't won more storefront on sixth street is going to stop the momentum that is growing. urban solutions has done a great job cleaning up and i know that because i'm one of the founders of urban solutions. i know six street pretty well. if we keep doing the same things over and over, that's called...
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>> mother-of-pearl. mother-of-pearl, different colors. on the cart here, we have a few other things. great hat. i do like this hat because it says on the front, bill clinton, washington, d.c., 52nd presidential inaugural. this looks like a regular old hat. pops open. and we have a little city scene of washington, d.c. inside the hat. this was given by a donor. it's an american citizen who lives in virginia. a nice little piece. we have these great tennis shoes that a man in california made, painted for the president. the presidential seal on the side of bill clinton. i have to show you the back. the back says numero uno. and the chief. and the 42nd president, right here. 42nd president. nice piece. not something you see every day. this is an interesting piece. this is actually a campaign piece given to president clinton by a donor from england, actually. i don't know how they got it or why they have it, but you can plug this into your outlet in your car and it lights up. it's a brake light that says vote for clinton. i like that, too. it
>> mother-of-pearl. mother-of-pearl, different colors. on the cart here, we have a few other things. great hat. i do like this hat because it says on the front, bill clinton, washington, d.c., 52nd presidential inaugural. this looks like a regular old hat. pops open. and we have a little city scene of washington, d.c. inside the hat. this was given by a donor. it's an american citizen who lives in virginia. a nice little piece. we have these great tennis shoes that a man in california...
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. >> pelley: the months following pearl harbor were tough for america.ic fleet had been sunk and japan was on the move but 70 years ago today, 80 americans who became known as doolittle's raiders did the impossible and helped turn the tide. nancy cordes spent some time with four of the five surviving radars. >> reporter: 20 vintage b-25 bombers flew in formation over dayton, ohio, today, to honor these four men and the feat they pulled off in their own b-25s back in 1942. >> of course the reason we got away with it was the surprise element. >> reporter: 92-year-old sai edward saylor was 22 when he volunteered for a mission for a secret mission led by the dashingavator james doolittle. >> i thought we would end up in the youngole a short runway. >> reporter: rich cole was doolittle's copilot. at 26, he was one of the oldest members of the squadron. >> i think i was about two days at sea when their p.a. system came on and said, "this force is bound for tokyo." >> reporter: the plan was audacious-- 16 b-25 bombers, designed to take off from much longer runw
. >> pelley: the months following pearl harbor were tough for america.ic fleet had been sunk and japan was on the move but 70 years ago today, 80 americans who became known as doolittle's raiders did the impossible and helped turn the tide. nancy cordes spent some time with four of the five surviving radars. >> reporter: 20 vintage b-25 bombers flew in formation over dayton, ohio, today, to honor these four men and the feat they pulled off in their own b-25s back in 1942. >>...
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. >>> the united states built and operated ten internment camps after the bombing of pearl harbor. the eastern most were located in arkansas towns of jerome and butler. there's a collection of crafts and artworks created by internees at the rower camp. >> the arts and crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity and it gave them something to do. depression was so bad in a lot of the camps in that people -- there was a high incidence of suicide. so people would make these things of beauty to give to each other just as a way to say we support you and we care about you and here is a little something to cheer you up. i think that they really used the art as a way of expressing hope in a time that sort of seemed hopeless. the camp opened in 1942 in september. the first people arrived then and then over the next several months the bulk of them came. they filled their time working within the camps. but then they also had a good bit of free time, too, that they had to fill. and so a lot of the things that are in the collection that we received are pieces of art that people in the camp di
. >>> the united states built and operated ten internment camps after the bombing of pearl harbor. the eastern most were located in arkansas towns of jerome and butler. there's a collection of crafts and artworks created by internees at the rower camp. >> the arts and crafts were sort of how they kept their sanity and it gave them something to do. depression was so bad in a lot of the camps in that people -- there was a high incidence of suicide. so people would make these things...
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. >> in primetime this week, book tv on c-span 2 with a look tonight at pearl harbor starting at 8:30 eastern with craig shirley's december 1941. then stanley wine traub's pearl harbor christmas and burt and anita on "fdr goes to war" on c-span2 this week. applications for social security disability insurance have recently increased to 3.4 million people. last week the social security administration's chief addressed what's behind the increase, citing the high unemployment rate and an increase in mental illnesses. he was joined by interest groups representing the disabled who talked about better ways of incorporated the disabled into the work force. hosted by the national academy of social insurance, this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. i'm mark miller and i'm a columnist for reuters. i wreet about social security and medicare and other health insurance issues as well as pensions and personal finance, and i'd like to welcome everyone and thank you for joining us this morning for our forum on why are more people claiming disability shurngs and what should be done about t. a
. >> in primetime this week, book tv on c-span 2 with a look tonight at pearl harbor starting at 8:30 eastern with craig shirley's december 1941. then stanley wine traub's pearl harbor christmas and burt and anita on "fdr goes to war" on c-span2 this week. applications for social security disability insurance have recently increased to 3.4 million people. last week the social security administration's chief addressed what's behind the increase, citing the high unemployment rate...
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then on booktv, a look back at pearl harbor and world war ii. we will start with craig shirley's book, december 1941. after that, pearl harbor christmas. later, bert and anita poulsen talk about their book. this week on "the communicators", a look at google's new privacy policy. >> on march 1 of this year, google changed its privacy policy, and that is our topic this week on "the communicators." markham erickson is the director of the internet coalition. mr. erickson, can you explain what google did to change its privacy policy and wide? >> google announced about six weeks ago that it was preparing to change its privacy policy. the first time a company that size has given that much time and engagement in that education campaign. what they did is they took privacy policies -- diverse privacy policies that apply to 70 some products that google provides. they consolidated them into one single privacy policy that was uniform across all of those products. >> what is the benefit to google in doing this? >> the benefit to google is first of all, you on
then on booktv, a look back at pearl harbor and world war ii. we will start with craig shirley's book, december 1941. after that, pearl harbor christmas. later, bert and anita poulsen talk about their book. this week on "the communicators", a look at google's new privacy policy. >> on march 1 of this year, google changed its privacy policy, and that is our topic this week on "the communicators." markham erickson is the director of the internet coalition. mr. erickson,...
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if you want to get lots of pearls from that kind of clan, you need to go up a little schuylkill river or northward nowada nowadays. you can see as you go farther away from the mouth of the bay, and also up into higher ground, the waters are fresher. and there you can get other things like really useful marsh plants that i will return to. but there's a lot of variety. lots of variety. and it all produces stuff that can be used. this shows you the major shellfish areas. this, by the way, comes from the national park service, cartgraphers drawings, and when uva press saw them, they said, oh, too colorful, we lose prestige. and they published the book with really yukky colors. in my lectures, i still use john wolf's original maps, thank you very much. but this shows you where the fish are, where the oysters and the clams are. and by the way, the oysters and the hard shell clams used to go up higher. sea water was lower, and intuitively, we think that the saltwater, therefore, would be lower up, coming up lower in the rivers. didn't work that way. the land had not yet been so much paved ov
if you want to get lots of pearls from that kind of clan, you need to go up a little schuylkill river or northward nowada nowadays. you can see as you go farther away from the mouth of the bay, and also up into higher ground, the waters are fresher. and there you can get other things like really useful marsh plants that i will return to. but there's a lot of variety. lots of variety. and it all produces stuff that can be used. this shows you the major shellfish areas. this, by the way, comes...
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people always say do you think fdr knew about pearl harbor? i think fdr knew that an attack was coming and he knew an attack was probably coming first of december, the first two weeks of december but where was it going to be? almost everyone thought that would be on probably singapore and the philippines. the japanese had 50,000 troops in saigon vietnam something from french indochina to the philippines or singapore was an easy thing and fdr and general marshall have had the war department warned the bases to go on high alert. the problem is if i had an hour i could go over what happened at pearl harbor. it's a perfect storm of mistakes and everyone there believes they were in command of the win command with the attitude of it doesn't matter any way because we are really not going to be attacked so why bother and that is a very bad way to do it and other commanders had done that but it was 1932 were 34 or 36 and your commander in hawaii, you could have that attitude and you were fine and you could spend two years out in hawaii and not do a who
people always say do you think fdr knew about pearl harbor? i think fdr knew that an attack was coming and he knew an attack was probably coming first of december, the first two weeks of december but where was it going to be? almost everyone thought that would be on probably singapore and the philippines. the japanese had 50,000 troops in saigon vietnam something from french indochina to the philippines or singapore was an easy thing and fdr and general marshall have had the war department...
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so that there is a representative mike rogers comparing it to like a cyber cyber pearl harbor what is your response to that fear i mean it's just incoherent i mean is saying that because america is being spied on and we need to start spying on america too it just doesn't make any sense if you want to keep the internet secure if you want to prevent people from being spied on what you need to do is listen to what every security expert has said which is build tools that secure the internet that make it safer or that make it more resistant to attack that's not what this bill does at all what it does is it puts the internet in the control of the pentagon and it allows the pentagon to start spying on american citizens that's not going to secure anybody this fellow also allows companies in the pentagon were detained this information from companies like google like facebook and give it to agencies like homeland security like n.s.a. like the f.b.i. what then could the government do with that information. and that's one of the things is the bill puts very little restrictions on what they could
so that there is a representative mike rogers comparing it to like a cyber cyber pearl harbor what is your response to that fear i mean it's just incoherent i mean is saying that because america is being spied on and we need to start spying on america too it just doesn't make any sense if you want to keep the internet secure if you want to prevent people from being spied on what you need to do is listen to what every security expert has said which is build tools that secure the internet that...
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he wound up on a battle ship in island about the time pearl harbor was attacked. by the time the boat came back to be refit he was taken off, sent to washington to go into the press section of the navy. they kind of got tired of him there because he was so politically connected in washington, talking to presidents and admirals, they shipped him off to england where he really became involved with these guys. an old friend of the happened to be the lord, a little mo connected than the average g.i., should be said. after a few hints from fairbanks took him along to a haunted cass until scotland where he was training special operations forces. this was just the swashbuckling cloak and dagger stuff of real life. these guys lived in a haunted castle, the setting of a robert louis stephenseegeson stephenson stories. doing spooky special things. developing secret weapons. james bond-style ways of assassinating people and one of the most important things they came up with was something that mount battin himself was keen on. called it sonic deception subpoena used in a rudi
he wound up on a battle ship in island about the time pearl harbor was attacked. by the time the boat came back to be refit he was taken off, sent to washington to go into the press section of the navy. they kind of got tired of him there because he was so politically connected in washington, talking to presidents and admirals, they shipped him off to england where he really became involved with these guys. an old friend of the happened to be the lord, a little mo connected than the average...
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a lot of people have talked about the similarities between the attack on pearl harbor and 9/11 because that's another instance when something terrible happened and there was a lot of confusion and the automatic response was, well, let's round up all of these people and protect ourselves from them. and it was very interesting to hear people from the japanese-american community talk about their reactions during 9/11 and after 9/11 when there was a lot of talk about condemning an entire people because of the acts of a handful of people and how they just wanted people to remember what had happened in this case so that they didn't make the same mistake again.
a lot of people have talked about the similarities between the attack on pearl harbor and 9/11 because that's another instance when something terrible happened and there was a lot of confusion and the automatic response was, well, let's round up all of these people and protect ourselves from them. and it was very interesting to hear people from the japanese-american community talk about their reactions during 9/11 and after 9/11 when there was a lot of talk about condemning an entire people...
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there has been a lot of talk of the prospect of a cyber pearl harbor attack that could shut down critical infrastructure and potentially cause physical damage to the united states tension a destructive threat against critical infrastructure is certainly possible i am more concerned however about the death by a thousand cuts that we are suffering right now from cyber espionage being conducted every day against nearly every sector of our economy. now mike rogers further defended his proposal by saying every day u.s. businesses are targeted by nation state actors like china for cyber exploitation and that the broad based support for this bill shows that congress recognizes the urgent need to help our private sector better defend itself from the u.s. attacks which segues right into the private sector and its role in all of this the private contractors hired by corporations by the government they can always be counted on to exaggerate the threat just like math these anti-virus firm did and that could be released a report back in two thousand and nine explaining that data theft and breaches fro
there has been a lot of talk of the prospect of a cyber pearl harbor attack that could shut down critical infrastructure and potentially cause physical damage to the united states tension a destructive threat against critical infrastructure is certainly possible i am more concerned however about the death by a thousand cuts that we are suffering right now from cyber espionage being conducted every day against nearly every sector of our economy. now mike rogers further defended his proposal by...
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he just enlisted the event in an attack on pearl harbor.ebody stole his memorabilia which was an instrument used to help navigate ships and planes. somebody in the community will help to replace one of those stolen items and they will deliver it to him today. >>> raiders first pick will be in a third round. meanwhile they have the overall first pick. when he was asked, he said it would be a lot of fun to face his former coach jim harbaugh and the 49ers. speaking of them they will be hosting their annual party this afternoon at 4:00 on the great america parkway. season ticket holders will get a look at the tickets available. we are still not clear if any tickets are left. >>> we are looking at the traffic which has been affected by the wet weather and in spots from print tonight to fremont you will see this a little more than traffic ahead. let's go to the desk. >>> parents and students are on alert. what happened with the warning that school officials have issued? >>> and a huge marijuana bust, we have the exclusive details on the arrest an
he just enlisted the event in an attack on pearl harbor.ebody stole his memorabilia which was an instrument used to help navigate ships and planes. somebody in the community will help to replace one of those stolen items and they will deliver it to him today. >>> raiders first pick will be in a third round. meanwhile they have the overall first pick. when he was asked, he said it would be a lot of fun to face his former coach jim harbaugh and the 49ers. speaking of them they will be...
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a survivor on the japanese attack on pearl harbor is hoping to get item stolen from his truck. at 7:00 wednesday night he left the diner to check on his truck in the parking lot and found that someone had jimmied the lock and broke into his truck. he stole several things he uses to give presentations to schools and community groups. >> my hat, my badges, my treasure for pearl harbor survivor association there. it means an awful lot to me. >> he says he just wants the items return. no questions asked. >>> 6:26. now is your chance if you want to own a piece of hunger games memorabilia. $1.4million. it's where many of the scenes for hunger games were filmed but in real life the yarn mill that the town was centered around it closed down in the 1960s. last resident there packed up in 1987. >>> 6:27. it's time for baseball. we are live at the coliseumen the a -- at the coliseum as the a's prepare for their home game opener. >> we'll tell you the overnight developments in that continuing investigation. >> police in fremont are investigating an overnight homicide. the crime scene tape
a survivor on the japanese attack on pearl harbor is hoping to get item stolen from his truck. at 7:00 wednesday night he left the diner to check on his truck in the parking lot and found that someone had jimmied the lock and broke into his truck. he stole several things he uses to give presentations to schools and community groups. >> my hat, my badges, my treasure for pearl harbor survivor association there. it means an awful lot to me. >> he says he just wants the items return....
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. >> take a look, i can give out to the people were about pearl harbor. >> reporter: 92-year-old pearlr veteran mickey gannon told me what's left of his unique presentation after the heartbreaking theft in san leandro last night, he had a hard time holding back tears. >> it means an awful lot to me, it cannot be replaced. >> reporter: he was here on east 14th at a veteran's dinner about 7:00. he came outside to check on his pickup truck parked right here and found someone had jimmies the lock and stolen his life's treasures. >> i had my hat, badges and pins and different things i use for displays, not having those to show the people, it takes a lot out of my life. >> ganach soldiered on today. >> we had a battleship -- >> reporter: at the san ramon valley lunch as he does regularly for schools and civics groupless. he displayed newspapers and photos he used as a 22-year- old. the battleship he helped defend from the crow's nest that day. that fateful day. he retains astonishing command of its details 70 years later. that a thief diminished this remarkable voice of history -- >> it's de
. >> take a look, i can give out to the people were about pearl harbor. >> reporter: 92-year-old pearlr veteran mickey gannon told me what's left of his unique presentation after the heartbreaking theft in san leandro last night, he had a hard time holding back tears. >> it means an awful lot to me, it cannot be replaced. >> reporter: he was here on east 14th at a veteran's dinner about 7:00. he came outside to check on his pickup truck parked right here and found...
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as pennsylvania when the japanese bombed pearl harbor. they survived the attack and mickey spent the rest of the war helping navigate the ships through dangerous waters. he used a century old device that helps sailors navigate using only the stars. >> you get that all wind up on the horizon, it matches with the stars. >> he has used it to teach kids about the war until earlier this month when it was stolen in a car burglary. >> it was valuable to me but not for them. they would not know what it was. >> but this manhattan to hear about the story. >> it can be all night that night. i went to bed about 6:00 a.m.. it made my blood boil. >> so he began a computer search to replace ed. it was not easy but he finally found one for sale in michigan and bought its and the two met at police headquarters for the presentation. >> thank you. >> absolutely sir. >> i feel like i consider my life all over again. >> he will must say how much he paid to replace lost device. he considers it a thank-you gift and he has restored something [ male announcer ] k
as pennsylvania when the japanese bombed pearl harbor. they survived the attack and mickey spent the rest of the war helping navigate the ships through dangerous waters. he used a century old device that helps sailors navigate using only the stars. >> you get that all wind up on the horizon, it matches with the stars. >> he has used it to teach kids about the war until earlier this month when it was stolen in a car burglary. >> it was valuable to me but not for them. they...
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a buses yay and rhinestones and pearls brought in almost 20 grand and a gown shower with to a pregrammyarty almost sold for 12,000. court battle centers around 51 songs cowritten biry charles. the foundation accuses adult chip of sending copy right termination notices to publishers claiming they own the song. >>> ashton ciewcher has a new movie role. >> playing the cofounder of apple. the website variety is reporting that ciewchler play steve jobs in an upcoming indifilm. the movie will chronicle jobs from hip pyto cofounding one of the biggest technology companies.. thanks. i'll take the usual. got it. if you're open to choosing your own batter, mix-ins and toppings, come in today and build a stack you'll be proud of. only at denny's. >>> now, good morning maryland. >>> welcome back. who won the whopping mega millions jackpot? the winning ticket was sold at a 7 eleven in baltimore county. linda so is here with a little bit more information about who possibly may have won. >> there are plenty of rumors out there, as of last night, lottery officials say no one has stepped forward with th
a buses yay and rhinestones and pearls brought in almost 20 grand and a gown shower with to a pregrammyarty almost sold for 12,000. court battle centers around 51 songs cowritten biry charles. the foundation accuses adult chip of sending copy right termination notices to publishers claiming they own the song. >>> ashton ciewcher has a new movie role. >> playing the cofounder of apple. the website variety is reporting that ciewchler play steve jobs in an upcoming indifilm. the...
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. >> take a look, i can give out to the people were about pearl harbor. >> reporter: 92-year-old pearlor veteran mickey gannon told me what's left of his unique presentation after the heartbreaking theft in san leandro last night, he had a hard time holding back tears. >> it means an awful lot to me, it cannot be replaced. >> reporter: he was here on east 14th at a veteran's dinner about 7:00. he came outside to check on his pickup truck parked right here and found someone had jimmies the lock and stolen his life's treasures. >> i had my hat, badges and pins and different things i use for displays, not having those to show the people, it takes a lot out of my life. >> ganach soldiered on today. >> we had a battleship -- >> reporter: at the san ramon valley lunch as he does regularly for schools and civics groupless. he displayed newspapers and photos he used as a 22-year- old. the battleship he helped defend from the crow's nest that day. that fateful day. he retains astonishing command of its details 70 years later. that a thief diminished this remarkable voice of history -- >> it's d
. >> take a look, i can give out to the people were about pearl harbor. >> reporter: 92-year-old pearlor veteran mickey gannon told me what's left of his unique presentation after the heartbreaking theft in san leandro last night, he had a hard time holding back tears. >> it means an awful lot to me, it cannot be replaced. >> reporter: he was here on east 14th at a veteran's dinner about 7:00. he came outside to check on his pickup truck parked right here and found...