a message which electrified america, we had been attacked pearl harbor.en and women had died. war was declared just hours after in the hall of the u.s. house of representatives when president franklin delano roosevelt came and describes that day that would live in infamy. it was his job as commander-in-chief to rally the american people and our forces to win that war. he summoned winston churchill to come across the ocean in need in the white house. two weeks after pearl harbor, franklin roosevelt sent the order to the military, attack japan. he knew he had to make the point that they were not invulnerable and he had to prove to the american people that we had the will to stand up and fight back against the odds. lucky for him, and lucky for america, 80 brave americans stepped forward to volunteer for this mission. some might have described it as a suicide mission. we are going to fly bombers off a carrier? we're not going to have fighter escorts? were going to have to give up our armament because of these 500 pound bombs we have to transport such a great

three years before the japanese attack on pearl harbor the u.s. army air forces was comprised of 21,000 airmen and 1800 aircraft. but by the end of the war, the army air forces included 2.3 million people and production of aircraft of all types reached nearly 300,000. in a war that military leaders learned would be determined by air superiority, this unprecedented, almost inconceivable increase in american air power was widely recognized to be one of the most important factors in the allies victory. the three years before pearl harbor, that challenge had not yet been solved and the united states was looking at an immense disparity between what it had and what it would soon need. so drawing on the expertise of prominent aviation leaders the military created what would become the civilian pilot training program. by this time by the time the program ended, it had trained 435,000 pilots including senator john glenn. the nation's top ace richard balm and one of our guests here today, tripoli's colonel bud anderson. now, ladies and gentlemen approaching

three years before the japanese attack on pearl harbor, the u.s.y air forces was comprised of 21,000 airmen. by the end of the war, the army air forces included 2.3 million people and production of aircraft of all types reached nearly 300,000. in a war that military leaders learned would be determined by air superiority, this unprecedented increase was recognized to be one of most important factors in the allied victory. the three years before pearl harbor, that challenge had not been solved, and the united states was looking at immense disparity between what it had and what it needed. the military created what became the civilian pilot training program. by the time the program ended, it trained pilots, including senator john glenn, and one of our guests here today, bud anderson. now, ladies and gentlemen, approaching are the trainers. all u.s. military pilots completed a program that was a combination of three phases -- primary, basic, and advanced. these warriors learn to fly in a wide for any of aircraft, among them the grasshopper -- [indiscern

matheny: that changed a couple days later when i caught an lst for pearl harbor. 0 day trip. those lst's were not real fast. those initials stood for “landing ship tank.” more appropriately dubbed “large, slow target.” [laughter] mr. matheny: when we arrived at pearl, that happened to be the same day president roosevelt arrived on a cruiser. and he was meeting with general macarthur and admiral nimitz who helped solve the problem of whether they were going to attack the philippines or formosa. we sat in our humble man-of-war while the president went ashore. of course, he was greeted by a lot of gold braid. quite a line of admirals lined up to meet him. the chief of staff for admiral nimitz ordered them eyes right and two of them turned left. i did not see them, but that was the story. it was apparently a delightful thing for sailors. it confirmed a lot of privately held views. i was assigned to flag plot, a large fortress kind of building at pearl. and that is where i spent a lot of my time before i went with the admiral to guam. mr. dunn: i had a similar situation

three years before the japanese attack on pearl harbor, the u.s.ircraft. but by the end of the war, the army air forces included 2.3 million people and production of aircraft of all types reached nearly 300,000. in a war that military leaders learned would be determined by air superiority, this unprecedented, almost inconceivable increase in american air power was widely recognized to be one of the most important factors in the allies victory. the three years before pearl harbor, that challenge had not yet been solved and the united states was looking at an immense disparity between what it had and what it would soon need. so drawing on the expertise of prominent aviation leaders, the military created what would become the civilian pilot training program. by this time, by the time the program ended, it had trained 435,000 pilots, including senator john glenn. the nation's top ace richard balm and one of our guests here today, tripoli's colonel bud anderson. now, ladies and gentlemen, approaching are the trainers, all u.s. military pilots completed

the planes fly in formations representing the major battles of world war ii, from pearl harbor, through the assault on japan. >> the wildcat and the gauntlet. when the u.s. marines stormed the shores in august of 1942, they had reached their peak. this bold, unexpected offensive would prove to be a critical turning point in the war on the pacific. a small airfield on the island was the focal point of six months of fierce battles on the ground, in the air, and on the ground -- and on the sea. by the time the japanese conceded, nearly 25,000 japanese and 1600 americans had been killed with house and more dead from malaria and other diseases. central to the battle was the wildcat, which operated from carriers by u.s. navy pilots, and from henderson field, by marine pilots throughout the campaign. although badly outmatched by the mitsubishi zero, the wildcats were able to hold their own because of their rugged construction and unique battle tactics developed by naval aviators. by the end of 1943 the first of a new fighter were being deployed to the pacific theater. during the early battles

on flights to pearl harbor and guam, mr.heny was among those that entered japan after the occupation. after the war, he attended harvard law school and joined the firm of caldwell downing. after 10 decades of growth as managing partner, that little outfit has become husch blackwell upstairs, employing more than 500 attorneys in 16 offices. in his "retirement," mr. matheny has become an important historian of kansas city. his seven books tell the story of his law firm, the hospitals in the west, and kansas city's experience in world war ii. these three men have been friends and partners for many years. and yet, characteristically of that generation that has justly been called “the greatest,” they never discussed there war experiences until ed began asking as research for his book, called “the pursuit of a ruptured duck: when kansas citians went to war.” they are learning new details from one another. we are fortunate to learn some of them in their presence tonight. i will start with you, mr. bloch. tell us how you wound up in

three years before pearl harbor of the challenge had not been sold in the united states were lookinga disparity between what it had and what it would noteed. he created what would be called the civilian training program. by the time the program had ended it had trained 430,000 pilots including senator john glenn and one of our guests here today, tripoli's kernel -- triple ace kernecolonel bud. ladies and gentlemen approaching are the trainers. all u.s. military pilots accomplished a training program in three phases, primary, basic, and advanced. these future aviation warriors learned to fly in a wide variety of airport -- aircraft like the grasshopper and the piper cub. here they come now. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen please kneel down so you are not blocking the view of those behind you. thank you. >> in addition to serving as training aircraft, all these planes had wartime functions. as reconnaissance and liaison aircraft. one pilot reported 60 confirmed kills of german tankers while flying a piper l4 grasshopper outfitted with a bazooka. these two aircraft are part of that l

after things went south with the economy, and the attack on pearl harbor, the united states government was very interested in building a base here and the county sold land to the navy and they built the base. the torpedo bomber was very slow, poorly armored and was often shot down. the navy try to develop a better torpedo bomber and grumman and there's ready. it was on display december 7, 1941. during that open house some navy and local politicians got worried about -- got word about pearl harbor being attacked and decided they had to tell everyone who was there when it happened and on the delivery they said this plan will help us win the war and we have not named this plane but we will name it the avenger. that was spur of the moment having named the plane that day. president bush: it had great appeal to me. i asked to be trained for torpedo bombers. it was risky, of course, but that was the territory at those days. john: president george h.w. bush came here after he got his wings, he got them in corpus christi. he was here in 1943, probably may to september of 1943. he was in this ro

in pearl harbor, the u.s. government was very interested in building a base here. the county sold the land the navy, and they built base. this torpedo bomber, which is very slow, fully armored which was shot down pretty much every time they tried to sink a ship. the navy contracted another company to build another computer bomber. -- torpedo bomber. it was displayed in a 1941. during that "-- during that open house, they got word about the pearl harbor attacks. they got together and decided they needed to tell what had happened. during that delivery, they also said that you plane you see here is going to help us win the war. you have a name -- we do not have a name, but we are going to call it the avenger. >> the plaintiff appealed to be. there were three of us in the airplane. -- the plane appealed to me. i asked to be trained for peto bombers. -- petotorpedo bombers. >> george h w bush, our 40 1st president came here after he was transferred from corpus christi in 1943, probably september of 1943. he was in this room. he would have to train in the lane trainer. h

again, this was before pearl harbor, august 1941. the united states is not in the war, but we are calling for what we would today call “regime change,” and it would end this noxious regime, and with that, the british prime minister and president hope to establish a peace, a lasting peace, again freedom from fear and want. world war does come to america as we know it, pearl harbor. some of you have seen this before in other talks i have given, but for those who have not seen this this shows how the , unexpected can occur. this is the program for the army-navy game in november 1941 on the cover. -- on the right is the cover. inside the program is a photograph of the battleship arizona, plowing into the waves. and there is a caption underneath that photograph on the left. let me read it to you. “the uss arizona as she plows into a huge swell.” it is significant that despite the claims of air enthusiasts, no battleship has yet been sunk by bombs. this was another creepy photograph. less than two weeks later at pearl harbor, the arizona i

arizona during the attack on pearl harbor. if repairs all go according to plan, tours will resume next thursday. >> get ready to learn a little something. >>> the scripps howard smash spelling bee has crowned co- champs for a second straight year. have you ever heard of the words they spell? >> never! >> their names are almost as difficult at the words they are spelling -- vanya shivashankar and gokul venkatachalam. vanya's final word means paper cutting. she is from kansas. the lower student, gokul, is from missouri. he wants to go to stanford and become a entrepreneur or stockbroker. >> all right. i am sure whatever they decide in life they will have their chase of schools, career, whatever they want to do. >> yes! >> smart young people there. okay. sal? we got you? >>> good morning. the traffic is looking good around the area. you can see the bay area bridge, traffic looking good there over the span. rosemary, what are we looking at for weather? >>> all right. as we get into friday afternoon, look at the satellite view, a s

inbound now are two curtis war hawks, a 1930 seven designed that at the time of pearl harbor was ourific. directly to our left, the two curtis p-40 war hawks liquid cooled engines. in 1942 after a series of setbacks in the pacific a lieutenant colonel led 16 of these mitchell bombers on a bombing raid to tokyo and four other cds. the rate was american -- the raid was american improvisation at its finest. an american strike on the homeland of japan provided americans with a much needed boost in morale. although the results were only minor damage, it had a profound impact on japanese strategy. their leaders became more concerned about attacks than before. ladies and gentlemen three b 25 mitchell commerce, two of the be 25's, 18 marine corps pbj-1. in june of 1942, as the japanese and american navies converged on a tiny fall can it island in the middle of the pacific the sta ke was set for a dramatic shift in momentum. tipoff of japanese plans pby catalina's were deployed from midway to search hundreds of miles of ocean for enemy ships. one of them found a japanese fleet steaming toward

pearl harbor, baton the battles engraved at the memorial crossed my mind and i reflected upon the lost dreams and lost futures of those young americans. history is harsh. what is done cannot be undone. with deep repittance in my heart, i stood in silent prayer for some time. my dear friends, on behalf of japan and the japanese people, i offer with profound respect my eternal condolences to the souls of all american people that was lost during world war ii. ladies and gentlemen in the gallery today is lieutenant general law ens snowden -- lawrence snowden. 70 years ago in february he landed on the island of iwo jima. as a captain in command of a company. general snowden has often participated in the memory of friends. he has said, and i quote, we didn't and don't go to iwo jima to deliver victory, but with the promise to pay tribute to and honor those who lost their lives on both sides. next year, general snowden sits next to a former member of my cabinet. his grandfather, whose valor we remember even today, as the commander of the japanese garrison during the battle of iwo jima. what s

pearl harbor. coral sea. the battle at the memorial crossed my mind, and i reflected upon the lost dreams and lost futures of those young americans. history is harsh. what is done cannot be undone. with deep repentance in my heart , i prayed silently for some time. my friend, on behalf of japan and the japanese people, i offer with profound respect my eternal condolences to the souls of all american people that were lost during world war ii. [applause] prime minister abe: ladies and gentlemen, in the gallery today is lieutenant general lawrence snowden. [applause] prime minister abe: 70 years ago, in february, he landed on kyoto on the island of iwojima as a captain in command of a company. in recent years, general snowden has often participated in the memory of families helped jointly by japan and u.s. owned kyoto. he says, and i quote, "we didn't and don't go to iwojima japan to celebrate victory but for the purpose to pay tribute to and honor those who lost their lives on both sides." next to general snowd

close to 2500 americans died when the japanese bombed pearl harbor on december 7th, 1941. >>> turns out't have to go to the beach to see a sand castle. check out these sculptures, inside the hamilton mall in mays landing. this sculpture was designed by retired atlantic city firefighter, john glad i and his daughter. they spent the entire holiday weekend working on the 9-foot ton creation. award winning sand art hoist now lives in thely. the theme that far design right there you see it, a tribute to summer. >> another way to beat the heat take a dip in the pool. morton, delaware county, the aquatic swim club, popular place for cooling off, a long season ahead for a lot of these swimmers. >> kate perfect day to be in the pool, or down the shore anywhere. >> just the right temperature. >> again, not too hot. not too cool. move in the shade out on a bike ride, nice, shaded, on the beach get the little breeze off the water that helps. just perfect day all across the region, i tell you it, will get a lot more humid and a lot hot they are week. so hopefully you enjoyed today. temperatures on t

the japanese at pearl harbor. -- and malaysia.japan committed to 100 years of war and sacrifice, if necessary. check it we are prepared to lose 10 million lives in our war with america. >> eight japan committed to world domination. a japan whose home front is united behind the enemy war effort. [cheering] now, together with our allies, we could contemplate putting power against this treacherous enemy and read the war primarily of this menace. we can do this it every american in or out of uniform keep in the front of their minds, the plane site that we would not have won this war nor can we enjoy any peace, until japan is completely crushed. >> two down and one to go! [gong] >> to defeat japan as quickly as we can permanently, we must now assemble, readjust, and streamline our world forces in order to apply the maximum power. in striking this last great blow w, we will need all of our military personnel to bring about the showdown in the pacific. military necessity degrees all men suited to this type of warfare to be waged against

the attack on pearl harbor had so damaged our fleet as to render us unable to do that offensive.e simply could not wait. in europe, we had hard fighting allies already at grips with the enemies. in england, we had bases from which to launch our fast-growing airpower, but in the pacific, we had no airbases near japan and no strong allies, however brave. most important of all america needed to have two committed nato forces to the european theater because at that time the axis partners had russia and britain on the ropes. if we had concentrated on japan and defeated it, we then might have been confronted with a germany that neither had defeated russia or britain or at the very least have become so strong to be almost impregnable to our attack. particularly if the enemy had in in possession of the french fleet. we would have faced long years of constant wars. thus we made the choice -- over the pacific, attacking europe. first, we would attack germany from the air and then invade europe and destroy the german armies. with our allies, we won the battle of europe, but without the hero

the japanese at pearl harbor. japan. malaysia.japan committed to 100 years of war and sacrifice if nothing. >> we are prepared to lose ten million lives in our war with america. in japan committed to world domination or to death. a japan whose whole front is united behind the enemy's war effort. now, together with our allies, we shall concentrate devastating power against this treacherous enemy, and rid the world perm then inially -- permanently. we can do this if each american in and out of uniform keeps in mind the fact that we would not have won this war, nor can we enjoy any peace, until japan is completely crushed. >> two down and one to go. to defeat japan as quickly as we can, permanently, we must now assemble readjust and streamline our world forces in order to apply the maximum power. in striking this last great blow, will we need all our present military personnel to bring about the showdown in the pacific. military necessity decrees that all men suited to the type of warfare to be waged against the pacific foe must rema

they had pearl harbor. >> the plane had great appeal to me. the team effort, there were three of us. it was the largest barrier aircraft, so i asked to be trained for to pedal bombers and i never regretted it. it was risky, of course, but that was the territory at those days. john: president george h.w. bush came here after he got his wings, he got them in corpus christi. he was here in 1943, probably may to september of 1943. he was in this room. he has not been back to this building since then. he has been back to the base and the building he lived in, across the street, has been torn down in 1988. he lived there and when he was going for reelection in 1992, he visited the building. he went around and said yeah, this is the room i lived in. a were tearing the building down he knew it was anti-by then, so people around the organization later took all of the flooring out and fixtures and this and that andriy and re-created that room of the museum, and we call it the bush room. we are now entering the george bush room. this is a re-created barr

why would they burn -- bomb pearl harbor? that was the whole point. >> them main point they were allied already with the germans and what roosevelt was trying to do was of course to fight the germans. why would we have carried? we didn't get aunt when they attached -- a tactic that cheniere. why did we care if they attacked the dutch? we didn't care that hitler it's well-documented hitler already had plans to first knock off russia and then you know after us. >> what fdr was saying to the public was if i cut the oil the japanese military will move south. if they move south they will go through french, british and dutch possessions and that while south america into a war. i have a way to stop the japanese military from doing this by keeping the spigot open. america was the saudi arabia of the world the past point. we were providing 60% to world's oil 80% of japan's oil and fdr's plan did work for two years. it only did work after these geniuses cut the oil and as far as being allied with hitler there was a pact but there was n

steaming into pearl harbor for the first time since outbreak of war, he confirmed and took an active pacific is apparent known from this conference, emerge the blueprint for liberation of the philippines. he began his term firm in the belief man is capable of his own government and no dictator can govern them as wisely as one can govern themselves. on that note, he made plans to bring together the nations and peoples of the world in a just and lasting peace. history recorded that first step as the san francisco conference. this conference, the text of his life in the words grown tired, it's a heritage for all men everywhere. >> to congress and the american people, accept the revoke of this conference as the beginning of our permanent structure of peace upon which we can begin to build under god that better

steaming into pearl harbor for the first time since outbreak of war, he confirmed and took an active part in planning the war in the pacific is apparent known from this conference, emerge the blueprint for liberation of the philippines. he began his term firm in the belief man is capable of his own government and no dictator can govern them as wisely as one can govern themselves. on that note, he made plans to bring together the nations and peoples of the world in a just and lasting peace. history recorded that first step as the san francisco conference. this conference, the text of his life in the words grown tired, it's a heritage for all men everywhere. >> to congress and the american people, accept the revoke of this conference as the beginning of our permanent structure of peace upon which we can begin to build under god that better world in which our children and grandchildren, yours and mine the children and grandchildren of the whole world must live and can live. ♪ ♪ >>> this weekend fugate talks about preparations for the approaching hurricane season and other steps taken to

what drove it was first the press which was within a couple of weeks of pearl harbor absolutely spreading the message that the japanese were about to invade the west coast which they knew really. the japanese did not have that time -- that kind of military capability. the charge to put these people in what president roosevelt himself called concentration camps they were barbed wire enclosures with machine guns manned by american soldiers at these 10 relocation camps. first they went to 18 assembly centers they were called. santa anita racetrack was one the livestock pavilions in washington and oregon and the people lived in stables. they were amazingly compliant as they were rounded up. there were only for four people who didn't as it were show up and even in santa anita where they re-created these kinds of small town america where there were 18,000 people held at santa anita all of them claiming that they are stable with the manure and everything else and it had been see biscuits. that was the mark of distinction. they were held there for three months until the camps were almost finished

then a month later here will pearl harbor. with u.s. at war, harl is shipped to the south pacific, he puts in a request to join a pt boat crew, which means patroler to meado torpedo, and they had twin machine gun turrets. >> they could lay low in the water, wait for the enemy ships to pass, then attack with the torpedos. >> the museum curator shows me around, tight quarters. quarters. why the moss quito -- mosquito fleet. >> they could infection you with malaria, they were deadly and fast. jamie: harl's captain, 26-year-old navy lieutenant, john f. kennedy. >> so, this is where kennedy, lieutenant junior grade, controlled the ship from? >> correct. jamie: right here, you could barely see over, and they operated in the dark of night. >> yes. jamie: 4 feel the away is where harold was operateing that turret this puts it in perspective. >> idea was to go out attack the destroyers and sink them. jamie: no radar? >> the 109 had no radar. >> on one such night august 1, 1943, out of darkness. a japanese destroyer traveling at 40 knots. 19-year

. >> who bombed pearl harbor? >> you are putting me on the spot. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching this special watters world edition of the factor. well, jesse went out there, far and wide from the beaches of malibu to the depth of penn station here in new york city to find out how much the folks know about american presidents. ♪ ♪ >>> presidents' day is upon us. who is your favorite president? >> john f. kennedy. >> just because is he attractive, right? >> yeah. >> i don't know. reagan, maybe? >> you are a reagan guy? >> abraham lincoln. >> babes that like abe. >> if he were a president he would be baberaham lincoln. >> hold up presidents go out. >> we light it? >> no, i'm fine. >> you are looking at a man with a tremendous problem. >> who is this? >> george washington. >> he was the biggest pot farmer in american history. >> sexy. >> what bill is he on? >> hundred? >> ten? >> is he not on the one. >> he is on the

the reaction on the west coast after pearl harbor by what many people would call the best people in theountry basically lead within two months to them being shipped off into horse stables. they were living in horse stables and livestock pavilions for three months while barracks were built in 10 places across the country in the high deserts, in the west end and swamps in arkansas where no people had ever lived before nor ever did again. what drove it was first the press which was within a couple of weeks of pearl harbor absolutely spreading the message that the japanese were about to invade the west coast which they knew really. the japanese did not have that time -- that kind of military capability. the charge to put these people

. >> reporter: the attack on pearl harbor.hay had section months to a year left in flight training for the bflt-17. >> the day after pearl harbor i was a full fledge combat pilot, fifrs pilot and i started flying first pilot from then on. i flew planes that i never had even seen before. >> reporter: one such aircraft the b-29 super fortress. he was the first to fly one at 48,000 feet. his initial training not on the aircraft itself but on a b-26. >> they sent me to hayes, kansas. it ended up i went to hayes, kansas with a captain who only had an hour and 45 minutes. so we picked up the first airplane and i got to be first pilot even though he was a captain, because i had 30 minutes more flying time than he did. i had two hours and 15 minutes. >> reporter: visiting from new jersey he is eager to see fifi the last air worthy b-29 left. >> in my wildest dreams as i said on channel 4 this morning, i wouldn't have ever thought i would be doing this when i was 96 years old. so, it's really quite a thrill. >> reporter: and if you did

the second question about the german decision to declare war on the united states after pearl harbor is not in my book. my research did not touch on that except i have read many books on the subject but what i have read is that hitler realized he had to close down the pipeline. he could not bomb american ships spur'' he knew he would have to declare war on us sooner or later and that is my vendor standing why the germans declared war on us. that is not disclosed by my research but secondary sources. >> if i could interpret what you said meaning it was not churchill that was so great but the threat of disaster that kept the cabinet together and once that threat abated it fell apart. so what is the relative importance of the threat as opposed to new churchill's abilities? is there any other leader with whom you would compare churchill with his ability to navigate the tough waters ? >> everybody is the war cabinet understood the nature of the threat. that did not stop them even before the united states and soviet union chewing to it never boiled over and tell the threat had eased but th

. >> the attack on pearl harbor. bob veaushea had six months to a year left in flight training for the b-17. >> the day after pearl harbor i was a full-fledged combat pilot first pilot and i started flying first pilot from then on. i flew planes i'd never seen before before. >> reporter: one such aircraft, the b-29ment superfortress. voucher was the first one to fly it. his initial training was on a, be 26. >> they sent me to hayes, kansas and i went to hayes, who only had an hour and forty-five minutes. so we picked up the first airplane and i got to be first pilot even though he was a captain because i had 30 minutes more flying time than he did. i had two hours and fifteen minutes. >> reporter: visiting from new jersey voucher iscecisee fifi the last b-29 left. >> many my wildest dreams i never thought i would be doing this when i was 96 years old. it's really quite a thrill. >> reporter: and the flyover gets under way at 12:10 and we're expecting a crowd to line up along the mall. the route is going to be passing

. >> coming up -- >> i was born five days before pearl harbor. that makes me an old guy. >> one of maricopa's oldest inmates comes to jail after mixing love and alcohol. >> i hadn't had any sex for seven months. and so that was kind of the straw that broke the camel's back. >>> with more than 9,000 inmates and 6 different facility, maricopa's special response team has the massive task of keeping the jail secured. >> we searched 73,000 bunks last year. 73,000 bunks are a lot of bunks. you know? so that's our job. >> one way they do this is through frequent inspections for contraband. >> [ bleep ]. >> get down! on the ground! get on the ground now! >> okay, they're opening lower tier. once they're strip searched they're going into the rec yard. straight down the middle. straight down the middle. >> though the goal of these raids is to neutralize threats, some inmates are less threatening than others. >> we go through this about once a month. and usually they're looking for things we're not supposed to have. >> 68-year-old patrick stanwick has been

nnl was built at the philadelphia neighbor shipyard and lawvrped des 7 194 2 at the attack on pearl harbora wreath was tossed into i ruvr river to remember crew members since passed way. >> new jersey state police are investigate a fightal crash route 42 come camden county southbound lanes near blackwood clemington road in gloucester township. investigators say the driver of vehicle lost control and crashed into a wooded area you see right there. one person was ejected from the vehicle. and pronounced dead at the scene. no other injuries reported. >> in crossclaimster we're asking for your help identifying a bank robbery suspect. man entererd pnc blank on 900 block of black horse pike after 11:00 this morning and they say he passed note to telller and then nret with undisclosed amount of sash he is described as white male thin build 5' 7" was last seen wearing a sweatshirt, blue jeans and sneakser carrying a jan sport backpack. >> more to comeagar is brewing in cleveland where a police officer was aindicated in killing of two unarmed plaque most riingts and later with the celebration unlik

with your family, we have dinner, say, at the closest shopping mall to our house near pearl harbor, and i am always working, so i am trying my best to spend family time with my family, but my kids grew up through dad being in the legislature, and now they are growing up with me being in congress. i go to their soccer games or their swimming meets with our kids. always on. host: you spoke about coming here as a member of the military. when did you begin serving? rep. mark takai: july 19, 1999. host: did you serve in iraq? rep. mark takai: i served in kuwait as part of operation iraqi freedom. i am proud to be in the army national guard, right now serving as a lieutenant colonel. host: do you still have demands on your time for the national guard? rep. mark takai: absolutely. the reason i know the date is that is our anniversary date and every year, you have to have the many hours of her and mine is coming up, so i am working hard to make sure it is a good year. host: you are on the armed services committee. what would you like to see accomplished? rep. mark takai: we spent the first appl

maybe 9/11, maybe pearl harbor.but in terms of boom, one second, history changed -- abraham lincoln's plans for post-civil war america were to bring the southern states back into the union.

chris, the next pearl harbor is probably going to be cyber. and we have to get ready for it. >> i'd say you're right, sir. thank you much, senator angus king of maine, who has seen the stuff. i'm joined by terrorist analyst evan kohlmann. evan, tell me what you think. you're an expert on this thing. like the books he was reading, how he still wanted to hit our big targets and blow us apart. i think he was looking at the federal reserve and trying to figure that thing out. >> he has this obsessive need to attack the united states. and i think part of it actually can be explained through some of the other correspondence, which is bin laden seems to have gotten frustrated about the fact that he keeps pushing attacks on the united states, and a lot of his acolytes and a lot of the different al qaeda affiliates seem more interested in fighting each other, in killing local people, in doing things that only have bare -- kind of bare resemblance to what his larger mission. he seems to constantly be trying to fight with these people to say look, don't

let's not forget the precipitating factor 73 years ago in pearl harbor was a u.s. oil embargo against japan. these things can blow up. >> there's nothing uglier than the enemy we now face. these are people that burn folks alive. that decapitate children for god sakes. >> well i think they're both equally threatening. i think they speak to the infantlization of u.s. policy. in one case we have weather fanatics who want to chase a theory but on the other we have the most powerful military on earth, the most powerful nation letting its foreign policy be dictated by a bunch of thugs on the other side of the world. i think in both instances we've got to calm down. >> rich low grade thugs. these fog these folks are about to become a country. they've taken over major cities in iraq. if they become a country, the last terrorist group that became a country was afghanistan in 2000. we know where that led, right up to 9/11. so it could do us harm. >> yeah, you know the nazis were considered low grade thugs in the late 1920s and early 1930s. and then they took over a country a

with your family, we have dinner, say, at the closest shopping mall to our house, near pearl harbor, and i am always working, so i am trying my best to spend family time with my family, but my kids grew up through dad being in the legislature, and now they are growing up with me being in congress. i go to their soccer games or their swimming meets with our kids. always on. host: you spoke about coming here as a member of the military. when did you begin serving? rep. mark takai: july 19, 1999. host: did you serve in iraq? rep. mark takai: i served in kuwait as part of operation iraqi freedom. in 2009 i am proud to be in the -- in 2009. i am proud to be in the army national guard, right now serving as a lieutenant colonel. host: do you still have demands on your time for the national guard? rep. mark takai: absolutely. the reason i know the date is that is our anniversary date and every year, you have to have so many hours of service and mine is coming up, so i am working hard to make sure it is a good year. host: you are on the armed services committee. what would you like to see acc

japan's attack on pearl harbor marked the end of an era. canadian authority sies interned all people of japanese descent, and the team was forced to disband. the 100th anniversary of the vancouver asahi gave the japanese-canadian community an opportunity to reconnect with its roots. it formed the canadian youth baseball club and revived the asahi logo. >> it's very important they understand where they came from and the traditions that are associated with it. >> i think i just want to open their horizons to see just a different way of life a different culture and expectations and mannerisms and things like that. >> reporter: during their recent japan tour the players did their best to live up to the vancouver asahi's reputation and showed proper respect towards the other team. >> it's an honor for me to play for the asahi team grow more and expand so more people know about, like the significance of the team and what we're about. >> reporter: more than a century after their ancestors left japan, these teenagers are rediscovering their heritag

. >> this was our pearl harbor. >> the view is amazing. there's literally no other view like that in the u.s. >> reporter: in this building, under this cloudless sky, america seems on top of the world. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> what a great moment. >>> when we come back, words of wisdom for the class of 2015 from some of the best commencement speakers you could hope for. >>> we end tonight with one of our time-honored traditions here at "nightly news." a salute to the college graduates embarking on the next chapter of life and some of the best pieces of advice the class of 2015 has received at ceremonies all over the nation. ♪ >> it is my responsibility as a commencement speaker to prepare you for what awaits you in the future. here it is. no one has any idea what's going to happen. >> if you haven't found a job or decided on a career path yet, don't freak out. but do from this day forward open yourself up to possibilities you might never have considered. >> life is a long, bumpy road. that makes for an exciting ride. choose a d

it maim a 9/11 or pearl harbor, a kennedy assassination. it became the news you never forgot where you were w when you heard about it.il the word appomattox as any other place, name in the civil war getty certainly as much as at least asurning p gettysberg or vicksburg or other major turning points in the war. this meant the beginning of one g new world anhad end of another. something was over. something new begun. now, on november 5th 2008, president obama elected election president, on the morning after that election, he wrote a columndr called unfinished business drawing lincoln from lincoln's address there, but the opening sentence of freedman's column of course, what they do they stay up all night to write a topic instance, and the rest takes care of itself, but the sentence was basically it said last night grant park, chicago illinois, united states of america, the american civil war ended. then he went on to use the fact sylvan thatia pennsylvania had been the state that had put lincoln over the top in the electoral that as college,

national mall with the planes flying in formation representing the major battles of world war ii from pearl harbor to the final air assault on japan. >> good morning. >> good morning. what a beautiful day today. on behalf of the national park service, welcome to the world war ii national memorial. it is my great honor as we remember the 70th anniversary of ve day. we are here today to salute those of the world war ii generation who helped save the world from tyranny. we also offer a special salute to the men and women of our armed services who are fighting the war on terror. we want them to know that their service is deeply, deeply appreciated. to all of these warriors and veterans, past and present we owe a debt of gratitude and our lasting appreciation for their service to this country. again, thank you all for being here today and a special thanks to our world war ii veterans for your service and your sacrifices for this nation and the world. we owe everything to you. [ applause ] everything. ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to interview the official party for the ve commemoration. our keynot

. >> after pearl harbor, the 18 year old vincent enlists in the marines.kills attract attention of the top brass. he tailors for officers. he is on leave back in berwick and runs into a former classmate, lucille, he takes her on a date, where else, but the strand. >> when they drove home, it was a little cold out, and the windows were a little foggy, and he wrote in the steam, i'm going to marry you. . >> in 1947, vincent's prediction comes true. they go on to have four children. during the 1950s is a good time to raise a family in berwick. you could say it's a wonderful life. >> the old cliche that you never had to lock your doors was true. and we used to ride our bikes from morning until it was time to go to bed. >> like many industrial towns of the era, berwick is booming. american car and foundry alone employs 9,000 people building railroad cars. vincent, a classic go-getter sets up his own tailor shop. >> he was a perfectionist and was very successful, because he just was determined to be successful. >> from tailoring men's suiting to selling them, vi