the b-29s, scourge the home island, mighty engines of destruction bring home the lessons of pearl harbor. from the hard-won adult okinawa, japan came under the inevitable rain of ruin. the sea forces moving up to the japanese home islands tells the mainline -- finds the mainland almost without opposition. hammering the enemy to their knees. destructiveably atomic bomb perfected by alliance silences -- scientists. first mission, hiroshima. second mission, the port of nagasaki. surrenderusiness -- or complete ruin, that was japan's choice. even as they laid the foundation for a stable european peace, harry truman and josef stalin had decided on common action against japan. emperor hero veto -- the war was lost. japan wanted peace. houseurried to the white with secretary of navy. united states cabinet meeting with president truman studied the surrender message in full coordination with the government of britain, china and russia and other allies. the world remembered frankland eleanor roosevelt, warander-in-chief, american travel to. you're so brave responsibility took their tolls. a gratef

pearl harbor, december 7, 1941. ♪ in spite of crippling damage, the united states fleet, augmented by and australia units, set out to find the enemy. in the battle of midway, the japanese advance. even as the enemy made fast the grip on manila, hong kong, singapore, the alliance made the long journey back at the canal. in the philippines, under japanese role, prisoners had been subjected to indescribable suffering. the filipino people had never stopped fighting. douglas macarthur had promised hem, "i shall return." in return, he did. --ould, the full -- iwo iwo jima. striking a semi-final blow. the japanese dead ran into the hundreds of thousands and once again a flag of liberty was dramatically run up. ♪ narrator: under general buckner, who gave his life there, combined american forces fought the long and costly fight for open ally at the very doorstep japan. it was japan's final hour. incredibly furious combat. enemy fighters had to be destroyed cave-by-cave and one-by-one. the more out cracked open by american power, the first masses of japanese soldiers began to give up voluntaril

a few weeks after pearl harbor, nellis's very first "ramp-up" began. in next few years, 40-thousand men were trained to be gunners inside the bubble turrets of the b-17. they had to be fearl fit inside the tight compartments. nellis is a highly respected and valuable assest to the u.s. military. and through the years, the base has helped our area grow and prosper: one of the items on the display is the cover of life magazine showing a soldier at what was then las vegas army airfield. it was renamed nellis in 1950. ((sherry swensk)) beautiful skies with some ((sherry swensk)) beautiful skies with some clearing from yesterday... highs just in the mid 80s. ...................... temps are averaging upper 60s around the valley kids... and an easy day on the playground and outside for p.e. highs again in the mid 80s today. ..................... are you ready for fall? autumn arrives tomorrow.... but already feels like it with temps in the 80s yesterday and lasting right throughhe ............. a humid morning, and there is another chance for rain today and

when i was growing up, pearl harbor day was a day that everybody remembered. i don't know whether the young people in the audience know anything about pearl harbor, and i'm not pointing fingers. it is how easily we -- how these places slip from public memory unless we find a way to introduce them and reintroduce them and not take for granted that anybody knows why pearl harbor is important, why world war ii happened after world war i, for example, and that these events shape who we are as americans today. now, under innovation, slater mill in patucket, rhode island, the first textile mill in this country. samuel slater, trained in some of the textile mills in england, and then came here with that knowledge and created a textile complex in patucket just south of providence. the museum there is a wonderful example of power technology, textile manufacturing, and it is part of the blackstone river heritage area. the first heritage area in this country, i believe, was the blackstone river heritage area. so i recommend slater mill as a way to begin to understand the

but once the united states entered the war after pearl harbor and after the declaration of war on the united states or days after pearl harbor, the united states took over the direction of world war ii and nr reading winston churchill's memoirs, you would never believe it. i think in terms of history and historiography, the fact that winston churchill won the nobel prize was a great thing for him, for literature, but not for history. and in this fdr trilogy, i am doing my best to change history if by history but understand to look at the past and the way we interpret the past. the first volume, the mantle of command covered fdr in the first or after pearl harbor, up to the moment when american troops finally went onto the offensive and landed in north africa. the second volume takes the story several months later when the president of the united states becomes the first president in american history to fly while in office, flying across the atlantic to north africa and the first president to inspect american troops at war abroad. he flies to north africa at the beginning of this book

i do not know if i would call it a cyber pearl harbor. before admiral rogers have spoken to this possibility. ,he former secretary of defense mike mcconnell, have all spoken about the notion of a cyber pearl harbor. when i think of that, i think of a massive cyber attack on the country that would affect our infrastructure and financial --tor, electrical system this is what comes up as a so-called cyber pearl harbor. the case that you bring up is a serious one. we are still sorting this out. inglis of the nsa said it best when he said, we have to march on and recover from this. contemporary period of these tools that were the in of3, as a result presidential group that was assembled after the edwards , we have aations better process for making decisions about informing deficiency, a potentially exploitable versus the national security implications of doing that. that is a difficult process but that has changed since the contemporary -- the time in question that is at least indicated in the hack and it is still under investigation. we do no

oklahoma during the attack on pearl harbor. the his remains never made it home. >> at the time i imagine there was a lot of chaos, just entering the war a lot of people that weren't identified were placed in graves, and they were placed together. there was 14 of them in there. >> reporter: for years hopkins family has been working to uncover remains from hawaii. hope was that dna testing would determine which bones were hit in the group grave. the government exhumed grave and sure enough there was a dna match. last month navy representative came to runnemede to finalize results of the hopkins hoist eldest living relative. >> i was kind of overwhelmed at the time because i didn't expect it to happen this fast. >> reporter: unlike some military families that will never have an opportunity to give the loved won a proper burial hopkins now have a date. october 15th edward hopkins will be laid to rest in key, new hampshire next to his parents work full military honor. >> it is an emotional thing, i'll be teary eyed but it is good, i

. >>> this september mark -- this december marks the 75th anniversary on the attack of pe -- pearl harbor. sailors and marines will be inscribed here. they're proud to remember those who served and sacrificed their lives on that tragic day. >>> coming up, just an emotional interview with the parents of the woman you just heard about at 6:00. her life cut short on a valley road. >> she was supposed to spend her life in prison. and now a valley mom gets a second chance to walk free and away from a violent child abuse case. >> time to put anger aside. see how the community is we are the tv doctors of america. and we're partnering with cigna to help save lives. by getting you to a real doctor for an annual check-up. so go, know, and take control of your health. doctor poses. learn your key health numbers, >>> a fight this week with a roommate in gilbert ended in bloodshed and may have spilled over into the internet. >> despite the online evidence, the man that pulled the trigger on their son is only facing second degree murder. you'll only see on abc15. >> and he's taken a beautiful, beautifu

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i mentioned pearl harbor came along. after the war i did everything i could to increase my education. i went to school at nighttime, weekends. 1957, the army sent me to the university of maryland to get a bachelors degree in military science. later i was sent the george washington university to get a masters degree in international affairs. later on i want to night school again. days, weekends. i got another masters degree from george washington university. iat i got out of the service had many opportunities, including opportunities at the university of my carolina and george washington university. i would encourage the young to get all the education you can because the department of education has statistics to prove the more education you have, the better opportunities you have for success. they have statistics to show that is true. recently there were articles in the washington post comparing the salaries of high school graduates to college graduates with a bs for a four-year degree versus those who had advanced degree

so, pearl harbor came along. i had work saturday night. i woke up sunday morning, maybe noon or 2:00 in the afternoon and turn on the radio next amended and heard about pearl -- next to my bed and heard about pearl harbor. well, i did not enlist at the time. i wasn't unpatriotic. i did not enlist. i was a procrastinator. i was waiting around to see what really was going to happen. so, while i was waiting, they lowered the draft age from 20 down to 18. so, in february of 1943, i got the greeting. greetings, you have been selected. mike: for the infantry. in the infantry? mr. howerton: no, i was at fort dix, new jersey. took a bunch of tests, ended up training as a medic. at camp ticket, virginia. i had no interest in medicine, but they needed medic trainees at the time. you, you and you become medics. when i finished there at the end of 90 days, basic training, except medics not get any weapons training, so when i finished i was called into the cp one day. i was expecting to get an assignment overseas somewhere as a combat medic. instead, th

he was one of the few politicians to speak out in support of japanese-americans in pearl harbor. it was a great political risk. the japanese internment camp that was built in southeastern colorado was undoubtedly the most open and had the best interaction with the local communities. in the 1960's, colorado's governor was john love. they really want any categories that were limited or constraint. the bill was written by a denver politician named dickie lamb who eventually served 12 years as governor. it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively conservative governor in the 1960's and that was 60 years before the roe versus wade decision. there is an ongoing historic preservation and restoration effort at the state capital. we have been working on trying to reclaim the building to the way it looked a century earlier when it opened at the beginning of the 20th century. lance shepherd can offer some information about all the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. >> there are two domes in the capital. we are inside the outer dome. kind of an architectural feature

there has not been a war, pearl harbor we were attacked but not a war fought on our soil in over 200 years. the only thing that's going to attack us now we found this out after we got retaliation from that is cyber warfare. that is where we need to be spending our money. not on more tanks and planes to go overseas and fight wars somewhere else. >> emily, i will give you the final word. >> yeah. i would say to donald trump's credit he does have the specifics laid out in where he is spending the money. the problem is he is not giving specifics on how he's going to offset the 80 to $90 billion increases so i think as conservatives it's important we pressure leaders to say if you're going to increase defense spending have a plan to increase spending elsewhere and balance things out. >> thanks, cashin' in over an hour from now. what do you have coming up? >> hi, dagen. president obama calling americans lazy not once but twice on a trip overseas. is that what our commander should be calling u.s. citizens? plus, 15 years after the 9/11 attacks, a 9/11 memorial is being called offensive for

a few weeks after pearl harbor, nellis's very first "ramp-up" began. in next few years, 40-thousand men were trained to be gunners inside the bubble turrets of the b-17. they had to be fearless, and they had to be short- just to fit inside the tight valuable assest to the u.s. military. and through the years, the base has helped our area grow and prosper: ((mark hall-patton // museums administrator: "economically, nellis is a huge part of the local economy, it's also a huge part in terms or bringing people into the area. many of the organizations that i belong to, churches, things like that you find that you have people from nellis who are not just members, they get involved and are a part of it.")) ((michael stevens)) display is the cover of life magazine showing a soldier at what was then las vegas army airfield. it was renamed nellis in 1950. today on 8 news now at 5 and 6pm, paul joncich takes a more indepth look at the history of nellis. brian, kirsten ((kirsten joyce)) >>> a north las vegas man went the streets in texas.... to helping those on th

macarthur's awoken in the morning by news of pearl harbor. and i think it's fair to say, when you look at him as a military commander that he is simply overwhelmed, as are most commanders on the american side, by the speed and the complexity with which the japanese bring the attack against the philippines, and quite frankly, across all of the pacific. it's not surprising that when we look at -- and i'm going to give you just three examples of what i think are perhaps his biggest defeats and then three examples of his biggest victories. it's no surprise that when we look at that list of big defeats that we start with clark field on december 8th of 1941. now you know, again, i'm fond of saying that sometimes history's shorthand doesn't get it right. i've gone around the last ten weeks and talked to people, and the critics of macarthur are always ready immediately to say, oh, yeah, macarthur, he got caught with his planes on the ground at clark field. well, yes, but those of you who know the story, it's far more complex than that in terms of wha

almost immediately after pearl harbor was attacked, more than 40-thousand men came to las vegas to be gunners inside b-17's. the recruits began practicing by firing shotguns from the back of moving trucks. (( jerry white/base historian: "there was plenty of airspace, there was plenty of government land for ranges, so you could put a training range people.")) ((kirsten joyce)) >> in 1940 there were only about 8500 people in las vegas. nellis has become one of the most important military bases in the country. today at five, paul joncich takes a closer look at it's history./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> flu season is right around the corner... so the health district is now offering flu shots and vaccines. the health district recommends everyone six months and older get flu vaccinations. and the high dose version older. you can get vaccinated at the several different health district locations monday through friday most of the day. you can find more about the times and location on las vegas now dot com.. just look for the links we mentioned section./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> a deadly dirt bike c

governor was one of the few speakan politicians to out in support of japanese-americans after pearl harbor. he took a great political risk to ask that coloradans teach everyone with dignity and respect. the japanese internment camp built in southeastern colorado was undoubtedly the most open. it had the best interaction with the local communities. there was a great deal of support of japanese-americans. he is your member with several plaques at the capital building remembered with several plaques at the capitol building. in the 1960's, color others governor was john love. -- colorado's governor was john love. he was a republican from colorado springs. he signed the nation's first liberalized abortion laws legalizing abortion across the spectrum. there were not any categories that were limited or constrained. the bill had been written by a denver politician who eventually served 12 years as governor. it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively conservative republican governor. that was six years before the robie wade decision. robie wadee -- decision -- roe v wade decision. there is an

we have an emergency we are facing that makes pearl harbor look like small potatoes. we have the technology. all we need is to get the predatory corporations out of the business of defining our energy policy. my administration will declare a climate emergency which we are actually in and create the green new deal. john: will i have to brush my teeth with a stick. >> hang on to your plastic toothbrush. john: plastic and paint is made from crude natural gas. nathan says if you want cleaner energy why aren't you for nuclear. >> it's not clean. it's lethal. there are 16 nuclear power plants on our coasts and they are going fukushima if they aren't decommissioned. it pays for itself just in our health savings alone. john: i don't get it. everything pays for itself. audience? you have a question? >> i have a question. how are you going to work with the congress that has been so reluctant to allow for any kind of significant changes in our environmental policy over the years. >> i won't get elected without a groundswell and debates. i encourage everybody to come to hofstra.

he was one of the few american politicians to speak out in support of japanese-americans after pearl harbor. he took a great political risk coloradans be sure to treat everyone with dignity and respect. the japanese internment camp built in southeastern colorado was undoubtedly the most open. it had the best interaction with the local communities. there was a great deal of support of japanese-americans. he is remembered with several plaques at the capitol building. our new state judicial building is named in his honor as well. in the 1960's, colorado's governor was john love. and who better to be governor in the 1960's and governor love? he was a republican from colorado springs. signed the nation's first liberalized abortion laws . it was called essentially legalizing abortion across the spectrum. there really weren't any categories that were limited or constrained. the bill had been written by a denver politician, a member of the legislature named dickie lamb who eventually served 12 , years as governor. it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively conservative republican governor in t

was one of the few american paul g politicians to speak out in favor of japanese americans after pearl harbor. he took a great political risk to ask that coloradans treat everyone with dignity and respect, and the japanese internment camp that was built in southeastern colorado was undoubtedly the most open, it had the best interaction with the local communities. there was a great deal of support of japanese americans in the state, in large part because of governor carr. he's remembered with several plaques at the capitol biuildin. in the 1960s, colorado's governor was john love, and who better to be governor in the '60s than governor love. and in 1967, governor love, who was a republican from colorado springs, signs the nation's first liberalized abortion laws, as it was called, essentially legalizing abortion across the spectrum. there really weren't any categories that were limited or constrained. the bill had been written by a denver politician, a member of the legislature named dick lamb, who eventually served 12 years as governor, but it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively cons

arizona honoring to survivers at the uss arizona at pearl harbor. each part of the uniform is cool. honors a part of the ship. arizona opened up with 20 unanswered pointth. >>> great gesture from louisville, ho ali. >> the heisman frontrunner, five touchdowns. louisville wins 63-20. >>> nau first home game of the year. the lumberjacks were fired up. they won by 70. it was like watching arena football game. 73-3 the final. to winning. knocked off iowa 23-21. first time over top 25 school. iowa paid them $500,000 to show up for the game. >>> from the biggest upset to the biggest catch. are you kidding me. he pins the ball on the back of the defenseman. gets the inbounds and holds on to the ball. shelby miller has not won back- to-back games since may have 2014. diamondbacks struck out 15 times. they lose 6-2. >>> hockey is back. the vets don't arrive until friday. the young guys better get after here to learn but you're here to make the team. >> there's a lot of good players here, it will be a competitive camp. if someone is too relaxed that can change. >> coyotes open at home against

display dating back to 1941, including the front page of the evening review journal from attack on pearl harbor. nellis is a highly respected and valuable assest to the u.s. military.... and of course the las vegas valley. and through the years, the base has helped our area grow and prosper./// sherry how's the weather today? it's humid out there... rain that has concentrated on staying east. ............ we got some very light sprinkles and showers... enough to register a trace at the airport. .......... temps are cooler this morning with some clearing out there. ........... rain still falling over arizona and then a large area of low pressure off the west coast will move into the area starting later today. ............ that will bring winds back tomorrow and keep the chance for rain in the forecast. ............ highs in the 80s again today. ((demetria obilor)) and north decatur. traffic is still getting around it, but be cautious in this cone zone. you're dealing with closures on the south beltway for the project, which should wrap up next fall. <<< >>> >>> back to you!/// ((kirsten joyce))

aloysius schmitt died aboard a battleship on december 7th, 1941 during the pearl harbor attack. he was a graduate of what is now loras college, and he was a roman catholic priest. d-n-a helped identify schmitt's wiedemann tells how chaplin schmitt's legacy lives on. his is a name that's become synonomous with dubuque. "he's know for his bravery and his heroism. that's an important story. " dubuque's assistant city manager teri goodmann is very familiar with fr. schmitt's story. "he was captured below the deck of a sinking ship. the oklahoma. he lifted people through a portal up to a marine and a sailor on top and saved them. he saved, i schmitt's legacy inspired the city to name the former "city island" after the late chaplin. schmitt island is now home to the mystique ice arena, mystique casino and the veteran's memorial plaza. sound at doc's office dr. steve sloan, is chaplin schmitt's great nephew. "i call it the spider web of fr. al, his influence has been unbelievable. " for years, dr. sloan has been working with the department of defense to find provided the department wit

the japanese attacked pearl harbor on the cymer seven, and all of a sudden, ralph carr and a group of pretty conservative republicans said we are americans, we will not do this. on the wholek internet program, and i think that is an amazing lesson in courage. he lost his reelection. he was being talked about as a potential vice presidential nominee, and yet, he was not going or that. times at thehe turn-of-the-century when colorado really began to try to find itself, and it was part wild west. suddenly, there were cities and railroads. i always think of colorado is that place where we are going to our futuremore by than our past, but we do have enough of a past -- we have real history -- that we can create and teach colorado history in our elementary schools to give you a sense of what are the core values of what it means to be a n.loradoa >> is there anything about being governor that you don't like? again, forlooper: those of us that have this genetic peculiarity where we or we want tod help other people, being in an executive position like this, being governor, is about as good as

fun of things that happened at pearl harbor. you don't see people making fun of any other war. so why is a terrorist attack on such monumental buildings okay? >> having a twin tower sale is the most tasteless thing i've ever heard. >> in the video you see the two piles of mattresses. she says they have the two towers of mattresses d >> i don't see how you could see that as not being offensive or creative marketing. >> we'll never forget. >> now miracle mattress says they will donate 30% of their sales this weekend to the 9/11 foundation. >> it may be too little too said they issued an apology to the victims of the 9/11 tragedy in new york. >> fire officials say cleo the cat was trapped inside but no one knew exactly where she was. turns out cleo is a she-cat. firefighters ran in twice after finding her in the basement. they were able to save her life, expected to make a full recovery, after she w for respiratory issues displp it's nice to know that one of the busiest fire departments in the entire nation is working in cooler temperatures than they ever have all summer long. >>

pearl harbor pressed a giant war in the pacific where millions of people were killed, it had a happymocratic japan and stable europe. 9/11 produced none of that. 9/11, really has -- the only real transformation in the middle east is that we could change germany, we could change japan because they were states. al qaeda, they are not states. these are movements. these are movements that can only be eradicated by the host countries. we have tens of thousands of males in that part of the world that never held a job or power or a girl's hand. the latter may be the most important of all. so, while yes 9/11, these terrorist attacks can't take us down in the exaggerated way that is people predict, but the problem is still there. i worry about the rising power of one. i wouldn't be putting up my feet now. >> mary, what do you think of the politics of terror? do you think that many people think if there were a dramatic attack a few weeks before the election, it still will have the tendency to help a candidate like trump who seems more bella coast? >> i have to take -- terrorism is a major thre

the depth of the nature what occurred that day and no one would make a similar commercial about pearl harborough that is half a century ago, we understand what that was and for some reason these young people don't what happened that was. they maybe intellectualy know 3,000 people died. you have a new generation, it's been 15 years and they think that's funny. liz: to tammy's point. eric, a little cavalier here. >> look, to me, this is war profiteering, how is this any different? they're benefitting from an act of war to make money to capture people's attention, it's pathetic, despicable, it's just not right. liz: patrice, i want your reaction to the owner of miracle mattress issuing an apology. it reads in part -- what do you think, patrice? is that enough? >> that's a starting point and, of course, there needs to be more to apologize, this is not the first time this company put out some interesting ad to try to lure people into their company to buy mattresses. for memorial day, they did something good where they sold for every mattress sold, they gave mattress to a child without a bed, some

ofrked the formal the war with japan that began on december 7, 19 41 when the japanese attacked pearl harborilitary installations. presidentr 8, 1941, roosevelt addressed a joint session of congress. i shall never forget his opening remarks. "yesterday, december 7, 1941, a ." e that will live in infamy these words are engraved on the wall of this memorial. it was a long road from will harbor to tokyo. miles, three years and eight months for u.s. forces to reach their final destination. but we were not alone. the armed forces of a strong yet, the armed forces of new british and the airborne task force supported us throughout the war and need pacific. fewuld like to summarize a instances that happened during march, 1945 and august, 1945. march,a two-week time in 1945, 300 v-29 bombers operating 1500ases from the island ocean miles from japan, dropped 10,000 tons of napalm-loaded bombs on that country. 16 square miles of tokyo were 80,000-100,000 civilians were killed. over one million were left homeless. fire-bombing raids in march 1945, 29 square miles of japan caused main industrial cities w

this is our pearl harbor. >> milwaukee fire department deputy chief aaron lipski is determined to make sure students know all about 9/11. >> i think those folks that put themselves in the line of service that put them in the students at riley elementary school on the south side invited firefighters, police officers, and military members to share their experience from that day. >> oh say can you see. >> they asked questions. >> what were you doing the day the towers were struck? >> and heard from a marine who was deployed to iraq. >> i wear this bracelet in remembrance of all the marin i lost and navy coremen. to me, those are the heroes. >> i feel bad for everyone that died in the 9/11 attack. >> 5th grader bryan munoz is thankful for the men and women who answered the call of duty and are now serving this country. >> for me, i think they are heroes because they are risking their lives for us and others. >> for milwaukee public schools, teaching these students about 9/11 is just as important as any other lesson. >> it's been 15 years. let us never forget the sacrifices that were made o

but then, immediately after pearl harbor, more than 40-thousand men came here in nellis's first big ramp up to be trained as gunners. tedd florendo (((>>>it's been a cloudy and muggy day in the valley with showers mainly staying east of the region. temps have stayed on the cool side with highs only in the 80's today thanks to all the cloud cover through the morning and afternoon. winds have been slightly breezy today and big winds in the forecast for thursday. ................................ ... ... temps have been mostly in the 80's throughout the region and definitely below average for this time of year. mid 80's for the easpa really not touching into the 90's this time around. we're supposed to be around 92 this time of year and it looks like we won't even reach that. not as warm for those areas on the west side of town where we're higher in elevation. 80's still but below average again and we stayed cool up in kyle canyon today ................................ ... ................ regional temps also stayed warm but below average as well. not expecting to reach into the 90's today,

last surviving raiders who successfully hit targets around tokyo after the japanese attack on pearl harbor. last surviving raider 101 year old richard coal made the announcement. at 5:00 a construction project on north i-15. speed way is getting a make overment nice when it is done but take awhile to get there. five miles are widened to 6 lanes. and over passes, upgrading drainage system, installing new lights and new landscape the cost is 34 million dollars it is expected to take two years to finish. >> maria: another project because the special committee signedff raiders here does not mean it is a done deal. the nfl commissioner says a lot has to happen before the raiders leave oakland for las vegas. he thinks oakland can raise public money to give the raiders a new stadium there. just last week the infrastructure committee okayed a plan to use 750 million dollars in public money for a stadium that money come from an increased tax on hotel rooms. will step up and tell fall apart. we will see. >> maria: more to come. >> jim: donald trump is gaining on hilary despite his turn around on cla

this is our pearl harbor. adrienne: students got a copy of the book the little white truck with the big mission. it's the true story of a retired milwaukee firefighter who drove to new york and brought back a piece of steel from the world trade center. and the blood center of wisconsin is remembering 9/11 withlo first responders from across our area helped donors make appointments to give blood. if you make an appointment between today and september 16, you can get a special commemorative t-shirt. find more information on our website, wisn.com. commitment 2016 coverage now in the race for president. and today, much of the focus was on the leader of another country. some are questioning republican nominee donald trump's apparent in an interview on a network funded by the russian government, trump said he did not believe russia was behind the recent computer hacking of the democratic national committee. >> i think it is probably unlikely. i think may be, maybe the democrats are putting that out. >> every day tha

that japan had bombed pearl harbor. >> nearly 4 years, 60 million casualtys and 2 atomic bombs later. >> everybody was excited and they were screaming and the ends. >> from celebrating truman. >> if those 2 bombs had not been dropped it would have been millions of more people. >> the kept. >> i don't like one better than the other. trump won't know since he doesn't have any experience. >> clinton's role in benghazi are drawing criticism, while trump's inexperience are concerning some. for some. >> right now as it stands i just wouldn't matter to me who got in at this point. >> but for the decorated veteran. >> we have the first flag president that we deserve now to have our first woman president. >> of the voters i spoke with, election. >>> today and this weekend am vets are handing out lemon aid, cookies and more. they will be set up at the 380 rest stop from now until monday. you can take a break, grab a snack and chat with a vet. >>> labor day weekend can be one of the deadliest weekends on the road but there are ways drivers can make their trav safer. planning your routes, allowin

. ♪ >> but it was only after pearl harbor's that america's factories started rolling in earnest.e needed planes, not by the thousands, but by the tens of thousands. first and foremost was the b-17. the world famous flying fortress. she packed a wallop. from all over america came the pilot, and soon the planes were ready. by 1942, vapor trails were over france, the air war was underway. these were the men who flew with death, the pilots, the navigators, the gunners. 48,000 pounds of steel, 10 men, swiftly they streaked toward their targets. mission, to destroy the enemy's ability to make war. that was their job. and they did it. a plane is a beautiful thing. 10 men's lives are beautiful. a bomber going down is not. but the odds were good for american pilots. planes they flew were fast, rugged, superb in combat. american pilots gave a grand account of themselves in europe. they drove the enemy from the air. and escapes like this were few. low altitude strafing. shattered enemy ground installations. remember the memphis belle? the celebrated lady from tennessee survived many a peril

end of the war with japan that began on december the seventh, 1941 with the japanese attack on pearl harborther military installations in that area. the eighth, 1941, president roosevelt addressed a joint session of congress, i shall never forget his opening therk, yesterday, december seventh, 1941, a date that will live in infamy. these words are engraved in the walls of this memorial. from pearlng road harbor to tokyo. miles, three years and eight months for us to reach the final destination. we were not alone. the armed forces of australia, armed forces of new zealand and the british airborne task force supported us throughout the war in the pacific. i would like to summarize a few events that occur during march 1945 and august 1945. ofing a two-week period march, 300 b-29 bombers operated in bases in the marianas, an island 1500 ocean miles from japan, dropped 10,000 tons of napalm loaded bombs on that country. 16 square miles of tokyo were 80,000-100,000 were killed. over one million were left homeless. during five firebombing raids in march of 1845, 29 square miles of japan's main ind

james mazzara/grandfather: the last tragedy that i can remember by history in my lifetime was pearl harbor. and this was obviously much, it was bad or worse than that if you could imagine that but it was, it was quite tragic.)) ((vanessa murphy)) this is my grandfather doctor james mazzara - mazzara/grandfather: it was quite horrible...to imagine that something like that might happen. )) ((vanessa murphy)) in 2001 - he was chief of clinical cardiology at saint vincent's hospital in manhattan and that morning - he was working at a small conference with medical residents until they were notified a plane had hit one of the twin towers. ((mazzara: first consideration was that it was a terrible accident. and most of us left the conference immediately cause one of the windows on the floor that we were on you could actually with smoke.)) ((vanessa murphy)) but when the second plane hit - they knew it more than an accident.... ((mazzara: during the course of the day it was even more shocking.)) ((vanessa murphy)) a disaster plan was put into place inside the hospital. my grandfather describes wait

buildings...deputy chief lipski relates his daughter's feeling on the day to what he feels about pearl harbor."i was not alive for that. i read about it in history books. i've seen documentaries on it. but i didn't feel that, that day. but i did feel this. so it's an interesting relationship to have with things.""i'm just very thankful that he wasn't there when one of the people who got killed. but i'm also very sad that some people did have to die on that day and that may people did lose their lives." (nat.) > event coordinators also went into schools last week... > and gave educations presentations about 9/11 to grade-schoolers.> this same group is also promoting a blood drive happening here tomorrow - starting at 10 a-m. > live in milwaukee...> jacob kittilstad...> cbs 58 news. several local agencies also sent out their support and memories of this horrific day. day. the germantown police department posted the message "we will never forget" on its facebook page... page... the hales corners fire department uploaded this picture of a tombstone to all those who died... died... and the racine

. >> reporter: the easy comparison is pearl harbor but that's also a huge moment in american history. as for the texas mattress store we mentioned, they've since closed that location in the wake of their controversial advertisement. live in the studio, ryan cody, 12 news. >>> really gives some perspective that there's an entire generation that is just now really k people around the valley are already honoring the lives of those lost during the 9/11 attacks. today the tempe exchange club and hundreds of volunteers began a weekend of remembrance. team 12's nico santos shows us the memorial set up this morning. >> reporter: if you haven't seen it for yourself we are giving you a look in the middle of the action. these are some of the 3000 flags that volunteers worked to put up today. one by one, they went up friday commemorate the 15th anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. sunday. 3000 people lost their lives that day. the people of tempe exchange are working to make sure no one forgets. >> every single year we come out here, this is our 13th. the importance of this event

soil since pearl harbor was bombed in 1941. today's anniversary, of course, a day to pause and remember those who lost their lives and remember that day that changed the way we live as americans. >> news channel 8 is live tonight. dozens of people are gathered >> reporter: it's hard to believe this happened 15 years ago. many of the students that created the artwork you see behind me weren't even born. if you ask those of us who were around, just about anyone can tell you where they were the very moment they heard the news. the day's annual 9/11 ceremony began with a fly over by u.s. coast guard helicopter. hundreds of gathers in simms park to remember the nearly 3000 souls who died and honor the first responders who ran selflessly to save lives. one of the keynote speakers pasco sheriff who you may not have known was the a police officer in the washington, d.c. area that day. >> what's going on? she goes there's a plane coming in. it didn't matter what your race, color, creed or gender was. we were all in this together and peo