one of five the japanese committed to the pearl harbor attack. they had been carried to get back on top of fleet submarines all the way from japan. the 78 foot long to man submarine had been uncoupled from their host vessels the night before and then sent into pearl harbor late on the night of december 6. in the end, their only contribution was to provide what ought to have been an early warning of the coming air attack. alas, outerbridge's report did not trigger the alert it should have. as it worked up the chain of command that sunday morning, it was met with skepticism, uncertainty, and caution at every step until it was too late to make a difference. another lost opportunity to sound the alarm occurred only minutes later at 7:02 from a radio station on the north shore, detected a large number of inbound planes coming from the north. the radar installation was new. radar itself was entirely new in 1941. and it was being manned by inexperienced trainees, which is why they were on duty on a sunday. moreover the flight of b-17s was expected in fr

. -- before pearl harbor. outevelt snake -- sneaked of town in the kind of cloak and dagger stating that he almost boyishly loved, he stole away from washington on the supposed fishing trip. off martha's vineyard, he boarded admiral king's flagship the cruiser augusta which carried him to placentia bay on the coast of newfoundland where he had worked -- winston churchill met for a four-day conference. here they are. their military advisers and commanders are right behind them. this is during a church service aboard the hms prince of wales. the meeting produced what has become known as the atlantic people made the nooks firm commitment. churchill was greatly disappointed, but the fact that the two men had not met at all was significant. while fdr was away at this meeting, the assistant secretary of state, dean acheson, one of the hawks i mentioned earlier, and who also headed the foreign funds control committee, refused japan's application for the credit to buy the oil. in effect, cutting off oil exports. since

they got their opportunity to months before pearl harbor. roosevelt sneak out of town for a clandestine appointment. a kind of cloak and dagger staging that he loved. he stole away from washington on a supposed fishing trip, and then he secretly boarded the augusta which carried him to the south bay of newfoundland. on august 5, he met with winston churchill for a four day meeting. this was during a church service aboard the hms prince of wales. what hasng produced become known as the atlantic charter. fdr made no firm commitment to churchill or anyone else about american involvement. churchill was greatly disappointed in that. the fact that the two men had met at all was significant. while fdr was a way at this meeting, the assistant secretary akerson, one of the hawks i mentioned earlier, refused japan's application for the credit to buy the oil. in fact, cutting off oil exports. since 80% of the pants oil came from the united states, that decision provoked an immediate crisis in the japanese government. when roosevelt returned from his me

it was just a couple of weeks after pearl harbor and it was a lot to discuss. we had the same goals. europe or north africa, so they had a lot of work to do. but they got along famously. after christmas, churchill took special train to canada, gave a famous speech to the canadian parliament in ottawa. he came back on the overnight train on new year's eve and the next morning, he gets off at union station, goes to the white house where roosevelt had arranged for him and mrs. roosevelt and their party, to come here to christ church for the commemoration of the national day of prayer. churchill's granddaughter wrote a book about churchill's travels and she said it would be hard to find a more e vocktive setting for this service because the home of george washington. it's a beautiful setting and a sacred space, and so they sat here in the washington family pew and the service was special at many levels. the church was packed. lot of secret service were in the church, troops in steel helmets with bayonnettes ring the church. they sang four hymns one of which was "th

not only was pearl harbor attacked.as carnage in the north atlantic, great britain had held on by the skin of its teeth. the japanese were conquering bases, american and british and dutch bases throughout the far west, throughout east asia. and the german army had reached the gates of moscow. and if they had succeeded in taking the soviet union out of the war, it it would have taken a tremendous counter-weight to hitler and the german army out of europe, which would have been very bad news. on top of it,ic mag it even more poignant for roosevelt and churchill, when churchill came the first time, in that august off the coast of new foundland, he arranged a very bright but solemn anglican service on the deck of hms prince of wales. roosevelt and churchill were both anglicans. roosevelt belonged to the episcopal church, churchill, the church of england. the episcopal church had split off from the church of england after the revolution but the litd you aregy and the hymns are very similar. so they had this very emotional se

simply because we look like the people who bombed pearl harbor. hysteria swept across this country, and it revealed how leadership in the community and particularly from the elected officials are two of people's democracy. time, the political leadership failed. here in california, we had an attorney general. he knew the law. he knew the constitution. he was the top lawyer of the state of california. but he was ambitious, he wanted to run for governor. he saw the single most popular issue in california, in the early 40's, was to lock up the japanese. so this attorney, who knew the got ine constitution, front of the "lock-u p-the-japanese" movement. he made a statement saying we spy,no reports of spy, -- espionage, or activity. ominous.is the japanese are inscrutable. we don't know what they are thinking. so it would be prudent to lock them up before they do anything. so for this attorney, the absence of evidence was the evidence. hysteria of that. that -- that time. that hysteria went all the way up to the top leadership of the nation, president ro

day, a very significant day, the day 75 years ago when japan bombed pearl harbor and plrnged the world into a second world war. that bombing revealed the military vulnerability of america. but it also revealed another vulnerability. our democracy is a people's democracy, and the people are easily stampeded. the horror of the bombing of pearl harbor swept through this country and there was a wave of war hysteria and racism directed at americans of japanese ancestry. overnight, we who looked like the people of the people who bombed pearl harbor were looked at with suspicion and fear and outright hostility, simply because we looked like the people that bombed pearl harbor. that hysteria swept across this country and it revealed how vital leadership from the community and particularly elected officials are to a people's democracy. at that time the political leadership failed. here in california, we had an attorney general. he knew the law. he knew the constitution. he was the top lawyer of the state of california. but he was ambitious. he wanted to run for governor and he saw that the sing

simply because we looked like the people who bombed pearl harbor. that hysteria swept across this country and it revealed how vital leadership from the community and particularly from the elected officials are to a people's democracy. and at that time, the political leadership failed. here in california, we had an attorney general. he knew the law. he knew the constitution. he was the top of the state of california. but he was ambitious. he want to run for governor and saw that the single most popular issue in california in the early 40s was to lock up the japanese movement and so this attorney renewed the law, renewed the constitution, got in front of the lock of the japanese movement and made an amazing statement. he said, we have no reports of sabotage or spying or activities by japanese americans. and that is ominous. the japanese, you don't know what they're thinking so it would be prudent to lock them up before they do anything. so for this attorney, the absence of evidence was the evidence. and that fed into the hysteria of that period. and t

after pearl harbor. and a year before, so in the fall of 1940, fdr and the librarian of congress start planning -- even though the u.s. has not entered the war yet -- start planning the move of these documents and many, many other precious documents that are in the library of congress. they see what's happening in europe, they see that millions of british documents have been incinerated during the blitz, the battle of britain. they see that the nazis are destroying millions of books, manuscripts, primary source documents throughout europe mostly by jewish writers but other kind of non-aryan documents, if you will. so there's this great fear, they feel a strong stewardship for these original documents. so they start way back in 1940, mcleash says to his staff i need you to catalog everything we have that's utterly irreplaceable and that is essential to the operation of american democracy. and they go out and they come up with six categories. they basically triage these documents. category one are the decl

so great fears of an attack after pearl harbor. so the fall of 1940 to start to play and these documents and many other precious documents they see that millions of british documents were incinerated with the primary source documents some there is a great fear with the strong stewardship so they start playback and nine need you to go out and assess everything that we have that is irreplaceable that is essential to the operation of american democracy. they come up with six categories with the articles of confederation and also knows from the constitutional convention and all the way down. so in spraying of 1941 from pearl harbor the library of congress spend 700 volunteers and staffers with 10,000 hours gathering and cataloging packing 5,000 boxes of documents that they hold. but then he gets back to him to say you can use the small section but there is tons of gold bullion london that repository so i can give you the size of a freezer so they have to make the decision which documents are going to fort knox so the ones that go are t

. >> the radio was blasting, japs had bombed pearl harbor. the united states and japan are at war. >> of course the japanese were already in china. >> there were 40,000 right down the road from us. >> 25-year-old terrence kirk from harrisburg, illinois, was stationed in northern china. >> our colonel, japanese conned them into believing that we were to have diplomatic immunity and be sent back. >> butth weren't sent home. terrence kirk and the marines became some of japan's first allied prisoners of war. three days after pearl harbor, the leader stormed across the philippine island of luzon. >> three weiaves of 57 bombers d i could see the bombs coming down like needles. i remember the smoke and the smell and the body parts here and there. >> the initial attack completely demolished the navy. >> as american and filipino forces, low on food, ammunition and eventually morale began a long holdout. troops tried to stop the swift japanese advance in the dutch indies. january 1942. phillip toucy and 3,000 british troops arrive in singapore. toucy h

naval station at pearl harbor was attacked by the empire of japan. he was asking congress for declaration of war against japan. f.d. roosevelt: yesterday, december 7, 1941, a date which .ill live in infamy wasunited states of america suddenly and deliver the attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of japan. >> the day of infamy speech allows you to really enter into the moment of the emotion that was happening at the time. if everyone of a certain age can remember what it was like on was a lot ofere .ear, confusion, outrage, anger though and attacked by a foreign military is in some ways fundamentally different than a terrorist attack, a lot of the emotions it brings about the people are the same. when you listen to fdr, you can hear the outrage in his voice, but he's also projecting confidence. he was telling people the road ahead will be difficult, but ultimately we will prevail. f.d. roosevelt: no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the american people in their righteous might will win through to absolute

so a year before pearl harbor. >> 1940? >> 1940, yes, a full year before pearl harbor, yeah. >> what were the requirements at these locations and start with fort knox? where were they actually put in fort knox? >> they were put right in the gold bullion depositatory. at the time there was lots of gold in fort knox. it was at its peak at about that time, 1941, 1942. so he has to make a decision. what documents are going to be there? the original engrossed declaration? definitely. the article engrossed federation? definitely. the gettysburg address considered critical. he makes this decision very methodically i think on what's going to go to fort knox. these are considered the most valuable documents in the country. and the mag nau carta is the document that he's been asked to preserve. he thought it was quite ironic and thought jefferson would approve that they would be in that same area in fort knox. >> talk about the lincolns gettysburg's address. there's five copies including one in the lincoln bedroom and one on the corn

that morning, terrorists took nearly 3,000 lives in the worst attack on america since pearl harbor. i remember standing in the rubble of the world trade center three days later, surrounded by rescuers who had been working around the clock. i remember talking to brave souls who charged through smoke-filled corridors at the pentagon, and to husbands and wives whose loved ones became heroes aboard flight 93. i remember arlene howard who gave me her fallen son's police shield as a reminder of all that was lost. and i still carry his badge. as the years passed, most americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. but i never did. every morning, i received a briefing on the threats to our nation. i vowed to do everything in my power to keep us safe. over the past seven years a new department of homeland security has been created. the military, the intelligence community, and the fbi have been transformed. our nation is equipped with new tools to monitor the terrorists movements, freeze their finances, and break up their plots. and with strong allies at our side, we

[applause] a little more than 75 years ago you responded to the japanese attack on pearl harbor by joining britain in the second world war and defeating fascism, not just in the pacific but in africa and europe too. later in the aftermath of these wars, our two countries led the west through the cold war, confronting communism and ultimately defeating it, not just through military might, but by winning the war of ideas and by proving that open liberal democratic societies will always defeat those which are closed, coercive and cruel. the leadership provided by our two countries through the special relationship has done more than win wars and overcome adversity. it made the modern world. the institution upon which that world relies was so often conceived or inspired by our two nations working together. the united nations in need of reform but vital still has its foundation in the special relationship, from the original declaration to the declaration of the united nations signed in washington and drafted themselves by winston churchill and president franklin d roosevelt. the world bank and i

three days before the attack on pearl harbor, the paper was very isolationists and very opposed to what they saw as roosevelt trying to push the united states into war. they got ahold of his very top secret war plans for germany, splashed them across the front page, and there was a lot of talk at least for a short time of, you know, pressing charge against the paper and against its publisher. that all kind of fell by the wayside a few days later. the roosevelt administration had bigger things to deal with. but the last part of that chapter, probably the last third or so, covers the pentagon incident as well, and it's a broader theme for the chapter of press leaks. >> just one last question. that one soldier that was, walked off of his post in afghanistan, they held him for five years, a lot of people wanted him charged with treason for aiding and abetting the enemy because they're claiming he went over there to help them. but do you have any stories or did you ever hear any stories of, in wartime where soldiers were summarily executed without trial for suspicion of treasonous acts or ai

respondents were also asked about prime minister shinzo abe's recent visit to pearl harbor. a third gave the trip high praise, and nearly half said it was good to some extent. during the visit, abe and president barack obama paid tribute to those killed in japan's 1941 surprise attack there. the survey included a question about abe's summit with russian president vladimir putin last month in japan. 46% said the summit was good to some extent, while 31% said it was not very good. the leaders discussed creating joint economic activity on four russian-controlled islands claimed by japan. on the subject of the territorial issue, 10% said they think talks will progress following the summit. but 48% said they do not think progress will be made. >>> south koreans have been considering their country's future. massive protests virtually pushed their president to be suspended from office over a growing scandal. and now there's desire to change the whole presidential system. nhk reports. >> reporter: in one of the country's largest book stores, sales in a certain section have boomed. >

"the fleet at flood tide" is published just in time for the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. it is the extraordinary story with the most consequential contains of the-- or. the us seizures of the mariana islands opening the path to total victory over japan and establish a new state of the art in warfare. here to give you the details on this extraordinary historical event is james hornfischer. [applause]. >> think you, brenda. i appreciate it. i've always been very happy and proud that my hometown of austin, texas, is home to one of the greatest independent bookstores in america, book people. at the community center and events such as these are salon to bring in such a diversity of authors and gives of vibrancy to the community. i am proud to be here for the third time, i think, and especially happy that c-span is here to turn our discussion in the presentation into an opportunity for readers around the country to connect, so thank you for being here. much appreciated. i have had the great fortune to turn a lifelong interest-- my interest in the navy and pacific journal-- dur

and the other place was pearl harbor, and i got to see that, and during this time, it's amazing. absolutely amazing. >> the munoz family proud trump supporters and proud hispanics and there is a move not selecting latinos for the cabinet. they pushed back saying give them time. there is still positions to be filled. and mr. trump making a surprise visit here in washington, d.c. last night to honor his vp at a dinner. and then returned to new york but guess what? back in the air right now, the president-elect is in route to washington, d.c. ahead of what we see as highly anticipated appearances. at 3:30 this afternoon the president will be at arlington national ceremony for the wreath laying ceremony. and later on at 5:30 this evening, the president-elect will deliver remarks at the lincoln memorial and we'll carry them live. and preparing his speech today making final edits, we are learned this, it will be not a policy driven speech. it will be more personal and philosophical. the role of the presidency in american lives and the role that citizens should play in their government.

, the fleet at flood tide, is published just in time for the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. it is the extraordinary story of the most consequential campaign of the pacific war. the u.s. 5th fleet's seizure of the mariana islands. this relentless deployment opened the path to the total victory over japan and established a new state of the art in warfare. here to give you the details on this extraordinary historical event is james d. hornfischer. [applause] >> thank you, brenda, i appreciate it. i've always been very happy and proud that my hometown of austin, texas, is home the to one of the greatest independent bookstores in america, bookpeople, here. it's a community center, it's the events such as these are salons, if you will, they bring in such a diversity of authors, and it gives so much vibrancy to the community that i've call home for 23 years now, so i'm proud to be here for the third time, i think, and especially happy that c-span is here to turn our discussion and the presentation into an opportunity for readers around the country to connect. so thank you for bein

it was actually after pearl harbor, because after the pearl harbor attack in 1941, franklin roosevelt'sar that you have, which is oftentimes open, may put you in danger. so they looked for a car quickly that was armored. the only one they could find was a car that the government had confiscated from, of all people, al capone. so roosevelt rode up to his first congress in al capone's car. >> i flunked "jeopardy" the worst. >> i love the al capone connection. >> this is not the parade itself, but they're making their way off the capitol grounds. he's got a little company there as he makes his way away from the capitol. it's been a tradition the last several -- this is where you can help me -- the last several inaugurations where the president and first lady come out for a while. who started that? >> started walking? >> yeah. >> in recent times, thomas jefferson did in days of yore, but 1977, jimmy carter and roslyn carter walked not in the way we've seen in recent years because of security for a short distance near the white house. they walked almost the entire route, over a mile, and car

it was actually after pearl harbor, because after the pearl harbor attack in 1941, franklin roosevelt'sar that you have, which is oftentimes open, may put you in danger. so they looked for a car quickly that was armored. the only one they could find was a car that the government had confiscated from, of all people, al capone. so roosevelt rode up to his first congress in al capone's car. >> i flunked "jeopardy" the worst. >> i love the al capone connection. >> this is not the parade itself, but they're making their way off the capitol grounds. he's got a little company there as he makes his way away from the capitol. it's been a tradition the last several -- this is where you can help me -- the last several inaugurations where the president and first lady come out for a while. who started that? >> started walking? >> yeah. >> in recent times, thomas jefferson did in days of yore, but 1977, jimmy carter and roslyn carter walked not in the way we've seen in recent years because of security for a short distance near the white house. they walked almost the entire route, over a mile, and car

the worst defeat they had ever suffered and would remain so until pearl harbor 80 years later. the news of the battle through the entire north into a panic in the cabinet meeting the next cat morning president lincoln kept walking over to the window and looking down fully expecting to see the merrimack speeding up river. and where was the monitor? merely on the bottom of the atlantic. she set ou sat out the day befod ran into a storm that filled all the spaces with poison gases. her engine crew passed out and the other crew members happened but the ship nearly sank twice. just at dusk she entered the chesapeake and have seen it past the southern cumberland and the still burning congress a few hours later. about one in the morning from the stranded minnesota they saw a strange bubble shape in the darkness. the minnesota skipper said all on board felt he had a friend that would stand by in our hour of trial. all on board felt nothing of the sort. at the time come absolutely appalled with the best of the north could come up within the mobster that just killed two of the finest in

it was the worst defeat the union navy had ever suffered, and would remain so until pearl harbor 80 years later. the news of the battle through the entire north into a real panic. a cabinet meeting the next morning, president lincoln kept walking over to the window and looking down at the potomac fully expecting to see the merrimack steaming up river. and where was the monitor? very nearly on the bottom of the atlantic. she set out from brooklyn the day before and run into a storm that knocked out her ventilators which filled all her spaces with the poison gases. her engine crew passed out. they thought she would die, you know, the other crew members help they died. they had not, and when they came to the ship nearly sank twice. but just at dusk on the second day of this awful voyage she entered this chesapeake. she steamed in across the southern cumberland and the still burning congress, explode a few hours later. about one in the morning the lookouts on the state of minnesota saw the strange little shape in the darkness, and the minnesota's skipper said, all on board felt we had a frien

. >> among them, larry petretti, sonoma county's last living pearl harbor survivor. his nephews greg and gary love and honor him as they would their own now-passed father. larry doesn't talk much about the war, they told us. >> no, 'cause he has too many bad memories. >> it's fresh in his mind... even though he's 93. >> so, today, here's a new, fresh memory, larry petretti -- all these people taking the time, ever so grateful to make you feel special. in petaluma -- wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> joining us in the studio today is joe delaurentis from daly city, and joe served in the united states navy from 2006 to 2010. now he's a student at the university of san francisco, and he also interns here at abc7, and joe helped produce this show today. and we're so proud of you. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for your service. >> of course. >> all right, i know transitioning is hard. my dad was in the military. it was really tough for him as a lifer in the army. for you, as a young man, let me start with the work you did. we'll see how that translates to the work

it was the worst defeat the union it navy had ever suffered and it would remain until pearl harbor 80 years later. the news of the battle through the entire-- sent the north into a real panic. at a cabinet meeting the next morning president lincoln walking to the window and looking onto the tarmac expecting to see the merrimack coming up the river. where is the monitor? nearly on the bottom of the atlantic. she set out from brooklyn the day before and had run into a storm that .doc or ventilators, which filled all her spaces with poison gases. her engine crew passed out. they thought-- the other crew members thought they had died. they had not, but as they came to that ship nearly sank twice, but just at dusk on the second day of this voyage she entered that chesapeake. about 1:00 a.m. the look out from the stranded minnesota saw this strange shape in the darkness and the minnesota's skipper said: all on board. we have a friend that was stand by us in our hour of trial. on board felt nothing of the sort. at the time he was actually appalled. with this ludicrous little pie plate the be

nobody said wow, we ought to go help japan that just attacked us at pearl harbor and we spent four and half years fighting a war to win, we should rebuild them or do the same for germany, but we did, and look at the value of what came out of that. my point is simply, judy, that i think, personally the united states is more engaged and more places simultaneously dealing with more complex than at any time in american history and i believe with consequences and greater outcomes changing the policy and helping columbia get to piece after war. help working with argentina to come in from the cold. dealing with north korea, china, working on the south china sea, asserting rights rights in the region and standing up simultaneously to bring them together to change the relationship. there are many things that are happening and have been happening that people don't take note of daily but they are defining american interest. >> if that's the case, how come there is still so much focus on what people interpret as a missed opportunity in syria. i wasn't necessarily going to bring it up, but let's ta

craig simons talks about events that occurred leading up to pearl harbor, including the second china and japanese war and embargoes on u.s. oil shipments to the isle of japan. this took place at national defense university and was organized by the friends of the national world war ii memorial. >> my name

pearl harbor was bombed by the japanese in world war ii, they killed 3000 u.s. soldiers, marines, in hawaii. we bombed hiroshima and nagasaki. arabiad we do for saudi question nothing. why? they have the oil. we have not punished saudi arabia for any reason. host: can i ask you, when callers say they are shocked ,bout what president trump did as we heard in this segment, do you think they should be surprised, that donald trump made it clear while campaigning this is what he wanted to do and this was why people were voting for him? caller: absolutely. he was very transparent. he said it and he does what he is saying. he do what he say. in implementing this extreme vetting. i don't see any problem. is notrry from others founded. , helpful, only temporary. it will give some time. given time tor, have it all sorted out. hold and nothing to evil intentions, why would i worry about the vetting? let them hold me and questioned me, may a few hours to week or two. they give me food and water then let me come in. important.ting is one important point, they said -- i would

nobody said, "wow, we ought to go help japan that just attacked us in pearl harbor and we spent four and a half years trying to win -- we should rebuild them" or "we should do the same for we did." but my point is simply that i think personally that the united states is more engaged in more places simultaneously dealing with more conflicts than at any time in american history, and i believe with consequence, with greater outcomes, changing the policy to cuba, helping colombia be able to get to peace after 50 years of war, working with argentina and other countries to come in from the cold, dealing with north korea or with china and working on the south china sea, asserting freedom of navigation rights in the region and ending up simultaneously to tong korea, japan together change the relationship. i mean, there are many, many things that are happening and have been happening that people do not take note of daily, but they are defining american interests. ms. woodruff: if that is the case, how come there is so much focus on what people interpret as a missed opportunity in syria ? i wa

it wasn't like the time bill clinton shot the hawaiian tropic calendar at pearl harbor which didn't happent it came off as tone deaf because trump doesn't understand what was behind him. the 117 stars. the first -- i know two guys who made the jump from the army to the cia. they went in pre-obama and they said it's good to hear the first three minutes. i have got your back, do your job, do good work. the proof is in the pudding. obama said that and push said that. the bush administration when they began climbing up the cia's rear end with their speculums. they want to be support and do the job. the rest of that, the parsing crowd numbers in front of a venerated site. if you go to langley. every employee and guest who works through that door sees the cost of doing business on that wall. >> it was this second day in office. whoever becomes president, there is so much on-the-job learning that you have to do to appreciate the magnitude of the office and your word. the shift from actually being an executive from campaigning is a massive one. i think it's going to take him more time because he's

december 7, 1941, pearl harbor, america joined world war ii. eisenhower was called to washington where he soon distinguished himself as a good strategic thinker, just six months later, he went to london where he planned the invasion of north africa. >> he was a good man, a tough man. he tried to treat everybody the same. i was on duty and i would take my weapons with me just in case anybody gets fresh, you know. >> in december 1943, president roosevelt informed eisenhower he would command operation overlord, a direct invasion of france. this was the make or break moment for the war in europe. all the heavyweights, fdr, churchill, de gaulle, they were putting their faith in ike. the response of responsibility of d-day, as it was popularly known, rested on his shoulders. he said, if any blame falls to the attempt, it is mine alone. he he accidentally dated at july 5. >> general eisenhower would take responsibility for failure. he would manage failure if failure happened in a way most helpful for political leaders. >> june 6, almost 4500 men hundr

candidate trump floated the idea on pearl harbor day, 2015 after a deadly workplace shooting in san bernadino. >>> donald trump is calling for a shut down of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: back then, mike pence called the idea offensive and unconstitutional. paul ryan defended it, too. >> some of our biggest allies are muslims, the vast majority of whom are peaceful. >> reporter: now ryan has changed his tune saying president trump is right to make sure we're doing everything possible to know who is entering our county. so far, only a handful of republicans in the house or the senate have raised any objections about the policy. the vast majority seem to be fine with it, leaving it to democrats like senate minority leader chuck schumer who is demanding that the department of homeland security recind the policy calling it mean spirited and unamerican. are you worried it could fomeant anger? >> it has. >> have you read the united states constitution? i will gladly lend you my copy. >> reporter: what would he like to tell trump now? >> leave the constitution -- read the constitu

europe. [ applause ] >> a little more than 75 years ago you respond today the japanese attack on pearl harbor by joining britain this the second world war and defeating fascism not just in the pacific but in africa and in europe too. [ applause ] >> and later in the aftermath of these wars our two countries led the west through the cold war, confronting communism and ultimately defeating it, not just through military might but by winning the war of ideas and by proving that open liberal democratic societies will always defeat those that are closed, coercive and cruel. [ applause ] >> but the leadership provided by our two countries through the special relationship has done more than win wars and over come adversity. it made the modern world. the struinstitutions upon whicht world was inspired was by our two nations working together. the united nations in need of reform but vital still has its foundations in the relationship in the original declaration of saint james's palace by signed in washington and drafted themselves by president churchill and -- nato the cornerstone of the west's defense