portsmouth and a tribute to one of the day's most extraordinary men on the most testing of days.-day veterans lining up to pay homage to bill miller. known as piper bill, in the middle, he was a bagpipe playing command of the defied orders and took his pipes to d-day. this was him on the right the moment he stepped out of the landing craft under fire. pes, not his gun, in his hands. years later, he returned to the same beaches to relive the moment his commanding officer had given him this request. >> give us a tune. if you don't mind. what would you like, sir? i said very good. >> he still did it as the battle raged. today in portsmouth among the veterans, 90-year-old patrick churchill who trained with bill miller and still recalls his close friend. >> he was on the d-day beaches completely unarmed inspiring all those going a short. it wasfamily says humbling to see so many remember him today, a man who chose sound not steel to fight the enemy. >> a man in a kilt playing the bagpipes with the mortars going off and machine gun fire, someone turned to me and smiled and said well do

>> i loved it largely into one trip to inclined to go to the national archives and then down to portsmouth will marine museum and the navy museum, greenwich, london national maritime museum, wonderful facilities and a lot of letters, diaries and official papers, i didn't want to just have this written as the american account of what happened in washington and baltimore. august trying to present both sides in a fair manner. the british had their grievances too and also turned out to be the most fascinating characters. admiral coburn, very jovial, brutal, effective flow, general ross, quite a gentleman and ross and his papers like a lot of the army that ends up attacking washington they came from northern ireland. his papers are up there in belfast and that was a real treat. the great irony was some of the best stuff even for the british side, you know where admiral coburn's papers are today? the library of congress. one of those great ironies. he burned down a library of congress but today they hold his papers. wonderful facilities at the national archives, the maryland historical society i

the naval support activity portsmouth annex which is home to the naval medical center portsmouth, onkdown right now. all employees have been told to shelter in place because a service member was stabbed. the assailant has not been caught yet. navy officials say they are still collecting details about the incident. happened just this morning. a stabbing in front of the base. the victim was taken to the base at the hospital there. authorities say they are looking for a white male, 165 pounds, blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing tan cargo pants and a white shirt. the conditional of the person who was stabbed not known at this time. as we get more details we'll bring them to you "happening now.". jenna: well, meanwhile in seattle a community recovering there after one person is shot dead and three others injured. the suspected gunman is now in custody but police are thankful for a quick action of a few. dan springer live on the scene at seattle pacific university with more. dan? >> reporter: jenna, the shooting started outside of the engineering building on the campus of seattle pacific univ

he arrived back at portsmouth this morning, his last minute dash to normandy a success. >> how is to be back? >> marvelous. absolutely marvelous. this is a smashing country. >> what was it like being over there? >> there was just time to pose for the photos before he was driven back. he was worried he'd be in trouble. but this is what was waiting for him. he'd always been popular here and they certainly let him know it. and so it was less trying to explain what had happened. >> i think he just thought off i'm going so he took himself. >> why didn't he tell you? >> i don't know. that's snag may coomething that out in the wash. but once they set their mind to something, they don't let anything get in their weay. >> bernard jordan was determined to be there 70 years on. he will be 90 this time next year. and says he'll do it all again. >>> watch a british soldier who took part in the allied assault on d-day recreate the parachute jump he made 70 years ago. >>> returning to iraq, at least 60 people were killed today in baghdad when multiple car bombs tore through the city. up to a dozen

hundreds of veterans met in portsmouth. they made their final preparations in this city. stay with us for our continuing coverage of this somber anniversary. brian williams is in normandy broadcasting this evening. he'll be there tonight and tomorrow and have a one-on-one interview with president obama. >>> and we'll be back with more news at 6:00 and theing in seat. >> on our broadcast tonight from normandy, life or death. the plot thickens over the prisoner swap for an american soldier that sparked such an uproar and tonight, a new story line has emerged about why congress was kept in the dark. >>> history of failures. a devastating report out tonight with gm and major executives are out, as well. >>> manhunt, a city on lockdown as a man takes aim at police officers. tonight tens of thousands are being told to stay inside. >>> and the greatest generation, the reason we're here tonight along with the man who coined

if there is an american ship in portsmouth, a british admiral command that ship until it leaves the harbor. once it is in the channel, now it is in the command of an american. then when he gets involved in a joint task force unit, and my fall again. these are the problems he had to deal with on a regular basis. >> admiral, i think we're done. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for coming out on this dark and stormy night. >> now joining us live from new york city, the author of the new book "neptune: the allied invasion of europe and the d-day , thanks," mr. symonds for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> it is these 70th anniversary of d-day. that 70 yearsnk later, this still resonates with the american public? >> first of all, i am glad that it does. it is important to moments inportant world history, and particularly and i think the 70th anniversary is particularly moving. threescore years and 10. 70 years have passed. generations now or in obviously do not remember d-day, have no perhapsn with it, except for those grainy old black-and-white images on late-night television. so, enough time

along the sea front in the small town near portsmouth, they simply broke into spontaneous applause.om a local flying club was simple and hugely ambitious, get together a few old dakotas, take part in the d-day commemorative air drop over france. >> nose in the air, they're slightly pompous, and traditionally when we get out we'll go out to the aircraft and pack into one of those and say, well done, old girl. >> this is really a very for giving airplane. if you don't get it completely right it was, yeah, that's okay, you'll do better next time, you know? >> it is a machine that the pilots absolutely feel they can depend on. it gets them home. it gets the job done. they can push it and push it and it doesn't bite them back. it just helps them through. >> reporter: few vintage aircraft are more revered. the d c3 dakota and its military twin, the c 47, general eisenhower said four things, the at tomorrow bomb and the bazooka, the jeep and the d c3. on d-day over 8 hundred took part in the biggest air droft of the history. the flying association managed to wrestle up a magnificent eight.

if there is an american ship in portsmouth, a british admiral command that ship until it leaves the harbor. once it is in the channel, now it is in the command of an american. then when it gets involved in a joint task force unit, it may get involved. those kinds of problems he had to deal with on a regular basis. he did so as successfully as anyone could expect. admiral, i think we are done. >> thank you very much. >> my pleasure. thank you for coming out on the start and stormy night. a live shotoking at of the world war ii memorial on the national mall here in washington, d.c. a look back at d-day continues here on american history tv. for the next hour, a chance for you to get involved. you can talk to the man that you just heard, author craig symon will join us. we have three ways for you to communicate with us. -- phone lines you can also send us a tweet if you wish, or you can post your questions and comments on facebook. we will read some of those on the air as we go through the afternoon. now, joining us live from new york city is craig symon, the author of the new book "neptune .

this picturesque waterfront city of portsmouth where massive good how three lives at least until he became the first british citizen to be convicted under the terror laws of travelling to fight in syria but his conviction raises some crucial questions what exactly has being criminalized and one of the implications of his conviction not just for those here in the u.k. he might be thinking of traveling to syria but the hundreds of places this isn't that already thought to be out there fighting. russia to choudhry was convicted of preparing acts of terrorism in large part due to evidence based on his social media it was argued he aimed to join al qaeda inspired rebels fighting the assad regime. they have since been to more convictions under similar charges but despite the recent prosecutions and police scheme aimed at preventing young people going to syria r t spoke exclusively to one brit he's travelled to the country to provide aid not to fight and he has a message we are going to regard these are what they are question and there are all parts of the british government and the rest of the p

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. >> it was remarkable moment in portsmouth, where 80 world were ii veterans gathered in the same british0 years ago to prepare for the normandy invasion. the comradery between british and american allies was very much alive. many of the veterans head next to normandy to mark the 70th ab versery on friday. we'll be there for a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports." we'll be right back. (mother vo) when i was pregnant... i got more advice than i knew what to do with. what i needed was information i could trust on how to take care of me and my baby. luckily, unitedhealthcare has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get the right care and guidance-before and after the baby is born. simple is good right now. (anncr vo) innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> i don't want to see these five prisoners go back to combat, you don't want -- there's a lot that you don't want to have happen. on the other hand you also don't want an american citizen, if you can avoid it, especially a soldier, to die in captivity. i think we

jamie french of portsmouth, the c.e.o. of northland forest products told me how climate change is affecting new hampshire eye two of their most valuable hard woods, the sugar maip. le and the yellow birch. sugar maples support the maple sugar industry but also drew leaf peepers in the autumn. as new hampshire as and neighboring states get warmer, the trees' geographic range moves north. future warning will mean more production of maple syrup in canadian canada and less in the united states. bad news for the sugar houses. and mr. french points out in the 1940's and 1950's most of the furniture in new england was made out of yellow birch and it remains a valuable hard wood drawing good prices for the timber business. french fears the consequences for his industry if yellow birch and sugar maples are urnd pushed out by warmer weather trees. will there be a wood product industry, he asks, will there be a maple sugar industry in a climate changed new england? there's going to be a lot less of one, he concludes. new hampshire bi