24940> and move back to quebec. that is how you win in canada because everything further upstream, which is upper canada is going to fall any way because you are going to cut them off from reinforcements and supplies if you control montreal and quebec and from the rest of the british empire. that is the key to winning. and everybody understood that sort of. the problem is the united states doesn't feel it has enough regular soldiers to take on in the first year of the war an attack against montreal so they are casting about where can we use smaller forces and win something so that we can impress voters before the fall election and build popular support for the war which is a little shaky in the country right now. we need a victory so they are looking for places of easy victory and they decide the upper canada. so even though strategically it makes no sense to invade upper canada should be invading lower canada we now call quebec. the invade upper canada and from the worst possible place which is from detroit which i

lawrence river, too, to try to blockade quebec or intercept ships that were coming from halifax one toboston -- down to boston to resupply the british army. washington was also using a fleet of of whale boats, small craft that were plying the waters of boston harbor and setting them to burn the lighthouse at the entrance to the harbor, looking for ways to disrupt the british, stealing sheep, burning hay on the small islands in order to starve them. and then the shallow draft allowed them to get away from the deep-hulled british ships. so with map in hand we can see washington really creatively using the topography to his advantage. and, of course, ultimately, door chester heights would be the key to ending the siege placing the guns from tie cond rogue georgia here on this commanding spot that would render boston untenable for the british. and, again, this sense of washington spontaneously using maps, this is his own drawing of the boston area in case anyone would be confused, he writes water, water, water. [laughter] makes a grid to show us boston and a grid for cambridge. and this he

though it depicts a battle from 1759, which was actually between the french who were then holding quÉbecd the producer took it from them. but here now is the british and arnold was trying to dislodge them and we can see how he follows her notes every step and even how he followed the same strategy that the british had, moving his men to the same landing place. you can even see the little path going up the palisade here come the same one that general william howe, then a colonel, had used to bring his men up to the heights of abraham. unfortunately for arnold he made it up your coming but he couldn't wear the british out that the french had come out to fight the british and that of course had been their mistake. so the canadian campaign collapsed and american forces fell back towards ticonderoga. of course i'm not sober of 76, arnold fought the famous battle of alcor island, which was a great turning point. steve jobs held off they british penetration into new york state for an additional year. or perhaps save the american cause. and so again, the campaign while on its face was a disaster

but still wind chill warnings remain in place for southern quebec, new brunswick, as well as maine in u.s. as for europe, well, lots of scattered snow once again for central and eastern areas all the way up into finland. still looking at some snow down toward the southeastern corner of the balkans as well. but as we enter that milder air, it is going to be producing rain and thunderstorms for western turkey as well as greece. showers also moving into the british isles as well. winds on the strong side here. pretty chilly down toward spain and portugal with wet and windy weather. still working its way across the southwestern tip of the peninsula. seven degrees in madrid today. 10 in rome. a touch milder in vienna. light rain for vienna as well as berlin today. and then still looking very frigid in moscow. all right. here's your extended forecast now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani. jj

for an alternate plan for that backside, and a better understanding of what the esthetics of the quebec there. it has been very unclear. -- of what the esthetics would look like back there. it has been very unclear. this is the loading spot right here. the two-lane pass is also for residential parking. there is only one spot for trucks to back into. if there is an acute -- if there is any queuing, the issues that have been raised will be even bigger. thank you for listening to me today. >> many floras, carpenters local. we are in support of the project. there are big parking issues there. back in the early '70s, i can remember my mom took me down there to buy my first vehicle. i remember my mom went down there. she parked on the sidewalk. i said, "mom, you can't park here." "watch me." there was never any parking down there. it was terrible. i do not know how i avoided so many tickets. even in the '90s, same thing. it was terrible. i am missile survivor of the area, you know? but it is a good project. i think they are addressing it. they have done their homework, it appears, getting sup

getting a group of english-speaking british subjects up into canada to counteract those people in quÉbecwho are catholic and speak french. so all any of what is now nova scotia and new brunswick becomes the homeland of the people who left america. and they are given axis access, army rations, some kids in some cases, lumber in other cases, told to cut down the trees and stars from communities. which they do. they are very proud of it today. if you are a descendent of one of the loyalists who came up there, you can put a uv after your name. that united empire that have helped preserve the empire. and if you want to know what the tories wanted, and what their intention was, if they had one, just look at canada. that whole steadfast character that we talked about in canada, the canadian study that came from the fact that they were founded by non-revolution is, people who really kept their heads about them, and they had gone up and started the kind of country that they wished we had down here. parliament, constitutional monarchy, and freedom of speech, all the little things we have. if we lo

♪ >> estamos en la provincia de quebec en canadÁ, donde uno se puede lanzar cuesta abajo en una balsala temperatura, las caras de espectadores invaden el terreno de la pista para no perderse ni un solo detalle. lo que mÁs disfrutan es ver cuando resbalan y se van de cabeza contra el hielo. (imÁgenes) >> por supuesto, en esta competencia, tambiÉn existen reglas. >> no empujar, no golpear, no patear, no jalar la ropa. >> esta noche el campeÓn fue el finlandÉs: >> tienes que estar aquÍ para vivir la experiencia. es simplemente asombroso. >> nunca me he puesto un traje asÍ. y mucho menos echarme de una gran rampa de hielo. y lo voy a hacer solamente por ustedes. obviamente, me voy a caer. pero miren. ♪ >> pensÉ que no lo iba a hacer! pero lo hice. es lo importante. llegÓ de panzazo pero lo hice y eso me hace sentir orgulloso. amigos, a ustedes los veo en la prÓxima aventura. chau. >> fabio participÓ en una competencia especial para reporteros. y de 32 participantes, llegÓ en el lugar 16. asÍ que estuvimos muy bien representados, mÁs aÚn si consideramos que los reporteros canadienses apren

self-taught, but the professorship probably wasn't what you would get if you were in montreal or quebec anyway, they bring in about three really knowledgeable people who are the judges, and because there are 19 instruments in the bank, there are 19 people who can place, and these judges place them the way they see it. and what they're looking for is somebody whose whole career will advance fastest by having a great voice, so this girl placed number one, and she thought she was lucky to even be in the 19. so she turns to denis brott, who is sort of mcing the thing, and she said, "what do i do?" and he said, "you try every one of those 19 instruments, and see which one you really feel has a rapport with you, and the one that has the most rapport, that's the one you should do". - wow. a dream come true. - and it's not necessarily the most expensive--you know, it could be anything. so she did this, and she ended up choosing the second best, according to the instruments--her ear is pretty good--and she worried about, "did i make a mistake?" he said, "no, you didn't make a mistake. you've don

first of so many miracles, and the ship took 13 weeks, from the time they left norway until they hit quebec was 13 weeks. then they had to take an overland routes that took many, many more weeks until they got to the mother colony in wisconsin. a norwegian met them and walked them. imagine, they got off after all this and walked 6 miles to their home. it was summertime and they had their heavy woolen clothes on. when they got to this norwegian's yard, all of them just laid flat out in the front yard, there were so exhausted. this is our story. these are the people that came here for just a chance, the chance to write their ticket, the chance to come to this land of promise. when i think these people and the greatness of these ordinary people, they are the most extraordinary people you could ever, ever imagine. they essentially build a watertight boat and put wheels on it. they got as far as desoto in wisconsin, and they literally floated their wagon, and the cattle had to swim across the mississippi river to get to lansing. they got to lansing, iowa, and they had heard there was free land i

the ship took 13 weeks from the time they left norway until the time they hit quebec. 13 weeks. then they had to take an overland route that took many, many more weeks until they got to the mother colony in wisconsin. when they got to wisconsin, and norwegian met them and walked them. so imagine, they got off and walked 6 miles to their home. was summertime and the had heavy woolen clothes. everything they own, they carried. when they got to this norwegians yard, everyone laid out in the art and they were so exhausted. -- laid out in the art. this is our story. these are the people who came here for just a chance to write their tickets, the chance to come and visit the land of promise. when i think of these people and the greatness of these ordinary people, they are the most extraordinary people you could ever imagine. so my relatives built a watertight boat and put wheels on that and got as far as desoto and wisconsin and they floated their wagon and the cattle had to swim across the mississippi river to get to lansing. they got to lansing, iowa and they had heard there was fre

canadians remember the days when they were dealing with the quÉbec nationalists who were pushing backwhen you define a nation, you draw a line around us and then there is is the them. when americans were nationalist after 9/11 you were us, we were them and it made it harder to manage the relationship. and canadians became nationalistic around the olympics and they have been pushing back a little bit of makes you more confident but it makes you them and us or us dumb and you are us i think. [laughter] >> we know what you mean. so i think they're going to be these periods in our relationship where we are both pushing a little bit and getting on the other sinners by reminding each other we are different in a way that doesn't, isn't intended to be insulting but sometimes seems that way. >> as we summa wikileaks lately lately -- [inaudible] some of our tv shows depict his swaggering america's to take over the police investigation. it sounds from what i'm hearing is that there is a back-and-forth and sometimes it is an priority complex and sometimes it is a security complex. >> it is a mani

canadians remember the days when they were dealing with the quÉbec nationalists who were pushing ba.when you define a nation, you draw a line around us and then there is is the them. when americans were nationalist after 9/11 you were us, we were them and it made it harder to manage the relationship. and canadians became nationalistic around the olympics and they have been pushing back a little bit of makes you more confident but it makes you them and us or us dumb and you are us i think. [laughter] >> we know what you mean. so i think they're going to be these periods in our relationship where we are both pushing a little bit and getting on the other sinners by reminding each other we are different in a way that doesn't, isn't intended to be insulting but sometimes seems that wa >> as we summa wikileaks lately lately -- [inaudible] some of our tv shows depict his swaggering america's to take over the police investition. it sounds from what i'm hearing is that there is a back-and-forth and sometimes it is an priority complex and sometimes it is a security complex. >> it is a manifest

q-quebec well, i'm in a freshman from michigan, replacing peter hoekstra with an 18 year congressman.an for government in michigan and was not able to win that primary. i actually served as peter's district director in that capacity for six years and was also a state legislator in michigan for six years, term limited out. in two years ago was when that happened. the small business owner. i am a gravel company and i have had it firmly planted in the business trip, but also when the public policy world. >> bluest nightlight for you? >> one, love your channel, love c-span and always a faithful watcher of any of the state of the union addresses. it's very different been in the chamber. i think the seating arrangements frankly sort of cut down on the theatrics of what you normally see. i'll see it next to the democrat than republican on my other site and another democrat on the side of him. i actually sat with brad sherman from sherman oaks out of california. and then it was donna edwards from maryland. and next to me was also jeff landry, freshman from louisiana. so it was a good experien

are trying to stop global warming. 90% of the people in the united states done very seriously of quebec there is global warming. there may be global change. -- doubt very seriously there is a global warming. there may be global change. i am in my 60s and i've seen very little of that in my life there is concerned -- in my life. there is concern about overpopulation. i can hardly breathe with all of the people that we have now. is that our goal in the united states, to just fall of the country with people? -- fill up the country with people? guest: i cannot imagine it is a political goal of anyone to contribute to mass overpopulation. to the callers first point about the science of climate change, certainly, pulling of the public has shown that -- polling of the public has shown that -- i think last year 70% of the public believed therefore global warming -- believed there was global warming. within the scientific community, an intergovernmental panel of climate change, which is an international body of scientists, it is very clear. the majority of those scientists within the scientific

canadians remember the days when they were dealing with the quÉbec nationalists who were there is isthe them. when americans were nationalist after 9/11 you were us, we were them and it made it harder to manage the relationship. and canadians became nationalistic around the olympics and they have been pushing back a little bit of makes you more confident but it makes you them and us or us dumb and you are us i think. [laughter] >> we know what you mean. so i think they're going to be these periods in our relationship where we are both pushing a little bit and getting on the other sinners by reminding each other we are different in a way that doesn't, isn't intended to be insulting but sometimes seems that way. aweum wkiakaly te - [inaudible] some of our tv shows depict his swaggering america's to take over the police investigation. it sounds from what i'm hearing is that there is a back-and-forth and sometimes it is an priority complex a sometimeits a security complex. >> it is a manifestation of the inferiority complex. >> here is what i think it is. i think we need some metaphors i

with all due respect among external b.c., internal b.c., the mayor times aligned with new england, quebecand so all of the lumber producers couldn't get it to get there in canada and on the u.s. side of the state your position to read this is the number-one issue. and honestly come to the credit of the current government, you had a lion. there's a little bit of problem in d.c. right now. and harper asked and bush said you've got it. so, the truth is on the border delete and on the continental security, have the debate in canada, and if this is the thing you want from the united states -- if you can stand a sa iss our nbeonprri, th iwht wto coabatone s. and the apparatus of the government wants to help you got to have one priority and you have to speak with a single voice on it. >> this is exactly rh this by exact rht abo thway in whichheo s manad. the ailtoreve these kind of things, but you're also right, peter, that the united states on security is going to ask regardless, and i think one of the great disconnects has come from political leadership in canada that has been unwilling to be

q-quebec well, i'm in a freshman from michigan, replacing peter hoekstra with an 18 year congressman.an for government in michigan and was not able to win that primary. i actually served as peter's district director in that capacity for six years and was also a state legislator in michigan for six years, term limited out. in two years ago was when that happened. the small business owner. i am gravel company and i have had it firmly planted in the business trip, but also when the public policy world. >> bluest nightlight for you? >> one, love your channel, love c-span and always a faithful watcher of any of the state of the union addresses. it's very different been in the chamber. i think the seing arrangements frankly sort of cut down on the theatrics of what you normally see. i'll see it next to the democrat than republican on my other site and another democrat on the side of him. i actually sat with brad sherman from sherman oaks out of california. and then it was donna edwards from maryland. and next to me was also jeff lary, freshman from louisiana. so it was a good experience. as