for our second presenter, very well known, richard frank. renowned expert in the civil war. one of our longest serving advisors. he was an historical consultant for our road to tokyo excavation, and he led many tours for the travel program. he was commissioned in the united states army in which he served 34 years. leader inifle platoon the 101st division. he completed law school in washington, d.c. and began work on his first book, published in 1990. he won the knighted states marine car -- united state marine corps general greene's award. to host the book launch of the first volume of his trilogy on the history of the asian war. that book tower of schools comes out in march. march 3 will be the book launch. it is my privilege to turn the panel over to james and then richard. james: thank you, jason. it was really brilliant in previous conferences to be standing at a big great hall. while there is nothing wrong with the halls of the previous years, it is so much better to be in this amazing environment. this feels like the right place to be talking about the second world war

anything written by richard frank on the pacific theater is absolutely worth reading. what else?>> there are a number of books -- "flying over the hump." it reinforces the fact that we do crazy things in wartime. we really do. we are trying to do anything to win the war. but the sacrifices of your father and others. you think about it, how smart is it to run an operation where it basically takes seven gallons of fuel to provide one gallon of fuel to the front. that is what tami is working on with her mobilization work. it takes an immense amount of mobilization to have the logistical ability to do that. no other nation in the world at this time could have done it except the united states. >> i think it is partly true too that we do it because we are so optimistic. we have a lot of resources, but we have this unbelievable american optimism that we can make it work if we try hard enough. if you just simply go to a place like ave books and type in "flying the hump," you will probably come up with a number of books. if you want to talk to me afterwards, i will take your name down and

for our second presenter, very well-known, a long-term friend of the museum richard frank. , internationally renowned expert in the pacific war one of , our longest serving advisors. presidential counselor. he was an historical consultant for our road to tokyo exhibition. also has led many tours for the travel program. after graduating from the university of missouri he was , commissioned in the united states army which he served 34 , years. a tour of duty in the republic of vietnam. rifle platoon leader in the 101st division. he completed law school in georgetown university law center in washington, d.c. soon afterwards began work on , his first book, published in 1990. he won the united state marine corps general greene's award. we at the museum are delighted and honored to be hosting the official book launch of the volume of his trilogy on the first history of the asian war. -- asia pacific war. that first volume, tower of skulls, comes out in march. march 3 will be the book launch. it is my great privilege to turn the panel over to james and then richard. thank you. [applause] >> thank y

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. >>> in frank richard's latest article he writes once trump has vacated the oval office and possiblydes thereafter, his government, like any other deposed strongman's will be subjected to a forensic colonoscopy to root out buried crimes whether against humanity or the rule of law or both. with time, everything will come out. it always does. joining us now is frank rich, writer at large for "new york magazine." he is also an executive producer of hbo's "succession." and, frank, can we use the succession thing for your introduction so we can get it for cheap, right? >> very cheap. >> the composer was? >> his name is nicholas. brilliant guy. >> as is the show. >> thanks. >> you're saying something that i have long believed. and it's one of the things that i find so strange about people like william barr. will barr knows there is going to be another attorney general someday, and it's going to be another democratic attorney general. he is going to have the power to look at every single thing william barr did. and it's coming at some point. >> it's coming and you feel these people like him

people like milton friedman, like frederic kayak, like gary becker, like george stigler, frank easterbrook, richard epstein, conservative and libertarian economists, scholars, lawyers, judges. and what do they say? this is what they say. number one, we do have to have some policing of the marketpla marketplace. but even frederic kayak the austrian school of economics believed in common pleas was a fair market. at the very least, even the libertarians say we need three rules in the markets. no fraud, no breach of contract and no price fixing. we cannot have vibrant markets of the companies can bridge the promises to us if they can lie about what they are selling and its competitors caitas competito cahoots with one another and least we need those rules. so the question then is how are we going to enforce and implement those rules and what i argue in the book is the conservative way to do it is through the private enforcement of the law. i go back to the literature on the privatization that was very popular during ronald reagan and margaret thatcher's times and this literature basically says we want

like friedrich hayek, let gary becker, like george stigler, like frank easterbrook. like richardstein. conservative and libertarian economists, scholars, lawyers, judges, and what did they say? this is what they say. we have to have some policing of our marketplace. not even friedrich hayek, the austrian school of economics believed in complete laissez-faire markets. in the very least, even libertarians say we need three rules in our markets no fraud, no breach of contract, and no price fix. we cannot have vibrant markets if companies can breach their promises to us if they can lie about what they are selling and if competitors can get in cahoots with one another. at least we need those rules. the question then is how are we going to enforce and abutment those rules. what i argue in the book is the conservative way to do it is through the private enforcement of the law. i go back to the literature on privatization that was very popular during ronald reagan and margaret thatcher's times in this literature basically says we want to privatize everything. therefore, why should we wan

richard nixon's veto. >> i was thinking about your line of work tonight, and i heard frank rich tell lawrence o'donnell his strong view that when trump is out of office, whatever time that is, the truth will come out. it may roll out slowly, but we will learn the truth someday, and i suppose even in this era where you don't have very many presidential papers, per se, to go through, where a lot of it is ephemeral, electronic communication, you have to hope and pray that truth comes out so that you and your colleagues can chronicle it. >> that's right. and there are always records, and there is a presidential records act, and it takes a while. that's why when people say what will history say about donald trump or barack obama, you know, we have to wait at least 40 years because we won't have the kind of hindsight we need to have to have a historical judgment as opposed to a political judgment. and the other thing, as you rightly say, is that we won't have those kind of documents fully to make really a full assessment. >> if you have a 40-year wait before writing about this era, is there a multi-vitamin you c

richard sherman saves the day. hopefully, we don't need him to save the day. hopefully we take it and head to miami. >> reporter: frankit was a party this morning. we celebrated all things 49ers. we had pizza and wings as well as sourdough sam. we had the cheerleaders. we had a helmet of legos. we asked them for their thoughts and this is what one of the veteran cheerleaders had to say. >> i have been around for a long time now. i was there when we were at candlestick park i feel good about this next game. >> they are young. their energetic energy is there. they are ready to go. >> do not forget, the nfc championship game airs on sunday at 3:40 p.m. on ktvu fox 2 perks >> i wish i had a ticket. >> me too. >>> the weather is going to be great. outside the doors at this hour, a look into san francisco where we have a lot of blue skies. temperatures started off chillier this morning but that has since changed. we are several degrees warmer now due to all that sunshine and debt dry weather. pretty impressive. area as well to the north, more than 2 inches. almost 2.5 or so. even the urban areas did really well. san francis

richard blumenthal is joining us live from capitol hill. senator, to be frank appears that the momentum is with republican leaders. they -- it appears they will have the votes to block witness testimony and only get maybe two or three republicans joining with your caucus to vote for more witnesses and more testimony, more documents. and then it is also possible, i think, if not likely, that there will be a bipartisan vote to acquit president trump. it seems possible that manchin, cinema and doug jones but certainly manchin and cinema have their minds open to voting to acquit president trump on both counts. what do you think of this? >> i'm focused right now on trying to persuade my colleagues that we need those witnesses and documents so we have the truth. and so that this whole process has some credibility. you know, i'm deeply worried about the net result the day after we're done here. we have an argument that the president has made on the floor of the senate through his lawyer that he can do anything he wants as long as he thinks it helps his re-election, wh

richard sherman saves the day. hopefully we don't need him to save the day, we just take it and hid to miami. >> reporter: frank mallicoatews. >> love the mix of art and passion, and all things 49ers. >> i love it i think if people see him in the parking lot, it's cool to watch him work for a bit. >> to see the niners like he has been watching for years. >>> we will turn it over to rosemary, talking about the important weather today and how mild it will be. >> nice out there, and we lucked out with last weekend's game weatherwise, and we are going to do the same again today. not expecting a lot of sunshine, and we are going to remain mostly cloudy. temperatures right now, 40 degrees, and warming to near 60 degrees for game time, and that's good news there. we have had days where we start out in the mid- to upper 40s, and we only gain a few degrees over the course of the entire day. not happening today. we do have a lot of clouds continuing to stream in from the pacific, and that's not going to change. we are going to remain dry for today, and as well as for the holiday monday, and tuesday morning, that drive could be a s

. >> next, historians james holland and richard frank discussed two grim events that took place in june andul

from the national world war ii museum's annual conference, historians james holland and richard frankcussed two grim events that took place in june and july of 1944. a hitler's youth division's execution of canadian pows at an 11th-century abby in normandy, france, and the mass suicide of japanese civilians who jumped off cliffs to avoid capture by u.s. forces during the battle of saipan. this next session is kind of a tough as the allies made great one. gains during june of the axis 1944, powers responded. not just through combat, but also through acts of retribution and reprisal. to lead our panel's descent into barbarism, it's my pleasure to turn the stage over to dr. jason. he is a valued member of our institute for the study of war and democracy. he came to us with special partnership for the defense p.o.w. and mia accounting agency where he worked on cases to help bring unaccounted service members home for identification and burial.

next, historians james holland and richard frank discussed two grim events that took place in june and july of 1944. a hitler's youth's division of executions in the north of france and the mass suicides of japanese civilians who jumped off cliffs to avoid capture in the battle of saipan. >> the next session is kind of a tough one, as the allies made great gains, the axis powers responded not just through combat, but also retribution and reprisal. to lead our panel's descent into barbarism, it's my pleasure to