he was the commander of forces that pushed it out of the seaport city of aden. a member of the party, runs a divided city. the secessionists want aden to become the breakaway of the republic. forces loyal to the president want the seaport city to become the financial capital over yemen. the reform one of yemen's organised political party says yemen should remain united. a failed assassination attempt is a sign of the deteriorating security situation across the country. >> it sets a tone for security in aiden. everyone is scrambling to clean up their act in the city, and establish a police force. but they haven't been successful so far. >> aden was retaken from the shia houthis, and troops loyal to deposed president. this followed months of air strikes by a saudi-led coalition, the tanks provided by the united arab emirates loyal to hardy played a role in pushing houthi forces from the south. and this is what they face. >> anti-houthi fighters on the offensive in the centrality of tiaz. they are led by this man. a tribal leader from the islam party, his fighters

the morning of august 9, the second atomic bomb was exploded over the industrial seaport city of no nagasakimost the entire population was engaged in the manufacturing of work products. -- war products. two great mitsubishi factories were located in the heart of the city. to the north, one of the lords -- one of the world's largest torpedo plants and to the south huge arms works. the bomb was aimed at a point midway between the two plants in order to cause the greatest possible industrial damage. unlike hiroshima, the force of the explosion at nagasaki was confined to the industrial valley which was surrounded by a series of hills that shielded many other areas of the city. a great mushroom affect could be seen going higher and higher and reaching into the stratosphere. because the bomb was exploded high above the ground, the greater part of its harmful radioactive material dissipated in the atmosphere. an area under the explosion was relatively free of radioactivity. people entering nagasaki surely after the explosion sustained no ill effect or injury. in an area of a little more than three

ultimatum was ignored. 10: 58 japanese time, the second atomic bomb was exploded over the industrial seaport citya's sake. almost the entire population of 200 30,000 people were engaged in the manufacture of arms, and munitions, and other war products. 2 great mitsubishi factories were located in the heart of the city. to the north one of the world's largest repute pedal plants. to the south the steel and arms works. the bomb was aimed between the two plans to cause the greatest possible industrial damage. unlike hiroshima, the force of the explosion in knock ishaqi was confined to the industrial valley, which was surrounded by hills which sheltered many other areas of the city. [explosion] a great, towering mushroom effect could be seen growing higher and higher into the stratosphere. because the bomb was exploded high above the ground, the greatest part of its harmful radioactive material was dissipated in the stratosphere. the area under the explosion was relatively free of radioactivity. persons doing rescue work sustained no ill effect or injury. in an area of little more than three square m

looking live at atlantic city, meteorologist karen rogers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. >> philadelphia's independence seaport museum takes on a slice of city history in the exhibit, it's about the dock street market and who made a living there. david murphy has 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: the exhibit is called hucksters and it goes back to a time when philadelphia society hill neighborhood was home to a bustling and boys at - boisterous market. it was known as dock creek. >> the men who sold their goods were known as hucksters. guest curator,'s grandfather was one of of them. he moved his business to dock street and par layed that into another business. book bindsers calf may, that went on the auction block and that became his life. he invited 2,000 philadelphia artists to create works about the market. it is an fascinating look at old philadelphia. a lot of schoorn ships and things -- schooner shoops -- ships and things like that came down the creek. >> reporter: dock street had become a massive distribution center for the city and state. >> it was where a lot of immigrants came i don't want to say th

city's industrial might. they use a hologram so you can look over his shoulder as he creates a massive mural. >>> philadelphia independence seaportkes on a slice of city history, it's about the dock street market and people who lived there. david murphy has 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: the exhibits is called hucksters. it takes visitors back to a time when philadelphia society hill neighborhood was home to a bustling and boisterous market. it is filled with photographs and memorabilia and dock street from it's inception of dock street. >> they are produce men, fish mongers. >> reporter: guest curator john taxen's grandfather was aoyster. >> weiss created the exhibition from artifacts passed down from his grandfather. >> it is an interesting and fascinating look at old philadelphia. >> reporter: starts when dock street was dock creek. >> schooner ships came down the creek. >> reporter: when it become polluted, city fathers paved it over. dock street was a massive distribution center for the city and state. it was where a lot of immigrants came and they made their i don't want to say their fortunes, but they made their living

city in texas. it had the largest population. it was one of the two commercial centers of texas. and it was the primary seaport of texas. there were no rail connections between texas and the rest of the united states in 1860. you could not get on a train in texas and travel to the other parts of the country. and so texas was -- texas's primary link to the rest of the confederacy was by sea. galveston was the best natural harbor on the texas coast and galveston was the largest city. and so a lot of -- everything that involved trade and later blockade running went through galveston, for the most part, and other small ports along the texas coast. but galveston was the primary one. even before the confederates fired on fort sumter, in april of 1861, in charleston, the union was preparing and thinking about what happens if this becomes -- if secession becomes a shooting war. one of the things they considered was establishing a blockade of southern ports. the idea of a blockade is it's an old traditional technique used in warfare to blockade an enemy's port, to keep ships and vessels from coming in and out, to prevent the ene

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