solomons. the ship is stuck in kangava bay on the rennell island. species found nowhere else on the planet. the australian government says it's "profoundly disappointed by the slow response of the commercial entities involved and their lack of adequate communications with and responsiveness to the solomon islands government". i've been speaking to jamie tahana from radio new zealand, he told me that the ship belongs to the company king trader limited. they initially said that they were sending teams, but the australian and new zealand governments said that was very slow, it took about two weeks from when the ship ran aground at kangava bay for them to arrive. it has really only been in the past week that we have seen any particular momentum girl in two containing the spill. there were not any booms put up around the leaking ship, which is now released about 100 tons of oil into this reef. they have been quite angry at the response. also the v company, a dunedin company, they initially put out statements in the solomons islands newspaper think they h

months the japs win back this vital outpost but their transports lie wrecked on the sands of the solomon islandsder griffe forward into the jungle, directing the campaign that japsilled nearly 7,000 on the canal alone. canalps call the death island. ♪ ♪ >> supporting the infantry, the marines' big tanks bring over any road, or through no roads at all. offshore, an american freighter battles an oil was, just as she preparing to land her cargo. calmly, the marines fight flames, all supplies are saved and the ship will sail again. ♪ ♪ >> the earliest americans, show theirdians, troopatriots when a train stops by. they bring baskets of home cooked footstuffs for the uniform. they are proud of their boys roll, 700 indian from one small county are serving with america's armed forces. in their workshops, navajo women famous for their make gifts and games for red cross packages. ♪ ♪ >> from this primitive home, a navajo chief has sent the army, to american indians loyal to their country. ♪ ♪ >> the air transport of tomorrow becomes the reality today. the constellation, america's newest land-based cargo

secrets stole shrines and bottling storms in the solomon islands it is a diplomatic mission made for social media. highwinds you tube sensation ben wu is in search of friends both for himself and for his increasingly isolated country the answer and adventure to their last remaining allies yet to be cowed by chinese power. on those most taiwanese only know about our allies when diplomatic relations are terminated and i don't think this is good but the younger population and also for a country. it's a journey taking his brand of youthful exuberance to the south pacific far flung places where taiwan still maintains diplomatic ties the hope is to strengthen those links and project taiwan on to the world armed with a selfish stick and a camera for some an expensive video diary band calls it people diplomacy with. these diplomatic allies are very important to us we need the help from these countries if we want to have a voice in international organizations there for the younger generation needs to know our allies. coming at holding the voyage to can the tiny african nation of s. what's tra

the purpose was to do the gallantry of the men in the solomon islands against the fanatical japanese fighting force. from major generals to platoon sergeants, the perspective of the contributors was consistent in its urging to revamp official prewar by the book training to reflect the harsh wars of jungle fighting to reduce casualties. i feel like i can comment. one of the things that indicates is a difference in how the united states navy and how the army approached some of these things. andhe navy there is a clear deliver it sense of leaving room for the emergence and adaptation of new approaches and new techniques. thes clear from records of time that they feel the united the have the same mindset and it had to hit home for the united states army through its fighting growth in north pacific and africa where assumptions about prewar approaches proved to be flawed. doesn't mean the approaches didn't prove to be, but there was a deliberate sense we need to allow room to learn. we will not get it right the first time. >> on the ground floor to the back, your left. thatere is an old sa

last week i was privileged to visit the solomon islands. i met leaders there to discuss progress in deepening our partnerships and i was able to turn to important new initiative ships initiatives. we are working more closely than ever with the pacific island nations on the issues of greatest concern to them. including regional security around climate solutions and disaster resilience. as a prime minister has had we are strengthening our engagement with the pacific for the pacific sake because this is our home. this government, mr. president, has a comprehensive plan to step up our engagement in the pacific and we are delivering, working closely with the assistant, we are delivering. >> senator bachman. >> thank you for that answer. >> how is australia helping to increase the security, prosperity, and stability of the pacific?>> thank you mr. president, we are stepping up in the pacific to enhance preparation of defense in policing and cyber security to create a safer and more secure region. again guided by the declaration of security. we ar

efforts to limit the oil spill that's threatening a protected coral atoll in the solomon islands.

help from australia arrives at the scene of an oil spill in the solomon islands as the threat grows to

something heher's, acquired in the solomon islands. of ceremonyster duties very seriously.he speakers go overtime or if any of you get out of hand i may have to go guadalcanal on you. [laughter] started. this thing our first speaker today is richard frank. there is an old cliche. he needs no introduction. you know what that means. he deserves a very long introduction. leadinge world's scholar on the guadalcanal campaign. book, he is in his a friend of the museum, a longtime presidential counselor, and i am proud to call him a personal friend. rich frank. you [applause] >> good morning. the landing by the first division on the island of guadalcanal was in the next -- obscure location in the pacific in 1942 mark the first american offensive of the war. it began a six-month tumultuous struggle involving intensive fighting on land, sea, and air balance and it followed a seesaw path. appearedtober, it especially in washington that the campaign stood poised to collapse in a huge disastrous defeat. the u.s. navy seemed unable to control the seas, a large japanese convoy had landed

purpose of the 69 page booklet was to document the resourcefulness and gallantry of the men in the solomon islands against the fanatical japanese fighting force. from major generals to platoon sergeants, the perspective of the contributors was consistent in its urging to revamp official prewar by the book training to reflect the harsh realities of jungle fighting to reduce casualties. trent: i feel like i can comment. one of the things that indicates is a difference in how the united states navy and how the united states army approached some of these things. in the navy there is a clear and deliberate sense of leaving room for the emergence and adaptation of new approaches and new techniques. it is clear from records of the time that they feel the united states army does not have the same kind of mindset and i think some of that had to hit home for the united states army through its fighting, both in the south pacific and north africa where some of their assumptions about prewar approaches proved to be flawed. doesn't mean the approaches of the united states navy didn't prove to be, but there was

the forces that control the skies overtry of the the solomon islands.hese land-based bombers are leading the way as the combined united states land sea and air task ofe begins the sweeping the -- from the south pacific. commander, admiral nimitz comes from hawaii to decorate whose fighting marines held against all odds. highest honors awarded officers and men alike. , privates,aptains proven themselves in the test by fire. one youngster has 19 fighter planes to his credit. one of the outstanding records of the war. these are the men who bore the brunt of the battle. now with reinforcements to arrive they are ready to push on. file, longngle columns of fighting men stream across the island in pursuit of the enemy. were in men of nippon control now they are on the run. plunging into malaria infested jungles, the marines and large their hold on the island. at an advanced space they enjoy their first arrest in weeks. the advantage of and i interrupted supply line and they get nothing but the best. marines take no chances on being surprised by patrols. any l

have tried to win back this vital outpost, but their transports lie wrecked on the sands of the solomon islandsl vandergrift and general vogel push forward into the jungle, directing the campaign that has killed nearly 7000 japs dalcanal alone. they call guadalcanal "death island." ♪ supporting the infantry, the marines' amphibious tanks bring supplies over any road, or through no roads at all. ♪ american freighter battles an oil fire, just as she prepared to land cargo. calmly, the marines fight the flames. all supplies are saved, and the ship will sail again. ♪ >> you can watch archival on ree next on the presidency, the coauthors of "history of impeachment" discuss the only three presidential impeachment proceedings ever conducted. those involving andrew johnson, richard nixon and bill clinton. participating are historians john meacham and timothy neftali, white house correspondent peter baker and jeffrey engel, director of the center for presidential history at southern methodist university in dallas. this is just over an hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [capti

and they are on those island nations that are likely to disappear this century. tuvulu, vanuatu, the solomons, the marshalls, so on and so forth. and they on each island, cut down a tree and built a traditional canoe, and one for each island, and they took not very far to new castle in australia, which is the biggest coal port on earth. more coal goes through it than any place on the planet and there for a day they blockaded that port and kept that coal in port. it was a tremendously successful thing. it helped raise the consciousness of australians for sure about what was going on. in fact, check this out. a couple of months later, the city of newcastle, biggest coal port in the world, voted to divest its pension funds from fossil fuel, because they recognized sort of what it meant. but i want to show to you just to go back to something that dee miller was talking about, and amy, too, about sort of story, and power. and these are, thinking about, this as i was getting ready for this conference, since a writer there are -- i know that there are certain sort of tropes that live in the human mi

virgin islands and the island of guam but also saudi arabia since they came up with that new list there have been protests from saudi arabia itself through king solomon writing to e.u. leaders but also from the u.s. government and we know that behind the scenes there has been pressure on a number of e.u. governments not to green lights of this new list and now on thursday we've seen that they formally rejected it unanimously they say it was because they were consulted properly and that it was vague and that possibly it could lead to legal action in the future critics of the government's human rights groups are saying that they're clearly not prepared to back up their strong statements of solidarity with the saudi human rights activists with firm action and just today today in fact as the e.u. commission self said that she's not giving up sheets heard big words in her words big statements from governments after terrorist attacks after things like the palomar papers she's saying that these e.u. governments are paying lip service in effect to having concerns but she says it's time to act and she's going to continue pushing to make sure that states which