on one hand you have the u.s. navy, which the risk of the story go back to the cold war and back in the cold war if they have a very serious enemy to track, which is the dreaded soviet submarine armada and they were very scary adversaries and harder to track and they keep their coach and. so they enlisted a very unlikely ally, which are dolphins and other small whales. i'll get into this later, but the reason that this was a rather faint alliance with bad whales and dolphins are in the same business that may business that made the eighth which is tracking prey in the dark depths of the ocean. so that is sort of one side of the cultural divide. on the other side dislikes the generation and you may remember this killer whale, which one notes flipper were small compared to him. later there were a there were marine parks and ocean areas and eventually there was the while. this will watch them in the wild, which didn't catch on until the 70s, but has become a huge industry and it's giving people a chance to see whales in th

so many businesses have popped up here in the navy yard. i live here and there are a lot of apartments and houses, so the people who live here want to make sure they remember the lives lost here. canal park, 6:00 tonight, is where the ceremony will be happening for the entire community. richard jordan, we appreciate you reporting here. we also should mention that the building, 197, where this horrible event happened will reopen to the naval cease systems command. the folks who worked there, it's in the middle of a transformation right now. the i-team obtained photos of the work going on. desks are gone replaced by construction equipment and boxes upon boxes. fencing is up outside where a new entrance is being constructed. a $44 million investment to give this building a completely new look and feel according to the navy. some 2700 people called that building home and they should be able to move back in completely by early spring. the vice admiral will be the first to move back into the building come february of next year. and the idea is tha

the navy is going to take an opy at 8:00 a.m., not lo befor the shooting started here at the navy yard. theyl take an opportuni to reme the 12 people. thei frien a family work he when aaron alex cyst came on t prope and began to sht inside the building. the ceremony will be short in e won't be a lot of pomp and circ, if you will, du the ceremony today. we et to hear from the sey 12 individls were killed here a year ago by aaron alexis. and a bell will b ringing for those as t names are read througho ceremony. we expect lot of family membe t here today gathenge park at the navy yard as welas dignitaries from thptf defense and from the navy as well. and they will have an opportuny to spend some time together they v likely will see building 197 when it reopens next year. we'll e it have a different name. wel te about that as the morn goes on here. as we look at the anniversary, we take time to remember those killed here. securit naval instaio is soi a of folks are payinaton to, but there's only minimal movement in terms of improving security at differe facilities around the nation t shoot

by the u.s. navyordered by the secretary of the navy to keep it out of the hands of the enemy. the next day, the british came back and they checked out the navy yard to see if there was anything that possibly might still deserve some destruction. something that might have escaped the hands of the americans. and there were a few sheds and there were the cooper's quarters, whatever you want to call it, that they further burned that next morning. but at the same time, they supposedly caused vandalism to that particular monument. now, what's interesting is that monument was then moved to the west grounds of the capitol and when the capitol was expanded, it had to be moved a second time and it was moved to the naval academy where it resides today. so here's a monument that's been in three different places during its history and it has a tie to the war of 1812. this is out of the imax movie, if you have not seen it, i highly recommend it, it's called ""star spangled banner". it has wonderful illustrations a

y october, even chase saw the navy as a necessity. and on the 13th, the continental navy was born. adams drafted the articles of war for the new navy's officers sailors, steven hawkins of the first four five captaincies for his family nd new england contacts including his brother who became the first and only commander in chief of an american navy. adams called his serving new naval to the orce the pleasantness part of my neighbors. but a colleague of his took full new force once he arrived in paris. seasick throughout the entire crossing, franklin was ordered by congress once he arrive in france, he was to, as they put it, let old england see how they ike to have an active enemy at their own door. franklin f the war, did just that, handing out commissions and giving orders to crews the british coastline aptured and destroyed british shipping, and spread a level of ear on the coast that have not been seen since the spanish armada. arthur lee, better born and educated than franklin. and a lawyer.or he treated people beneath him to him meant just about and the with disdain navy captai

even chase saw the navy as a necessity, and on october 13, the continental navy was born. while congress purchased merchant men to convert into warships and adams drafted the articles of war for the new navy loss officers and sailors, stephen hopkins of rhode island cherry picked four of the first five captain sees out for his family and knowing when contacts, including his brother, who became the first and only commander-in-chief of an american navy. serving ascalled his midwife to the new label force the pleasantest part of his service to congress. franklin was specifically ordered by congress that once he arrived in france, he was too, as they put it, let old england see how they liked to have an active enemy at their own door. for most of the war, franklin did just that, handing out commissions to american mariners, giving orders to cruise the british coast lines, capture or destroy british shipping, drive up british insurance rates, and spread a level of fear along the british coast that had not been seen since the spanish armada. to counter franklin's efforts in franc

finally, the navy is coming. they wanted to come south even earlier but they could not because of the south winds coming up the lake that kept them from sailing south. this is the days of sail. there is no other power. you have to wait until the winds are right, that is what the army and the navy are waiting for. mcdonough does not have the problem. he's waiting. they are getting anxious. finally, the night of the 10th, they're able to come down the lake, come south towards plattsburgh from canada, the entire royal navy fleet. four ships and a dozen gunboats, 70 men and one cannon. those gunboats are supposed to get close to the american fleet underneath the guns and put holes in the sides of the american fleet and sink them. you have got them buzzing around. when the british come into the bay, the british guns can fire a mile and a half. where the american guns can only shoot 500 yards. so, if the royal navy is kept away, if they can sail outside the 500 yards, they can reduce the american fleet to splinters in a

to make preparations for burning the washington navy yard. left with an open pass into washington. so, as they are moving down bladensburg road entering the city, they come to a halt, not very far from the capital. there is a home, the belmont home that is known today as two blocks or so from the capital. and then, the evidence to me is pretty clear that ross and eco burn had already agreed that washington, washington's federal buildings should be burned. and in the reports that they sent back to london afterwards, they described this as the object of the exe pe dission. coburn's hope in all of this had been that by capturing the capital, they would so4!(tsr&iae the government of james madison or jimmy as he calls him that they could force the government to collapse, force the united states to make peace on british terms, and possibly even causing the dissolution of the american union. and ross had come to see it that way as well. war. he want ted to get back to his wife who was sending him letters describing, you know, indicating that she was

>> we need to continue to mourn, the tragedy that happened at the navy yard. we simply cannot forget. what we need to do is use it as the catalyst to be able to -- the kind of change that can prevent this from happening again, when we have not done that. >> that will be the best way to honor the lives and families touched by that awful day. thank you so much for stopping by. >> thank you. >> good to see you. and our coverage of the remembrance ceremony for those 12 victims taken on this day one year ago will continue on 9news at 6:00. >> john johnson or j.j. as his friends called him was at 73, the oldest victim. >> my husband was wonderful, wonderful man. he was always happy. always positive. loved the world. loved life. loved his faith. and just proud to be an american. dropping off, working hard. and if there's a problem, they don't blame others. they try to solve it. that's also the story of this virginian. after working his way through college, mark warner started two businesses, failed at each. he didn't blame anyone else, he tried again. and that company

the royal navy has been beaten. preval silting up in the kent delord house looking colors lake sees the come down. and when he does, he knows the battle is lost. knows that he no longer has control of the water. he knows that he doesn't have planned ton ships he capture to take the fleet down the lake. and there's no point going on with the battle. the infantry can overwhelm the american infantry at this point, there's no point to it at all. and he is going to save his troops to fight another day. and as a result, sir george withdraws from plattsburgh, pulling his troops out, the artillery, es, his his families, and they start heading north to canada. the battle is over. the americans have won. winston churchill said that it was the most important battle of the war. most decisive battle of the war of 1812. here. two days later, the british will fight the americans at baltimore. when the naval battle was over the british withdrew, all that was left were the dead and and the american forces. out on the navy ships the a

members of the committee in the neighborhood where the navy yard is located. the mayor, members of council, congressional representatives and members of the public are all here tonight to remember. this morning, there was a ceremony at the navy yard. it lasted only 22 minutes. it was short. but emotional. >> one year. four seasons. 12 months. 365 days. >> reporter: the tears returned to the faces of family and friends who lost loved ones killed at the navy yard. >> mike arnold. >> reporter: and then there was a minute of silence. the admiral who read the names himself overcome with emotion by the loss of life. today they hugged in the bright sunshine, which stands in stark contrast to the darkness that hung over the navy yard that day. the police responding to stop a shooter. the medevac helicopters would remove the wounded and most importantly, 12 members of the navy yard family who were killed. >> one year. we know now that while the pain has receded, it will never completely leave. >> reporter: the navy is also focused on helping those who survived the ordea

department of the navy over the navy owned land at the hunters point shipyard that wants to extend the term until it's transferred to the chronically con variances alternate whichever is sooner to sell navy owned parcels as stewart set forth and two the cooperative agreement expenditures through the annual budgeted without more action paid for by the navy discussion and resolution 2014. make director >> thank you madam secretary and welcome to the members of the public thank you so much for that joining us you've heard there was an error in the publication of both the resolution and the agenda title sole welling we wanted to clarify the actions we're asking the commission to take. keep in mind also these securities services are all paid for by the navy the navy pays for the full costs of the security services there the cooperative agreement with that, i'd like to ask 30th to present the clarification on the item >> thank you director bohe i'm the project manager for the hunters point shipyard the item before you director bohe has asked for the correction for the approval. the subsequen

the navy yard sits about a mile or so from the capital. it's still of course an active navy base. british seize the navy yard in flames. and if they had any compunctions about burning the capitol before that, they certainly didn't at this point. the some of the british troops wind up in front of the capitol, which at that point it wasn't the capitol we see today. the dome did not yet exist. you basically had two separate buildings. the house chamber and the senate chamber which had been built, housing the supreme court and the library of congress. so quite a bit of importance for the young nation. and the two buildings that were connected by a gangway. the british fired a volley of shots into the building. basically to make sure that there were no troops lying in ambush. broke through into the building and coburn came in personally and started rummaging through and found one of madison's congressional looks there. which he took as a souvenir. and a lot of the british were actually quite impressed by the grandeur of the building. the house chamber in particular had been built essen

and we talk about how the navy, the u.s. navy came out of the war of 1812, with a much clearer picture of what they needed to have for national defense. and also the need for the united states to have a standing army. not to rely solely on a militia called up in time of need. so if the war of 1812 had never happened, can you give us kind of a picture of our own self as we approach the time period when we went to our own civil war, if we had not had these national are defense teams in place, maybe how that might have -- >> well, i try to avoid questions that deal with what didn't happen, rather than what did. this is counterfactual history. it's great fun if you're at a war college or staff college. but i'm a historian and i prefer to deal with what did happen. and here's my take on this. we typically dismiss the war of 1812 as a small and inconclusive conflict. but my argument is that it had a profound and lasting legacy. and, therefore, deserves a higher profile in our public memory. and part of that legacy was that it gave

caused by the u.s. navy, ordered by the secretary of the navy, to keep it out of the hands of the enemy. the next day, the british came back and they checked out the navy yard to see if there was anything that possibly might still deserve some destruction. something that might have escaped the hands of the americans. and there were a few sheds and there was the cooper's quarters, whatever you want to call it, that they further burned that next morning. but at the same time, they supposedly caused vandalism to that particular monument. now, what's interesting is that that monument was then moved to the west grounds of the capitol. and when the capitol was expanded, it had to be moved a second time. and it was moved to the naval academy where it resides today. so here's a monument that's been in three different places during its history and it has a tie to the war of 1812. this is out of the imax movie that if you have not seen it, i highly recommend it, it's called "star spangled banner anthem of liberty." it

it's time for us to stand up as we do more to mourn the victims of the navy yard. thank you very much. >> there are plenty of gun rights advocates that -- some say we need to really be working on the mental health system. one of those people who think the mental health system is broken is jessica gardy who lost her mother at the navy yard. she says, we need to focus on that. >> well, not a day goes by that i don't notice she's not there or wish she was. >> jessica gardy is left with only pictures of a mother who was filled with love. >> my mom, my brother. >> kathleen gardy adored the capitals. she was adventurous enough to strap into a parachute and jessica says after her rebellious teen years, their relationship was blossoming. >> we are finally in transitioning from that where you get the friendship part. >> kathleen gardy was e- mailing with her husband from work when the killer started stalking the halls. a coworker saw him shoot her, but her family did not find out for hours. >> when you find out through rumor mill before you find out officially. >> kathleen g

america the navy's newest shopping ship will be here during fleet week i can't imagine a better place for america to been and happy the blue eric garcetti's will be professionalism the navy prides it's which when it matters and we remain committed to our swan relationship with san francisco the united states is a maritime nation and this is our gateway to the pacific our prosperity and interest reaches far into the pacific and a that's why the navy shares a great relationship beyond fleet week we work tote with this great city to build relationships between local, state, and federal officials we're ready to respond to national emergencies this is matter of fleet week we continue to strengthen the understanding and confident that the navy is ready to support you if called upon in closing we're delighted to be back we look forward to meeting with the great city and i encourage you to meet our sailors their amazing they represent our finest and the richness of our great nation their pursuing the american dream by volunteering to serve their country now i'd like to introduce the commandin

she was the wife of the secretary of the navy, william jones. he wrote excusing herself from the dinner that day at the president's house. jones admitted her fears in the, quote, present state of alarm, but following social protocol, menned she imagined, quote, it will be mutually convenient to disspend of your hospitality and pray you to admit this as an excuse. it's probably the only thing we know about that dinner. she was waiting to hear from dolly's sister, anna payne cuts. anna payne cuts was also in washington. she wrote a quick message. it was undated but probably also composed on august 24th and her tone was frantic. quote, tell me, for god's sake where you are and what you are going to do, she dispaired. quote, we could hear nutting but what is horrible. i know not who to send this to and will say but little. soon afterwards, william jones, we identify as the husband of eleanor young jones, also secretary of the navy wrote a memo outlining his actions on the 24th. presumably quite close to the events. he said he had left the navy yard a

and we talk about how the navy -- the u.s. avy came out of the war of 1812 was a much more clear picture of what they needed for a national defense, and also the need for the united states to have a standing army, not to rely solely on a militia called up on a time of need. so if the war of 1812 had never happened, can you give us kind of a picture of our own self as we approach the time period where we went to our own civil war? if we had not had these national defense teams in place, maybe how that might have played out? >> well, i try to avoid questions that deal with what didn't happen rather than what did. this is counter-factual history and it's great fun if you're at a war college or staff college. i'm a historian, i prefer to deal with what did happen. here's my take on this. we typically dismiss the war of 1812 as a small and by my ard is it had a prooff and on and lasting legacy. part of that legacy is it stimulated defense enough it needed a defense tans, that after the war was -- committed to maintains a small regul

she told me that by the police chopper that rescued her from the navy yard. three surgeries repaired her shoulder and arm after a five inch hole was blown through it when she came face-to-face with aaron alexis. >> looked him in the eye, he blinked, i looked at him and i watched him make the decision. he pulled the trigger, i watched him do it, the fire, the blast, i watched as it hit meemt went down. >> reporter: the pain was excruciating. blood was everywhere. somehow jennifer calmed herself, realized she had to move in case the shooter returned and she stood up. >> i called out for jesus. i said jesus, please come help me. then i sort of yelled that and i walked back up the stairs. i walked 3 1/2 flights by myself. >> reporter: she got to the roof where three colleagues were already hunkered down. they tried to stabilize her wound, and they prayed with her. >> we prayed for the shooter. because i knew his day was going to end. i prayed for his family and his mother. then i prayed for our safety. >> i think she's meant to be here for something else probably.

one of the people i interviewed was an old sea dog. officer,navy john finn grabbed a machine gun and mounted on an extraction stand -- instructions 10. thatred on aircraft from exposed position for two hours. ofwas awarded the medal honor for his heroic actions that day. when i asked him for an interview he said ok. he said none of that hero stuff. "stuff",t use the word either. he would not stay in line at the parade. he would run off to shake cans of people -- hands with people. i fell in love the guy. he had five foster kids at home. in 2010 at the age of 100. he was a member of the greatest generation. many thanks to superintendent vogel and the national parks service for their exemplary efforts to maintain this memorial and to bring honor to the greatest generation. we are pleased to partner with the national parks service to preserve the legacy of this memorial and to cohost these events with them. vogel.ert [applause] thank you and good morning. on behalf of the national parks service, it is my great honor to welcome you to your world war ii

he enlisted in the navy in september of 1939 at norfolk, virginia. do man throughout the war. he received numerous medals and was married to the late mrs. wentz for 65 years. he had four children, all of which are here with him today, judy, luis, sheila and congressional. -- and donald. ladies and gentlemen, mr. walter l. wentz. >> representing the united states air force is colonel edge shock, united states air force retired and vice president u.s.o. he is accompanied by a world war ii veteran as a tuskegee airman. >> representing the united states coast guard is mr. gordon peterson, former marine officer, served during the vietnam era. >> representing the united states merchant marines is the associate administrator for strategic sea lift, mr. kevin m. tarkoski. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the playing of "taps." ["taps" plays] >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. and now, ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the service where we honor all our branches of service with the playing of their songs. of the armed forces medley, if yo

a much bigger player than the navy in the espionage.t was first created under a different name in 1885. it actually was then reorganized accidentally out of existence as a result of the reforms of the war department which were instituted in the early 1900's by the secretary of war. the war department did not have the central intelligence organization as the war loomed. one army officer, ralph van deman, shown here who had experiences in intelligence officers in the philippines war started to agitate for military intelligence to be re-created was in 1917 with him as the head. he served there until 1918 and was replaced by marlborough churchill. a more anglo-saxon name i dare you to find. [laughter] the mid's biggest function was counterintelligence in the united states during the war. there was a broad range of other intelligence. one of the things it also did was administered military communications, officers serving abroad as the bull diplomats. they learned from the british and french colleagues. the key posts for spying against the g

here at the navy yard. but when aaron alexis started shooting, a security officer locked himself in to the one room where they are monitored and never told anyone, including the police officers who were desperately trying to stop the killing. >> you wish you had access. >> we do. >> would it have made a difference? >> who knows, it could have and surely would have given us another perspective to try and track aaron alexis' movements. >> there is also the issue of a detailed map of the massive building. it was in a homeland security command bus and never shared with d.c. police. >> we never thought we'd have to go inside of a military base on an active shooter. we had this mistake image that everybody inside the military base was armed. >> multiple shots fired. multiple people down. >> the city's 911 call center did not even have a map of the navy yard streets in its system. but call taker kept asking for an address and when the person pleaded for help, offered a street, it did not come up. that has been fixe

to give you a brief overview like the director mentioned the phasing has changed the transfer to the navy lands at the hunters point shipyard has been detailed i'm sure you're aware of the 49ers left candle stick park they were going to be here until 2023 so the stadium has been accelerated to make sure the project 34068d move forward and the transfer must be adjusted to allow ocii to transfer the entire stadium site to lenore i want to stress throughout this presentation the proposed changes are a different way of achieving the same outcome. so the project site to give you complexity e context, you know, is comprised of two landmasses that are hunters point shipyard and candle stick point i've identified in the lower left the stadium site the focus of today's discussion alice griffith is north of that and the navy land hunters point shipyard to the north of that. so also some phrases i'm going to be using sub phase a reminder to the commission a major is the larger sub areas dlaefltd by the corresponds in the diaphragm and 4 major phases between the project site repealed on each hunters

she was talking about the navy yard. it must have been a terrible moment. >> thank you so much for your talk. fascinating. you eluded to in your talk, the taking of alex and dree ya, which was, as i have come to understand now, a second detachment of the british flaet that had some rather amazing, treacherous sailing up the potomac river and somehow treacherous sailing up the potomac river and somehow managed to get away. could you comment on that a little bit if you would? >> the briltish had hoped that the moment, if they would have succeeded, that benedict coming up fa the east and a squadron coming up the potomac river and arrive at washington and probably that would be it. the labor force coming up the potomac river had not been there before. they didn't realize that they were the kettle bolt toms. a lot of the ships got caught on the kettle bottoms. but they came up the potomac river. and they were at the white house, which was then in place on the shores. and they were about three miles from this fort. what was it

as a small, weak state, it maximized the strechngth of its navy. british naval power kept apart and condemned matters into a solitary conflict. once americans had taken maritime belligerent rights off the agenda peace could be discussed again. a town in belgium occupied by british troops, they might as well have the treaty in britain. americans resorted interesting mechanisms to defeat the navy but not hugely impressed. you may kiss my -- mr. yankee doodle. not impressed. here is a german cartoon from napoleon, emperor of the world to emperor of a very small island. the germans loved this. here is the main player in our story. this is admiral george cockburn. this is how he wished to be remembered. this is the man telling about himself. he thought this was one of the more important events. as we know, the occupation of washington and destruction of public building was a major event. more important it sparked a run on the american banks. everybody who had any cash took it out of american banks and put it to canadian banks in british government securi

this was ai way for the neighborhood that surrounds the navy yard to remember. all took part and talked about the impact the victims had on their neighbors and celebrated the actions of the heroes of that day. mater challenged congress to take more action to prevent something like this from happening again. >> we don't have the federal legislation, national legislation that i think will better protect people, the back ground checks, the better assurance that we know mental health history. we need to do more. >> people say the shootings didn't just impact the navy family but the entire d.c. community. we have all the coverage online. >>> next, at 11:00, u.s. troops going over seas to fight a very new enemy. >> ebola is now an epidemic. >> the steps one ebola survivor is now calling for. >>> and light of hope. we'll tell you why hundreds of people lit up the national maul tonight. >>> and chill in the ♪ you might have noticed things are looking pretty good at southwest. our dazzling smiles. our incredible good looks. our new ride. and some shiny, new nonstops read

they woke up when the united states navy won three shattering victories over the royal navy. e successes in the autumn of 1812 made the british government pay attention. here we see a constitution taking guerriere in the wonderful picture which manages to disguise the key fact of the battle. the gerrier only two-thirds of the firepower and two-thirds the crew. if the american captain lost the battle, he would have made a very poor showing indeed. that's not the story that and in the republican newspapers. second battle, macedonia was embarrassing, british captain was blind and a fool. put up a very creditable fight against, once gena far bigger american ship. the two defeats were neither dishonorable or especially disadvantageous. the british quickly got their crew back. the one thing they were shot of was sailors as we know from prewar impressment, american ships won the battles instead of carrying on to destroy british merchant ships had to go home from winning repairs. for the cost of winning some glory, the americans had ruined their mission. as was said, these were strate

outside the navy yard, i'm nikki burdine. back to you. >> nikki, thank you. >>> the white house says it supports the use of body cameras by police. an administration advisor says they're a solution between ending the mistrust of police officers and their communities. >>> more than 150,000 people have signed an online petition urging president obama to enact a law to require body cameras. the petition comes in the wake of the rioting in ferguson, missouri after the killing of an unarmed teenager by police. >>> attorneys for a 32-year-old maryland man say he was viciously attacked by a police officer and they say it was uncalled for and unwarranted. >> colin trust was attacked by a baltimore police officer and the incident was captured by a surveillance camera. they claim the officer came out of nowhere and punched their client several times. they say the attack came after trust and the officer exchanged some words. >> there's a pattern here. first the officers are stripping them of their dignity and rights and charging them wit

and the secretary of the navy will hold a remembrance ceremony tuesday at the navy yard. it's to mark one year since the deadly shooting. gunman killed a dozen people before being killed in a shootout with police. the names of the victims will be read and a bell will toll for each of them. another ceremony will take place in southeast washington. that is free and open to the public. on friday and saturday, the baltimore ravens will offer an exchange for ray rice jerseys. that will be at m. & t. stadium in baltimore. fans are told they can exchange it for any available jersey of another ravens player. he was shown on video punching his fiance. he's been suspended indefinitely. we're getting a sneak peek at the changes coming to a popular museum in the district. plus eileen has the forecast. will the cool weather stick >> the national museum of american history is getting ready to open its latest exhibit. we got a sneak peek inside and tells us what you can expect inside. >> the nation's greatest collections of american history. >> wearing a different kind of hat at the smi

in impressing american sailors on american ships to right in the royal navy against france. at was outrageous! and understand, made american tempers rise. so america declared war on britain and invade canada, a they invaded -- >> you can watch the rest of this recorded program on our website, c-span.org. we're going to leave it now to continue our live coverage of a two-day forum with historians and authors marking the anniversary of the british burning of washington and the war of 1812. the next speaker is katherine algore, who's written a book about dolly madison called "a perfect union, dolly madison and the creation of the american nation." that should get under way in just a few moments live here on c-span3's american history tv. >>> welcome back, everybody. america under fire, mr. madison's war and the burning of washington city. for those of you who may be just joining us, if have you one of these little devices, make sure it is turned off or in the silent mode, that would be fantastic. so i have the pleasure now of introducing dr. katherine algore. she is going to tac