but i knew the language of the navy and knew the culture of the navy. erms of, for example, one of the biggest places my navy experience helped was in the rumors that an sos had been sent from indianapolis and ignored by the navy and covered up by multiple parties at multiple stations and just being familiar with the culture of the navy, after looking into it and analyzing it, that cover-up didn't really stand. it did not make sense. not only did no one have anything to gain by that, but also the number of records that , would have to have been falsified for that to happen was just insurmountable. it just didn't make sense that there was some kind of conspiracy to cover up an sos. another place that came into play, my navy experience came into play, had to do with the national archives. that is that there was a subsiding about 700 miles ahead of the indianapolis' path had been surmised to perhaps be i 58, the ship that sank indianapolis ultimately. it had also been said by some respected historians that maybe that submarine didn't really exist. then ther

but i knew the language of the navy. and i knew the culture of the navy. d in terms of for example one of the biggest places my navy experience helped was in the rumors that an s.o.s. had been sent out from "indianapolis" and ignored by the navy and covered up by multiple parties at multiple stations. and just being familiar with the culture of the navy, after looking into it and analyzing it, that coverup didn't really stand. it didn't make sense. there was no one -- not only did no one have anything to gain by that, but also the number of records that would have are had to have been falsified in order for that to happen was just insurmountable. it just didn't make sense that there was some kind of a conspiracy to cover up an s.o.s. and another place that that came into play, my navy experience came into play, also has to do with the national archives. and that is that there was a sub sighting about 700 miles ahead of "indianapolis"' path that had been surmised to be i 58, the ship that sang indianapol thatk ultimately. and one cited seeing it. but none ha

but i knew the language of the navy, and i knew the culture of the navy. in terms of for example one of the biggest place is my navy experience helped was. in the rumors that an sos have been sent out from indianapolis and ignored by the navy and covered up by multiple parties at multiple stations. just being familiar with the culture of the navy, after looking into it and analyzing it, that cover-up just didn't really stand it didn't make sense. there was no one, not only did it no one have anything to gain by it but also the number of records that would've had to been falsified for that to happen was just insurmountable. it just makes sensitive sense sort of conspiracy to to cover up an sos. another place that came into play also has to do with the national archives. that is that there was a sub citing about 700 miles ahead of indianapolis is half that have been surmised to be perhaps i-58, the ship that sunk indianapolis ultimately. said it also by senate stories that may be that summary did not really exist and there have them have been some people have

what had kept me in the navy? and you know, there's a lot i liked about the navy. i liked, you know, wearing sharp looking uniforms and i liked going to sea, operating a ship on the ocean and i liked travelling around the world. i mean, i liked all of those things. the thing i loved was mentoring young people, was taking care of young sailors, and helping guide the gorgeous trajectory of their lives. so i said that to secretary gates and he said, you should go into education. and you know, those were the most powerful words for me and you know, we forget this about secretary gates. everyone can remember that he was director of the cia and everyone can remember he was the secretary of defense in both the bush and the obama administration. what did he do in the middle? he was the president of texas a & m. before that the dean of the bush school at texas a & m. he helped me become the dean of fletcher school of law and diplomacy. that, albert, was where i really came in contact with the peace corps because the large he is single cohort, background of all of these marve

it recognizes among the best of the united states navy has to offer. s not sought by them, they did not ask congress to receive this kind recognition. it comes completely unexpected as for the rest of us, we know that it comes completely deserved. not one crew member of the indianapolis, not one, whatever described him selves as a hero. but they would all say that they served in a crew of heroes. i'm behalf of the entire crew of the uss indianapolis, survivors, lost a scene family members, i would like to thank congress of the united states for this great honor. i know how grateful they are and i must convey that gratitude on their behalf. thank you and god bless. >> hello my name is stewart goodwin, brigadier of united states are forced retired. we manage 25 acres of properties in downtown indianapolis that honor military service members with emphasis on whose veterans. included in these. this will be the location of the congressional gold medal. the story behind the presentation of this national award as one of these countries most historic military m

they fought over 55 years to get the navy to do the right thing for their captain.m. in may 2001 i was proud to enter congress's exoneration language into captain mcvay's service record. that year i was equally proud to help present the navy unit to the crew of the "indianapolis." it took over 55 years for the navy to officially acknowledge the ship's accomplishments, but it got done. and today it is congress again that makes things right by honoring a crew that has done so much for this country. this congressional gold medal does not recognize only the survivors, it recognizes all of the crew members, both survivors and lost at sea. it recognizes a fighting ship's crew, one that helped end the most terrible war this world has ever known. it recognizes among the best that the united states navy has to offer. this honor was not sought by them. they did not ask congress to receive this completely unexpe. as for this rest of us, we know that it comes completely deserved. not one crew member of the indianapolis, not one, would ever describe themselves as a hero. but the

i love the navy the first ship was the destroyer and i left the navy for the 1084.i love the navy and realized it is the number one spokesperson for the united states people in those countries want on - - went out of the way to talk to us and asked questions so we our representatives. i was the first person off the ship and the last person back on and no matter where we stopped so what people had regarding americans they could not understand why they were so happy. but i have two questions which i'm sure everyone in the military would love to hear your answers. in general all you have touched upon these two but not directly so based on the matters today in the world. >> get your questions very quickly we appreciate that. >> how do you rate the non- nuclear war standing of the world right now? and the second question is knowing what you know, what are the top four circumstances that could happen in reality to trigger world war iii. >> we appreciate that. . . . . e height of the cold war and cuban missile crisis kind of situation. you asked for four scenarios. i'm onl

segregation in the u.s. navy. and on december 7th,1941, dory miller, nickname, was a cook working in the mess and heard the attack on pearl harbor, charged up to the bridge of the ship, tried to save the life of the commanding officer of the ship, then went down to the firing deck on the ship, took personal command, if you will, charge of one of the anti-air war guns, probably shot down a japanese aircraft. untrained to do that. no, no regard for his life or his safety. he was awarded the navy cross, the second highest decoration. probably should have gotten the medal of honor. if -- bull the good news -- but the good news is again the navy has now chosen to name the next nuclear aircraft carrier the dory miller. so ship names always have a little bit of controversy to them. i think as i look at navy ship names, there are a couple others in addition to the john c. stennis we ought to look at. we have an oceanography ship named the maury named for a confederate naval officer. we have a ship called the chancellor's

it recognizes among the best that the united states navy has to offer. gress to receive this recognition. it comes completely unexpected. as for the rest of us, we know that it comes completely deserved. not one crew member of the "indianapolis," not one, would ever describe themselves as a hero. but they would all say that they served in a crew of heroes. on behalf of the entire crew of "uss indianapolis," survivors lost at sea and families members, i would like to thank congress of the united states for this great honor. i know how grateful they are, living and dead. i must convey that gratitude on their behalf. thank you and god bless. >>> hello. my name is stewart goodwin brigadier general retired and executive director of the indiana's war museums. we at the manage pros that honor with emphasis on hoosier veterans. included in this is the museum that will be the location of the gold medal. the story behind this presentation of this national aware is one of the most history military missions, of that the families have never received the recognition th

trying to cross the channel?” navyrage or prevent people trying to cross the channel? i have no difficulty with using the royal navy to assist in actually surveying and securing the safety of the maritime waters around the united kingdom, whether it be the exclusive economic zone of 300,000 square miles or our coastline of 11,000 miles or our coastline of 11,000 miles because there are a disparate number of agencies or responsible for this so i have no difficulty in working with them that this is not a pa na cea to working with them that this is not a panacea to stop the problem in calais of illegals coming across the channel because we will be able to monitor and pick up more and we will be sure that none of them are actually getting to the shore unspotted which we are not sure of at the moment and i have no doubt whatsoever that some had died having been hit by large container ships and things like that at night and no one ever knows about it. so it will help assist that but it won't stop them. because once they go o

the ship served in 10 major battles from the first u.s. navy'ssive action in new guinea and the hot tropics to the friend waters to the andalusians and she served a as flagship who led the u.s. navy's across the central photographic the gilbert islands, the marshalls, the -- through hiroshima and on to okinawa. she shut down nine enemy aircraft before she was finally hit and badly damaged by a japanese kamikaze suicide plane. follow her repair, she was given the top secret mission of taking key exoventse the first atomic bomb from the united states to the b-29 bomber base on the island and did so in record time. only a few days later, she had her encounter with i-58 in the middle of nowhere the middle of the night. the were numerous lessons learned from this tragedy that have been corporated into operational procedures of the u.s.s. indianapolis navy even today. and if there's a lesson from the survivors, it's never, ever give up. thank you. >> on behalf of every sailor, marine and civilian in the department of the navy serving today, i send our

the ship served in 10 major battles from the first u.s. navy'sffensive action in new guinea and the hot tropics to >> you are heroes in every sense of the word and totally, totally deserving recipients of this congressional gold medal. fix .7 million -- 6.7 million hoosiers, thank you for your lifetime of sacrifice. >> thanks to all of you here to honor our heroes. former senator of indianapolis and i am so proud have been the sponsor of this legislation along my colleagues so that the crew, the u.s.s. indianapolis would get this long deserving congressional gold medal. our ship, the crew of u.s.s. indianapolis is the stuff of legends. it was host president roosevelt, the recipient of 10 battlestars. yes, that's right. 10 battle stars for its service in world war ii. and it was the ship chosen for the secret mission that helped end world war ii. but the heart of the ending and the heart of this congressional gold medal are the men who served on her. they were skippered by captain mcvay and they fought to defend our country, put their lives on the

he is excepted into the navy. to go to war under a president, the only president to have been conscious of as undeveloped, can't help but in accurate what leadership is. paul: because john f. kennedy was in england immediately prior to the war, he wrote a book about it. >> in addition to being in england and from there touring into different parts of europe, he observes the lead up to world war ii. some of that was intentional and his research for his thesis at harvard. he ultimately turns that into a book, why england slept. he looks at what the buildup is to his view of the cold war. and how you respond. paul: interestingly, that book, john kennedy gave a copy of it to franklin roosevelt. jfk signed it and franklin roosevelt signed it. that is one of most precious possessions. you may not know the story. it is one of my favorite anecdotes. in 1940, when kennedy came back from europe, he came to visit this library that was under construction at the time. he left a gift. we have a note that fdr wrote to jfk. it is

in the navy, everything is count off. the 151 i get from the people on board. the 325 was counting off. we counted off 325. interviewer: you had the guys tied? harlan: we had the guys tied to the rope. we had four of them in the water. we tied the rope together and the men tied themselves to the rope and get inside the rope. whatever they wanted to do, i wanted them to be attached. interviewer: did you all have life rafts or lifeboats? harlan: we had three rafts. -- there were so many cruelly injured people. we put them in the life rafts. and, as i recall, i do not think there were any people in the life rafts that were hurt real bad. interviewer: you yourself had been wounded. harlan: pardon me? you had bid wounded, correct -- been wounded, correct? harlan: oh yeah, but by the grace of god, i had a big wound in my side from shrapnel. i bled a lot, but it did not take on --, so it healed itself but aut -- i don't know, length of time. interviewer: when you all got into the water that first night, what were some of the problems you all faced? harlan: disorder, f

come out what was low left of the navy. and then lo and behold, came this low-lying's vessel it enters the harbor. what happens next is at the monitor engaging them aromatic and the most famous naval dual of american history. >> it's a beautiful to pick shun of that incident. most dramatic and unforgettable navy duel of the civil war. you see the difference. one is like a big stack. all the shells fired that day, no damage was done to them aromatic. some damage was done to the turret, and one explosion blinded the captain who is looking and he was out for the duration. the other thing that happened this tour was struck early and guess what? it stopped revolving. so for the ship. actually didn't stop traveling, a beg your pardon. and lost control. it kept revolving. jonathan sick get up off a shot as what eternal around and somebody could shoot. agonizingly hot at that point may be over 100 degrees. dangerous. but this is the dual change warfare and change marine painting as well. >> well nobody died and there was a little bi

in the navy, of course, they -- i don't know what you call it. they took a brief break in the court martial and they came back and the captain was in command. how the hell could he be in command. he was in the water. so i maintained that all the way through until 19 -- no, until 20 -- center smith heard my story. i went to him finally. i think it was in 2000 or 2001 and he a hearing and i'll never forget senator, after we had the hearing, came down and put his arm around my shoulder and he said coming into this room i felt one way and coming out i felt another and i knew that i had won and the captain had been exonerated. >> that is when congress passed the resolution. >> yeah. i think it was 2001, i'm not sure. >> and most of the survivors thought that mcveigh had been railroaded. >> yeah. i think everybody did. >> i mean, he was the only ship captain during the war to be court martialed for losing a ship. >> yeah. well, there is all kinds of stories that went around as to why he was court martialed. it isn't worthwhile bringing them all up. >> d

but there are concerns about safety and whether the french will allow the navy to operate in its watersl need more cash from the uk to tackle the problem. both sides agree something needs to be done to prevent a tragedy at sea. simonjones, bbc news, dover. people in belarus are voting in presidential elections with a serious challenge to the man who's run the country for more than quarter of a century. alexander lu kashenko is running for the sixth time, he's been in powerfor 26 years. several of his rivals were put in prison, orfled into exile earlier this summer. but a political novice, svetla na ti kha novs kaya, stepped into the race in their place and has drawn big crowds to rallies across the country, calling for change. a key figure of her campaign, veronika tsepkalo, has reportedly fled the country for safety reasons. professor elena korosteleva is director of the global europe centre at the university of kent, originally from belarus and has just cast her vote in today's presidential election. i think you were in minsk a few weeks ago as well. welcome to bbc news. alexander lu

another one went on to become a captain of the navy. he died several years ago. can name a lot of them i just sat down thought about it. >> when you took the exam to get into the academy, were you doing so with the intention of making the navy a career? >> i thought it was the greatest opportunity in the world. full-time job after you graduate had a job until you wanted to get a. >> when did you graduate from the economy? >> 1945. >> did you have to do a midshipmen tour aboard a ship? >> well, we had some cruises every year. that was to train us in the physical aspects of commanding a ship. it was very good training. >> once you graduate, your commission in ensign crack? where were you assigned, where we are santa mediately after graduation? >> the uss indianapolis. only 12 of us as i recall were assigned to capital ships at that time. both of us were assigned to the indianapolis pay, but my compatriot who reported their out his orders changed so i was the only one who went into active duty as far as i know on the indianapolis. >> were you able to go home on leav

the water? >> well, in typical navy tradition, everyone was trained. i made sure everybody in my group was on board ship before i got on. and they carried me out of the water. i really don't know, to be honest with you, who did the counting the 151 men were left. >> which ship picked you up? >> geez, now i -- i want to say -- i wish i knew. this is what old age has done to me. my memory on these items is scarce. >> is the ryangold or bassett. >> bassett. >> what happened to you after they picked you up? >> they started to feed me water teaspoon by teaspoon. and i can recall lying in a bunk and taking my naval academy ring off and putting it beside me. they took me away to clean me up a little bit, not to really make me clean, but to scape some of the crud off. and i came back and my ring was still there and i was thrilled to death. my fingers had swollen up so bad that i couldn't stand the pressure of the ring on them. >> how were y'all treated by the sailors aboard the bassett who had picked y'all up? >> oh, they thought we were prize jewels, i guess y

the navy's alternative was blockade. what does not get mentioned in these discussions, as it should, and this was basically the policy, all of the navy lined up behind it and talked about it as -- bomb.native to the it was aimed at starving to death millions of noncombatants. in view of the limited power of atomic weapons compared to what we have today, a blockade was ruthlessthe most strategy and that was the direction we're going in august, ushu once the invasion of ky is off. and we do try to kill millions of japanese noncombatants. by the way those agents -- asians who are not japanese have their deaths on top of the death. mind-boggling. from westave lynn virginia. hello. caller: hello. i'm in okinawa veteran and was trained to go to japan in the invasion. worse, i never had to go because there was instability. for those who criticize truman, go to the families of people, american g.i.'s you were saved from invading japan and certain death and tell them that truman did the wrong thing. i know you don't have the guts

his first act was to commission the navy's new supercarrier to --tinguish his predecessor to honor hisin d. roosevelt. president truman said in that commissioning this ship the american people are honoring a stalwart hero of this war who gave his life in the service of his country, franklin d. ofsevelt, and it is a symbol our commitment to help the peaceloving nations of the world to stop any future international gangsters. ♪ >> in the cities spacious central park, more than a million persons gathered to hear the president declare world affairs, that the united states seeks no international expansion, the return of all sovereign rights deprived of them, no territorial changes, for all people the choosing of their own form of government, our assistance in establishing democratic government's, the disapprove meant of governments established by force and equal rights to all. ♪ >> in new york harbor, 51 warships from the mightiest navy the world has ever known were waiting to be reviewed by their commander-in-chief. ♪ >> the fighting misery, flagship of the pacific fleet that decimated the

every time an exoneration effort would be mounted, the navy would push back and say this court martial was legally just are filed. so that went on decade after decade. first the survivors, then captain mcvey's sons when they got older, they wrote to president reagan, vice president bush, and each time they were told the court mar shtial is legally sound and number two, presidents don't have the ability to overturn a navy court martial. so those letters happened in the 80s [']. and th '80s. and in the '90s, dan kerzman

kennedy joined the navy. talk about that. >> well, a lot of people recognize today the exceptional circumstances of his joining the navy. he overcame a lot. he had a number of other maladies. his father joked about him that if a mosquito bit jfk that the mosquito would die, that he just seemed to be sick all the time with different maladies. but he did want to join the navy even though he was initially rejected or disqualified he appealed to his father to intervene on his behalf. and in conversation with a lead naval person, office of naval operations i believe it was. he was initially assigned to a desk job. president kennedy didn't want a desk job. he wanted to go to the front and then he was given a command of pt boats in the pacific theater. so certainly all those operations very much informed his sense of public service and deepened his appreciation for democracy, knew that democracy was under assault from a worlds that did not believe in that kind of freedom. he said even in his debates with nixon his ad

the navy's rescue service had basically stopped existing. the accident was initially hushed up whole russian attempts to rescue the sailors trapped in the submarine failed it wasn't until the 4th day that the navy top brass swallow their pride and ask for an expert's for help. but it was too late russia's newly elected president putin was severely criticized for his crisis management even today the exact details of the tragedy remain unclear i think there are many questions and people who don't want to answer them when you when you heard the shots. to this day the cursed tragedy remains not just a personal catastrophe for the stuff in the family but also disgrace for the russian navy. football now and paris and has won its final match against italian club atalanta in the champions league it was a dramatic finish as p.s.g. overturned a one nil deficit with 2 injury time goals erik to promoting got the winner to secure the french side 1st semifinal appearance in 25 years. as all this news and more on our website www dot com follow us on twitter

but the navy's rescue service had basically stopped existing. the accident was initially hushed up all russian attempts to rescue the sailors trapped in the submarine failed it wasn't until the 4th day that the navy top brass swallow their pride and ask for an expert's for help. but it was too late rushes newly elected president putin was severely criticized for his crisis management even today the exact details of the tragedy remain unclear i think there are many questions and people who don't want to answer them again when you when you heard the shit. to this day the cursed tragedy remains not just a curse in a catastrophe for the suffering a family but also a disgrace for the russian navy. tragedy 20 years on you're watching news here's a reminder of the top story that we're following for you this hour u.s. presidential candidate joe biden is due to make his 1st campaign appearance with vice presidential running mate. in about one hour from now the senator from california is the 1st woman of color to be nominated for vice president by a major

kennedy joined the navy. >> yes. >> talk a little about that. how that experience influenced his presidency, and influenced his view of fdr as commander in chief? >> well, and a lot of people recognize today the exceptional circumstances of his joining the navy. he overcame a lot of physical disabilities. he was disqualified for naval service due to lower back injuries, which had gone back a long time, and he had a number of other maladies. his father joked about him if a ma quikeet mosquito bit jfk he die, seemed to be sick with a lot of maladies, but he did want to join the navy even though originally rejected or disqualified. appealed to his father to intervene on his behalf and in conversation with a lead naval person, office of naval operations, i believe it was, he was initially assigned to a desk job. president kennedy didn't want a desk job. he wanted to go to the front and then he was given a command of pt boats in the pacific theater. so certainly all of those operations very much informed his sense of public service, and his, deepened

kennedy joined the navy. talk a little about that, how that experience influenced his presidency and is view of fdr as commander-in-chief. >> a lot of people recognize the exceptional circumstances of him joining the navy. he overcame a lot of physical disabilities. he was disqualified for naval service due to lower back injuries, which had gone back a long time, and he had a number of other maladies. his father joked that if a mosquito bit him, the mosquito would die. but he did want to join the navy. even though he was initially rejected or disqualified, he appealed to his father to intervene on his behalf and in elite naval with an person, office of naval , he was initially assigned to a desk job. he wanted to go to the front, then he was given a command of pt boats. all of those operations very much informed his sense of public service and deepened his appreciation for democracy. he knew that democracy was under assault from a world that did did not believe in that kind of freedom. he said even in his deba

a scale model was built about 10 years ago at the norfolk shipyards by navy trainees. it was big. they built the deck by a party space. it's a big vessel. they have lots of teachers inside that made it rather palatial. >> let's see the image of the continental works which was in green point, brooklyn. >> right. >> this is sort of a picturesque image. >> that's grand. yeah, there's another monitor, maybe not this monitor, but they went into production of monitors, although they called the first one the monitor, it was really a class of ship, and you see the revolving turret on top, the smokestack in the back. >> well, what inspired that name, the monitor? and, you know, how long did it take to launch the vessel? >> so it really was done in three months. it was fast, and it left in the nick of time. it was towed to virginia, by the way, in bad weather. it almost capsized, so erickson had the idea of calling it monitor because he said it would be a monitor against the southern leadership that wants to destroy the union. it reminds me of when the governor, the first governor cuomo used

kennedy joined the navy. let's talk a little bit about that, how that experience influence his presidency, and influenced his view of fdr as the commander in chief. >> well, a lot of people recognize today, the exceptional circumstances of him joining the navy. he overcame a lot of physical disabilities. he was disqualified for naval service due to lower back injuries, which had gone back a long time. he had a number of other maladies. his father joked about him, if in mosquito bit jfk, the mosquito would die. he was sick all of the time, with different maladies. but, he did want to join the navy. even though he was initially rejected, disqualified, he appealed to his father to intervene on his behalf. in conversation with a lead naval person, office of naval operations i believe it was, he was initially assigned to a desk job. president kennedy did not want a desk job, he wanted to go to the front. he was then given a command of ptsd boats, in the pacific theater. so, all of those operations very much informe

kennedy joined the navy. a little bit about that, how that experience influenced his presidency and influenced his view of fdr as a commander-in-chief? >> a lot of people recognize today the exceptional circumstances of him joining the navy. he overcame a lot of physical disabilities who disqualified due to lower back injuries which had gone back a long time. he had a number of other maladies. his father joked about him that if a mosquito but jfk, the mosquito would die, that he seemed to be sick all the time with different melodies. he did want to join the navy. even though he was initially rejected or disqualified, he appealed to his father to intervene on his behalf and in conversation with a lead naval person, officer of naval operations i believe a was. he was initially assigned to a desk job. president kennedy did not want to dust drop. you want to go to the front and given a command of peachy boats in the pacific theater. certainly all those operations very much informed his sense of public service and

the man replied oh man i will stand as he rolls over followed by laughing from the crowd. navy officials say it does not appear any active duty officers were involved in the video which was taken at a fundraiser for the navy seals museum. microsoft says it still discussing a possible purchase of tick tock. that follows president trump's threat friday to ban the popular video app from operating in the united states. tick tock is owned by the chinese start-up by dance and the trump administration says it is concerned that the app could pose a national security risk. microsoft suggests tick tock could avoid that ban if the deal goes through the company would own and operate tick tock services in the united states, canada, australia and new zealand. in a statement by dan said it is always been committed to becoming a global company. in this process we're faced with all kinds of complex and unimaginable difficulties, including a tense international political environment. we still have here to the visions of globalization and continue to increase investment in markets around the worl

the navy's alternative was blockade. what doesn't get mentioned in these discussions as it should -- and this was basically the policy the navy officers lined up behind -- this get back to the very basic point i made about counting the dead. ending thes aimed at war by starving to death millions of japanese, mostly noncombatants. that is what blockade was about. in view of the limited power of the atomic weapons and other conventional weapons at that time compared to what we have today, a blockade was actually the most ruthless strategy the u.s. was prepared to employ. that was the direction we were going in august 1945. if the invasion was off, then we do blockade. and we do try to kill millions of japanese noncombatants. by the way, those asians who are not japanese, who are dying every single day, at their deaths on top of the japanese done. the death tolls for these alternatives when you sit down and contemplate them are sickening, mind-boggling. on the linee lynn from west virginia. morning c-span and mr. frank. okin

simon, what could the royal navy do that the border force can't?l have to be thrashed out, but yesterday we have 15 more boats arriving on the kent coast, taking the total number of people who have arrived over the past three days to more than 500, and once again, conditions in the channel this morning are pretty calm. a couple of important developments. the home secretary has created a new role call the palestine channel threat commander. she has appointed a man called dan 0mani to that role. he isa a man called dan 0mani to that role. he is a former marine, served in iraq and kosovo and his task is to try and make this route unviable sloppy that he wants to tackle what he calls the heinous crime of people trafficking, saying this is a critically important issue, and as you say, he could have the help of the military. in the past, the military have been brought in to help with things like coronavirus testing and flooding, but what potentially is being proposed here could be something quite different. there is talk that the navy could be used to tr

but there are concerns about safety and whether the french will allow the navy to operate in its watersthe uk to tackle the problem. both sides agree something needs to be done to prevent a tragedy at sea. simonjones, bbc news, dover. an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.1 has struck iran. the tremor struck the western city of gilan—e gharb, in the province of kermanshah. there are no reports of casualties so far. the american health secretary is in taiwan, one of the highest level us visits in 40 years. the trip has already angered china, which considers taiwan its own territory. the us said the trip was arranged to discuss taiwan's success in fighting the coronavirus. riona kelly was paralysed in 2015 after suffering a rare spinal stroke. she and her partner, the former rugby league star, keith mason, have been posting updates about about her recovery on social media. they've become a lockdown hit. the couple, who live in halifax, west yorkshire have spoken to the bbc about going the good kind of viral. i'm now disabled, paralysed, i'm now disabled, paralysed, i'm on my own, a sin

just nine months after it became the most famous ship in the union navy. it sank off of cape hatteras. there it remained for 145 years, until the national oceanic and aeronautical organization located it. it was recovered -- parts of it were recovered. the hull had disintegrated, although the shape was easily discernible to divers. they brought up the gun. a huge gun. they brought up the turret, an amazing achievement. and they brought up lanterns, coins, dinnerware, spoons, all kinds of things. all of them are at the mariners museum at its new monitor center. and the gun and turret sit in a saline tank outdoors. you can walk on a plank to see it. there, these and oxygenation are being applied. these crustaceans are being removed from the relic. five more years, you will be able to see the actual turret. you can already see some of the dents from the confederate shells. >> how exciting. this question came up when i was rereading the essay. wasn't the merrimack renamed the virginia? do northerners prefer to call it the merrimack? newspapersead the you can lo

but there are concerns about safety and whether the french will allow the navy to operate in its watersrom the uk to tackle the problem. both sides agree something needs to be done to prevent a tragedy at sea. simonjones, bbc news, dover. the operator of the stranded japanese tanker that ran aground off mauritius — has publicly apologised for what environmentalists are calling an "ecological disaster". the mv wakashio ran aground on a coral reefjust off the indian ocean island on the 25thjuly. this week, the tanker started leaking tonnes of oil into the surrounding ocean — leading to a state of environmental emergency being declared. willow—river tonkin is a professional kite surfer in mauritius — he says people there are doing what they can to try to save their island. the volunteers and the people in the communities all of the island have come together to try and solve this, to try and solve this issue, it's quite a challenge. being unsure, having the times we are having with coronavirus, not having experts come to mauritius to help, we are trying to do the best we can do with communi

the navy air boss said, can you fly that chinook? bill says certainly. ,he says can you fly that healy? , certainly. they went out there on the barge and did what they were told. it was prepared to sink. they flew the aircraft over to the ship. the captain thought that those things were left behind in the water. the problem was, the captain saw those and got really irate and told them to get the aircraft off of his ship. they did and they went into qb point. qb point wasn't going to let them land. they were not u.s. aircraft. so they had a real problem and a real dilemma. they finally landed and the military police arrested them. they took both aircrafts away. chinook was big enough, we made an office out of it for a while. to get it back to the states, it was too expensive for him to put it on a ship and bring it back. he did not have that kind of money. but that's true. we got rid of a lot of aircraft. >> this will be our last question. >> i am curious, the parallel picture of the side view of the 46 with the foothills in the backgr

elsewhere in the u.s. navynes taken from storage where they also have been since the end of world war ii. caught by surprise, the u.s. nonetheless made haste to carry out the united nations called for action against aggression. units of the famous first united states marine division and united nations -- answered the call to arms and will transport to the combat zone. other nations volunteered their help. candidate answers the security council appeal with swift destroys to join the forces. states, youngted men from every walk of life hurry to the army, the navy and air force and answer the appeal. as recruiting setters report heavy enlistments, president an association. >> gentlemen, we face a serious situation. we hope we face it in peace. the only reason for the action was alwaysaken ating that we finally arrive the peace in the world which we anticipated when we created the united nations. that is the only reason for the action. thank you very much. [applause] , the security council meets to provide for a un

britain's home office has formally requested the royal navy's help to deal with migrants attempting tolish channel from france. a total of 151 people reached the uk via small boats yesterdaym following record numbers earlier in the week. simonjones is in doverfor us. it isa it is a lovely morning here in dover. conditions in the channel are very calm once again. yesterday, 15 boats managed to reach the uk. in the past three days more than 500 migrants have made the crossing. judging by what we are seeing at the moment, more are likely to do so today. dine at the port we have seen border force staff arrived. it in the channel there is a border force vessel that is likely to bring migrants back to shore. there has been talk from the british government of using the navy to try to stem this issue. it is not exactly clear what the navy would do. there is some suggestion that the navy could try to turn boats back at sea, to act as a deterrent, but for that to happen to british government would need the permission of the french authorities if this was to take place in french water. also, coul

in new york harbor, 51 warships from the mightiest navy the world has ever known were anchored to beviewed by harry s. truman, president and their commander-in-chief. the fighting missouri, flagship of the pacific fleet which decimated the japanese navy and brought victory over japan, and namesake of the state in which harry truman grew up as a farmer lad, served as post to him as ommander-in-chief. the president inspects the place on the missouri's deck where the historic surrender of the japanese took place. a large plaque marks the spot where the war was brought to a close. he sits down at the same table where victors and vanquished signed the papers of surrender to add his name to the ship's egister. with natural pride, the president inspects the mighty ship's personnel, men who recently had manned the big guns that blasted japan's coastline ortifications. after which he went aboard the destroyer renshaw, which had come alongside to carry him on his review of the seven mile-long array of other arships in the harbor. as the review ship moves slowly up the river harbor, both banks

my two brothers were in combat in the navy in the pacific, one a navy fuel tanker. both had close calls with death. i will never forget how my mother was absolutely terrified every time the telephone rang for about the last four months of the war. a second reason, and this is personal for myself, i am sorry, but the way japanese treated prisoners. my sister was a nurse at a hospital. there were 10 nurses. navy,nted to stay in the and she wanted to get married in october of 1941, and as a naval officer, she was not allowed to stay in the navy. she had to leave the navy to get married. and she used to come out to our home to play tennis, and they were full of life. they were just -- i will say this, they were part of the death march, and after the war, my sister called the supervisor and asked what happened to those young ladies, nine of them. went insane.d two they did not have medicine for what those goals went through. so there is one other fact, and this one i have never heard mentioned. i think it may be true. that the people killed in the hiroshima bomb were not

the navy believes no active duty personnel took part in that duty. kaepernick faced criticism for kneeling during the national anthem, a practice that has spread to other sports. >>> it was a thrilling return to earth for the american astronauts. >> the two splashing down safely in the gulf of mexico after a month long journey with enormous impact on the future of space travel. kathy park has more. >> splash down. >> a historic and successful splash down off the coast of florida. >> welcome back to planet earth. and thanks for flying spacex. >> the first water landing in 45 years. >> what an amazing day. today we really made history. >> the spacex dragon weathering temperatures temperatures. slowly town the capsule from 350 to 15 miles an hour. the journey beginning two months ago with astronauts. today marked another significant milestone in the future of space life. >> three, two, one, zero. ignition. liftoff. >> in may, spacex became the first private company to send astronauts into orbit. it has been a decade since nasa launched anyone from soil.

the navy's alternative was blockade. what doesn't get mentioned in these discussions, as it should, or and this is basically the policy. all the navy officers lined up behind it and talked about it as an alternative to the bomb. the blockade was bluntly aimed at aimed at -- ending the war by starving to death millions of japanese non combatants. and view of the limited powers of the atomic weapons and other conventional weapons at that time compared to what we have today, a blockade was actually the most ruthless strategy the u.s. was prepared to employ against japan. that was the direction we were going in august of 1945. by the way, those agents who are not japanese and who are dying every single day, add their deaths on top of the japanese dying. the death tolls for these alternatives, when you actually sit down and contemplate them, are just sickening and mind-boggling. >> we have lynn on the line from west virginia. hello lynn. >> good morning c-span and mr. frank. on the son of an okinawa veteran who is trained to g

but there are concerns about safety and whether the french will allow the navy to operate in its watersfrom the uk to tackle the problem. both sides agree something needs to be done to prevent a tragedy at sea. simonjones, bbc news, dover. mauritius has declared a state of ‘environmental emergency‘ after a japanese transport ship ran aground and began leaking fuel into the indian ocean. at least 1,000 tonnes of oil are estimated to have seeped into the water — endangering some of the world's finest coral reefs. environmentalists have described the situation as an ecological disaster. the number of companies in the uk planning mass redundancies injune was five times higher than during the same period last year, according to figures obtained by the bbc. airbus, royal mail and hsbc were among nearly 1800 firms which announced job cuts injune. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. in late may, liz received the news she had been dreading. work had dropped off at the mailing firm where she worked and she was being made redundant from her admin job. ifeel like i am on the scrapheap,

by the way, we have no idea how this our navy, our pride works. there must be some real secret code. he was completely unreconstructed, which is sort of shocking. he was an admirer of the confederacy for his entire life. he wrote letters to "the new york times" defending beauregard and he was the head of the local chapter of the sons of confederate veterans, which indicates to me, to my dismay, that there was an active camp of veterans who lived in new york. but the good news is we have this amazing technological piece from the war. it didn't prove enough to save the confederate cause, happily, but it's a marvel to have. >> absolutely. let's just see the other detail of this object. did the union and the confederate ciphers differ at all? >> they were all fans or circles or fold-out accordions like this one. but they were definitely used in the union. even when abraham lincoln wrote letters to his wife while she was visiting new york or other places, he would write on top, quote, cipher, unquote, which he consistently misspelled. he was not a great

but there are concerns about safety and whether the french will allow the navy to operate in its waters need more cash from the uk to tackle the problem. both sides agree something needs to be done to prevent a tragedy at sea. simonjones, bbc news, dover. the number of companies in the uk planning mass redundancies injune was five times higher than during the same period last year, according to figures obtained by the bbc. airbus, royal mail and hsbc were among nearly 1800 firms which announced job cuts injune. here's our business correspondent katy austin. in late may, liz received the news she had been dreading. work had dropped off at the mailing firm where she worked and she was being made redundant from her admin job. ifeel like i am on the scrapheap, if i'm honest with you. it has had a massive impact, initially, sheer panic, how am i going to get through this, how am i going to cope? even with support like the furlough scheme, the crisis has hit thousands of businesses hard. among the larger companies which announced redundancy plans in june were airbus, centrica and the restaura