the american navy. and now he's gone on to write a book called "1812:2 the navy's war." the tactic that the navy used to fight off the royal navy. george is an eminent historian, he holds a ph.d. in american history and government from harvard university and is a recipient of the 2008 samuel elliot morrison award for his previous book, "if by sea." daughan spent three years in the united states air force during the vietnam war and was an instructor at the air force academy and director of the ma program in international affairs there. subsequently, he taught at the university of colorado, the university of new hampshire, wesleyan university and connecticut college. he resides in portland, maine. we're going to do a question and answer after george's presentation, and if none of you ask him what these tactics that the navy used have to do with today, i'm going to ask, so let's get on it. [laughter] please, join me in welcoming george daughan. [applause] >> thank you very much, dan. it's a great pleasure to be back at the water street bookstore, one of the great bookstores, small bookstores in this country run by one of the

the royal navy and will airforce expect this to be their last round of redundancies. a spokesperson said difficult decisions have to be taken to deal with the black hole in the budget and that reducing numbers through redundancies was essential to have smaller armed forces that delivered the best possible operational capability. bbc news. >> those cuts have been confirmed in the last hour. the emergence of fake anti- malarial drugs in africa are threatening to control the disease which killed almost 1 million people per year. scientists at oxford university say the account of its sales in many african countries could harm patients and drug- resistant. some of the phony drugs originated in china. this is "bbc world news. the headlines, messrs. blast holes in the capsize italian cruise ship as they continue searching for survivors. the european court of human rights has ordered the radical cleric abu qatada cannot be deported to jordan. back to our top story, and for more on the operation to remove fuel from the ship on the tuscan coast, from the uk's national oceanograp

falk the german navy the royal navy commanders were very reluctant to commit all of their battleships because they were. it's have to build and they were afraid to lose them we were reaching that point where we're building something that we were afraid to lose and there's nothing we can do to prevent that from happening if we actually put it in harm's way so the question is do we want to build things that cost less that are more that we can afford to lose if you will in combat or do we want to continue to put our money into these very large expensive capital ships which frankly at sea are becoming more and more vulnerable than they've ever been in our history affect you go back to the one nine hundred fifty s. the sixty's admiral rickover the father of nuclear navy or maybe was asked when he testified before the senate in one nine hundred seventy s. how long would our carriers last against the soviet navy at sea and his answer was two or three days before their sunk maybe a week if they stay in port well that's because the submarine and submersibles unmanned submersibles today these k

the royal navy at this point is really engaged in a battle for the high seas with napolean's france and all of europe is really tied up in this huge struggle. what the royal navy is doing, they need sailors for their ships. so what they're doing is stopping american ships and seizing basically kidnapping the terms impressment, kidnapping american sailors who have just the faintest degree of british blood in their vains off of those american ships and forcing them to serve in the royal navy. at the same time the united states is trying to trade with france was is gray britain going to allow that? no. they are seizing american ships and are trying to trade with france. at the same time, france is saying, well, wait, we don't want the americans trading with great britain, we'll seize the ships as well. so this young american nation is caught in the crossfire between great britain and france and the seizure of ships is another reason that the united states starts to call for war. in fact, at one point the american congress, and we'll talk in a second about howdy individualed they were on th

when the chinese tried to stop british merchants, the royal navy said in gunboats -- sent in gunboats. at the end, britain could trade where it likes. the chinese to embark on what they called their century of to humiliation. >> there was the boxer rebellion. this was the collapse of the last chinese dynasty. >> as britain rose, china fell. this man is try to tell his country's past in comic-book form. >> you could say that the experience that china had was less in power and it was very unpleasant. >> the hardest thing for a european too appreciate is how long the perspective is. rise and fall. a history of dynastic cycle is that lasts thousands of years. periods of war and foreign innovation brought to an end by a strong government. -- for an invasion -- foreign invasion brought to an end by a strong government. where are we now? >> there is a very strong central government and people believe in standards improving. development is very fast. this is a textbook golden age. >> chinese people have never really had it so good. the gospel according to the party is that the end of a centur

members of the royal navy have been taking part in a large scale anti-terrorism campaign ahead of the olympics. >> a team of royal marines and police officers speeding down the thames. their task was to intercept and board a hijacked pleasure boat, just one as a number of scenarios that the olympics security chiefs have to envisage in the run-up to the games. >> i have to say that there is no specific terrorist threat to the games but we would be fairly and our duty if we did not consider the various options. we are working out how we would work with the military. >> today's exercise was not just the benefit of the police, it was for the public, too. designed to project an image of strength and security. these were just some of the 12,000 police officers and 13 and a half thousand military personnel who will be deployed to the olympic games. it will cost in excess of a billion pounds. "you have a number of high- profile areas along the thames, the financial district, the ferry district. you have access into white hall and the houses of parliament. they have to prepare for some kind of

new seven boat astute class of nuclear attack submarines is the most capable ever fielded by the royal navy. but making these subs a reality was hard work. britain's stopped building submarines for almost a decade. when plans got underway to build the hms astute, production problems put the effort years behind schedule and more than $1 billion overbudget. when the astute entered service lat year she ran aground. then in april disgruntled crew men opened fire in the control room killing one officer and wounding another. astute spent months off the united states atlantic coast for weapons system and warm weather trials. so far american officers are impressed with the new boat. chris caught up with astute in norfolk and spoke to commander ian breckenridge, the sub's commanding officer. >> she was quite mean, she is a big step forward from our previous classes of submarine. i served in both classes and was privileged to command hms tireless, so i have experience of direct comparison. she is bigger 10 meters, 35, 40 feet longer, two, two and a half thousand tons heavier. speed wise broadly simil

british defense secretary phillip hammond said last week that the royal navy will send high-tech destroyers to make sure the shipping lanes remain open. >>> diplomats from the u.s., japan and south korea plan to discuss developments in north korea after the death of its former leader kim jong-il. the u.s. state department announced on thursday that assistant secretary of state kurt campbell and special representative glyn davies will co-host the meeting next tuesday in washington. japanese foreign ministry director general shiksuke sugiyama and south korea's top envoy lim sung-nam will attend the talks. diplomats are likely to confirm they will continue to seek cooperation from china, the north's closest ally. participants are also expected to discuss the resumption of the six-party talks on pyongyang's nuclear program. they're likely to consider how to pressure the north's new government to stop uranium enrichment immediately and they'll push the regime to accept inspectors from the international atomic energy agency. >>> a japanese government official held talks with pro democracy leader

. >> the british royal navy has captured somali pirates in the indian ocean. they surrendered their vessel and shipping lanes off of the somali coast. a congressman and his brother had been shot dead in guatemala city a day before the new government is to take office. valentin leal caal was attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle as he was going through the city center. a longtime leader of the turkish cypriots was 87 years old and he has died. he suffered from ill health for a long time. he was a staunch defender of the interest of the turkish cypriots. he became the first president of the turkish republic of northern cyprus. the double oscar winner gene hackman has been released from the hospital after an accident. he was hit from behind by a car and was airlifted to the hospital in miami. he was discharged after routine tests. he suffered just a minor bump. the royal academy is planning for a major exhibition of the british artist david hockney. this includes the lines, films, displayed on the banks of video screens. we went to meet david hockney and we heard hi

the abraham lincoln was escorteded in by a french vessel and the royal navy's h.m.s.argile, a flotilla of three navies amounting to a pointed gesture to iran just hours before the e.u. decision to place an embargo on iranian oil. >> absolutely right to do this. in view of iran's continued breach of u.n. security council resolutions and refusal to come to meaningful negotiations on the nuclear program. >> reporter: in response, a senior iranian politician said they would definitely close the strait of hormuz if oil exports were disrupted. the strait isn't just a vital artery for the global economy; it's the jugular. but it's an exposed one. at its narrowest point the strait of hormuz is roughly 30 miles across, but the actual sea lanes through the strait in and out of the persian gulf are only two miles across. the iranians have gone to war in the gulf before. the tanker wars saw more than 500 commercial vessels damaged as the iran-iraq conflict spilled over into this vital water way. >> sreenivasan: the full effect of the european embargo on iran's oil will not be felt until july. simi

the germans couldn't come across the channel on account of the royal navy. but they did send thousands of airplanes to bomb britain, and in hopes of evading britain eventually. they couldn't overcome the royal air force. and eventually, october came along, bad weather began. the germans couldn't invade britain. and they had to put off any kind of invasion plan and to spring. so this is the story about those much. they were very, very critical months in exile after the bombing ended, did the bombing essentially and in november? i'm in october, 1940? >> no, it continued. in britain have what is called the battle of britain, then they have the blitz, the germans continued to bomb mainly at night through the winter. but the battle of britain was basically in the daylight, and they couldn't overcome the fighter arm of the royal air force, and couldn't invade. that's what the battle of britain was about. >> was there a time between june and october 1940 when it looked really bad for great britain? >> there were a number of times it looked really bad. in june, that

i must say my own highest admiration the i think the united states navy was america's outstanding force. i think the royal navy was brittain's outstanding force. the both the more i learn about the united states navy, god they were good. us air was also pretty good but u.s. navy with overwhelming the officer served by men who had been civilians before the war and many never seen the sea other than taking their kids to the beach. they did brilliantly in the pacific especially. that was remarkable. but, it is this peculiar contradiction that here you've got, you put the panzer division there it will fight a battle brilliantly. then thank god we had hitler working for our side that, the nazis were so incompetent. you find, hear are all the gang sisters, no more, no less. people like himmler or heinrich his sidekick, all those people are just gangsters who were given enormous authority. they were given fantastic control and latitude which they were quite unfit to exercise. only thing they knew huy to do was kill people. thank god we had all the virtues of democracies came to the for the way we mobilized our c

agreement made last week and restored library hours and rehired 65 staff >>the highly publicized royal white tigers exhibit at the navy pier is now closed. officials shut down a share yesterday after john kass of the chicago tribune informed them that the usda is in the process of revoking the shows of license organizers are accused of health and safety violations and mistreating the animals the show's owner said that the claims are not true navy pier paid $27,000 for the exhibit it was supposed to run until february 12th. a new wal-mart super store is open today in the west chatham neighborhood bringing hundreds of jobs to the area it came with a fight nancy loo is live with that story >>in west chatham many did not want to miss out on this morning's grand opening >>people are working i think it's a great thing >>the 157,000 wal-mart supercenter is its second here in chicago ... the local alderman here for for this store seven years battling the city and the labor unions that finally reached agreement last year paving the way for the opening on this former steel mill site >>it was contaminated it was a real eyesore a

the south pole. they were led by captain scott, a royal navy officer. >> he was an explorer, a pioneer. we don't call him in the venture because that has some -- we don't call him on an adventurer because that has some kind of a boyish and tone to it. >> eventually, the ship found a way through. then, they set off on the long march to the poll. a rival norwegian team was on its way. their route were shown in red. they got there first. scott's team made it more than a month later. they never made it back. among them, captain coats, crippled by frostbite, sacrificed themselves to be would not burden his team. he left the tent telling them, i may be some time. the expedition discovered hundreds of new species of animals and also collected rock samples, penguin eggs, and plant fossils, now on display at the natural history museum in london. although scott did not get their first or make it back home, he is regarded as an iconic figure for his her work efforts. only now historians are realizing his immense scientific contribution. there is the spirit of heroic scientific investigation that ha

this is repeated later on in 181 when the united states navy builds a more substantial flotilla on lake champlain and completely defeats a slightly superior royalavy flotilla on lake champlain. so i think one of the things that the book brings out, i hope, is the sort of multiplicity of that. and that remains true today because even as we're doing all the things that we've done in iraq and afghanistan, you know, we're also getting ready for much larger kinds of conflicts with much more conventional kinds of forces in other places. >> well, good. um, we actually have a little time because of the efficiency of the panel, and so we might take a couple of questions from the audience. if there are such. go ahead. >> eliot, i'd be interested in what the sources -- [inaudible] obviously, you weren't interviewing for this book. [laughter] >> no. we'd have to go through an institutional review board at johns hopkins university -- [laughter] people from the medical school would be passing on whether, you know, i could use human subjects, and it's much easier to work with dead people. [laughter] >> but what are -- are there around kyl materials -- archiva

marines in the british navy had been taking part in a large- scale anti-terrorist act by the head of the summer's olympic games. >> it could have been the latest james bond film. a team of royal marines and police officers speeding down the thames. their task was to intercept a hijacked pleasure vote, one of a number of scenarios olympic security chiefs have to envisage in the runup for the games. >> what we have to consider is the range of threats to the games. i have is a right to the outset, there is no specific threat, but we would be failing in our duty if we did not consider the various options. the river thames runs right through the city of london, and we're working out how we will work with military colleagues that will be with us in 2012. >> to this exercise was not just for the benefit of the police -- it was for the public, too. designed to project an image of strength and security. these were just some of the 12,000 police officers and 13,500 military personnel will be deployed to the military games at a cost in excess of 1 billion pounds. >> you have a number of high- profile areas -- canary wharf district, the financial district. even dwight hall and the houses

the royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton. >> that killed osama bin laden and the leader of al qaeda. >> the u.s. navyseals shoot and kill the leader in his compound in pakistan. the managing director of the international monetary fund, arrested in new york city for allegedly sexually assaulting a hotel maid. the charges are later dropped citing a credibility issue with the accuser. at large for 15 years, the suburb -- serbian general responsible for the massacre of thousands is arrested. a deadly e. coli in europe linked to german sprouts killing 45. after more than 50 years of struggle, the republic of south sudan declares its independence, becoming africa's poth country. the british newspaper and news of the world closes after allegations that journalists hackd into accounts. in norway, a man describing himself as the resistance leader bombing the government building and carrying out a shooting rampage at a youth camp and killing 77 and japan beats the usa, becoming the first asian country to win the fifa u.s. cup. london suffered widespread rioting after the police shooting of a young man. the dea

telling the united states navy to stay out of one of the world's most important shipping routes. oh really iran? details on that ahead. plus, murder at the queen of he can gland's royalte. the latest on that case coming up. of course, our special coverage of tonight's iowa caucuses continues when "the fox report" returns to des moines, iowa. all politics all night because fox news is america's election headquarters. since i've lost weight i have so much more energy than i used to, when i'm out with my kids, my daughter's like, "mom, wait up!" and i'm thinking, "shouldn't you have more energy than me? you're, like, eight!" [ male announcer ] for every 2 pounds you lose through diet and exercise alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. simple. effective. advantage: mom. let's fight fat with alli ♪ >> shepard: welcome back to fox news special coverage from the embassy suites hotel historic indeed in downtown des moines. we are on the party deck. that's what they call it to note that we have changed the water blue tonight. nice, right? huge night ahead of the caucuses which begin just 38 minutes from now. you know the economy will likely play

the united states navy in the gulf, and what you find is that the parliament often enunciates positions which are more radical than the government is actually going to carry out. >> it's a murder mystery of royaldy was found in the woods near the queen of england's sandringham estate less than two miles from the queen's residence by a dog walker on new year's day. the gruesome discovery came days after the royal family was enjoying christmas vacation. investigators believe the victim was dead anywhere from one to four months. they are treating the case as a murder investigation. max foster is our royal correspondent. he's in london tonight, and max, how do they know this is a murder at this time? >> well, erin, at moment we're not getting that much information. the police really want to protect this investigation, but what they have said is that -- that this woman was very unlikely to have died of natural causes. they have launched a murder investigation rand we were hoping to get some more information today because they are going out with dna tests on the body. they weren't conclusive so we're hoping to hear more tomorrow where more tests will be carried out. what they are doing is opening up

the united states navy in the gulf, and what you find is that the parliament often enunciates positions which are more radical than the government is actually going to carry out. >> it's a murder mystery of royalions, a young woman's body was found in the woods near the queen of england's sandringham estate the receipt manes, not identified were found less than two miles from the queen's residence by a dog walker on new year's day. the gruesome discovery came days after the royal family was enjoying christmas vacation. investigators believe the victim was dead anywhere from one to four months. they are treating the case as a murder investigation. max foster is our royal correspondent. he's in london tonight, and max, how do they know this is a murder at this time? >> well, erin, at moment we're not getting that much information. the police really want to protect this investigation, but what they have said is that -- that this woman was very unlikely to have died of natural causes. they have launched a murder investigation. and we were hoping to get some more information today because they are going out with dna tests on the body. they weren't conclusive so we're hoping to hear more tomorrow wh

the royal wedding. >> in what may be the biggest news story of the year. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, leader of al-qaeda. >> u.s. navy seals shoot and kill the terror leader in a compound in pakistan. >> the director of the imf for allegedly assaulting a hotel made. charges against dominique strauss-kahn is later dropped. >> at large for 15 years, the former bosnian serb general responsible for the massacre of thousands of muslims is arrested. >> a deadly e. coli outbreak in europe killing about 45. >> after 50 years of struggle, sudan declares it's independence. >> british newspaper news of the world closes after allegations that journalists hacked into voicemail accounts. >> in norway a man describing himself as a resistance leader bombing a government building and carrying out a shooting rampage killing 77. >> japan beats the u.s.a. being the first asian county to win the world cup. >> london suffering widespread rioting after a police shooting of a man. >> deadly loss of forces in the decade long afghanistan war, a helicopter crashes killing 30 u.s. service members most of them elite navy seals. >> more than ten