the strait of. we have this report from dubai. >> reporter: u.s. navy personnel have feared two aircraft carrier into the gulf. they're watching iran's movements. the iranian authorities know it and they recently ordered high speedboats to harass the u.s. vessels by repeatedly approaching them. the boats are believed to be able to go faster than 100 kilometers per hour. iran can't match the u.s. navy in terms of strength but its managed to put the americans on high alert. >> the main reason? the memory of the attack on the uss coal and it was off the coast of yemen. 17 sailors died. u.s. navy commanders are worried iran might use high-speed boats to do the same thing should another emergency arise. >> the use of small boats, especially if they're suicidal and they do number in the hundreds, is very difficult to defend against. traditional naval battles have been fought between large ships. >> and so, the u.s. navy is doing something it's never done before. it's using several state-of-the-art unmanned aircraft to survey the persian gulf. the planes keep

the u.s. and vietnamese navy will have five days naval exchange activities. the u.s. navy's 7th fleet arrived at danang on monday. the freight commander expressed strong hopes for boosting ties between the u.s. and vietnamese navies. >> and i'm very encouraged by how it is advancing from my perspective between the vietnamese people's navy and the 7th fleet. >> reporter: the joint training began in 2010. the u.s. is already a key trading partner for vietnam. now, they are stepping up military cooperation. danang hosted the u.s. airbase during the vietnam war. the area saw some of the fiercest battles. 74-year-old farmer le khec phien fought against the u.s. as a soldier in the north vietnamese army. he lost members of his friends and family in the war. he has bitter memories of that time. he takes care of a village temple dedicated to those who died in the r. he has mixed feelings about vietnam joining hands with the u.s. he finds it hard to forgive the former enemy, but says cooperation for the benefit of both countries. >> translator: frankly speaking, i still bear a

the u.s. army serving in this war was seamen. they asked people what their trade was, what their occupation was, and about 5% were seamen. they went where the money was. so the u.s. navy was competing not only with privateers, but also with the u.s. army. and certainly didn't have an opportunity to pick the best seamen. the british also argued that most of our crews were british subjects. that was simply not true. there had at one time been a fair number of british serving chesapeake affair in 1807, the navy department ordered that no more british subjects be employed. and most of them, once war was declared, left the u.s. navy anyway, because they knew if they were captured, they would likely be hanged. teddy roosevelt, who is the great naval historian of this war, reckoned that no u.s. warship had as many as 10% of its crew as british tars. and i think he's probably right about that. so u.s. frigates were not ships of the line in disguise, they didn't rely on picked crews and they didn't rely on british tars. now, the last part of this myth is the american myth. that because we won a series of duels on the high seas, that we won the war at sea. not so. the british g

to counter the threat, more u.s. navy vessels are now equipped with robots that can dive and search for the explosives. last month u.s. navy brass announced they will double the number of this type of ship in the gulf to eight. >> we will monitor the situation with their exercise carefully and act professionally at sea and we don't go looking for trouble, but if trouble finds us, we know what to do. >> reporter: so the u.s. navy will stay prepared, and stay vigilant. right now, thi right now, this is just a war of wills in the persian gulf between two long-time foes. but if the tension turns to conflict, lives, regional security and the status of the oil market will all be at stake. sunshine paclibar, nhk world, dubai. >>> gulf state >>> gulf states are also making plans to deal with the situation. they see no signs they see no signs the tension will subside soon so they're strengthening their militaries. people gathered in qatar last week for the largest arms fair in the middle east. and different types of equipment for

if they were shooting at the u.s. navy, the support was not as strong as if they were simply waving as the u.s. navy sailed by. the army of the potomac began to execute its movement to the river ports near washington and baltimore in mid-march with the initial troop ships moving downriver toward the bay on the 17th of march. and this was no small undertaking, because, remember, at this time anything that was too heavy for a man to lift or pull or move had to be moved by a horse or a mule. and so thousands of horses and mules had to go at about the same time as the troops, because otherwise when you got them off the ships down here at fortress monroe, how would you move anything out of the landing area? it was very complex. very complex. and as mcclellan was moving his army out, he was being sniped at by the committee on the conduct of the war and other politicians from the radical republicans. he thought i think so a successful rear guard action with them and actually on the 1st of april, he himself got out of town. he arr

the u.s. navy, relying on pit crews that were heavily british, employed large frigots and, thus, defeated the british in the war at sea. in the last great battle of the war, kentucky and tennessee riflemen defeated the british at new orleans, although this battle was actually fought after the war was over. if the british had prevailed at new orleans, they planned to sack the city and retain louisiana, which would have changed the course of american history. federalists bitterly opposed the war, which encouraged the enemy and prolonged the conflict. the real problem, however, was that the united states needed a more focussed military strategy, which would have enabled it to conquer canada. even without canada, the new nation enjoyed so much success on land and sea that it could still claim victory in this war. now, that's your overview on the war. if you're a little concerned about anything i've said, good for you. the only thing that is correct in that paragraph is the first phrase, "the u.s. decla

fulton actually builds, designs and builds the first steam warship for the u.s. navy, which eventually bears his name. he also -- tried to sell the french -- an idea for his submarine. he had a submarine called the nautilus which he tried to -- to sell to the french and other governments -- no one really was buy. it was quite a risky venture. no one thought they would waste money on it. also -- clinton roosevelt. writes in, 1840, and he sends in this lovely color -- almost a painting -- it's a rather massive -- series of-duf -- of paper, invulnerable steam battery which sort of looks merimac-esque, if you go by descriptions that she looked like a barn that was floating down the river up to her eves. so clinton roosevelt submits this and again it really goes nowhere. but the british and french, in the 1850s, were already building ironclads, well not ironclads, we really think of them. iron plated warships. the french had the glory. and the british had built the warrior. and thus, this first clash of ironclads that happens here in hampton roads is of immense interest no

fulton builds -- designs and builds the first steam warship for the u.s. navy, which eventually bears his name. he also tried to sell the french an idea for his submarine. he had a submarine called the nautilus. which he tried to sell to the french and other governments. no one was buying. it was quite a risky venture. no one thought that they would waste money on it. also, clinton roosevelt writes in in 1840 and he sends in this lovely color -- it's almost a painting. it's a rather massive series of paper that is taped together of his invulnerable steam battery, which looks sort of merrimackesque if you go by some of the descriptions that she looked like a barn that was floating down the river on its eaves. it really went nowhere. the british and french in the 1850s were already building ironclads, not like we really think of them. iron-plated warships. the french had the glory and the british had built the warrior. this first clash of ironclad is of immense interest not only at home but abroad. one of the correspondents tells lincoln that england is in a blaz

fulton designs and builds the first steam warship for the u.s. navy, which eventually bears his name. he also tried to sell the french an idea for his submarine. he had a submarine called the gn nautilus. no one thought they would waste money on the risky venture. also, clinton roosevelt writes in in 1840 and he sends in this lovely color, almost a painting, rather massive series of paper that is taped together of his invulnerable steam battery which looks sort of merrimacesque, if you go by some of the descriptions that she looked like a barn that was floating. the british and french in the 1850s were already building ironclads, not like we really think of them. iron-plated warships. the french had the glory and the british had built the warrior. this first clash of ironclad is is of immense interest not only at home but abroad. one of the correspondents tells lincoln england is in a blaze from one end to the other after news has arrived that these two ships have engaged. you have advances and people trying to find ways to counter act that. for each

three ships from the u.s. navy's seventh fleet visited the center city which faces the south china sea. >> so i'm very encouraged by the relationship that we are building with the vietnamese people's navy and the seventh fleet sailors. >> the u.s. and vietnam began the annual exercises in 2010. officials in washington and hanoi deny that the drills are for military purposes. analysts say the two former adversaries are strengthening their ties to counter china's growing maritime power. >>> we now turn to me yyanmarmy. discord is drawing between the ruling government and pro democracy opposition. myanmar has gone through a year of reforms but this change has hit a wall. aung san suu kyi and other newly elected lawmakers for the national league for democracy are trying to break -- patchari raksawong is part of our team in southeast asia covering the story from bangkok. >> in myanmar political negotiations are heating up between the ruling government and the opposition, pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi is postponing

today he will be speaking about his most recent book, "neptune's inferno: the u.s. navy at guadalcanal." it is the untold story of the u.s. navy's bloodiest fight of world war ii. considered, and i quote, vivid and engaging, extremely readable, comprehensive and thoroughly researched by ronald specter of "the wall street journal" and brilliant, a compelling narrative of naval combat, simply superb by the washington times. it is a new york times, publishers' weekly and boston globe bestseller. so once again, it is my very great pleasure to welcome mr. james hornfischer. [applause] >> thank you very much. i appreciate everybody coming out. i think this is my fifth colby symposium. it's truly unique, in my experience, in terms of a publishing conference that focuses on the craft of military history, that celebrates the achievement of servicemen and women and that hopefully will guide policymakers through the experience of digesting our past. in this case, our recent past as we discuss afghanistan. today, however, we're going back a little bit deep. i've written three books

the u.s. navy helped out people who lost their homes when that fighter jet crashed and burned them to the ground. we'll talk about it. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. the u.s. navy started to hand out compensation checks today to victims of that jet crash in virginia beach. the payments start at $2300 per person to cover housing, meals, and housing. last friday, ana hornet slammed into an apartment complex just after takeoff and dozens of units were destroyed. however, fortunately, nobody died or was seriously hurt. the navy says that crash was caused by a quote, catastrophic dysfunction. >>> the washington post reports the megaretailer is pushing back its time line to open six stores in the city and now they won't open until the end of next year. that store was originally slated to open late this year, but wal-mart was me

prevent the ship from actually leaving its harbor and revising, or launching another attack on the u.s. navy in hampton roads. this idea also is applied to the potomac. that is, the fear that the merrimac is going to come up the potomac and show the capital is palpable. and so the solution was to send ships to kettle bottom shoals just below washington. it's a rather treacherous stretch of river. and to sink ships there. two frigates if necessary. that after all, if the "merrimac" destroyed two of the navy's best ships in an afternoon, why not just sink them in the potomac and block the "merrimac" from getting up to washington so she doesn't have to destroy them, we'll do it for her. also, the suggestion is, and it's very much a strat agem, why don't we have a fake confederate ship run the blockade? that is, have the ship come sailing up to hampton roads, flying the confederate flag. the union would make not very convincing attempts to stop the ship. it would get by the confederate batteries because they would think it was one of their own. and then once that happened the ship would sink its

. >> tracking terrorists and video games through the u.s. navys lacking for a few good hackers to monitor data from gaming systems. terrorists are using video games to communicate under cover. is this the new battlefield on the war on terror. joining us with insight is former commander and author. our kids have been using this forever. xbox is the rage among our kids. but for ten years apparently this has been going on where terrorists are communicating through these systems and planning worldwide terror attacks. >> you can go on play station and talk to somebody in japan in seconds. these guys get on to the network log on through secure pass word protected rooms and they talk to one another and plan attacks. >> i just want believe we are now just figuring e this out. can they make up for all of the time lost and all of the sensitive information that has been exchanged among these terrorists in order to thwart future attacks. >> their attention has been in operations in iraq and afghanistan. these terrorists these global gi haddists are creative.

the secretary said he understands our stance. >> a u.s. media report says the american military is taking its own measures to deal with north korea's launch. cnn says the u.s. navy has sent its most advanced radar system to the region. >> we, along with our partners in the region, are monitoring developments very closely. >> the cnn report says the navy moved the advanced radar system from a base in hawaii, but defense officials have not given any details on how u.s. forces will be deployed to prepare for the launch. for more on this subject, we spoke to chiaki akimoto, director of the royo services, an expert in defense and security issues. >> the international official believes it's called a margin of taepodong 2. it is an estimated range of 7,000 kilometers. now we should focus on the location of the launch site. it is a new facility on north korea's western coast, so-called tongchang-ri. many countries launch rockets eastward to take advantage of the earth's rotational speed, so they also have launch site on their east coast, musudan-ri. what they plan to launch from the west means that the flight will be mostly over the sea. if they launch rocket on a south

so the u.s. navy was competing not only with private ears and the u.s. army. certainly didn't have an opportunity to pick the best sea men. they had a fair number serving in the navy, but after the chesapeake affair in 1807, the navy department ordered that no more british subjects be employed. most of them once war was declared left the navy anyway. they knew if they were captured they would likely be hanged. teddy roosevelt who is a great historian reckoned that no war ship had as many as 10% of the crew as british tars. he is probably right about that. the last part of this myth is the american myth. because we won a series on the high teas, we won the war. not so. won about as many as they lost and they used their naval power to blockade the coast and that had a devastating impact on the u.s. economy and cut sharply into government revenue. if anybody, the british won the war at city and one would expect that. great britain had long been mistress of the seas. number seven, kentucky rifman won the battle although it was fought after the war was over. rifles

the way for a further defense build-up. >>> a u.s. media report says the american military is taking its own measures to deal with north korea's launch. cnn says the u.s. navy has sent its most advanced radar system to the region. >> we along with our partners in the region are monitor developments very closely. >> the cnn report says the navy moved the advanced radar system from a base in hawaii, but defense officials have not given any details on how u.s. forces will be deployed to prepare for the launch. >>> for more on this subject we spoke to chiaki akimoto at the royal united services institute uk. is he an expert in defense and security issues. >> the u.s. international officials is a long range ballistic missile, the modified version of taepodong 2. it's an estimated range of 7,000 kilometers. now we should focus on the location of the launch site. it is a new facility on north korea's western coast, so-called tongchang-ri. many countries launch rockets eastward to take advantage of the earth's rotational speed, so they also have launch site on their east coast, so-called musudan-ri. what they plan to launch from the west means that the flight will

. >> the u.s. navy ship gettysburg retrieved the passengers. nine months after, crew members ferried customers to other cruise ship. no one was seriously injured. after those incidents, laws were put the in place to require lifeboats. in 2004, a cigarette butt started a fire. that fire killed several people. >> we could hear all the lifeboats, i think there were 22 lifeboats on board, they had those out and ready to put in the open ocean. >> reporter: after the fire the ship's owner princess cruise line replaced the plastic furniture with nonflammable materials. since 2010, regulations prohibit combustible material on cruise ships. >> reporter: terror from the sea an enormous wave at least 26 feet high washes across the deck of the louis cruise line ship with almost 2,000 aboard. the moment of impact triggered chaos and fear as passengers ran for their lives. in all three towerrering waves hit the ship. killing two people and injured 14 others. >> we felt it when the wind drawing through the belt. by crying everybody, we didn't know exactly wha

the way for a further defense build-up. >>> a u.s. media report says the american military is taking its own measures to deal with north korea's launch. cnn says the u.s. navy has sent its most advanced radar system to the region. >> we along with our partners in the region are monitor developments very closely. >> the cnn report says the navy moved the advanced radar system from a base in hawaii, but defense officials have not given any details on how u.s. forces will be deployed to prepare for the launch. >>> we wanted to dig deeper into this story so we asked defense and security expert chiak chiaki akimoto for insight. >> the u.s. international officials is a long range ballistic missile, the modified version of taepodong 2. it's 25 to 30 meters long, and an estimated range of 7,000 kilometers. now we should focus on the location of the launch site. it is a new facility on north korea's western coast, so-called tongchang-ri. many countries launch rockets eastward to take advantage of the earth's rotational speed, so they also have launch site on their east coast, so-called musudan-ri. what they plan to launch from the west means that the flight will be

the u.s. armies were seamen. they asked people what their trade was and about 5% were seamen. they went where the money was. so the u.s. navy was competing not only with private ears and the u.s. army. certainly didn't have an opportunity to pick the best seamen. most of our crews were british subjects. that was not true. there had been a fair number serves in the navy, but after the chesapeake affair in 1807, the navy department ordered that no more british suggests be employed and most once war was declared, left the us navy any way because they knew if they were captured, they were likely to be hanged. teddy roosevelt who is a great historian reckoned that no war ship had as many as 10% of the crew as british tars. he is probably right about that. they didn't rely on pit crews and british tars. the last part of this myth is the american myth. because we won a series on the high seas, that we won the war. not so. the british gave about as good as they got in the course of the war. won about as many as they lost and they used their naval power to blockade the coast and that had a devastating impact on the u.s. economy and

. >> the u.s. navy is sending out compensation checks after the military jet crashed in virginia beach. the payouts will start at $2300 per. >>> the crash of that fa-18d destroyed dozens of apartments. >>> well, the 2012 legislative session will come down to the wire once again. both houses are working to cut a deal involving the state budget. we'll have more on that sthail mate later -- stalemate later. there have been many bills that have passed and are waiting on the governor's signature. one is named after a high profile murder. >> reporter: the phylicia barnes' law passed the house and the senate. the hope is it will bet are draw resources to search for missing children of all ages. it was back in december of 2010 when the 17-year-old from north carolina went missing in baltimore city. an allout search ensued and canned -- continued for months until the body was found last spring. a still unsolved murder, the state can learn from it. >> we need to step up efforts when children go missing to make su

this is according to the initial reports that the u.s. navy is providing to the news media.t experience crews are very experienced in this. if they get a signal, if they get an indication that something is going wrong. loss of hydraulics. potentially some engine failure. fire in an engine. loss of able ability to control the plane. any of these kinds of things, they will try and steer away from a civilian area if i their an a training mission in the united states and they're well equipped to eject rapidly. if it's a two-man crew, they communicate to each other because they have to eject in a certain way so as they -- you know, it's basically a little rocket explosion in the seat under them that propels them into the air. they don't want to get damaged doing that so it's precise procedure. >> thank you for that. let's go to a local press conference that's taking place on the ground to get more information on this. >> we were -- >> we're hearing -- >> then just shut the audio off there. so we'll try to stay with this live picture until we can re-establish audio. but we're now

islands are strategically -- afew small islands are as strategically important as bahrain, to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. the island is tense after retrials were ordered for prominent under striker -- a prominent hong younger striker 0 others. >> support for bahrain's jailed activists. abdulhadi al-khawaja has been on hunger strike since february. he will remain in custody of his case is reviewed by a civil court. his wife told me she hoped he would be freed. >> he told me that, "my hunger strike is not for negotiation. i am not going to stop until i am free, either by debt or by coming out of jail. i am not coming -- either by death or by coming out of jail. i am not coming out." i think the government is assassinating my husband. >> is given access 24 hours a day to the best -- he is given access 24 hours a day to the best medical anttention. he is visited regularly. >> may sharply condemned the anti-government protests which have turned -- many sharply condemned the anti-government protests which have turned violent. >> [unintelligible] there are other prisoners in other parts of the worl

u.s. intelligence experts are keeping a close eye on potential terror activity as the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden staff approaches. those one year ago tomorrow, the u.s. navyeals killed the al qaeda leader on this camp held in pakistan. the normal to have the organization rockabilly's it was had with detective estates on september 11th in 2001 but the u.s. is concerned about al qaeda @ in the to reign in peninsula and an affiliate based in the country of yemen carey >>> we are maintaining our guard. >>> the group was behind the failed underwear bomber attack in 2009. >>> the u.s. and chinese officials are to work on a deal to give up line chinese activists 2/4 fled and he is under protection by american officials in beijing. the activists was imprisoned after exposing the program of forcing abortions and sterilizing under the china's one child policy. >>> of the two governments are not the knowledge of his in custody and not saying much. that means that there's public talking about in private. does the best way to work out. >>> both sides hope to iron out an agreement before hillary clinton visits beijing a little bit later this week. >>> the cost of the d

enforcement agencies on alert for a possible anniversary tack marking the first year and one year after the u.s. navy seals killed a summit in london in pakistan. >>> and leon see an act of pot and we maintain garden >>> the up at a network and is not have the organization or capabilities that on september 11, 2001 but is concerned about al qaeda and in the arabian peninsula and in yemen. >>> they have demonstrated ability to carry out attacks >>> and the printer cartridge bombs intercepted on u.s. ban on cargo planes u.s. intelligence officials said the master builder of both devices recently resurfaced in yemen intelligence official suspect is working on new bonds >>> they continue to try and to carry out attacks inside yemen and against the homeland >>> the u.s. is working with international partners to track down leads and won't rest until al qaeda is destroyed. alexis christoforus cbs news >>> 20 years ago parts of south los angeles went up in flames. race riots erupted after four white police officers acquitted in the beating of rodney king. 55 people killed and 2300 injured. the rise it's last

it's the u.s. navy and today the military opened its doors to give us a rare look into one of its research labs. the 50,000 square foot facility includes environmental test areas that replicate a desert, a jungle, a highland forest and coastal waters. sounds like fun. they even test their latest robotic inventions. photojournalist greg geist takes us inside. >> reporter: behind each door is a different environment. >> you have desert. you have tropical. >> reporter: each is tailored for scientists testing the next generation of artificial intelligence. >> this robotic arm system is able to dig through the sand and dig out any ieds that it finds of. >> reporter: this is the new autonomous research center at the naval research lab in southwest. >> the computer takes the information from the sonar range finders and attempts to detect and avoid obstacles such as the walls in this room. >> reporter: where rooms of specialized equipment -- >> you can basically bring a video game technology into the real world

it was developed in south korea and resembles the thome hawk missile used by the u.s. navy. it has a range of 1,000 kilometers. >>> g-20 leaders are coming together to discuss some common challenges. our business desk has more on that. >> reporter: common challenges, indeed. high oil prices taking center stage is the credit crisis over in the euro zone. the group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors began their meeting in washington on thursday. they are discussing steps to contain the european debt crisis. measures will include boosting the lending capacity of the international monetary fund. japan's finance minister and bank of japan governor are taking part in the two-day meeting. japan has pledged $60 billion to the imf. other european nations also agreed to contribute. the fund's base will increase by 320 billion. a key focus is how emerging economies will respond. but the united states has decided not to give any extra financial support. the u.s. is the largest contributor to the imf. heads of the group of seven nations held talks before the meeting to ir

the u.s. air station in okinawa, western japan. the sbas in an intensely populated area and they have been protesting the arrival. u.s. navy leaders didn't talk much about that today. they instead focused on talking about their updated ship which would be used to draw in tons of conflict. >> we had the most capable flat form for the defense of japan and to provide stability in the region. >> that's a new focus for the united states government. the american persons in asia. nhk world, nag saki, japan. >> the highest debt ratings in the euro zone. dutch politicians have shaken that. let's go to the business to tell us what's going on. >> the program and his government can't agree on budget cuts. in fact the entire cabinet of the netherlands is set to resign over a political crisis concerning austerity measures. the dutch prime minister offered his coalition government's resignation to clean up on monday after his political partnership with the ultra right freedom party collapsed over budget cuts. the freedom party led by the anti-eu and anti-immigration politician. it has been supporting the government for the past 18 months

no, we are not talking about appear, but the u.s. navy. today the military opened their doors to give us a rare look into one of their research labs. the 50,000 square foot facility includes environmental test areas that replicate a desert, jungle, a highland forest, even coastal waters. they even test their latest robotic inventions. photojournalist greg geist takes us in. >> reporter: behind each door is a different environment. >> we have desert. we have tropical. >> reporter: each tailored for a scientist testing the next generation of artificial intelligence. >> this robotic arm system is able to dig through the sand and dig out any ieds that it finds. >> reporter: this is the new autonomous research center at the naval research lab in southwest. >> the computer takes the information from the sonar range finders and attempts to detect and avoid obstacles such as the walls in this room. >> reporter: where rooms of specialized equipment -- >> we can basically bring a video game technology into the real world. >> reporter: -- allow resear

surveillance or amount of time surveillance by the u.s. navy or by the israeli navy there's just no way that this could have passed through the southern part of the eastern mediterranean without being detected by nato or at least israel so i'm pretty sure that the this represents an ongoing effort who knows how many shipments of weapons have a skate the action by the lebanese government and at the same time i would like to draw attention to the fact that nato is libya so who can actually prove such a shipment to be sent into syria without being detected in libya by nato or its intelligence officers so i think as the saying out on as you say the weapons that we were talking about here that were supposed to go to the syrian rebels came from one of five warehouses in libya legibly under the protection and the watch of nato now if we can just move along just for a moment we have a just a week left until the parliamentary elections how is to massacres expecting the results to be recognized when the u.n. says that our side still isn't fully implement

through the central pacific and finished the war on one of the first to might fly interior groups in the u.s. navy history. that group was commanded by a friend of mine, the late bill martin, who his full name was william martin and i think it was his mother's maiden name but everyone said it sold for instruments because she became the navy's leading advocate of the carrier's both offensively and defensively and consequently, one of the trends that i address in the book is how enterprise was involved in the developing early on but also did some of the year earlier experimentations and that takes me back to the extremely cooperative dedicated affairs officer and he's an interesting fellow in the san diego area. he was a gifted violinist and as i recall, he said in circuit january of 1942 she was slated for an audition with the walt disney symphony and he was on cloud nine. the next thing you know she's in the navy at the radio school and all he knew about the radio was turning it on but he made it through the radar school which was a considerable accomplishment in those days. he said he was pretty

wells was quick to weed out deadwood in the senior ranks of captains in the u.s. navy. in order to promote younger and promising officers over their heads. although faragut was 60 years old in 161, he had the vigor and ambition of a younger man. he stood 37th in seniority on the captain's list. he was respected by many of his fellow officers, but virtually unknown to the public, at the beginning of 1862. when wells appointed him commander of the gulf west gulf blockading squadron whose ta task would be not only to blockade the confederate coast from west florida to brownsville texas on the mexican border, but also to capture new orleans and gain control of the lower vall. at the time, many in the north wondered at wells' selection of fara faragut for this herculean effort. as the the naval secretary, wells wrote in his famous war time diary, neither the president nor any member of the cabinet knew faragut or knew of him. members of congress inquired who he was. and some of them remonstrated and questioned whether i was making a mistake for he was a southern man and had a

. >> as tensions rise between iran and the united states over the iranian nuclear program, the u.s. navy has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. the deployment of the u.s.s. enterprise, along with the abraham lincocarrier strike group is only the fourth time in a decade that the navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same time in the region. the warships also patrol the gulf's strategic oil routes that iran has threatened to shut down in retaliation for economic sanctions. a slow-down in hiring in the united states in march has caused concern about the economic recovery. the u.s. added 120,000 jobs in march, about half the pace of december through february. the figure interrupted the strongest job growth since the recent recession. the unemployment rate now stands at 8.2%. this month marks the end of production of the canadian penny because it costs far more to produce the coin than it's worth. america faces the same issue with pennies and nickels. the u.s. mint spends nearly 2 1/2 cents for every penny produced and distributed and just over 11 cents for

school in beijing and chance to fly their flags in the asia pacific where the growing presence of the u.s. navyhas recently become. china and russia this time the drills concluded with target practice which was by far the most impressive part of the whole five hour crew was given special permission to film and detail what was happening. so the ship can and at least two times the field guns were fired almost instantly upon the target detected by sonars all these weapons have proven extremely useful in the gulf of aden where the middle been a ground up has guarded civilian convoys we're told that it usually only takes the you warning shots before the pirate in fear but now at the international headlines medical students in the capital of health crucifixions in a protest having used all extending a doctor's work daylight. this quarter of the resignation of the nation's health minister had signs of it not demonstrations for months by doctors which has forced the closure of several public hospitals in the past few weeks. tens of thousands of norwegians gathered cross the country to sing a children's

the u.s. navy destroyed their base in september of 1814. shortly thereafter, the british approached lafeat and offered him a deal if they would throw their lot -- if they would throw their lot in with them. they offered him a commission in -- i think it was the navy, and also a land after the british success at new orleans. but he said, i need some time to think it over. and instead, he negotiated with the americans, and threw his lot in with them. basically in exchange for pardon for all of his past crimes. he was willing to side with the united states. now, the myth is that he played a significant role in the battle of new orleans. his men did help man some of the artillery batteries in jackson's line. and the lafeats really knew the terrain around there, so they provided some intelligence to jackson. but they did not provide him with cannons or muskets. much of his role -- the myth of much of his role is the result of a memoir that lafeat allegedly wrote, and it was published in the 1950s. and some very good historians have used that memo

a chance to fly their flags in the asia pacific where the growing presence of the u.s. navy has recently become a concern to both china and russia this time the drills concluded for target practice which was by far the those the brass the part of the five hours was given special permission to film in detail what was happening. so the ships before can and at least two times the machine guns were fired instantly upon the target detected by sonars all these weapons proven extremely useful in the gulf of aden worthy of mit all been a ground up has guarded civilian convoys we're told that it usually only takes a few warning shots before the pirates we in fear of taking a look now at some other news from around the world this hour bradley manning accused of the us government secrets to wiki leaks has failed in his attempt to persuade the judge to throw out the most serious charge against the crime of aiding the enemy means that maximum penalty of life imprisonment hasn't entered a plea to any of the charges or decided whether he'll be tried by judge jury trial is set to begin in s

the western pacific which china sees as the immediate area of influence and the area of interest the u.s. navy is going to be there and they will be looking for trouble that's for sure now the strategy in the region is that only about contesting chinese influence this u.s. strategy basically yes because what does the u.s. have to offer. countries for instance at the moment in fact the only thing they are being offered to is me on martel and i'm coming here any invest in us because we are in our semi democracy nobody's buying that. she herself she knows that she can buy that because she was allowed once again a small window of exposure it's not that myanmar now is of democracy very far but it's a very ruthless military data ship there was also very wily and very clever if we open a little bit these americans and europeans who come begging to invest in our country . gas minerals strategic reserves you know a population that is relatively well educated so it's great what the us is actually offering these countries. include the vietnam the philippines singapore indonesia nothing so what's the next

for putting science technology to work in the u.s. navy says it is almost ready to use lasers to shoot down fast moving targets like cruise missiles and drones. and tear gas and water cannons meet palestinians in the west bank as what started off as a peaceful rally to remember land today turned violent leaving one person dead and watch the video or our you tube channel and find out all about it. hollywood is the world's capital of the rich and famous but there's a lot hidden behind that glamorous facade thousands of homeless people live on the streets of l.a. unable to cope with the country's the latest economic hardships our kids made in a question of comments. the city of angels and promise land of canvas opportunities has become a living nightmare for some los angeles is a mirage. people believe that they're coming to see hollywood august stars are here. and. girls with the will come take a look at what's going to grow and you can compare the third world country this treat is an informal border between shiny downtown l.a. and skid row