. >> established in 1884, the naval war college is the home of the u.s. navy. join us as we learn more about it in the history of the navy in newport. >> here at the center of american maritime history in newport, rhode island, it is one of the deepest natural in closed ports in the world. for that reason the united states navy chose it as one of its key anchorages during the prime of american naval seapower in the early 20th century. arguably the origins of the naval war college began. the germans were ahead of the game, literally, in techniques of wargaming. during the wars of german unification, they came up with an idea called the general staff. the general staff was an organization that enabled all the different principalities to fall in line with their regiments under this centralized organization called the general staff. there was a guy named emory upton, a greater general. he said look at what the germans did with that general staff. he went over to germany and studied the german methods. he brought them back. upton basically made the argument what we

united states naval war college here in newport is really the center of the u.s. navy of the 21st century. it is through these doors from 1884 to the present day that the great american naval thinkers came through to learn about their profession. the other thing we teach at the naval war college is we're not really here to fight the future war. we are trying to figure out strategic ways to avoid future wars through seapower. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to newport, rhode island to learn about its rich history. learn more about newport and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestoward. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. tv,ext on american history representatives from thomas jefferson's monticello, james monroe's highland, and james madison's montpelier describe how they interpret slavery for visitors to the presidential plantations, and the challenging questions on the public they try to answer. this is about an hour and a half, recorded at the american historical association annual meeting held recently in was

r public are safety, the security of america, depends upon the u.s. navy. u.s. navy depends upon shipyards for their ships. and the more commercial ships we build, the more competition we will need to build naval ships. a better deal. this is what we are offering. we are offering a better deal. we are going to focus directly on better jobs. tonight we've talked about american manufacturing. we talked about making it in america, we talked about making ships in america once again. and talking about high-paid middle-class jobs, whether it is in the shipyard or where these great engines are manufactured, wherever it may be in the united states. o, better jobs, better wages from these high-quality jobs, and therefore, a better future for america. and so, while we spend all of our time wondering what the next tweet is, i want you to think about legislation that provides americans with a better deal. we'll talk more about this in future days but think about what we can do for america so we will have a better deal for the working men and women of america. and with that,

two u.s. navyofficers are facing possible homicide charges of a deadly ship collisions that left a total of seventeen sailors dead both officers commanded navy destroyers in the pacific ocean one collided with a philippine container ship in june and the other struck a merchant ship near singapore in august. a former u.s. intelligence officer has been arrested and charged for allegedly holding on to highly classified information jerry challengingly is accused of maintaining handwritten notes including names and details about spy recruits and other cia employees he now lives in hong kong and was arrested when he flew into new york on monday the president of the philippines has denied being behind a move that could close down a popular news website as the name barbara ports journalists at rappler say they're being targeted you are probably the only one word and i will tell him hitting out at a web site that's been a fierce critic of his and he's now said to be shut down the president of the philippine

military, the u.s. navyt, and the ship will be looking to see what additional data it can gather from the various ships or aircraft the united states navy sends in order to shadow it. >> reporter: the leonov's deployment comes as putin has ramped up its operations around the world with provocative moves. russian fighter jets buzzing american warships. its ships steaming through the english channel near britain, and russian vessels have even been spying on undersea internet cables. >> the reason why they want the map so that in future conflicts or crisis, they have the opportunity if they can to attack it and destroy it or otherwise tamper. >> reporter: a dangerous game that has observers concerned tonight about a "hunt for red october" style confrontation at sea if a ship captain or miscalculates and fires on an adversary. what does vladimir putin get out of this game? >> it's a way that russia can really seize fear. one doesn't have the leverage that's there in a normal diplomatic relationship, so this is t

there is breaking news two u.s. navyd with negligent homicide with the two crashes of navy destroyers that happened in june and august. involving merchant ships and the

they are the mirror image of the u.s. navye in yokosuka, japan, headquarters of the seventh fleet. you can see an impact crater next to one of the mock ships, close enough to have destroyed all three. pentagon officials cite this analysis by a u.s. navy officer assigned to a washington think tank as one of many reasons china and russia have replaced terrorism as the primary focus of the new national defense strategy. maintaining a military advantage over china and russia is now defense secretary mattis' top seiority. >> our competitive edge has eroded in every domain of warfare-- air, land, sea, space, and cyber-space, and it is continuing to erode. >> reporter: according to one official, china has increased its defense spending by 10% each year for the past 20 years in an effort to counter u.s. abilities to operate in the western pacific. this pentagon report says china has modernized its conventionally armed missile force extraordinarily rapidly. and this map lists the types of chinese missiles in range of u.s. bases in japa

rebecca, thank you. >>> the u.s. navy reporting a very close and, quote, unsafe encounter with a russian aircraft over the black sea. releasing this brief clip of yesterday's encounter. the russian jet crossing the american aircraft's path. its weapons visible under its wings. the u.s. recon chance plane on a routine flight in international air space. the russian jet flying alongside it for more than two and a half hours. >>> there still much more ahead on "world news tonight" from washington. we do have breaking news. the deadly chopper crash. the helicopter slamming into a home. emergency crews on the scene. there are reports of injuries. >>> the new headline tonight about those 38 minutes of panic, and we learn why that worker sounded the alarm in hawaii about an incoming missile. it turns out, he thought it was a real threat. martha raddatz is standing by on that. >>> and the fast-moving fire tonight. flames threatening several homes, several structures and vehicles already destroyed. a lot more news ahead. stay tuned

one of the challenges that you found, to just look at a u.s. navysub or artifact, we found a fighter off miami and you're not allowed to look at it. so we found it and went to them and said we didn't mean to find it, now can we go back and they want to go through the whole process. other wrecks like the titanic you can go look at that and that's pretty clear. the navy considers looking at it disturbing so they don't allow it. >> what about that whole forgiveness, permission thing. >> there some of that. >> i guess you don't want to get on the wrong side of the navy there are a lot of subs out there. >> there's a lot of ship representativshipwrecks per thee battle of the coral sea, number of wrecks from all the different wars in the navy is pretty good about doing it as long as you do it the right fashion and they know who it is, but things like the scorpion that's got nuclear warheads on and things likef tht that only want to many people going around, but it can be done with hope to do that. that's one of the great things about this new world, they

he also began the much-needed rebuilding of the u.s. navy. but now i'm starting to stray into the heart of the book, and i do want everybody to read it, so i'm going to stop there. i will say that julia sand continued to write to arthur throughout 1882 and 1883 and that the president actually heed much of her advice, and he even paid her a surprise visit at 46 east 74th street. e want to read one more letter that i love, though, because it demonstrates her incredible intimacy with the man who was president of the united states. so this is when she, she had repeatedly urged him to come visit her, and he had not visited yet, and she was a bit offended by that. are you offended with me? really? seriously? do the few harsh things that i've said to you outweigh all else? the fact that for a whole year i have felt with you in your cares and perplexities, that last summer when you were bowed down in gloom and seemed almost broken in spirit i did my best to arouse your manhood and your courage, that i had faith in you when hardly anyone hoped anythin

this is a u.s. navy recruiting poster from the war. it really is one of the most interesting images to me because it shows the various allies of the united states and their navy, and how they really want the americans to join in with them. the poster is actually called "all together." we see a japanese sailor, french sailor, the american sailor holding his ubiquitous cigarette, of course, the british sailor, russian, and italian. very different in that it did represent all of the allies that the americans were fighting in the war with. of course, during world war i, the japanese were allies with the united states, with australia, with new zealand, and great britain and france. and one of their main efforts during the war involved their navy. they acted as escort for the new zealand and australian forces to go to fight in the middle east and on the western front. and so they were the escort service for them. and so that is part of the history of world war i that a lot of people don't know about. even japanese visitors we have come here

. >>> happening today in san francisco, the u.s. navy is holding a community meeting on the ongoing clean-up of the hunter's point shipyard. our investigative unit has been under earthing more information about it. they've been cleaning up. about 50% of the date showed inconsistencies and a good portion of it is likely fraudulent. that could lead to more clean-up. it was once home to a radiological defense lab. it is now set to become one of the largest redevelopment projects which will include new homes, parks and shops. and you can see our full investigation on this report at nbcbayarea.com. >>> facebook is under fire for its messenger kids app which has been download millions of times. >> parents are urging the coil to get rid of it two months after it was launched. >> reporter: with sound effects and even drawings, messenger kids is descened for young users to interact with their parents and each other. it looks like a lot of fun which is what some child add cassy groups say is the problem. >> we thought it had the potential to be ve

two u.s. navy officers are facing possible homicide charges of a deadly ship collisions which killed seventeen sailors both officers commanded maybe destroyers in the pacific one collided with a philippine container ship in june and the other struck a merchant ship near singapore in august both officers are facing courts martial and could be charged with negligent homicide. and the french president is calling on the u.k. to do more about refugees and migrants trying to make it to britain via kalai on tuesday emmanuel macro met some of them in the northern french port he says he'll discuss the issue with british prime minister to resign may on thursday thousands of people were victims from a camp known as the jungle before it was demolished in twenty sixteen but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after daisy i'm backstage and i'm sort of life in l. . on monday after an f.b.i. raid toward daisy's family apart baby sarah remains in a foster home and max remains in a prison c

. >> dana: the first pictures of an armed russian jet fighter buzzing in the u.s. navy spy plane. closely, the russian jet came within 5 feet of the u.s. plane. the u.s. pentagon says this went on for 2.5 hours. the u.s. navy plane was over the black sea. it's the first incident in the air since november. not cool. president trump to give his first state of the union address in just a few hours. he'll be laying out the groundwork for his immigration plan, which has been criticized by both parties. a dozen democrats are vowing to boycott the speech and the party plans no less than five rebuttal speeches. peter news he joins me now. what do the democrats think they are going to get out of this tonight? are we expecting theatrics? >> the democratic leadership really hope so. we heard about the closed-door meeting where nancy pelosi down all of the rank-and-file members that said if you planned to walk out, just don't show up. >> since 1998, i have attended every state of the union. i've always believed that this event should be nonpartisan, because i respect the office of the presiden

. >> established in 1884, the naval war college is the home of thought for the u.s. navy. join us as we learn more about it in the history of the navy in newport as we speak to the history professor david conan. here at the center of american maritime history in newport, rhode island, it is one of the deepest, natural and enclosed ports in the world. for that reason the u.s. navy chose it as one of its key anchorages. the origins of the naval war germany.eigin in the germans were ahead of the game for techniques of wargaming. thehe great unification, of germans came up with an idea called the general staff. it was an organization that allowed all the other principalities to fall in line under the regiments centralized organization called the general staff. there was a guy named emory upton, who was a brigadier general, that said, look with the germans did with the general staff. they studied the german methods. the argument that what we need to do is create a federally regulated army. that idea ran against some of the traditional thoughts of how the militant -- american mil

i love you. >>> last thing before we go tonight, the u.s. navying the rare step of charging two of its commanders, five officers of all in negligent homicide involving the "u.s.s. fitzgerald" in june and "u.s.s. mccain" in august. 17 sailors were killed in those two collisions. the commander of the "fitzgerald" and other officers face charges of dereliction of duty and endangering a ship. the two collisions have already cost eight top naval commanders their jobs, including the commander of the seventh fleet. there's another way to frame tonight's story about these charges now faced by these two ships' commanders. think of it this way, these are the people that the navy trusted with the lives of men and women who served on board both of these vessels. the navy now believes instead they deserve the blame for the loss of lives, 17 of america's very best on their vessels and on their watch. and that is why these charges are so notable and so rare. the navy says this loss of life last summer while in open water and not under fire, not under hostile co

they look at u.s. navy readiness. former senate majority leader bob dole received the congressional gold medal from house and senate leaders in recognition of the former president took added service as a soldier, legislator, and statesman. speakers included president trump, congressional leaders, and bob dole's wife elizabeth. this is about 90 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, members of the united states house of's representatives, members of the united states senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the vice president of the united states and the president of the united states. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the house of representatives. the honorable paul ryan. [laughter] [applause] please be seated. good afternoon everybody. it is a privilege to welcome you to the greatest hall in washington for an even grander occasion. we will award the highest civilian honor that this body can the stove. i am honored to be joined today by president donald trump,

the u.s. navy issued the comprehensive review of the recent incidents at sea that have occurred within the last year, almost all obviously forward in the western pacific. one aegis cruise hear the grounded. another that was involved in a collision with a chinese ship. and two arly burke destroyers that collided with large merchant ships that resulted in a loss of life. 17 total sailors. that comprehensive review was conducted over the past -- well, it took about 60 days and was reported out approximately 30 days ago and presented. and we thought we would invite a few folks in here today to talk about the extent of it, the adequacy of it, and perhaps the meaning of it. we've invited three experienced surface warfare officers who have had command and major command at sea. three individuals who have stayed close to the profession either through their government activities or through their commercial activities. but they have stayed close to the profession. and finally, each of our three panelists toda

the u.s. navy needs to significantly improve the surface warfare pipeline to ensure navy officers are provided basic navigation and engineering skills. finally asked to correcting material issue, i think it is time to start to take our insert process seriously and correct the material problems facing the deployed naval forces. the statutorily driven process that provides congress and our nation a sfap shot of the material condition of the fleet. i am concerned that it fails to provide our nation a reasonable perspective of the negative consequences associated with underfunding the readiness accounts. navys should be prepared to publicly articulate the surface ship maintenance and we need to ensure that deployed navy forces are maintained with the forces that maintain the fleet. it is time that we routinely deploy ships that have been deployed for over 20 years. we have significant challenges that face the surface forces, but with time and resolve i am confident that we can right the surface forces

. >>> the u.s. navy plans to file criminal charges against the commanders of two ships involved in deadly crashes. one of those crashes took the life of a south jersey sailor. an admiral who reviewed the evidence said their actions amounted to abandoning their duties and negligent homicide. remember this past june the uss fitzgerald slammed into a ship off the coast of japan. that crash killed several sailors. and two months later the uss john mccain collided with an oil tange tanker. >>> for allentown's mayor the wait for a chance to defend himself against corruption charges is just about over. yesterday the court whittled down a group of 70 jurors to just 12 and scheduled the trial to start on monday. lawyers selected seven men and five women plus six alternates in a philadelphia courtroom. prosecutors say ed pulousky benefitted from a play to pay scheme involving allentown city contracts. the democrat took the oath of office yesterday. the former goldman sachs executive is new jersey's 56th new govern

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he is a lieutenant commander in the reserve component of the u.s. navy. in congress, he has been a leader on issues pertaining to national security and been an outspoken advocate for the state of israel. as the chairman of the national security subcommittee and as a member of the foreign affairs committee, he is deeply engaged in developing policies to combat foreign threats supporting our allies in the middle east. the congressman has been the key player in the discussion surrounding the relocation of the american embassy from tell aviv to jerusalem. and launched the israel victory caucus on the challenges faced by our nations. so it is my pleasure to welcome in ongressman and join me welcoming the congressman. ron: it's great to be here. one of the things that i think you learn around here is that there are a lot of things that get repeated and that people will just say, conventional wisdom that has no basis in fact and proven not to be true over and over again and one is the subject of this forum, you will never have peace in the broader middle east un

a russian fighter jet gets within five feet of a u.s. navy plane. >>> and amazon makes a big move about the future of health care. >>> this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> the capitol our backdrop. donald trump will tell congress and the american people tonight how he thinks we're doing as a country and by extension how he is doing as its leader. in his first state of the union speech, count on the president to take a victory lap on the economy that has continued to grow. but he also comes to this end of pennsylvania avenue tonight saddled with remarkably low approval ratings and a country deeply polarized. at a luncheon, he acknowledged the divide, telling us he would consider it a great achievement if we could make our country united. hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: tonight, the most traditional of speeches for a president who's anything but. white house officials tell nbc news president trump has been working on the remarks since december, scrawling notes by hand on each draft. he'll pay special attention to economic progre

>> defense officials telling me this u.s. navyurveillance plane was entintercepted by a russian military jet and they are deeming this to be unsafe partly within the proximity. it flew within five feet. but also the jet rush and interactions this plane caused which forced the navy to end its mission prematurely. this is where u.s. and russia both maintain active military presence. that's where a lot of these int intercepts tend to take place. the last one happening in december. back to you. >>> still ahead, it is a controversial memo putting the white house at odds with its own justice department. who it names, when it could be released to the public, next. yeah! (butch growls at man). he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. that's why i got a subaru crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't work

presidential nominees from the major parties to undergo medical exams conducted by doctors from the u.s. navy before the election and the results would be made public. democratic congressman brandon boyle says his bill would help voters make a major decision. and he says americans have the right to know whether an individual has the -- president trump made a comment in a tweet that he is quote very stable genus. in the meantime, friday's is the first medical check up since he took office last year. he's 71-year-old and he'll be examined at walter reid medical center and president's aren't required to have a medical examination, but they have done so for years. the navy add moral who supervised the last -- >>> it's 4:17. time to check in with sal for traffic. >> why get up so early, you have good traffic. traffic on the 101 commute from gilroy to morgan hill and san jose. it does look pretty good as you drive into san jose. no major issues here and the south bay commute looks pretty good. we have a nice look at 280 in downtown san jose and it's nice. northbound 280 getting off to highway 17. b

they are calling on russia to seize these unsafe actions. >>> happening today in san francisco the u.s. navys holding a community meeting on the ongoing cleanup at hunters point shipyard. our investigative unit has been unearthing new information about that cleanup. navy officials tell us they've been reviewing radiation data from cleaning contractor tetra tech. officials believe 50% of that data showed inconsistencies and that a good portion of it is likely fraudulent. that could lead to more cleanup. the 900 acre site was once home to a radiological defense lab, it's now set to become one of san francisco's largest redevelopment projects which will include new homes, parks and shops. you can watch our full investigative report on nbcbayarea.com. >>> california state university is considering raising tuition for a second straight year. the board of trustees says that the governor's new proposed budget just doesn't have enough money for their 23 campuses. trustees are discussing a proposed hike that would raise in-state tuition by $228 for the 201/201 school year. that would bring the cost o

. >>> and the u.s. navy is reporting what it calls an unsafe interaction with a russian fighter jet over the black sea. officials say the russian jet flew within just five feet of a u.s. surveillance plane crossing through the plane's flight path. the navy accuses russia of not behaving with within international standards but the russian government insists all international space rules were followed. >>> we turn to the flu epidemic. hospitals are taking new maefshs to treat patients and there's word of yet another young boy's death. just hours after being diagnosed. 7-year-old kevin baines is the latest to die after flu-like symptoms. when he was admitted to a richmond, virginia, area hospital on saturday, he wouldn't walk, he could barely talk. he tested positive for the flu and strep throat. then was sent home with medication but just 30 hours later his sister went to his bed and noticed he wasn't breathing. >> i never imagined it could kill him. >> reporter: cities across the country are taking drastic me

we're joined by u.s. navy veteran tom miller who lives at the soldiers home. god bless you and thank you for joining us. [applause] gov. baker: as you all know, our public transportation system collapsed during the brutal winter of 2015. we investingater, hundreds of millions of dollars more to upgrade its core is a structure than it has in years, monetizing its operations and rescuing projects like the green line expansion. after more than three decades of lip service, we are going to make commuter rail from fall river in new bedford to boston a reality. [applause] [laughter] gov. baker: we have much more to do, much more. but for the first time, the plan to modernize the system is in place and moving forward, fixing decades of neglect. it does not happen overnight, but make no mistake. we will deliver the public transit system the people of this commonwealth deserves. [applause] -- deserve. [applause] economically, we are hitting on all cylinders. in 2017, we had more people working than at any time in state history. has added 180,000 new jobs since we took

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