it's not just the u.s. navy, but the u.s. merchant navy with a large u.s. navy to protect it that is scaring the british. they think the united states is taking advantage of the situation to apply its influence and take a leading position in the world affairs. almost to the point where the united states is beginning to act a bit like they are. this is true, the united states -- the big winner in world war i is the united states of america and so this lecture kind of highlights why that is the case. all right? so these are the things that concerned british policymakers. here are the troublemakers on the american side, woodrow wilson is bargaining from a position of strength and he has the 14 points. and so he's going to use this big navy to apply pressure to the british to agree to his program outlined in the 14 points so that the war to end all wars is a war to end all wars based on an american plan for a new international order. okay? next to him are his cohorts, let me see if i can get -- that is joe daniels. i drink a lot of cup of joe, so you're going to

it is not just the u.s. navy but the u.s. merchant navy, with a large u.s. navy to protect it, that is scaring the british. they think the united states is taking advantage of the situation to apply its influence and its take a leading position in the world affairs, almost to the point where the u.s. is beginning to act a bit like they are. while this is true, the united states the big winner of the world war one is the united states of america. this lecture highlights why that is the case. these are that they mix that concern british policy makers. here are the troublemakers on the american size, would grow wilson and he is barking from position of strength. he has the 14 points. he is going to uses bake navy to apply pressure to the british to agree to his program, outlined in the 14 point so that the war to end all wars is award and all wars based on an american plan for a new international border. next to him or his cohorts, let's see if i can get this -- that is joe daniels. some people don't think so, i'm a firm believer that it is. i'm in the navy so i

pence: and i know the u.s. navy will continue to stand strong.n the indo pacific and all over the world. in the years ahead, the american people in the free world will rely on the strength of the u.s. navy more than ever to safeguard the free and open flow of commerce and our ideals on the seven seas. so on behalf of your commander-in-chief, let me offer you this admonition. in these challenging times across the wider world, be vigilant. mind your mission. respect the unified chain of command. take care of each other. never doubt that every decision you make, every action you take, matters to the security of the american people. give america your best every day. the american people are counting on you. because we know we can. as you stand at post, i can assure you, the american people will be behind you 100%. so as i close, let me say again, on behalf of my family and a grateful nation, thank you for your service. america is the freest and strongest nation in the history of the world. and you secure that freedom. and you are that strength. you st

he joins the u.s. navy, but he can't really join what we call the mainstream of the navy by virtue of his race. isn't that true? what is doris rank and specialty in the navy? >> historically, black americans had been able to serve in the navy, but in the 20th century that opportunity was taken away. so he was limited to the stewards branch. so he began as a mess attendant. a mess attendant is essentially a sort of valet to an officer. so he would polish shoes, do laundry, serve at the officers mess at mealtimes, scrub the floors. essentially a sort of orderly role. by the end of his navy career, he had advanced to the rank of cook. but he spent his whole four years below deck. he never had the opportunity to be a combat sailor if you like, and he never served in any kind of integrated way. he was always in the role of an attendant essentially. so his opportunities, like every black sailor at the time, were extremely restricted. >> if i heard you correctly then, i guess we have this view, this version of his

these missions were conducted with the 34 a rates, meaning the u.s. navyessels would obtain information that would help the commandoes of the 34 a raids. anyway, as early as may 1964, william bundy the assistant -- you came whereby the congress with delegates sweeping powers to the president in a military emergency to take whatever action he deemed fit. johnson wanted such a declaration because it would remove the war issue from the 1964 campaign and it would give him a huge foreign, policy victory in which congress out of sheer patriotism would have to rally around the president. all that was needed wasn't inciting incident. now is provided on august 2nd 1964. what happened was this. on july 22nd 1964, the destroyer mattocks was ordered to the golf on a mission. on the fort 30th they conducted heavy raids against two islands. the next day the mattocks arrived, and on august 1st a cruise within gun range of one of the two offshore islands that had been attacked by those commandoes. then the mattocks return to international waters. then three votes -- the o

but the u.s. navy was simultaneously carrying out top secret spy missions along the coast of the north vietnam. these were code named de soto missions and these operations were conducted by large intelligence gathering destroyers that recorded north vietnamese radio and radar signals. and frequently these missions were conducted in conjunction with the 34a raids, meaning the u.s. navy vessels would obtain information about coastal facilities in north vietnam that would help the raids. anyway, as early as may 1964, william bundy, johnson's assistant secretary of state for far eastern affairs, came up with an early draft of congressional resolution whereby the congress would delegate sweeping power to the president to take whatever action he deemed fit. johnson wanted such a declaration because it would remove the war issue from the 1964 campaign and it would give him a huge victory in which congress out of sheer patriotism would have to rally around the president. all that was needed was an inciting inc

he joins the u.s. navy but he can't really join what we would call the main to have the navy by virtue of his race. what is his rank and specialty in the navy? >> historically, black americans have been able to serve in the navy. in the 20th century that opportunity was taken away. so he was limited to the stewards rant so he began as a mess attendant, which is essentially a valley to a officer. so he would polish shoes, do laundry, serve at the offices at mealtimes. scrub the floors. essentially a orderly rule. by the end of his navy career he had advance to that rank of cook. he spent his whole five years in below depths, as it were, he never had the opportunity to be a combat sailor as you like. he never served in any kind of integrated way. he was always in the role essentially of a attendant to an officer in the various ships where he served. so his opportunities like every black still at the time were extremely restricted. >> if i heard you correctly, then i guess we have this view of this version of

the subcommittee meets today to receive testimony on the readiness of the u.s.. navy and u.s. orps. i want to welcome three established witnesses. the honorable kenneth secretary of the navy. admiral michael, chief of naval operations for the united states navy. i'd like to thank diana mauer, director of defense capabilities and management and her team is the government accountability office for submitting the requested statement for the record of the hearing. an invaluable resource to our work on the committee. some of the issues i'd like to address and cover today covid-19 and its impact on the readiness of the u.s. navy and marine corps. maybe and marine corps pivotal marine corps, our competition highlighted in the national defense strategy. the marine corps' bold new force design and planning guidance, a recent publication of russian military exercises, massive military exercises in the arctic and related at the role of the navy and marine corps as they play an increasingly important role in protecting our strategic interests in the arctic. ... canceled or postponed final

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the u.s. navy as well as a trilogy called the pacific war, the third volume of which had just been released called "twilight of the gods" . 1944 - 1945. it and he's from the naval order of the united states . and in the military writer of the war . and is one several awards. and more awards out there. and i could also see winning another one in the not-too-distant future . so thank you so a much for talking with us about this. rob: it is my pleasure and honor. host: so by the book, i'm struck by it in . so this is a big story. as more in the western pacific, 44 and in 45. the biggest battle of all times. is jampacked with action and of every sort of action. but you present this book in an interesting way. also with politics and i thought it was really nice and done. especially fdr and douglas macarthur. why open the book that way. and let you expand the question. yet to know that a lot of people opening up indians book. because they want to get in there and away they go. it so the sword of this sur

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sterling had a ascended to the top seagoing command in the u.s. navy but really series of accidents and had accidentally been thrust into the position of commanding one of the task forces at the bottle of midway and credited for winning that immortal battle and then had been recalled to shore duty with nimitz chief of staff so he and nimitz became very close professionally and personally and essentially limits that i trust this guy to take the fleet out and make the same decisions that i would if i was commanding in cebit nimitz never commanded at sea during the second world war he was a short bound headquarters for the entire war. he had to have pat sterling was his guy to take the fleet to see. by 1944 i think the quote is we have overwhelming naval superiority and we will win this war and let's not take chances that may allow the enterprising japanese to score a lucky victory and let's play by the numbers and i think that is the correct approach to say at the end of the war and that has generally been the judgment of historians who have rated and sa

he had ascended to the top seagoing command in the u.s. navy with a series of accidents and had been thrust into the position of commanding one of the task forces at the battle of midway and credited for winning that a mortal battle and then he had been recalled to shore duty as nimitz chief of staff so he became very, very close with limits professionally and personally and essentially limits set i trust this guy to take the fleet out to make the same decisions that i would, if i was commanding at sea. not nimitz never commanded at sea during the second world war but was in the shore bound headquarters for the entire war. that's his guy to take the fleet to see. 1944 i think what he's getting and the quote is we have overwhelming naval superiority and we will win this war so let's not take unnecessary chances that may allow the enterprising japanese to get in and score a lucky victory against us but let's play by the numbers and i think that was the correct approach in that late stage of the war and that certainly has generally been the judgme

. >> during the december 7, 19 41 japanese attack on pearl harbor, u.s. navy mess attendant dorie miller helped those aboard the uss west virginia and fired guns at the attackers, though he had never been trained on the weapons. this grandson of slaves became the first african-american awarded a navy cross. next, two scholars talk about dorie miller's story, and explore how the memory of his heroics evolved over the years. the national museum in new orleans hosted this event and provided the video. >> i am in my study, and this is a clever simulation of one of our galleries, the iwo jima gallery. as all of our guests know, whenever anniversaries come up, we think deeply about just how we want to commemorate the various events of the calendar year. december is always a big time at the museum, because of the world war ii students know it is the anniversary of pearl harbor and of the largest battle ever fought in the history of the u.s. army, the famous battle of the bulge. this is part of our pearl harbor commemoration. we had the museum on monday memorializing

during the december 7th, 1941 japanese attack on pearl harbor, u.s. navy

u.s. navy personnel who happened to take part -- was present in the pearl harbor bombings. his name is dorie miller. as one of the world's leading experts on this individual, his career, experience in world war ii, but the way he -- we remember him, and perhaps the things we have forgotten about him -- i wonder if you can start with the basic question. tell our audience who he is. tell us about his name. if you would be willing to talk about that? >> doris miller was the grandson of enslaved people, of sharecroppers, the third son of connery and henrietta miller. he was born close to waco, texas in 1919. as far as the name, there are theories as to how he got it. a man called doris, it is unusual. some suggest his mother was so keen to have a daughter that she kept the name she intended for her daughter for her son. i have heard henrietta miller, his mother, insisted it was a name that can go either way, boy or girl. some people suggest when he came to prominence after pearl harbor, it was a misprint, turning doris into dorie. but there was another deal where maybe the navy

in one hour, scholars discussed the story of a u.s. navy messenger who became the first african-american awarded in navy cross. in two hours, scholars discussed the role of the western press during the civil war. >> it is a real treat for us to not have one but two former white house secretaries. i'm sure they are very grateful that they have a plan to execute this white house luncheon. one one of our guest today is a democrat, one republican. they are friends and even show up in public together. when asked how she lended those jobs, i believe she will tell you she was in the right place at the right time. having known of her many years, i can tell you that she was most assuredly qualified for all of those roles. as she tells it, she has been an event planner her entire adult life, including as a wife, full-time mom to two adult daughters, and a couple of dogs. she hosts a daily blog called "america's table." she offers hints and treats including travel, home life, and food -- glorious food -- tips on home entertaining and etiquette, which

know what that means he is an extremely accomplished scholar and writer and the founding of the u.s. navy as well as a trilogy called the pacific war the third which has just been called twilight of the gods 1944, 1945 the fabulous elliott morrison award and the call the military writers award given by the u.s. constitution museum if there any more awards up there i fully expect you to see one. so you thank you for spending time with us. >> it is my pleasure and my honor. >> i am struck by the book and it is a big story war on the western pacific the biggest naval battle with valor and heroism. but with this book in an interesting way of politics and it was nicely done especially with douglas macarthur. and i'll even expand on my question. you have to know so why open with a survey of us political? >> that there would be led in the air you only have to wait until the third. it is and unconventional way and i had a little bit of latitude in the case because of the trilogy people reading it already read the first two so they had already committed to read it or not. so basically my observati

i had been asking for an after action both from the northern command in the coast guard and the u.s. navy. but what would you as we are what yout this point think we and talking about the coast guard, and any others involved on preventing future incidences from happening again as you mentioned. this can be the new normal. but what specifically would you would you members to make sure that happens with regard to coast guard actions another actions in the u.s. government can be taking. madsen: thank you mr. chairman. i think in a written testimony, we lay out three functions. the first one is definitely, we need to hear from our government, not from the russian military about any activities. so i think what we discovered is that i don't really know how to describe it other than there is some kind of a gap in communication between the u.s. government to know about the exercises in the coast guard that we depend on and communicate with quite frequently. so i think that is one . u.s. government needs to communicate amongst itself. and in the more important one is that if we know that these exe

are often made aware of these exercises to coordinate with northern command, coordinate with the u.s. navy and i've raised this with the secretary of the navy and with the north, commander so what do you think has happened that we can improve on to make sure that something like this does not happen again? first of all our fishermen in my view should never be essentially forced out of the american easy when they are legally fishing and yet that did happen because the russians were being quite forceful. secondly, there seem to be somewhat of a lack of information flow and i am sure and i know because i have requested it and after actions that make sure we improve upon that particularly as it relates to our fishermen whether based in seattle or alaska and this is a huge part ofd the u.s. econoy and a huge part of my economy and these are great hard-working patriotic americans and could you just comment on that and how we avoid that from happening again and what steps we need to take and if you are looking at -- i know you are but coordinate with north, and u.s. navy? >> senator, it's a multip

tours described as "reconnaissance" by congresswoman, a veteran u.s. navy pilot. >> shocking as you mentioned visitors aren't allowed in the capitol complex. you know, since march. since the start of covid that has been shut down. all tours are shut down. it was so odd to see them that my chief of staff called the sergeant and arms to say what is going on and he reiterated the only way these people could have gotten into the capitol complex was with a member, or member's staff, and we now know that those violent groups that attacked the capitol complex had inside knowledge of the capitol grounds. >> despite the fact we are days removed from a deadly siege on the capitol many republicans are playing tantrums including screaming, cursing and in cases threatening capitol hill and the media because of these new security measuresut in place following the siege such as metal detectors, bag checks. basically airport security. on the other hand, the ten house republicans who accept reality and voted for impeachment are now fearing for their lives. >> colleagues now

i father, robert, spent his 30 year career in the u.s. navy. thanks to them, i grew up instilled with an abiding belief in the importance of serving one's country. i thank my family for this model of service and also for their love and support. now, imd -- deeply grateful that i will have the opportunity to lend my own experience and expertise in public service. for an academic who has -- whose work stands at the intersection of science, to elegy, and our social fabric, there is no mistaking the power and meaning of the moment we are living through today. of course, science and technology have permeated nearly every aspect of our lives throughout the course of humanist are you. -- human history. never before have the connections between our scientific and social world been quite so stark as they are today. the covid-19 crisis has inflicted extort neri suffering, what -- it has inflicted extraordinary suffering, yet it has held up a mirror to our society. the inequality we have allowed to calcified. as new technologies take root in our lives, fr

in one hour, scholars discussed the story of a u.s. navy messenger who became the first african-american awarded in navy cross. in two hours, scholars discussed the role of the western press during the civil war. >> it is a real treat for us to not have one but two former white house secretaries. i'm sure they are very grateful that they have a plan to execute this white house luncheon. one one of our guest today is a democrat, one republican. they are friends and even show up in public together.

what has the u.s. navy been encountering?en in these classified briefings that some senators have already had? >> tucker: what do you think they are likely to reveal? >> well, it's interesting because senator rubio said he would almost rather this was aliens because if it turns out to be china or russia, then we for big trouble. the sorts of speeds and maneuvers and acceleration these objects are capable of is concerning. just before christmas, there was a leak in the office of the naval intelligence is an organization called unidentified aerial task force. leaks suggest they haven't ruled out the exraterrestials. >> tucker: there may be physical evidence of the existence of these crafts. have you heard that? >> yes, i have heard talk of meta-materials. i think report will have to disclose what the intelligence committee want to know: everything in government is fragmented. they want to know who knows what? they want a single official named and put in charge of all of this. this would include the fbi and the military. we want

mayor hamad bin khalifa bahrain of course that small island in the gulf coast the 5th fleet of the u.s. navy and of course is one of the 4 countries that is also blockading katsav. more developments on that as saudi arabia lifts some of those restrictions let's bring in our correspondent. who is with us here in doha let's just talk about those pictures of the bahraini delegation coming in 1st to the 41st g.c.c. conference hosted by saudi arabia of course a very close ally of the saudis yes that's quite interesting another plane which has landed now in a lower and we'd like just to remind our viewers that historically speaking this is some is inside arabia where most of the time either held in or injured this time the crown prince mohammed bin and the and the leaders decided to go for a place in the midst of nowhere near vienna and this was the harbor some of the dynasties that prevailed hundreds of years before christ and this falls into the image that compress 100 but so man wants to show his kingdom that transforming the kingdom and what you're going to see in the near future is going to b

trump actually gave and interview said there is a u.s. navy strikeforce the carrier strike force headed for the south china sea. right now. at that moment was going to australia. to go have an exercise with the australia navy. only in semi- rational. and those kind of threats don't work. >> and then i have the honor of interviewing i call that frank langford was a china correspondent. he said here's what you have to ask all these people the obama administration. this is what we are talking about. and all the people that are now in positions of power. and then we need to ask all of them that they can go back in time with a change the way they dealt with the chinese? the trump is not wrong essentially the way he saw the chinese. except for one problem. so they became very quickly and then now like president for life. and then to deeply envy. so but i am not sure really that would have changed anything. but over the last ten years especially a clear fixation on what they need to do and how they need to get there. and then to have that entire fron

u.s. congresswoman and navy veteran mikie sherrill, the member of congress who has demanded an investigation by capitol hill police and security as to why some members of congress appeared on january 5th, the day before the attack, to give access to the capitol for what appeared to be recontours, reconnaissance tours around the capitol by people who appeared to be in town for the following day's rally, which, of course, turned into the violent and murderous capitol siege. congresswoman mikie sherrill's going to be joining us live in just a moment. as we start to realize that the next phase of this may be trying to root out and potentially expel, potentially prosecute members of congress who were part of the insurrection effort. it's just an astonishing place to be. but for now, the focus remains on the president, who is now twice impeached. he has a week left in office. he's now making these public statements, trying to unlight the match that he used to set that fire last week in the hopes that that's the sort of tape that will play when we think about him in this incident, instead of what a

swim that coconut husk turns out to an australian ship off shore which relays the message to the u.s. navythought all were lost in the collision. now they know that folks are alive and where to look and they're rescued and president kennedy's father has that husk preserved as a paper weight and we have that paperweight as one of the first exhibits in our library and people could see if it were not for that, president kennedy would not have been rescued and then much later in our exhibit we have this marvelous gesture of peace and reconciliation upon president kennedy's inauguration. it is a letter from the still living members of the ship who congratulate him on becoming president. they all sign it. and, i love that we have those both on display. >> that's wonderful. and great connecting points between objects and documents. perfect example of what the archives in the presidential libraries do quite well. we have a few more minutes. i have one, i have a closing question for you, but i did get a follow-up question about the did kennedy collaborate with lbj on any of the women's rights other

she specifically mentioned that and within weeks of that, china essentially attacked an unarmed u.s. navyble, in international water in the south china sea. you know, the biden team did not push back on that. and then we saw other provocations. now, we have a lot of obama officials in the biden administration. i hope that they have learned something from some pretty weak policies during the obama years which ended up with disadvantageous results for the united states and, indeed, for our neighbors and partners in the pacific. >> eric: they say china is the greatest threat of the century. gordon chang, we will be watching, thank you, gordon. gordon: thanks, eric. eric: big weekend next weekend on fox nation. our show riddle, the search for james rhoffa will be back and you will see the new potential evidence that we found on where jimmy hoffa's remains could be buried. >> you're saying your father buried jimmy hoffa? >> yes. >> jimmy hoffa was brought in? >> yes. >> your father buried him nearby but not in the original -- >> yes. eric: did you see hoffa's body? >> no. >> well, you know, my

u.s. navyrare statement that two cruisers have gone through the persian gulf. to try to send a message to iran that the u.s., if it wants, if it had a reason to, could unleash fairly powerful force in the region and could do so fairly quickly. these accusations are baseless, that iran will defend its interests. iran's foreign minister. is something going to happen? it is an open debate at this highest levels here. mark milley is keeping a close eye to see how it develops over the weekend here. oren liebermann, cnn, at the pentagon. >> you are watching cnn "newsroom." >>> still to come. as we say good-bye to 2020, take a look back at the moments that defined a year that was unlike any other, in recent memory. that is next. >> five, four, three, two, one. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements- neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the di

he had a massive u.s. navy ship that was docked on the hudson. it was not used., he made the decision to force elderly people back into her nursing homes, and when people at the nursing home said this is a bad idea, he told them to shut up and take orders. he is a politician, and rarely are there -- is there any accountability for politicians, but i think there has to be. this is a criminal level of bad decision-making and horrific cover-up, and the arrogance on top of it to act like everybody who has questions about why their mother and father, or mother-in-law and father-in-law, passed away as a result of deliberate policy decisions that were made -- there has to be accountability for decisions like this one people's lives are at stake. >> jesse: i don't know if it's you, juan, but you've been doing a lot of signing into the microphone, like al gore. are we being unfair to governor cuomo it all? >> juan: i think you don't like governor cuomo. i've gotten that message. >> jesse: unfair. >> juan: i take the attorney general's report. she's a democrat, so it's not

about 3% of worldwide vehicle sales. 2% in the u.s. navy.t of hypo people aren't choosing that option. >> maria: [laughs] right, that such a great point. your reaction, assess the tax bite and the impact. >> we've been following this lynn biden was vice president. he and obama promised they would never raise taxes on anyone who earned less than $250,000. they tax people with health savings account. obama penalty on 5 million american households. now biden is bragging about a $200 tax on people who own rifles, talking about a gasoline tax, energy tax, carbon tax. he's all overtaxing middle income people. he just skates right past his promises which he made to the american people when he got elected. that's why they're going to lose the house in two years but there's a lot of damage that's going to be done to middle income americans between now and two years from now. >> maria: as i said last night, it's why you're seeing so many people moved to florida. because they know that their money will be treated better in florida than for example in n

tonight events from world war ii during the december 7th, 1941 attack on pearl harbor, u.s. navy attendant dorie miller helped the wounded aboard the "uss west virginia" and fired at the japanese although he had never been trained on the weapons. the first african-american awarded a navy cross. two scholars discuss dorie miller's story and describe how his heroics has evolved over the years. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on cspan3. >> you're watching american history tv every weekend on cspan3. american history tv on cspan3 created by america's cable television companies. today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide it to viewers as a public service. >>> next on american history tv, a look at how the chinese communist movement developed after world war one. we'll hear about the unfair terms and imperial bias in the treaty of versailles and the western influence until the 1949 finding of communist china. >>> we have the pleasure of welcoming back to our auditorium dr. geoff babb for a lecture on world wa

u.s. side. and after that, the japanese navy really is not going to present a major threat to the u.s. as they move forward. and one other comment here, the air force, their equation in there. this is the u.s. air force. we'll talk about it a little bit more than this. they have two choices in terms of getting their aircraft to japan. just like in europe where the goal and the strategic bombing was to bomb germany and expressly berlin and some of the main manufacturing areas. their goal was tokyo and so many of the other major manufacturing cities in japan. so, you could either do that from china and supplying these air bases in china by flying over the hump or over the road, which is torj rouse to begin with, was quite a logistical nightmare. or that's why the marianas islands, especially tinian, is going to be important. so, it looks like marianas islands are the place to go for that. so, let's take a look at logistics because i've already hinted on that a couple of times. it's all about logistics. and this is logistics on a massive scale. you've got 6,200 miles between okinawa and t