and a very bad week for united began. >> certainly, you know, it's very emotional scene. doesn't have to have that kind of immature reaction when you're asked to leave the plane, you should handle it in a different way. >> reporter: united ceo oscar munoz finally issued a full apology saying, i'm sorry, we will fix this. followed by a tv appearance where he said he felt shame watching the video. and added, the airline will no longer use law enforcement to remove passengers and will review procedures and policies for overbooking and bumping customers. but that came after a social media blow-back on twitter. boycott united started trending. the carrier's become a punch line for jokes about airlines not caring about customers. >> they're going to be the brunt of jokes. it's not just the horror and grief of that moment when they drag that poor man off the plane, it's actually the fact that it's going to become a bit of a joke regarding united's reputation. >> reporter: ironically, united's incident comes as a new report shows airline service hitting an all-time high last year

the 1830's would be bought by one of the first naval officers of jewish faith in the united states. began the family process of tracking down some of the original objects of the home . nephew, at was his man named jefferson monroe levy who sold the property to the thomas jefferson foundation, which continues to own monticello as a nonprofit museum since 1923. one of the things we are striving to bring back to the guest experience is a sense that monticello was more than just they -- more than just a house on a hill. the house is incredibly well preserved and we want people to walk in jefferson's footsteps, but we also want them to understand that monticello nearly had 200 people living here during jefferson's time and most of them were enslaved. over the past several years, we have been working to restore the landscape of slavery to monticello. when you walk outside the house, you can understand that there was a center of industry and enslaved life, there. if you toured the south wing and you will see that this was a home for the people that jefferson enslaved, as well and that it was the

this days after the united states began sending warships to the korean peninsula. in a call with president trump yesterday, chinese president xi jinping says beijing is willing to work with the u.s. on stopping north korea's nuclear weapons program. >>> police in sacramento, california, launched an investigation into one of their own officers after cell phone and dash camera shows an officer beating a pedestrian for jaywalking. nbc's miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter: the confrontation turns violent in seconds. a sacramento police officer slamming and then beating a pedestrian stopped for jaywalking. >> hey, why are you beating him like that? >> reporter: with the man pummeled by a flurry of punches, sacramento pd calls this punishing beatdown disturbing and unacceptable. >> that was wrong. >> reporter: launching a criminal investigation against one of their own. >> i thought i was going to be the next trayvon martin. >> reporter: the man was walking home from work when it happened. >> i felt like they were going to draw a gun out and shoot me in my back o

units. it began owed afternoon when police say a man killed the 47-year-old at larky park in walnut creek, that led to the standoff in martinez. the suspect was inside this mercedes the entire time. at one point he got out of the car hands up, but scrambled back inside after police fired two nonlethal bullets at him. >> the standoff went on for 18 hours with him and the reason why is preservation of life. >> they believe the suspect was suffering from hallucinations during the standoff probably because of drug use. >>> a man who was -- 39-year-old matthew scott jones is also facing charges of attempted murder and hate crimes. officers say last night jones threw an incendiary device into an apartment window then torched a car and then set off an explosion outside the fairfield police department. investigators say two of jones' neighbors accuse him of using racial slurs against them earlier this month. >>> an employee in the boys and girls club in petaluma accused of offering up a 6-year-old girl for s

units. it began owed afternoon when police say a man killed the 47-year-old at larky park in walnut creek, that led to the standoff in martinez. the suspect was inside this mercedes the entire time. at one point he got out of the car hands up, but scrambled back inside after police fired two nonlethal bullets at him. >> the standoff went on for 18 hours with him and the reason why is preservation of life. >> they believe the suspect was suffering from hallucinations during the standoff probably because of drug use. >>> a man who was -- 39-year-old matthew scott jones is also facing charges of attempted murder and hate crimes. officers say last night jones threw an incendiary device into an apartment window then torched a car and then set off an explosion outside the fairfield police department. investigators say two of jones' neighbors accuse himng racial slurs against them earlier this month. >>> an employee in the boys and girls club in petaluma accused of offering up a 6-year-old girl for sex benj

the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crews man refused. one passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. good work, way to go. ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man, clearly sha ken, ru ns back on the plane. united airlines in a statement, said: that's what makes the world's leading airline. the airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly the friendly skies. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. the daily telegraph leads with a message from president trump's son eric, saying his father's actions over syria, proves he's not in league with vladimir putin. the i also leads on the fallout from the suspected chemical weapons attack last week in syria, with a warning from the foreign secretary boris johnson that russia must ditch president assad. the financial times focuses on the potential sanctions for barclays ceo jes staley, following an on—going investigation into his conduct in a whistleblowi

united states. >> slowly but surely, people began to be addicted to miracle drugs. people began became so dependent on them, they did horrible things. >> i literally ran over my x-husband's arm. iran over his arm -- i ran over his arm so it looked like he got hurt so we could get painkillers. >> the government began to realize the issue and took away drugs like oxycontin. the elimination of these drugs did not help solve this problem whatsoever. people looked to the next cheapest option for their fix, heroin. while local government and marketing played a huge role in the addiction epidemic, coal production also affect the prices. >> we are such an economy that is based on coal. a person goes for making $80,000 a year as a good coal miner all of a sudden loses his job. completely >> recreational or extermination or extermination will use of drugs can also cause addiction. >> i think it started out with marijuana. i assure a lot of people can use marijuana and stop. from their, it went to pills. >> it nearly destroyed her ife. >> the matter what i would do, i would hu

humanitarian catastrophe in the war against so—called islamic state, according to the united nations. the battle beganand hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped inside parts of the city still in is hands. the militants are now surrounded, but the progress of the iraqi forces has slowed significantly in recent weeks. our correspondent, jonathan beale, and cameraman, barnaby mitchell, are embedded with iraqi troops and they witnessed one of the street battles on the edge of the old city. even at night, you can clearly see the scars on the streets of this city and how brutal the battle for mosul‘s become. we joined the iraqi security forces about to mount yet another assault. these the same troops who've already been fighting here for months and, even under the cover of darkness, they know their enemy, so—called islamic state, will be ready and waiting. gunfire. as they move into position for what's supposed to be a surprise dawn attack, they're already coming under fire. explosions and gunfire. the commander sets up his headquarters in an abandoned house, soon interrupted by a panic call on t

tremendous epidemic of zika, nine months before the doctors that worked in the intensive care unit, it began to talk to each other and say there's a mother and daughter team that worked in hospitals and said hey, i normally see one or two sick babies and i have five in my word right now. her daughter said i had seven. they called other doctors and realized that something had happened. they looked at the mothers and said that a lot of them head zika symptoms five months before. in my case, i had heard heard of zika two or three months before because i got a phone call out of the blue from a population person for the university of texas medical branch and he said hey, there's a doctor here would like to talk with you about bengay. i should be writing more but they been around more and i have a lot of things to do. he said there's this other disease called zika. that's a catchy name. what is a? i ended up talking to the doctor and he told me that some of the background of asia in front polynesia and the fact that there's but there's no mention of microsoft list. as i took notes and i signed the

would be bought by a man who was one of the first naval officers of jewish faith in the united states. of family began the process tracking down some of the original objects of the home. ,n 1923, it was his nephew jefferson monro levy, who sold this property to the jefferson's foundation. -- one of the things that we are striving to bring back to the guest experience of monticello is a sense that monticello is more than just this house on a hill. house is incredibly well preserved. we want people to walk in jefferson's footsteps, but we also want them to understand that monticello had nearly 200 people living here during jefferson's time and that most of them were slaves. years, weast several have been working to restore the landscape of slavery to monticello. when you walk outside the house, look down on mulberry row, you can understand that there was a center of industry of enslaved life there. if you two are the south wing seenorth wing, and you will that this was a home for the people that jefferson enslaved here as well. that was it -- it was their work that may monticello what it was. in many in

. ♪ ♪ >> members of little river united church hiked and began their service at the memorial grove.y sang and wore shipped after the week began with racist graffiti spray painted on the walls. the church and community joined forces. >> this is an incredibly diverse county. we don't always come together, but when we do there is a lot of love for neighbor here. >> the memorial grove is part of a wooded clearing where the church began back in the '50s. >>> okay. so the easter bun any may be on his way to getting a wwe contract >> i feel like this is not going to end well. >> what happened during the president's race. >> that was slap shot. >> they all laid out byes mascot. teddy roosevelt with a clear line in sight. >> whoa! >> i didn't see that coming. >> check his pulls, people. knocked the ears off. i thought he was going to knock the head off and ruin it for all the kiddos watching. the bun any unphased here. apparently he has a strong history of taking out presidents. one more time, let's watch it. in previous races at nats park, teddy, once again, the loser was so, so close. >> i

began. most people in his community have left. the united nations has stepped up patrols.: in this great is the father of this house. i don't know who killed him. everything can change in an instant. we arejust in this neighbourhood and we have come underfire. we this neighbourhood and we have come under fire. we have this neighbourhood and we have come underfire. we have been interviewing people here and there has been shooting. we couldn't tell he was firing and left. this is a conflict in the middle of the democratic republic of congo. fighting began when the government killed a local chief last august was that his supporters retaliated and started a rebellion. to un experts we re started a rebellion. to un experts were killed here last month whilst investigating violations by both sides. this is one of over 20 mass graves the united nations has found since starting began here. it is colin for an international enquiry into what has happened. we met the man who told us he was forced to dig a mass grave by government soldiers after they raided his time looking for a milit

the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crewthey chose passengers at random, but this man refused. 0ne passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. good work, way to go. ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man, clearly sha ken, ru ns back on the plane. united airlines in a statement, said: that's what makes the world's leading airline flyer friendly. the airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly the friendly skies. samira hussain is in new york with the reaction from the public to all this. from the public on social media there has been a lot of negative reaction with regards to united. but if you look at wall street and how the share price has reacted, markets closed about two hours ago here and there was actually no real negative reaction. in fact, the stock price for the company ended a little bit higher in today's trading. samira, united had overbooked. intrinsically it was at fault. of course this is wha

reporter: the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crewmembers. when none were found, they chose passengers at random, but this man refused. one passenger said he claimed to be a doctor whose patience he needed to see. 10 minutes later in unexpended -- unexplained circumstances, the man, clearly shaken up, once -- runs back on the plane. united airlines in a statement said "our team is working with a sense of urgency to work with authorities and conduct a detailed review of what happened. we are reaching out to this passenger to talk directly to him and further address and resolve the situation." >> that is what makes the world's leading airline flyer-friendly. reporter: the airline has been criticized for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrast with its claim to fly the friendly skies. tim: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, the challenges of being a woman in south sudan. we hear three stories of conflicts amid the crisis. sweden fell silent today as the country observed silence in memory o

the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crewound, they chose passengers at random, but this man refused. 0ne passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. good work, way to go. ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man, clearly sha ken, ru ns back on the plane. united airlines in a statement, said: that's what makes the world's leading airline flyer friendly. the airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly the friendly skies. earlier i spoke to gary leff, author of viewfromthewing.com — an aviation blog. he gave more details into what happened. here we had a full flight where the airline realised they needed to take some crew and send them to louisville to fly the next morning so they had people that were going to work on another plane, that if they didn't have the crew there, that plane would be delayed or cancelled. so all of a sudden they had four more people that needed to be accommodated on this aircraft and

the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crew, they chose passengers at random, but this man refused. one passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. good work, way to go. ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man, clearly sha ken, ru ns back on the plane. united airlines in a statement, said: that's what makes the world's leading airline flyer friendly. the airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly the friendly skies. earlier, an anonymous passenger who was sitting next to the man ejected from the plane spoke to the bbc‘s phil williams. a guy that came from, i don't know who he was, some airport authority, was very calm about it, wasn't rude, wasn't even forceful. i think he was just there to intimidate and say "look, you need to come off", but he didn't use force. there was another officer that came on and then another man who you see in the video, the one with the hat and thejeans, he had a badge but it's pr

began ballistic missile program, intermediate and intercontinental, that would deliver a weapon off the peninsula, reach our allies in the region and reach the bases in the pacific and reach continental united states. he began to accelerate that testing. he intend to use it. that is what has got everybody's intention. david: so far we see missiles go up. a lot don't get very far, they fall into the ocean. how soon before a realistic threat they hit the mainland? >> they have about 1000 missiles right now. exporters of missiles to iran and pakistan. they know how to build missiles. they're playing with things that are different. they're playing with submarine missiles that we have, you can't detect them visibly but they're not as quiet as our submarines. what we're seeing some missiles are failing. speculation is fairly accurate speculation we're interfering with some of that missile technology. i think we'll continue to do that we are not going to, david, we are not going to fire at a missile test launch. we will not do that. they will not fire at any of our ships either. david: we may try to you screw it up electronically and internet but not directly. how good are our missile defenses? yo

the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crewd he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. good work, way to go. ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man shaken, runs back on the plane. united airlines in a man shaken, runs back on the plane. united airlines in a statement, said: that's what makes the world's leading airline. the airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly the friendly skies. the oil company shell has today admitted that they dealt with a convicted money—launderer, when negotiating access to a vast oil field off the coast of nigeria in 2011. shell went ahead with the deal even though they were on probation, after being involved in a separate corruption case in nigeria. our business editor, simonjack, has this report. nine billion barrels of oil the prize for the company who could secure the rights to a lucrative field, but doing deals in nigeria is one of the toughest challenges in the oil business. the buildi

united states. the us soon began selling arms to the saudis, a trend that continues today. - the purpose of the hearing is to assess the executive grant proposal for a 3.1 billion sale, dollar sale of 315 n182 tanks and other military equipment services to saudi arabia. the equipment is some of the most sophisticated in the united states military arsenal. - oil was transitioning to becoming the life blood of modern civilization. if electricity is literally the circuitry, without which, modern life is impossible. oil is the life blood. - it's both vital to our economy and it's vital to our military, and that became true once we switch to an oil-based military. - 15% of our oil imports still come from saudi arabia. and saudi arabia is the key country that sets the international hydrocarbon's price for all the world through it's petroleum production. it produces 10 1/2 million barrels a day. it has 259 billion barrels of oil. - [narrator] the alliance was further cemented during the cold war. in the 1960's, washington launched the twin pillars policy arming both saudi arabia and iran against the threat of

that, i think if you look back a year, march or so of last year, we really begin -- we the united states really began effort in going after isis. i think it was the right thing to do. i credit president obama for realizing that we needed a little bit of change in the plan. she did that president trump has continued that and looks to be accelerating that. i think what we will see is the acceleration and decline of isi isis. both presidents deserve credit and how they are attacking the problem. >> chris: different issues, same country. when you look at the horrific chemical attack in northern syria by the assad regime, is there anything we can do? >> bill: there are some options out there. everything from a no-fly zone, but it is difficult, and we have looked at that before, the potential to do a no-fly zone means you may come in contact with the syrian airport or the russian air force. i think we have to be a little bit cautious, but clearly something needs to be done. we cannot just sit by and see this mass migration and see the carnage that is occurring in syria and do nothing. >> chris: i didn't re

in the late 1960's, returning veterans were part of a heroin in thec that began united states, carried over into countercultural groups that were around and of course, during , the marginalized black and latinos were with the face of addiction. times veryoften young populations clustered in these cities. there was a difference. if we fast-forward to where we , the joint users that we are going to be talking about today are primarily white, middle and working class, living states,l and rust belt experiencing economic hardships. when we look at a map on where the highest levels of opiate use and overdoses, we will see this area that was not familiar to us and try to understand what is going on with this problem. i think the other issue is the distinct intoday is that before it was an illegal market. a market sustained by international criminal stretcheds that internationally across different countries, different sources. now, the major suppliers that we are talking about our large pharmaceutical corporations. so, addiction in america really has a very different form. and a very different

after a failed coup last july, which his aides blamed in part on the united states, erdogan began arrestingitical opponents, and shutting down opposition media under a temporary state of emergency. last sunday, by the thinnest of margins, turks approved a referendum expanding erdogan's powers to what critics have called authoritarian rule. on tuesday, parliament extended the state of emergency, allowing erdogan to rule by decree for another three months. the european union called for an investigation into possible voting irregularities, and president trump called to congratulate president erdogan on the results. i'm steve kroft. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." look closely. hidden in every swing, every chip, and every putt, is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. the microsoft cloud helps the pga tour turn countless points of data into insights that transform their business and will enhance the game for players and fans. the microsoft cloud turns information into insight. hey ron! they're finally taking down that schwab billboard. oh, n

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the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crewre found, they chose passengers at random, but this man refused. one passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. good work, way to go. ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man, clearly sha ken, ru ns back on the plane. united airlines in a statement, said: that's what makes the world's leading airline flyer friendly. the airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly the friendly skies. neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. an eight—year—old child and his teacher have been killed after a shooting at a school in california. the gunman went into the school in san bernardino yesterday and opened fire in his estranged wife's classroom, before killing himself. a second pupil is in a critical condition after being shot by the man, who police say had a criminal history, including domestic violence and weapons charges. more than 900 adult social care workers a day quit theirjob in en

that is exactly what saddam hussein did early on in the iraq war after the united states began operationles against israel. the idea of shattering the coalition and plays in -- changing the face of l. if theynot be shocked did something like that. tom: thank you so much. he is the president of the council on foreign relations. they have background of the various players involved in the attack in we will continue this discussion on bloomberg radio. at 8:00oss will join us on bloomberg radio. it's jobs day. conversations with jim glassman and bill gross. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: you would think the market would move. not so much. dollar-yen is what everybody looks like to see safe havens. slightlyly there, a stronger yen this morning. there is minimal market reaction. there is your foreign exchange. coming up on daybreak, and exceptionally timely interview with a member -- i guess he is still going to be with the administration by the time you do the interview? david: there are rumors about changes. you would think he would be by the time we talked today. the jobs numbers, we will have th

i began my remarks by saying that in the life of the united nations, there are times when we are compelled to take collective action. i will now add this. when the united nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times in the life of states that we are compelled to take our own action. for the sake of the victims, i hope the rest of the council is finally willing to do the same. the world needs to see the use of chemical weapons and the fact that they will not be tolerated. thank you. announcer: thursday, politico comes to the house freedom caucus chair and members. they will speak about the political news of the day and the legislative agenda. see it live starting at 8:20 a.m. eastern. is on capitoler hill thursday to discuss his agency's operations during this years tax filing season. he will have live testimony before the senate finance committee at 9:50 a.m. eastern on c-span three. you can also watch it on our website www.c-span.org or follow on the free c-span radio app. homeland security john kelly testified before the homeland security committee. he talk

united did a modern version of joined the short straw and that's when the trouble began. >> it's cleart united airlines called the police to enter the aircraft and remove and all ready seated passenger. they did a by its reported he was chosen for removal by a lottery because for -- >> normally bumping happens outside of the plane before a passengers get on. >> kate hannah is the founder of inefficacy group. >> i think it's illegal and i don't understand how they can see people who have paid for a ticket and then even attempt to remove them. >> this aviation accident and injury lawyer says this is no longer an issue of bumping someone for whatever reason. it is a gray area of the law. not that gray. what you've got now is assault. this man has been assaulted>> is completely black-and-white to united passengers that we met today at san francisco airport>> i think it's highly inappropriate for them to grab and throw someone off a plane. that should be legitimate. >> it's unfortunate and unfair. someone who has purchaser ticket and is guaranteed a seat and for them to all of a sudden chan

>> it's interesting because the timing in the united states, there is sung -- some dispute among historians of when the movement actually began. most people positioned it to 1848 and the seneca falls convention that was called by elizabeth cady stanton. there, she broached the first time in public, the idea that women should have the vote. just to remind us of how controversial it was, her cosponsor said that she feared this proposal would make us look ridiculous and her husband, henry stanton who was a new york legislator, refused to come. frederick douglas, the famed orator and former sq slave did come and he defended the plank, and mosts a shock newspapers that even covered the disdain and with mockery. historians that position the movements beginning 1840's, whenhe and theike lucy stone sisters you may have heard about from south carolina began to speak publicly about antislavery suffrage,ge, women's and they were sometimes pelted with vegetables. the idea of women speaking was still so controversial. in any event, the women's movement in the united states really came out of abolitionism. it was this idea of oppression an

unit. it began, in the end when the war was still going on. we sent our finest scientist to try and capture nazi technology. we did. this is the link between all of my books. so, one of the documents we found that links up to the book phenomena was part of the science organization called -- [inaudible] they were investigating extrasensory -- psychokinesis. the documents became interestede too many people in the military community. guess who got the other half? the russians. anything that we knew they had as well we were worried about who would win the race. that is how the psychic arms race began. same way over and the hard science department you had the rocket arms race. that idea of getting man into space began with the captured nazi documents, dts and literar scientists. >> was your career to be a historian? >> not at all. fate and circumstance intervene in one's own life. that is why it's such an interesting concept for me to write about. about how circumstance has a role in the past and the path that one is on. i wanted to be a novelist w

united states. for example, when the uprising began in egypt that's a problem the united states.egypt is a very important ally in the us is worried that have stability there. when people to the streets after a prolonged period of time the obama and mr. said we need to do something about this and they literally got on the phone to egypt and said something about this. there's a two. we have to create stability. the side of that is bahrain where there's an uprising there that is crossed by the saudi arabians and the united emirates military. the united states did not say anything. they actually wanted to lean regime to stay in power. syria in that role didn't really hit the same buttons. it wasn't that important. it was an enemy state, enemy of israel so that the united states was not looking at syria and saying we need stability here. actually, for many people the regime change or even a prolonged civil war that much of a problem. that's the starting point. syria wasn't important. the second point about the united states view was that it didn't say much about syria. >> that's not a

united flight 3411 was scheduled to leave chicago. the destination, louisville, kentucky. after the passengers had boarded, the crew beganrs for a handful of seats. according to united, at the last minute, four crew members needed to be on that flight. which is why they decided to bump passengers who had already been seated. >> they told us that we would not leave until four people volunteered. >> no, i'm not going. i am not going. >> reporter: with no takers, a united computer picked four passengers, offering them $1,000, the airline says. all complied except for dao, a doctor who said he needed to get home to treat patients. drawing even more criticism, united's first response. munoz issuing an apology for reaccommodating passengers. and writing in an internal memo about the incident that dr. dao was disruptive and bridge gent. >> pretty clear right from the beginning they lacked the number one thing you need in crisis communications, and that is empathy. >> why did it take until tuesday to offer a more full-hearted apology? >> i think my first reaction to most issues is to get the facts and circumstances. and the init

johanna: it is interesting because the timing in the united states, there is dispute among historians on when the movement actually began. most people position it to 1848. and the seneca falls convention that was called by elizabeth cady stanton in new york. she came out in public discourse and what about the idea that people -- that women should have the vote. and it reminds us of how controversial it was. said that she feared that this proposal would make us look ridiculous, and her husband, henry stanton who was a new york legislator, refused to come. frederick douglas, the famed order -- orator, did, and he defended it. but it was a shock and most newspapers that even covered the event did so with disdain and mockery. there are other historians that position the movement beginning 1840's whenthe people like lucy stone and the -- sisters from south carolina, began to speak publicly about anti-slavery and suffrage, women's suffrage. and they were sometimes pelted with vegetables. the idea of women speaking was still some controversy over in any event, the women's movement in the united states really came out of abolit

the united front held for the duration of the war, nominally. by 1939, friction began to outweigh cooperation. armed clashes involving tens of positions happened from 1940 to 1941. after it became clear that allies would become victorious, both sides positioned themselves as they could with the civil war was expected to follow after the fall of japan. after the japanese offensive in drove them out of much of china, 1944 allowing the communist forces to grow and influx into these areas in the wake of the japanese, and putting them in a poor position. the communists did not take power in china at this point. not because of nationalist strength, but because the japanese decided it was now in their interest to support the nationalist. believing that they were the best hope for preventing a communist takeover of the country, which would bring a revival of japanese trade. japanese forces therefore helped nationalists recover control over coastal china. the irony, of course, since they had lost so much blood and treasure over the preceding eight years and trying to defeat exa