after the interwar years the united states army entered world war ii and had to bring the army back up to strength very very quickly. in this case, you can see a soldier with his duffle bag ready, getting ready to go overseas to fight the german army, or perhaps the japanese. as we move through the exhibit, you can see that we had several different theaters in which these soldiers were shipping out to fight. each theater had its own uniform, its own tactics, its own way of doing things. this is neat to show, because it shows how the army heritage and education center can take more than a uniform and a gun and put it up on display. here we have specific items important to this, in this case p.f.c. sam adgent. and his time in the army. we have got buttons, which he probably spent many days and nights polishing to a bright shine for the countless times he is probably being inspected by his superior officers. you can see the belt that he probably strapped a pistol to when he went off to war. he was a military policeman, so he also carried a whistle. and there we have a little piece of hist

in the best pow camps in the civil war -- if you look at the death of united states army soldiers who are in u.s. army camps, the death rate is very high. sanitation is lousy, disease is rampant. differences a huge between what is going on in those camps, and what i think is going on in l myra, and what is going on in andersonville. there are no confederate prisoner pictures i have ever seen that look like the people coming out of andersonville. they do not look like they are coming out of dock how -- dachau. paul, you are uncharacteristically shy at the end of your talk -- about thealked confederate commanders who deserved execution, you seemed leemply that robert e. would be culpable for the chasing of blacks, for war crimes? >> you have twoperiod of generally --you have two perio generally. either he does not anything -- he does not know anything about jubal early and can't do anything about it or lee is complicit when early spin through four days capturing blacks and enslaving them and when they retreat from gettysburg, these black prisoners are taken back with them. either one or

president of the united states of america author rise by -- author rise by congress has awarded by the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant ryan m. pitts, united states army for gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. sergeant ryan m. pitts distinguished himself by jury ask of heroism at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an observer and the second 02, chosen company, second battalion airborne, 503rd infantry regiment, one 73rd airborne regrade during combat operations against an enemy in the vicinity of wanat village, afghanistan on july 13, 2008. early that morning while sergeant pitts was providing bremen or security -- perimeter security, well-organized anti-afghan force consisting of over 200 members initiated a aulte proximity oass using grenades, machine guns, and small arms fire's on the base. an immediate wave of rocket propelled grenades wounded sergeant pitts and inflicting heavy -- heavy casualties. sergeant pitts had been knocked to the ground and was bleeding heavily from shrapnel wounds to his arms and legs but with incredible toughness and resolve, he took control of the obs

unit colonel james early rutter, second ranger battalion united states army, led 224 men on to the beaches below and up these unforgiving cliffs. bullets and grenades came down upon them, but by a few minutes after 7:00, here, exactly here, the first rangers stood. today, let us ask those american heroes to stand again. corporal ken barringman who sits here to my right was one of them. he had just celebrated his 20th birthday out in the channel. a young man like all the rest of them, cold and wet, far from home, preparing for the challenge of his life. ken bargman and the other rangers at point du hoc and all the others who landed were the tip of the spear the free world had spent years sharpening. a spear they began on this morning in 1944 to plunge into the heart of the nazi empire. most of them weren't new to war but all were armed with the ingenuity of free citizens and the confidence that they fought for a good cause under the gaze of a loving god. the fortunate ones would go home, changed forever. thousands -- thousands would never return. and today we mourn their loss. but on the gr

the united states. army relatively unknown a graph that. was good enough for the united states and look what happened there. again the problem with american policy is a lack of staying power after the soviet union left afghanistan the united states essentially forgot about afghanistan that has moved in to fill the void with the taliban that led to the growth of all with all the subsequent consequences this was the critique of pulling out of iraq as well. as. put it on your home arm in a washington d.c. college face. a pleasure to have you with us here. but look. over. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across a cynical we've been hijacked lying handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers one school class i'm tom are going to get on this show we reveal

he spent 14 months in a concentration camp in austria which was liberated by the united states army. inspired by the work of the united states army who saved him, he enlisted and became a member of the u.s. army's eighth cavalry regiment, first cavalry division, and that occurred on february 13, 1950. he was soon deployed to korea. despite facing religious discrimination from his sergeant, who sent him on the most dangerous missions in the south korea's pewson perimeter and who withheld his commendation, he fought valiantly. he enabled the complete withdrawal of his commads by solely defending a hill under assault from the north korean troops. he inflicted a straggering number of casualties on the attacking force during his personal 24-hour battle, and helped capture several hundred north korean soldiers. during a massive nighttime assault, he man add .30 caliber machine gun and slowed the case of the enemy's advance. on a later assignment, corporate ruben was severely wounded and he was captured. he disregarded his own personal safety and immediately began to try to sneak out of camp

united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863. has awarded iná>y.é$e name of congress the medal of honor to, sergeant ryan m. pitts, united states armycuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. sergeant ryan m.pits distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of heroism at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, while serving as a forward observer in second platoon, chosing company, second battalion airborne, 503rd infantry rental minimum. 173rd airborne brigade, against an armed enemy, at vehicle patrol case kaler, kunar province in afghanistan. during that morning, a well-organized antiafghan force consisting of over 200 members initiated a close proximity stained and complex assault using rocket o'peled grenade, machine guns and small arms fire on the patrol base. an immediate wave of rounds engulfed the observation post, wounding sergeant pitts and inflicting heavy casualties. sergeant pitts had been knocked to the ground and was bleeding heavily from shrapnel wounds to his arms and legs with with incredible toughness and resolve he subsequently took control of the observation post a

united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3rd, 1863. has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant ryan m. pitts, united states armyfor conspicuous gal lantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. sergeant ryan m. pitts distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of heroism at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. while serving as a forward observer in second platoon, chosen company, second battalion airborne, 503, infantry regiment, 173 airborne brigade, during combat operations against an armed enemy at vehicle patrol base kay lore, coonnar province, afghanistan, on july 13, 2008. early that morning, while sergeant pitts was providing perimeter security at observation post topside, a well-organized anti afghan force consisting of over 200 members initiated a close proximity sustained in complex assault, using accurate and intense rocket-propelled grenade, machine gun and small arms fire on wanat vehicle patrol base. an immediate wave of rocket-propelled grenade rounds engulfed the observation posts, wounding sergeant pitts and inflicting heavy casualties. ser

president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3rd 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant ryan m. pitts, united states armyfor conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. sergeant ryan m. pitts distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of heroism at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a forward observer in second platoon, chosen company, second battalion airborne, 503rd infantry regiment during combat operations against an armed enemy at vehicle base in the vicinity of wanat village, kunar province, afghanistan. earlier that morning, while sergeant pitts was providing security, a well-organized anti-afghan force consistenting of over 200 members initiated close proximity using accurate and intense rocket-propelled grenade, machine gun and small arms fire on the patrol base. an immediate wave of rocket-propelled grenade grounds engulfed the observation post, wounding sergeant pitts and inflicting heavy casualties. sergeant pitts had been knocked to the ground and was bleeding heavily from shrapnel wounds to his arm an

the united states army has confirmed sergeant birdsall -- bergdahl will return to regular duty. after five years of captivity. in exchange for five taliban. the british foreign secretary has stepped down from his role amid a number of changes made by the prime minister. he has been foreign secretary for the past four years. he will stand down as a member of her lament. salvage teams in italy have ted the it -- refloa cost of concordia off the coast of italy. the halls were filled with compressed air to with it. it will be towed away to be scrapped. overturned by a vote of the church of england to allow women bishops. an issue that has deeply divided the church for decades. this comes 20 years after the church of england ordained women priests. mark easton has the latest. the leadership asked for restraint and sensitivity but those who have been campaigning for decades could not disguise their jubilation. the archbishop of york and canterbury could not resist. 20 years since the first women priests, the established church has finally agreed women could also be bishops. >> i have

united states senator. to bring our values to washington, d.c. where every montanan knows its badly needed 2347 in 2007 senator walsh got a master's degree from the united states army war college. last week it was reported large sections of walsh's final thesis paper appeared to be lifted. he does not acknowledged plagiarism and said citations in the paper were not all done correctly and it was an unintentional mistake. the army war college is investigating. it's the first time a senator was accused of someone else's material. senator rand paul faced criticism for using elements from wikipedia from "gatica." when joe biden ran for president in 1988 he ended his campaign after allegations he used speeches from british party leader kneel kinnick. biden called it a tempest in the tea pot then. it didn't hurt him, he's now vice president of the united states. viral politics editor was fired. and they found 40 instances of plagiarism. david fleishman just lost a week's pay for using governor duvall patrick's words in two speeches. he said he was wrong not to cite the source. when you think of plagiarism you don't always consider adults but children. more than a third of

at the height of the argument the secretary of war and chief of staff of the united states army generalrshall on the brink of conspiracy and newton d. so determined to carry out their plan for this suicidal second front and so much did they oppose the president's preparation for operation torch with the invasion of northwest africa that they're only 168 germans and where force is good build up to learn modern port and threaten to invade southern iraq. secretary stimson, as secretary of war had the president of the united states thought the invasion would fail in the announced general marshall if marshall was dictator of america whether he would stop the president's torched invasion from going ahead. and marshall said he would.Ñi while publicly opposing the commander-in-chief. was then a different thingexx about "the mantle of command" b.c. president roosevelt for the first time close-up in his role as united states commander in chief of not meddling what churchill did with the chief of staff but holding the reins of war'' as it was to be prosecuted. more over a certain strategy in oppos

stevens, colonel, army of the united states, hereby certify that from the 1st of march, 1945, to the active duty with the united states army corps. >> both of the movies were shown at the trial themselves and since the defendants were, you know, were present, they were forced to watch these movies. by the accounts of people who were there, it was really a fascinating experience that at first they didn't understand that the crowd that the room was horrified by this. they were so infatuated with the footage of hitler that one of them said, you know, after this even the americans will want to join up. the films, in fact, had just the opposite of the impact that the german defendants had hoped. they so repelled and horrified the room that afterwards some of the defendants' lawyers said they found it almost impossible to be in the same room with the people they were representing. by the time the second of the two films was shown, the defendants really understood that it was over for them. that the films had provided evidence that was more damning and more painful than any spoken testimony

"the new york times" is reporting a thesis he wrote for his masters at the united states army war college seven years was h copied from other sources. entooer tire sentences were copied without retribution. he says he doesn't believe he plajerized. he added, i don't want to blame my mistake on ptsd. i do want to say it may have been a factor. my head was not in a place very conductive or conducive to a classroom and an academic environment. the army war college is investigating all of this. but there are broader political implications as well. walsh is running for re-election against steve danes during a critical midterm year. democratic groups say they'll still back his candidacy. many republicans saw this seat as a check in the win column as they try to retake the senate. so this brings us to our twitter question for you this morning. if senator walsh is ptsd explanation for plagiarism is valid, is that enough to keep his degree? what would you do? tweet us your most creative answers. we'll put the best ones up later in the show. we switch gears to talk about business news today. the ma

same logic that the united states. army relatively unknown to graft if. it was good enough for the united states and look what happened. a lot again the problem with american policy is a lack of staying power after the soviet union left afghanistan the united states essentially forgot about afghanistan the pakistanis moved in to fill the void with the. growth of al qaida with subsequent consequences this was the critique of pulling out of iraq as well. as the media leave us so we need to be. by the sea and secure the play you quality musical. issues that no one is with to get that you deserve answers from. politic only on our team. thirty minutes past ten in the evening here in moscow less than an hour to go there now and before a football finest from germany knowledge in front of a huge audience and billions and expecting bring two of brazil's twenty fourteen world cup present with him of putin's also come to rio as well to see the final and to pick up the torch as well as brazil's then to be handing over the tournament to russia of course. big build up

we've got 40 brigades in the united states army, and today four of them are combat ready. 're delivering pink slips to officers in the united states army who are deployed in come watt overseas. that is -- combat overseas. that is an absolute outrage. it's also a reflection of a policy that's totally unwise. the world's getting far more dangerous all the time, and we are rapidly withdrawing from that portion of the world where that danger's going to emerge from. and the policy, i think, is his responsibility. it's not to say that there wouldn't have been developments in al-qaeda and the jihadis and so forth or anyway. there may well have been, but he has created a situation in this which our friends in the region are scared to death. they don't think they can trust us, and we prove be it to them on a regular basis. >> there's been a lot of reporting about administration fears because of weapons makers in syria that there is a clear and present danger to u.s. air travel. do we need to have tougher restrictions on people who travel on u.s. airplanes? >> we've got pretty tough

same logic that the united states. army relatively unknown to graphic scenes. was good enough for the united states and look what. a lot of the problem with american policy is a lack of staying power after the soviet union left afghanistan the united states essentially forgot about afghanistan that it moved in to fill the void. that led to the growth of the. subsequent consequence of this was the critique of pulling out of iraq as well. as we could with. some of. the consumer. choose. to. choose the stories to. choose peace. officers. welcome back to the kaiser report imax keyser time out of turn to anti fracking activity level rothery aka tuna louisiana welcome to the kaiser report thrilled to be here great to have you know tell us first how you learned about fracking and why you are against fracking i live in blackpool so it's where the only instead of fracking has actually taken place in this country the happy two thousand and eleven it cools to minor earth tremors but yet quadro decided that they would keep on drilling and pushing that fracking fluid into th

thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states army chorus. ♪ we shall overcome, someday, deep in my heart ♪ i do believe, we shall overcome someday ♪ we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace ♪ we shall live in peace some y someday, deep in my heart ♪ i do believe, we shall overcome someday ♪ we shall all be free, we shall all be free ♪ we shall all be free someday, deep in my heart ♪ i do believe, we shall overcome someday ♪ ♪ we shall overcome, we shall be free ♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the united states house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. >> thank you all. thank you, mr. speaker, for bringing us togethering in the rotunda. and just think of it, we're sitting between -- under the gaze of the reverend martin luther king, jr. and abraham lincoln. they're looking at each other directly across the rotunda and here we are [ applause ] it's an honor to be here with you with senator reid, senator mcconnell and also with senator levin, our dear colleague, jon lewis, the chair of our congressional black caucu

president of the united states of america authored by acts of congress march 3rd 1863 has awarded in the name of congress, the medal of honor to sergeant ryan m. pits, united states army for conspeck uous gallant ri and risking his life above and beyond the call of duty. he distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of heroism beyond the call of duty. chosen company second battalion air born. 503 air regiment in the vicinity of wanar village on july 13th 2008. early that morning while he was providing perimeter security a well organized anti-afghan force consisting by over 200 members ip ish initiated a complex assault using rocket propelled grenade, machine gun and small arms fire on the base. in a immediate prepare of rounds engulfed the observation post. he had been knocked to the ground and was bleeding from slap they will wounds to his arms and legs. he subsequently took control of the observation post and returned fire on the enemy. as they grew nearer, he threw grenades to allow a immediately detonation on the hostile forces. unable to stand on his own and near death sergeant pits continued to lay suppressive fire into a two men reinforcement team arrived. he

new york times reported today that walsh's masters thesis which earned him a degree from the united states army in 2007 is so riddled with instances of plagiarism that it's rivalled by few examples in recent political history. at least a quarter of the thesis, key parts of the conclusion and a third of the paper was lifted from other work without proper credit. this is a look at 19 pages. every one has instances of plagiarism on it. what's more remarkable is this part of the story. when asked directly if he had plagiarized senator walsh responded, i don't believe i did, no. the college's academic handbook leaves no wiggle room for fraud. the new york times reports copying a segment of another's work word for word, then conveniently forgetting to include quotation mark bus remembering to cite the source is described as academic fraud in the handbook. according to a memo to supporters senator walsh acknowledged his citations weren't all done correctly. sean sullivan is with the washington post and joan walsh, editor at large of salon. thanks for joining us. how is the story holding up today? larg

the most highly research -- decorated branch of the united states army in world war ii was the chaplain score. the even surpassed the army air corps, which had enormous casualties. b casualties rates in the army air corps were phenomenally high. but per capita, the chaplains were even more highly decorated. there were 2450 through decorations for various forms of valor for the chaplains. 2453. those went to 1700 and 83 chaplains. 1783 chaplains. one of these was to father o'connell. here is what the citation said. chaplain oh, upon witnessing a landing craft receive a direct enemy bombnmate -- crossed a heavily mined beach in the darkness. keep in mind the beaches covered in mines. a german shell or bomb has blown up a landing craft. the chaplain takes off in the darkness. this chaplain could not swim. guided only by calls for help, he proceeded alone to the stricken vessel on an abandoned draft. he finds an abandoned draft and takes it out to the vessel. despite intentional allusions on the shift which showered the area with fragments of ammunition and wrecked equipment causing casualt

united states senate in february. he's a democratic candidate. already having a tough race, but going to get a lot tougher because it turned out his united states army war college thesis about 25% of it was lifted, plagiarized from someone else. so now the democrats have a bigger problem on their hands than they already had in montana for those of you keeping score. >> and that's your political whip tonight. >> okay. >> okay. >> no, i said whip it good. >> by the way, one of the shows that's not the best show on television, "true blood" on hbo, vampires in society and they're very anticonservative. they trashed ted cruz and george bush. take a look. >> i told her that's where mommy and daddy were going, she hung up. you'll never get in. you're vampires, security's going to be tight. >> you don't know us, sweetheart. we can be [ bleep ]. >> so they also tried to trash sarah palin, but she saw into it, they didn't, they tried to hire her to come on the show. she said, quote, the brilliant minds of "true blood" were brave enough to ask me to do a cameo so they could insult the conservative woman in person instead of all conservative women in general. g

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the highest -- the most highly decorated branch of the united states army in world war ii was the chaplains' corp. they even surpassed the army air corps, which had enormous casualties. -- casualty rates. i mean the casualty rates in the , army air corps were phenomenally high. but per capita, the chaplains were even more highly decorated. there were 2453 decorations for various forms of valor for the chaplains. 2453. those went to 1783 chaplains. in other words, a lot of these chaplains had more than one, and one such chaplain was joseph o'connell. the yanks had gone in on the shore, farther down the coast of france. and chaplain o'connell, here is what the citation said. " chaplain o'connell, upon witnessing a landing craft receive a direct hit by an enemy bomb, crossed a heavily mined beach in the darkness. " now, keep in mind the beaches covered in mines. a german shell or bomb has blown up a landing craft. and the chaplain takes off in the darkness. not able tothough swim, and guided only by calls for help proceeded alone to the , stricken vessel on an abandoned raft." he finds an aban

president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant ryan m. pitts united states armyfor conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. sergeant ryan m. pitts distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of heroism at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a forward observer in 2d platoon, chosen company, 2d battalion, 503d infantry regiment, 173d airborne brigade, during combat operations against an armed enemy at vehicle patrol base kahler in the vicinity of wanat village, kunar province, afghanistan on july 13, 2008. early that morning, while sergeant pitts was providing perimeter security at observation post topside, a well-organized anti-afghan force consisting of over 200 members initiated a close proximity sustained and complex assault using accurate and intense rocket-propelled grenade, machine gun and small arms fire on wanat vehicle patrol base. an immediate wave of rocket-propelled grenade rounds engulfed the observation post wounding sergeant pitts and inflicting heavy casualt

throughout his nearly four decades in the united states army, he won the respect and admiration of our women in uniform because they have always been his highest priority. >> you can tell from no gray hair. that was 5 1/2 years ago. president obama nominating eric shinseki to be secretary of veterans affairs. president spent most of that speech talking about general shinseki's four decades in the u.s. army. he was a general, three bronze stars, wounded in combat. all of that mattered very much for the job running the va because he was a good military man with an excellent military record. he was needed to fix what was seen as a military problem. well today, exactly one month after general shinseki resigned, in the midst of a continuing crisis of confidence in the va and a scandal not just about veterans' access to care about the va, but the va covering up the problem that veterans were not getting access to care. today president obama announced he was tapping a new choice for va secretary. his name is robert mcdonald. he's a man with a limited military background, but a very robust and

united states volunteer soldiers on the federal payroll. soldiers who are mustered into the union army. and so again, i wasn't being entirely glib when i said yes, i think it is. is it as central a part of the civil war story as some of the en otherts events that people are going to be talking about here't th no, i don't think it is. i don't want to overstate my m. claims. that's not the kind of historiannk it i am. is but i do think that it's a very,y and very important story and i think that it's worth telling. thank you all again very, very much. >>> remind your children in this bicentennial year when we are the first generation of americans to have experienced attacks on the continental united states, we are the first generation of americans to have felt what it was like to have our government buildings attacked. remind your children that freedom is not free and that our country's greatness is found in one another. that's what the star-spangled banner is about. that's what this commemoration year is about. to tell that story and to lift every voice and to sing. >> a three-day fourt

we are cutting now in the last few days, we are delivering pink to officers in the united states army. that is an absolute outrage. it is a reflection of a policy that is unwise. the world is not getting safer, is getting far more dangerous all the time and we are rapidly , withdrawing from that portion of the world. the policy i think is his responsibility. not to say there would not be that is developments from al qaeda and jihadists, there may well have been. he has created a situation where our friends in the region are scared and they do not think they can trust us. we >> there's been a lot of prove it to them on a regular basis. reporting about administration fears because of weapons makers, there's a clear and present danger to u.s. air travel. do we need to have tougher restrictions of people who travel on u.s. airplanes? >> we have pretty strong restrictions. >> you are not worried about planes? >> i fly on them all of the time. yesterday, the one i was on coming in from wyoming, i had a good chat with the air marshal on board. he came i am less concerned over and introduced

one of the things they are going to start doing is welding prongs onto the front of united states army tanks in order to punch holes through the hedgerows. of this guyclaims who did it first, that guy, whatever -- all of those are debatable because this is going on uniformly across the board. each unit figuring it out on their own kind of thing. it is not as much of a unified kind of approach. i am giving you sort of the general picture of the fact that people are improvising and figuring out they will punch holes with tanks, but the tanks will be vulnerable on their own. if you send a tank through, punch through the hedgerow, there's a very good possibility there'll be a german waiting on the other side of that hedgerow, crouching in a ditch with an antitank weapon, basically a fire and forget weapon that can basically punch a hole in your armor and destroy the tanks if close enough. you also have antitank weapons dug in, things like that. this is where you need infantry. infantry must be right alongside those tanks as they punch through. the tanks will punch through a hedgerow, like

pretty easy for someone who spoke english and had -- who was immediately made a captain in the united states army, but even with his new status, wilson remained very close to his californio friends and family. unfortunately, his wife, ramona yorba, died in 1849, and he's left with two little kids, a ranch whose ownership is contested, and deep ties to the mexican community. it is right at this confusing moment when the recent widower meets the dying thomas hereford and his wife margaret. at this point, he becomes b.d. wilson, and who knows how much the widow margaret hereford had to do with it, but he went pretty far down the path of claiming his identity as american. margaret and benjamin went into their marriage with shared experiences. this is one of their wedding photos. this is the bride's side of the family. here we have margaret and b.d. and this is little eddie. i love pictures of children from 1850 because they are always blurred. you have to stand so long for exposure that no pictures of little kids are always clear because they move too much, and this is a great example of that. this i

there were, of course, african-americans in the united states army. it was eisenhower's decision when he took command first as commander of american troops in britain and subsequently after north africa and sicily to take command as supreme headquarters allied forces europe. that a given percentage and i think it was 11% of the troops gathered in britain to prepare for the invasion would be men of color as the term was in those days. but the tradition in the united states culturally and socially was such that even though eisenhower insisted on that and issued several directives that soldiers in uniform are all equal. he was as clear as he could have been, and remarkably progressive, quite frankly, for 1943 and 1944. demanding that they all be treated with equal respect and equal opportunity. but the tradition and culture of the united states followed those troops over there. there were fights in pubs ashore. the black soldiers were assigned mostly to the transport pool or to the commissary branch. they prepared the heels and washed the dishes and drov

stevens, colonel, army of the united states, hereby certify that from the 1st of march, 1945, to the s on active duty with the united states army corps. >> both of the movies were shown at the trial themselves and since the defendants were, you know, were present, they were forced to watch these movies. by the accounts of people who were there, it was really a fascinating experience that at first they didn't understand that the crowd that the room was horrified by this. they were so infatuated with the footage of hitler that one of them said, you know, after this even the americans will want to join up. the films, in fact, had just the opposite of the impact that the german defendants had hoped. they so repelled and horrified the room that afterwards some of the defendants' lawyers said they found it almost impossible to be in the same room with the people they were representing. by the time the second of the two films was shown, the defendants really understood that it was over for them. that the films had provided evidence that was more damning and more painful than any spoken testi

if you believe that you have a need to have a semiautomatic weapon and kill members of the united states army, or government when they come to your door. there is no other justification other than going to the shooting range. you're not going to need more than that to defend your household. so let's have that debate later. what does this prove, mark halpern? this proves that chris christie still thinks he can win the republican nomination for president of the united states, does it not? >> well, look. there is no question those families have standing and for the governor of new jersey to refuse to meet with the families from a neighboring state, i think, probably not good politics and probably not great governance. i think his tone, not to be a theater critic that tone is not the right thing in terms of governance. i think he is thinking about the politics of gun control when he gives an answer on a question like that. my guess is the voters of new jersey are probably not in majority in agreement with governor christie on this. >> mika, what do you think? on a personal level, what do you thin

president. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states army chorus. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemene democratic leader of the united states house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. >>> good morning. mr. vice president, president peres, mr. speaker, mr. leader and mr. leader, mr. leader, my colleagues in the congress and our friends in the senate, madam secretary, today congress is bestowing a congressional gold medal on a truly historic figure. every one of us in this room will always be able to boast that we were there when congress honored this iconic figure and friend of america. shimon peres planted the seeds of the jewish state of israel and helped that garden grow. whether literally in the blooming of the desert or more significantly, in the blow sossg of society and people. a soldier who became a peacemaker. an immigrant who became an institution. a public servant who became a statesman, a champion of nonvooi lense and a messenger of hope and a founder of a nation who became and remains a visionary for his and all people. shimon peres's story is a story of modern

the degree which he needed from the united states army war college, that degree was considered one ofimportant achievement. 25% of the paper highlighted in pink or yellow was taken without attribution from others or improperly sourced. he admits he made a mistake but said he was being treated at the time for post-traumatic stress. >>> "usa today" says facebook is displaying its new numbers. facebook revenue grew 61% in the second quarter and the company more than doubled its profit to another $9 billion. >>> a sightseeing train derald yesterday. the cause still unknown this morning. the ride takes tourists from alaska to parts of scan da. all the injured passengers are expected to be okay. >>> and the "denver post" looks at john elway's emotional reaction when talking about broncos' owner pat bowlen. as we told you yesterday he's giving up control of the team because he has alzheimer's disease. vinita nair shows us the devastating blow it has. >> he's been reporting to work every day. sol when he wasn't there on the eve of training camp the entire camp felt it but no one was hit harde

federal marshals and troops of the united states army. >> there is no country where the violence of sundayhas gone unreported. for example, the biggest story in the "london evening standard" was the violence on the mississippi campus. the outburst of violence was described as humiliating for american democracy and embarrassing for american prestige abroad. >> i think my father and uncle were originally focused on those foreign policy issues of america's leadership in the globe and saw the civil rights movement in our country as kind of a distraction. >> i think this is a choice before the president. he must start now making moral decisions, rather than purely political decisions. >>> in the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, i draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny. and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> george wallace became a almost mythic figure for white southerners. and that speech in which he promised segregation forever is the fullest expression of that commitment to becoming the leade

there's been numerous times that really aggravated senior leadership of the united states army. i dare say probably the same thing with the navy and air force. i know several instances when i was in europe where stars and stripes published hard hitting things that were not necessarily popular with the commander abroad. it got things changed. on top of that, a lot of the important things were really -- only thing we had radio baghdad and voice of peace. over time, you had the a.m. and m.f. radio networks which were all run by the pentagon. they're very important to get the news and sports that the average person listens to radio. >> let's go to the audience. >> i want to ask you, please stand up so i can hear you pretty well. also identify who you are and what organization you come from. we'll start with this lady here in the second row. >> i have this problem talking about the american press where sometimes the term freedom of the press is treated like a punch line to a joke. when i talked to certain people about freedom of the press in the united states, they laugh. just in dea