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so, some elements of the union army that fought it gettysburg will be sent west to fight at the battle of chickamauga in september of 1863. so, george meade is going to, robert e. lee is going to lose part of his army and send it to chickamauga in september. so, robert e. lee's going to send a lot of james long streets guys to georgia in september. george meade is going to lose some of his army, the 11th and 12th corps sent to check a new go later in the fall of 1863. so, you have these two armies, but what's happening is after the battle of gettysburg, after lee retreats, south and west. he's now worried about the mississippi river, tennessee and georgia. so, he'll, and so is the confederate high command. and they all shift their attention from the east to the west. the confederates will send james long street to the west to fight in chickamauga in georgia. to join braxton bragg and george meade will send part of his army to join u.s. grant at chattanooga. so, you now have these much smaller military organizations in september of 1863. october, november and december. that is not to sa

he liked west point and the army football games. 962, his health slowly failing, macarthur made the final visit to west point and perhaps his most famous speech. >> i bid you farewell. >> all these cadets in here, you can hear a pin drop. a lot of tears in their eyes including myself. >> he never wavered in the c convictio conviction. soldiers were fighting men. up to the very end, the president still sought his advice. >> johnson comes to visit at walter reed hospital in the final days and macarthur tells johnson, don't get involved a land war in asia. you'll get gobbled up. >> there's a great staunch general, almost every medal to get in the world, and, gee, here he's shrinking away and dying a with jean and his son at the bedside. he died april 5th, 1964. >> went to the armory and the body laid and then moved to the rotunda in washington. >> jean would remain in the public eye active in various charities and 1988 president ronald reagan awarded her the presidential medal of freedom and the devotion of her only child arthur never f

now hell mer is west point grad, army veteran successful businessman and he's running in a pur districtrace is won he can actually win unless anyone sees his new campaign ad. jim. >> ♪ >> hey, dan, isn't that congresswoman comstock back there at the >> sure is. >> bet you can't get her -- >> some claim the ad was painful to watch. some actually enjoyed the laugh. by the way, dan helmer is also on the morning show tomorrow so he's back to talk a little bit about the ad itself. >> yeah, people were saying in case you missed it those were all top gun references and they were talking about the fact that he clearly had veteran written on. >> he was singing in the ad, too. i think that was the part. when we had him in the other night he said look it was all in fun. nonetheless we have extended the invitation for barbara comstock to come on. any time you would like to come in congresswoman the floor is open to you. >> absolutely. we'll be right back. ight back. we are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. from scandalous romance, to

an army nurse, retired in west virginia a few years ago, they asked her when the boys came back fromhe front wounded and so forth, what did they talk about? she said never the war, they wanted to talk about bob hope and bing crosby. they wanted distance from the harsh reality of things. while bing crosby was going to europe, bob hope was all over the pacific. that comedy team did a lot of that morale work. it was a tremendous contribution. many stars did the same thing. the uso were set up for this morale thing. the military forces were not the only ones who needed to be involved, the whole nation needed to be involved in that war. bing crosby understood that as a patriotic duty and carried it out as only he could, because he was the major star of the time. what i found when i started volunteering at this museum, many people do not know how many children he had or what happened to his first wife. he divorced his first wife. she died of cancer very young. he remarried. they did not know hardly anything about bing crosby's personal life. bing crosby had seven children. only one said an

he went to west point. he's an army ranger. he won the bronze star. in afghanistan three times. he helped save lives of his fellow servicemen when he was under fire. and in that some ways some would say he's giving the opposite message, you know, how widespread do you think that is in the whole, is he in the minority? >> he's been in the minority at least today. wolf spoke out for the denver broncos basically in support of what president trump has said. you know, players are fighting for social justice. they are using their platform and their voice. so what they feel is a fight for social justice, a lot of the average people in this country, a lot of the people who are fans feel it is disrespectful to the country and to the flag. that's the gap, about 70% of the people going into today, eric, there hadn't been a poll taken because of these recent events, were against the players kneeling. that's the divide. eric: the president when he arrived back in washington said he's not calling for a boycott, not. a little different maybe than what he had said be

in us all a hunger villain the field and knows i'll hunker billina waipahu graduates from west point and is an armys raven and held earlier in london, several players from both teams all started on friday when president trump at a political rally in alabama suggested players to protest by taking india should be fired. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these on a fellow nurse when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a off the field right now. >> reaction is pouring in from the nfl. the players association released in a statement nfl commissioner issue in a response and owners of teams across the country voicing their support for their players and their right to express themselves. the controversy not limited to the nfl the white house is inviting to time mvp seth curry who said he didn't want to go anyway. here is what curry had to say. >> it's kind of beneath the leader of the country. it's not what leaders do. >> the chargers here where we are set to kick off in about a couple of hours. the team owner thing in the can be a force for good in a needs to come together right now. >>

it's what caused me to go into the army and west point when i was asked by an organization called new politics if i would be willing to run, to represent a new type of politics that puts country first i said yes. when there's an opportunity to serve our country that's what we s and our politics are broken. we need it fixed. when you you say country first, that was 2008. that was the campaign slogan for john mack kin. we have president trump pushing american first policies. what is going to be the overriding concern in the tenth district. >> healthcare we need to make sure that al all americans have access to quality affordable healthcare. we talk about how important it is that we protect women's rights from the assault that is happening right now to the administration and this congress. this is about making sure that our congress has representatives who represent new leadership and a new way of doing business and they're going on bring fresh ideas and fresh perspectives. not the same back and forth that has dominated our politics for the last 20 years. where do you stand. >> the gop p

. ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes ♪ >> with the exception of west point grad, and ex-army ranger, the pittsburghdn't show at all for the national anthem, as head coach mike tomlin explains. >> if a guy wants to go about his business, he shouldn't be forced to choose sides. if a guy feels the need to do something. he shouldn't be separate from the teammate who chooses not to. so we are not par tis pafting today. that's our decision. >> today president trump turned to twitter urging fans to refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag. ♪ what so proudly we hailed >> but a lot of fans and coaches objected to the president's tone. and message. including former jets head coach, rex ryan. >> it is appalling to me, assure appalling to almost any citizen in our country. >> nfl team owners responded in a flurry of tweets and statements. >> the owner of the jacksonville jaguars who donated $1 million to trump's inauguration locked arms with his players during the national anthem. >> inside these lines it can bring out the best. >> before the game, the nfl rushed out a message of its own

with the exception of west point graduate and ex-army ranger alondra millan wava the steelers did not show at all as coach mike tomlin explained. >> if a guy wants to go about his normal business case should not be forced to choose sides. if he feels the need to do something he should not be separated from a to b who chooses not to. the president took the twitters -- a lot of fans and coaches objected to the presidents tone and message including former jets head coach rex ryan. >> is appalling to me and i'm sure it's appalling to almost any citizen in our country.>> nfl team owners made statements and tweets. the owner of the jacksonville jaguars donated $1 million the trump's inauguration locked arms with his players during the anthem.>> inside these lines we bring out the best.>> before the game the nfl rushed out it's all message. we stand united inside these lines. these lines are unity.>> this is the nfl, the championship warriors won't visit the white house after the president had a fight with stefan curry and now a major league baseball fire -- baseball player has decided to ta

. >> reporter: in west houston today the army corp of engineers starting to ease the flow of water from those swollen reservoirs. but it's too late for thousands of homes in its path, many now underwater. >> this area could potentially still be like this for another four, five, six weeks. >> more than a month? >> more than a month. >> reporter: 85% of residents in houston don't have flood insurance. homeowners like bill and nina cotton, who were flooded by that reservoir. >> there are thousands of us who don't have flood insurance and we were told we didn't need any because we're not on a floodplain. >> reporter: they had just hours to evacuate. firefighters carrying nina's 97-year-old mother to safety. harvey didn't flood your house? >> no, not at all. >> it was the reservoir. >> the city made a calculated decision that they were going to sacrifice a number of houses for the greater good of the rest of houston. >> reporter: fema is now paying for this hotel room but the cottons are hoping the city will help pay for them to rebuild where the water has receded. they are salvaging what th

now, helmer is a west point grad, army veteran, and successful businessman; and he's running in a purplerict, so this is a race he can actually win, unless anyone sees his new campaign ad. jim? ♪ ♪ >> hey, dan, isn't that congresswoman comstock back there at the bar? >> sure is. >> bet you can't get her to hold a town hall. >> town hall? i can do you one better than that. we've lost that lovin' feeling. >> no, dan. ( clears throat ) ♪ you never hold town halls anymore with constituents ♪ planned parenthood and obamacare you voted against ♪ you're trying hard not to show it ♪ but barbara, barbara you know it ♪ you've lost that centrist feeling ♪ 'cause you've been right wing appealing ♪ ( laughter ) >> stephen: okay, that's enough! no one knows how that ad ends, because that's the farthest anyone has ever made it. ( laughter ) i assume it ends with "congratulations congresswoman barbara comstock." but maybe it's just me. maybe other people like it. chief of staff john kelly, what did you think of the ad? we'll be right back with jeff bridges. stick around i'll have the langoustine lfor yo

. >> with the exception of west point grad and ex-army ranger vil neef the steelers didn't show at allheir national anthem as the head cokes explained. >> a guy who wants to go 4eus normal business and participate in the anthem he shouldn't be forced to choose sides. if a guy feels the need to do sex he shouldn't be separated from his teammates who chooses not to. so we're not participating today. that's our decision. >> reporter: today president trump turned to twitter urging fans to refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag. ♪ what so proudly we hailed snoalt. >> reporter: but a lot of fans and coaches obtained to the president's tone and message including former jets head coach rex ryan. >> it's appalling to me, and i'm sure it is appalling to almost any citizen in our country. >> reporter: nfl team owners responded in a flurry of tweets and statements. shahid khan owner of the jag wants who donated $1 milli to h with is flayers during the national anthem. >> inside these linesyou can bring out the best in etch other. >> reporter: before the game the nfl rushed

villanueva is a west point grad, army ranger who served three tours in afghanistan and was awarded the bronze star for saving the lives of his buddies in combat. his jersey has become the biggest nfl player item sold online. his patriotic gesture was indirectly criticized by his head coach. >> i was looking for 100% participation. we are going to be respectful of the team. >> villanueva, i love you. god bless you and thank you for standing. as far as the steelers go, no more. >> to show their support for villanueva, some fans burned their steelers stuff. jim, 55 years old, told us he has been a steelers fan since he was born but he was so offended by the steelers hiding in the locker room that he kissed his team goodbye. >> this was on my wall for three years. not anymore. in the fire. i hope all your ignorance burns too. >> tonight on monday night football, it will be the dallas cowboys versus the arizona cardinals. despite jerry jones' admonition, it appears the protests will continue. >> bret: eric shawn outside nfl headquarters. thank you. what do you think of the player protests?

our correspondent steve rosenberg is the only british tvjournalist with the russian army to the westent this report. this is the russian airbase near latakia. it is the heart of russia's military operation in syria. an operation which has changed the course of the war here. it's nearly two years since moscow launched its intervention in syria and now the russian army has invited a group of journalists here to give its perspective on how the operation is going. translation: as of today, 85% of syrian territory has been liberated from militants of illegal armed groups. we've taken off from the airbase on a russian military plane and we're heading somewhere, i don't know where, because when you're on a guided tour around syria with the russian army, they never tell you where they're taking you. so we've been brought to a school in the city of aleppo to show that life is returning to normal here. they sing we thank russia and the president of russia, president putin. need peace, love peace. working for peace in all the world and we are really, really thankful for russia and the president

army gets tiny very quickly, most of it is deployed out west as it always was, and true army of occupation, you had a million men in united states uniform in 1965 and evan that million were only occupying a very small part of the confederatesy. the u.s. army is back down to about 30,000 men by the 1870s. the french army, more than a half million at that.the prosecution army more than a half million. it's part of the united states tradition of not liking standing armies in the peace time, and the fact most people in the loyal states didn't think there was a lot left to do. never mind that. that's a subject for another class, another place. the point is confederates are looking around, they realize how many of their young men are dead. they realize that their social structure is gone and they don't know that jim crow is coming so they can't say slavery's gone but jim crow's on the way so everything is going to be okay. part of what they do in the next years. jim crow is the most obvious expression of confederate response to the loss of slavery and defeat. how are they going to make sense of

army gets tiny very quickly, most of it is deployed out west as it always was, and true army of occupation, you had a million men in united states uniform in 1965 and evan that million were only occupying a very small part of the confederatesy. the u.s. army is back down to about 30,000 men by the 1870s. the french army, more than a half million at that.the prosecution army more than a half million. it's part of the united states tradition of not liking standing armies in the peace time, and the fact most people in the loyal states didn't think there was a lot left to do. never mind that. that's a subject for another class, another place. the point is confederates are looking around, they realize how many of their young men are dead. they realize that their social structure is gone and they don't know that jim crow is coming so they can't say slavery's gone but jim crow's on the way so everything is going to be okay. part of what they do in the next years. jim crow is the most obvious expression of confederate response to the loss of slavery and defeat. how are they going to make sense of

by late january of 1942, army commanders and west coast local leaders began to press the government to evacuate all people of japanese ancestry regardless of citizenship for the west coast. these pressures brought the issue of removal to the white house. the war department leaders led by secretary of war henry simpson seconded their local commanders, they figured people on a brand-new it there asking for. he had no evidence of any danger. the attorney general supported reports from the fbi and naval intelligence that the japanese community was overwhelmingly brought -- loyal and opposed the idea. on february 11, the president received a message from stinson said -- supported the removal but thought he needed presidential authorization for such a draft policy. he asked fdr for authorization. roosevelt told him over the phone that he was too busy to meet with him but he trusted them to do whatever they thought necessary provided they were as reasonable and humane as possible. the army then arranged executive order 9066. this provided the authority for the army to remove japanese-american

west of us. this becomes the scene of a six-month winter encampment of the continental army. probably the most famous image of the march into valley forge is this painting from the collection of the museum of the american revolution. this is the "march to valley peeping soldiers on the 19th of marching in to this december, 1777, desolate area where they have to build their own log city by cutting down trees building , log huts and getting themselves under cover in the harshest of weather. a case with objects that have been recovered from some of the huts, personal items some of the , axes that were used to build the huts they were , really under supplied with tools and shovels and spades. all part of the gear that they were using. we also recreated the view because of course, most people think of snow when they think of valley forge. but the army did not march out until june 19, 1778. they spent six full months in camp. we've tried to show the appearance of the grand parade in the center of the valley forge encampment, all the kinds of people that you would have encountered t

out by the tunnel with his hand over his heart and observed the national anthem, he is a west point grad, an army ranger who served three tours in afghanistan and was awarded the bronze star for saving his buddies during combat. he was indirectly criticized by his head coach mike tomlin after the game. >> we are going to be respectful of our football team. these are divisive times, it's a shame but it is. we are not politicians. >> this has led to some pittsburgh steelers fans going to social media and burning their pittsburgh steelers jackets and protest. his jersey and merchandise is the number one seller of any nfl player, these protests are likely to continue. the cowboys play arizona later tonight, jerry jones says the gridiron is not the place for these protests, you can bet there will be maybe as many protests as tackles and passes on monday night football tonigh tonight. >> jon: we will have more on that controversy ahead. thank you. follow up today after white house released new travel restrictions. while adding countries like north korea and venezuela, the new order seems to be far-reac

west coast were about 1% of the total population. they were an easy target. that said, in hawaii, the army used the presence of japanese americans to maintain martial law and military government until the end of 1944 which is a whole story in itself. japanese-americans -- ironically , the only place they were allowed free was the pacific rim. >> can you comment about mrs. roosevelt after the war and her dealing with japanese question mark do know if she had any contact at all -- japanese? do you know if she had any contact at all? mr. robinson: i know she did go to japan and visited hiroshima. she stated that she hoped people would be wiser in the future. she did not apologize for the bombing but she did recognize the tragedy of it. mrs. roosevelt had rather limited connection with japanese americans after the war except for her writing of this introduction to beauty behind barbed wire. what is true that in the end of 1945, she was to stop by friends on the west coast about violence against returning japanese-americans to the west coast. she wrote to president truman to ask him if he could

the against turkey so while they're coming in from the north the the syrian army and the russians are coming in from the west and then the question is going to be who occupies who takes over the city for good and and it doesn't look like the united states wants to. yield at all. because they are inviting actually inviting all companies into that region to to pump oil i'm just going to ask you about your reaction to how you feel it's going to be taken this because the syrian army has been gaining ground despite years of international isolation a foreign backed insurgency do you expect that western powers will will welcome assad's government's latest successes if it plainly puts an end to this terrorist organization. well from the syrian army's perspective and from damascus is pretty perspective they get all of syria back and that's what they were trying to do and that with the help of russian air support and i might add with russian private contractors some who have been killed recently in that fight in dyer's or. it will i think however that the. geo political complexities will set in because the kurds want

and within a year, he headed west to seek employment with the army.his buddy hickok was a scout for the army out of fort ellsworth, kansas, and he got in his young friend a job. and while at fort ellsworth, he became acquainted with george armstrong custer, seventh calvary, just beginning his western career, and cody was asked about custer to come and scout for him. and he declined that opportunity. wise career move. and became instead a hunter for the kansas pacific railroad. the firm of goddard brothers had the contract to feed the railway workers, and they employed cody at a princely sum to hunt buffalo to feed the workers. in eight months' time, from october of 1867 until may of 1868, cody killed 4280 buffalo for the kansas pacific railroad. now, i know in the more environmentally-sensitive times in which we live, and under the influence of the new western history and its creed, we do not celebrate that. but they were after all eaten. this was for food. they weren't just being shot like happened later. and cody, indeed, when he hunted buffalo, did

. ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes ♪ >> with the exception of west point grad, and ex-army ranger, the pittsburghat all for the national anthem, as head coach mike tomlin explains. nfl tomorrow owners responded in a flurry of tweets and statements. the owner of the jacksonville jaguars donated $1 million to trump's inauguration, locked arms with the players during the national anthem. >> inside these lines, we bring out the best in each other. rushed out a message of its own. >> united inside these lines. >> unity. >> this is bigger than the nfl. the nba champion warriors went be visiting the white house this year after trump feuded with star player, steph curry. for the first time a major league baseball player has decided to take a knee as well. elaine, big question, where will the fans end up. recent poll by "the washington post" found that 2/3 of americans think president trump is dividing the country. tony dokoupil thank you. >> republican efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care act, appeared to be on life aport. four republican senators are expected to vote against the measure if

west germany. estimated 20,000 germans were crossing the border each month. this u.s. army film is about 20 minutes. >> berlin, the target area for the strangest invasion of all time, and invasion by its own people, germans fleeing oppression in the soviet zone. 1945, the german republic is in political asylum to more than 9 million refugees, expel ease, and displaced persons. instigatedhe soviets the policy which slams shut the borders between the east and the west, the only escape left is through berlin it's self. , fighting, and always after dark part these hundred people are pouring into the city on an average of 20,000 per month. desperately overburdened city finally broadcast an urgent appeal to the people in the soviet zone with these words, do not leave unless you are in diarist need. be deprived ofot honest freethinking germans. we beg you, stay on the soil of your homeland. come. still they a new nation is growing rapidly within berlin. the nation of the homeless. law, all refugees register and asked to be granted sanctuary. of the 2000 refugee camps in the german

he's a west point graduate, an army ranger, earned the bronze star.served three tours in afghanistan and stood on behalf of his country. how will this play out in politics? democratic strategist, former candidate for the dnc chair is with us and republican strategist and board member of sports fan.org which is the largest sports advocacy nonprofit. let me start with you. is the president right? >> the president is right. as the patriot in chief and commander-in-chief he speaks for america. when we have players disrespecting the american flag and the american people and the fans that support them, he has every right to express his opinion. when i go to a game, i want to leave reality. sports has been historically one of the great uniters of our country. and i didn't come and pay a ticket price or a cable price to be lectured to or to be part of a protest that i'm not in favor of, so i think sports fans have absolutely the power to bring these teams and leagues to their knees if they so choose in condoning or not condoning the kind of behavior we have s

national anthem in order to avoid controversy except for one player, alejandro villanueva, a west point graduate and army who stood proudly outside a tunnel with his hand over his heart. this controversy all started on friday when president trump was at a political rally in alabama and suggested that players who protest by taking a knee should be fired. >> get that son of a [bleep] off the field right now. out, he's fired. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: -- from nfl league executives have been supportive of the players. houston texans' president writing: the comments made by the president were divisive and counterproductive to what our country needs right now. also houston player j.j. watt -- of course known for his effort during the hurricane harvey recovery, fans say that none of this is going to stop them from coming to the games. right now as we speak we've got fans filing in behind us. the chargers/chiefs game here in california set to begin in just about 30 minutes or so. arthel: thank you very much for that update from the west coast. eric: and from the controversy on the gridiron to the human

together, you have to take him separately, i appreciate your passion, i have retired army lieutenant colonel allen westongressman, colonel west, i am not sure if you were able to hear, that the sports world as least as represented by one of top sports agents in country saying, that this is now all about president trump calling the athlete a name. >> yeah, good to be back with you. charles, thank you. yeah, i thought that it was about protest and police violence that is how it got started with collin kaepernick. really when you think about it, last year there were 16 white police officers, shootings of black males, in the united states of america. but yet in city of chicago, you had over 700 black on black murders. and if you look at totality across u.s. of america you have 2000 black on black murders, real, where should emphasis be? i will agree with your previous guest that president interjected himself mark making him the center of protest. you think about why the national anthem of written, soldiers were inside of fort mchenry, while the british were outside trying to take down the american flag, i

army war hero, an offensive tackle. he held his hand over his heart by the tunnel during the playing of the national anthem. he is a west army ranger, he served three tours of duty in afghanistan and was awarded the bronze star for bravery for saving the lives of his buddies in combat. he is not alone. cowboys owner jerry jones has told the fox business network the gridiron is not the place for protests. >> i do not think the place to express yourself in society is as we recognize the american flag and all the people that have made this great country, the very opportunity for us to be there as a nation. that's not the place to do anything other than honor the flag and everybody that's given up a little for it. >> there are fake quotes on the internet from jones threatening to fire any cowboy who does kneel. those aren't true. the cowboys play the arizona cardinals tonight. we'll see if indeed these protests continue on monday night football. >> bill: more reaction to the league as we get it. eric shawn in new york city. game tonight and thursday night in green bay. next weekend, too. where will we be then? >> shannon: y

this is the first spaceflight for the former army combat engineer and physics teacher from west point. vande hei and the two other astronauts will stay at the space station for five and a half months. we are just hours away from the official announcement that los angeles will host the 20-28 summer olympics. but the city started celebrating a little early.. overnight, the olympic flame was lit at l-a the coliseum - home of the 1932 and 1984 summer games. some 50 l-a landmarks were also lit with the "l-a 2028" colors. the i-o-c is meeting in peru right now and will make the official announcement later today. time now for weather showers/sprinkles - rain chances today & tomorrow - warmer & more humid the next few days - still watching jose today: mostly cloudy. warm and humid. showers/sprinkles, mainly before noon. highs: 80-84 winds: e to s 5 mph tonight: clear, becoming cloudy after midnight with rain developing west of d.c. lows: 63-67 winds: s 5 mph thursday: morning rain. scattered pm thunderstorms. warm and humid. highs: 78-82 winds: ssw 5-10 mph julie toss to break te for governor

he's a west point graduate, former army ranger, and bronze star recipient. he knows the value of our flag. sadly instead of receiving the praise he deserved, many in the media attacked him. even his coach said when he came out of the tunnel, it was, quote, not respectful of our football team. not respectful of the team? really, coach? how about respect for the flag? how about our country which soldiers die for. the flag that allows you to play that football game. unbelievable. i hope all the young people out there look at villanueva as a beacon of honor and beauty to his country above himself. professional athletes in this nation, whether they like it or not, are an example to our young people. ey should stop injecting anti-american politics into sports. i applaud, again, president trump for standing up for our flag and national anthem. all nfl athletes should stand together and do the same. thank you, mr. speaker. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. no, mr. rez: president. p

brian llenas was there when an army helicopter flanld key west. delivering much-needed aid to people needing the basics. >> anything we can get down there we'll need. reporter: others loading up on food and water. we also tagged along with the u.s. border protect air and marine operation. these men have followed irma conducting search and rescue in the virgin islands, puerto rico and florida. we feel bad for the families who lived here. they lost their homes. hopefully they can be rebuilt. >> it looks like a nuclear bomb went off. you will see trailers flipped over. you will see boats on the side of the road. reporter: first responders are going home to home, in some cases mark an x and zero indicating no one has been found. >> the keys will be tough. we'll have to make sure we get some plaintiffed house and rental assistance and hotel support for those displaced. reporter: help is pouring in from those on board u.s.s. abraham lincoln turning sea water into drinking water. they follow hurricane irma from puerto rico to the virgin islands and tomor

army dividing. marching down from the west. representing the hessians at trenton. in a series of actions over the next ten days, crossing and recrossing the delaware culminating in the january 3 1777 battle of princeton. this is when washington who's been attacked by a much larger superior british force, during little remember battle called second battle of trenton in the middle of the night. manages to slip off, leaving the british here, marching cross country and attacking the rear of the british line at princeton. this is within sight of what princeton university stands today. that fighting takes place on january 3, 1776. it was in that action that a scottish immigrant named hugh mercer who served with washington during the french and indian war. he was very old friend of him. persuaded him to move to fredericksburg, virginia. he knew washington very well. in the early revolutionary period, he became involved in independence movement. he became a british commander. he was a general commanding lead elements of the battle of princeton. british couldn't attack merc

they put their faith in the army and the faith with efforts to fight isis this is the result i mean people would all ultimately say that this is this is a small victory the west may undermine this victory but take nothing away from what's happened we've had an army going through the desert for over five or six months just to reach what is a sensitive besieged area this four thousand troops in that is or that managed to last out for three consecutive years in the face of huge isis attacks so when the syrian people when the journalist when the whole of the population see the remarkable feat which has been achieved then of course everyone is going to be happy and there is a day of their true celebration and congratulations from all syrians in in terms of this remarkable victory for their resort against isis ok dan you look really good to talk you have to leave it there finales danny mackey a syria commentator thank you. who can stick this to we couldn't go live now to a local journalist in in syria but he joins us now on the phone i understand i hope you can hear me that can you just bring it up to date then what is happening in the city. david hill well. as you

israeli jets have attacked a site in the west of syria — that's according to the syrian army.s is where it says rockets struck — masyaf — it's also where western powers suspect chemical weapons are being produced. that could be significant — because yesterday, un human rights investigators said they had concluded that a syrian air force jet was responsible for a chemical attack in this town — khan sheikhoun — in april, which killed at least 83 people. the syrian government says it destroyed its entire chemical arsenal in 2013. israel hasn't commented — but we do know they've carried out clandestine attacks in syria before. earlier i spoke to rasha qandeel, who presents newsnight on bbc arabic tv. actually, the timing, as many a nalysts actually, the timing, as many analysts might think, today is not a coincidence. this is not the first time an escalation takes place on the borders between israel, syria and lebanon and it might be like a proxy strike in favour of the united states, as today as well, the un reports about the khan sheikhoun chemical attack which took place last a