their prime targets were convoys from the west indies to europe. commodore rogers, with the frigates president and congress, the frigate, the united states and brig argus under decatur bainbridge, the constitution and scoop of war hornet all set out to strike british merchant fleets, deployment of these american naval squadrons diverted the british fleet and northern american waters from blockading united states ports to escorting men and seeking out our commerce raiders. new jersey, july 17 and 1818 12. and one of the most dramatic incidents of the war a british squadron, including the frigate carrier and shannon moving south from halifax, almost captured the constitutional captain icicle by skillful catching narrowly escaped in a dead with no help from the sailors, anchors were repeatedly carried ahead in ships. boats dropped and the constitution hauled up to them resourceful on to save the day. just a month later on 19, while out in the north atlantic, the constitution made her most famous fight, she again cited bulgaria this time alone. how the

chart ben stokes journey in the final 2016 letter for delivery and smashed a six by him give the west indiesng for him at the time in the incident much talked about outside of bristol nightclub that lead to disciplinary action. he has been come back and h at helped them win the 50 the 50 over world cup, and i appreciate that this is been talked about in an amazon documentary, but it is spend extraordinary strength for him in particular. it's amazing. it's a boyhood dream story, isn't it? it is something that she read many books. redemption and i think secondly, we all have highs and lows in work, in life it is many ups and downs, there's lots of negatives and positives and i think the 2016 world cup is the 2016 world cup is highlighting how much he has improved and matured and learned from mistakes and what a story, if you want someone with a calm influence some of the plays under pressure, no panic and makes it right to the team, it right to the team, it is ben stokes. and thinking and thoughtful and no panic and knows what he's doing under huge pressure and he's seen england over the line

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he'll take charge for the women's tour of west indies, which begins on the 11th of december.cedes' george russell setting the second quickest time this morning in the opening seession. it's also set to be a weekend to rememberforfour—time world champion sebastian vettel. after 16 years in formula 1, he'll race for one final time this weekend and had a chance to reflect on his driving career, starting from a very young age, alongside his very proud dad in the aston martin garage. that's all the sport for now. hello. the rain clouds are starting to clear in the weather is improving the cross, and after what is been a very wet couple of days not to scotland but northern england too. here's a rater from the last 12 hours or so and in aberdeen sure, we had about hundred 60 mm of rain in the last two days or so but that rain is getting lighter but it's not going to be completely dry day on saturday. how about the weekend overall? it will be a mixed bag for most of us, certainly some sunshine in the forecast for blustering showers are expected too. here's the satellite picture in th

he leaves behind politics, he leaves behind his predators and takes off to the west indies and leaveshind his second family was and carter lee and that included five children. younger brothers of robert and two sisters. he heads off to the west indies and leaves his family to be taken care off by their carter relatives. robert is six years old when this happens and never sees his father again. there's something for psychologist can tell you about the trauma, there's hardly any kind of pain worse philosophy. the beginning of that's what robert expenses and in a sense even more cruel all through life constantly introduced as robert e lee the son of harry lee, people dreaming what they are conjuring up in his mind. robert on one occasion before 1861 never refers to his product and pass in his application letter to west point. beyond that, he never talks about his self, he never visits his father's grave. not until the end of 1861 when robert lee is coming into his own, become his own man so to speak. it's only been he comes to terms with the influence and impact of white house harry his

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they were both from the west indies . neil tommy was only west indies.eil tommy was only and paul anthony was only 17. there were only walking past the pubs. there were only walking past the pubs . yeah. and they were killed pubs. yeah. and they were killed by flying and there thousands of families like ours and no family believes or everybody wants this to be scrapped. so what the government is saying is that this is to stop soldiers from being prosecuted what a load of rubbish. we had a meeting with brandon lewis earlier this year when he still northern ireland secretary state and george jones who lost his father in the more rebellious air and had to identify him to brandon lewis and said how many soldiers is this to be protecting? he said , this to be protecting? he said, because i've often and he does his research george just and he says i can't find more than a he said, i think there's three. well when brandon the couldn't give him an answer he said, i don't have those sorts of figures at hands. he's a northern ireland secretary and he couldn't and

her parents immigrated to this country from the west indies in the early 20th century. virtually every male relative in her family worked for yell university, and she grew up in the shadow of yale, in new haven. something i know in what -- in my work, one could imagine one is a working-class black person growing up in new haven in the shadow of yale, there might be resentment. but for her family, their position was inspiring. her father really read the privilege of the young man that he served at yale as a chef, into himself. and the parents thought of themselves as the father in particular, as superior. they were part of the british empire, and proud of that. they were ambitious in their own way, and yet constance baker was a young girl and not expected to go far. however, she was incredibly intelligent, ambitious, had teachers who introduced her to the work of wb to boyce and james weldon johnson. debbie eb to boyce and james weldon -- w.e.b du bolis, and james weldon johnson. they told her women don't get anywhere in the law, and yet she was able to attend college an

in fact her family was a working-class family, her parents immigrated to this country from the west indies in the early 20th century. virtually every male relative in her family worked for yelp university and she grew up in the shadows in new haven and that is something that i know in my work is that for some, you can imagine that's one of oworking-class black person growing up in new haven in the shadow of yale, the right be some resentment about four per family, there for a new position was inspiring and in fact, her father really read the privilege of the young men that he served tat yale as a chef, into himsel. and the parents thought of themselves as the father in particular as superior. they were part of the british empire and proud about and they were ambitious in their own way and yes, constance baker motley was a young girl and she was not expected to go very far however, she was incredibly intelligent and fishes and two teachers who introduced her to the work of wb devoid it james robert johnson, she decided pretty early on this wanted to be a warrior and when she told her family

her parents asimmigrated from the west indies in the early if 20th-century. they virtually every male relative in her family works for yale university and she angrew up in the shadow of yale and new haven. that's something i note in my work is that for some we imagine one of the working class black person growing up in new haven in the shadow of yale might be oppressive but for her family their position was inspiring and in fact her father really read the privilege of the young men that he served at yale as shift into himself. and this is parents her parents thought of themselves as a father in particular as superior. they were part of the british empire. they were ambitious in their own way and yet constance baker was a young girl and she was not expectedto go very far . she was incredibly intelligent and ambitious. add teachers who introduced her to the work of web do boy . she decided pretty early on she wanted to be a lawyer and when she told her family and friends about this they said you must be crazy. women don't get anywhere in the law. and yet she wa

he'll take charge for the women's tour of west indies, which begins on the 4th of december.he'll race for one final time this weekend and had a chance to reflect on his driving career, starting from a very young age, alongside his very proud dad in the aston martin garage. that's all the sport for now. hello. well, the rain clouds are starting to clear, and the weather is improving across scotland after what has been a very wet couple of days. and of course, notjust scotland, but northern england, too. here's the radar from the last 12 hours or so — and in aberdeenshire, in char, we had about 160 millimetres of rain injust the last two days or so. but that rain is getting lighter. it's not going to be a completely dry day, though, on saturday. how about the weekend overall? well, it will be a mixed bag for most of us, certainly some sunshine in the forecast, but blustery showers are expected too. here's the satellite picture — and this weather front fast approaching will be sweeping over us, but not until saturday night. so actually, during the course of saturday, we'll be i

a sale under british escort to the french west indies where the ships would be immobilized for the duration of the war. scuttle your own worships or be destroyed when no reply was forthcoming the commander of the british task force james somerville ordered his ships to let loose on the french crippling the french fleet. and in the process killing 1,299 french sailors the french as you might imagine were deeply embittered by this attack i and as you can see in this poster of this drowning french sailor shouting the words, forget or all. for his part churchill. deeply regretted the necessity of this action. he called it. he's called his order a hateful decision the most unnatural and painful in which i have ever been concerned. the next day when he calling in his sad duty reported the attacks to parliament what happened next stunned him and those around him there was a long silence. no, one can quite believe the ruthlessness of this attack. and then suddenly the entire house of commons not just labor and liberal mps, but for the first time conservative mps stood up cheering their prime minist

the french were marching back to boston to be picked up by ships to go to the west indies. i have never figured out. maybe adam knows, but don't know why they didn't just pick them up in virginia. but anyway, they had to walk all the way to boston and they're going to cross the hudson river at king's ferry this was very significant for washington because, remember, we all think the war's over when cornwallis surrenders, there's two more years until. the treaty of paris, it was very uncertain, george. the third was not prepared to give up his north american kingdom. and so washington had to show the french that the continental army were good, strong. they were ready to stay in the fight. and so this is the moment when the continental army was the best dressed, the best drilled, the best uniformed as they ever were, because it was really a diplomat show. and what you're seeing here is that moment of that french army passing in review to be reunited with with the continental army at four planes point. now, another man who was present there, he was actually an englishman named

sleazy underbelly, this is when port royal gained the weller earned reputation as the sodom of the west indies and the wickedest city in the world. an unsavory melange of buccaneers and privateers prowled port royal streets and alleyways in search of liquid and current and carnal pleasure as one buccaneer said of his peers whenever they have got a hold of something they don't keep it for long. they are busy dicing -- and drinking so long as they have anything to spend. some of them will get through a good two or three thousand pieces of eight in a day and the next day not of a shirt on their back. he continued my own master used to buy a -- of wine and set it in the middle of the street with. carol had knocked in and stand barring the way every passerby had to drink with them or he'd shot them dead with a gun. he kept handy. on june 7 1692 a massive earthquake struck port royal and jamaica when it was all over nearly two-thirds of the city had slipped beneath the waves and more than 5,000 people were killed including many buccaneers the gruesome aftermath integris of aftermath hundreds of dead

this was when port royal gained the well earned reputation as the sodom of the west indies and the wickedest city in the world, an unsavory melange of buccaneers and privateers proud prowled port royal's streets and alley ways in search of liquid in and carnal leisure. as one buccaneer said in his peers, whenever they get a hold of something, they don't keep it full-on. they are busy dicing, whoring and drinking. so long as they have anything to spend. some of them will get through it -- and the next day not a shirt on their back. he continued, my own master used to buy a -- set in the middle of the street with the barrel head knocked in. and stand barring the way. every passerby had a drink with him or he'd have shot them dead with a gun he kept handy. on june 7th, 1692, a massive earthquake struck port royal in jamaica. when it was all over, nearly two thirds of the city had slipped beneath the waves and more than 5000 people were killed including many buccaneers. the gruesome aftermath, in the rematch matt, hundreds of dead bodies loaded bodies could be seen floating on the surface of the

the french were marching back to boston to be picked up by ships to go to the west indies. i have never figured out. maybe adam knows, but don't know why they didn't just pick them up in virginia. but anyway, they had to walk all the way to boston and they're going to cross the hudson river at king's ferry this was very significant for washington because,emember, we all think the war's over when cornwallis surrenders, there's two more years until. the treaty of paris, it was very uncertain, george. the third was not prepared to give up his north american kingdom. and so washington had to show the french that the continental army were good, strong. they were ready to stay in the fight. and so this is the moment when the continental army was the best dressed, the best drilled, the best uniformed as they ever were, because it was really a diplomat show. and what you're seeing here is that moment of that french army passing in review to be reunited with with the continental army at four planes point. now, another man who was present there, he was actually an englishman named ge

everybody was like you're going to west virginia by yourself, like a black lady, you should be afraid, right? but i went and we had this conversation. i called him bob indie that's not his name. but it was so interesting because part of me, i'm not going to confront him about being the confederate reenactor and i've been socialized as someone born in alabama, socialize as a southern black woman and girl that you don't start this stuff, right? because it could explode. but i was fascinated, and he, and to realize we are so similar. because his passion is to live inside history, as is mine. and yet i couldn't figure out why he wanted to live inside that part of history. >> and you couldn't ask him. >> and i couldn't ask him. but he told me this story about glasses pics of the first time, so for reenactors you have to be cut and if you've read "confederates in the attic" you also notice, and it helped because a new lots of questions to ask and because i read that book, right? so he goes, he goes at it if you enter like you have to take off those classes because everything has to be authentic and accurate up for the time period. >> they would get find. >> yes

indie rock genre. president den issues pardons for two turkeys. and much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from thete school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: somalia is suffering one of the most acute humanitarian crises on earth. a crushing combination of conflict and climate change has left millions in jeopardy of starvation, as famine again stalks the land. special correspondent tania rashid, producer luke hardy, and producer-videographer neil brandvold recently traveled to somalia and sent us this report, parts of which may disturb some viewers. >> a humanitarian crisis is rapidly escalating in somalia. the country is facing the worst drought in history after five failed rainy seasons in over two years. livestock dying everywhere. crops drying up, along with many water resources. over half of somalia 7 million people now face chronic hunger. and current estimates forecast that the crisis will exceed the 2011 famine that starved 260,000 people to death. now, again, famine looms over this land. tens of thousands are deerately fleeing their villages in search of food and water. the

indy rock genre. president biden upholds the white house tradition of pardoning turkeys before thanksgiving plus much more. announcer: this is the pbs newshour from w epa studios in washington and in the westronkite school of journalism at the zona state university. judy: somehow yeah is suffering one of the most acute humanitarian crises on earth. a crushing combination of conflict and climate change has left millions in jeopardy of starvation as famine again stocks the land. our special correspondent tonya, producer luke and videographer recently traveled to somalia and sent us this report. parts of which may disturb some viewers. reporter: a humanitarian crisis is rapidly escalating in somalia. the country is facing the worst drought in history after five failed rainy seasons in over two years. livestock dying everywhere. crops driving up along with many water resources. over half of small euros 7 million people now face chronic hunger and current estimates forecast this crisis will beat the 2011 famine. now again famine looms over this land. tens of thousands are desperately fleeing their villages in search of food and water. the ravages of climate change have contributed to the worst