it was the regional game of thrones facing off king harold and his saxon army against william the conqueror and his normans. the swords was swollen. a rose flew. and the body count grew. a lot of the exhilaration of kind of fighting in the balkans is very exciting very intense you don't think about anything else because although. only pretending to be in the battle there are still people waving a weapons around we believe that with your chin you ration could never do that again because they had to critical mentality to do that fish you have to figure out just crossing the channel like that. we've been equipment was not so modernized like we have now and conditions were very quite difficult and what we're after is incredible i mean. the climax of a battle king harold is cut down and slain. with his rival dad william sees this be english thriving but unlike nearly a millennium ago plays bested on the battlefield and live to reenact another day. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. turkish box forces say they've taken control of roswell again a key border town in northeaste

again at the normandy and climb hundred two stone steps to the top of the round tower begun by william the conqueror and that's where the pages are there fascinating. in other words was his own secretary until late in life when he began to go blind. he writes everything in correspondence in his own hand and basically copies himself. he's a great list maker. he writes formulas for insecticide. you learn a lot about him and you have a tactile sense of being in his presence. you learn among other things that he's a caring father because there's correspondence to the queen and the kids. you learn that he is in fact driving the train when it comes to the war. he not only dates this correspondence with lordnorth and the other ministers, it's to the minute. 11:20 2 pm . and he's very not only punctual that way, he's very compulsive that way. >> before we get any further in the revolutionary war we've got colors already lined up. we're going to put the numbers up on the screen. if you'd like to participate, rick atkinson. let's begin with richard from sierra vista arizona. thanks for coming in, you're on th