[laughter] so anyway led by winston churchill the men whose names i have mentioned and some whose names i haven't mentioned successfully steered britain through the greatest crisis in our modern history and churchill's war cabinet has been deservedly celebrated ever since since. but the story is more complicated than is often thought. the title of my book "ministers at war" has a double meaning. churchill's war cabinet ward against the nazis of course, but also its members sometimes ward against each other. this has been mentioned by historians but it has been generally downplayed and i try in the book to present a more nuanced, a more complex portrait of the war cabinet than is commonly offered. you could say that i shake the kaleidoscope to show familiar pieces in unfamiliar patterns and that is what i intend to try to do tonight in the time remaining to me. i take it as given that everybody here is familiar with and accepts the common assessment. winston churchill's work cap has saved britain and help to save the world from nazi horror. i agree. i would never minimize the greatness o

led by winston churchill these men successfully steered britain through the greatest crisis in her modern history and churchill's war cabinet has been deservedly celebrated ever since. but the story is more complicated than often thought. the feet of my book "ministers at war" has a double meaning. churchill's war cabinet warred against in the nazi of course, and but also is members sometimes warred against each other. this has been mentioned by historians but it has been generally downplayed, and i try in the book to present a more nuanced. a more complex portrait of the war cab -- cabinet than is common hi authored. if shake the kaleidoscope to show familiar pieces in unfamiliar patterns and that's what i intend to try to do tonight in the time remaining to me. i take it as given that everybody here is familiar with and accepts the common assessment winston churchill's war cabinet saved britain hoped to save the world from nazi horror. i agree. i would never minimize the greatness of winston churchill or his war-time coalition government. we all owe it an unpayable debt. but life is not

well, churchill's mom, the letters she would write to winston churchill at school. this is what she wrote at one point when she saw some of churchill's grades. look at that letter. scolding. your work is an insult to your intelligence. it is that thoughtlessness of yours which is your greatest enemy. these words may sound harsh, but actually churchill's mother was one of his greatest supporters through her life and churchill always looked back and had fond remembrances of his mother, even though she did write these letters to goad him to do better, to push himself. and indeed churchill and his younger brother jack were two very successful leaders. what ever we see in this letter, whatever context we see, the product of the parenting worked out rather well. well, here is churchill as a young man. he started off as a soldier, graduating from sandhurst. he saw action in cuba where he was an observer in the rebellion that took place against spanish rule in cuba. he also saw action on the northwest frontier of india, today modern-day pakistan along the afghan border. he s

while in new york, she married lord churchill, winston churchill's father. a member of the british aristocracy. here is a photo of her when she was married to lord randolph and churchill was born in 1874. she was born in 1854. there you see young winston with his loving mother. look at how he is dressed. what an embarrassing portrait for a statesman, right? [laughter] well, churchill wrote in his autobiography that he was a troubled boy in the sense that he caused trouble for others. he said, i was called a troublesome boy. there he is, about 14. you see that scowl. wow. does he look like that? [laughter] look at those two. 50 years difference, but boy they look alike, don't they? you can see the resemblance between the two, the young teenager and the statesman that stood up to hitler. ok, that pugnacious, troublesome boy, who grew up to be a statesman who gave trouble to people like hitler. well, churchill's mom, the letters she would write to winston churchill. . look at that letter. scolding. your work is an insult to your intelligence. it is that thoughtl

demented evil, winston churchill declared -- the men of evil, winston churchill the declared, arnaudfore us -- are now prostate before us. the could barely hear himself speak, so loud or the chairs of the crowd -- were the cheers of the crowd. this is your victory, he said. in all of our long history we have never seen a greater day than this. i am but one of many millions who have grown up in a europe that has been united, democratic, and mostly prosperous. a europe that the veterans here set free. mine and other generations have enjoyed the most peaceful period in europe's history. thank you. [applause] alex kershaw: today while remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice all of us from all of the allied nations can still joyously agreed with churchill -- agreed with churchill. in all of our long history's, we have yet to see a greater day then ve day. i think we would now like to hear from the band once more please. thank you very much. while i organize my notes. thank you. ♪ [the stars and stripes forever] [applause] alex kershaw: i would like to now come to our next speake

randolph churchill will now read extracts from his great grandfather, winston churchill. mr. chill: the extract from winston churchill's speech of the 8th of may, 1945. yesterday morning at 2:41 a.m. at headquarters, general goebbel the representative of the german high command and grand admiral donners, designated head of the german state signed the act of unconditional surrender of all german land, sea, and air forces in europe to the allied expeditionary forces and simultaneously to the soviet high command. today is victory in europe day. hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight tonight. but in the interest of saving lives, the cease fire began yesterday to be sounded all along the front. and our channels are to be freed today. the german war is therefore at an end. after years of intense preparation, germany -- germany hurled herself on poland at the beginning of september, 1939 and in pursuance of our guarantee to poland and agreement with the french republic, great britain the british empire and the commonwealth of nations declared war upon this foul

the men of evil, winston churchill declared, are now prostate before us. arely hear himself speak so loud with the cheers of the crowd. this is your victory, he shouted. it is the victory of the cause of freedom in every land. in all our long history, we have never seen a greater day than this. i am one of many millions who have grown up in the europe that has been united, democratic and mostly prosperous. a europe that the veterans here set free. mine and other generations have since ve day enjoyed the most peaceful period in europe's history. [ applause ] thank you. today, while remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice all of us from all of the allied nations can still joyously agree with churchill. in all our long histories, we have yet to see a greater day than ve day. i think we would now like to hear from the brand once more, please. thank you very much. while i organize my notes. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> i would like to now come to our next speaker secretary albright is deeply sorry that she could not be with us here today. i s

prime minister winston churchill used the station to meet his war cabinet. he even slept here sometimes safe from german air force bombing. the site was top secret where decisioning could be made and messages sent. >> i would have been 25. it would have been protected by soldiers that are military escort as well to protect people. it will be very much a working place and very busy place. >> you get a real sense of history coming down into these now empty tunnels. at one time, though they would have been packed with people. but even now you can still hear the piccadilly line trains rumbling along. part of this site is still used by the transport network. some of it along with several other former stations are put out to tender for commercial use. >> this is a unique space within london. it's a station that's not been used by passengers since may 1932. it's where churchill's war cabinet met. it's in the heart of mayfair. it's a unique location had history and space. >> reporter: decades after down street's demise this part of london's history could once again

i kept reminding myself of that phrase attributed to winston churchill. "when you are going through hell, keep going." [laughter] but here is the thing i cannot emphasize enough you here today. most people do run into in life, including the smart ones, they will be averse to new things. they certainly were in my experience at hulu and amazon. the typical human response in the face of the new is to ignore mock, or dismiss it. new is scary. new is the unknown. most everyone does not believe that the new will work until it does. if you think the world is broken in a certain way, and you have a great idea to fix it, do yourself a favor and follow your convictions relentlessly. the path i described will be an uncertain want.

winston churchill inspired me during my presidency. like churchill, i now paid. -- paint. it is not worth much without the signature. he gave a speech to the students of his old-school during the most trying times in world war ii. it was not long and it is well remembered. he urged to never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. i hope you will remember this advice. there is a lesser known passage from that speech that i want to share with you. these are not dark days. it these are great days. the greatest day of our country -- days our country has ever lived. we should thank god that we are playing a part to make these days memorable. when he uttered these words many have lost hope. many doubted the future of freedom. today, some doubt america's future. they say our best days are behind us. i say given our strengths, one of which is a bright new generation like you, these are not dark days. these are great days. finally, you can be hopeful because there is a loving god. whether you agree with that statement or not is your choice. it is not your government'

he's going to go up to canada to meet with winston churchill in what would later be called the atlantic conference. before he leaves he makes a speech at hyde park. he makes a plea to all americans. he lays his cards on the table why he is going with this unpopular policy of continuing the oil to japan. he says to the public there's a world war ii going on. there's a world world war going on all over the world and one of the things i'm trying to do is prevent the war from spreading to places where it does not art exists. he said i am selling japan. japan only has two spigots california and today's indonesia. he said if i keep selling japan oil they will never attack united states. there will be no war in the pacific. roosevelt was planning for war against hitler so he needed a quiet pacific. and then he said to the public he said if on the other hand i take your advice and i cut japan's oil japan will be forced to go down to indonesia to their only other gas pump in the united states will be involved in a war. and he says my policy has worked for two years. i have kept peace in the paci

winston churchill inspired me during my presidency. like churchill, i now paint. unlike churchill, it is not worth much without the signature. in 1941, he gave a speech to the students of his old-school during the most trying times in world war ii. it was not long and it is well remembered. he urged to never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. i hope you will remember this advice. there is a lesser known passage from that speech that i want to share with you. these are not dark days. it these are great days. the greatest days our country has ever lived. we should thank god that we are playing a part to make these days memorable. when he uttered these words, many have lost hope. many doubted the future of freedom. today, some doubt america's future. they say our best days are behind us. i say given our strengths, one of which is a bright new generation like you, these are not dark days. these are great days. finally, you can be hopeful because there is a loving god. whether you agree with that statement or not is your choice. it is not your gover

if you ask haskell students in america who was george c marshall, one of the men that winston churchill said one -- won world war ii, if you ask american haskell students, they may not know him. but if you ask german students they know marshall, he was part of the great master plan after world war ii. there are certain americans almost better known in europe and -- than in this country. >> thank you all for coming. thank you, jim. we will be back next month. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of american history on c-span3. follow us on twitter. for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. all weekend long american history tv features fort lauderdale florida. in 1945, flight 19 left the naval station in fort lauderdale on a training mission and disappeared. the disappearance prompted one of the largest air and sea searches in history and fueled the myth of the bermuda triangle. together with partners, the city tour staff visits sites exploring the rich history of a fort lauderdale. learn more about fort lauderdale all weekend her

marshall, the man that winston churchill said won world war ii, if you ask american high school students, they may not know george c. marshall. but if you ask german students they know he was the man behind the great marshall plan after world war ii. there are certain americans almost better known in europe than they are in this country. i think ira aldridge is certainly one of them. ian cooke: thank you all for coming. next month, jim barber with everett dirksen. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> you

randolph churchill will read extract from his great-grandfather, winston churchill.dolph: the extract from the eighth of may, 1945. yesterday morning at 2:41 a.m. at headquarters, the representatives of the germans and the grand admiral designated head of the german state signed the act of unconditional surrender of all german land seas, and air forces to expeditionary forces and simultaneously. today is victory in europe day. hostilities will and officially at one minute after midnight tonight. in the interest of saving lives, the cease-fire began yesterday to be signed all along the front, and our dear channel islands are also to be freed today. the german war is therefore over. after years of intense preparations the beginning of september, 1939. in pursuance of our guarantee to poland and an agreement with the french republic, great britain the british empire, and the commonwealth of nations declared war upon this foul aggression. after france had been struck down, we from this island and from our united empire maintain the struggle single-handed for a whole year

greatest conflict of all time with the rights of all free people endangered roosevelt meant winston churchillto the world, pledged the right of all people to choose their own form of government. if we record this dramatic meeting as the birth of the atlantic charter. >> december 7th, 1941 day of infamy born into the pages of american history. the president faced a nation united. >> i ask that the congress declare that since the unprovoked and startling attack by japan on sunday december 7th 1941, a state of war has existed between the united states and the japanese empire. >> in 1942, fdr startled the world by meeting churchill in casa blanacblaca, giving two words unconditional surrender. with the future of civilization in the balance the role played in this period is written in history. more conferences, fdr wrote a new chapter in international relations, gave assurance to the people of china, aligned aide in the war against japan. fuls the guiding hand in bringing together the many conflicting forces of east and west. such was the man who meant stalin for the first time, giving the world's

greatest conflict of all time with the rights of all free people endangered roosevelt meant winston churchillorld, pledged the right of all people to choose their own form of government. if we record this dramatic meeting as the birth of the atlantic charter. >> december 7th, 1941 day of infamy born into the pages of american history. nation united. >> i ask that the congress declare that since the unprovoked and startling attack by japan on sunday december 7th 1941, a state of war has existed between the united states and the japanese empire. >> in 1942, fdr startled the world by meeting churchill in casa blanacblaca, giving two words unconditional surrender. with the future of civilization in the balance the role played in this period is written in history. more conferences, fdr wrote a new chapter in international relations, gave assurance to the people of china, aligned aide in the war against japan. fuls the guiding hand in bringing together the many conflicting forces of east and west. such was the man who meant stalin for the first time, giving the world's promise free

what about the submarine warfare clicks on the opening day of the second world war winston churchill was reappointed the head of the british admiralty again. that same day we had a german have a german submarine sinking without warning the british liner. over 100 lives were lost including 28 citizens of the new journal united states. hitler's propaganda minister accused churchill of having the bomb detonated on board to create what he called the lusitania for his own political advantage. subsequently, both sides reverted to unrestricted submarine warfare. in 1942 we have u-boats sinking 8 million tons at a time when allied shipyards could only turn up some 7 million. it was only improvements in underwater detection is the reins and increased air cover that brought victory in the battle of the atlantic. no country either acts in the second world war except for japan and china. it is perhaps the first example of a success of mutual deterrence. but have churchill ever seriously considered using gas? the answer is yes. as prime minister in 1940 he planned for the possible use of poison g

it reminds me of winston churchill said about america. americans always do the right thing after they exhausted every other option. we're at that point. fawn: did you think when you took this over, you would find yourself in deep conversation about tax reform? rep. shuster: not really. the chairman of the transportation committee, i knew that there was some, we had to dole with the mechanism, but, yeah, again it's been good. paul ryan is a smart guy. i learned something from him every time i talk to him. fawn: i have a question from your former staff director who is now the chief of the port of pittsburgh or something. he wants to know about your recent road show in pennsylvania, for those of you who don't know, a bus trip that you took -- rep. shuster: two days basically. fawn: around talking to people, because he worked for you. rep. shuster: we had the secretary of transportations of south carolina and north carolina, oklahoma and texas and i think the most -- i believed it before, but hearing from them, they believed that the federal

i kept reminding myself of that phrase attributed to winston churchill. "when you are going through hell, keep going." [laughter] mr. kilar: but here is the thing i cannot emphasize enough you here today. most people do run into in life, including the smart ones, they will be averse to new things. they certainly were in my experience at julio and amazon. -- huyllu and amazon. new is scary. new is the unknown. most everyone does not believe that the new will work until it does. if you think the world is broken in a certain way, and you have a great idea to fix it, do yourself a favor and follow your convictions relentlessly. the path i described will be an uncertain want. but don't let the fear of uncertainty of not having all the answers, be the thing that hold you back from pursuing your dreams. at your age it is very natural to have somebody questions. who will i be? what i want to do? where should i live? what makes me happy? it easy to feel alone in this uncertainty. to feel bad that you do not have all the answers and all the details figured out, eve

>> en undergraduate seminar on winston churchill in this sinister i have a course on monarchies and the nation's and empires. and a graduate seminar the mid 18th century to the mid 20th century. >> host: wed. >> guest: students to take out of that besides memorizing the names and dates? >> specifically just because we're lucky enough to live in this country we should not supposed that most people living in countries like that today not to say we should sing the "star spangled banner" but to think in a broader perspective. partly to say that most of human history nations and empires organize themselves around monarchies so we ought to understand they're not leading up to democratic republics that is part of it. but beyond that dash general proposition is the reason to study history it is the best anecdote to what assumes the parochialism that the time is now. history has gone on for a long time because we don't understand what it means to be human one because it might have had a different perspective of the rise. >> you talk about samuel in the interview. >> keyword dash harvard universi

london where there are plans to transform this un unused station which ones served an a bunker to winston churchill. >>> hello, welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. video posted online shows the center of ramadi a day after i.s.i.l. took control of the strategic city. the iraqi government called in shia militias backed by iran to retake the city of i.s.i.l. after its own forces fled. european ministers approved plans to launch a naval mission against people smuggling networks operating across the mediterranean. there has been gunfire in parts of burundi's capital, involving more protests against president pierre nkurunziza. he sacked three members of his cabinet involved in the coup attempt >>> police in columbia say a landslide killed at least 48 people. heavy rain caused rain in the north-west province to burst its banks, triggering the disaster. many homes have been destroyed and a search under way for residents missing >>> more from al jazeera's alessandro in the capital bogota for us. bring us up to date with the latest situation. >> rescues operations continue in the are

construction of the national health service in 1951 the conservative party became the first under winston churchillway through until 1964. the rest of the 1960s belonged to the labor party but in 197 #rbgs the conservatives took over again and most of that was shared between the two parties. and the conservatives only had a small government, but in 1979, margaret thatcher came to power and, she altered the course of british approximate will a particulars, and the conservatives held office until 1997 which saw the birth of new labor and tony blair. and labor then, were in government through until 2010, and that's when things started to get difficult for the conservative party because they had to go into a coalition with the liberal democrats and five years on, there's been an explosion of new parties all vying for authority, on the left, the green party the scottish national lefters and right, u.k. indofep dense party. this is unchartered territory. >>> the region will continue to outperform the rest of the world, by the international monetary fund. >>> it is expected to be fueled by increased deman

in situations like this, we can always expect to find a relevant dose of wisdom from winston churchill. this is no exception. he said it is not enough to do our best. sometimes we must do what is required. thank you very much. [applause] i have about 20 minutes. i can take a couple of questions. i have to leave at 9:00. my pao will sit around and forward any other questions to me. [laughter] >> one thing that interests me is given the ohio replacement has a smaller missile load than the ohio, why is it the documents show it is a larger submarine? >> the question was since the ohio has larger missile tubes and the higher size of the replacement. our replacement is not larger. it is about the same size. a couple of things. our replacement has a pulserprepulser. that right there -- there is a size associated with that. the manufacturing techniques are such that we can do -- the things that will allow us to build in the same time as the virginia is part of that. there is some size associated with the way we are building it. that is a significant part of keeping the cost down and keeping th

> i am in underground london where there are plans to use this station which once served at winston churchill'sunker. [beeping] ooo come on everybody, i think this is my grandson. [lip syncing] ♪little girl you look so lonesome oh my goodness. ♪i see you are feeling blue ♪come on over to my place ♪hey girl ♪we're having a party happy birthday, grandma! ♪we'll be swinging ♪dancing and singing ♪baby come on over tonight >> welcome to al jazeera america. taking a look at today's other top stories from around the nation. the u.s. department of state will not release hillary clinton's emails until january 2016, according to vice news, which requested copies under the freedom of information act. the democratic presidential candidate used a private email account for official matters while she was secretary of state. police in washington d.c. are looking for this man after a quadruple murder. wealthy businessman, his wife and their son and housekeeper were killed last week not far from the home. the house was then set on fire. police are investigating a miss citious voice male from him telling a second

i do recall that on one occasion, sir winston churchill said in exasperation about one most distinguisheddiplomats -- "he is the only case i know of a bull who carries his china shop with him." [laughter] but witty as sir winston was, he also had that special attribute of great statesmen -- the gift of vision, the willingness to see the future based on the experience of the past. it is this sense of history, this understanding of the past that i want to talk with you about today, for it is in remembering what we share of the past that our two nations can make common cause for the future. we have not inherited an easy world. if developments like the industrial revolution, which began here in england, and the gifts of science and technology have made life much easier for us, they have also made it more dangerous. there are threats now to our freedom, indeed to our very existence, that other generations could never even have imagined. there is first the threat of global war. no president, no congress, no prime minister, no parliament can spend a day entirely free of this threat. and i don't

. >> winston churchill goes out to see for himself if there is any unrest. >> this is a unique space london, great location and great history. we are looking to bring it back into use so we have set about a competition where we are looking forward for people to come with ideas. we have six or seven disused stations that we could bring back. we want to get all weekend from bringing this one forward and apply those learnings to the rest. this isn't about making money. we have many more valuable assets elsewhere. this is about ringing great history and location back into use. we will be judging bids more on the quality of bids than the value we extract from it. to make somect money but only over five or 10 years. >> think it is fantastic because potentially you could have restaurants and high-class retail or art galleries. gigs andes, performances. given that it is in mayfair, it could work -- if it could work anywhere, it could work here. rishaad: could a major chinese player the dialing up interest? we will investigate that turning businesses -- "trending business is" back in two minu

on sunday, the relationships that winston churchill developed with americans during his political career. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> investigators with the national transportation safety board interviewed the engineer who was operating the amtrak train. the briefing is about 30 minutes. >> hello, and good afternoon. i am a board member with the ntsb and i realize we are later than we said we would be. the reason for that is around 4:30 we started getting news about interviews that we thought were important for you to know about. we delayed it so we could report that information to you. we've interviewed three crew members today and i want to point out, i'm going to recapture some of the things that they have said, but i want to point out that these crew members have been traumatized through this accident that they were in. and they've not fully recovered from their injuries. we did interview the engineer today. it's been widely reported he's 32 years old. he had his f.r.a., federal railroad administration, required physical just last month. our investigators found the en

he summoned winston churchill to come across the ocean in need in the white house.ks after pearl harbor, franklin roosevelt sent the order to the military, attack japan. he knew he had to make the point that they were not invulnerable and he had to prove to the american people that we had the will to stand up and fight back against the odds. lucky for him, and lucky for america, 80 brave americans stepped forward to volunteer for this mission. some might have described it as a suicide mission. we are going to fly bombers off a carrier? we're not going to have fighter escorts? were going to have to give up our armament because of these 500 pound bombs we have to transport such a great distance? we're going to find ourselves out in the ocean. as cumbersome and olson said, -- as congressman olson said earlier, spotted by the japanese. where going to have to ditch these planes after it's over. perhaps in russia, perhaps in the ocean. these 80 men stepped forward and said, we will do it. nelson mandela was asked about courage. he said courage is not the absence of fear,

he dominated the proceedings because the conference progressed he allowed stalin to wear down winston churchill who kept throwing up roadblocks to a cross channel invasion and coming up with new reasons to postpone it. fdr and stalin finally set the date for the normandy invasion in spite of churchill. it was a good stalin would doublecross him. churchill had no understanding of stalin once comparing him to a crocodile. fdr was haunted by the tragedy of the botched peace only the versailles conference. the german army that marched home after world war i hardly knew it had been defeated. fdr wanted to make sure that on his watch the germans were going to suffer. that led him decide that after the war was over they would be no gathering of heads of state no time when he would not be in control. he did this by calling for the unconditional surrender of germany, and refusing to define what he meant. that's all the the problem. there would be no negotiated peace, no one able to interfere with what he and general marshall decided. no interference. as fdr said reporter in honolulu in 1944 in response

we heard one guy quoting winston churchill, we will fight on the shores we will fight on the beaches, we will fight in the hills and the cities we will never surrender. sort of aggressive talk. i heard another guy express something that was very interesting to me. he was saying it's not just shootings or police aggression that people in these neighborhoods are concerned about, it's the little stuff. it's the speed cameras, the faulty registered speed cameras where young people who just got their hands on a used rusted-up toyota corolla, got a job somewhere in town are getting hit by faulty speed cameras. it may not hurt somebody like me who has a good income that can afford the 80 bucks but if you're making minimum wage and you get hit with a couple $80 tickets it is still defensive anger. that got a big round of applause here. let's talk to some people who have come down here. you guys are with the guardian angels right? you come down from new york did you? >> no. we are actually baltimore guardian angels. >> reporter: what's your purpose in being here today? >> our purpose is to kee

first winston churchill said socialism is the philosophy of failure the credo of veterans in the gospel of envy the virtue is the equal sharing of misery. the only woman british prime minister said the problem is socialism is that eventually run out of other people's money. we will be right back. >> baltimore city government is still a mess with hundreds of breast now clogging the court system will be back talking about the justice and consequences of and the new attorney-general. wait until you see what happens when he tries to get the subway car moving again when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. nicorette mini starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. anytime. anywhere. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i choose nicorette mini. to seven. lou: join me now to the country's best attorneys. good to have you both here. start with the president. for all we have seized in baltimore is starting with the racial exploitation and politics of race stick it is an appropriate. >> catalog and the president to go on the shows when he tries to get elected but

. >> prime minister winston churchill goes to see for himself -- this is a great location in london.cation, great history. we are looking to put it back into use. a, we have set out competition, looking for people to come forward with ideas. disused stations we could bring back into use in some form. we want to apply those learnings. this is not all about making money. we have many more valuable assets elsewhere. for us, this is bringing a location with great history, great location back in use. there much more focused on quality of bids than the value of the extraction we would expect to make. probably over five or 10 years -- this is really about a long-term payback for the rider. [indiscernible] -- >> you could have many potentially. you could have restaurants, and art gallery, you can have conferences, public performances. if it could work anywhere, it could work here. ian anderson, the senior director of planning. still ahead -- all ofgoing to find out the amenities in this half-billion dollar property, next. ♪ pimm: one of the biggest homes in the united states in history risin

and they are on may 15th eisenhower, patton, omar bradley, winston churchill, king george the sixth and several dozen of the most senior commanders have gathered to review for it last time the plan called overlord, which is the invasion of france, which is to take place in three weeks. they met in an auditorium at st. paul's called the model room and the general said that girls were bundled up in their overcoats because even that was the middle of night, it was cold as a meat locker and they sat on hold with benches normally reserved for schoolboys. the poet john milton among other english luminaries had gone to st. paul. on the florida cop put it this auditorium was an enormous paris relief map of the normandy coast, where the rivers and teeth into the atlantic and a british brigadier and no skid socks shuffled around on this hop is a discussed the individual locales and what would be coming in three weeks the most famous battlefield in the world. the beaches, for example. utah omaha, gold, juno, sword and towns no one had heard of it soon would become infamous. towns like saint lo and

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it was a bustling train station and one of winston churchill's war room. we are taken under ground to what could be london's next commercial hot spot . >> reporter: more than 20 meters below the surface, a warren of tunnels snake below london. the underground network is evolving. new routes leaving the past behind. down street station closed, too close to other stations, passenger numbers dwindled. during the world war ii, they became the corridors of power. prime minister churchill used the station to met his war cabinet and even slept here sometimes, safe from german bombing. the site was top secret, where decisions could be made and messages sent. >> there would have been 25 or so administrative staff protected by soldiers, a military escort down here as well. it would have been a working place, a busy place. >> you get a real sense of history coming into the now empty tunnels. at one time they would have been packed with people. now, you can still hear the piccadilly line trains rumbling along. part of this site is still used by the transport network.

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>> winston churchill. >> are you british? >> no. >> i get it.ush. >> [ buzzer ] >> am i close? >> gosh. >> f.d.r. and truman. >> lincoln. >> lincoln? >> that was the civil war ♪ ♪ >> what body of water is on the east coast of the u.s.? >> [no answer] >> atlantic. >> excellent. >> the atlantic. >> the gulf of mexico is by texas. >> right. >> i'm from colorado. i have never been to the ocean. >> red sea. [ buzzer ] >> lake erie? [ buzzer ] >> the atlantic ocean. >> i was going to say atlantis but i figured that didn't sound right. >> name one state that borders canada. >> alaska? >> yeah. >> montana, vermont. minnesota. >> washington? >> like new jersey, new york area? >> new jersey? >> no. >> connecticut. [ buzzer ] >> oregon? >> no. >> where are you from? >> i'm from bend, oregon. >> yeah. okay. >> what is the name of our national anthem? >> the national anthem. [ buzzer ] >> is it a trick question? [ buzzer ] >> i pledge allegiance to the flag? [ laughter ] >> i know what it is. i just can't get it right now. >> isn't it just called the america