harbor, at pearl harbor. we have a number of newspapers in our collection from various states documenting the bombing that took place. this is the only item we have, the only newspaper we have from the territory of why. so -- of hawaii. this case commemorates men who were at the bombing of pearl harbor as well as those who passed on the attack at pearl harbor. this first document is the first 10 account of the bombing by william -- a first-hand account of the bombing. he survived and was on board the ship. he was talking about how it was totally unexpected. he was going about his daily duties and pretty much chaos they scrambled to run to their post to do their duties, to defend the ship. over here we have a volume listing the rank, file numbers and next of kin for men on board the uss arizona on december 7, 1941. below that we have a piece of the actual deck from the uss arizona, pried up off the ship. here we have a photograph of the uss arizona, they performed a show, a competition on december 6, 1941. the

pearl harbor. as we approach the 75th commemoration of that day-- 9news sits down with one of those heroes. his experience on the front lines just ahead. long before the there was another attack. we can read about it in history books, but don't often get the chance to talk to the people who were there. that's why you may want to take advantage of a very special book signing at the tattered cover at aspen grove this sunday. lt. jim downing is 103 years old, and was there 75 years ago when the japanese bombed pearl harbor, drawing the united states into world war two. he was stationed on the uss west virginia, one of the batt caught fire and sank that day. and now he's written a book about it, called the other side of infamy - my journey through pearl harbor and the world of war. we talked to him about his emotions that day. again you can meet his book this sunday at 2:00, at the tattered cover aspen grove. and by the way in decmber we'll be airing a one hour special on the 75th annversary of pearl h

on pearl harbor. the number of pearl harbor veterans alive today is shrinking, but one of them who survived the bombing of the uss arizona lives here in colorado. >> he talked with 9news reporter maya rod, to ellis story about that day and now -- maya rodriguez, told his story about that day and now the efforts to save his life. >> reporter: some dates are seared into people's memories. >> reporter: and some bear the scars of those dates. >> these are all skin grafts. >> reporter: world war ii veteran donald stratton is one of them. >> the explosion clear back to here and blowed all this off. >> reporter: in his colorado springs home sits a model of the strip stratton once called home, the uss arizona, a ship that now sits at the bottom of pearl harb battleship or anything before that. >> reporter: he was assigned to the uss arizona during a time of peace until that ill fated december day in 1941. >> heard some sailors yelling and hollering and pointing and went out to have a look and seen them droppi

. >> the second oldest living pearl harbor survivor is sharing his incredible story at 103 years old. the colorado bed is releasing a brand-new book. we caught up with lieutenant jim downing at a book signing today. >> on december 7, 1941 lieutenant jim downing with her one of the worst days in us history. it was the day the japanese seventy-five years later, downing still lives to share history. on the details the wars of war immediately the american people were welding together as one. and magnificently came through to win the war. >> and the other side of infamy, my journey through pearl harbor in the world of war, downing puts into words what if you look to tell. but perhaps the most powerful word stoning ever put on paper or those he wrote in the days and nights following the attack. he took down personal messages from his friends who were wounded and lying in hospital beds. many of sailors died in downing shared the final rinse with family and friends. all these years later he thinks of those who never even got the chance to say goodbye. >> may greatest tear shedding is the 83,0

let's remember pearl harbor. paying tribute to guys that were actually there that day. >> after a week they didn't knee need the copy anymore. >> they are very special. and i think that it's just really cool. students and veterans to be the. thought up by a denver base charity. called the greatest generation foundation. >> it's great. they might remember what happened many years ago. they're meeting history. a 90s. i'm pretty sure the oldest is 97. and the youngest is 92. >> a video of their performance posted on a foundation facebook page. earlier today. is bound to go viral. the kids even invited one of the survivors who was on the u.s. pennsylvania that day. to sing along. >> history class is one thing. is an experience few other third gradeers will ever get. >> the best. we have a link to the entire video on kdvr.com. >> . the greatest generation foundation leaves december 2. returning them to pearl harbor. for the 75 anniversary. >> >> those guys are treasures. win and all is well with the world. 7 and 3 wit

more to it than just being bombed at portal harbor -- pearl harbor. at any given time there were 1500 men on the ship. with this exhibit i just wanted to show the ship's history as well as what the daily life was like for the sailors. june 19, 1915, there it is coming from the new york navy yard. there were between 50000 and 70,000 people present at the launching. if you happen to be one of those fortunate people, you were these tickets. june 19, 1915, this was donated to us by the woman who christened the ship. she was considered the most beautiful girl in arizona at the time. turns out that her dad was the dignitary to the then governor, george hunt. he petitioned the governor to let his daughter kristen the ship. that's how she got the right to do that. christen the ship. that's how she got the right to do that. this log talks about where it was from 1917 to 1918. so, primarily at that point it was a part of the atlantic fleet . in 1917, baltimore, maryland, mid 1918, and then it mid down to france in the june 1918. the uss arizona joined the pacif

pearl harbor survivor and all the gallant men, american sailors firsthand account of pearl harbor. for taking phone calls, twos and email questions. go to book to the.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> technology conference in san francisco technology officers talk about how to secure data and what they learned from high profile data breaches and cyber attacks beginning with the ceo of a french based platform providing information about startup companies. this is an hour and a half. asmac >> congratulations on the new product. apparently you got three customers before even announcing. >> three minutes ago, two people come and we are excited about that, already resounding about what we have done here. >> fantastic. that is good. >> this is the first monetization, it has been around a long, long, long time. why now? >> a year ago, that was the start of this change, the independent company, the business model, 25 million users, and combination of that effort. >> and that time, the first to market with the low end version of status covering venture capital, tracking new startups

sworn in. >> with the father in the navy the sea was in ed hamilton's blood when pearl harbor was burned. >> reporter: on that day in 1945, ed was on board the u.s.s. bennett manning the guns as a hot caseman when the bombs began raining down from the japanese company cozies. >> we were -- company left wreak we would vin jod another two on the bottom. >> reporter: it was one of his many close kahlon his four year tour the at home waiting his bride melba who he met on revere beach. >> if you wrote almost day. >> reporter: seven decades later ed has a new pen pal a fourth grade student named dominick who lived in hawaii. now these two unlikely friends plan to meet for the first >> because so many of the guys can't go if i'm able i want to do it. >> reporter: family and friends have started a go fund me page to fly ed to pearl harbor. on his first night there he plans to have dinner with dominick, a member of the greatest generation touched by the youngest. he says he'll there be no matter what. >> last year there was a 100-year-old guy, 100 years old. the harmon call. now if he's -- on the

harbor displayspeoria with a 5-sun city is also getting in on the celebrations.businesses around the arizona are honoring our men and women who serve with deals freebies and discounts. for a complete list of celebrations. l 3 3 3 3 3 3 plenty of people out there doing the mannequin challenge...you know...that thing you've seen online where people stand still - like they are mannequins.everyone seems to be getting in on the act... the denver broncs put together one of the best we've seen... they gathered in their locker room and delivered a "mannequin challenge",... there are guys getting dressed,.. checking their phones... even pouring hot sauce on their lunch... impressive stuff....but as good as this one was....the cleveland cavaliers just might have found a way to top it.... well check this out-- the reigning nba champions, the cleveland cavaliers, did their own version of the mannequin challenge-- while visiting with the president and first lady at the white house yesterday. lebron james and the gang posed with mrs. obama-- and said they wanted great is that???? ad lib ??? two ba

next month, they are taking two dozen pearl harbor survivors back to hawaii to be honored for the her ropes on the was thrust into world war ii. like 95 -year-olds tom petso of the war. >> they are meeting history. a video of their performance -- posted on the foundation's facebook page earlier today is >> the kids even invited one of the survivors, mickey ganitch, who was on the uss pennsylvania that day, to sing along. ? music playing ? history class is one thing but paying respects in song to some guys were living history, is an experienced few other third-graders will ever get. ? music playing ? that is the great mickey ganitch. ninety-five -year-old survivor of pearl harbor. >> the great this generation's foundational leaves on december 2. you should go on our facebook page to watch it. it gave me goosebumps. >> that, the coaches show with gary kubiak. have a great night. dismantled and dominating -- the broncos desperate for a bounce back in the big easy. but the saints are surging. it will be anything but a breeze for the defending champs. in the zone with coach kubiak kicks of

and craig nelson with his book pearl harbor, from infamy to greatness. followed by an interview with donald stratton, pearl harbor survivor and co-author of all the gallant men, an american sailor's firsthand account of pearl harbor, taking a phone call, sweets and email questions. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> here is a look at the staff picks from harvard bookstore, and matt by how the downfall of gary hart's presidential campaign, shaped today's campaign in all the truth is out.

it is the pearl harbor conference. right after the democratic national convention had nominated franklin roosevelt for a fourth term, he flew to pearl harbor to meet with admiral chester nimitz, general douglas macarthur, at pearl harbor. and as fdr said, where next? they were nearing the china coast and nearing formosa, and taiwan -- where do we go? nimitz presented a case for formosa. which was very much what the navy department in washington wanted to do but macarthur made , the case for the philippines. he said mr. president, we have , to go there. there were several reasons. first, strategic. the philippines were in a tremendous strategic position with the best harbor in the far east. we have a chance to use this as a base for further operations against japan and other japanese held areas. there is another reason we have to go back and it is this -- you promised. i shall return -- americans have made a promise to the philippines. we promised independence but we , also promised to redeem. franklin roosevelt even sa

the author of "pearl harbor, from infamy to greatness," followed with an interview by pearl harbor survivor. we are taking your phone calls, tweets, and emails questions -- email questions from noon until 3:00 p.m. >>. information security and hacking experts including the ceo of hacker one, the founder and therowd, information security adviser from fiat chrysler talk about cyber security threats. you appeared at an automotive cyber security -- they appeared at an automotive cyber security conference. >> this is really an exciting time for industry, the cyber security industry. also, the auto industry. bringing this together and having the inaugural summit is timely. the discussion is securing the car. some of you are probably thinking, what does that mean? that is what we are here to tell you about today. crowdsourcing of security vulnerabilities. a number of other previous panels have discussed this. we are going to dive into some details. i would like to start off by giving each panelist a two-minute opening comments. talking about their role and what they are doing. let's start over to

jim downing is 103 years old, and was there 75 years ago when the japanese bombed pearl harbor, drawing the united states into world war two. he was stationed on the uss west virginia, one of the battleships that caught fire and sank that day. and now he's written a book about it, called the other side of infamy - my journey through pearl harbor and the world of war. we talked to him about his emotions again you can meet lt downing and get his book this sunday at 2:00, at the tattered cover aspen grove. and by the way in decmber we'll be airing a one hour special on the 75th annversary of lt. downing will be a big part of it. more on that as we one hospital that has many patients with heart conditions, decided to ban talking about something... what they can no longer debate about to stop those patients from getting heated up, still ahead. plus- one thing that can calm you... certain smells. we tell you more about north dakota pipeline. this time, members of the religious community are standing in solidarity with the cause. a large group of protesters and clergy members held a prayer ral

donald, pearl harbor survivor, american sailers firsthand account of pearl harbor. we are taking phone calls, tweets and e-mail questions live from 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> dr. carla hayden can you remember asked about being the librarian of congress? >> i can remember that moment because i was surprised. i add been advising and consultant because this was an opportunity for the library community to weigh in basically on what would be needed for the library congress going into the next few decades and so my name was put forward as a person that they should talk to and that went on for a lit while and then i was asked would you consider being considered for the position yourself and it took me back a little bit and i had to then think about what i was currently doing. really public service in a city that had the public library be the state library. >> baltimore. >> baltimore and maryland. this was a very good situation and i had baltimore and was really working on so many issues and i had how can i go from serving a community to serving the country and what contribution

my journey through pearl harbor danny puts into words that you look to tell. downing took down personal messages from his friends were wounded and lying in hospital beds. many of his soldiers died and downing shared the words with their family and friends. >> my greatest tear shedding is i think of the dead heroes as much as i think of the living heroes. >> people lined up to thank downing for their service. others were there just to shake the hand of a fellow soldier. what's your secret? >> most importantly, they all listened to the 103 -year-old are willing to share. >> keep america strong. in cyberspace, and the skies, on the ground, on the sea and under the sea. weakness invites conversion. keep america strong. x want to get you back to our someone is at the podium. >> must listen and -- [ inaudible ] early on, especially. part of that is on me. you can run the ball if you're not on field. standing on the field and getting in a rhythm helps everybody. that something will work on it will get it fixed. [ inaudible ] hats off to oakland, i thought they did a

and craig nelson with his book "pearl harbor: from infamy to greatness" followed by an interview with donald stratton, coauthor of "all the gallant men: an american silor's firsthand account of pearl harbor." we're taking your phone calls and tweet questions live at noon eastern. go to booktv.org for the full schedule. >>> now a discussion on the benefits of education and job training of prison inmates from the center of law and social policy, this is about 40 minutes. >> hi everyone. welcome. i'm david sokolov from the center for law and social policy for c.l.a.s.p. we're here to discuss reconnecting justice how americans move from incarceration to re-entry. i want to give a warm welcome to the 200 of you gathered here in the room. we have more than 700 of you across the country and 48 states, the district of columbia and puerto rico registered for the webcast so welcome to all of you being with us here virtually and to many more of you watching us on a live broadcast on c-span3, thank you so c-span for covering this very important topic. we are really glad in particular to see the m

one of the great moment, which was the pearl harbor counts. the democratic national convention had nominated franklin roosevelt for a fourth term, he flew to pearl harbor to meet with his two top commanders. general douglas macarthur at pearl harbor. as franklin roosevelt said, we are next. because of the two pacific drives and the southwest pacific nearing the china coast and near taiwan and the philippines, where do we go? nimitz presented a case, which is what the navy department in washington wanted to do. macarthur made the case for the philippines. go,president we have to then moves on. there were several reasons for it. first, strategic. teachinges is finished position. we have a chance to use this as our base for further operations against japan. further operations against the japanese held areas. with ace -- for a strategic purpose it is important. he promised, i shall return. americans have made a promise to the philippines. inpromised the dependence 1946, but they also promise to redeem back in december of 1941. franklin roosevelt s

harbor. fox25's catherine burcham had veteran. >> the day i turned 17, i was sworn in. >> reporter: when pearl harbor was bombed, the cause was burned on his heart. >> 50 miles off the coast of japan when we got hit. >> reporter: on that day in 1945, he was on board the uss bennett manning the gun as a hot caseman when the bombs came raining down from a cam casey sinking it >> the plane came in with two bombs. that could have hit us, and we would have joined the other two on the bottom. >> reporter: one of his many close calls on his four-year tour during world war ii. at home waiting his bride melda that he met. >> the letters kept me going. she wrote almost every day. >> reporter: ed has a new pen pal, a 4th grade student who lives in hawaii and can't get to meet for the first time. >> so many of the guys said if i am able to, i want to do it. >> reporter: started a go fund me page to fly ed to hawaii for pearl harbor's 75th anniversary. on his first night there, he mans to have dinner with

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page to help ed travel to hawaii for the seventy-fifth anniversary in pearl harbor and simply a question of duty. >> because so many of the guys can't go. if i'm able i want to do it. >> reporter: ed has one other person he wants to honor and meeting he just can't miss in hawaii. >> elizabeth: postal workers looking for new postal workers and clerks. one third are eligible to retire and many of them work within 128 and city of boston. starting pay around $16 an hour and most new workers can become permanent employees in a year. base salary is 37,000 per year and eventually reach 60 grand. however, 40% of new hires quit within >> kevin: photographic truth the clouds are breaking and plymouth before sunset this evening and sun before it set and across the bay and pretty shot and see the foliage hanging on there too. so it is coming. getting better. clearing out tonight, clouds will be going away and, in fact,, focus into the southeast, plymouth right up in here and the clouds have been and cleared out much of cape cod out here on the vineyard and great picture from the edgartown police dep

fleet at pearl harbor. american history tv marks the 75th anniversary of the surprise 10,ck on saturday, december beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern. we will show archival films, first-person accounts from veterans and civilians, and the ceremony atsary pearl harbor and at the world war ii memorial in washington. and we will take your calls, saturday, december 10, starting at 8:00 a.m. here on history tv only on c-span 3. >> this year, c-span's touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next come i look at our recent visit to pittsburgh, pennsylvania. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. ♪ >> representing the 12th district of pennsylvania, congressman john murtha presents capital commentary. and now here is congressman murtha. congressman murtha: i'm glad you can join us from a series of our reports from washington. the archive service center that really collection theyials and documents postindustrial pittsburgh. today, we will talk about congressm

a colorado pearl harbor survivor will be honored at a christian high school. the 94-year-old was 19 when he was a sailor on bored the u.s.s. arizona when that attack began. he is one of the last remaining survivors who is planning on returning to hawaii in december to mark the 75th anniversary of pearl harbor. >>> also there are freebies and deals for all the veterans. many restaurants are saying thank you with free meals. olive gardens vets and active military members can get ee chipotle will give away a free burette or or taco after 3:00 this afternoon. baskin-robbins is donating part of its profits to veterans organizations. >>> it was built in 1899 for coal and steel magnate cleveland osgood. >> about six weeks ago we got a post card that said it was for sale and we thought, that would be interesting, let's see go see what it's about. here we are owning it. i think we would like to do six, possibly eight larger bed and break fast type rooms. >>> the sale comes time as a change of ownership in another historic hotel. hotel colorado that stands above the hot

pearl harbor, from infamy to greatness. followed by an interview with a .earl harbor survivor we are taking your phone calls, lives, and email questions from noon-3:00 p.m. eastern. go to book tv.org for the complete schedule. secretary of state henry kissinger recently sat down for an interview with former british prime minister john major where they discussed foreign policy in the nixon administration. mr. kissinger also answered questions about the syrian civil war, brexit and the u.s. relationship with britain. this comes from the bbc's briefings program. [applause] bbc's briefings program. [applause] dr. kissinger: ladies and , he and i are friends. i met him before he became prime minister and we have stayed in contact the rest of our lives. when i was invited to give this speech and became evident that the house that he lived was close to where or devastation -- where i was stationed when i was here with the 84th infantry of the united states. i was near winchester. occurred before i was henry kissinger. i lived here

navy was still a rigidly segregated organization, and despite miller's actions at pearl harbor, he had been promoted no more than cook first class -- third class. in life and death, dori miller was a symbol. a symbol of what? world war ii was a watershed of the limitations of the promises and racial reforms of the war years? as we talked about in some of our first classes, one of the biggest debates is over chronology and periodization. when did civil rights begin? was it during emancipation or was it later? this period lays a really key role in the way historians understand the modern black freedom struggle. it is clear the war years brought a lot of gains for civil rights, but also prove a profound disappointment to those hoping for lasting transformation in american race relations. in the most simple terms possible, it changed some things but failed to change others. understanding the how and why is where i think things get interesting. we want to use our time today to talk about some of the ways black americans experienced world war ii, responded to it, and the impact of the war ye

stephen to me, the other of "countdown to pearl harbor, and craig nelson with his book "pearl harbor: from infamy to greatness." also, the other of "all the gallant men." we are taking your phone calls, tweets and in no questions live. for theok tv.org complete schedule. where asking students to participate in this year's bydentcam video competition telling us what is the most urgent issue for our next president, donald trump, and the incoming congress to address? the competition is open to all middle school and high school students grades six through 12. you can work in a group to from 5-7 video minutes. $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded in shared between 150 students and 53 teachers. 20,deadline is january 2017. that is inauguration day. format information, go to studentcam.org. >> today, michelle obama welcome to the arrival of the white house christmas ttree. this year's tree is a balsam fir from wisconsin. ♪ >> what you think? >> it is great. should we inspected? it? i think we are good. my replacement kids. this is what happens when you have teenagers. guys.ob, christmas

i was probably like most people where is pearl harbor? >>reporter: he enlift flood the army air corps he ended up in the 14th armored division. >> my responsibilities was to keep the radios working. the battle of the bulge unfolded the injure man's launched a desperate offensive ma'am hammering american positions with tanks and artillery. >> when you have shells falling around you and there's not a whole lot of places to hide, you don't know what's coming the next minute. >>reporter: earl remembers bitter cold and losses. >> number of my friends did not make it through there. >>reporter: german ll he returned to hsu tonight on may 7th. the war in europe ended may 8th. >> that didn't make me a bit unhappy. there's no such thing as a good war. but wwii was a necessary war. >>reporter: earl went home to minnesota in 1955 he did a quick job for tampa electric. >> i finished the job on wednesday, got on an airplane flew back to minneapolis, got there at 10:30 at night. it was 20 below zero and my car tampa ever since. earl put the war behind h

it was a long road from pearl harbor to tokyo. 3,854 miles requiring three years and eight months for u.s. forces to reach their final destination, but we were not alone. the armed forces of australia, the armed forces of new zealand, and the british airborne task force supported us throughout the war in the pacific. i would like to summarize a few of those -- that occurred between march 1945 and august 1945. during a two-week period in march 1945, 321 b-29 bombers operating in basis from an island 1500 ocean miles from japan dropped 10,000 tons of napalm loaded bombs on that country. 16 square miles of tokyo were consumed, 8200 of its civilians were killed, and over 1 million were left homeless. during five fire bombing raids in march of 1945, 29 square miles of japan's main industrial centers were destroyed, 40% of its principal cities were damaged, and about 330,000 of its civilians were killed. this was not the first nor the last time that we had targeted japan, but it was significantly different because it represented a change in strategy from specific target bombing to incendiar

archival films, first-person accounts, and the 75th anniversary ceremonies at pearl harbor and the world war ii memorial in washington. and we will take your calls. saturday, december 10, beginning at 8 a.m. eastern, only on c-span3. >> we have a special webpage to help you follow the supreme court. and select-span.org supreme court at the top of the page. you will see four of the most recent oral arguments heard by the court this term to see all of the oral arguments covered by c-span. you can find recent appearances by many of the supreme court justices, or watch them in their own words. or the one-on-one interviews from the next two months. we have a list of all current justices, with links so you can see their appearances on c-span, as well as many other supreme court videos available on demand. follow the supreme court at c-span.org. next, author paul staiti talks about his book, " of arms and artists: the american revolution through painters' eyes." john trumbull, benjamin west, and gilbert stuart. th

a year before pearl harbor. you mean like, 1940? mr. puleo: a full year before pearl harbor. mr. lamb: what were the requirements? mr. puleo: they were put into the gold depository. the secretary of the treasury said you can have about 60 cubic feet which is about the size of a freezer, and so that is how much room we had because of the time there was a lot of gold and fort knox. it was at its peak at about that time, 1941, 1942, so he has to make a decision, what documents are going to be there? the original engrossed declaration, definitely. the original constitution, definitely. confederation, pre-constitution, for sure. the gettysburg address, consider critical goes. he makes this decision very methodically come i think on what is going to go to fort knox. these are considered the most valuable documents in the country. the magna carta is the document that he has been asked to preserve for the brits. he thought jefferson would approve that the magna carter would be in that same area in fort knox. mr. lamb: talk about lincoln's gettysburg address. there have been five copies,

>> double-v as a strategy was first laid out in just a month after pearl harbor. in a letter printed in the "pittsburgh kocourier" the auth james thomson wrote this, "he proposed two vs, a v for victory over enemies from without and a v for victory over our enemies from within. james thompson was a cafeteria worker at an aircraft plant in kansas. an african-american. he asked some questions that resonated very deeply with courier readers. they were the same questions that they had been asking themselves, asking their families, asking their brothers. how should i respond to this global crisis? should i enlist knowing i'm not going to be treated as the equal of a white soldier? should i buy war bonds? use my money to invest in this conflict? make sacrifices to support the war effort, even though i'm not totally free myself? or as thompson put it -- i'm going to read it to you, "should i sacrifice my life to live half american? will things be better for the next generation in the peace to follow? would it be demanding too much to demand full citizen rights in exchang

. ♪ >> on the morning of december 7, 1941, japanese lanes attacked the fleet at pearl harbor. american history tv marks the 75th anniversary of the surprise 8:00 a.m.inning at saturday, december 10. show first-person accounts by veterans and ceremonies at pearl harbor and a deep world war ii memorial in washington. in we will take your calls. that is only on c-span3. up next, author paul talks about his book, of arms and artists: the american revolution through painters' ." s john trumbull, benjamin west, and gilbert stuart. over onet is a little hour. >> we are delighted to have lcd presenting "of arms and he is the author of several books and essays on american artist.

interview with a pearl harbor survivor and american sailors first-hand account of pearl harbor. were taking phone calls tweets and email questions live from noon until 3:00 p.m. easter. go to booktv.org for the complete schedule. >> a civil rights leaders held a press conference to call on president-elect trump to denounce racism and violent acts by his supporters. speakers included representatives from the national council, muslim advocates, the american federation of teachers in the leadership conference on civil and human rights. it was organized by the southern poverty law center. it was one hour. [inaudible] >> a morning my name is richard cohen, president of the southern poverty law center. i'm joined today by brenda charities program director for muslim advocates, janet, president, president of the national council of la raza. randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers, wade henderson, president of the leadership conference for civil and human rights. also want to acknowledge the presence of two people important to us. luria from moms rising thank

harbor. "u.s.s. oklahoma: the final story" features first-person accounts from survivors who spent days trying to rescue trapped sailors, and focuses on new efforts to identify those who perished. and "into the arizona" follows a team of divers who are the first to explore the lower decks of the ship where more than 1,000 sailors lost their lives. >> in 1941, the attack on pearl harbor claimed the u.s.s. arizona. now five years later one arizona survivor and a group of scientists take a look at the ship like it has never been seen before. >> the oklahoma was going over very fast, and everybody kind of was to himself to get out. >> pearl harbor is an event that reaches the 20th century into the 21st century. >> i know my family never had closure for generations. >> the ability to identify remains is really advanced, so there's a lot of hope for the families' lost loved ones. >> woodruff: the two pearl harbor films air tonight on most pbs stations. finally tonight, we want to take a moment to t

a colorado pearl harbor survivor will be honored at a meet and greet at valor christian high school this morning. the 94-year-old was 19years old when he was a sailor aboard the u.s.s. arizona when the attack began. this is one of the last remaining survivors and he's planning on returning to hawaii in december to mark the 75th anniversary of pearl harbor. >>> also today there e leary live who has been covering these protests that erupted overnight. on a national scale and here locally, good morning, jamie. thousands of people were out on the streets overnight. >> reporter: yeah, this latest protest drew a huge crowd. there's even talk of more protesting today. but i'm told there are more than 3,000 people who took to the streets that lasted well into the morning. at the capitol around 5:30 yesterday evening. it was an effort all organized through facebook. the crowd was much larger than anticipated. many of the protestors carried signs, chanting, not my president. the large group marched to the line that at time stretched for blocks. police monitored the situation. protestors marched to

december 26, 1941, the day after america's pearl harbor crisis. mr. lamb: how did he get involved and why did they go to fort knox? mr. puleo: the secret service gets involved when the library of congress needs help. he is kind of responsible for these documents and he wants the top law enforcement agency in the country at the time, the secret service, to help him with this move. fort knox was chosen because it was america's most impenetrable location. it was the gold union depository, had been open several years prior with a lot of gold already transferred. and so the secretary of the treasury gave permission to use a portion of the depository for these documents. mr. lamb: which documents? mr. puleo: the declaration of independence, constitution, gettysburg address, articles of confederation, the gutenberg bible, lincoln's second inaugural address and a copy of the magna carta, which the united states was holding onto for safekeeping for britain. the british had sent to to united states for the 1939 world's fair and when war broke out in europe, ask

dorie miller on the right came to fame through his actions at pearl harbor. as japanese planes were swooping over the text of the uss west virginia, miller carried his wounded captain to safety, then took over manning a machine gun, managing to hit several of the incoming fire plans. that have would've been a courageous action under any circumstances, but it was made even more so by the fact that dorie miller didn't have any gunnery training. black sailors in the u.s. navy were restricted to behind-the-scenes roles like messman, cooks, and stewards. miller was a cook, and had been below deck gathering laundry. and seeing what he did to be done, despite lack of training, he went very much above and beyond the call of duty. 1942, dorie miller begin the first u.s. african-american to receive the navy cross, the second highest award for courage under fire. the navy sent him on a warrant for, and used his face to drum up recruitment among african-americans, through promising opportunities to rise above and beyond, like dorie miller had done, and to be recognized.

pearl harbor, from infamy to greatness. followed by an interview with a .earl harbor survivor we are taking your phone calls, lives, and email questions from noon-3:00 p.m. eastern. go to book tv.org for the complete schedule. secretary of state henry kissinger recently sat down for an interview with former british prime minister john major where they discussed foreign policy in the nixon administration. mr. kissinger also answered questions about the syrian civil war, brexit and the u.s. relationship with britain. this comes from the bbc's briefings program.

arizona" when the japanese attacked pearl harbor. 75 years later. he's written the first memoir by one of the surviving crews. ahead, the stories he never told anyone including his wife. >>> the american ambassador to diplomat into a reality tv show. now the danish series is now finding an international audience. >> you guys love him, too. >> yes. great story. >>> right, now the morning headlines from around the globe. "the guardian" says the great barrier reef is being ravaged. more than two-thirds of the it could take up to 15 years to grow back. >>> "the new york times" reports that a former "playboy" model is pleading not guilty in her body shaping tape. dani mathers is facing charges. police say she posted the photo of a 70-year-old woman and smokingly posted on snap chat. i remember that. >>> and fear or hate trred of foreigner people from different cultures. and also the word fight box of the presidential election. >>> and "the new york times" reports on "hamilton" hitting a new high. set a record for the most money ever made in a single week

book pearl with his harbor. followed by an interview come anh april harbor survivor -- interview with a pearl harbor survivor. we are taking your questions live. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> the white house christmas tree arrives friday. this year's tree is a 19 foot for her. it is from a farm in wisconsin owned by dave vanderbilt and his wife mary. they operate first lady michelle obama as she welcomed the tree outside the north orrico. -- portico. ♪ ♪ >> with do think -- what do you think? >> it's great. >> think we are good. these are our replacement kits. this is what happens when you have teenagers. one is asleep very these two are up. this is what we've got now. christmas again. the holidays start. our last one. congratulations to our award winners here. all right, our work here is done. are you guys ready? it is easy. it's the easiest part of the holiday season. happy holidays, happy thanksgiving. >> with donald trump elected as the next u.s. president, melania trump becomes

. >> there is more to the uss arizona them being bombed at pearl harbor. this ship existed for 25 years and thousands of men served on her. at any given time, there were 1500 men on the ship. i just wanted to show the ships history as well as what daily life and culture was like. this is a photograph of the launching of the uss arizona and the new york navy yard. there were supposedly between 50000 and 70,000 people present and this is a ticket to the launching of the uss arizona, so if you are one of those fortunate people, you have one of these tickets. this is the champagne bottle used to christen the arizona. this was donated by the woman .ho christened the ship she was 16 at the time and considered the most beautiful girl in arizona. turns out her dad was a dignitary who is friends with the then governor and he petitioned the governor to let his daughter christen the ship and that is how she got the right to do that. latecase documents the teens of the history of the arizona. is a reference for historical data documenting weapons systems on board and

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miller himself, despite his actions at pearl harbor, had not been promoted. almost no paths to advancement for african-american sailors in the navy. in life and death, dorie miller was a symbol, but a symbol of what? world war ii was a watershed moment in the black civil rights, or of the limitations of the promises and racial reforms of the war years. as we talked about in some of our first classes, one of the biggest debates in civil rights history today is over chronology and periods. when did it begin? emancipation, or later, 1950s, 1960s. world war ii is right in between the 1930s and the 1950s. so this period plays a really key role in the way that historians understand the modern black freedom struggle. it is clear that the war years brought a lot of gains for civil rights. very important gains. but also proved a profound disappointment to those hoping for lasting transformation in american race relations. in the most simple terms possible, the war changed some things but failed to change others. understanding the how and why i think is where things ge