the german fleet was in oslo as i mentioned. oslo, norway. .. in the uk and we had charge of that part of the worst space although we were in russian water. on the belief which was the largest effective battleship in the world was house there in the belief that was going to come out and attack ships admiral pound ordered all of the support away from this convoy so in a matter of hours in five days from the court where they were sailing to this convoy was -- 34 ships, 11, count them 11 ships went through and the rest were sunk. you can make it in for five minutes in the ships can't stop and they can't stop and pick you up and in the end 120 u.s. allied men died. most were killed immediately when they hit the water and those that survived came out crippled, maimed and emotionally scarred for life. he remains one of the saddest shameless episodes of the war. but again we are dealing with human beings. when that war ended i was in the pacific ocean. i was on a ship that was destined to be in the invasion of the canal and i was on a tanker often call

the german fleet was in oslo, as i mentioned, oslo, norway, they have water temperature in that area of 45 degrees below zero, 45 degrees below zero. you hit the water, you got four or five minutes and you're done. hypothermia takes you. hurricane winds creating waves 60 to 70-foot high. you can look this up and you'll see portrayals of this and you'll see the ships. they have pictures of the ships coated with ice and the men out there with hatchets chopping the ice to keep the ship mobile. there was an admiral in uk, in what is today great britain, the united kingdom. and that admiral had charge of that part of the war space. although we were in russian water and american ships, he was in charge. on the belief that the ship i mentioned which was the largest, most effective battleship in the world, was housed there. and the belief that was going to come out and attack ships, the admiral ordered all of the support away from this convoy. all of the support. within a matter of hours and five days from the port where they were sailing to, this convoy was condemned to death. 34 ships. 11,

we encourage the government of the philippines to allow her to travel to oslo. anchor: twitter cofounder jack dorsey has stepped down as ceo. he faced internal questions to reside -- to resign and will be replaced by the chief technology officer. in a statement on twitter, he said it was finally time to leave. reporter: jack dorsey has been at the helm in some form or another from 2006 when the company started. he stepped down for a while and was put back on. he has been under pressure since last year to go after some major shareholders raised questions about whether or not he should still be the ceo of twitter while at the same time serving as the ceo of

the german fleet was in oslo. they have a water temperature of 45 degrees below zero. if you hit that water you only have a few minutes before hyperthermia takes you. the ships are coated with ice. and the men are throughout with hatchets chopping the ice. there is an admiral, and that admiral was in charge of that part of the war faze. and we were in russian water with american ships, but he was in charge and on the belief thatship i mentioned which was the largest and most effective battleship in the world. it was housed there, and the belief that would come out and attack ships, the admiral ordered all of that support away from the convoy. so in a matter of hours, in five days from the port where they were sailing to, this convoy was con temperatured. 34 ships, 11, count them, 11 ships get through. the rest are sunk. young sailors in the water. you can make it four or five minutes. the ships can't stop and pick you up. 120 u.s. merchant men and allies died. most killed immediately when they hit the water. those that survived came home crippled, maimed, and emotional

for more, we are joined by the nrc's secretary general jan egeland, who is in oslo, norway, has just returned from a trip to kerman province in iran where he met with refugees and refugee camp. he said iran alone has displaced than the european countries combined. despite this, the european championship and erecting barbed wire against refugees give negligible funds for displaced afghans elsewhere. his recent "new york times" op-ed is headlined "afghanistan is facing a total economic meltdown." welcome back to democracy now! describe the scope of the catastrophe in afghanistan right now and what you think needs to happen. >> well, i recently was also in afghanistan and i sat down with the mothers in these displacement camps around kabul. i asked them, what about the fure? whato you think of the future? they told me very clearly, we believe we will starve and freezeo death this harsh winter unless there is an enormous aid operation coming throh and unless there is a public sector that is able to provide services. it is as acute as that. 40 million civilians were left hind when the nat