harbor, pearl harbor day was a real thing. it was not quite a national holiday but it was a day that was marked and observed, the type of thing you didn't schedule superfun things to take place on december 7th, the same way that today we tried to avoid large celebratory events on 9/11. that memory is replaced the next generation with the kennedy assassination. one of the sort of weirdest realizations i have in this book, i have a one-year-old daughter and for her, 9/11 will be as removed historically as the kennedy assassination was to me or someone born in 1981 and to me, i am a history buff. the kennedy assassination could not be more ancient history. i write about it as real history. i cover the fiftieth anniversary of the kennedy assassination and the idea, for my daughter, 9/11 will be as weirdly removed to her, it is unimaginable to me because i can tell you every minute of that day as it unfolded for me. i have the story about eating breakfast in college and that is one of the things, when you talk to -- maybe your pare

december 71941 the navy attacks pearl harbor hawaii. the casualties total 2300 killed in 1177 aboard the uss -- it wasn't just four days later that the axis powers italy and germany declared war considered states and that happened on december 11. it's a little known historical fact that even though the germans and the japanese were allies they didn't necessarily share all the information. just like us they work unaware in a few days difference of the war declarations. to understand what kind of war the united states entered and again it was a global war and it's amazing to see how the united states could project its military prowess in the far pacific and atlantic in africa as well as asia. it's astounding so it shows how battles were fought on literally the other side of the planet. the most complex undertaken. we talked about the battle of the atlantic. the germans they needed to stop it. a month after germany were the first wave of u-boats arrived at these codes. operation drumbeat was the first of many operations that continued to l

i want to take you to what we call the second pearl harbor it happened december 2nd, 1943 in italy, a beautiful little country spot today but in 1943 it was a harbor where ships brought in tools and because it was 43 and the war would go on for almost two more years but in december of 1943, there was a ship that was carrying explosions that were unnamed at the time but in general bernard montgomery positioned these bombs and one of them carried 100 tons of mustard gas bombs although outlawed after world war i and the american logic we were never to use mustard gas. general montgomery had a requisition shipped to him in case the germans he was fighting would take advantage of us. 100 tons of mustard gas bombs and about 330 in the afternoon that report having 30 ships in the harbor normally when you see them lined up to unload they line up right next to the dock. it was so loaded there were 30 ships in the harbor and only one of them had this on it and when they came in they dropped the bomb on the uss john harvey which exploded. no, no, not exploded, but with 100 tons one on each side

barry, december 1943, we call it the invasion, and we call it second pearl harbor. and i will leave you with one more thought before guy. i want to tell you about something called mermen. if you have the opportunity to do so, please visit the world war ii memorial. it's a sacred place for my friends and also for you. it holds our history. on one side of the area it lists all of great battle fronts, and you will see the one that says mermansk. it is very close to the sea and if you look at that, here is russia, here is the sea, and over here. directly over here, norway. it was home to control by the zer mans at the time. and they occupied the country and they housed in the harbor there some of the great ships. one of them is called the turnpicks. after the war started, we recognized the need to ship goods there and they put together the largest convoy in american history. tell me how many of your schools. i'm going to tell you what i know now. no condemnation, but fact. they had a billion dollars worth of material. now that is about $5 million. but bound for mermansk

well, on december 7th, 1941, japan bombed pearl harbor. the next morning, the president of the united states, franklin delano roosevelt, declared war onjapan. and overnight, americans, japanese—americans, american citizens of japanese ancestry were looked at with suspicion and fear, and outright hatred simply because we look like the people that bombed pearl harbor and we were we were spat on and attacked on the street. our homes, our cars, our businesses were graffitied with ugly, racist slogans. the government imposed a curfew on us. we had to be home by 8pm at night and stay home until 6am in the morning. we were imprisoned in our homes at night. the next morning, if we went to the bank to make a deposit or a withdrawal, we discovered that our bank accounts were frozen. our life savings was taken from us. we were financially straitjacketed. so there you were — your father, who was born injapan, your mother, who was of japanese origin, but she'd been born in the us, and you and two siblings — and you were taken to a camp. exactly,

we call it the invasion barry and we call it second pearl harbor. and i'll leave you with one more thought before i go. i want to tell you about something called mermens. visit the world war ii memorial. it's a sacred place for me and my friends, but it's also a sacred place for you. it holds our history. on one side of the area, it list all the great battle fronts. you'll see it etched in stone. look for the one that says mermance. it's close to the baring sea. norway was owned and controlled by the germans at that time they defeated the norwegian government and they occupied the country and they had housed in the harbor there some of the great battles -- great ships, one of them, 1942, we had been in the war seven months, and after the war started, we recognized the need to ship goods there. and they put together the largest convoy in american history. tell me how many of your schools, universities are going to tell you what i tell you now. no condemnation. fact. they had a billion dollars worth of material. that's about $5 million. bound for russ

harbor had been bombed, and he said -- as pearl harbor attack was ongoing. throughout the next three years she would write him approximately 120 letters. he would respond and kind and that correspondence becomes the basis of our narrative. >> one of the really compelling artifacts in the museum's major winters photo i.d. card that you can see on the screen right there it shows how he rose to the ranks. he would cross out his rank as he would rise up to lieutenant and in the major. and one of dick's really good friends at camp kroft was a fellow gi from lancaster named trusted trenton who dick lovingly referred to as trent. you could see the illustration of him to the right of the screen. he was ultimately trent who convinced winters to join the airborne and head to fort -- as you could see from the words on the screen. dick was not too enthused about dropping out of a perfectly good airplane. trent dug up that old desire his to be a member of the parachute troops and i've been telling him he is nuts for that suicidal outfit. on january 22nd, 1942. not too lo

the attack on pearl harbor. but there are details, where americans are very recently learning. so go ahead here. with the speech. >> yesterday, the japanese government also launched tax attacks against malaya. last night, japanese forces attacked hong kong. last night forces of japan attacked guam. they attacked the philippine islands. last night the japanese attacked wake island. and this morning the japanese attacked midway ireland. japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive, extending throughout the pacific area. >> okay. so what we see here is that roosevelt was trying to convey the enormity of what had just happened. it was not simply an attack on one military base, pearl harbor, but part of a massive offensive in the pacific. he wanted to rally public support for declaration of war. and he got it. he got almost unanimous support of congress, with one exception. jeanette rankin, who by pure coincidence had also voted against the declaration of war, the first world war. she served two non consecutive terms in congress, and both times or claim to fame was that she

the attack on pearl harbor. but he had details that americans are just very recently learning. so we go ahead here in this speech. >> the japanese government also launched an attack against malaya. last night, japanese forces attacked hong kong. last night, japanese forces attacked guam. last night, japanese forces attacked the philippine islands. last night, the japanese attacked wink island. and this morning, the japanese attacked midway island. japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive, extending throughout the pacific area. >> okay. so what we see here is that roosevelt was trying to convey the enormity of what had just happened. it was not simply an attack on one military base in pearl harbor but as part of a massive attack in the pacific and he wanted to rally the public's support for a declaration of war. he got almost the unanimous support of congress with one exception. janette rankin who had voted against the declaration of war in the first world war i. she served two consecutive terms in congress and both times her claim to fame she had voted against the

pearl harbor the lindbergh's for the time being here minded readers of what they espoused lay ready for new marching orders. to willkie channeling -- trump the new york governorship against dewey. august 26, 1942 he lifted off on a three month, 30,000-mile around the word -- world peace mission in ab 24 bomber. the leaders in turkey iran syria iraq followed by 10 days in the soviet union with stalin and his nomenclature and chiang kai-shek and madam chiang kai-shek. a picture-perfect gaze at the impact left in the train of willkie's progress was that of "christian science monitor"'s discerning foreign correspondent to the semi- colonial nations declared edmund seventh wendell willkie wants the four freedoms taken out of the round of the abstract and clothes in a rumpled blue suit. 36 million plus americans listen to the report to the people on the four national networks for the 1940s to mid-term elections. it was a deep. message about the next chapter in the american adventure in the atlantic charter contextualizing of american exceptionalism. wendell's address offered a picture of the

i wrote that on generate 22nd not too long after pearl harbor. so he did change his mind as we can see here. when he did change his mind dick end up in the ranks of the parachute infantry regiment that was located we can see some of the camp here in the background. dick wrote that february it is our motto our battle cry for it is taken from a mountain at toccoa georgia. the 13 miles high lease to run up. the record was 42 minutes. i made it in 441 day. i'm strictly no runner there, just did it by plugging along. want to hit europe in my travel shall have a letter from each country and a souvenir. that includes berlin and tokyo. if i must do it myself. here we see a man of sublime confidence as he is involving himself and parachute training. so the copy of the often stayed behind and read his books. part of his success as a combat leader. a lot of the guys would go out and have a beer and go out on dates. dick would stay behind and study his manuals. he felt he had a job to do. >> that's also my favorite artifact that is featured in the book. we c

harbor tokyo bay so it really begins when he takes command on the last day of 1941, and ends with a signature on missouri on the peace agreement so that's really a focus on him and the war. i shared some of will's frustrations with the inability to get into some of the archives in the process of this but i was lucky enough to be in residence of war college for a couple of years and a wonderful naval library at mayo academy, and there archives as well pretty i just finished i wanted out i'm engaged into another great courses course and some of you may have seen my time is money here mentioned to me that you see my specific work series that i did for them a couple of years ago. i did a lot of history u.s. navy to the present. >> while that seems like a big project. >> i think and i mentioned the other day that i have a book coming out in trump, the public faces the called running the race, based on the setup of watching the race of his life in his career unfold read and i do think it's an amazing story about how he invented reinvented new audiences and continue to look for what would

historians have called at america's second pearl harbor except the difference here is the enemy wasn't attacking another naval force. the germans were scoring off against battleships or aircraft carriers they were attacking merchant ships with volunteer crews bid u.s. merchant marines and in many of these shipwrecks and north carolina -- during world war ii one it is also where we started pushing back at the start of the war, president roosevelt said, history has recorded who fires the first shot, in the long run, however all that will matter will be who fired the last shot. north carolina is where that road began in the atlantic war. this is where we had our first victories against the germans, think of the coastal defense of the east coast like a -- where all three prongs have successes off the shores -- the first of these was april 14th of 1942 with the you 85 sunk by uss rover off north carolina. the first u-boat sunk off of the east coast -- the second, was on may 9th. 1942. the you 52 was sunk by -- becoming the first u-boat sunk off the american east coast. here we have the surv

it was the worst in navy defeat in pearl harbor. in contrast, the two groups suffered only two casualties and a dozen wounded. this evening, the uss monitor arrives after coming down from new york where it was built and encountered a carnage with the navy. they went next to the grounded uss minnesota, wooden sided, and got it ready for battle that was sure to come the next day. confident in the previous day's victory, they launched 1,000 yards out with the uss minnesota. protecting the minnesota, the modern equipment was moved next to the virginia. the two traded shots with one another at point blank range but doing no significant damage. each ship tried to ram the other. each commander tried to find a weak spot. through it all, the minnesota remained afloat. only an iron ship could stop another iron ship. the battle that took place that day left neither the monitor nor the virginia seriously damaged and both sides claimed victory. ultimately historians call it the battle of draw. in fact, there was one clear winner, the age when wa

. >> and i have to get back, where were you on pearl harbor day pretty. >> i was in my fraternity in kansas on sunday morning wasn't and we were shocked, we were kids. and we could not believe it. >> did you sense that day or immediately thereafter and would change her life printed. >> turn thereafter because everybody started to sign up so i wasn't one of those i think there's a lot of these young guys joining the navy or the army everybody wanted to do something. and in fact, roosevelt was pretty well we didn't get in, we weren't too anxious to get in. it. >> but the draft was passed by one vote pretty. >> wasn't rankin or somebody, a woman remember in utah or somewhere maybe in idaho or montana but once pearl harbor, the president went to the capitol and he was, well he was sort of a mentor of mine because he overcame disabilities and i remember the day and he died, i think april 12th, 1945. that was the day we are supposed have a big push in mid-to-late and we were all griefs stricken and often wonder what would happen if he would've just held on a few more days maybe i would've

harbor. just look at what happened after 9/11. >> it's interesting that the supreme court played a key role there determining whether these muslim bands, travel bands were constitutional. and again it found itself in the middle of this political firestorm as it has with so many cases.so when president biden was arrested after the three supreme court justices appointed by trump there was this movement that he should pack the court and sort of walk us through , will start with you. walk us through how could that even happen in today's political environment and what that process would actually look like today. >> that's the key qualifier. and there's not a political priority to do that. the means would be exactly what roosevelt proposed in 1937 . there would be a new law that throws the court. there is a fair basis to think that the ordinary process was manipulated both in 2016 and 2020 after the death of justice scalia and president from not getting to fill that seat and after ginsberg from get

so we don't have to look back that far to understand the mentality of the country after pearl harbor. just look at what happened after 9/11. >> no, i think interesting that the supreme court, again, played a key role there in determining whether the muslim ban, travel bans and things were constitutional. and, you know, again, it found itself in the middle of this political tour -- firestorm as it has this so many cases. so when president biden was elected after the three supreme court justices being appointed by trump, there was this movement that he should pack the court and sort of walk us through, we'll start with you, john and then ralph, walk us through what that would mean. how could that even happen in today's political environment and what that process would actually look like today. >> well, that's key qualifier. there are not the votes, and there's not the political priority to do that. the means would be exactly what roosevelt proposed in 1937. it would just be a new law that grows the court. and there is a fair basis to think that the ordinary process was hinted both in 20

. >> going back, where were you pearl harbor day? >> i was in my fraternity in lawrence, kansas, and we were shocked. we were just kids. we could not believe it. >> could you sense that day or immediately thereafter that it would change your life? >> shortly thereafter, because everybody started to sign up. i was not one of those. a lot of the young guys were joining the navy or the army and everybody wanted to do something. and, yeah, as i remember, you know, roosevelt was pretty, and we didn't get in, because we were not too anxious to get in. >> and draft, and it was passed by one vote. >> yes, it was rankin or somebody. wherever in utah or something. >> montana or something. >> yeah. i remember the day of pearl harbor and we were all grief stricken and i think that it would have been okay, but we were kind of selfish. >> you became a repub ling and we talked about the reasons that you became a republican, which suggested that numbers better than ideology. >> i kind of added that. >> but over the years, a very loyal republican, an

harbor pearl harbor we had invaded mexico. that's the reason why i'm going to disagree with you on some of this so i think that all the energy and the annexed and the anguish that was created by september 11th was diverted -- >> are you talking about iraq or afghanistan? >> i think you have to draw a distinction between the two. >> iraq was no nuclear weapons. and had nothing to do with al-qaeda. >> i agree with you on. that and i'm gonna take it back to 1796. keep it over just a few minutes longer. we had a great conversation, i hope you love the time to answer some few ideas questions that have come in. i don't mean to keep elon, but julie was doing things behind the scenes fielded a couple of audience questions. kate l asked where was britain, when was britain, did anybody -- john i will go to you first. the where and when, nowhere is quite interesting. >> where is the executive branch existing in philadelphia, pennsylvania. washington begins writing his farewell speech at the end of his first term. he does not want to have

. >> the theater opened 20 days after the attack on pearl harbor, with - - and happening tomorrow, union square, where the first candle of a 25 foot tall menorah will be lit. this is what it looks like. it has been going up in union square, annually, since 1975. the lighting ceremony is every night december 5. >>> on the late on the lookout for more dairy area fright spots, email us your pictures, or tag us on social media, and you may just see your holiday lights on tv. that bright spot tomorrow will be the sunshine, which we will be seeing a lot more of. >> plenty of that. no different than what the last couple days have and like out here. we were in a rut. we need some rain. there is really no sign of that coming our way. we have one more day of this glorious four-day weekend, and sunday is going to deliver, just like the last three days have, it is going to be fantastic. right now outside, which is a pretty comfortable, upper 40s and the north bay, plenty of middle 50s in along the base shoreline, and we are holding onto the loaf 50s, those numbers will go down to pretty much low 40s

i we were the first troops over after >> the deputy hit pearl harbor. he says he has had numerous brushes with death yet he is still around to tell his story detailed in his book titled the luckiest man in the world. we cleared hit but he had plans to take over the world. you would be speaking german now you you wouldn't be free. larson will serve as grand marshal for the rotary clubs. veterans day parade this year as he did in 2020 in honor. he cherishes. sadly, he says all of his army brothers and sisters from war have passed people. he thinks about often especially when he returned to france on the 75th anniversary of d-day. there is a god. >> and every i thank him every day, every day. and we thank you. staff sergeant in pleasant hill phillipe djegal all kron 4 >> love his advice to us that he just in life. don't keep just keep going. just keep breathing. you can see all of our veterans voice coverage right now on our website at kron 4 dot com. you can also get there by scanning the qr code you see there on your screen with your mobile device. it wi

i we were the first troops over after >> the deputy hit pearl harbor. he says he has had numerous brushes with death yet he is still around to tell his story detailed in his book titled the luckiest man in the world. we cleared out that he had plans to take over the world. you would be speaking german now you you wouldn't be free. larson will serve as grand marshal for the rotary clubs. veterans day parade this year as he did in 2020 and honor. he cherishes. sadly, he says all of his army brothers and sisters from war have passed people. he thinks about often especially when he returned to france on the 75th anniversary of d-day. there is a god. >> and every i thank him every day, every day. and we thank you. staff sergeant in pleasant hill phillipe djegal kron 4 >> want to give you an update on the breaking news we're following. there's a heavy police presence at the great mall in milpitas. here's a map of the area. not a lot of information at this moment. but vta the valley transportation authority says that there is police activity in the light rail

harbor his party's qualified pronunciation of isolationism. willky's evolving understanding of white supremacy in his own country placed him in a rare category surpassed by no major future political figure to date. the judgment of the obama presidency. unquestionably instigated by the power calculation as the great black migration presumed the outreach remains a surprisingly unappreciated chapter in mid 20s century. the cvs speech to the nation from the 1942 annual naecp national conference, willky cast the bain of imperialism as the essence of the fight to free people from its omnipresent arrogance. we seek to lib rat, not to enslave, people claimed, but the truth was that americans practiced within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism, the attitude of white citizens towards the negroes as undoubtedly had some of the unlovely and tragic characteristics of an alien imperialism. an article by nonpracticing jew, willky closed his notable saturday evening point rejoinder, the case for minorities with a warning 245 our way

when the jets bombed pearl harbor everybody wanted to go. there weren't many left in our town. we felt it was our duty to fight for our country, i got a few these back. this gentleman was a machine gunner, northern france, involves central europe, was combat seen? yes. he was wounded twice. here is a man who was in the pacific, wanted to invade the philippines in december, was hit by a typhoon, lost three destroyers in the group we were with, los three men from our ship, one ashore and everything was calm and the japanese opened up with mortars. what does it feel like to know you were part of this event, it was a job to be done and we did it. pretty common response. i ended with this question, what experiences or advice can you share with young people today to help them make the second world war more relevant, if you're ever called up for service during that time, do the best you can and depend on each other, you have to survive. survival was what it was about, working together. another one, war is not a gung ho thing, war is hell. we lost almost half our company and didn't see

who bombed pearl harbor? >> china? japanese. >> japanese. jesse: who did america fight in world war ii? >> it was a country? >> the axis powers. >> who did america fight in world war ii. >> i don't know. >> japan. >> italy. and germany. jesse: who won the cold war. >> no one won the war. why do you keep asking me. >> russia? >> i don't know. jesse: if russia won we wouldn't be here right now. >> america, not the ussr. jesse: why do you think they called it the cold war? >> because it was somewhere that was cold? jesse: is there anything you would like to say to veterans on this special week? >> i love the vets, respect the vets and hope they have a great time with their family. >> do you know who i am? >> no, i don't. jesse: i'm watters and this is my world. joining me now to react. former hawaii congresswoman, tulsi gabbard. >> it's a little sad, jesse. your reaction to that and then any message you want to send to veterans on this week. >> our veterans embody what it means to put service above self. embody what this love of country means w

most of it in the united states is about the war in europe and some is about pearl harbor and the south pacific but i started thinking about the stories of the war that in the united states we are not as familiar with and that story to me is the part of world war ii between the japanese and british empire so they fight in malaya and burma and try to invade india and it's this moment as a result both of the empires collapsed. i was looking at the stories of women who were caught up in that conflict and ended up in the battlefield on burma so i'm thinking about a korean woman who had been deceived and sent to service japanese soldiers in burma and about a british woman who'd gone to india as an anthropologist and got caught up in the fighting and about a burmese woman who was an intellectual involved in student movements and then in the kind of japanese back to government and an indian girl born in japan and went to fight in the division on the japanese side of the complex. i'm hoping in the same way that i did i can think about these women's lives on all different sides of this very comp

most of itt in the united states is about the war in europe and some is about pearl harbor and in the south pacific. we in the united states are not as familiar with and that story to me is the part of world war ii that is between the japanese and the british empire. then they tried to invade india and it is this moment in which as a result both of the great empires collapsed. they ended up on the battlefield in burma so thinking about a korean woman who was a converted woman who had been to service japanese soldiers into burma abt a british woman named ursula who had gone to burma or india as an anthropologist and caught up in the fighting and then they'd been turned against the japanese and also in indian who went to fight in the women's division of the indian national army on the japanese side of the conflict, and i am hoping in the same way i can think about these women's lives on all different sides of the complicated war and think a little bit harder about how the two empires came into conflict and what the war did to them and the experience of being on a battlefield did for the