And if you do not, i believe we still have copies at the front desk. By all means, pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today, brian graff, this man, my friend and coauthor was also a retired naval officer, formal Deputy Director for american seapower. A prolific writer and also managing director, its a National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david, this man. Also a retired naval officer and defensive uses best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph. Brian will follow. Then the three of us will discuss, we will conclude with questions and some answers. To the untrained eye, modern military Technology May seem to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory in historic conflicts relied on the coincidence of skill and luck. The great commander sought in a position to impose his will on a chaotic battlefield in a single moment of genius or a series of moments of genius.
Im martha maccallum. This is the story. The Battle Over Tik Tok has now kicked in to high gear. So where do you stand on this . Every one tries to figure this out. Senator Marsha Blackburn on what the senate will do now that this passed in the house. The breakdown and the chaos gripping haiti as the United States sends in the marines. We have just heard from antony blinken, the secretary of state. Well get you caught up on that as general jack keane joins us. As of today, six counts now struck by the judge in the georgia case against former president donald trump. Still faces ten more charges there. The judge said there was a lack of detail that was provided by the prosecution around the dismissed charges. Some calling this embarrassing for full full d. A. Fani willis as we await a ruling on her future and whether or not she can stay on this case. This is totally separate from that part of the story. We expect we may hear something shortly from the judge on that. That came because of a
Are studying you and your go to [applause] mark thank you for coming. I am mark jacob. Stephen case is to my left. We started studying a couple years ago stephen discovered many years ago the story of Peggy Shippen. She is probably the most dangerous teenage girl in American History. [laughter] mark her husband is much more famous. It is just a story that nobody really knew. In fact, it was poorly understood at the time even, and by the time anyone understood what the story was, no one seemed to care anymore. Peggy was mrs. Benedict arnold, and she liked it that way. She would rather be the victimized wife of a traitor, rather than the real truth, which was a coconspirator to try to bring down the American Revolution, who had full be Founding Fathers and got off scott free which is exactly what she did. More than a century after her death, british papers are finally studied by american scholars. And they find out there is all of this really important circumstantial evidence to indicate
Peggy shippen. She is probably the most dangerous teenage girl in American History. [laughter] her husband is much more famous. It is just a story that nobody really knew. In fact, it was poorly understood at the time even, and by the time anyone understood what the story was, no one seemed to care anymore. Was mrs. Benedict arnold, and she liked it that way. She would rather be the victimized wife of a traitor, rather than the real truth, which was a coconspirator to try to bring down the American Revolution, who had full be Founding Fathers and got off scott free which is exactly what she did. More than a century after her death, british papers are studied by american scholars. And they find out there is all of this really important circumstantial evidence to isicate that Peggy Shippen certainly part of the plot. There is no smoking gun, but there is tons of circumstantial evidence. I think any reasonable person would agree she knew all about it. But she had gotten a pass from histor
About to dip under 2 a gallon. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with Brian Williams. Good evening. When the power went out in our 18th largest city today, the city we used to call the engine om democracy, a lot of people, especially those paying attention to the news of late, suspected the worse, perhaps even an outside entity. Then the investigation zeroed in. The question became not so much who turned out the lights in detroit today but what. Tonight the probable cause speaks to the aging pipes and wires and girders in so Many American cities. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs john yang in detroit. Reporter a massive power outage in downtown detroit today. No power on this end of downtown. Reporter it started at about 10 30 this morning. A major cable failure at the masturski Power Generation plant. Courthouses, fire stations and schools all went dark. Hospitals forced to rely on generators moved some Critica