Youre watching live in depth on booktv. December 7, 194,a day of infamiliary. Even as japanese diplomats were con ferring on peace measures, japanese plains were swooping down on pearl harbor. They dropped their death on the air base, civil homes and schools. A hundred japanese planes and midget sub marines took part. The arizona was completely destroyed and four others severely damaged. Three other battleships and three cruisers suffered damage. Nearly 200 planes were destroyed and that sunday morning the Pacific Fleet appeared to be completely immobilized by this sneak attack. Nearly 3,000 casualties added to the catastrophe. Its been 75 years since over 2400 american sailors and soldiers were killed in the japanese attack on pearl harbor, december 7, 1941. Starting now on booktv, on cspan2, a threehour discussion of that day, what led up to it and its aftermath. We have three authors joining us, eri hotta, steve twomey, and craig nelson, each of you in your book about pearl harbor a
Breakfast when he puts it on. Quiet on the roads right now, big day everyone, headed out of town, weather, looking pretty good. Definitely does, yes, we have sunshine in store, there is, how much, system thats going to be streaking across the us brink withing it wet weather to our area for christmas eve. Well talk much more about that as the half hour progresses, for now lets get you out the door. Early morning flight, things are looking good, it is nice and quiet and clear overhead. Storm scan3, making the tristate sweep. And basically working over time. There is nothing to find out there at the moment. So there is a chill in the air certainly. But nothing terribly harsh, kind of on par with what we saw about this same time yesterday. Flirting with or slightly above the freezing mark in most locations, Philadelphia International airport, in fact, is sitting right at the freezing mark with pretty light wind at the moment. As we look forward, though, in the forecast here, you can expect
Major overseas test. New images of north korea launching a Ballistic Missile. Hello its me and adele sang hello to a huge night with a clean sweep at the grammys. I cant do it again. Her showstopping performance. Bringing her George Michael tribute to a stop. Bringing her idol beyonce to tears. Queen bey with her own stunning number. Her first since announcing shes expecting twins. Lets go crazy the biggest moments from musics biggest night right here on gma. Good morning, america. Happy monday. How about those grammys and bruno mars and that p such a talented guy. I love bruno mars. Look at blue ivy. Her outfit. Her mom had a big night as did adele, as well. As did chance the rapper. Yes. So well have a complete wrapup ahead. First we get to that breaking news out west. Incredible images this morning. Nearly 200,000 people in california told to evacuate right away after a hole was discovered in the spillway for the countrys tallest dam. Abcs Kayna Whitworth is there on the scene for u
A town where dancing has been outlawed until now. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. The nude photo scandal involving the sharing of compromising photos of u. S. Servicewomen online has expanded beyond the marine corps tonight. Investigators discovering more postings and a virtual market for the photos. Top officials, including tonight the defense secretary strongly condemning the behavior. As the army and air force open their own inquiries, into just how far this scandal may reach. We get the latest from our pentagon correspondent, hans nichols. Tonight defense secretary jim mattis weighing in on the scandal for the first time. We will not excuse or tolerate such behavior if we are able to uphold our values and maintain our ability to defeat the enemy on the battlefield. With the marine corps investigation accelerating after more nude photos of female Service Members emerge. New pictures on the websit
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