Spending plans for the nhs. And venice is underwater as the higest tide in 50 years causes severe flooding in the italian city. I willjust mention we are waiting ona i willjust mention we are waiting on a press conference with President Trump, and president erdogan of turkey, it promises to be a fascinating affair not least because of the withdrawal of american troops and days later turkish troops going in and the consequences that had for the kurds who had been allies with america in fighting the Islamic State promises to be fascinating. Donald trump said he would destroy the turkish economy a few weeks ago when he wasnt happen which with the approach the turkish government was taking. Relations seem to have improved since then but these are two strong minded leaders and it is very ha rd to two strong minded leaders and it is very hard to predict how a press conference of this nature will go. That will make for interesting viewing when it begin, we will turn to it. But we are focussin
Front row seat to help issues are debated decided, with no commentary, no interruptions and completely unfiltered. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Tony speaker and am very excited to introduce you to her, getting harbor professor of history and associate dean rights university and shes an expert on 19th century native American History as you special interest in the interactions between Indigenous People and people of african descent during sensory and so her first book was race in the Cherokee Nation, sovereignty in the 19th century, at her most recent book is called confederates in the American Civil War in Indian Country and of course she recognizes the cycle the book is subject toto tonight stop and it is also basically brandnew in the official publication date was two weeks ago and is a two week birthday for your book and this evening and we are excited to share it with you and he confided in all of the usual book source places as well as directly from the university of
Good morning. Im mark moore, director for the center of military and diplomatic history here csis. We are delighted to host sir Lawrence Freedman this morning. I see some familiar faces as host of new ones which is great. As most of you in this got i think understand well, the idea of forcing the future in principle holds great appeal, so much of what we do in washington in terms of allocating resources, developing capabilities and dividing strategies is based upon our expectations of the military environment of the future. The trouble of course is that prediction is difficult. Some would even say impossible. Of course in reading this trip the book i was reminded of a saint by a chinese philosopher that those of knowledge did not predict, and those who predict did not have knowledge. Philip tadlock, the author of the bestselling book super forecasting contested active prediction is not impossible, at least in the shortterm, but he also emphasized that humans are extremely gullible when
Im oliver north and welcome to war stories. Were here at the National Museum in texas. This exhibit memorializes one of the bloodiest campaigns of world war ii. Guadalcanal. He saw guadalcanal as a crucial stepping stone on the road to tokyo from august 1942 until february 1943, guadalcanal became better known as the gettysburg of the pacific. As youll see, mistakes were made on both sides, and what became the Longest Campaign of the second world war. The bloody fighting cost the lives of some 7,000 americans and over 30,000 japanese. Tonight youll hear from the heroes who fought from the air, on the ground, and the seas around this sweltering green hell. Joe was the farm boy from sioux falls, iowa, who dreamed of becoming the next charles lindburg. I want to go to war. I said ill do anything. I want to do anything to get in a fighter. John was a long way from columbus, ohio, and hiss fathers saloon. It was hell, and it was spotted with screams, hollering, both japanese and marines. Mi
A head above the rest. And a letter, predicting what would happen in rio, long before it did. Good evening. And we begin tonight with the new controversy in the race for president. Donald trump late today talking about Hillary Clinton and the selection of Supreme Court justices. Saying, if shes elected, theres nothing you can do. Then, adding, quote, the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. Tonight, the ou some saying this is not a political misstep, that this is a dangerous threat. We begin with abcs tom llamas, on the campaign trail. Reporter tonight, donald trump accused of crossing the line in a dangerous and violent way. Hillary wants to abolish, essentially, abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. People, maybe there is, i dont know, but reporter just look at how one trump supporter reacted after trump said that. Hillary clinton tweeting this statement from her campaign, a person seeking to b