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 he did you ask the question why did japan attacked the you want negative to United States qu
Than on the coast. Some of that rain is pretty intense. Below has a way to go but its on its way. Partly cloudy and some sun in the morning. Clouds will build in the afternoon. 40s and 50s on the temps. Mainly upper 40s to mid 50s, west and southwest winds. Even some flurries up in the Sierra Nevada with rain screen through central nevada. Look for mostly cloudy and partly cloudy skies. Below is close enough it will start to bubble up in the atmosphere later. Sun and clouds. Breezy and windy at times. Possible thunderstorms to the north and east. It will be cooler today with 60s on the temps. 4 31. All quiet and all good we hope . I think so. Should i go to the game . Will it be called . No. Youll be okay. If you are going out to sacramento i would say keep an eye on the sky that youre not. Thank you thomas d. My personal weatherman. Good morning, everyone. Theres not much going on when it comes to traffic. Traffic continues to look good if you were driving at the toll plaza. There hav
Republican president ial candidate marco rubio speak at bevs on the river. His stop is just two days after the last gop debate in boulder, colorado where many said he grabbed the spotlight. Rubio is currently third in the Real Clear Politics National poll average at nine point three percent behind donald trump and dr. Ben carson. He is also polling behind them in the iowa poll at ten point two percent. Well have more on rubio tonight at ten. Democrat Martin Omalley has been campaigning for president for four months. But, with one debate done, and the des moines debate just two weeks away, the former Maryland Governor says it feels like the campaign is just beginning. Ktivs matt breen sat down with omalley during his trip to sioux city, today. Yearold staffer for democratic president ial candidate gary hart. Though a finished a surprising second to former Vice President walter mondale. Mondale went on to win the nomination, but the race taught omalley something. People in iowa arent int
Our lawmakers to advance your providential purposes. May they think your thoughts striving always to do your will. Lord, lead them together to find solutions to the problems that beset our nation and world. Calm their fears and strengthen their faith, as you use them to accomplish your will. Let your peace guard their hearts. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell today the senate is continuing to consider s. 1 a bill to approve the keystone x. L. Pipeline. Chairman murkowski and senator cantwell are here this morning to manage debate and there are several amendments pending. Well begin voting on those and any other amendments in the queue s
Seriously affected today by Climate Changes caused in part by escalating Carbon Pollution. So whats the answer to this problem and how does it relate to the Keystone Pipeline . We have to continue to move toward a cleaner Energy Economy. We cant throw the brake on the use of fossil fuels. That would be unrealistic and would hurt our economy. As governor of virginia, i supported building a stateoftheart coal plant in exchange for converting a plant that predated the Clean Air Act to natural gas. I support development of offshore energy. We can use a phased approach to produce energy cleaner tomorrow than today, reducing pollution caused by Energy Sources through innovation and creating jobs. And guess what, mr. President . As you know, thats exactly what were doing. Wind power involves no Carbon Pollution and its the Fastest Growing Energy Source in america, cleaner tomorrow than today. Utility scales solar electricity output has increased 23fold in the last decade. Cleaner tomorrow tha