The battle of Lake Champlain was important. In my opinion, arthur cohn is the best person to explain why that is so. You know him from his career at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. I am most pleased he accepted an invitation to speak to us on the exact 200th anniversary of the battle. And to include the battles shipwreck legacy as part of the program. I understand that art will take a few audience questions after his presentation. Lets welcome art. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Good evening. I am delighted and really honored to be here to talk about the battle for Lake Champlain in 1814. Been thinking about for several years as i have seen the bicentennial coming. I have not been a student of the war of 1812 my whole life. I connected with it through the shipwrecks through Lake Champlain. I knew it mostly through this place. Over the last several years, we have been traveling with our Outreach Program and interpreting the war of 1812, knowing that in 1814, we were going to have
Good morning. Heres the front page of the globe and mail. Headline, simply, attacked. The murder of Corporal Nathan cirillo and the questions arising from the chaos is the sub headline to that that story. On to the montreal gazette. One shooter locks down the government is the headline. Attack reveals ottawa agencies lack of preparation. Follow up stories in the montreal gazette. To the chronicle herald. Also from canada, killer on Parliament Hill is the headline there. And most every u. S. Newspaper leading with this story this morning. Over to u. S. A. Today, shaken after soldier gunned down. Well be talking about this story this morning but also want to hear your thoughts on facilities here in the United States and whether you think they are secure enough. Want to hear especially from Government Employees that spes line is 2015853883. First a bit from Stephen Harpers address yesterday when he said canada would not be intimidated by this attack. This weeks events are a grim reminder
And now for the moment we have all been waiting for and the oscar goes to argo. Congratulations. Well, good morning. Its monday, february 25th, welcome to morning joe. Everyones a little tired here for some reason. With us on set, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. Wake up, mike. And the president of the council on Foreign Relations you were not up. Richard was. It was so good. How many times have you been now . You havent been. 13th time. Willie, have you been . I have not been to the opera. Its really good. Lincoln center. I walked past the fountain at the lincoln center. You have to go. Im going to force you. On the way to p. J. Clarks. Right across. Obviously, we have a lot to talk about. Coming up, the sequester, of course, is going down to the wire. Robert gibbs had some interesting comments on drones which well talk about. But, of course, it was the big night at the oscars that everyone is probably still talking about this morning. Complete with some redemption for ben aff
And good evening from these olympic winter games where tonight is the eve of the popular event here, and there are some concerns about how it will go off tomorrow as scheduled now that much of the world is watching. There is a lot of news to cover from here, and we will do that in just a moment. But first, were going to begin with a report that is just in to us tonight, a situation that demands our attention. This comes from syria. It shows, as youll see, a desperate situation. Some very brave souls with the u. N. Are trying to evacuate the oldest section of the city of hmos during what is supposed to be a ceasefire. It is slowgoing and very dangerous. They got about 300 more people out today, and it was close. They dont want to leave anyone behind in the old bombarded center of what is the Third Largest city in syria. So well have a report from this dire and still unfolding situation. Here is nbcs bill neely. Reporter they are hungry and weary, but mostly they are desperate to escape.
Spanish ready to fight as protesters took over the airport on monday. Monday began with an explosion of violence and furry in the city of alcopoco a few yards from the international airport. Hundreds of protesters, mostly young men, many with their faces covered, battled with federal, state, and local authorities to try to stop them from entering the citys busy airport. At least 18 policemen were injured. Some severely like this officer beaten into unconsciousness. His protective gear taken from him. By mid afternoon protesters lead by the parents of the 43 students that disappeared on the 26th of september had taken control of the airport. One was shot and killed by police that day. Shes protesting because the other student, those taken by local police need to be returned alive. They need to return our kids to us. The corrupt government took them. It needs to return them to us, she says. Gonzales eason is among the missing. Mario is living in mexico until just 43 days ago, he didnt wa