Im oliver north. Welcome aboard the ss jeremiah. Now in San Francisco harbor. The obrian is the only its the only unaltered operational survivor of the normandy invasion. They were up against the formidable enemy. Tonight youll meet one of those who stopped to send this ship and others like her to the bottom. This is the story of Unsung Heroes who served in every theater from the invasion on north africa to the landings on dday. Youll see tonight they paid a price in blood to be called veterans. Over 700 merchant ships were sunk and 1 of every 16 merchant mariners were killed. Thats a higher casualty ratio than any of our armed services. This is the story of the United States merchant marine. 1939 america was still recovering from the Great Depression and money was hard to come back. A gallon of milk cost 51 cent and the average income was 1,266. People were desperate for work. They came from small towns in port cities. They were old men and young boys. Some had been sailing their whol
Today we consider how the United States should confront the full range of threats that iran poses to our National Security and poses to the security of our regional allies and partners and ill give you my view of this, but i believe that president obamas flawed nuclear deal was a gamble, a gamble that iran would choose to become a responsible actor, a country focused on prosperity for its people and security along its borders, and unfortunately and predictedly, the tehran regime clearly sees itself as a movement, one that uses ideology and violence to destabilize its neighbors, to threaten others, mainly the United States and israel. That is why we still hear death to israel, death to the United States. Israel is a one bomb country. Thats why we hear this. In iraq and syria, irans revolutionary guards have taken advantage of the fight against isis and theyre using their shock troops and militia to brutalize syrians and to seize much of the territory. As isis loses ground the risk is re
Diplomatic efforts coming out. Now showing a negative vote then. The dow, s p and not fractionally lower this morning. We will talk about it. Plus m a on wall street. Bigger deals including energy sector. Details on the move to acquirer encore. As you can see, markets also opening under pressure. Part of that is the global tensions and central bank discussions. Taking a look at asia, mixed action there. As you can see the nikkei down by 4 . Hang seng in shanghai composite. Kospi down fractionally. Here at home, rethinking the war in afghanistan. President trump set to address the nation tonight on the future of our military presence in that country. Tune into fox business for special coverage of the speech 9 00 p. M. Eastern time tonight. Eclipse day is finally here. Millions across the u. S. A. To take in the event and its costing Corporate America big time. It has to cost its productivity. That is coming up. Big game for Little League. Other parts and cardinals had the featured the s
Mccain continues. And historic flooding leading to dramatic new rescues. All that plus what was she thinking . Why the wife of treasury secretary is now apologizing. Espn under fire for pulling this announcer from the game. You wouldnt believe the reason. And are you feeling lucky . Powerball hits a staggering 700 million with the drawing just hours away. Today wednesday, august 23rd, 2017. This is today with matt lau lauer. As he was speak, protests were raging in the streets outside of that arena. We have both sides of this story covered starting with Kristen Welker. Get us started. Good morning. Matt, good morning to you. President trump waking up here in arizona after delivering a 77 fiery, divisive speech overnight. He took aim after many of his detractors, a complete reversal after he called for the country to come together just one day earlier. As protesters lined the streets outside the Phoenix Convention center, inside a very fired up President Trump waging his own battle, aba
Evacuations are in place at the Canyon Creek Campground and golden bear estates. Our meteorologist is tracking the winds that developed just this afternoon. But first we go live at a roadblock. Reporter were at a roadblock outside winters. If you were to follow this road you would get to the lake heading into napa. Now the good news tonight was the coal fire it shifted north and west above the lake. But its a priority to keep it from jumping highway 128. Its hard on your community. Last night during practice cal fire was coming through here like crazy. Youth football tried to practice like every night. But heavy smoke forced the league to cut drills short and send players home. The kids are not complained. Thats the thing. Its the parents that are more concerned. It wasnt this thick when they started but about 5 00 the cold fire got super heated. Engine companies had to beat or retreat allowing the fire to gain strength and speed sending up a huge plume. The air attack busy all day bec