More, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan two major stories tonight the fall of steve bannon, and the fallout in barcelona. We begin with the news that bannons tenure as white house chief strategist is over. It came three days after President Trump praised him, but left his fate in doubt. I like mr. Bannon. Hes a friend of mine. But mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. And i like him, hes a good man. He is not a racist, i can tell you that. Hes a good person. He actually gets very unfair press in that regard. But well see what happens wi
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan two major stories tonight the fall of steve bannon, and the fallout in barcelona. We begin with the news that bannons tenure as white house chief strategist is over. It came three days after President Trump praised him, but left his fate in doubt. I like mr. Bannon. Hes a friend of mine. But mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. And i like him, hes a good man. He is not a racist, i can tell you that. Hes a good person. He actually gets very unfair press in that regard. But well see what happens with mr. Bannon. But hes a good pe
Guest my goal was to state that and that is what i set out to do . Host what did you learn . Guest oh, lots. The book was much harder to write than i thought it would be. By the time i studied the book i was studying churchhill for 40 years. I made the author terrible mistake think it would be relatively easy compared to other things i had written. Much harder than i thought. When you write down and give account of main things in his life, things he thought, things he stood for, things he advocated or defended, turns out they relate to one another. More deeply and in more complex ways than i had imagined and i came to understand them better i hope and think and it was a painful process. Host did you approach this book from a fans perspective . Guest well, im a scholar, right . I dont think i can write anything down that i cant defend but i do admire churchhill very much. I think he was a very great man. If you just list things he achieved, this very hard to name anybody in all of histo
Your commentator is joe obrien. Here is the motion records released by the United States navy of the habit reached by the japanese raid on pearl harbor. Americas Pacific Naval faction. On december 7, 1941, japan struck first and declared war afterwards. Costly to our navy was the loss of airplanes and equipment, but more costly to japan was the effectiveness of its followup unifying immediately america in the determination to win the war thrust upon it. And to win the peace that would follow. The germane copy masters in striking hard. Of honolulu and the foot island naval plane base where the first subjects of japans victory. Scores of planes were bruised and battered by the area bombs. Many of these were demolished beyond repair. Direct hits were scored on hangers. These were badly shattered. Air paint supplies were reduced to smoldering wood. Grim and positive evidence of japanese victory. Japanese diplomats were talking peace in washington. America lost three destroyers. Here they a
As marshall of the college, it is my privilege to welcome one and all. Jim, marchtoric 1946, Prime Minister churchill, president truman and other dignitaries were escorted to the stage and to this lectern by westminsters first marshall. In the spirit of that occasion, watson toyou, lord westminsters hallowed halls. I declare this convocation open. I am pleased to welcome the grand marshall. Thank you, dr. Jones. On behalf of a future alumni of ourminster college, of guest, alumni, Winston Churchill who was granted an Honorary Degree, tonight. Before we begin, i would like to inform you that this occasion is being recorded by cspan. A short questionandanswer session will take place after remarks from our guest. I asked that all cell phones be turned off at this time. I am honored to recognize someone who is with us to perform the same duties as seven years ago 70 years ago when president truman and Winston Churchill came to a similar stage. I would like to ignore knowledge, with thanks