now it s time for the panel. you have highlighted that today is 81 years since the attack on pearl harbor. seven december 1941, on pearl harbor. seven december 1941. means on pearl harbor. seven december 1941, means the on pearl harbor. seven december 1941, means the date on pearl harbor. seven december 1941, means the date that - on pearl harbor. seven december 1941, means the date that will - on pearl harbor. seven december| 1941, means the date that will live in infamy 1941, means the date that will live in infamy as franklin roosevelt put it when in infamy as franklin roosevelt put it when america was attacked out of the blue it when america was attacked out of the blue by it when america was attacked out of the blue byjapan. the implication was america came into the war then and the was america came into the war then and the reaction was horror at the same and the reaction was horror at the same time and the reaction was horror at the same timejapan and the react
american people of that time, were called on, to be engaged in the work of the world. winston churchill came to the united states in 1943, in the middle of the second world war. he gave a speech at harvard in which he, the speaking pace of the isolation in this impulse in the united states. which kept america out of the second world war from september 1939 all the way until the middle of december 1941. and he said, you cannot become the greatest nation in the world, and say, we are not going to be interested in what happens elsewhere. he said, with greatness comes responsibility. and that generations that understand that, and under on that, are the ones we need to under the most. at home, you see the points of the nominations of judge jackson. again this attempt to make us a more partner with union. to have this immensely
it is graphic but it is powerful. he played a video of the devastation that his country has endured and paired it with a blunt message close the sky over ukraine. he also invoked our own country s history with a final message delivered in english to president biden. remember pearl harbor, terrible morning of december 1941 when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. remember september the 11th, a terrible day when efficiently countries tried to turn your country into a battlefield. these words, i have a need, i need to protect our sky. as the leader of my nation,
all right. craig shirley, presidential historian, author of december 1941: three days that changed america and saved the world and michael beschloss, thank you very much for being on this morning to mark the day. california republican devin nunes announced they would resign from congress next month to become the ceo of donald trump s fledgling media company. nunes was a dairy farmer before 2003. it was revealed his company plans to merge with trump s company is being investigated by the seg. nunes emerged as one of the president s chief defenders in congress. as chairman of the house intelligence committee, nunes had to recuse himself from the russian investigation in part because he was too close to
happen today in 2021. craig, remarkable book december 1941 you talk about the three days that changed america and saved the world. for those that really haven t studied the history of pearl harbor and what led up to it, of course, winston churchill was and britain was hanging on just by a thread, saving western civilization from adolf hitler. and hitler, of course, in another extraordinarily stupid strategic blunder decided to use this opportunity to declare war on the united states. so we were in it. and as you said, we quickly got launched onto a mission to save the world. yes. yes, we did. i think by the way, hi, michael, how are you and, mika, good morning, everybody. i think the most significant