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For those watching on zoom some housekeeping remarks. You are an attendee of our zoom event tonight, that means you do not have video or audio privileges but you can interact with our moderator and guest by writing your question in the q and a box. The moderator will be reviewing those during the question and answer session which will conclude tonights program and to introduce the moderator it is my pleasure to pass the program over to doctor robert citino. Doctor robert citino, Senior Historian...

The Senior Historian at the National World War Ii Museum in beautiful new orleans, louisiana. We have a really superb guest with us tonight, a friend of the museum, my friend and a wonderful writer and ahor, ian toll. Ian, welcome. Thank you, rob. Ian probably is one of those people who with, you know, doesnt really need an introduction, as we like to say. You all know what that means, the introduction should be really long. Ians an extremely accomplished scholar and writer. Hes the author of si...

Volume series on the pacific during world war ii. In our the doolittle raid of 1942 that were carried out in response to japans bombing of pearl harbor. Welcome to the National World war ii museums evening presentation webinar. My neighbors Jeremy Collins and for those of you watching on zoom, some brief housekeeping remarks. You are an attendee of our zoom event tonight. That means you do not have video or audio privileges but you can interact with our moderator and guest i writing your questio...

Its proposed conditions to the government on thursday morning. Later, participants, including cabinet ministers will discuss whether it is appropriate to lift the emergency state for the region. Prime minister shinzo abe will make an announcement in the evening. 39 prefectures are expected to have restrictions lifted, including five of the 13 prefectures under special alert. Tokyo and its neighboring prefectures were among the first to introduce stay at home measures and will almost certainly se...

Of fraud, bribery and breach of trust it was a big test of his hold on power. But the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has retained control of the governing likud party, in an internal election, and will now lead israel into its Third National election within a year. It is due in march. Mr netanyahu has tweeted that hes achieved a huge win, and his rival, gideon saar, has admitted defeat. Rich preston reports. This was the first serious challenge to Benjamin Netanyahus leadership in t...

Lieutenant James Robinson was largely for godness is family new that he had a medal. But this is one of those Amazing Stories that that had been just kind of forgotten over time in the enormity of the war. And so our researchers had uncovered this i mean, you know, and i just want to kind of highlight it lieutenant James Robinson was a ford observer attached to an empty company in the 60 Third Infantry Division in the european theater of operations. On april 6 1945 during a fierce battle in sout...

Lieutenant James Robinson was largely for godness is family new that he had a medal. But this is one of those Amazing Stories that that had been just kind of forgotten over time in the enormity of the war. And so our researchers had uncovered this i mean, you know, and i just want to kind of highlight it lieutenant James Robinson was a ford observer attached to an empty company in the 60 Third Infantry Division in the european theater of operations. On april 6 1945 during a fierce battle in sout...

>> it is a disappointing night for niners fans. ktvu was there for all the action in miami. >> christien kafton and justin gottfried talk to niners fans in san francisco. we will get to that in a moment. first, we will begin with rock and joe in hard rock stadium. im beginning to wonder what it was like actually being there? did you literally feel the momentum changed in the fourth quarter? >> yeah. i think almost everybody felt like the 49ers had his game well in head. joe, i think yo...

three u.s. airlines suspend service to china, widening the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on business. >> say bye-bye to that warm weather today. winds pick up tonight ushering in a wind advisory tomorrow and much cooler weather for the end of our weekend. well have all the details on the accuweather forecast. and its almost go time. with the super bowl approaching, many across the bay area are gearing up to watch the game. abc7 news starts right now. >> announcer: now, news to b...

The United Nations says the leaders of myanmar could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. It is estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair...