We begin on the role of middle east oil on american policy since the end of world war ii, American History tv, this weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. Good morning. I name is al kose, im one of the volunteers here. Were going to talk about the american m4 medium tank. Probably one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This particular example was one of the earlier versions. This is the m4a3 tank. This is armed with a 75 millimeter main gun. If we move to the commanders weapons station here, it also has the caliber 50 machine gun up top where the commander is. And it also has two m19, 1930 caliber machine guns. One is mounted with the main gun and the other is mounted here up in the front of the tank. And this one is manned by the battle gun. If you look at the battle gun, he can move it up and down. He can show you the way the ball turret works. This has the workings of the guns, his ammunition back there and a catch bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If yo
This is england, england before june 6th, 1944. From these shores, the United Nations soon would launch the greatest military expedition in history. The First Channel invasion of europe against the nazi power. As preparations were being made, huge quantities of materiel and supplies collected. Guns, bombs, ambulances. Yes, ambulances. Ing in midst of all this preparation and this training for destruction that went on. Preparation for the business of saving life. Preserving limb, of easing pain. Through the endless dangerous months of war games, medical coreman of the Ground Forces grew tough. They learned the prime importance of speed. As the day drew nearer and the grand strategy was mapped, the medical corps drafted its plans to fit. This position of hospital facilities in england would be as follows in the north scattered over a wide area, the General Hospitals, large institutions completely equipped for every type of medical service. A few miles inland from the south coast, spotted
Answering your big questions. All the red carpet standouts and the sizzling amy for a dazzling cate. Complete behind the scenes action this morning on good morning, america. Very nice of Cate Blanchett to do that for us. Yes. Good morning, america. Hope everyone had a wonderful wonderful weekend. What a scene on the red carpet. The big stars there for the night filled with surprises. And sizzling fashion. Including Kerry Washington. There she is. Yes, it is official. It is official. She looks fantastic. Way to make the debut. Looked stunning. Perfection. A big night for american hustle, also 12 years a slave. Also Matthew Mcconaughey winning major acting awards. Lara, we loved seeing those selfies. The selfies were great. Thank you, george. Everyone was so down to play along. I love Matthew Mcconaughey when he said, all right, all right, all right. That was sort of the feel of the night. It was a fun, relaxed evening. You could feel the energy. Just all of the love. We want to thank yo
Rowdiest party of the year. And were so ready were already here in l. A. Today, friday, january 10th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie up here in los angeles. And im willie geist along with al roker and kate snow here in studio 1a. Matt and natalie on assignment. You mentioned Chris Christie, savannah, i think he was hoping that press conference would put some of this story to bed. Not the case here in new york. Here are the front pages of the New York Daily News calling the performance pathetic and the New York Post saying ignorance is chris. This is a long way from over. And that is todays top story this morning. The political payback scandal that is raising questions about Chris Christies political future. He says he played no role in shutting down traffic as a means of political re
An evening celebrating musics past and its bright future. The highlights from beyonce to the beatles today, monday, january 27th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. And im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and tamron hall who stayed up for the grammys. I did. And i tweeted the whole show. You didnt see it . I watched the today show for the highlights. I stayed up all night. The best grammys, i think, since i was a kid and diana ross hosted. Giving out grammys for best hat. Thats good. Coming up. Weve got an exclusive with jay leno and jimmy fallon. Their first together to talk about the tonight show handoff, their relationship, also, if jay would ever consider returning to late night. Do you guys play poker . We did. But we will begin with todays top story. Here we go again, the historic deep freeze, a new blast of brutal cold is