Next, in this encore booknotes for 2001 historian herbert bix discusses his biography hirohito and the making of modern japan. Professor bix portrays hirohito hirohito asher japan into the modern world. This is about an hour. Cspan herbert p. Bix, author of hirohito and the making of modern japan, could somebody who is japanese write this book and publish it through a japanese publisher in japan today . Guest i think so. I think today there has been a number of breakthroughs that have occurred over the past 20 years, and hirohito has died, died 10 years ago, so enough time has elapsed. Its possible a jaand i would expect and, in fact, i would hope that japanese historians will surpass this biography and uncover new material and that we will get critical accounts of the emperor and the role he played, both before, during and after the war. Because that man is absolutely crucial for understanding the dilemmas of 20th century japan. Cspan theres a picture in here, and you write about it i
We will be momentarily joined by senator cain and other members. We are, as you know in the midst of voting. I would like to welcome our witnesses to the hearing this afternoon. Mr. Frederik stephanie, principal, civilian deputy secretary. That is a mouthful. So, welcome mister secretary. Assistant secretary of the navy for research, development, and acquisition. Vice admirable william galina. Commander of naval command. Admiral troy mcclelland, Program Executive officer for Industrial Infrastructure, and ms. Diameter noah meijer were director of management for the government accounting office. Thank you for your service to the nation, and for the truly professional services that men and women under your command. I also want to recognize the Ranking Member senator kramer, i also want to recognize senator cain, and senator sullivan. And i appreciate all my colleagues willingness to hold this joint readiness hearing on this very important subject. We stand at a crossroads today. The nati
If he wants to fire the fbi director, all he has to do is fire him. We got to the point where the president s own lawyer has to hire a lawyer. Nobody has unimpeachable credentials. This is a president who engaged in questionable behavior over the last several months. If hes really not guilty, then he will be happy to be exonerated by somebody who is out to find the truth. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning, everyone. Im rene marsh in for christi paul. Thanks for joining us. Im Victor Blackwell. Happy saturday to you. The search for seven missing sailors continues off the coast of japan where a u. S. Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship in the Early Morning hours. Drivers are set to inspect the uss fitzgerald, which is now back at port in yokosuka, japan. The ship took on water after sustaining damage both above and below the waterline on its starboard side. The warships captain, along with two other u. S. Servicemen are listed in stable
Hire a lawyer. Nobody has unimpeachable credentials. This is a president who engaged in questionable behavior over the last several months. If hes really not guilty he will be happy to be exonerated by somebody out to find the truth. This is new day weekend with victor black well and christi paul. Good morning, everyone. Im rene marsh in for christi paul. Im victor blackwell. We will start with the developing story off the coast of japan. Where seven u. S. Sailors are missing and another three u. S. Service men are all in stable condition after the uss fitzerald collided with a merchant ship. The ship left the u. S. Naval base in yokosuka for routine operations when the incident happened. This was at about 2 30 a. M. Local time. The fitzgerald is now back at the port of yokosuka after suffering damage that resulted in some flooding. That flooding has now stabilized. We go now to tokyo for the latest on this story. Reporter thanks. Its been 15, 16 hours since this incident occurred off
The bullet damaged his internal organs and he lost a lot of blood which sent him into shock. Doctors say hes now showing signs of improvement after his latest surgery. Ryan noebls joining us. Reporter this is an Important Development in the case, friday when we were briefed they told us not to expect any updates, that they were going to remain quiet, so the time they took the time out to immediate the media today showedshows you how strong hes gotten. Let me read you this statement by the doctors. Congressman Steve Scalise is in serious condition now. Remember he was in Critical Condition before. He ends went another surgery today but continues to show signs of improvement. He is more responsive and is speaking with his loved ones. He greatly appreciation the outboring of thoughts and prayers. I want to point out another Important Development in that note and that is that hes been able to have conversations with his family. That was something we specifically asked about in the press co