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00:19Overnight, oil prices on the rise as the U.S. Navy prepares to impose a blockade in the
00:24critical Strait of Hormuz. It follows weekend peace talks that fail to reach a deal.
00:32H7, hit B6. Miss, H8, hit C5. Battleship, a great game of strategy, action, and suspense. Miss, H6.
00:52President Trump overnight put the ball in Iran's court.
00:56I don't care if they come back or not. If they don't come back, I'm fine. And remember,
01:00their promise was that they were going to open the Hormuz Strait. They didn't do it. They lied.
01:24The American Civil War was the most devastating war in American history. Over 625,000 men died during
01:32the war, decimating nearly 2% of the population at that time. The war's effects were felt all around
01:39the world, and nowhere more so than in Great Britain. British armories made guns for both
01:44the North and the South. British shipyards built warships and blockade runners for the Confederacy.
01:49And the Confederate trading embargo was causing economic problems in Britain's textile mills.
01:54At the outbreak of war, the United States Commanding General Winfield Scott proposed a very bold plan,
01:59which he named the Anaconda Plan.
02:02Let's get a snake for our snake movie.
02:05If you want to catch an Anaconda, we'll need the perfect bait.
02:08Someone with speed and good hands.
02:11The hell are you talking about?
02:13No hesitation. No fear.
02:18You need someone who runs towards the threat.
02:21I was wrong! Run away!
02:23He's right behind you!
02:26Run! Run!
02:27I hate him!
02:29In theaters, Christmas. Rated PG-
02:46Hey, is that his own here yet?
02:48For the million time, no. I will budge it the second he gets here.
02:52Jeez, I've never seen you so excited.
02:54I feel like a little girl the morning her brother gets out of jail for beating up a cop.
03:04Or Christmas morning.
03:08In theaters, Christmas. Rated PG-13.
03:11General Scott's idea was to use the Union Navy to take control of the Mississippi River,
03:15cutting the main states of the Confederacy off from supplies in the West.
03:19Then the Union Navy would blockade the southern ports on the East Coast and around the Gulf of Mexico.
03:25Do you like this, don't you?
03:28Yes, you do.
03:29Yeah.
03:34All right.
03:35That's about all, kiddo.
03:37There you go.
03:39There you are.
03:40You just stay right there, rags.
03:41All right?
03:55By 1864, the Union's blockade of the southern ports was well-established.
03:59Now in its third year, the Union Navy was working hard at its aim,
04:04starve the Confederacy of essential supplies and subduing the rebellion.
04:07On Monday, the 4th of July, 1864, the London Times ran an article named
04:12How to Run the Blockade.
04:16I will bring back free speech in America.
04:20And finally, to restore pride in our history and confidence in our future,
04:25I will lead a massive year-long salute to America to celebrate the 250th anniversary.
04:33On July 4th, this was July 4th,
04:381776, okay?
04:40There are other dates you hear about, but this is the date that we recognize.
04:451776.
04:48Poor rags.
04:54A dog.
05:10He's alive.
05:12It's a miracle.
05:16I'm the Messiah.
05:18I'm serious.
05:20The chosen one.
05:21The king of kings.
05:23The alpha and the omega.
05:26You're looking at him.
05:28We're going to have a big celebration.
05:30And it's going to be a celebration like we really deserve in this country
05:34for everything we've gone through.
05:36With you at my side, we will give our nation's founding
05:39the amazing anniversary party that America needs and so richly deserves.
05:44Michael Faraday!
05:49Michael Faraday!
05:51Michael Faraday!
05:51Michael Faraday!
05:55Michael Faraday!
05:55Michael Faraday!
05:56Michael Faraday!
05:57Michael Faraday!
05:58This is like stepping back in time.
06:02The past is prolonged, Michael.
06:04Men like us have to keep looking to the future.
06:11Wilmington, North Carolina, June 6th.
06:13It is difficult for an Englishman who desires to pierce the American blockade
06:17to decide which of the available routes offers the greatest facilities and attractions.
06:22My own experience during the present year would seem to prove that,
06:25as regards time, there is very little choice between land and water.
06:28Upon the 17th of last January, I started from Richmond
06:31and making my way across the Potomac and passing rapidly through Washington and New York,
06:36stood upon British soil upon the 6th of February.
06:38That is to say, upon the 20th day after my departure from Sicesio.
06:43Upon the 15th of May, I left Queenstown and, passing through Halifax and Bermuda,
06:48found the vessel which carried me from Bermuda, safely moored in Cape Fear River,
06:52upon which Wilmington stands, on the night of the 4th of June.
06:56That is again to say, upon the 20th day after my departure from England.
07:00You know, I've been going over this Millennium Project proposal.
07:03There's some great stuff in here.
07:05I do think you should tone down the Armageddon end of days rhetoric.
07:10No need to worry, Michael.
07:13I have some good news.
07:15I'm the Messiah.
07:25But unquestionably, as regards to the endurance of fatigue and the facility for conveyancing
07:30luggage, the sea's route is infinitely preferable to land and is obtained with less personal
07:36jeopardy, although there is a certain mauvais cordure experienced at the moment of passing
07:41inside the blockading squadron, which, in intensity of excitement, can hardly be surpassed.
07:48The unnamed writer was none other than the Honourable Francis C. Lawley,
07:51whom was one of the Times' war correspondents and a relation to the four-time Prime Minister,
07:55William Gladstone.
07:57In the article, the trip from the Confederacy to British territory is considered to be a triviality,
08:02far more a vacation trip than a hazardous journey.
08:04He chronicled in great detail his return trip to Sassasia, the less-used name for the Confederate
08:09States.
08:11Mr. Lawley intended to return in May 1864 and found himself needing to run the blockade again
08:16to return him to General Lee's headquarters.
08:19Vice President Vance, emerging from 21 hours of talks, said Iran would not commit to giving
08:24up its nuclear program.
08:26Iran's foreign minister claims Iran engaged in good faith but encountered maximalism,
08:31shifting goalposts, and blockade.
08:33Leaving from Bermuda, he was faced with the choice of travelling on the Lillian, or Flory.
08:38Both of these blockade runners had been made by Messrs. Thompson of Glasgow.
08:42Both ships were excellent sea vessels with very little in the way of armament, relying on
08:46speed to escape pursuit, and both were headed for Wilmington.
08:50Mr. Lawley chose the Lillian, probably for his choice of commander, John Newland Muffet.
08:58To many an English reader, the name of Captain Muffet, lately in command of the Confederate
09:03Cruiser Florida, is well known as having assisted Captain Sems and the Alabama to demonstrate
09:08the two light, and, as regards equipment, comparatively insignificant vessels of war,
09:14would have little difficulty in driving from the ocean a flag which three years ago might
09:19have been seen upon every wave of every sea.
09:22It is remote that this is a lesson to which, of all nations, England can least afford to
09:27be blind.
09:28I don't know, Michael. I'm serious. The chosen one. The king of kings. The alpha and the omega.
09:37You're looking at him.
09:40President Trump says the U.S. blockade in the strait will begin this morning.
09:44We're putting on a complete blockade. We're not going to let Iran make money on selling oil.
09:49The Iranians cannot afford to lose two million barrels a day of oil revenue,
09:54so the U.S. is going to give the Iranians a couple days to think about it.
09:57Do you really want to call the U.S.'s bluff and attack U.S. forces and restart this war?
10:03Tensions are already high in the strait.
10:05Iran says this video shows a standoff Saturday with a U.S. destroyer.
10:10You must alter course and go back.
10:12This is coalition warship 121. Engage in transit passage. No challenge is attended to you.
10:18The impending blockade, in addition to pressuring Iran, could also put more pressure on the U.S.
10:24economy. The president has repeatedly said we have already won this war, and while tactically this
10:30has been seemingly successful, Iran's effective closure of the strait in response and what that
10:36has done to world oil prices has given them a huge bargaining chip and added growing pressure
10:41for the president to end the war.
10:50Look, Owen, if this is some kind of joke, let me just say, uh, good one.
10:55I get it. That's, uh, ha.
10:59I'm as shocked as you are, believe me.
11:03I'm as shocked as you are, believe me.
11:04This is a big responsibility.
11:07I mean, look at this.
11:13Things to do.
11:15Banish Satan and the forces of evil.
11:19Build the new Jerusalem.
11:22Buy milk.
11:26Milk.
11:28I keep forgetting to pick up milk.
11:33Oh, Owen, you can't be serious.
11:36Look, Michael, I know I'm supposed to be able to do this all by myself, being a son of God
11:40at all.
11:40I know I'm supposed to be able to do this all by myself, being a son of God at all.
11:46But I'm feeling a lot of pressure.
11:48So I was thinking, maybe you could help me.
11:52You want me to help you, uh, what?
11:54Banish Satan and establish God's kingdom on Earth?
11:56If you're not too busy.
11:58Oh, I hear you've been out of the game for a while.
12:00Are you sure you're still as sharp as Mike says?
12:03How long have you been dating a secretary?
12:05About a week.
12:08Listen, I have kind of a pressing appointment, but I thought you might run into a roadblock,
12:12so I asked someone to drop by.
12:14Mike?
12:14Yes, sir.
12:16Donald?
12:18Donald?
12:20Mr. Trump here wrote The Art of the Deal.
12:21Then he wrote a new bestseller, The Art of the Comeback.
12:23Two bucks.
12:25Wow.
12:27Well, sit down.
12:34Well, that must have been...
12:38tough, coming up with that much material.
12:40No.
12:42Must have been hard getting started, though, right?
12:44First day, nine chapters.
12:47Nine chapters.
12:50You should call your next book The Art of Not Helping.
12:59The Art of Not Helping.
13:02Fun fact is the art of not the world in the world.
13:04They're you, man.
13:16The Art of Not Helping.
13:22But once they haven'tjektivized it for us,
13:22in your experience,
13:22it's not only our studies,
13:23but the literature doesn't belong anymore.
13:23They're really cutting the world until people interess us,
13:24they can't follow us.
13:25You might not shine with usition news about people from you.
13:32Yes, you like this, don't you, yes, yes, yes.
13:42All right, that's about all, kiddo.
13:45There you go.
13:46Yeah, you just stay right there, Rags, all right?
14:03Consumer prices have surged higher at their fastest monthly pace since 2022, the gas
14:08index rising by 21 percent, the highest monthly increase on record.
14:13President Trump acknowledges prices may be high through the fall.
14:16We could be true American heroes.
14:19Don't you love your country?
14:20You can't spill America without Erica.
14:23Who wants to see some fireworks?
14:40Doesn't that just lift your spirits?
15:16So do you believe the price of oil and gas will be lower before the midterm elections?
15:21I hope so.
15:22I mean, I think so.
15:23It could be.
15:24It could be the same or maybe a little bit higher, but it should be around the same.
15:28As polls show most Americans opposing the war, President Trump overnight criticized perhaps
15:33the most prominent war critic, the Pope, saying Pope Leo is weak on crime and terrible for foreign
15:39policy, adding, I don't want a pope who criticizes the president of the United States because I'm
15:45doing exactly what I was elected in a landslide to do, setting record low numbers in crime
15:50and creating the greatest stock market in history.
16:08Everything the light touches is our kingdom, but a king's time as ruler rises and falls
16:21like the sun.
16:24One day, the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as the new king.
16:42There is a trending retweet of yours.
16:45You retweeted somebody from Il Duce 2016.
16:48It was a Mussolini quote, but you didn't know it was Mussolini when you retweeted.
16:52It said, it is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.
16:56That's a famous Mussolini quote.
16:58You retweeted it.
16:59Do you like the quote?
17:00Did you know it was Mussolini?
17:01It's okay to know it's Mussolini.
17:03Look, Mussolini was Mussolini.
17:04It's okay.
17:05It's a very good quote.
17:06It's a very interesting quote.
17:08And I know it.
17:09I saw it.
17:10I saw what, and I know who said it.
17:12But what difference does it make, whether it's Mussolini or somebody else?
17:15It's certainly a very interesting quote.
17:30Well, that's probably why I have, between Facebook and Twitter, 14 million people.
17:35Do you want to be associated?
17:36It's a very interesting quote, and people can talk about it.
17:39Do you want to be associated with a fascist?
17:43No, I want to be associated with interesting quotes.
17:46And people, you know, I have almost 14 million people between Instagram and Facebook and Twitter
17:51and all of that.
17:52And we do it.
17:53Tonight, for the first time, I am releasing my official birth video.
18:06Now, I warn you, no one has seen this footage in 50 years.
18:16Not even me.
18:19But let's take a look.
18:27Now, let's take a look.
19:06Oh, well.
19:08Back to square one.
19:13I want to make clear to the Fox News table, that was a joke.
19:21That was not my real birth video.
19:47Remember.
19:49Remember.
19:50Trump claiming Leo was elected only because he's American, and the church thought that
19:55would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump.
19:58And as higher oil and gas prices trickle down to food and other goods, there's another potential
20:03economic development.
20:04President Trump is now threatening new tariffs on China after reports that China may have
20:09sent weapons to Iran.
20:11That's what it is.
20:15I don't know.
20:26They've been saying they have to send weapons to Iran.
20:44John Newland Maffet was the son of an immigrant Irish couple.
20:47Born at sea, it seemed that his life would be dominated by the waves.
20:51Serving 31 years in the U.S. Navy, he rose from midshipman to the rank of commander before secession came.
20:58In 1861, he resigned his commission and became Robert E. Lee's naval aide.
21:02On August 17, 1862, he became the first commander of the CSS Florida, a Confederate cruiser which earned great infamy
21:10during the war.
21:12Built by William Miller & Sons in Liverpool, in the three years she was on the open seas, she took
21:1737 prize ships.
21:19It was during this time as commander of the Florida that Maffet became known as the Prince of the Privateers.
21:26On February 12, 1864, Maffet was forced to relinquish the commander of the Florida at Brest in France due to
21:32his ill health.
21:34However, by the June of that year, he was too trying to return to the Confederacy after a full recovery.
21:39Lawley described both ships as a credit to their builders, and described the journey as being largely uneventful.
21:45One incident of note happened about 200 miles from Wilmington, when the Lillians spied smoke on the horizon.
21:51Maffet changed course to provide aid, commenting,
21:53The ship that leaves a companion at sea in distress must be so cursed.
21:57The smoke turned out to be a Federal cruiser creating a mass of smoke from its boiler in pursuit of
22:02another, delinquent blockade runner.
22:04With quick wits, Maffet changed course, unnoticed by the preoccupied Federal ship.
22:09The Lillian then continued for 16 hours without incident until approaching the inner squadron blockade in Wilmington,
22:15and another cruiser attempted to intercept the ship.
22:18Maffet changed course and, using the Lillian's impressive speed, was able to outrun the ship,
22:22then, under cover of dark, she slipped back past the squadron and under the protection of Fort Fisher.
22:27But what can be gleaned from this perspective of the war?
22:31What does it say about the British attitude to what was happening in America?
22:35Mr Lawley summarises perfectly.
22:37It is the opinion of every English officer who has been to the southern states that there is infinitely more
22:43to be learned here during a month than in the north during a year.
22:47It is pretty well admitted by this time that as regards the construction of guns or the architecture of ironclad
22:53monitors,
22:54England has nothing to learn from the north.
22:57But in every other department of the vast science of war there is more to be gained as regards the
23:02present struggle
23:02by studying it from a southern than a northern point of view.
23:08A bold statement indeed.
23:11Lawley didn't admire the Union's war machine,
23:13but instead the Confederacy's inventiveness and their tenacity in the face of the overwhelming odds.
23:18If the press truly represents the opinions of its readership,
23:22and is a vox populi, the voice of the people,
23:25then the American Civil War was truly a war of very British interest.
23:29But perhaps with all your jetting around,
23:32you have not had a chance to peruse today's headlines.
23:40I rather like the last one.
23:42It isn't even mine.
23:44I never believe what I read in the press anyway.
23:46Oh.
23:47Therein lies your problem, Mr Bond.
23:49You see, we're both men of action, but your era and Miss Linz is passing.
23:54Words are the new weapons.
23:56Satellites, the new artillery.
23:57And you become the new supreme allied commander?
24:01Exactly.
24:03Caesar had his legions, Napoleon had his armies.
24:07I have my divisions.
24:08TV, news, magazines.
24:11And by midnight tonight,
24:12I'll have reached and influenced more people than anyone in the history of this planet,
24:16save God himself.
24:18And the best he ever managed was the Sermon on the Mount.
24:21You really are quite insane.
24:24The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
24:30We're in position between the fleets.
24:33Fire one missile at the flagship of each fleet.
24:37The Chinese will think the British are rattling the saber.
24:40However, the British will think the Chinese are being belligerent.
24:44And the media will provide cool, objective coverage.
24:50Let the mayhem begin.
25:00What you're about to witness, Miss Linz, is not so much a missile attack,
25:05but the launch of a new world order.
25:07In precisely five minutes after your countrymen have attacked the British fleet,
25:12I shall retaliate for dear old England by sending this missile into Beijing.
25:18But General Chang has just called an emergency meeting of the Chinese High Command.
25:24Unfortunately,
25:26General Chang will be delayed in traffic,
25:30arriving just after the missile has killed your leaders.
25:34and too late to stop the Air Force from sinking the entire British fleet.
25:40But he will be just in time to take over the government,
25:43negotiate a truce,
25:45and emerge as a world leader
25:48with a Nobel Peace Prize.
25:50What do you get?
25:52Me?
25:54Oh, nothing.
25:57Just exclusive broadcasting rights in China for the next hundred years.
26:02How romantic.
26:05Don't you realize how absurd your position is?
26:07No more absurd than starting a war for ratings.
26:11Great men have always manipulated the media to save the world.
26:16Look at William Randolph Hearst,
26:17who told his photographers,
26:19you provide the pictures,
26:21I'll provide the war.
26:23I've just taken it one step further.
26:29Sorry about that.
26:30I tuned out there for a moment, Elliot.
26:52Look at William Randolph Hearst in Black,