quite an image indeed. that's going to do it for us here in d.c. thanks for joining us. make it a great day, everybody. see you next time. hello and welcome. glad you're with us this saturday. i'm greg. >> and i'm jamey. topping the news hour there are nearly 300,000 people in west virginia that are unable to bathe or show ore barely cook. it's the third day in a row following a massive chemical spill into their water supply and authorities still don't know how long it could last. even boiled water there isn't safe. shocking new details in the target security scandal. why the number is much higher

than original thought. there's a newest in the house to derail obamacare. coming this we're going to tell you why this time around the white house may have a real cause for concern. but we begin with that chemical spill affecting the water supply of about 300,000 people in west virginia. officials in nine counties there ordering folks not to use their tap water for anything at all and it's forcing businesses and restaurants to close now we're learning hundreds of people say exposure to the spill is making them sick. doug is live with the latest. >> reporter: there's been a steady driving rain here all day long. it just let it about an hour ago. water everywhere but not a drop to drink, at least from your tap. most people in the charleston area and surrounding counties are getting the water from the trucks like this or from other

kinds of flatbed trucks. last night a convoy of about 75 fema trucks loaded down with pallets of water arrived at the air force base. they were handed over at that point to local officials to sent them to distribution areas here. last night for the first time we heard from the president of freedom industries, the company that caused the spill. he told reporters that the spill likely came from the bottom of a 35,000 gallon tank. it then seeped through a retain egg dike that was designed to prevent it from seeping, seeping into the ground and into the elk river which provides drinking water for all of the people that live in this area. here is gary southern. >> i've prepared a short statement and would like to start by sincerely apologizing to the people in the affected counties in west virginia. our friends and our neighbors,

>> don't make baby formula with it, don't wash it with, don't shower with it, don't drink it. you can't just boil it. it's not a boil advisory, it's a do not use advisory. >> reporter: let's talk about the chemical in question. it is a foaming agent used in the process of coal, specifically used to wash excess sulfur off of the surface of kael as mandated by the feds. the president of the company

that owns the spill site said that it has very low toxicity and is harmless to aquatic life. however the cdc says it can cause irritation to the eyes, the skin and the upper respiratory system and can cause unconsciousness and liver and other damage to pets and livestock. that is obviously a concern because a lot of people in this rural area own livestock. testing is ongoing to determine when the water will be safe to drink. the head of the homeland security agency in this county told me it could be days, could be weeks, could be months. that's how vague the parameters are on when the water service may be restored. that's why the governor said yesterday he does not know when it will be restored. >> a dire situation on those folks. doug is live in w west virginia. thanks. well this story continues to develop. there are stunning new

developments in the target security breach. the retail giant now revealing that massive breach that we've been reporting affected possibly as many as 70 million more customers than previously reported. we're live in los angeles with the latest on the story. dominic? >> reporter: it just gets worse and it appears that we might have two separate data breaches at tar fete now. original tore get said that the pin numb berps of some 40 million customers had been breached but not the three digit ccv numbers on the back of the cards. now target is admitting that the names, the phone numbers, e-mail addresses and street addresses may have been stolen. that would make it up to 110 million people affected. >> what, 70 million they're saying now. i don't know how they can go through all of that information but i'm sure i'm part of that. >> i did have to close my

account down and receive a new credit card for the account. >> it still is scary because you don't know if these criminals are getting your personal information and now they know where you live and everything. so that really is a big fear for me. >> reporter: well target is saying much of the data is partial in nature. they don't have all of anybody's details. but in cases where e-mail addresses have been taken they'll attempt to contact the affected guests. the statement from target is saying it's frustrating for our guests to learn that this is information that has been taken. we're truly sorry and we'll be sharing the facts related to this incident. it's important to the company and the entire target team. target is saying that consumers will have zero liability for the cost of any fraudulent charges arising from the breach. now neiman marcus has become the second largest retailer to be hit. there was criminal intrusions

and customers cards were possibly compromised. they're not saying how many customers have been affected there. but consumers need to check their credit card statements carefully. if there's any suspicious charges, the activity must be told to the credit card company. you must call target and neiman marcus and change your e-mail password. it's very important that you do that and make sure that the passwords do not bear any resemblance to any other passwords you're using online. i know there are a number of browsers that will generate highly secure passwords every time you go to a site that's demanding one. if there are any problems, do contact target. they're going to do everything they can. but 110 million, if it's that many, that extraordinary. >> the amount of people affected keeps growing. thank you so much. this is a huge issue.

we're consumer protection, attorney types, we try to help people. this is so serious you couldn't imagine it would happen in stores like target and neiman marcus. coming up we're going to tell people what you need to do if it was affected now or it might be in the future. you don't want to take any chances. you want to keep your private information private and that's coming up later in the show. keep it out of the wrong hands. >> it really wreaks havoc on people's lives. >> it does. >> the iconic israeli leader ariel sharon has died. suffering a stroke eight years ago this month from which he never recovered. he was 85 years old. he devoted his life to the security and survival of his country. hunter powell is live from jerusalem with more. >> reporter: greg sharon is described today by his fellow friend and politicians as a great defender of israel.

he was a soldier. he was a statesman. he was a politician. he was many things to many people. but he is considered the last sort of the great israeli leaders. somebody who is willing to make very difficult choices when they needed to be made. at the height of his power back in 2006 as prime minister, sharon suffered a debilitating stroke hanging on in a coma for the next eighth year. he was controversial. he was loved and hated here, hailed as a war hero and as a war criminal. in 2000 sharon helped spark a palestinian uprising when he entered one of islam's most sacred locations. sharon was an you recall supporter in the palestinian territories. but later as prime minister he changed directions.

this was an extremely controversial decision then and now. he concluded that israel needed to disengage on israel's term. sharon was 85 years old when he died today surrounded by family and friends. there will be a state fub rale tomorrow. he will be buried on his farm on monday. we now understand that jpt joe biden will lead the american delegation here and they're getting reports that a lot of world leaders from many different countries around the region and the world will be at this funeral on monday. back to you connor powell, live in jerusalem. thank you. we sure have been doing a lot of reporting on weather and there is a severe weather system to tell you about. it's making its way to the southeast and it's bringing with it the potential for some tornadoes. our meteorologist is live in the fox weather center for more.

finally's been northeast mid weather, northeast midwest, south? >> we're sergeant to see the potential for tornadoes and strong winds. we have a tornado watch in effect as well as a severe thunderstorm watch until 5:00 p.m. and with good reason. we have a tornado warning, dop will her radar indicating some rotation south and west of augusta, georgia. several severe thunderstorm warnings as these storms marge eastward. the severe threat is extensive. many people affected along the mid atlantic throughout the afternoon and evening could see some hail, certainly some winds and isolated tornadoes. and the flood threat extends all the way up to maine. we've had incredible amount of of snow. 40 and 50 degree temperatures are going to cause massive snow melts. so we have flash flood watches and warnings in effect for the northeast. threat's go to the northwest where you are a big storm system

affecting this region with rain, wind and mountain snow. we have lots of winter weather advisories, high wind warnings where winds could gust in excess of 50 miles an hour and the snow, we could see in excess of three feet of snow across the cascades and northern rockies. jamey and greg, back to you. >> thanks. >> you got it. well a major development now in the alex rodriguez scandal. a short time ago an ar traitor reducing his suspension from 162 games from 21. the decision sidelined the new york yankee. he is till challenge today's ruling to try to get more games shaved off his sentence through a federal injunction.

those don't often work. >> prediction? he's going to fight it. >> oh, he's going to fight it. >> another round, folks. that's what we think. well it took only a few days into the new year for house democrats to break ranks with the white house. what's behind? a democratic defection. we'll explain next. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah. everybody knows that. did you know there is an oldest trick in the book? what? trick number one. look-est over there. ha ha. made-est thou look. so end-eth the trick. hey.... yes.... geico. fifteen minutes could save you... well, you know.

welcome back everybody. great to have you here. we are but a few days into this new year and already the house has voted to pass the first anti-obamacare of 2014. what is significant this time around is that 67 democrats broke ranks with the white house to vote with house republicans. what are the implications of this? democratic defection, if you're to call it that. let's bring in our political panel and sea what they have to say. angela is a fox news analyst and david is the former national finance director. welcome to both of you. >> thanks. >> good to be with you. >> angela can we say that is an anti-balk care bill when it's really dealing primarily with the security breaches and the transparency of people's private information using the website? >> well, from a legislative

standpoint, no, you can't say this is an anti-affordable care bill. but it's symbolic that democrats would go across the bill and join the gop in this legislation. they know they have to go back home in november and explain why they voted for this monstrosity of a debacle. >> why do you think they did, angela? >> politics in washington, d.c. nancy pelosi was a good speaker. a lot of people who voted for it didn't know what was in it. >> what is the significance of these 67 democrats brainging rank? >> well, i don't think there's much significance in it. i'm certainly glad and i think a lot of americans are glad that we don't have another repeal vote that was going nowhere and it might just be a sign that the republicans and democrats as they have been are looking to make an improvement on the

delivery and the access to the affordable care act and the insurance that could be provided. and with regard to what angela said earlier, the reason why people voted for this and democrats in particular voted for this was it was to provide that affordable care to millions of americans that we've now seen enrolled through the exchanges to gain affordable health care and to reduce the risks to their families and themselves for not having it and the costs that might arise to their families in the event that they suffer ill bs or -- >> but the bill that passed the house actually it tells the administration say or do what obama said they were going do. transparency and account ability. health care reform is great, giving people access to health care, that's great but it needs to be the right type of reform. it needs to be the right type of access and i believe democrats jumped over to the other side because they know this

legislation is flawed. >> well at least we know that the portion was flawed since some people who provided information didn't get signed up when they thought they had been or their information was breached. so why did only 67 democrats actually break rank, if that is something that democrats are willing to say, you know what, we didn't know about this ahead of time, we didn't quite embrace what the significance would be of this. why didn't they all say we got to fix this? >> well, two things. >> why are you laughing, angela? i'm just saying why was the not more than 67. i'm trying to understand. what were the other democrats thinking in. >> two things. one, i believe there are other laws on the books that protect american citizens for any breach in government data that pertains to them. it's already on the books. the republicans are making an additional statement. hopefully it's not to create fear about engaging on the

exchanges to get access to affordable health care and in fact taking this step hopefully leads to those governors, republican governor to lead to text pangs of medicare so that more can be accessed in health care in those states as opposed to denying them access to health care. >> back to the exchanges and signing up, david for a second. how are the numbers? can you report to us whether or not more people are feeling confident in we just reported target and neiman marcus are having problems with their system and the president just fired the organization that was instrument tall in putting this website together. clearly the white house has admitted that it has flaws. >> there may be problems with the technical aspect of the exchange. but let's be clear, there have not been breaches leading to the extent of what we've seen on target for one. but in direct answer the 0 your question, i think that as we've said before, that there are

things that you have to address and fix on the way to providing access to exchange and what we've seen is now a million-two just on the exchanges that have accessed health care and at the same time you have 3 million young adults in the last two years who through the affordable care act can gain -- >> can gain. i was asked whether they had gained. i'm trying to get some updated numbers from your perspective. >> inning la, i have about 20 seconds. are you satisfied with the number of people that are willing to go to the site or if they're willing to go that they're able to go and dpet what they are shopping for in. >> no, i'm not satisfied, jamie. what we need to do joe mansion said we need to delay it. why more democrats did not go across the aisle and vote in because they've bt politics before policy.

that's we're in the mess we're in right now. they put politics before policy and democrats are famous for doing that. >> and democrats put the american public before politics. >> thank you so much to both of you for your thoughts on both sides. i'm going to let you continue the dus kiegs, i got to go. thank you. great seeing you. it goes on and on. a new report finding the number of murders falling sharply in some of the nation's biggest cities in 2013 both in new york and in america's murder capital, aka chicago. murder rates dropped to levels not seen since the 1960s. brian is live in new york city to tell us what's behind this decline. >> city murder rates are a major indication of just how safe our nation is. consider this, in 1992 los angeles said about 1200 murders. in 1993, new york said 1,946 murders.

but today the numbers are strikingly lower. new york city had 334 homicide in 2013. that's a 20% drop from 2012. the nation's second largest city, los angeles say a 16% drop in murders from 298 to 251. chicago, an 18% drop from 503 murders to 415. and in philadelphia homicide fell by about 26% to 247 homicide in 2013. criminal nolgss say that police departments are better utilizing data and technology to more effectively police. >> we know that hot spots policing works. hot spots are areas where crime is concentrated. but now they're moving in an area of hot offenders. so the police have real-time data now by beat, by shift, time of day that allows them to focus

their energies where the crime is. >> another major component is also collaboration. big cities are learning strategies from one another. in houston squads go out and aggressively serve warrants. in telephone police have implemented a strong foot patrol presence. and in la, they've cut the murder rate through its own gang fighting strategies. >> it's not just about policing. you have to have other strategies, wrap around strategies that keep kids from going into gangs and address the ones that are in a nonpunitive manner. in other words keeping the peace, reducing the violence and not necessarily concentrating merely on the membership. >> experts say a shift from mass imprisonment in the 1990s to more methodical strategies is making a difference. that's why this is such a big deal. >> technology is certainly playing a key as you point out.

brian, good to see you. >> thanks, brian. there is new fall out from a tell-all memory from former defense secretary michael gates. how the white house is reacting to highly critical comments about the president. plus, new jersey governor chris christie already dealing with a political firestorm over the bridge traffic scandal but do they have legal problems as well? anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'.

the white house now on the defense after allegations are made by former defense secretary robert gates in a new tell-all book. gates is making explosive charges that the vice president and others in the obama administration undetermined and undermined the u.s. strategy in afghanistan. this book is being released

amongst growing tension between the u.s. and afghanistan. timing is everything. molly hennen berg is joining us live in washington with more on that. >> speaking of the tension you just spoke about, the obama administration asked karzai to sign an agreement to allow more than 8,000 troops to stay in afghanistan after all of the troops are withdrawn to help boost their forces. but at this point karzai has not agreed to that. there are also new passengers in his book getting attention today. part of it focuses on three of the military leaders who in 2009 were pushing more more troops in afghanistan. general staply mccrystal, then the top commander, and admireda. the president was frustrated that those military leaders were

putting pressure on him to send more troops. quote, i've tried to create an environment where all points of view can be expressed and have a robust debate. i'm prepared to devote some time to it. do they resent that i never served in the military. do they think that i'm young that i don't see what they're doing? the white house has said about the gates book that it reveals that there were debates over afghanistan and that those debates made for stronger better policies for the troops and national security. the spokesman said that the commander in chief weighs carefully the decision of sending out troops. >> he is extremely conscious of the responsibility that that authority bestows upon him and those who hold his office an therefore he would not make

decisions about surging u.s. troops without a thorough debate. >> but gates seems to have a different take op it. he says he saw, quote, a lack of appreciation from the top down of the uncertainties and unpredictability of war in the obama white house. jamie. >> and he's putting it owl aut there now. molly, thank you so much. greg? some possible legal troubles now swirling around new jersey governor chris christie and his staff. this week it was revealed that one of his aides ordered that three lanes on the george washington bridge be closed for days as punishment because of the mayor of ft. lee would not endorse christie's run for governor. now the u.s. attorney said he's going to look into whether they violated any federal laws. what could this mean for the governor and his staffers? richard st. paul is a defense

attorney and joins us. good to see you both. >> good to see you. >> let's begin with the federal stuff. it's very interesting. we'll put it up on the screen. a civil lawsuit can be filed for depriving people of their freedom of movement and that is a right that's long been upheld by the supreme court. then you've got potential crimes, conspiring to deprive people of their rights. >> abuse of power, a exactly. we're talking about the aides here whether christie knew or did not know what his aides did. the fact is that the aides did this, abused their power this doing that and that is a federal crime we're looking at from a federal point of view. >> up to five years for one, up to ten years for another plus fines. richard, you pointed out to me something interesting that invariably, and i think this is true, when you start investigating a potential crime as a u.s. attorney has done, you

find other ones, don't you? >> absolutely. let's look at a prime example, ken star. we start into the investigation of the death of a clinton associate and the clinton law firm. you ended up with a stained tresz dress, perjury charges again the president and a cigar. you never know where this leads up when you have a prosecutor who's appointed by obama. not to say there's an integrity violation there. you never know where this leads. >> back to the civil side, already a federal class action lawsuit has been filed. the plaintiffs toerps were tripping over each other running to the courthouse. i'm a defense attorney so i'm a little bias. >> i'm with you on that. >> here's the problem. the wrongful death aspects aside, the 91-year-old whose family says, by the way, it was her time. but the class action, commuters

mo who were inconvenienced, what are their damages? >> the plaintiffs are going to say more than inconvenienced, emotional distress, maybe important meetings that were miss. it could have been aborted. it did not have to happen. >> so they missed a couple of appointments, they were late to office or school. >> what if it was your child's play. >> cry me a river, happens every day. >> you got to have the breach, the duty to breach. >> duty is there, the kau sayings is there. >> you had to go see a therapist because we us stuck on a bridge for two hours. >> really? that person needs to see a therapist. >> let's look at the -- we're having some graphics problems. the state charges and lawsuits, that's interesting because essentially the abuse of power there is obstruction of government function.

and using the government office to pervert a process of law. basically you're not allowed to use your government office to seek to -- >> to deprive somebody else of a right that they have and to an extent also punish somebody else. that's exactly right under the statute, both federal and state. that's an abuse of power issue. >> absolutely agree with that, especially the state issues. the federal issues are going to be tough to prove. but the state issues, ethic laws, i think that -- >> one is a crime so potentially these two individuals, david wildstein who's already invoked the fifth amendment in front of the legislature. >> well she's entitled to do. >> and bridgett kelly who is the top aid who got fired. there's wildstein talking to his lawyer, don't talk. and bridgett ann kelly, she's already been fired, she's going to clam up and lawyer up, of c.

i'm sure she already has lawyered up. as a prosecutor i always want people to talk but as a defense lawyer i'm sure you advise the lawyer, don't talk, time the fifth amendment. >> look for the immunity deal. if you give me something, will you give me immunity. >> the immunity deal works in the civil and criminal context. bring somebody in like that, sort of a come to jesus moment. you speak with me, you tell me everything you know, you roll out basically on higher ups and i won't charge you. >> bottom line chris christie says i knew nothing about it, i was shocked and stunned and saddened. >> right. >> when i found out about it. now, if that's not true, that's going to be found out, will it not? >> yes, absolutely. when we talk about immunity deal, give me something bigger than what you have and talk to me, tell me about it. if he has lied, then --

>> in your experience, this guy is a veteran lawyer, chris christie. i mean he was, what, the attorney general in new jersey. >> u.s. attorney. >> he's not -- he knows he'll get caught if he lies so he had to have been telling the truth. >> so far we have no reason to disbelieve that he's telling the truth. >> right. >> and to prove him to be a liar you would have to have e-mails, you would have to have something more than again that come to jesus moment. because at that point that person who's in the hot seat could say whatever they want. >> got to go. good to see you both. back to the story we were telling you about with target, they're revealing now that even more customers were affected in that massive security breach. and coming up, we're going to tell you how far the security problem could spread. plus what you should do to make sure your private information doesn't end up in the wrong hands. when you have diabetes like i do, getting the right nutrition isn't always easy.

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a lot of you have already experienced what happened with target open now maybe you've gotten a note from neiman marcus. for target the number of customers who have had their personal debit and credit information stolen, some or all of it for shopping at the stores could be as high as 70 million more people than previously report. now that's a huge number. it may not be just christmas shoppers either.

we want to make sure you know how to keep your private information private. we've got the managing partner of chapman investment group and he helps us with a lot of these things. first of all, how massive is this breach? >> yeah, this is absolutely enormous. we're talking about up to 70 million and that's just with target. now neiman marcus has different shoppers and apparently theirs was breached as well. so this seems to be a real systemic problem. apparently if all of them were different, we have over a hundred million potential shoppers whose information is just out there floating around. >> it really is serious business because some of the information that was obtained was very personal including home addresses. so what's the first thing that you should do if you were impacted by these two breaches

and you know you were? >> yeah. and that's the thing. if you knew you were. if you know that you were. the first thing you do is you contact -- there are three big credit agencies, rating agentscies you could contact. that doesn't mean there aren't others out there but those are the main ones. contact them and freeze your contract. make it so nobody can apply. that's a very important thing. i think there might be a little bit of a cost to that but that's what you should be doing if you think someone took your personal information. >> i did it this week on the advice of my brother who is a judge so said why would you take a chance. it's free in new york state but there may be a minor charge but it's worth it. you'll never have to undergo the aggravation and you can unfreeze it at the time you may want to apply for credit. some people carry ten or 20 credit cards in your wallet. that seems to me that's a disaster waiting to happen.

is there a better system? >> most retailers will take, for the most part, they'll take the major credit cards. i use really just two credit cards. if you have a lot of them, take a picture. don't take a picture of the number itself but have a listing, you know, either take a picture or keep a good log of which credit cards you have and have it in a safe place. don't carry that list with you because if your wallet is stolen, you know, you're going to say oh my goodness which cards did i have. you want to have a safe place to do that and then immediately get on the phone and contact the credit companies. one company everyone has heard about is life lok. it is worth your time do that because when somebody applies for credit using your information, they notify you right away. you get an e-mail. another thing about e-mails that i love is if you make a purchase, there are some banks and credit cards that will send you something saying your credit

card was just used to purchase this. i know that we have that because my wife not too long ago i bought something and i got an e-mail saying where are you? what do you mean where am i? she knew exactly where i was. thank goodness it was a purchase for her. there is a way with technology to use this to help you. and that's what people need to do. they need to be aware of these things because there's a lot of protections out there you just have to know what they are. >> last question oftentimes your credit card company will send you a disclosure statement in the mail and a lot of us just toss it. what information is in there that could be help to us in the event of this. do they tell you how much your liability is limited to or where to call in the event of a theft? >> most of these card companies will say that if your information is stolen you're not at risk, it's tes retailer that messes up because they should

have asked for identification before that card was used. jamie you bring up a good point. oftentimes it will tell you what you're liable for. read it. but the best defense is be organized, reduce the number of cards and as you did, freeze your credit report. this way you're never going to have to worry about that. one other thing i think is interesting, use a separate e-mail address just for shopping online or anytime you're going to get a receipt e-mails to you, use a separate one away from the normal one that you use. >> i like that. don't use your name or home address in passwords. passwords are so important. thank you so much, ed, who advises us on our money and our security and a bunch of other things. great to have you here. greg? >> how are you feeling in. >> better than you. because greg is a little under the weather today. >> yes. >> i have to be honest. >> but it's not the flu, i think. >> now wept to the doctor. >> i did go to the doctor, yesterday. i'm feeling better today.

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>> this is really a myth. there's no -- >> so if i take the flu shot today. >> yeah. >> when does it kick in? >> within the next couple of weeks you should be immune. because your system will really use that to build up the antibodies. the issue we have right now because of what you just said, only 40% of the country are getting immune. people are scared or don't have time they don't get it. but we want to encourage people to go ahead and get it. 35 states, and that's going to go on the rise. now, we are in the middle of flu season. january, february is the highest level. last year, jamie, remember when we were covering this november and october was the highest number. now it's coming at the perfect time. so we want people to get it. and the people that are really at risk, chronic disease, asthma, as a urologist i will tell you anybody with kidney

disease, diabetic, obesity, 50% of the population coming to the er o obese. and of course young kids younger than six months get vaccinated. >> i have a question. greg is under the weather and he's being treated let's say with antibiotics. i don't know what he's on, but say he's on some medication for something else. is that a bad time to get a flu shot? will the antibiotics in some way interfere with the flu vaccine? >> well, it's a good point. i'm looking at him, he doesn't really look septic. he doesn't look sick. his immune system is in tact. i think the antibodies are covering you. may be viral or sinus infection that will pass. it's not going to make him any sicker. what i would do is i would wait another two or three days, complete the course of antibiotics and then perhaps next week you can get a vaccination. the other thing we've talked about is if you are sick and you have flu and you have fever, you don't feel well -- >> stay home. >> she said it. >> please stay home. >> don't come to work. >> but you've been so thoughtful. greg has been so thoughtful. and cough like this please.

>> hand wash is extremely important. washing your hands, stay away from anybody that has a cough. respiratory droplets are the way you get this. >> dr. samadi. >> health news righttil e the end. >> "journal editorial" report is next. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's ened, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former miliry members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an au insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

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