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will not be out until 2018, 1200 calories and lasts three years. we'll see you next time. here's shep. >> it's noon on the west coast and 3:00 in new york city where president-elect trump is lashing out at the whoelt new target, boeing. already approved by current president, what happens to boeing 150,000 american employees when the most powerful man in the land has you in his sight? and president obama is scheduled to give his final speech on terrorism before he leaves office. >> aren't you glad the 2016 race is finally over, now it's time to talk 2020. already vice president biden is hinting he may have his eyes on
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the white house. we'll talk what that could mean with a democratic strategist and the deadly fire in oakland, california what we're learning about the dozens of desperate victims and what they did when they realized they were about to die. >> good afternoon. president-elect donald trump has just announced another deal to boost the american force work. he stepped out from the golden elevators at trump tower a short time ago with a head of a japanese bank and announced it plans to invest $50 billion in the united states and create approximately 50,000 new american jobs. we'll have much more on that in just a moment, the president-elect is taking aim, after making a deal with carrier to keep hundreds of jobs in the united states. this time he's targeting boeing. the company employees more than 150,000 americans. and the president-elect is
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apparently upset over how much taxpayer money its spending to build two new air force jets. this morning tweeted boeing is building a 747 air force one for future presidents but costs are out of control. more than $4 billion. cancel order. really? can you cancel an order by twitter? it's unclear whether this can be some sort of negotiating strategy from the president-elect. here's what he told reporters at trump tower. >> totally out of control. it's going to be over $4 billion ars force one program. and i think it's ridiculous. i think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. we want boeing to make a lot of money but not that much money. >> the u.s. government ordered two new air force ones from boeing to be ready around 2024. but the military has asked the company to speed things up because defense officials say the current presidential planes are getting too expensive to
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repair and maintain. both have been in service since the early 1990s and have a shelf life of about 30 years. the two new air force ones are set to be updated versions of the 747. the contracts for them were initially supposed to cost about $3 billion over the course of ten years but the pricetag has reportedly been getting bigger. president-elect trump has his own plane, trump force one. a boeing 757 with golden seatbelt buckles and bedroom and flat screen tv. after the inauguration, government officials will expect him to travel in air force one loaded with communication equipment. transportation officials say he once owned stock in boeing but sold it in june along about all of the other holdings in american companies. we believe that's new information, sold off all of his stocks in american companies and say the president-elect's criticism of boeing is part of an effort to keep costs down
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across the board. the company responded, we're currentry under contract for $170 million to help determine the capability of the military aircraft that serve the unique requirements of the president of the united states. we look forward to working with u.s. air force on subsequent phases of this program allowing us to deliver the best planes for the president at the best value for the american taxpayer. that number to -- that number to which boeing is apparently referring is the cost of the contracts that the government is already awarded. not the final cost. this comes as the president-elect holds another round of high profile meetings at trump tower, including the exxon-mobil ceo, rex tillerson, reported candidate for secretary of state. transportation officials say they have widened their search to fill that position and mike pence told fox news, he's taking his time to find the person who's best for the country. >> he's going to listen on an
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ongoing basis, a broad range of candidates, i'm confident he'll choose a secretary of state putting america first under the world stage. >> the president-elect tonight is set to continue thinks thank you tour with a rally in north carolina. with all of that we turn to peter doocy. busy day around there. >> reporter: very busy and productive up on the 26th floor because the president-elect came downstairs from his office to the lobby for the second time today a few minutes ago, unprecedented during the transition to announce this massive job creating deal with the japanese ceo of sofbank standing next to him. the deal was first announced on twitter as many things are with a pair of tweets. one of them said, masa said he would never do this had we not
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won the election. mr. trump said this. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is masa of softbank from japan and he's just agreed to invest $50 billion in the united states- >> the ceo stuck around to say 50,000 jobs would be in american based start ups and if this works out, this is $50,000 jobs and 1,000 jobs saved at the carrier plant last week. >> what more do you know about the rex tillerson, is he up for secretary of state? anything for sure? >> he is being considered according to transition officials for the secretary of
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state position. it's interesting, exxon-mobil does a lot of business in russia. that means exxon-mobil's ceo, mr. tillerson has been doing a lot of president with vladimir putin for many years. tillerson came in a back entrance today, didn't see him or chance to ask him questions but we did see the democratic d.c. mayor here and later on terry bran stat, he is going to be at a rally on thursday and another one at fayetteville, the home of fort bragg. his first public joint appearance with general james mattis. >> peter doocy down there. sold all of the american stocks, that was news to me. >> news to me and put him in good stead with those who say you have to address conflicts of interest with business and what you do as president.
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this way he gets his stock holdings out of the way by selling tell -- >> apparently a good thing too. right when he said this boeing stock went down, it went down. >> you can't say he sold -- >> like 150 types of bonds and shares. >> it wouldn't have looked good to tank their stock and you own so -- he was out and guess he's mad at boeing, the negotiating tactic. >> who knows because the dollar figure that's been attached, $4 billion for one plane. when in fact, the defense department put aside $1.65 billion according to the white house, $1.65 for two planes. possibly they go to a third. several hundred million more. these are expensive planes and intention communications on them, air force missile systems. air force one and marine one helicopters have been targets in the past. obama said the marine one
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project is too much. this has happened in the past. it's a negotiating tactic and he took on boeing during the campaign to say they were going to prepare seats for aircraft selling to the china market in china. one of the jobs -- this is not a new target. >> take the cure ig machine out of there. >> this softbank i never heard of, $50 billion, out there excited about that. >> big telecommunications company and his son runs it. he already has big investments in the united states. softbank owns 80% of sprint. he has other tech investments, he wants to as he puts it be the warren buffett of technology. he's going to be investing in a lot of tech start-ups and projects in the united states. he also has an eye on emerging operations of sprint and t-mobile and backed away from
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that recently figuring that regulators would get in the way. new administration, new fcc, thinking he has a better shot at it now. >> that we've been doing this every day takes away the gee whiz i've never seen anything like this, never been a president to be a role like this. >> industrial policy, you're kind of taken to company after company. it is not something the republicans are used to doing. they want the market to handle it. you should read the column -- >> i did -- >> it's this post idealogical moment in american politics, neither democratic or republican. you've got a guy elected by the republican party apparatus who is behaving in a -- in a target against one company after another manner that's not the market principle of the republican party. that's why jerry's notion of post idealogical -- >> as an thet cal to all they ever talked about my whole life until all of a sudden -- and it seems to be okay with the
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republican base. they are happy. everything is fine. until it isn't. >> until it isn't. at a certain point it's going to be within the republican party there's going to be a push back against this. because they don't want bureaucrats making decisions that companies should be making because the companies know best how to operate. on the other hand, trump ran on basis of getting more jobs in the united states keeping jobs in the u.s. this is one way he can go to the next rally and say, look what i've done. >> good to tal to you john. >> pleasure. >> should a former general, military general be the secretary of defense? >> donald trump's pick of the retired marine general, secretary of defense had started a debate in congress over civilian control of the military. that's what we do in the united states. the civilian side controls the military, always been that way and that way for a reason. lawmakers would need to pass a bill to allow mattis to take this job. ? republicans want that done and done now but not everybody is on board. the debate from capitol hill as
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democrats give james mattis the waiver he needs to become the secretary of defense. that's the word from leon panetta. as we've reported under u.s. law a nominee for defense secretary must be out of the military for at least seven years before you join the cabinet. the law is in place to allow for civilian control of the military. the president-elect's choice retired three years ago. congress would have to give him a waiver. former secretary of defense panetta told the "washington post" newspaper that he doesn't think military service should disqualify a nominee. some lawmakers disagree,
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including ruben gallego, an iraq war veteran and he says he believes in the idea of civilian leadership of the military. as a result he will oppose the waiver. while that debate conditions, senate republicans say they are trying to speed up the nomination process. they say they've added a framework for the waiver to the spending bill needed to keep the government running past this week. what are republican leaders saying about this, mike? >> reporter: the latest thinking appears to be having the waiver for general mattis in a new congress in a new year without making your eyes roll back in your head. that framework language how to consider the waiver may come up later this week. we'll see. mean whwhile i asked mitch mcconnell if he has any concerns about democrats slowing up contribution of president-elect trump's nominees. >> as a result of what our colleagues on the other side of
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the aisle did in 2013, there's not a whole lot they can do and i'm sure they'll try to make it as difficult as possible. >> so praperhaps they could slop consideration but not stop cabinet nominees. as for general mattis, he'll be joining president-elect trump in fayetteville at the thank you tour event. it should be a crowd pleaser with fayetteville being a huge military town. >> it's not as if the democrats don't have a historically sound argument here. what are they saying? >> they are concerned that last minute maneuver since we haven't seen the government funding language, that the waiver could be stuffed into a must have piece of legislation. house democratic leader nancy pelosi issuing a statement today, rushing aside the law that ensh trines civilian control of the military without discussion in a massive must pass funding bill would set a terrible precedent. we have not seen the language of
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the resolution to fund beyond december 9th. we do expect to see it late night tonight. you can believe everyone will be looking for any language pertaining to a general serving in civilian control of the government. >> mike, thank you. vice president biden's term hasn't ended but at 74 years old he's already talking about 2020. what the vice president said about running for the bigger job in four years. that's next. ♪ if you're going to wish, wish big at the lexus december to remember sales event get up to $2500 customer cash on select 2016 and 2017 models for these terms. see your lexus dealer.
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decisions that far in advance but the door is clearly open. a top biden donor has already bunch bought a bunch of web domains and some democrats asked him to challenge hillary clinton in the last 2016 primaries but after his son beau died of brain cancer, he decided to stay out of the race, saying the window had closed. a democratic strategist and former senior aide to chuck schumer and togman strategies. what is he doing? is it one of those i had an emotional biden moments? >> it could be but that drives so much of his decision-making. i think democrats are looking for a way out of the paper bag they've trapped themselves in and biden is someone who is someone blofd, well regarded in the democratic party and it's a way in the stages of grief for democrats to move forward and look to the future rather than
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rekrim nation. >> his numbers are good. he's very popular guy. he's very popular with so many kinds of people that democrats lost to trump. >> absolutely. this is really an internal conversation that needs to happen at the national stage, not about who the new dnc chair is going to be or how pelosi maintains her grip on power. it's a national voice, someone who holds an important national office discussing the future of the democratic party. >> when the republicans discuss their future and came out with an anticipate, thutopsy and lo won the election how are the democrats doing? >> they are not doing very well at all. they are hung up on something like we got more votes, we won the popular vote. america is not set up that way. if you do away with the electoral college, you might as well do away with senate.
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biden is somebody who could speak to that whole swath of folks who feel left behind by the economy and not clinton supporters. >> what's your sense of how that blue wall of the rust belt got away? >> there really is a sense that folks were con descended to and said we'll run up numbers in urban areas. >> a guy told them we're going to bring the jobs back like coal is going to come back. i want to say that's not happening because everything said that will not happen but -- >> they were paid attention to and taken seriously and courted. everybody the fact that trump -- post truth it almost became something that was not rhetoric, it was campaign slogan. when the "new york times" said we're going to fact check all of his speeches. you don't have to do this. it's an internal conversation about biden and i really do believe he's someone like trump
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who can speak to the demographics that feel left behind. >> my dad is 86, soon to be 87, i feel he could do it but 78 is not really young. after a four-year term he's 82. >> i think 78 is the new 68. whether or not he even runs it is an important conversation to be having and he's someone with the stat tour that folks move past the finger pointing and start looking to the future. >> think he'll sit down with somebody? it was a very emotional moment about his son, now late son and some of the reporters just gathered around and it slipped and backtracks. think he'll sit down and have a real discussion about this? it feels like the kind of thing a lot of democrats might be into hearing. >> what the clinton campaign showed is the democratic field. who might biden's opponents be?
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andrew cuomo, camilla harris. >> that goes to the point of the popular vote, running up numbers doesn't make you president. he'll have a serious conversation. i think he's obligated to. >> joe on the train. >> back and forth on amtrak. >> investigators in los angeles are responding to a report on a busy metro line. then fbi -- the fbi call -- we'll be right back. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette.
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busy station today. the fed says they haven't determined whether the threat is even credible. the l.a. sheriff's department reports it stepped up security at subway stations but the mayor of l.a. is telling people to stick to their normal routines. even took the train from that station where he received the threat. it's universal city station on the red line. and is that universal city -- yeah. a lot of people use it for their commutes i'm told though i don't know anyone who has been on a subway system in los angeles. tourists sometimes use it and go to the theme park. jonathan hunt is said to be there. if i push that button -- how about here? there he is. have you ever been on the subway in los angeles? >> reporter: shep, i haven't been on this particular subway but 145,000 or so people ride this train every single day. and the fbi now is trying to track down whether this was a credible threat against those commuters and tourists who use
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this line. it came in by one of these anonymous tip lines. this particular call was phoned in overseas. the fbi will not say what country it came from. they will only say it was a man and he was speaking english. mayor eric garcetti said today when we asked him that he has got no update so far on what the fbi thinks of the credibility or otherwise of that call. listen here. >> threats like this all the time. often times when we have more time to look at them we determine they are not credible. when there's a short time lapse, we always involve additional resources to assure people and be extra secure. >> reporter: bottom line, shep, the investigation by the fbi continues. we do not have a clear answer of whether this was and/or remains a real threat.
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>> it makes sense to send people out if you're not sure. you know what doesn't make sense, you tell them you don't know if it's real or not and then do what they always do and mayor gets on the subway. what good is this? >> reporter: the mayor says he simply was doing something to show the people of l.a. that he believed himself that this train line was safe today. in his words, i would not ask the people of l.a. to do anything that i wouldn't do myself. in the meantime, as you say, we do have a very con speck uous display of force and many we have seen carrying ar-15 rifles. it is a real show of strength. the police chief charlie beck said the usual, stay vigilant. >> if you see something, say something. you are the eyes and ears of law enforcement and public safety is my profession but it's everybody's business.
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>> reporter: and it appears, shep, this security will stay in place until the fbi determines whether or not this threat was credible and real. >> all right, jonathan, thank you very much. president obama is about to give his final major speech on fighting terrorism before he leaves office. the president is in tampa today, home to u.s. central command. his speech is set to begin in the next hour but we are expecting some quick remarks from president obama beforehand. as for his speech next hour, advisers say the president will sum up his administration's counter terror efforts and warn against some of the most aggressive strategies like water boarding which don't work. president-elect trump has suggested he might try to bring back the practice when he enters offer and now he has people surrounding him who don't think it's a good idea. the president-elect is a bit mallable it would appear. he seems to listen to the people
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around him and brings in generals, that's good tough talk and tough talk world but doesn't do good. we signed treaties against it and waterboarding is torture and we're america, we don't torture, is that what you're hearing? >> reporter: taken a number of different stances how effective he thinks these measures are and how he plans to prosecute the war on extremism, on terror, whatever you want to call it. we don't have a lot of details other than we know the kind of people he's bringing into his administration, people like mike flynn and who he wants to run the cia and others argued for a very aggressive counterterrorism strategy, possibly involving more u.s. troops on the ground than we've seen under president obama who will say in his speech today that's he tried really hard to keep u.s. troops out of those conflicts for a specific reason. >> what's your sense of the advice he's getting from all of the people who he brings in? are we getting any kind of
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readout or details on what's being discussed or all kept close? >> reporter: well, i think it's all slightly inconsistent because he'll bring in some people who are perhaps more on the dovish end of things. he's brought in other people, general petraeus and others. we do know trump has talked about hearing from his military advisers recently that some of the methods you talked about like water boarding aren't as effective, maybe would be better off to try actually sitting down with detainees and trying to get them to spill information without the harsh interrogation techniques but we don't know which of these advisers trump is listening to or listening to the most and which are likely to guide his stralt gi and approach once he's commander in chief. >> what do you expect from the current president? what are we expecting from him? anything news worthy. >> we're expecting the president to essentially offer a playbook
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for trump on how to wage war and counterterrorism campaign if he wants to listen to his advice. the two key elements that obama is emphasizing this week are one, that everything he's done with the military overseas has been firmly rooted in legal framework both on the domestic and international front and two, that the use of small scale surgical commandos, special operations forces have been more effective and less risky for the u.s. than the type of large ground scale operations that we saw under president george w. bush in iraq and afghanistan. >> are you standing out in the rain? >> reporter: i am standing out in the rain but we'll bear any weather to be here with you shep. >> you're the man, sounds like a gully washer in the swamp. >> when the president steps up to the microphone, we'll have coverage of course. >> new today from the deadly fire in oakland california, some
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partygoers overwhelmed by thick smoke and flamed managed to send messages to loved ones just before they died we got the news from officials on scene. some of the victims texted i love you to friends and family as it became clear to them they were moments from death. the sheriff in oakland said the number of people who died in the fire is still at 36, though it may rise. he said crews found bodies of people who were protecting and holding each other as he put it. the oakland fire chief says crews are still trying to clear the building. the investigators say the fire itself broke out during a dance party at the warehouse known as the ghost ship. the manager apologized this morning in an incredible moment on nbc's "today" show. >> i didn't do anything ever in my life that would lead me up to this moment. >> can i ask you -- >> i'm a proud man. i'm not going to answer questions on this level. i would rather get on the floor
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and be trampled by the parents and let them tear my flesh than answer these ridiculous questions. i'm so sorry i'm incredibly sorry. what do you want me to say? i'm not going to answer these questions. >> the warehouse manager on with matt lauer this morning after he drew lots of criticism for face posting on facebook he lost everything without mentioning the people who died. he later deleted that post. adam is live in oakland. >> reporter: a lot of criticism for that man and interview as well and building owner. the da has said all possibility of charges are still on the table here. on my right shoulder you can see the construction continues, the destruction of the second floor. they've taken out a whole section up there. they tried to get into the last two corners of this building. we have a close-up look as firefighters a half hour ago sawed into what's left of that second floor roof area to make sure it didn't come down on firefighters to get into the
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last little areas. investigators from local and federal as well. we saw the atf come yesterday with the massive mobile home and investigators are taking part in this investigation. even as rain comes and people are worried what that might do to the stability of the building, they've assured us and families they'll be going through this piece by piece. >> we're going to continue the process until absolutely every piece of debris is removed from this building, every area has been searched. so families in our community know there's nothing left at this location and then again the investigation and process continues. >> reporter: of course the horrific flames broke out late friday into saturday burning the entire building on the inside, taking 36 lives. they do not believe they are going to find any more victims inside but won't rule out the possibility because there are two corners of this building that they have yet to get all the debris out of.
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they'll continue until they get every last piece out and ensure every single victim has been found and notification processes of the 36 are still continuing. >> officials are begging those pipeline pro testers in north dakota to go home already because it's not safe there. up next, how one of our own tox teammates found that out firsthand. it was a no-no moment, something like that.
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>> reporter: we were on our way to standing rock and the visibility was literalry zero. when the hit the high planes ind windchills minus 21, there are 50-mile-per-hour winds. so the sand truck is only maxed out at 45 miles per hour or else the dish would go off the truck. we had to find a building to get some shelter, which we did right now. if i go out in the wind, which is going to take me a little while here but in the meantime, i'll tell you this is why the standing rock chairman told these guys they have to go home. you can imagine what it's like -- getting caught on the ice. i'm going to come out exposed from the building and then you'll begin -- i've been through several hurricanes including category 5 in cancun and this i'm tell you, i have to
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stop? this is worse. >> it got worse than that. in other words, it's cold they need to go home. they won't go home they have a protest they need to carry out. there you go. donald trump said for the first time he supports the pipeline near standing rock. a representative for the transition team said donald trump will quickly review the decision to deny the permit once he takes office. people in gatlin burg are going home after wildfires tore through the town. 14 people died in fires there. some of the survivors getting their first look at what's left of their homes. would you look at this? the whole wall of the place is gone. here you can see allen and his son nathan, the fire destroyed their rental cabin and here's a family who lost a home with the baby bottle in the front seat. this is veronica carney here, standing in what's left of her childhood home.
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veterans from across the nation heading to pearl harbor. they're getting ready for memorial services. tomorrow marks 75 years since the attack there. more than 2,000 americans died when japanese fighter planes bombed the u.s. naval base at pearl harbor. the attack brought the u.s. into world war ii, as the story goes.
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yesterday japan's prime minister said that he'll visit the naval base with president obama during a trip to hawaii at the end of this year. that will make him the first sitting leader of his country to visit the site since the 1941 attack. back in may president obama made a history trip of his own to the japanese city of hiroshima, where the u.s. dropped a nuclear bomb in 1945, ending the war with japan. trace gallagher is live in pearl harbor, hawaii for us this evening. hey, trace. >> reporter: you're going to hear the freedom bell in the background. we're going to take you there live in a moment. but i want to give you an idea, tour around pearl harbor. some 10,000 people are expected here. this is the newest exhibit, the "uss bowfish." they call it the pearl harbor avenger because it was christened on december 7, 1942. if you look over here, there's a bit of irony in pearl harbor right now because you have the "uss stennis" aircraft carrier. on the day of the attack 75 years ago there were no aircraft
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carriers in the harbor. that was fortunate for america because if there had been it could have changed the war. all the way across we have the "uss missouri" where the treaty toned the war was signed. and then if you pan over just a little bit, shep, you can see the arizona memorial. which is worth a closer look. watch. of the eight ships that were attacked during the raid on pearl harbor, six of them were repaired and reused during world war ii. only the oklahoma and arizona were destroyed. the "arizona" was never raised out of respect. it remains a graveyard for 1,177 marines and sailors whose names will be forever etched in this marble wall. the memorial itself was completed in 1962, 21 years after pearl harbor. it's 180 feet long, but nowhere does it actually touch the wreckage. though if you look down you can clearly see the corrosion becomes more and more apparent every year.
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and then there is this. 75 years later. the arizona is still leaking oil. as many have said, it's almost as if she is still bleeding from her wounds after all this time. this is the freedom bell we talked about, shep. and people are coming up and they're ringing it. we've often compared the parallels between 9/11 and pearl harbor. and inside the bell the ringer is actually made from pieces of the twin tower. that's how closely intertwined these two stories were. just minutes ago we saw the oldest surviving member of pearl harbor, 107-year-old ray chavez was the first one to ring that bell. and we talked about the "arizona." of the people who were on that ship, five remain. five men remain. four of them are going to be here tomorrow'll. and we will talk to them at some point during the day. shep? >> trace, what's the mood like there? is it a very somber place?
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reverent? >> reporter: it is. when they had the freedom bell ceremony it was somber. but if you look around here, this really is a commemoration and a celebration because of how it turned out in the war. and just such a tribute to the people who lost their lives so many years ago. a lot of these families are local. a lot of these families are world war ii veterans. they came here for a specific purpose, and that was to pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives on that day. and so for them this is cathartic and it is also a great experience. so they're captivated and they're enjoying this. as somber as it is. it's still for them the moment of a lifetime. >> love that show and tell, tracy. that was the report of the day. i appreciate it very much. one of the most storied of all rivalries in all of sports picks up again today, this saturday. army-navy time. both squads are showing off some fancy new uniforms they picked up somewhere. ryan's here. this doesn't look like army and navy of old. >> well, not army-navy football of old but this is army hanging
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on to the 82nd airborne division in world war ii. paratroopers. you can see the helmets, kind of the netting to look like a paratrooper helmet. and navy, this is a throwback to the 1963 team. of course it's navy, so beat army is all over the place. the squad looks for its 15th straight win over army. >> 15 in a row would be hard to get to. they have a mighty good team. thank you, sir. one more thing. and then top of the hour headlines. stay with us. (announcer vo) when you have type 2 diabetes, there's a moment of truth. and now with victoza® a better moment of proof. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didn't get me to my goal. lowers my a1c better than the leading branded injectable. the one i used to take. and better than that diabetes pill i used to take.
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office there has not been a day when a terrorist organization or some radicalized individual was not plotting to kill americans and on january 20th i will become the first president of the united states to serve two full terms during a time of war. [ cheers and applause ] now, we did not choose this fight. but once it came to us the world saw the measure of our resolve. the most solemn responsibility for any president is keeping the american people safe. and carrying out that duty i've sent men and women into harm's way. i've visited troops around the globe.
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i've met our wounded warriors. and i've grieved with gold star families. i know better than most that it is because of your service and your sacrifice that we have been able during these eight years to protect our homeland, to strike crippling blows against terrorist networks, and fortify our friends and our allies. and so today i'd like to reflect on that work and talk about the foundation that we will leave for the next administration. i came to this office with a set of core convictions that have guided me as commander in chief. i believe that the united states military can achieve any mission, that we are and must remain the strongest fighting force the world has
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