and scheduling and managing burials. as an example, arlington has more restricted eligibility for inground burials than the va. third, arlington's appropriations structure is different than the va's, and should you make a jurisdiction change, congress may wish to review that and determine what is the right course of action. fourth, arlington provides military funeral honors that the va does not. fifth, arlington hosts many special ceremonies every year, some involving the president and visits heads of state. and, sixth, arlington is one of the most visited tourist destinations in washington, hosting over 4 million visitors a year. finally, we do think opportunities exist for the army and the va to collaborate more for the mutual benefit of both organizations, but most importantly for the benefit of our active duty service members, our veterans, and their families. here are examples. va has staff dedicated to establishing eligibility for burial in their cemeteries and a central scheduling center that could assist arlingto

he had prepared his son for burial, his son for burial. a second cousin for burial.hese are typical stories in homs. the number of dead if you believe the activists is 100 today and some 300 if you take everything since the weekend but it has been going on for much longer than that. >> what kind of capabilities do the so-called free syrian army have? are they able to mount any real resistance to incoming mortars to rocket fire? >> well, they try but they have rocket propelled grenades and we've begun on several actions with them and they always end up essentially having to retreat because when tanks are brought up and armored vehicles are brought up and that's your only real choice. i did speak to a senior officer, a member of the military council who had only a week ago been a serving full colonel in the syrian army. he defected just a week ago. he says this is his account. moral had collapsed within the syrian army. people knew they were killing civilians and they wanted the blood bath to stop. this is the slim hope that the free army is putting on things in homs t

not just green burial options, but how do we save and recycle.e well. we have to go. monika williams, thanks. look it up, there's wonderful information, great things to do. it's a wonderful way to find out about things. thanks for joining us, on mosaic.

that is how we are accounting for each and every burial. not only for the report that we did to congress, but from this day forward. so our employees now when a headstone is set, take the photo of the front and back of that headstone and attach that digitally to the records >> and the record is all electronic? >> the record is all electronic. >> so this is a little crude. maintaining the inventory of folks who are buried where, that's fully electronic now for all new intermentes? >> yes, sir, it is. >> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> thank you very much, mr. conaway. we proceed to mr. critz of pennsylvania. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm trying to get my arms around this. mr. lepore, you said that in the '70s at some point jurisdictional responsibility for -- is it every other national -- or any other veterans cemetery was transferred to the va? >> the army at the time managed 82 cemeteries -- or 82 national cemeteries, and under the 1973 national cemeteries act, those cemeteries transferred to the department of -- what was

sundaa's private family burial follows a star-studded invitation-only memorial service on saturday. we feel the pain is the suddeness of . - whitney's transition and yet she lived to be 48. memorial ggests, like oprah winfrey and gayle king, attended a reception at the newark club immediately following the husband bobby brown left saturday's service early -- but said in a statement, and at a new editton ccncert, that he will continue to pay respects to his ex-wife.i wanna give blessings to my ex-wife, whitney houston. i love you. and wwile the were private, fans still gatheree to commemorate the pop idol. it's a celebration of life. she's gone, but never forgotten. whitney will always be in oor heartsi was actually shocked beccuse i grew up on whitney listening to her music, it's all i listened to at myyhome. when i found out she was dead i felt like part of me died as well. i felt i knew her through her pusichouston has een laid to rest next to her father. but there'ssno rest for learn exactly what caused the star's untimely death.i'mm barbara hall reporting. -----end-----cnn.scrip

the burial site is the only one of its kind in the region cattle breeders of an iranian tribe buried here in the second millennium b.c. the time when the egyptian pyramids were built when excavation work was over scientists restored the burial place to its original appearance. with twenty eight men between the ages of eighteen and twenty five are buried here there was also a woman and a man who was forty five to fifty years old when he was buried we think he was a blacksmith those men had died in battle. have been found and some of the skeletons skulls of other men were fractured with an axe. the romans convoy suddenly stops at the edge of a swamp it's too dangerous to drive any further. the travelers spend a good deal of time walking around the frozen silt when they manage to measure the swamps and everybody realizes that attempting to cross the swamp is out of the question. we. will have to look for another routes. and there is one and a half meters of water underneath is. however another road makes up for their misfortune it leads to what for centuries has been known locally as th

a private burial is planned.e'll take a look at her music filled sendoff. >>> plus espn is accused of using a racial slur. did the network cross the line with its headline about new york knicks guard jeremy lin? there's been world reaction. we'll hear what people are saying. >>> and the navy s.e.a.l.s are called into action on the big screen. it's a new blockbuster thriller, and, no, those are not actors. we'll talk to the real men on the front line and in the movie. >>> we start, though, with whitney houston being laid to rest today. she is being buried next to her father in the fairview cemetery in westfield, nng. that's about 25 miles south of newark. but the funeral service was held yesterday, where her grace was remembered. so was her grace and her passion. we'll have much more later on in this hour. >>> an arizona sheriff outed by a phoenix newspaper has stepped down as the state's co-chairman for 34i9 mitt romney's campaign. sheriff paul babou is accused of threatening to deport his ex-boyfriend if he reve

va staff, the it staff dedicated to establishing eligibility for the burial in the cemeteries and the central scheduling center that could assist arlington. conversely, va officials are examining whether geographic information systems or global positioning system technology should be used in this imagery is that the army already does this and could conceivably provide assistance to the va. since no formal mechanism exists yet to identify the cooperation opportunity, we recommended that the two departments establish one and the agreed. in conclusion we believe the army has worked through the crisis and taken steps to put arlington national cemetery on a sustainable path to ensure effective cemetery operations to read our recommendations are offered in the spirit of assisting that process along so that we never have to come before you begin to have this conversation. mr. chairman that concludes my prepared remarks and i would be happy to answer questions you or any member of the subcommittee may have to beat >> thank you, director. i went thank director martin to read both of you were v

mardi gras to mobile, alabama, and for more than 30 years women have held a procession leading to his burial site. >>> finally, what better time than presidents' day weekend for washington nationals to hold auditions. george washington, thomas jefferson and abraham lincoln are all well represented but being president isn't easy. you have to be able to wear 200 yards which amounts to a high costume include tag 45-pound head, so it is definitely no easy feat but bill karins is throwing his had into the ring. >> you have to do it without running into each other and falling over. >> have you ever done anything like that? >> no. but i always enjoy being at the games and watching that. >>> let's talk about this forecast. yesterday we saw snow move from areas of temp and kentucky and even areas of north carolina and virginia saw snow. of course, these are areaary yas of the country that don't get a lot of snow and when that happen use can get a lot of bad extensions. this is coming from western portions of nashville, tennessee. this was a nasty accident. up to 50 people were treated after a bus and

that ceremony ended with a private family burial at syracuse cemetery in new jersey. this happened yesterday. >> whitney houston's coming home journey is over. there hearse carrying her body arrived at fairview cemetery in new jersey sunday morning. the private family burial followed a star-studded invitation only memorial service on saturday. >> if you feel such awesome pain and yet joy. the pain is her transition and yet she lived to be 48. >> in desolate 04 winfrey can deal king attended a reception at the new work club immediately following the ceremony. he stands ex-husband left saturday's service early but said in a statement and at a concert that he would continue to pay respects to his ex-wife. >> i want to give blessings to my ex-wife with the homestead. >> while the weekend's events were private fans still gathered to commemorate the pop icon. >> a celebration of life. she is gone but never forgot it. she will always be in our hearts. then i was shocked. i grew up listening to her basic. when i found out that she was dead, a part of me also died. >> houston

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shermantine issued an apology and released new details about more possible burial sites. >> he is easy to talk to. he likes to talk. talking fishing and hunting. >> reporter: the convicted killer is doing plenty of talking. stockton record reporter, scott smith, says he met face to face with shermantine at san quentin saturday where he says the so-called speed freak -- killer apologized to two families. >> he said i want to tell the two families that i'm sorry for holding on to the information for so long. i buried their daughters. and i didn't tell them. i kept it a secret. >> reporter: smith says shermantine, sending letters and maps for months leading to searches in two counties talked about even more burial grounds. in at least four more central valley cities. >> he gave me a lot of vague descriptions of roads and areas where maybe there would be some wells or mines or, you know, people who had been murdered and left there years ago and their cases went unsolved. >> we're not certain how far this will go. >> kathleen galgani says it is time for the feds to step in and help. galgini

a convicted serial killer has revealed the location of a third burial site. wesley shermantine has been leading police to victims of his 15-year crime spree with loren herzog. more than 1,000 bones have been recovered from an abandoned well in linden. investigators were searching for a second site identified by shermantine when he revealed a third. he says herzog dumped a body there not far from the other sites. no word when or if investigators will search for it. >> 6:04 now. in hayward police searching for a domestic violence suspect who was accidentally released after a psychiatric evaluation. officers confronted 32-year-old jose salias hernandez at his ex-girlfriend's home saturday night. during the negotiations he cut his throat with a large kitchen knife and was trying to stab himself in the chest. police say hernandez is 5'8", 150 to pounds and he has a lot of bandages around his neck. anybody with information on hernandez is asked to call hayward police. >> 6:04. students at one san jose high school will return from the long weekend, but one classroom

she was sent off for burial.were saying in your introduction, those burials are taking place at night because it is so dangerous. in that particular part of homs, those burials have been taking place at night for a long time. 17 people were killed just in the few blocks surrounding the house we were staying in. 17 people had to be buried at once in a mass grave hurriedly at night because they couldn't afford to give them individual funerals. no relatives, no prayers, very little dignity because of the fear of attack. >> i want to play video of one of the stories you were talking about. the lengths that people have to go to just to bury their loved ones. >> like all the dead here, she must be buried in darkness. daytime is too dangerous. >> you describe homs as bleeding and terrified. does it seem there is any rationale to where the mortars are landing? it is just like it was in sarajevo in bosnia in the mid-'90s, random shelling, indiscriminate firing? >> well, i don't know what the syrian army is aiming at but i

to mobile, alabama, and for more than 30 years, the ladies have held a procession leading to his burial site. >>> finally, what better time than presidents' day weekend for the washington nationals to hold presidential mascot auditions. george washington, thomas jefferson, and abraham lincoln are all well represented, but being president isn't easy. you have to be able to run 200 yards wearing what amounts to a 12-foot-high costume, including, of course, that 45-pound head, so it looks like he's going to go down. yeah, but i guess it's all part of it, right? to fall over. >> it's to make you smile and laugh. >> right, right. >> and it worked. >> yeah. i guess you're right. >> good morning to you, veron a veronica. good morning, everyone. around the country, we had a big storm system exiting the east coast with a little snow. now two weak storms. one in the middle of the country and one coming through california. just bringing a little bit of rain, little bit of snow overnight in the higher elevations. a little bit of rain went south of san jose. it's showing some enhancement, which mean

now, today's burial will be a private, family-only invite. event.john passed away in 2003. for time he served as her business manager. whitney houston will be laid to rest next to her dad. dan? >> linsey, thank you for your coverage of this story. >>> now to another big story this morning, a sex scandal involving a rising star in the republican party, a man who co-chaired mitt romney's campaign in arizona. he's a sheriff now dealing with allegations that he threatened to deport his secret ex-lover, a man from mexico. abc's david kerley is on the story this morning. >> good morning, dan. this is a bizarre story with a connection to the romney campaign. this sheriff revealing he's gay. he's going to battle against some very serious allegations. >> they run the jail, we don't run the jail. >> reporter: the allegations are shocking. this hard-charging, tough-talking rising star in the republican party who's battled the obama administration with his tough stance on immigration. >> it's time we stand up for america and for our rights. it's time that we pu

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infantry regimen typically conducts the honors for burials at arlington national cemetery. tomorrow that group will conduct some cannon firing drills, so don't be startled if you hear some loud booms in the area tomorrow between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. >>> the maryland house of delegates opened a debate to legalize same sex issue and a final vote should come tomorrow, but at this point the outcome is unclear. supporters are still trying to lock down the last of 71 votes needed to pass the legislation. lobbyists on both sides have been trying to sway republican and democratic lawmakers through the week. >>> this into the newsroom, you can now add new jersey to the list of states where the general assembly is giving same sex marriages a thumbs up, but that doesn't mean the unions are a done deal. governor chris christie said he will veto the bill once it gets to him. we'll keep you posted. >>> tonight on 9 news now at 7:00 your king size snickers is losing its crown, one major candymaker announces big changes that welsh ringgits snacks. oh, no. we'll tell -- that will shrink its sn

his station's fire truck carried his body from funeral to burial at ivy hill cemetery. >> josh did aine thing and he did a lifetime of fine things. >> reporter: a fellow paramedic talked about josh with his quirky sense of humor, commitment to the job and his love of life. >> a wonderful storyteller he always made us laugh from the bottom of our hearts. he is not here to do that now. so it is up to us to pass on his stories. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >>> more details about the final days of pop diva whitney houston's life are coming to light as the planning is still underway for her private funeral and burial. shelby lynn has the latest. >> reporter: whitney houston's behavior the days before she died has become a focus of the investigation into her death last saturday. the singer was partying at the bar of her beverly hills hotel the night before her death according to a source close to the investigation. investigators requested surveillance recordings. houston was seen drinking considerable amounts of alcohol in the hotel last wednesday and thursday morning according to a

. >> whitney houston's how many coming ended with a private family burial. she was remembered at a memorial at her church in newark. today a crowd gathered at the entrance of the cemetery where she was laid to rest next to her father. barbara hall as the latest on her trip home. >> reporter: her coming home journey is over. the hearse arrived in new jersey sunday morning. sunday's private burial follows a star studded memorial service. >> we feel such pain, and yet joy. the pain is the suddenness of her transition. >> reporter: memorial guests attended a reception at the club immediately after the ceremony. her ex-husband left saturday's service early but said in a statement and at a new addition concert that he will continue to pay respects to his ex-wife. >> i want to give blessings to my ex-wife whitney houston. i love you. >> reporter: and while the weekend's events were private fans still gathered to remember her. >> celebration of life. okay, she is gone but not forgotten. whitney will always, always be on our hearts. >> i was shocked because i -- i gr

the basic consensus is this thing is basically used for worship, spiritual worship and burials.archer says maybe it has something to do with sound. that's next. >>> all right, okay, time to get back to saturday night mysteries. two cool mysteries so far involving the milky way. >> did you get one on the break? >> there's no milky way in the machine. so i got this. >> the peanuts have protein. so that's better, right? >> it satisfies. that will do, since i don't have a milky way. number three, bring it on. >> number three, stonehenge, we were talking about this before the break. the big mystery surrounding this, everybody has always wondered how did they do this 5,000 years ago and lift those stones on top, what did they use this for and largely it's believed it had to do with spiritual worship and burial. but a researcher says they were created to give this special found phenomena. ancient people had a myth about echoes being spirits in rocks. so he said it was used to create an illusion that two pipers would play music surrounding the rocks and it would create an interference p

this time he's naming even more burial sites and issuing an apology to his victims' families.esley, one the so-called speed freak killers met face to face at san quentin with a print reporter from stockton. reporter scott smith says he issued an apology to the families of cindy vanderhiden and chevy wheeler whose remains were found earlier this month. he also talked about additional burial grounds around the central valley. >> he gave me a lot of vague descriptions of roads and areas where maybe there would be some wells or mines or, you know, people who had been murders and left there years ago and their cases went unsolved. >> meanwhile, san joaquin county investigators acknowledge they met with the fbi last week. they say they are trying to decide the best way to proceed with future searches. >>> i'll turn things over to scott budman who joins us with the oscar previews. scott now joining us with the silicon valley connection. >> silicon valley companies have really become built in to the hollywood machine in recent years. barely a movie is made without local technology. la