. >> next, the future of the marine corps with, and don james amos. he talks about the automatic spending cuts and the drums in afghanistan. from the brookings institution, this is one-and-a-half hours. now general james amos discusses automatic spending cuts and the challenges he is facing because of them. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings. on behalf of my colleagues, we would like to welcome you and especially welcome general james amos, the commandant of the u.s. marine corps, to be here today. the format for today is that the general was before 10 or 15 minutes, summarizing some of his spot on some issues that i know our interest to you as well. then he and i will have a conversation here, and then we will turn to the crowd. we have c-span you are covering and some other tv. if i call on you in the course of that conversation, please be sure to identify yourself, wait for a microphone before doing that, and then we will proceed. general ams is a combat aviator from the great state of idaho where he attended college. corps been in the

marine corps commandant general james amos admitted the military is playing catch-up on sexual assault. >> we failed on this in the past. it has not been a top priority in the years past in the decades past. if it was, we wouldn't be here today. >> reporter: and the martin dempsey said that included him. >> frankly, i think we probably -- i'll speak for myself. i took my eye off the ball a bit. >> reporter: david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> the military chief insists that this time they really need zero tolerance for sexual misconduct. >>> it's official. the tornado that ripped apart el reno, oklahoma, last week was a record-breaker. the national weather service says at 2.6 miles wide the distance between crissy field and the ferry building by the way, the el reno tornado is the widest u.s. twister ever recorded. it also left a path of destruction 16 miles long. >> oh, my god. >> friday's storm destroyed homes downed trees and a number of power lines flattening entire neighborhoods. at least 19 people died as a result of that storm. >>> firefighters are making progress against t

general james amos responded with this letter saying they are aware of the misuse of social media and currently have 14 open cases. >> they are not of the mind to really fix the system. >> reporter: now congresswoman spear has also authored a bill allowing victims to bypass the chain of command. she will try to drum up more support tomorrow. >>> in 90 seconds, a one man rampage. >> two shootings, two carjackings. who police are looking for tonight. >>> then 10,000 people taking a >>> two shootings, three carjackings all in just over an hour today. they were committed by the same man. kevin wayne is live in oakland where police released a photo of the man they're looking for tonight. ken. >> reporter: the man is described as armed and dangerous and within the last few minutes the police have put out a public safety alert for this man. we'll show you his picture. he is 36-year-old jamar cleveland. he is responsible for two shootings, three carjackings and two possible kidnappings. all of this occurring within about a span of an hour. this is a photo of the suspect as he enters a repair

general james amos responded with this letter saying they are aware of the misuse of social media and currently have 14 open cases. >> they are not of the mind to really fix the system. >> reporter: now congresswoman spear has also authored a bill allowing victims to bypass the chain of command. she will try to drum up more support tomorrow. >>> in 90 seconds, a one man rampage. >> two shootings, two carjackings. whlilooking for tonight. >>> then 10,000 people taking a billion dollar demand. >>> it's about to get down right hot. how high temperatures will rise where you live tomorrow. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announce

. >> made the point early on about the fight to repeal don't ask don't tell -- including james amos andask don't tell a nonevent. is this about a system that's simply resistant to change? >> well, yes. the pentagon is a huge bureaucracy. they don't change easily or quickly. and i think that what you see here is a political system meeting a big system in the military that has had tradition stretching back for hundreds of years. i think the senate armed services committee in a bipartisan way is very, very fed up with all these sexual assaults and they said enough is enough and i don't think that the joint chiefs have had a particularly good answer and i don't think they have the trust and the ability to really handle this situation. >> yeah, the problem is a lot of people are saying enough's enough, but they don't seem to really want to make a significant change and senator champion blis for example called on the military to do more to stop sexual assaults, but then listen to what he went on to say. >> the young folks that are coming into each of your services are anywhere from 17 to 22 o

mark tnc, army chief of staff general rate of piano, and the, not of the marine corps, general james amos. watch the hearing live in 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span 34 listen on the c-span radio. earlier today at the white house cannot president obama discussed mental health issues and ways to raise awareness and understanding. mental health is one part of the president's plan to reduce gun violence. he talked for about 20 minutes. [applause] >> good morning and welcome. i feel deeply honored to be here with you today to openly discuss that very important topic of mental health in america today. mental health disorders affect tens of millions of people throughout our country each year. instead sumed will suffer in silence. those who do receive treatments will be left to face the feelings of shame, guilt, and secrecy. that understand these challenges all too well. i connect with this deeply because i have been there. i was 15 on august 5th of 1999 when suicide took my brother's life at the ag age of 20 in the acre of grass next to our child at home where we used to laugh and play together

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