earlier today, the un's top human rights official, navi pillay, said at least 1,129 people have beenled over 3,400 wounded since mid-april. over 200,000 have also been displaced. a spokesperson for pillay said the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17 may amount to a war crime, and warned of increasing abuses in rebel-held areas.play sot >> there has been a serious deterioration of the situation in areas of control by the armed groups. colluding abductions, detentions, torture, executions, used to intimidate the population. which is often trapped in this pocket of territories in the region. >> the ukrainian and u.s. government says that plane was shot down with russian missiles supplied to the rebels, a claim that the rebels have denied. the state department has released satellite imagery that they say proves russia has fired into eastern ukraine and moved heavy artillery across the border. state department spokesperson marie harf said russia is escalating military aid to the rebels. >> new evidence that they plan to deliver heavier and more powerful rocket launchers to the separat

well guantanamo bay has a new kid on the block a change of command ceremony has officially appointed navy rear admiral kyle cause add as the new commander responsible for the one hundred forty nine detainee's and about twenty two hundred staff at the base in southeast cuba because that replaces rear admiral richard rhett butler who was in charge during a period of massive public controversy at the prison cap including a blackout on the disclosure of figures in a long running hunger strike and systematic censorship of photography show and present camp guards and detainee features. well after a recent spate of botched and delayed executions in our nation's prison system doctors are now stepping forward to answer for their absence at the execution chamber artie's manila chandler ports. the state of florida has just executed at the wayne davis for the one nine hundred ninety four kidnapping rape and murder of an eleven year old girl making him the sixth execution in the state this year alone tying florida with texas he's also the third person executed since that botched oklahoma lethal inject

>> reporter: officials claimed the navy acted in self-defense, firing missiles at what was thought toan enemy war plane. >> not going to dignify the response that we deliberately destroyed iran air 655. >> reporter: even then, jornlts h.w. bush stood rigid. i don't care what the facts r i'm not an apologize for america kind of guy. military leaders defended the action. >> captain rogers acted reasonably and did what his nation expected of him in the defense of his ship and crew. >> reporter: the tragedy happened at a time of heightened tensions during the iran/iraq war. the uss ven vincennes was sent to the persian gulf. >> for the iranian leaders and for khomeini, it was an indication that the u.s. might really come into war with iran on the side of iraq. and that's essentially led him to the conclusion that he had to end the war. >> reporter: years later, the united states did agree to pay more than $60 million to the victims' families for the downing of iran air flight 655. though never fully admitting responsibility or apologizing for what happened. >> and years after that tragedy

>> officials blame the u.s. navy ship acted in self-defense in international waters, firing two surface-to-air missiles is what was thought to be an enemy warplane. >> i'm not going to digify way response the charge that we deliberately destroyed iran air 655. >> even then george h.w. bush stood rigid, saying quote, i will never apologize for the united states. i don't care what the facts are approximate. i'm not an apologize for america kind of guy. despite the enormous loss of civilian life, military leaders defends the action. >> captain rogers acted reasonably and did what his nation expected of him in defense of his ship and crew. >> it happened during a time of tension between the iran-iraq war. the ship was there to support friendly shipping. iran condemned the attack, claiming the u.s. acted negligently in firing the missiles. marking yet another negative milestone between the two countries. >> for the iranian leaders and combeeny it was an indication the u.s. might come to war. and that led him to the conclu

navy officials saying crews onboard the ship thought the plane they were seeing on radar was a fighteret. also back in 1983, soviet fighter planes encountered 70ed and shot down a passenger plane out of the sky, this is a korea airline passenger jet. this plane was well off it's intended course, and was near or in russian air space. it had crash of malaysian nateed in new york, touchdown from anchorage for refueling. 269 people killed including a u.s. congressman. that heightens the tensions. and someone firing back saying it was something that had all been fabricated by spies in the u.s. the commercial plane somehow intentionally into russian air space to test russian defenses. also in recent decades we are seeing a number of accidents unsolved accidents in world hot spots and war zones. in somalia, in georgia, in iraq. people on the ground may have said that was an airliner that shot down. we don't necessary hi have an investigation and proof of what happened in those cases. not unusual, looks like it is happening again. so here is the latest on the two breaking stories. israel launc

navy officials say that the program is designed to help military doctors and nurses and other medicalsts prepare for intense combat situations. our mike tobin was in chicago this afternoon. how has this partnership come about? >> nothing can really simulate a war zone as effectively as the mean streets of chicago. the navy has partnered with cook county stroger hospital. they are treating victims of the unreelementarying gang violence on chicago's south and west side. >> here in the states there are only three or four hospitals where we see a lot of penetrating trauma of which cook county is one of the major places so it is -- this is a perfect place for our guys to be taking care of wounds and taking care of critically old people that have been stabbed and shot, et cetera. >> not only do the -- mop only do the medics take information they get from the doctors in the combat, but they can teach doctors about the way wounds manifest out in the field. >> what do the doctors say about the difference between treating wounds from gang violence and combat wounds? >> for starters, in -- down

. >> reporter: officials claimed the u.s. navyin international waters firing two surface to air missiles at what was thought to be an enemy war plane. >> i'm not going to dig fie a response to the charge we deliberately destroyed air 655. >> reporter: even george hw bush stood rigged saying quote, i will never apologize for the united states. i don't care what the facts are. i'm not an apologize for america kind of guy. despite the enormous loss of civilian life, military lead er claiming the u.s. acted negligently in firing missiles, marking another negative milestone between the countries. >> for iranian leaders, it was an indication the u.s. might really openly come into war with iran under the side of iraq and that's essentially led him to the conclusion he had to end the war. >> reporter: years later, the united states did agree to pay more than $60 million to the victims' families for the downing of iran air flight 65, though never fully admitting responsibility, or apologizing for what happened. george howell, cnn, chicago.

commission from wing kill yam ii to command a private man-of-war an armed ship that was not officially part of the royal navyfor bringing "pirates". freedo thers and sea rover to justice. but after several months aboard the ship the adventure galley kidd and his crew turned pirate themselves attacking and looting virtually every ship they encountered. the sea going exploits quickly became the stuff of legend, the 1945 policeman "captain kidd" with charles laughton in the starring role. apparently believing his wealthy pay thrones would protect him, kidd arrived in boston where he was arrested and shipped to london to stand trial. his claim that his near-mutinous crew forced him in to piracy availed him not. and on may 23, 1701, captain kidd was hanged. his body tarred and hung by chains on the bank of the thames as a warning to other sailors. >> look out. >> the debate over extent of captain kidd's guilty goes on to this day. most recently moss low's coney island mermaid parade, where new york city mayor of all people posed as a pirate for a day. >> ahead. >> it makes me happy. always makes me happy. >> refr

meanwhile the un's top human rights official is calling for an investigation into these strikes on gaza high commissioner navy pillay says the attacks that killed women and children could violate international law bill van s. well from human rights watch things the attacks could amount to war crimes the civilian suffering is not getting enough attention it's not getting enough attention from the israeli forces who are conducting those airstrikes naval strikes tank shelling and other forms of attack under the laws of war which bind israel as they bind any military force you cannot shoot first and ask questions later you have got to make sure that what you're shooting at is a legitimate target and if there's any doubt in your mind whether it might be civilian you have to hold fire and i'm very concerned that we're not seeing that we may be seeing the opposite we've seen virtually no accountability for a very well documented past cases of abuse of violations and even a war crimes and without accountability and with impunity then abuses will obviously continue you you weaken your enemy by by attacking their fight

official investigation into the company. also scotland has played a story role in the british in britain's royal navy but what will happen if the scots opt for independence day with this to find out more on these stories later in the pride. in their side to think twice before using anonymous services on the internet that you may be branded an extremist for simply searching for information about. now another crisis is looming for ukraine it's decreasing natural gas reserves kiev has already resorted to tapping its long term storage tanks after russia cut off supplies over unpaid bills and this is creating unease in the u. of this as the blokes energy chief here gunther says a domino effect is inevitable even for europe's powerhouse germany and the fear is that unless you crane starts filling up at storage facilities it may start siphoning gas destined for europe that warning has already been voiced by gazprom and echoing those concerns russia's prime minister believes ukraine's troubles could balloon into a full scale gas crisis as soon as this autumn to reach medvedev made the claim on his facebook page. so why is there so

navy has taken all precautions to protect critical information. a u.s. defense department official said it's bad form to send a vessel to monitor the drills the country has been invited to. china's participating in rimpac for the fourth time. 25,000 troops from 22 countries are taking part in the exercise. >>> taiwanese authorities have hosted a group of foreign journalists at their largest naval base. analysts say they're stating china's claim. they took a tour of the base on monday. it's located in the southern city of cow shung, facing the south china sea. reporters watched a helicopter lower a submarine detector into the ocean. they also saw patrol frigate drills to handle a fire on board after an attack. crews in respective suits worked to put out a fire and rescue the injured. vice foreign minister xi says taiwanese are confident in their capability and believe they can contribute to peace and stability in the region. >>> japan's government has asked local leaders in the country's southwest for permission to station a fleet of controversial aircraft there. senior vice defense

. >>> now the largest warship ever built for the royal navy here in the uk is to be named officiallye've got pictures live at the scene in scotland as they go through some of the ceremonials before,ms queen elizabeth is launched by the queen herself who will smash not a bottle of champagne but whisky on side the vessel. just to give you an idea of size, 28 london buses end to end they would be the same length. it's a monster. it's had a few moments of controversy too. our defense correspondent has been looking around the ship. >> reporter: on board queen elizabeth, this is the largest ship to be built here in the uk. the figures are stunning. 10,000 people working on her, graded 2500 engineering jobs. so far it's taken five years. the ship will last another 50. here i'm joined by a man that knows about what it's taken to put all this together. tom is head of integration for the aircraft carrier. what's it been like working on this? >> unbelievable. the effort that was put in initially to insure we could build this job across the country had to be started with engineering. doing that

s top human rights official has suggested nsa whistleblower edward snowden should not face trial. naviillay, the u.n. high commissioner for human rights, said snowden had exposed violations and sparked a global debate about privacy. >> those who disclose human right violations should be protected, and we need them. i see some of this here in the case of edward snowden because his revelations go to the core of what we are saying about the need for transparency, ofsultation multi-stakeholders. we do owe it to him for drawing our attention to this issue. >> pillay added that in light of snowden's disclosure of u.s. spying on the un, she can't be sure that she is not the target of surveillance. snowden recently applied to extend his one-year asylum in russia, which expires at the end of the month. on wednesday, russia said it expects to grant snowden's request within a week. click -- the top lawyer at general motors faced a grilling before a senate committee over the company's failure to address an ignition switch defect for more than a decade. the defect, which prompted the recall of mill

. >>> the italian navy rescued 53 immigrants, in a rubber dinghy. >>> australian officials allows 157 asylum seekers into the country. the group including children had been stranded at sea for weeks. another group of 41 sannans -- sankans deported in june is finding it hard to rebuild their lies. >> glad to be alive. this 30-year-old is back in sri lanka after a failed attempt to make it to new zealand by boat. >> translation: we ran out of fuel and it was four or three days before we ended up in australian waters. we were caught in storms and were crying. we had no one to turn to. >> reporter: the group was picked up by australian authorities, who held them at sea and handed them back to the sri lankan navy. al jazeera filmed their arrive at court on 8 july. the youngest on board was two months old. >> the organizers promised an easy way abroad. >> the people who took us told us that if we make it to new zealand and call, someone would come and get us. that because the country needs labour, we'd be allowed to stay, unlike in australia. >> reporter: 10 people from this rural village w

probably more records in the national archives now that are not in the official records of the war published by the war department in the navy the benefit of the veterans after the war. although the military also used it in war planning. there is probably more that can be found. let me suggest this, grants may have declared early's lost opportunity changed his summer plans. if only to finally force granted to seal the achilles' heel of the shenandoah valley and approach washington. forsoldiers in these forts, days after early was long gone, we're cleaning up. not the battlefield, cleaning up the fortifications. kind of locking the barn door after the horse had been stolen. a number of these veterans, the watermark of the confederacy was it was asburg, tollhouse. ,t the corner of georgia avenue that was the fullest extent of the confederate forces on the 12 tooon of july 11 and capture washington, changing the course of the war and the course of us today. quite frankly. have eroded. we don't know where lincoln stood. i think he stood all over the place. he never stood still. down, he was was at fort stevens. but we really don

. >> pentagon's expensive war many is officially grounded while evening nears investigate a mysterious fire in a high-tech jet. all 97 air force and navytning firefighter bombers are taken out of service after one burst into flames during take off in florida juan -- june 23. the investigation centers on the plane's single jet engine from what the and whitney at $125 million plus, it is the most expensive weapon systems in united states military history. >>> another day, more regets from people involved with facebook secret emotional experiment. the second journal that published the study regrets how it was handled. the proceeding of the national academy of science say the project may have violated principles of academic research. they pointed out, too, as a for profit company, facebook had in obligation to adhere to those scientific principles. they have come under fire for manipulate the news feeds of users to study emotional reaction to posts. >> washington, dc, is ready for a big fourth of july concert at the capitol as long as one visitor doesn't show. that is hurricane arthur. this was as close as you could get to the capitol rehe

, but still the problem persists and yesterday public works officials were out here and they cleared more than a dozen people from the old navylding and just hours ago, they were looking for a way to get inside once again. people who live close by say this world war ii building on wilson avenue is known for prostitution, drug dealing and violent crime. and the city is hoping they will not have to be back out here. >> what is the likelihood they will have to do this again. >> i am hoping we don't have to do it again. they really secured the building today. >> it was the first stop to get on to the navy base and it is something and they are calling this building -- this abandoned building home, alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 6:46 san francisco's have i station valley neighborhood remains closed after a counselor was shot and killed in front of a group of children. flowers mark the spot where he died. the 32-year-old was simply playing basketball with children from a non-profit outreach group when a gunman walked up and shot him several times. they are offering grieve counseling for his co-workers and stud

the time and they were there with the interim safety board, but nobody knew who officially was the connection to the navy or the marine corps or the jco. next time this happens, there will be a very quick response and everybody knows exactly who is authorized, who can get information quickly, how are we going to manage it. we'll fix it. this won't happen again. yes, ma'am. i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry, you go ahead. >> a year ago we were being told about the problems in the readiness of the air force and the combat force was not ready to fly and it was a big conflict at the time. secretary james said congress is potentially going to take money out of your readiness accounts to pay for these other programs and potentially sequestration is going to be back in 2016. so are we going to go back to that place where half the force was not going to be ready to fly, or what kind of measures are you taking now to prevent that and what options do you have? >> so, of course, congress hasn't completed its work yet, so the message we're putting forth to congress, and there are people who are very, very interested in this s

a navy medical officer stationed at guantÁnamo bay has become the first him prison official to refuseto force-feed hunger striking prisoners. the unidentified officer stance was revealed in the phone call from a guantÁnamo bay prisoner to his attorney. iab,prisoner, abu wael dh said vendors refuse to force-feed the hunger strike or sometimes before -- sometime before the fourth of july. the navy says the officer has been reassigned to alternative duties, away from the prisons detention center. one of the countries most well-known undocumented immigrants has been released. , a pulitzer prize-winning journalist, first came to the u.s. from the philippines in 1993. in 2011, he became a leading undocumented activist after revealing his status in a widely read essay. vargas had recently traveled to the texas border to document the crisis of thousands of central american children fleeing poverty and violence, but says he soon realized he might have trouble leaving with justice philippine passport due to a heavy presence of border patrol agents and checkpoints throughout mcallen. on tuesday

navy is taking part with chuna in a maritine. including japan and the philippines. and the the u.s. officialsope that the exercise will uncrose trarz parency and promote understanding. >> in one of our top stories iraq's parliment putting the formation under hold and del delaying the first time of an inclusive government with freedom prime maliki showing no signs of stepping down. 2300 people were killed last month as isis mill at that points control a third of the country. president obama sending 200 more troops to iraq to it secower the embassy and airport. lisa good to see you today. >> what do you make of we are slowly and increditiments sending personnel in the situation. >> he has a lot to consider and it is the right move. it is compared as a hospital. stabilizing the situation, the only thing that the u.s. can do right now make sure our personnel are safe there and if they need to evacuate they have ways to get them out safely. how can we stable otherwise a situation? it take its more than 800 of our people there on the ground. but the important thing focus on the national security th

official silence, the immigration minister said in a statement that those on board near the cocos islands in the indian ocean have been handed over to the sri lankan navy. their refugee claims having been rejected. the government says it will continue to act in accordance with international conventions. and to protect the safety of life at sea. they insist they want allow people smugglers to undermine australia's protection measures that are stopping the boat. right groups believe that australia is violating international law and the lives of those fleeing persecution could be in danger. the question how the asylum applications of those near the cocos islands could have been thoroughly examined. asylum vesselan reached australia was six months ago. they point to the use of the military to troll the maritime borders and the deterrent effect . critics insist it is a wealthy country and australia could and should be more welcoming to those fleeing persecution. >> pope francis today begged forgiveness during his first ever meeting with victims of clerical sexual abuse. the pope also promised them that bishops will be held responsible if they fail to protec

navy carriers off the coast. this happened early this morning, last night in new york as well when we saw on sense firefight when as we know now israeli official troops were on -- maybe about a quarter mile half a mile north. developed into heavy artillery and air strikes and this lasted, it was an intense fight for probably 45 minutes or an hour. we were reporting to you live on air when this was happening, it was first time that we heard froops on the ground. we thought we were caught in the cross fire when we saw tracers and sounded like the hiss of bullets goinging overhead. now yesterday, the israeli military started warning people in the northern part of gaza to get out, to evacuate, to seek shelter in safe places and so far more than 6,000 people have sought refuge in various places. six here in gaza city, we went to one of them today, we saw families, children, hundreds of people who brought anything they possibly could carry, clothing, food, valuable and personal items. one woman said she was terrified last night, grabbed her children and escaped from her home as fast as she could, the question is will there be another ground assault.

project could change the way the navy fights wars, the navy has a new magnetic whale gun, a wrong-range project that is guided by ships. the officialscompare it to a freight train slamming into a building at 100 miles an hour. >> it can shoot down ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. it can shoot down fast-moving aircraft. it is extremely safe and effective. >> the projectile travels at more than a thousand miles an hour like going to san francisco in a minute. the rockets cost $25,000, it is scheduled for more testing through 2016. >>> and a tornado ripped through upstate new york last night, the 100 miles an hour winds blew a two-story space and dropped it 100 feet. >>> and mayor nagin was convicted of bribery, money laundering and other charges, prosecution says that those charges span years after hurricane katrina hit in 2005. nagin was convicted of accepting money from businessmen who wanted support for various projects. >>> and donald sterling on the witness stand again, challenging his wife's decision to have him declared mentally unfit, remove him from the family trust, which owns the team and then sell the clippers for $

navy captain ray davis, who was then commander of the u.s. military mission in chile, gave chilean officials information that led to the deaths of journalist charles horman and student frank teruggi. in chiled last year where he lived even as a chilean court approved his extradition, believing he was in florida. charles horman's widow joyce horman told the associated press she was delighted to see the case moving ahead, but outraged delay, aough death and key indicted u.s. official, captain ray davis, has escaped his prosecutorial process." to see our interview with joyce horman last year around the 40th anniversary of the killings and the coup, you can go to democracynow.org. argentina has missed a deadline for repaying its debts after a u.s. supreme court ruling put it on track for possible default. last month, the court sided with u.s. hedge funds and purchased argentina's debt for bargain prices after its financial crisis, then refused to cut the value of their holdings as most other creditors did. a u.s. judge then barred argentina from repaying the majority of its creditors without als

navy seal workout right here in the art museum. good day philadelphia is going to wake you >>> good morning and welcome back. fire officials in northern california say a private drone recording images nearly hindered relief efforts. authorities ordered the person manning that drone to stop because of the danger of planing running into it as those planes are trying to make water drops. >> it has been several years of drought. >> in fact the u.s. drought monitor has labelled this an exceptional drought. >> three years, that's a long time. >> we had our rain. we had our share on sunday night. in some cases it was several inches of rain in a very short period of time. we've recovered from that, hopefully. and now it is high and dry for us as well. the cold front we have is parked offshore. it may come back later on in the week and make things a little unsettled for the weekend. but for today, it is cool out there. 54 degrees in mountain pocono and in allentown it's 58. down in millville, new jersey. 66 degrees in wildwood. here in philadelphia it's 64. we had a decent monday. the average high 87. we'll be lower than that for o

was just yesterday when vallejo police and public works officials came out here and they ordered more than a dozen homeless people from this old navy building close to mare island. but ours later, earlier in the evening, some of them are back out here, even though the place was boarded up tight, neighbors believe they were trying to get back inside. people who live inside say the world war ii building at tennessee and wilson is known for prostitution, drug dealing and violent crime. it's been an eyesore for the past decade. two homeless women tell ktvu they don't have any other options. >> we understand it's trespassing but it's all we have right now. there's more than ten families in there. what else -- it's not just one or two families. there's several families in there. >> it has to be bad out there. >> they need to provide us to shelters. they have nothing for us. nowhere for us to go. >> reporter: this building was the badge and pass building. it was the first stop to get on the old mare island navy base. people living nearby now say they want this building demolished. that's something the city is, in fact, looking into. as we

navy filled on fish vessels today. and today the deadline for u.s. citizens in gaza to alert u.s. officialst be needing assistance -- let's see if we can come back to a live picture. i want to show you off in the distance and you can see a c couple miles. there was just another airstrike in gaza. we have seen many in the last few hours and we have seen a number of rockets being fired by militants. at least 70 rockets today alone were fired from gaza into israel. one of the rockets hit a gas station and that station erupted into flames. a disabled personal couldn't get out of their vehicle and was seriously injured. another rocket smashed through a roof of a home and smashed through the kitchen. luckily the habitants of the home heard the warning and were able to seek shelter. and very quickly i should add 200 miles from where i am speaking to you the border with lebanon it looks like there has been another situation that has israelis concerned. in south lebanon, two rockets were fired into northern israel and they responded to armory fire. they found a third rocket ready to be launched on s

government officials that he was cooperative during the roughly two weeks during which he was interrogated after he was captured in libya, and all the time he was coming to the u.s. aboard u.s. navyhibious ship from the mediterranean to just outside washington. his lawyers conceded he should be held. partly because he's a foreign national. he has no ties to the u.s. they said basically the government has not presented any evidence that he himself took part in the attack. they say that the government has shown that people he knew were involved in the attack, but no allegation that he himself was one of the attackers. just before this hearing, the government submitted a written motion on why he should be held. they said that among the allegations against him are that in the days before the attack, he talked about why he thought it was wrong there was a u.s. presence in benghazi, several members of the terror group that he lead were among the attackers. shortly after the attack he entered the consulate in benghazi and in the words of the government, supervised the removal of some material. that he went back to a terror camp where the members were plotting to attack the second facili

navy's fifth fleet. the sunni monarchy there has staged a riddle crack down against pro-democracy protest. -- a brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protests. he had planned to meet with both bahraini officials and human activist, but bahrain objected. the state department spokesperson said the u.s. is deeply concerned by bahrain's decision to expel him. in north carolina, organizers say more than 1000 people rallied in the latest moral monday action to denounce a voter id law they say is the harshest since the jim crow era. it came as lawyers asked a federal court to block the law which requires voters to show curbs early voting, and the limited same-day voter registration. the north carolina naacp says the law as part of a long history of voter suppression aimed at people at color who disproportionately lack photo id. in california, local prosecutors say they will not bring criminal charges against the sheriff's deputy who shot and killed an eighth grader after mistaking his pellet gun for an assault rifle. 13-year-oldhot the andy lopez seven times last year in santa rosa. the killing sparked mass protests, but the district attorney concluded the officer believed he was in imminent danger.

officials say the movie was unrealistic. on the flip side, captain phillips boosted the image of the u.s. navy, the cost negligible.hips aren't always on such a grand scale. the military also advises on t.v. shows, like ncis. it dates as far back as 1910, the relationship may have changed over the years but for the most part, war and glitz is a march made in hollywood heaven. aljazeera. >> here to talk about how the pentagon works with hollywood is phil, the man in charge of those collaborations at director of entertainment media at the department of defense and a focus on the matter now up at aljazeera.com. he joins us from washington this morning. i notice you're not in hollywood, but you have a lot of power when it comes to deciding which films are going to get access to help from the department of defense and their assets. what's the criteria? >> well, we have deliberately broad criteria. when we get a script, we ask ourselves is this something that may increase the u.s. public's awareness and familiarity with the military, and is it something that could help military recruiting and retention programs. >> mmm.

more than 100,000 people packed navy pier, the crowd so big there were officials turning people away> and in st. louis, fireworks lighting up the night sky at webster grove. >> and in west palm beach, possibly the coolest use of a drone ever. this is what it looks like -- >> wow! >> -- when you strap a gopro camera to a drone and fly it through a fireworks show. >> i wonder if it got hit at all. that's a good use for an unpiloted aircraft, i would say. >> we're going to be celebrating all morning long. we're celebrating america all weekend long, so remember to keep sending us your proud american tweets with #proudamerican. >>> well, out west, things continued to get fiery yesterday because on the fourth of july there was another round of buses that were set to come into murrieta, california, where protesters, remember earlier in the week, had turned away the earlier buses filled with illegal immigrants which had been flown in from texas because they didn't have the processing requirements available to them in texas, so they had to fly them into this small town, small population there

navy veteran who served the country for six years during the vietnam war, she's been rejected from one of the nation's veterans cemetery. state officialslaw to allow her to be buried with the ashes of her late wife. now taylor is fighting back, launching a lawsuit so she can do just that, be buried in her home state next to her wife. madeline taylor and her attorney deborah ferguson, they are joining us now via skype. madeline, thanks very much for coming in. these are all very difficult issues to discuss, even if there isn't a legal matter -- a legal matter involved. your wife, she passed last year. couples always have this discussion of when we go, how we want to be buried and end of life issues like this. i'm sure you had that kind of discussion. what were her wishes? >> yes. >> what were your wishes? what did you decide? >> we both wanted to be cremated and put into a hole somewhere, and -- and the veteran cemetery seemed like the best place to go for constant care, beautiful place, by the way. >> so you show up at the cemetery office trying to make advanced plans for your burial, and what did they say to you? >> they said no. >> w

it was declared an official navy but the uss jeannette and then it was massively reinforced for the ice in san francisco by various engineers and the u.s. navy. they knew they were going to reach eyes. they just didn't think they could churn through it and a couple of months until they could reach this open polar sea. they didn't have any idea what would really happen which was it wouldn't be a few months. it was two years of absolute crushing pressure on this vessel. even though it was massively reinforced with the ice it eventually sitcoms. it sang to the bottom of the arctic ocean leaving 33 men and their dogs out on the ice cap to fend for themselves. >> host: how well-known was the story at the time? >> guest: at the time -- front-page news. all the explorers are household names. it was serialized in the papers and it wasn't just the vessel itself. also when it became lost after two years other of their vessels were sent north to find it. so wave after wave of more calamity. almost invariably you send a ship to the arctic and this time period something bad is going to happen. all o