we also see holes that have been cut in the flag as mementos were presented to people who had done service to the united states. the first piece we know that was removed from the flag was actually given to the widow of one of the soldiers that fought during the battle of baltimore. when her husband died four years after the battle, she was given a piece to bury with her husband. the practice continued until the 1880s. we estimate over time we lost about 20% of the flag. we've also gotten about 14 of those fragments back into the collections. >> one of the things that people don't know about the star-spangled banner, it was originally a 15-star, 15-stripe flag. each star represented a new state and they would add a stripe, as well. the practice continued up until about 1820, wasn't it? 1819? >> 1818, i think. >> 1818? and so people were like, what do you mean 15 stripes and 15 stars? in fact, there are only 14 stars left on this flag. one of the stars was cut away. we don't know where that one is. we believe it was souvenired. my supposition, not based on historical fact but as suzanne said there was a story ab

. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: ready for the 55 united states? flagakers would see good business. >> six californias gives us the opportunity to live in this glorious state and have great government services, too. >> reporter: silicon valley billionaire tim draper wants to divide california into six states to make government more responsive. >> six californias is the worst idea. >> reporter: but almost everyone in the political establishment thinks it's pretty dumb. it will never pass, they say. congress would never go for it. a waste of time and money. which leads to the question, if it's such a bad idea, how did it get over 800,000 signatures? maybe regular folks think it's smart. or maybe -- >> very easy to collect signatures on any given issue as long as you have a clipboard, pen and paper with something on it people will sign anything. >> reporter: are you a registered voter? are you a registered voter? are you a registered voter? we went out to test that theory. we want to start putting sewer lines above ground instead of underneath the ground.

united states air force band. yes, please. [applause] today the members of the united states air force band and singing sergeants are representing all the men and women of the armed forces who defend our flage and selfless sacrifice, we want to appreciate that and to pay tribute to all of our veterans, especially those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation, here is technical sergeant daniel anderson and band performing tion" full measure of devo followed by "god bless america." ♪ >> in the long and dark history of america there are names that shine light begins in th -- like beacons in the night. the patriots who gave us meaning. -- the lamp ofnd freedom burning bright historyong and honored of america there are those who pay the last and final price >> ahh upon by chance for this circumstance ultimate sacrifice a grateful nation bows its head in sorrow hanks for guaranteeing our tomorrow. [drums] the last full measure of devotion that's what they gave to the cause the last full measure of devotion and though they cannot give -- herar our applause we honor them forever -- tribute to their lives the last full measure of devotion beyond the call of duty the last full

united states. while in malaysia flags have been lowered to half staff for the secondary line tragedy this year after the disappearance of flight 370 in march. countries all over the world are mourning including this one with. chris lawrence is live at the malaysian embassy in northwest d.c. with the story. chris? >> just in the last few hours a vigiled at one embassy and ended at a second. it started with a woman who moved here and lost her friends when the plane went down. the memorial at the malaysian embassy was built by people with a personal stake in the crash are. >> some of the people in the plane, i knew. >> reporter: berber kramer is dutch. she feels sad and lonely and came to the vigil hoping it would help her cope. >> the ocean in between the states and the netherlands seems big. >> reporter: she knew two of the aids researchers killed in the crash on their way to a conference in australia. >> it's horrible. these are people that have nothing to do with the conflict. >> reporter: one mother came because she can't stop thinking about the children who died. >> it's frustrating. at least we

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., july 28, 2014. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1 paragraph 3 fs standing rules of the senate i hereby appoint the honorable angus s. king jr. from the state of maine to perform the duties of the chair, signed patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will resume consideration of the nomination of pamela harris to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit postcloture. the time until 5:30 p.m. will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. at 5:30 the senate will proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination. immediately upon disposition of the harris nomination there will be four voice votes on the following nominations: elliot kaye to be commissioner of the consumer product sa

they defended this place, our place, the united states. just as the flagnment buildings attacked. remind your children that freedom is not free and that our country's greatness is found in one another. that's what the star spangled banner is about. that's what this commemoration year is about, to tell that story and to lift every voice and to sing. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very, very much, governor o'malley, for those words. when francis scott key wrote his famous words, o'er the land of the free, many people living in the land had no freedom. the march towards rights and equality had come to symbolize the american spirit for generations of people and continues to even today. james weldon and john rosenman johnson immortalized this in a song, a very special song that has come to be associated with the african-american civil rights movement, but whose ly c lyrics spoke to folks of all different cultures and backgrounds, much like our national anthem, the star-spangled banner. please welcome at this time the composer and conductor, visionary in m

>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. could i have a motion the approve june 17 minutes? second by supervisor yee without objection those meeting minutes are approved. are in any communications. >> i have one. concurrence of continuation of revised local emergency relaeting to the rim fire, the status on national forest fire was omitted from the board agenda today and will be considered on the imperative agenda. it's important to approve it today as is current declaration expires tomorrow. >> with that, let's go through the consent agenda. >> items 1 through 17 are considered routine unless a member objects. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items. role call vote? >> on items 1 through 17. kim i; mar i; tang i, wiener i, breed i, campos i, chiu i, cohen i, farrell i. there are ten is. >> those ordinances are passed. next item. >> item 18 is the annual budget and appropriation ordinance to appropriate all estimated receipts and expen

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it standse nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our june 10th, 2014 board meeting minutes as well as the june 11, 2014 special meeting minutes of the rules committee. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor mar, seconded by supervisor breed. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> and with that, madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are no communication, mr. president. >> and could you read our 2:00 p.m. special order? >> the first item of the business is the policy discussion between the honorable mayor edwin lee and members of the board of supervisors. this week representing the odd districts, specifically districts 1, 3 and 11, the mayor may address the board initially for up to five minutes. the president will recognize the supervisor who will present their own question to the mayor and follow-up questions are in order as long as the entire discussion does not exceed five

a full body united states flag condom. >> i saw that. >> and you can't unsee that either. >> listen that'sy vision. >> governor we're in the same boat. >> you need to talk to our audience you know that so you got to come back here. this is -- >> and we saw each other i told you -- >> how many morning joes are there? >> there's only one my friend. >> can we agree on that? >> can't we all just get along? >> his name is chuck. that was taken by chuck scarborough so he changed it to my name! >> you're all under the same corporate umbrella. >> it's just a shtick. >> you think? >> anyway. >> thank you, governor. >> thank you guys. >> quick programming note. the governor's going to be our keynote speaker for delivering alpha on july 16th. >> see. >> we're in new jersey. >> governor thank you. coming up, the superfalcon isn't just reaching new heights but new depths. a personalized submarine for the superrich. find out who's buying this flying underwater machine. we're back with that and a lot more. >>> tomorrow, at&t ceo randall stephenson is our special guest. plus, private payroll data from adp

30, what one bay area city is doing to help the thousands of children entering the united states illegally. >> six flagsmagic mountain plans to keep one of its roller coasters closed by an accident is investigated. 22 riders dangled in the air for hours after the ninja coaster hit a tree on the tracks last night. officials say the entire tree fell onto the coaster's path, dislodging the front car. four people were injured, two of them went to the hospital as a precaution. they're going to be okay. at least one of the coaster's cars derailed. >> it sounded like they were like panicking. they didn't know what to do. >> we were confused and scared and didn't know what was going on. >> this is not a common incident. this park services thousands of people a year. >> it took firefighters about three hours to free all of the riders. rescuers faced many challenges including reaching riders through a tangle of trees and roller coaster tracks. it was kind of a mess up there. >> the crowd roared with pride in berlin today when the home team scored and the world cup against brazil. it was a sound heard many times o

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of network. america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> please be advised the ringing of any use of cell phones, pagers and similar devices are prohibited at this meeting. please re advised the chair may order removal from the meeting room any person with the ringing of any cell phone or any similar sound producing device. please be advised that any member of the public has three minutes to make public comment on each agenda item. >> public comment? >> okay. >> next item. >> item 9a, executive director's report. >> thank you commissioner adams for chairing our meeting today. welcome to the public and to the port staff, we thank you for being here today. i have quite a few numbers of items to report on today, starting with the very first, bads is holding a interesting summer camp for three weeks, three one week sessions in the period of june 16, which is next week, through august 8. this summer camp is called a coable sailing su

think pearl harbor was a clear case of the japanese attacking the united states, but our 911 truther describes this as one of the false flag operations that i site as if the united states attacked pearl harbor on its own in order to start world war ii. i don't think so. and similarly, i site a number of other examples where the united states only uses military force if it's been attacked first. and i said that i suspect that that may also be true in any con residents tation with iran, that om of the iranians were silly enough to follow through on their threats to attack u.s. air craft carriers when they go into the gulf and the like action then under those circumstances, the united states might be prepared to use force but that unless iran attacks the united states, it's going to be hard for a president to explain why we use force. host: host: what's your name? >> badzad. host: host: go ahead. >> caller: my question is. this. i am from iran and i knew i grew up in a country that was very pro-american. as a matter of fact, i went to school in iran that was built in 1903 by jordan, a very well known school. the history from

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. >> reporter: all across the country this fourth of july, new citizens are pledging allegiance as the crisis at the border highlights the difficult path to becoming an american. 27-year-old private first class oscar venegas gonzalez has a firsthand understanding of the road traveled by the children who are crossing the border today. he made a similar journey without his family at age 16. >> it's dangerous, but you just go with the flow, i guess, and thank god i'm still alive and still here. >> reporter: gonzalez's dream was realized when he joined the marines. and he was among the 25 service members and their spouses who today at the white house officially became u.s. citizens. >> i came out of a family where i didn't have a pair of shoes until i was 9 years old. and now that i'm here, a land of opportunities, and it's great. i just thank god i'm here. >> reporter: president obama, praising their service. >> you answered the call to fight and potentially to give your life for a country you didn't fully belong to yet. >>

a lot of those flags are not made here in the united states. t our correspondent looks at the effort to change that when it comes to the federal government. >> reporter: from the brass grommets to cotton bearing the flags these flags are 100% all american. a fact appreciated by the families of veterans who pass away. >> we were trying to make the best product possible for veterans. they deserve the best. >> reporter: but not every flag is created equal. until recently banners covering the caskets of service members killed in action and paid for by taxpayers might have been manufactured in pakistan or china. that felt like a slap in the face to congressman mike thompson a vietnam vet who toured the factory in his northern california district. >> it's offensive that u.s. flags be made, manufactured any place else other than in the united states of america. >> reporter: as a result of his efforts the pentagon is now required to buy american made flags and other agencies may follow suit. >> what i'm doing is i'm putting the third row of stitches on

end all i could state mocked by millions of muslims worldwide as a day our solidarity with the palestinian cause in some cities angry mobs burned u.s. and israeli flags rallies in the united states latin america europe and many arab countries. calls for an end to the violence have been just as loud online on a website you can find a lot of pictures being posted with the hash tag jews. and arabs refused to be enemies it was launched by a u.s. couple of mixed arab jewish descent. in the. british journalist graham phillips has been barred from entering ukraine for three stooges his reporting for our team phillips was missing for several days before kiev security services sent him out of the country now he described what happened while in detention. they were sending messages from my phone that message that you go r.t. saying all these fine i didn't i didn't send that message they were going through my messages asking me about every single message who sent this to you who is this person how do you know this person was put in a room next and all to reposition that they were firing heavily from that was being fired on i was kept in a cell was detained along with another journal

>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. you can take your seats, please. i would like to introduce our civil war docent who will introduce our speaker. >> thank you, paul. this has been an eventful week for us at the congressional cemetery. we had an event at fort mcnair tuesday at the exact moment the explosion occurred. we remembered then and will remember now the women killed that day. on wednesday, we had a visit from the deputy prime minister of the republic of ireland. he laid this -- it is not there anymore. [laughter] he laid a wreath that day to remember the women, many of whom were irish immigrants. our speaker today will be the daughter of the man who wrote the book about this long forgotten event in washington history. i met erin shortly after her father passed away. we have become friends over these many years. i helped provide names of publishers. i specially love the publisher who liked the book but did not like the conclusion

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleague, we have our june 3rd, 2014 meeting minutes. can i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor kim, seconded by supervisor campos. those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> are there any communications? >> there are none today, mr. president. >> if you could read our consent agenda. >> items 1 through 5 comprise the consent calendar. these items are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> kiloton, i want to sever item 4. with that, unless there are any item to be severed, supervisor tang. ~ colleagues >> items 12 and 13, please. >> i think we just called the consent agenda which is items 1 through 5. >> apologize. >> no worries. madam clerk, could you call the items 1 through 5 with the exception of item 4? >> supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervis

. ~ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pager and similar sound producing devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing electronic device. please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comment on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts a shorter period on any item. item 8a., public comment on items not listed on the agenda. >> public comment? please come forward. >>> [speaker not understood]. >> that are not on the agenda. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. [multiple voices] >> everybody is under this, that's the non-agendaized items. >>> okay, good afternoon, commissioners. thought i'd bring to you a wonderful group of members of the [speaker not un

united states. with sales flagging, walmart is trying to think outside the box. julie hyman covers walmart for us.oke yesterday on the show. i want to get more of a recipe -- resume of who he is. >> he is a kiwi. he was born in new zealand. >> hobbits. >> that's the connection for you and i. yes pretty much only worked in -- he has pretty much only asia.d in just a couple months ago, he was promoted to walmart asia. it is interesting that he just got that promotion two months ago and is now moving over to head the u.s. business. he is 53 years old. he and doug macmillan have known each other for a while. doug macmillan being the ceo of walmart overall. roger corbett is on the board of walmart and is a former ceo of woolworth and years ago, he over to meet. doug and greg hit it off. they started on the floors of the retailers that they climbed through. foran was a shelf stacker. macmillan works in a walmart store originally. a walmartan worked in store originally. moving upillan's guy in this position. >> what's going to be the different strategy that foran can bring to this? >> it's a strategy alr

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., july 7, 2014. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tim kaine, a senator from the commonwealth of virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 384, s. 2363, hagan sportsmen's bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number calendar 384, s. 2363, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business

the pledge of allegiance led by one of our newest americans come unite states army sergeant stephanie van housel. allegiance to the flag the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, in the visible with liberty and justice for all -- indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. all invited to the barbecue later. and again, wetite are so very proud of you and grateful to. -- grateful to you. our country is better for you being a part of it. happy fourth of july! >> book tv recently sat down with hillary clinton to discuss her new book here at among several topics she talked at her time of the state department. watch this tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> this historic landmark built in 1839 mixes 175 years old. was the oldest surviving building in jackson. we are standing inside the old gallery here at the old capital where we discuss a number of revivallike greek architecture. very much a symmetrical building with beautiful columns the rotunda dome is the distinction most people look at. we always ask our visitors to look at and look at

at cbs and lyndon johnson said, frank, this is your president, your boys just shot on the flag of the united statesonths ago, the first division shipped out from charleston, south carolina. last week some of them came home. most of these casualties were suffered in the battle of the valley, most significant yet fought by american troops in vietnam. it looked at first like a routine vietcong attack but this was a full-scale sustained assault by not only the vietcong of south vietnam but by the vietnam in the strong but dedicated army. at first light, the full shock came. americans in north vietnamese lay side by side in the grass. >> kind of walked right into an ambush. it was bad listening to your friends crying out for help, not being able to do a thing. we just were all pinned down. >> i want to congratulate you on your distinguished victory. you were fighting regular north vietnamese troops. >> the consensus of the military is we can inflict enough casualties on them to win. >> our armed forces are prepared to take the necessary casualties in order to seek out and destroy the enemy. the question

. >> i pledge of allegiance, to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you asia. you can take your seats please. i like to introduce our civil war, steve hammond who will introduce our speaker. >> thank you paul. this has been an eventful week for us here at congressional cemetery. we had an event at fort mcnair tuesday at the exact moment of the explosion occurred. we remembered then and we will remember now the women who were killed that day. on wednesday, we had a visit from emon gilmore the prime minster of the republic of ireland. he played a wreath to remember those women, many who were whom irish immigrant. today our speaker will be erin voorheis. i met erin shorting after her father passed away and we've become friends. i helped provide her names of publishers. i especially loved the publisher who liked the book but didn't like the conclusion. which -- i'm sitting here going, it blew up, what else. what can i say. i've gotten to know erin fairly well since then.

flags be made, manufactured anyplace else other than the united states of america. >> as a result, thetagon is now required to buy american-made flags and other agencies may follow suit. >> i am putting the header on. reporter: it could mean more jobs for people like sue wilson with developmental disabilities and a sewing machine ways. >> i love it here. i feel like a million bucks. reporter: detail evident in every single american flag made here. by the way, you can buy one for $68. martha: sounds like a good deal. thank you very much. he did not want to miss a brand-new special on fox news, we send our cruise across the country from small-town parade toto big-city events asking what makes america so great. you can watch proud to be an american at noon eastern on the fourth of july. as hurricane arthur is around your neighborhood. eric: have you heard about the so-called nightmare nanny? she says she is moving out but she will leave on her own terms. we will have the latest bizarre twist. why can't they just get her out? martha: thousand dollars of lobster destroyed. how the truck dri

flags be made or manufactured any police else other than the united states of america. >> the pentagon required to buy american- made flags and other agencies may follow suit. >> i am putting the third row of stitches on the header. >> more order ares mean more jobs for people like sue wilson. she is one of two people who is a seweshgsing machine whiz. >> pride of work man ship evident. and in honor of the fourth of july here is flag etiquette. never let old gloria campos touch the grouvenltd don't throw it away. call the local boys or girl scouts and they will a appropriately take care of it. >> and opening four in a popular american tourist spot. and the feds are looking to collect their share of the pot from marijuana sales in california. and now they are fighting back. we'll explain. didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. you know that dream... on my count. ...the one where you step up and save the day? mak

flags be manufactured any place else than the united states of america. >> reporter: as a result of hisw required to by american made flags. >> i am putting the third row here on had the header. >> reporter: it could mean more work for people like sue wilson. >> i love it here. i feel like a million bucks. >> reporter: attention to detail and pride is evident in every flag. in honor of the fourth of july here is flag etiquette. flags flown at night should be illim illluminated and it should never be put on the ground. >>> the hobby lobby ruling could be opening the flood gates for more obamacare challenges. how a christian college's objection could have the court taking up the issue all over again. again. n to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. could help your business didavoid hours of delaynd test caused by slow internet from the phone company? that's enough time to record a memo. idea for sales giveaway. return a call. sign a contract. pick a tie. take a break with mr. duck. practice up

and israeli flags the rallies in the united states latin america europe and many muslim countries to. calls for an end to the violence and just as loud online on our website you can see a large range of pictures of the hash tag jews and arabs refuse to be enemies it was launched by us couple of mixed arab jewish background. could be an. over. the next british journalist scrim phillips is being deported from ukraine and banned from entering the country for three years on the grounds that he's been working for r.t. he's been held in captivity by the security services for three days now the last word we had from him then was a message saying it was fine graeme is now in poland he told us why he was unable to get in touch. they were sending messages from my phone that message that you go r.t. saying all these fine i didn't i didn't send that message they were going through my messages asking me about every single message who sent this to you who is this person how do you know this person was put in a room next to an artillery positions they were firing heavily from that was being fired on

united states, the two largest markets. japan's biggest company market cap was founded in 1937 and head quartered in japan's toyota city. 30 2013 revenue more than $222 billion. the toyota flag ship camera sedan is the best selling car in the united states for 15 of the past 16 years. also notable, the toyota prius became the world's first mass produced hybrid in 1997. other brands are scion and lexus. >> well, let's turn now to our guest to weigh in. he favors toyota and with snp capital iq. why gm over toyota. >> we don't differentiate over two we have a strong buy on but if you take the march can tket the edge is toyota, which has 30% upside versus 28% for general motors. so that's pretty close. both companies are benefitting from rising global demand. it's a favorable industry trend. you have a lot of emerging market. people are buying cars for the first time and back home in ameri america, a rising market with a strong economy. new features, technology and the average age of a vehicle is over 11 years old. you have people coming into the dealership to buy cars and that helps both. >> no question, the gm recalls have been a disaster for that company from a public relatio

and israeli flags there were rallies in the united states that america europe and many muslim countries. i. mentioned just now but the truce that has just ended between the palestinians and the israelis let's get the latest on this and talk to our correspondent paul asli appall or tell us a little bit about this prolonged twelve truce it's now ended as a say it doesn't look like it's going to be extended that i've been called to extend it for a week but it's far from that of the moment isn't it. it certainly is far from over as you say there was this initial twelve hour you have broken two mandatory and truce that both sides of here two for most of saturday it was then discussion about extending it for a further four hours and those four hours have now ended but even that extension did see some hostilities there were mixed messages coming from hamas initially they said that they would opposite of the four hour extension later they said they would not there were around a dozen rockets that were fired at israel in those four hours these sirens have been sounding and they continue to sound