we rotate the marines out, the first marines, and they are replaced by alexander patch, the second marines, along with most of the 23rd and 25th divisions. what he is going to do is press his advantage further and further. in december, we attack mount austen, which is interesting because mount austen was supposed to fall without a fight on day one. that sounds like a world war i battle, your goal with day one is seized four months later. 250itter fighting, we lose men, the japanese lose 3000. again, this is a pretty important part of the battle -- japanese at this point have no hope, they are starving, but they are still fighting to the last man. this is the kind of resistance we are going to face in even more famous battles from here on out. landnuary 14, the japanese 4000 fresh troops, giving this guy a headache. those fresh troops are nearly recovered in withdrawal. and this is where our intelligence fails, because we think they are getting ready for another attack. the most effective japanese campaign of the whole thing is there withdrawal, they withdraw under our noses without us real

sailors, 32,000 marines deployed ashore and 24,000 marines in the pacific. to cover a few examples of operations in activities going on, we have the u.s. cook operations in the black sea. we had the south china sea operations as well as the recent 51 straight transit. so all of that -- much of that around china was focused on the demonstrative freedom and navigation as a matter of fundamental principal. we have the strike group that participated with the french and uk navy. again i would say for a key take away, the navy and marine corps continue to be engaged. they provide immediate response options and assuring allies and deterring adversaries. to provide a historic trend of the navy's fiscal environment and we start off by saying we are appreciative with the fact we had increasing funding over the last couple of years. the idea of adequate, stable and predictable funding is a high priority, the highest i would say. for fy20 the combine base operation budge for the the department is $205.6 billion, that's base plus the required amount to execute the nation

ships, two carrier strike groups. 20,000 sailors, 32,000 marines as well as 5000 sailors and 12,000 marines in the indo pacific. ofcover a few examples operations and activities going , the uss donald cook, operation black sea, recently we had the south china sea operations and the recent taiwan straight transit. much of that around china was focused on demonstrating freedom and advocation as a fundamental principle. we also have the strike group that participated with the u.k., the french and the australian navies in the arabian gulf. i would say that the key take away is that the navy and marine corps continues to be engaged, providing immediate response options, assuring our allies and deterring our adversaries. trend ofe a historic the navy's fiscal environment, we start off by saying we are very appreciative of the fact that we have had increased funding over the last couple of years. stableea of adequate, and critical funding continues to be a high priority. the combined operation budget for our department is $205.6 billion. that is required to execute the national defense strategy an

we estimate 10:39, the marine marine reacted and 11:00 evacuated. embassy, et cetera. you can tell by the printing it was an excited marine. i had never seen this before. prudence: neither had i. this one notes one of our marines, who had gone up to cash a check, died. another of our marines got a purple heart for his actions on august 7. john: one sergeant, his wife was our community liaison officer and she was badly injured. she lost most of the sight in one of her eyes and they had to medically evacuate her. it was really a sad situation. he stayed on and did his duty while his wife was medically evacuated. prudence: the marine security guard who was wearing this hat was in our embassy. if i can point you to this building. it was built in the 1970's to earthquake standards which is why on the outside it looks pretty secure. on the inside, as you can tell from the mangled remains of a television set, we were devastated. the rock that came from our embassy was blown into one of the vehicles. somebody found it in her vehicle. at the time of the bombing, i was on the 21

but so far, these marines haven't seen a dime. in a memo obtained by nbc news, marine corps commandant neller warned a lack of funds for hurricane recovery combined with negative factors including unplanned southwest border operations have imposed an unacceptable risk to marine soency. as the senate debates a disaster relief bill, north carolina senator richard burr tells nbc news, "it is unacceptable that camp lejeune and other north carolina military bases are still waiting on disaster relief we first requested last fall." the marine corps has moved money around to pay for temporary repairs like removing moldy drywall and placing tarps on roofs. but it's not just buildings on base affected. from the air, we looked down on onslo beach. >> there used to be dunes there. >> reporter: marines learn to attack from land and sea. because of erosion, training has been scaled back. >> it just becomes harder and harder, and we ask more and more of our service members and their families to accomplish the same mission. >> reporter: with so m

takes up to six marines to load and fire this m-777holitzer, a number of the marines are women. >> lance are field cannoniers why did you choose had this? >> i am a physical person, i didn't want to have a desk job. i wanted to be out here training and getting down and dirty and firing the big guns which is exactly what we do. >> me personally, i want a challenge. >> reporter: have you found that challenge? >> i have found that challenge. >> reporter: potter and jakovic are part of the 120 female enlisted marines working jobs that were off limits to the combat exclusion law. now, their artillery trains day and night. has anyone treated you differently? >> no. >> reporter: never? >> oh, no. >> reporter: the law was sdtill in place as she was trying to graduate from the u.s. naval academy. >> we could do everything, out perform men and women, didn't matter. i knew there was nothing i could do except just wait. >> reporter: you had thrown your hat in the ring several times for artillery and all of a sudden, that combat exclusion rule went away. >> yes, i was lucky. right place, right time.

marines worldwide.part because the crack down from the southern border comes from a man that leads the marine corps. it's from the four-star general. broke the story which cnn has sense confirmed. she joins me now. thanks for being with us. this is fascinating. so he says the president's national emergency declaration poses in his words an unacceptable risk. how so? >> he was talking about a number of factors that lead to budget strains in the marine corps. among them he was talking about the deployment to the southwest border along with the shifting of funds that is planned or is starting to happen under the emergency declaration. the shifting of funds to border security. there's also been a lot of hurricane damage for example at marine corps facilities across the country particularly in georgia and north carolina, all of these things combined he is saying is posing this unacceptable risk. they're undermining combat readiness in the marines. this is the first time that we have heard from someone within

right. >> reporter: now she and her marine family work out for free. the marines and the community. >> they need to feel proud of what they're doing and know their community is behind them. >> reporter: martinez thinks about her sister maria. >> i don't feel as though giving up is something that she would do or want in he to do, so everything is to be able to fight in her memory and to be able to make her proud. >> reporter: it's her why, why she says she's determined to be among the few, the proud, the marines. claudine wong, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> the oakland raiders are early favorites to win the offseason. it started over the weekend when we agreed to trade for antonio brown with the pittsburgh steelers. the deal isn't official until wednesday. brown and the raiders agreed to a contract extension that could be worth up to $50 million with $30 million guaranteed. we also learned today the raiders signed trent brown to the richest contract for an offensive lineman in nfl history. the four-year contract is worth up to $66 million with nearly $37 millio

it is marine mcguyver training.the future of warfare? >> yes, ma'am, it is. we're looking for platoons of marine mcguyvers. >> there's still a use for duct tape in the marines? >> duct tape and hot glue. >> now brad halsey and his team are rolling out this program around the world. they've already set up a technology center at a marine base in kuwait. and right after our visit here, they went off to okinawa, japan, for two weeks of innovation boot camp there. >> that's awesome to watch. i love that innovation boot camp. no hand to hand combat. >> they say with duct tape you can do anything. i love the characterization of marine mcguyver. >> duct tape and hot glue can get you a lot of places. >>> up ahead, stunning new information about how a tabloid obtained intimate texts between amazon founder jeff bezos and his girlfriend. you're watching "cbs this morning." >> announcer: this morning's "pushing the limits" is sponsored by the all new subaru forester. welcome to the suv for all you love. whoa! (man) how hot is th

the marine commander has one marine tbf and two marine dive bomber squadrons. by the next day, november 14, the majority of the air group will have been flown into guadalcanal. so this map here will give you an idea how busy it became for the cactus and group. scouts found not only the retiring warships and bombardment force but this troop convoy coming in. and you can see a couple different courses and a series of different attacks. you guys will have to let me know how i'm going on time here. we can spend a long time talking about each of these strikes and attacks. among the guys that go out this morning, gibson, he and his wingmen go in and take out a japanese cruiser. didn't hit her as they thought they did, but they landed near misses that were so close that it helped flood and sink the cruiser, which already had a serious amount of damage. the marine dive bombers, torpedo planes, enterprise, and the two dive bomber squadrons are literally ferrying back and forth all day long through cactus, making strike and strike on warships and convoys in what would be

marines worldwide.se the crack down from the southern border comes from a man that leads the marine corps. it's from the four-star general. broke the story which cnn has sense confirmed. she joins me now. thanks for being with us. this is fascinating. so he says the president's national emergency declaration poses in his words an unacceptable risk. how so? >> he was talking about a number of factors that lead to budget strains in the marine corps. among them he was talking about the deployment to the southwest border along with the shifting of funds that is planned or is starting to happen under the emergency declaration. the shifting of funds to border security. there's also been a lot of hurricane damage for example at marine corps facilities across the country particularly in georgia and north carolina, all of these things combined he is saying is posing this unacceptable risk. they're undermining combat readiness in the marines. this is the first time that we have heard from someone within the servi

a warning tonight from the top marine general. he says that combat readiness has been hurt in part by troop deployments at the southern border as well as two recent hurricanes. david martin has this story. >> reporter: the memo from marine corps come dont general robert neller lists nine factors posing unacceptable risk to marine corps combat readiness and solvency. two of them involve president trump's use of the military to clamp down on illegal immigration. sending troops to the border and building the wall. coming on top of $3.5 billion in damages to marine bases from hurricanes michael and florence, the president's staunch what he calls an invasion have contributed to what neller calls "rapidly accelerating risks." last month when the president declared the emergency in order to take $6 billion from the pentagon budget to pay for the wall, he says the generals he consulted did not raise objections. >> a they think this is far more important than what they were going to use it for. i said, what were you going to use it for. i

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nine factors posing unacceptable risk to to marine corps readiness and solvency.dent trump's use of the military to clamp down on illegal immigration. sending troops to the border and building the wall. coming on top of $3.5 billion in damages to marine bases from rran michandrence, the president's efforts to staunch what he calls an invasion have contributed to what neller calls rapidly accelerating risks. last month when the president dehe emergcy in order to take $6 billion from the pentagon budget to pay for the wall, he said the generals he consulted did not raise objections. >> i think this is far more important than what they were going to use it for. i said, what were going to use it for? i won't go into details, but didn't sound too important to me. >> reporter: the marines which are the smallest service would probably lose the least amount of money. in his memo, neller said he already has been forced to cancel or scale back marine participation in four exercises, as well as reduce maintenance for combat equipment. he added a longer list of exercises that

the month of september leaves the fighting of marines ashore. and illustrated really well, i think, the intensity of the fighting that surrounded henderson fields during september. for the navy, it was a month of waiting, an uneasy standoff as both sides marshal their supply trains and prepare for the next collision of fleets. shows is veryavy poor capacity to cooperate with the army. and one comes down small carrier tries to establish air superiority over henderson field. they will fail utterly, and we suffer some damage to the enterprise as a result, but that serve the purpose of blunting the second japanese naval attack on the guadalcanal area and the first carrier action in sort of a standoff, but time is on the american's side. during september, commander steps forward on the surface side of things, admiral norman scott, and demonstrates the battle minded qualities that will be necessary for the surface navy to prevail. , one veteranter characterized him to be a junior halsey. he implements a training regimen that one sailor referred to as

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i think being in the marine corps was important to her. her husband was also a marine. she now has three kids. brian: were they in the marine corps at the same time? ms. rivers: they were, they did overlap. i think her husband is still in. brian: major maria rodriguez, who is she? ms. rivers: she was an incredibly hard-core woman who was a marshall. she was stationed in alaska when she got shipped to afghanistan. her story is really interesting. she struggled to really find afghan women to train as police officers. she was an incredibly determined woman who wanted to move up the officer ranks as a female as much as she could come a very -- as she could, very ambitious. in a way, her ambition costs her personal life. when she got to afghanistan, one of her biggest missions was finding that afghan women and training them to the police officers. there were six afghan women. it took several weeks. she was going to meetings with the governor. she was not allowed to speak as a woman. they sat her far away from the other men in the room. eventually, she eventually got permissi

mound for the mariners, as maz farookhi reports. hero's welcome for suzuki. you place a preacher ‘s level of celebrity but it all began in 27 yea rs celebrity but it all began in 27 years ago, so celebrity but it all began in 27 years ago, so no surprises reception from 40,000 fans inside tokyo dome. at 45, he is the second oldest position player to start opening day but it was the as which struck first. a quick 1— you'll lead in the bottom of the first. this is a home game for 0akland that there was no doubt the opposition were overwhelming cloud —— crowd favourites. the first grand slam home and celebrated by those in the stands. chris davies, who led mlb with 40 home runs last season, smug deep to get back in the game. that prompted the boss of the mariners to make a change. widely expected to be the final season. it's a moment all on the field will remember fondly. it was a special moment, to see him come off the field. everybody screaming and cheering for him. a bit disappointed to see him come out of the game. but rice, like w

all of which the navy and marine corps are working hard to resolve. and there's three different approaches. but in the end, we have to be able to move the forces we need to. we know that figure. and it's pretty thin, the size of the force. but the speed at which we need to move them, and the reliability of their systems, is what we gotta attack. >> yes, sir. i think just from the current force, requirement is pretty constant for heavy lift. we just need to go recapitalize that. so we've got kinda three lines of attack. >> we're on a schedule where we don't have a gap in capacity. >> we're on a schedule where we don't have a gap in capacity but those are aging pretty quickly. so we're really looking hard at that current kind of heavy lift fleet. we were gonna do some service life extensions. we'll continue to do business case to see if that makes sense and come back to the commit fethere's opportunities to accelerate that. maybe buy some used ships as opposed to keeping the old ones around. >> the requirement work we've done in the offseason is at the

tagged was studied up close by marine biologists. techno is married to davison and chris would deal with take a crisis that's an emergency plan to stave off extinction the gulf of california one of the most beautiful marine sanctuaries in the world it is here in the target gulf waters at the edge of the baja california desert the world's smallest cetacean has found a home power when all the money that one of the earth everybody does yes. america because of the motive. what you have and the wreckage that is found nowhere else right this is the only place that it exists yes exactly this is the only place this is and they make these issues. whether someone is with ok only we can find it here on the place in the war mexico we are so lucky to have these as these. belongs in mexico you know if i get a book here if you are. given us in a hole is an acoustic researcher for mexico's government sponsored iraqi to rescue project today to stop when his team plan to deploy several submerged will see pods or underwater listening devices the pods a

s joanna toole and irish national michael ryan or british citizen sarah auffret who was tackling marine plastic pollution and award- winning nigerian author pius adesanmi. from saving refugees to fighting global hunger, the flight manifest read like a who's who of the very best of humanity. there was one person who should have been on that flight but narrowly missed it. antonis mavropoulos arrived just as the gates were closing, and despite begging to get on he was told he would have to catch a later plane. being a few minutes late had just saved his life. jeff? >> glor: unbelievable story, deborah. thank you very much. so was the problem here with the pilot or the plane or a combination? these are the big questions tonight. there are currently 350 boeing 737 max jets in service around the world with orders for more than 5,000. kris van cleave joins us now with some new information on all of this. all of this changing now this afternoon. kris, what's the latest? >> reporter: jeff, late this afternoon the f.a.a. sent a notice to all of the operators of the 737 max around the world. in it

at the same time committing the best of our marine taxpayer dollars. i look forward to our witnesses testimony and i now recognize senator -- and thank her for her steadfast committed to this committee over the last four years. >> my steadfast commitment will continue. congratulations for chairing this very important subcommittee and of course i look forward to working with you as we conduct active exchanges and dialogues with the department in order to reach the best solutions reaching our sailors and marines and their families. i want to welcome our witnesses and of course i have my congratulations to general berger for being nominated to up the marine corps. >> we are grateful to each of you for your service to the nation and for the truly professional service of the men and women under your commands. we also pay tribute to their families because of course we always say that families are a very critical part of the success of the men and women in our armed services. today i witnesses faced difficult decisions as we try to balance the need, modernize

. >> glor: this marine's toughest battle came before boot camp. >> glor: good evening. jeff glor. and this is our western edition. we're going to begin tonight with "operation varsity blues," an investigation into the biggest college cheating scam ever prosecuted. actresses lori loughlin and felicity huffman are among the 50 people now charged in the scandal. investigators says that wealthy parents paid the accused ringleader $25 million to get their children into top colleges. the alleged scheme involved bribes, cheating on entrance exams, and bogus athletic profiles. authorities say the colleges and most of the students who benefited were not involved but plenty of others were. here's chip reid. >> this is a case where they flaunted their wealth, sparing no expense, to cheat the system. >> reporter: federal authorities were blunt as they announced the justice department's largest college admission prosecution ever. >> these parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege. >> reporter: court documents say the scheme was in operation for nearly a decade and involved at le

military did not want the public to see marines doing drugs making mistakes does the road building.and potentially making new enemies while deployed in afghanistan you know the film combat obscura offers little in the way of commentary or big picture analysis but provides a really seen look at the more from the perspective of american troops on the ground i just haven't seen. our war reflected. as brutally honest as as i had experienced it miles lego's each shot the footage as a u.s. marine working in a public affairs unit and decided to turn it into a film after returning home to new york here he's found americans quick to praise the military. doing a great service for the country yet uninformed about the eighteen year long war on a killing not anyone truly thinking about it but honestly the gritty realism of the film is not in line with the more sanitized image of the military that most americans are used to seeing nor is it an image that the military wants to promote the marine corps has condemned the behavior on display telling al-jazeera it is not in line with their high standa

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marin and san francisco arv is 94 percent. for context, alameda is at 97.1 percent, and san mateo is at 96.9 percent.i believe the lower vaccination we're seeing in san francisco and marin has to do with pockets of certain "private" schools. public schools generally have very high rates. exceptional schools tend to coalesce parents with history of vaccine refusal. in my observation, parents scoot around the system by finding a physician to sign off for their child's medical exemption and therefore filling criteria for senate bill 277. what more, alternative medicine physicians are becoming more prevalent in many communities. these types of medical exemptions have climbed since 2014 (from < 0.5% to ñ 2% of private school students). these schools have children where diseases like measles could spread quickly. it should also be noted that while marin and sf vaccination rates may be lower than the california average, the lowest arv rates are in rural ca counties, with mendocino 86.8 percent, humboldt 88.4 percent, calaveras 88.1 p

plus reefs of cambodia rich with marine life but scientists worry a disruption in the food chain poses a threat to this habitat. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us it's a vicious type of assault meant to maine scar and even kill i'm talking about acid attacks and hear about them happening in many places by one estimate over fifteen hundred reported incidents take place around the world every year and women are often the targets in more than eighty percent of all cases and again that's only what gets reported it's a crime india's been trying to addressed through stricter chemical regulations and tougher punishments but that can't erase the scars the survivors of such attacks will carry their whole lives carmen meyer met one woman in india who took her tragedy and transformed it into empowerment. comic with an unconventional heroine the story of a young woman who has been attacked. she transforms from being a victim to being a super heroine her mission is to hope the survivors of acid attacks. videos of the comic show readers behind the story lux me. who

the first marine division had been put together by creating the first marines, and created after pearlarbor. the other units had then brought up to strength. great full of really human potential, that they had not done as extensive training and not great training for preparing for guadalcanal. iatever their many virtues, do not think they were as remotely prepared to go in and seize and hold an island as a certainly wanted to be. >> last question in the same area. >> hello. thes striking how close solomons are to australia and new zealand compared to the 5000 miles to the u.s.. the time when australia and new zealand were fighting in north africa and stationed in the u.k.. it is part of the reason the u.s. had to move quickly to prevent australia and new zealand governments and peoples manning their troops get brought home to defend the islands. was, to counter pearl harbor, the new zealand population was small and supported the second new zealand division fighting in north africa, and elsewhere. the australians had formed the australian imperial force which is when you signed up and c

. >>> the united states marine corps already has one of the toughest training camps in the world. taking boot camp to the 21st century. >> this may not look like the kind of place you're training marines. but a new gen are preparing for modern warfare. they're welding and building robots and drones. some of that stuff you can buy online and rid up in the field. this is not the thirt ward they expected to be fighting in but this so-called sumo robot competition is effecting them to go to haundo. the traping course designed to 250i678 marines how to use the latest technique yet - >> veteran brad haul zaeriated the program. and like weldling.utting and 3d printing. those in the field to solve their own problems. french that would have taken six to replace. you tix fixed it and they totally work >> this is artweeno robot. >> staff sarnlant is an explosive ordinance disclosure technician. >> i just need to peek in there. i can do , on my own, program it right there. kpabtly wh not knowing this is going to put you behind. >> groups have used them to play with drones and even drop bombs.

the proud, the marines. fox 2 news. >> coming up on mornings on fox 2, elevating her 60th birthday, how she says it is keeping the barbie doll up with the times. >>> sacramento city leaders say they welcome leaders, why they want bike and scooter operators to pay more than they do right now, more on that when we come back. >>> taking the big board, looking at the new york stock exchange you can see the dow is up about a third of a percentage 81 points, 25,534 shares of boeing weighing the dow down this morning, those stocks are currently done more than 7%, with safety concerns about the newest 737 jets. >>> the board of supervisors is taking a final vote tomorrow on the future of urban shield, last month the supervisors approved a board appointed community recommendation to make some changes to that training program. urban shield was created after september 11 to help first responders prepare for terror attacks, and other disasters, critics say the program is leading to the militarization of local law enforc

this is a serious threat when oil spills, not just to marine life. obviously that's bad, and obviously the beaches. we're still getting tar washining up n those beaches now. but t also to the liveliliods sf the people in these regigions. in the gulf, 8 out of 10 people have a livelihood connected either to the oil and gas drilling industry or to hospspitality and tourism.m. anl of those things were devastated byby this spill. >> the spill has brought life, uh, to a lot of the issues in the gulf and all of the ancillary businenesses. family fisheries,s, docks, the e marina, the icehouses, the transportation companies, people who prorovide snacks aand grgroceries s to storeres. all t is a direct reflecection of what can happen when things cease. >> after the oil spill, you know, thhey shut rerecreationall fishing, theyey shut cocommercil fishing, and that just killed everybody y in this part of the world, realally. it'ss affectedd everything, and itit's affected every business around. >> itit's how we coununt off the seasons. it's oyster season or it's

some of the bay area parents indicted had students at marin county high schools including marin academy in san rafael. the school said it played no role in the scandal. the prep school released this statement saying in part, "there is no indication anyone who works at m.a. was aware of or participated in the alleged illegal and highly unethical behavior detailed in the charges." the sweeping federal indictment also reveals one of the marin county parents charged worried about getting caught. prosecutors say his daughter's athletic profile was faked going as far as using a photo of a different water polo player. in recorded conversations augustine hunias says is there any risk this thing blows up in my face? the cooperating witness replies it hasn't in 24 years. >> we're following up on our team coverage of this national story here in the bay area. kpix5's juliette goodrich is live in dublin where one college professor says the application process is hard enough as it is. >> reporter: absolutely. we're in front of the dublin library for a re. that's because school is out and a lot of stu

the marine corps says increasingly a number of those marines are women. >> verified. >> reporter: lance a physical person. i knew that i didn't want a desk job. i wanted to be out here training and getting down and dirty, firing the big guns, which is exactly what we do. >> go! >> me personally, i want a challenge. >> reporter: have you found that challenge? >> i found that challenge. >> reporter: potter and yakovac are one of 120 enlisted marines working jobs that were previously off limits to women under the combat exclusion law. >> fire! >> reporter: now their artillery battery trains day and night for battle. has anybody ever treated you differently because you're a woman? >> oh, no. >> reporter: no one ever has? >> nope. honestly, they push me, motivate me to do better. >> post! >> reporter: first lieutenant virginia brody always dreamed of serving as a field artillery officer, but the law was still in place as she prepared to graduate from the u.s. naval academy. >> it was so frustrating. it was like no matter what we did, we could do the hikes, physical tests, outperform men and

rotors spending for the initial tests the floating tidal energy platform required a very specific marine environment one that has regular power for. and swift currents like the ones found in this bag the currents are driven by tidal forces every day huge volumes of water rushed out to sea from the last through narrow straits and then back in again started scott and neil's not from the german company involved in the project searched quite a while before finding the spot for a trial when we were together investigating which would be a good demonstration site we've found this place here which is if you will to it in terms of flow in terms of accessibility also for the for the marine operations but also for the operation of the platform later on so this is a very it's like. the trial went well in twelve months of full time operation the turbine generated enough electricity to power eight hundred thirty households. the successful planning phase getting the plant up and running has shown that the technology could be rolled out on a wider scale. the power it generates can be fed into the electr

. >> okay, ed o'keefe, thank you >> the world's coral reefs are increasingly under attack from marine heat waves that kill the coral, according to a new report out this month. it is troubling news since millions of creatures rely on them for survival. mark phillips traveled to australia's great barrier reef to look at a new approach to saving the coral. >> reporter: there is a good reason marine scientist chris roelfsema studies coral reefs. >> billions of people are depending on coral reefs. >> reporter: you're not just talking about things that are pretty to look at. >> no, no, this is also a food resource. 25% of known marine species depends on coral reefs. >> reporter: but now to study what's happening down there, scientists are going up. they're using hundreds of shoebox-sized mini-satellites already in orbit to try to save the world's coral reefs. all of them? >> all of them. every one. how can you love something if you don't know how much you have? >> reporter: the satellites circle over the north and south poles as the earth spins underneath and send back pictures of every squ

the a's and mariners will play 2019. the two teams met this morning in the season opener before a packed house. things started out well enough for oakland. that is a nice way to start your season. 1-0 a's. the a's took a 2-0 lead to the third. the mariners scored 1 run when santana came to the plate. an stancea has a -- santana has a grand slam. bottom of the third. chris davis with a runner on. he times a breaking pitch just right. a's back with a run. 5home runs. this was a moment for you chair on i suh susie: suzuki. it was the mariners who had the market of warm feelings as they were winners. getting close to wrapping up the arizona portion of the schedule. under the lights with matt joyce in the dugout across from the team he was just released from. brandon belt off pollute co. giants got three in the inning. another thing is they hope to see. buster posey with a hit to the gap. that drove in steven dugger. no shortage of giant runs. 6th inning the bases loaded for sandoval. a drive down the left-field line. that wa

but general neller is a great marine. he's been a great commandant. he's assessed and i his moral responsibility to provide best military advice to the senior civilian leadership of the uns cos associat wh the deployments will be paid for in marine corps readiness. marine conforms is the nation's 911 force. it has to be ready to go at a t drop of a hat. if we're stuck on a border or if our resources are being drained on the border or the provide for infrastructure development on the border, we pay that price in the readiness of the 911 force. >> brennan: that is quite a warning. thank you. we'll be right back. armando: i am a veteran, i lost both legs in vietnam. announcer: as america's veterans face challenges, dav is there. armando: my victory was getting my benefits and a good education. announcer: dav helps veterans of every generation get the benefits they've earned. wade: i'm a veteran, i didn't want to admit it, but i have ptsd. announcer: so veterans can reach victories great and small. wade: my victory was finding help and learning that i was

corps. ♪ the united states marines >> reporter: michael is now a private in the united states marineorps. 1 of 20,000 who make it through paris island every year. it's a special moment for every family. but for the campforeries, just watch. >>> that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city. i'm jeff glor. ♪ >>> this is "the cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the overnight news, i'm nikki battiste. scandal is ripping through the uncovered what it called the biggest college admissions cheating scam ever. "operation varsity blues" found that dozens of well-heeled americans, including famous personalities, bribed big bucks to get their children into colleges. chep reid has the story. >> they flaunted their wealth, shari sha sparing no expense. >> reporter: fbi officials were blunt. >> these parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege. >> reporter: court documents say the scheme was going for at least a decade, and involved 33 parents spending $25

kron 4's justine waldman tells us about an emergency repair project in marin county now underway that is causing some serious delays for drivers. when a typically easy afternoon commute looks red on a traffic map - something unusual must be slowing drivers down.sot it was like a huge surprise too none of us had any idea about it construction taking a normal 15 minute ride to almost 2 hours.sot it looked like la out thereon 101 south in marin county, between spencer ave and the robin williams tunnel, cal trans is repavireng pcent s the 101 and the emergency repair project is now underway. sot if we dont d o could be even more closures. the work on 101 will continue wednesday and last until monday.with several lanes shutdown each day to accodomate the construction work.the morning rush is not impacted.but daytime construction is a must, says caltrans, to complete the project.sot we we do the work at night they can cant pave as much because the asphalt does not stick as well when the weather is cold the warmer weather is also opening the door for other big bay area road construction to s

san rafael's marin academy confirms that were amon charged in the scandal.on4's maureen kelly has more. san rafael's marin academy confirms that two of their parents were amoung those chargein nationwide college bribary scandal that has so far enshared 50 people.one of those parents is mill valley resident bill mcglashan jr....he had been on the board of trustees of the college prepatory high school but has since resigned since the story broke.he has also been put on leave from tpg...the global private equity firm he founded. mcglashan's accused of bribing a usc associate director to get his son recruited as a punter....despite the fact that marin academy doesn't have football team.in an except from the court authorized wiretap rick singer....the alleged ringleader of the scheme...identified as cooperating witness number 1...says so i'm going to make him a kicker....to which mcglashan laughs and says he does have really strong legs. another marin academy parent agustin huneeus jr an affluent napa valley wine maker is accused by the feds of paying singer to h