alaska is the nation's largest state but it has the smallest prison population. >> alaska is a state that people have immigrated from all over the country and criminals don't change their ways when they move. they're still criminals. they just go to another state and do time in that prison system. >> outside society is big on giving people a second chance. my philosophy is when they reach spring creek they've had their chances and now they will tow the line. >> craig turnbull has been superintendent of spring creek for five years. >> they think they can come to alaska and hide out in the wilderness and never be seen again. they find that's very hard to do. we are surrounded by ice fields. we're surrounded by the gulf of alaska, one road in and out. and although beautiful, very challenging terrain. >> at spring creek correctional center there's only been one successful escape. it was hard to see because they had sheets over them when they went through the fences. they blended in with the snow that was out there. we apprehended them and brought them back really quickly. it probably was

fairbanks, alaska, is another example. filling up your fuel tank to heat your home could easily cost you $1,900 and that will only last maybe half of a winter. electric heat is, isn't much better. right now in fairbanks, it's costing 19 cents a kilowatt. not a good alternative to heat your home. when you bundle together, it puts a lot of pressure on the pocketbook. that's why i fought to get -- that's why i fought to get a permit to restart the healy coal plant and make sure the existing coal plants in fairbanks are exempt. we need to stabilize prices. otherwise communities like fairbanks become unaffordable to live in. for schools in alaska, 75% of the energy costs goes into space heating, money that they spend on heating and electricity is money they cannot spend in the classroom, making sure we have the best education for our young people. as an example, the government of the state of alaska alone spends $642 million a year on energy. that's one-tenth of the state's operating budget. our state provides energy to the res

quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i request proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. we are on the measure again, the shaheen-portman energy efficiency, also known as energy savings and industrial competitiveness act. an efficiency bill, mr. president. this shouldn't be this difficult for us. when we talk about the benefits of an all-of-the-above energy policy, the benefits that can come to us as a nation when we are more resilient with our energy sources, when we're able to access our domestic energy sources, whether they be our fossil fuels, whether they be our renewables, whether they be nuclear, we all talk about it in good, strong terms because, quite honestly, energy makes us a stronger nation. abg stows our energy resource -- access to our energy resources. i've defined a good, strong energy policy as one that allows energy to be more abundant, affordable, clean, diverse and secure. an energy policy is also

it is cochaired by myself and the justice and the alaska supreme court. the public defenders are part of it, corrections, involved community agencies. so, it is a group of maybe 30 of us. we meet several times of year it to talk about these issues. i was struck by the fact that we talk about specifics but the one that caught my attention is the u.s. has prosecuted about five percent of the world's population, yet we house 25% of the world's prisoners. and, at least in alaska, 60% of our incarcerated individuals are nonviolent offenders. they are not the people that scott was referring to, the vicious murderers and so on. there is a cost associated with incarcerating them. we just opened a new prison last year. before that, we house a number of prisoners in colorado and a few private contracts. we brought all those people back home. it seems to me there was a transition occurring and general holder referred to it in the sense that people, including fiscal conservatives, are realizing there is a cost to being tough on crime. it is a cost to society as a who

they are at the alaska zoo in anchorage. to tell us how the five wolf us. are doing, we have zoo director pat, "right this minute," via skype. tell us what the conditions of the pup are now. they have porcupine injuries and were festering. >> we're still finding porcupine quills migrating out of them. they removed all the quills they saw on the initial physical examination, but some of the quills go into them and are under the skin and then start spoking out. at every feeding, every three hours, they're getting a full body check to identify any more quills. >> now, for wolf pups, great caution you take them in. they can be returned into the wild. tell us about the decision to take them in. >> a decision by the alaska department of fish and game. determined the mother moved off. they would be dead by now. we're a transition facility. we have experience in caring for these young animals, seeing to their medical needs and working with fish and game in identifying permanent homes for them to go to. >> what do you have to say to the wild land firefighters who he

in alaska, republican candidate and marine corps veteran was attacked by a super pack supporting markhe spent in the nation's capitol after september 11th. >> documents show that while sullivan pocketed a tax credit for residents living there, he was voting in alaska claiming to be one of us. >> in arkansas, congressman tm l cotton was attacked. mr. prior taking issue with mr. cotton's time in the armed forces. >> this is part of the sense of entitlement that he gives off like i served my country, therefore led me to the senate. that's not how it works in arkansas. >> joining me now, tom cotton, republican congressman from arkansas and veteran of the iraq wars and a marine corps veteran and running for the senate. mr. cotton, let me start with you on senator mark prior saying you have a sense of entitlement that you give off that you served your country and therefore let me into the senate. >> thanks, megyn. great to be on with you, as always. it was a peculiar statement. i didn't learn a sense of entitlement growing up on my parents farm chasing yous and didn't have one installed in

. -- in alaska. revoke less than one percent of licenses on an annual basis because of a criminal conviction. be ahing i thought might higher number is actually not that high. so, you are kind of left wondering what is the impact? intuitively, we know it is important for people when they get out to have some options. our state, i cannot speak for the national average, about 60% of lower population -- of our population is rearrested within three years. that is one of the main goals of ours. it is trying to reduce a that recidivism level. we do think that creating opportunities is reasonable. not for the vicious criminals. those people are going to have to carry around those convictions forever and with good reason. many largeany, subset of nonviolent offenders -- those people can be bad people and violin and we have to recognize that as well. we're looking at trying to create opportunities for them. the other interesting thing is federal drug felonies -- a lif etime ban for food stamps and temporary a

and at least in alaska 60% of our incarcerated individuals are nonviolent offenders. they are not the people scott was referring to the vicious murders and so on. there is a cost associated with incarceration. we just opened a new prison last year. before that we house a number of prisoners in colorado through private contracts so we bought all those people that column. he seems to me there's a transition occurring and general holder referred to it i think in the sense that people are fiscal conservatives and fiscal hawks are realizing there is a cost to being tough on crime. it's a cost not only to state government debt to society as a whole. just in our state which has a small population we try to tackle this. we had heard about collateral consequences and there's a project going on the national inventory of collateral consequences and conviction project. i think it's funded by the va and administered by the national institute and of justice as i recall that we contacted them and we have legislators who are interested. i was interested and they moved us to the top o

in alaska, the tribes took it over. and now deliver, we consider the best health care in this country, in my opinion and i think in many other's opinions. c.m.s. has had some of the best health care in the country and because we don't have a veterans hospital, we are trying to figure out a system to create better care, access is what it's about. if you are living in nome, alaska and come into anchorage into the clinics, you could spend lots of money. we have 800 veterans in nome, squea that are native and nonnative and built a new facility for indian health services. it is given the check to the tribal consortium that then delivers health care because of the work you did with our office, we now have access to veterans. they have a choice. can get the health care in their home or village and tell you story after story that has become very valuable or go to the clinic or go to seattle to the hospital. there was an access issue. because the care that the v.a. offers, we have great professionals. they work hard. i think the

trooper gabriel rich and patrick johnson were gunned down in central alaska on thursday. they were reportedly there to arrest the father of suspected gunman nathan yal kingas. his son armed himself with an assault rifle and then shot seven times. nathaniel kingas has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. amplgts democratic congressman calling on his party to boycott a proposed special committee to investigate the benghazi attack. republicans are pushing for a probe into the obama administration's response to that deadly attack. after e-mails surfaced showed the white house involved in what may have been a cover-up in the days to follow that attack. but democratic congressman adam schiff says it's a closed book. >> we have had four bipartisan investigations. i don't think it makes sense for us to give this select committee any more contribute than it deserves. >> the state department told the libyan congress that there was a terrorist organization that committed these attacks. why is it that we told the libyans the truth and told the american people a lie? t

when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs.

barrow, alaska, at 18.r from juneau to anchorage, beautiful day, low 60s, fairbanks, clouds, 50s. not too bad for this time of year. not bad on the cinco de mayo. looking fine in many areas of california too. the northwest, some showers. >> cinco de mayo, looking good in anchorage, celebrate really mo more. >>> spider-man 2, the superhero sequel did not break any records but pulled in $92 million. second place went to the comedy "the other woman" with $14.2 million. and third place to "heaven is for real" with $8.7 million. >>> star wars episode 7 director j.j. abram and the writer wished fans a happy star wars day with a video selfie. they uploaded the video on may 4th, may the 4th be with you telling fans there are more casting announcements to come. i was wondering why my brother texted me may the 4th be with you. >>> an online petition is trying to get ozzy osbourne knighted. he is close to the goal. good luck, my good friend, ozzy osbourne. >>> "snl" issued a warning to those who do not leave pop diva

he is up in alaska with the other firefighters. we wish them all much safety.izona. they of been burning in california as you know. a drought covers much of the vest and of the continent. check out this range after descending from one of our memorial day storms. grapeshot. here's fog rolling into sleeping bear national park. i do not know if you have ever been up there before. the unfortunate 50 ft. high sand dunes. the score does barry of memorial day sunset was shot down a flight from orlando to midway airport and she was landing at midway. i thought that was a really cool shot. we had some storms in the area yesterday. our time matt shows these little bogglinhard time let shows bobbling cumulus. 6 in. of water and a column of air. thunderstorms had the unique capacity to take the luster and sweeping into a rain chef.rain shaft. these towers of cumulus that are popping in scattered areas but we think what may consolidate this is a lake breeze coming in off of the lake. our models at an advertising that for a couple of days. you get a promotion of the convergi

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for farmed salmon in alaska. >> gupta: george eliason is a third generation fisherman in alaska, whichon fishery in the world. 25 years ago, alaska banned salmon farming, out of concern that the farming industry could harm the lucrative fishing trade. eliason's father was the state senator who drafted the legislation to outlaw salmon farming. what was the concern back then? >> eliason: disease. pollution. >> gupta: the concerns that your father had about what it might do to the wild salmon population, was he right? >> eliason: he was right. we've got a great fishery up there now. why take the chance? why even try it? >> gupta: instead of farming fish, the alaskan government set up hatcheries where young salmon are grown and then released-- not into cages, but into the wild to boost the population of wild salmon in the ocean. >> eliason: we call it ocean ranching. >> gupta: should they still be called wild salmon, or has that become a misnomer at this point? >> eliason: they're wild. they're wild. >> gupta: ocean ranching, combined with careful regulations, has created a thriving wild s

i was pleased about a letter -- a recent letter to the air carriers in alaska, the alaska air carriers association in which the i.r.s. acknowledged their guidance was unclear and inappropriately enforced. the i.r.s. offered to give refunds to companies flying small aircraft on sightseeing tours, but while it's a step in the right direction to recognize they got it wrong and try to make it right, they refuse to back down completely. the i.r.s. is still reserving the right to go after these same companies in the future. mr. president, that's why i called the i.r.s. commissioner to my office last week and that's why i'm here today, to make it clear to the i.r.s. that i will not stand idly by while they send alaskan small businesses into bankruptcy, and i will keep coming down here, mr. president, just as long as i have to until the i.r.s. will let these alaskan small businesses do what they do best -- fly and share the beautiful sights of my great state that it has to offer to all alaskans and all americans. and again, mr. president, it's happening in alaska, it's starting to happen in ot

in alaska, the tribes took it over. and now deliver, we consider the best health care in this country, in my opinion and i think in many other's opinions. c.m.s. has had some of the best health care in the country and because we don't have a veterans hospital, we are trying to figure out a system to create better care, access is what it's about. if you are living in nome, alaska and come into anchorage into the clinics, you could spend lots of money. we have 800 veterans in nome, squea that are native and nonnative and built a new facility for indian health services. it is given the check to the tribal consortium that then delivers health care because of the work you did with our office, we now have access to veterans. they have a choice. can get the health care in their home or village and tell you story after story that has become very valuable or go to the clinic or go to seattle to the hospital. there was an access issue. because the care that the v.a. offers, we have great professionals. they work hard. i think the

none of the pups had burns but they are all being treated at the alaska zoo for porcupine wounds.efighters say these pups are very lucky to be alive. the 200,000-acre fire has already claimed the lives of several animals. these little pups will stay at the alaska zoo for the next couple of months. >>> firefighters in san jose are warning the public to be careful after battling a pair of fires. news chapper 2 was over at the seventh street exit as fire crews mopped up a brush fire there. a tree burned. there was a lot of smoke in the air. crews worked quickly to knock that fire down but it did cause traffic delays in the area. firefighters also battled a brush fire in the southern part of the city. the fire at kith never circle started add 4:45 yesterday afternoon. it was quickly put out and fortunately no one was hurt. >>> it's an honor once dominated by harvard but there is a new study out that says stanford apparently grabbed the top spot for america's it school. stanford had the nation's lowest under graduate acceptance rate for two years in a row. in five of the last six years

and, at least in the alaska, 60% of our incarcerated individuals are non-violent offenders.ey're not the people that scott was referring to, the vicious murderers and so on. so, and, there is a cost associated with incarcerating them. our state, we just opened a new prison last year. before that we housed a number of prisoners in colorado and through private contracts and so we brought all those people back home. but, it seems to me there is a transition occurring and general holder referred to it i think that, that's happening in the sense that people, including conservatives, fiscal conservatives, fiscal hawks are realizing there is a cost to being tough on crime and it's a cost, not only to state government but to society as a whole. and so, just in our state, which is very large, we have a small population, we tried to tackle this and one of the first things we did was try to get an inventory. we heard about collateral consequences and there's project going on, national inventory of collateral consequences of conviction project that's i think funded by the apa and admini

california woman with frightening story how she survived a vicious bear attack in alaska next assaulta wheelchair- bound student video that of oakland school security officer fired the twist and the story that has some serious coming to the guards defense. looking live from the golden gate bridge we see some low cloud coverage visibility not bad right now but is going to be tonight drizzle at the close line to all but a plus weekend details about security guards all wheelchair-bound teenager the man accused of handcuffing punching dumping the students out of his wheelchair and a hallway oakland hyde earlier this month surveillance some video security guard fired at facing criminal assault charge charles crawford reports. in five school districts the earlier vote during a security guard mitchell accused back to striking a student but two other security guards in a hallway at the time is reviewing their actions to make sure they acted accordingly get this point only one guard mitchell facing criminal charges. 23 year-old former oakland high school security guard mitchell see here the wh

alaska we had an access issue. we cannot afford to wait to catch them explain when there's a hospital right next-door. so we figured this out only have a new cap, which when you walk into the indian health care services company either be getting a same-day appointment is probably 75% or better. and when you come in, the question you brought up is the amount of elements summoned comes in with this different than the model designed years ago. too many elements for one individual. now when you come in, eye doctor, dentist, full health care, they resolve issues collectively rather than individually in the care quality is superb. you know, we've been pushing on the va to look at the model because that is how we've got to deal with all the illness of the individual had also same-day access to be a lot of scheduling routine appointment is outrageous. and so, maybe it's more of a statement, but i'd be interested in miniview where can i point carl e. and i did some debate on this. i veterans now who call me and tell me than

. >>> a sacramento woman attacked by a bear in the alaska wilderness, her quick thinking actions that she believes saved her life. gridlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. >>> stocks drifting lore, consumer spending fell .1% in april and the university of michigan fell more than expected. dow is down 9. nasdaq down 12. s&p is flat. >>> warning about a new scam targeting undocumented immigrants. they are asking for a thousand dollars to help undocumented immigrants obtain driver's licenses. some have even been posing as dmv workers and lawyers and selling false documents. the dmv will not issue driver's licenses for undocumented undocumented immigrants till januar

a tornado causes injury to north dakota while wildfires rage in california and alaska. nigeria says its located the nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped by islamic militants. the military says it can't use force to free them. as the nation remembers the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice on memorial day, president obama addresses the growing controversy surrounding the medical care of americans. >> we must do more for our veterans. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, may 27, 2014. >>> good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> a tornado in north dakota injured nine people, one of them critically. the storm hit an oil workers camp yesterday, destroying eight trailers where the workers lived. rescue crews are searching the debris but do not believe anyone is missing. >>> in central california this morning, a wildfire forced the evacuation of about 100 homes. it started in mariposa county, east of san francisco. at least 500 acres have burned. it's not known how the fire started. one building has been destroyed. so far, no injuries repo

fires are fairly common in alaska. but it's early for that and this year has been unusually warm and dry. this has just been one of several wildfires in alaska. >>> rescue teams were unable to find any trace of hikers missing. the slide is several hundred feet deep. it came down yesterday from mesa. the men were checking a clogged irrigation pipe when it happened. >>> a top nigerian military official says he knows where missing girls are located but says the military will not undertake any rescue mission that could endanger them. >> the good news for the girls is we know where they are but we cannot tell you. okay we cannot tell you military secrets. >> reporter: that news has not satisfied many nigerians that are angry at the army's inability to bring the girl's home. some escaped but over 200 others are still held captive. the group has threatened to sell them for as little as $12 each into slavery or forced marriage. >> the pope said he's planning to meet with sex abuse victims at the vatican next month. the pope ma

fires are fairly common in alaska. but it's early for that and this year has been unusually warm and dry. this has just been one of several wildfires in alaska. >>> rescue teams were unable to find any trace of hikers missing. the slide is several hundred feet deep. it came down yesterday from mesa. the men were checking a clogged irrigation pipe when it happened. >>> a top nigerian military official says he knows where missing girls are located but says the military will not undertake any rescue mission that could endanger them. >> the good news for the girls is we know where they are but we cannot tell you. okay we cannot tell you military secrets. >> reporter: that news has not satisfied many nigerians that are angry at the army's inability to bring the girl's home. some escaped but over 200 others are still held captive. the group has threatened to sell them for as little as $12 each into slavery or forced marriage. >> the pope said he's planning to meet with sex abuse victims at the vatican next month. the pope ma

the pups in the den were rescued and are being treated at a special unit at the alaska zoo. sadly, the parents have not been located. >>> when we come back, our salute to this year's class, the class of 2014. >>> finally tonight, what may be our favorite of all our annual traditions at "nightly news." we looked into our own archives today and discovered we have been at this, saluting college graduates this way for over 30 years, and to capture some of the best send-offs, our team deployed to campuses across this country. ♪ >> you will change the world. i want you to take the craziest dream you ever had and i want you to go after it. i don't want you to dream, i want you to do. >> class of 2014 is adventurous. >> inspirational. >> brilliant. >> ambitious. >> ready to make change in the world. [ cheers and applause ] >> this orientation is better for you. the audience, you achieve big things not with one big step but with many small steps. >> i feel on top of the world tonight. >> i feel relieved. >> we made it. >> graduates, smile because i'm taking a selfie. ♪ >> smile. >> i

almost 40 years ago, the first state decriminalized marijuana and that was alaska. since then, red and blue states alike have decriminalized marijuana from california, new york, mississippi, to nebraska. nothing is similar about these states except they have taken this particular step in keeping with what their local residents desired. yet the district of columbia is the only jurisdiction that has gotten a full-fledged hearing on its local decriminalization law. nothing distinguishes this law from the 18 states except the illegit power of the national government doing what the framers would make them turn over in their graves and that is to overturn the laws of locally elected officials in their own jurisdiction and go against every american principle of local control and local affairs. this hearing is standing out because it doesn't -- it flies in the face of what my republican colleagues often preach about devolving power back to local states and jurisdictions. this hearing does just the opposite and tries to snatch power by making the district of columbia vindica

the migration of gray whales from the waters off mexico to alaska's bering sea. in between a chance for a closeup view of thousands of whales and their calves. and this year in california that view is closer than usual. we get more tonight from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: even by the standards of the whale-rich california coastline, this was something. a gray whale venturing just yards from shore. a hot day with swimmers in the water, and neither they or the visitors seeming unhappy with the encounter. >> they started hanging out with the people and swimming next to them. it was insane. >> reporter: by one estimate, more than 11,000 gray whales make the trip from alaska in the fall down to bah dia california and back. there are occasional killer whales, blues, and humpbacks too. but the grays are the dependable show. doing the backstroke for this excursion boat in january. and often traveling in groups. calves and the odd dolphin in tow. this time so close to shore. >> i've never seen it with the swimmers. not next to them like that. that was the first time.

in this country and in alaska will be the ones who lose out. you recognize that the veterans will be on the back end of this. >> thank you, senator begi ch. >> senator? >> thank you. mr. secretary, your testimony, you said i invited an independent investigation by the office of inspector general to conduct a comprehensive review if there are any ideations, -- allegations. if they are substantiated by the responsible and timely action will be taken. how do you define response will and timely action? >> there is a process to be able to implement those findings. decisions regarding those substantiated findings. i will tell you i will be aggressive and assistance i can make it. there is a process here that is not entirely under my control. >> i am sure you are aware of the ig report regarding the mismanagement of inpatient mental health care at the atlanta the medical center that was released april 17 of last year. i am sure you are we're at the report regarding the unexpected patient deaths and the substance treatment program in the miami v.a. hea

the mom was no where to be found so the pups were taken to the alaska zoo for evaluation. they are believed to be five weeks old. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" history at the national spelling bee. >> a look at the contestant that represented the bay area in the finals. >>> it wasn't me. surprise. live shot of 101. i put the numbers out there, too. this is palo alto and talk about your south bay, give you a look at that, coming up. >>> can you spell t-i-e. for the first time in more than 50 years two boys took home the top prize at this year's national spelling bee. ansun sujoe of texas and sriram hathwar. it was a tie, the first tie since 1962. >> holy cow. >> pretty good. >> good for them. >>> even though she didn't win an eighth grader from cupertino made the bay area very proud. >> she made it to the finals in the national spelling bee. she did get tripped up with this word. >> t-a-g-l-i-o-n-e. >> so close. the last letter there. so, if you're not quite familiar with that word, which is all of us. an italian word for an old overcoat. a standing ovation as she w

airlines jet coming within a quarter of a mile plane over alaska.the latest in a string of near misses in the last few weeks. and in hollywood, brad pitt attacked on the red carpet. he was at angeline naps film premier when a prankster jumped the barrier hitting pitt in the face. the man was arrested and pitt escaped with just broken sunglasses. and former president george h.w. bush receiving honorary degree in harvard. president bush, a yale graduate. joining fellow harvard. former new york city mayor bloomberg and that's tonight's speed read. thank you for being with us tonight. don't forget to use your tvr series reporting sign a petition if you want it goes to the white house. >> tonight on "red eye." >> coming up on "red eye." have they found buck sexton's shaggin wagon. some say it should be sent to the junkyard. how did joe biden describe the disney princess night-light he received? >> it is brand-new and gigantic, gigantic and that is an incredible gift. >> and who makes for a better music, an orangutan on a swroi law phone or -- on a xyloph

. >> well, a massive wild fire is burning south of anchorage, alaska. there's ice in lake superior, it's just craze sid weather. >> the ice coverage is down to about 1%, guys, from the 90 plus percent that we've seen. it's interesting, because the temperatures have warmed up well into the 90s fahrenheit in spots, at least, but the ice is still on the water areas in spots. i want to show you what's happening in southern alaska. a widespread area. some 175,000 acres of land have been charred across this region. what is now the community impacted about a three hour drive south of anchorage. a video coming out to show you the expansive nature of this. of course, you begin to approach the summer months. you get almost an entire daylight hour there taking place where you can be outside all the way throughout the late night and into the early morning hours and vacationers make their plans to get out to this region. now, we have this active fire taking place. what i can tell you is that rainfall in the forecast, and that's certainly going to improve the conditi

. >>> this morning the ntsb is investigating a close call over the skies in alaska. an alaskan airlines jet was approaching the anchorage airport tuesday when the controller told the 737 to go around. turns out a cargo plane was taking off from the same run way the passenger jet was trying to land on. the two planes came within a quarter mile of each other. the alaskan airlines jet with 148 people on board landed safely. >>> and president obama wants congress to approve a $5 billion fund to help other countries fight terrorism. the president outlined his vision for post-war foreign policy during the commencement speech at the u.s. military academy. he says terrorism remains the most direct threat to u.s. security but not every problem has a military solution. craig boswell reports. >> class of 2014, dismissed! >> reporter: president obama told the newly commissioned officers from the u.s. military academy their class will be different from those that came before them. >> you are the first class to graduate since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in iraq or afghani

wildfires in remote parts of alaska are not unusual. an average of a million acres burn each fire season. >>> president obama returns to washington this morning following a quick unscheduled visit to afghanistan. on the way home, the president talked to afghan president hamid karzai about the withdrawal of u.s. forces. wendy gillette reports on mr. obama's visit. >>> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> reporter: president obama got a rousing welcome from hundreds of soldiers after making a secret trim to bagram airfield in afghanistan just before memorial day. >> i know i'm a little late. i was in the neighborhood and thought i would stop by. >> reporter: news of the visit to the largest military base happened only after he landed. he shook hands with troops after he promised there would be limited presence of the military in the country starting in 2015. >> america's war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end. >> reporter: president obama also met with military leaders on the ground telling them that dec

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. >>> to alaska now where hundreds of people have been forced from their homes as a large fire keeps growing. the fire on kenai peninsula south of anchorage is now about 218 square miles. the size of that blaze is not unusual for alaska, but the state does not usually see such large fires this early in the season. >>> severe weather is on the move this memorial day across much of the south and midwest. flood watches and warnings are posted across texas as thunderstorms and downpours march eastward. accuweather's molly cochran has the latest memorial day forecast. >> if you have this memorial day holiday off, break out the shorts and t-shirts. feeling more like summertime across the northeast. temperatures well into the 80s from new york city to boston. don't get too comfortable, though, as we will see a cooler trend pushing its way into the new england states on tuesday then making its way into much of the northeast by wednesday. different story across the south central picking up some heavy rainfall on monday. want to keep a watchful eye to the sky as we can expect some thunderstorm

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in alaska the democrat in the senate race there mark beg bs gich was help by republicans many the alaska state legislature. they made decisions closing out their session that will probably put on ballot the issue of raising the minimum wage and legalizing pot, two items expected to pass alaska if they are on the bat lot and they could drive up voter turn out for voter who is are likely to vote democratic. that's good news for democratic u.s. senator beg gs gich who would be giving everyone a raise. that's a comfortable place to be on a ballot. the democrat running for re-election in colorado, senator mark uda will recollect l got good news. his opponent is named cory gardner who has a long history of supporting and sponsoring anti-abortion he measures that would ban the pill and other methods of conception as well as criminalizing abortion. since he decided to run for senate in colorado he has changed his position on the bills. he's now tying to con since the state that he's not against contraception. that's why last week was a good week for mark uda ll. he's been pushing the issue about

alaska, arkansas, louisiana, north carolina where we have incumbents in red states. they're ahead in each one. even kay hagen is ahead by two, but she's had $12 million of unanswered commercials against her. and she hasn't even begun to put on her positives or go after her opponent whoever it's going to be negatives. so i think if you look -- this is how it always is. nationally it looks better for republicans right now. mainly because middle class incomes are declining. what we talked about here. and the public is sour. >> all right. >> but state by state looks much better for us. we will keep the senate. >> texas governor rick perry -- i want you to stay for this one -- has been mentioned among potential 2016 contenders. >> good luck. >> is being candid about -- my god. senator schumer. >> last time i checked, he's not on any rolls in republican primaries. rick perry is just fine. he talked about his disappointing bid for 2012. but he also suggested the door is far from closed for a political comeback. >> you ran in 2012. a lot of people thought that was a botched

in this country and in alaska will be the ones who lose out. you recognize that the veterans will be on the back end of this. >> thank you, senator begi ch. >> senator? >> thank you. mr. secretary, your testimony, you said i invited an independent investigation by the office of inspector general to conduct a comprehensive review if there are any ideations, -- allegations. if they are substantiated by the responsible and timely action will be taken. how do you define response will and timely action? >> there is a process to be able to implement those findings. decisions regarding those substantiated findings. i will tell you i will be aggressive and assistance i can make it. there is a process here that is not entirely under my control. >> i am sure you are aware of the ig report regarding the mismanagement of inpatient mental health care at the atlanta the medical center that was released april 17 of last year. i am sure you are we're at the report regarding the unexpected patient deaths and the substance treatment program in the miami v.a. hea

the latest happened on tuesday over anchorage in alaska. alaska airlines flight inbound from portland, oregon, was about to land at anchorage international airport when the pilot was ordered to avert an outbound cargo jet. both of those pilots veered in the same direction, coming within just a quarter-mile of each other. >>> the first time we're hearing from the parents of elliot rodger, the usb student who killed six in last week's rampage. not yet ready to face cameras, the family issued this statement. we are crying in pain for the victims and their families. it breaks our hearts on a level we didn't think possible. the feeling of knowing that it was our son's actions that caused the tragedy can only be described as hell on earth. in santa barbara last night, dozens of surfers took to the waters on surfboards to honor the memory of those that were killed in last week's rampage. >>> well, word is that donald sterling's wife, shelly, has received a handful of big-money bids for the l.a. clippers. sources tell espn that those bids are all i

in alaska it's worse. they are moving an entire village called nutoch away from the eroding shoreline. if that's not scary enough for you, if we wait until the end of the century, miami, tampa, charleston, new orleans, will all be flooding. i guess we're going to have to move them, too. is that your strategy, the republican strategy, to start moving cities, or are we going to do something about it? >> you have to be careful, you're about to become the new face of the preppers. sounds like a cottage industry there. in the "crossfire" tonight, bill nye the science guy is with the planetary society and nicolas loras with the heritage foundation. bill, let me start with you. even if what van and the white house are saying is all true, the scare tactics have not worked. >> before you go on -- >> let me finish my question. >> let's talk about the facts. >> no, let me finish my question, bill. i want you to take a look at this polling. only about 36% of americans think global warming is a serious threat to our wa

things, first during a wildfire season they have 4,000 square kilometers of wildfires across the alaska but also we have had a very dry spring across the region and, in fact, drought has been a factor here as well and looking at states like texas where it's been going on for quite a long time and alaska and lack of rainfall has been an issue but there is likely to be changes coming in the next day or so certainly in the forecast and looking at fairly heavy rain beginning to move in across the region and the temperatures are up and fair banks is 19 and going to 20 degrees and really across the region there should be enough rain to dampen down the fire. >> reporter: thanks for that and coming up, on al jazeera people francis addresses what he calls an ugly crime and says the church has zero tolerance for abuse. a woman sentenced to death for marrying a christian and given birth to a baby girl and we are alive in cartoon on the latest on her judicial appeal. the miami heat on the brink of another finals appearance. that is coming up. ♪ time to look at the headline making stories on al jaze

we know alaska leans republican. sometimes heavily.re several republicans running in the primary. the current front runner is dan sullivan, a former cabinet official in the state of alaska and also worked in washington. that's going to be a close race just like six years ooh ago when begich won but a few thousand votes over ted stephens. >> will this be a wave election that carries the republicans to a larger majority in the house and they take the senate. >> i think there will be a larger republican majority in the house. it's too early to say how much larger. right now my crystal ball web site has republicans picking up five to eight seats and in the senate, very close. i think republicans are going to pick up seats. the minimum they'll pick up is around four. they need six to take control. they could go to eight or more if there is a way, and we never see a wave coming until late september or october. so, we'll just have to wait on that part of it. >> we can wait. thank you very much. >>> they're comping, wildfires, droughts, hurric

airlines jet coming within a quarter of a mile plane over alaska. the latest in a string of near misses in the last few weeks. and in hollywood, brad pitt attacked on the red carpet. he was at angeline naps film premier when a prankster jumped the barrier hitting pitt in the face. the man was arrested and pitt escaped with just broken sunglasses. and former president george h.w. bush receiving honorary degree in harvard. president bush, a yale graduate. joining fellow harvard. former new york city mayor bloomberg and that's tonight's speed read. thank you for being with us tonight. don't forget to use your tvr series reporting sign a petition if you want it goes to the white house. >>> the reporting live factor is on. tonight: >> he is a very very weak president maybe the weakest. certainly in my lifetime. whether you agree with dick cheney about president obama, there is no question that leadership in america is on the decline. tonight, we will tell you why. >> we are strong and well-equipped to restore prosperity here at home to deal with the canc

the obama coalition is not going to get you alaska, louisiana. >> it's going to get you 45% maybe inrkansas. if they do a registration campaign with african-americans and things like that. >> they have the colorado/north carolina, which is the turn out our base issue and then they have the get out -- actually have our candidates be able to persuade those especially white voters who voted for mitt rom y romney. what is motivating democrats to turn out in a year looking at the fact that people who are the most pessimistic about the economy are part of that same base, minorities, women, younger people. how are you going to get them to turn out when they feel like things are so bad? >> what's the deliverable? republicans are telling their base why they want to turn out. got to stop obama, you got to stop the health care law, you got to stop these things. they have a way to rally their base. what is the great rally cry for the democratic party? >> i would add, by the way, what you've seen this week with benghazi is another rallying cry. >> this is the save lindsay graham senate seat. it g