on the installation side which we coordinate with cal fire and the navy we have annual exercise and we hit that every springtime prior to the fire season. i think what's also, it's important to remember that although it was stressed, the military members are members of the community as well so let's not forget that as far as active duty. although we're transient in nature, sometimes we're in deployment, many of us are home owners and we live in that community. we are part of that community as well. just like the guard, we have an interest in protecting our friends and neighbors. sustainment is, it's important to us and we'll maintain it especially on the region side. we're able to have these long-standing relationships while the operating force side goes forward and supports the on-going efforts, we are able to stay back here and sustain those relationships. >> just to follow on that, the navy squadrons that provide fire fighting capability are a combination of active and reserve components. one benefit of reserve components is more longevity is pilots in the squadrons. you may have pe

came in there and after the navy came in there. a lot of fishing was close to 1,000 fishing boat was grounded and it was part of our job to put them in the water again. so heavy lift cranes are absolutely mandatory to have a safe place to move them and to start working. and because as i mentioned to you before, the ships cannot be, get into the port directly, so we make, we pier side two ships floating and all transfer of the cargo was through (inaudible) as you can see we deliver that assistance to different coastal communities. we use the marines to do that so no problem. as you see in the photograph below, you can see that the only way to get it in there was with rubber boats, not any more with the lft's that you used to or we used to get into. so we act, we are participating very active for 23 days, 18 of that at sea with these numbers. and that was what we did. in terms of lessons learned, as admiral nathan said, no one is prepared for an event of such magnitude, so you have to take many things in account but with a guitar in y

. >>> today, the pentagon will announce when women can train as army rangers and navy s.e.a.l.s. >>> plus, cops bust a crime ring. incredible details when "early today" returns. >>> welcome back. here are some stories making news. chuck hagel is set to announce new roles for women in the military. women could begin training as army rangers by 2015 and navy s.e.a.l.s a year later. >>> the owners of seven-11 stores have been charged with concealing undocumented workers. conditions for author employees were like a modern day plantation system dating back as far as 2,000. >>> new research says cheating yourself of a full night sleep can have long-term downsides. it can put you at risk for short life expectancy as well as heart and kidney complication peps. >>> a filmmaker has been convicted after sending his 167-year-old nephew into an intersection with a fake grenade launcher. >>> and the doctor is in. barbra streisand has received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from the hebrew university of professionalism. it was given to you after her dedication to israel and the jewish people.

and that that navy would be charged with maintaining the freedom of those sea lanes. we had, of course, to be concerned as to whether there would be a challenge for that. we observed that the rise and shine has more energy needs for more energy than they can produce themselves, and to maintain the economic growth which they believe is essential. we observed that the south china sea is a potential source of energy supplies for china and that there is a contention among the nations in that region as to where the ownership and rights of access are to the south china sea. and this is conceivable that china might seek to reestablish its claim there by military coercion and that could lead them into a confrontation with the united states' desire to maintain free access. the best way of avoiding that military conflict is what we should see because the military conflict with china would be catastrophic for both nations, indeed for the whole region. so, we want to avoid that. i believe the best way of avoiding that is by maintaining a -- continuing to maintain a strong naval pr

. >>> in the meantime, today the pentagon will announce when women can train as army rangers and navy s.e.a.l.s. >>> plus, 7-eleven workers, get this, being forced to put in 100-hour workweeks and treat it like plantation workers? we have those details when "early today" returns. >>> welcome back. defense secretary chuck hague cell set to announce new roles for women in the military. women could begin training as army rangers by 2015 and navy s.e.a.l.s a year later. >>> the owners of 14 7-eleven stores have been charged with fraud, identity theft and concealing undocumented workers. authorities say conditions for those employees were like, quote, a modern day plantation system. dating back to 2000. >>> new research shows cheating yourself of a full night's sleep can have long-term down sides. unfortunately, i know that. sleep specialists at two american universities found it can put you at risk for shortened life expectancy and heart and kidney complications. so get your sleep, folks. >>> a phoenix filmmaker has been convicted after sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersect

women could begin training as army rangers by 2015 and navy s.e.a.l.s a year later. >>> the owners of-eleven stores have been charged with fraud, identity theft and concealing undocumented workers. conditions for those employees were like a, quote, modern day plantation system dating back as far as 2000 >>> new research says cheating yourself of a full night sleep can have long-term downsides. it can put you at risk for short life expectancy as well as heart and kidney complications. >>> the doctor is in. barbra streisand has received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from the hebrew university of jerusalem. it was given to you after her dedication to israel and the jewish people. for your first look at business. >>> futures in the stock market are higher after stocks rose monday. even as investors continued playing the guessing game after what the federal reserve will do. an article in "the new york times" says the fed may cut back on its stimulus plan. that doesn't mean a raise in the index will follow. chrysler says the jeeps are safe. regulators can threaten chrysler with legal

>> yes, and then the navy developed one but the marines said it looked too much like theirs so they told them not to use it and the navy agreed to not use it. it's been a real kind of bizarre turn of events. >> but it has been billions of dollars that have been cost. for example the army did feel the uniform didn't work particularly well and it was withdrawn and a new one was fielded. how is the pentagon responding to this and -- to this push and what are the troops saying about the prospect of losing, you know, what some consider to be a cherished uniform now? >> i think that the pentagon is just reluctant to infringe on what's always been kind of a services prerogative to have the uniform that they want and they have -- they have been dragging their feet a little bit. they were supposed to develop some specific standards and, you know, they are budding up against the deadline now and the standards they are putting out are vague like they have to -- you know, it has to be just sort of textile standards. but -- >> how did the troops respond? >> the marines are very propriety over their u

and he's going to talk to us now about navy medicine. with that, please help me welcome vice admiral matthew nathan. (applause). >> thank you, general, very much. well, it's a pleasure here and i'm honored to be able to speak in front of such a distinguished audience. secretary schultz, mrs. schultz, pleasure it see you and you lend tremendous gaffe tas to this program. general spees, distinguished flag officers, general officers and mostly everybody here who is in the readiness business, i am honored to be speaking to a group of people and that would include i think everybody in this hanger deck who is part of that cadre of individuals who when bad things happen and everybody runs out, your job is to run in. it doesn't get better than this coming out here. the a's are in, the giants are in. back in dc's the national's had the best -- who would have thunk it. and being on this ship, skipper pringle, congratulations on a great ship and a superb crew. as you get higher up in the navy you get less and less opportunity to be on a ship as i he

navy and the philippine navy would like towards mutual interests and concerns. >> reporter: this location of this year's exercise is near a shoal claimed by both china and the philippines. chinese boats retain effective control of the small group of rocky islets keeping away philippine vessels. china's military is far larger and more powerful than that of the philippine's. manila is hurrying to modernize its armed forces. the philippine navy acquired the warship from the united states and will use it in these exercises for the first time. also on thursday, the philippine military announced a plan to build new naval facilities at subic bay. china issued a quick response. >> translator: china charges the philippines and regional countries to meet one another half way to make joint efforts to maintain trust between countries, make positive effort toward regional peace and security and play a constructive role. >> reporter: during these exercises, military personnel will practice storming an unknown vessel and seizing its crew. but the biggest benefit for the philippines will be the opportuni

. >>> women may be able to start training as army rangers by mid-2015 and as navy s.e.a.l.s a year later under a new pentagon plan. the plan being made public today calls for men and women to meet the same mental and physical standards for certain front line positions across all branches of the military. the chairman of the joint chiefs has said there is a link between sexual assaults in the military and the ban on women in front lines. >> investigators now believe colorado's most destructive wildfire ever was human caused. but they still don't know exactly how it started. the fire is now 75% contained after destroying 500 homes. thousands of people have been allowed to return to their neighborhoods but residents of the most damaged areas are still being kept out. >>> and the wildfire in northern california has forced the evacuation of at least 150 homes. more than 700 firefighters have been battling that blaze near yosemite national park since sunday. that one is only 15% contained. in addition to the hot, dry weather steep terrain and narrow access roads are making it extra difficult t

. >> women can train to be army rangers by 2015 and navy seals a year later. women and men have to meet the same physical and mental standards. leon panetta opened all jobs open to women. >> and, another milestone in the nearly 12-year war in afghanistan. the president says his country's armed forces are taking over the lead from security from the u.s. led nato coalition. this marks another turning point which will now move entirely into a supporting role. it opens the way for a full withdraw in 18 month. >> a flame will be lit to celebrate jfk's heritage. the flame will be taken to a memorial in ireland where his ancestors left for america. the nsa week. hear how president obama is defending the program and what the >> it's 4:37. in business news, chrysler and officials continue to stare each other down. >> are your tastebuds ready for watermelon oreos? mine are not. we're joined in new york with more. >> hello, brad and jummy. chrysler has until midnight to respond to requests of two million jeeps. chrysler says jeep grand cherokees and liberty suvs made over

and filed charges. >>> three members of the u.s. navy football academy team are accused of raping a female midshipman and the academy superintendent has decided to follow the recommendation of the prosecutors and file formal charges. the victim didn't want her face shown or name made public but did speak with jeff glor of cbs news and told him she was raped last year at an off campus party in annapolis but admits she had been drinking heavily. >> the people that i was completely unaware of. >> reporter: do you remember anything? >> i remember just waking up in certain spots, but i do not ever remember any of the assaults or sexually engaging any of these individuals. >> reporter: did you know these men? >> yes. >> reporter: all three of them? >> yes. >> reporter: you said you had a lot to drink and you don't really remember anything. how then can you be so sure of what happened? >> well, one, i have outside witnesses. the attackers had bragged about it. they had told me to my face. >> the naval academy said sex assault is a crime and has

it's looking the fema operations and we're trying to getty folks from fema and the navy and the private sector. if you look at the other side of the briefing sheet i you can see some of the agencies listed. so again that's may 15 that's next wednesday and we're looking forward to seeing you folks there. any questions? >> thank you jill any questions? we look forward to it and i know we'll see many of you. we're going to give ail m r e's instead of hotdogs. if there's no questions we'll move on 80 and go to our administrator. thank you >> good afternoon, everyone the lifeline council is made up of any of our department heads that are critical to restoring san francisco after an emergency and also allow our utility agrees to get our telecommunications back up and running our water and sewer. our objectives are to improve the planning and restoration and he establish collaborations and recovery following a major disaster. we've got a huge independent study and we talked about our tangible story where we collectively worked with pg&e additional solving one our of of their issues and support

democratize the model not to atomize us all into independent states every state will have an army and navy and air force the chain of embassies around the world will have bureaucracies will have a flag and a border and the temptations with borders is that you stand out the shouting blue johnny foreigner that's what's wrong with the farache ukip perspective for the u.k. and it's what's wrong with the alex um and s. and p. perspective for so let's talk about this idea of socialism for a second because if again if i'm understanding correctly you're saying you're suggesting or what i'm hearing is that in scotland case it wouldn't necessarily work but you're not saying us that sort of blanket condemnation of socialism as such because of course there's the way that people view the world typically as they and they break it into two opposing ideologies socialism and capitalism i don't think you could i could safely put you in the camp of a capitalist know so under the very crude definitions that we are forced to live with unfortunately in this day and age there's usually that split socialism capit

serving in iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l. who knew beck said he had a stellar reputation. by the time he retired in 2011, he had a long list of medals and commendations including the bronze star and purple heart. but for 20 years, while fighting for his country, he was fighting an inner battle, a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman. which is what he started doing when he retired in 2011. chris beck is now kristin beck, she's currently on hormone replacement therapy and feels like she's becoming the person she was always meant to be. it's been a long journey to get to this point. she's written a book about her experience called "warrior princess," hoping to help others. it comes after the u.s. department of defense repealed its don't ask, don't tell, but gender identity has nothing to do with sexuality. the combat veteran would not be allowed to serve in the military as she lives her life today. how far back have you felt like this? >> i would say since grade school

in the hour ahead, you're going to meet somebody who has demonstrated bravery time and time again as a u.s. navy s.e.a.l., a person who served this country for 20 years, and now is showing another kind of strength, living as the woman she felt she's always been. this is her story, from chris to kristen, a navy s.e.a.l.'s secret. he enlisted in 1990, with the dream of joining the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, one of the toughest, fittest and most secretive forces in the u.s. military. he realized that dream serving 20 years with the s.e.a.l.s, serving in iraq and afghanistan. a former navy s.e.a.l. who knew beck said he had a stellar reputation. by the time he retired in 2011, he had a long list of medals and commendations including the bronze star and purple heart. but for 20 years, while fighting for his country, he was fighting a battle over his gender identity. chris beck wanted to live his life openly and honestly as a woman. which is what he started doing when he retired in 2011. chris beck is now kristen beck, and feels like she's becoming the person she was always meant to be. it's been a long jou

marine corps and the u.s. navy. that is what we do. it is paid for. there are still bills out there and we are still building new pieces of equipment, but this is what we do. we do not need an air field. we'll need to step on one of our allies sovereign territory. quite honestly, we sail around the world and interact with nations and build relationships that cannot be surged in the time of conflict. relationships are important to build trust right now. that is what we do. and things become a little bit questionable, we can pull off the coast. there is nothing that sends the same signal as three amphibious ready ships full of 2500 marines. not necessarily doing anything, but everybody understands the seriousness of what could take place. in my experience, it has a calming effect. so there is an engagement responsibility, that our nation needs to acknowledge. while we are drawing down and we want to come back to the u.s. and reinvest ourselves inside the department of defense and inside our nation, the question for me is, what is that balance between the

the army and navy have their bar fights. i did not see this as being a game, or a community. supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. i did not have a stable household. many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. in their return, the block i gave up -- this is who i looked up to. he had a notorious reputation. there was the violence and in return, we had the pros and cons for that. a lot of people would mess with me because of who my father was -- to my brother was. they became my enemies. it was not a choice. this is just how was. let's go get him. and it comes to the place, you get tired of running. i did not see this as being wrong. what people defined as a gang, that must be a gang member right there. i have tattoos on my arm and neck and hand, and none of them are getting associated. they all tell personal story in my life. somebody would say that this is a gang member. there would be the artistic side. i think that this comes to a place where there has to be a level of understanding. they have the school system and the polit

women could begin training as army rangers and navy seals by 2016. according to details of the pentagon plan released to nbc news, since january, when then secretary of defense leon panetta lifted a ban on women serving in combat roles, change in the military has come gradually. elizabeth gill is an attorney for the aclu of northern california. she represents four women who filed a federal lawsuit in san francisco last fall, demanding the department of defense lift all restrictions on women serving in combat units. >> women have been serving in combat roles on the ground and in iraq and afghanistan, and have been serving alongside men in ground combat positions even in units. >> i'm a combat search and rescue helicopter pilot. >> women are still not granted access to those elite military training schools. and thousands of positions remain close to them. opponents say it's better to keep the direct ground combat unit all male. >> there is not one test study, report or military experience that shows that women are the physical equals of men. >> to qual

and political heavyweights on both sides come out in force. we'll talk with the republican candidate, former navy seal and businessman gabriel gomez. it is a fox news sunday exclusive. plus a wild week on wall street after the fed announces plans to wind down the economic stimulus. we will ask our sunday panel about fear in the financial markets. and our power player of the week. overseeing the only national park for the performing arts. all right now on fox news sunday. hello again from fox news in washington. nsa leaker edward snowden is on the move today. with the u.s. seeking snowden's extradition, hong kong authorities let him leave the country reportedly on a flight to moscow. russia news agencies say he is booked on a flight from moscow to cuba monday. joining us to discuss the snowden case and the split in the gop on immigration reform are two leading republicans. senator lyndsay graham is a member of the gang of eighth leading the push for reform and senator mike lee opposes legislation and he is the author of a new e book, "why john roberts was wrong about health care" and both are memb

official say women may begin training for jobs in army ranger and navy seal units by the middle of 2015. earlier this year then secretary of defense leon pineta order all jobs be opened to women lls a specific request was made. >>> news time 4:38 and 30 years ago today sally ride was the first to fly in space. june 18th, 1983 ride made history when she blasted into orbit aboard the challenger. she went back again in 1984 after retiring from nasa she works as physics professor and founded a company. she passed away from cancer last summer. >>> the anniversary comes as nasa class of astronauts make history of their own. of the 8 new astronauts half are women, the highest number. they were picked from pool of more than 6,000. they will report for duty in august at johnson space center in houston. >>> now, maryland's most accurate forecast. >> let's talk about the temperatures this morning. we are seeing 77 degrees right now in baltimore city. 72 in elk ridge and ellicott city we are at 71 in cockeysville. woodbine you are coming in at 69 degrees and the temperatures are not going to raise

but -- and in the air force, army and navy, you have women flying combat aircraft so they have proven. but many men cannot pass the rigorous test to get into the army rangers or the navy s.e.a.l.s, so it is no surprise thatle many women wouldn't be able to do it either. >> well, but, mick, i guess my question is, if they're not changing the standards by which one is accepted into the elite forces, and if women can in fact pass the physical tests and requirements, what's the argument to not opening up that process to them? >> the question is, are they able to pass the test. nobody's proven that yet. >> jim, you don't see serena williams could pass the s.e.a.l. test? serena williams could pass the s.e.a.l. test better than 08% of the men in the military. >> let's be serious. >> i am being serious! >> there's no question that there are individuals within the military, men and women, who can pass the rigorous tests. >> and why shouldn't they be allowed to serve? >> the problem is, if that number is very small, then you have to turn over that entire system and accommodate -- or turn over t

and the first part of a much anticipated addition to russia's navy set sail for france and a joint project expected to revitalize ties between the two nations and. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina josh and welcome to the program. now the president of ecuador says it's now up to russia to decide were edward snowden ands up stressing that the south american nation is unable to process the whistleblower's request for political asylum unless it can reach ecuadorian soil the man behind one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history is believed to remain stuck in the transit area of a moscow airport artie's medina carcinoma has the details aqua door and president that a fire in an interview to the media said that the final destination off mr snowden now lies in the hands of russia ascii is still in the transit zone at the shaman to the international airport base here in moscow now this announcement comes in the wake of for recent telephone conversation between the aqua door and president but if a got out and u.s. vice president joe biden where app would work

to become army rangers in two years and navy seals the year after but they would have to meet the same standards as men. other combat units would also be open to both sexes in a couple of years. plans have been objected by defense secretary chuck hagel. >> nasa has chosen four men and four women to train to be astronauts out of 6,000 applicants and one of them is from the bay area. nicole is from penngrove from sonoma county. she is graduate from stanford. she and others chosen could take place to an as destroyed and mars. late salary ride was also a stanford graduate. >> outs with the old, shark tank prepares for it's new that names. >> and the mother of all homes. >> and airlines get a >>> live look at golden gate bridge traffic. a little fog and low clouds. we'll check in with layla and find out what the weather forecast looks like. >> what are you doing tonight? >> probably watching game 6 of the n.b.a. finals. >> like a lot of other people. san antonio spurs will capture their fifth title, to see they do. of our coverage begins at 5:30 on abc7. that will be followed by after the g