and the redevelopment agency in 2004, it set consistent clean up process and requires the navy to achieve the regulatory concurrence with the federal and state go agencies before you they off the parcels and created a unique papering or participating with the decision-making process next slide oh, that's it so that's again, the official of the shipyard and the demonstration and the navy parcels you've seen and in your packet so as we've mentioned expensive oversight of the navy's work the 3 main agencies have the regulatory authority to ask the navy to do more or stop what they're doing the main duty that the environmental protection action and the california water control board in addition to other state agencies play an important rule did you want is the agency that is impounded and reviews and provides oversight and sign off for the radiology issues and the bay area insures the navy does proper dust control and the roll in the development for the same issues in addition as we've mentioned the city has been reviewing all this information i personally have been working on this

or our navy. and truth -- the truth that you know as well as i do, it iss not only are you on the seas. i've been in and out of afghanistan and iraq over 27 times. i've seen you. i've seen young navy captains and fobs high up in the konar valley. i've watched marines throw themselves in harm's way in iraq and afghanistan. 35,000 of you marines 5,000 sailors at this moment, are deployed ashore in conflict areas. you are everywhere. there is a second reason why you remain so vital to us as if what i have just said were not enough. we also look to you to keep the global economy afloat because the oceans are the vital avenue of commerce, and we depend on the united states navy to protect the sea lanes. people sometimes think in this day and age of global commerce -- think in terms of the internet and air travel. but you know the reality. at this moment, 80% of all the commerce in the world is in the back -- in the back of a container ship. that remains -- that remains the backbone of world commerce. 90% o

he discusses his enlistment in the navy and experiences as an aircraft carrier pilot. this interview was conducted in 2003. >> i flew for the navy. >> what rank did you start with? representative ralph hall: we got our wings one morning, and i got my wife that night. we got married the same night i got my wings. we were commissioned. the first promotion was lieutenant. i always wanted to stay until i got to be a commander where my wife would have to call me commander but i didn't get this day that long. >> being in the navy, when did you enlist or did you join? representative rahall: december of night 1942. they had some major battles by that time. actually, i started out at the university of texas and roberts hall. that was flight prep. we went from there to memphis for another flight prep, athens, georgia for the strange part of it, kind of like boot camp. we were stationed there at the university of georgia. 20 of us were picked up from austin texas and sent to texas christian university on an experiment that didn't work. they wanted us to start flying 260 horsepower

are dealing with radiation. >> reporter: he wants an independent third party to monitor the navy contractors. and he's not alone. in an e-mail to the navy in february another state regulator wrote about the chronic issue of navy radiation contractors making errors and suggested independent oversight personnel. they asked whether their license would be suspended or revoked. >> if there are continuous violations, why would you allow them to have this privilege to be there and to make this huge profit? >> reporter: according to the company website, they have won $300 million in navy contracts to clean up hunters point over the past decade. no one from tetrotech, the health department or the navy would speak to us on camera. the state health department wrote it is broadly concerned about all the buildings affected by this issue. now the navy is negotiating just how much testing tetrotech needs to do to ensure the 22 buildings have been properly scanned and that they're safe. >> are they going to be held accountable? are they paying for this? not the tax payers they have no business for paying for som

the navy said in a statement that they have found nothing. and now the navy is negotiating just how much testing tetra tech needs to do. >> are they going to be held accountable? are they paying for this? the taxpayers have no business paying for somebody else's mistakes. >> the navy declined to tell us how much the new surveys will cost and who will pay for them. and the lingering question is why does the navy continue to work with someone who's had this many issues. >> they recently settled the case with the whistle blowers and we'll keep asking the questions. >> 1-996-tips or directly to the unit at nbc bay area.com. >>> i want to jump right into what we can expect tomorrow morning so you can plan out the first part of your day. patchy low clouds and no rainfall just yet. you'll even see in our microclimate forecast we're not expecting any throughout the day. and that will put san jose at 63 degrees. and pacifica 38 degrees. and we get the breeze kicking up and it could feel like 40s for a few moments. cloud cover increasing the most and no wa

and their condition is very, very weak. they are here at a temporary shelter after they were rescued by fishermen, initially indonesia navy andsia navy rejected them but now the action is authorities are helping them giving them medical assistance. great relief when they finally manage to call their families and tell them they are live. they were very lucky they met the fishermen first before indonesia navy because they said until now they will send away every boat that will answer the water and give humanitarian assistance at sea but will not accept it here. it's hard to imagine what the people went through three months on the boat bringing smallest children on this horrific and very dangerous journey where they were facing fighting they were facing hunger and facing this and now a very uncertain future in indonesia. >>> the united states has urged thailand to shelter muslims who fled persecution of man maryann 6,000 of them are in boats in indinosha, malaysia and tie land and we have a report from bangkok. >> reporter: there may be as many as 8,000 people on boats right across the sea and the straits but one particular boat

the torpedo bomber was very slow, poorly armored and was often shot down. the navy try to develop a better torpedo bomber and grumman and there's ready. it was on display december 7, 1941. during that open house some navy and local politicians got worried about -- got word about pearl harbor being attacked and decided they had to tell everyone who was there when it happened and on the delivery they said this plan will help us win the war and we have not named this plane but we will name it the avenger. that was spur of the moment having named the plane that day. president bush: it had great appeal to me. i asked to be trained for torpedo bombers. it was risky, of course, but that was the territory at those days. john: president george h.w. bush came here after he got his wings, he got them in corpus christi. he was here in 1943, probably may to september of 1943. he was in this room. he has not been back to this building since then. he has been back to the base and the building he lived in across the street, has been torn down in 1988. he lived there, and when he wa

initially, the indonesian navy and the malasian navy rejected them but now giving l medical assistance they have been able to call their families to tell them they're alive. they are very lucky they met the fishermen before they met the indonesian navy. the indonesian navy will give humanitarian assistance at sea but not accept them here. it is hard to imagine the ordeal these people went to traveling by boat where they were facing fighting, they were facing hunger they were facing thirst and now they are facing a very uncertain future in indonesia. >> the united states has asked indonesia to house 6,000 displaced rohingya, being forced back out in the ocean with barely any food or water. veronica pedrosa joins us. >> they are in a very dangerous condition. this is a situation that has been accumulatingment months. it became clear by the people who research this sort of migration, they monitor this every year, and we knew that thousands of people were out at sea. there were warnings to everybody involved that there were offshore camps as they were called at the time, now as we've seen

and you are approaching our military alert zone. >> a showdown in the skies, and chinese navy warning the u.s. to stop. only cnn is there. >>> plus a family tortured and killed and their home set on fire. a d.c. murder mystery and now a suspect thanks to a pizza delivery. let's talk live in the cnn "newsroom." >>> good morning. i am carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. an ancient city falls and a new enemy enemy surges and today residents tell us that isis fighters are going door to door hunting down government soldiers and likely next in the crosshairs irreplaceable antique wau tease. we have seen how isis deals with anything it deems a false idol. >> we are deeply concerned about isil's attacks on the syrian city which holds the ruins of paul meira. there are different reports of what is happening there, so it's hard for us to nail down exactly what is happening on the ground so this is something we are following and we are concerned about it obviously, and it has been caught in the cross fire about sometime, and we will speak about it and beyond that i am not s

he describes the 1893 world's fair in chicago and the expansion of the u.s. navy as ways that america began to build an international presence. this class is about an hour and 10 minutes. prof. suri: we are going to talk about america's emergence as a global power. the transformations that occurred in the united states in the late 19th century. transformations that change the united states from being one country distant from the center of international conflicts and activities into becoming a central actor. not the most dominant actor, not the most powerful, but now an essential actor by the late 19th century and the ways in which international affairs were conducted in a country to be reckoned with in international space. one way to think about this is that the united states goes from being a continental power after the civil war where we started this course, to being a power and out with international range that it did not have before with a whole new set of problems that were related, but also different from the issues of the post-civil war decades that we deal

initially, the indonesian navy and the malasian navy rejected them but now giving medical assistance,y have been able to call their families to tell them they're alive. they are very lucky they met the fishermen before they met the indonesian navy. the indonesian navy will give humanitarian assistance at sea but not accept them here. it is hard to imagine the ordeal these people went to, traveling by boat where they were facing fighting, they were facing hunger they were facing thirst and now they are facing a very very dangerous journey where they were facing fighting they were facing hunger they were fating thirst and now they are facing a very uncertain future here in indonesia. aat least 6,000 are in boats around indonesia malaysia and thailand. veronica pedrosa joins us. >> one particular boat that has been the focus of media attention and national attention is one the royal thai navy found. you remember the pictures of thai helicopters dropping food pacts to the 380 people on board. as food was delivered the people spoke of the immense deprivation that they had suffered. they ha

they are the men and women of the united states navy and marine corps.o command these forces started their careers here, at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland. >> it's a very special type of person that chooses the naval academy. it's an unbelievable education. it is free. you do get a job when you leave, but there is that element of commitment to the country and also an element of self-discipline. >> i love the atmosphere. i love being around all the history. the naval academy's been around since 1845, and the tradition is astounding. it's great being a part of that. >> i think the naval academy offers a very unique opportunity to discover yourself, to grow as a leader, and to basically live and learn with the best and brightest i think in our nation. >> we're trying to find the horizontal distance and the function of the number of pumps in the squirt gun. today we're doing a reverse-engineering experiment. as you can see, they've got these squirt guns. so, they're gonna pump it a few times with some water in it and see how far it will spray.

and iraq over 27 times. i have seen you. i have seen young navy captains and fobs high up in the valley i have watched marines throw themselves into harms way in iraq and afghanistan. 35,000 of you marines, 5000 sailors at this moment are deployed ashore in conflict areas. you are everywhere. there is a second reason why remain so vital to us. as if what i just said were not enough. we also look to you to keep the global economy afloat. because the oceans are the vital avenues of commerce, and we depend upon the navy to protect sea lanes. people sometimes think in this day and age of global commerce think in terms of the internet and air travel, but unit the reality. at this moment, 80% of all the commerce in the world is in the back of a container ship. that remains the backbone of world commerce, 90% of it. that is only going to increase. as you all know too well, the world's ceilings do not police themselves. you, united since navy, police them. protecting against piracy and coercion. in the century ahead, we will look to the oceans you roam, n

violence has mounded against them. >> translator: they decided that the army and navy should do the jobe police but they haven't changed soldiers' education. they have to teach them to respect the citizens to hear and understand that people have rights. >> reporter: more than 2,000 people have asked to be part of the government's national victims register looking for recognition and compensation for human rights abuses by authorities. but many more cases go unnoticed, says francisco marat who livers across the road from the warehouse where the trotlaya killings took place. >> you only see the big cases like trotlaya or iguala. they don't appear in the press and are forgotten because they don't have the same power. >> reporter: he was the only person we found that would talk to us in fetlaya. others said speaking out meant retribution from government forces or organized crime. in this violent area many people still don't know who they can trust. john holman, al jazeera trotlaya. >> the first of two oil rigs designed to drill in the arctic have arrived in seattle. protestors and kayaks tr

the united states has to build up a navy equal to its aspirations. andnation has ever been a big player in world history that has not had a prominent place in maritime affairs. so harding, the successor to woodrow wilson, championing this egg navy. the recording of harding's speech made it across the atlantic and was listen to buy churchill and by his boss, the british prime minister lloyd george. churchill, when they heard this speech they just went crazy. they started to make fun of harding. this is what churchill had to say about harding's speech. american politicians themselves to platitudes. that is a truism. [laughter] john baronich: -- professor maurer: this is what american politicians feel comfortable saying. the sun shown yesterday upon this great and glorious country. american politicians do not want to say things that are too controversial. a have to say these platitudes. lloyd george his boss, the prime minister, was even more severe. harding's speech about the u.s. holding up its navy, no matter how bad britain felt, he would upon his shirt

. >> he did a lot of contract work and some of it was for the u.s. navy. and that is when he met elise makdessi. >> sometime after 9:00 p.m. when the couple returned home from dinner, someone was waiting for them. when eddie regained consciousness, his hands were bound behind his back. he saw his wife tied to the bed and a man raping and stabbing her. somehow, eddie managed to free his hands, grab the handgun he kept in the nightstand, and shot the assailant. then he called 911. >> fire and rescue. >> oh, please help. my wife, oh, god. >> what's wrong? >> she got killed. i killed him. >> is she breathing? >> but the intruder wasn't dead. >> the assailant leaped up, lunged towards him with a knife, and that he shot the individual again. >> when paramedics arrived, elise was barely alive. >> her dress had been pulled up, her pantyhose had been ripped. she had multiple stab wounds to the chest, and her throat had been cut ear to ear. >> she's trying to talk. they absolutely believe she was trying to communicate and could never get the words out. and before any

it is painted by this man, who is termed whistle-blower and went to the run, his passport details and navyes how they weren't served, and there were leaks inside the subs, and close to electrical equipments and he and others, managed to climb inside a nuclear missile and this was given the terrorist a perfect opportunity to send war heads crashing down. >>> all this comes in a sensitive time. the scottish national party which is anti nuclear, has just won 56-59 seats in westminster and this is a gift. >>> it's important to remember those are just allegations but they are very serious and they have to be looked at, immediately, and, i think the minister of defense has to have an inchoirry into what has been alleged because they are serious feelings, and if half of that is true is worrying. >>> the navy takes security, safety extremely seriously and is now investigating it. the protestors who camp outside won't be reassured that they are sea worthy and safe. >>> some argue this makes the case for a replacement all the more urgent, and it makes the defense capability, look unconvincing. >>> l

toed them out of indonesian water and sent them to malaysia. the malaysian navy same thing. fishermen found a boat in distress and having denied navy policy they were questioned by police. >> reporter: they started killing each other after indonesia and malaysia refused to accept them. if the international community doesn't act soon more tragedies at sea are bound to happen. after fishermen brought them in the authorities had no choice but to give them medical aid. they were very week some with serious injuries. >> they tell us to -- more money. give them more money. we -- we says i have no money. we have poor. our family very very poor. we were almost there. we are almost in. we have no money. so they tell us -- they tell us go back to bangladesh. they tell us -- >> reporter: there was great relief when some of them manages to call their families to say they were alive. >> hello. >> reporter: this is the second boat that has made it to land in indonesia this weak but international organizations estimate thousands are still strangded as sea. they say the migrants

and i am proud to stand before the future leaders of the navy and marine corps, and to celebrate the occasion, i thought i would bring along a small graduation gift. too late to give you a "staubach day," -- so i'll do the next best thing: in keeping with long-standing tradition, i hereby absolve all midshipmen who are on restriction for minor conduct offenses. [laughter and applause.] i leave it to admiral rempt to define exactly what "minor" means. [laughter.] you worked hard to get to this moment: you survived plebe summer, and having your parking tickets scraped. [laughter.] you climbed herndon monument, and threw pennies at tecumseh, god of the 2.0. i knew him pretty well when i was in school. [laughter.] now, at last, you've made it to graduation day, and in a few moments you will receive your military commissions and your diplomas. your parents are proud of you, your teachers are proud of you and so is your commander-in-chief. congratulations on a great achievement. [applause.] a lot has changed since you arrived at annapolis four years ago. navy football went 0 and 10 in your

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it include the loss of 11 japanese ships and three aircraft carriers. the u.s. navyive bombers, grumman avenger torpedo bombers and curtis sb 2 c divers. what you will see today are two torpedo bombers and the only hell diver of over 7,000 built that is still flying today. the battle was decisive and eliminated the japanese navy's was decisive and eliminated the japanese ability's ability to conduct large scale carrier operations, giving the u.s. a new level of naval dominance that lasted until the end of the war. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have two special guests with us today, two special statesmen two vt rans senator robert dole and senator warner. they're in the front row. let's hear it for them. >> ladies and gentlemen, here come the two tbm avengers and the curtis hell diver nicknamed the big-tailed beast. >> the battle of the bulge began in mid-december of 1944 as a surprise attack on american forces in the ardenne area of belgium. before it was over, the battle would involve more than 500,000 germans, 600,000 americans, and 50,000 british troops. characteriz

and untried technology. can you give us a quick synopsis , particularly in the german navy and tell us why the german navy movedickly to warfare that upset all the rules of engagement on the high seas. >> thank you. in the interest of brevity, i will skip several centuries of failed attempts and start with an incident in 1899 where the american inventor of the modern incarnation of the submarine was testing his sixth attempt to build a submarine that either the u.s. navy or oil maybe would buy. this was in new york and it turned out that clara barton, 77 years old and head of the american red cross came to take a look at the submarine and talked her into taking an underwater joyride on the submarine, and she lambasted him because she could not believe in american would develop and create such a terrible weapon of war. holland replied that because it was so terrible it would event ute wars. today, you can argue he has fulfilled that deterrence of nuclear war but in 1914, the events of that war proved their barton was right. the technology advanced so rapidly that the thought process of the political leadership a

and if they were from an area where the navy was stationed or situated, they were more likely familiar with the area waterways. they probably were used as guides and what have you, guides quartermasters, you know. they could navigate certain areas that weren't known to the federal navy. of course, that happened on both sides. and the real irony of it is the federal navy wasn't segregated. the army was. the federal navy was integrated because of the type of duty, the conditions. the truth of the matter is there were a lot of african-american men in the navy that had prior sailing experience. they could have been freed men from up north mass marks new york, whatever. they could have been working on whaler or some kind of ocean-going vessel or they could have lived in canada or somewhere free and took their experience applying the waterways of st. lawrence or up in michigan or anywhere like that and joined the navy. the conditions were not that great aboard ship. confinement, the combat was rough rough rough. the enclosures your sleeping quarters. pretty mu

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it include the loss of 11 japanese ships and three aircraft carriers. the u.s. navy aircraft attacked enemy ships with hell cats, dauntless dive bombers grumman avenger torpedo bombers and curtis sb 2 ch divers. the only hell diver of over 7,000 built that is still flying today. the battle was decisive and eliminated the japanese navy's ability to conduct large scale carrier operations. giving the u.s. a new level of naval dominance that lasted until the end of the war. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have two special guests with us today, two special states men, two veterans, senator robert dole and senator warner here in the front row. let's hear it for them. >> ladies and gentlemen, here come the two 2 bm avengers. the battle of the of the bulge was germany's last major offensive campaign in world war ii. beginning in mid december of 1944 as a surprise attack on american forces in belgium. before it was over, the battle involved more than 500,000 germans, 600,000 americans and 50,000 british troops. characterized by cold temperatures and overcast skies the battle demo

kept -- and long island, which was another company to develop a torpedo bomber, and gromit -- had theirs ready. the navy, local politicians, the head of the company got word about pro harbor be attacked, and they got together and decided they had to tell everybody that was there when it happened, and that delivery, they also said this plane you see here will help us win the war, and we have not named this plan, but we will name of the avenger. they had pearl harbor. >> the plane had great appeal to me. the team effort, there were three of us. it was the largest barrier aircraft, so i asked to be trained for to pedal bombers and i never regretted it. it was risky, of course, but that was the territory at those days. john: president george h.w. bush came here after he got his wings, he got them in corpus christi. he was here in 1943, probably may to september of 1943. he was in this room. he has not been back to this building since then. he has been back to the base and the building he lived in, across the street, has been torn down in 1988. he lived there and when he was going for reelection in 1992, he

runners will travel 10-mile course starting in ol will any and ending up in the navy yard in south philadelphia a long with broad street runners will be greeted by cheers and encouragement from folks in philadelphia all lined up ready for that race but you can see is now underway. lots of folks. 40,000 runners. busy day. >>> hey, speaking of races, there is a mystery surrounding last in's boston marathon. a runner was dared to kiss a stranger and new she's pleading for help to find him. katie brace from our sister station in boston has her story. >> reporter: this photo remains the one clue barbara has in her marathon quest. >> i believe in fate. it was a nice kiss. he kissed me again. and he yelled out for me to call him. >> reporter: barbara is runner in the photo. she was among thuses of qualified run hours burst off the starting line fearless about what was ahead. >> i wanted it to be a great time but not in terms of the clock but in terms of the experience. >> reporter: woman of wells see college are known to give kiss toes runners. her daughters dared her to do something else. >> they dar

and after they were rescue had by fishermen initially, the navies have rejected them and now, they areping them. giving them medical assistance. >>> great relief, and, they are able to call them, and they were very lucky that they met the fishermen, instead of the navy, and, the navy says they will send away every boat. they will give aid at sea. it's hard to man the ordeal that they went through, 3 months on the boat, bringing their small children on this journey, and when they were facing fighting and hunger, and thursday and and now, uncertain future. >>> oil spills, and overfishing are threatening to kill off the only native species of penguin the number has declined by 90% and erika wood went to see what's being done to save them. >>> this is a penguin hospital, the place where distressed, injured oregon fanned birds come to rehab tate. we had 992 punt questions. some of this facility are being nursed back to health, and others are per na nen residents will he'll never return to the wild he's too tame. >>> they are training him to be an ambassador. >>> he'll be amazing many. >>> u

the expansion of other partner allied militaries and their submarine forces and what coordination exists between the u.s. navy and say australia and great britain? >> the question was about other summary forces and cooperation. from an allied perspective, we have great allies in the u.k. australians, canada, japan. the great summary forces contribute tremendously. we work with them on a daily basis. our connections with our british partners is extremely close. so close that we are building a common missile compartment for them for hire replacement. that could not be a greater example of that. from a non-friendly standpoint, potential adversaries just take a look at the countries out there that are looking at buying submarines or improving their submarines. every day, you can read in the paper about another country taking another step at doing that. it is a tremendous force multiplier. if you only had one dollar to spend, i would spend on a submarine. it allows you -- the submarine is the anti- -- force. it allows you to get under the umbrella and be there to take action at the time and place of your choosing.

the way that i have tried to organize my thinking and the way that the navy approaches this presence and the responsibilities that we have to this country are four ps, people, our sailors and marines platforms, our ships and our aircraft power, the fuel for those platforms, and partnerships partnerships with the american people, partnerships with industry, partnerships with our allies around the world. i'm going to start out with platforms. you know --

what you'll see here today are two tbm and a helldiver, the only one that still is flying today. the battle was decisive in eliminating the japanese navyconduct large-scale operations. giving the u.s. a new level of naval dominance that lasted until the end of the war. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, we have two special guests today, senator robert dole and senator warner. they are in the front row. let's hear it for them. [applause] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, here come the two tbm avengers and curtis helldiver, nicknamed the big-tailed beast. the battle of the bulge was germany's last major campaign in world war ii. it began in mid-december 1944 as a surprise attack on american forces in the ardennes region. the battle would involve more than 500,000 germans, 600,000 americans, and 50,000 british troops. characterized by cold temperatures, the battle demonstrated how thoroughly air support had been integrated into contemporary military operations. the allies' inability to dominate the skies prolonged the german offensive and conversely the return of air support help the allies achieve victory in the battle. it began on december

and over 1000 years. those 54 bombs did little damage to the japanese navy and arm ies, but the fear that raid put into japaneseoats, made them want to have a rare takeoff flight with our navy and pacific. we won that fight two month later at midway. after midway, america was going to win world war ii. that would not have happened without the doolittle raid. this metal ensures these heroes who saved our world from tyranny. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable sharon brown. [applause] >> thank you to all legislative leaders, to general hudson, john crown, comes in olson. -- congressman olson. it is been four years since brian anderson, sergeant at arms , came to my office seeking recognition the raiders never sought for themselves. go back to spring 1942. americans were still reeling from pearl harbor. we had lost battle after battle in the pacific. too many americans, allied forces seemed to be in retreat across the globe. across the ocean japan's arrogance had reached new heights. japanese generals proclaimed that no one could launch an air attack against japan. tojo boasted in all its

we sit here and say, why should the chinese have a blue water navy? we will protect them. that is like us saying, well let's not worry about what's going on in europe, because the british and the french are on our side, let them do it. let them protect our troops. let them protect the seas around europe. china is a major power. it has never been concerned about a blue water navy because it never had to depend so much and never had the capability of building its own navy. now it does. you have to expect it to find its own place in the world. that is this idea of understanding people. brian: from the same hearing the air force general, who is chief of staff at the air force. [video clip] >> my pride has not changed since the lesson i appeared. but we are now the smallest air force we have ever been. we deployed operation desert storm. the air force had 188 fighter squadrons. today, we have 54 and we're heading to 49. in 1990, there were 511,000 active-duty airmen alone. today, we have 200,000 fewer. as those numbers can down, the operational tempo went up. your air force is f

navy. they were finally rescued by fishermen. these migrants accuse the indonesian anda navy of sending them away. many were in the hour for hours. they got into trouble after fight fighting on board over food and water. this person was on board, and said 12 of his relatives were killed. >> translator: they said you are rohingya we are going to kill you. >> reporter: people on board say the indonesian navy towed their boat out of the waters on monday and send them to malaysia. then they say the received the same treatment from malaysia. they survived a horrific boat journey but then started killing each other. this all happened after indonesia and malaysia refused to accept them. if the international community doesn't act soon more tragedies at sea are bound to happen. the authorities had no choice but to give them medical aid. after three moshths at sea, they were very week. some had serious injuries. >> they kill -- they tell us to -- more money. give them more money. we -- we says i have no money. we are poor. our families they are very poor. we almost live. we are a

oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: we are back with ou acquisition reformrm panel and steve who i interrupted. steve: the probl in some fundamental way with acquition management is s the difficulty of bringing into alignment t the three things. requirements, system performance, what the thing is going to do relative to the requirements, how much it will cost a ovewhat time. gegetting g those e things into alignment in thehe existing system is a shared responsibility, on which is very hard --which is very hard. one reading of the mccain bill is it is goingng to concentrate the authority and accountability for getting those threehings into alignment in the hands of someone who has a lot of power and expertise with which to do it.. i i favor giving this approach a try. the only other thing i would add is it is not as if it divorces o.s.d. from authority about t how the services go about it. vago: it is not lost on anybody that some risk emerging from the pentagon is the fear they will get haule

oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: to imimprove care for woundeded warriors, the pentagon in 2000 eighght created ththe office warrior care policy to coordidinate the recovery rehabibilitation and reintegration r when did service members across the military. joinining us now is the deputy secretary -- deputy assistant secretary for defense. weome back. jim: i appreciate the opportuny to come back. go: it has been a very busy year for you. u came to the job toelp transform the office. walk uthrough thoverall mission and some of the cnges you have been driving to better support woundeded troops. jim: theission of the office is to establish policy that supports servis to enhance the recovery and reintration of service members as they go through threhabilitation process that will hopefully lead them to reintegration serces or a successful transition to the civilian community. vagogo: what are some the changesou have been working on? jim: most specicifically, we established a strategi roadmap. it

the fellow that found it called the navy and said there's a crash site here in the navy came out and took the plane of the two bodies that were there. i never told anybody what the plane was, if it was part of flight 19 or not. they are actually pursuing that information right now. we just had an article a few weeks ago about it. people are still looking. >> throughout the week in, there can history tv is featuring fort lauderdale, florida. our staff regionally traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about fort lauderdale and other stops on the twoour at www.c-span.org. you are watching american history tv come all weekend, every weekend, c-span3. >> allied forces liberated the nazi concentration camps. for the next several weeks on american history tv, we will hear holocaust stories from those who live them. these interviews are part of the oral history collection at the united states holocaust memorial museum in washington dc. next, gerda weissmann klein talks about how the 1939 german invasion of whole and drastically changed your life

and many are very, very ill-like this man over here like this man over here. a big riot has happened at sea on the boat after they were rejenthd by the indonesian navy at first andthe malaysian navy. there was a riot about food. those on the same boat for three months together. you can see they had injuries with knives and, also they are telling me hammers were being used and, also both groups the bangladeshis here and the rohingya here are telling me over 100 people very many been killed and nobody can confirm these figures, but that's what they are telling me right now the fishermen who managed to go rescue them are now being questioned by police because the navy said we are not going to accept these boats and the fisherman. the authorities are helping these people to get well to get treatment and the international organizations, the unhr and iun have yet to arrive here at the scene. >> the migrant crackdown started following the discovery of dozens of bodies in trafficking camps in the thai jungerle. this update from bangkok. >> in a dramatic operation conducted by the royal thai navy they dropped food parcels and fuel to help a boat full of 300 or so migrant

[applause] and i am proud to stand before the future leaders of the navy and marine corps and to celebrate the occasion i thought i would bring along a small graduation gift. it is too late to give you a stall back day so i will do the next best thing. in keeping with long-standing tradition, i hereby absolve all midshipmen who are on restriction for minor conduct offensive -- offenses. [laughter] [applause] i will leave it to the admiral to define exactly what minor means. [laughter] you worked hard to get to this moment. you survived the summer and having your parking tickets scraped. you climbed herndon monument and threw pennies at tecumseh, god of the 2.0. i knew him pretty well when i was in school. [laughter] now at last, you have made it to graduation day come and in a few moments you will receive your military commissions and your diplomas. your parents are proud of you. your teachers are proud of you. and so is your commander-in-chief. congratulations on a great achievement. [applause] a lot has changed since you arrived in annapolis four years ago. maybe football went 0-10 in yo

and daylight came. around 6:00 in the morning, the secretary of the navy decided to wells decided to go for a walk. he had decided that some high official should be at lincoln's side throughout the night in the morning hours. and he really left it to the secretary of war. stanton to question witnesses, to begin the manhunt, begin the investigation to see if other cabinet members aside from seward had been marked for death. and wells was here that night more as a mourner and witness for lincoln, rather than a person who was active in the investigation and the activities that night. wells found it hot and oppressive and humid that morning. he walked outside. a light rain had begun. he was astonished to find several thousand people keeping vigil in the streets outside. many of them were black. either freemen who had never been slaves, or freed slaves. men and women, gathering in silence. and wells was touched by that. the street was silent. by that point, there was no shouting, there was no screaming. a hushed crowd stood outside. they asked wells, how is the president? what was to happen? he could not

and malaysian navy had rejected them. but now authorities are helping them feeding them, giving them medical assistance. they were very lucky that they met the fisher minute before the malaysian navy. up until now they will accepted away every boat. it's hard to imagine these people three months on a boat to bring the smallest children under very dangerous journey where they were facing fighting, they were facing hunger and thirst, and now they're facing a very uncertain future here in indonesia. >> still ahead here on al jazeera they're living in camps and surviving off rations. these people were burundi say they won't be going home any time soon. >>> and business in the sky. u.s. airlines are flying into trouble being edged out by competitors in the gulf. >> you'll see a show that has an impact on the conventional wisdom that goes where nobody else goes... >> my name is imran garda i am the host of third rail and you can find it on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened ove

-- oh 122 and all nominations placed on the secretary's desk in the air force army, marine corps and navy. that the nominations be confirmed the motions to consider be -- to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. perdue: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the environment and public works committee be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 1690, the senate proceed to the consideration of it calendar number 64, s. 261 and calendar number 65, s. 612 en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. perdue: i further ask consent that the bills be read a third time and passed and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. perdue: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the