caldwell mentioned. recapitalization and sustainment of our radiation equipment and we'll be working with your team on those plans. three, what you articulated at the beginning, mr. chairman, understanding the expeditious and facilitated movement of cargo aspect of our mission, that continues to be understood. and four, working with the secretary and department on an agreed path forward, keeping us honest to identify, and we discussed today, but working together on the best frame work for the future. >> thanks. >> i think dr. coburn, when i was out voting, asked a question dealing with fiduciary agents. i just want to come back and say the second half of a question, i need to be someplace else in eight minutes, so whoever would -- i'm going to ask you to take a shot at this. here's my question. rather than ending the use of fiduciary agents for all ports, why not let ports decide for themselves if they would like to use one? >> we've considered that proposal and don't think it is in the best interest of

caldwell about the twic program. so you testified about the one visit pilot and now it's going to a nationwide mailing system. so how do you assess it's going and are you able to do this without concerns about fraud? so just can you give us a quick update. you know, obviously i appreciate the steps you've taken on this but just in terms of substance. then i would like to hear from mr. caldwell about how effective you think overall the twic program is in helping protect port security and what other -- gao has been quite critical in past reports about what we need to do to improve this program and its effectiveness. so that's really the issue i was hoping to get a little more insight on. >> we started the pilot for twic 1 visit last year in 2012-2013 in alaska and michigan. as we transitioned to our new technical system, we started the implementation nationwide, so we started implementing the one visit in may of this year, may 12th. so we planned to have a phased schedule to implement it across the nation and we should

caldwell about the twic program. so you testified about the one visit pilot and now it's going to a nationwide mailing system. so how do you assess it's going and are you able to do this without concerns about fraud? so just can you give us a quick update. you know obviously i appreciate the steps you've taken on this but just in terms of substance. then i would like to hear from mr. caldwell about how effective you think overall the twic program is in helping protect port security and what other -- gao has been quite critical in past reports about what we need to do to improve this program and its effectiveness. so that's really the issue i was hoping to get a little more insight on. >> we started the pilot for twic 1 visit last year in 2012-2013 in alaska and michigan. as we transitioned to our new technical system we started the implementation nationwide so we started implementing the one visit in may of this year, may 12th. so we planned to have a phased schedule to implement it across the nation and we should ha

caldwell about the twic program. so you testified about the one visit pilot and now it's going to a nationwide mailing system. so how do you assess it's going and are you able to do this without concerns about fraud? so just can you give us a quick update. you know, obviously i appreciate the steps you've taken on this but just in terms of substance. then i would like to hear from mr. caldwell about how effective you think overall the twic program is in helping protect port security and what other -- gao has been quite critical in past reports about what we need to do to improve this program and its effectiveness. so that's really the issue i was hoping to get a little more insight on. >> we started the pilot for twic 1 visit last year in 2012-2013 in alaska and michigan. as we transitioned to our new technical system, we started the implementation nationwide, so we started implementing the one visit in may of this year, may 12th. so we planned to have a phased schedule to implement it across the nation and we should

caldwell about the twic program. he testified about the one as a pilot and now it is going to a nationwide mailing system. so how do you assess it is going and are you able to do this without your vote fraud? so can you give us a quick update? obviously appreciate the steps you've taken on this. just in terms of substance that would like to hear from mr. caldwell about how effect the overall the twic program is in port security in gao has been quite critical and past reports about what we need to do to them for this program and its effectiveness. that is the issue i was hoping to get a little more in writing. >> restarted the pilot course up to last year in 2012 to 2013 in alaska and michigan. what we did as we transition to our new technical system, we started the implementation nationwide. we started implementing the one visit and may this year. so we plan to have a phase schedule to implement across the nation and we should have it done by this summer. so we think it is gone fairly well. we do mail the card out. i

his lawyers claim caldwell's civil rights were violated he was detained unlawfully. caldwell was murdered three years ago. >> with both coulds os car deceased now, and and john, is hard to believe. i'm a mother and an aunt. >> the trial resumes on friday. >> a federal magistrate today denied bail for raymond shrimp boy chow, who is facing charges in connection with state senator lelandy's corruption case. chow is one of 29 defendants in this case. 12 witnesses testified saying he turned his life around. but the magistrate deemed him a possible danger in the community. his attorneys plan to appeal that. he is charged with selling stolen liquor. >> a peninsula priest is recovering after being beaten by a homeless man the attack happened just before 9:30 this morning in burlingame. police say the 43-year-old was about to urineate on church grounds and the priest told him to stop. lewis punched the priest in the face. he suffered injuries to his face and broken elbow. lewis was arrested nearby. >> residents in the east bay city of albany are mourning the loss of their ma

his lawyers claim caldwell's civil rights were violated he was detained unlawfully. caldwell was murdered three years ago. >> with both coulds os car deceased now, and and john, is hard to believe. i'm a mother and an aunt. >> the trial resumes on friday. >> a federal magistrate today denied bail for raymond shrimp boy chow, who is facing charges in connection with state senator lelandy's corruption case. chow is one of 29 defendants in this case. 12 witnesses testified saying he turned his life around. but the magistrate deemed him a possible danger in the community. his attorneys plan to appeal that. he is charged with selling stolen liquor. >> a peninsula priest is recovering after being beaten by a homeless man the attack happened just before 9:30 this morning in burlingame. police say the 43-year-old was about to urineate on church grounds and the priest told him to stop. lewis punched the priest in the face. he suffered injuries to his face and broken elbow. lewis was arrested nearby. >> residents in the east bay city of albany are mourning the loss of their ma

. >> reporter: bill caldwell is 86, butt united states army thinks he's 88 or maybe even 89.this is you when you enlisted. that's because on august 7th, 1943 when he was just 15 years old, caldwell lied about his age to an army recruiter. he was hoping to be a pilot. >> he said we need para troopers. and i says what's a para trooper, i had never heard of them, or the word and he says well, we train you and drop you behind the lines for about 20 miles if you survive you getting to home after the war. that was his answer. i said well, i'll take it. >> reporter: at about 2:00 a.m. on june 6th, 1944, at the tender age of 16, caldwell leaped in to the darkness over nomady. >> this was our drop so far. >> reporter: the first waves of 160,000 droops with land in frantz on d-day. 73,000 of the problems were american, hasn't wouldn't live to see the end of the day much less the war and time has further thinned the ranks of survivors, estimated that more than a thousand american world war ii vets die every day. combat engineer alfonso is 92. he was one. >> reporter: first americans to

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. >> bill caldwell is 86. but the united states army thinks he's 86 o 88 or 89 because on august 7, 1943 when he was 15 years old caldwell lied about his age "t" an army recruiter. he was hoping to be a pilot. >> i was a pai paratrooper. he said, we train you and drop you behind the lines about 20 miles. if you survive you get to go home after the war. that was his answer. i said, well, i'll take it. after 2:00 a.m. june 6, 1944 at th1944, at the tender age of 16 he landed in normandy. the first wave of 156,000 allied troops would land in glance on d-day. 73,000 of those troops were american. many wouldn't live to see the end of the day much less the end of the war, and time has further thinned the ranks of survivors. estimated that more than a thousand american world war ii vets die every day. combat engineer alfonso is 92. he was wounded, returned to combat and made it to the outskirts of berlin. >> they would sit back and shoot rockets at us. >> reporter: albert mcguinty known as lucky as he flew, and then

. >> reporter: bill caldwell is 86, but the united states army thinks he's 88 or maybe even 89. >> so this is you when you enlisted. >> reporter: that's because on august 7, 1943, when he was just 15 years old, caldwell lied about his age to an army recruiter. he was hoping to be a pilot. >> they said we need paratroopers. i said, what is a paratrooper? i had never heard of them. well, they train you and then drop you behind the lines about 20 miles, and if you survive you getting to home after the war. that was his answer. i said, well, i'll take it. >> reporter: at 2:00 june 6, 1944, at the tender age of 16 caldwell leaped into the darkness over normandy, the first waves of the 166,000 allied troops who would land in france on d-day. 73,000 of those troops were american. many wouldn't live to see the end of the day much less the end of the war, and time has further thinned the ranks of survivors. almost a thousand of america's world war ii vets die every day. [ band music ] >> reporter: combat engineer alfonso villa is 92. he was one of the first americans to hit omaha beach. he was

. >> bill caldwell is 86.the united states army thinks he's 88 or maybe even 89. >> that's you when you enlisted? >> that's because on august, 1943, when he was only 15 years old, caldwell lied to a united states army recruiter. >> what's a pai paratrooper? i didn't know what that was. >> we train you and we drop you behind enemy lines and if you survive you get to come home. i said i'll take it. >> at the tender age of 16 caldwell leaped into the area over normandy, 156,000 allied troops would land in france on d day. 73,000 of those troops were american. many wouldn't live to see the end of the day, much less the end of the war, and time has further thinned the ranks of the survivors. it is estimated that more than a thousand world war ii vets die every day. combat engineer alfonso villa is 92. he was one of the first to hit omaha beach, returned to combat and made it all the way to the outskirts of berlin. >> they would shoot back and shoot rockets at us. >> elmer mcgee, known as lucky, since he flew 29 com

on june 6, 1944, at the tender age of 16 caldwell leaped into the darkness over normandy. the first waves of 166,000 allied troops who would land in france on d-day. 73,000 of those troops were american. many wouldn't live to see the end of the day much less than the end of the war, and time has further thinned the ranks of survivors. more than a thousand american world war ii vets die every day. combat engineer alfonso villa is 92. he was one 69 first americans to hit omaha beach. he was wounded, returned to combat and made it all the way back to the outskirts of berlin. >> elmer mcguinty has been known as lucky since the time he flew combat missions as a gunner. by the time d-day rolled around he was on the ground in england training the men who would fly that fateful day. a few days ago, elmer, alfonso and bill met up at the international airport heading back where they helped to make history. at the ticket counter desert storm vet gina rawson was all choked up. >> it's a huge honor to meet them. they were a part of history. >> their grateful fellow travelers honored th

. >>> bill caldwell is 86. the united states army thinks he's 88 or maybe 89. >> reporter: so this is you when you enlisted. on august 7th, 1943, when he was 15, caldwell lied about his age to an army recruiter, hoping to be a pilot. >> he said "we need paratroopers.". i said "what's a paratrooper?" i never heard of it. he said "we train you, drop behind the lines for 20 miles, if you survive you get to go home after the war." i said "i'll take it. >> at about 2am on june 6th, 1944, at the tender age of 16 caldwell leaped into the darkness over normandy. >> this is the drop zone. >> one of the first waves of 156 thousand troops landing in france on d-day. 73,000 of those troops were american. many would not live to see the end of the day, much less the end of the war. time thinned the ranks of survivors. it's estimated that more than 1,000 world war ii vets die every day. [ ♪ music ] >>> combat engineer alfonso is 92. he was one of the first americans to hit omaha beach, was wounded, returned to combat and made

caldwell mentioned the strategies. we recognized in order to build a secure port we had to build regime locally, nationally, and internationally. we had to build awareness so we could figure out what was going on and pick anomalies. we need the capability to respond to the anomalies. if you look at the three building blocks and compare them to where they were in september 11, 2001. it's clear there are progresses. there are clear metrics with each of those. with regard to the regimes, thank you to the congress for the maritime transportation security act and the safe port act. it was the impetus for the national regime as well as regimes that have now been implemented as far down as individual port authorities. i'm not just talking about regimes required by the law. i'm talking about they understand a security is part of the business product. i think in that regard there's clear measures. we're intangible from hear to sea. i can tell you there was no awareness or recognition that security really was parking lot of t --

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interestingly enough we met up with bill caldwell two days ago, we didn't know he would be the president'sat the time. we spent the day with him. he lied his way in to the military trying to sign up when he was 15. he got in when he was 16 and that's the age he was here when he jumped out of a c47 transport plane with 101st airborne screaming eagles and he told me how within a few hours he came around a hedge row and that's where he met his first armed german soldier. >> i was always taught to hold your gun, with your finger on the trigger, ready to pull the trigg early. if you pull the trigger first, you survive, if you don't being well, you are gone. and i hit him in the chest and he went down he look ahea at med tried to say something. and that freaked me out. >> reporter: coldwell told me the jump master turned to him and said look left, look right, one of you point won't see daylight. they were extremely scared as they went in. here on the beaches the fifth ranger ba till i don't know will tell you the hail of begun fire they met. we spoke to one ranger named john and this is how he d

jessica caldwell tells us that the maker of chevy, cadillac, bucand gmc cars and trucks will be impactedership. coming up next. . ashley: joining me now, two of our favorite radio talk show hots, fox news radio's, john gibson and nationally syndicated talk show host, richard fowler. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. let's start quickly with iraq. john, i'll start with you here in the studio. what are our options? none of them are good, but what are our options as we watch this country fall apart after so many gave their lives to stabilize it. >> the best option is realize it's three little iraqistans and get used to it. i don't hear a lot. i see the president discussing them and think he's probably going to do something that makes it look like he's doing something but it's not going to do much good. he has to face the fact he lost this war. ashley: yeah, richard, would you agree with john? what can the president do here? you know, it is a sad fact, we had a congressman on before who acted as battlefield and he feels sorry for soldiers who gave their lives to restore stability. but fra

of the concerned that are ins of america here's a clip of caldwell explaining why he thinks that doing nothing about iraq is not an option the middle east is teetering on the edge tonight on the edge of anarchy and if they fall into complete chaos not just in iraq and syria but its present places like jordan saudi arabia could have serious consequences for not just that region but the whole economy of the united states in general as well so it is our business i do believe it is i am not somebody who believes that we should be policing the world i consider myself a realist and looking at this situation i see real threats to american interests and ultimately the american homeland you know i i don't believe in doing things like arming the syrian rebels or i didn't agree with with some of things we did in libya. but we need to take a look at this situation and realize that there's real threats to american interests around the world and ultimately probably the merican homeland in general will said. tune in for that at nine pm tonight right here on r.t. america and that does it for now i'm m

caldwell. >> i'm doing a combo answer. i'm still busy trying to answer the question you asked before and the last one. i'll see what i can do. three things. one for the agencies to do and the committee to do. first off, kind of keeping the programs flexible. whether this -- i know the coast guard is trying to make their infrastructure patrols and things like that not predicta e predictable. keeping a little bit of deterrence out there. i like what i see at cvp when they're doing -- they call it the key side or dock side scanning or a ship come in and they target a ship. it won't be based on whether the containers are high risk or not. they'll be scanning every seventh one or tenth one and things like that. maybe flexibility in csi and whether they need to shift the deck a little bit to the different countries if possible. i think cyber is the growing area. that's an area where dhs and coast guard have been monitoring the situation, and they're talking about taking action. i think they do. we'll have a report we're issues t

associated press reporter alicia caldwell will examine the resources of the washington border.we'll take the calls on facebook and twitter . "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. s and senate are in session for business. the house gavels tuesday at noon. for what to expect in both chambers we talk to a capitol hill reporter. >> billy house is the national journal congressional leadership correspondent. house republicans will hold leadership holding elections to replace eric cantor. are there any other challenges. >> on thursday the conference will vote. >> how about the race for house majority whip. who are the candidates? >> right now there are three candidates. there's a group about 177 conservative members. which gives a heavy lift into the race. there's a late entry from indiana. he is said to be may be eyeing the chairmanship. >> house and senate scheduled to debate spending bills. do you expect congress to get all 12 of the spending bills passed by the end of fiscal year? >> it's looking more and more doubtful. on tuesday for the first time, the senate

caldwell is now dead, his lawsuit is alive the defendant today took the stand. oscar grant junior is suing johannes mehserle, claim egg has been deprived of a relationship with his son, who was shot to death. grant was in the plaintiff's table. he was transported from a prison, where he is serving a life sentence for murder the trial resumed this morning with a tax worker testifying as to what she saw of the altercation. michael greer took the stand as well. but the dramatic moment of the day came when attorney mccoy showed this cell phone video of the shooting. mehserle never looked up. plaintiffs lawyer mccoy led mehserle through a lit tany of questions but the main line of question had to do whether mehserle intended to shoot grant. >> he drew the firearm because he mistakenly thought oscar grant had a gun you don't go and bring a taser out to try to out when presented with a gun. that showed he intended to kill him. >> the mother of grant's best friend, john caldwell detained along with the others his lawyers claim his civil rights were violated he was murde

cynical, stop and think of these men. , stop andou lose hope think of these men. , who of wilson caldwell was told he could not pilot a plane without a high school degree so he decided to jump out of a plane instead and he did here on d-day with the 101st airborne, when he was just 16 years old. of a jewish son of russian immigrants who fudged his age so he could join his friends in the fight. don't worry, the statute of limitations has expired. he came ashore at utah beach. back, wehe has come said he could have anything he wants for lunch today. he said a hamburger will do fine. what's more american than that? think of the man who sought a recruitment poster asking him if he was man enough to be up very , so he -- a paratrooper signed up on the spot. that decision landed him here with a regiment that would suffer heavy casualties. 70 years later, it is said that all across for bragg they know rock. 91-year-old rock merit still spends his time speaking to the young men and women of the army. whenever the world makes you doubt thatenever you courage and goodness as possible, stop and thin

i am joined by deputy attorney general tim cole, fbi director james comey, leslie caldwell, u.s. attorney of the southern district of new york. district attorney cyrus vance of new york county and richard weber chief of the criminal investigations for the irs. we are here to announce a significant step forward in our ongoing effort to hold financial institutions accountable for criminal misconduct. today the department of justice submitted to the united states district court a criminal information against bnp, one of the largest banks in the world for conspireing with other entities to deliberately and repeatedly vieltd long-standing united states sanctions against sudan, cuba, and iran. working with the financial institution based in these countries and others between 2004 and 2012, bnp engaged in a complex and pervasive scheme to illegally move billions through the united states financial system on behalf of sangsd e sanctioned entitys. they represent a serious brophy of united states law. sanctions are a key tool if protecting the united states' natural security interest. but

we've doubled the amount of private sector partners which includes those at akon and brad and caldwell, black and beach, mwh and urs. we're just excited and ecstatic to kickoff this third year. i won't take too much of your team. i want you to hear from those job shadowing. i want them to talk to you about their experience and what they've been learning. thank you for y cd and the folks in district 10. >> thank you. >> hello. >> hello. i'm a current summer intern and i'm here to announce that city works has launched its third year. we're apart of the mayor's summer youth initiative and the sspuc communities program. the program includes a diverse group of youth who are from the southeast interested this careers ranging from engineering, urban planning and communications and other related fields. of the 21 students, 11 are returning. >> nice. >> hi. >> hi, i'm clemon and i'm an intern. those are able to intern -- and so i want to take the time to thank the supervisors who stepped up and has been mentored us all. i want to invite you to our project which will be held at the southeast com

. >> on this 70th anniversary commemoration, paratrooper, bill caldwell, led veterans down memory lane. they were celebrated by locals dressed as gis. coldwell pair shooted into normandy early on d-day. >> the last word i heard when i went out the door. look to your left, look to your right, one of you will not see daylight. >> colwell was only 16 when he came face-to-face with the enemy, and he landed in a hedge row. >> i hit him in the chest. and as he went down on the ground, he looked at me and tried to say something. and that freaked me out. >> this week, colwell, and scida received the medal of honor. >> the d-day invasion depended on good weather. and one very important forecast. dave has important details on that. >> it's the most important forecast in my mind. and we talked about it a lot here. they had to draw the weather maps by hand. and a lot of the information that came in, it wasn't satellites, it wasn't computer charts, but it was raw data that they looked at. and not many planes flaking around at that time. but thanks to the forecast, we can look at the forecast. the p

caldwell was murdered in 2011. she says is difficult to read it member or relive that night. and they walked into a war that they were unaware of. for reference bart has settled with the grass family for $3 million. bart is not setup for this case. the search is on tonight for 20 a year wrote terence hearty who carjacked a natural woman. what choice did upper right hand corner this is the violence video. a white car that is stolen is pulled away in a cvs barolo on san pablo. the man paunch and order from the car as she tried leave the store. she suffers from a broken collarbone and brooke group's, she is. expected to so the hugest although by hannah's of saul on a friend of individual. he is describing the dangers. tonight we're getting new affirmation by a stanford university student who was raped by another student. egis found out the one that the university will not only not expel be a sellout but they will allow him to also attend graduate school. bill be a meeting at the small school at 3:00 in the afternoon in solidarity with lea. for the bay area mother is furious over

think of wilson caldwell who was told he couldn't pilot a plane without a high school degree so he decided to jump out of a plane instead. and he did here on d-day, with the 101st airborne when he was just 16 years old. think of harry kulkowitz, the jewish son of russian immigrants who fudged his age so he could join his friends in the fight. and don't worry, harry, the statute of limitations has expired. harry came ashore at utah beach on d-day. and now that he's come back we said he could have anything he wants for lunch today. he helped liberate this coast, after all. he said a hamburger will do fine. what's more american than that? think of rock merritt who saw a recruitment poster asking him if he was man enough to be a paratrooper, so he signed up on the spot. and that decision landed him here on d-day with the 508th regiment a unit that would suffer heavy casualties. and 70 years later, it's said that all across ft. bragg, they know rock. not just for his exploits on d-day or his 35 years in the army but because 91-year-old rock merritt still spends his time speaking to the young me

the latest on the scandal within the veterans administration joining me to talk about this is dan caldwell a former active duty marine who served in operation iraqi freedom he's currently the issues and legislative campaign manager for concerned veterans of america he joins us from washington dan we'll talk about the veterans administration in a moment but what's your read on what's going on in iraq. well it's an unfortunate situation and i think it's a result of a very schizo phrenic foreign policy in the middle east that we've seen during this current administration there's been very degrees of focus on iraq and on the middle east in general and there's been a really incomplete policy one minute we're drawing red lines the other minute we're talking about leading from behind we're being very aggressive in things like don't drone strikes going after al qaeda but then the next we're pulling back this is really results i think of this current administration not paying the proper attention to the growth of this group in the middle east.

lisa caldwell am a well discussed the resources devoted to watching u.s. borders. we will take your calls and you can join the commerce station on facebook and twitter. " washington journal" is next. ♪ host: violence continues iraq. insurgents captured another major town on sunday. washington announced that it is sending extra marines and personnel to safeguard the facilities of the u.s. embassy. according to numerous reports, the obama administration is repairing to open a direct dialogue with iran on the security situation in iraq. but lawmakers back on the hill, we want to hear from you this morning on your message to congress. our phone lines are now open. we are also online. ontwitter, you can find us http://twitter.com/cspanwj, on facebook, and you can send us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org. journal,"street reporting that the united states is to meet with iran on the situation in a dialogue that is expected to begin this week will mark the latest in a rapid move over the past year that comes as the u.s. and other world powers try to reach an agreement with ira

the latest on the scandal within the veterans administration joining me to talk about this is dan caldwell a former active duty marine who served in operation iraqi freedom he's currently the issues and legislative campaign manager for concerned veterans of america he joins us from washington dan we'll talk about the veterans administration in a moment but what's your read on what's going on in iraq well it's an unfortunate situation and i think it's a result of a very schizo phrenic foreign policy in the middle east that we've seen during.

caldwell's point about the aging infrastructure and funding dhs in accordance with the president's budget. >> okay, thanks. >> admiral thomas, anything you have that we should be doing in the legislative side? >> thank you, chairman. i don't have much to add to what's been said. there may be very specific authorities and capabilities we identify as we continue to analyze the threat in the ports but i think we have the right access through the staff to get that information to you. i would say this type of oversight and continued focus by this committee on this issue is really important to stave off the complacently i'm concerned about. >> thank you. >> four quick things echoing several things mr. caldwell mentioned, continued support for the program as we discussed today and csi interactively working on the recommendations that mr. caldwell mentioned and recap talization and sustainment of our critical technology and radiation detention and domestic nuclear detection office. we'll work with your team on those plans. three, what you articulated at the beginning, understanding the critical e

the latest on the scandal within the veterans administration joining me to talk about this is dan caldwell a former active duty marine who served in operation iraqi freedom he's currently the issues and legislative campaign manager for concerned veterans of america he joins us from washington then we'll talk about the veterans administration in a moment but what's your read on what's going on in iraq well it's an unfortunate situation and i think it's a result of a very schizo phrenic foreign policy in the middle east that we've seen during this current administration there's been very degrees of focus on iraq and on the middle east in general and there's been a really incomplete policy one minute we're drawing red lines the other minute we're talking about leading from behind we're being very aggressive in things like don't drone strikes going after al qaeda but then the next we're pulling back this is really results i think of this current administration not paying a proper attention to the growth of this group in the middle east and what has been going on in iraq and other countries for

think of wilson caldwell, who was told he could not pilot a plane without a high school degree, so he decided to jump out of a plane instead and he did here on d-day with the 101st airborne, when he was just 16 years old. think of a jewish son of russian immigrants who fudged his age at enlistment so he could join his friends in the fight. don't worry, harry, the statute of limitations has expired. he came ashore at utah beach on d-day. now that he has come back, we said he could have anything he wants for lunch today. he helped liberate this coast, after all, but he said a hamburger will do fine. what's more american than that? think of the man who saw a recruitment poster asking him if he was man enough to be a paratrooper, so he signed up on the spot. that decision landed him here with the 508 regiment, a unit that would suffer heavy casualties. 70 years later, it is said that all across fort bragg they know rock. not just for the splits on d-day -- his exploits on d-day or his 35 years, but because 91-year-old rock merit still spends his time speaking to the young men and women of

think of wilson caldwell whoflz told he couldn't pilot a plane without a high school degree, so he decidedjump out of a plane instead and he did on d-day with the first airborne when he was 16 years old. think of harry kokowitz who fudged his age so he could join his friends in the fight. don't worry the statute of limitations has expired. harry came ashore at utah beach on d-day. now that he has come back he said you could have anything you want for lunch today. helped liberate the coast after all. he said a hamburger would do fine. what's more american than that? think of rock mare who saw a recruitment poster asking him if he was man enough to be a para trooper. he signed up on the spot. that decision landed him here on d-day with 508th regimen the unit that would suffer heavy casualties. 70 years later it is said all across fort bragg they know ryan not just because of his exploits on d-day but because the 91-year-old still spends his time talking to the young men and women speaking to young people. whenever the world makes you sin kel, whenever you doubt that courage and goodness is p

. >> his lawyers claim that caldwell's civil ryes were invoi violated in that he was detained unlawfully. >> with oscar being deceased and jon too, it hard to believe. i don't know what to say, i'm a mother. i'm an aunt. and i have about in a lot of pain through this. >> he and his lawyers were not available for comment. the trial resumes friday. vick lee, abc 7 news. >> the archbishop of san francisco is taking heat from several politicians for attending an event that is being organized by a anti-gay hate crew. a letter was sent to the archbishop in which they urge him not to attend a rally that was organized by the national organization for marriage. the group publishes material that connects homosexuality with pedophilia. >> it has extreme views and accusations that really would cause even a wider rift. >> mayor lee said that the catholic church should move to unite people on same-sex marriage. the archbishop helped to raise money for prop-8 that tried to ban gay marriage in california t state is ordering on demand right services to stop operating at aprils. the new restriction is a r

think of wilson caldwell who was told he couldn't fly a plane without a college degree to he decidedmp out of them instead. think of harryccowitz who funneled his -- fudged his age and don't worry, harry, the statute of limitations has expired. he came on shore on d-day. and now that he's come back, we said he can have anything he wants for lunge lunch today. he said a hamburger will do fine. what's more american than that? think of rock merit, recruiter asked him if he was man enough to be a paratrooper. he signed him up on the spot. that decision got him to the 508th regimen, a unit that would suffer heavy casualties and all across ft. bragg, they know why, 91-year-old rock merit still takes time to speak to the young men and women of today's army. whenever the world makes you cynical, whenever you doubt that courage and goodness is possible, stop and think of these men. wilson and harry and rock, they are here today, and although i know we already gave them a rousing round of applause along with all our veterans of d-day, if you can stand, please stand. if not, please raise your h

one of the mentioned by the president in his speech was bill caldwell.he told us he was dropped miles from his drop zone on d-day under fierce fire. >> across normandy, celebrating d-day and the allied sacrifices of canadian, americans, and british troops a. there were no cheers for president putin who has been accused by many for destabilizing russia and ukrai ukraine. president hollande's speech was a thanks to allies. >> if we can live in peace, sovereignty protected by the laws we have chosen it is thanks to these men who give their lives. i declare here on this beach that france is eternally grateful. >> a lot of the ones that. >> reporting live from normandy. thank you. there were a number of ceremonies back here in the states. in washington dozens of veterans gathered for commemoration. thousands gathered in virginia. veterans shared their recollections of that historic day. bedford lost more veterans per capita than any other community. >>> and the organization called "the french will never forget" put together a different kind of tribute. two he

. >> caldwell has lied his way into the military, he was only 16 when he came face to face with the enemy. it happened in a hedge row hours after he landed. >> if you hit first you will survive, and if you don't you are gone. he looked at me and tried to say something, and -- that freaked me out. this week, and almost two dozen more veterans received the french he john of honor, what could well be the last chance france has to thank them for helping to free europe. our picture of the day comes from presence, where vets are being honored for their role. when combat veteran got the chance to relive the moment, 83-year-old jim martin, completed a tandem jump on the utah beach in western france. the commemoration takes place tomorrow morning. and you can find it right her. we will see you at 11:00. >> talk to aljazeera only on al jazeera america welcome to al jazeera america. here are tonight's top stories. there's been a fatal shooting on a college campus in seattle. one victim has died of his wounds three others are being treated. police say they do have a suspect in custody. president obam

. >> bill caldwell is 86, the united states army thinks he's 88 or maybe 89. >> reporter: so this is you when you enlisted? on-august 7, 1943, when he was 15, he lied about his age to an army recruiter. he hoped to be a pilot. >> he said "we need paratroopers." i said what is a paratrooper. he said "we train you and drop you behind the lines, 20 miles, and if you survive, you get to go home after the war. >> that was his answer. i said "i'll take it:". >> at 2am at the tender age of 16, calendar well leaped into the darkness over normandy, one of the first waves of 156,000 allied troops who would land in france on d-day. 73,000 of those troops were american. many would not live to see the end of the day, much less the end of the war, and time has further thinned the ranks of survivors. it's estimated that more than 1,000 american world war ii vets die every day. combat engineer alfonso is 92. he was one of the first americans to hit omaha beach. he was wounded, returned to combat and made it all the way to the outskirts of berlin. >> they would sit and shoot rockets at us. >> elma wa