this 2,000 square foot beach house at camp pendleton.lt in virginia, as a state rifle range in 1912. it has 100 buildings including classrooms, barracks, dining halls, and a chapel. the official gubernatorial beach cottage, the property you see here, it was built in 1915. it was owned by the state of virginia and the official vacation home for the first family. the perks, one reason it might be better to be a coastal governor than an inland governor if you had the choice. no offense meant to the land locked. bob mcdonnell is governor of a coastal state that has an official governor's beach house. as he's been him, he ca governor th vacation land in virgini around the state. it started in earnest last week post." an editorial that included blistering shot. "mr. mcdonn hypocrisy has s reputatio m credible." t mcdon auste life and e the "post" governor's r course with the ceo of a troubled virginia company from whom he accepted in the g mag ceo's company. and he set up meetings for the officials. the governor's wife also traveled around the

when jordan was at camp pendleton, he said he routine lie smoked marijuana and al-- a synthetic saltsorter: jordan says he will never use bath salts again. >> it is a horrible, horrible, life ruining, brain destroying drug that nobody should ever do. >> reporter: but chris, on t other hand, has just purchased half a gram and is anxious to get started. >> all i know, it is hard to like swallow, i got constantly pause. and it would be controlling my heart rate and slowing down my actions. >> reporter: as chris takes hit after hit, his thoughts start to come out in jumbled ways. >> it is interesting, finding the thoughts the mindset sometimes that you're in, a state of euphoria, dealing with -- >> reporter: are you high right now? >> yes, i think the -- funnest thing is to find out how far i can take it. >> reporter: chris tells me that when he entered themarines, he addicted to alcohol. but at some point he switched to synthetic drugs. do you think you will ever stop? >> yes, and i think that that day soon. chris, he was still using.have you eve to get >> i have tried looking deep insid

he advised more than 1500 marines while stationed in fallujah in iraq and also in camp pendleton. >> bradley manning's point was you ought to know what your government is doing, and i guess we do now, and i guess he'll go away now. >> well, i guess that remains to be seen. i guess he is being sentenced tomorrow. it's understand that understand that this may have been a victory for the defense, he is not getting away with anything. he did get convicted on 21 separate counts from espionage and leaking classified information. so he is getting punished. in many instances he plead guilty and accepted responsibility for breaking the laws. is he aiding the enemy is the only one the government didn't get him on. >> shepard: what was your take on the fact they didn't? >> we're left speculating because the door of fact in this case, unlike most cases, was the judge. the judge ruled on the law and also was the finder of guilt or not guilt in this case, as opposed to a jury. and so all we can do is really speculate, and i think that in this case, for this law -- this charge never real ya comes a

>> reporter: a marine, a recipient of a purple heart overseas, losing it in traffic on camp pendleton. so, what is it about being behind the wheel of a car that makes us flip out? >> [ bleep ] cut me off? ahh! >> well, being in a car, there's a sense of power and control. and when you feel like you've been slighted, you feel determined to track that person down, almost like vigilante justice. but you are the one who's the sheriff and the judge and is going to be the enforcer. >> reporter: exacerbating matters is the fact that most americans hate their commute. in polls, we rate it as one of the worse parts of our day, on par with having a meeting with our boss. >> what the [ bleep ] is this guy doing, [ bleep ]! >> reporter: to avoid the mental and physical wear and tear of the road, some people are coming up with alternative commutes. this is zach schwitzky who paddles from new jersey to manhattan and loves it, although i did not. >> probably the most relaxing part of my day. >> reporter: this is the most relaxing part of your day? the rest of your day must suck. as zach paddled happ

she's buried at camp pendleton in california where she spent her final years before she died in 1968.ate of accused government leaker private first class bradley manning is now in the hands of a military judge. 25-year-old is charged with aiding the enemy after allegedly leaking about 700,000 classified military and diplomatic cables to the antes secrecy web site, wikileaks. many civil liberties groups are watching this trial very closely. they say the verdict could have far reaching implications that go well beyond this case. joining us to discuss it is susan estridge. always good to talk to you. >> good to talk to you. >> rick: what's the thinking on this case and the eventual verdict y it could be so consequential? >> well, obviously no one is going after the press here, so let's make that clear. this is not about whether the "new york times" or anybody else had a right to publish material that was given to them. the question is whether an army intelligence officer who knew exactly what he was doing, knew that stealing these materials and giving them to wikileaks and having them ma

the nearest dunkin' donuts right now to the bay area is all the way down in san diego over by camp pendleton 19 minutes after 5:00. ready for a new set of wheels? the three reasons why this is the best time in years to buy a car. >> the warriors plot thickens, folks. dwight howard, is he coming closer to the golden state? and san jose's joey chestnut is the king of the hot dogs again. >> first, here's a look at the new eastern span of the bay bridge. we'll be right back. thank you. so you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. (speaking french) so you can express your gratitude... in the moment. >>> big news this morning, the bart strike is halted for now. service is set to resume later this afternoon. in the meantime your bridges moving well. we'll get a check of your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes right here on kpix 5. >>> good morning. at this hour the warriors very much in the mix for free agent big man dwight howard. late information last night says that the warriors executives have found trade destinations for three of their biggest contract

camp pendleton semper phi, happy birthday, america. >> it gives me great hope, jamie, to come out here lives on the line, sacrificing on behalf of the rest of us. and doing it in a celebration of freedom for the people of america, particularly when you see the turmoil like conor has been covering from cairo, the kinds of things that have been happening out here now for over a dozen years. and the hope of freedom that america offers thanks to the sacrifice of young americans like this lance corporal standing next to me and thanks to you for paying tribute to them. jamie? >> they will not give up until the mission is complete. he we are so respectful of everything they do. and of their families who sacrifice as well. thank you so much. colonel north and happy july 4th. >> always a pleasure, jamie. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, meanwhile, a lot of our troops not so fortunate. many of our american troops lost arms and legs fighting in iraq and afghanistan. jennifer griffin reports on wounded warriors getting high tech help in the form of wheelchairs. there are others who are waiting

this 2,000 square foot beach house at camp pendleton.rginia, as a state rifle range in 1912. it has 100 buildings including classrooms, barracks, dining halls, and a chapel. the official gubernatorial beach cottage, the property you see here, it was built in 1915. it was owned by the state of virginia and the official vacation home for the first family. the perks, one reason it might be better to be a coastal governor than an inland governor if you had the choice. no offense meant to the land locked. bob mcdonnell is governor of a coastal state that has an official governor's beach house. as he's been dealing with the expanding scandal that surrounds him, he can take a vacation, a legal vacation with his family for free at virginia's awesome gubernatorial beach cottage. finally a getaway for the governor that even seems legal. while he's relaxing in a hammock, playing scrabble, he's being pilloried by newspapers around the state. it started in earnest last week with one in the "washington post." an editorial that included this blistering

the mission, camp pendleton in california all the way to washington, d.c.wo mamarines, six weeks and 27 miles, during the brutal summer elements, all to raise awareness for the wounded warrior project. gentlemen, first of all, thank you for your service to our country and this new effort you've undertaken. tell us what it's all about, how you decided to launch this. >> well, it's about four years in the making. we started this at an outback steakhouse and decided we wanted to do something really big and look for a good cause. and i don't remember who came up with the walk across america idea but once it was on the table it just stuck. up until about 2 1/2 months ago i called chris, i said, hey, it's now or never. he was on board. so here we are. >> it's an amazing thing, we've seen some of the incredible pictures you've had and heard about your journeys along the way. chris, what has it been like? brutal temperatures, you're out there on the road for hours at a time. tell us about your experience. >> it's been pretty incredible so far. we've been able to ge

i do not know the specifics of the fines that were purportedly imposed at camp pendleton. however, the gentleman did allude to a northern california air force base and did suggest that fines were imposed by the california air resources board. i would suggest that that is not necessarily the case. n fact, it was the air quality management district. it was not the california air resources board that found that this air force base had 526 days of multiple violations of local air district rules. the district came to a settlement agreement with the air force base to properly permit its equipment and bring it back into compliance on a certain time line. the statement states, settlement states if the air force base did not hold up its end of the bargain, it could face a fine. the gentleman provided a second example for a southern california naval installation. in fact, it was not the california air resources board that was involved, but the san diego air quality district that took enforcement action when this air force base did demolish a building because it did not do asbestos t