coast guard he spoke about the coast guard fleet modernization, the polar security cutter program and drug prevention efforts. held by the senate commerce subcommittee, this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> i am pleased to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses today. the united states is a maritime state. . e saust maritime country america's ports, waterways and river systems support over $4.6 trillion in annual economic activity and almost $650,000 -- and almost 650,000 american jobs. it is a hugely important part of our economy and very important that it's the global maritime -- as the global maritime industry evolves and grows that federal regulations and oversight evolve in lockstep with that greth. today we hear from admiral carl schultz, commandant of the coast guard. admiral mark buzzby, maritime administration administrator and the honorable michael corey, chairman of the federal commission on how to support this change in growth. their missions at each agency contribute to the safety and national security of our nation. congress has given the coast guard a wide range of m

coast guard, a branch of the u.s. military were left unpaid for the dangerous work they do with the country while numerous were being paid. we are working on legislation that would protect the coast guard should another lapse occur and admiral we want to work on your team with that. although not part of the team, playing a key role in national security. the maritime program, for example, provides a stipend for 60 u.s. missiles that are in the standby to support u.s. operations during war or national emergency. in sharing that the maritime security is appropriately managed is critical to sustaining the hope of the maritime industry and securing the logistic supply line for global military operations. in addition to the msp, marad runs a number of other programs including the ski lift and secure fleet which includes the ready reserve fleet, just to name a few. these ships they support have the incredible infrastructure that our nation relies upon to secure both security operations and economic develop l. of course the l

we are a better united states coast guard when we're a more diverse coast guard. that is all about inclusivity. you hear me talk incessantly about being a more inclusive coast guard, our coast guard more representative of the nation we serve. we have had some challenges up there in new london. we had a whistleblower case here recently. we protect whistleblowers in the coast guard. the dhs inspector general sent their report to secretary nielsen who forwarded that to me. we have acted on each and every recommendation in that report. we still have a little bit of ground to close on some training updates, to make sure our supervisors are better trained on bullying and harassment type policies and that will be wrapped up here in the next month or so. but we take that very seriously. the superintendent is fully committed. we have an eclipse weekend coming up. it is going on this week. some of your house colleagues i believe, congressman courtney will be attending some of those events up there. that is, we're looking at our equity. we have an equity mind set at new lond

that is a job the coast guard would normally do. but because the coast guard had a traffic service in the area asked the national transportation safety board to do it. they are doing it. when we get the results we will know more than we know now. that is all i can tell you on that issue. >> reporter: >> let's try to coordinate this. secretary cheney their questions for him. >> reporter: when he said military personnel would be involved in the cleanup, >> they will be involved in terms of providing transportation support, housing, trying to move amphibious ships to the area. one of the things we need to do is improve the operations of valdez airport, it's not 24 hour right now. we have the capacity to solve that problem. it may involve the direct involvement of the u.s. military personnel in the cleanup just as they were involved previously in fighting forest fires in the yellowstone. i don't know enough yet this morning to be able to say to you these are the specific tasks that they will perform. we will do our best. >> reporter: wh

it's not a coast guard plan. it's a plan arrived at as a requirement by the state of alaska before they would permit alieska to come in there. that was arrived at by those two parties. it was a plan that they should have been able to execute. for a number of reasons, they weren't. i think anytime you're time-late at a spill, then you're in major trouble. every hour you're late multiplies the problem. they should have been there within five hours. they weren't. >> very good, admiral yost. we appreciate it very much, your appearance here today in front of the committee. now, finally, we have a panel that will stay open for questions by my colleague. we have the panel of dr. evans, the undersecretary of commerce, oceans and atmosphere, and mr. steve robinson, the deputy director of the fish and wildlife service. i'll ask them to come forward. >> mr. evans, mr. robinson, we do appreciate your indulgence, and we apologize, but you can see we've tried to move along as quickly as possible. your statements both will be i

i've covered all the branches except the coast guard. i'm hoping somebody in this room will know some thing about how the coast guard and tr interacted. all i know is the navy league also includes the coast guard as well as the marines. if somebody wants to enlighten me, go ahead. that's really all i'm going to say. i know i'm standing between you and getting another drink, but i'm happy to have a job here. we are going to raise, always take the limelight ifyou can. i think we should all raise a toast to theodore roosevelt and what he did for the military. >> hear, hear. >> do you want me to answer questions or was that it? >> let's mix and mingle. >> ok. thank you everybody. >> on american history tv, and lectures in history, the legal history of abortion in the u.s. sunday, space scientist recalls his work on the apollo missions and a discussion on the presidents retreat tv,ext on american history the u.s. commission on civil rights host a talk on early 20th century immigration policy, and the nazi era refugee crisis of the 1930's and

i have covered the branches except the coast guard. i am hoping somebody in this room will do something about how the coast guard and tr interacted. all i know is the navy league also includes the coast guard as well as the marines. afterward, if somebody wants to enlighten me, go ahead. that's really all i'm going to say. i know i'm standing between you and getting another drink, but i'm happy to have a job here. always take the limelight when you can. i think we should all raise a toast to theodore roosevelt and what he did for the military. do you want me to answer questions or was that it? >> let's mix and mingle. >> ok. thank you everybody. [indistinct conversations] >> from george washington to george w. bush, every sunday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern, we feature "the presidency," exploring the presidents, politics, and their legacies. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for you

the coast guard is a fine example. but, let's say that -- so over the last three years, they removed 1.4 million pounds, and over the next three years, let's say they remove a million pounds. that doesn't mean it's a failing grade. it could mean that our efforts with president duke in colombia, the areal efforts have restarted. and that they're moving towards illicit crops. so i think that's why we have to measure effectiveness, not just pure numbers. >> director, i've visited colombia and visited our troops who are embedded with the colombian military. >> yes, sir. >> to try to change from one crop to another. and to also engage in the interdiction efforts, also. and they are making good progress. but let me tell you what, in an interview published in 2017, admiral paul zukompf who was then the commander of the coast guard said, because of resource limitations, the coast guard cannot catch all of the drug smuggling we know about. he stated that in the previous year. the intelligence had him on nearly 500 possible ship

coast guard. >> quickly. how does the ondcp leverage its relationships with international partnerships with other countries, such as mexico, to disrupt the flow of illicit drugs? >> the -- we work very closely -- and i work very closely with our foreign partners. in colombia, we were talking about cocaine. they have a new president, president duquesne, as you know. i met with him, and he was meeting with president trump and i participated in that. in china, we talked about with chairman cummings, i'm headed to china again in april. and frequent conversations with our u.s. ambassador to china as well as the chinese ambassador to the u.s., pushing them on class scheduling of fentanyl. mexico is certainly a challenge. and we're working hard through an ondcp -- of the north american drug dialogue. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the witnesses. and i also want to thank the ranking member for his efforts on this referred to, the support for patients and communication

. >> reporter: the captain radioed the coast guard that a small speedboat was circling, out of controlin the water nearby was a man holding on to a body board. >> i have a husband, apparently fell off the boat and the wife apparently fell off the boat. >> reporter: the man in the water was frantic. >> copy. and does he still look like he's pretty distraught? over. >> absolutely, very. >> reporter: his name was eric bechler. his wife was pegye. but she was nowhere to be found. >> what is he doing at this time? >> he's just kind of yelling out, just laying on his boogie board and yelling out. >> roger. can you make out any words that he is yelling out? over. >> no, he's kind of slurring his words. >> it'll be anytime now a unit should be on scene. >> reporter: it was a stunning end to what began as a perfect day. this newport beach couple was celebrating their wedding anniversary and pegye just turning 38. >> it was her birthday, you know, so she was in good spirits. >> reporter: glenda slosser was one of the friends they'd invited to a big party a couple of days earlier. >> she's talkin

local fishermen were getting desperate and to the national coast guard started patrolling together with ocean conservation and geo sea shepherd before the start of the operation few vessels had been arrested since january twenty seventh in fourteen fishing vessels have been reported for you now fish populations are slowly returning to the area i used tons for illegal unreported or under glittered fishing . we were like just by choice forty to forty five percent off our coast a lot by the coming out sea shepherd have given us that opportunity to extend our posture as far as almost ninety percent of our water my share of the boats that have been arrested for are you have been chinese or asian vessel sea shepherd provides there have been coast guard with ships small boats and crew they're going to ascension also carries our groups on how to board suspicious vessels at the partners in form and train the coast guard on how to carry out security inspections during this exercise captain until bird field from sea shepherd plays the role of the captain of a ship that's in violation of the old. r

she epitomizes the coast guard's mission. she leads by example. champions a humanitarian spirit and has devoted her life to serving others. thank you, maggie. washington state and the coast guard would not be the same without you. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman -- sorry.ssee >> thank you, mr. speaker. rise today to congratulate tahoma high school state champions. congratulations to the students of tahoma high school from washington state's maple valley on their 10th consecutive statewide victory and 23rd victory in the last 25 years in the center of civic education, we, the people, the constitution annual tournament. ms. schrier: these smart and ambitious students from the eighth district will represent washington state at the 32nd annual we the people finals later this month right here in d.c. where they will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the constitution to distinguish to panels of scholars, lawyers, and leaders from across the nation. they will no doubt uphold the standards

with us onstage today are the wounded warriors from the air force, army, navy, coast guard, national guard, and the marine corps. each of you is a testament to the outstanding determination, and patriotism that made this the graded nation ever to exist on the face of the earth -- greatest nation to exist on the face of the earth. we are spending the biggest number of dollars we have ever spent, not even close, you know that very well general. 700 billion my first year. i will not tell you how much higher than before we got here. and then $716 billion. in this year we are trying to up it. we are rebuilding our military like never before. brand new fighter jets, brand-new ships, every soldier has the best equipment. in the army we are even getting new uniforms, and those beautiful new uniforms with a belt. it was a big deal, the belt. if you thought those uniforms are inexpensive, they are very expensive. but they wanted it, and we got it. we have equipment now like we have never had before. research for the new and greatest equipment in the world. nobody is even close and can do what

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she is a coast guard woman. redeployment, a insistence and inspection andchment, or a raid team, the primary mission was to inspect materials being shipped back to the united states from a war zone, and for hazardous materials or pieces or items that should not be coming back to the united states. sarah, sherst met went to the officer candidate school is -- and is now an officer in the united states coast guard. our second woman that we are meeting today is retired navy commander tammy joe schulz. we know her as the southwest ,ilot who just a few months ago successfully landed a southwest airliner that had taken off from laguardia, and the engine blew, blowing a hole in the fuselage, and tammy successfully landed that. she was one of the first women in the navy to explore -- to fly .he high-performance aircraft sandra was a marine sergeant. she is one of 36 women marines who are permitted to serve in vietnam. picturesee from her that she did a lot of other things when on the ground, volunteering at orphanages an

the navy league also includes the coast guard as well as the marines. if somebody wants to enlighten me, go ahead. that's really all i'm going to say. i know i'm standing between you drink, but another i'm happy to have a job here. i think we should all raise a toast to theodore roosevelt and what he did for the military. do you want me to answer questions or was that it? >> let's mix and mingle. >> ok. thank you everybody. announcer: from george washington to george w. bush, every sunday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern, we feature the presidency, our weekly series exploring the president's, their policies, and legacies. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. >> the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of this soon. book,cer: c-span's newest "the president's." it provides insights into the lives of the 44 american presidents. explore the life events that shaped our le

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someone that would have connections within the moroccan government or be able to ensure that the coast guard would leave because we were told multiple times by people on the ground that there is a cut that people on the coast moroccan coast guard receive to stop patrolling certain areas so that boats can leave from spain so this is a quite. intelligent business this isn't just a few people fleeing their country desperately getting on dinghies trying to get to spain this is a very structured business and at times he's saying it's around five hundred to a thousand people imagine how much money you're making it's one hundred thirty thousand euros per boat i mean you could ten boats in a day you're making one point three million dollars why is no one talking about this massive criminal syndicate it's crazy to me to to think that anyone has been portraying this as well certainly on the moroccan or turkish side of libyan side as a humanitarian aid crisis this is almost entirely a business and anyone you speak to on the ground migrant trafficker or otherwise will tell you this is a business they ar

who arranges the boats to show up on shore now the moroccan man we assume at the moment that the coast guard would leave because we were told multiple times by people on the ground that there is a cut that people on the coast moroccan coast guard received to stop patrolling certain areas so that boats can leave from spain so this is a quite. intelligent business this isn't just a few people fleeing their country desperately getting on dinghies trying to get to spain this is a very structured business with many different levels and steps involved and many different people getting paid off to ensure that this corruption continues now there's been a bit of a shutdown in tangier the very close point to gibraltar. but a lot of the trafficking has now gone down to a new door which is the further point where they try to go up to through and through other routes like that new door is where we actually spoke to this trafficker and that business is just beginning to get more and more solidified so they're just kind of growing their syndicate at the moment it used to be all in tangier that quite shut d

coast guard, doing the most advanced icebreaker in the world.hey were trying to get it for 20 years. it is expensive. built in the usa, by the way. but all the things we are getting, and i think in particular the air force with the planes we are ordering, vast numbers of f-35 fighter jets. i will probably get in trouble because i cut the price. but we cut it very substantially. the bombers, the tankers, the greatest equipment in the world, everybody wants it, and we only give it to those that are working with us. and they pay for it, by the way. that's always nice. in the old days, they weren't paying so much. now they pay. they respect us again. they respect our country again. today america proudly salutes you and all of your fellow warriors. your incredible warriors -- you are incredible warriors. when i took pictures little while ago, some of the guys walked in, they said hello. can you stand, please? everybody stand, please. please. [applause] great job. we are in awe of your courage. we are forever grateful for your noble sacrifice. i also

. >>> right now a coast guard is searching for the body of a boogie boarder who was swept out to sea sat poplar beach in half moon bay. >> family and friends a also out there, correct? >> reporter: they are still out there with their flashlights still looking even though this has become a recovery effort. according to the victim's best friend's family he was pulled out by a riptide and his friend charged his harldedest to save . >> a.j. just yelled at him to float on his back, watch the waves. and a.j. got sucked into the undertow as well, and he felt like he was drowning. >> luckily someone reached a.j. in time and pulled him back to shore. he and his friends were seen boogie boarding when a riptid sneaked up on them. >> sometimes when you have two current that are battlin each other it causes the rip current out to sea. >> reporter: friends and family refused to leave poplar beach where they had come on spring break. >> he was a gifted athlete. we'd known him since he was a baby, and he had a -- my daughter said he had a full ride scholarship to university of wyoming. i feel so sor

but at one time the coast guard was ready to demolish it until lighthouse lovers stepped in.isitors this day are the coup couple selected from more than 1,000 applicants. >> people ask are you go tooling have a cook or a maintenance person and it's all us. >> reporter: you're going to be living in the 1870s. >> which i'm okay with. >> reporter: among their new duties, learning to get the old fog horn up and running. as a noisy demonstration for overnight guests. the island is the guiding light it's been for year east brother island. >> and that's the overnight news for this monday. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's monday, april 15th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." [ cheers and applause ] >>> tiger woods roars again. the 43-year-old golfer makes history, winning his fifth masters after a 14-year doubt. >>> deadly storms. about a dozen tornadoes cause widespread destruction in the

coast guard -- doing the most advanced icebreaker in the world. they were trying to get it for 20 years. they couldn't get it. we're doing it. it is expensive, i will say. built in the usa, by the way. but all of the things that we're getting -- and i think in particular the air force, with the planes, we're ordering vast numbers of f-35 fighter jets. i've tried to keep the price as low as possible. i got involved personally. i don't even know if i'm supposed to do it. i'll probably get in trouble because i cut the price, you know? but we cut it very substantially. very, very substantially. and the f-18s and every kind of plane you can think of -- the bombers, the tankers. we have the greatest equipment in the world. everybody wants it, and we only give it to those that are working with us. and they pay for it, by the way. that's always nice. you know, in the old days, they weren't paying so much. now, at least they pay. and they're happy about it. they respect us again. they respect our country again. today, america proudly salutes you and all of

my daughter said he had a full scholarship to the university of wyoming. >> reporter: the coast guard has officially taken over the remainder of the search. commanders talked with family members just about an hour ago or so. so far, authorities have not released the name of that 18-year-old because they haven't recovered a body. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> that is sad. thank you. >>> new at 11:00, traffic that could impact your easter plans. the chp is warning drivers that a busy bay area freeway is going to be closed this weekend. we're talking about 680, shut down for repairs in both directions, starting sunday morning from 12:30 a.m. to 8:30 in the morning. so your best option, 880 instead. >>> a sinking feeling as the city is again dealing with a troublesome sinkhole. that's video from sky ranger. it shows the hole eating up concrete here. right now, it's 12 foot deep and swallowed up parts of the parking lot, a gas station and autorepair shot. two years ago, a 30-foot sinkhole opened up across from the new one we just showed you. it took more than $1 million to fix that

liberty. ♪ >>> a coast guard lieutenant accused of plotting a domestic terror attack could be releasedion. christopher hassett was indicted on weapons and drudge charges but has not yet been charged with anything related to terrorism or attempted murder. he's a white supremacist who created a hit list that included prominent democratic politicians as well as several journalists including some of my colleagues here at cnn. in arguing for his release, his attorney said his views are no different than president trump's. crime and justice reporter david shortal joins us now. this is a remarkable decision from this judge. how did he explain it? >> yeah, good morning, jim. a really dramatic turn of events in a maryland court when a judge said that christopher hassan, a coast guard lieutenant, should be released from detention ahead of his hearing. now, hassan pleaded not guilty last month to multiple weapons and drugs charges and prosecutors have painted a picture of him as this decades long white supremacist who had a mass and arsenal of weapon and google searched the home addresses of some

the coast guard is getting help from a helicopter and firefighters. you can see foggy conditions maybe complicating the search. the half-moon bay are view reports he's only 18. he was first reported missing around 3:00 this afternoon >> in san francisco, there are some troubling issues with the city new streetcars. the biggest is a defect in some soft doors causing them to lock down on things that gt stuck in them. including people. last week a woman's hand got caught and she was dragged down the platform. we spoke with the man who helped her. she joins us live. >> she was like -- i saw like this. and the rest of the body. this part was clearly trapped. >> a couple people were banging on the car. like stop stop. there's somebody trapped. >> that was last friday. software engineer who ride daily tweeted this about 2:00 p.m. april 12. just saw a train new car northbound drag an elderly woman onto the tracks. the station staff was compassionate but the driver kept driving. >> the doors could you see any sign it was trying to open knowing there was a hand

i have a registered documentation with the coast guard. that just means he registered the vessel federally as opposed to with the state. this is a local jurisdiction issue. we don't need to be notified whenever they make decisions such as this. >> reporter: he says he's still in shock. >> sorry. >> reporter: he says the boat of his home and he poured hour was work into fixing it up. he says he was able to salvage a few things. now packed into his s.u.v. >> it was my home. i am now homeless. i want the money that that boat was worth, my t get a place to live. i mean, that was my everything. >> reporter: he says he is a carpenter, and the backhoe punched through the dick and damaged his tools below. he was supposed to be on a job yesterday but couldn't finish because of what happened. he says now be sleeping in his suv while he tries to settle this with police and considering legal action. >> jana, thank you. >>> a police officer stabbed in oakland tonight. the department says the officer just finished his shift and was walking to his car ne

. >>> a stunning rescue by the coast guard after the boat capsizes in the gulf. it happened off the coast of bay port, florida. three men and a 12-year-old boy were clinging to their life after their fishing boat sank. the coast guard's infrared video shows them being carried up one by one in baskets to a rescue helicopter. no reported injuries. >>> 9-year-old girl was playing in her front yard when she was hit by a car. the video may be tough to watch. she was outside playing when all of a sudden, the car plowed into her. police are searching for the driver who fled the scene. the family came rushing out in a panic. >> the whole emergency room, her head was in my lap. she was still breathing, heart still beating. >> we'll have more later on "today," including the full interview with the family. meanwhile, she is in the hospital recovering as the police investigation heats up. >>> a malaysian court sentenced a woman in the death of kim jong-un's half brother. the vietnam suspect would be sentenced if guilty. she plead guilty and has received a sentence of three ye

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shore these are votes that we've identified over the course of 6 months even up to a year the us coast guard also paid for by a $50,000 state grant the oakland police department received this year. officer calais olb know is in charge of the marine unit to multiple times we have found. >>large amounts of narcotics paraphernalia on board. they found gasoline spilled all over the bilge with them though to leaking oil into the estuary just stolen property as well 8 votes were dragged away the police department hired a marine salvage company to use an excavator to pull the boats out of the water at the jack london aquatics center boat ramp. >>remove all the hazardous material and then crush up the votes. the debris was loaded into a dump truck. >>where was all disposed of at a landfill. it's important to keep this to a clean try and bring. >>the families back down to the estuary to enjoy the city of oakland police department says the state grant will pay for at least one more vote removal operation this year. >>in oakland felecia all kron 4 news. >>bart is trying to better protect riders 3 new e

the chp coast guard and the san mateo county harbor master responded to a hang glider pilot in distress that landed in the water off double slide. according to witnesses carrillo unhooked from the glider but was unable to make it to shore because of the heavy surf after an hour of searching carrillo was pulled from the water by a crew on board a coast guard helicopter unresponsive and not breathing. they were unable to resuscitate him carrillo had taken off here at fort funds to sheriff's department says carrillo had been using the buddy system, but that other pilot who was flying with him lost sight of him and could not raise him on the walkie talkie so at this point they say they don't know what kind of trouble carrillo ran into woke up in the air that caused him to come down in the surf. they're asking any witnesses to give them a call maureen kelly kron 4 news. the us supreme court has agreed to hear cases on whether or not federal job protections include sexually orientation and gender identity. >>at issue is federal law that bans sec's discrimination in the workplace and if it pro

coast guard are back on land after seven months at sea, and they brought with them more than 14,000 poundscocaine. it's all part of a major operation to crack down on the international drug trade. the operation took place off the coast of mexico, central and south america. it involved three ships, and one of those ships is actually based out of alameda. the ship seized about $190 million worth of cocaine. >> at this moment is the moment that we all have been looking for. we've been like training for and long hours all night training, days long, hours from home, and this is where we're like -- the reward moments that we're waiting for. >> good work by the coast guard. they also arrested ten smugglers who will all be prosecuted in the u.s. >>> get ready, gas is about to get more expensive. expect to pay about 4 bucks for a gallon of regular in the next couple of weeks. a number of issues are to blame, refinery problems and rising oil prices among them. we haven't had prices past 4 bucks a gallon since the summer of 2014. >>> wild flowers are blooming all over, and we found a pretty great spo

now the moroccan man we struck in government or be able to ensure that the coast guard would leave because we were told multiple times by people on the ground that there is a cut that people on the coast moroccan coast guard receive to stop patrolling certain areas so that boats can leave from spain so this is a quite. intelligent business this isn't just a few people fleeing their country desperately getting on dinghies trying to get to spain this is a very structured business and at times he's saying it's around five hundred to a thousand people imagine how much money you're making it's one hundred thirty thousand euros per boat i mean you could ten boats in a day you're making one point three million dollars why is no one talking about this massive criminal syndicate it's crazy to me to to think that anyone has been portraying this as well certainly on the moroccan or turkish side of libyan side as a humanitarian aid crisis this is almost entirely a business and anyone will tell you this is a business they are not looking to help people they don't care if you're persecuted they don't ca