coast guard. it's also the department of defense. it is also throughout federal agencies. mr. chairman, i have written you some lengthy letters over the weekend. i just want to talk to those issues. one, the letter is requesting the issue of subpoenas to hhs on the fact that they have not been responding to my investigation requests as relates to the cover-up of the creation of the -- for example, anthony fauci's funding of the wuhan lab. they have provided this to a freedom of information request. congress is not subject to those reactions. we know that the pages exist. as an accommodation we said we want to see these unredacted. they did not give them to us. but they did allow was over the course of many months they allowed us to go into a secure room and they provide those documents. we could not take copies. we could take notes. we asked for 400 pages. we have been able to review 350. we are down to the last 50 pages. this has been over a year. this is what they have produced to us so far. i d

coast guard.se survivors include both men and women and they span nearly five decades of coast guard alumni and retirees. four of these brave individuals are here with us today and on behalf of myself and all of my colleagues i want to thank each of you for being here. i want to thank each of you for your courage and tenacity in coming forward. the stories that we are going to hear today show how the coast guard academy fosters an environment where assault and harassment not only persisted but fueled the culture of cover-up where it survivors who did come forward were not treated with the seriousness and respect that they deserved. i want to share part of with just one individual story from a former canada who is not here today it's one of numerous accounts the subcommittee has receivedon and recent weeks were going to make part of them some of this record thist woman wasa constituent was assaulted twice under first year at the academy but did not disclose the assault to anyone for decades includi

coast guard. >> reporter: yet the coast guard and the department of homeland security have, for years, refused to release the report publicly. and keep in mind, this newly uncovered report was written four years before another internal coast guard report that was kept secret until a cnn investigation last summer. dubbed operation fouled anchor, it substantiated dozes of rapes at the coast guard academy. >> i again apologize to each victim, survivor, their loved ones. we failed to provide the safe environment that every member of the coast guard deserves. >> reporter: the problems outlined in both reports still persist, according to dozens of recent and current coast guard employees who have spoken with cnn. they worry that change will not happen in the future until the coast guard confronts its past. >> in order to improve the culture, they have to acknowledge what the culture actually is. >> pamela, why go to all this trouble to investigate wrong doing in the coast guard and not release the report? >> reporter: anderson, that is the million-dollar question here. the coast guard tells

coast guard academy. cnn uncovered a long history of rapes and other sexual assault about the coast guard that were mishandled and hidden and when the coast guard did a years' long investigation they kept the results a secret. that meant the coast guard didn't fix its issues and the coast guard had ordered sweeping changes since our first report five months ago and the women who testified represent decades of service in the coast guard all from different eras and most of them faulted coast guard leadership which in the past made it difficult to report sexual assault. they spoke about having to work alongside their attackers and not being protected and the victims were punished if alcohol was involved and sometimes they were set free and promoted. keara was raped by a fellow cadet on campus and while the reporting process has improved and she was given a victim's advocate and counselor, she still had difficulty with leadership. >> we are always told that you just have to say no, but no to him was an invita

the coast guard must do something about it.t shows the coast guard failed to live up to its core values by lacking the programs to prevent military sexual trauma and properly supporting victims and the aftermath and too many coast guard members are not experiencing the same, empowering workplace they expect and deserve. in fact, less than half of the women in the coast guard felt that they would be treated with dignity or respect by the coast guard if they reported being sexually assaulted and one thing that is repeatedly noted in this report that is just coming out is the loss of trust within the coast guard by its members, and while the coast guard did take a look back at the history, this is a forward-looking report and what they call a road map aimed at improving the coast guard's culture and the commandant called for sweeping reforms called for directed actions and that includes new training for everyone from recruits to senior executives and assault revengz response and recovery, creating a so-called safe to report policy

coast guard. >> the coast guard and the department of homeland security have for years refused to release the report publicly. keep in mind this newly uncovered report was written four years before another internal coast guard report that was kept secret until a cnn investigation last summer. doubled operation failed anchor it substantiated dozens of rapes at the coast guard academy. >> i again apologize to each victim, survivor, loved ones. we failed to provide the safe environment that every member of the coast guard deserves. >> reporter: the problems outlined in both reports still persist according to dozens of recent and current coast guard employees who have spoken with cnn. they worry that change will not happen in the future until the coast guard confronts its past. >> in order to improve the culture, they have to acknowledge what the culture actually is. >> that was cnn's chief investigative correspondent pam brown reporting. we'll be right back. >>> mortgage rates have continued to drop for the fifth week in a row now, potentially attracting buyers back to the market. cnn's busi

the coast guard does not provide sufficient measures to prevent sexual assault and coast guard personnelen discriminated against and sexually harassed. it's been kept from the public. dubbed for official use only. the front page saying it should be disseminated on a need to know basis and kept in a locked container. the report describes the failures of coast guard leadership, claiming leaders are not fully aware of perpetrator predator characteristics and have allowed coast guard members to escape accountability. in one example cited, a military member was reduced this in rank and asked to leave the service after being involved in a sexual harassment complaint only to be hired later by the coast guard as a supervisor. and was even accepted as a victim advocate into the coast guard's program for sexual assault victims. >> i have experienced racism and as a black queer woman i have experienced harassment. >> reporter: retired coast guard commander and whistleblower kimberly mcclaire is one of the people who knew the report existed and pushed for the release for years. >> i and many of us w

coast guard academy. in the words of one former lieutenant, faith in the coast guard within its own members is destroyed. cbs's scott macfarlane reports current and former officers and cadets say a culture of abuse at the academy has been covered up. >> reporter: the u.s. coast guard charged with protecting america's waterways has failed to protect its own women according to caitlyn mar row, who says she was sexually harassed and assaulted repeatedly at the coast guard academy in new london, connecticut, in 2004. >> he would assault me during swim class. he would swim up underwater, grab any part of my body that he pleased. >> reporter: a series of former coast guard service women -- >> the abuse becomes so unrelenting, so omni present, and so insufferable, we seek relief in suicide. i survived my attempt. >> reporter: and a current cadet. >> we are always told that you just have to say no. but no to him was an invitation to try again. >> reporter: told a senate committee this afternoon it happened to the

coast guard academy.of one former lieutenant, faith in the coast guard within its own members is destroyed. cbs's scott macfarlane reports current and former officers and cadets say a culture of abuse at the academy has been covered up. >> reporter: the u.s. coast guard charged with protecting america's waterways has failed to protect its own women, according to caitlin maro, who says she was sexually harassed and assaulted repeatedly, including by a classmate at the coast guard academy in new london, connecticut, in 2004. >> he would assault me during class. he would swim up underwater, grabbing a part of my body that he pleased. >> reporter: a series of former coast guard servicewomen... >> the abuse become so unrelenting, so omnipresent, and so insufferable, we seek relief in suicide. i survived my attempt. >> reporter: and a current cadet... >> we are always told that you just have to say no. but no to him was an invitation to try again. >> reporter: told a senate committee this afternoon it happened

the coast guard academy. that is until cnn started reporting on it. >> nothing. until cnn disclosed it. if cnn hadn't disclosed it, we might still not know about it. >> cnn chief investigative correspondent pamela brown and her team have been digging in on the story for months. walk us through what happened. >> reporter: this is the cullment nation of our team's reporting. as you know, it is rare to get by partisan agreement in washington. both the democrat and republican senators said this was the most powerful testimony they have heard. that is because four brave women agreed to tell their stories of sexual assault, including a current cadet at the coast guard academy. cnn uncovered a long history of rape and sexual assaults that were mishandled or hidden. they kept the results a secret. that meant the coast guard didn't fix the issues and raised awareness about them. the current coast guard has ordered sweeping changes since our first reporting, five months ago. the women who testified today represent deca

improving oversight of the coast guard academy to hold people accountable, including coast guard members heading for retirement, it is worth noting they found multiple cases were people accused of wrongdoing were about to retire with full benefits. >> this is really impactful reporting, pamela brown, thank you so much. >> there is new video out there that shows the moment that u.s. border patrol agent rescued a migrant from the rio grande on friday. you can see them and struggling to stay afloat as the agent comes, is thankfully he was okay, they arrested more than 8000 migrants over the past three days, we are joined from a border town in south texas, we understand ea have witnessed troubling scenes, tell us what you are seeing. >> this part of the rio grande is one of the deadliest parts for migrants and this is according to a medical examiner that services about 10 counties along the border, let me start with a big picture of the u.s. southern border because the federal government is dealing with two epicenters on the southern border right now, one here in eagle pass, texas where i am

coast guard. officials at the agency spent almost a decade trying to make sure you don't see what's in the report that we have now obtained. i'm talking about what's called an almost ironically titled culture of respect study. for eight years the coast guard tried to keep it hidden but sfen has it and it reveals alarming conclusions based on interviews with hundreds of coast guard employees, including that coast guard personnel accept poor behavior as status quo. the coast guard does not provide sufficient measures to prevent sexual assault. the coast guard personnel had been discriminated against and sexually harassed and cg indicates we will not tolerate discrimination. even when found guilty of these offenses there are no consequences. one coast guard employee says the attitude is, hey, i got through it, so can you. and the culture was boys will be boys. this report was from 2015. our investigative team reporters blake ellis, melanie hick did our first story on the culture of cover-up within th

coast guard academy as the u.s. investigates how the coast guard investigates abuse. our pamela brown's exclusive reporting on here onon "360" leading up to this m moment. >>> on capitol hill today a senate hearing sparked by exclusive reporting on this program earlier this year by pamela brown and her team about how leaders of coast guard academy buried findings of an investigation of sexual asulates. four women who attended theed academy from the late 1970s to today each sharing how they say leaders failed to protect them. then they spoke to pamela brown who first broke this story. here's her report. >> nothing but the truth so help you god. >> reporter: these four women all say tathey were sexually assaulted by the coast guard in different eras. >> i was groped several times sometimes with 30 laughing witnesses. over the course of three days he repeatedly raped me in that room. >> two first class cadets broke down my roommates and my locked door, entered our room and jumped onto our beds on top of us. >> reporter: tincluding a curret cadet at the coast guard academ

now, in an extraordinary turn, the coast guard admits it failed to keep our people safe. in a scathing internal review, the coast guard says it is lacking the programs to prevent military sexual trauma and improperly supportin the aftermath and that these failures and lack of accountability are entirety unacceptable. change is necessary. coast guard -- 90-day review in july. >> to ensure we have a culture where everyone is safe and valued and we are creating transparency and accountability. >> reporter: it all started when cnn revealed coast guard leaders covered up a damning criminal investigation code named operation fouled anchor. it found dozens of cases of sexual assault over decades were ignored. one of the ways the coast guard took the time to investigate wrong doing but ultimately failed to make significant changes. >> we voluntarily choose to ser serve, but we don't choose to be raped. we don't choose to be harassed. we don't choose to be bullied. and we certainly don't choose to be retaliated against when we make these reports to our superiors. >> reporter: kimb

officers say they told him to contact the coast guard, which we did later that morning. >> the coast guard sector command center, that is the search and area coordination center. >> lieutenant commander jan leases a teen sprung into action. >> they launched our 33 but small boat, they the knowledge to haul kept her and -- they began an urgent marine information broadcast. >> alerting the public to be on the lookout for a 41-year-old female who may have gone overboard. coast guard officers took us to the area where they searched. >> your team pulls up the siren song in a vote like this? >> exactly, the 33 footer. >> what happens when you approach sirens along? >> at that point they just pull up alongside, they go aboard. >> how is ryan bane reacting to the coast guard arriving? >> he is cooperative, he shows us all of her keys, phone, passport. they look in the cockpit, they look down the passageways. >> when someone's personal belongings are still on the boat and they are nowhere to be found, is that a really bad sign? >> we just take it as, there is somebody in the water and we began

kron four's rob nesbitt spoke with a coast guard lieutenant about the difficulty of navigating on the water. >> when the visibility is that poor, he joins us now live from the coast guard is watching closely. how rough waves will be this week. >> the bay area's no stranger to fog. but tuesday morning's commute was especially foggy from the san mateo bridge to the view off of mount tam lieutenant rachel davis with the united states coast guard says it was also difficult to navigate on the water. it a difficult situation with the fog comes doesn't just affect our commercial voters, but also our recreational boaters. it could be difficult to and some of our voters can get lost or disoriented. and this type of weather. the lieutenant says there were no reports of lost or disoriented boaters due to fog tuesday. >> but the san francisco sector of the coast guard is paying close attention to this week's weather forecast calling for a high surfeit advisory until early thursday morning and 20 foot can be a rolling wave, right kind of cans and there can be no significant waves. swells or wait.

what is the coast guard saying today, after their testimony?> well anderson, the coast guard once again apologized to the victims for its failures, and vowed change. saying in a statement given to cnn, we recognize and applaud the tremendous courage of the witnesses who came forward to share their personal stories at today's hearing. their reflections and recommendations, and those of all survivors, are essential to our efforts to continuously improve our prevention and response policy. so anderson, it remains to be seen if this change will happen. of course, we want to stay on top of it. >> pamela brown, you've just done incredible, incredible work on this for a long long time. thank you. >> thank you, and thanks to the whole team. as you know, it's a team effort, anderson. >> really extraordinary work. just a ahead, thisis is granvive hall at ththe universisity in i, ououtside of c cnn's town n halr ron dedesantis. questitions for vovoters beganan abouout 15 minututes for nowow. wewe're going g to previewew the challenge e for desantntis, les

the coast guard is watching closely. how rough waves will be this week. the bay area is no stranger to fog. but tuesday morning's commute was especially foggy. >> from the san mateo bridge to the view off of mount tam lieutenant rachel davis with the united states coast guard says it was also difficult to navigate on the water. it a difficult situation with the fog comes doesn't just affect our commercial voters, but also our recreational boaters. it can be difficult to and some of our voters can get lost or disoriented. and this type of weather. the lieutenant says there were no reports of lost or disoriented boaters due to fog tuesday. >> but the san francisco sector of the coast guard is paying close attention to this week's weather forecast. >> calling for a high surfeit advisory until early thursday morning. 20 foot seas are going to affect, you know, 300 vessel much differently than it will. a 25 foot county cabin. you know our recreational boaters out there. it was less than 2 weeks ago that a 5 year-old girl and her grandfather were swept out to s

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from the team and had a scrimmage on coast guard island.eam also treated the coast guard members to a picnic, gave them warrior swag plus a chance to hang out. he says they all bonded over their love of basketball. >> it's great to be here to support them. being here, to be on the fly with them i almost brought some shorts to play with them tonight. it's a great feeling to be part of the community here. >> coast guard island just have the court renovated last year. this was part of the hoops for troops a year-long initiative to honor members of the u.s. military. >>> a unique way to honor those >>> a unique way to honor those (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. >>> wreaths across america is rolling through the northeast. >> it's on its way to deliver reits for our fallen soldiers. for more than 30 years, he worked with volunteers to place holiday wreaths on grades in the military cemetery all across the country. this year's parade started sunday in maine and today's stop

but the coast guard had been left out because the coast guard are not in dod. they've been left out. and on january 24, 2019, senator sullivan and i came down in this in regard to seek equity for the coast guard, to simply say, pay our coast guardsmen the same as our sailors, soldiers, and marines. the senator from colorado stood up and objected. what he'll just said is exactly opposite of what happened. our coast guardsmen went weeks in 2019 without being paid during that shutdown because the senator from colorado objected to their getting a paycheck. and during his remarks on that day, he jumped up and down and screamed at me and insulted me to great fanfare. and i think he was proud of his performance because he then put it in his launch e-mails for his presidential campaign that, i screamed at cruz. now, i suppose i should feel mildly offended, but that was not a persuasive argument in the democrat primary and he got maybe a percent. that was the lost contest, shutting down the coast guard for the senator from colorado was responsible for tens of thousands

obviously, i cannot comment on it, but pointing the finger at the coast guard -- our coast guard hased tens of thousands of people. it is unfair, unjust, and also wrong as a strategy. because, at the end of the day, what we do not want is a post strategy. so we have to be vigilant in protecting our borders, but we also need legal pathways either for humanitarian regions, so refugees, or also for economic migrants. one of our goals in greece is to sort of expand labor market participation. when i look at certain jobs, for example, in the agricultural sector, we have difficulties finding people to do these jobs. i would much more prefer, and we are already putting in place these types of programs, for example, to have an arrangement with countries such as egypt or bangladesh where we offer work visas for people to legally work here. they will come and work and they will be insured and they don't need to embark on a dangerous trip. but we will control the policy. we cannot leave this policy, we can't let this policy be controlled by the smugglers. francine: do you feel let down by the e

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the coast guard conducting those high water rescues. images here, lifting one person from the top of their flooded vehicle. abc's mola lenghi tonight from washington state. >> reporter: tonight, rivers raging across the pacific northwest, as relentless storms pound the region. nearly a foot of rain in less than 24 hours, and that's after a weekend deluge. and this is the result. acres and acres of flooded roads, bridges, yards, and homes. during the storm's peak, the coast guard using a chopper to rescue five people trapped by flood waters in wahkiakum county near the oregon border. hoisting them one-by-one to safety. officials investigating at least two deaths reported in the region so far. in snohomish county, curtis babb's home inundated with water. >> the sliding glass door on the side of my house, i could see the water pressing against the glass like was an aquarium, almost. >> reporter: families now cleaning up, with more storms on the way. well, david, that behind me is snow kqualmie falls. still raging as another storm moves in

our european correspondent joined the icelandic coast guard to take a look.ds emergency services remain on high alert's 's after this week awesome display of nature. they expect the unexpected. this is what the volcano looks like today, three days after the a rupture. the lava is still flowing. there is still smoke billowing, but the activity is considerably less compared with monday night. the thing is this was a much bigger eruption than they had experienced in recent years. was concerned about what might come next. that is why the coast guard are monitoring possible cracks that might emerge. the decision to evacuate 4000 people from the nearby town more than a month ago proved wise. the coast guard are now practicing for what they would do if there is another volcanic eruption the future and they have to wench people to safety. you can make out a solitary figure being brought up, back to the helicopter. if there is an eruption in the days, weeks, years to come, they may have to move people out extremely quickly. this week's eruption was the first at this s

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the coast guard lifted five people to safety after they were stranded by rushing water. deaths of at least two people whose bodies were found in swollen creeks. washington's stillaguamish river peaked at over 21 feet, setting a new record. in neighboring stanwood, emergency crews filled sandbags to help fight the flooding. jason toner is stanwood's police chief. >> it's been probably 15 years since it's flooded into the city this much. >> reporter: it look likes it's pretty deep there. it looks like it's 5, 6 feet at least. >> yeah, that's probably 4 feet right there. once you get out to the field, it's probably 6 feet. >> reporter: some drivers are risking washed out roads. >> i'm watching every single one of these people ruining their transmissions. >> reporter: a landslide forced amtrak to cancel service between seattle and portland for a second day, and saturated ground led to the collapse of this section of a state highway in washington's cowlitz county. you can see these cars here still under water. some homes flooded too. the good news is the water here is startin

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but if coast guard is calling for a high surfeit visor until early thursday morning. this comes less than 2 weeks after a 5 year-old girl and her grandfather were swept out to sea and killed by a sneaker wave in half moon bay. lieutenant rachel davis of the coast guard says it's just as important to pay attention to the marine forecast when visiting the coastline as it is when you're boating on the water. >> even if not going out on the water and a waterborne activity. paddleboarding, recreational boating, even just being on the beach. it's so important to check that weather. there are sneaker wave advisories that can be posted to the national weather service. dense fog advisories are also posted. >> and with more on the foggy conditions and the high surfeit advisory in effect. here's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. yeah, boy, those wave really pounding the coastline today. we've got some big time storms on the middle of the pacific and they are generating large, sir, for talking maybe 17. maybe 22 foot breakers some big-time wave activity. of course, and a lot o

the coast guard has saved tens of thousands of people.e end of the day, or we do not want is an old strategy. we have to be vigilant protect our voices but we have to have new pathways. for humanitarian reasons, refugees or migrants. one of our goals increase is to expand labor market participation, and when i look at certain jobs, there are difficult ease. -- there are difficulties finding people to do these jobs. there already people in place to put together these types of programs. there are programs or people to legally work here. they do not need to embark on the dangers trip. they cannot leave this policy. francine: with the european union, should they be helping you more and deal with the situation? prime minister mitsotakis: it is placing more emphasis on the external aspect of migration. they have also funded a lot of camps. we will see other facilities, from five years ago. which was supposedly progressive and they cared. there has been support by the european union. also, finance barriers and other measures to help us protect o

and to a near collision between a chinese coast guard ship under the philippine resupply vessel. the chief of staff of the philippine armed forces was on bold, long standing maritime tensions between badging and manila, have ratcheted up in recent weeks with vessels from both sides, squaring off into disputed voices, through which some 3 trillion us dollars of trade policies each year. this is why the frictions playing out the scar show. i'm 2nd, thomas show, tiny tools in the south china sea claimed by both manila and beijing, they full within the philippines, exclusively cannot make certain in yellow here. but also we've in china, so called 9 dash line. the area the china claims is it. so that's despite the 2016 rolling that badges claims had no legal basis. often the latest confrontation, the philippines, that china is actions in the south china sea. which manila cools the west philippine sea where a serious escalation continued to call on china to be a responsible member of the international community and abide by its commitments, deceased from undertaking actions to violate

interviewed and part of the documentary is coast guard commanders in hawaii and take a quick viewou do this type of work and running towards the danger and everyone else is running away. >> i wanted to give back to my country and coast guard being a humanitarian service and they're going to protect those in the sea and from the sea and the environment really has always been a strong purpose for me. >> this is near and dear to your heart and it was one of the biggest weather stories of the past decade, the maui wild fires and we focus on organizations like team rubicon who after military did their service, they want to give back so they go out to the natural disasters and volunteer. this is their purpose and what they want to do and have special tools to do that and fire, ems, police officers, i think it's really important now more than ever to highlight the brave men and women, my husband is fdny for 28 years and i know what it's like to be the spouse of a fire fighter. we're getting into the holidays and some of these people work on the holidays and sometimes they don't come back

coast guard officials in san francisco are paying close attention to this week's weather forecast. fact coast guard says there weren't any reports of lost or disoriented voters due to the fog tuesday, buare calling for high advisories until early thursday morning. so that's the worry. now this comes less than 2 weeks. don't forget after a 5 year-old girl and her grandfather were swept out to sea and died when a sneaker wave grab them out of half. moon bay lieutenant rachel davis says that is just as important to pay attention the marine forecast when visiting the coastline as it is when voting in the water. >> even if not going out on the water in a waterborne activity, paddleboarding, recreational boating, even just being on the beach. it's so important to check that weather. there are sneaker wave advisories that can be posted to the national weather service. dense fog advisories are also posted it. >> yeah, lieutenant davis says it's important for boaters to have life jackets and flares with them so they can signal for help. it's also important to take sound signaling devices li

the fire authority responded and the coast guard was called in as well. the surfer and another not as far out made it safely back out to shore >>> professional surfers and people all wanted to watch mavericks are here in the bay area. the waves are so high that surfers were being just skied out instead of paddling out. let's bring in i'm meteorologist . you warned us about the weather yes your day. for surfing and that is a brave risk. we will see the high surf warning continue through tomorrow morning but the coastal flood advisory has expired. the highlighted areas extending along the coast from the north a down to santa cruz and monterey. we can expect this tomorrow around high tide the same 20 to 30 foot wave potential. we can guide you through exactly what we're looking at when it comes to that swell. this timestamp shows us what happened as of thursday morning. now we see it begin to lie were and this is right about the 10 to 15 foot mark. friday morning we see the blue and the purple colors and the key index here, 20 to 25 feet and some areas may s