so through the middle of 1861 through early 1861 the federal navy was buying up every ship it could find. not just building lots of new war ships but purchasing every civilian ship they could put a gun on and using it on the block. and the thinking was we don't need to block the coast. we just need lots of ships. not lots of war ships because they are not going to go into combat a lot and that is probably right. so the union navy expanded during the course of the war from maybe 40 or 50 ships on active service to i think, over 600. and the vast majority were on the block aid around southern ports. the block aid became much more effective as the war went on because the union navy expanded so much at the very beginning of the war. the first ship appeared was a uss south korea -- south carolina -- and it was just one ship. it blocked galveston and the entire coast. more came after that and it expanded. by 1864 there were a dozen union war ships just awful galveston. they took it seriously and devoted a lot of resources into enforcing the block. the odds were still in their favor even by the

and so for the first few i months through the middle of 1861 through early 1862 the federal navy the union navy was buying up every ship it could find not just building lots of new warships, but purchasing every civilian ship they could put a gun on and using it on the blockade. and the thinking was well, we don't need to blockade the coast, we just need lots of ships. we don't need lots of warships because they're not going to be going into combat a lot. and that's probably right. so the union navy expanded during the course of the war from maybe 40 or 50 ships on active service to, i think, over 600. and the vast majority of those were on the blockade around southern ports. the blockade became much more effective as the war went on because, simply because the navy, the union navy expanded so much at the very beginning of the war. the first ship appeared on the blockade off of galveston was the uss south carolina appeared off galveston in july of 1861 and it was just one ship. to blockade not just galveston but the entire texas coast. but, of course more came after that and it expand

navy federal credit union.so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago:: nato cducted 175 exerciseses last year. 74 to reassure member nations. this year, 258 exercises are planned, 152 of them to reassure allies. colonel darren denny plans those activities. we met with him in norfolk virginia. i asd him how the small exercises connect to midsize once and common eight in the tried and juncture 15 involving more than -- trident juncture 15, involving more than 30,000 forces. colonel denny: we are not fully out of afghanistan. there are still people doing their mission. one ofof the key drivers of what we wanted to get to was the idea of interoperability. this was a thing that was developed through, literally a decade of combat operations, to build something like that and not maintatain a coming out of afghanistan would be a real tragedy for the alliance. not only for the alliance, but for the partners

there was a continual, there was a continual federal navy presence offshore, there were bombardments of town, there was excitement when a blockade runner would arrive, but there was lots of hard ship. they did without agreed deal. it is something people need to know about. another aspect of the war that is not as heroic, not as dramatic. it is part of the war that is hard to glorified but it is an important part of the war because it represents life as lived by a lot of people 150 years ago. >> while in galveston we talked to stephen curley, author of "celluloid wars: a guide to film and the american experience of war" which examines the portrayal of war in american movies. >> american cinema had a profound effect on the way people see war. even from the beginning we understand the vision of war for most of us is not having been to war but having heard about war, having seen and read about war. playing images of war. i think sometimes the myth of the shield perseus needed to defeat gordon but anyone who looked at gordon would turn to stone. he was able to look in the shield and see t

there was a continual union federal navy presence offshore. there were regular bombardments.tement when the blockade runner would arrive, and, but there was lots of hardship. they did without a lot of great deal and it is something that can people did know but there is another aspect of what that is maybe not as heroic, not as dramatic. it's part of the will that is very hard to glorify but it's an important part of the war because it represents life as lived by a lot of people 150 years ago. >> while in galveston we also talk with stephen curley author of "celluloid wars." the book exams the portrayal of war in american movies. >> america's and has had a profound affect on the way that people see war. even from the beginning we understand the vision of war for most of us is not having been to war but having heard about war having seen of the war having read about worker crippling images of war. i think sometimes of the myth with issue. percy is needed to defeat gore can pretty looked directly at gore can would turn to stone. he was able to look in the shield and see the refl

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so through the middle of 1861 through early 1861 the federal navy was buying up every ship it could find. not just building lots of new war ships but purchasing every civilian ship they could put a gun on and using it on the block. and the thinking was we don't need to block the coast. we just need lots of ships. not lots of war ships because they are not going to go into combat a lot and that is probably right. so the union navy expanded during the course of the war from maybe 40

and we got a great one thanks to a really low mortgage rate from navy federal credit union. nk so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: we are back with our roundtable. todd you have something you want to finish a bunch on's point. >> the reason the dod is not having more success is because they are confusing the issue. if you look at their language -- i know this may seem like semantics, but they keep using the word sequester interchangeably with budget caps. they're trying to communicate to people what the impact would be of living within the bca budget caps, but they keep calling it the sequester. when they actually talk about a sequester, and automatic cutting of funds, they aren't clearly delineating which they are talking about. it has thoroughly confuse the debate on capitol hill and dod has lost credibility because of it. vago: let me take you to the question of strategy. lauren, you mentned how iran is becoming an ally in this. obviously once we took s

and we got a great one thanks to a really low mortgage rate from navy federal credit union. pink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. >> we are back with the commmmandant of e united states coast guard. i want to starart off with infrastructuture quickly. you talked about the state of shore infrastructure that the coast guard has. been have about -- you have about $40 billion available. how you addrs the challenge given these facilities are critical for you to be sure ships and aircraft on? >> with the $1 biion acquisition budget, $40 million is all i can afford. a $1 billion acquisition budget does not adequately address the $1.4 billion backlog we have right now. >> how much money do you think you would need to address it? on an annualized basis, how much would yoneed? >> i would put a floor at $1.5 billion because that is where we were seral years ago. that allowed us to make some inroads. our onlyelief of late is rricane sandy. we used disaster relief funding

navy federal credit union.ink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: over the past several years, russia has increasingly threaten neighbors with nuclear weons. russia said it would target denmark if copenhagen joined nato's missile defense program. i asked exander verershbowow denmark should respond to rising nuclear rhetoric. ambassador vershbow: it is clelear the russians are flnting their nuclear capability, holding nuclear exercises and talking about their nuclear capabilities as part of their messaging. and maybe this is just rhetoric, but it is very irresponsible nonetheless. the threats against the danes which is the latest example of this -- this is not new. they me similar threats against romania and poland, which wille hosting missile-defense facilities as well. we are simply not going to be swayed in any way by t this. first of all, missile-defense is defensive. it does not threaten

there was a continual, there was a continual union federal navy presence offshore, there were regular bombardments of the town. there was, you know excitement when a blockade runner would arrive. but it's and there was lots of hardship. lots of -- they did without a great deal. but it is, it's something that people need to know about. it's another aspect of the war that's maybe not as heroic not as dramatic. it's part of the war that's very hard to glorify but it's an important part of the war because it represents, it represents life as lived by a lot of people 150 years ago. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to galveston, texas, and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >> author van hipp talks about his views on how to effectively deal with terrorism today next on booktv, it's for serious readers -- television for serious readers. [applause] >> a little bit higher, if that's all right. smiling faces, we love to see you here. the east room is duplicative, you know a replica of the east room of the white house. only

. >>> navy federal credit union plans to bring six hub new jobs to fairfax, virginia. >> the navy federal credit union announces the expansion yesterday. >> maryland is back in the big dance for the first time in five years and their fans have shown up in columbus, ohio. where the fourth seeded terps show up. >> they play champs. valparaiso, and a team historically for pulling upsets. >> howard. >> got a report out of dam miss cuss, maryland maryland -- damascus, maryland and the main roads are fine. >> three and six and we won't see much here in d.c. and that that transition zone. we have the storm tapering off. and much nicer tomorrow. chance of a shower later monday. larksry. >> we have a crash on dc 295. this is east capital street. and remember, we have the closure on the bw parkway between maryland 202 and route 50. take 50 west bounds in order to get passed the mess. >> this is ahead. talk about the weaknesses in a case. >>> we have a sleep specialist to tell you what it does for your pension actuality. >> we will have problems with that. >> larry and i will be back in 25 minutes w

virginia governor terry mcclafe said navy federal credit union will invest $115 million to expand its headquarters in vienna. this project will include a new $233,000 square foot office building. governor mccauliffe approved a grant from the state's opportunity fund as an incentive for the expansion. amazon prime has expanded its one-hour delivery service. prime now is available in parts of baltimore and miami. and until now, the service had only been available in new york. the one-hour service can be used by amazon prime subscribers through a mobile app for just $7.99. two-hour delivery is still free. prince george's county planning board is considering a proposed wal-mart supercenter in bowie. the county council sent the issue back to the planning board after neighbors appealed. caroline tucker breaks down this debate. >> issues with storm water management so all this soil, all this comes down. and this is the hill on the back of the property here. reporter: jennifer dwyer is worried plans for a new super wal-mart store will further erode her bowie property. a couple hundred feet fr

navy federal credit union is expanding its headquarters and adding 600 new employees. the world's largest credit union is investing $114 million in this the expansion. the state is providing a million dollar grant for fairfax county to help with the project. >>> you'll want to hear this. for years a local woman has been anxiously a waiting for the emotional moment of meeting her brother for the first time. >> she learned she had a secret brother, but was never able to meet him will until thousand. 20 years ago, stacey bertotti's other told her she had a brother and he was put up for adoption. with very little information to go organization she started her search. every search came up empty that was until a friend found him in atlanta. >> i always felt like i had a brother, but i never knew. >> there you see the meeting right there. they're at reagan national airport. big hugs tears, too. and they have a lot of years to catch up on. >> and the fact that they found each other. it's amazing with the internet searching, social media. just connecting people. >> and you saw

. >>> and a big economics development project saying an expansion to navy federal credit union at the vienna campus paid for by $114 million grant. the governor says it will bring 600 new jobs to the area. barbara? >>> been a lot of talk about the secret service lately. the discussion turns to money today on capitol hill. director joseph clancy will testify before senate lawmakers about the need for more money to turn the agency around. lawmakers grilled clancy over several recent scandals in the secret service. the most recent one earlier this month when two agents crashed into a barricade outside the white house. during a hearing yesterday, a congressman asked for more surveillance footage from that night of the crash. clancy said it could be gone because the tapes are erased every 72 hours. >>> recall information about honda coming up after the break. >>> good morning. tracking a chance for wintry weather coming our way tomorrow. nothing going on on storm team 4 radar now. shaded counties have a winter weather advisory going into effect 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. currently, going

navy federal credit union is expanding its hours adding 600 new employees. they're investing $114 million in its expansion that will include a new four-story office tower and a parking deck. the state is providing a million-dollar grant to fairfax county to help with the project. >>> growing disparities among income and housing. those are some of the findings of the national urban league's 39th annual report on the state of black america. it's calling for more job training. as news4's tom sherwood reports, d.c. mayor muriel bowser says cities can help lead that reform. >> reporter: despite deep concerns about police and minority relations in ferguson missouri and many other locations, the urban league report on black america was optimistic over race and economic changes over the past 50 years. however, urban league president marc morial cautioned the country. >> but there's another story. there is the rest of the story. >> reporter: morial called on congress to create a national summer jobs program to quickly put people to work among other measures because t

the virginia governor terry mcauliffe announced today that the navy federal credit union will invest nearly $115 million to expand its headquarters operation in vienna. that includes constructing a 233,000 square foot office building as well. governor mcauliffe approved a million dollar grant to help with that project. alison: b.w.i. airport is undergoing a $105 million expansion. maryland and airport officials say the investment will support the airport's growing international traffic and provide additional amenities for passengers. that includes a new security checkpoint, a connector between concourses b and e and two new gates for international carriers. the multiphase project is set to be completed in 2017. leon: amazon prime expanding its one hour delivery service. prime now is now available in parts of baltimore and miami. new york city is the only other city where it's been offered. this one hour service can be used by amazon prime subscribers through a mobile app for $7.99. two hour delivery is free. right now, it's only available in certain zip codes. amazon says it hopes to

students include state and local police federal agents air rescue teams navy s.e.a.l.s and army rangers it takes the panic level from about above your head down to just below your nose so you can both and you don't just go nuts when you get in a situation like that. >> reporter: the goal is to make terrifying situations seem almost routine because practice can mean the difference between life and death. in connecticut, rick liveneventhal, fox news. >>> it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. kentucky senator rand paul winning the cpac poll with 26% of the vote. this is the third year in the row he's taken the top spot, scott walker finishing second, ted cruz, ben carson and jeb bush. >>> egypt declaring hamas a terrorist organization. ha that is controls the gaza strip. egyptian patrols are trying to dismantle hamas tunnels. this follows a similar decision to declare hamas's military wing as a terrorist organization. >>> and hyundai, recalling 253,000 cars in the u.s. and canada because of a sensor problem that could cause drivers to lose power steering. >>> president

lockheed martin, at&t, verizon, navy federal credit union. i've gone after jobs in every state. my biggest competitor has been rick perry. when i won my election in 2010, i met rick perry but didn't really know him. we met at, i think, an rga event. and i said governor i'm going to tell everybody, i'll going to kick your rear because you've been the gold standard for jobs. and so i've gone after jobs. we went on national television and joked about who was the best state. i joke with him now that he's given up. might be running for something else. but i've tried to recruit companies from all over the united states and all over the world. i want florida to be the place where, if you grew up in florida, you want to live in florida, you know you can get a job and your kids could get a great education. >> how helpful was that playful connotation with perry? >> it was good. when i got started doing this texas was the gold standard for job creation. they didn't lose jobs in the recession. and florida had lost all those jobs. so if i could be perceived to be competitive with texas, it w

. >>> a former navy lieutenant and top gun instructor is facing life in prison. a federal jury convicted daniel harris today on 31 counts of child pornography. prosecutors say harris posed online as a teenaged boy and convinced girls to send risque pictures of themselves then he threatened to post the pictures online if the girls didn't send him more sexually explicit images. he was stationed at air station oceana and is scheduled to be sentenced in july. >>> a plea deal for the son of the late mayor marion berry expired on friday. marion christopher berry is accused of threatening a bank teller and destroying a surveillance camera at a pnc bank in chinatown last month. there's the possibility of a new plea deal before the trial gipps in may. berry is currently running for his late father's ward 8 d.c. council seat. >>> prince george's county executive baker released a statement mourning the death of officer rabain. today we learned there will be a wake for the officer and a funeral on thursday. he was killed after crashing into a fence. police say he was trying to stop th

federal administration through pels oh back in the day. we are looking at all options. the shipyard provides for maritime administration and us navy and other cargo: it of national interest to get the dry dock for california. there is no commitment on i -- either side. we are looking into that going forward. >> that led to my question is there any cap on that cost? >> we have not been able to provide a penny. we are looking at the government surplus assets. that would be our first tact to see if we can get some premoney from the federal government to benefit the city. in short of that, there are a lot of ideas between the bae to ensure investments going forward. >> in my last question is combined, i guess i will be able to channel. it's my understanding that she's been briefed on this and aware of the community benefits package and the beautification effort and supportive? >> yeah, every indication that she's given us has been supportive of the bae agreement. i have not heard from her otherwise. >> she's aware of the beautification efforts that have been done. >> i don't know specifically. i thought that was brought up by the comm

navy seal rivals are really appropriate for new jersey neighborhoods. >> police across the country are always search fog new ways to fight crime. so when the federalovernment started offering military surplus equipment to local law enforcement military vehicles and in rivals started showing up in residential areas. barnegat township here in south jersey one of the police department that is received humvees military transport vehicles and some rifles and local residents are wondering whether or not military equipment here is really necessary. >> they're always sitting there. i never really scene them do anything. >> very uncomfortable with that. >> one resident lived in the area for years and felt like barnegat was safe but the military equipment makes her question what the township may not be telling her. >> in your mind, you think something is happening and we're not aware of that. i don't see the need for it. i mean if there's no threat why do we need them here when there's a threat then they shall come in. >> enough of a concern that governor christie just signed a bill that would ban new jersey police departments from requesting this type of e

navy s.e.a.l. died during a training exercise when his parachute malfunctioned. and the federalnot in any hurry to raise interest rates. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball," the 2016 presidential cycle is in full swing today with lots of developing news in the race for the white house. bush backlash is intensifying with new poll numbers that don't bode well for the florida governor. one thing jeb is counting on support from his mom. an early primary and caucus state they are ready for hillary now, not later. joining me is jonathan alter, political analyst and meek paul is a former aide to al d ochlonato. jeb bush has the highest unfavorable ratings among all of the 2016 contenders. 47% of all americans have an unfavorable view of the former florida governor. that's three points higher than hillary clinton whose favorable score is a whopping 22% higher than jeb. 53% favoring hillary and 44% jeb bush. rand paul marco rubio, both do marginally better than jeb against hillary clinton. so let's talk about this for a second because i find this fascinating. i think w

tonight, federal prosecutors announced the 64 count indictment against matthew lowry. he was found unconscious in an f.b.i. vehicle near the navy yard in september. authorities say that he had overdosed on heroin. lowry is accused of confiscating drugs and arrests and using them himself. prosecutors have dropped drug charges now against 28 people because of alleged evidence tampering by lowry. we are hearing the 911 call a woman made after someone cut a baby out of her body. what we're learning about a possible motive of that attack. alison: what he had to say in court and reaction from husband. leon: why a company is paying millions of fines to the government. leon: well, a lot of university of maryland fans will be glued to their tvs and not just them as a matter of fact. a lot of basketball fans. in less than 30 minutes, the terps will be taking on valpo in the ncaa tournament. alison: we have a terp with us right now. tim: hey, day two, march madness. immediatemediocre at best. virginia fell behind belmont today 18-10. that got everybody's attention but the cavaliers are ok now and seem to be in control. back to maryland. t

navy documents. years ago president bill clinton pardoned samuel mor sob for spying. now he's 70 years old and a federal judge sentenced him to two years' probation. morrison's grandfather was the late rear admiral samuel ell morr who broegt about operations during world war ii. prosecutors say the younger morrison stole those records from the naval history at heritage command. he thought he was entitled to them but the record were worth $10,000 to $30,000. >>> a classroom disruption but this one was quite welcome. the surprise of a lifetime for a local teacher's big moment that she didn't even know about >>> absentminded mother. a woman took her 5-month-old baby to a doughnut shop in california and left her there. what happened was after she found out the doughnut shop didn't have the doughnut she wanted she left out and left the baby on a table in her car seat. the woman went to a nearby doughnut shop realized what she'd done then went back for her taughter. an employee had called the police pi that time who then reunited mother and baby. >>> authorities are trying to figure out what caused a tour bus

government facility, a federal government facility here in the united states because of the concerns about terrorism. we of course saw the shoot ago tack atingattack at the navyd, where basically that entire campus had to be put on a lock down until authorities were able to find out that the killer had killed himself during the mass shooting. so this is something that of course will raise some more questions about the security posture at all federal installations but again as of right now the fbi is saying that this was not aan act of terrorism. >> rosalyn jordan with the latest from washington d.c rosalyn, thank you. >>> the syrian government has reportedly sent one of its top military commanders to recapture idlib. colonel sula hasan nicknamed tiring will be stationed in the city that was retaken after four days of fighting. >>> increasing gap is likely to be addressed at the third international aid conference being held in kuwait on tuesday. caroline malone reports. >> in 2014 the united nations appealed for $7.77 billion of aide or the syria. but only 67% was received. some of the worst offenders include australia japan, south korea and russia. this year

particularly at the federal level in this country and others for the purpose of national security has kind have been broken in the internet age. we have organizations of the u.s. government army-navy air force and marines who are responsible for taking our borders. what does that look like in cyberspace? nobody really the systems of control border guards gates customs air traffic control all of that stuff doesn't work on the internet so they are struggling to figure out what it looks like. the branches of government that would protect us that the nation-state level from a national security perspective and then also the domestic level from a law enforcement perspective are completely -- by the internet and they haven't figured out any good ways to respond. i will talk about the policing side. if you had it been properly -- robbery here in manhattan in times square guy walks and holds up a tailor and walks out with a bag of money. this is csi c-span edition here. what do we know about the crime? we know the criminal was physically present in the city of new york and that means there's a jurisdiction and we know it's the banks of the fbi will be involved in the victim was in new york

people at the federal level in this country and others for the purpose of national security has been broke in in the internet age. we have organizations of the u.s. government. army, navy air force, marines for protecting national borders. they've been doing it for centuries. what does that look like in cyberspace? nobody really knows you systems of controls customs immigration, air traffic control all of that stuff doesn't work on the internet. they are struggling to figure out what it looks like. branches of government protect us both from the national security is and also the domestic level from in-line fours new perspective or completely program and they have good ways to respond. i will talk about on the policing side. if you had a bank robbery here in manhattan in times square. a guy walks in walks out of the back of many. what do we know about that crime? is a c-span edition here. what you know about the crime? in another criminal was physically present in the city of new york midtown south has jurisdiction. the fbi will be involved. we know the victim was in new york city. bairstow jurisdiction mayor. we know there may have been evidence left behind because of

federal government, that's eating up everybody's budget. you've heard the joke the u.s. government is about to be a large health insurance company that happens to have an army and navy. medicaid is taking every dollar in the budget. so, we have to do something to address the costs. our revised kind of proposal for what to do about medicaid, we think, address the cost side on both the user side by having some incentive in there for premiums and co-pays but that you could get reimbursed for if you made healthy choices. if you didn't use the emergency room for non-emergency basis. if you got an annual physical, regardless of what imphik circumstances, you could get credit back to your account for that. and then on the provider side, to really move toward more of an outcome based system instead of just fee for service where you go get a hip transplant, you're paying the anesthesiologist, the surgeon, the hospital, the pharmacist, et cetera. no, we're going to pay "x" dollars and we'll pay even more if you get a good result. we've got to go there. and our program, we think sped it up. but obviously what happened in our state, we have a very, very red state. we have 132 st

federal level in this country and others for the purposes of national security, has kind of been broken in the internet age. so we have, for example, organizations of the u.s. government, the army navy air force, marines, who are responsible for protecting our national borders. they know how to do that, they've been doing can it, you know, for centuries. what does that look like in cyberspace? nobody really knows. the systems of control, border guards, gate guns, customs, immigrations, air traffic control, you know, all of that stuff doesn't work on the internet. and so they're struggling to figure out what it looks like. the branches of government that would protect us both at the nation-state level from a national security perspective and then also at the domestic level from a law enforcement perspective are completely broken by the internet, and they have not figured out any good ways to respond. and i'll talk about sort of on the policing side. if you had a bank robbery here in manhattan in times square okay, guy walks in, holds up a teller walks out with a bag of money, what do we know about that crime? this is the csi c-span edition here. what do we know about that crime? we k