navy officers, gerald ford compiled the longest record of service in the combat theater. growing up in grand rapids, michigan ford was an outstanding athlete and chose law school at yale over a professional career. shortly after pearl harbor, he enlisted in the u.s. navy reserve and was commissioned an ensign. he spent 10 months at a physical -- as a physical training instructor in north carolina then seeking sea duty in june 1943, he joined a newly commissioned by aircraft carrier , the uss monterey. serving as athletic director and gunnery officer and then as assistant navigator. during 18 months avoid -- a board the boat, he took part in numerous major naval actions earning the asiatic pacific campaign medal the nine engagement stars. nearly swept overboard during a massive typhoon in december 1944, and heavily damaged the uss monterey, he accompanied a vessel back to the united states and spent the rest of the war in duty with training command. he was relieved from active duty in early 1946. there's a picture of him aboard the monterey. our other naval officers, jimmy

la gerald ford.steve curry! el ganador estarÁ dando un paso mÁs cerca al trofeo de campeÓn en la nba. tantas cosas han pasado desde 1975 en ese momento ni mi papÁ ni mi mamÁ se conocÍan. los gigantes de san francisco se fueron a la casa blanca los esperaba el mandatario el presidente de los ee.uu. quien recibiÓ por tercera ocasiÓn en su mandato a los campeones del bÉisbol de grandes ligas, directivos y jugadores mÁs integrante del salÓn de la fama estuvieron presentes. los que no descansaron fueron los atlÉticos cerraron cierre ante los tigres de detriot. ridley dos carreras a la pentagonal con triple impulsador, se fue lesionados cÉspedes y entrÓ el debutante field. los atlÉticos terminaban con la victoria por marcador de siete carreras a cinco. hoy a las 11 le presentaremos todo lo sucedido en este primer partido entre golden state si el equipo de los cleveland cavaliers. marÍa: cuÁntos partidos se van a jugar segÚn su pronÓstico? william: dependiendo de los nervios los golden no han tenido un juga

. >>> gerald ford who memorablely said on a long national might marries over. >> yes, can you you believe it those phillies let us thank god baseball mercifully phillies nine game losing streak came to an end today. first inning where we will pick it up orioles got on the scoreboard and manny, the lead off home run. that is not the way to start it as o's 12th of the series. one to nothing. sean o'sullivan went five innings giving up just a run and had a career high seven strike outs. bottom of the sixth, big fellow ryan howard with the rocket into the stand and a two run shot. his first home run since june 5th. phillies took the lead. jonathan papelbon came on for his 13th save of the season and nine game losing streak is over. final score is two-one. >> you know, we have been in a rough patch and haven't had a lot of things go our waste and just to have that hopefully that brakes the mood and helps get us back on track. >> cole hamels will in miss his start tomorrow because of the mild hamstring strain, and philip awemont will be on the mound, cole is five-five with a 2.96 era. >>> appre

gerald ford, adding a touch of humor, said the thought that role war and i could conspire on anything is preposterous. -- role war and -- earl warren. they said we were all motivated to find something unexpected, such as another gunman or a hidden conspiracy. it would have made us euros. but these hopes gradually disappeared as the evidence that it was just oswald rolled in. the assistant deputy chief counsel to the house select committee said the same thing. since the validity of the warren commission's finding that lee harvey also all was the lone assassin and rested firmly on the validity of the single bullet theory -- i will ask lynn that in great detail, much more than you ever wanted to know. -- i will explain that in great detail. they were loath to disprove it. only one thing prevented us from doing so -- the evidence. goodbye fame, goodbye fortune. klein's inability, and the warren commission and the house select committee inability to find a conspiracy applies -- and the desire to find it applies equally to the media. cbs news anchor dan rather said if i could prove oswald d

the nation awaits the swearing in at noon eastern time of our 38th president, gerald ford.xpected to leave by air and we expect to see their departure from the white house. >> in departing the presidency, richard nixon is leaving us one notable legacy. proof that the american system does work. that there is equal justice under the law and that public auf must always be regarded as a public trust. >> i walked out to the helicopter where the old man put the best face on the worst moment of his life. trying to show that he was not broken. and so i'd go in the helicopter and take off for the last time. it was over. >> we think that when we suffer a defeat, that all is ended. not true. because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how mag nif sent it is to be on the highest mountain. and so i say to you on this occasion, others may hate you. but those who hate you don't win. unless you hate them. and then you destroy yourself. >> this is cnnbreaking news. >> it is 10:00 p.m. here in charleston, south carolina. a community reeling after the massacre of nine

one of the victims, a sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier, "uss gerald ford." his name mac oliver hughes, he was 30 years old. by phone today, i talked to his father. >> avenues great son. he was very smart. he was a father of two kids. and he was in the navy for 12 years. >> reporter: a 29-year-old man, he was stabbed in the back. it was his birthday his birthday party. now back to you. >> thanks, pat. >>> members of congress are expected to learn more tomorrow about that massive security breach at the office of personnel management. nbc news reports all the members of the house will be briefed. homeland security chief jeh johnson is among those who will provide the update much that hack began back in december but discovered in april. the full extent of it all is still unknown but there are estimates that as many as 14 million people had their information compromised. >>> right now investigators are working to find out why a man jumped a curb outside a u.s. air force base and then got out with a rifle. guards at the little rock air force base shot the map as h

that same year california came notorious for two attempts to assassinate president gerald ford.failed. they weren't the only women making headlines as criminals. newspaper heiress patty hearst was arrested. it was more than a year after she was kidnapped and later accused of robbing a bank. watching over all the history, governor jerry brown who began serving his first term that year. the warriors took home the title that year by sweeping the washington bullets, now known as the wizards. we are pulling for them to do the same this year with the cleveland cavs. >> ama daetz, abc7 news >> yes, it is game day here on abc7. world news tonight will air at 3:30. at 4:00 the abc7 news team will be live from oracle arena with dubs on 7. it's the toyota pregame show. beginning the 4:30 abc7 is the only place where you can see the warriors in game two of the nba finals. our special edition of "after the game" follows game two. then at 9:30 it's jimmy kimmel live game night. followed by "scandal" at 10:00 and abc7 news at 11:00. lisa, let's take another look at the count down clock. oh, it

that same year california came notorious for two attempts to assassinate president gerald ford.oth tried and failed. they weren't the only women making headlines as criminals. newspaper heiress patty hearst was arrested. she was later accused of robbing a bank. watching all the history governor jerry brown who began serving his first term that year. the warriors took home the title that year by sweeping the washington bullets, now known as the wizards. we are pulling for them to do the same this year with the cleveland cavs. >> ama daetz, abc7 news >> did you know it's game day here on abc7? world news tonight will air at 3:30. at 4:30 the abc7 news team will be live from oracle arena with dubs on 7. it's the toyota pregame show. beginning the 4:30 abc7 is the only place where you can see the warriors in game two of the nba finals. our special edition of "after the game" follows game two. then at 9:30 it's jimmy kimmel live game night. followed by "scandal" at 10:00 and abc7 news at 11:00. quite the lineup there ms. argen. >> definitely. and we have temperatures above average to

brian: an attorney worked at gerald ford and negotiated the pardon with the nixon people, i found thisn youtube. i recommend people watch it, it is over an hour. he tells the story about going out there with final negotiations for the pardon. he has gotten the signatures and he left the house and went to his car. then, somebody runs out, and called him back. here is back are telling that story. >> i get all of the imagery coming back when i tell this story. he was standing behind his desk and he said, before he left, i wanted to give you something. because you have been a gentleman. i said, that is unnecessary, mr. president. he said, no i want to give you something. then, he made a gesture. a gesture, symbolically to say look at this room. look at this office. and he said, i don't have anything anymore. they took it all away. look at this room. before i could respond, he said, but pat found these. he reached in his desk and brought out a small box. i want you to have them. there aren't any more. she had to get this from my dresser drawer. he gave me a small box which had the president

one of the victims, a sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier, "uss gerald ford." his name mac oliver hughes, he was 30 years old. by phone today, i talked to his father. >> avenues great son. he was very smart. he was a father of two kids. and he was in the navy for 12 years. >> reporter: and then to have him die this way, sir? >> yeah, it's bad, you no? he. >> reporter: also murdered, 28-year-old anthony carter. he's from georgia. he was in town for that birthday party. now wounded in this, a 29-year-old man stabbed four times in the back. it was his birthday. it was his birthday party. police say the victims were not armed. they say the only person with a weapon was that 15-year-old teenager. and it was a family member who brought him in to police. more about that coming up at 6. wendy back to you. >> pat collins thank you, pat. >>> right now, we are getting up to the minute details about storms rolling our way. >> but alas, no relief from this heat. doug and veronica, both in the storm center. guys, continuing to track the thunderstorm out there but the heat in

when gerald ford debated jimmy carter there was a technical glitch. >> the pool of broadcasters fromhia have temporarily lost the audio. >> instead of leaving the stage to take a break neither candidate moved. >> we don't know what's happened. we are as much surprised by what's going on as you are. >> since one wasn't going to budge, the other didn't budge. >> so they stood there like mannequins for almost half an hour. >> also had fear of making a mistake or that the other guy was going to look better. they were frozen. >> the first president bush was writ sized for looking at his watch too much during a debate. >> he looked at his watch, so what? >> it's a nonverbal clue that says i'm -- i want to get away from this situation as fast as possible. >> and that hurt him? >> he was widely viewed as losing that debate. it overran the message. >> al gore was criticized after this debate for seeing while george bush spoke. >> there is a lot of -- >> that's where the -- >> this is a major problem -- >> social security -- >> he looked like a dufus. he was castigated for this debate performa

the first president to support gay marriage was gerald ford in 2001. and when you look back at history of the civil rights month -- movement the lbgt movement, many republicans have lead the way. as of today now we can check this huge accomplishment off of our list but there are still many things we still need to do. >> when you were a candidate, you said you were very much respected. at that point were you actively fighting for same-sex marriage rights? >> i was the only candidate who supported same-sex marriage rights across the country in either party, because obama as we just heard didn't change his opinion until 2012. he has come around now to be a tremendous supporter, and his administration through the justice department and the attorney general have done wonders for americans. we have seen the repeal of don't ask don't tell. i'm speaking at a gay pride event at a naval base on monday in california where now this is the first gay pride event at a naval base in history. so it will be interesting to see who turns out for that. but times are changi

gerald ford and jimmy carter became president. the need for leadership was seen across the different branches. they were able to come up with a model that works for everybody. that led -- and so he was the last because i believe the next person who would have had that position would have been secretary schlesinger it was the 1st secretary of the department of energy. and so it takes time to do that negotiation and to work out what needs to be done. as probably not eight months or whatever i would have been the case always the case going from tom ridge is homeland security czar to the department -- to the secretary department of homeland security. i think that evolution can happen. this one was a really fast and not well thought out one >> the next question and try to get the questions in. >> do you think that the government would profit by helping graduates in school now that have very high loans to encourage them to come to the government with some kind of a program to help them pay their loans off? >> i mean, i think so. since i

it's been 40 years since president gerald ford signed the metric conversion act. going metric. our next guest says that's a good thing. he is the author of the book whatever happened to the metric system. how america kept its feet. and he joins us now. i was listening to listen chafee saying let's be like canada and europe is not usually a winning message. is that the problem? is that why we've resisted? we don't want to be like europe and canada? >> you know that's not really it at all. basically, every country that ever went metric did it kicking and screaming. it took something like 70 or 80 years for it to be truly adopted in france which is where it was invented. in brazil when they tried to introduce it there were four months of riots over it. a lot of it has to do with the fact we are an ininterrupted democracy for 200 years. >> let me give people a little taste. what life in america would be like if we were metric. how would this be different? for instance m&m's eight mile would be 12.87 kilometer. the angry inch, that would be head rig and the angry 2.54

>> gerald ford at beaver creek. played with both bushes.. >> they're golf people. >> and running. have you to keep up with them. >> golf is a game of honor, so it's an honor game. have you to mark your ball where it you know it was. who would you say maybe had trouble with that? >> you mean, who cheats? >> someone who moved their balls a little bit. >> when you're president, we give them extra long putts. vice president, no, got to play it out. >> there was a few mulligans -- >> well, president clinton? >> president clinton lied to play slowly, play a few extra shots and get his money's worth. >> might as well live it up. >> you designed 270 golf courses in 40 different can countries on six different continents. let's talk about the u.s. open. what's the controversy going on when golfers criticize how difficult this course is. >> well, brian, you know, you're a sports guy. we always hear locker room talk when it gets up to a big moment. our national championship is a worthy contest for everybody. the greatest athletes to want play up. this

he promised energy independence in six years ap gerald ford in 1975 promised it in ten years. more dependent than ever. the idea that we're going to quit using hydrocarbons look at the american infrastructure. we have a quarter billion automobiles. we have over 200,000 airplanes. you don't run these on ethanol and batteries. it's just not going to happen. stuart: now, he also says in this editorial piece. he says that clean energy of this scale that he's talking about will be a job creator. will it? >> well look i mean again, we've heard interest idea green jobs over and over. we heard it over and over early in the obama administration. where are they? instead, what has been remarkable, stuart in the rise of the shale revolution in the u.s., and three percentage points to u.s. gdp. we've created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the u.s. oil and gas sector unexpectedly. but the idea that we're going to create a lot of jobs in with wind or solar, it hasn't happened and the idea that we're going to have some federally mandated program that will magically create these jobs i don't

gerald r. ford known as c.v. and 78.at abundance of new technology including catapult, reliance on electricity rather than steam to power key systems there continues to be a great deal of risk in this program. testing cvn-78 will not only improve the design of future carriers but also reduce the costs associated with retrofitting the engineering changes. absent this provision the navy will delay by up to seven years full ship shock trials and shift this test from the leadership in the class to the second ship. that poses the risk of cvn-78 will deploy and potentially fight without this testing putting the lives of our sailors at risk. statement of administration policy also raised objections to a number of provisions related to military personnel. for instance, the administration bemoans the fact that the committee did not adopt its plan to raise existing tricare fees and implement new fees for medicare-eligible retirees and their families and members. the so-called consolidated health plan would not have created a moder

gerald r. ford aircraft carrier. he had no answer. in today's vast acquisition bureaucracy where personnel and project managers cycle through rapidly, everyone is accountable and no one is accountable. we need acquisition reform now because our senior leaders must be held accountable for responsible stewardship of taxpayers' dollars. but this is not just about saving money. acquisition reform is needed immediately to preserve u.s. technological and military dominance, and is therefore a national security imperative. over the last decade, our adversaries have vested inned modernizing their militaries with focus on aerial technologies designed is specifically to counter american military strengths. meanwhile, an acquisition system that takes too long and costs too much is leading to the erosion of america's defense technological advantage. if we continue with business as usual, i fear the united states could lose this advantage altogether. in short our broken defense acquisition system itself is a clear and present danger to the nationa