that means they can hit guam. why is guam so important to north koreans since the general knows since he was the head planner on the korean peninsula, guam is a key staging area in case we have to strike north korea and they have been able to pose this threat to us beginning around 2006. they have 200 missiles to deploy. that's the second missile ballistic threat. let me talk about, if i may, excuse me, the third of symmetric threat. that would be special operations forces. and anytime someone brings up special operations force, of course, my answer is there is only one truly special force it's called the united states marine corps. that's not important right now. [laughter] >> but the north korea special operations forces are easily the best trained best fit and most indoctrinated of nkap military forces. they can attack from the air through tunnels under the dmz and by illegal entering in iraq. south koreans look north koreans because they are all koreans i should say this they have stun that snuck special opera

[laughter] but they could meet guam. -- hit call my is as all-important? says the head planner, it is the key staging area for the u.s. air power in case we have to strike north korea it is a significant threat and they could pose that threat to around 2006 i have 200 missiles deployed. that is the second pillar but let me talk about the third pillar of the threat. that is special operations forces normally my answer is the truly special forces united states marine corps. [laughter] that is not important but it is easily the best trained and best indoctrinated. they can attack from the air through tunnels and by a illegals entering iraq because they look like south koreans and they have done this and snuffed special operations forces into assassinating people such data saw botched attempt of the highest ranking and we use submarines and semi submersibles and the numbers and north korea have been increased by 50% since 2006 that is a significant threat and converted seven divisions to light infantry close 70,000 men broke one of the things they have done is

we hear the guam numbers. they are across the date line so it opens there first. then we start getting the numbers this afternoon and then tomorrow morning they will call me with the numbers for friday. and it's so exciting. it's nerve-racking because you're like we worked on this movie for three years here. we love this movie. pixar is so invested, these are like children of ours. you want it to do well. >> you go in and watch it? >> yes. >> which theater? what time? >> i have one tradition. on opening day. i make sure i'm always home, i live up in sonoma so we go -- i make sure that our movies play at the vintage beautiful little movie palace right on the plaza in sonoma. and roger who runs it, you know, make shurks and we go as a family and go watch it there. >> are you incognito so people would react? >> it's like you know, i know so many people in town so it's like a big party. i'll stand up in front and introduce it. and welcome people. we always go every friday night. on opening weekend to that theater. >> you have an idea where you are directing next? >> i

japanese government to move the eight thousand troops stationed in the for ten days to the island of guam a u.s. territory the move though is tied to the construction of a new strip on the eastern coast of okinawa in himachal bay the project follows the decision to expand the jungle warfare training sent him to cut the north in short the u.s. has agreed to return some to the locals but only if they accept to give up more land elsewhere on the island. this is an ideal habitat for the do go on we have to do all we can to take care of it. the reef is right here or. it protects the bay and enables the sea grass that do go easy to type flourish. where they're going to. do this is come swab a military base that they've got in the us established it in the midst of world war two with it. that if i wanted to go to that are good. but now they want to destroy two kilometers of henoch obey. all the way to or a bay and build a floating airport and with that that they've got. a look at it go call it on all. the u.s. takes no responsibility for its impact on people or the environment from work. since ma

japanese government to move the eight thousand troops stationed in the fertile base to the island of guam a u.s. territory the move though is tied to the construction of a new strip on the eastern coast of okinawa in himachal bay the project follows the decision to expand the jungle warfare training center for the north in short the u.s. has agreed to return some to the local but only if they accept to give up more land elsewhere on the items. this is an ideal habitat for the do gong's we have to do all we can take care of it . the reef is right here. it protects the bay and enables the sea grass not to go. well there you go. this is come schwab military base. the us established it in the midst of world war two. with the goal a bit of it. and now they want to destroy two kilometers of heno kobe. all the way to aura bay and build a floating airport. out of it though. the u.s. takes no responsibility for its impact on people or the environment. since many rare species live here this would have very serious consequences. in okinawa or are the only ones in the whole of eastern asia. other and

marines stationed in okinawa to guam will also be given up. the statement will say the say the transfer of 8,000 u.s. marines will not be completed by 2014. now the statement would reportedly call on the two countries to take measures as early as possible after 2014 on the relocation while maintaining the capabilities of the u.s.-japan alliance. >>> earlier the governor of okinawa referred to the scheduled bilateral meeting and said the futenma air station should be relocated outside the territory as local residents are strongly opposed to the transfer. now he also cited a u.s. announcement last week to deploy a long-range high-tech transporter to futenma in october 2012 as another reason to move the base outside the prefecture. nakaima said on thursday that moving the base outside of okinawa would pose no problem for the new transporter because it has a longer range than conventioned ahelicopters. >> translator: the new transport aircraft has a longer range, and that means there will be more options for relocation of the base. the japanese go

with that, i recognize the gentle lady from guam. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. all of our witnesses. white nose as the fungal growths on muzzles, nose, tails, and wings of bats. much remains unknown from this disease which was first documented in february 2006 in new york. it has spread to at least 16 states and also to canada. the mortalities caused by the white nose syndrome are astonishing, reaching up to 99% in some caves and minds. over 1 million brown bats have been killed, likely contributing to a 70% decline in the sightings over the hudson river. white nose syndrome has a profound impact. bats can eat their weight in insect in just one night. when not controlled, they can spread disease and others can be agricultural pests. a study by one of our guests today estimated that the benefit provided to the agricultural sector is between $3-$53 billion per year. bats with white nose exhibit uncharacteristic behavior is and emerge from hibernation during the winter. they consume fat reserves which may result in starvation and do transmission of the disease is n

let me ask you about guam. in light of where we are with the budget issues, he responded to a question -- you responded to a question about europe. can we expect any significant changes perhaps in the current direction with regard to the build up in ghulam? are we going to meet rigid ingua -- in guam? are we going to meet the target date given the cost estimate? >> in all honesty, secretary clinton and i will be meeting with the japanese on monday and tuesday. quite honestly, i will have a better answer after that meeting. >> we look forward to that. >> thank you. >> thank you. it has been a great pleasure to work with both of you. i want to thank you for your tremendous service to this country. these are a very challenging -- these are very challenging times. i look forward to you coming to our home state and continuing our relationship. i am sure you are looking forward to that. >> 15 days. >> hopefully, the weather will be better. last friday, i visited the national naval medical center and talked with a num

he was at all the great battles, okinawa, guam and others so this is really that technique the techniquein order to combat historian. the other bottom line here i think is roosevelt strategy of the draft. two weeks after the convention, burke and wadsworth introduced to the senate senate and the house they burke wadsworth selective service act, the first peacetime draft ever. universal compulsive tory training and so roosevelt strategy here was to maneuver behind the scenes to engineer his own draft and then he could say, well i can't refuse the draft and that was a prelude to the drafting of millions of young american boys. so that was brilliant, and of course the international situation is what compelled roosevelt to seek a third term. if it hadn't been for the international crisis there would have been no justification at all for a third term. >> and i think also jim wrote about roosevelt very great machiavelli and tendency to set people against one another especially 1940, divide and conquer. that is the way he was nominated because there were so many people running that they split u

and japan and the force presence there project about open now -- okinawa and guam. what kind of signal do you want to send to the rest of the world in terms of america's role in the world, and at the same time we are cutting our defense budget and we cut our state department budget, and the state has fewer assets to deploy a abroad and we have fewer assets to deployed abroad, and then we began to close foreign bases, are we basically sending the message to the rest of the world and to china, iran, north korea, and right yana other places, the u.s. is closing up shop and going home, and we are headed toward fortress america again. i think there is a huge question for the country to consider and for you to consider, what kind of role do you want for the united states in the world? frankly, i believe our presence in europe, for example, one of the benefits it has brought in addition to the financial benefit of having troops be able to rotate from germany into iraq and afghanistan at less cost than from here, but one of the things that has slowed this deterioration of t

like i said in other interviews, i did them for the troops in guam for the uso, i've done those jokes over the country and the world and never had a problem or an issue with them. >> okay. let's listen to another part of your speech that raised some e eyebrows. >> i love this photo. we were ready to take on the world. i had my team of experts use the latest computer technology to predict what michelle and i are going to look like at the end of my first term. [ laughter ] >> okay, so, you get the idea. i mean, do you have any regrets? do you think this was over the top? should you have toned it back just a little bit? >> no, i don't agree. i stand by my performance. the audience loved it. the organizers loved it after i left the stage, i guess, with the exception of, you know, the gentleman you're referring to. but everyone else was a little bit angered and disappointed that my set was cut. i spent the rest of the evening with the attendees in a couple different sessions and signed autographs, took pictures, told some of the rest of my material, and it was very well received, in my opi

to much because time requires that we do that -- as senator web and i recently went to zero canal, guam, and center web was in korea before that, senator mccain and senator web and i -- centre mccarren obviously has a great personal experience in this area -- we proposed changes to basing plants on okinawa and guam. we issued a review of the plants in korea because we believe that the current plans are unrealistic, unworkable, and affordable. independently, the gao concluded the cost of these military realignments were higher than expected. in many cases, there were largely unknown. in a highly critical gao report of this direction that we are currently moving. i am wondering whether you are familiar with this issue and it confirmed in any of and whether you are familiar with these issues are not whether you will agree to review this matter and work with us to find a solution that helps advance our strategic objectives in the reason. we had strategic objectives and the reason and if they are currently on affordable, they are unknown in terms of cost and whether you be willing to review

to much because time requires that we do that -- as senator web and i recently went to zero canal, guam, and center web was in korea before that, senator mccain and senator web and i -- centre mccarren obviously has a great personal experience in this area -- we proposed changes to basing plants on okinawa and guam. we issued a review of the plants in korea because we believe that the current plans are unrealistic, unworkable, and affordable. independently, the gao concluded the cost of these military realignments were higher than expected. in many cases, there were largely unknown. in a highly critical gao report of this direction that we are currently moving. i am wondering whether you are familiar with this issue and it confirmed in any of and whether you are familiar with these issues are not whether you will agree to review this matter and work with us to find a solution that helps advance our strategic objectives in the reason. we had strategic objectives and the reason and if they are currently on affordable, they are unknown in terms of cost and whether you be willing to review

to much because time requires that we do that -- as senator web and i recently went to zero canal, guam, and center web was in korea before that, senator mccain and senator web and -- centre mccarren obviously has a great personal experience in this area -- we proposed changes to basing plants on okinawa and guam. we issued a review of the plants in korea because we believe that the current plans are unrealistic, unworkable, and affordable. independently, the gao concluded the cost of these military realignments were higher than expected. in many cases, there were largely unknown. in a highly critical gao report of this direcon that we are currently moving. i am wondering whether you are familiar with this issue and it confirmed in any of and whether you are familiar with these issues are not whether you will agree to review this matter and work with us to find a solution that hps advance our strategic objectives in the reason. we had strategic objectives and the reason and if they are currently on affordable, they are unknown in terms of cost and whether you be willing to review this m

and -- okinawa and guam and the force there is. i think that the biggest policy question that i think has to be asked is, what kind of a signal do you want to send the rest of the world in terms of america's role in the world. and if we at the same time we are cutting our defense budget and we cut our state department budget, and state has fewer assets to deploy abroad, we have fewer assets to deploy abroad, and then we begin to close one or another foreign bays, are we basically sending the message to the rest of the world, and i would say to china, to iran, to north korea, to a variety of other places, the u.s. is closing up shop and going home and we are headed toward fortress america again. i think this as i leave, this is a huge question for the country to consider and for you to consider is what kind of a role do you want for the united states in the world? and frankly i believe, for example, our presence in europe, if one of the benefits it has brought in addition to the financial benefit of having troops be able to rotate f

it aims to close a base in okinawa and move to guam. call it unsustainable pin credibly expensive. it's part of a $683 billion defense spending bill. >>> the economy watch, troubling signs for the bay area. the lines are expected to remain long today for homeowners attending a six-day mortgage modification event in san jose. people say crushing debt is creating a domino effect on their spending. >> you have to think about every penny you spend on food, not only food, but stuff you buy, going out to the movies with the kids. >> you know, the price of gas has gone up tremendously. so we don't take the trips we used top. >> the event comes as new figures show california employers cut 29,000 jobs last month. >>> there's one bit of good news for americans. lower gas prices. in the past month prices have dropped by a half dollar or more per gallon. triple-a says factors include lower demand and stronger dollar prompting speculators to buy less oil. the price for a barrel now hovers around $93, down from $114 in april. >> i'm just happy to see it going down. that's all. i'm just happy to

plans to transfer and number of troops from okinawa to guam. the japanese government is going to spend billions of dollars to take care of that. host: caller: i am a registered democrat, but i am really leaning towards more of a citizen view. it is apparent to many that a lot of our international affairs really come down to dollars. it appears the me go into these countries where we've said we are going to have a democratic rule, but it appears that they're just looking to increase market share and open up new markets for business. generally speaking, these politicians who run our country are businessmen. they do this to spread business. but the same time, the american people are losing are losing -- american people are losing their homes and jobs. how do you see this thing in to enter national security scheme of things? guest: it goes back to the guns and butter argument. do you spend your money at home or do you want security abroad? that has been a debate that has been under way for decades. some people argue that peace can be assured by pro

to much because time requires that we do that -- as senator web and i recently went to zero canal, guam, and center web was in korea before that, senator mccain and senator web and i -- centre mccarren obviously has a great personal experience in this area -- we proposed changes to basing plants on okinawa and guam. we issued a review of the plants in korea because we believe that the current plans are unrealistic, unworkable, and affordable. independently, the gao concluded the cost of these military realignments were higher than expected. in many cases, there were largely unknown. in a highly critical gao report of this direction that we are currently moving. i am wondering whether you are familiar with this issue and it confirmed in any of and whether you are familiar with these issues are not whether you will agree to review this matter and work with us to find a solution that helps advance our strategic objectives in the reason. we had strategic objectives and the reason and if they are currently on affordable, they are unknown in terms of cost and whether you be willing to review

now, before recognize that a gentlelady from guam, i will mention will probably have a vote in about 10 minutes we will try to get through as much as possible but i understand maybe only two boats at the most we will come right back immediately after and pick up where we left off but i am

with that i am not pleased to recognize the gentle lady from guam. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i would like to say good morning and welcome to all of our witnesses. the white -- white-nose syndrome is named for the striking fumble growth on the muzzle, years, wings, and tales of bats. much remains unknown about this disease, which was first documented west of albany new york and february of 2006. over the last five years white-nose syndrome has spread to at least 16 states and also canada. the mortality caused by the white-nose syndrome are astonishing. they reach up to 99 percent in some cases. over 1 million little brown bats have been killed, likely contributing to a 78% decline in the calls of these bats in the night sky over the hudson river. white-nose syndrome in dance has profound public health environmental and economic impacts. that's our niche is best control of the insect population. this single bat can eat its entire weight in insects in just one night. when not controlled many insects spread disease and others are agricultural pests. a study by one of to

plans to transfer and number of troops from okinawa to guam.he japanese government is going to spend billions of dollars to take care of that. host: caller: i am a registered democrat, but i am really leaning towards more of a citizen view. it is apparent to many that a lot of our international affairs really come down to dollars. it appears the me go into these countries where we've said we are going to have a democratic rule, but it appears that they're just looking to increase market share and open up new markets for business. generally speaking, these politicians who run our country are businessmen. they do this to spread business. but the same time, the american people are losing are losing -- american people are losing their homes and jobs. how do you see this thing in to enter national security scheme of things? guest: it goes back to the guns and butter argument. do you spend your money at home or do you want security abroad? that has been a debate that has been under way for decades. some people argue that peace can be assured by promo

senator mccain, senator webb and i proposed changes to basing planes in okinawa and guam.e urged a review of the plans in korea because we believe that the current plans are unrealistic, unworkable and unaffordable. and then independently, the gao concluded that the cost of these military realignments are higher than expected. and in many cases largely unknown. a highly, excuse me -- a highly critical gao report of this direction that we currently are moving. and i'm wondering whether or not you are familiar with this issue. and if confirmed in any event, whether you're familiar with these issues or not in those three places, whether you will agree to review this matter and work with us to find a solution that helps advance our strategic objectives in the region 'cause we have strategic objectives in the region, that they are currently unaffordable and unknown in terms of costs and whether you would be willing to review this matter and to work with us? >> yes, i will, senator. you discussed this with me when i met with you and also senator webb discussed his concerns about