commander of the pacific fleet, admiral scott swift, said he no longer had confidence vice admiral joseph aucoin, commander of the seventh fleet and relieved him effective immediately. ships in the seventh fleet are in a basic seamanship. one of several steps, senior navy officers felt aucoin should have ordered in june after the fitzgerald collision. a string of accidents in the seventh fleet dates back to january, when the guided missile cruiser ran aground in tokyo bay. the grounding was blamed on captain joseph kerrigan relieved of his command. but the investigation also found substandard performance from multiple crew members. the seventh fleet may not be over, lower ranking squadron commanders are response bum for monitoring conditions aboard individual ships like the mccain and fitzgerald. and may have failed to spot accidents waiting to happen. anthony. >> david martin at the poeg tonight. thank you, david. >>> the texas gulf coast is bracing for harvey, a tropical depression that is expected to strengthen before making landfall late friday. a hurricane watch is up from port mansfield to

fleet makes a big change in just a few minutes ago-- the navy officially removed vice admiral joseph aucoin as head of the 7th fleet based in japan. the move comes after four incidents involving ships under his command, including the u-s-s john s-mccain, which collided with an oil tanker. the remains of some of the ten sailors listed as missing, were recovered from flooded compartments. a preliminary report says the navy destroyer may have lost report says the navy destroyer may have lost steering minutes before slammed into that tanker, just before dawn. officials say some sailors were still sleeping at the time of impact-- and their quarters flooded in seconds. d-c police are asking for your help tracking down a burglar-- caught in the act in southeast. take a look at this video. police say this man used a rock to smash into the back door of a house in the 400 block of woodcrest drive last month. around for a while-- he leaves with a 65 inch tv! he doesn't even try to hide the box. if you recognize this man, you're asked to contact police. coming up-- lottery fever sweeping the naiton. ho

but today they replaced vice admiral joseph aucoin as the head of the seven fleets. this comes after four incidents that are involving ship under the commands of aucoin. the fitzgerald will be repaired and modernized. seven tailors were killed aboard -- seven sailors were killed aboard the fitzgerald. michelle: a seconds old competition in delaware again on hold. cannon sent shrapnel to the audience injuring two people. one victim files a lawsuit to prompt organizers to cancel the year's contest. the competition had come back from two-year hiatus caused by inability to find anyone to insure the event. jonathan: in less than five years the nation could have a new limainted millionaire. the jackpot for tonight's powerball is up to $700 million. that is second only to last year's billion dollar jackpot. ja do you have lucky numbers to play? jonathan: i have numbers and i hope they are lucky. >> do you want one ticket or five separate tickets? put it on one. >> you don't want to lose it. >> this is even better for the weekend. golfers out there. we see one out there at t

they cited a loss of confidence in vice admiral joseph aucoin's ability to command.he navy released these pictures showing divers searching for missing sailors after the u.s.s. john mccain collided with an oil tanker. the crash tore a hole in the side of the ship. the navy reports divers have found the remains of some of the ten missing sailors. navy officials tell fox news crews need heavy equipment so divers can free bodies from the flooded compartments. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. an investigation coming. >> the navy has fired 13 senior leaders this year for cause. late last night, the commander of the u.s. pacific need relieved the head of the japan base's seventh fleet, vice addmer raleigh joseph aucoin. he's the highest ranking officer to face discipline. to give you an idea how big the seventh fleet is, at any given time, there's between 60 to 70 warships, 200 to 300 aircraft and 40,000 navy and marine corps personnel assigned to the seventh fleet in the pacific. the crash of the john mccain comes days after the navy announced they would punish a do

. >> vice admiral joseph aucoin is out because of a loss of confidence involving four crashes this year. he was set to retire next month. the most recent involved the "uss john mccain." divers searching its flooded compartments have found remains of some of the ten sailors who are missing. >>> and secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. needs to be as cagey and tactical as the taliban when it comes to strategy in afghanistan. speaking at the state department he followed the president's lead and didn't say how many more troops would be heading into the fight. tillerson did say the new afghanistan policy is intended to put pressure on the taliban and find a way to end the war with a negotiated settlement. >>> and we're learning new details about the barcelona terror plot. the four surviving members of that allege the terror sell appeared in court for the first time on tuesday. they were going to detonate bombs, including at the cathedral. but they were allegedly forced to change plans when the house they were making the bombs in accidently blew up. they decided to use a van to atta

vice admiral joseph aucoin is being relieved of duty. the "mccain" collided with an oil tanker and the navy said divers searching its flooded compartments from found remains of some of the ten sailors missing. >>> a waging wildfire is contained and people are heading back home this morning in central washington. at least 100 homes were evacuated because of the large fast-moving wildfire that scorched hundreds of acres, destroyed at least four homes and left a thousand people without power. authorities are still trying to determine what caused that fire. now let's take a look at your weather. >> severe storms are moving across the northeast and new england this morning. you can see the strongest activity is in the appalachians and then along the coast from new jersey to new england. now, those storms will leave in their wake weather. the storm system is coming out of the midwest especially the kansas city area where it dumped record rainfall. first responders there handled more than 60 calls for water rescues alone. workers at this indust

commander of the pacific fleet, admiral scott swift, said he no longer had confidence in vice admiral joseph aucoin and removed him immediately. ships are now in stand down to review basic seamanship, one of several steps senior naval officers felt aucoin should have ordered in june after the "fitzgerald" collision. a string of accidents dates back the january when the guided-missile cruiser "antietam" ran aground. joseph carrigan was relieved of his command, but the investigation also found substandard performance from multiple crew members. the house cleaning in the seventh fleet may not be over. lower-rank admiral commanders are responsible for monitoring conditions aboard individual ships like the "mccain" and "fitzgerald" and may have failed to spot accidents waiting to happen. anthony? >> mason: david martin at the pentagon tonight. thank you, david. the texas gulf coast is bracing for harvey, a tropical depression that is expected to strengthen before making landfall late friday. a hurricane watch is up from port mansfield to galveston island. harvey could bring a dangerous storm surge and a

. >>> and the navy's relieving vice admiral joseph aucoin, the leader of the pacific fleet.ause of four accidents this year alone involving ships under his command, the most recent involving the "uss john s. mccain," which collided with a tanker. divers have found remains. as bob woodruff reports. >> reporter: search and rescue teams locating the first remains of those ten missing from the flooded "uss john s. mccain" in the straight of malacca. some sailors still sleeping at the time of impact. their quarters flooding in seconds as they struggled up small exits like this one. this after the "uss fitzgerald" collided with a containership two months ago. killing seven sailors. >> we will conduct a full investigation into this collision, what happened, how it happened. one tragedy like this is one too many. >> reporter: divers weaving through the mangle ed maze belo deck. for the families of the "uss mccain," an agonizing wait. 22-year-old kenneth smith from michigan is among the missing. >> i just want to be over there searching. his father and i couldn't be prouder of our so

the removal of vice admiral joseph aucoin follows a string of incidents involving u.s. warships.he "uss john s. mccain" collided with a merchant tanker, the second deadly accident in three months. ten sailors are thought to have died in this mishap. ben tracy is in beijing following the navy shakeup. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it has been an absolutely horrible summer for the u.s. seventh fleet which is based in japan. they have likely lost 17 of their sailors, two of their warships are extensively damaged, and now the commander of the entire fleet has lost his job. >> the damage was significant. this was not a small collision. >> reporter: just two months ago, vice admiral joseph aucoin promised a sweeping investigation, following the "uss fitzgerald's" deadly collision with a merchant ship off the coast of japan. but after the "uss john s. mccain" crashed earlier this year, the navy decided to remove aucoin from his post as head of the seventh fleet. the mccain's collision was the latest of four incidents involving his ships in just the past eight months. vic

branch says it was due to lolls of confidence to vice admiral joseph aucoin. no longer in charge. he was weeks from retirement. four navy warships crashed in asia in the past six months. monday was the uss john s. mccain collided with oil tanker in singapore. ten sailors were hillary clinton's book "what happened" chronicling the 2016 election from her point of view is due out in september. but we are getting a preview of what to expect. clip of the former secretary of state reading an excerpt from the book ran on a cable network this morning in which she described the second presidential debate that was the town hall. she said, "my skin crawled" as he shadowed her on the stage. she had to keep herself from yelling at him to stop following her on the stage. >> we have to close down the government we'll build that wall. alison: the government threatening to shut down the government at the rally. the huge crowds in there loved it. outside there were protesters and arrests. the question should the federal government shut down over a border wall. that is the abc7 instapoll the results

navy's 7th treat vice admiral joseph aucoin has been removed from command for two incidents in the pacificfleet is based out of japan. he is expected to retire next month. however, navy captains or ship captains are removed as soon as the navy loses confidence in their leadership. reared admiral will replace him. and remains have been found in the damaged section of "uss john mccain" which collided on the straits of malacca on sunday. the number of bodies or identities has not been released. >>> getting a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. hey, bill. >> good morning. all eyes on texas we have our tropical system that will likely become tropical storm harvey later on today and it's heading straight for texas, possibly lingering right through the weekend with automatic lot of water problems. yesterday it was over the yucatan. now, it's over the warm waters of the gulf. now, we're going to wait and see how quickly it will get organized. we want it to not be organized. we know we will have to deal with a strong storm effect. 48 hours over warmer waters to try to get stro

owners say they are not taking any chances and will close during the protest. ( mark ) vice admiral joseph aucoined of his duty as commander of the u-s 7th fleet. the move comes after the collision between the u-s-s john mccain and a merchant ship near singapore monday. this morning crews continue to remove the remians of the ten navy sailors killed in the crash. this was the 4th accident involving a u-s warship in asian waters this year. the navy has now ordered a rare operational pause to allow commanders to ensure safe operations around the world. ( mark ) santa cruz officials have yet to decide whether adrian gonzalez will be tried as an adult in the murder of 8-year-old madyson 'maddy' middleton. gonzalez was in court yesterday for a hearing. gonzalez was 15-years-old when police say he raped and killed middleton in july of 2015. her body was later discovered in a dumpster near her apartment complex. the hearing on whether to try him as an adult will continue later today. ( darya ) back here in the bay area... people have returned home after a fire burned dangerously close to homes in dublin

john mccain, vice admiral joseph aucoin is fired for loss of confidence. there are four accidents involving naval warships under his watch this year two of which, the u.s.s. fitzgerald and mccain were deadly. >>> a deadly ending to an amber alert. los angeles police officers shot and killed a murder suspect accused of abducting his son. this morning 9-year-old daniel morozov is safe and is in child protective services. they say he was taken by his father monday night after the boy's mother was found dead. last night the man was shot and killed by police. no officers were injured in the shooting. it is still under investigation. >>> a memorial is planned for an oakland firefighter who was killed in a shooting last thursday. a service will be held for jake walter at 11 a.m. on saturday. another oakland firefighter was wounded in the san jose shooting. 27-year-old oliver juinio is charged with murder and attempted murder. authorities don't think that there's any between the suspect and victims. he will be in court in september. >>> the family involved in a de

. >>> today the navy removed a fleeter from his position under vice admiral joseph aucoin four shipse collided in asia. several sailors are still missing this morning. some remains were found. the navy hasn't said how many bodies were recovered. >>> today's hearing is to determine whether adrian gonzalez will be tried as an adull. investigators say gonzalez, who is now 17, sexually assaulted and killed middleton and then hid her body. gonzalez has pled not guilty. the hearing is to last a week. >>> 45. new travel warning in effect for certain regions of mexico. the state department is cautioning americans about violent crimes. tourist destinations like cabo san lucas and baja, california and the yucatan peninsula. >>> federal regulators are expanding their search into who is buying luxury real estate including bay area county. some of the purchases were used with money laundering. we're talking about the small businesses with offshore accounts that pay cash for the properties. san francisco, san mateo, los angeles, san diego counties have properties that are under investigation. regu

vice admiral joseph aucoin is being dismissed due to the leadership's loss of confidence in his abilityo command. most recent crash was earlier this week when the u.s.s. john mccain hit an oil tanker. divers found human remains inside the ship's flooded compartments yesterday. some of the bodies could not be recovered. the mother of a missing sailor says she knew a life at sea would be dangerous. >> if something happens, you would expect for it to be in combat, not trying to get into port. >> right now, the only clue as to what caused the accident is an initial report from the scene stating that the mccain lost steering three minutes before that collision. this is the fourth major incident in the pacific this year. 7 sailors died when the u.s.s. fitzgerald collided with a container ship back in june. >>> today several political leaders and environmentalists are gathering in an effort to prevent ma -- protect, rather, marine sanctuaries. kpix 5's neda iranpour joins us live from crissy field to tell us what they are fighting about. >> reporter: good morning. so this area from crissy fiel

pacific fleet relieved the head of the japan-based 7th fleet, vice admiral joseph aucoin due to a "loss of confidence in his ability to command." >> i think what you are seeing is a culmination of years of the navy senior leadership back here in washington, d.c., who have failed to properly man, train, equip the fleet. >> there are 60 to 70 warships, 200 to 300 aircraft and 40,000 more to come navy and marine corps personnel assigned to the 7th fleet in the pacific. uss john s mccain's collision comes days after the navy announced it would punish a dozen sailors from another 7th fleet ship, the uss fitzgerald, after seven sailors were killed during a collision in june. a government accountability office study in 2015 warned shorter maintenance and training. for forward deployed warships were taking a toll as resources shrunk but operational tempo and deployments remained the same. navy officials say more diverse and heavy equipment are needed to open up the mccain's flooded compartments to gain access to the bodies of some of the ten missing sailors. the pacific fleet commander visited

jose joseph aucoin. several sailors are still missing this morning. some remains were found but the navy has not said how many bodies have been recovered. >>> authorities at uc berkeley say they are investigating a reported sexual assault on campus saying that a female student reported the attack happened in one of the residential living units. they do not say specifically which one. they say that it happened early tuesday morning. that's all they are telling us at this moment. >>> and investigators are looking into whether a hayward man facing four sexual assault charges has more victims out there. they say he met a woman at a restaurant in june, drove her to a house where he pistol-whipped and sexually assaulted her. he is also connected into a similar case in 2015. >>> at 5:04 continuing coverage of the terror attacks in spain. this morning the widow of the bay area man killed in the attacks is looking for someone. she wants to find the last person to see her husband alive. heidi nunes tucker says she tried to find a waiter who rushed over to try t

. >> just a short time later, swift revealed vice admiral joseph aucoin, citing loss of confidence. based in japan suffered four collisions since january. the two most recent have been deadly. the "uss fitzgerald" collision in june resulted in the deaths of seven sailors. navy officials have not disclosed how many bodies they recovered from the mccain. aucoin's removal follows the firing of the fitzgerald's commanding officer with two others. worries about the fleet stem from the fact that it serves on waves as front line defense against north korea. but it helps to know exactly what kind and how many ships we're talk ing about. so let's walk you through this. the seventh is the navy's largest forward deployed fleet. it is made up of 50 to 70 ships and submarines, 140 aircraft, and 20,000 sailors. at the heart of the fleet is carrier strike group five and destroyer squadron 15. eight guided missile destroyers supported three cruisers and one nimitz craft aircraft carrier. that carrier is the ronald reagan, the anchor, 75 aircraft to advance fighter jets, two electronic warfare and s

rare pause in operations and in an unprecedented move, dismissed the seventh fleet commander, joseph aucoine can continue disciplining these bad officers, but in at the end of the day we need a military that's fed, trained and ready to go. >> reporter: more than half navy aircrafts can't fly right now, twice the historic norm. in the army, just 3 of 58 brigade combat teams are considered fully ready and able to fight tonight. the air force is short more than 1,500 pilots and 3500 aircraft maintainers. the average rage of the aircrafts, 37 years old. the marines issued a one-day ground stop of all aircrafts this month following two deadly crashes. >> if you want the modern military, you have to spend the money to do it. the days of trying to do this on the cheap are gone, even if we get rid of sequestration it's going to take probably ten years to catch up. >> reporter: house republicans did pass a proposal for the 2010 budget, that includes more than the president's did. now with talk of a looming shutdown here in washington, military officials are focusing on what they can, adjustments to

a statement today announced vice admiral joseph aucoin was removed due to "loss of confidence in hislity to command." he'd been scheduled to retire soon. it follows the latest collision, between the destroyer "john s. mccain" and an oil tanker, off singapore. several american sailors were killed; several others are still missing. in yemen, officials say an air strike by a saudi arabia-run coalition force killed as many as 60 people today, including rebels and civilians. it happened just north of the capital, sanaa. the city is controlled by the shiite rebels, backed by iran. emergency workers spent the day recovering bodies from the rubble. the saudis said they're reviewing the incident. the u.s. state department is defending a decision to cut or delay nearly $300 billion in u.s. aid to egypt, over human rights violations. cairo today criticized the move as a "misjudgment" by the u.s., but activists say dissent is being stifled by the regime. state department spokeswoman heather nauert says the hope is that withholding aid will lead to change. >> egypt has been put essentially on not

very clear that there is going to be accountability, and it starts with a three-star admiral, joseph aucoin relieved today in japan. chris. >> wow. thank you for that. up next, the silent treatment. reports that the president and mitch mcconnell have not spoken in weeks with the senate majority leader sooeting over trump's frequent threats against the republican party and doubting if the president can save his presidency. get between you and life's beautiful moments. switch to flonase allergy relief. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. when we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by overproducing 6 key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. flonase helps block 6. most allergy pills only block one and 6 is greater than 1. with more complete relief you can enjoy every beautiful moment to the fullest. flonase. 6 is greater than 1 changes everything. it's our back to school beeone cent evente. at office depot office max. 10 pack pens, one cent. composition notebooks,scissors, and plastic folders all one cent each! hurry to office depot office max. ♪taking care of bus

the navy had lost confidence in admiral joseph aucoin to command.when johmccain" and a tanker slide eer collided off ot of singapore. the navy called for all 277 navy ships to halt operations and review basic training and other fundamentals. >>> a manhunt is under way to find two escaped inmates in oklahoma. the pair overpowered two officers tuesday and sped off in a transport van that was headed for a kansas prison. other prisoners told authorities the two inmates were armed with just a pencil. the van was found abandoned. the men may have stolen a pickup truck. >>> a 5-year-old in houston, texas, made quite an entrance for his first day of kindergarten. kevin will was escorted by a hundred police officers. he was born three months after his father was killed on duty by a drunk driver. the officers walked kevin, his mom and grandparents from home to school nearly a mile away. even a helicopter escort flew overhead. he gained a family from the fellow officers. and his son knows that they will be there for them. >> that's a touching story. >>> just a

vice admiral joseph aucoin has been the fleet's commander since 2015. his rerivmoval is the highest. he will be replaced by rare admiral phil sawyer. the dismissal follows four accidents in the last year. the last two collisions, involving "uss fitzgerald" and "uss mccain," leading to some injuries on the crew. "uss mccain" inside compartme compartments, divers wound human remains. just this morning, an unidentified body was recovered. and now, we're beginning to learn from the families who lost some of the missing men. like john hoagland and jacke drake. and jonathan smith. and in illinois, the family of logan palmer is praying he might still be alive. >> everywhere i look i see the opportunity that i will see my brother again. i'm sure that goes for my family, as well. >> reporter: the cause for the collision on monday between the destroyer and an oil tanker, a mystery. navy officials looking at all possibilities. in the wake of the disasters, the navy called a halt to operations worldwide to discover the scope of the problem. scott fleet says he spok

. >> reporter: two months ago, vice admiral joseph aucoin promised a sweeping investigation following "uss fitzgerald's" collision off the coast of japan. after the uss jo"uss john s. mc collided with another ship he was removed from his duty. vice admiral aucoin has led the fleet since 2015 and was going to retire next month. in a press conference yesterday, the pacific fleet commander admiral scott swift said the navy is looking at all possible causes of the collision on monday. including a cyber attack on the ship's controls. he promised to get to the root cause of these incidents in the pacific. >> when tragedy like this is one too many. while each of these four events is unique, they cannot be viewed in isolation. >> reporter: the navy has not released the names of missing sailors, at least three of them have been identified by family members. the families thank those expressing concerns. and a fiancee says it hurts to know i might never get to walk down the aisle to see the love of my life. the navy is expanding the search area in the hope of finding some of these ten missing sa

. >> eric: admiral joseph aucoin was relieved of duty.urse, admiral, our thoughts and prayers are with the families and those who perished in the past few accidents. one of my son's classmates is serving on uss john s. mccain right now. and we think of them and thank them. admiral, thank you. >> thank you. >> shannon: is it going to be an attack of the drones? u.s. military mapping out a playbook from the sky. we take you live with details. was, president trump going after arizona senator jeff flake was a frequent critic of the president. we will talk to dr. kelli ward joining us live in the next hour. >> nobody wants me to talk about him, nobody knows who the hell he is. i haven't mentioned any names, so now everybody is happy. you don't let anything lkeep you sidelined. come on! that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and minerals... for the strength and energy, to get back to doing what you love. ensure, always be you. ♪ >> shannon: the department of homeland security getting serious about drones, even enl

admir admiral joseph aucoin was told that the navy had lost confidence in his leadership despite hisn to retire next month they require them to show accountability for four mishaps including the loss of life on the "uss john s. mccain" and "uss fitzgerald." the "uss mccain" reported a loss of steering for three minutes prior to it being struck but officials caution it is not certain this led to the accident as there still would have been several evasive action that is could have been taken to avoid collision. the "john s. mccain" remains docked at a singapore base where they continue to scour the ship for possible survivors. some were recovered from sealed compartments where the ship was hit. the malaysian navy recovered a body at sea. the american commanders insisting that operations would continue until all hope of finding survivors had been exhausted. now, the navy officials now say they will widen the search for the missing sailors out there at sea. they have already found some bodies inside the ship. clearly they believe others may have fallen out after the collision. george. >>

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