. >> reporter: senator kirsten gillibrand pointing to the problem of sexual assault of female marines, the highest rate of any branch in the military. >> this is a problem with our culture. i don't have a good answer for you. i'm not going to sit here and duck around this thing. i'm not. that's a lame answer, but ma'am, that's all -- that's the best i can tell you right now. we've got to change, and that's on me. >> and martha raddatz with us live from washington, and you are saying this is far from over, and dozens of female marines call into a hot line? >> reporter: that's right, that tip line getting calls from marines and others sharing information that might help in identifying some of the abusers. general neller estimates some 500 members accessed those photos. there have been a few victims coming forward, which the marine corpss is urging them to do. >> martha, our thanks to you. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the american working for the u.n. abducted overseas. the effort to get him back tonight. >>> also, authorities investigating how this

. >> reporter: then senator kirsten gillibrand pointed to a letter sent to the previous marine commandant identifying website which again den graight female marines. >> who is being held accountable for doing nothing since 2013? who? which commander? >> i don't have a good answer for you. i'm not going to sit here and duck around this thing. i'm not. i'm responsible. i'm the commandant. i own this. >> reporter: neller has said he was not aware of these sites until this year when a former marine-turned-journalist, alerted him to marines united, a facebook page on which current and former marines shared nude photos of women. >> this is an ongoing issue. it's not something new. >> reporter: but erin kirk-cuomo who left the corps in 2010 told cbs news female marines were complaining about these sites even then. >> this is something that has been pervasive and has been going on for over a decade. >> reporter: kirk-cuomo believes it is part of a culture which begins with boot camp, when women recruits are segregated from the men. >> this behavior is ingrained in marine corps culture simply beca

kirst kirst kirsten gillibrand has tough words. >> i can tell you your answer today are unsatisfactoryng to sit here and duck around this thing. i'm not. i'm responsible. >> speaking there was rage ronald green. south carolina senator lindsey graham is calling for more discipline marines calling for scandal. >>> gop leaders are forging ahead on their health care system. government analysts say millions of people would likely lose coverage if the plan gets passed. yesterday president trump spoke with two house leaders about pushing that. press secretary sean spicer said they are willing accept revisions if it means getting more support from lawmakers. >>> we may learn from fbi director james comey what sort of investigation if any his agency is conducting between the president's campaign and russia. a news conference is scheduled for 830 pacific time. shortly a after that, the fbi is holding its own news conference. it is expected it is tied to the announcement in washington, d.c. >> scott mcgrew has been examining the first 100 days. >> to put it mildly, so much going on in washington

. >> not good enough, according to kirsten gillibrand. he she said she introduced marine commanders to cyber stalking and sexual assault survivors in 2013. >> where's the accountability for failure? who is being held accountable? which commander? i am very concerned this is part of a culture that's resulting in the high levels of sexual assault. >> i don't have a good answer. i am not going to dock around it. i'm not. i am responsible. i am the commandant. >> i can tell you your answers today are unsatisfactory. they do not go far enough. >> friday the commandant spoke publicly, more photo sharing popped out. >> they are also disrespecting you. they are challenging you, general. they are thinking they can get away with it. >> i want to look at other things we need to do to make this a very, very painful exercise for someone caught guilty of doing it. >> including docking benefits for marines who have left the core or retired. >> do you agree this is one of the darkest moments and needs to be fixed? >> yes, sir. >> heading to camp lejeune

female senators, in particular, said they'd heard it all before, including new york democrat kirsten gillibrand. >> when you say to us it's got to be different. that rings hollow. i don't know what you mean when you say that. why does it have to be different. because you all of a sudden feel that it has to be different? who has been held accountable? >> i don't have a good answer for you. i'm not going to sit here and duck around this thing. i'm not. i'm responsible. i'm the commandant. i own this. that's a lame answer but ma'am that's the best i can tell you right now. >> woodruff: the general acknowledged the scandal may hurt the marine corps' efforts to recruit women. the european union's highest court ruled today that employers may bar muslim women from wearing headscarves on the job. the ruling says that's allowed, so long as the ban is part of a company policy, and not a sign of prejudice. it's a response to cases brought by two women, one belgian, one french. both were fired for refusing to remove their headscarves at work. the u.n. human rights office is demanding that the syrian govern

a hotshot like cory booker or kirsten gillibrand. so who did they get? i'm steve basheer, i was governor of kentucky from 2007 to 2015. now, i'm a private citizen. >> seth: i'm sorry, so the democratic response was delivered by the survivors of a zombie apocalypse, huddled in an abounded diner. seriously, where the hell are you guys? >> i'm here in lexington, kentucky, some 400 miles from washington at a diner with some neighbors. >> seth: "in fact, i was just sitting here minding my own business when the democrats showed up with a camera and said, 'would you like to respond to the president's address to congress tonight?' and i said, 'surely you have someone younger or more exciting.' and they said, 'no, will you just do it?' and i said, 'i'll do it if you pay for my omelet.'" [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] sustain a more moderate tone last night, but he also offered the same empty solutions to nonexistent problems. let's not get fooled again, we've been here with trump before. to many, the speech sounded presidential. but to others, it sounded li

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i watched kirsten gillibrand of new york, i think she wants to sit with elizabeth warren, she was tailinger. that's a good shot because she wants to be on tv. if you're on the democratic progressive side you want to sit next to her. i was watching wyden and al franken sitting next to each other. it's interesting that people that know each other or are friendly with each other choose to sit together. it isn't just a cold body. here we go. >> the joint session will come to order. >> the chair appoints as members of the committee to escort the president into the chamber, the gentleman from california mr. mccarthy, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, the gentlewoman from washington ms. mcmorris rogers, the gentleman from indiana mr. messer, the gentleman from georgia mr. collins, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith. the gentlewoman from california ms. pelosi, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley, the gentlewoman from california, ms. sanchez, the gentleman from new mexico, mr. ben ray luhan an

armed services committee member senator kirsten gillibrand is demanding an investigation into the scandal rocking the marine corps. nude photos of more than a dozen female service members on a private facebook page. twoomen are stepping forward. erica butner served in the marines for four years until june, saying her photo was posted to marines united without her consent. >> victim blaming and the excuse that some are giving that boys will be boys needs to stop. it is an excuse to justify the perpetrators' behavior and normalizes aggression towards women. as a marine corps veteran, i'm disheartened and disgusted with this scandal. >> joining me now is republican congresswoman martha mcsally, who served 26 years in the u.s. air force, retiring as a colonel, she was a fighter pilot. congresswoman, your reaction to this? >> andrea, when i first heard about this, i was deeply disturbed, disgusted, and infuriated. the honor code of the marines includes honor and courage and commitment, and it's this kind of behavior going after your teammates, that trust is so important when we're a fighting f

. >> kirsten gillibrand challenged marine corps commandant general robert miller on holding service members accountable for sharing nude actress of funeral colleagues online. an article from the bbc notes that the original facebook group includes 30,000 active male marines and was uncovered by the warhorse, a nonprofit news organization run by a marine. members encouraged each other to find and upload new images. the photo sharing began in the same month that the first infantry units began receiving women. he reset exchange between senator gillibrand and senator kneller. >> general kneller, the military , the marines have been aware of online victimization, online exploitation of other marines. there is a lesson here from jackie spears and general amos with screenshots. there n

i believe this is senator kirsten gillibrand questioning the pop member of the marines. actually investigated and found guilty anybody? if we can't crack facebook, how are we supposed to be able to confront russian aggression and siber hacking throughout our military? who is being held accountable for doing nothing since 2013? who? which commander? >> i'll still in the process -- i mean, i don't have a good answer for you. i'm not going to sit here and duck around this thing. i'm not. i'm responsible. i own this and we are going to have to -- you've heard it before. but we are going to have to change how we see ourselves and how we do -- how we treat each other. that's a lame answer. but, ma'am, that's the best i can tell you right now. >> so what does that exactly mean? i appreciate it but i don't -- >> i will say it was refreshing that he didn't -- he took responsibility and blame. ed that we have not done this the way it needs to be done. but i can assure you, kirsten and i have worked very hard at doing a long list of reforms in the uniform code of military justice t

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kirsten, thank you so much. >> thank you so much senator gillibrand for your leadership. i don't think it's a price that you with young children have taken the lead on this bill in thank you forever not appear in your hard work on this. i come at this as a mom and based on my own experience. i was a lawyer at a law firm had not involved in politics that and it kind of a mom in tennis shoes. i did that for a slogan. we had a whole plan for this group day care and i was kind of put our daughter in the day care after about six weeks my long-term provided six weeks paid leave but then you could take another six weeks unpaid and i didn't think i was going to take the other six weeks. but i knew i could and that was great. when our daughter was born, she was very, very sick. she couldn't swallow and they didn't know she was going to make it. it was completely out of the blue. we had no inkling this was going to happen. so there we were. my husband that another law firm and we couldn't use this plan we had. it was completely thrown away. .. so that he could come home every day a

this is new york senator kirsten gillibrand. >> general neller, the military, the marines, have been aware of online victimization, online exploitation of other marines since 2013, because there's a letter here from jackie spears to chuck hagel and general amos, with screen shots, so there's no mystery this has been going on for a very long time. it was right in front of you and the command to do something about since 2013. we have countless victims who have come forward, and they're not just being harassed online, once their name, face, where they're stationed is posted, do you think the harassment ends online? is it doesn't. i spoke to a marine yesterday -- excuse me, i spoke to a civilian yesterday, who has been continued to be harassed in her community because her ex-boyfriend exploited her online. so i have to say, when you say to us, it's got to be different, that rings hollow. i don't know what you mean when you say that. why does it have to be different? because you all of a sudden feel that it has to be different? who has been held accountable? i very much align myself with