. >> guest: uss cole is named after darrell s. kohl, a marine sergeant who was posthumously awarded the medal of honor for his actions on iwo jima in world war ii. c-span: how old was the ship when you were in yemen? >> guest: foreigner half years old. she had been commissioned in the navy, and the official ceremony was in june 1996 oliveri new destroyer, modern equipment. shia argument one deployment and came back to the annie and had gone through a small maintenance and retrofit. machen had done the training cycle at 60 months before he deployed in august of 2000. c-span: how long had you been on her and what was your rank and position? >> guest: on october 12, 2000-in command of the ship for about 15 months and i was a commander in the united states may be. c-span: explain how a man or women could be a commander on a ship that silvie the captain? >> guest: the way the navy works it doesn't matter whether you are in charge of patrol craft or a navy captain in charge of a cruiser or aircraft carrier. you earn during the time your comm

top of the s&p, kohl's, gap, starbucks, kroger, coach, limited.are really going to be one of the stories of the day. we mentioned nordstrom up 21%. target beat. macy's beat, 5% versus a 3.6% estimate. we'll talk more about why august was particularly strong. september will have some tougher comps. then we get into the back half of the year where actually last winter was extraordinarily warm. they couldn't sell a lot of coats. some of the comps at least on margins when we get into the fourth quarter are actually going to be a little easier. >> could look healthier. absolutely. back to school is going to be the key gauge for that fall. yus want to mention here the latest read we have on same-store sales shows the median surprise is about 1.7%. but really with the exception of wet seal there has not been a miss with nearly every company now turning in those august results. only wet seal has missed. >> also on a retail note but not a good one, sears, of course, being taken out of the s&p. was a charter member of the s&p when it was created back in 195