just like the marines, the heroic marines, disliked her road marines of saigon in 1975, that legacy continues in day marine security guard unit. i think it is something -- once again, i don't know how you feel, but it is something we should all be proud of. i am. and one other thing i will say is that, you know, i told you about that guy who lived up the street, steve shuler he took the bayonet and would leave. well, you can give him hand. he is sitting right over there. [applause] [applause] i noticed he frowned. i didn't see a smile on his face. i was like, oh, sure it. anyway, does anybody have any questions? >> that was yesterday, and today yesterday. i am assuming there are some conclusions as you do more research. casino the main conclusion -- >> my question is, did we learn anything? >> best said. you know and i know we have evacuation plans for capitol hill. every hot spot and snake pit in the world. the one thing i do not think we have learned in the have no proof of this, no documentation. just from traveling in these countries and being downrange, we twisted south did not too much.

marines and naval forces were assembled for an invasion. on november twentieth america launched in five years assault against one of the most heavily fortified japanese islands in the world to. the south on board a higgins landing craft ensign leon cooper was responsible for the lives of hundreds of men. for the thousands of marines riding to the shores that morning no one can imagine the ferocity of the battle to come or the death and destruction its face. in february two thousand and eight the on cooper a navy veteran of the tower about and a film crew left los angeles on a journey that took sixty five years. to. be looked. down on. while doing research for my recent book the war in the pacific a reference back. i happened across a not so she had a press report that said in effect. where hundreds of marines died there are now millions of plastic bags crumpled paper boxes and when i saw that of course. since i have been a party. or a witness to all of the killings that took place i felt especially. and i need to do something about this. i

and he saved the lives of nearly seventy marines that day. i got to know a number of the medical doctors we had eight desire a member aboard. and the senior medical officer of an old guy and a chance conversation i want to know what his specialty was he said that my gynecologist and not seeing the made to be about as absurd as saying as i could imagine i said you know just possibly any one of us might be pregnant he says i'll take care of you. but there was another guy among the eight he also and a chance higher chance conversation i want to know what his specialty was he's a path by training and i said you're a natural for this you can be sure and take care of all of us so the medical doctors on my ship as well as on the a number of other transports there took care of these guys i remodeled remember distinctly on my many trips carrying the wounded back to my ship for medical treatment one of them died by how many others diag you can only guess but were these guys able to deal with trauma with war warne's i doubt it. despite the initial casua

after the battle and the marines would bury their dead. detailed plot maps of the grave site and within a matter of days return to their ships. meanwhile the burial were continued on that ship. identification was made more difficult by the condition in decomposition of several bodies and a number were lost at sea. i fortunately had the unpleasant duty of attending a number of burials at sea i can't remember how many at least a half a dozen but one of the stands out in my memory in particular the chaplain who was in charge of the burial details i was standing next to him after he said his usual words before we got the guy into the deep and i said with a chaplain hasan who is a sky and he said we don't know and i said well his dog tags they're in the cell cause he said. and i can't imagine anything more that needs to be said out of than they actually serve ridiculous treatment in yes absolutely and different treatment was given to all these guys who had died in defense of our country. lieutenant bonded with a posthumous medal of honor winner

one marine commented that it was the closest thing to dantes inferno you never seen. it was a hellish wasteland of destruction. literally covered with thousands of bodies and ordnance. now came the grim task of collecting and bury a body. general holland smith and the marine commander was reputed to have said later that tarot was a tragic mistake. after the battle the marines would bury their dead take detailed plot maps of the grave sites and within a matter of days return to their ships. meanwhile the burial were continued gun issue. identification was made more difficult by the condition and decomposition of several bodies and a number were lost at sea. i unfortunately had the unpleasant duty of attending a number of burials and say i can't remember how many at least a half a dozen but one of the stands out in my memory in particular the chaplain who was in charge of the burial details i was standing next to him after he said his usual words before we dumped the guy into the date and i said the chap on the horizon who is a sky and he said we don't know and i said w

he's a marine.e that but keeping that open line of communication between the military member and then their family as well because if that person is not apt to go, their family is going to be the biggest reason that forces men to do it because oftentimes i believe it's the family that gets them in and not the actual individual service member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you, mr. hanson, thanks to your service for this nation and for your courage to be here this morning. i just have one question. you mentioned that the biggest obstacle that you had was getting past yourself and understanding and realizing that there was a need there for help. >> yes, ma'am. >> now, something in teen challenge versus the va system -- there was a difference in those two programs. what was it with the teen challenge that let you get past yourself that was missing in the va's approach to mental health? >> well, ma'am, i believe it was really just -- it was a couple of things. one the env

yes, 8% to 10% of the animals that end up here in the marin headlands at the marine mammal center, it's because really they are victims of trash, they get tangled up in it and come here to get nursed back to health so. this public exhibit which opens this weekend is to inspire us to stop trashing our beaches. it is what i'm calling it bittersweet. it's a sight to see but goodness, look at this. it is so sad. this is an actual s.e.a.l. are we live? this is a seal. it is made from the trash volunteers and artists put this together on their own. i can just see lots of unidentifiable objects, cigarette lighters, plastic cups, tops, it's amazing yet so sad. now joining me now i want to bring in jim oswalt with the marine mammal center. talk a little about this. this is something else. >> it's an incredible exhibit. we are so pleased to have washed ashore here because it really conveys a powerful message which is we need to have change. we need to make change with our environment and every action that we can take to recycle and conserve will help the ocean and our animal patients. >> and the

sheared the marines say he did not mean any harm and he backed up and said the miami marine. i have two kids. i am sorry. -- and he backed up and said, i am a marine. i have two kids. i am sorry. but she remembered very little when it came to talking about the drinking alcohol. her facts contradicted what the state said. >> she said she heard six gunshots and saw him fall. she ran over and said, are you ok? and he said, i got shot. she said she never heard the officers say he was a police officer. the defense is trying to show that she and two other witnesses are giving different accounts of what happened. >> there is a lack of consistency in your testimony. it is in direct contrast with what the state has put forward so far as far as how and where it is to place. >> an expert testified that blood on the officers you was from the marine. >> no blood spatter expert will come in and testify upon being shot anyone's blood spatters the way you see it in the movies. it does not happen that way. >> an expert also testified, saying that the shots were fired from approximately five t

so tonight we have a marine layer 1600 feet deep. you combine the marine layer, and it has been deepening over the last 24 hours with a stronger onshore flow. the wind is coming off the ocean. it is pushing the marine layer up into the berkeley hills. so we are seeing advancement as far as the marine influence. it will drive the temperatures down. by morning look for numbers in the 50s and 60s and quite a bit of low cloud and fog cover. santa rosa 49 degrees. as you look at the pacific satellite picture, things are going to remain on the cooler than normal side as we head into the weekend. stronger sea breeze expected over the next few days that is area of low pressure continues to deepen. the marine layer becomes deeper and deeper, and the cooling affects will be felt inland. tomorrow morning do look for widespread fog, and then the sun is out by late morning in the inland areas. but the temperatures are a far cry from the 90s. 80s inland, 50s at the beaches. we should see the sun everywhere tomorrow afternoon. and here are your num

you can access the marine corps documents. we do not speculate and i work timeline is factual. -- out timeline is factual. we would like to take a step in the right direction to rectify the situation. camp lejeune is the biggest documented contamination record available. some groups have expressed a lack of support for one bill when it is introducing years ago. much has come to light since then. significant discoveries of previously undisclosed documents show that the navy estimates that the contamination on the pace was far greater than imagined in 2009. one navy document states that the toll losses from underground storage tanks could have reached beyond 1 million gallons and produced a known carcinogen. i would think that anyone here today that found out the water they had been drinking contained gasoline would find that a little alarming. there are over one and 70,000 members of the cablevision a community, to have registered with a ring -- camp lejeune community, who have registered with the marine corps. i have been meet

marine layer clouds are back. warming trend are on tap for us inland and tell you how hot. >> thank you so much for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. in a few hours, a chief of the national transportation safety board will tour the site of san bruno pipeline and explosion. they are investigating the cause of blast that killed 8 people. >> this is the first visit to the scene but homes are still boarded up. there is still empty places that are fenced in. it killed 8 people and stroid destroyed 38 homes. the ntsb has not released the cause of the blast. the chief says the fire exposed a pattern of safety problems. she has hinted that reforms may be necessary. she will visit with pg&e today along with victims of the fire. the investigation has stumbled into some questions that are turning out to be tough to answer. the san francisco chronicle reported over the weekend that federal investigators can't even figure out where pg&e got the piece of pipe that ruptured. so that could explain why it's ta

. >> the most important thing we are still marines in the end. we sign a contract, and we are still going to follow orders. we are still going to wear the same uniform. so when we go into combat it's not going to matter if a marine is straight or gay. >> i'm a baptist, but the role that my religion plays is not really important because i have to adhere to the rules and regulations that are governed over me. >> reporter: a pentagon study released last fall showed that a majority of u.s. forces, 70%, said that serving with gays or lesbians would have no negative effect on them. but there was a very different response from forces fighting in iraq and afghanistan. 58% of combat marines said they would prefer not to serve with gays. another group that has voiced concerns about the repeal are chaplains. of the 3,000 active-duty chaplains, a majority are conservative christians. brigadier general douglas lee has served over 31 years as both a reserve and active duty chaplain and now heads the joint commission that represents presbyterian reformed chapla

folks can come out and see it, it starts this saturday at the marine mammal center in the marin headlands in sausalito. june 25 all the way to october 15. you know what, the best part is it's free. it's such a great family event. come out here and inspire your children just to throw their stuff away in the garbage so it does not end up in our waterways. >> and recycle what needs to be recycled. we don't need it in the ocean. >> sounds like you have friends there, too. >> yeah. right. that's not -- those aren't women screaming. they are sea lions. they are hungry. >> you better get to work. >> i know. >> thank you very much. certainly cooler out there this morning. a welcome change by many. let's check the forecast. >> yes, sea lions are happy. they have some cool weather. bay area, boy, finally going to feel like it should for the start of summer. we're done with the triple digits. i eliminated the 90s from the seven-day forecast. we're going to see a nice stretch of early summer-like weather here. visibilities are dropping across the board, even though we have about seven miles in napa,

north bay look how that is just -- it's inching towards the marin coast it's in marin county now butrancisco maybe about an hour away san francisco and also the peninsula along the san mateo coast it's going to take a while to get to the east bay and south bay. but it will get there. couple points on this system it's the front itself. now you're seeing enhancement as it gets closer. springtime i would say we expect it into june for crying out loud. record rains are possible for 24 hours today. sap san francisco needs to pick up .22. looks like that's likely. once the system swings in and then you have the associated low that has to come in. 50s, 54 to 60. san jose 60 with a south wind. mild for some, cool for others. plenty going on. the low continuing to develop as it gets closer and that has to go over. first the front then the low this evening into tomorrow. so rain develops heaviest in the north bay. it's already developed for some. cloudy, cool, breezy, 60s to very low mid-70s. the low is on its way to your house and mine. thunderstorms and morning showers possible clearing on w

the land verses marine assets -- versus marine assets are bifurcated. that is being headed up and i am part of that as well. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. supervisor campos? anything? thank you, captain. we will ask for public comment on items one, two, and three. public comment is closed. i believe these matters are straightforward. supervisor campos: i make a motion to move forward. supervisor mirkarimi: so moved. thank you very much. >> we will move on to the next item. 2008. i apologize. at the police commission, they had to do them separately. supervisor mirkarimi: we called them one, two, 3. if you would like to give us more information, this is the time to do so. >> a district court. i want to point out one thing. supervisor mirkarimi: let me quickly -- recent the vote on items two and 3 and apply that to item number 1. go ahead. >> my apologies. there is a very large asset that is relevant. item number one is listed in the 2010 project. we are getting $1 million for a twin-engine catamaran vehicle. this will be a huge asset to the department.

and i also know that marin remains opposed to the bill. so it is a good question, and i appreciate mike's comments because there may be a strategy that i don't know. but it would be good to have maybe an intent motion from the commission along the lines of the chair's session, and then i can take that intent motion back and talk with the sfpuc staff about if marin remains opposed, and we are not, even though it doesn't effect us, perhaps we ought to consider -- but it does affect them -- perhaps we ought to consider an opposed position as well. supervisor mirkarimi: i would agree. and if marin, who has been in front considerably, and san francisco, who has kind of been a back stop in this whole calculation as one of the two remaining and yet vibrant counties in the state of california that is pursuing this course of action, no reason to let marin be out in front all alone and for us, the headquarters of where pg&e is, and if their company union is going to go ahead and try to undermine our efforts, no matter what their approach is, we shou

a view out to west marin.e in a month. we serve over 4,000 people just last year. again the clinic services are desperately into needed. >> that is where the artists they are given a house to unleash their creativity. this is called our house is your house. this work has fire on one side and water on the other restoration of life interpreting his mission. there are six houses down from 25 last year and you can see them at marin community center where they are set up. because they believe everyone should have a place to live. >> these will be auctioned off saturday night to support the ritter center program to help the homeless. long term goal is to eliminate homelessness in marin county. >> a surprising ranking for the city by the bay. they have listed san francisco as san francisco 12th dirtiest country in the magazine gauges the city's dirtyness based on litter air pollution and the taste of tap water. it wranktd worst the d.c. and dallas. the dirtiest city is new orleans. >> i think it's getting a bad rap.

check the marine layer clouds as we look down from mount tamalpais. that means our weather is getting back to normal this time of the year. you'll see the warming trend and how long it will last. >> kristen: sun, what is that? and it comes out sometimes. thank you so much for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> the chief of n.t.s.b. will tour the site of last fall's san bruno pipeline explosion and fire. n.t.s.b. is investigating the cause of the blast which killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes. i'm aim is live in san bruno with more. >> reporter: this is her first visit to the scene. the explosion happened nine months ago there is plenty of drugs for her to see, boarded up homes, empty fields that are still fenced off. the september explosion killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. n.t.s.b. still hasn't announced the cause of the blast. a report is expected later this year. the head of the n.t.s.b. been bra hershman has said the fire expose add pattern of safety problems. she has hinted that reforms may be necessary. she will

also had reports moving into marin county. back towards marin county, has barely moved. it looks like they are -- all show no go over napa. that can be very steady. for areas south, what are you talking about? what's going on? partly sunny, muggy, the south wind out ahead of that will make for -- the system is on track. it's moving in as advertised. the low which is back here, you can see a little enhancement taking place. that has to swing in tonight and the low itself will go over us -- go other -- will go over us. you can see towards the peninsula, south bay, east bay. but the front itself is hanging together very well over the north bay. so today, a couple of .11000. i went 1 point -- .100. i went 1.50, especially if the system just stalls out and sits there. temperatures will be reblow -- below average. front, and then the low. you can see -- you can see the low. any breaks in the cloud cover today -- we're at the end of june. thunderstorms could pop up as that system begins to move in this evening into early tomorrow morning. cloudy, mostly cloudy, cloudy with rain