in boxes in november 17, '79 major sam you will nick lose who was the first commandant of the marine corp. he was in piddling and asked congress permission to leave the marines detachment teaspoonsful assigned to a u.s. navy ship under construction that was the american the first america the past 2 hundred and 35 years marines have sailed abroad the navy ships that sail from america and for america today is uss america this great warship behind us this is the platform of the future with her we can respond faster to a crisis around the world with the right force at the right time she can stay on station for longer periods of time she can keep dozens of our advanced aircraft up and flying so why is that all important? because the unmistakable presence of navel veterans on the coast of a crisis added assurance to our allies and partners they believe we're there to make sure that crisis will not worsen all of us can leave here this morning at the end of the ceremony get in our cars and drive home know one thing for sure this ship, her crew and the marines abroad will keep our nation secu

marine corps. he holds a bachelors in engineering and minor in international security affairs from the military academy. sergeant buchanan is a marine corps veteran and a purple heart recipient who was honorably just charged after six years of service. thank you. mr. buchanan was a machine gun squad leader during the training for his deployment with the battalion and help train andrew as a machine gunner. while on deployment in afghanistan, he fought side-by-side with andrew. in august 2010, sergeant buchanan's vehicle ran over and ied, resulting in him earning his purple heart award. since his exit from the marine corps, he has been active in his community's veterans organizations and has been attending american legion posts. he is currently working on his business degree. -- the ceo fors the mission of concern veterans. they work to preserve the freedoms and prosperity of veterans and their families. an infantry captain in the army national guard, he served in afghanistan in 2012 where he was the

the marine did three tours in iraq.th in afghanistan he lost both legs in an ied explosion. frazier became a member of team semper 5. they pay for warriors to compete in athletic events. it brings our service members and families together in all types of athletics. >> reporter: just 17 months after he was wounded frazier completed his first marine corps marathon. >> i accomplished that goal. hey, i did 26.2 miles with my arms by myself. that's amazing. >> reporter: he took a spin for us on a krystol city sidewalk. this year's race is frazier's third. >> from all the marathons i've done the marine corps marathon by far has the best, the best crowd support. >> reporter: frazier said hand cycling has bean crucial part of his recovery. >> mentally it takes my mind off of every day struggles you have to go through. >> reporter: frazier says being on team semper 5 is about the com camaraderie. for the competition frazier will shoot for a personal best. >> last year i did it in an hour and 50 minutes. anything under that is my

marine corps. he holds a bachelors in engineering and minor in international security affairs from the military academy. sergeant buchanan is a marine corps veteran and a purple heart recipient who was honorably just charged after six years of service. thank you. mr. buchanan was a machine gun squad leader during the training for his deployment with the battalion and help train andrew as a machine gunner. while on deployment in afghanistan, he fought side-by-side with andrew. in august 2010, sergeant buchanan's vehicle ran over and ied, resulting in him earning his purple heart award. since his exit from the marine corps, he has been active in his community's veterans organizations and has been attending american legion posts. he is currently working on his business degree. -- the ceo fors the mission of concern veterans. they work to preserve the freedoms and prosperity of veterans and their families. an infantry captain in the army national guard, he served in afghanistan in 2012 where he was the

george schultz and former head of protocol of san francisco (clapping) and maybe most importantly marine george shuttering and also that 80 want to recognize more people one is the former deputy of defense mr. carterer thank you for being here today (clapping) and my family my wife lynn our daughters annie and kate today is my birthday (clapping) and i want to thank you all for coming to celebrate with me my only question is what do we do next year to top this? i couldn't be more honored more pleased to be here with the magnificent sponsor of this magnificent ship lynn pace coverage man rogers and with the people of san francisco with the ship builders of the uss america and the ship builders of uss america with all of you this city this area has been great friends long time supporters of our navy and marine corp we have a long end story history and to lynn pace we have so few opportunity to recognize the deep contributions our military families make so thank you for all you've done with our husband general pete pace over a very long career that we labored to more decades of service as o

to our in addition, we gather in our presence gracious god to give us thanks for the sailors and marines grant we pray this ship will reflect the values of our great country and be prepared in war and peace in your name we pray amen will the guests please be seated ships company ladies and gentlemen, the horrible mayor edwin lee mayor the city and county of san francisco (clapping.) >> good morning, everyone. good morning. >> secretary, captain haul to the entire members on the platform to all of you sitting some go 10 thousand of you to come to pier 30/32 is my honorable to welcome i to the city and county of san francisco san francisco has always been and also will be a city that welcomes and salutes our uniform men and women not only during fleet week but everyday of the year just this past week i've visited the ship ice america under the guidance of captain hall it's a fine ship not only that but let me make sure i say this to all of the marines and to the navy personnel on this ship if you ever want to have a self i didn't with me, you have it in san francisco i want to officially t

the merchant marines had been destroyed. >> they developed and modernized the merchant marine. it would promote u.s. commerce and in times of war serve as a naval auxillary. >> shipyards were the answer. valued at only a million and a half dollars each liberty ships were 440 feet long and could carry 10,000 tons of cargo at 11 knots. bernard was a native new yorker when he first set eyes on the liberty ship. >> there are thousands of these ships put together in very short order. 2,708. the fastest liberty wads built. >> sleek lines. >> it wasn't sleek. they called it the ugly du duckling. they rowed and they pitched depending on the seas. sometimes it would come down and you hope whoever was welding didn't do it on a monday morning as they did it some other day during the week. >> on september 27th, 1941, the first liberty ship was launched from the shipyard in baltimore. f.d.r. declared it liberty day. >> this is a memorable day in the history of american shipbuilding. today from dawn to dark, 14 ships are being laun ch launchen tennessee the atlantic and the pacific. >> less

we spoke to the marines with what they accomplished and what the future may hold. >> reporter: the marinession. >> i am sure there will be people asking me, did we make a difference in afghanistan, i hope we did, i know we did. >> reporter: the sprawling marines. >> we reachedda ed -- we reached a place where it is done. >> reporter: 360 marines killed. two years they have been training them to control the region. they handed over their authority and leaving the base. leave 3 million worth of equipment behind. >> aside from a handful of marines that will come through as advisories this is it for the marines. >> are you worried that you have to come back? >> i am worried that my son has to come back, the future generation of marines has to come back and start over again. >> reporter: soon, every single mareen and british troops will board planes, go home -- marines and british troops will board planes and go home, nobody left behind. >> the u.s. has not released the date the marines will fly home. >>> another bush could be making a run for the white house. jeb bush is strongly considering e

>> marines. >> no such thing as an ex-marine. what was your job? >> an executive of a company which was an odd unit since we did not have any tanks. we did a lot of convoy duty, combat support. a lot of close contact support. but at any rate, that was my job. i try to get out of it. and you know, they get orders and i got orders to camp pendleton and i got out there. they said, you go into the first tank battalion. and i said, no, no. i am an infantry officer and i do not know tanks. and they said, go. i said, sir, i am from new york city. only learned how to drive a car a year ago. i do not know anything about vehicles or tanks. i did not even check the oil in my car. i did not even know where the dipstick is. he said, you are sent here for a reason, but i do not know what the hell it is. you are going to stay. i was just out a basic school. >> how many days did you have left before you were coming home? >> 13 days. >> when you think back to the moment, explain what the situation was and what you remember. >> i remember, the reason i was out there

marine who fought for .very single person they say it is your marine corps, america's marine corps.rankly, i'm tired of the lip service. i watch the president give speeches. is just lip service. he does not care. secretary kerry does not care. the state department, for all the little things they have done, they do not care. people in this room care. when they trust or lives to the u.s. military, you gave your son up for your country and he did it illegally and probably -- he is a stud. he is a young killer and that's why he joined the country. see what they have reduced him to in mexico and read the excerpt where he was tied red eagle and beaten and threatened, that is appalling. this is not yemen or somalia, this is supposed to be one of our number one neighbors, mexico. i would advise everybody we don't allow our marines to go to mexico. in san diego, not allowed to go to mexico. ,exico is more than rosa rita cozumel, and it's not a. in mexico, they make five dollars a day. that is their new minimum wage. it is not a first world country and there's a reason we do not allow our mar

if i was going to be a marine i was going to really be a marine. sit behind a desk all day. i wanted the adventure, the journey. and that's what i got. i only had one deployment and that was to iraq. and as soon as we got off the plane, what do you hear? gunfire going off. everybody's screaming incoming, incoming. it was just like here we go. no time to think. just get in position, do what we have to do. that day, we lost a marine. mortar attack. so that was a wake-up call. we're going out on these convoys every day. and we'd go in and ask questions questions. have you seen anything? have you heard anything? if there was anybody sick in the village or kids hurt we'd give them a little medical attention. it was nice to see a lot of the young kids just going from town to town. kids are kids, you know. before we went over to the country, we had a briefing. they were introducing us to these new things ieds improvised explosive devices. different scenarios that things they could bake an ied out of. a stuffed animal on the side of the road or as small as

chuck is competing in the 39th marine corps marathon. and radar clear skies no rain in the forecast. as we head into the early part of the upcoming week. temperatures will continue to warm. highs today around 68. right now we're in the 50s except for washington one of the warm spots and low 60s at 61. great day to go out and see the fall foliage. western maryland and west virginia in peak color. d.c. area moderate to high color. windy conditions at times today but, again, balmy on tuesday and then a big temperature drop angie and adam. start to feel like late november as we get towards the end of next week. i'll have your full forecast coming up. >> then we start talking about winter. >> wish fall could stay forever. >>> moving on to a developing story overnight u.s. troops in afghanistan will be headed home soon. u.s. marines and british combat forces officially ended operations in afghanistan marking a historic day. the uk base and adjoining u.s. base handed control over to the afghan security forces recently. >> today you can learn mo

around don, marines parachuted into action. ushering in the story of the 39th annual marine corps marathon. [indiscernible] the marathon is known as the people's marathon. if you are 14 or older, you can run. larry kennedy ran to celebrate his birthday. >> i will never be able to do 70 again on a marathon. it just doesn't happen. johnny worer marine pink for breast cancer awareness. there are is so much support all the way around. someone is always cheering you on. it was great. >> the course includes disabled vets. more than 100 wheelchair enhanced cyclists. >> nothing tops like this one, not even close. it's very awe-inspiring to be around marines when they are cheering you on. >> many runners add this to their palliative marathons-- pallet of marathons. her photo and quote in shoe. [indiscernible] >> words to run by. [indiscernible] >> i finished. organizers were concerned about the weather today. it actually did heat up along the course of the race went on throughout the day. there were plenty of first aid groups able to he

marin resident sharon mooney recalls.n the rains didn't come and didn't come, people talked about preferring to have rain to sunshine. the next winter continued without rain. farmers were notified that water for irrigation would be drastically cut back. by march of 1977 the reservoir levels had fallen dramatically. don neudeck recalls. it was really amazing to fly over and look at how the reservoirs were down. you couldn't believe it. california was running out of water. officials reallocated water and promoted conservation methods. the drought control center was flooded with suggestions. one woman asked for a moratorium on watering cemeteries. when the living's needs are in danger, let the dead rest a little drier. north of san francisco lie the well-to-do suburbs of marin county. it was forced to begin rationing water. early in the drought's second year, each resident was cut back to 46 gallons daily, 2/3 less than normal. why was marin hit so hard? we asked the former manager of the county water district. that goes bac

i was a marine. always marines. what was your job? .> i was the executive officer it was an odd kind of unit. we did a lot of convoy duty. get out of it. i got orders. i got out there and they said, -- i'm an infantry officer. i don't know takes. i got to my battalion commander. i did the same thing. sir, i've only learned to drive a car a year ago. i do not know anything about takes. the tenant, the marine corps sent you here for a reason. your hearing you were going to stay. how many days did you have left before you would be coming home? >> 13 days. >> when you think that the moment, explain what the situation was. the reason i was out there -- oncemarine corps is the troops to be paid every two weeks. there were five officers. paying.turns it was my turn. -- i was going to go to open now on r&r -- ok now some stereo equipment and look for some pearls for jane, my wife. apparently, there was supposed to be -- there was something going on. i can't say, stop fighting. he did what he had to do. i had the job that day. vehicle withon a

we do have a degree that stairs at the marine layer. high pressure builds and as we head into the weekend. the warming trend should short-lived. we're dropping down from the gulf of alaska that the spring and summer and next week. <

. >> in addition took there in my capacity as a marine i'm here as a dad. my daughter is running the marathon. my wife finished the 10-k. >> what is it like for people who served, the hand cyclists we've seen riding for people who lost their lives and also those who served and representing all branches of the military. >> again for our wounded warriors, they said some day i'm going to go out there and do the marathon. spent two or thee years of recovery with a goal to complete the marine corps marathon. what an extraordinary thing to have them out there today. >> our new commandant. joe dunford. thank you for taking time with us today. >> reporter: we've been talking for about the better part of 45 minutes of the hand cyclists coming across this finish line. had a chance to speak with the first female winner. >> i haven't been training as hard this year. i was kind of scared that i wasn't going to do as well. but i think the weather really helped. i think the weather and like i said my strategy working with some guys that were a little bit faster than me at

and the marine corps marathon on sunday. and about many thousands of families who want to go to the pumpkin patch this weekend. but no pressure, doug. >> no pressure. but, you know, what i could take that. i've got some broad shoulders here. the reason i can take it so easily, hobbnestly, we have a fantastic forecast. if you like today, you'll like the weekend. the pumpkin patch, how about this one towards centerville, cox farms, all the people enjoying the hayride as they get their pumpkins earlier today. the kids telling us not just the hayride, but, of course, the corn maze. this kid is there too. these are like middle and high school kids here, chris. come on. they all have their field trips. their field trips today. they've got over 40 different kinds of pumpkins out there this year. absolutely amazing. there is the kids for you. are you happy now? >> today. he did that today with his -- >> my daughter had a field trip today, pumpkin patch. >> cox farms? >> no, burke nursery. >> okay, cool. good job. >> right now we're

the marines could play a critical role in the bay area disaster. >>reporter: when the next big quake hits the bay area the last thing you want to do is practice. which is why the marine corps brought in an mv22 osprey carrying their so-called medical shock trauma platoon. they are a team of er doctors and nurses equipped to set up an emergency room virtually anywhere in the world. the osprey is a tilt rotor aircraft that takes off like a ought and flies like an airplane. >> the osprey makes a lot of sense when you try to get patients to the hospital quickly it goes twice as fast and five times as far as any helicopter. >>reporter: once on the ground the platoon can perform surgery and provide blood transfusions. it's a strategy tested on the afghan battlefield. get advanced medical care to the patient within the first so- called golden hour. >> the quicker you can stop the bleeding, the quicker you can get blood into the victim, the more likely this is to be success. >>reporter: mayor ed lee specifically requested the osprey for fleet week demon ea

on february 22, the marines crashed through the door of number 401.aw the red beads of their laser sights speckled on his chest, the bodyguard threw down his rifle and threw up his hands. next, the marines burst through the door of the master bedroom, where chapo's wife stood naked by the bed. a marine pushed past her and kicked in the bathroom door. there was somebody behind it. it was el chapo. back in mexico city, tomas zeron and his team were listening in real time as the high-stakes drama of chapo's capture unfolded. was there cheering? was there high-fiving? >> zeron: of course. it was a jubilee. we felt, at that point, that we were all one, that we were all doing something to have a good mexico. >> dinkins: we did not ever anticipate that he'd be captured alive. we thought he'd fight to the death. >> whitaker: are you surprised that he didn't? >> dinkins: i was surprised. >> maltz: i was shocked. >> whitaker: shocked? >> maltz: absolutely shocked! >> whitaker: what shocked you more, that he was captured, or that he was captured without a shot?

marine corps marathon tomorrow. list of events could go on, not to mention area football games as well. cool starts and some chilly evenings. by and large, i don't think you'll find too much to complain with for the final weekend of october, everybody. that's it. october has been a mild one. three degrees above average for the month of october. our mild stretch will continue. in fact, as we head towards trick-or-treating time, days leading into halloween, we may flirt with -- i'm not making this up -- 80 degrees. that would be near record high temperatures, as we head later out in the week. it's a great-looking start to your weekend. mostly clear sky over downtown washington this morning. temperatures, as i mentioned in first weather, big rains this morning. 51 may not be the weather outside your window first thing this morning. a light south breeze, that's the temperature at reagan national airport. the western and northern suburbs are noticeably colder. warrenton, manassas, opal, virginia. 41 now in front royal. t

>> aside from handful of marines that will cycle through kabul this is officially it for the marines. been a long 13 years here particularly in helman province. but everyone i've spoken to here from the commanders on down really consider this a successful mission. they think the afghan army is up to the task of securing the region and they point to the months of that because afghan took on taliban by themselves without any ground support. they acknowledge that there is still a lot of work to be done, still some insecurity particularly on the road but they think afghans are up to the task they think it's time they took over. >> rose: in afghanistan, thanks. we'll be right back. how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 70% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment info

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and sustains the assault marine war craft the f 35 strike fighter and the super sky and help out the support and hospitality we've received in the city of san francisco is transmittal successful we look forward to carry this to those the far-reaching of the globe thank you for the privilege to serve our nation as part of the team while proudly bearing the name america. >> (clapping) >> today's are ceremony is a time honored that began with the our ship in 1995 since that time thousands of ships have gone from a silent to a warship our xhifrgs decree are in formation around you and ready is first copy up 10 hut will the guests please rise and remained standing for the military honors our national anthem and the invocation. >> ladies and gentlemen, after all platform gifts our chaplain the united states ships chaplain mr. fred hoff mirror, supervisor cooperative caption chris unites navy and project o program executive ships rear admiral united states navy retired and cv 676 rear admiral frank construction team group 3 rear admiral tom arpdz united states navy retired rear admiral davi

marines and destroyed six u.s. fighter jets. >> today, as marines packed up their gear and prepared to pull out, nobody is claiming victory over the taliban. >> we think attacks have raised concerns once again whether the afghan army is ready to go it alone. asked whether he is worried he will have to one day return, corporal thompson answered. >> i am worried that my son has to come back, the future generation of marines have to come back and start over again, much like iraq. >> the typing of the withdrawal of u.s. forces is being kept secret for security reasons, jeff, but by the end of the year there will only be around '98 hundred service members who will remain, their mission will focus mostly on training and counter-terrorism. >> glor: charlie d'agata in london, charlie, thank you. >> the midterm races are about to enter the final week as republicans look to claim the senate, with an update tonight we are joined by elections director anthony salvanto, anthony almost there, what are shaping up to be the most i

i'll tell you something in you put a marine general in charge things move this is a great moment and we're talking about something called a memorial but for me i think the important point is to recognize what veterans bring to us that is special let me start with a story right after world war ii i learned that if you went on the facilitate at m y u this guy's gets up named bev us and said i'm honored to be a member of the faculty so what the colleagues think of me by the way, a couple of the old-timers a couple were sitting by itself radio and the announcement came but he was a professor and one says to the other i'm not surprised from the first grade he was a smart kid that's right by this time bev us (plane flying boy bye) by this time bev us knows everything but he doesn't realize nothing so i make that point to say this wasn't one kind of knowledge it's what i have in our head but what you learn from our experience in our gut if you realize for the most part things that move you and cause you to do something emanate from the gut i ask you to think about your veterans what they br

marine unit in that country ended combat mission on sunday.ki burdine is live outside the pentagon with more on the concerns that they are leaving behind. nikki? >> reporter: good morning. the marines will soon be headed home after closing another chapter in the war in afghanistan. the marines officially handed over operations of camp leatherneck to the afghan army. the nearby british base was also handed over to the afghan army. camp leatherneck is in a strategic southern province of hell mundz, -- helmand. this transfer marks the official end of combat anythings in afghanistan. 2,210 american service men and women died while fighting in afghanistan over the past 13 years. marines at camp leatherneck say they hope they made a difference in afghanistan but they still worry they might have to return. >> i'm worried that my son has to come back, the future generation of marines have to come back and start over again much like iraq. >> reporter: although an official departure date for the marines has not yet been set, it will not be releed due to

click on marine corps their monday. we will be checking out at mile marker 4. >> amelia how is it looking? >>> it will be chilly but the winds lab calm. as the runners are stretching and getting ready, temperatures will be in the low 50s. we will jump to the mid 50s at 8:o'clock or 9:00. getting into the afternoon hours we start to notice windy conditions. this is for everybody. wind at 10-25 miles an hour. gusts around 30. 3:00 a temperature of 67. i have posted more information on my twitter page. talking about temperatures near 80s and 50s. full forecast coming up >>> the university of virginia took a minute to remember hannah graham. fans and students observed a moment of silence. a lot of them say hannah graham's death will affect them the rest of their life. >> it's heightened my awareness. you feel like you are in a bubble. i was careful last night to make sure my friends had someone to walk home are. >> the medical examiner positively identified her body. we are working to learn if the man charged with her ac du

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it would be best after the bye >> a retired marine's gesture to honor a marine killed in combat ended up costing him a hefty fine. >> it all comes back to a massive procession and a phone booth. we'll go to the newsroom with the story you'll only see on 7. horace holmes? >> he says he received first a $9 ticket for running through the toll plaza bay bridge. he wasn't the only one in the detail escorting the fallen soldier's body who was ticketed but he disputed it and then was slapped with a $50 fine for missing the deadline to pay the ticket. he says all he was trying to do was honor a fellow fallen marine staff sergeant david stewart of virginia killed in afghanistan >> i know what being a marine is about. i have a brother who is. >> when stewart's body was going to delaware airforce base he volunteered to be part of the motorcycle detail to escort his body back home. >> it was an honor for me to do this and make sure his family received him in an honorable way back home. >> a retired marine who was part of the u.s. force that led to the fall of baghdad in 2003, he didn't know that

she carries navy personnel and marine personnel. it was really terrific and fun to see all of the family members whose sons, daughters, wives, husbands were going on to be stationed at the ship. she is homemade in san diego. we would like to thank the volunteers. four of them are admirals, four colonels, we have a colonel in the marine corps and 11 was michael and rene dup marpt martin from the port and they worked for almost a year to make this happen. anything from the fundraising of the events to making sure there was ample security and access for the public. while the vessel was here their personnel visited four san francisco schools, carmichael middle school and martin luther king jr. and carver elementary on oak dale and they were able to get out and integrate with the community and went out on the town and walked up and down in embarcadero. they were incredibly welcomed. the admirals of all the military prachs -- branches that cover the west coast and fema, epa gathered and we had very good meetings on resiliency and the abil

redevelopment of that marine layer. 62 in san francisco. 73 in oakland. 81 san jose. currently half moon bay, 61 degrees. half moon bay airport actually hit a high of 73 so you can see how much it's dropped. we had low 90s around livermore, fairfield, antioch today. san francisco, you went from 85 yesterday to 79 this afternoon. little bit of cooling. san jose cam showing you sunny skies right now. here are the temperatures. low 80s, santa rosa and petaluma, 70 in napa. 84 degrees currently in livermore. mount tam cam showing you a strong sea breeze bouncing the camera around. spotty drizzle overnight tonight. rain arrives tomorrow afternoon and evening with two new storms through next monday. here's the satellite picture. high pressure is weakening and behind this area of high pressure we are watching the cold front that's going to bring us wet and much cooler weather as we head towards your tuesday evening/wednesday. you will notice the difference around here. overnight tonight, expect the cloud cover cloud cover to increase. it's going to be a gray, drizzly morning

marine from a mexican prison. fire destroys a treasured 9/11 flag when the cbs evening news continues. washington this week in the middle of their recess to demand the release of a u.s. marine from a mexican prison. he's been held for six months. as carter evans reports, how and why he got to mexico is still not entirely clear. >> our war hero needs to come home. >> reporter: with support for combat marine veteran andrew tahmooressi growing in washington, arizona congressman matt salmon says there is new hope. he spoke directly with mexico's top prosecutor. >> he has the authority within mexican law to dismiss sergeant tahmooressi's case on humanitarian grounds. >> reporter: tahmooressi has been in a mexican prison since he was arrested on march 31, accused of trying to enter mexico with three loaded weapons and 400 rounds of ammunition in his truck, a direct violation of mexico's strict gun laws. tahmooressi's mother, jill, told the committee about that first phone call from her son who had served two tours in af

i moved over to marin. i was on probation, i been on probation since i was 12, finally about to get off. >> and you're 26 now? >> 26 now >> that's a long time. >> yes. long time. thanks to the phoenix project, i always say that they savedy life. phoenix project did a lot to me, to help me get into construction, things like that. >> now, prot jekt actually does a lot. i'm looking at you had to become drug free and get your driver's license. >> yes. >> we have images of you at work. that of course cost money. who paid for that? >> the phoenix program helped me pay for that through the probion department. >> tell me about the probation department. >> well, what's so great about the probation department in marin county is that they identified jacari as an example of someone that they felt would make a big difference. if he changed his life, then others say they can move in that direction. sohey paid the union dues, which is $800, maybe a little more than that, and they also provided the support along with the p

it happened on rodeo beach in marin county. sergio quintana is live the coast guard station in sausolito. what have you learn? reporter: well, one of the two men who were swept out was plucked out of the water by a coast guard rescue crew. they attempted life-saving measures on him all the way on the trip here to the coast guard station but unfortunately, shortly after he arrived here he was pronounced dead by paramedics. this happened at noon. national park service lifeguards say they heard calls from help from marine band radio two men had been swept into he water at rodeo beach in marin county. lifeguards found one man clinging to the rocks. they rescued him and rushed him to a hospital. the second man was spotted a short time later and was retrieved from the water by that coast guard rescue boat crew. a spokesperson for the national park service says right now they're trying to figure out exactly how the two men were swept into the water, but there is a high-surf warning in effect from the bay area beaches here all the way

he was taken to marin county hospital. coast guard crews found the second man. >> that person was found unresponsive in the water and we got him and started cpr and brought him to shore. >> he was pronounced dead on shore. a high surf advisory was >> sneaker waves are more common starting now through the winter. >> it is good to have a plan to let someone know where you are going just in case. >> crewed were called originally on a report that three people were swept to the ocean. it turned out the third person was a suber and not part of any emergency. >>> federal and state health officials are trying to determine how a nurse in texas became infected with ebola virus the first known transmission on united states soil. the nurse is in stable condition. she was among those would treated thomas eric duncan the liberian man who died of ebola virus in texas last week. the centers for disease control is looking if the hospital had proper procedures and whether she was infected while thomas eric duncan was undergoing treatment. t

. >>> and the marine corps marathon. see what it took to get through 26.2 miles. >>> strict new rules meant to keep ebola out of the u.s. and keep us safe, but tonight the white house is airing its concerns in one of the country's top experts has a specific warning for what virginia should and should not do. a senior u.s. official says the obama administration has contacted the governors of new york, new jersey, florida, and illinois, about unintended consequences in procedures. they have mandatory quarantines for workers coming back to the u.s. after treating ebola patients in africa. a top health official says the aggressive quarantines could back fire. coming from dr. anthony fauci at the national institutes of health. today on "meet the press," dr. fauci said other states with international airports like virginia and dulles should not follow suit. >> go with the science. >> the science says? >> the science tells us that people who are not sick, if you do not come into contact with body fluid, if someone comes back fr

also, the plight of a jailed american marine in mexico comes front and center in washington.mmittee on foreign affairs meets to discuss the deteriorating condition of marine sergeant andrew tomaresi. he's been behind bars in mexico where he accidentally crossed the u.s./mexico border with weapons in his truck. he was heading to california for treatment for ptsd and he has not received any treatment since. nick valencia has been following the sergeant's story since his arrest. he joins us with more. good morning, nick. >>> carol, i spoke earlier today with the family of andrew tammarisi and they're in washington, d.c.. their message is simple, get him out of mexican prison. the family received good news this week. on monday a court-ordered psychiatrist visited the marine in prison and concluded what the defense has been arguing all along, that this marine has ptsd but this kansas city says he needs to be releexed from mexico so he can go back to the united states and receive the proper ptsd treatment. this is a huge victory for the defense. i spoke to his defense attorney who

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