how did the marines ajust to that? >> like marines always have. innovation. food became an interesting exercise whenever you could eat and found time to eat. people filling sea rations together for a mulligan sea. >> two rations a day. supposed to have three aad because of the calories expanding, probably should have five. >> we never starved up there but we were on a pretty small diet in terms of the amount of food we got. >> i went from something like 110 to 130 and i went from a 34 waist to a 28. >> giving my right arm for a cheeseburger and a chocolate milk shake. >> khe sahn, water was a prized commodity. >> might go three days without water and men will have a canteen and they'll give away, they'll share. and even give away the last drops of water to a buddy. >> and then there were the rats. >> every day you come back to the bunker, a 12-foot cube under ground. no lights, no running water and no bathrooms and you would live with the rats. >> i mean, rats that were on average the size of a large rabbit or a good-sized cat. and it was pretty -- they were

and the marine gets on the horn and start sending arty, arty, arty corock.body went into a first hole they could find. >> my troops used the tease me all the time. they used to kid me about being uniform always dirty. red clay all over the front of the uniform. i could go from vertical to prone in a millisecond. >> life on the base lived under cover. >> no safe place at khe sahn. we all knew this by the time the siege started. there could be craters to stand in aad your head below the surface of the grrund. >> i had a bunker covered in aircraft aluminum and sandbags on top and probably could have taken a direct hit. >> the troops spent hours and hours digging in deeper and deeper. some bunkers 18 feet deep. >> we had a 106 rifle built on the edge of a 2,000 bomb crater and just sat up there like a sore thumb and the night we got overrun on the 21st there, 20th, one of the first soldiers that survived the wire ran into that gun position, probably with dynamite on the back and blew himself up and blew up not only hhmself but the entire gun position. just wreck

you'll see the staff element, the marine band, the marine corps color guard, and the marine corps reserve >> we mentioned earlier first stop is the president's own, is the name of the marine band, they're performing in their 54th inaugural appearance. they were established in 1798. they made their inaugural debut in 1801, president thomas jefferson. >> (music playing). >> their commanding in chief, and he's saluted them right back. (music playing). >> each time they play for every inauguration, they're such a pleasure to hear. >> in fact, members of this band performed at the white house more than 300 times a year, and at 500 performances annually nationwide. >> the marines ... >> up next here, the navajo association, hailing fro arizona, they represent the navajo tow truck ers, world war ii veterans. >> all right. >> the navajo coat tuckers are up next. you can see them, as they're coming in right now. you just heard a little bit about that. they come from arizona, and they represent the navajo pro representing the brave service members who serve vital roll in achieving victory during wo

no marine gets left behind. so we dug in and consolidated our position behind a wall of steel from our mortars and grenade launchers. after i radioed our situation to the lieutenant commander i ordered squad leaders to maintain a tactical perimeter, returned fire and didn't tell them i had been hit. there was nowhere for the helicopter to land in heavily wooded terrain. they would have to drop a neil robertson or jungle sling. you bundled a wounded marine into it and he was foisted through the canopy but the first casualty rose through the branches, a shattering boom sounded overhead, shredded aluminum rain down. must have been a rocket propelled grenade. the line snapped so marines grabbed the wounded man, chop restraints to remain airborne but slowly staggered down a few hundred yards away impacting with an earthshaking flood. it was clear we couldn't medevac are wounded from this ravine, we had to find our way to the top of the mountain to get a secure zone for the birds to land. the trek wouldn't be quick. i

he says wonderful things for marines and leaders to remember as they're leading other marines. one of my favorites is the most important six inches on the battlefield is between the ears and that's always struck to me to be important going in leading men into combat situations and thinking clearly. so i'll end with that and i think that's about what i needed to say. >> all right, chris. thanks very much for calling in today. coming up in about 50 minutes we'll take you live to the house armed services committee. they'll be meeting today to consider that waiver for secretary of defense nominee general james mattis. 2:00 eastern time here on c-span 3 and on our website cspan.org and available on the free c-span radio app. today we'll show you questioning from the committee chair senator john mccain. >> jim, i neglected. would you like to introduce members of your family who are here with us today. >> thank you, senator. they're safely west of the rockies as well right now. >> very quickly. our uniformed military leaders have said -- have testified before this committee that the b

no marine gets left behind. we dug in and consolidated our position behind the wall from our mortars, machine gun of automatic rivals and grenade launchers. after i radioed our situation i ordered the swat leaders to maintain a perimeter, returned fire. i did not tell them i had been hits. unfortunately, there was nowhere for the helicopters to land in this wooded terrain. they would have to drop what we call a jungle sling. you bundled them wounded marine and then he was hoisted, but as the first casualty rose through the branches a shattering boom sounded overhead, shredded aluminum rain down. there must have been a rocket propelled grenade. the line snapped. by chopper strained to remain airborne, but start-- staggered a few yards away and impacted with a earth shattering side. it was clear we cannot medevac our wounded and we would have to fight our way to the top of the mountain to get a secure zone for the bird to land. the track would likely be a daylong battle. dodging bullets and climbing at ace deep mu

no marine gets left mind. so we dug in and consolidated our position from a wall of steel, after i radioed our situation to our commander, i ordered the squad leaders to maintain tactical perimeter, return fire and ready for seriously wound. i didn't tell them i had been hit. unfortunately there was no where for the helicopters to land in the broken heavily wooded terrain. they would have to drop a nile robinson or jungle spleen, you bundle a marine into it and hoisted through the canopy but as the first casualty rose through branches, a chattering boom sounded overhead sledded aluminum rained down. it must have been a rocket propelled grenade. the lines snapped. the chopper strain today remain airborne but staggered down impacting with the earth shaking thug. it was clear we couldn't get wounded from this revene. it would be a day-long battle of both enemy fire and terrain, dodging bullets and climbing a mud slide covered with vine and other obstacles. but then we hadn't been carrying our wounded and dead, me

no marine gets left behind. so we dug in and consolidated behind a wall of steel from our more daughters, machine guns -- mortars machine guns. i ordered the squad leaders to maintain a tactical perimeter. return fire and ready to seriously wounded for medevac. i didn't tell them i'd been hit. unfortunately, there was nowhere for the helicopters to land. they'd have to drop what we called a neil robertson or jungle sling. you bundle the wounded marine into it, and then he was hoisted through the canopy. but as the first casualty rose, a shattering boom sounded overhead. it maybe rocket-propelled grenade, the line snapped, so the marines grabbed the wounded man. the chopper slowly staggered down, impacting with an earth-shaking thud. it was clear we couldn't medevac our wounded from this ravine. we'd have to fight our way to the top of the mountain to get a secure zone for the birds to land. the trek wouldn't be quick either. it would likely be a day-long battle. dodging bullets and climbing in a steep, mud-slick

it looks like parts of marin county as well. on the sonoma coast and the marin coast.icking up intensity throughout the east day, the peninsula and the city and even down to the south bay. the heavier moisture is coming in. i can't overemphasize you see the whiter tops much those are colder tops between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. well above average moisture for this time of year. it is developing and enhancing as it does. we will see moderate to heavy rain later on. we already are seeing some right now. already gusts from 20 to 25 for some out of the southeast. wind advisory kicks in at 1:00 for the sierra. it actually is raining for many up there now. but that snow level will start to come down. about lake level or higher. it will come down tonight and tomorrow. i draw your attention. look at this coming up from the west/southwest. another atmospheric river. see how it explodes off of the coast. right there. that is tremendous rain. over the next five days, three systems for sure. there will be rain on thursday and saturday. but the main rain days are wednesday, friday an

i realize this now but maybe i could say this marine. it seemed to take hours to crawl, dragging the lip heavy body by the arms and up a slight price into the dense foliage. once it to cover i checked them out. he had been hit. wasn't breathing. i pressed my mouth to his and begin cpr. his lips were slight and cold and tasted of blood. finally i sat back on my heels. this marine was gone. why come after me? core discipline didn't abandon. he wasn't even in my platoon. lieutenant, are you okay? he crouched right next to me, reloading with shaking hands. his barrel steam. raindrops bubbling as they ran down to we have a bunch of wounded and the company commander wants -- the steady rattle of small arms, the shouted more of artillery working the top of the ridge louder than i've ever heard. we stumbled on a least a regimen. i'd call in more firepower and medevac. you are hit, bleeding bad. i fumbled at the first aid kit and stuffed the gauze in the hole in my back. when i looked down at the marines body again, his gray blue eyes were open a

finally i sat back on my heels, this marine was gone. why come after me?e discipline did not abandon. he wasn't even in my platoon. lieutenant are you okay my radioman yelled to smeared in red mud from head to toe he crouched right next to me and was reloading with shaking hands. his barrel steam, raindrops bubbling as a came upon it. the company commander Ãthe study rattle of small arms, shattering work of artillery working the top of the ridge louder than i had ever heard of. he stumbled on at least Ãi had to call in more firepower in medevacs. your hits are. bleeding bad. i stopped what was left of the gauze into the home my back. when i looked down at the marines body again his eyes were open and seemed to be following me. you know this marine i asked my radioman. that is hammond, third platoon. tough break he only had a couple of weeks to go. but you better call in a chopper and get yourself taken care of. i looked around at the dead and wounded sprawled beside the stream. they seem to be speaking but in a language i'd forgotten. why had the kid done

le pen marine le pen and winning.delta airlines was a fact that by grounding flights. international flights were not affect it and they say it is managing to fix the problem. not much action for markets. most closed for the chinese new year but we do have japan and australia open and they are not faring well at all a lot to do with the reaction of the band put in place by us president donald trump. i will seize on. ——i will see you soon. the recent phenomenon of so—called fake news, where deliberately false information is circulated around social media and the internet is to be investigated as part of an inquiry by a group of mps. it came to international attention with the election of president donald trump. the culture committee will examine what can be done to help users of sites such as twitter and facebook identify fake news. amol rajan reports. pu rveyors of purveyors of fake news are often motivated either by a desire for quick buck or repeat the killer and extreme political cause. because of their product tend

marines.he family counts the d day in 2005nd says it was a massacre of the b bthers comeme along wih 20 other people following a roadside bomb in haditha. marines raided the hse and shot the unanarmed men itheir head in the back bedroom, the family said. now they are angry that no one is being held accountable. chararges against x x of the e t marines s accused in the case ee dismissed and one marine wass found not guilty on n all charg. >> they were innocent. >> reminders of their death a a everywhere. the white plaster that sold in the bullet holes in the e wall, gray spotsd now faded under a new paint job on the ceiling, and the closet where one brother was shot inside in up other's courts leaning against the wardrobe. amy: that was a mcclatchy journalilist to travel to hadit. this was way back in 2008. talk about what came of this, aaron. >> as i was saying, in the end, only one person was convicted in connection to this massacre. duty, for dereliction of did not spend a day in prison. ult

east to oakland, north to marin, south to the peninsula. if you are on 880 or 580 in the east bay south to hayward in fremont it's heavy rain everywhere. 680 from concord through pleasant hill walnut creek danville san ramon all the way down to the tri-valley, sonoma county, also getting socked with some rain but the back edge of the precipitation is finally moving through santa rosa and heavy rain has worked it way down the peninsula. san jose will get heavy rain soon. menlo park, stanford, mountain view, still raining with a flood warning in effect for the napa river. yountville raining, napa, american canyon, vallejo, out to travis air force base in fairfield. it is sloppy everywhere. these weren't the storm totals from the weekend. this is what has fallen since last night! nearly 5 inches of rain in lafayette. coming up on 4 inches of rain in mount tam likely in the time i have been talking it hit that. pacifica and the santa cruz mountains four inches of rain. napa now tipping the bucket to 3 inches of rainfall. and danville more than

flooding still a big concern for people in sonoma and marin. a flash flood warning just expired in sonoma. 45 minutes ago. in marin there was euphuist water at a residential building in downtown san rafael. the garage and backyard were flooded. the landlord had to pump out water. >> the water just came off the back property and just started coming down. it just started flooding norman what the sewer could handle. we are having a lot of water. >> now the national monument is expected to reopen today after being closed yesterday because of the danger of falling trees. a big redwood fell and rangers worried others may dot same and hurt hikers. >>> down load the ktvu weather app before the next round of storms roll in tomorrow. you can track heavy rain as it rolls into your neighborhood. just search for ktvu on the apple or going the play store. >>> berkeley police have released a photograph of a suspected prowler. authorities say that the man snuck into a dorm at international house last friday morning and tried to steal a laptop. it's a clear pic

marines killed -- fallujah where the u.s. marines killed so many people that the u.s.occer soccer stadium had to be used for the dead. shooting at aid workers, destroying shopping centers, raising huge issues not only violations of the geneva convention or targeting protective groups, but also of proportionality. launchede battle was to get the people who killed four blackwater secured a contractors in a city of 300,000 same size as the oakland, california, or pittsburgh, pennsylvania, was leveled in response under the command of general mattis will stop that was not discussed at all during the hearing. either from an account ability perspective, which is what i would suggest in my article -- what's suggesting my article, questions that should be raised about whether or not he committed war crimes. even in a more limited way, what did you learn as the battlefield commander in iraq and how might youapply those lessons learned through those experiences as secretary of defense, is simply not raised at all during the hearing. ,uan: aaron, in that vein general mattis has be

no marine gets left behind. soleil consolidated the position from a wall of steel to after i radioed the situation to the company commander ordered the squad leader to return fire in search for the wounded four medivac. i did not tell the my was hit but there is nowhere for the helicopters to land they had to drop were you bundle the wounded into with than wasted through the canopy bed as the first casualty rose a shattering boom sounded overhead and must expend these are pg the chopper strained to remain airborne impacting with the earth if. it was clear we could not medivac out we have to climber way to the top to get a secure zone for them to land. there would be a daylong battle dodging bullets in fighting in and the hillside that was nothing like what we trained on in quantico but then we were carrying or wounded and dead. metro serves words soaked in my right if i -- i. but never leave a marine behinds was drilled into was we kept the dead and wounded within our formation that may have been generous one wa

he went on to lead the first marine expeditionary force, u.s. marine forces and central command as a joint force commander. secretary matus commanded joint forces command, nato supreme, transformation and u.s. central command. that u.s. central command he directed military operations of 200,000 soldiers, so sailors, coast guard marines and forces across the middle east. now, mr. sec. matus, your president has called you to lead all of the armed forces of the united states. he and i have the highest face in your judgment, at your courage and your dedication to this nation. on behalf of president trump, it is my great privilege to administer to you the oath of office. if you would please place your left hand on the bible, raise your right hand and repeat after me. >> i james mattis do solemnly swear that i will support defend the constitution of the united states. >> against all enemies foreign and the best deck. >> against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> i will bear true faith and allegiance. >> i will bear true faith and allegiance. >> i ta

i was a marine end of -- engineer in the merchant marine during the war. i got shot up a couple of times and i sailed around the world a couple of times. >> host: wait a minute. when did you graduate from high school? >> 1941. >> host: so you enlisted in the merchant marine? >> yes, i didn't want to be drafted because it was too military for me. so, i joined the merchant marine as a wiper, the bottom of the line. i became a fireman and eventually an engineer. that was a little more pleasant. we were anchored in new guinea at one period and we suffered an attack from the japanese warplanes that dove down and did bullet things. i got a little bit of shrapnel in my leg. big deal. i have survived all those years.>> host: so you were mustered out at the end of the war? were you in for the whole thing? >> yes. after the war was over, i wanted to visit my sister in hawaii. being an engineer, i could get on a ship and go there.>> host: we are on a ship with arthur on our way to hawaii just after world war ii. stay with us. father: here we go. we're gonna go out th

our marine corps is the world's only truly expeditionary force.rd is the finest in the world. and we're also the best because this military has come to welcome the talents of more of our fellow americans. service members can now serve the country they love without hiding who they are or who they love. all combat positions in our military are now open to women and joe biden andi know that women are at least as strong as men. we're stronger for it. it's one of the reasons that our military stands apart as the most respected institution in our nation by a mile. the american people -- [ applause ] >> the american people look up to you and your devotion to duty and your integrity and your sense of honor and your commitment to each other. one of my proudest achievements is that i have been able to i think communicate through the constant partisan haze along with so many others, how special this institution is. and the esteem in which our military has held has held constant and high throughout my presidency and i'm very grateful for that because you remi

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over in oakland, in marin and offshore. this is the trend for tonight. it's already been moderate to heavy, and look, all over march written -- marin. 3-5 inches bay wide, wind gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour. so you've got plenty of rain, you've got powerful winds, and you've got the recipe for a lot of problems in the hours to come. we'll have a complete forecast, including more storms coming up later in the week in just a few minutes. >>> it's raining heavily in the santa cruz mountains, and it will keep coming down tomorrow, but the high wind advisory and flash flood watch is in effect. some areas could get a foot of rain by monday. now, on the upside, that could put an end to 6 years the drought in santa cruz county. the summit of highway 17. kit? >> reporter: we are in the thick of it right now. the big fat raindrops following for the better part of six hours. the good news is that the sheriff's dispatcher says no major incidents going on right now. but, we know from experience if this rain keeps up for next couple hours, we're going to have so

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the big story is the discovery of body believed to be that of missing marine lance james. body was found in a lake in clemonton. dann cuellar is live at the prosecutor's office. >> yes, they are the lead in the investigation as to how a missing marine ended up debt in dead ina lake. he wasn't seen since six weeks ago. officials were scouring the area for him but no luck. they weren't giving up. >> we don't want to stop until it's done. >> lance served two tours of duty in the middle east and when he returned he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder. on december 2nd, he got into a fight at the tavern, got kicked out and lef walked home. surveillance cameras showed him two blocks from home and then disappeared. >> the ice on the water limited our ability. >> they went back saturday under snowy conditions with the help of 15 marines, still nothing. then came the warmer weather we have had and they went back to bottom lake. this time the ice melted. >> we deployed our marine unit and made the discovery. >> what drove you to come back? >> being able to bring that closure

iconic marine we've seen since chesty puller. very unusual guy. now, you know, there will be a legitimate debate about should you have a military general officer serving in this position and that ought to get raised and discussed. but at the end of the day, this guy is going to be a stabilizing positive influence on national security process. i might add, sort of amusing to me, remember president obama had a four star marinas a national security advise yoshgs a four star oormy general as cia director. a four star army general as the va secretary. so a little bit of selective memory here about the danger to the republic of having military. by the way, i was unanimously confirmed by the senate during the clinton administration. so i'm not too concerned there will be actually much concern as opposed to gratitude that mattis is willing to take on this responsibility. >> a lot of us got the impression that once donald trump got a, as they say, a snoot full of the humanity that is general mattis and once someone told him what his nickn

the united states marine honorar guard for marine barracks.c., washington, d.c.s been one of the most important elements of a military unit. at the center of our formation is a an armed forces called a guard their international colors and the service flags of the army marine corps navy air force and coast guard. the following is an element from the united states navy honor th washington, d.c. the next element online isis comprised of members from the air force honor guard from joint base. following is an element of united states coast guard honor guard from coast guard station alexandria. to the rear of the formation ofe the 56 states and territorial flags of the united states. ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> right face. g >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the advancing of the colors and remain standing for the united states national anthem. ♪ ♪ >> present arms. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. >> right shoulder. >> ceremonial about-face. >> the department of defense medal for distinguished public service is presented toa. pr

and yet, marin county is saying no. possibly. and so are other cities in california. >> it passed with 57% of the state's vote. before recreational marijuana everyone has a chance in marin county it could become illegal and that the county says is exactly the point. >> marin voted unanimously in favor of prop 24. >> i think there's a lotted of problems when you want to bring that state law into the state level. >> reporter: which won't happen without a ban. come january 1st, if the city or county hasn't told the state no, recreational pot advocates will get a yes from the state regardless of local zoning. that's why the league of california cities has urged all municipalities to pass a ban or something similar until they can decide how to handle it. many cities have followed suit but many don't agree. >> i think it's absurd. basically the county voted for it. it's legal in a number of states it will probably be legal in more states in the future. 10s of millions of people are using it every day. >> while voters might agree with p

pretty soon here for marin and sonoma. that's where you are. you are at the richmond san rafael bridge. i just drove across there about an hour ago and it's intense. there is a lot of water on the road. >> reporter: yeah. intense is the word for it. george and i were driving up 80 and 580 and it was absolutely raining. that band of storms steve was talking about. we went right through it. let's show you current conditions at the richmond san rafael bridge. it's starting to slack a little bit here. we aren't getting as much rain was's sue here. you can see one of the major issues for the morning drive will be water on the roadways as sal said. that means it'll be a slow drive. the other issue they will face. that wind. look at those flags. you can see that there is a lot of wind pushing high profile vehicles around. i came across the bay bridge this morning and i can tell you that -- you said come across the bridge was intense. it was intense come across the bay bridge with high winds, heavy rain. that is to be expected this morning throughout t

went on to lead the first marine expeditionary force, u.s. marines forces and central command. as a joint force commander secretary mattis commanded u.s. joint forces command, nato supreme allied command for transformation and u.s. central command. at u.s. central command directed military operation of 200,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, coast guardsmen and marines and allied forces across the middle east. and now, mr. secretary, your president has called you to lead all of the armed forces of the united states. he and i have the highest faith in your judgment, your courage, and your dead cancation to this nation. -- dedication to this nation. on behalf of president trump it is my great privilege to administer to you the oath of office. if you please place your left hand on the bible. raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, james norman mattis do solemnly swear. >> i james, norman mattis do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitutn of the united states. >> against all enemies foreig

he plays my father in the movie, he's a marine, and he thought my dad was a marine.ike, i want to talk to your dad because he's a marine, too. and then i told my mom, and she said, no, he's not a marine, he was a merchant marine for like one summer, and maybe not even a merchant marine, he may have just, like, cleaned the boats for the merchant marines or something, so every time i saw harvey after that, i'm like, i have to tell him, because he would bring it up every time, your dad, marine. he gave me this special coin, like this marine corps coin that he's had for like 30 years, and i'm, like, feeling so guilty and wanting to tell him -- yeah, i still haven't told him. >> you didn't tell him? >> yeah, i didn't tell him. i'm scared. now he might -- >> now he knows. yeah. and you kept the coin. >> i kept the coin. >> which is good. even as an established star of comedy, mann insists she's ready next for that big action role with the thespian's flare. >> if you wanted to punch it up, you could do it as one of your favorite actors, too. >> wouldn't that be great? it's

he salutes the marines when he's going on marine one.salutes as they pass here. >> because he's commander in chief. it's because he's commander in chief. >> we have the border patrol coming up now. what about the wall. seems our president trump has kind of backed off of that wall, hasn't he? we may have a partial wall. we may have additional security. we may have a higher fence. we may have stepped up patrols. that chant that got it started for him about let's build that wall, you don't hear that as much any more, do you? >> the union that represented the border patrol agents resoundingly supported donald trump in his campaign. he has them on his side. >> i'm looking at a tweet here on the screen that says barron trump is cracking me up. i'm remembering back during the first two -- the two inaugurations of president barack obama when we were getting quite a kick out of seeing the girls doing what they did and the second inauguration i remember -- and lenny you'll probably remember this too -- the girls had their cell phones and texting a

. >>> in marin county we have closures. we are not done getting prepared from the last storm, let alone the rain starting again today. so highway 1 between panoramic highway and muir woods road is closed from last week's storm because of storm damage of course. so take panoramic highway past the closure to get back on to highway 1. if you are taking the golden gate bridge here's a live look at the wet road coming from marin county into the golden gate toll plaza. that will take you about 14 minutes. and the same story across the span of the bay bridge. we have rain and cars coming into downtown san francisco. so from the carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze will take you about 19 minutes and expect no delays through the toll plaza. those metering lights should turn on in 30 minutes. from hayward to foster city it's 15 minutes. but you can see the rain coming down hard. utility work on highway 84 from last week's storm is under one- way traffic control so give yourself some extra time if that's a part of

major wallace, we're off of the army and onto the marine corps now. >> the u.s. marine corps. decoration of the second continental congress in november of 1775. here's the commander and his staff element. ♪ ♪ >> the navajo code talkers used their language. the navajo language was perfect for a code because it's not written, it's very complex and it's not spoken by many. so great to have them represented here today. >> our enemies had a devil of a time trying to figure out what those guys were talking about. >> mm-hm. here you see the u.s. border patrol pipes and drum corps. right behind them, the u.s. customs and border protection office of field operations. ♪ that's got to be the commandant of the marine corps sitting next to the president. >> absolutely. he's there division two rehearsal there. general robert nellers. >> everybody gets their turn next to the president when their division is up, right? >> absolutely. >> some switching of seats going on. >> they do a show in the summer time. >> they do terrific shows, sunset parade and their evening parade. >> i've seen that.

the united states merchant marine color guard >> as we bring you the inaugural parade. we were talking about some protests going on. we mentioned earlier 270 people arrested. six police officers hurt during protests today. dc mayor muriel bowser tweeted out thousands of people are expected to march, that march is not expected to be violent, we're not expecting any violence. fox 5 will be covering that for you. we want to remind you we encourage you to send us your pictures. >> this is the oldest company size military unitin

first trip on marine two. and now we're seeing president trump take marine one and arrive to board what is now air force one officially. a lot of firsts today. his first trip to a city. his first trip on marine one, his first trip on air force one. >> absolutely. we know when he does touchdown in philadelphia, it's going to be a pause. nothing will depart from philly international. this is standard operating procedure. a big day in philadelphia. we also know when he arrives in philadelphia, there will not be a delegation to greet him. that's not necessarily unusual given his tight schedule and the fact he is running about 45 minutes late. >> almost, yeah. it could be even longer than that right now. we do have nbc10's pamela osborn on the ground at philly international waiting for when he arrives there. we've shown you live pictures of the protesters that will greet the president and his entourage when they get to the loews hotel in center city. >> certainly a familiar setting for president trump. the republic

marin county had its fair share.and the cities had one round of thunderstorms and now a little bit of a break. there looks to be the north bay is not getting in on this too much. they had rain last night. about one to two inches for some. pretty good out to the valley. up north, it looks like snow in the higher peaks. some of the rain is moving back in on the mendocino coast. that stretches to the sonoma coast now. the focus is san mateo to half moon bay. you can see oakland, san ramon, hayward, back over to fremont and palo alto and extending into the santa cruz mountains or from san jose south to morgan hill and gilroy. that is heavy rain. central california and southern california, it is pouring in l.a. as well, heading down to san diego. this would be in the desert and heading into arizona. heavy snow reported south lake tahoe. 50 and 80 i would think would be sold out because it is too hard to -- the white-out conditions up there. winter storm warning until saturday. the snow level going from 4,000 feet. i think

marine corps, the president's own marine band, in its 54th inaugural appearance.ade its inaugural debut in 1801 for president thomas jefferson. >> that is general robert neller, commandant of the marine corps, also a come want veteran. and i think he's about 8 feet tall with that hat on. >> just 6'6", normally. >> normnormally, and then 8 fee with it on. >> so many perks and privileges come with the office. even your own band. >> there's some incredibly talented musicians in the military. i think people forgot, not only the bands, but you have singers, you have -- they do entertaining all over the country. they entertain for the troops, they certainly entertain wherever the president wants them to. and i've seen them over in the war zones, been shoved in the back of a couple of blackhawk helicopters with huge tubas going to entertain the troops. >> announcer: united states marine corps is next the marines at reserve training center. up next, we are honored to ha hahave the 1/2 navajo code talkers. and we are proud to welcome the u.s. border patrol pipes and drums,

marines, i talk to the marine historians, and they said these guys would have been kitted out as light infantry. this is going to play into something i will talk about in a little bit, which is having to do with what i think happened on april 5, 1865. how my doing? ok. where did lincoln land? this pontoon bridge was not there on april 4, 1865. the area to the right is probably where he came to shore. you are going to see some accounts that mention the fact that, i am sad to say, the national geographic channel retelling of bill o'reilly's dreadfully researched history of the lincoln assassination -- what gets me is when they come up with details that says this shows you i know what i am talking about. he has lincoln coming ashore and the sign says, rockets landing. that was the basic wharf of richmond, about a mile further east. clearl porter makes it that they wrote past there. he was going to stop there, but it was covered with smoke. he thought he would find the shorelines with union soldiers. not a one. getose past this point, and rapids, turns around says this is the first point h

general mattis, your marines, the aircraft, their combat, marine aviators, are at historical lows right now in terms of flight time. navy, we have requirements for 308 ships and we only have 274. so this is not like it used to be. i would only say this, i really believe that we'll have to re-look at the priorities we have in this country. i enjoy quoting president reagan when he first came in, he said, quote, starting by considering what must be done to maintain peace and review all the possible threats against our security, then a strategy for strengthening peace and defending against those threats which must be agreed upon. and finally, our defense establishment must be evaluated to see what is necessary to project against any and all of the potential threats. the cost of achieving these ends is totaled up, and the result is the budget for national defense. do you think he was right at that time? >> yes, sir, i do. >> i'll look forward to that. thank you for being willing to do this. mr. chairman? >> thank you. thank you, general mattis, for also being willing to do this. you and i ha

following the color guard is the united states urgent marine academy -- merchant marine academy. >> thist from the revolution to the global war on terror. each rank marks a battle in which this historic unit has followed. the units men are cavalry scouts assigned to the first squadron, 104th squadron and the army national guard, and this is the oldest company -sized military unit in continuous service to the republic. and now, ladies and gentlemen, bringing our 58th inauguration parade to a close, 1,504 cadets of the virginia military institute, its 15th appearance in the parade, let's hear it for these wonderful folks from vmi. ♪ ♪ founded in 1839, graduates of vmi have served since the spanish-american war. two appearances in the tournament of roses parade. once again, 1,504 cadets from vmi. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this concludes the 58 presidential inaugural parade honoring the inauguration of the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump and vice president michael r. pence. let's hear it for our new president and vice president and the first family enjoying today's parade in the president

today's big scalp, marin cilic, who looked too much for dan marin cilic, who looked too much for da n6-3 dan evans in the first set. he won it 6—3 as evan struggled with the sinking sun. as the shadows lengthened evans came to die. breaking the cilic serve to take the second set. and belief blossoming in the darkness, he dominated the third as well. the fourth set turned into as well. the fourth set turned into a battle but evans was edging it. and cilic was struggling to keep up. with a wicked cilic seven, evans took his chance. and what to do after the biggest grand slam winner of your career, get straight on the phone, of course. with seven through, andy murray was just getting started, he beat russian teenager andrey rublev in straight sets but the whack —— the match was not without drama. for a time it looked like the world number one's melbourne chances were gone. andy murray has an appointment with an ice pack but dan evans is unlikely to be feeling any of his aches and pains tonight. not a bad day of work for a player once described as the most wasted talent in british tennis.

this is marin county headed into san francisco. these people are only going to have three lanes this morning. they usually have four. that's because they've got some issues with their movable median barrier. it h it's broken. engineers are working on the problem. at this point, they don't know what caused the problem. they say they hope to have it fixed by today but since they've never encountered this before, they're not sure when they're going to have it up and running but for this morning, it is going to be a rough commute. with a spokesperson telling me about 110,000 vehicles cross this bridge every day. also wet out here plus you've got the three lanes instead of four so marin county commuters heading sbood into the city, give yourself some extra time this morning. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> parts of the bay area certainly waking up to some cold wet weather this morning. >> live picture from fremont, the rain has been coming down for a while there. light stuff for the most part and check out all the snow. an