same with our partnership to the marine corps. been a highly cooperative effort and as the general said, this generated out of discussions between the chief staff of the army and the commander. from a so calm perspective, what we are trying to pitch -- to contribute to the task force, i would highlight basically two main areas. the first goes to your point, which is, institutionalizing conventional force integration, interoperability, and interdependence, by reviewing and looking at the lessons learned over the last decade of work, where we have shared battle space and fought together. we are taking a deliberate and to codify the lessons learned and institutionalize that across hopefully all of the services. we are also very focused on returning to humans at the sensuality of our operations. timee are spending some developing the concept of a human domain, where individuals, groups, and populations, what are their beliefs and perceptions? are helping to contribute to that task force and, particularly, those key areas. >> excellent

marine corps spokesperson said the following some of our marine family members have experienced a tragic health issues they believe are associated with water they drank or used in the past at camp lagoon our goal is to use the best available science in an effort to provide our marine corps family members the answers they deserve and keep them updated with information as it becomes available but two men who have been personally affected by this toxic water say the marine corps response just isn't enough jerry in snigger is a career marine who raised his family at camp lagoon his daughter janie died of leukemia when she was just nine years old and my part partain is the son of a marine who was born at camp lagoon at the age of thirty nine partain was diagnosed with male breast cancer they were both here in washington d.c. today to meet with lawmakers were guarding some new research on camp legend survivors i first asked jerry inswinger to tell me about the point at which he realized his daughter's death was not just a coincidence. i had no idea i mean you know when she was diagnosed it's a

of our corps i mean i was just i couldn't believe it. i mean i was a marine drill instructor i trained over two thousand new marines i instilled in them our motto which is supper fidelity which is the latin for always faithful and we also had a nother slogan and it was we take care of our own and unfortunately our motto. is only as a one way street. and i should mention that some provide is a documentary that. is fatal is the name of a documentary or a documentary. that sort of charts this entire story but mike you know i actually tried to secure it on camera you know this i tried to secure an on camera interview with the marine corps and they denied me that what's your sense as to why they are so tight lipped about this. and the marine corps is the institution of honor and integrity and getting the truth out of the leadership of the marine corps from the beginning the other contamination has been my accountant trying to nail jell-o. to the wall. at the very onset in one thousand nine hundred five when the contamination became known publicly we have the base

of the marine corps from the beginning the other contamination has been my accountant trying to nail jell-o. to the wall. at the very onset in one thousand nine hundred five when the contamination became known publicly we have the base environmental engineer on record stating that people weren't directly exposed to the pollutants in this lie as this but per perpetuated mutated over the past twenty five thirty years and now they've gotten to the point where you've requested there's been numerous people that rick was right interviews with them they turned everybody down because now that the truth is out there and the media knows what the truth is they don't want to put anybody out on camera where they could be trapped into asking a follow up question right at the truth that i did get that sense now jerry in two thousand and twelve there was a piece of legislation passed in the name of your daughter jamie and some anger can you tell us about what that's done and also how that sort of falling short for the people that really need aid right now. that bill was basically something to get a

i am the, none of the marine corps's fellow here at the council. today we have the pleasure of ,osting colonel scott benedict the most recent commander of the special purpose marine air ground task force crisis response. grundenrator is stephen who lent his considerable secretary ofe defense, the charles river andciates and is now the ma fellow for emerging defense challenges here at the atlantic council. following the 2012 attack in benghazi, we focused on protecting u.s. citizens and their interest. the marine corps's answer was a special purpose marine air ground task force. crisis response, a tethered ground force along with a command element and supported by six ospreys and others. tour, colonel benedict's they evacuated u.s. personnel from the embassy in sudan, patrolled the mediterranean and africa for a contingency response and engaged in bilateral training exercises with the french legionnaires, the senegalese military. colonel benedict is a copilot by training and has spent time with the infringer he, serving with --h force and retellings

see the marine corps response is just not enough. carrie and sinker is a career marine who races family image and his daughter jamie died of leukemia when she was just nine years old and my current theme is the son of a marine who was born a catholic and at the age of thirty nine per team was diagnosed with male breast cancer. they are both here in washington dc to meet with lawmakers regarding some new research on camping and survivors. i first asked syrians meter to tom about the pauline animation realize his daughter's death was not just a coincidence i had no idea. meaning you know it when she was diagnosed. hey it's a natural thing for a parent and as a child is diagnosed with a catastrophic illness too. to wonder why and i was no exception. it was until nineteen ninety seven. i found about a man about to contaminate drinking and how did you find out about it. i was. the fortune of two who retired in the area down close to camp liao. and when ptsd or was releasing their initial health assessment back in nineteen ninety seven. on

in davidsonville road, richard reeve, abc 7 news. , now is your chance to try the marine corps marathon. helping you take charge of your health. the cutting-edge technology developed by a local woman. the winter olympic games are over in russia. >> the marine corps marathon lottery is open to interested runners. the lottery will remain open through noon on march 15. anyone age 14 and older can register on the race's website. people who enter will be notified of their status on march 19. celebratingorps is a big anniversary today. it has been 69 years since the during the battle in japan. the historic moment has been re-created through a statue that is at the marine corps memorial in arlington, virginia. one of the most debated and discussed topics in our country today is health care. womant's working developed cutting edge technology she says helps patients control their own health and medical records. alison starling has her story. >> when robin was little, she was not a great student. teachers said she was loot -- too slow to learn anything. but her parents taught her to never give up

so i think this is what we do, marine corps. we've got a long history of these types of sort of small war type operations. we've got a generation or two of marines have come in, with the expense of being in iraq and in afghanistan but i think this is a return back to more the way marines have traditionally operated. this is not an area where i feel uncomfortable. and, in fact, many of the places that we're operating, many other countries, partners that we operated with are the same ones that i spent the first 10 years of my career on amphibious shipping banging around the mediterranean working with. >> so the new normal is not all that new to you. >> well, i think it's maybe just a different way to characterize it. without getting into all the social aspects of media and the speed of information, all those things that have been talked about a lot, for example, with the arab spring. so i think what the new norm tries to characterize it is that the speed at which these crises will erupt and the speed at which they can transfer and

in triangle, virginia, news4. >>> the eyes of freedom exhibit is at the marine corps museum through next thursday march 6th. >>> just about an hour ago, nbc4 celebrated black history month with a program honoring some local leaders. our own chris lawrence emceed the event that took place in our studios. the chamber choir sang including ann and michael bland who own several mcdonald's restaurants in the area, also literary activist, e burton miller and said black history month is still important to celebrate. >> history is an ongoing thing not just in the past. what happens now, we're still telling the american story. african-americans have always been part of the american story from the time this country started. >> the group, covenant house, received a $5,000 check for their outstanding work. that organization is the largest housing provider for youth ages 18-24, in our area. >>> doug is back with more about our weather. that stuff sure did melt fast. it looked pretty exciting a few minutes this morning. >> almost like deja vu from yesterday morning. yogi bear right there. it was a

marine corps as well. some view him as a chinese american warrior, the smithsonian tv channel has a documentary about his life called uncommon valor, depicting his work in the korean war. also we honored him in our chambers at the san francisco born chinese american hero, i think that was last year. and u.s. marine corps general ray davis has described my uncle kirk lee as the bravest marine he's ever known. honorary marshal major kirk chiu and lee, he was active in the marine corps 20 years. he joined at 18 out of his high school in sacramento. he's 88 years old right now and he'll be driven by members of the cafe post, and he's also the first regular marine officer of asian american descent, but he was honored for his bravery in many ways at the battle of [speaker not understood] where 8,000 marines, about half of them died or were wounded or disabled and the front line rifle companies of which he was a part, some of them suffered 90% casualties in that terrible battle. i wanted to say that as he's becom

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. >>> a long time raiders fan and marine corps veteran has just received an honor after saving a woman's life. brian flores is there to explain why he says he would do it again even though he got injured. >> reporter: good evening, what a man, he was here when he saw a woman bought to jump from there and today he received a special award for that. for a while he did not want to be called hero but today he has come to accept. >> i will say, yes, i am a hero, because it has been presenting many times so i will acknowledge i am a hero. >> and rightfully so, today donnie received a special award and sermon from the joint powers authority for his actions last november in which he saved a woman's life. >> we thank him for his protective arms of compassion. >> donnie was attending the raider's titans game just hanging out taking pictures near the torch honoring al davis when he heard a person yelling at another woman not to jump from the third deck of the coliseum, didn't knee marine corps and viet nam vet came run in. i yelled up to her and told her not to do it and then i told to my co-worker

. >>> a marine corps veteran was recognized today for risking his own life to save a young woman who was trying to commit suicide at a raiders game. he saw the woman jump from the third deck of the oakland coliseum and he broke her fall as he tried to catch her. today, he talked with ktvu's brian flores, saying he would do it all over again. >> reporter: for a while, donnie navidad did not want to be called a hero. but today, he's come to acceptance. >> i will say yes, i am a hero. [ laughter ] >> because it's been, it's been presented many times. i will acknowledge i am a hero. >> reporter: rightfully so. today, donnie received a special award and ceremony from the joint powers authority for his heroic actions last november in which he saved a woman's life. >> and we thank him for his protective arms of compassion. >> reporter: donnie was attending the raiders-titans game, just hanging out, taking pictures near the torch honoring al davis, when he heard a person yelling at another woman not to jump from the third deck of the coliseum. donnie, a marine corps and vietnam vet, came run

i left after 9/11 to enlist in the marine corps. i was happy at my job and i was happy in the marine corps because of any service there. it's not fair to brush every single person who works in a particular field. our track record second to none as it relates to certain policy issues. we touched on family sick leave as we're shifting our police department, we're incentivizing other areas of the city, people in jersey city will tell you they are very proud today and they we are working as hard as humely possible to bridge that gap. during the campaign i recognized the fact i have a hill to climb because people have those stigmas and it's ok. i understand that. not everybody is going to vote for me. i understand that too. we work every day to try and earn their trust. in jersey city it's a very progressive place and there are a lot of people who have used financial social securities. i understand that. we work every day to say yes you can have those vuse about some of the people that work there, some of them. and we want to you view ou

lives and limbs because that particular kind of vehicle was not in any plan for the army or the marine corps -- >> i'd like to ask about that in just a moment. i -- one of the key themes in that portion of the the book, it seems to me, is that the military planners inside the beltway, civilian leaders inside the beltway simply didn't adjust or respond to and, in fact, you do write they did not adjust to changing situations -- >> well -- >> -- on the ground in iraq. >> -- that and the fact i also write that after the initial invasion there was just a series of stunningly bad decisions and mistakes. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here's a look at the top ten best selling nonfiction books according to publishers weekly. former defense secretary robert gates tops the list with his memoir, "duty." watch it on our web site, booktv.org. second is super shred, the big results diet, followed by charles krauthammer's political columns, "things that matter." and he talks about his book online at booktv.org. dr. travis stork's book, the doctor's diet is fourth. fifth o

some talking about significant cuts to the marine corps. we will see fights on just about everything as he gets up to the hill. >> have we seen plans similar to this before like with donald rumsfeld prior to 9/11? rex i am not sure about that and what was being proposed. 9/11 changed everything overnight. we did see secretary gates and secretary panetta push these specific proposals with tri-care fees with some of the benefit rollbacks. they were met with mixed success. it is very easy for congress to give out extra money when it looks like they are being magnanimous when it comes time to pay for it and it becomes tougher for everyone. >> what happens with the budget proposal from here, the proposal from secretary hagel, where it is a go now? rex next monday we will see the rollout of the federal budget proposals. said -- gaveel some of the themes and you will see people attacking the nitty-gritty specifics. it will head up to the hill and there are some authorization bills. mckeon said that he has committed this year to making sure that hi

the marine corps, we have a long history of these types of operations. we have a generation or two of marines coming in in iraq and afghanistan. i think this is more a turn back to the way marines have traditionally operated. this is not an area i feel uncomfortable in. many of the places we have operated, countries, partners we have operated with, i spent the first part of the year banging around on a ship in the mediterranean, working. >> so the new normal is not all that new to you? >> i think that is one way to characterize it without getting into the social aspect of media and all those things that we have talked about a lots. for example, the air of spring. -- the arab spring. i think the new normal tries to characterize the speed at which at which these crisis will be wrapped. the speed with which they can transfer interrupted violently. i think that might be a little bit of a change. i think for marines to be deployed, to be ready, to be in position, i don't think that is new. >> ok. thank you for indulging my questions. i will say that our conver

lou: a scandal in the marine corps. obtained emails, tying the top marine commandant, jim amos, threatening to publish the independent newspaper, marine corps times, publishing stories he found unflattering. senior public affairs said moving away the paper from checkout lines to the back of stores. the marine corps is investigating. at least one member of congress is calling for a hearing on the matter. joining me the a-team. host of the independents, airing at 9:00 eastern here on fox business network. kennedy. good to have you with us. >> hi, lou. lou: fox news contributor jedediah bila. good to see you too. >> good to see. >> veteran campaign strategist and fox news contributor, joe trippi. joe, how are you? >> lou, good to be with you. lou: let's start with, if i may, the president, 53% of those surveyed by gallup say, joe he is not very popular and they don't think he has same respect as or the world leaders what do you think? >> the numbers are going down for a while but nowhere near the record george bush set in 2

forces inside of the marine corps. they have one in open hour, one in california is the bulk of ths that come out of these forces. this type of force is really used for major combat operations. it is a corps sized force like what you saw made the march to baghdad in 2003. next to that, you have the brigade commanded by a one-star. it says up to 15,000. this can range from a joint task force headquarters up to aggregating multiple forces in support of major combat operations. then you have the two on the left, which we would consider our forward deployed forces that we would project forward and anticipate would be operating in theater all the time, not just when there is a crisis. the one we have traditionally deployed is the marine

is myst example experience in the marine corps. if there was ever an organization in the united states that embodies a culture it is the marine corps. it is a culture of discipline, ethics, and on her. honor. we try to implement that every day. finally, i want to talk a little bit about fundraising. i will talk about the complex that exist to run fundraising -- inflicts that exist fundraising. was one of the first in the state to implement the laws in today, we have the strictest laws of new jersey. pay to play refers to rooting out that special interest money which can be a conflict between those that donate to politicians and those that receive public contracts. the city council and the mayor at the time which rejected it. we did the first petition referendum in the history of jersey city to get that on the ballot. of newwhen the state jersey, when governor christie sends out to any municipality an application for state aid, it says very clearly that that melissa pahlavi is required to adopt a pay to play law. it is a major, but

just let your mind wander where you may be 30 years from now, you'll be amazed. 11 years into my marine corps career, general gray, who i think some of you know, former commandant, basically answering a request for help from the counterterrorism office of state, jerry bremer, i got called and said, get up to washington, you're going to work in counterterrorism and frankly that was the first i'd heard about it or ever thought about it. that was in 1989. i spent two and a half years as a marine officer there, detailed to state. it was certainly a -- an eye opening experience and -- but in those days if you remember, olie north experience, i was advised not to stay too long in washington and so two and a half years later, i went to new port and i got some more education and then came back to quantico to teach but was called back by state two years after i left about a job opportunity at the same time back in 1993 when opportunities to reduce the size of the military were upon us and was able to retire early and take a position back at state so i started in a civilian capacity in 1993 and was the

the marine corps has freestanding mag tafs. starting on the far right, marine expert gary --marine forces. the incumbent -- they encompass the operating forces. this is the bulk of the marines that deploy or come out of these forces. this type force is used for major combat operations. ized force like what you saw made the march to baghdad in 2003. next to that, you have the brigade commanded by a one-star. it says up to 15,000. this can range from eight joint task force headquarters up to aggregating multiple forces in support of major combat operations. then you have the two on the left, which we would consider our forward deployed forces that we would project forward and anticipate would be operating in theater all the time, not just when there is a crisis. the one we have traditionally deployed is the marine expeditionary unit. it is about 2500 marines. it is associated with amphibious shipping. that is what you mostly see on the news, marines operating off of the ships. we have two of those on the water at all times. one in

we're talking about significant cuts to the marine corps as well. i think we're going to see fights on just about everything as it gets up to the hill. have we seen plans similar to this before like donald rumsfeltfeld prior to 9/11? > i'm not sure about that far. 9/11 changed everything overnight. we saw secretaries gates and pennetta change with some of the benefit roll backs. they were met with mixed success. it is very easy for congress to give it extra money when it looks like they are being magnanimous when it comes time to paying for it, it becomes tougher for everyone. >> what happens to the budget proposal from here? what can we expect? where does it go now? >> next monday we'll see the full rollout of all the budget proposals. we'll get into a lot more detail tail into what this means. some of the bigger ticket items, some of the themes of the budget. you'll see everybody attacking the nitty-gritty specifics as of next week. the house will have first crack with some of the appropriations and authorization bills. actually chairman mckeown o

two thousand and five and the first half of two thousand and thirteen in japan the us navy and marine corps reported for that seventy three claims of sexual assaults but they only tried one of its sixteen cases or less than twenty five percent and courts martial. the figure falls far below the sixty eight percent of personnel the us military court martialed worldwide for committing crimes the ep also says it obtained the tales of two hundred forty four soldiers who were punished in japan two thirds of them were not in prisons and were only find demoted or discharge. solid core and yellow is the commander of us forces in japan he said in a statement. the military attack takes seriously all allegations of inappropriate behavior. the protection of victims privacy and holding offenders accountable according to all. foreign minister recently european union are trying to help defuse the political crisis in ukraine. they say they're ready to offer financial support to the government the ministers met on monday in brussels they called on ukrainian leaders to sit down with members of the opposition

army, navy, marine corps, air force, full-time guard and reserve. we kept it basically flat while we fought this giant extended wars. which frankly is the defining nature of the relationship between us civilians and the troops and military families who have suffered through our generation's wars over these past 13 years. for the first time in u.s. history, they've really fought those wars alone without the rest of the country kicking in. there was no mobilization of the population to sign up and fight those wars the way there was for earlier wars. there was no draft. we kept the military the same size it had been overall, we just expected the people in it to do one, two, four, six, ten tours of duty. and that is not the way we have done big wars in the past. these long wars in iraq and afghanistan fought by less than 1% of the population, as a country we have never waged wars exactly that way before. and now, today, was the first day where the military said how they want to stop waging those wars. and what they want for the size of the force and how

still remember vaguely back when i was a junior officer and working with company commanders in the marine corps. most of my service time was with marines. the company commanders never had convening authority, but there were still held accountable and responsible for all aspects, everything that went on in their company. they could file charges, they could fill out the charge sheet and someone else decided what would happen to that sheet, they did, by the way have article 15. god bless you. they did have -- i can't break out of that apology. >> thank you for that. >> they did have, frequently, lieutenant colonel's in command of battalions did not have -- they did not have general court-martial authority. but they had many tools and they were responsible for maintaining good order and discipline, the command climate, mission accomplishment, all the other aspects that we hold the command responsible for. without this specific convening authority, which is what we are discussing today, convening authority, i would argue that convening authority -- this is not a necessary -- especially when we deal

signing up for the marine corps marathon this year. the organizers are holding a lottery.e aged 14 or over can register on the website. on march 15, people will be notified of their registration status later that week. wizards player jason collins signed with the brooklyn nets, making him the nba's first openly gay player. -- a 10-day10-gate contract with the team. the 12-year veteran has not played in a game since last april with the wizards. he says he is focusing on making history doing well on the court. is executing the game plan, learning the plays, the basketball stuff. i cannot focus on the off the core stuff right now. >> collins plans to wear the in honor ofr 98 matthew shepard, a gay student killed in a hate crime in 1998. it was a spectacular finale to the winter games in russia. closing ceremonies were held tonight. jim ryan has the highlights. >> on this last day, the olympic medal for the united states. a third-place finish, coming from behind. the host nation closed out the games ahead of the sochi pack. he most expensive olympics ever, paid off in gold for

what i strived for in the marine corps, people will recognize i try to be a example for those that become behind me. i always love the city and will continue to love the city and put the city brv everything else mpts it is a great haun toor say thank you for being choseen for this and not only-it black history month, that is fine, but it should be black history year. every year, the whole year. we need to be recognize squd step up and need to show that the black community is up to par with any other community in this city. i hope that by showing recognition for not just me, but the other folks that are up here and will come up here, the city does recognize our community and we are all strive frg the same thing. thank you. >> thank you prez dent chew. next, is going to be a presentation made by the beautiful and talented supervisor from district 10. that would be me. i want to welcome many people back to the chamber here in city hall. it is wonderful to see you. this is one time och the year we know we get a diverse crowd and want to extend a warm welcome because this is your house and cha

e-mails show general george amos tried to ban the marine corps times from all marine bases days beforeabused his authority. >>> and stories you may have missed. the woman believed to be the oldest survivor of the holocaust died. she played piano in concentration camps to keep up spirits and said music saved her life. alice herz-sommers was 110 years old. >>> a murder suspect who fled to israel in the 90s has been killed in prison. special forces fatally shot 34-year-old samuel sheinbein after he seized a guard's weapon, shot three guards and barricaded himself inside the compound. he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for a gruesome maryland murder in 1997. >>> and can you spell e-p-i-c. that's what this spelling bee is being called in jackson county. the competition had to shut down after 66 rounds. why? because of two remaining adversaries. they used up all the words. no more. the 11 and 13-year-old will face off again march 8th. so the winner goes to the national spelling bee. we were talking about this all morning. we're stumped. what do we do? where do we go? dictionary, open, pi

donny a marine corps and vietnam vet came running. >> i yelled up to her and told her not to do it andned to my coworker and asked him, do you think she's going to jump and he said she's falling as we speak. >> he positioned himself to catch her. the move left donny with a bruised left arm. he's doing better and according to donny so is the 21-year-old woman who jumped. he's kept in contact with her sister. >> she said when she's feeling better and she's at 100%, they would like to meet, which i'll be ecstatic to meet her. >> according to experts who spoke to donny. they say the impact was equivalent to a thousand pounds at 3/4 the force of gravity. his doctors say donny is lucky to be alive himself. >>> st. anthony's had a special guest to serve -- meal today. senator diane feinstein. in 1979 feinstein delivered st. anthony's 13 millionth meal. >>> the bay area locked in another warm area pattern. once again we're talking about widespread 70s. the extended we're talking about some more rain. we'll be excited about that in the long range forecast. as far as temperatures from today. one

. >> he said his marine corps training led him to do the right thing when a woman tried to commit suicide by jumping contract upper deck he suffered deep browses -- bruises trying to catch her. >> do you what you have to do. >> the woman fell 50' and ended up in critical condition but survived. >> he is the father of these and grandfather of eight who spent 17 years in the marines and 42 years working for the federal government. in the east by, they are calling him a hero. >> this act not only of heroism but for another person is something to take inspiration from. it is a humid life. i would do it again. >> today he got a proclamation and other honors from the city and county and join powers authority who run the coliseum and previously honored by the raiders' team and the hall of fameers who he has watched for years. >>> senator feinstein right now is helping st. anthony's foundation in san francisco mark a milestone. feinstein is at the dining hall helping serve the 40 millionth meal today. she last served the 13 millionth meal in the first firm as mayor in the 1970's. this event is a

a former marine corp.r in iraq and sniper in afghanistan, he returned home to cofound team rubicon. a non-profit of veterans and doctors who respond to disasters at home and around the world. from the philippines to oklahoma, putting the skills they learned in combat, logistics, teamwork and problem-solving to work. but more needs to be done for the tens of thousands of veterans looking for work. >> there's an opportunity to organizations like team rubicon to provide veterans with that sense of purpose, that sense of mission they had when they had the uniform on. >> for president bush, knowing the great cost of these wars, 6800 american service members killed, and 51,000 wounded, this new initiative to help returning veterans helps him as well. i think all of us, and i'll include myself in that, feel deeply about veterans. but for you, mr. president, it has to help you cope with what happened in those wars. >> no question it helps. yeah, i have duty. obviously got slightly emotional talking about our vets

marine corps veteran jim now serves as dav national service director and his fellow marine corps veteran barry janowski leads as executive director of headquarters in coal spring, kentucky. very good to have you back, too. with us today is miss susan miller who was elected today office of national commander of the dav aux illry. she prefld served as a registered nurse with the veterans administration and her son, trent, is a member of the united states army, recently serving in his second deployment to afghanistan. gentlemen and miss miller, thank you for your leadership and for your service. i look forward to working with each of you in your new roles and continuing to work with those of you that are continuing in the roles that you have had for a number of years. i'd also like to recognize the dav members from my home state of florida who may be with us today. if you could just raise your hand so we can say hello. isn't this just like home? this is just like home. welcome to those from the sunshine state. we're glad to have you here. each of you are a credit to our state of florida and

he is a marine corp veteran and among the zone people pleading with the woman not to jump when she plunged 45 feet from the upper deck. both of them hit the concrete hard and hospitalized. both are okay. ceremony to honor his actions will be held at 8:30 this morning. >>> a woman is fighting for her life after being hit in a busy pacific heights neighborhood in san francisco. it happened around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. this cement truck hit the woman while she was crossing the street. the driver tells police he never saw her. another driver saw the woman walk in front of the truck and yelled for the driver to stop. >> she was pinned under the first wheel. >> the pedestrian was described as being an asian woman in her 90s with gray spikey hair wearing a blue flannel shirt, jeans, and clogs. she under went surgery and is in critical condition. the driver was not cited because the pedestrian was walking outside the crosswalk. >>> an ac transit butt with passengers inside was caught in the middle of a deadly gun battle in oakland. it happened just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. an argument b

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cutting up the middle, because in the marine corps they are already doing that. middle.out the this program is already going on. , giving themg out the incentives to get out. we areans, again, that starting to flood the economy with newly unemployed people from close bases. communities are going to take the brunt of not having that support, holding out when you have those capabilities. and about operational maintenance? we will continue spending on operations and maintenance, but let me ask you, operations -- do we need to be in every conflict? this way we continue being a strong military presence. there may be no way of working in these wars. guest: that is for secretary hagel said yesterday. we are not going to be preparing to fight every war. in libya we had a much more limited air operation. country is much more reluctant to fight every war and get local police officers who were sometimes referred to. we are seeing a shift in that. in the marines, people are being given incentives to leave. the front page of "the usa today to go with this, -- today," with --

to build a stunning snow replica of the iwo jima sculpture outside the national museum at the marine corps. >>> one church is sending a message that reads, whoever is praying for snow, please stop. i promise you, bill, it is not me. i am praying for some sunshine. can we get some questionabling to me -- quickly to melt all this way? >> flooding is a huge concern. you want it to go, right? >> trust me, i want it gone. >> people in eli will are watching this this morning. we have flood warnings in a few spots. we have heavy rain moving through the region. it's a light storm with thunderstorms coming up through the ohio valley as we go throughout the afternoon into the tennessee valley. maybe a few severe storms. i mention the heavy rain. look at this radar. the yellow and the orange and even thunderstorms right now. from the chicago area up to milwaukee, watch out for a lot of water on the road and secondary roads with poor drainage areas throughout your morning commute. we will see severe storms this afternoon and this evening. a large area. not too many tornadoes, but we will see wind dama

the construction is needed to relocate the futenma marine corps air station within the prefecture under japan/u.s. agreement. >> seeing so many students at the museum was really, i think, a great reminder of the importance of working together to reduce the burden of the american military presence here. >> kennedy told nakaima she will cooperate. she said she wants to help build a future for children in okinawa. the ambassador also referred to the start of japan/u.s. talks on a new treaty over environmental inspections of u.s. military compounds in japan. >> i think that is a good -- a good step, and hopefully we can work together to keep the momentum moving forward for progress. >> after the meeting, nakaima told reporters it is difficult to solve the base problem in the short-term. he said he wants to talk more with kennedy to convey the okinawa people's sentiments. >>> japan's ranking has fallen in the world press freedom index. reporters without borders downgraded the country by six notches in its annual listing. this follows the passing of the controversial state secrecy law by the

the marine corps' inherent agility, crisis response capabilities and mary time to focus make it sufficient today, the marines number is about 90,000. they will -- about 190,000. they will draw down to 182,000. se question tration are imposed marines would have to dwindle down to 175,000ful we will devote about 900 more marines to provide and enhance embassy security around the world. finally the army. a highly ready opponent. the army hust accelerate the pace and increase the scale of army.st war -- post war the army planned to reduce to 490,000. however, the strategic choices and management review and the kudr both determineded that since we are no longer sizing the force for security military operations, an army of this size is larger than those require to meet the demand. given the reduce budgets it is larger than we could afford to modernize and keep ready. we have decided to further increase it to a range of 440, to 450 soldiers. i've accepted the army's recommendation to terminate the ground vehicle program and recorrect the funds towards developing a next generation platform. i've a

of defense chuck hagel has announced he will not reconsider the medal of honor nomination for marine corpsant rafael peralta. the marine died in iraq in 2004, but the effort to award him the nation's highest military honor has drawn conflicting accounts. here is jeff pegues. >> reporter: in 2004, sergeant rafeal peralta's squad was clearing a house during the battle of fallujah. when insurgents opened fire, the 25-year-old was standing next to sergeant nick jones, who spoke with cbs news in 2010. >> they were just spraying and praying, trying to hit anything that came through the door, and it happened to be us standing there. >> reporter: peralta went down, turns out he was hit by friendly fire, then an insurgent tossed a grenade into the room. >> before it even came to a stop, i just saw his arm move up and he grabbed it, just scooped it underneath his body. >> reporter: peralta was killed, and it is that version of events that led to him being awarded the navy cross. but an unsuccessful request to reopen a medal of honor nomination has unearthed conflicting accounts of what happened. dav

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