we're at 99-- i'm sorry, 92.9% of those marines that are coming into-- that want it stay in the marine corps, that's where we're at right now for retaining marines and it's not a first in, first out. we actually have the ability to look at the marines that want to stay in and have boards and only retain the highest quality of the marines, including second term marines at 99.5% of those marines that want to stay in that we retain. so, we think we're in a good place. and they've done a lot to go out in the markets and expand beyond that to ensure that we hit markets and folks that perhaps we haven't touched in the past. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm going to defer on my colleague to ask the first set of questions. >> i thank the ranking member for deterring and chairman and ranking member for holding this committee, this hearing. as you all have noted in your testimony, the volatile nature of today's security environment and the complexity of threats our country faces do require the military services to recruit from a talent pool that is as broad as talented, as diverse as poss

aside from those events as disturbing as they are, i think today you look at our marine corps, your marine corps, we're as diverse and integrated as we've ever been. i would give credit to members of this committee for holding the mirror up and making us look at ourselves and ask ourselves some hard questions. since the marines united, we've clarified policies and rules and regulations so all marines know what's expected of them. we had to clarify what they could do to hold people accountable. that doesn't mean we're perfect. i've had a couple of my senior officers, one was an also and one was investigated by ourselves and was substantiated where i had to say i didn't have confidence in them to lead their organization. they are not the majority. they're not even close to the majority. and, yes, you should expect more from a more senior officer. so are we where we want to be? are we where you want us to be? no. are we in a better place than we were a year ago? i believe we are. that's on me and i just remind everybody that in my heart of hearts i've gone out and talked to thousands and thou

marine corps reserve.t is my pleasure to welcome the newest member of the pennsylvania dell fwation, he is a life listening resident and incidentally his family is up in the fwalry and i'm sure he'll be introducing them. right now i want to turn this over to the dean of the pennsylvania republican delegation, mr. bill shuster, for some comments. mr. shuster: i thank the gentleman. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, on behalf of the pennsylvania republican delegation, i rise today to welcome the newest member of the pennsylvania delegation representing the 18th district, conor lamb. as mike mentioned, he continues a lamb family tradition, public service and politics. again as a prosecutor and as a marine we thank him for his service to the nation. i'd also like to point out that conor and i share a unique bond. obviously both of our families have been involved in politics for a number of year. we both come from pennsylvania, the lambs from the south hill the shuster from the valley, we share c

>> we recently opened up bring combat training last so if you're an administrator you'll go to marine corps training to learn how to be a marine first. we've open that up to females. we've opened up all snowfields. you go into some of these ground centric but we understand that we are making progress -- were ensuring that commanders are trained in units of trade on unconscious bias. were taken proactive steps to ensure women are accepted that every mos in the marine corps. >> how many generals are women? >> we have three. >> out of how many? >> 82 active. >> thank you. >> it's hard to do to committee hearings in the speech. thank you for being here. it's good to be here with friends i have served with. i experienced appreciate your expertise and leadership. >> are we seen any negative or adverse retention or recruitment? >> we monitor that closely. about 9% of the reserve have opted into the blender retirement. will be a significant indicator of retention and we may have to change how we retain talent. think the dynamic will change but we won't see that for the next seven to make ten years.

commandant general miller, the marine corps has a series of cases of sexual misconduct. you are not the only service facing this. it was only discovered when he abused a young child and then you also have a marine brigadier general that included sexual assault is appropriate criticism. can i ask you very seriously and in the difficult challenge how long you address that culture that might be contributing to this issue? >> you and i have talked about this. i appreciate the question. aside from those events and as disturbing as they are, you look at the marine corps that is as diverse and integrated and inclusive as we've ever been. and i would give credit to the members of the committee for holding up the mirror and making us look at ourselves and ask some hard questions. so since the marine united we've clarified policies and rules and regulations so they know what is expected of them to hold people accountable. it doesn't mean that we are perfect. i have i've had a couple of my r officers. one was an allegation and one was investigated and substantiated where i have to s

we look forward to hearing from each of you as to how the navy and marine corp the marine corpo support these objectives. i was pleased to see the requested increases that aligned with the new strategy including the warships and expanded investment in precision air defense electronics warfare and other critical capabilities in the next five years. i continued to be concerned about the readiness with a number of recent air and sea mishaps and the tragic loss of life results and i hope you have a chance to talk about that. when we have this accelerated mishap obviously it has something to do with the up-tempo maintenance and training and it's been difficult to identify just where that is however it is something we need to be talking about and they are prioritizing many challenges during the time when they are asked to maintain high operations tempo's. we look forward to hearing where you would use additional industries to fill in the gaps to support the priorities outlined in the national defense strategy. finally recognizing servers in the military is inherently difficult and i would lik

about your marine corps reserve. i'm honored to be with component service chiefs and i'll be brief. i've been a film of marine forces reserve for two and half years and are pleased to inform you that your marine corps reserve is thriving. morale remains high as evident by reserve component end strength climbing to 99% of our total requirement. reenlistment rate increasing over 25% during the past three years all while the demand for research support to combatant commanders requirements continues to rise. the responsibility we carry in the marine forces reserve is stable to respond on a moment's notice with fully man, trained and equipped and superbly led compatible units that can instantly and seamlessly plug into active component formation. a critical capabilities provided by marine forces reserve to the total force increases the lithology of the core and contributes to the competitive advantage making over our adversaries. at any given time point forces reserve stand straight to provide appropriate sized element of

veteran of the marine corps himself took a former member of charlie company back to me live for the first time to meet survivors of that horrific atrocity and now fifty years on from the massacre itself today's rewind is a moving emotional return to the scene of one of the most shocking events of the vietnam war from two thousand and eight here is heart of darkness. these grenades killed all of. the banks. they ordered all of the families to sit or stand in the dish and then they shot after five minutes they shot the second time they heard weeping they shot a third time. for the fourth and my six year old son and i we lie down and news the rights to cover. three or four bodies were found on the. backs of that day march sixteenth one thousand sixty eight when the dispute an army photographer captured moments of a bloody assault. when the story would have been leaked out more than a year later there was an investigation twenty five members of charlie company and their officers were charged. with murder there were few trials only one person. was found guilty he was never punished. charges ag

marine corps josh thanks for speaking to us on a rewind can you take us back to the moments in the film when you brought together ken she'll along with one of his victims what was that moment like when ken came he came a belief i remember is like straight from the airport that's my first time to meet him you see it on camera me shaking his hands he gets out of the van. we had just planned kind of let's just walk around a bit see what you remember kind of put you back in the place and while doing that kong saw us and came over and started to enquire about you know who killed was and where he was there in vietnam and it all started to unfold before our eyes and this really emotional moment that i would not have set up in such a way. because of the motions were so high but we couldn't quite stop it he really seemed to struggle though when you were questioning him he struggled answering your questions what do you think oh was going on through his head at the time i one hundred percent believe that in order for ken to continue to live his life that he had made a very intentional twice to sil

>> and as a marine corps we like to lose about 70% of those recruits in that year. we need about one third to stay in the marine corps for that second list meant so most of that 70% do the first-term enlistment and then leave some are voluntary some we don't have the space but i mentioned we are retaining the impact that 92% with four range movers. >> thank you very much but then she talked stress fractures we can do a lot more and to engage with you more on that. we may need a whole other hearing on that and i will be glad to do that. it is more than just calcium but i will address if somebody wants to join they go to the process. the recruiter starts thinking they are in the state young people that what do you want to do with the military? i was so impressed that 90% of the enlisted. >> what do you want to do in the army or after? whether it is 20 years plus or 40 years, are we investing, what does success look like? yes that is successful when they reenlist and that is what we should talk about but are we talking about your long-term success x talk about marketin

so you own that space. >> brangham: general robert neller is the commandant of the marine corps, its sofior cer. neller visited marine bases nationwide to address the scandal, which he says isn't just about online behavior, it's about basic respect for women in the corps.e >> and the wayeat them is not acceptable. anuif you think that's, if think that's bull ( bleep ), go ask them! i don't lieve we have in the aggregate valued or respected the contribution or participation of women in our corps. >> brangham: when you first heard about marines united, wer? you surpri >> i wasn't surprised. and i think that's what's really sad. make sure you get up out of your seats and giveim a huge warm welcome. >> brangham: captain justine elena is in the marine reserves and she works as an audience coordinator at comedy central's "the daily show with trevor noah." s seven years ag was active duty, a lieutenant deployed in afghanistan. she says marines united wasn't a surprise because she knew of many examples of sexual harassment and assault not being taken seriously. and on her first assignment ov

the critical capabilities provided by marine forces reserve to the total force increases the of the corps. and contribute to the competitive advantaged maintained over our adversaries. at any given time marine forces reserves stands ready to provide a brigade size the element of reserves marines and sailors fully trained for combat operations to support the active component in order to form a total force fight tonight capability. while the remainder of our force remains poised to augment and reinforce given amounts of predeployment training based on the wartime mission assignments. i'd like to leave this distinguished body with two thoughts on how continued support from congress can result in a more lethal marine corps. reserve force, number one, reserve marines have 38 training days per year and every scheduled event is preparation for combat. missed training opportunities are unrecoverable in terms of personnel, materials and training readiness while morale and retention of the force suffers. the shutdown on january 20th. almost 8,000 personnel had their drill weekend canceled or reduce

to reestablish tortoises in the wild and include programs like this head-start facility on the marine corps base in 29 palms, california. brian henen: the head-start facility is part of our overall program to manage and protect the tortoises that we have here at the marine corps base in 29 palms. the general concept is we protect the eggs and the hatchlings until they grow enough until we can put them back in the wild. and at that time, they're large enough and their shell is hard enough where most predators, especially the ravens, cannot prey upon them. we monitor their reproductive status, and if they have eggs, thehen we bring them into the facility and allow them to nest in the facility. our facility's actually in the middle of theieir habitat. so there are natural conditions where they can lay their eggs and they can move around in their habitat at their own free will. we just bring them in temporarily so that they can lay their eggs and then they can move on. narrator: the projectct includes two captive females, thelma and louise. they enjoy some perks the other tortoises don't. brian

the marine corps says it presumes all four crew members are dead. video from the screen shows another helicopter circling the crash site near plaster city about 20 miles north of the u.s.-mexico border. the names of the four crew members have not been released at this point. it's unknown what caused the crash. >>> also breaking overnight, police in san bruno, california, have identified the youtube shooter as nasim aghdam, a san diego woman in her late 30s. officials say she shot three people at youtube headquarters in the san francisco suburb and then apparently took her own life. one of the wounded, a 36-year-old man in critical condition. a fourth person was injured trying to escape the gunfire. a witness described the scene to cnn after shots rang out on youtube's campus tuesday afternoon. >> first i heard three or four shots. i ran around the building. i encountered a girl running from the street to me. grabbed her, told the people inside -- put her -- open the door, open the door, put her inside the building. >> reporter: she was by herself? >

he joined the marine corps in may 2016. helicopter when it departed at marine corps air ground combat center in twentynine palms, california for training. the cause of the crash is under investigation. (steve) president trump will not be the first president to send troop to our southern border. in fact: presidents clinton, george w. bush, and obama all sent and withdrew troops from the border for various reasons. our washington correspondent brie jackson reports on the history, the cost, and the jobs the troops are likely to perform. defense officials say their plan is for national guard troops to assist border patrol. rep. steve stivers served in the guard for 30 years, he says it's a good call that's been made before. rep. steve stivers/ ohio (r) the last two presidents, president obama and bush both called up the national guard to secure the border for different reasons at different times.veteran will fischer says sending national guard troops to the u.s mexico border now is a waste of resources. will fischer/ votevetswh

four marines presumed dead in another tragic us marine corps helicopter crash.he ch 53 super stallion chopper went down in southern california during a routine training mission and the names of those killed have not been released. it is unclear what went wrong. this is the deadliest crash for the marine corps since a cargo plane went down in mississippi last july killing all 16 on board. a massive search is planned during low tide today to hopefully find three children missing since their family's car plunged off a cliff in california. police not ruling out the possibility the children may not have been in the car. their mother and three other children, siblings, were killed. rescuers searching the root the family took from their home in washington state for any sign of the missing children. officials hope this photo of the mother, jennifer hart, in a store in california a day before the accident could provide more clues. now to another fox news alert, police identifying the youtube shooter as an activist with a vendetta against the company, three people were sh

he lived out the marine corps creed semper fidelis, always faithful.thful to our country, faithful to his family, and now the boy from the little rock house has reached the top of the mountain. we know he is home. may god bless you. [applause] [organ music] ♪ >> i dont think anybody could improve on what brian had to say. it was a wonderful speech. thank you very much. i was in new york until 4:30. i was going to come as the governor but i found out i was invited to as a president, so i am very glad to be here today. [laughter] i have been a friend of zell miller -- off and on -- [laughter] for 55 years. we were both elected to the georgia senate. zell had served a term before i did so he was an expert on state government. he was very helpful to me and all of the new senators that were there to serve with him. zell was, as has been said already, an educator. he loved the college where his mother and father had both taught and zell was there for many years. i'm just finishing up my 36th year teaching at emory university so he and i have a lot in common.

the marine corps presumes all four crew members are dead.o shows another helicopter circling the crash site near plaster city, about 20 miles north of the u.s.-mexico border. the names of the four crew members have not been released, and at this point it's unknown what caused the crash. >>> overnight out of california, police in san bruno have identified the youtube shooter as nasim aghdam. a san diego woman in her late 30s. officials say she shot three people at the youtube headquarters in the san francisco suburb and then apparently took her own life. one of the wounded, a 36-year-old man in critical condition. a fourth person was injured trying to escape the gunfire. the shooter's brother tells cnn affiliate kgtv the family had reported her missing. they knew she had a problem with youtube and its owner google. she was angry about a change in google policies that cost her viewers on her vegan youtube page. the brother who did not want to be identified says when he learned her car had been found not far from google headquarters in mountain

the question is can he be as a marine corps combat veteran can he be marine corps tough in cleaning house in the v.a.? we -- in 2014, we gave the authority to the department of veterans affairs to the secretary to remove without all the civil service protections senior v.a. bureaucrats, mcdonald, secretary mcdonald never used that authority. secretary shulkin never used that authority. will he go in there and program run by senior bureaucrats that year after year have had documented failures and just clean house? that's what we need. >> harris: you know, have you had a talk with him? i was speaking with people yesterday, one of them from kansas, senator jerry more ran who was saying that he had just met with ronny jackson? is that something you are doing. >> something i have asked to do i know i'm a house member and his priority is senate confirmation right now. >> harris: right. but information is good no matter where it comes from on the hill. >> oh, yeah. no, i certainly have reached out to him to talk to him. and to, you know, as a member of the house veterans affairs committee, as a

host: is he army or marine corps? >> the navy, i'm pretty sure.laughter] host: i was in the navy and we the marine corps, we carried them around. i'm sure you have to ask one of the marine corps officers what they think about that. anyway, what did you learn? >> i think the biggest thing is i can do anything. sometimes you learn that you -- you believe you cannot be a supreme court justice because they are such high officials. what i learned is that they are regular people who decided that they want to make a change in this world and that everyone of -- every one of us is capable and has the ability to do that. host: i want to go to a mentor. one of these -- doesn't look like they want to talk, but who wants to tell me about the mentor program? what is your name? do you think i am right about the navy and the marines? i know you are not in either service. >> yes, sir. [laughter] host: where are you from, what are you doing in the service, and what was your goal this week? >> i am from little rock, arkansas, my goal was to mentor the delegates. a l

my grandfather was a united marine corps. my great grandfather was united guard.coast i like to say, i saw news report about how in las vegas homelesso many veterans. they put their lives on the line. should create more benefit and policies to protect them and their family and future. us. sacrifice for they should not be living on the worried. food and shelter that invest given their lives so we can have right to speak about these problems toe. .o thank you >> i'm from charlotte, north carolina. i'm passionate about school segregation and school inequality on the high school primary level in charlotte particularly, nearly 80% of minorities attend majority poverty schools in charlotte. kay -- caucasian students is in the 20's. is 50th in terms of social mobility. it's time for reform. i'm a firm believer your right to pursuit of happiness and good should no be of your bank account and the neighborhood you're from >> yes, sir. name is aaron i'm from colorado. concernedssue i'm about is expanding civic engagement. one statement

i was in the navy and we carried the marine corps around. i'm sure you have to ask one of the marine corps officers what they think about that. what did you learn? question you can do anything. sometimes you learn that you cannot be a judge or justice and i am learning that they are regular people who decided that they want to make a change in this world and that everyone of us is capable and has the ability to do that. host: i want to go to a mentor. who wants to tell me about that? >> what is your name? about think i am right the navy and the marines. >> yes, sir. goal this was your week? >> my goal was to mentor the delegates. a lot of the maturity they lack on how to work together, a lot of the guest speakers spoke about civility and how we cannot get to our goals alone. both sides have to work together to make the world better. host: how are you pick? >> we go through a competitive process along with other officers. aboutit is time to talk substance and things that you feel strongly about and i will start by asking you, you met with the

he army or marine corps? >> he's in the navy i'm pretty sure.ost: i was in the navy and the marine corps. we carried them around. that's how that works. know it.ou didn't i'm sure you have to ask one of these marine corps what they think of that statement. learned hat have you from him? >> i learned that i think the biggest thing is i can do anything. i think sometimes we believe that you can't be a senator or court justice because there's such high officials. and i think what i've learned is they're just regular people who wanted to makeey a change in this world. and that every single one of us is exactly capable and has the to do that as well. host: thank you. i want to go to one of the mentors here in a moment. one of these, they look like they want to talk but i'm going to -- who wants to tell me about mentor program? you want to tell me about the mentor program? please?your name, >> verneda corbett. you think i was right what i said about the navy and the marines? >> yes, sir. host: thank you very much. where are you from? what are you doin

b ngham: military investigators concluded that 55 members of the marines corps broke the rules. n marines were court martialed, six others were kicked out. another 42 received minor punishments. none of them were in a command position. >> you have to have that image that your presence online. c >> brangham: tps has now changed its social media policy, and now instructs all marines op apate online behavior. >> you got the brief, you got the training. the corps believes its plan to add more women to leadership roles will also help, and they've started additional training during boot cand beyondso they've al setup a task force to issue recommendations. >> i admit i was ignorant of all the stuff that was going on. i'm not anymore. >> brangham: do you think enough r ople have been held responsible for thtions? >> where the evidence was there, those people were helde. accounta >> this is about a cultural rot that exists not just in the a marines, i mig, but in all the military services. sexual assault in our military, and military academies. >> brangham: congresswoman jackie speier, de

it can be framed by the unofficial marine corps slogan. adapt and overcome. it's exactly what one young marine did when an ied left him severely wounded on the battlefield and nearly robbed him of his dream to serve in uniform. since he was a kid growing up in milwaukee, christopher lawrence wanted to be in uniform. >> every little boy wants to be a cop or firefighter or a soldier. >> reporter: at 17, he joined the marines. >> you're going to war in the marine corps, you're going to see combat. that's just what happens. >> reporter: in 2007 as lawrence walked a patrol in iraq, a roadside bomb exploded. >> next thing i know, i wake up in bethesda, maryland. i had no idea what happened to me. no idea. >> his injuries were extensive. his right leg amputated. he couldn't go back on duty as a marine, but he was determined to find a way to serve once more. >> i love being in uniform. i love to help people. >> reporter: lawrence lost a leg, but not his positive attitude. despite rejections from four police departments, he got into the academy where he was spotted by

testimony from the secretary of the navy, the chief of naval operations, and the commandant of the marine corpslkbout a half-hour, we to a senator about the u.s. military mission in syria. then the hill's white house correspondent on the trump administration's russia policy. and

the helicopter crash marked second in eight hours with the marine corps. ted in stable condition. the helicopter crash in california marked deadliest crash for the marines since a cargo plane crashed in the mississippi delta in july killing all 16 board. the head of marines said the ch 53 fleet was inadequate. 37% of his heavy lift helicopters could fly. the current state of u.s. military aviation is one of the reasons president trump signed the large spending bill last month which includes $45 billion to get more planes back in the air, billions more to get mechanic as on the flight line to relieve an overtaxed force. marines are holding identity subject to next of kin notifications. guys? brian: lucas, thank you. another training accident. ainsley: i know. i know. pete: first think of them, their families notifications impossible to talk about. you look the way our military has been maintained. training has been cut back. sequestration has been devastating on a letlot of levels. don't know if that is is. ainsley: what withfunding how will that help? >> mo

and hours after a marine corps helicopter crashed during a training mission.t is not the first accident at the base in recent years. >> in 2014 heavier crash -- >> marine corps jet crashed on takeoff in the african country of djibouti, the pilot was ejected and in stable condition. donald trump has been pushing to rebuild the military, $630 billion for the affirmative defense. in 2019 that spending will extend to $2086, it would be spent on the military aircraft. and $5.8 billion to new vehicles. none of those vehicles accidents are included in the budget proposal as major investments. heather: we need to stop it, 3 in two days. revealing they stopped and isis missile plots releasing video of forces arresting 10 people in gaza targeting naval ships. firing a missile and kidnap surviving soldiers, and a live sentence. jessica rosen will take the hot seat in hawaii's falls missile alert. and an incoming nuclear missile alert sparking 38 minutes of panic while human ever was the cause. to send the alert, does not differentiate between test and live alarm. this im

let me tell you on behalf of the navy, marine corp. team, we understand that this put people in the farthest edges of their comfort zone, and we are wildly supportive of that and we thank you for your efforts. we look forward to getting those resources as soon as possible in order to enhance readiness in our department. these national defense strategy building our credible force. i echo what secretary esper just said about the need for resourcing. today 90,000 sailors and marines are stationed using the global commons for medium ensuring the maritime lanes remain free and open. assuring access to overseas regions, defending key interests in those areas, protecting united states citizens abroad, preventing adversaries from leveraging the world's oceans against us, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. our budget requests enhance readiness and continue increasing the capability and capacity of the navy marine corps team. as directed in the 2018 national defense strategy our budget submission supports building a morley that will, resilient and

what did you learn in the marine corps that will help you in trump's washington?and, you know, speaking truth to power. i think that, you know, having -- being male dominated doesn't really matter. you just go in there, as a marine, what we care about is performance. we care about competence. i think those are traits that are really needed right now. >> one thing that democrats have focused on in what is shaping up to be a wavy alexis year is the potential of the impeachment of president trump. this is something that progressives have talked quite a bit about. do you believe this president should be impeached? >> you know, i think we ought to wait for the mueller investigation to go to full -- to its full completion. right now, let's wait for that. let's wait for all the facts to come out and then decide after that. >> you have accused some in the democratic establishment of essentially abandoning your campaign or lining up behind one of your opponents, the mayor of lexington in particular. do you believe democrats in washington are putting their finger on the sca

marine corps trucks from the navy ship onto this utility.it landed near pier 50 and then the trucks rolled off. this was on sunday. sunday night and early into the morning, the u.s. marine corps started setting up tents, medical facilities, in the event of a catastrophic emergency. we had a great partnership with the state of california partners that do esf 8 and our own public health. we want to thank their group for supporting the effort. interestingly, this is outside of general hospital, so this was a great opportunity for us to have folks work in the emergency department come out, look at the tents and in turn, we could send in our u.s. marine corps and california state representatives into the hospital to look at how we do day-to-day operations. the next exercise we did, this was three weeks later. it's vigilant guardian. this was sponsored by the urban area security initiative, the bay air. we worked with the department of energy, those are the folks that are going to help us if we have radiological or nuclear attack. this is a type o

going back to his days in the marine corps. >> president george w.minates robert mueller, a republican, to be the sixth director of the fbi, on july 5, 2001. >> protect and defend the -- >> after a bruising election victory over al gore, partisan rancor is at an all time high. bush's pick to run the fbi needs democratic backing to ensure confirmation. >> i think he was seen as somebody serious, well-regarded, disciplined, highly focused and very much a team player. >> willie brown, san francisco's mayor during mueller's tenure as u.s. attorney, lobbies california's democratic senators on his behalf. >> he ca ito see me because he needed to get democratic senate approval of a job which he was being offered as head of the fbi. i was pleased that he did, because i loved speaking to senator feinstein and senator boxer about my experience with him, my knowledge of him and the reputation that i knew that he had. >> thank you very much, mr. president. >> the camera-shy mueller speaks for 47 seconds at his own nomination ceremony. >> again, thank you, mr. pr

when i joined the marine corps in 1960, i left this country and less than a year and when we boarded the plane in hawaii, we were told we were going to war. the last time i left this country to go to war was in 19 1968. the president that was elected in 1972 -- i mean in 1992, was in russia while i was in vietnam, and we were losing. they claim it was average of 250 while he was in russia, protesting against the war. host: you mention 1968, we'll be talking more about 1968 as our america in turmoil series continues tomorrow. tune in for that starting at 8:30 tomorrow. but as "washington journal" viewers know, our c-span bus has been working its way across the united states as part of our "50 capitals tour." this week we continued our tour with a stop in utah. >> we are on stop number 29 of c-span's "50 capitals tour," taking us to salt lake city, utah. the city of around 200,000 people, one of the youngest populations in the united states. joining us now is the 17th governor of utah, governor gary herbert, republican. sir, thank you so much for being on the c-span bus, let's begin wi

we cannot comment specific details due to the ongoing investigation by the marine corps police departmentans police department. the statement goes on to say these allegations are being taken extremely seriously by the marines and they're fully cooperating with authorities. we've learned these three men are recently listed back in 2017. we've also learned that though this incident reportedly happened off the tulane university campus, the campus took steps to keep their student body up to date, even sending out an alert for some students or at least information about this incident, just giving them a heads up, essentially about what had taken place here. again, ryan, we can confirm these three young men are facing rape charges in new orleans. >> all right. polo sandoval, thank you for that report. >>> the president and rapper kanye west loses millions of twitter followers after publicly supporting president trump. is the backlash fair? and how does that square with past criticism west has leveled against republican presidents? the digital divide is splitting this country. we have parents wh