. >> the navy secretary, marine corps, not in vice chief of naval operations testify before the armed services subcommittee recently about navy and marine readiness. mississippi senator roger wicker chairs the hearing. >> seapower and readiness they convened this morning to examine the marine corps readiness. welcome or for distinguished witnesses. the honorable richard e. spencer, general robert b. miller, commandant of the marine corps. admiral william f. moynihan, vice chief of naval operations and mr. john h. pendleton, director of defense capabilities management at the government accountability office. let me begin by expressing deepest condolences to the family and friends of the six marines who died after a midair collision last day near japan. this serves as a reminder of the dangers those in uniform face on a daily basis. i think chairman sullivan and ricky members to row now and came for agreeing to hold this hearing jointly in this rescheduled hearing. we will discuss a range of important issues today the cross subcommittee jurisdictions such as equipment modernization and

compare that with the marine corps, who have a mission capable on their older ones of 60%. i would like your thoughts why the marines have a higher capability, same depot were different depot, and if you compare that with the air force , they are 16 aircraft and have a 70%. what is the difference in discrepancy, and is it a matter that the intensity of the obligations is that much greater in area of best practices was in ? what in your opinion is causing the difference between the mission capable differences? dir. pendleton: senator, i'm going to have to get back to you with a better answer, but it has to do with the experience levels, the throughput and we just haven't done the comparison you're talking about, so i don't feel comfortable opining about it, but we visited all of those places in recent years and some folks might be able to talk about that, but i don't feel comfortable making those comparisons. sen. rounds: admiral moran? moran: thank you for the question. we've got to make sure we are comparing apples and apples. our current statistics are the mission capabili

officials say lanceorral riley kuznia was killed in a shooting at the marine corps barracks in southeahingtonn tuesday. this morning there are still a lot of questions surrounding his death. >> news 4's megan mcgrath is live outside the marine barracks with the latest details. megan, we're also hearing from kuznia's father. >> reporter: that's right. we spoke to his father by phone, and frankly, he has a lot of questions himself and is hoping to get more information about his son's death soo now, 20-year-old lance corporal riley k onia was duty and in uniform at the time that he was shot and killed here a marine barracks washington. marine corps officials confirm that it was not a suicide, so this was not a self-inflicted guhot wound. "the washington post" is citing sources saying that the shooting was accidental, that kuznia was hit by a round discharged from a fellow marine's weapon. corporal kuznia's father spoke to news 4 byhe phone. says his son always wanted to serve and he others. >> he was moving up the ranks quickly. just for starting, i didn't think he was going to be thatup far but

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 thank you that 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. about the end of 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 a

there were only two-thirds of the marines corps i was allowed to go to as a woman. an effort to ensure that my marines were trained in all three of those thirds so that they could go on, all of them men, i was the only woman, i had to make sure they had all the competencies to go in their career, that required me seeking out training for them and partnering with units that were in combat environments. i trained with them and i remember being in 29 palms on a training exercise and being partnered with ap amphibious assault platoon because that's where we were assigned and no one thought anything of it and when i showed up as the commander heading out for a week of training the sergeant major came over and said, you're not allowed to go with us. as a woman you're not allowed to training with us, which technically was true, and he said, you know, i don't have a problem with it, but i think some of these guys are going to have a problem. i looked at him and i got tall and i said, well, i'm really glad that you don't have a problem with it and i turned around and i got i

marine corps. and in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. >>> new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> sunday on "q & a," author and columnist, james grant. >> i make my living by writing about markets in something called grants interest rate observer, which is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street as -- wall street is what it is. it's been a name either -- not so widely revered. an infamous name. wall street is an epithet,

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 was like straight from the airport that's my first time to meet him you see it on camera me shaking as as 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 silo w

marine corps josh thanks for speaking to us on a rewind can you take us back to that moment 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 was like straight from the airport that's my first time to meet him you see it on camera me shaking as as 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 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 silo what

and while i was at pensacola, then opted to take my commission in the united states marine corps. >> why did you decide to be a marine pilot as opposed to navy pilot? walt: well, we all had the same training, but in the navy, in those days, you ran the risk of being assigned to torpedo bombers or transport pilots, and the marine corps guaranteed you that your first tour you would be flying singe-engine fighter planes. >> that's what you wanted to do. walt: right. didn't want to take a chance of doing anything else. >> and did you that. walt: i did that. >> did you fly fire planes in combat? walt: i was in the last squadron that had a mission in korea, but we did not ever see any combat. we got to chase a couple of these bed check charlies, little light airplanes flying around at night, tremendous competition in a flight to go, to see who would get launched, just to shoot down anything that you could. i was flying night fighters at the time, and we would have -- one might be having dinner at the officer's mess there, and the alarm would go off, and we'd have an alert, and we always had

marine corps. district, hex succeeded someone who he worked with. congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. second day that my of the government shutdown setting a record for the longest government shutdown in u.s. history. continue to follow the story senate debate and briefings all on the c-span networks. the senate confirmation hearings for william barred to be the next attorney general of the united states begin on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. in december, the president nominated him to replace jeff sessions who had held the position since the beginning of the trump administration. william barred served as u.s. attorney general for george h.w. bush. watch at the confirmation process live tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. sunday, on "q&a" james grant -- >> i make my living about writing about those markets. it is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street. wall street is what it is. a mostly infamous an epithet through much of american history. our we ought to be more on g

they met at a marine corps ball. tell me what you thought when you first saw lorena. >> saw her over there, looks shy and innocent. umr. t over and asked her to we stasy. thow really ll in lo with him. >> they talked about getting married but that marriage got rushed when her green card or visa or whatever was running out. >> i never really expected to have a perfect marriage. but i knew there's things that if you -- you know, you can compromise and you cope. >> 1991, john gets discharged from the marine corps. so he is kind of without a steady paycheck. and he scraps and he tries. lorena is the main breadwinner. >> what was lorena doing for a living? >> she was working as a nanny for janet. jan janet, you know -- working for her at the beauty salon doing nails. >> janet vesuti was a businesswoman who owned the nail cuttery. >> janet was a little bit of a mother figure at that point. lorena oftentimes seemed to have cried on janet's shoulder. jat thaedo >> she saidhe loved him and sh going to do anything to try to ma

marine corps agreement i think we'll -- by the way we're going to bring in the marines to help us do this. okay. right here. >> you got to use the deal, man. >> okay. tom. thank you ted knutson. you said that the rumblings of a recession are wrong. yet yesterday a survey of fop economists at the american bankers association reported that they expect the chances to double in the next year or or that the chances would be one in three for a recession in 2020. why do you think you're right and they're wrong? >> i think -- i think if you talk to the professional economists -- and by the way they're very helpful after the fact -- no, but when you -- because they opine on what's happened. my -- my view is it's natural for them to do that because, you know, historically we have a recession every seven or so years and we're not doing that now. but we have -- you know, we have done a tax bill. we have done deregulation, we are setting up and i think improving trade issues. and i think that's going to give us a greater period of time. i had people call me up and say, well, you're totally wrong

marine corps officials confirm the marine was on duty and in uniform at the time heus sined a single gunshot wound to the head. >> there was no threat and there currently is no threat to local residents in the area. right now, command'sriority is to take care of those involves, specifically, the marine's family andfriends. >> reporter: news reports led many to assume the shooting was a suicide, but communications officer later confirmed to news 4 that the gunshot was not self-inflicted. in a statement, the commanding offir of marine corps barracks washington said "the command'se priorire to take care of the marine's family and friends. we want to ensure these personnel are being provided for during this challengg time." in 2013, a marine from sieth dakota d from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the same barracks. at that time, sources told.cews 4 police were looking into whether he shot himself in the presence of another marine during a so-called trust game in which marines dare each othero commit dangerous stunts. that does not appear to be the case in this most recent shooti. >> a

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 shiel along with one of his victims what was that moment like when ken came he came a belief i remember was 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 can 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 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 troy's to silo wha

marine corps, she says her proudest moment of her career was leading a company of marines into iraq during the 2003 invasion. and leading them back to safety. she's a participate in the bush institutes, stand to veteran leadership program. next we have retired u.s. navy admiral william mcraven, national hero, as commander of u.s. xhesh operations command, bill mcraven led the secret raids to osama bin laden and counterterrorism missions worldwide. former navy seal and white house national security advisor to president bush. served as chancellor at university of texas system from 2014 until retiring in may. jason pock. one of mary beth's fellow scholars in the bush institute veteran leadership program and i'm proud to say one of my colleagues at boeing. for a senior manager at boeing global engagement, responsible for excomputing our strategy for veterans at boeing. the graduate of academy at west point. while we employed to afghanistan in 2012 he was wounded by a dismounted ied while on foot patrol. he medically retired from the army with the rank of captain. jason's awards and decorations

marine corps. succeeding joe barton. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. house republicans were briefed about security on the southern border by homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and vice president mike pence. here are gop leaders. >> hi, everybody. we just had a good meeting with the vice president, secretary of homeland security. the main focus is we have a crisis at the southern border. no one denies we have a crisis at the southern border. it is a humanitarian and security crisis and we need to provide the necessary resources. the president continues to negotiate in good faith. he is giving an address this evening to show you the importance of the issue. at the same time, we are in a situation where even though we have provided information the democrats asked for in terms of detailing the necessary resources to use, they have not responded. they refused to negotiate. we are dedicated to making sure we secure the border and

officials say lance corporal riley kuznia was killed in a eaooting at the marine corps barracks in sou washington on tuesday. this morning there are still a lot of questions surroundingis death. >> news 4's megan mcgraths live outside of the marine barracks with the details. we're also hearing from kuznia's dad. >> reporter: that's right. we spoke to him by phone. he has a lot of questions surrounding his son's death and is hoping to get some answers, some more informaon later on today. 20-year-old lance corporal riley kuznia wasn duty and in uniform when he was shot and killed at marine barracks washington on new year's day. marine corpse officials confirm that it was not a suicide, w th not a self-inflicted gunshot wound. "the washington post" is citing sources saying that the shooting was accidental, that kuznia w hit by a round discharged from a fellow marine's weapon. kuznia's father spoke to news 4 by phone. he wants more information and wonders if his son'sld death c have been avoided. >> i'm not blaming anybody, but i mean, from what i've read, if proper procedures would have b

marine corps. in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked

. >> a couple things we do know, paul served two tours in iraq as part of the marine corps reserve but he was discharged for bad conduct. do we know anything about what led to that? >> privacy laws restrict a whole lot of information, but what we're hearing from military officials is there was some charges related to larceny, and that because of that he was discharged from the marine corps. he enlisted in 1994. as you said, he made a couple tours in iraq, 2004 and 2006, which were very dangerous and difficult years in iraq, especially for the marine corps out of anbar province, but then he made his way to staff sergeant before he was discharged. he's been working in that time since then in some sort of corporate security role. in that role he has made several trips to russia. as i said, he had some time there. he seems to have some command of the language. listening to his twin brother speak about him, he seemed to have an affinity for the country. he seemed to like being there, and he was there on some private business for a wedding. so we have a lot more questions than we have answer

not only that, there is a reason the marine corps anthem has the line, the shores of tripoli in it. it isn't because the devil dogs like to go on holiday to north africa. one of the first ever covert missions of this nation was 120 marines traveled with four ships into the north african arena to recapture a vessel. it had been taken hostage by the pirates in the kingdom of tripoli. because we had no navy after we were founded, our ships were praying for the pirates who were jihadists. for years we had to pay tribute, sailors were captured and enslaved. until a man named thomas jefferson became commander-in-chief. he said we are not a tributary nation. we will take back our ship. there's a 24-year-old young officer and he is the man who, under disguise leads these marines into the shores of tripoli. into the harbor to recapture the uss philadelphia. he couldn't recaptured it so he scuttled it. as a result of that which is recognized as the pope as the greatest act of any nation. thomas jefferson made it to the day, the youngest ever naval captain and u.s. history. the whole.of this b

marine corps , he washe six this are on the city council earlier in his career in arlington, texas.atch it all on c-span. briefing,weekly press house speaker nancy pelosi talked about the government shutdown and the effort to reopen parts of the government. this is 15 minutes. ms. pelosi: good morning. this week, the house democrats are continuing our -- to pass senate republican language. the senate opening day remarks, we want to accept good ideas wherever they come from.

marine corps. in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. up next more on the government shutdown from president trump from his visit to capitol hill. after the closed-door meeting at the white house, later the house votes on a bill to fund at the irs as part of an effort by democrats to reopen parts of the federal government. >> president trump was on capitol hill wednesday to

he served in the us marine corps and he served in the us marine corps and he served and fought in iraqhat he was discharged for bad conduct. he has subsequently been the director of global security for a car parts applying company and he seems to have made frequent visits to rusher and built up a lot of contacts, but that doesn't make him a spy. his family insist he is wholly innocent. the other woman, maria, family insist he is wholly innocent. the otherwoman, maria, has family insist he is wholly innocent. the other woman, maria, has already pleaded guilty to acting as an undisclosed agent of a foreign power in the united states, apparently by seeking to influence the gun—control debate. she's a real alms enthusiast. so could it be that the kremlin, which clearly wants to get her home, is simply using this as a way achieve that? james, thank you. police say there's evidence that members of criminal gangs are deliberately getting jobs in prisons to bring in drugs. the warning comes after leeds prison introduced an x—ray body scanner to detect illegal substances. but prisoners are find

finally he enrolled in cmi when he was 18 and adept in the marine corps as a corporal. multiple, multiple and gauge mensah oversees that the story i tell in the book is the story of guadalcanal and henderson field. .. to reinforce organically from the core. a battle that lasted three days in which the japanese, not only bombed and shelled the field from the sea but literal waves against combatives against summaries. this is the commander who never swayed in his capacity to keep his men's morale high. making sure they were clean-shaven, making sure that any man wanted to have a service, a kaplan partisan service. as such i think the figures i recall two and half thousand japanese with two dozen marines were killed. this is just an example of how leadership had detectable can have a strategic effect and how one airfield in the asia-pacific turned around the war for us in a way that is unimaginable in terms of the over technologist way that we look at work today. it is an attempt to illustrate the importance of leadership. >> excellent, you also in one of the chapters, you

i wanted to ask a little bit about nafta or united states marine corps -- [laughter] >> that's how i remembered how they called it. reporter: they may have a different name by the end of the year but i'm just wondering how you see passage of that going in n ideal world. we have prominent democrats who said they want to reopen it or amend it. you have the incoming chairman of the finance committee yesterday saying that if they do that maybe we should pull out of the existing deal as a way to move things forward. how do you see your role in getting this done and what is a possible pattern by which you could get this done as election pressures heat up? >> well first of all we are going to get it done and i will give you a couple reasons for that. but, you know the idea that some members of the congress are saying, or the senate is saying well we should pull out of 12 force -- you know if you pull out of it what you do is you start a six month clock where you are back in the original agreement and the congress has that amount of time to consider what their view is about what you are doin

represents the first step in a viable rebuilding process for the marine corps. the bill also includes $700 million to begin the rebuilding of continuedle air force base. this will support the relocation of the f-22 mission and bed down of f-35's. along with the planning for construction of new facilities. this funding is a crucial first step to begin the necessary rebuilding. we will rebuild. mr. speaker, i also want to point out this funding for continuedle in north carolina is a -- tindal in north carolina is a down payment. this administration should take the time to address these real emergencies and not the ones they have manufactured. finally, this bill includes a continuing resolution to reopen our government which is now in it's 26th day of being shut down. mr. speaker, as i said yesterday, the trump shut down is continuing to inflict serious financial pain and anxiety on families, business, and a cross the united states, opening the government is not a poison bill. it is our duty. this legislation will enable the areas affected by the hurricanes to begi

marine corps , he washe six this are on the city council earlier in his career in arlington, texas. watch it all on c-span. briefing,weekly press house speaker nancy pelosi talked about the government shutdown and the effort to reopen parts of the government. this is 15 minutes. ms. pelosi: good morning. this week, the house democrats are continuing our -- to pass senate republican language. the senate opening day remarks, we want to accept good ideas wherever they come from. a solution.re so in that spirit we accepted the senate republican language. four bills that had passed the senate 92-6. strong bipartisan support. we're putting those on the floor each day. yesterday we did the legislation to open up the treasury department to make sure that people there are able to come to work and be paid as they meet the needs of the american people. including but not confined to getting their refunds. getting a small business s.b.a. loan, answering questions for taxpayers calling in. the full function of the treasury department. can't say the treasury department come in, do the job, you're

right now the marine corps is investigatinghether the gunshot was accidental or what is officially calledli nnt discharge of a weapon >> right now the command priorities are to take care of ose involved, specifically the marine's family and friends. >> back in 2013, a marine from south dakota died from a selfndnflicted gunshot wo the head at the same barracks. so far the mandne's name a age in yesterday's incident has not been released. >>> we've also got an update to this massive warehouse fire in upper marlboro. taken several days, but the fire is finally out. firefighters have been trying to extinguish it since saturday afternoon. it calls for about a million and a half -- $1.5 million in damages. no word yet on what caused it, but we can tell you no one was hurt. >>> it is a new year and that means plenty of new laws on t oks. one of the new laws now requires hospitals to post their prices and take out the mystery of the cost of your health care. patient out of pocket costs vary depending on coverage and deductibles. government officials admit this is the first steor towards transparenc

publically very openly saying that they have reached a ten-year peak in deaths by suicide in the marine corps you the numbers. each one is one too many. 57 active duty marines, 18 marines in the reserves death by suicide in 2018. that's 75 marines. just this morning the navy acknowledging that they had 68 active duty personnel dying by suicide in 2018, a ten-year peak for them, as well. we are pursuing getting the numbers from the air force and the army emphasizing these are more than numbers. when we were reporting out this story, one of the marine corps officers made a plea. he said don't make them just numbers. all of these are people. all of these are absolutely something we remain deeply concerned about looking for ways to emphasize suicide prevention. if people need help they need to reach out for it. back to you guys. >> really important reporting. people, their families, their loved ones all reeling. >> barbara starr rr, thank you so much. >>> it's the top of the hour. i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. >> the work week begins and employees and contract workers couldn't be happier.

marine corps, deployed twice to iraq in 2004 and 2006. he was a staff sergeant in 2008 when he was court-martialed on larceny charges. stripped of his rank, given a bad conduct discharge from the marine corps. he now works for an auto parts company in the midwest. nobody quite understands what his connection is to russia. it's been reported today that he did have an active presence on at least one russian social media outlet. his family has said he has traveled to russia repeatedly, but they also say he was there this time for a purely social occasion, a friend's wedding, and that there's no chance that he was spying, which is what russia is alleging. after being arrested friday, russia should have provided him with access to american embassy officials within 72 hours. that did not happen, though, until today. when u.s. ambassador to russia jon huntsman was allowed to visit with him. that is unusual that the ambassador himself would take this kind of meeting. but the u.s. government is being quiet and acting a little strangely about this.

marine corps.hank you for your time and expertise. >> thank you, harris. >> harris: justice ruth bader ginsburg is such a another week of supreme court arguments in person, as she recuperates from cancer surgery. how the white house is reacting to her absence. plus, the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, has agreed to testify again on capitol hill. it prompts questions, does he have anything left to reveal? stay close. ♪ se? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. we're the tenney's and we're usaa members for life. call usaa to start saving on insurance today. ♪ [applause] >> harris: republicans could sizing house democrats for inviting president trump's former attorney, michael cohen, to testify on capitol hill. cohen is set to appear on february 7th. nearly exactly a month before he heads to prison for financial crimes and lying to congress. chief intelligence correspondent cath

a marine corps mom. and she is a champion of military families and spouses all around the world.f you have not heard about it, she is even an art teacher at a christian school. and i have to tell you, where is she? has she gone backstage? i want her to come back up. because i could not be more proud of the pro-life second lady of the united states of america, karen pence. isn't she something? and i tell you come up i go one step further, let me mention a friend of mine. fewst left his office a minutes ago and i told him i was headed your way. he is a leader whose heart you heard today at the march for life once again. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. the the said today at the march for life in his words, this is a movement founded on love and grounded in the nobility and dignity of every human life and so it is. all of you gathered in this room are a testament to that truth. this room, there are a lot of familiar faces. i have spotted more than a few. i have scenes some old friends that we of known in this movement

this potential independent department that would be caught akin to the air force the navy and the marine corps could add could also be detracting to u.s. interests i think that's possible possibly why you're seeing the pentagon demure on some of the statements surrounding this because they're playing catchup as well to the president because he has been very forceful in the city should because he politically he sees it as a legacy issue and one could be particular as the u.s. being a drama on increased military assistance but does it make sense and is it something that's sustainable in the next several years as military spending united states is going to be facing increased pressure based on all the other requirements the u.s. as and the slowdown of the u.s. economy are you suggesting that there are divisions within the department of defense about this issue. absolutely back in june of two thousand and eighteen the president order the pentagon to start implementing and researching a separate space force and it's widely known that secretary mabus former secretary madison opposed to separate depa

not only that, stephen decatur, there is a reason the marine corps anthem has the line the shores of tripoli in it. and it isn't because the devil dogs like to go on holiday inn africa purpose because what of the first ever covert missions of this nation was when 20 marines traveled with ships into the north african arena to recapture a vessel, the uss philadelphia that even taken the barbary pirates and the kingdom of tripoli. because with the navy after we were founded, our ships were pray for the barbary pirates who or what, muslim, jihadist. for years with the pay tribute. americans since were captured and asleep until a man named thomas jefferson becomes the commander-in-chief and he said we're not attribute or nation. we'll take back our ship and he deployed a tiny flotilla with his 24-year-old young officer, and use the men who, under disguise, leads this band of marines into the shores of tripoli come into the harbor to recapture the uss philadelphia. he couldn't recapture it so he scuttled it and as result of that brief action which is recognized by the pope as the greatest

first, he apparently had a rocky tenure in the marine corps. second, he also had no diplomatic immunity. >> reporter: his family saying he was only in russia to attend a friend's wedding. hans nichols, nbc news, washington. >>> netflix is under fire for pulling an episode of a show in saudi arabia that criticized the crown prince for the alleged role in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. nbc's andrea mitchell has more on the growing controversy. >> reporter: saudi arabia out law b an upcoming episode of muslim american comedian's network show slamming the crown prince for the murder of jamal khashoggi. >> just a few months ago, nbs was hailed as the reformer of the arab world needed, but the revelations about khashoggi's killing shattered that image. >> reporter: now in a controversial move netflix pulling that episode of the patriot act saying it has to compile with local law. saudis can still see it on youtube. he wrote clearly the best way to keep people from watching it is ban it, trend it online and leave it on youtube. the crown pr

and i had just left for marine corps boot camp. we weren't married. and she discovered that we were going to have our first child. she had five teachers that thought that it would be a good idea, because she was such a great student, to not ruin her life by having a child. and those five teachers encouraged her to go and receive an abortion. she understood the importance of life. because that child who would have been aborted now serves in the united states marine corps and is a major and will probably be a light colonel before long. he also has a law practice in our hometown. he's raised four children. he's an outstanding citizen. he serves on the county board. he's a respected member of society. he's even studying to go into the ministry. i'm so glad of the choice that she made. now, let me tell you that her life wasn't ruined, and she might jokingly say, well, i've still been with you for 38 years. but her life -- she went on and while she used her time as -- we were in 29 palms, california, in the marine corps, she took credit hours and sent that

right now the marine corps is investigating. >>> a man is in critical condition after being shot in the hea inorthwest d.c. fe was a bystander, the unintended target a violent shooting. this happened tuesday afternoon on first and kennedy street. police are hoping this will help theirinvestigation. >>> today the new acting defense secretary patrick shanahan beginsis first day o the job. shanahan will take on the j pentagon's top after the former secretary of defense, mes mattis, resigned last month because of disagreements with president trump over hisfo reign relation policies. >>> we just learned the winning $425 million mega millio ticket was sold in long land, new york. the winning ticket matched all five numbers and the gold s gaball in the new yea drawing. became the eighth largest jackpot in mega millions history. cash option, right around a quarter of a billion dollars. >>> new vid just into the newsroom this morning showing a scare during yesterday's rose bowl parade in california that you likely didn't see on tv. look at this, agh float c fire during the parade. the flames wer

officials also say when spent years in the marine corps but i was discharg 2008 for bad conduct. >>> the family of a silver spring woman murdered just before herng day says they now have justice. she wasled back in 2017. her fiance, anthony strong, called police and told them he killed her inside the home they shared. yesterday he was sentenced to life. strong pled guilty last october to slashing, smothering, and strangling his fiance. her family hopes this serves as a cautionary tale. >> in her memory, we would like to remind you to pay attention to all women your life who could potentially become victims of domestic violence. >> the judge suspended all but 45 years of strong's term. if he serves the full term, he could be in his o90s by the tim he's released. >>> this morning five dogs rescued from a fire on chrisevas are doing much better. the fire broke out at the middletown valley beagles kennel. it killed more than a dozen dogs and other animals. the dogs that were saved had sere burns and smoke inhalation. they were treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. it's the onltreatment

marine corps. succeeding joe barton.arlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. house republicans were briefed about security on the southern border by homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and vice president mike pence. here are gop leaders. >> hi, everybody. we just had a good meeting with the vice president, secretary of homeland security. the main focus is we have a crisis at the southern border. no one denies we have a crisis at the southern border.

that's after a marine corps veteran was arrested last week in moscow on spying charges. paul whelan was in moscow for a fellow marine's wedding, and he was last seen giving a tour of the kremlin. now the 48-year-old's twin brother is speaking out, insisting he is innocent and demanding his safe return. >> paul is your tourist who happens to be in apparently the wrong place at the wrong time. it's inconceivable that he took the actions that the russians have alleged. >> according to russia's state-run news agency, if found guilty, whelan could face up to 20 years in prison. >>> now to the terrifying moments for a family at a zoo in florida. a 2-year-old girl falling into a rhino enclosure there and airlifted to the hospital. nbc's catie beck has the latest. orter: a family new year's day trip to a florida zoo turned terrifyingn toppled into a rhin exhibit. a witness posting this picture >> she's conscious at this time. >> reporter: the zoo in melbourne says during the hands on educational experience with rhinos, children 3 years of age and older are led by a zookeeper and

i certainly nine states marine corps. to protect the security of our nation. i know what it's like to be on the front lines and sending our military from other important military duties to the border where they could only provide limited supportive role was again a waste of money. a lot of politics and play instead of really focusing on the really its of providing for our border security. i think everybody agrees that we need to secure our borders. we are at a point where we have a government that is shutdown because we have a president that is having tantrums trying to sell to the american people that we have a crisis that he has fabricated and at the end of the day to move this political campaign for the wall forward. we should open up our government and if this president wants to continue to negotiate a wall or whatever there are proper channels to do that. but governing is not shutting down our government for a wall. host: james is in jessup, maryland. democrat. i spent three tours in and i spent them in border operations. observationsaerial on helicopters

the marine corps, i don't think the big part will change much but very active in the small uav space where things are happening. and lastly touching on my old organization the secretary of defense, the undersecretary of research and eng neerping was created to drive change in the department's modernization programs. i think they're piesir poised t in a couple of area, hyper sonic systems, and what's the other one, hyper sonic systems and asymmetric systems across a range of portfolios there. i think they will be challenged to make rapid progress on things like artificial intelligence and directive energy, because the foundation there has not been laid as strongly or as long to put them in a position to move quickly in that area. >> thanks. final? >> all right, so we had been progressing into deeper and deeper levels of detail so i will go really deep now. and i'm going to focus on what we should expect for space in this budget request. so much of the past year, you know, we've heard back and forth going on with the administration and the department and the national space council and

we begin this new year th growing tensions between the united states and russia, after a marine corps re veteran was ed last week in moscow on spying charges. wi tonight, his brother is speaking out, insisting he is innocentnd demanding his safe return. our nbc pentagon correspondent starts our coverage tonight. >> reporter: for the go former marin missing in moscow, a mystery. russia arrested or8-year-old paul whelanpying. but his family says the ruians have the wrong man. >> paul is a tourist who happens to be in apparently the wrong the wrong time. it's inconceivable he took the actions that e the russians h alleged. >> reporter: the state department requested ndaccess to whelan expects russian thorities to provide it. in moscow for a follow marine's wedding, he was last seen giving a tour of the kremlin, which he has visited at least once stefore. the arhreatens to complicate the fraught relationship between the united states and russia. ru last month, ian operative maria butina spleaded guilty to acting a foreign agent when she tried to infiltrate conservative groups like the nra

new year's day inside the marine corps washington barracks in southeast washington. ofcials confirm the gunshot was not self-inflicted. "the washington post" citinur soces with knowledge of the investigatn said kuznia appeared to have been struck by an accidental discharge from a fellow marine's weapon. adam says he's anxious for more information. >> i mean, i'm not blaming anybody, but i mean, from just what i've read, i mean, if proper procedures would have been followed, i would have my kid today, yes. that's what i'm feeling. from what i've been seeing. >> reporter: the commanding officer oare bash racks washington released a statement deat says, in part, "we are truly sd by this terrible loss. riley was a highly driven and d goal-orien marine whose positive attitude set the example here at the barracks." the shootingremains under investigation. live in southeast washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >> jackie, thank you. >>> tonight, a woman sit in an arlington county jail cell, accused in the stabbing death on a w she knew. poce charged this woman, 60-year-old lin