i would note that the marine corps is constrained in its ability to employ marine expeditionary units because of the current limitations of the amphibious fleets. you are facing momentous challenges that will require all of your experience and skill and thank you for your willingness to serve. i look forward to your testimony. thank you, mr. chairman. sen. wicker: do you still want this job? [laughter] just kidding. actually, another highly successful entrepreneur there at the desk with you, senator scott, who i believe has some introductory words. senator scott, you are recognized. sen. scott: thank you. first off, it's an honor to sit here by my good friend, to be the next secretary of the navy. i'd also like to recognize his wonderful wife, amy, his daughter, mackenzie, and cousin who are here in spofer john, along with his friends. i've known john for a long time. he's a proven leader of exceptional ability. a great businessman and an individual with unwavering integrity. whatever he tells you he's going to do, it's going to happen. as a navy veteran myself, i know he will be an i

but not getting rid of marine corps combat capability. and the marines looked at a udp program. they have one in norway and alaska. can you work with me in terms of the overall focus on marine corps design? mr. phelan: yes. >> i don't want to disappoint my colleagues -- mr. feel and, i want -- phelan, i would like you to come up to alaska to look at it. alaska is on the front lines. this is a slide i have been showing, the russians and chinese doing bomber runs, strategic bomber task forces in our eez. we had two russian bomber runs in 48 hours. this is an increasing threat. can i get your commitment to work with me on that? >> i intend to work with you on it and work with the combatant commanders, if confirmed. >> that is not in the red sea, but in japan. >> congratulations to serve as secretary of the navy and address some of my concerns and focus areas for the navy and i enjoyed learning about your priorities as well. it is experiencing delays with an expected delivery date of 2029 instead of 2026. some of this delay was certainly cause

our navy and marine corps. and i thank you for that and i will always, always, always carry all of you carry all of our service members. navy, marine corps, army, coast guard, force, space force and, our hearts and prayers to all our dying days. may god continue to grant our nation our people. four winds and falling seas and always, always, always embedding with the courage demonstrated by this great hero, stephan decatur, who we celebrate today. commodore, thank you for your service, sir thank you. as we shift the set here a bit, and before i introduce our panel, i invite you to watch the screens for message from commander of the uss decatur. good afternoon. this is commander david huscher commanding officer uss decatur. i'm honored to extend greetings from our crew currently making our out of an extensive yard period out here in pearl harbor, hawaii. as you convene for the annual birthday, the celebration of commodore stephen. i wish i could with you in person to hear from secretary del toro and the panel of

it's called right to form a us marine corps intelligence officer. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. all right, why stay with our team to national for all the latest i'm around the world. i'll see you again just in few minutes. at the top of the all the the, [000:00:00;00] the, the rabbit collapse of the ottoman empire gave the arabs hope for independence. but the colonial power, so their future differently. great britain and france agreed on the seizure of the aeroplanes under the guise of the so called mandate of the league of nations. this bible play caused particular indignation in a rack, which was to get under the control of the british. in may 1921 rest with claim for independence broke out, both assuming and that she took part in it. soon the rallies turned into a real uprising against the invaders. more than 130000 people took up arms. britons urgently began to transfer reinforcements to a rack and used aircraft radius war. secretary winston churchill urge the use of chemical weapons against the rebels. and general ser, i own there held a border. the destruction o

sets our ma marine corps up to n in the pacific. every four star retired general wrote letters complaining about it. but it's that type of thinking that puts us in a good position. that's the kind of thinking that needs to be heard. >> brian: i want you to hear what sergeant hegseth said about the firings. watch. >> there is civilian control of the military. nothing about this is unprecedented. the president deserves to pick his key national security and military advisory team there are lots of presidents who have made changes from fdr to eisenhower to hw bush to barack obama. who fired or dismissed hundreds of militaries during his term. there is nothing about purging. nothing about illegal. we have made clear from the beginning, shannon, the military will be apolitical with a fidelity of the constitution. >> brian: i wanted you to comment quick on that, joey. >> joey: i think we would be naive to think we are getting rid of people president trump doesn't like. that's part of it, that's his prerogative. i hope that pete hegseth's w

the marine corps band has performed at nearly every inaugural. they accompanied lincoln when he went to dedicate a cemetery at gettysburg. they have helped us hail the unveiling of the statue of liberty and they welcomed winston churchill to the white house. trulyy the story of america has always been accompanied by the rhythms and harmonies of the marine corps band and naval academy glee club. as we give them a warm welcome please rise and join them as they lead all of us in song. ♪ ♪ ♪ be thou my vision the lord of my heart ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ waking or sleeping, thy presence my light ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ be thou my wisdom ♪ ♪ and thou my true word ♪ ♪ i ever with the and thou with me, lord ♪ ♪ thou my great father ♪ ♪ i that i dear child ♪ ♪ thou in me dwelling ♪ ♪ with the reconciled ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ riches i heed not ♪ ♪ thou mine inheritance, now and always ♪ ♪ then and thou only ♪ ♪ first in my heart ♪ ♪ high king of heaven ♪ ♪ my treasure thou art ♪ ♪ please welcome the 47th president of the united states donald j trump. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] thank you very

and thank you for your service, both in the marine corps and as a military spouse. we do appreciate it. >> thank you so much for having me. >> still to come luigi mangione just got out of a new york courtroom facing murder and terrorism charges related to the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo. we'll have details on what happened. >> plus, buyers are worried about higher inflation. we're going to crack open the numbers on why consumer confidence dropped nearly 10% this month. and later, cnn's sanjay gupta goes to a children's hospital in west texas, the epicenter of a growing measles outbreak. that sparked concern nationwide. that, and much more coming up, cnn news central. >> cnn news. >> central, brought to you by viking. exploring the world in comfort. when it. really philosophize about it, there's one thing you don't have enough of, and that's time. time is a truly scarce commodity. when you come to that realization, i think it's very important to spend time wisely. and what better way of spending time than traveling? continuing to educate ourselves and broaden our

hackman served in the marine corps and had been living in santa fe since the '80s. he starred in "hoosiers," "french connection," "unforgiven" and playing superman's arch enemy, lex luther. >> this is california, richest state in the union. >> i don't need a geography lesson, luther. >> i forget, you have been there, you get around. where was i? >> todd: tributes pouring in. saying of the actor, loss of a great artist, cause for mourning and celebration, gene hackman, great actor, magnificent in his work and complexity. hackman just turned 95 last month. we'll bring details on his death as the investigation unfolds. absolute legend. >> steve: shocking news coming out around midnight. >> ainsley: bizarre, the wife, who is 63, is gone, too, and their dog, too. >> steve: no foul play, it does suggest, we had one of the world's greatest forensic scientists ever, he said it seemed like it could have been accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. >> ainsley: leaves behind three children from his first wife. over to carley with headlines. >> carley: fox news alert to get to, d

so i spent ten years in the marine corps. i loved it. greatest job i ever had. and i made the decision to transition into the civilian world. and for a little bit, i worked in civilian jobs. i was at a pharmaceutical company for a little bit, and they sent me to a military friendly employers conference, and i ended up sharing a table with some veterans affairs social workers. there's a marine corps vet, and he was telling me about the work he does and like looking at that group of people and the organizations that get back to, you know, veterans. i made the decision. that is what i want to do. i want to continue serving my country. and i thought there'd be no better way than helping, you know, veterans, you know, my family, the people you know, that, you know, gave me so much i'd like to give back. and my role there is an administrative officer for primary care. um, department of the hospital. so it's a lot of behind the scenes stuff. it's kind of eliminating the red tape and friction that just comes into healthcare. as far as, like scheduling doctors, the patie

the marine corps band has performed at nearly every inaugural. they accompanied lincoln when he went to dedicate a cemetery at gettysburg. they helped us hail the unveiling of the statue of liberty, and they welcomed winston churchill to the white house. it truly the story of america has always been accompanied by the rhythms and harmonies of the marine corps band and the naval academy glee club. and as we give them a warm welcome, please rise and join them as they lead all of us in song. ♪ >> turn on my vision board -- oh lord thou art by day or by night thinking or sleeping thy presence thy life ♪ >> ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 47th president of the united states, donald j. trump. ♪ [applause] pres. trump: this is very beautiful. our country is starting to do great again, very fast. thank you especially to the senator for the beautiful introduction. i appreciate it very much. what a great senator you are. i want to think a friend in a man of profound faith and patriotism who has also become a great friend. you have become much

the marine corps band has performed at nearly every inaugural. sen. hassan: they accompanied lip kohn when he went to dedicate a cemetery at gettysburg. they helped us hail the unveiling of the statue of liberty, and they welcomed winston churchill to the white house. truly the story of america has always been accompanied by the rhythms and harmonies of the marine corps band and the naval academy glee club. and as we give them a warm welcome, please rise and join them as they lead all of us in song. ♪ ♪ be thou my vision o lord of my heart newton say that thou art by day or by night thinking or sleeping thy presence my life ♪♪ ♪ be my true wisdom and true worth ♪♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 47th president of the united states, donald j. trump. ♪ [applause] president trump: thank you very much. this is very beautiful. i must say. this is a beautiful place. and our country is starting to do very well again. it's happening fast. a little faster than people thought. thank you especially to senator marshall for the beautiful introduction.

dad served in iraq through the united states marine corps.pa served in vietnam and great grandpa in world war ii through the army air core and my great great grandfather served in world war i. >> dana: your resume as a young man. high school resume from the civil air patrol to the cadet corp. you played football, wrestling team captain and varsity baseball team captain. is there anything you wish you would have done so far in your little career here? >> well, i'm just really fortunate and very grateful to be part of such a great community. i couldn't have done this alone and i really am happy to be part of all these different groups and have such a great support system from teammates, coaches, teachers and advisors. such a great community and such a great start of my journey. >> dana: i was teasing you a little bit. you have done a ton. i don't know if you have 28 hours in a day to everybody else's 24. you applied to four military academies and got accepted to all. what was the moment like when you found out? >> it was very ecstatic. when i g

thankfully, the marine corps has passed a clean audit for two years in a row, and i applaud them, buts to go across the entire department. when we spend dollars, we need to know where they're going and why. that's simple accounting, and tata has not existed at the defense department. but that's not even doge. we welcome elon musk and doge coming into our department to help us identify additional ways in which we can streamline are processes, fast track acquisitions, cut waste, cut tail to put it to tooth. we know in a world where america's, you know, $37 trillion in debt, resources will not be unlimited. every dollar we can find that isn't being spent wisely is one we can put toward war fighters. so we welcome doge at a dod. we will partner with them, and it's the long overdue. the defense department's got a huge budget, i e -- but it needs to be responsible. maria: president trump told me he'd like to call it a golden spear -- [laughter] i know we that talked iron dome because israel has that. will this spawn a whole new effort to modernize and renew innovation into the u.s. military

for them to choose the marine corps, it had to be 22's represent. can have outside of leading marines. >> the super dome does have a roof so fans won't be able to see it they are going to put the flyover on the screen inside so they will be able to see it when it happens. just about four, five hours from right now. >> put on the screen, they will probably hear it, to. homeland security senior advisor and former secret service special agent, charles perino. thanks for joining us. how much do you think security situation changed in new orleans because of that attack a month ago? >> it definitely served as a reminder of all domestic and international threats there especially those that can be inspired by terrorist organizations like isis and al qaeda. we are in an elevated threat environment in the united states and as a result, we are going to see the largest security operation in the history of the super bowl. that attack on bourbon street was a reminder that officials cannot suffer from what i call failure of imagination, something highlighted prior

navy they give us what we need, feed us we are hungry that's the marine corps. you look at the overall federal government we say there certain things like social security or medicare they don't to fight over every year they are mandatory spending. those are the largest well over 50% of the federal government spends the next largest piece of the pie is the fence everything else is kind of small but i forgot what it was whoever it was inter interview i think it s secretary rubio pete was only 1% of the budget. 1% of trillions of dollars is a lot. it's a whole lot it's a big portion of our tax dollars. the reason this is so important to find these cuts now they want to pass a big villainous tax cuts and it president trump would like to have the tax cuts to be forever, not be sunset it. the reason you have to balance that with cuts is because a tax cut bill without bouncing your spending is a spending bill because it creates interest d debt. this is all a part of the grander part of the policy decisions americans ask where or theyask for lower taxes aftet government

bigelow, who served in the united states marine corps, who served in the marine corps and served two tours in vietnam from 1966 to 1971, in the course of his service, mr. bigelow was awarded numerous recognitions and honors, including the national defense service medal, good conduct medal, rifle marksman badge, vietnam service medal, vietnam campaign medal, and certainly, not least of these, the purple heart. his courage is a testament to the bravery and resilience of those who have answered duty's call to wear the uniform as a member of our armed forces. i had the privilege of pinning this purple heart on him and thanking him for his service to our nation in front of his family and his friends. he told me he was honored, but truth be told, the honor was all mine. on behalf of a grateful community and nation, i say again, thank you, mr. bigelow, for your courage, sacrifice and enduring commitment to service. thank you. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clark, for five minutes. ms. clark: i've been listening to

marine corps having served as an infantryman for four years overseas in japan.r the dmz of south korea. after completing his military service. you wanted to return to his roots and farm in la hello hello ma'am i'm working how part of the southern peanut farmer i'm grateful for the hard work he's done with the food and for alabama and advocate for our young farmers and also in auburn tiger fan. thank you for being here today. senator moran what brings you to texas >> kansas. [laughter] >> both great states. one is better than the other. good morning and i think the chairman for allowing me the opportunity to introduce that captain who appears with all of you on the panel. amy france is the native of the old arkansas population 1775 made me think of all my hometown, the county that leona is in his wichita county and the population 2100. my point is, amy lives in a very rural part of kansas, she found a limited partnership this industry called agriculture after meeting her husband. together they operate the french family farms near the city growing wheat and raisin

marine corps and locally served on the almeda county planning commission and was named the commissioner of the year in 2023. he was also on our local fire commission. he was considered the unofficial mayor of sinole. he worked tirelessly to get funding for projects and strengthen community organizations. he will forever be remembered to me as a friend, but an even bigger friend and public servant to the community of almeda county. rest in peace, our dear friend. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent, mr. speaker, to deterioration the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor one of my constituents, representative dean art of the north carolina general assembly. for going above and beyond and putting his life on the line for a fellow north carolinian just this week. mr. harris: on monday night, representative art found himself in a position of seeing something th

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the day after he lost, he enlisted in the marine corps. he is the oldest recruit and a history of the marine corps. he was 50 years old. he went through training at parris island. he was gravely wounded in battle. he lost the use of his left arm. it was my first job in politics. 30 years later i was elected to a senate seas. there is a university of chicago story in my background. this afternoon, c-span covers the conservative polital action conference with remarks from florida conessman byron donalds, housing and urban affairs secretary scott turner and others live starting at 3:15 p.m. eastern on c-span two, our free mobile video app c-span is now an c-span.org. >> this week to watch c-span's new members of commerce -- congress series where we speak with both republicans and democrats about their early lives, previous careers, families, and why they decided to run for office. tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern our interviews include delaware democratic congresswoman sarah mcbride, the first openly transgender member of congress. >> from those

we don't have enough transsexuals in the marine corps? by the way, i am fine with that dei stuff. when you pick the right fact, you are winning and the democrats always go for the bait. economic democratic . here is what is going to happen, trump is a salesman. he sold them a condo. the condo was the economy was better when i was president. the senile old i can't do anything about it. the woke san francisco liberal can't, she's going to be paying for changes in prison. i'm going to beat up on the foreigners who are cheating at trade and save your life. it is a pretty good pitch. it worked for him twice. now he has to run the store. they have already turned off a lot of popular programs because they put out an executive order without legal review because they have some dummies. they aren't all masterminds. then they had to do a 180 on that. they beat up columbia. great victory. now we are going to put tariffs on denmark, our best small little ally, to steal greenland, which, by the way, we don't want. trump saw a map and thought how big is texas, i can get it for free. the point is

an immigrant from eastern europe, sergeant strength signed up for the marine corps in 1939 and in 1942 he was promoted to sergeant. preparing to go to war in the pacific after the bombing of pearl harbor. in february of 1945, sergeant strength was on the island of iwo jima where some of the most intense fighting throughout the war had occurred on. february 23 -- occurred. on february 23 of 1945, he and other marines climbed to the top of the volcanic rock and planted old glory for actual see -- for all to see. though the battle waged for two more weeks, sergeant strength and his field goal marines -- and his fellow marines created a lasting image that would embody american strength and courage. unfortunately sergeant strength never made it home from iwo jima as he was killed in combat just one week later. however, the image that he and his fellow soldiers and marines created lives on today, serving as a reminder to all generations of what american perseverance and strength can accomplish. to sergeant strength, semper fi. and to all who served as part of the greatest generation, i thank

with clearly seen, clearly wearing extremist, the symbols we heard the thoughts of former us marine corps intelligence officers. got rid around all of this earlier. it's not just the danes, it's not just the canadians, it's the united states, it's great britain. it's the entire collective west, which has been infected by the rest of phobia to the extent that they've, in effect, had their memories wiped clean. of what the reality of nazi ideology is and that's the ideology exist today in the form of its, you know, successor, a band tourism, the band terrorists and the, the, the, the individual being applauded. and the danish parliament is a living breathing example of bad dearest ideology. a war criminal who killed innocent civilians, i think as long as in the united states in europe continue to view russia as the adversary. we will empower the historical revisionism that has taken place today. uh, one that forgives the western ukrainian is the supporters of step. i'm ben darrow, they're the crimes they committed fighting side by side with nazi germany, the hundreds of thousands of people

to this day he remains in the marine corps reserve. he left active duty and went to the university of texas at austin where he served as president of the society and editor-in-chief for the texas tribune along politics. after that he went into private practice and then clerked on the texas supreme court. and then he returned with public service going to the texas attorney general's office where he was for legal strategy. in that role, he was the driving force in many of the most consequential legal battles for my home state. for the last two years he has been my chief of staff and he has demonstrated to number one fight for my legislative agenda. protecting people from online water. bringing justice to victims of crime. he has worked well with both republicans and democrats. he has brought people together behind a shared mission and he now has been nominated to leave at the department of justice and i've every confidence that he will do that job with great distinction. and he will serve as a critical right hand to pam bondi. i would in

. >> david: born in 1930, he lied about his age as a young man to enlist in the marine corps. he sold shoes, drove a truck to get by, while he worked on his dream of acting. he spoke of his father leaving the family when he was a child child he was outside playing. he remembered his father waving as he drove off. he would often say he was grateful to play a different kind of hollywood leading man over the course of his 40-year career. >> he changes, which always interests me in characters. we all have conflict. we all say we're one thing and really have to do another. >> david: tonight here, the tributes for gene hackman and his wife, betsy, of 34 years, a businesswoman and former pianist. francis ford coppola posting this image, writing, "the loss of a great artist always cause for both mourning and celebration." gene hackman, a great actor, indi inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity. i mourn his loss and celebrate his existence and contribution." clint eastwood tonight saying, "there was no finer actor than gene. intense and instinctive. never a false note." a

and we heard the thoughts of former us marine corps intelligence officers. got rather who says the west is still obsessed with roost of phobic ideas that forgot about the horrors of naziism. it's not just the danes, it's not just the canadians, it's the united states, it's great britain. it's the entire collective west, which has been infected by the rest of phobia to the extent that they've, in effect, had their memories wiped clean. of what the reality of nazi ideology is. and that's the idea. ology exist today in the form of its, you know, successor, a band tourism, the band terrorists, and the, the, the, the individual being applauded and the danish parliament. there's a living breathing example of bad dearest ideology. a war criminal who killed innocent civilians, i think as long as the united states in europe continue to view russia as the adversary. we will empower a historical revisionism that is taking place today. uh, one that forgives the western ukrainians. the supporters are step um, ban dera there, so that the crimes they committed. fighting si

but we heard the thoughts of former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who sees the west is so obsessed with the rest of 4 big ideas that it forgot about the horrors of nazis. it's not just the danes, it's not just the canadians, it's the united states. it's a great britain. it's the entire collect, the west, which has been infected by rest of phobia to the extent that they've, in effect, had their memories, white clean of what the reality of nazi ideology is. and that's the ideology exist today in the form of its, you know, successor, a band tourism, the band terrorists, and the, the, the, the individual being applauded in the danish parliament. there's a living breathing example of bad dearest ideology, a war criminal who killed innocent civilians. i think as long as in the united states in europe continue to view russia as the adversary, we will empower a historical revisionism that is taking place today. uh, one that forgives the western ukrainians. the supporters are step um, ban darrow, they're the crimes. they committed a fighting side by side with nazi german

for more on this, we can cross now live to former us marine corps intelligence officers. scott ritter, scott brit to see you. it appears that danish parliament is taking a page out of the canadian play book, giving a standing salut to an extremist member of the cleaning armed forces. your thoughts on what looks just like to repeat in western parliament. well, i'd also remind you they took a page out of the united states congress, which has invited members of these up battalion into the people's house to speak to be applauded, to be fitted to be allowed to carry out auctions of nazi memorabilia in side the congress of the united states of america. i'll point out that nancy pelosi when she was speaker, the house shut outs level guy, you know, to members of congress. so it's not just the danes, it's not just the canadians, it's the united states. it's great britain. it's the entire collective west, which has been infected by the rest of phobia to the extent that they've in effect, had their memories wiped clean. of what the reality of nazi ideology is. a nazi ideology exist

chief, you see it in the recruiting numbers in the burst of folks signing up, not just army but marine corpsere is a electricity to defense departme department right now we call it the trump affect in the building. >> i think big evidence of trump affect was seen in the election. young men came out in droves to support trump. >> i can't tell you amount of folks, a young kid that played on georgia bulldogs football team, he was trying to go to military, a sat and met with him, he was matter of fact, i feel comfortable now. this is not popular wenc pop with everyone, it was not wokeness, per say, we fought a war for 20 years without trying to win it that would stop any generation from wants to join a military, then president biden shows an inability to prevent or get us out of any type of conflict. conflicts spark up and american troops sent to borders of th the con -- conflicts, and when you put those together wokeness never had a chance, this idea we just spent 20 years watching our dads and uncles die and now you want to do go fight in those places fighting same enemies? now with gaza, all