a special line for marines and marine family members, 202-748-8002. you can go ahead and call in now as we show you some of the scenery of the museum. owen connor is one of the gallery curators at that museum. can you explain how the raising of the flag is incorporated into the dna of the museum you are sitting in? >> the second flag when they snap the image, the talk i do for the museum, i emphasize, it's this iconic media moment. early in the war we would send correspondents to the pacific. it could take weeks, months for things to get back. when it comes from the flag photo being taken, it's literally from the battlefield to the front pages of america in about two days. it's really kind of an iconic moment, almost a viral moment. it's engrained in the museum, from the architecture you see and from the way it's traveled through time, i say that it takes on bigger meaning even than within the marine corps. it symbolizes victory in world war ii. it came at the right time. tanks were rolling across germany. allies are winning in europe. there's this im

do marines cut marines hair? and the commanders at both of our recruit depots have talked heir bay through it. as the secretary mentioned, those who are going through the military processing center and on to paris island or san diego, they are being isolated for a period of time to observe them before training starts where normally they would have that period after boot camp. we just moved that to the front. now when you get to paris island or san diego, you are in a period of isolation. but during training, if you heard major adjustments? > that's a great question. there are challenges. it's kind of a new opportunity. social distancing is one of the largest hurdles right now in the environment because it is closed. however in our dining facilities, recruits are spread out more than they would be. ygiene is a priority and inherently no matter what you bring people from across america in a close. heightened sense of hygiene. imagine those things right now making minor adjustments to the training schedule. >> as a

a special line marines and marine family members, 202-748-8002. go ahead and start calling and now as we show you some of the scenery of the museum. owen connor is one of the gallery curators at that museum. can you explain how the raising of the flag over mount suribachi is incorporated into the dna of the museum that you >> sitting in? >> the second flag when rosenthal snapped the image, i often emphasize it is really this iconic media moment. early in the war we would send correspondence to the pacific and it could take weeks, months for things to get back. but when it comes to the flag being taken, it is literally from the battlefield, the front pages of america. within about two days, international dateline times. it is almost a viral moment. it is ingrained in the museum, from the architecture that you see and from the way it has traveled through time. i always say it takes on bigger meaning within the marine corps. it symbolizes victory in world war ii, it came at the right time. patent's tanks were rolling across germany, the allies were w

one marine, badly wounded, was accidentally left behind. when they reached a safer area, his buddy, realizing that he was not with them, wanted to go back and get him. but his commanding officer told him, no. it would be suicide. but he had to go. he did, and when he found his buddy, he picked him up in his arms and carried him back to safety. he was alive. and he said to his fellow marine, i knew you would come back for me. that speaks of character. and loyalty and dedication and faithfulness, which every person in the armed forces must possess in order to win. i wonder how many times in the history of america has this kind of a letter been sent home to mom and dad, the letter says, i am writing this letter to let you know how proud i am that both of you for signing my papers. you will never know how much that means to me. i know it was not easy. but you know there's a war to be won, and it's got to be won by boys like me. we can fight the battle front, but you, like all other mothers and fathers, have the hardest fight of all. just rememb

i am a marine. when you moved out to do what you're going to do, did you think about it at all or did you just go and do it? mr. williams i did nothing about : it beforehand, it was a job from which i had been trained. other marines had trained me to do it. that was my job. i did not question the fact that that was my job. whatever it took, it fulfilled the duties. >> thank you, sir. >> we have time for one more question. yes, ma'am. i need you to be loud. >> disabled combat marine. hurrah. he was able to meet barney barnum and have his picture taken for semper fi magazine. i was wondering, would you honor my dog, rusty who was sergeant marine corps league? train at the fez deck hospital. would you have your picture taken with her, please? >> does he bite? if he bites, no. if he does not bite, yes. >> he only bites the navy. [laughter] mr. williams: then i'll do it. law enforcement people, they are some of my very favorite people. we have these individuals and law enforcement -- in law enforcement p

>> marines that have yet to be marines. what would you tell them? mr. williams: i guess i am prejudiced. you have to excuse the fact that i am prejudiced. if you want to be the best, be a marine. [applause] mr. williams: every branch of service has its purpose. i could not walk on water. i could never have gotten overseas. had tod to bend -- depend on those navy guys to take me on a ship and bring me over there and the other was to dance with me. >> you did a good job dancing. you got sick and eggs twice. >> any other questions? stand up and shout out. i don't think we can get the microphone to you. >> you moved out to do what you're going to do, did you think about it at all beforehand? >> i did nothing about it beforehand, it was a job from which i had been trained. i did not question the fact that that was my job. whatever it took, it fulfilled the duties. we have time for one more question. >> i need you to be loud. marines, hoo ah. to meet barney barnum and have his picture taken for semper fi magazine. would you honor my dog, rusty who was sergean

but objects for the marines to. shows up at my work she's a mentally ill. of the new female talked about how. they're having facts so. that . i mean i did it they got progressive way worse and worse they determined that i welcome to the sexual harassment by wearing my regulation length uniform skirt and running and running shorts. there were several junior female marines that came up to me crying while i was there saying that they felt humiliated to come to work . the. one of the duties at marine barracks washington was a ceremonial drill. evening parades are what you would see on the news the. president everybody goes to those type of things. after the parades. all the officers are required to stay told. during consider house washington so we're talking about ones the happy hours that started 3 and. it was partying and drinking culture. and going out and partying and drinking i was ordered to drink i was ordered to attend the drinking. my boss even said. they were mandatory to me she's like we do our best work at t

sees osa vanda is a marine biologist working on determining which other marine areas should be protected taking into consideration not only ecological issues but also the impact on human society going forward how i am proposing to design marine protected areas is to incorporate also that those feel as big the social benefits that people can derive from marine protected areas so we're not just put taking the natural environment but we also protecting the benefit that people can get out of marine protected areas now and in the future some fishing communities are unhappy about the new reserves they say a ban on harvesting ocean resources threatens their traditional likelihoods whether or not that will prove to be the case there might be interesting alternatives archaeological sites have been discovered on land for example in table mountain national park that date back thousands of years caesar says they could become part of protected land and coastal marine areas and could attract plenty of visitors i found that some communities didn't realize that there was tourism potential in the area an

see is a marine biologist working on determining which other marine areas should be protected taking into consideration not only ecological issues but also the impact on human society going forward how i am proposing to design marine protected areas is to incorporate also that those feel as being the social benefit that people can derive from marine protected areas so we're not just put taking the natural environment but we also protecting the benefit that people can get out of marine protected areas now and in the future some fishing communities are unhappy about the new reserves they say a ban on harvesting ocean resources threatens their traditional livelihoods whether or not that will prove to be the case there might be interesting alternatives archaeological sites have been discovered on land for example in table mountain national park that date back thousands of years caesar says they could become part of protected land and coastal marine areas and could attract plenty of visitors i found that some communities didn't realize that there was tourism potential in the area and that

san francisco you have showers up towards marin county. but a very different view right now in the santa clara valley we see a lot of rain coming down. as we take a look at the radar view, see how the showers blossomed like clockwork right at two income the afternoon. we're seeing heavier showers still moving out of the southeast into san jose and santa clara within the next 30 minutes. a few more on the peninsula. not as much right now in san francisco. but look at these showers. santa rosa, approaching rohnert park, and more around sunol. so isolated but intense thunderstorms will be a part of the trend over the next couple of hours. and that's in our futurecast. things start to calm down towards 11:00 tonight. coming up, we'll tally up how much rain we expect out of the pattern and how much is more in the seven-day forecast, coming up in a few minutes. >> rob, thank you very much. >>> up next, an east bay city is coming together online to support people affected by the coronavirus outbreak. the big name author who is also supporting the

live in marin county. abc 7 news. >> that is good to here, wayne, thanks. >>> here are the latest bay area totals. alameda county recorded its first death total increasing 122 confirmed san francisco now reports 131 cases, increase of 23 overnight. overall 860 reported cases in the bay area and at least 14 deaths. in northern california mend seeno one case of the virus. none so far in lake county. >>> in the east bay cars stretch for blocks waiting in line at the bay areas first mobile coronavirus test site that opened this morning in hayward. but most people got turned away, why, laura? >> well, right, that's an evolving situation. we just talked with the fire captain who said they're changing their criteria. up until now if you did not have a fever of 100 or higher higher being turned away, now they're saying some of the people who got turned away, if they got simms could potentially come back and get a test. >> this is not a scene from a movi movie. s people lining up in cars and on the sidewalk it's, s

and notified him and so the marines also came to me at 3:00 a.m. so we would both find out at the same time and we were able to communicate immediately. so that was the reasoning behind my unusual notification time and why it did not go along with what i had a ways been told it would be like. >> great, thank you. ryan, we will come back to you and have you read your second excerpt if you don't mind. >> this is from the third paragraph called a few months out, my drug of choice. anna has some takeaways at the end of the chapter. the first take away was second, embrace your support system, relationships are everything, family, friends and loved ones can get us through the darkest and saddest moments, we just need to let them. our friends and families feed our wild ambitions and nourish our dreams. when we share with them some embarrassing fantasy that is well beyond our reach, they always say go for it. if you're lucky enough to have friends and family like mine, they may even say i'm in, let's do it together, they gently and lovingly protect us from

it tells the story of the brutal 36-day battle in which nearly 7000 marines were killed. this film contains graphic scenes of war and death that may disturb some viewers. ♪ [orchestral music] narrator: this is the pacific as you know it, wide stretches of water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast fortress-studded plane on which the japanese defend the heart of the homeland. it is the most heavily fortified island in the world. this was the most heavily -- heavily fortified island in the world. buried deep underground, the jap preparations for murder. 20,000 fighting men waited for us to make the first move. >> and they don't have to wait long. [explosions] the navy begins to soften up the island so we can land. [explosions] planes from our carrier force take off to strafe and bomb. [machine gun fire] [explosions] gunboats move in close to work over enemy beach installations. [machine gun fire] enemy fire gets closer. [heavy gunfire] ♪ d-day, the beginning of the toughest 26 days in marine corps history. we watch the center

lake county and these producing some rain mainly about san francisco, parts of the marin marin coast. 30s and 40s. i'll tell you it was cold in the morning. so that ban that was coming across is for lake county and also mendocino county. but if if you're closer to the coast, you will be impacted by the moisture coming right along there. santa cruz, santa cruz mountains. along the peninsula, skyline up to the city. 280 as well might encounter some rain. temperatures today, we should be in the 50s. even 33 up in kenwood. a lot of 30s showing up. 41 is popular. point reyes, novato, mill valley. if you're going to the mountains, it will be a little bit better, pam. >>> 4:12 is the time right now. voters in arizona, illinois, and florida head to the polls today to cast their vote today in the primary elections. up next, ohio state leaders are postponing their election and blocking poll stations from opening. >> plus, how the state is preparing to handle a surge of unemployment claims while stores shut their doors to promote social distancing. >>> welcome back. it's now 4 wuven 5:00 here on

thousands of years caesar says they could become part of protected land and coastal marine areas and could attract plenty of visitors i found that some communities didn't realize that there was tourism potential in the area and that they could switch from harvesting to thumb thing like tourism taking people out teaching people about the area using the indigenous knowledge which people are so hungry for tourists who want to know what the locals know and local sometimes didn't realise that that was an ethic that their knowledge wasn't as several of the new protected areas are far out to sea but the one at simon's town is in coastal waters. it's become a popular destination to go scuba diving quote dive master eddie cousin high e. shows tourists the beautiful underwater sites. when we take people to dob in the n.p.a. areas the reaction of the docking is just amazing most of them they'll be like yeah it's amazing isn't but it makes me feel good because we know we still have. fishes in a lot of different spaces for people to see through being. protected areas. so it's not only college ist

patrick: i went to the marine corps, was stationed overseas. , was a marine security guard protected embassies in paris and shanghai, and from there i went got the international affairs bug and george washington and george washington, and it is probably the most political university in the country. got the law bug, and one thing led to another to lead myself back to the air force and to the history, but i am very very lucky to have served with these men and women. steve: we mentioned your book at the top of our conversation. the title is "armed in america." if you could select one talking point, one take away from your book, what is it? patrick: well, i hope people take away is the right to arms as we know it today or discuss it today is not the same as it was discussed 200 years ago, 100 years ago, or even 50 years ago. it has evolved. it has changed. up to the times. i hope the other take away is the laws have changed at times to adapt to the environment, to gun violence, to changes in technology and whatnot. if you have -- whatever your side is -- if you are pro-gun or pro-gun con

in his vision of where to take the marine corps? mr. courtney: you're right, general berger, one of the most impressive new leaders there, real thinker, i think is determined to sort of get the marines back to their roots in terms of being expeditionary force. amphibious ships are totally within the wheelhouse of that ype of military force. i do think that -- obviously that's another part of why i think we need to have a little more from the pentagon in terms f where you're going here. you're right. when you look at the indo pacific region, we know this from world war ii. we talked to our allies in australia. they are land posts are almost excolleagues exclusively expeditionary. in terms of china's posture, which is alarming our allies there, we -- i think we obviously have to have a clear picture for ourselves and for them, our allies, in terms of what is the marine corps in the 21st century going to look like in that part of the world? obviously having this sort of just waiting game that we are in right now in terms of getting the

so i'm here on home quarantine as marin's 39th confirmed case. monday i was in the south bay area for the announcement of our shelter in place order. there may have been exposure in that community. >> reporter: he has been self quarantined from his family since his symptoms first appeared late last week. his test results came back positive yesterday. a source of the exposure is unknown. >>> and san rafael spotting several rvs and a parking lot behind the marin county civic center. we reached out to county health officials and they tell us that they are part of the response efforts to provide isolation shelter for residents who made may be affected by the coronavirus. >>> dry weather to start the work week. a lot of clouds overhead and that kept temperatures limited. only 50s 5 to 10 degrees of above average across the board. more of the same the next couple days. increasing rain chances as well. no rain right now. that could change over the next few hours. the potential for a few showers trying to make their way on shore heading towards 11. these

so i am here on home quarantine as marin's 39th confirmed case. >> since dr. matt willis made that video the cases have increased to 47. the doctor says he is feeling better since developing a fever and other coronavirus symptoms on friday and he's unsure as to where he may have contracted the virus. sonoma county also ordered all parks to close and that starts today. it even includes non-profit groups. officials say they made that decision because people did not practice social distancing. >>> another one of the hardest hit states issued a stay-at-home order. at least 110 people have died in the state of washington and that's why the governor ordered nonessential businesses to close, and gatherings including weddings and funerals are now banned. the governor says people should stay at home to stop the spread of the covid-19. the stay at home order will be in order until at least april 6th. >>> managers at food max off meridian and park moore avenues say a worker got sick during vacation and had not been in the store since march 6th. the store was closed for c

and with the marine marine corpy are going to figure out how do they integrate unmanned in the different types of ships to do the things in that expeditionary mode, and how do they have an amphibious capacity that meets all these doesn't scenarios. >> the, the acronym that we have not used so far is forward structure assessment. and what that means is that the navy's effort to decide what kind of fleet it's going to have in the future. are you satisfied, and you just mentioned -- both of you have mentioned either directly or by implication the importance of kind of thinking it through. to my, it appears to me that thinking it through means having some idea of strategy. if you have an idea, some idea of a strategy, then it's easy to figure out what kinds of ships are needed to execute that strategy. if you're just taking a list from indo-pac com and all the combatant commanders, that's a list, but is it a strategy? and if it's not, what should the navy be doing? are you satisfied that they're doing that? i mean, i'll leave it at that. >> so, i mean, i strongly believe, and i'm sure rob do

marine biologist samantha mascot is working to preserve the reefs. in the lab cheaper it's called rules for experimental purposes. that later be transferred to every. asset as we've discovered that a coral grows faster if it's divided up into small fragments rather than left in one big piece of. c.s. that i think that mining. uses this disc like a prosthesis and the coral wrapped itself around it as if it were its own skeleton and they're not going to get enough of them at. the corals can grow up to 10 centimeters a year using this method up to 4 times faster than they would in nature. the star for me is the alligator and sound from them on a daily basis. it's usually several months before they're ready to be released into the sea. the lapis financed by a group of investors who i know grange of hotels in the country german grunts also helped to fund that work. get that kick in a people matter i think then we can see which species are most resistant to higher low temperatures. or to most sunlight or to other parameters like an excess of nutrients for

in his vision of where to to take the marine corp? >> you're right. general borger was one of the impressive new leaders there, i think is determined to sort of get the marines back to their roots in terms of being an expeditionary force and obviously amphibious ships are totally within the wheel house of that type of military force. and so that obviously is another part of why i think we need to have more from the pentagon because you're right. when you look at the indo-pacific region and we talked to our al allies in austral dwru, their land force is almost exclusively expeditionary. so in terms of china's posture there which is definitely alarming our allies there i think we obviously have to have a pretty clear picture for ourselves and for them, for our allies just in terms of what is the marine corp in the 21st century going to look like in that part of the world obviously having this sort of waiting game we're in right now in terms of getting the plan, you know, from the secretary's office is just -- it's just, again, creates a

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i mean it is trying to make that dream come true at the alfred vigneault institute for polar and marine research in. she's part of a team of scientists who are analyzing the increasing pollution of the oceans they have compiled their results and created an online world map that's accessible to everyone. i mean a tech man's research focuses on the question where does the plastic waste in the oceans come from she's helping to program the litter based databank to present this information in a form that's easy to understand. our basic idea is. and the best way. to create some maps and some graphs litter base is an online database that's open to everyone graphic show the results of more than a 1000 scientific studies on a world map it's easy to see where research expeditions have already taken place. the latest results from the world wide scientific community are regularly fed into the database the aim is to make the global issue of marine pollution more accessible and easily understood including to nonscientists. more especially because of and people like to have picked these maps this is g

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missed to make the global issue of marine pollution more accessible and easily understood including to nonscientists. nowadays nobody reads anything anymore especially because of social media and people like to have picked earth having these maps and this is graphs are providing useful information. to the public. the global forest change database at the university of maryland also uses a map to show the state of the world's forests since 2013 users have been able to call up info based on satellite images they can see the effects of forest fires illegal logging and reforestation over long periods. the global forest watch platform is also dedicated to protecting forests and their inhabitants it combines satellite technology with open data and crowdsourcing. temperatures c o 2 levels and even current weather phenomena can be found on the web site earth now. here u.s. space agency nasa presents comprehensive satellite data and real time you can track how tropical storms are forest fires like here in australia are developing on earth now. various natural disasters are also explained. to the

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you'd be perfect for the marine corps because you're really smart and that's what the marine corps needs the professionalism. everything about it inspired me. after i graduated high school i left for orlando florida which was the 1st time i was ever on an airplane and a life. i made. really it was just wanting to go see the world because i'm from a really small town i had a college scholarship to go play basketball but i instead opted to go into the military. you know what i chose to do. i come from a long line of military when somebody from every generation on both sides of the family all the way to of revolutionary war had served in the armed forces and i chose the marine corps because no one in my family had ever done that. well of putting on a uniform every day and you know just getting out there and giving it my all and it's a very proud feeling. that i would have done for camp and it was create the camaraderie the discipline and everything it taught you who i wanted to be that's what they taught. obviously it was different taking a shower with different people all of a sudden. just

they closed the parking lo and the marin county trails also became closed. police department said we strongly avise to you enjoy scenery somewhere else. >> we need everybody to take the public health order seriously. it's not a joke. >> reporter: thorms churchill drove up from san francisco. >> it's important to practice social distancing. and exercise is one of the approved activity. >> reporter: diana urges everyone, please stay home. >> we have a bad rap for hating tourists. please come back when everything is back to normal. we don't hate you. >> we saw other locations like ocean beach and san francisco that were also very crowded today. residents today that are standing here on they will stay here as long as it takes to urge people, please, stay home. live in marin county. >> that is a good message. they are sending a strong one as well. cornell, while we are speaking of it. we talked about the closed in marin county. any chance the beaches are as well? >> yeah, besides the order for marin county closing all beaches and parks, part of the golden state r