the marine corp. the mist of the review to determine the future size and capability of the forest. we'll talk to one of the generals who are in charge of that review. but first, a national security issue. splitting energy usage into two main categories. operation energy that includes what powers armored vehicles, trucking, planes, ships. and the others that power military installations worldwide. supplies troops with energy is a task that is expensive and often dangerous. getting a gallon of gas to afghanistan cost the pentagon about $400. each of the services have experimented with energy-saving technology, alternative fuels, but until now, the pentagon has lacked a coordinating office. that office was established in july. and our next guest is its director, sharon burke. welcome to the show. >> thank you, it's great to be here. >> let's start off with energy efficiency, as we discussed just a moment ago is just not in the u.s./military's dna. how do you change that dynamic over the long term? >> you

one of them is the german center for marine and biodiversity. a scientist their shared his excitement in identifying new species with us. >> he spent 10 years on the deep sea project, documenting the diversity of life forms. the harvested a vast number of species, most of which are still unknown. his team was delighted when they studied creatures like this anglerfish. >> there was a commotion on board when the net came up with such a big fish. we would consult our literature to find out whether it was a known species. sometimes there was a big celebration. >> the marine biologist and his colleagues carried out research in the atlantic, the mediterranean, and the antarctic. the captured microorganisms in sediment sample tubes like these. barely visible to the human eye, the creatures were often less than 1 millimeter in length. identifying each of the life forms the brought to the surface was no easy task. he and his colleagues sifted through and tried to identify each of the creatures contained inside. he says the work paid off. there are many p

they are trying to draw more marines and sailors inside. they have been working real hard, dana, for the last couple days. they have been working with emergency preparedness. so now they are letting their hair down. >> i think they deserve it. have a good time. we appreciate their service. welcome to town. >> yes. >> reporter: we are telling them just to be careful. >> all right. thank you. >>> oakland police officers getting a new kind of training. aimed at preventing the kind of tragedy that hit an oakland family recently. last week police responding to a burglar alarm killed a family dog. a lab. so police and oakland spca joined forces to train officers to recognize certain animal behavior and respond appropriately. >> my responsibility is give my officers more skills, more tools to make sure that we do the job. you've got to remember those officers went out there to find a burglar who is breaking into a house. they went out there to make sure that family is safe. >> trainers will expose people to dogs. different temperaments. >> fleet w

he's a former marine. is it former marine or always a marine?> always a marine. >> frank is a deputy sheriff over in stanislaus county. he also is a marine. we talked before when we did our story with you all about serving your country, duty, honor, country. tell us what that means to you. >> it's honor and pride. it's giving back. when we talked before, you know, we mentioned sometimes people think it has to be money. it's not necessarily so. it's just giving of yourself. your time. and if you're healthy and strong enough, then you know, be out there for the community. give what you can. >> and ron, you said my big brothers frank and dan, they joined, i'd better enlist too? >> exactly. follow in their footsteps. >> and why the marines? >> the best. if you're going to join. i mean, this is my personal take. and again, no disrespect to the other branches. but the marines in my eyes, they're the best. >> in talking to your mom, we have video of your mom, and in talking to your mom, she couldn't stop thanking the lord for having raised such good ch

he will also be home to other marine mammals before released to the wild. before kako can be released vets will have to cure this ugly and contagious skin virus. someone will have to find kako's family half a world away. he will flown to a pen in iceland for an expensive and never before tried gradual release program. it's a $7 million experiment critics say that ultimately hurts the cause of saving wild killer whales. >> there is only so much money out there for fundraising. if the money is going for a star animal, it's not going to save the environment or save the habitats of those animals that would france late to saving hundreds, maybe thousands of animals in the wild. >> kako is a special case. a sick orca everyone agrees needs better care. activists admit though the chances are small that a healthy captive killer whale would ever be released from a major marine park. >> still to come on "second look." we will show you kako's return to iceland and a bit later, two orcas take on a great white shark right off our coast. we will have the incredible video

in the pacific in world war ii, and a lot of those sailors and marines who left from here, this was last time they saw america, and they made the ultimate sacrifice for us. as we transfer this treasure, this island, from the navy back to the city, i hope that all of us will remember the service and sacrifice of every sailor, every marine, living and dead. [applause] and the people who left from here and the people who serve today, risking everything, so that we can celebrate today. that legacy lives on in the young men and women who wear the cloth of this country and who are deployed around the world as we meet here today. when the famous or infamous bates 3 aligning closure process started in 1988, a final result of any individual base closure and transfer could not have hoped for a better ultimate outcome than what has been achieved in treasure island. the navy's charge is to dispose of property in a manner that promotes economic development. that has been done. the transfer of treasure island is a win for san francisco. it is a win for the state of california, a win for the unite

it brings the known marine life to 250,000, excluding planktons and other microbes. new habitats were discovered, including a deep sea vent where a shrimp-like creature thrives in super heated waters over 400 degrees celsius. they found that the world's oceans are less habitable due to rapid changes in temperature and tidal currents in recent years. results of the census will be reported at the tenth conference to the parties of the convention on biological diversity that opens in japan later this month. >>> the environmental group, greenpeace is demanding that protected marine areas be increased to cover 20% of the world's oceans from less than 1% by 2020. greenpeace japan held a news conference in tokyo on monday. it explained its report emergency oceans rescue plan ahead of the u.n. convention on biological diversity or cop10 later this month. cop10 signatory countries are expected to discuss a new international target for expanding marine reserves. the report says a u.n. organization pointed out 19% of fish stocks have been overfished and 8% of them are exhausted

and the comandant of the marine corp says don't change "don't ask, don't tell." live from washington, this is "special report." i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. we begin with the economy and eye-popping numbers on the federal deficit. i turns out the government had to borrow 37 cents for every dollar spent in the last fiscal year. white house correspondent wendell goler reports that added up in a hurry. >> reporter: the president's aides announced a $1.29 trillion budget deficit for fiscal 2010, second only to the $1.4 trillion deficit that covered most of his first year in office. but it was better than the congressional budget office that the white house predicted thanks to less than expected spending on tarp and mortgage giant fannie. they say the fed is ready to buy treasury bonds to pump up the economy but he wasn't optimistic about jobs. >> growth next year seems unlikely to be above the long-term trend. if so, net job creation may not exceed by much increase in the size of the labor force. >> bernanke says officials are more worried about prices fallin

>> that is albert snyder, the father of marine lance corporal matthew snyder, who was killed in iraq and 2006. the funeral was started by members of a small topeka, kansas baptist church who claim that the deaths of the soldiers and marines and others in combat is god's punishment for whom such quality. -- for homosexuality. a baltimore jury are awarded him $10 million, a judge could have, -- cut it in half, and it went to the supreme court. what were the arguments like? >> it was interesting. you could see the justices will struggling with this. some of them were clearly looking for a way out, for an exception for a funeral or to deal with the kind of society we live in where you can harass people on the internet with your posting, the unbelievable things that get published.

. >> reporter: the city's big fleet week celebration included an unusual event today as marines came from the uss island behind me came ashore today to practice saving the lives of san franciscans. everyone at jet pilots prepared this week, other servicemen were preparing for the worse. >> we are going to see if we can get people out of those holes without doing too much digging. >> reporter: marines came to pressure island this morning for a search and rescue seminary thought by civilian firefighters. >> they are quick to learn, they are willing to learn and willing to do anything we asked of them. >> reporter: they learned how to respond to a bay areadisaster, similar to the loma prieta earthquake. >> they are training marines and sailors how to do search and rescue just in case they have to come in and dig us out. >> reporter: basically called the search cam. >> reporter: marines use firefighters gear to learn to listen for survivors trapped in rubble. >> all right, lift. >> reporter: a lift exercise explained how to remove wreckage without injurying victims. wrecked cars challeng

city actually getting from sausalito over to marin city right underneath highway won a one to read all tell you about that in a moment. first let's take you to ride to walnut creek 3 he see the tree and interstate 680 looks great to no longer any delay getting down towards the road. if one more thing as we take you back to the maps it was reported that coming at of sausalito on bridge way, rate were parallels the freeway uncrosses underneath 1 01 to go towards marin city. the word is there was a bus accident there in thankfully no one was injured even though it was full of passengers. it is blocking one of the lanes underneath the freeway so this is not affecting the freeway ride, and not backing things that much on bridge way to ri. if you have te day off. james p. >> read at 10 04 a.m. this morning new details the california public utilities

marines. our local coastguard. >> largest turnout for fleet week in 20 years. how they are spending their time. >>> the training that sent the opd to the pound. >>> and how much is it worth to you to use a few pounds? the fda stays one medication put the price way too high. what meridia is off the market. >>> a storm right off the coast. >>> a storm right off the coast. the effect it will have ,,,,,,,, meet the real meg whitman: serving on the board of goldman sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from insider stock deals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obvious conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kind of person would be involved in deals a fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her last year at ebay, whitman paid herself $120 million right before the company laid off 10% of it's workers. we're choosing a governor, shouldn't character matter? >>> it is not just fast jets and ship tours as part of fleet week. about 75 marines vol

marines. also our local coastguard. >> largest turnout for fleet week in 20 years. how they are spending their time. >>> the training that sent the opd to the pound. >>> and how much is it worth to you to use a few pounds? the fda stays one medication put the price way too high. what meridia is off the market. >>> a storm right off the coast. the effect it will have on your weekend as eyewitness news continues rights here on cbs5. ,,,, [ whitman ] they say california can't be governed anymore. i say baloney. this state belongs to all of us. we just have to decide we want to change. i know government isn't a business and it shouldn't be, but the same values of accountability and focus that make california businesses among the best in the world could do a lot to fix sacramento. i'm on a mission to create more jobs, stop wasteful spending, and improve our schools. let's get to work. ♪ state budget cuts are crippling my classroom, so i can't believe the sacramento politicians cut a backroom deal t

>>> well, first amendment fight, the controversy over protest that a marine's funeral in maryland goes to the superior court. >> is it free speech or harassment. >> he low, i'm don scott. >> and i'm jessica kartalija. this is the amendment that's befitting the fallen marine's father versus the church group's right to free speech. wjz is live outside of the courthouse in washington, d.c.. mary bubala has been following the case and sat in on oral arguments before the justices a short time ago. >> reporter: good afternoon, don and everyone at home. it was a huge cloud outside the u.s. supreme court today. we had protestors from the church where the signs are . we had protestors outside of the supreme court who were on the side of snider and his family, he's the father of the maryland marine who's funeral was protested. i sat inside the courtroom and listened to the justice's side. they had specific questions about the first amendment rights and by public speech and whether or not a private individual has protection from hateful speech. >> this morning, the first amendment rights go befor

i am with the marine firemen's union, established in 1883. we support the america's cup organizing committee to bring the america's cup to san francisco bay. as a condition of that support, we want to see the jones act exception portion of the term sheet deleted. it sounds like it is moving in that direction and we hope it continues to move in that direction. as you know, there is only one reason to have the jones act extension. that is to replace american vessels with foreign vessels and replace american labor with foreign labor. we do not know why the jones act exemption was put there in the first place. it is not clear. we are happy to see that is being dealt with. if that is the case, we will support this term sheet. chairperson maxwell: next, please. larry white, ray shipway. marina is not here. gunner lundbyrg. curtis lynd. bill mckinley. >> supervisors, i am larry white. i and the harbor master. this is a great opportunity. this is more than ample opportunity to promote youth sailing and bring in a lot of attention to that. thank you.

in fact, the marine corps is planning to move 8,000 marines from okinawa to guam. the navy is planning an overhaul of its base on the island that's now used as their home port f some marines so that it can accommodate nuclear carriers as well. >> china, the challenges, the norms of behavior out here, and so it would not be helpful for us to diminish our presence out here. what helps support deterrents is presence. and by having a solid presence here in guam, that people know we're here, people see us operating here as we're doing right now. >> nhk's reporter who covered the story is here. seems like china's military presence is being watched in the region. is guam going to going a front line? >> during the cold war guam was an important strategic location as a former base to counter possession by the former soviet union. as the cold war ended military units on guam were reduced. when the u.s. department felt they had completed their mission. once againuam is now at tre full front of the u.s. strategy to confront china's expanding presence. china's military refers t

. >>> marin county's pension system is underfunded by some $2 billion.hat's according to a study by a stanford public policy professor. today's independent journal reports stanford professor joe nation assumed a much lower rate of return on the fund's investments in marin county. it assumes a 4% risk free annual return while marin is counting on earning 7.75%. stanford study estimates the chance of marin county meeting its pension obligations is just 16%. peninsula health services plans to sell off its skilled nursing and dialysis unit to save money. today san francisco's examiner says the private health company plans to sell its reno dialysissters in san mateo and burlingame. they serve 210 patients. a spokesperson says the changes are due to the coming federal healthcare reform which medicare reimbursements to hospitals expected to drop sharply. san francisco supervisors are set to vote this week on the latest proposals for the city's transit first policy. transit first is designed to discourage people from driving cars in the city. and encourage alter

on thursday the department said glock will also head the third marine expeditionary force, marine corps bases japan and marine forces japan. he is a former helicopter pilot and served as the deputy commander of the marine corps in okinawa from 2003 to 2005. he's currently the director of operations and logistics for the u.s. africa command. his nomination shows the u.s. is looking for an officer who's familiar with okinawa. the picking of glock comes as japan and the u.s. deal with relocation of the u.s. hamah reason corps air station in okinawa. >>> authorities in haiti suspect an outbreak of cholera has killed at least 135 people in recent days. the caribbean nation is still struggling to rebuild after a devastating earthquake earlier in the year. more than 1,000 people have flocked to hospital in the port city of st. mark 100 kilometers of the capital port-au-prince after developing high fevers and severe diarrhea. many have been treated outdoors because of a lack of proper care facilities. some of the patients are reportedly from an area near st. mark where thousands are still livin

that is to say they had a proposal to enhance service barriers and install marine carriers. last year, the area stakeholders approved the design and layout of the barriers concept. since that time, we have been working with bart to come up with an agreement to accommodate these barriers. bart will be responsible for any repairs or damage is required because of the project or issues that arise. to achieve this, prior to construction, bart will lead to finalize agreements with area tenants. we request that we not move forward with this agreement, going forward, until those agreements are in place. bart is also required to provide support with an engineering assessment. the board will need to review this assessment for accuracy. bart will not be able to move forward with the project until the fort has proved -- approved the assessment. bart has agreed to take on repairs themselves, the full cost. bart has also agreed to submit to the port a building agreement for the surface barriers and marine barriers. the port has already provided the building comments. bart has not submitte

it's one of the pieces of this i find hardest to accept after his death the marine corps would claim there had been no warning signs chris was suffering as a car to break or was in danger yet when his mother received a copy of the eulogy delivered aboard the ship it was clear his condition was known good afternoon is with a sad and heavy heart that i speak with you today as the commanding officer of india company i would like to thank those of you outside the company for joining us on our official day of mourning for lieutenant chris. we are not here today to memorialize or condone the way lieutenant shea took his life rather we are here to memorialize the man we knew and worked with this last year i would ask that you not judge second lieutenant shays final act and act so completely uncharacteristic of the man we knew i feel confident the pending investigations into his death will reveal that some chemical imbalance in lieutenant shea took over his mind and caused him to make the ultimate irrational decision a decision that has left all of us who knew him stunned the highest complim

maureen palmer son christopher sherry a lieutenant in the united states marine corps and a member of its elite special forces committed suicide aboard a navy transport ship he was returning home after an eight month the point to the middle east his mother's investigation into his death including an autopsy and other testing would lead to a finding that chris had been suffering from lariam toxicity but six years ago when i sent my son to the marine corps an event that would have never been possible was that he would take his life and so in answer to your question it continues to be a huge open wound in my life. and an intellectual level i understand what happened to christopher that he had evolved because the drug wasn't psychotic state he and psychotic break he was not in possession of his good mind when he took his life. but there is a part of me that as his mother of twenty eight years still doesn't understand how such a sound stable. vital happy young man could have devolved that fast and that far three days before his death chris quit bathing stop shaving and his behavior became

it will connect to the lower marine riser package. it will connect to the well head itself through connectors. from the containment assembly, if we do not shut in with that assembly, we can flow through alliance -- a float lines. if we have a situation where we may have wellborn integrity problems, we are developing a system that uses common standard technology that could fit over and around to contain those deployed and capture them and follow them into the marine capture vessels. that is shown here. these fluids would leave either the case on that you salt in the previous slide for the containment assimilate -- assembly. these risers systems are common technology. they are called self sustaining risers. the advantage of this system is that it can be designed or installed in the various water? , up to 10,000 feet -- water depths, up to 10,000 feet. it will be connected through a flexible flow lines. those flexible flow lines have the ability to be disconnected in the event of a hurricane in a controlled manner. after the hurricane pa

>> really good question. >> as far as we know, the marine layer we think is still going to be with us. one of the interesting facets with this potential change of temperature gradient, the warmer - more warming inland than warming over the coastal ocean is actually the sea breeze circulation, which is - is tied up with the marine layer development and probably the thing or thk big size. there maybe more because of that increase in circulation but i would say this is an area that a waits more of this regional model development that, brad eluded to, that is still kind of on the fringe of our science right now. that's my answer to that one. i think that you can count on still having a marine layer, but i don't know if it will be stronger than it is today. >> yes, doctor and dan, you both mentioned we have models now but that's not a problem, we have the regional models now. it seems one of the key areas to implement is in the california environmental quality act. the planning and conservation league is hosting series of workshops across the state helping planners and community leaders in

then, marines battled police. and the boys in blue took that one. >> the games part of the many fleet week activities underway this weekend. you'll find a complete list on our web site. it's just perfect weather for these festivities this weekend. they enjoyed it there is a story on the bay bridge tonight. i looked up. there is blue angels you cannot miss them. and they almost stopped traffic. >> and that is throughout san francisco today. >> great. you can see those guys performing this weekend. just wonderful. >> world news is up next. >> and for sandhya patel and michael finney thanks for inviting us into your homes tonight. we'll see you back here tonight at 6:00. as governor, he balanced budgets without raising taxes. and california created 1.9 million jobs. as attorney general, jerry brown took on wall street banks, mortgage scammers and public officials stealing from taxpayers. at this stage in his life, jerry brown has the independence to make the tough decisions california needs. as governor i'll cap gove

marin county, sonoma, and that's where the focus will be for a while. the system is aligning itself south to north and it will come in tonight and the associated low will come in late tonight into saturday. even if you have the clouds or no rain. it will make it. it may be later on. a lot of cloud cover and cooler today. but the rain really heavy around point reyes, when it lights up in the red and yellow, that's pretty good. the clouds are going south to north right there. see how that is moving back away from the coast. the low is digging down. it will stop and then move in. dunkin's bills, sonoma county. st. helena, probably up to .05. the city, .41. napa, petaluma, .3. snow, oakland and even out to -- sfo oakland, and even out to concord, .31. watch it. it comes back like this. you can see the low right offshore, eventually, that will be late tonight and tomorrow, it will be helped by a stream. san jose state meteorology department, even san jose, cluedy. you won't be as warm as yesterday when it was 79 in san jose. 62 along the coast. 60s around th

sonoma coast and about half aft marin area and also napa. a lot of low clouds could be slow to burn off there. for others patchy low clouds. 60s, 70s and 70s. not much of a spread between the coast, bay and inland today. 58 oakland, berkeley and same for san jose. all at 54. same for concord and livermore. 40s for some tahoe over to reno possibility of more thundershowers today. things calming down in southern california. they had a lot of rain yesterday. that system responsible right there as the dry air moves in head down 101 or 5 it won't be as bad today or yesterday or down to the l.a. basin. high pressure building in behind this system. it's not going to be that strong. another system right there to the left of your screen that will keep us honest. but cool air is still in place. the low responsible is moving out. today sun and clouds cool to mild though. 60s and 70s as you saw. but as we head to the weekend inland areas warm up. 60s, 70s and 80s. not a big warm up. we'll see maybe mid-80s saturday as high pressure builds. in sun and cl

navy conducted a large-scale drill with the marine corps. both navy and marine corps officials see it as crucial to keeping china's military in check. in fact, the marine corps is planning to move 8,000 marinesf. the navy is planning an overhaul of its base on the island that's now used as their home port for some marines so that it can accommodate nuclear carriers as well. >> china, the challenges, the norms of behavior out here, and so it would not be helpful for us to diminish our presence out here. what helps support deterrents is presence. and by having a solid presence here in guam, that people know we're here, people see us operating here as we're doing right now. >> nhk's reporter who covered the story is here. seems like china's military presence is being watched in the region. is guam going to going a front line? >> during the cold war guam was an important strategic location as a former base to counter possession by the former soviet union. as the cold war ended military units on guam were reduced. when the u.s. department felt th

of today and the marines of past generations. they are much more technologically advanced, computer-savvy, you know, video games, those kind of things where older generations such as myself, everything we did was outside. everything was physical. >> that difference means many recruits are lacking basic skills essential to being successful war fighters in the future. >> we give them all over the country. some of them have never been involved in a fight. some of them don't even know how to delfer a proper punch or kick. >> the marine corps is capitalizing on the cach at the of martial arts to give more seasoned marines to protect and defend, to keep up with changing missions around the world. >> you could do hand to hand combat or maybe you find yourself one of these days providing humanitarian aid, and you're providing security, and somebody is trying to get to the food. you need to stop that person without necessarily taking their life. >> instructors say pushing people goes through intense training, offers benefits that trump wi

my name is marin wheedon. i am with golden gate audubon. we are dedicated to the creation wÑ heron's head park. we worked with lej for many years, supporting them in the community. we look for to pertinent -- to partnering at the ecocenter. thank you for this opportunity to participate in an important part-funded program. -- port-funded program. >> i want to thank the commission for allowing me to speak. my name is linda shore. i am the director of the teacher institute at the exploratorium. i wanted to talk briefly about de7ht lej has been tofly about our work. you probably know that in our near future we will probably be moving our location to an area just down the road. an important part of what we do in my program is teach teachers uz engage in the environment, engaged i in place- based ;á the waters of the bay. we have used their facilities to test some of the ideas we want "ç#mñ carry out when we move,t more importantly, what is exciting about working with lej is that our teachers have been able to learn about that part of theidwóvci