wallace was the commander of the alabama national guard, and they were on the scene. however, the president has the power to federalize the national guard and then he becomes its commander. and kennedy decided he would do that. so the same people protecting wallace in a way then turned their guns as much as they head toward him, and he is left with

speech on the steps of the state capitol in montgomery, those marchers were protected by the national guard of the president of the united states. yes, there were alabama national guardsmen there, but the national part of that is important. they were there on the president's orders. in every state, the governor is technically the commander in chief of his or her state's national guard. but the guard is part of the united states' military. and so, yeah, governor wallace did have authority over the guard in his state, but not more authority than federal law and the u.s. department of defense and the president of the united states. on june 26th of this year, the supreme court threw out the federal law that forbid federal recognition of marriages by same-sex couples. that same day as the ruling, the u.s. defense department announced that it would take all necessary steps to bring defense department policies and practices in compliance with the ruling. so the ruling was the end of june. by mid-august, the defense department announced that their computer systems and their operating procedures wer

as i'm sure you're aware the national guard is a dualentity, federal and state.range of how it gets resolved could vary. i think there are some extreme steps that could be taken, and i think there are some smaller steps that would hopefully resolve it. hopefully the american military partner association would like to see the states in full compliance to treat all national guard members equally both in the benefits they receive, also the steps they are required to to go to those benefits. there are small steps that can be taken, moving the id card and benefits enrollment procedures to guard units, all federal facilities. obviously that would be kind of a little bit of a pain to go through. at least everyone would be treated equally. if you move those functions, those processing entities, you're also going to end up moving the resources federal government provides to guard units to enroll members and process those functions. you could also see legal challenges. ultimately there's an extreme step, but certainly a legal one, that the federal government could simply p

now, every oklahoma national guard member will have to travel to a federally run facility to apply for benefits. in some cases, that would be an additional four-hour road trip. it will be fun. you can play a game of eye spy and arbitrary denial of my rights. ( laughter ) now, governor fallon is setting a great precedent here. rather than provide any services for gay people, the government should refuse to provide them for everyone. because once a gay person gets something, it gets their gay all over it. ( laughter ) that's why i think we should shut down the fire departments. if i find out that firefighters also rescue guy people, suddenly, it will seem gay for me to have their calendar. ( laughter ) ( applause ) that's march. that's march. that's a good one. and what about schools? i've heard some of these new-fangled gays also have kids that go to school. they're learning the same math as my kids, all so they can go home and count the number of mommies they have. ( laughter ) and, folks, we wouldn't even have this problem if gays weren't allowed in the military. so no one should be a

cards to same-sex spouses at national guard facilities. this is wrong.ision among our ranks, and it futhers prejudice, which dod has fought to extinguish. >> secretary of defense chuck hagel came to new york late last month and he called out nine states that were defying orders from the u.s. department of defense. he called out those states where national guard facilities were refusing equal treatment to some married couples in the u.s. military and demanded those states get their "bleep" together, to some discriminating against service service members. he gave them a deadline, december 10th. with ten days until the deadline there are still some states holding out. the texas national guard for example appears to be flat out defying the direct order from the pentagon. texas is deliberately refusing to process any benefits or any housing allowances or any i.d. cards for service members who are in same-sex marriages. service members in those marriages are being told by texas that if they want the sort of housing allowance that other married couples get and

striking down of the defense of marriage act fallon has suspended all spousal benefits for all national guard members gay or straight who work at state owned guard facilities again since governor palin has a personal problem with marriage equality she's going to. benefits to all national guard spouses just to make sure that not a single dollar ends up in the hands of two guys or two girls who love each other that's your gov oklahoma and this should bother you it's just a very very ugly. crazy alert sex of course twenty year old brazilian model catarina. pictured here made headlines last year when she sold off her virginity through an online auction the winning bid of seven hundred eighty thousand dollars was placed by a japanese man known only by the name of not sue but despite all the press surrounding the auction that sue was never able to make good on his winnings catarina mcglynn already is still a virgin so now she's auctioning off her virginity once again bids can be made at migliore knees website virgins wanted to. make at least one point five million dollars through the auction now th

. >> of course, we all remember the last time cbs news made a blunder this big, the bush national guard story broadcast by "60 minutes 2" and dan rather, september 8th, 2004. >> did then lieutenant bush fulfill all of his military commitments? and just how did he land that coveted slot in the guard in the first place? tonight, we have new documents and new information in the president's military service and the first ever interview with the man who says he pulled the strings to get young george w. bush into the texas air national guard. >> the story revolved around documents that purported to discredit george w. bush's performance while he was in the national guard, but certain documents could not be authenticated, and "60 minutes 2" ultimately had to admit its mistake." >> i made a mistake, we made a mistake, and i'm sorry for it. >> that time around, cbs news embarked on a mission to do everything possible to prove to the public it was worthy of their trust. >> having acknowledged that its own standards were violated, cbs news named an independent panel to investigate what went wrong.

national guard was still feeding meals and stuff like that. that's when i learned they said, we just notified your parents, you're dead, you know? i said, i'm not dead, not yet. but one of the national guard, he said look, he said write a short note to your parents. you have to keep it short and everything. i will take it out and mail it. and that's what i did. i wrote my mom. let her know i was still okay. >> years after the riot, having been transferred out of and back into pnm, jimmy kinslow escaped from the newly built level six facility. >> shortly after i arrived, i i was approached through some friends that i had met, would i be interested in escaping with them. so young, facing so much time, never the possibility of getting out, i said, sure. i'm ready. let's go. what can i do to help? >> this is the x-pod. this is where the individual masterminded the whole situation, the escape. >> get a gun smuggled in. .22 magnum pistol. >> this is the janitor's closet where they had the weapon stored or hidden, whoever brought it in. the inmates c

and make sure that we don't discriminate in the national guard. so i'm hopeful.it's important to note, jonathan, that when chris mentioned part of the problem we have had so far on enda, two-thirds of the people in the country support enda. over 50% of republicans think it's -- i think it's 56%, support enda. it's just some of the problem has been people don't think right now you can discriminate against gays and lesbians, but you can in 29 states and even more for transgendered people. so this is really important to do, whether we take care of it within the national guard, through a federal directive or the law that needs to happen. this is important oh, and i think our real barrier has been that most people assume it's in place because they have supported it and it makes common sense to not discriminate. >> chris, real fast. the state of texas has said it will not give spousal i.d. cards to same-sex couples. what can chuck hagel do to make texas and the other eight states change their ways? >> one of the issues that was raised when chris johnson from the "washi

bush into the texas air national guard. >> the story revolved around documents that purr importanted to discredit george w. bush's performance while he was in the national guard, but certain documents could not be authenticated, and "60 minutes 2" ultimately had to admit its mistake." >> i made a mistake, we made a mistake, and i'm sorry for it. >> that time around, cbs news embarked on a mission to do everything possible to prove to the public it was worthy of their trust. >> having acknowledged that its own standards were violated, cbs news named an independent panel to investigate what went wrong. former republican attorney general dick thornburgh and retired chief of the "associated press," louis bacardi. >> and on january 5th, 2005, the panel commissioned by cbs released its finding, highly critical of the news organization. >> a major shake-up at cbs. >> the panel found the report on "60 minutes 2" to be full of errors. >> taking the heat, the producer whose reputation was considered so solid, the panel found few questioned her reporting. she was fired. three superiors were ask

bush into the air national guard. >> the story revolved around documents that discredited george w. bush's performance in the guard. certain documents could not be authenticated. 60 minutes had to admit they made a mistake. >> we made a mistake. i'm sorry for it. cbs news embarked on a mission to prove to the public it was worthy for their trust. >> having acknowledged standards were violated, cbs news named a panel to # investigate what went wrong. thornburgh and lewis. >> the independent blue panel released the findings. they were highly critical of the news organization. >> a major shakeup at cbs. >> the panel found the report on 60 minutes to be full of errors. >> the producer who's reputation was you considered so solid the panel found few had questioned her reporting. she was fired, three superiors asked to resign. >> as were dan rather, he stepped down as anchor of the cbs evening news in march the same year in a move widely believed by the controversy. >> to my fellow journalists. reporting the truth is risking all top. each of you courage. >> given the obvious similarities w

. >> reporter: he doesn't know it, but the national guard recently celebritied him airman of the year. through their grief, the parents are comforted knowing that others knew just how special he was. >> one of those people you would want to be around in a positive, upbeat, he put others. >> reporter: he was celebrating a friend's birthday when he went missing. he was last seen at 1:30 saturday morning. the search led investigators to the water where divers discovered his body wednesday in fells point near the food of broadway. his pairs are waiting for final autopsy results. it appears -- there's no evidence of foul play. >> our faith will hold us together. i mean, we've -- in the last 24 hours we've gone through an incredible amount of pain. it's been an absolute nightmare. his dad talked about evan's love for family and friends, especially his 4-year-old daughter. in statements officials from the did, c. national guard called him a friend, patriot and consummate professional. >> i can't even tell you the number of people we've gotten messages from, via facebook, e-mail and text mess

wallace was the commander of the alabama national guard, and they were on the scene. federalize the national guard and then he becomes its commander. and kennedy decided he would do that. so the same people protecting wallace in a way then turned their guns as much as they head toward him, and he is left with his state police. kennedy, against the advice of most of his people, all of his people, wanted to go on television that night to talk about what had happened. like most politicians, he had hoped he would not have to deal with civil rights. it was an issue -- everyone in a way knew something was going to happen. kennedy was kind of caught in the middle as a politician because the congress was dominated by southern democrats in those days. depended on the democratic leaders of the congress, and they kind of thought -- they did think that secretly he was on their side, that he was just a northern politician pandering to a minority group. but that minority group was beginning to come alive with young people with sit-ins and freedom writers. he went on television that

national guard had selected him as its airman of the year. now, his grieving parents will accept the award next week on their son's behalf. andrea mccarron, wusa 9. >> they will hold a memorial service to honor him on december 8th and his funeral will be held in baltimore. >>> tonight's affordable care act checkup focuses on tomorrow's deadline to get the kips worked out of health care -- kinks worked out of healthcare.gov. the white house says it can now handle 50,000 people at a time, but there are some worries that a surge in customers could just cause more problems. >>> more than a month in and many americans are still wrestling with whether they should shop the exchanges or stick with their employer's health care coverage. during the opening enrollment season you may have attended a meeting or got a letter outlining your options next year. some people are finding it isn't as easy or cost effective to stick with the employer's plan. paul of the employee benefit research institute says traditionally employers look at health care as a benef

six states still refuse to give benefits to the national guard. each say it conflicts with their own state law. one of those states is texas where governor rick perry's office said the texas national guard is a state agency, and as such is ply kateed to adhere to the texas constitution and the laws of this state which clearly define marriage as between one man and one woman. marriage licenses are usually accepted in all states without question, but for same-sex couples state by state moves are still complex and limited. >> joining us now to talk about the new law in hawai'i is nania bear, the first american to sue for her right to marry her partner. here we are 25 years later. when you first embarked on this, did you imagine that it would take this long? >> i could not have foreseen what was going to happen. i will say that the day we actually applied for a marriage license in 1990 we really thought we might get one. when we didn't, my partner always thought we were going to win. i don't know that she thought it was going to take this long, but it

six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but they're hours away.e are badly hurt and need medical attention. and then all of a sudden, the sound of chopper blades through the thin mountain air. >> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going to get off the mountain and get to a trauma center and be okay. >> but when they realize what the sound is, it's crushing news. >> breaking news today on mt. hood. >> rescuers are going after a group of climbers who have fallen into a crevasse. >> turns out the first choppers to get there are news helicopters responding to the breaking story. >> i was expecting something else, and here's a media helicopter flying up. >> the news helicopters are no help to the injured. they're not equipped for rescue. and by now, the survivors in the crevasse managed to get the most critically injured climber, a man named chris kern, up to the surface. selena, a trained paramedic, tends to him. >> he would be in and out of consciousness. his hands were freezing. i had an extra pair of gloves. so i

you got into national guard. how hard is the job market out there right now. >> it's kind of hard.ust especially for soldiers that are -- who are going to school and then soldiers that have families because, i mean, the pay is okay. but just finding a steady job that pays the bills is just very hard i went through driving a tow truck, working at temp agencies until i found a job pays the bills but i'm still living check to check. >> brenda lutz, an army sergeant who served in iraq was able to find work after five months on the job market. she also thinks many veterans are struggling. >> what was more frustrating for me is that i had sormdz that didn't have the skills or support network that i had when i came back. i already had a bachelor's degree going into the military. i had that working for me when i left the military. and then now i have a masters plus professional experiences. but i have soldiers that i used to work with who are now leaving the military. they don't have that background and so they are trying to find the guidance and aren't receiving it as they should. i know

national guard.e recently had been selected as the district of columbia's airman of the year for 2013. the d.c. national guard issued a statement calling him a friend and patriot. his cause of death has not been released. >>> developing now, a man and woman shot within a mile of each other in d.c. and police now say the two crimes could be related. both shootings happened around 6:00 this morning. police found a man shot in the chest in the 1200 block of barnaby terrace southeast. then discovered a woman shot nearby on southern avenue. both victims are expected to survive. police are looking for two people in a white sports car who took off after the southern avenue shooting. >>> there's video of three people who may be connected to an assault in the district. d.c. police are calling them persons of interest. it happened at 3:00 in the afternoon on saturday on november 16th. police want to question the people in this video. if you know who they are, you are asked to call the d.c. police. you could ge

national guard airman who was found dead on wednesday.disappeared after leaving a birthday party in baltimore last weekend. ky reid spoke with the victim's family. >> if you could mold the picture of a son, evan was that one. >> reporter: evan didn't know it but the d.c. national guard recently selected him airman of the year. through their grief, his parents are comforted knowing that others knew just how special he was. >> one of those people that you would want to be around. positive. upbeat. he put others before he put himself. >> reporter: he was celebrating a friend's birthday last weekend when he went missing. he was last seen at 1:30 saturday morning. the search lead investigators to the water where divers discovered his body wednesday. his parents are waiting for final autopsy reports but it appears that the 29-year-old accidentally fell into the water. no evidence of foul play. >> but our faith is going to hold us together. in the last 24 hours we have gone through an incredible amount of pain. it's just been an absolute nightma

romogosa was tortured browltly brutally at the national guard headquarters in 1980. >> how did you get through that? >> romogosa's two military uncles finally got him released but not before one last terrifying ordeal. vidas casanova who oversaw his torture was there. romogosa and two other salvadorans, in 2002 a jury found them liable for command responsibility for torture and other atrocities. today the u.s. department of justice is seeking to deport them back to el salvador. >> what will you do if the generals are deported back here to el salvador? >> autoformer salvadoran in the u.s., spain wants him extradited in the 1999 murder of the jesuit priest. >> i'd like to see all the internal memos that were written in the embassy or within our intelligence services about what was going on. >> do you think american officials need to be investigated an prosecuted for atrocities in el salvador? >> i think we ought to know the truth and then based on that take appropriate action. it is difficult to believe that u.s. advisors and intelligence officers didn't know more than they reported to c

bush's record in the national guard. had this to say, the story is done to appeal to more conservative audiences. they appear to have done the story to appeal to conservative audiences. you can't avoid the parallels here, bill. >> you can't avoid them because everybody's going to think oift of it. but to me, this is a far lesser scandal because i don't see this as, people aren't doing this sort of in a presidential election, trying to influence voting. i think, i may be wrong, but i think people have to step back and say, look, there's a lot of agendas being played out here. you're saying cbs wanted to court the writer. but my sense is they weren't wanting to do something on benghazi, spent a lot of time, then this guy's book showed up. >> it was a mini perfect storm. they needed to inject a big b12 shot into that benghazi story. one of the things we try to tell some of our students is how to watch television and be aware this that fellow's story, had nothing. i mean, in essence, had nothing to do with the same old story

the national guard is run by the governor in many states.t governors have the right to make these decisions for their individual states? >> well, no, they don't, not actually. it's a misnomer that these are run by the governor solely. even though they may not be currently called up under a presidential order, they are still a dual entity governed by both the state and the federal government at the same time. they have an obligation to follow the federal guidelines and to comply with federal military law. so the governors really cannot do what it is they're doing. in fact, it's interesting that you bring up the state of texas because the benefit that's being withheld there, the b.a.h., basic allowance for housing, is a federal benefit. it has nothing to do with the state. the employees that process that benefit are federal employees, the system, the computer system software and hardware is a federal system. at most, it may reside on a piece of property that may be owned by the state. but that would be it. the rest of it is all federally conne

. >> this one from the mississippi national guard have seen action. >> one of the crew members wrote on here, not for long. >> what they're telling you is they don't want it to stay here in the boneyard. >> other planes ordered just before the sequester went into effect will come straight here from the factory. this was commissioned five years ago to enhance the cargo fleet. it can take off and land on shorter runways than other cargo planes. the u.s. military ordered a toll of 21 of them, value would at $567 million. days ago, the pentagon announced special operations would get seven of the planes. that still leaves 13 parked person who as we speak, there's another still in production. when it rolls off the assembly line in texas, it will be decommissioned immediately. >> there's no doubt that it is government waste at some level. >> michael is a taxpayer watchdog with the no one partisan brookings institution. he says the c27j was an extravagant military purchase, approved before the 2010 elections, when the rise of the tea party led to massive budget cuts in the pent gun. >> this

>>james: the texas national guard will begin letting same-sex couples register for benefits. the defense department has approved a new procedure for a ruling national guard members and their dependents for benefits. the girl with a state agency bound by texas law which doesn't recognize same-sex marriage. the national guard commander had ordered the texas military forces not to process any applications from same-sex couples. the decision made yesterday lifted that order and now all five national guard facilities in texas will provide benefits for gay couples. >>anny: this morning, authority's in northern ohio are evacuating hundreds of homes after a real car started leaking liquid believed to be highly flammable and toxic. this is happening in the small town of willard, about 65 mi. southwest of cleveland. local responders and workers from the transportation co. csx corp. are at the scene. it's not clear what caused the record to lick with a toxic liquid used to make plastic and rubber products. residents in an estimated 400 homes are being told to evacuate. and other world n

. >> a national guard member lost everything during the storm. a pit bull named dexter, the twister leveled the apartment and after the storm, they have been looking for dexter but could not find him. they got in touch with montgomery and said that he had the dog. he was found under piles of rubble. he was not seriously hurt. you can imagine. >> absolutely wonderful. let me tell you, it is not as cold as it could've been. feels like january. we will keep the cold air with us another couple of days. temperatures will rebound back into the 50's. the windchill factor makes it feel a bit cooler. today, the average high is the lower 50's. after a high of 40, no rain to speak of. now at 33 degrees at george washington university. ofin chantilly after a high 39. martinsburg at 24, winchester 25. southern maryland now in the lower 30s. if you look for the core of really cold air, looking at temperatures around 12 and 17 degrees. we will see middle 20s. factor a lot worse to the northwest, single-digit. not much of a problem. across western pennsylvania,

the total army, the active army, the army national guard and the u.s. army reserves remains heavily in operations overseas as well as at home. as we sit here today, more than 70,000 u.s. army soldiers are deployed to contingency operations with nearly 50,000 soldiers in afghanistan alone. additionally there are more than 87,000 soldiers stationed across the globe in nearly 120 countries. during my more than 37 years of service, the u.s. army has deployed soldiers and fought more than 10 conflicts including afghanistan, the longest war in our nation's history. no one desires peace more than the soldier who has lived through war. but it is our duty as soldiers to prepare for it. as chief of staff, it's my responsibility to man, train and equip the force to provide america with the best army possible. as a member of the joint chiefs of staff, it's my responsibilit advice to ensure the army is capable of meeting our national security needs. if congress does not act to mitigate the speed and reductions of the budget control act with sequestration, the army w