navy and had been for years. what was in the box was a cigar-shaped thing with a bulge in the middle. and it was the germ of an entire revolutionary warship. unlike the merry mack, it was all metal, and that bulge was a turret that could revolve to point its guns at any enemy no matter which way the ship was going. he got in to see the president, pitched ericsson's design, and he got the best possible listener. abraham lincoln, with the possible exception of jefferson, was more interested in inventions than any president we have ever had. he's the only american president to receive a patent, and he got it for a maritime thing, a dice that would lift -- a device that would left stranded river boats off shoals. he got the idea right away. the first meeting went well, but the next one didn't. one board member, captain davis, put his opinion of ericsson's idea in biblical terms, he pushed the model back at bushnell and said you may take that little thing home and worship it. it would not be idolatry since it was made

the preponderance of our navy was constituted as a result of reagan era 600 ship navy. these ships were built throughout the 1980s and '90s. many of them have reached or are beyond their original service life expectancy. in your best military judgment, are we building and are we capable of building given our ship yard capacity enough ships to not only maintain this already hazardly low navy but also increase it to the 355 ships called for in the latest assessment. >> thanks for the question. you are absolutely right that for the last couple of decades we have been living off the fat, if you will, of the reagan era buildup. back then we used to build up to five a year. today we are forcing to get two to three a year. so when you look at the math it doesn't add up over time as that build up starts to decommission because they have reached the end of their life and we are not building at a rate to replace them. we have programmed in '17 and '18 as we are beginning that program look now to arrest the decline in our total numbers. that is why we have come down since 9/11 fro

it what does this offer to the navy? >> we have tremendous capacity that was built for a history of 125 years. we have a tremendous amount of capacity. to not lose that capability. we maintain those flexibilities. it buys the cost down for the navy to maintain. and it is used to produce useful things. and it is being for the navy to pay for all the time. i can continue to use it. we can use it together. it is really attractive for the navy. >> what is the hope that can come out of that and benefit the military in the long run? >> we talk about manufacturing, but research and development is tremendous technology capability. we kind of abandoned some of the aspects and we have been focusing on some items and the last 10 or 15 years. development that we need and we are excited about being able to work together to showcase it and develop it. or warhead development or undersea capabilities. with the drones. we can utilize those with our ordinance. we are excited to work together and show people does a lot left in the tank. >>

navy ship. for the first time, a destroyer engaged in coming surface to surface missiles it was successful. they destroyed the missile. there was another missile that wasn't going to hit anybody. they let it crash. a couple days later, there was a strike, hitting radars. if they don't have fire control, it's hard to use them. they don't hit anything. threat is ongoing. on january 30, a saudi forget patrolling in this area -- threat is ongoing. frigate patrolling in this area was attacked. it was a suicide boat attack, very small, very fast. made and iran. somehow, it was smuggled over. it's exactly the kind of threat that the american navy has been worried about for years, swarming small boat a tax -- frigate, hit the saudi didn't damage it very heavily. it didn't go back to port for five more days. two sailors were killed. there's video that shows the dramatic explosion, but the ship didn't seem to be crippled. this remains a hot area. we have a series of attacks. they haven't hit merchant ship

it says, according to the navy 53% of all navy aircraft cannot fly. and that is about twice the historic norm. if you go to f-18s, 62% are out of service. 27% in major depot work and 35% simply waiting maintenance oor parts.or parts.roor parts. parts. this is a press release from yesterday. are those statistics rakt? >> yes, sir, they are. >> it is hard for me to know what question to ask question. 53% of all aircraft can't fly and 62% of our strike f-18s can't fly today? that's our status? >> yes, sir. when it comes to the strike fighter community, that's our legacy hornets, a through ds, and super hornets, e and f versions. our legacy hornets which we in the marine corps operate today are well beyond their design life, let alone service life. they were designed for 6,000 hours. we are extending the life on the hornets into the 8,000 to 9,000-hour range. they have been around as long as general walters and i have been serving for the most part. so they are pretty old. it takes about twice the amount of man hours to fix one of those jets as it was des

of the navy. to your point, the resources are where they are. if additional funds come available in 2017, we'll absolutely put them in the readiness accounts. ms. bordallo: thank you very much, admiral. my second question is opened for any of the witnesses. the department of defense has been asking for the authority to have another round of brack for years -- [-- braac for years. and ultimately affecting readiness. so do you breeve the department needs another brac, and if a new round were authorized, how would you reallocate the resources currently being used to maintain excess capacity? any one of you. just need one answer. my time is running out. general wilson: we think we have about 25% excess capacity at our bases. we think that in today's budget environment it makes sense to invest wisely. brac would help us to do smart investment on the basis preparing for the future. we could taket money we're spending on the excess infrastructure and put that back into solving some of our fiscal problems

in my book is a british navy ranch because it was the british royal navy. and it's armando rayon and spanish. all very, very good. sorry. >> benjamin lincoln, the guy that except to the surrender at yorktown, and see an ancestor of abraham lincoln? >> intriguing question that i am willing to bet it's probably answerable quickly, but i don't know. i hope somebody here baby afterwards. anybody in the audience happen to know the answer? if you could come to the microphone. [inaudible] >> okay, the answer to the question was benjamin lincoln's second in command to george washington could than in charleston, by the way. was he an ancestor direct of abraham lincoln and this gentleman says no biography of benjamin lincoln mentioned. thank you. so let's look into this. if you find something different, please let me know. good question. >> two questions notwithstanding the facts they failed to take quÉbec when they tried, why didn't the french canadians throw in that the americans against the british. the holy roman empire have an ace taken this conflict. >> the fir

porter, which is a navy missile ship, was buzzed by military aircraft from russia on february 10. they came within 200 yards of the ship, and, again, because we have such incredibly competent and professional leadership that captain those vessels, an incident was avoided. however, the danger of jet aircraft moving within 200 yards of a u.s. naval ship obviously is just common sense to anyone how high risk that is in terms of creating an incident that could have huge ramifications. in addition to that, the news reported, again, just last couple days or so that the russian military is now deploying intermediate medium-range nuclear warheads in different places throughout eastern europe or western russia near eastern europe, and, again, this is in clear violation of treaties that go back decades and as general breedlove who was the commander of nato and the european command who just stepped down said this new effort really just cannot go unanswered. it completely destabilizes the balance of power in that theater of the world again, the folks in connecticut woke up this morning with t

navy. us coast guard and department of defense. and was an exchange of near the french navy.larry is the author of three books. ships and science the birth of naval architecture and the replicant. edge of the earth, enlightenment expedition that reshaped our world.his newest book brothers at arms, american independence and the men of france and spain who saved it. if he did not already pick up his books there available in the concourse. and he will also be signing copies. so again i think you very much for joining us tonight and i would like to welcome larrie to the stage. thank you. [applause] >> thank you elizabeth. good evening. by early 1776 america was fighting britain in a war for independence but without a navy, artillery or gunpowder. only france and spain who are the historical enemies of britain had both the motive and the naval and military strength to defeat the british. we needed their alliance. but they would only do so america was seen not as fighting a civil war but rather as fighting a war as an independent nation.as john's items pointed out, foreign powers c

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navy pulled up anchor and relocated on the east coast. as it turns out, los angeles had a lot more political pull in san diego had at this point. the battleships cruisers and other large ships walled up in san pedro near long beach. that was where they were base until 1940. the good news for san diego, however, was that geography once again worked in her favor. north island is literally right on the water in the harbor area. los angeles still had all kinds of competing interests that the navy could not quite fit aviation into the greater los angeles area. as it turned out come aviation was becoming more and more of a concern for the fleet. san diego benefited in the long run by becoming the home of naval aviation for the u.s. navy during the time between the two 1923, the starting in uss langley was put into commission as america's first aircraft carrier. following of the year, she arrived in san diego and it was there that enable aviation really began being put into its paces and learned how to operate from an aircraft carrier. for the e

navy, coast guard and department of defense and an ex change engineer in the french navy. he is the author of three books, ships and science, the birth of architecture. measure of the earth. and this newest book "brothers at arms: american independence and the men of france and spain who saved it" again, thank you for joining us and i would like to welcome larry to the stage. thank you. >> guest: thank you. by early 1776, america was fighting britain but without a navy, al artillery or even gunfire. only britain and france had the military strength to defeat the british. we needed their alliance. as john adams pointed out foreign knowledge couldn't recognize us until we recognized ourselves as an independent nation and jefferson said a declaration of independence would help us. i say it was not just the declaration of independence it was also the declaration that we depend on france and spain, too. now, the americans knew france and spain wanted a rematch with great britain. they had come out badly in the seven years' war which ended in 1763 with britain and france loosing

secretary of the navy, secretary of the army.f the military branches involved in acquisition and involved in billions of dollars in purchasing and we're just over 24 hours away from the president announcing a huge increase in military spending that he wants and these military branches to go through congress. >> it's not just that. if i may you're talking about the acquisition programs but until you get the secretaries of the various services you can't get the rest of the staff and there's over 400 political appointees inside the pentagon that worked for the secretary of the army and secretary of the navy. none of those have been appointed yet. >> you want somebody there to make a case. let's switch topics. the newest gold star parents we know about are going to be those of the chief from the navy s.e.a.l.s killed in this yemen raid. his father owens coming out and saying i want a real investigation. don't use my son's death to hide from the investigative needs here. you dealt with this before. the grief has to be tremendous. such

>> the navy thought its contractor was cleaning it up. because of revelations made by smith, now the navy can't be sure. >> it's a big deal. you know, i draws in the question, the validity of the decisions that have been made. >> derek robin sob is the nay's environmental coordinator. he says the navy is reviewing thousands of sail sampling and may have to perform dashl cleanup. this will delay the transfer of the land to the city of san francisco by at least a year. >> it encompassing a majority of the property that's not been transferred. >> tet ra tech has been in trouble before. the navy caught the company falsifying soil data in 2012. the company cleaned up the investigation and the navy allowed tetra tech to investigate itself. this time the navy hired five other companies to evaluate tetra tech's work. who is pay ing for this? >> the navy is paying for this work. >> the taxpayers? >> yes, the taxpayers. >> is that fair? >> we have to make sure that it's safe. >> no more mistakes can be made and frankly these government agencies can

navy seal. once a navy seal, always a navy seal. you may not be on active duty, but you're still a navy seal. thanks for your service. is it an appropriate thing for the republican chair of the house and senate intelligence committee, richard burr, nunez, engaging in this, and campaign operatives and russian officials. >> i think first and foremost let me say there is a bit of partisanship here, of course, and it's up for the american people to judge that and answer those questions. i don't see any issue with it at the moment. i think that when you have the fbi that's investigating the issue, they've said they had a broader thing than just flynn to support that obviously. you had the senate intelligence committee come out if a bipartisan, in fact. my senator, senator warren came out and the republicans did too. it's their prerogative for oversight and they should look at it. >> if they're engaged in oversight on a sensitive issue like this and they want the public to have full confidence, wouldn't it be best for the chairman of thes

by the way, they were all royal navies. it was a british royal navy. they were all royal navies and very good. >> benjamin lincoln the guy that accepted the surrender at yorktown is he in ancestor of abraham lincoln. >> intriguing question that i'm willing to bet is probably answerable quickly but i don't know. i hope somebody here maybe afterwards anybody in the audience happen to know that. >> the answer to the question was was benjamin lincoln the second in command to george washington who have been entrusted by the way was he in ancestor direct of abraham lincoln and this gentleman said no biography of benjamin lincoln mentions that. so let's look into this and if you find something different please let me know. good question. notwithstanding the fact that the americans failed to take back when they tried why did the french canadians throw in with the americans against the british in the other question is did the roman empire had any stake in this at all. the first question was. with the french canada. come in on the side of the americans. the answ

navy s.e.a.l. killed in a raid in yemen. the u.s.aid targeting al qaeda, killed nearly 40 people, including 13 civilians, about half of them children. after initial praise of the mission, the white house says it can't be called a 100% success because of all the casualties. also breaking, president trump urges senate republicans to do what it takes to win confirmation of his new supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. mr. trump signaling he supports the so-called nuclear option to prevent the filibuster by democrats if needed. meantime, the fight over the president's cabinet nominees is taking stunning new twists, including a move by republicans on the senate finance committee. they suspended the rules to push forward mr. trump's picks to lead the treasury department, the health department in response to a boycott by democrats. i'll talk about all of this with independent senator angus king of maine, as we bring you full coverage of the day's top stories. up first, let's go to our correspondent elise labot. what are you learning abo

navy to make u.s. coast guard and the department of defense and was an exchange engineer in the french navy. the author of three books the birth of naval architecture and the scientific revolution. american independence and the man that saved it. i would like to welcome larry took the stage. thank you. [applause] >> by 1776, america was fighting but without the needy or even gunpowder. >> both the motive and the strength we needed their alliance. it was fighting the war as an independent nation and as john adams pointed out, the pillars couldn't be expected to acknowledge us. it is in a grav great invitation asking france and spain to fight alongside us. it isn't just the declaration of independence is also the declaration that depend on friends and spain. they wanted a rematch with great britain. it ended in 1763 in france was in canada and spain was in florida. france and spain were already aligned by the military ties that was with the family alliance and both nations wanted revenge against britain.

pearl harbor navy shipyard is important to the national security. general wilson, in your prepared testimony you sit that today's air force is at risk of becoming a second best hand with readiness hovering near 50%. can you explain to the american public what it means, in terms of what the air force can and can't accomplish in terms of its mission, and in your opinion, how much additional budget, relative recent budget with the air force need and how much time would it take to get readiness levels to much more acceptable levels? >> let me start with, i used an example, senator, how long does it take to grow a tech sergeant. it takes eight years. that is the type of experience we need i think it will take to get to the readiness levels that we need. it is not going to happen in one years or two years. we're looking six to eight years to bring the readiness level back up to 80%. when i talk about the united states air force being 50% ready. there are pockets of the air force significantly below that. let me give you a snapshot, go back to desert storm

the other three, the astute class, are the navy's latest attack submarines.in the trafalgar submarines, and the bigger astute class have suffered teething problems. 0ne submarine has been repaired after colliding with a merchant vessel off gibraltar last year. after being repaired. the ministry of defence said it would not comment on specific submarine operations, but said the royal navy continues to meet all of its operational tasking, deploying globally on operations, and protecting our national interests. an mod source insisted that there were attack submarines that were operationally capable and ready, but where they might be was clearly sensitive operational information that the mod would not comment on. but not having one on active operations will raise fresh questions about the effectiveness of britain's naval fleet. more than 400 whales have beached on the coast of new zealand, one of the worst whale strandings ever seen in the country. volunteers in the community of farewell spit are racing to save and refloat them — but around 300 have already died

several other navy seals were injured in a fierce firefight.ver a dozen members of al qaeda reportedly died as well. the u.s. also lost a $75 million mv-22 osprey which crashed during landing. plans for the raid began months ago under president obama. reuters reports u.s. military officials are saying trump approved the mission without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup , another official said "almost everything went wrong." sean spicer claimed the raiaid s a success. >> this was a very, very well thought out and executed effort. >> where was the president the night of the raid? do you still stand by your characterization it was successful? >> the president was kept in touch with his national security staff here at the residence. they kept him up-to-date on the rate and the death of chief owens as well as the four other individuals that were injured. he was kept a prized of the situation throughout the evening. again, i think -- i would go back to what i said yesterday. it is hard ever call something a complete success w

came: the 355 ship plan from the navy. that was during a review of what they have and what they need. russia and china both have significant size maybes. 350 five ship number calls to compete with that if we were to need that. host: as far as the nuclear program, does it spending address that? guest: i don't think there are specific out yet. this is something trump will have to make a decision on. it is reaching a point where it either will need to be recapitalize or not so there will be decisions that need to be made there. michael in georgia. go ahead. you are on. caller: good morning. with all that is going on now, i thought we could do a bit of a history lesson. president reagan increased the spending and materials for the military. i am 20 years united states navy. as soon as clinton got in, he decimated the military. he cut the ships in have. not just reducing it by 10% or 20% but he cut it in half. the democrats have no idea what to do with the military. they are terrified of the military. because they know that we

i also serve currently as a reserve officer in the united states navy. but a couple of years ago, two years ago from today i was deployed to afghanistan as a navy reserve officer. i was there for over six months then deployed for over eight months total away from my family. when i returned home, late that spring, the incumbent member in my district had announced he was running for higher office and immediately became a candidate because i believe at this moment we need leaders to step up and solve problems, and wanted to be one of those leaders to constructively move our country forward. >> where were you in afghanistan? what was your role? >> i served on the nato head quarters baseball in kabul, afghanistan, along with a number, dozens of other nato -- troops from nato countries on the headquarters base at the time called isaf now resolute support. i was there during an historic moment as the longest war in american history ended. operation enduring freedom transitioned to operation freedoms' sentinel. i was there during the transition from one phase of

and it's all thanks to my fantastic mortgage from navy federal... it's not called the mess hall for nothing. open to the armed forces, the dod, veterans and their families. navy federal credit union. >> abu dhabi might just be the most impressive show on display. there are some good technologies supporting infantry in the battlefield. >> i had to try this firearm simulator. >> this is a simulation company and some things displayed for the first time was heaven weaponry -- heavy weaponry. >> and you have some on display here? >> absolutely. this is our m2. it is a 50 cal round. it is integrated into our simulator. the cost savings is really what we are looking for here. , it is aboutound three to four dollars -- three dollars to four dollars around. about 5ntry can get million trigger pulls on these any monetary waste. the reality roughly three to four dollars so when you are putting someone on these guns for the first time, that is a lot of money that you are putting down range that you are just wasting. with this, i can kind of build you up. think

navy units and the iranian irgc navy and the regular navy. they are very close, everybody is on a hair trigger out there. and in the past, under the obama administration, there was a lot of restraint put on the commanders there. i still wonder what the new orders to those commanders are going to be. are we going to be more aggressive towards the iranians? if that's the case, as fred points out, a military slayings, possibly ending in a violent confrontation out there, is not only possible but it's even growing more likely. i know the iranians are going to continue their missile tests. think we are going to protest that but there's not much we can do about that. the wording in the u.n. resolution gives them enough wiggle room to do that. i'm more worried about the freedom of transit through the strait of hormuz. i think that's where we're going to see a possible confrontation, possibly a military confrontation between the two countries. >> okay. so david lauder, you have rex tillerson who is going to be our new access. he has no diplomatic exp

because i don't think it's a air force problem or a navy problem or marine problem. it's a national problem we have to get our arms around to get after. >> thank you. one of t one of the -- one of the issues that we have been following very closely in new hampshire is what's happening with the kc-46 new air refueling tankers. and i was just learned that the delivery that first delivery of aircraft has slid by about six months. will that have an impact on our readiness? how will that affect what's happening? >> senator, we don't think it will impact readiness, per se, because we're going to keep the number of kc-135s and kc-10s and once we get to the 479 tankers, then we'll start one for one replacing kc-10s with -- ask taking them out of the fleet. not ideal. we wanted to be on time, but we slid a little bit. after the initial batch of three per month, then we're going to one-and-a-half. but that slide in adjustment has made about a six-month delay. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. chairman mccain. >> i thank the witnesses, and i only wis

to begin her career with the navy. >> and they said, oh, you've got a bachelor of science. you're on the leading edge of technology. i didn't know that. >> reporter: over the next 14 years, she would shatter glass ceilings as a woman in a male dominated field surpassing those who would have held her back and maneuvering around every roadblock thrown in her path. >> to think back to what she dealt with back then, especially with the gender variable they thought she was supposed to be getting them coffee and she was the one in charge. >> reporter: today 82-year-old raye montague is credited with revolutionizing the process for all naval ships and submarines. >> she had to prove to herself she could do the job. she was able to rise above those type of things. >>> what a woman, and montague made a special guest appearance yesterday on "good morning america." >> and treated to a special surprise. actress janelle monet who proper trays mary jackson in "hidden figures" as she shared what it is she accomplished. >> one of the things that people would say to me, you mean, you were t

the other three, the astute class, are the navy's latest attack submarines.202a. the bbc understands that the navy's struggling to maintain the trafalgar submarines, and the bigger astute class have suffered teething problems. one submarine has been repaired after colliding with a merchant vessel off gibraltar last year. and hms astute is understood to be at sea, but only to conduct trials after being repaired. the ministry of defence said it would not comment on specific submarine operations, but said the royal navy continues to meet all of its operational tasking, deploying globally on operations, and protecting our national interests. an mod source insisted that there were attack submarines that were operationally capable and ready, but where they might be was clearly sensitive operational information that the mod would not comment on. but not having one on active operations will raise fresh questions about the effectiveness of britain's naval fleet. james landale, bbc news. scottishpower has become the latest of the big six energy companies to raise its p

president trump often lamented about the shrinking size of the navy. he plans on following the reagan doctrine of peace through strength. he wants a military that no other nation in the world would dare challenge. listen to what he said this morning at the national governors. >> when i was young and high school, and college, everybody used to say, we never lost a war. we never lost a war. you remember. now, we never win a war. we ner win. we don't fight to win. we don't fight to win. we either got to win or don't fight it at all. >> this is just a very, very beginning of the budgetary process. these are called the topline numbers, we don't have any of the details on how the spending would break out, sandra. we want to learn that probably until may camo in the budget is released by the president pledged today that he is not going to touch medicare, medicaid, or social security, at least not yet. sandra. >> sandra: thank you very much, john roberts. chris stirewalt on karl rove. $54 billion increase. are you a fan of this? does this work for you? karl. >

the navy was our connection to whole rest of the world.s for japan, this is not a topic i cover in this book but its the subject of this spectacular book called "the imperial crew" by the same guy who wrote "flags of my father. "poe -- about his father who died on iwo jima and then the question about why we were fighting japan and traced back to an episode in which theodore relevant who decideed japanese should be allowed to rule asia and the sent his secretary of war over there on a secret mission, designed at a cruise to negotiate a secret treaty with the japanese, and to be secret because the u.s. congress, which is supposed to ratify treaties, never ratified this one which was never made public, and the firsting firsting the japanese did after being told by roosevelt your ore counsel kerr and the attacked north korea, and roosevelt said sin your under japanese you should contact japanese. so it led us on the path for japanese militarism and the attack as pearl harbor and the episode at iwo jima. >> anymore question? >> one more. >> one

three other navy s.e.a.l.s also injured in that raid. an american girl, 8 years old, who is the daughter of an al qaeda leader was also killed in that fire fire. dover air force base has been the point where injured and killed service members arrive here for the ceremonies. the navy said that owens was a beloved father and a husband as well. we're live in dover, randy gyllenhaal, nbc10 news. >>> tonight, the parents of a berks county toddler are facing manslaughter charges in their daughter's death because they did not take her to the doctor's when she had pneumonia. the girl died inside their house in bethel here. the parents are members of the faith tabernacle church based in harrisburg. they don't believe in medicine. but the d.a. said they had a duty to their daughter. >> pennsylvania law, pennsylvania cases does not recognize religion as an extension to the duty of care, protection or support. >> the parents are out on bail, back at home with their six other children. the d.a. tells us children and youth services are supervising, ma

in brooklyn's navy yard where carpenters and welders built some of the u.s. navy's most fearsome battleships, bakers are watching high-tech manufacturing ventures. again, at that waterfront i mentioned earlier along the east river and the new york harbor from greenpoint to sunset park and the southwest, this is england's so-called creative crevice where abandoned and underused warehouses are crammed with offices for 3-d printer companies, biotech, robotics and digital design companies. with by the way fantastic views of manhattan harbor. many of these young businesspeople are what i call artist entrepreneurs. they are artists of all kinds who with the help of computers found a way to pursue their music while making a decent living. there are beauty businesses, designing and making and selling clothing, jewelry, shoes, open stationery and maps like the one above you. there are also a stunning number of new businesses centered on food, i'm happy to say. restaurants, beer halls, cheese shops, smallbatch artesian is the word, tapas, granola , mustard and take-out

secretary, the navy secretarial job is one of the most prestigious in government. it usually goes to very successful people. it's a shame he went down over there. and sean spicer may not want to call everything fake news just because you disagree with it. >> i'm going to move on to my next question after i give it a little amen. we have seen the president very much in campaign mode, during this early weeks of his presidency, as you said, talking about fake news, going enough further, calling media outlets the enemy of the american people, which he doubled down on this past week, he accused the minority leader chuck schumer of crying fake tears, calling democrats sore losers. i could go on and on and on and on. tuesday, do you expect that kind of donald trump rhetoric, or do you expect him to shift gears and be different? >> we have waited so long for donald trump to change, and it's very apparent he's not. i think there will be red meat in there for his followers. we know the draft is being written primarily by stephen miller, who had the major hand in drafting tha

is that standard prot caocol. >> you have one dead navy seal.e more than two dozen civilian casualties. you also have, as of yet, an intelligence haul. i spoke to a former navy seal commander and now that aqap has shed american blood on yemen soil, that is an enormous propaganda win and something to be factored into the decision. the raids are always difficult and dangerous. very difficult to be 100% successful. difficult to say this one was a successful operation. >> all right. our thoughts are with the family of all of those involved. thanks very much. joining me now is mike rodgers, former chairman of the house intelligence committee. general, the sort of back and forth now between former obama white house officials and trump administration officials saying it was okay before obama left office? obama officials saying that is not true. operations like this are not planned that far in advance. what is your reaction to all of that? >> it is silliness, anderson. this raid, like any other capture, kill, sensitive ex pras planned months in advance.

without training, something else has to give. >> i'm with the navy on this one. the definition of a cr is spending at 2016 levels. our accounts are nowhere near -- if we don't get a supplemental, we will probably stop flying in july. it could be more. we could burn through our 2016 levels. we have more rba aircraft in 2017 then we had in 2016. that would be the effect on us. >> senator, we would have a $1.5 billion math problem to make up. it would impact 60 new starts. we would have to directly -- the only place we could go for money is our readiness accounts. it would be flying hours, facilities accounts. much like the rest of the service, we would stop flying in the summer, backlog the depots, further delay any modernization of our infrastructure. the thing we are trying to stop or figure out would impact the most. authorizedof us, you an increase. that would not be funded. we would be starting that hollow .orce revisit when i joined the u.s. army, we were coming out of that. we would be starting back down that precipice. >> i know that -- i think i've heard e

by the time i moved about a mile away from the navy yard it was home to a few warehouses but akers on the body that have been reported by one of the legendary wiseguys. there were still plenty at the time from the earlier waves of immigrants. our next-door neighbors were an elderly irish couple who'd taken in borders has for so many dead in the brownstone areas of brooklyn during the depression and in the decades following. they were beating paid by new york many of them sick and moaning. brooklyn was actually losing population and they would say about this time we've got to get out of brooklyn. a lot of people did. so, the question i have in my mind as i approached the book is how did the old brooklyn become the new brooklyn, the place that gq magazine called the coolest city on the planet hell is it they have bulletproof cages to protect the cashiers and they have picture windows and free tastings. how could we have gotten to the point in history as we did in the fall of 2015 where the departments have a most celebrated the brooklyn mania with an exhibit called. how could the only p

owens this navy s.e.a.l.s. do you still view it as a success and he was very careful to characterize and couch today. >> how doid you hear it? >> yeah, i think he completely sort of reframed the statement put out in president trump's name toeover the weekend. first words of the gate were declaring this a success and then went on to pay respects but the first sentence out of the gate in that written statement was declaring success, today when answering sara maury's question is you can't ever call something a 100% success when you have somebody wounded or dies, not that they have not achieved objectives of what this is about but calling it a success, leaving it with that no longer seems to be witting well at this white house. >> the reporter just said about a million things can go wrong on the ground and can multiply by a factor of ten on that. these are not video games. bad things happen sometimes. no plan survives the first contact. that's cliche, special operations are very, very good, delta seals, army ranger

fox news is confirming that. 3-year-old william ryan owens of peoria, illinois, navy seal.e have the video of donald trump leaving with his daughter ivanka trump. just within the last hour and both dressed dressed in black wh solemn faces. we were not told what they were off to do. when we heard it was dover air force base, immediately, you know it came to mind that it might be that the remains of william ryan owens who was killed in this pre-dawn raid in yemen might be arriving back at dover air force base which is where soldiers and sailors bodies do come before they are put in their final resting place. this of course was a raid that went down on early saturday in yemen. three commandos were shot in an unexpected firefight at the site. even the military times was calling it a troubled raid. i use their term, troubled raid. the effort for u.s. special-ops to capture computers and other intelligence at what was a terrorist compound. al qaeda specifically and of course, chief petty officer owens was used, believed to be the first u.s. military fatality since president trump

navy federal credit union. aaron: welcome back to "defense news." in early january, "air force times" was given access to u.s. air forces base in the middle east. reporter stephen losey talked with some of the forces leading the fight against isis. he looks at the role >> ultimately, our strategy is to defeat daesh and to get them iraq'siraq and restore ability to take care of their citizens and their country. : how is the united states going to do that? >> we are doing that by supporting the iraqi armed forces both in the air and by advise and assist missions on the ground, embedding ourselves at the tactical level and strategic level, assisting them in their operations. 386th contribute to the effort? >> the way the 386th contributes inthe fight against isil iraq, this aircraft you see behind me, we airlift support, passengers and cargo to help facilitate forces. we have electronic attack aircraft here, the ec-130, supporting the fight. we have intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as strike m

navy back in the lead with the three.lack knights down one, jordan puts them ahead for good. >>> ladies first in annapolis. playing the game. this big three from the corner in the fourth quarter. navy wins 67-62. >>> all right, high school layoffs underway around the dmv. dc semis. wilson taking on hd woodson the tigers looking to knock off two time defending champion woodson. first half, isaiah jennings. the tigers up seven at the break. a huge game from boyd who led the warriors with 26 including that dunk late in the third quarter. an incredible individual effort. the tigers knock off woodson toe play in the final on wednesday. >>> john wall is repping the wizards at the all-star festivities in new orleans. had the practice this morning. getting ready for the game tomorrow night. wall did media day. and one cub reporter asking john wall the real question. >> who is your favorite home cooked meal? >> my favorite home cooked meal is salmon, and broccoli. [ laughter ] >> red beans? >> my bad. [ laughter ] >> you eat too h

navy from an ohio class submarine in the pacific test the range off the coast of california. the first one was launched around 3:30 this morning, the second was around 6:20 local time. i got hold of a spokesman for the navy who confirmed the missile test and reassured me it was safe. >> these missile tests, we conducted them from the sea. the missile flew over the sea and landed in the sea, and at no time did they fly over land? >> apart from the videos we have, i should note we got calls from abc viewers in palo alto and san jose saying they could see it and people as far south as los angeles sighted the missiles. the navy tells me the light was probably visible during stage one of each launch, and these types of missiles are used for general defense and have a range of about 4,000 miles. it is unclear how far off the coast the test submarine is located, but the navy refused to disclose the information. they told me instead the test had been planned for years and reassured me, again, that they were very safe. jessica castro, abc 7 news. >> good to know. new this morning, the