having enough navy, about the word in the navy regs. he said, now, does the absence of the word male before the words u.s. citizen allow him to enlist women in the navy? and with a thumbs up from those advisers, daniels ordered the u.s. navy to enlist women. and women flooded to recruiting stations, and they signed up, and they were sworn in to the navy. after world war ii ended, the united states congress decided to change what they saw as an error in the navy regulations. and they changed it back to from u.s. citizen, they put the word "male" in front of that. now, this is an example of what a difference the presence or the absence of a single word means in the united states' official document. just as the words in the united states' constitution are extremely important when granting full rights to citizenship to men and women in our country. the words "u.s. citizen" automatically include women when rights and privileges are conveyed. however, both the use of the single word, "men" by placing the word "male" before those words exclude

the navy says he needs to tryout security. but critics believes it threatens whales and as you'll see, they want the navy to steer clear of this habitats. this stretches up to the canadian border and more than 280 miles west into the pacific ocean. this shows training going on there for decades. now, the navy wants more exercises involving aircraft and new advanced weapons underwater mine fields and missle autos it's critical and to be ready to do that at any time. >> while they're doing that training many believe the navy should be doing more to protect the ocean. from chemicals and sonar its a big range the navy is operating. roughly the size of the state of california they're not proposing to set aside even a square inch for important habitats. >> the natural resources council is concerned about the national marine sanctuary. there is including a pod of endangered killer whales. i spoke with with the environment program manager. >> why can't the navy stay out that have area? and based on proximity they're based out of puget

navy. daniels was a native of north carolina, had gone to law school and passed the bar in 1885. president woodrow wilson, employed psychiatry danielson in 1913 and his assistant was franklin roosevelt. with the war region in europe, daniels became increasingly concerned about the preparation that they needed to make to ensure the u.s. navy could operate at maximum efficiency if and when america answered the war. in early 1917, concern about having enough navy man to man the ships, daniel asked his advisers about having enough -- about the word on the navy. he said there's the absence of the word mail before the were u.s. citizens allow him to enlist women in the navy and with a thumbs-up from those advisers, daniels ordered the u.s. navy to analyst women and flood it to recruiting stations and signed up and they were sworn into the navy. after world war ii ended, the united states congress decided to change what they saw as an error in the navy regulation. and they changed it back from a u

rivalry at fierce as army-navy. the 11th version played today in philadelphia, and navy continues its dominance. they've won eight straight over army entering today. first quarter, midshipman up 3-0, and adding on, on the money to john howell. outruns the black knight defenders. 10-0 navy. in the second, 17-0. army fining the end zone against navy for the first time in four yeemples later in the second, arm ya driving again. this time, coughs it up like a fur ball. middleton, off to the races. 98-yard is a long way to run in shoulder pads. trust me. navy makes it nine straight over army, 31-17 the final. >> de la salle facing cal high. first quarter, spartans strike first. de la salle jumps on top. the grizzlies answer later in the first. rio, looks like he's going to run. in stead he pass, and look at this catch, the one-handed grab. game tied. now in the sefnlgtd de la salle back on top. dunn through the hole. eight yards to pay dirt. de la salle leads at the half. >> women's hoops. cal hosting long beach state. t

"they are a yankee family and have relatives in the british and american navy." another reported that a canadian soldier shot an american riffleman and then ran up to plunder his corpse when, "he discovered it was his own brother." but then this canadian soldier coldly remarked, "it served him right for fighting for the rebels when his family fought for king george." this is the war of 1812, not the revolution, but for this man as for so many, they regard this as a continuation of the revolution, that the revolution is not over for these people. dunlap concluded said "such is a variance of political ranking that is overcomes nature." we think we have just one civil war from the 1860s which is a much bigger and bloodier affair than the war of 1812. we need, i think, if we can recall the war of 1812 as a civil war and if we recall just how unstable the american union and republic was in the generation after the revolution. there was just a feeling of many people, the united states including many leaders that they were embarked on a very risky experiment in the geog

>> this is a typical old navy type of christmas season. having strong signage of $5-type items and key promotions. for me this looks about what you would expect. >> reporter: to confirm his instincts, he talks to customers. >> how would you characterize the deals this holiday season? >> better prices. >> better prices. >> yeah, because people are being more particular on what they're shopping-- holding on to their money. >> reporter: next, it's downstairs to the men's department. >> men are back out there shopping. they've saved up. historically men are not very interested in shopping, but we're seeing some more exciting trends out there. >> reporter: is it an economic...? >> it's a little bit of both. they really didn't shop for maybe the past two years, so they're feeling a little bit more confident. >> reporter: as he walks around, sozzi notes a subtle difference from upstairs: men are not as concerned about prices. >> i think they don't mind necessarily to splurge a little bit more, and when you are thinking about splurging at old navy

, the right size navy. when i first came here i looked up gene taylor because we shared some social things. as a democrat he kind of shown out different than other democrats. he says we are joined at the hip. we are. your departure is a grave loss to this congress and to our nation. i've been honored to serve with you, sir. thank you and i yield back. mr. akin: thank you for those most appropriate comments, roscoe. the second gentleman i think we need to recognize is undersecretary stackley has really helped tremendously with his level of detailed knowledge about how you work these contracts and he got the contracts as chairman mentioned reorganized to some degree a couple years ago and now we have two excellent bids before us. . congress has trouble making decisions rapidly or even wisely sometimes. i don't think that's the case today. today secretary stackly came to a number of us and said, look, there's two different ways we can go. the way we were planning to go which is we down select by 10 ships and r

is the navy giving any specifics about what they're getting in return for those risks?y don't believe -- i mean, the bidding hasn't even started on this new process. this is an assumption by an analyst that by breaking it into five parts it opens up the seams. the first part the navy is going to bid out when there's a budget is going to be for security. not to provide security but to pay a company to try and infiltrate the navy system to see where the vulnerabilities are. >> jane wells, i assume you're going to stay on top of this and watch the progress about whether there are changes. >> of course. >>> we've been talking online today. a lot of responses from you viewers about my interview with republican senator barrasso at the top of the show and his straddled stance on earmarks. you have requested $4.8 million in earmarks. do you think it's time to overall the system that earmarks are a thing of the past? >> absolutely. >> why did you request earmarks if you don't think they have a place in the spending bill? >> well, they don't have a place for anyone in the spendin

high standards of conduct throughout the navy as we serve the nation. our sailors will continue to live by the core values of honor, courage, and commitment which are fundamental to our character and conduct. >> thank you. general amos. >> thank you members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to appeal before you and discuss the working group's rereport of the issues associated with repeal of section 654 title 10 u.s. code, policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces. i would like to begin by stating for the record that the study conducted by the comprehensive working group is a valuable examination of the issues associated with appealing the policy and serves to usefully frame the perspectives of the service members and their families. i am grateful for the efforts of honor jeh johnson and carter ham. as team leaders, they let their groups effectively. they provide useful information about attitudes and the implementation of repeal across the marine corps. i would like to share what it says about our marine's opinions. viewed holisti

and women are going to be in the hands of my students who will graduate to become officers in the navy and marine corps, that's a huge thing. that's a major problem that we have here. the academies were created in the 19th century when the assumption was that you had to make officers the way we make them still at the academies. but the world has changed since the 19th century. specifically the rotc has happened. the academies now produce one officer in five in any one of the given services. so we're a tiny minority, 20%, one in five as i say. rotc programs produce twice as many as we do at 1/4 of the overall cost. then the question becomes, well, are our officers any better? >> host: right. >> guest: this is all and the -- anecdotal. i've read studies and never been an conclusion that says the academy officers are better. they will tell you that. but it doesn't play well with the rotc and the enlisted people. they call them ring knockers. they are knocking with their rings on the table. >> host: do graduates of the academy are more protective of their own alumna? >> guest: seems to --

navy was up 10-0. you know what, they never trailed. second quarter, dobbs. he's going to connect with brandon turner for a 32-yard score. navy rolls in this one and beats army for a 9th straight time 31-17 the final. the raiders will look to improve on their 6-6 record when they travel to jacksonville on sunday. the niners host seattle in a must-win game. san francisco at 4-8 barely holding on to any postseason hopes. >>> the giants are playing the vikings on sunday. the problem is they're in kansas ci city. a severe snowstorm diverted the team's flight to kansas city. the team pushed up its departure time by several hours. the giants will spend the night in kc and catch an 8:00 a.m. flight sunday morning. >>> college hoop news. cal's men's basketball team has violated ncaa rules. in a statement released by the school today the university has imposed sanctions on individuals who are working with the men's team in 2008 for improper phone calls. the violations are related to the number of phone calls coaches made to recruits. one of them being former bear max

. >>> eight, that's how many consecutive losses army has had to navy. bet the cadets were looking to get that bad taste out of their mouth when they faced the midshipmen for the 111th time today. army and navy one of the most story storied rivalries in college football. a 77-yard touchdown reception. navy was up 2-0. second quarter, dobbs. nice day for him, passed for 186 yards and two touchdowns. here's a second one. connects with brandon turner for a 32-yard score. navy rolls in this one. maybe army for a 9th straight time 31-17 the final. college hoops, it appears that cal's men's basketball team has broken the rules, specifically ncaa rules. the university has imposed sanctions on individuals who are working with the men's basketball team in 2008 for improper phone calls. the violations are related to the frequency and number of phone calls coaches made to recruits. one of them being max jiang. mike montgomery was hired in 2008 and members of the coaching staff met with the ncaa committee on infractions yesterday in indianapolis. while cal has impos

they are usually intercepted by the australian navy before they get there. so it's somewhat of a surprise that this boat actually managed to get so close to the shore of christmas island and my understanding was it was supposed to be trying to dock at a place which is the only place you can come into harbor at christmas island but ironically there's a navy boat that was able to intercept a my grant boat but they can't get into the shore because of the turbulent seas. and some of these people smuglers operate these flimsy boats and you see how easily it is broken apart. >> a report by the council of europe's investigator suggests a man was once the boss of a criminal underworld involved in killing people for their human organs. he used to run the kosovo liberation army and his army is alleged to have committed a string of abuses. our correspondent nick, reports on a case he, himself, has investigated. >> hasim the current prime minister of kosovo and wartime leader of the liberation army is named no less than 27 times in the reports 27 pages. he led within th

now both have been banned from flying for the navy. it cost half a million dollars to fix the helicopters. the pilots admitted what they d they said this they were trying to get a great picture for their command's facebook page. went too far. >>> already. they are the loans of last resort payday loans that cost a fortune for interest and fees. that's not the only problem. julie watts reports a lot of people are being targeted by scammers. >>> reporter: don needed cash fast. >> my bank account was getting low and i had bills coming up. >> reporter: so the fremont resident took out an online payday loan. now he is paying for it. for more than a year, don last been getting threatening calls from individuals with heavy accents saying he is late with his payments even though he is not. they are even threatening legal action and arrest. >> hi, this is austin jones from the united states legal investigation department. there might be a lawsuit filed against your name as well as your social security number. >> reporter: they are also calling h

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. >>> there is no rivalry at spirited as army-navy. the 111th version in philadelphia today, and notify continued its dominant. navy was won eight straight over army. ricky dobbs rolling out, going deep. on the money to howell. outrubs the -- outruns the defender. now 17-0. army finds the end zone for the first anytime four years against navy. later in the second, this time steelman coughs it up like a fur ball. 98 yards is a long way to run in shoulder pads. trust me. the longest return in the -- return for a touchdown in the game's history. della sal at the oakland coliseum. de la salle up 7-0. the grizzlies answer later in the first. rio looks like he is going to run it. instead he passes it. the great one with the grab. game tied. the explosion through the hole. de la salle leads 49-14 in the fourth quarter. will have highlights at 11:00. cal hosting long beach state. golden bears are undefeated at home. first half, clarendon with the great look inside to stallworth. layslays in for two of her 27. later in the first, caldwell, one

high standards of conduct throughout the navy as we serve the nation. our sailors will continue to live by the core values of honor, courage, and commitment which are fundamental to our character and conduct. >> thank you. general amos. >> thank you members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to appeal before you and discuss the working group's rereport of the issues associated with repeal of section 654 title 10 u.s. code, policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces. i would like to begin by stating for the record that the study conducted by the comprehensive working group is a valuable examination of the issues associated with appealing the policy and serves to usefully frame the perspectives of the service members and their families. i am grateful for the efforts of honor jeh johnson and carter ham. as team leaders, they let their groups effectively. they provide useful information about attitudes and the implementation of repeal across the marine corps. i would like to share what it says about our marine's opinions. viewed holisti

navy. the president was well aware how long some members of the military felt imprisoned by "don't ask, don't tell." >> i am -- i am just overwhelmed. this is a very good day. and -- and -- and i want to thank -- [ applause and cheers ] >> -- all of you. >> reporter: at his right hand as he signed the repeal of the 17-year-old policy, retired u.s. navy commander zoe dunning. >> you need to look no further than the servicemen and -women in this room. distinguished officers like former navy commander zoe dunning. >> he was a little taken aback and came up the podium and someone shouted out we love you and someone else chicago's in the house and, you know, it just sort of -- people -- i think it's like 17 years of pent-up energy and something that we could actually be happy and excited about. >> reporter: she served openly as a lesbian in the u.s. navy 17 years coming out shortly before the policy went into effect believing them president bill clinton would be successful in allowing openly gay

high standards of conduct throughout the navy as we serve the nation. our sailors will continue to live by the core values of honor, courage, and commitment which are fundamental to our character and conduct. >> thank you. general amos. >> thank you members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to appeal before you and discuss the working group's rereport of the issues associated with repeal of section 654 title 10 u.s. code, policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces. i would like to begin by stating for the record that the study conducted by the comprehensive working group is a valuable examination of the issues associated with appealing the policy and serves to usefully frame the perspectives of the service members and their families. i am grateful for the efforts of honor jeh johnson and carter ham. as team leaders, they let their groups effectively. they provide useful information about attitudes and the implementation of repeal across the marine corps. i would like to share what it says about our marine's opinions. viewed holisti

now both have been banned from flying for the navy.fact it cost half a million dollars to fix the helicopters. they admit they did it because they were trying to get a great picture for their command's facebook page. >>> after a year of fizzles and foiled terror plots there is nervousness and extra vigilance at the nation's airports this holiday. whit johnson shows us the latest item to come under truth isie. >> reporter: airport screeners are stepping up their hunt for bombs checking insulated drink containers for hidden explosives. officials stress there is no intelligence suggesting an imminent plot involving thermos bombs but the transportation security administration warns that the possible tactics terrorist might use include the concealment of explosives inside insulated beverage containers in which they might smuggle explosives aboard airplanes, like last christmas day someone tried to blow up flight 253 with a bomb in his underwear. >> i'm confident that the deficiencies identified in the system as a result of the christmas day

standing next to him was a san francisco lesbian who was a retired navy commander. he went to court in the mid-nineties and won the right to serve despite "don't ask, don't tell". >> it was surreal. it was amazing to know i was just three feet away from the president as he signed a bill repealing a law that i have been fighting for 18 years. >> after the signing president obama held a conference to sign a bill called the congressional spirit. >>> there is a break on the way right now. >> yes, a much-needed break. lisa argen is here with the full forecast as we head toward christmas. >> yes. the story is not the rain, but the cooler weather. we have some fog forming out by the delta. it is 49 in antioch, and it is cold in santa rosa. you have three quarters of a mile of visibility there. the temperatures are about 50 in san francisco and oakland. it is clearing from northwest to southeast tonight. and so we will look for the residual moisture and the temperatures to drop and you will have the fog pretty dense in the east bay valley. sacramento valley, a lot of folks

navy for being overtly pro-nazi. manages, to through merchant vessels, to get to europe and volunteers with another figure to carry on probably the last attempt the nazis made to land saboteurs ashore on the united states. he mets one of his former schoolmates who persuades him that this is madness. copaw turns himself i, serves a modest sentence after the war. we knew we had victy in han now and there wasn't quite this spirit of vengeance that f.d.r. had expressed earlier. >> but you put -- one of the things that's interesting is he was dropped in the frenchman's bay up there, i assume, in maine. >> yep. yep. >> that's how he got back into the country. >> he did make it back tothe uned states with a bundle of money. he had a good time with the furor's dollar supply, but was useless as an agent. i think the lack of appropriateness of this man and the previous team i talked about is an indication of how weak german intelligence was as targeted against the united states. >> who's this fellow right here? >> that man is

navy pier officials say that deal boosted ticket sales 12%. revenue dropped by $35,000. navy pier says it will review whether it wants to work with group-on in the future. >> if you subscribe to cobra health coverage should you expect any changes as part of the new health care reform. tribune reporter bruce jabson has details coming up. >>> bad news for the bulls as they lose their center joakim noah. how long could he be out. that's ahead in sports. we got music to put you in the holiday spirit. the philharmonic orchestra will be part of the holiday concerts taking place this saturday and sunday at the lincoln way east performing art center in frankfurt. thank you for calling usa pmy name peggy. peggy, yes, i'd like to redeem my reward points for a gift card. tell points please? 250,000. calculating... ooh! answer: five fifty! 550 bucks?! 5 dollar, 50 cents. minus redeeming charge. leaving 50 cents. say what? happy time! what kind of program is this? want better rewards? switch to discover. america's number 1 cash rewards program. it pays to discover. >>> more legal pro

the president honored three navy officers for their service.arlier this week, senior naval officers from over 20 countries including china, great britain, india and russia, attended a seminar on security and safety at sea. an international regatta was also organized to mark the navy's anniversary. >>> a contest to choose miss indochina 2010 took place in northern thailand's province on thursday. the competition is part of the indochina fair of 2010 organized by thailand's tourism authority and the province. the crown went to a woman who received a cash prize, a diamond tiara and a sash. miss indochina will participate in various promotional activities over the coming days. >>> hi there, time for another world weather update. well, the weather across eastern asia starting to get a little bit more active. up to the north, we have a snowstorm pushing in from northeastern china and coming in to japan. all along this front here, cold rain as well as thunderstorms. and as that low pushes into hokkaido on sunday, we're looking for blizzard conditions

then, cut the number of f-35s for the air force and navy in half, saving $9.5 billion. that would eliminate $2.1 that would eliminate $27.1 billion over five years. but it would also lead to services having to depend on current-generation fighters which because they are not stealthy are becoming increasingly vulnerable to modern air defenses. buying fewer f-35s also would further increase the cost of each airplane. >> if you reduce the buy down to a few hundred for the air force and a few hundred for the navy, we're going to be paying well in excess of $250 million per copy for this airplane. >> reporter: the f-35 is too big to fail, but without make something tough decisions, it could also be too expensive to afford. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> couric: two other big programs that can't be allowed to fail are medicare and social security. but they and other entitlements are also being targeted by the commission. all told, they account for more than six out of every $10 the government spends. social security makes up 20% of the total budget, medicare 13%. th

give old navy big wheel deal a spin and try to win a million dollar prize that old navy is giving to customer. very quiet trade here. we're seeing just mixed market so far this morning. big ticket durable goods was weaker than forecast. new home sales. this will be coming out the top of the hour. we did expect the markets to be pretty quiet today. we're closed tomorrow by the way. the bloomberg silicon valley index trading slightly lower. move over e-harmony and match.com. there's a hot new dating app in town. dating apps available on facebook.com and i-phoning. the popularity of these apps like are you interested is growing along with the popularity of facebook.com. are you interested, the hottest app with 13 million users a month. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> have a good one. 6:47. few moments are more exciting for a child than waking up for presents on christmas morning. the age of youtube.com and viral videos, the whole world is seeing how excited some get. some of the best christmas morning freak-outs on the web. >> it's something for you? >>

. >> old navy gave 200 children from live memorials church's family services program a shopping spree at a store on market street. each child received a $100 gift card as well as some expert advice from personal shoppers who work for the san francisco based gap corporation which of course owns old navy. >> these are kids who just get to go shopping and not really think about, oh, we don't have enough money. or we're not sure if we can get something for everyone. that the kids just get to come. it's volunteers who love to host this event. and really that they get something new for christmas just for them, just what they wanted. >> this is the seventh year that old navy has hosted the shopping event for children. nice to see that there. >>> coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00, if your mailbox seems a little empty, it might be because that hallmark of the holidays, the christmas card, may be going the way of the dinosaur. card manufacturers have seen their sales plunge in recent years. find out why facebook might be making a dent in the traditional seasons' greetings. >>> our next n

we now know why two navy helicopters were hovering so low this fall.showed this showing pilots positioning their $33 million helicopters a few feet above the water in emerald bay. both choppers appeared to lose power and briefly dip into the water doing nearly a half million dollar damage to the machines but nobody could explain why they did it. a navy official now says they were taking pictures for their units' facebook.com page and will not be punished for their actions. if you're not a chocolate lover, you may become one after this story. turns out it may help people with chron cough or at least persistent cough. an ingredient is shown to be effective treating people with a cough. a drug-containing ingredient could hit the market within two years. or how about just chocolate containing that ingredient. next on abc 7 news at 5:00, why gavin newsom may delay taking his new job in sacramento. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in marin county where there has been a massive raw sewage spill but authorities think it may be more than that. they're looking into t

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he's in the navy. >> i have a great regard for the royal navy. >> oh, well done, well done. >> all right, george, don't get over excited. come on, let's go find freddie and jim. i hope the ankle will be all right. >> merci. >> nice girl. >> is commander challenger what you might call a good chap, yes? >> oh, absolutely. oh, good dive. >> has he the tendresse for her? what do you think, hastings? >> my dear poirot, how on earth should i know? this is miss buckley's hat, isn't it? >> yes, we are going to return it to end house. thus we shall have the opportunity to see again the charming mademoiselle nick. >> do you know, i do believe you've fallen for her. >> oh, no, no, no, no. you are under a misapprehension, mon ami. the young lady, she is very charming, yes. but i am more interested in her hat. >> i don't see why you'd be interested in her hat. there's a hole in it. >> yes, indeed. >> did you do that? >> hastings, did you notice the way mademoiselle nick flinched as a bee flew past? a bee in the bonnet, a hole in the hat. >> a bee couldn't make a hole like this. >> but the bullet coul

>> old navy. >> i am a last minute shopper. i should have gave them a gift card. >> reporter: how many do you have to shop for. >> four. >> reporter: when did you start? >> two hours ago. >> i was shocked. i was in line for about 40 minutes. >> worst in san francisco. >> i am finished with my shopping. i got everything i wanted for the people and for me. >> reporter: busy in the stores? >> very busy. >> reporter: many stores are staying open around the clock tonight like gap and old navy. they aren't closing till 7:00 p.m. on christmas eve and toys r us is also open tonight. if you can't sleep those are the stores you got to go to. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> stormy troubles continue in southern california. states of emergency have been declared in three additional counties, floods washout roads and risk lives in many areas. a look at when the dangers may be >>> a federal express truck loaded with packages was stolen today in oakland. while the driver was in the process of delivering packages. reports indicates two suspects

>> zoe is the other navy commander. she actually challenged don't ask, don't tell early on and won serving another 13 years openly. >> after 18 years of working on this, i witnessed the end to this destructive policy. and these are tears of joy. i've got to tell you these are tears of joy. >> we caught up with dunning at her home at home where she shared photos of her years on duty. >> i actually created greater bonds with my service members because i could be who i was without fear. >> all of the no votes today came from republicans. tom whose daughter is in the air force rotc is vice chair of the state republican party. >> my problem is as a father of someone in the military are the politicians making this decision right before christmas because they want to satisfy their base or are the democrats really doing this because they think it's best for the country? >> during the news conference the opponents of don't can ask, don't tell recited the policemen of allegiance and all of them said it felt just a bit different t

poinsettia bowl is scheduled is also flood bud officials say it will be ready for san diego state to meet navy by tomorrow. let's take you to orange county where crews were working on streets and they were washed out by rushing water. mud and debris flowing through backyards. in fact, downtown laguna beach was cut off by floodwaters that left rivers of mud in their wake. cars left stranded on roadways across the county. evacuations will be continuing for people in the mountain areas. there are power outages, mud slides and flooding and all of it expected to be a problem until the rain stops. >> here in the bay area we did get a break in the weather. it gave us a chance to dry out. wet weather is far from over. meteorologist nick o'kelly is in the weather center with more of what's happening. i saw a little sunshine today, nick. >> you had to squint at first

a retired navy commander stood beside the president. and mark matthews is here with the story. >> doning has i dits stimpx of being the only openly lesbian member of the military to serve in spite of don't ask don't tell. >> the president signed the repeel motioned for zoe doning to come stand beside him. >> surreal amaidsing to think i was just three feet from the president and he signed a bill. >> doning came out in 1993 a faveal commander battling the navy in court. >> this is an exception. the pentagon issued a mem rand yum and said that is illegal defense strategy for anyone tols use. >> 13 years she served openly and campaigned for the repeal of don't ask don't tell. and then got an e mail. >> said you're going to be with the president. i didn't know what it meant until the night before. they indicated that i would be standing alongside him. and it's just a dream come true. >> and the dream isn't without detractors. there is a retired marine you don't need that added pressure. >> this retired major general heads the memorial. >> i

navy and their character and discipline and decency.ive and respectful working environment. >> thank you them much. >> thank you for the opportunity to address the report. the study conducted by the departments comprehensive working group will give you a valuable examination of the issue is on the policy and some sexuality in the armed forces. i am grateful for the efforts of j johnson, general carter. the seven provides useful information about service member attitudes and issues regarding potential implementation across the marine corps. i would like to share with you what it says about our marines opinions. look at all specialties, approximately 45% of marines so they'd viewed it negatively in terms of effectiveness, readiness, and condition. of 13% but at it positively in the same categories. of particular concern to me is 56% of combat arms marine's voice - concerns. - benchmarks for combat arms marines raise between 66% for unit effectiveness and -- tahitian. these are held almost equally by all ranks within the combat arms commun

. >>> and the roof of sky line stage at navy pier was blown off its frame due to the high wind gusts. no one was hurt, the theater is closed for the season. no one was inside at the time. >>> a gun belonging to a would- be robber is being examined to see if it was involved in shootings along the indiana border. police want to know if the suspect who was killed was the honeybee gun shan. we're live outside of the salon in orland park. judy? >> reporter: we called the police and will county sheriff's police for a comment, they have not returned our calls. sources say there are several reasons why they believe there may be a link. the robber's vehicle here matches the description of the vehicle in the shooting that's a light blue truck and the gun is the same caliber. >> an attempted robbery on saturday night at this la tan may have given police their break. the customer says he will never forget the look in the robber's eyes. >> when he said i don't care about that. and the gun was focused on my chest. i'm a new daddy have to get home to my child. >> reporter: the suspect held up the sa

. >>> army and navy meeting for the 111th time. it's 17-7.later in the second, army driving again, this team steelman coughs it up, right to middleton, and his off the races. 98 yards, a long way to run in shoulder pads, trust me. navy over army. 31-17 the final. >> college, stanford book vollllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lightning fast. lightning strong. rizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just forou. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >> mike: de la salle had won 210 straight games against high school opponents. these two teams met earlier with de la salle winning. the fake quarterback draw, and then the toss to trevor. grizzlies tie the game. in the second, de la salle on top. 14-7 spartans. and they would pull away from there later in the sefnlgtd h

july 1916, the royal navy was losing the battle of the atlantic.here were two battles, one in each of the world wars, both of us were tonnage worth the more german submarines would attack vessels coming eastbound from canada and the united states, bringing supplies to the british isles. the germans suffering in the balkans withrow torpedoes that the cargo ships and the royal navy would attempt by using the gunfire or death charges to stop this part is. in the first world war, german submarines come when they fire their torpedoes, had to come to the service. technology didn't allow them the first world war ii fire torpedoes from underwater. and so, it was relatively easy for the royal navy if they saw one of the submarines to attack them with naval gunfire. but the problem was in 1916 summer, is the royal naval guns can fire with much regret the because we were not of cordite, the proponent for the shelves. the reason we had run out is because we couldn't get enough of the singular chemical components, which is acetone, which many of you in this aud

and if those 20 days elapse, the navy can sell everything at option.f you had taxable goods onboard, you had to get rid of it in 20 days. and so the deadline was going to expire on december 17th at the stroke of midnight. so that's why december 16th becomes the last day for the bostonians to somehow deal with the tea. so, but the thing that the bostonians were afraid of was that it was the tea agents, the east india company's agents who were going to sneak aboard the ships, take all the tea and smuggle it into the countryside so they can then begin selling it and pay the tooth -- duty on it. so the americans actually establish sentries to watch those ships at night, and, you know, they vote on this in an open meeting at the old south meeting house, and they say, okay, we're the 20 guys who are going to be onboard tonight, and they do this for 19 days, so it's the americans who are watching the tea. they are the ones who have the power over they tea for the entire period. now, the british navy, there are three warships in the harbor and regiments of tro

navy captain joan dara and her partner lynn kennedy were married last night. as they prepare to celebrate at a party this evening, they took time out to watch the senate vote. >> there will always be this little fear in the back of my mind that somehow i had been outed and i was being called in to be told that my career was over. >> reporter: dara, a former naval intelligence officer, says for nearly 20 years she could never share her relationship with military colleagues and ultimately "don't ask, don't tell" influenced her retirement. >> it's not right to make people hide part of their lives. >> reporter: most recent poll numbers show that 70% of america's troops feel the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" will have mixed, positive or no effect. but among combat troops, numbers changed dramatically. 48% of army and 58% of combat marines strongly oppose serving with gays. >> the law has changed, successfully implementing repeal and assimilating openly homosexual marines into the tightly woven fabric of our combat units has strong potential for disruption at th

. >> old navy's flagship store on market street in san francisco opened early today for a very exclusivehopping spree. more than 200 kids from glide family services program were each given a $100 gift card from gap which owns old navy. the kids had the store all to themselves and were told to pick whatever they wanted. gap volunteers served as their personal shoppers. >> these kids, you know, they've done their best this year and they are part of a group that we support. and then, you know, they deserve to be here. >> frosty the snowman was on hand for pictures wearing a little scarf there. the children all take part in glide's after school program. they range in age from four to 12 years old. >> wonderful! on the peninsula, the samaritan house has issued an urgency for new holiday toys. volunteers are selecting toys and sorting on south claremont street in san mateo. the agency says this year toy donations have dropped while the need has increase the 50%. they're asking anybody who can help to drop off new unwrapped toys or gift cards to the facility. they need new or gently used bicycl

>> we have navy. >> yeah! >> we have air force. >> yeah! >> i think we have a few marines around, too. >> whew! >> and a lot of folks from the 101st airborne division, the screaming eagles. we are here in afghanistan. you are all -- coast guard? is that what i heard? [laughter] >> here in afghanistan all of you are part of one team serving togeth together, succeeding together, except maybe in next week's army-navy game. as your commander and chief i have to stay neutral on that. we also have some i-staff partners here as well. [laughter] >> when i was here in the spring we had a coalition of 43 nations. now we have a coalition of 49 nations. and this sends a powerful message that the coalition of nation nations that the force of afghanistan is strong and is growing. now, i'm not here to give a long speech. i want to shake many hands as i can. but let me say that at this time of year americans are giving thanks for all the blessings that we have. as we begin this holiday season, there is no place that i would rather be than be here with you.

july 1916, the royal navy was losing the battle of the atlantic. there were two battles of the atlantic, both in each of the world wars, german submarines would attack vessels coming eastbound from canada in the united states bringing supplies to the british isles. the subs would fire torpedoes, and the royal navy would attempt by using either gunfire or depth charges to stop this practice. in the first world war german submarines had to come to the surface. the technology didn't allow them in the first world war fire the to have pados from underwater. so it was relatively easy for the royal navy if they saw one of these submarines to attack them with naval gunfire. but the problem was in 1916, summer, is that the royal naval guns counterfire with much -- couldn't fire with much frequency because we had run out of corps diet, the propellant for the shells. and the reason was because we couldn't get enough of the singular chemical component which is acetone which many of you in this audience will know from nail polish remover. exactly. i mean, it's