department of the navy's mediation at the hunters point shipyard hunters point shipyard project area discussion madam director. >> thank you ms. short and commissioners as typical we provide you with periodic updates on the status of clean up up austin at the handicapped its ongoing for the last 22 years but last year and previous to that we were before you where things are in preparation foresight to transfer for renal and mixed use will development an item coming before you we wanted to provide you and the public so with that our senior manager for hunters point shipyard will kick it autopsying off with the city's did you want. >> thank you director bohe and good afternoon madam chair rosales and commissioners i'm the director for the candle stick project i'm joined by amy from the deducting it provides an independently local clean up up of the hunters point shipyard and continue to provide the set forth as the project occurs i'd like to mention we're joined by our consultant tredwell they've thankful provide the technical assistance and the epa as a technical services by community

navy. and that is when he met elise makdessi. >> sometime after 9:00 p.m. when the couple returned home from dinner, someone was waiting for them. when eddie regained consciousness, his hands were bound behind his back. he saw his wife tied to the bed and a man raping and stabbing her. somehow, eddie managed to free his hands, grab the handgun he kept in the nightstand, and shot the assailant. then he called 911. >> fire and rescue. >> oh, please help. my wife, oh, god. >> what's wrong? >> she got killed. i killed him. >> is she breathing? >> but the intruder wasn't dead. >> the assailant leaped up, lunged towards him with a knife, and that he shot the individual again. >> when paramedics arrived, elise was barely alive. >> her dress had been pulled up, her pantyhose had been ripped. she had multiple stab wounds to the chest, and her throat had been cut ear to ear. >> she's trying to talk. they absolutely believe she was trying to communicate and could never get the words out. and before anybody could really give her any significant help, she died on the wa

navy. we are going to talk about the navy later in today's lecture. the navy provides the united states the ability to project power by sea to trade by see and a way that could not before. before the 1890's, the united states is largely dependent on british shipping to trade its goods. by the 1890's, the united states told its own carrier ability to traded some good and connect best protect their own interests. the united states will be an independent and capable seized power of its own. it is indicating of the story that we live today. sorry to all the army guys in attendance. american power is key around the sea. we control the sees of the world. we control the sees of the world beyond the british in the late 19th century. we go from the power of the 1890's took made. united states alone later on make sure that our people and our commerce and whatever else we want to go wherever want around the world. that is largely by sea and not by air. that is how our products get places. cars don't g

navy had to be the greatest navy in the world. but britain had the greatest navy in the world.ising power with economic strength translating that economic power to military power to naval power. well wilson's successor president harding. wilson and harding did not agree on many things. two very different people. one thing they disagreed on was the league of nations. harding was opposed to that. there was one thing harding and wilson agreed on. here is a headline from "the new york times" after the election of 1920. president harding -- he goes on a vacation. they report that he comes back with a nice suntan. fans of the show "justified" can see a story line that looks very much like the story of that show. federal agents in a gun battle with moonshiners in the kentucky hills. wow. harding gave a speech about american naval aspirations and here is that speech recorded. wow. what a microphone that is. so different and what we have today. so glad i don't have to talk into one of those. here is his speech. harding wants to a claim that the united states should be the most eminent o

in an e-mail to the navy in february another state regulator wrote about the chronic issue of navy radiation contractors making errors and suggested independent oversight personnel. they asked whether their license would be suspended or revoked. >> if there are continuous violations, why would you allow them to have this privilege to be there and to make this huge profit? >> reporter: according to the company website, they have won $300 million in navy contracts to clean up hunters point over the past decade. no one from tetrotech, the health department or the navy would speak to us on camera. the state health department wrote it is broadly concerned about all the buildings affected by this issue. now the navy is negotiating just how much testing tetrotech needs to do to ensure the 22 buildings have been properly scanned and that they're safe. >> are they going to be held accountable? are they paying for this? not the tax payers they have no business for paying for somebody else's mistakes. >> reporter: the navy declined to tell us how much the new surveys will cost or who will be paying for

remember i said the navy is important. he is from the navy. he was a naval officer during the civil war. a union naval officer during the civil war. wars produce a lot of problems. one of the biggest problems wars produce, those who have served will know this those of you have , studied these issues will know this. wars produce a lot of people with lots of stars on their uniforms. it doesn't mean they have done anything, they just have lots of stars. they get lots of titles. after the war is the question, what should they be done with them? then what happens? this is a big problem with the union navy. after the civil war the union contracts and subsides then , you have these admirals, high-ranking naval officials who have no one to command. they are generals without soldiers. admirals without sailors. he is very concerned about this. he is sent on a ship off the coast of chile in the 1870's, he is struck that the united states navy is behind the chilean navy. we are not investing in the navy in the 1870's, the chileans are. they are very offen

it made sense if i wanted a navy career to go get a college degree and go back to the navy. but i got the chance to go to school, got the chance to go to law school. i always intended to be in politics, though. my uncles were both sheriffs from local county until about 1941 when we all went off to the service. i decided then that i was going to be in politics, i was going to run for sheriff when the war was over because my dad lost his car during the war. they pulled our car off, and there i was, skinny. i wasn't anything to look at. i just decided that whatever i'd it, i was going to do something that you had to have a car. at nine or 10 or 11 years old or 14, i decided to come back and run for sheriff because my uncles knew they had to have a car and i wanted a job where i had to have a car. it wasn't that i hated lawbreakers and wanted law and order -- i wanted a job where i would have a car, so i intended to come back and run for sheriff, so i got a chance to get a law degree. i came back and ran for county judge in my home county while i was still in law school, just to

the american navy as a veteran navy veteran, by the way the war before yours, the american navy has been integrated since the revolution. but -- and my question for you is with your group are there connections to other groups around the country? is there a national organization of groups like yours? >> yes, sir. i want to clarify one thing though. yes, the navy was integrated. it was integrated up until the spanish-american war. when certain rates were closed down to blacks that previously had promotional opportunities. quartermasters gunners mates. after spanish-american war a lot of black sailors were relegated to commissary and steward's duty, messmen. that went all of the way up to the outbreak of the korean war or just after the korean war, through world war ii. majority of black men that were assigned to the fleet were stewards and cooks. they served in the office's quarters and they cleaned the officers' quarters and washed dishes. they did it on every particular ship in the fleet, submarine. they had a battle station but they couldn't go any higher than mess cook. and i think the

the navy said in a statement that they have found nothing. and now the navy is negotiating just how much testing tetra tech needs to do. >> are they going to be held accountable? are they paying for this? the taxpayers have no business paying for somebody else's mistakes. >> the navy declined to tell us how much the new surveys will cost and who will pay for them. and the lingering question is why does the navy continue to work with someone who's had this many issues. >> they recently settled the case with the whistle blowers and we'll keep asking the questions. >> 1-996-tips or directly to the unit at nbc bay area.com. >>> i want to jump right into what we can expect tomorrow morning so you can plan out the first part of your day. patchy low clouds and no rainfall just yet. you'll even see in our microclimate forecast we're not expecting any throughout the day. and that will put san jose at 63 degrees. and pacifica 38 degrees. and we get the breeze kicking up and it could feel like 40s for a few moments. cloud cover increasing the most and n

in an email to the navy in february, another state regulator wrote about the chronic issue of navy radiation contractors making errors and suggested independent oversight personnel. the navy responded asking whether tetratech's license would be suspended or revoked. >> if they continue with violations, why would you allow them to have the privilege to be there and to make this huge profit? >> reporter: according to the company's website, they have won $300 million in navy contracts to clean up hunter's point over the past decade. no one from tetratech, the state health department, or the navy would speak to us on camera. in a written response, the navy says it has determined there is no radiological contamination in the 22 buildings that poses an unacceptable risk. the state health department wrote that it's broadly concerned about all of the buildings affected by this scan speed issue. now the navy is negotiating just how much testing tetratech needs to do to ensure the 22 buildings have been properly scanned and that they're safe. >> who will pay for these additional tests? are they going

i live on navy property. i am navy property. general, congratulations and vice admiral carter, captain vine faculty, staff family, friends and midshipmen, most of all the class of 2015. before i begin, i would like to again mention and honor mid shipman justin -- class of 2017. justin was a top student, a gifted athlete. remembered a young man of quiet strength and a man of his word. he would have made a great navy s.e.a.l., and he will be missed. my heart goes out to his family. no child should predecease a parent. class of 2015 you're among the most promising, you were the among the most promising high school students on the planet. no one would have blamed you for choosing an easier path. but you chose service. you chose honor. you choose to join the real 1% that protects the 99% of the rest of us here in america. and we owe you. we're proud of you. today you graduate from one of the most venerated military and academic institutions in the entire earth. the time century arrived four years ago, you've earned your place. enough

at the outset, the british royal navy was far more sophisticated than the american navy. we will hear about the tools that sailors on both sides of the conflict used to dominate the sea. the octagon house in washington, d.c., where the treaty of ghent was signed 200 years ago, hosted this event. it is about 25 minutes. kyle: welcome. i am kyle dalton, the administrator. i am also the author of a blog. today, i am going to be talking about the united states navy the war of 1812, and navigation. all three of these topics intersect at the octagon house. the eldest son of the owners of the house, john tayloe iv, was enlisted in the navy in 1890 as a midshipman. it was his responsibility to learn the trade of sailors and officers, to learn how to command ships, and how to work them. the united states navy was surprisingly effective in the war of 1812. i say surprisingly because people did not really expected. thomas jefferson aimlessly said that capturing canada would be a mere matter of marching. we never captured canada. he also thought very little of our navy. we could not

navy and say australia and great britain? >> the question was about other summary forces and cooperation. from an allied perspective, we have great allies in the u.k. australians, canada, japan. the great summary forces contribute tremendously. we work with them on a daily basis. our connections with our british partners is extremely close. so close that we are building a common missile compartment for them for hire replacement. that could not be a greater example of that. from a non-friendly standpoint, potential adversaries just take a look at the countries out there that are looking at buying submarines or improving their submarines. every day, you can read in the paper about another country taking another step at doing that. it is a tremendous force multiplier. if you only had one dollar to spend, i would spend on a submarine. it allows you -- the submarine is the anti- -- force. it allows you to get under the umbrella and be there to take action at the time and place of your choosing. beatty force that unlocks the a2ad d

. >>> now, navy secretary ray mabus gives his take on the future of the navy saying that he's up for whatever plan congress has to modernize the fleet except for a proposal approved by the house armed services committee this week. the secretary says the navy can't afford to update cruisers at the accelerated pace updated by the committee. this is at the national press club. >> recent pentagon developments show that navy secretary ray mabus sees change ahead for the military branch that he oversees. last week, mabus directed his staff to create an advisory counsel to, quote, assist, accelerate and enable innovation to thrive. the week before he anountsed plans to appoint a new deputy assistant secretary to focus solely on unmanned systems such as aerial drones and robotic submarines. since assuming his post in may 2009 mabus a former governor of mississippi, hasn't hesitated to try new things. he's got a page on facebook. he has named ships former congress women and labor leader cesar chavez. he's made come mow appearances on the navy crime drama nshlgs cis. despite these new things,

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the navy to save money.fight pirates, president george washington won funding in 1794 for a permanent navy. then, in the 1840s, the u.s. naval academy was established in maryland. each year, more than 1,200 students, called "plebes," arrive to start life at the academy. what they experience during "plebe summer" is something they'll never forget. >> [ laughs ] plebe summer occurs the summer before you enter the naval academy. it's about two months of training that everyone has to go through. it's intensive. it's to break you into a military environment, especially for those who've never been involved in the military in any aspect before. >> so, you're gonna get a crash course in physical fitness. you're gonna get a crash course in military indoctrination. you're gonna get a crash course in just overall discipline, time management, and bearing. you're gonna do push-ups you're gonna do sit-ups, you're gonna learn who your friends are, you're gonna become one with the brigade of midshipmen. >> teamwork is defin

. >> the bolivian navy completing a military drill. on lake titicaca, 3800 meters above sea level. >> the exercises are important. we're preparing for possible military operations. if we regain access to the sea, our people need to be well-trained. >> a navy force but no sea access. nevertheless, the country is proud of its marines. each year, there are more applications than places for young bolivians hoping to do military service with the navy. this year for the first time, the navy is introducing a military diving division. many women have chosen to join its ranks. they long for bolivia to regain its position as a naval force on the pacific. >> we no longer have access to the sea. but we long for it. sea access would solve so many problems. and i want to get to know the sea. >> bolivia lost its coastline more than 130 years ago in war -- in the war of the pacific against chile. it's still a source of national trauma. now, more than ever, bolivia would benefit from re-gaining access to the sea. ♪ bolivia is experiencing a boom. last

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navy federal credit union.'s a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: for more than aecade, the e marinene corpsps has been working on a plan toreate more amphibious o options. we met with marine major general bob walsh, the navy director of exposition -- expedition warfare at the recent trade show outside washington. i aske how the marines were improving ththeir amphibious war fighting skills. >> even during a rack and afghanistan, we always h had marine uninits deployingng with h our amphibious ready group's. we always have that knowledge base out there, but it's like any organization. when your focus is not on it you start to lapse in what you shld be doing in innovative ways. saw ourselves coming out of iraq a a afghastan pututting a lot ofof focus on gegetting back to our merit tom -- maritime routes.. we focused on reorganizing re-equippingng. could see it in aot of f the documents s coming out, thi

navy contractor tetra tech the same company we first told you about last may. that's when two former tetra tech radiation specialists spoke out. they say they were fired after raising concerns about how the company cut corners on safety to save money. tetra tech recently settled lawsuits with those employees. >> it was the most egregious violation of standard protocol i have ever encountered. >> i was worried about the wrongs being done to the city of san francisco and the communities. >> reporter: in october we uncovered this report where tetra tech admitted the mishandling of soil samples and submitting falsified data to the navy. >> i don't trust tetra tech. >> reporter: for 12 years san francisco city college science professor raymond tompkins served on the hunters point restoration advisory board. >> falsification of reports. >> reporter: he has long questioned the cleanup of the shipyard and the navy's oversight of contractors like tetra tech. >> why do you keep going back to someone who is cutting corners, not following proper protocol trying to get this

initially, the indonesian navy and the malasian navy rejected them but now giving l medical assistance they have been able to call their families to tell them they're alive. they are very lucky they met the fishermen before they met the indonesian navy. the indonesian navy will give humanitarian assistance at sea but not accept them here. it is hard to imagine the ordeal these people went to traveling by boat where they were facing fighting, they were facing hunger they were facing thirst and now they are facing a very uncertain future in indonesia. >> the united states has asked indonesia to house 6,000 displaced rohingya, being forced back out in the ocean with barely any food or water. veronica pedrosa joins us. >> they are in a very dangerous condition. this is a situation that has been accumulatingment months. it became clear by the people who research this sort of migration, they monitor this every year, and we knew that thousands of people were out at sea. there were warnings to everybody involved that there were offshore camps as they were called at the time, now as we've seen

the malaysian navy did the same thing.en found a boat in distress and having denied navy policy they were questioned by police. >> reporter: they started killing each other after indonesia and malaysia refused to accept them. if the international community doesn't act soon more tragedies at sea are bound to happen. after fishermen brought them in the authorities had no choice but to give them medical aid. they were very week some with serious injuries. >> they tell us to -- more money. give them more money. we -- we says i have no money. we have poor. our family very very poor. we were almost there. we are almost in. we have no money. so they tell us -- they tell us go back to bangladesh. they tell us -- >> reporter: there was great relief when some of them manages to call their families to say they were alive. >> hello. >> reporter: this is the second boat that has made it to land in indonesia this weak but international organizations estimate thousands are still strangded as sea. they say the migrants are the victims of

i live on navy property, i am navy property. congratulations. vice admiral carter, faculty staff, family, midshipmen, class of 2015. before i begin, i would like to again mention and honor midshipmen justin. justin was a top student, a gifted athlete. remember him as a young man as quiet strength. he would have made a great navy seal. he will be messed. my heart goes out to his family. no child should pre-decease a parent. you are among the most promising students on the planet. nobody would have blamed you for choosing an easier path. but you chose service. you chose honor, you chose to join the real 1% to protect the 99% of the rest of us here in america. [applause] we over you, we are proud of you. today, to graduate from one of the most venerated military and academic institutions and the entire -- you have earned your place. on one hand, you have been subjected to unflattering haircuts, on the other hand, you get to where dress whites. and you all look terrific. you spend your summer abroad on real ships rather than internships. and the spe

navy contractor, tetra tech. the same company we first told you about last may. that's when radio logical specialists spoke out. they said they were fired after asking about performing tests on safety to save money. >> it was the most egregious violation of standard protocol i've ever encountered. >> i was worried about the wrong that's being done to the city of san francisco and the places it was shipped out to. >> reporter: tetra tech admitted to the mishandling of soil samples and submitting false information to the navy. for 12 years, san francisco science professor raymond conklin served on the restoration advisory board. he has long questioned the condition of the shipyard and the radioactivity testing by tetra tech. >> why do you keep going back to someone who is cutting corners, not following proper protocol, trying to get this job done as quickly as possible, because i understand motivation makes profit. but we're dealing with radiation. >> reporter: tompkins wants an independent third party to monitor the navy's contractors, and he's not alone. in an e-

the thai royal navy found this boat off of the coast.illed with around 380 men, women, and children from western myanmar and bangladesh. the people on board say the traffickers and the captain escapes and that they ran out of rice and water about ten days ago. they say 12 people died during the trip. >> translator: the people are starving and suffering from diarrhea. we don't have food or clean water. nothing to keep us alive. two more people over there are dieing from starvation. yesterday one man jumped off of the boat and drowned because he went crazy. at least ten people have jumped ship. one died while some of the others made it to nearby fishing boats. >> translator: i don't have anything left and they killed my mother and relatives. the people in the village said they were going to malaysia so i made the decision to follow them. >> reporter: a few fishing boats pulled alongside the boat to provide water and a sack of rice. the navy was also trying to trace a phone signal coming from a passenger. >> dropping food packs is better th

navy football went 0 and 10 in your plebe year. this year, you went 10 and 2 and you won your second commander-in-chief's trophy in a row. [applause.] i'd like the record to show that your turnaround started the year after i delivered your commencement address. [laughter.] so to ensure the continued dominance of navy football, i thought i'd just swing by for a return visit. when i spoke to the class of 2001, none of us imagined that a few months later we would suffer a devastating surprise attack on our homeland, or that our nation would be plunged into a global war unlike any we had known before. today, we face brutal and determined enemies -- men who celebrate murder, incite suicide, and thirst for absolute power. these enemies will not be stopped by negotiations, or concessions, or appeals to reason. in this war, there is only one option -- and that is victory. [applause.] today, i'm going to talk about our strategy for victory in this war, what we've accomplished to make our nation more secure, your crucial role in this struggl

and then by the malaysian navy.ing broke out between the bangladeshi migrants and the row heen gansz. both groups are telling me more than 100 people have been killed during the fight. that's what they are telling me right now. and they also say more boats are still in indonesian waters right now. the fishermen who finally managed to rescue them are being questioned by police because the indonesian navy said we're not going to accept any of these boats, and the fishermen defied the orders. so the indonesian authorities are helping these people to get well, get treatment, and the international organizations have yet to arrive here at the scene. >> many of the rohingya migrants say they from myanmar but the government there doesn't recognize them. florence looi has been talking to the group's spokesmen. >> reporter: acttraditionally southeast asian countries have adopted a policy of non-interference, and that's why they shy away from discussing the treatment of the rohingya. but that is slowly changing with the offici

at first and then the malaysian navy.here was a riot about food. fighting broke out between the bangladeshi's and rohingyas. they have injuries with knives and hammers. both groups, the bangladeshis and rohingyas say 100 have been killed during the fight. nobody can confirm the figures. they say more people, more boats are still in indonesian waters now. the fishermen who rescued them are now being questioned by police, because the crimean navy said we are not going to accept any of these boats and the fisherman defied these orders. the crimean authorities are now helping these people to get well get treatment and the international organizations, the unhr and inn have yet to arrive here. >> many migrants say they are from myanmar but the government there doesn't recognize them. we have been speaking to myanmar's presidential spokesman. >> human rights group said it is the government's pols of discrimination against the rohingya that is driving them away. regional meetings, they shy from discussing the treatment of the roh

by the malaysian navy.re was a riot about food. those on the same boat for three months together. you can see they had injuries with knives and, also they are telling me hammers were being used and, also both groups the bangladeshis here and the rohingya here are telling me over 100 people very many been killed and nobody can confirm these figures, but that's what they are telling me right now the fishermen who managed to go rescue them are now being questioned by police because the navy said we are not going to accept these boats and the fisherman. the authorities are helping these people to get well to get treatment and the international organizations, the unhr and iun have yet to arrive here at the scene. >> the migrant crackdown started following the discovery of dozens of bodies in trafficking camps in the thai jungerle. this update from bangkok. >> in a dramatic operation conducted by the royal thai navy they dropped food parcels and fuel to help a boat full of 300 or so migrants from bangladesh and w

navy arrived to capture the island of saipan as a fus for. by night fall in the 19th, japan lost two thirds of the 400 carrier aircraft committed to the battle, one pilot shot down six japanese dive bombers in less than eight minutes. american losses were 29 aircraft, plus damage to a single battle ship. the superiority of u.s. pilots was so dramatic that the battle came to be known as the great marianas turkey shoot. it include the loss of 11 japanese ships and three aircraft carriers. the u.s. navy aircraft attacked enemy ships with hell cats, dauntless dive bombers grumman avenger torpedo bombers and curtis sb 2 ch divers. the only hell diver of over 7,000 built that is still flying today. the battle was decisive and eliminated the japanese navy's ability to conduct large scale carrier operations. giving the u.s. a new level of naval dominance that lasted until the end of the war. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have two special guests with us today, two special states men, two veterans, senator robert dole and senator warner here in the front

this is a navy aviator jacket, made of leather. small carrier his squadron was assigned to the carrier. it was off of that carrier that the president with shot down. >> it was a momentous day in my life that i would never forget. center second, 1944 -- september 2. we were to go back again the next day. not a clear day. we got the signals from our squadron leader to push over, doing what they called glide bombing. the plane was designed to go straight down like a diaper bomber. like a dive dbomber. i pushed the plane over and we dived. seeing the stuff breaking all around you, you can feel the plane going up in smoke and fire. i did manage to finish the bombing run. i made a turn so that we could come back and get out. i jumped, and pulled the ripcord too early. i hit my head on the tail of the airplane. you know in baseball, when you slide, it rips the skin off. i hung just for a moment on until the plane -- on the tail of the plane with my parachute. i came to, and i was floating down is the pacific. i had forgotten to hook my se

initially, the indonesian navy and the malasian navy rejected them but now giving medical assistance,y have been able to call their families to tell them they're alive. they are very lucky they met the fishermen before they met the indonesian navy. the indonesian navy will give humanitarian assistance at sea but not accept them here. it is hard to imagine the ordeal these people went to, traveling by boat where they were facing fighting, they were facing hunger they were facing thirst and now they are facing a very very dangerous journey where they were facing fighting they were facing hunger they were fating thirst and now they are facing a very uncertain future here in indonesia. aat least 6,000 are in boats around indonesia malaysia and thailand. veronica pedrosa joins us. >> one particular boat that has been the focus of media attention and national attention is one the royal thai navy found. you remember the pictures of thai helicopters dropping food pacts to the 380 people on board. as food was delivered the people spoke of the immense deprivation that they had suffered. they ha

one rear admiral shot down an aircraft for the navy.ay he will fly in one of the texans that comes by early in the flyover. al tucker flew a lightning in europe during world war ii before being shot down over germany on his 22nd mission. he spent the last several months of the war as a prisoner of the germans. mr. tucker will be in one of the biplanes for today's flyover. in 1945, a pilot was based in the pacific theater, and he will participate in the flyover as a passenger in one of the b-17's. also with us today are veterans who participated in a discussion forum last night at the national air and space museum. thanks to bud anderson, charles mcgee, chester finnigan, and one other for joining us last night and being here this afternoon. as grateful as we are for their bravery and service, we're here to celebrate not just g.i. joe but rosie the riveter as well. in a speech he made in 1945, franklin roosevelt said -- [indiscernible] that is already across the globe. president roosevelt understood the power of the people, when they spok

navy arrived to capture the island of saipan.00 carrier aircraft committed to the battle, one pilot shot down six japanese dive bombers in less than eight minutes. american losses were 29 aircraft, plus damage to a single battle ship. the superiority of u.s. pilots was so dramatic that the battle came to be known as the great marianas turkey shoot. it include the loss of 11 japanese ships and three aircraft carriers. the u.s. navy aircraft attacked enemy ships with hell cats, dauntless dive bombers, grumman avenger torpedo bombers and curtis sb 2 c divers. what you will see today are two torpedo bombers and the only hell diver of over 7,000 built that is still flying today. the battle was decisive and eliminated the japanese navy's was decisive and eliminated the japanese ability's ability to conduct large scale carrier operations, giving the u.s. a new level of naval dominance that lasted until the end of the war. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have two special guests with us today, two special statesmen two vt rans senator robert

the navy felt that the marine corps and the navy ought to get some credit for what was going on in thee they were doing all the fighting? mr. matheny: admiral nimitz was the kind of guy who would pat you on the back and say, let's go at it together. that was not macarthur's style. mr. bloch: when we went over to england from the united states we went over on the queen elizabeth or the queen mary and came back on the other one. going over and coming back, we had to take evasive action all the way. imagine going to europe this way, this way, so we would not get hit by submarines. coming back, and maybe i should not tell this story -- host: definitely tell it. [laughter] mr. bloch: coming back churchill was coming back on the same boat. he decided a little late he was coming back -- not coming to america, he was going to go to canada. but they held the boat up for him. there were a lot of injured people on the boat. some died. it took about a week to get the boat fixed up for him. when he came out on deck, we all had to be an our room. we could not be on deck. our pilot was walking around

including the sn j version for the navy.n world war ii began, the corporation was a big name in aviation. the company built radios for the b 25 to b 34. it also manufactured all threats -- ball turrets for the b 25. the company is now a part of honeywell aviation, one of our sponsors of the arsenal of democracy flyover. there was no single company that made a bigger contribution to america's success than the grumman corporation. grumman designed and built the wildcat f6 hellcat fighter. and the torpedo bomber. all planes were essential to our country's success in naval battles in the pacific. in 1994, the company merged with northrup corporation to form a northrop grumman, a sponsor of today. we will see several grumman planes in the formation flyovers today. when the triumph group acquired industry a few years ago, they acquired some world war ii history. the corsair was a critical tool in the war against japan. after several name changes and acquisitions, the company is now part of the triumph group, a sponsor of today's f

initially the indonesian navy and malaysian navy had rejected them. but now authorities are helping them feeding them, giving them medical assistance. they were very lucky that they met the fisher minute before the malaysian navy. up until now they will accepted away every boat. it's hard to imagine these people three months on a boat to bring the smallest children under very dangerous journey where they were facing fighting, they were facing hunger and thirst, and now they're facing a very uncertain future here in indonesia. >> still ahead here on al jazeera they're living in camps and surviving off rations. these people were burundi say they won't be going home any time soon. >>> and business in the sky. u.s. airlines are flying into trouble being edged out by competitors in the gulf. >> you'll see a show that has an impact on the conventional wisdom that goes where nobody else goes... >> my name is imran garda i am the host of third rail and you can find it on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened ove

had the capability of building its own navy. now it does. you have to expect it to find its own place in the world. that is this idea of understanding people. brian: from the same hearing the air force general, who is chief of staff at the air force. [video clip] >> my pride has not changed since the lesson i appeared. but we are now the smallest air force we have ever been. we deployed operation desert storm. the air force had 188 fighter squadrons. today, we have 54 and we're heading to 49. in 1990, there were 511,000 active-duty airmen alone. today, we have 200,000 fewer. as those numbers can down, the operational tempo went up. your air force is fully engaged to tell the excess capacity is gone, and now more than ever, we need a capable, fully ready for us. we simply do not have a bench to go to. we cannot continue to cut structures to pay the cost of readiness and modernization. or we will risk being too small to succeed in the tasks we 40 been given. -- we have already been given. brian: the reaction? walter: it's true abo

i have to give a shout out to the navy.up and helping us out at the special couple in the navy. did find a love connection. helicopter pilots and the navy. she flies almost the exact same helicopter. go check out the post if you can. bill: chase for love. >> my chase. thank you. ♪ ♪ bill: coming up. >> jerseys ♪ >> long-lost sibling. bill: that is how two sisters were reunited after 30 years. >> cooking up jerseys favorite breakfast. bill: ♪ >> this is a fox 29 news update. >> hi, everyone, i'm fox 29's chief meteorologist scott williams. holiday weekend is upon us. overnight some leftover clouds and drizzle. it is going to be a little chilly temperatures in the 40s and 50s but milder and also drier. take look at friday. down the shore get away a cool start. sunny and breezy and mild. temperatures upper 60s low 70s. what about the poconos the city details at 4:00 a.m. music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪ ♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪ turning two worlds into one ta