navy. i always have to start out with that disclosure, and i think you'll kind of see why as we go through this talk today. um, one of the things that we'll focus on is civil war battlefields. in a different way than you usually do. we're losing the fight to preserve some civil war battlefields. you might not know it especially here in gettysburg where over 6,000 acres have been saved, but on an important front, civil war preservation is unfortunately, failing. navy wrecks have been plundered, abused by unscrupulous individuals who see underwater wrecks as salvage, as relic piles free from seizure and exploitation and this shadows all wreck around the world and sunken ships and planes the final resting place for sailors and the wrecks sit unprotected. >> sorry to interrupt. perfect. >> the wrecks sit unprotected and they're victims of divers and plunderers who seek to take pieces of those wrecks for themselves. of course navy wrecks are hard to reach and they sit on the battle of vast ocean

navy ships and the overall readiness of the navy. thank you. we have seen four incidents in the pacific in the last that were two collisions off the coast of japan and off the coast of singapore. collisions off the coast of japan and off the coast of singapore. do you think this is a problem with leadership? what do you think is at the heart of these repeated incidents? guest: umm, i have not reached any conclusions, what i have done is formulate a lot of hype pot this ease and in the work i advocate, i have said for several years that the navy was too small to what is being asked of it and because it is too small, it is stretched thinly. because it is stretched thinly, decisions are made to allocate ships against real-world operational missions that sometimes get in the way of the necessary training and readiness that they have to do in order to stay at the top of their game. athink, perhaps, we are at point where the fleet has frayed, where this insufficient amounts of peanut butter for the bread is telling. i have not concluded that but i th

navy. i think you see why as we go to this talk -- through this talk today. things we will focus on his civil war battlefields in a different way than you usually do. we are losing the fight to preserve some civil war battlefields. you might not know it where here in gettysburg over 6000 acres have been safe. on a front, civil war preservation is failing. maybe next have been plundered, abused to see underwater wreckage as salvage. u.s.problem shadows all naval wrecks around the world. , then ships and planes final resting place for many u.s. sailors. direct said unprotected -- sit unprotected -- the wrecks sit unprotected. they are victims of diverse and plunderers who seek to take pieces of the wrecks for themselves. many said on the bottom of vast oceans. need specialized diving equipment to get to them, but civil war navy wrecks are whereularly vulnerable they said in shallow waters. the story i would like to tell , the ussabout toots cumberland and florida. --ope by the end of us indiv

navy. before i tell this sad story let me introduce you to these ships. it's logical to begin with the u.s. comer land. the ship sanked by the uss virginia. it was one of the finest vessels in the fleet. launched in may 1842, the three masted 170 foot fur long served in the navy. served as the flag ship of the u.s. navy home squad rant during the mexico/american war. workers converted it into a sloop of war by cutting down a deck and refitting the ship's arm mayment. after the ship's refitting for several years cruise off the shore slave trade. by the time the civil war began in 1861, cumberland boasted 22 nine-inch smooth board and two pivot guns one in the bow and one in the stern of the ship. these monster guns weighed 2,500 pounds each. at the time some of the largest artillery in the world. at the beginning of the civil war, cumberland in portsmith, virginia. the ship was towed to safety when they took over the shipyard. in several minor actions in hampton roads and captured a small nu

navy. as the rain moved on to the east, the sun finally appeared over houston, revealing the full extent of the catastrophe there. rescuers out in force still looking for people trapped by the floodwaters. cnn's brian todd accompanied some of those rescues by the water. brian, tell us the number of people you've seen in need today and how those rescuers are able to get to them. >> reporter: well, they could only really get to them, jim, on these boats. this air boat that we're on and some of these other private boats behind me, fishing boats and others. just a moment ago, we were told there are some more people in need of rescuing in an apartment complex back into this lake forest neighborhood. they thought they had gotten everyone out, but they have not. we're told the coast guard boat needs to get a little ahead of us because the power of this boat is just too great. we have to let them get ahead of us in the neighborhood. we're going to follow them there and see if we can see who in the

navy vessels in that region. we know the uss fitzgerald had killed seven sailors in this type of accident. is this a common type of accident. >> it's not common but you raise a good point. these seem to be happening more frequently. it is the fourth major mishap to happen around japan and in the pacific since late january. you had a u.s. navy guided missile cruiser that iran aground in tokyo bay on january 31 and dumped over 1000 gallons of oil in tokyo bay. another guided missile cruiser hit a fishing vessel, a south korean fishing vessel off the coast of south korea in may. you had the fitzgerald that's very well-known that collided with cargo ship in june and killed seven navy sailors. the report was just released at the end of last week and was horrific reading about 35 sailors caught in a space where the sailors sleep. the flooding took place in 90 seconds. they will running for the exit with water going up to their chest, neck and seven sailors did not make it out and drown. now you have another incident wi

navy.he served honorably in the south pacific command airport air transport command eventually becoming its officer in charge and guadalcanal. he was honorably discharged in 1946, didn't retire until 20 years later in 1996 during which time he served as us congressman, us senator and vice president of the united states. as president, richard nixon's commitment to the us military was unwavering. he face the reality of young men being shipped off by the thousands to fight in the jungles of vietnam. facing that challenge, richard nixon focused on negotiating an end to american involvement in vietnam and brought our soldiers home. he negotiated the release of deputies from the hellish prisons of north vietnam and welcome them home in 1973. he ended the draft and instituted today's all volunteer military. today's secretary of defense, jim matus recently visited the nixon library and from this very podium said an enemy on 9/11 thought he could scare us by hurting us. the maniacs who murdered 3000

-guadalcanal navy sailors.s. were killed. 5000 killed in action, three times the number of men in the fighting on the island itself. about whys a question i didn't know that. i think it is constantly obscured. sacrifice of the navy is constantly obscured. they thought bravely for those outnumbered, undersupplied, under armed. they saved the day from the japanese assault. if the navy did not support them adequately, no amount of gallantry of any of the men would have saved them from the face of their brothers. and would have rolled up the navy would have failed to supply them. there is no chance for the marines to hold that island. this is a desperate struggle to resupply the garrison undertaken by both sides. it was run by c. this was a new mode of warfare than america never practiced before, we were learning it on the live. one of the themes is under preparation, rushed schedules. asked to do things that they were never trained to do. new technologies coming into the field that were untested and unrehearsed. deb

now, president nixon was a navy man.d world war ii because of his faith as a quaker and never backed down enlisted voluntarily in the u.s. navy served honorably in air airport command becoming officer in charming at the canal in the islands. while he was honorably discharged in 1946, he didn't retire from the u.s. naval reserve until 20 years later 1996. during which time he served as the u.s. congressman, a u.s. senator, and vice president of the united states. as president, richgd are nixon commitment to the u.s. military was unwaiverring. upon entering office he faced reality that young men have been shipped off by thousands to fight in jungle of vietnam facig that challenge richard nixon focused on negotiating the end to american involvement in vietnam and brought our soldier home. in negotiated the release of all american p.o.w. from the prison of north vietnam and welcomed them home in 1973. he tended the draft in instituted today's all volunteer military. today's secretary of defense jim mattis recently visited th

navy.c command air transport command eventually becoming its officer in charge of the guadalcanal in the solomon islands. while he was honorably discharged in 1946, he didn't retire from the u.s. naval reserve until 20 years later, in 1996. during which time he served as a u.s. congressman coming u.s. senator and vice president of the united states. as president, richard nixon's commitment to the military was unwavering. upon entering office, he faced the reality that young men had d been shipped off by the thousands to fight in the jungles of vietnam. facing that challenge, richard nixon focused on negotiating the end of and five hours which are some. he negotiated the release of all pows from the prisons of the vietnam and welcomed them home in 1973. he ended the draft and instituted today's all volunteer military. today's secretary of defense recently visited the nixon library, and from this very podium said an enemy on 9/11 thought he could scare us by hurting us the maniacs who murdere

navy sailors missing which is very concerning. a massive search and rescue operation is underway with local resources and uss america which is a large navy assault ship that will have dozens of helicopters taking part in the search operation. singapore is 11 or 12 hours ahead of us. it is daytime right now locally which will help search efforts. >> we are all hopeful that the daylight efforts will help them find those ten missing sailors. the incident itself, we understand the happened in the nighttime. when that complicate matters since you really can't tell what's going on at night on the vessel. >> that's correct. however this time is different because the collision happened around 5:30 a.m. in the morning local time in singapore. 6:30 a.m. japan time. that would be around on it would also be a time when the crew would be mustering about that time. you would have some coming on watching some coming off watch, people getting ready for work to make something you said is very important, the particular damage is not as bad as it wa

an anchor marked on the left—hand side, "us navy". this was indy.ship was found by a search vessel with equipment that can reach some of the deepest ocean floors. it was funded by the microsoft co—founder paul allen. we try to do this both as really exciting examples of underwater archaeology and as tributes to the brave men that went down in these ships. the warship had just completed a secret mission to deliver parts for the hiroshima nuclear bomb. close to midnight on the 30th ofjuly, 1945, she was hit by japanese torpedoes and sank in 12 minutes. two thirds of the crew initially survived the sinking, but no distress call was ever received. many were eaten by sharks. just 316 were rescued out of a crew of nearly 1,200. i would prefer people to focus on the heroism and the valour of the crew, which actually began long before the ship was torpedoed and sunk. she had ten battle stars in some of the most brutal combat throughout the entire course of the pacific war. a spokesman for the 22 remaining survivors said each of them had longed for the day w

. >> his father was in the navy and his stepmother was in the navy and my father was in the navy. we can't be prouder of our son, he is an hero. she has yet to hear from the navy about her son's whereabouts. >>> president trump is holding a campaign style rally in phoenix this evening and they are preparing for tens of thousands of protesters. live in next tonight with more on that. >> good evening in the wake of the events in charlottesville. the mayor of phoenix asked president trump not to hold

are we hearing anything from the us navy about what may have actually happened 7 from the us navy aboutve actually happened? no, chris, we are not hearing anything in terms of specifics as to what happened. what we have been told is that there will be an investigation under way. but you are right, this is a very worrying and quite awkward, frankly, thing for the united states navy. this is happening in it under the us and south korea are launching their first day of the annual missile drills —— military drills, not too far away from you. it raises questions about the competency of us navy's operations in the region. as you said earlier, this is the second such incident in the last few months, but is the fourth such incident between a us warship and another vessel in the last year. so some real concerns about the us navy and here in the world. but it is not clear what they do this collision. we hope to get those details from the us navy's public affairs department in the hours to come. karishma vaswani, thank you for joining us. we will keep you updated on any more developments. let's lo

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that is according to the us navy.the navy had said in a statement that the ussjohn mccain collided while the ship was transiting to a routine port visit in singapore. so what sounds like an accident, here, from the us navy. it goes onto say in the that initial reports suggest the ship sustained damage to its port side. we do not know the scale of the damage what has happened, but we do know that the us warship has collided with a merchant vessel east of singapore. so from one us warship to another, the wreckage of a us warship sunk by the japanese in 1945 has been discovered north east of the philippines. the uss indianapolis was found more more than 18,000 feet below the surface. it had just completed a secret mission to deliver parts for the hiroshima nuclear bomb when it was hit by japanese torpedoes. more than 800 sailors died, the largest loss of life at sea in the history of the us navy. sarah corker reports. the 72 years, the final resting place of the uss indianapolis had been a mystery. that is it, we have go

grow our navy.he maintenance on these ships fallen behind? >> you can see there's a lot of concern around the nation and the navy, a lot of people with knowledge hoff how the navy operates. they're concerned and they want to get to the bottom of it. but it would be just too early to speculate on those types of factors until we see the full body of evidence. >> i'm not asking you today to give us definitively what happened. i'm asking you to say do you think the maintenance of these ships, as "the navy times" reports, has fallen behind? >> we continue to maintain ships to standards. that is what we expect our commanders to do. we hold them accountable to do that. we'll take a look at the specifics of that standard as it applies to these accidents. >> the president tweeted about the loss of the tragedy on board the mccain twice. i believe he's not spoken about it publicly. do you think it would help americans and these families to hear from the president? >> well, the president has been very clear abo

. >> a massive search is under way by the singapore navy and the u.s. navy and marine corps. a large amphibious assault ship has helicopters and ospreys in the air looking for the salors four are airlifted. aboard destroyer you will not have a doctor, just a corpsman aboard. so these measure are the prudent. it's noting in this collision the taker you just described, it's 600 feet long and 30,000 tons. compared to the u.s.s. john s. mccain it's only 500 feet long and 9,000 tons. but there are not only one navigation team aboard, there are two and a half days teams. one is on the bridge from the ship is operating from. and one deck below is the combat information center which for people at home, that's the darkened room with the blue screens and blue lighting in which you have a backup navigation team and optered radars as well for safe navigation. it makes you wonder, the second major collision involving a u.s. navy warship with 10 missing sailors just what is going on. there could be some circumstances involved. you mentioned earlier. that's 12 hours ahead of time. but first

the headlines: the us navy temporarily suspends operations worldwide, after one of its destroyers collides with a tanker near singapore. unveiling america's latest plan for it's troops in afghanistan — president trump will shortly announce his new strategy. i'm babita sharma, in london. also in the programme: spanish police say they have killed the main suspect in the barcelona terror attack. and a magical moment — the first time in a century americans get to watch the total eclipse of the sun. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 8:00pm in washington, where us defence secretary james mattis has confirmed a broad investigation will take place, after a collision between a us destroyer and oil tanker near singapore. ten american sailors are still missing, with a sea rch—and—rescue operation ongoing. the ussjohn s mccain is the second us navy ship to be involved in a serious collision in as many months. 0ur asia correspondent karishma vaswani has been to see the ship, which has now docked in singapore. this is what happens when a massive oil tanker collides with a us

it's the first time it happened in the history of the navy.story of the navy in wartime. we spent more time in a lifejacket, four days and five nights, without food and water, and survived, than we did on the ship. indeed. richard thelen from america's surviving of the sinking of the uss indianapolis, thank you very much. 0k. one of the greats of american comedy, jerry lewis, has died at his home in las vegas. he was 91. he found fame in the 1950s after teaming up with dean martin and they collaborated on seventeen films, including the stooge, living it up and three ring circus. jerry lewis went on to star in his own series of slapstick comedies. nick higham looks back at his life. here, enjoy yourself! jerry lewis' goofy comedy made him the world's best paid movie star. with their visual gags, the cartoon—like nature of his films left some people cold. but they were immensely popular. i wrote the joke thinking, wouldn't it be marvellous if the elastic face that we have, that can do so much, wouldn't it be marvellous if our bodies were elastic

navy fueler. i'll conclude that background of this book is not only the geopolitics which i've talked about but trade or economy and 95% of the world's goods move at sea. but it's -- i try to communicate in the book what had it's like to be a mariner what it's like to sail into the arctic what it's like to sail through the -- straight what does it feel like when you approach the coast of china in the dark of night dodging fishing boats? it's choppy. it's challenging. [laughter] i spent 11 years of many my life day for day on the deep ocean out of sight of land. i spent 16 years assigned to ships 11 day for day on that ocean. and you know what, sometimes things go wrong. [laughter] more than often this is where epght to close this is the ocean i know. it's the ultimate room with a view an office with a view. it was a privilege to serve my nation as a sailor for 37 years. i've tried to pour that experience into this book. to pull some history along side it and geopolitics above it but above all this

this just shows how seriously the us navy is taking this incidentlj think navy is taking this incidentact that this incident, the one that happened yesterday, followed so quickly after the one backin followed so quickly after the one back injune, it really has given the us navy a great deal to think about in terms ofjust how serious some of these situations can be. to remind our audiences, the search and rescue teams are still out there in the waters to the east of the straits of malacca, looking for these ten missing american sailors. the singaporeans are involved, the malaysians as well. the malaysian government and authorities have gone so far as to say to fishermen, look out for any sailors while you're out the water. this is a situation that has become quite complicated and difficult for the us navy to try and address and there is also the issue of what actually happened. we don't have those details but certainly, this situation has raised questions about the competence of the us navy out here in this part of the world and it certainly comes at a very awkward and embarrassing time

navy. —— question for the us navy. our correspondent james cook is in phoenix for us.few hours since donald trump made a statement on his policy for afghanistan. it is a u—turn on what he said during election time. james, lots of trump supporters around you. maybe not? ijust saw a dump trump sign. the donald trump supporters are mostly over to this site, queueing to get into the rally. as you noticed, the line behind me here are protesters. they have gathered here. if we turn around, the police have lined up with their bicycles, just to — we arejust being moved behind the white line while we're on air. the supporters of donald trump are in a good mood, happy with their president, please with the progress they are making. i've been speaking toa they are making. i've been speaking to a lot of them. but on afghanistan, there are some conservative. they are not delighted that the decision, but they trust their president. is there anything there be said about north korea, about charlottesville, about steve bannon, or all the things that have been very much in the headlines

the us navy has yet to release the names.sed the collision? well, as you mentioned earlier, the head of operations for the us navy has put into effect a global pause on their fleet operationally, worldwide, following this incident, even that it may be a trend of multiple collisions, and with these deaths of the sailors in japan, as well as the missing ten sailors, they want to take a look at the practices, as well as the training of the fleet globally. there have been questions as to whether there has been an overexte nsion whether there has been an overextension of us military assets in this area of the world. the asia pacific theatre is very important strategically to the united states. it has got hot hotspots on the korean peninsula as well as in the south china sea where there is a big territorial dispute going on as well. and so what we do know, though, with the collision that happened between thejohn s mccain and the oil tanker is that the head of the navy said that as far as they know there is no intentionalfactors at

navy ships, very sophisticated, capable navy ships that are no longer in service in an area, in a time when the north korea threat is at its highest. >> reporter: the president was asked about the collision. >> that's too bad. that's too bad. >> reporter: he shared his concerns. thoughts and prayers are with our u.s. navy sailers aboard the "u.s.s. john mccain" senator john mccain is weighing in on twitter. he and his wife are keeping the sailors on board the "u.s.s. john mccain" in our prayers. >> the malaysian officials are joining them as well. >>> president trump is poised to afghanistan in a a primetime speech tonight. >> he'll speak from fort meyer in virginia. he'll lay out a plan. this is is 16 years after 9/11. secretary of defense favors a plan that would send nearly4,000 more u.s. troops to afghanistan. adding to the 8400 already there. >> very comfortable that -- that the strategic process was -- sufficiently rigorous. and -- did not go in with a preset condition in terms of what questions could be asked or what decisions would be made. >> secretary of defense there. it loo

navy itself i i think you know what we've heard from the leadership of the of the u. s. navy. it shows just how concerned they are that these incidents have happened very you know we've now seen three incidents in the space of two months i started off with the. seventeenth of june in japan with the collision that would cause the death of seven us sailors. there was a collision with a fishing boat off the coast of korea. last month and now we have seen this again a very similar almost identical to what happened of death because japan in june. here in singapore early yesterday morning. ands. i understand that ad will scott swiftly put the pacific a navy commander the command of the us said. pacific fleet is on his way here to lead the investigation there's these polls that we've heard about the operational pulls across the globe of old. u. s. naval operations to try and that you know make an assessment of what has gone wrong. the u. s. navy understands very clearly that this site has implications for their credibility particularly in this part of the world when i have a number o

practices across the entire navy. what that means in terms of the operational pause, it's like a one-day safety standdown that will be carried out across the different commands at their discretion across the world over the next several weeks. the u.s. defense official says it will not affect u.s. defense capabilities. in terms of this search for these ten missing sailors, the ship actually, the damaged ship is just down the shoreline from where we are. we know that divers are at that ship right now trying to access compartments that were sealed during the flooding that occurred as a result of that incident, to see if they can get inside, find any of the sailors. we also know that search and rescue operations are being undertaken in the waters where that incident actually took place. the navy trying its best to find those ten missing sailors. as to why that happened, though, a u.s. official does acknowledge that steering was lost shortly before the incident. it's not clear if that actually led to this incident. we migh

the us navy has so. the commander of the seventh fleet after a series of conditions in the latest the uss john mccain stricken oil tanker in the waters off singapore. ten sailors are still missing and feared dead fourth major incident in the u. s. pacific fleet this year. and a broad investigation is now underway. but in a moment we'll hear from the man who served as the u. s. navy secretary until earlier this year but first. this report from rupert wingfield hayes who's in singapore. uhhuh these are the faces that have lost the us seventh fleet commander his job. then the seven young sailors who died aboard the uss gerald. when it was struck off the coast of japan in june. and. i. now. let me ten more faces to be added to the. victims of the latest collision. of the uss john mccain off the coast of singapore so right now where we are vice said will joseph all calling was due to retire next month. state is being very publicly sacked. and this is the man who today find him. u. s. pacific commander had wil

the us navy is overstretched.u look at all the demands that are put on the us navy in the middle east, in the persian gulf, and increasingly out here in the pacific, i mean, basically, we've got a 300 ship navy and we're asking it to do the job of a 400 ship or a50 ship navy. so you mayjust able up to see the outline of thejohn s mccain docked here behind me in singapore. the search and rescue operation continues here tonight. and then there is the question of how this all happened and that is a big and deeply disturbing question for the us navy. earlier i spoke to someone about who is to blame for the collision between the warship and the tanker. every accident can be prevented. we know the singapore strait is a very busy waterway. we have about 1000 vessels at any one point in time and the method behind the madness that is the singapore straits is this regime known as the traffic separation scheme, which separates vessels into two lanes, think of it asa vessels into two lanes, think of it as a highway, and they

kelly: tough day for the navy.d at naval base in singapore, ten sailers are unaccounted for and five are hurt after the navy destroyer slammed into a commercial tanker east of singapore. you can see a large hole on the side of the ship the u.s. naval ship, the navy reporting significant damage leading to flooding and machinery and communications rooms. president trump responding to the collision on twitter saying, thoughts and prayers are with our u.s. navy sailors aboard the uss john mccain with search and rescues are underway. arizona senator john mccain also tweeting, cindy and i keeping sailers in our prayers tonight. appreciate the work of search and rescue crews. the ship named after senator mccain's father and grandfather, both men received as navy admirals. fourth mishap in the pacific this year, most recently in june uss fitzgerald collided with a ship off the coast of japan. fox news producer pentagon producer lucas tomlinson spoke with navy officers that navy officers aren't getting trains as they used t

the navy yard with ships on the way blew up because the head of the navy yard had filled a will withannonball and gunpowder and that is the british tried to drop something into. there's a terrific explosion so all the british high streets were from the blast in the navy yard. the british took a month off as it often do after battle. in the meantime in baltimore, samuel smith who had been an officer in the revolution and knew how to fight against the british and to hold off the siege put 11,000 baltimore people to work, white and black, round-the-clock, volunteers in chips and they built basically two mountains. one they call federal hill, that protected the harbor which was the particular target of the british. because 540 privateer ship to come out of that harbingers are quite a few into. the commanders were looking for the cut of the loot. the best description of course of the battle for baltimore is from an eyewitness, francis scott key. the original is in the maryland historical society. read the second stanza. maybe you can't sing at, it's in 15th century english drinking song a

navy jeremy bash and general mccaffrey., the amount of electronics, say nothing of watch officers on deck, but the countermeasures, the electronics on these vessels, this is just a stunning obviously tragic but a stunning turn of events for the navy. >> well no question. and look brian thank god for the united states navy. it is the dominant global maritime military force. its technology professionalism leadership is unbelievable. however, we have had two black swan events here in a matter of months. the navy has a tradition of ruthlessly holding captains accountable. they'll get to the bottom of what happened on the ship. i suspect something systemic may need to be addressed. the training of the -- of the command at sea. the "shrek" -- selection of captains. those destroyers watch aircraft out at hundreds of miles. they're looking at undersea threats. they have radars on surface threats. they have to be on guard against jihadists explosive boats. so it's literally unexplainable how this could happen. never mind twice. >> j

the navy just a couple of. then even for the most part when they're these things happen are using lookouts usually two to four of them on each ship those use their eyes so until the russians or the chinese learn how to hack but not killers on their eyeballs that's not happening they don't use g.p.s. to navigate a rate and i round other vessels they use radar. and their eyeball and also if anything who anybody has ever been in the navy will tell you redundancy is the name of the game it's redundancy after redundancy after redundancy so i think anyone playing any they have it's fire oh god robert lee take you down outrage take it down and plenty of things to be outraged about these are so we'll get to those in the next half a second after a broken arm ones are going to let us know what you think about topics with governor facebook and twitter see our poll shows that are dot com i'm starting this monday august twenty eighth we are going interstellar is watching the harps and all your other favorite are two shows w

this is a big moment for the royal navy.. it is also its most expensive warship. and it still needs jets, and other warships to protect her. at a time when the ministry of defence is having to save billions of pounds. this former naval officer says the navy is already struggling to crewjust 19 frigates and destroyers. certainly right now there are not enough ships to protect it, there are not enough submarines to run in advance of it. and this is the worry, if we are not even in a situation right now, having delivered the platform itself, to protect the ship, how are we going to actually use it? on her first visit on board, the prime minister said the ship sent a signal that britain remains a global power. it will be another year before the first jets fly off this £3 billion ship. the new f35 will also cost around £100 million each. it is a significant investment and a signal of ambition. but it will stretch already limited resources. jonathan beale, bbc news, portsmouth. he's back. after months of speculation, daniel craig

navy, the u.s. air force, and in many citizen soldiers, you might call them, the volunteers. >>> our brian todd is in houston with some of them. he's been in the midst of this disaster for days. >>> brian, i know you and those folks you're with, you're essentially going door to door looking for people in need. >> reporter: we are, jim. we were just here knocking door to door in these apartment buildings right here. this is the lake side forest residence west of houston. you can see how submerged those cars are right there. this is a labrinth of apartments here. the only way you can get out really is an air boat like this one coming to get you. you can't walk out. it's just too deep. over here, and the nearest dry land, even reasonably high ground, is miles away from here. this is the only chance these people have to be rescued. this is a situation where these waters were rising late. this only started happening about 1:00 this morning. they thought they had dodged a bullet from the hurricane, but th

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and the navy had not touched it. >> we had to 3u8 back. we lost some men trying to maneuver around it. we pulled men back, pulled the troops back probably 100 yards and brought in naval guard. >> the uss mississippi was quick to respond, shelling the block house with 14-inch guns. >> after three or four hits with the battleship, we were able to get the japanese out of there and move on. >> at terrible cost, the men of the 1st marine division had moved inland. now after 17 hours bobbing offshore, the 7th marines were finally on the beach. >> i just thought to myself, well, i think i'm all right now as far as holding up under battle conditions because i've seen my own marines, you know, dead and just with the waves washing back and forth. >> peleliu's terrain was the japanese's biggest ally. coming up, the rugged fight for the bloody hills of hell. zo >> oliver: the men of the first marine division men of the 1st marine division struggled for every yard of the coral island they took, but they battled more than just japanese soldiers. >> it w

the navy doesn't answer to the army and the army doesn't answer to the navy, but yet david digson porter, admiral david dickson porter and general grant form a great working relationship, and that is really what makes vicksburg click as far as getting the job done in capturing this city. so the navy, porter agrees to run past the batteries. he's to meet up with grant's army down here. grant marches all the way through these bayous and he originally wanted to cross the mississippi river at grand gulf. the union engages a small battery force there and is unable to knock out the gun. why is that big? because grant doesn't have his landing spot. what does u.s. grant do? never thinks about retreating. he simply just has the navy go further south. he marches his army a little bit further south to brewensburg and he crosses right there on april 29th. now grant has a foothold within mississippi. april 30th his army continues to cross, and basically by the night of april 30th he's got 20,000 men. 20,000 men across mississippi. the confederates for that matter -- and this is what grant does really

>> retired navy officers are sounding alarm bells.y grandfather, for instance, was a naval officer on a destroyer in korea. he tells me in all of his years in the navy, he heard of perhaps one instance of this magnitude. that was during wartime. others have raised the questions about the readiness. tighter budgets have forced cut backs from 600 ships in the 80s to 271 now. >> i think what you're seeing is a culmination of years of the navy senior leadership in washington d.c. that have failed to properly man, train and equip the fleet to do their jobs. >> a damning government accountability study warned that shorter maintenance and training periods for forward deployed navy vessels was taking a toll as resources shrunk in the past decade. frankly, this is no surprise to those that have been decrying the military's readiness problem, shep. >> shepard: what are we learning about u.s. troops heading to afghanistan, if anything? >> the pentagon and defense secretary says no final decisions have been made. no orders signed. army officials

it's the second serious collision involving a us navy ship within two months.me is our news reporter, sarah corker. the collision was reported after 630 japan time this morning. it happened near singapore in the strait. us navy says the guided missile destroyer, the ussjohn mccain collided with a vehicle while the trip was transiting to a routine port visit in singapore. initial reports indicate the us warship sustained damage to her port side. we do know that the other vessel involved was a tanker sailing under a liberian flag. it was 183 metres long. the us warship was on routine operations and patrol in the south china sea. it was on its way to singapore. it is supporting security effo rts singapore. it is supporting security efforts in the region. it has done so efforts in the region. it has done so for some time. these incidents are very rare. but this is the second serious collision involving a us warship in as many months, as you said. the last one occurred injune. that was actually off the day of tokyo, japan's waters. that was the uss fitzgerald. it co

the navy doesn't answer to the army and the army doesn't answer to the navy. but yet, david dixon porter, and general grant form a great working relationship. and that is really what makes vicksburg click as far as getting the job done in capturing the city. the navy, porter agrees to run past the batteries and he's to rendezvous with grants army. ,rant marshes all the way down -- marches all the way down and he originally wanted to cross the mississippi at grand gulf. the union navy engages a small ,onfederate water battery force and is unable to knock out the guns. why is that big? because grant doesn't have his landing spot. what does u.s. grant to do? he never thinks about retreating. he has the navy go further south and marches his army a little bit further south and crosses right there. on april 29. now, grant has a foothold within mississippi. 30, his army continues across and basically by the night of april 30, he's got 20,000 men. mississippi.ross the confederates for that matter , and this is what grant does really well -- grant leaves william t sher