noaa has been tracking these storms since 1980. since then the costs have reached more than $1.5 trillion. chuck seibert son, abc news, new york. >> family of a korean war soldier finally gets to say good-bye half a century after his death. coming up, what took so long to identify him. >> and amazon's new grocery on the go means no waiting in lines. how it works when we return. >>> the long journey home has ended for a san francisco man who was killed in the korean war. the remains of army private first class james leonard arrived at san francisco international this morning. the 22-year-old was reported killed in action in july of 1950, but his remains were never found. last year the south korean able to i.d. them. his family is glad they can get some closure. >> it was hard. knowing that it's your cousin, and had to be in that dirt for 60 some years, you know. and then they take him out and find out who he is. that's hard. >> leonard is receiving full military honors and is set to be buried on tuesday. >> a new clint east wood fil

. >>> there's some staggering figures out tonight from the folks at noaa. if it feels to you like we haven't seen anything like the string of disasters of late, that's because we haven't. scientists say the u.s. had 16 billion-dollar disasters last year. hurricanes, wildfires, floods, tornadoes and drought costing a record $306 billion. leading the way was hurricane harvey, which did $125 billion in damage alone. >>> then on the heels of all that, the blizzard and the record cold that started off the year for a lot of us. as a lot of places are still digging out, tonight 45 million people are under new winter weather advisories. we get the latest on all of it from nbc's morgan radford. >> reporter: cars spinning out of control. an icy mess for monday commuters. >> i overcorrected and slid off the side of the interstate. >> reporter: millions across the country trying to dig out of deadly conditions that have already claimed more than two dozen lives since christmas. in pittsburgh, cars going up in flames. >> what's the day been like for you guys today? >> c

scientists at noaa pegged it as the third warmest. both say the five warmest years have occurred since 2010. there's much more ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. >> reporter: we have no idea, really, how much tomorrow is left. >> reporter: mudslide cleanup is far from over, and rainy season is just beginning in california. >> glor: if a first, swimmers are rescued by a drone. >> reporter: nate solder is an offensive lineman in the n.f.l., and a dad playing defense against cancer. >> you think it's something that >> you think it's something that older people get and it's not the case at all. that was it for me. that's why i'm quitting with nicorette. only nicorette mini has a patented fast dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. every great why needs a great how. every great why my doctor recommended i switch to miralax.on, stimulant laxatives make your body go by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften. unblocking your sy

the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa said hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, drought, and freezes cost the country about $306 billion last year. disasters also cost at least 362 lives. $125 billion in losses from hurricane harvey last august were second only to hurricane katrina in '05. keep track of weather on our nbc10 app. get instant traffic and weather alerts to your smartphone. >>> 5:35. state prosecutors are in charge of the criminal case involving the hazing death of a penn state fraternity pledge. pennsylvania's attorney general says his office agreed to take over the case by the d.a. in center county who said he had a conflict of interest. 19-year-old timothy piazza died last year after drinking and falling several times. and no one called for help for many, many hours. several members of the beta theta pi fraternity are charged. and there's been a hazing death of a pledge that took place in 2013. the men subjected college freshman michael deng to being blindfolded, forced to wear a heavy backback, and repeated -- backpack, and repeatedly tackled as

from my standpoint looking at my constituents in the state of hawaii, we have noaa workers, we have the department of defense, civilian d.o.d. employees as well as service members, we have national park service people who do extraordinary work . with we have lots of government employees and it's not their fault. it is not their fault. and so i have a very many unanimous consent -- i have a very simple unanimous consent request. it is different from the others. the others were to avoid this cataclysm, but should we be able to avoid this cataclysm, i think we should keep ow government workers whole because they didn't did do -- didn't do this to us. we did this to them. my u.c. makes sure whatever happens over the next six hours or six days or six weeks that they are held harmless. so i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 290, s. 2274, to provide for compensation of federal employees affected by lapses in appropriations, that the bill be considered a read -- considered read ad third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider

noaa scientists found that the highest amounts occurred in 2006. for all of these reasons, i would urge president trump an interior secretary zinke to reverse course on this ill begotten plan. we need a permanent moratorium on oil and gas drilling off our atlantic coast. the potential rewards of such drilling, problematic as they are, don't come close to equalizing the risk to the chesapeake bay and maryland's and our nation's irreplaceable -- irreplaceable shorelines and coastal communities. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i ask the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you, mr. president. our constitution started out with three beautiful words, we the people. this was the whole mission statement for the development of our form of government. not a government that would deliver benefits by and for the privileged, not a

while noaa says it was third-warmest. world-wide records going back to 1880. noaa says the difference in findings comes down to the different methods the agencies use to analyze global temperatures. it also says that both agencies agree that the five warmest years on record have all happened since 2010. (( áá v.o. / catherine áá )) sloppy skies aren't getting in the way of a little drama in the city as a movie continues filming on the streets of san francisco who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out,

and noaa, to the d.o.d., to plan for the effective delivery of public services. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. raskin: mr. speaker, i have a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's unanimous consent request will be heard. mr. raskin: mr. speaker, thank you. i ask unanimous consent now to ring up h.r. 4872, the end the shutdown act of 2018. a continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday, while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to parity and addresses the other critical issues facing the country. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair has previously advised, the request can't be entertained absent appropriate cleenches. -- clearance. without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today because i am frustrated. i'm fed up and i'm concerned for our soldiers, our families, my constituents and all americans. mrs. hartzler: people are filled with uncertainty. they are confused and honestly so am i. chuck schumer and the senate

why not keep the government of hawaii, we have noaa workers, we have -- we have incredible civilian dod. we have national park service people doing extraordinary work. with have lots of government employees, it is not their fault. it is not therefore. i have a very simple request. it is a little different than the others. the others were trying to avoid this cataclysm. unable tod we be avoid this cataclysm i think we should keep our government workers hole because they did not do this to us. we did this to them. my request is a simple thing, and make sure that whatever idiocy happens over the next six hours or six days or six weeks, that they are held harmless. him so i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration to provide for compensation of federal employees affected by lack of appropriations. that the bill be passed and the motion for reconsideration be considered late upon the table with no intervening action or debate. craig sizer and affection? reince senator from north carolina. >> reserving the right to object. i want to thank anybody who works

and noaa, to the d.o.d., to plan for the effective delivery of public services. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. raskin: mr. speaker, i have a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's unanimous consent request will be heard. mr. raskin: mr. speaker, thank you. i ask unanimous consent now to ring up h.r. 4872, the end the shutdown act of 2018. a continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday, while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to parity and addresses the other critical issues facing the country. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair has previously advised, the request can't be entertained absent appropriate cleenches. -- clearance. without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today because i am frustrated. i'm fed up and i'm concerned for our soldiers, our families, my constituents and all americans. mrs. hartzler: people are filled with uncertainty. they are confused and honestly so am i. chuck schumer and the senate

in silverwork at noaa springs, and i have been a fed since august. i am a single mother, a latina, and a puerto rican, and i support the closure because i believe the dreamers have a right to be here. i am surprised that so many people are disparaging that. they had no choice, they were brought here as children, they are paying their taxes, they are upright citizens. why do you want to kick them out? i do not understand. i don't get it. host: betty is next in birmingham, alabama, democrat line. yes, good afternoon. i am calling because first of all, all of these people calling in wanting to fault the democrats -- let me say this. we are dealing with a pathological liar who is the president of the united states. and we are dealing with these no spine republican men that are in congress. these people do not want to help these people. thatvery offended, c-span, you are not talking about how donald trump called african nations and haitians s-holes. off, they just cut [inaudible] this is about racism in america. they do not want hispanics in america, they

scientists at noaa pegged it as the third warmest. both say their five warmest years have all occurred since 2010. >>> we have no idea, really, how much material is left. >> mudslide cleanup is far from over, and rainy season is just beginning in california. >>> in a first, swimmers are rescued by a drone. >>> nate soldier is an offensive lineman in the nfl and a dad playing defense against cancer. >> you think it's something that older people get, and it's not the case at all. ♪ cleaning floors with a mop and bucket is a hassle, meaning you probably don't clean as often as you'd like. for a quick and convenient clean, try swiffer wetjet. there's no heavy bucket, or mop to wring out, because the absorb and lock technology traps dirt and liquid inside the pad. it's safe to use on all finished surfaces tile, laminate and hardwood. and it prevents streaks and hazing better than a micro fiber strip mop, giving you a thorough clean the first time. for a convenient clean, try swiffer wetjet with a money back guarantee. brand power. helping

in fact just this week we're told by noaa, in 2017 total cost exceeded $300 billion. if that seems like a lot of money, it is. a new annual record in the u.s. so clearly not a matter of if for the next extreme weather event is coming, a matter of when. the flood risk management activities account for more than 70% of the association. but the core has or shares jurisdiction over many other critical civil works programs as well. including hydropower, recreation, emergency management and water supply. unfortunately in the mid 1980s, funding for rehabilitation began to steadily decline. with this trend the core's actions have shifted to operations, maintenance, rehabilitation of infrastructure and a back log has continued to grow ever since. as a result much of the core's infrastructure is exceeding its life span. we have a couple graphics here. one christine is holding up for us. it's provided by our friends from the american association port authorities. a busy chart but a good one nonetheless. and everyone should have at your desk a copy of this. but about $66 billion

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here and else where, we are encouraging permitting agencies including noaa to final ways to consolidate the time lines. in summary, louisiana is deploying multiple lines of defense and pursuing innovation to address a coast in crisis. but to be successful, it needs reliable, effective federal partner that can provide timely and appropriate resources and stay focused on solution. as the committee moves forward with this authorization, we encourage you they than formula for the rest of the country as well. i went a little long and thank you for your patience. >> we're now going to move on from a series of questions. i'll start with you if i can. many stakeholders who work with the corps of engineers have comment and complained a little bit about the process it follows from identifying a water resources problem to implementing a solution and can be long costly delays. for example, in the arid west, there are many water supply challenges that haven't yet been solved such as removing sediment from reservoirs to providing more water supply capacity and effectively managing multiwater supply n

we have established warning sirens and warning information, but -- and i think the scientists at noaa would tell us this is what we should be developing but now we have a very rural, isolated community trying to figure out how to deal with the tsunami. many people may remember the story that the new yorker wrote a few years back, the big one. i never heard from so many of my friends around the united states when that article appeared. we train constantly on this as a coordinated effort between homeland security, our national guard, our local responders, but who owns, at the federal level, thinking through what this communication protocol should actually look like and how we establish safeguards within the protocol so these kinds of mistakes or information gaps are avoided in the future? because we want to continue with the information. that's for sure. does anybody have a thought on that? ms. flowers. >> in terms of the communication service provider side, certainly the fcc works with the service providers. we have rules that apply in terms of how they're supposed to react, in terms o

in fact just this week we're told by noaa, national oceonographic atmospheric administration, announces in 2017 total cost for extreme weather and climate events exceeded $300 billion. a new, that seems like a lot of money that is. that is a new annual record in the u.s. so clearly not a matter of if the next extreme weather event is coming, just a matter of when. together the corps' navigation and flood risk management activities account for 70% of the agency's annual civil works appropriation but the corps has or shares jurisdiction over many other critical civil works programs as well including environmental stewardship, hydropower, recreation, emergency management and water supply. unfortunately in the mid-1980 as federal funding for new project construction and major rehabilitation began to steadily decline. with this trend the corps's actions shifted to operation, to maintenance, rehabilitation of existing infrastructure and backlog of deferred maintenance continued to grow ever since. as a result much of the corps's infrastructure is now exceeding its useful lifespan. we have a c

the noaa also reported last year's disaster killed 362 people in u.s. and puerto rico with the death toll continues to rise as more information is reported from the hurricane ravaged island. now the news coming only weeks after the house passed $81 billion disaster aide package. senate did not take up the bill and now working on its own version. >> we remember how brutal of a summer that was with all the hurricanes. a lot of people still recovering. >>> still ahead. strikes again. surprise move at half time leads to epic finish in last night's national title game. much to the dispoint of two of us here. all the highlights next in sports. shawn evans: it's 6 am. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. and at our factory in boston, 1,200 workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. today we're bringing you america's number one shave at lower prices every day. putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. as one of those workers, i'm proud to bring you gillette qual

according to noaa... environmental protection of the marine mammals has worked so well..ir population has exploded. there are now 260- thousand sea lions ..... compared to about 88- thousand in 19-75. sea lions are now the first marine mammal living along the entire west coast... to recover to its natural carrying capacity. now to our four zone forecast. taking a live look outside at san francisco tonight...just beautiful kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here now with the forecast lawrence karnow: the day started with some rain and ended with some sunshine. storm clouds moved in overnight to bring the rain. some of the norht bay locations had over an inch of rain with lesser amounts futher south. the rain has ended now and we are looking at partly cloudy skies. you can see on the doppler radar that the rain has moved on. but with the moisture left behind we will likely see some patchy dense fog. on the satellite image you can see the low pressure system that brought the rain but it is now falling apart. we will see a brief break in the wet weather before an

. $06 billion, according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration known as noaa. hurricane harvey cost $125 billion. tornados, wildfires, floods, drought are also cited in that report, which finds $16 disasters costing $1 billion in 2017, tying 2011's tally. the record goes back to 2005, the year that katrina hit. >>> in the east bay this morning, flooding along this boulevard in contra-costa county. under highway 4 just under the midnight hour after the heaviest rain was falling. you can see water splashing up as vehicles were driving through. >>> kari joins us now with a look at the microclimate weather forecast. the rain finally going to move out, giving us a little chance to dry out. >> it's been happening so slowly for the south bay. while other areas just farther to the north have seen some dryer weather. as we look at this very slow-moving storm system that's been spinning across central and southern california, we are still seeing that rain moving at least into the south bay, and we've seen it off and on, but being on the outer fringe of that means we are

. >>> today noaa released a satellite time lapse of yesterday's nor'easter. take a look at this. you see how quickly it grew and moved right up the east coast. in our area the storm hit cape may cou especially hard. and that's where "acti reporter chad padelli is live w in ocean city where people are still digging outhad. reporter: hey, sharrie, yeah, we're seeing a lot of this right here behind me, mounds of snow where people have been shoveling their sidewalks and of course the plows have been going up and down the roadways. this has been an area digging out. you have the frigid temperatures but people are staying warm trying to get all this snow off of the sidewalks the hum of snowblowers echoed throughout cape may courthouse today as residents continued to dig out from nearly 18-inches of snow. blowing snow glistened under the bright snow. >> did it once last night. back again doing it again today. >> reporter: others like kevin wallace had to use a good old shovel while his boss got the bobcat. >> i'm ready for summer tell you that. >> it's not bad. not b.just right. it's no

forest service, noaa, usgs and there's a synergy in this office. as i understand it, there's some concern by gsa particularly in that it's located in a floodplain, so there may very well be a need to relocate. we fully understand that. but i would ask that you get engaged on this, because i think keeping synergies with the other federal agencies is important, and having a location near the chesapeake bay is symbolic and important. the location that epa was looking at was to move the epa office alone to fort meade, which is federal facilities and i can understand the cost issues of locating in federal facility. the problem is that it's not near the bay. and secondly, it's behind the fence line, which for d.o.d. has significant costs, because every person who visits the epa office has to go through the security network, which is already overtaxed because of budget concerns and the number of tenants that are located at fort meade. would you work with us to get a more reasonable answer to epa's location with other agencies so that we can accomplish the

in fact, just this week, noaa estimated that the total costs for extreme weather and climate events exceed $300 billion, which is a new annual record for u.s. so it's clearly not a record of if our next extreme weather events are coming but when. together the corps's navigation -- together the corps' navigation in flood risk management accounted for more than 70% of the agency's annual solo works appropriations. but the corps has jurisdiction as we know over any number of jurisdiction over any number of environmental programs. they include recreation. they include emergency management and water supply. unfortunately, the mid-1980s, federal funding for new project construction, major rehab, began to decline steadily. with this trend, the corps's actions have shifted to maintenance and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure and a backlog of deferred maintenance has continued to grow ever since. as a result, much of the corps infrastructure is now exceeding its useful life plan. if you were sitting on this side of the dais, as members of this committee, what would you be doing about it? we

in 2016 noaa -- that's n-o-a-a -- said the earth warmed by 0.04 degrees celsius and the british government pegged it at 0.01 celsius. however, the margin of error is 0.1 degree, not 0.01. so it's all well within statistically just meaningless. it's below the doom and gloom temperature predictions from all the various models, from consensus scientists. now, steven coonan, he was -- he was in the obama administration. he was under secretary for science at the department of energy. so that was -- he was an appointee by president obama. he said -- and this is a quote -- he said the obama administration relentlessly politicized science and aggressively pushed a campaign about that politicized science. in other words, he's using that to make a case that is not true. this comes out of his own administration. in september 2017, the university of alabama huntsville, their climate scientist, john and richard published a study showing no acceleration in global warming for the last 23 years. their research shows that if you remote -- remove the climate effects of two volcanic eruptions and the el nino

they work at n.i.h., they work at noaa, the national cancer institute, they work at the food and drug administration, the department of defense, at the state department. my constituents and the people across the country who depend on them are in limb roe because in limbo are because of the irresponsibility. president trump called it a good shutdown, something he barely did in the first place. they got all the republicans behind their obscene tax break for the richest 1% of the country and foreign investers in saudi arabia and the cayman islands but they couldn't bother to pass the budget for the american people which is our essential constitutional function. they don't mind shutting the government down for the fifth time in 30 years as long as their being campaign donors get the huge legislative payoff they are waiting for. let's do our job and let's pass a real budget. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my

according to noaa tsunami waves can travel as fast as 500 miles an hour in deep water.n shallow water, the waves slow in height and size as they build. they've been monitoring the situation in alaska. measuring the wave height. at this point, they're allowing everyone who evacuated in alaska to go back home. here in southern california, we have advisories about high surfs and rip currents. with everything cancelled up and down the west coast, it's business as usual. robin. >> kayna, thank you. >> this morning, we spoke with larry ledoux, when did you first feel the earthquake, larry? >> well, i don't know the exact time. i know that i was awake and the house started to shake. it went on and on. which is not normal which the kind of earthquakes i have experienced here in alaska. >> can you give us a sense of the mood, emotions running there in the shelter. >> well, we have 500, 600 people here at the high school. we opened all of our schools as shelters when we get an alert. it's pretty relaxed. people are just sitting around, talking to one another, children, adults, el

noaa, another federal agency, the disaster funding bill needs to fund continued removal of things i've already discussed -- marine depletion, lost lobster traps, capsized vessels from around the florida keys. there is an environmental component and an economic component. if you've ever been to the florida keys, if your canal is full of refrigerators, debris, things that immediate to be removed, you can't navigate in that water. you have wiped out the value of all that property and the desire of people to come visit. beyond increasing -- or as we call it around here, plussing-up critical disaster accounts, we should also provide language to protect counties and cities and towns and individual homeowners who receive fema disaster assistance from the uncertainty about when the federal government may come back and in a few years and claw back that support. come back in three years, say we gave you too much money, give it back to us. if someone did something wrongs i'm not talking about that. i'm talking about a good-faith estimate that both sides agreed on. they delivered the money. then f

. >> reporter: the quake took place in shallow water 175 miles off the coast and according to noaa tsunamiaves can travel as fast as 500 miles an hour in deep water. in shallow water, the waves slow in height and size as they build. now, a colleague pointed out 500 miles an hour is as fast as a commercial jet so this is a very scary situation for people, also just a few minutes ago the kodiak police department sent out a tweet saying that they're actually seeing waters receding from their harbors so they are asking folks that made their way to higher ground to remain in place. so it's important to note right now where i stand here in los angeles we're some 350 miles from san francisco and within the hour, they issued a tsunami watch and what they're saying is that if you're within three blocks of the pacific coast or five blocks from the pacific bay they have to be prepared to evacuate. again, that's for people living in san francisco. so you're at a greater risk if you're less than 25 feet above sea level. so this is a very scary situation for people in the west coast. it is possible that

noaa said it was third warmest ever.ve all been this decade. >> china's economy expanded 6.9% last year sealing its first full year of acceleration since 2010. it was a shot in the arm for the global economy and gives authorities more room to tackle excessive debt. the big question is does this mean inflation is set to pick up protests have been in china? >> the minority suggesting possibly a benchmark rise is in the cards for 2018. the consensus view is it is not going to happen. clearly there are -- the impression from some that you're going to get a softer inflation picture. it is just crossed that 6.4 level. the bboc has been tightening in the interbank markets. take a listen. >> we think the pboc has tightened quite a bit if you look at bank liquidity. short-term interest rates. the economy via higher bank loans already. there is a tightening going on throughout 2017. >> that's what makes this growth picture for 2017 quite notableable. you have seen a reduction in the expansion of credit. weekend o.s.u. out some of

and have you worked with noaa or other site agencies about the likelihood of of the number of severe weather events increasin increasing? my basic point is that understand this is difficult to quantify, but you are in the business of analyzing things that are difficult to quantify and i think we now believe that this is material and i'd like you to consider it and i'll take those for the record. >> senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being so generous with your time in the meetings you had in my office. i covered some of this in a meeting we had him off but want to go back to it again. you've been nominated to position were you are ultimately going to be i believe when you're confirmed randy corals bostick you also said in our meeting in office that you're going to rely a lot on him to take a look at regulatory reform issues, regulatory rightsizing. in that first meeting that any boss has with anybody there were two if you try to give them some direction. what are going to talk about when it comes to recalibration of regulations postcrisis. kind of curious on yo

host: if you want to read that report from noaa, and plenty of stories from today's paper. and speaking of today, i want to keep you updated on a few of the events we're covering here in washington on c-span, including the confirmation hearing for alex aczar. he will be before the senate finance committee today. he has been nominated for health nd human services secretary. one other hearing, the border and maritime security subcommittee of the house and homeland security committee is having a hearing. and among those testifying is brandon jimmy butler, president of the national border of patrol council. -- brandon judd, president of the national border of patrol council. and with that in mind, we return to this discussion on your immigration policy priorities. we're talking about it until 8:00 this morning on the "washington journal." let us know what you think congress should focus on. what you think the president should focus on. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. greg is in sioux falls, south dakota, line for republicans. greg

noaa is not alone. last year as climate science special report, the scientific backbone for the federal government's fourth national climate assessment, discussed the growing issue of climate change-driven ocean deoxygenation. the report did not mince words. i quoted here. global ocean deoxygenation is a direct effect of warming. end quote. as water warms, it loses its capacity to absorb gases, like oxygen, and warmer water circulates less, meaning there's less mixing of water and oxygen between the surface and deeper waters. the report attributes 85% of global ocean oxygen loss to this stratification, as it's known, of the water. worldwide ocean oxygen levels have declined. according to the climate science special report, the north pacific, north atlantic, southern oceans, subtropical south pacific and south indian oceans are all expected to experience further deoxygenati deoxygenation. oxygen may drop off as much as 17% in the north pacific by 2100 if we don't rein in carbon emissions. not surprisingl

i think noaa's current estimate is for 6 feet of sea level rise globally by the end of the century. even though our president is clueless about the basics of climate change, his secretary of defense understands and acknowledges the risks. in response to congressional questioning last year, secretary mattis said, and i quote, climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today. it is appropriate, he said, for the combatant commands to incorporate drivers of instability that impact the security environment in their areas into their planning. well, for political reasons, the white house can't acknowledge the problem so the recently published national security strategy totally disregards all of these recommendations. it won't even mention the forbidden words. we know these words are forbidden in the trump administration, because over and over again the memos leak out about people being told don't say the words climate change. instead, with all these warnings from g.a.o., from senior military officials, from the national intelligence council,

john durbin is an employee of the noaa fisheries department and uses a drone to check on the welfaretic whales in these changing times. but there's no way he and his co-researcher could be here if they didn't get a ride from the lindblad national geographic tour operators who sebringing actual scientists along as part of the appeal to their customers. >> it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars if you're going to charter a research vessel. it's a wonderful relationship that we have. >> a relationship that has to continue if the work is to go on. >> this is the seventh year in a row that we've conducted research onboard the ship. >> we're studying animals that live as long as we do. to understand them it takes multiple years. >> the tourists for all the fun they're having are effectively underwriting the science. part of the substantial ticket prices for adventures like this goes to covering the costs of the work that's being done onboard. and not only don't the tourists seem to mind, they think it's a good idea. many, like lori from austin -- >> all right, here we go. >> -- came her

according to noaa, louisiana has four of the ten top ports in the country by volume and value of seafood landed. in 2016, two louisiana ports alone received more than 670 million pounds of seafood landed in the gulf. this is in addition to the oil and gas production off of our coast. together with texas, our two states accounted for half of u.s. shrimp landings. noaa also reports that roughly half of the jobs in commercial and recreational fishing in the gulf exist in states where there's also oil and gas production. recreationally, gulf anglers accounted for 33% of fishing trips which equals 39% of the total u.s. catch. of course, more than 85% of recreational landings were in inland estuaries or state territorial waters. most of the oil and gas activity we're discussing today is in deeper federal waters many miles away. again, the gulf coast is a working coast and it's been proven over the decades that multiple industries can successfully compan coexist. when my colleague from florida brought up his concerns about potential conflicts with the department of defense operations in the gul

these profishence sies having provided all the initial core, professional maritime training for the noaa corps for example. have you considered using in-depth training and assessment from the professional mariner community to fill any competency gaps that you might be facing right now? >> we had a pretty good dialogue with that community and depending upon capacity and really technology, there were times where we were using those simulators quite a bit. now if you go just up the road to newport we'll find some pretty state of the art trainers that better simulate some of the ships that we're training our officers and sailors to drive. but in terms of standards and approaches, i would say it's a vigorous dialogue. but what i like to do is just make sure that i'm right, you know, and i'm current and i'll get back to you, sir. >> okay, good enough. thank you. so i also understand the navy plans to continue to conduct in-service material inspections every six years as opposed to every three, potentially delaying necessary maintenance. so i think this is one of those areas where we saw this b