80 some metro trains out of the way of some 80 or so norfolk southern trains every day. there's a great project called the 81st -- 75th street tip, it does include 81st. [ inaudible ]. >> thank you, ed. what's the price tag? [ inaudible ]. >> 1.4 billion? >> 1.4 billion, yeah. but a lot of great work has been done and it is a great pleasure from a railroad standpoint as a result. you have seen it in the interchange times for freight cars in chicago come down, the average time. a question about comparing the u.s. rail system to elsewhere in the world. why does the u.s. seem to be behind asia and western europe with respect to high speed rail transportation and then it goes into autonomous trains. there's three or four questions that get into the question, why can't we be like the euro star or something like that? >> i get that a lot. the most frustrating thing is that it is usually tiled to, ed, if we didn't have amtrak we could be like western europe. no. if we spent $100 billion on new rail infrastructure, then we could be like europe. one of the key kind of simple mind

president trump will attend the ceremony at the naval base in norfolk, joe -- for and deliver remarks are more than 14,000 people expected to attend. saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> the commissioning ceremony begins the active duty for a newly built naval vessel. we will share -- show you three commissioning ceremonies clinton, presidents bush, and vice president dick cheney. number five president clinton. >> in 1913, harry truman was a young missouri farmer, experiencing some business difficulties as he did from time to time. but as always, he did not give up easily. he wrote to his sweetheart and future white -- wife best his -- bess these words. harry truman was a man of his word create it took 85 years but on july 25, 1998, harry truman's ship has come in. [applause] clinton: of course, president truman's home town of independence, missouri was not exactly a center of naval operations. coming from the state just south of missouri, we are completely landlocked and harry truman was an army man. -- 1944, he spok

norfolk is not looking at flooding through a myopic lens. they are taking a holistic approach, tackling multiple issues at once, making the most of every dollar spent, and in doing so, they are believed to be stronger and more prepared for the future, no matter what comes next. this type of long-term, comprehensive thinking is resilience building at its best, and others are taking note. last year, the federal department of housing and urban development awarded $20 million to support projects laid out in norfolk's resilience strategy. i believe those with the biggest grants a city has received in its history, and the private sector is similarly enthusiastic. moody's, the credit rating agency, published a paper last credit the hampton roads posture in the face of climate change, and the agency maintains strong credit ratings even in the face of this threat. as surely every governor knows, access to credit for investments and infrastructure and innovation is essential to building strong cities and a strong state. norfolk is tackling challenges

a norfolk southern predecessor, that was in the late paleozoetic area. then had a great career which culminated in being ceo. i stepped down in 2015, we moved to charlottesville, virginia, which is a great place. we have our children and grandchildren all within 20 minutes. it's idyllic. it was idyllic for about a year, and i was extraordinarily happy. so why on earth did i end up doing this? well, it became known that my pretty assessor, joe boardman, was going to be retiring, and my name was being thrown around in the trade press as kind of an ideal successor, if you will. and i was approached by the chairman of the board, amtrak board, a fellow named tony koshev, up from the new york/new jersey area, who is terrific. they asked me about do it and i said no. then i made a mistake. i said, but i would be happy to help. so they ran a search, which didn't really work very well. and tony came back to me and finally convinced me, to my wife's utter disgust, to do it for a little while. a little while was defined as a fairly short period of time. and as tony

ford in norfolk, virginia. brand new aircraft carrier. this is the largest aircraft carrier in the world. there is no other like it. and it belongs to america. president donald trump and defense secretary james mattis about to take part in the commissioning. we will hear from both of them. first, though, to leland who is there on what is an incredible ship. and you have details, leland? >> david, good afternoon. good morning from norfolk, virginia. you are watching the landing here on the gerald ford. it will become the uss gerald ford once the president commissions it here in just about an hour or so, as this ceremony goes on. the ship itself is 1,092 feet in length and cost 12.9 billion dollars. like so many military projects, it has been overbudget and there's been a lot of controversy surrounding the cost. we broke it down, that's 113 million dollars per foot. that includes a lot of new technology here on this ship. new what they call dual band radar that will allow it to see over the horizon for threats. we know the chinese have been

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60 -- no, 80 some metro trains out of the way of 60 norfolk southern trains every day. so there's been substantial improvement. there's a great big project out there there's left called the 81st street sip. what's the price tag? 75th street. it does include 81st. thank you, ed. what's the price tag? >> total price is going to be 1.4. >> $1.4 billion. a lot of work has been done and it's a great project and chicago is much better as a result. you've seen that for freight cars in chicago come down, the average interchange time. >> quite a few questions about comparing the u.s. rail system to those elsewhere in the world. why does the u.s. seem to be behind asia and western europe with respect to high speed rail transportation, and that goes into autonomous trains. there's three or four questions that get into the whole notion of why can't we just be like the euro star or something like that. >> i get that a lot. and the most frustrating thing is then it's usually tied to, gee, if we just didn't have amtrak, we could be like western europe. no, right? if we spent $100 bill

president trump will attend the ceremony at the base in norfolk, virginia. saturday, 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and listen live on the free c-span app. >> coming up next from washington journal, a look at the house republican budget proposal for fiscal year 2018. that is followed by a discussion on the global influence of the press. and later, president trump meets with service members at the uss arizona. "washington journal" continues. now, here to us discuss ongoing budget deliberations in the 2018 house gop

preparations are under way at norfolk, virginia, for a visit by president trump.t a few hours, he'll attend the commissioning of the aircraft carrier to the u.s. navy. ali is in norfolk for us. a lot of news skomg out of the west wing in the last 24 hours. what do we expect from the president later this morning? >> hi there, good morning. so we're here on the aircraft carrier and president trump, as he does most mornings is giving us insight into what he's thinking about today. that is, of course, this ceremony that we're here for right now, but it's also things going on back in washington, things like the new report overnight about tourn general jeff sessions and his reported contacts with russian ambassador kislyak. it's notable that trump would be bringing that up at all considering his prior comments this week about sessions saying that he wouldn't have offered him the attorney general job if he knew that he was going to recuse himself in matters related to the russia probe. that's when president trump usually goes on the trail, we do tend to have controversy

it's been a great time in norfolk. ♪ ♪ >> president trump in norfolk, virginia, today, as he welcomeshe commissionerring of the uss -- commissioning of the uss gerald ford. welcome and hello to america's news headquarters, i'm mike emanuel. melissa: happy saturday to you, it's fun to be here, right? mike: the m and m show. melissa: i'm melissa a francis. the trump administration facing a dramatic overhaul after a shake-up at the white house.

please stand by both of you, let's go to norfolk, the commissioning of the "uss gerald r. ford." here's the president. donald trump. >> thank you very much, secretary mattis for the wonderful introduction and for your devoted service to our nation. nobody has done it like you. i'm thrilled to be back on this magnificent ship. for this historic moment with the amazing men and women of the united states navy. i was with you four months ago and i knew that i had to be here today and i told you i would be back to congratulate you and the crew and everybody involved on commissioning the newest, largest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the history of this world. that's a big achievement. after today, wherever this ship sails, you will all carry a proud title. plank owner of the "uss gerald r. ford". for the rest of your lives you'll be able to tell your friends and family that you served on the greatest ship in the united states' navy and in my opinion the greatest ship never in the world. everyone should take a moment to celebrate this incredible achievement. i want to thank the

jaild ford in norfolk, virginia.ers agree on a bill to punish russia for meddling in the 2016 presidential election and for its military action in ukraine and syria. aftershocks continue in greece and turkey, the 6.6 quake killed two people. now back to "justice with judge jeanine." judge jeanine: welcome back to justice on this busy night of news. a lot of talk with my political panel. joining me live go pack chairman david that veila and richard fowler. anthony scaramucci, good move, david avella? the performance was solid. held a good command. a positive move for the president. he will be an asset. but let's not forget. the president will not ultimately be junked by one staffer in his administration. americans will judge him based off did he make their life bert and did he make their life easier. the staff is there to help make that happen. it's the policies and ideas that the president will up let on whether he will be successful. judge jeanine: wouldn't you agree they have been having a lot of trouble getting th

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he was down in norfolk today with the president. we all serve at the pleasure of the president. it doesn't matter who wants you to serve or not to serve as long as the president does and the vice president does. judge jeanine: one of the things i know full well, if you have a team, you have to make sure that that team can get along and that they are not under cutting each other. kellyanne: you are there to serve the president. if you are there curating your own image or worried about who has primacy and who has access. i think it ends up showing. particularly for a president like donald j. trump. he has been in business with employees of tens of thousands of people. he knows who is work and who's not. he makes these decisions. i think it's a great team. anthony has been coming into an existing team and fitting in and being a piece of the action when we need it as the president sees fit and i'm thrilled. judge jeanine: let's talk about jeff sessions. the washington post reporting that the attorney general was having conversations with kislyak or kislyak reported that to his bosse

ford in norfolk, virginia. brand new aircraft carrier.issioning. we will hear from both of them. first, though, to leland who is there on what is an incredible ship. and you have details, leland? >> david, good afternoon.

out west and president trump is in norfolk, virginia, where he has just wrapped up remarks at a commissioning ceremony of the uss gerald r. ford navy ship. here's what he told those gathered for today's ceremony. >> wherever this vessel cuts through the horizon, our allies will rest easy and our enemies will shake with fear because everyone will know that america is coming and america is coming strong. >> president trump's comments come amid fallout over a sudden white house shakeup, and new developments in the russia investigation. before departing for virginia, president trump sent off a tweetstorm ranging from alleged conversations attorney general sessions had with the russian ambassador to hillary clinton's e-mail controversy. and this one on his pardoning power. while all agree the u.s. president has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is leaks against u.s. fake news. meanwhile reaction from sean spicer on what led him to resign yesterday morning when president trump offered one of his most vocal supporters the communication director position. here's w

on the morning of september 11, 2001, the aircraft carrier uss enterprise was heading home to norfolk. within moments the ship reversed course, and by the next day was within striking distance of afghanistan awaiting orders. it was soon joined by the carl vinson, kitty hawk, theodore roosevelt, and the stennis. many of the combat missions supporting ground operations in afghanistan came from these carriers and gave the taliban its first and last glimpse of american air and sea power. [applause] v.p. cheney: carriers were deployed with equal effect for the liberation of iraq. that conflict signaled a new era in warfare in which precisely targeted weapons launched from great staging bases at sea enable us to destroy the command centers of the enemy regime while sparing civilians and leaving infrastructure intact. in afghanistan and iraq, we remove regimes that supported terror against others and brutalized their own people. those were swift campaigns but , they were not easy. the united states remains prepared to confront danger wherever we must. as this nation leads the world in fighti

is drilled are poured from -- the uss gerald r ford from norfolk, virginia.rage on c-span. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> using the ground that is closest to you. thank you. at the conclusion of the ceremony, we will ask the rest seated in the hangar of aid to remain in your seats while the president of parts. for those interested in seeing more of the ship, we'll be offering tours. there will also be a reception of light snacks, hosted by gerald r. ford -- uss gerald r. ford's committee as you leave the pier. as you leave the ship, we ask you follow the directions of the pressures. for those of you who wish to, aboard, please use the two bows closest to the back of the ship. was builtrald r. ford in newport news, virginia, and is the most advanced and powerful warship in the world. she is the lead ship of a new will of supercarriers that defend american interests and that of her allies in an unprecedented scale for decades to come. nuclear -- 1000feet long, displacing times, this brings over six acres of sovereign american soil and 75 combat ready aircraft to any troubled area

president donald trump will head to norfolk, virginia this morning. he's going to be there to preside over the commissioning of the first warship of nuclear aircraft carriers. uss gerald r. ford should be operational by 2020. president trump will be joined by the daughter of the ship's namesake, our late president gerald ford. she has earned her place on the deck. she rolled up her sleeves and worked with ship builders over the years as they constructed the warship. >> while the president in norfolk, back in d.c. major developments this morning. this surrounding the russia investigation. reports that attorney general jeff sessions discussed campaign matters with russia's ambassador during last year's presidential campaign. this is according to "the washington post." they are citing u.s. intelligence intercepts. with sergey kislyak. >>> former campaign manager paul manafort and trump jr. will not attend senate judiciary committee hearing next week. instead they have agreed to turn over documents requested by the committee and submit to interviews. the

gerald ford -- norfolk, virginia. -- the uss gerald ford has a generator that can -- in thected to be diploma nets for years and house as many as 2600 crew members. the commissioning ceremony. explained -- he is expected to be deployed in the next few years and house as many as 2600 crew members. >> ship company, tension. arrive --uests please -- ship company, attention. -- will the guests please rise? please rise.

president trump spent this saturday morning in norfolk, virginia, where he officially commissioned the newest and largest aircraft carrier, the "uss gerald ford" but before leaving the president went on a tweet storm, ten tweets within just two hours on all kinds of topics ranging from his power to pardon to leaks against attorney general jeff sessions and friday's staffing shake-up. white house press secretary sean spicer resigned as president trump named long-time wall street fund manager anthony scaramucci as the new communications director. >> the president obviously wanted to add to the team more than anything. i just think it was in the best interest of our communications department, of our press organization, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. >>> and a very big week ahead as the russia investigation continues to drip, drip, drip. nbc reports that jared kushner, paul manafort, and donald trump jr. will be interviewed by congress next week, all behind closed doors as questions swirl around their roles in the russia investigation. >>> meanwhile, "the washington post" is re

norfolk police confirmed that the woman died earlier this morning. she has not yet been identified. over onto an old primark store in reading. police and fire crews attended the scene and there are no reported injuries, but there are road closures reported in central reading as a result. publications are an identifying whether there is any damage to the gym. if there is, there will be an increased time frame on the recovery process. if everyone is looking down on us process. if everyone is looking down on us and everything goes to plan, it is that way a case of getting the crying to an upright position and thenit crying to an upright position and then it will has itself, so we can put itself away. we are meeting with our colleagues every half hour, based on information, so they will go based on information, so they will 9° up based on information, so they will go up and assess the situation. paramedics have had to cut the head of the boa constrictor after it wrapped itself around the face of a woman. the woman he owned 11 states survived the encounter with the fight at animal which

gerald ford was commissioned by the president in a stunning ceremony in norfolk, virginia. >> americanteel and americans hands have constructed a 100,000-ton message to the world. america might is second to none. and we are getting bigger and better and stronger every day of my administration. that i can tell you. and our enemies will shake with fear because everyone will know that america is coming and america is coming strong. judge jeanine: the u.s.s. ford will be home to 4,400 sailors. this week the white house highlighted u.s. manufacturing. but it was once again dwarfed by some of the president's tweeting today. joining me to talk about that is counselor to the president, kellyanne conway. anthony scaramucci, some say it's a sign of chaos in the white house. but i don't think anyone can deny many been a shakeup. kellyanne: anthony and i and the president have said the same thing. the path wanted sean to stay. the first mother ever sarah huckabee sanders will take the podium and be our press secretary. i find that particularly gratifying, she is a republican and it's a great persp

norfolk police say the man is making a full recovery.a said today it will not lift its embargo of qatar after the gulf emirate rejected terms to end the blockade. the saudi foreign minister described the decision as "painful" but necessary. he repeated the criticism that qatar supports terrorism. saudi arabia joined the uae, egypt and bahrain in imposing the embargo — the four countries say qatar doesn't understand the gravity of the dispute. we cannot have a country like qatar that is an ally militarily, and in the gcc, and in the arab league. and that hosts an airbase from which planes take off to fight isis and al-qaeda, and at the same time, it turns a blind eye to terror financiers who operate openly in qatar, turns a blind eye to extremists who advocate suicide bombings and advocate young men going to fight in war zones. we cannot have it both ways. we are not doing this because we wa nt we are not doing this because we want to hurt qatar, we are doing it to help qatar. it will help qatar, it will help us, it will help the region,

norfolk police say he is understood to be making a full recovery.n to berlin zoo at a cost of 800 thousand pounds a year. only a dozen or so countries have ever been loaned pandas by china and as our correspondent johny dymond reports, it's hoped they will symbolise closer ties between the two countries. they may look friendly, but do not get too close. china's loan ofjiao qing — "darling" — and meng meng — "sweet dream" — comes from the global superpower, with a price. it is worth paying attention when germany and china meet these days. germany is europe's undisputed leader. china's surging economic power is turning into global political muscle. the chancellor and the president are meeting before the world's 20 biggest economies get together in berlin. once it might have been america around the table. but germany wants chinese help in propping up a world order destabilised by change in washington. and china wants open markets to sell into and allies it can rely on. translation: this is pioneering for our relations. we're happy to note that, thanks

commissioning ceremony in norfolk, virginia area the uss gerald ford -- norfolk, virginia. -- the uss gerald ford has a generator that can -- in thected to be diploma nets for years and house as many as 2600 crew members. the commissioning ceremony. explained -- he is expected to be deployed in the next few years and house as many as 2600 crew members. >> ship company, tension. arrive --uests please -- ship company, attention. -- will the guests please rise? please rise. and -- gentlemen, our platform guests. ,ommander stephen barstow united states navy, i ships chaplin. miss mary ellen baldwin, the president and ceo of hampton roads, navy league. mr. greg willard, white house staff assistant to president ford and commission in committee cochairman. mr. byron cavity, commissioning committee and cochairman. mr. douglas devos, committee cochairman. from huntington ingalls shipbuilding, mr. matthew mulherin, who most recently served as president of newport news shipbuilding. rear admiral bruce lindsey, united states navy, commander, and naval air forces atlantic. rear admiral brian anton

speak, along our coast, rising seas are affecting our naval installations including naval station norfolk, the home of the atlantic fleet. the report requires in section 336 is not about causes of climate change, nor do we discuss specific emissions targets or green energy goals. instead, this amendment is very -- the section is very factual, focuses squarely on the readiness of our armed forces to combat the coming and existing climate threat starting with a study of the 10 most vulnerable bases in each service and report on how a change in climate will affect combat commanders' strategic battle plan. as secretary mattis said, the effects of a changing climate such as rising sea levels and desertification among others impact our national security. we need to support our leaders in the military and intelligence communities in addressing these concerns so i urge and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: may i inquire how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania has 2 1/2 minutes and the gentleman from rh

. >>> president trump was in norfolk, commissioned the u.s.s. gerald, aford, it will be the largest aircraft carrier in the world, it's named after the 38th president of the united states. it will be home to 4500 sailors virginia mattis and generalford's daughter attended the ceremony. >>> another possible bombshell with the investigation looking into possible ties between russia and the trump administration >> a report claims jeff sessions had conversations with the russian ambassador contributing had us original testimony. >> those allegations come as donald trump junior and paul manafort face the senate judiciary committee later this week >> allison barber has the details. >> reporter: the russian ambassador to washington told his bosses he talked about campaign related matters with the now attorney general of the united states. that, according to a new "washington post" report. the conversations allegedly took place during the 2016 campaign. ambassadors conversations with his bosses were u.s. spy agencieses. seeming the contradicts a number

norfolk, virginia. it is the first of a new class of nuclear powered aircraft carrier. >> ship's company, attention. will the guests please rise and remain standing for the arrival of our platform guests. military honors to the president of the united states, our national anthem, and the invocation. we welcome and thank the united states fleet forces band and the naval station norfolk saluting gunnery for assisting us today. ladies and gentlemen, our platform guests. commander steven barstow, chaplain corps, united states navy, our ship's chaplain. ms. maryellen baldwin, president and ceo, hampton roads navy league. mr. greg willard, white house staff assistant to president ford and commissioning committee cochairman. mr. byron cavaney, commissioning committee cochairman. mr. douglas devos, committee cochairman. from huntington ingalls shipbuilding, mr. matthew mulherin, who most recently served as president of newport news shipbuilding. rear admiral bruce lindsey, united states navy, commander, naval a

norfolk and essex have provided us with quite high numbers.too long for a member of staff to go through all the records they had. we got some context from some places such an an 11—year—old sending a message via snapchat to a 12—year—old or a messenger message to an 11—year—old. 12—year—old or a messenger message to an 11-year-old. you have been working on this story for months. what is the most surprising thing you draw from it? i think it's that it's not surprising — everybody i've spoken to when i've said sexting in under—17s, they've rolled their eyes and said sort of, we know what you are talking about. the most alarming thing, there is a five—year—old in cou nty thing, there is a five—year—old in county durham found to be sexting by police. they were using an ipad. a five—year—old can use an ipad, you could give them an ipad for five minutes to entertain themselves but in this case it's been there for a bit longer. we learned the average age for sexting was 13—1li—year—olds soi visited a youth club in sunderland to find out what they kne

. >>> the slowest race, the snail racing championship in norfolk england.en held since the 1960s. each begins with a call slow, steady, slow. about 113 competed in the 13 inch course. larry is this year's winner taking home a silver mug full of lettuce, the time it took, 2:47. got to have a whole lot of patience. >> i guess it could be entertaining. could you see your kids getting into that? >> maybe for the first 10 seconds. >> then they'd be flicking the snails across the table. very foggy out there. >>> it is tuesday morning, a live look outside right now at the golden gate bridge. hard to make out at the moment. pretty foggy along the coastline right now. you will find it's chilly when you step outside the city by the bay. good morning and thank you for joining us on this tuesday. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. we want to get right to the forecast because it is changing, kari. >> it will be a good change, something we've been waiting on since the weekend. our temperatures will be copping down several is more degrees t

down the road from the river thames towards heathrow, 32 celsius but further north and east towards norfolktivity and in the first part of the day those pool into the north sea and as the heat got going through lincolnshire and yorkshire and we had a lot of thunderstorm activity there. before midnight it should have moved away towards the north sea, making room for another weather front come in to the north and west of scotland. a fresh appeal to proceedings here further south another close night 15 to 18 celsius. had we start the new day on friday? a lot of cloud across devon and cornwall, western side of wales, western pennines, too. generally speaking across the midlands, eastern england, the south—east of england, glorious sunshine, 17, 18, 19, possibly 20 celsius. for the north york close to the weather front which still has another bout of for there to be some rain on the breeze across scotland, northern ireland. what rain there is you properly had overnight and improving conditions here. that weather front just drags improving conditions here. that weather frontjust drags its cloud n

kristin fisher has more from norfolk. kristin?reporter: well, this speech really focused on two things. first, it was a salute to the sailors that will man this ship and to the nearly 9,000 shipbuilders who built it, many of whom were here today. and then second, this was also a salute to the ship itself and what it means to the u.s. navy and our country. >> this ship is the deterrent that keeps us from having to the fight in the first place. but this ship also insures that if a fight does come, it will are always end the same way -- it a will always win the same way. we will win, win, win. we will never lose, we will win. >> reporter: now, this was made in america week for the white house, and what better way to end it than with the commissioning of the largest and most sophisticated warship ever built, made entirely right here in virginia. so there's a lot about this carrier that president trump loves, but there's also a lot that he doesn't like. it was billions of dollars over budget, several years behind schedule, and it's sti

next thing you know, a perfectly fine quarter from norfolk southern produces a real hammering.uess we should have been ready for it after the ceo lowered the boom at csx where the miracle worker ceo worked no miracles and we got a restrained outlook. union pacific reported what i thought was a blowout quarter, with every single line item being treferrific. but then the ceo came on "squawk on the street. the man was so glum, that it made me concerned that the second half could be a real downer i don't really believe that to be the case. jees, guys, get a little fired up these rails all benefited from a resurgence in coal but i the those could be going away, and let's never forget while the president favors coal, it doesn't mean utilities, the biggest customers do they try to phase it out, switching to natural gas it's not just the rails, you have to look at the pa tetic airline stocks this group has been a juggernaut, but this quarter so far, wow being greeted with a thud. again, without any real glaring number cuts, we're getting an amber light for further investment just like

live from norfolk, virginia, what do we expect to hear from the president with no less than seven tweetslready in the last two hours. >> reporter: that's right, christi, as we mentioned last hour, whenever there are cameras around and apparently when they're not around, the president will go off the cuff and say things you don't expect him to say. i'm going to read very quickly. one of them writing, quote, while all agree the u.s. president has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is leaks against us. fake news. he then went on to tweet, so many people are asking why isn't the a.g. or special counsel looking at the many hillary clinton or comey crimes? 33,000 e-mails deleted. then he went on to tweet, quote, what about all of the clinton ties to russia. including podesta company, uranium deal, russian reset. big dollar speeches, et cetera. to be fair, the president did tweet about the "uss gerald ford" which he's going to be here to commission the greatest warship in his words in history. and also of engineering. that one single tweet compared to several

the president visiting naval station norfolk to preside over the commissioning ser moe fi -- ceremony for the uss gerald ford, mr. trump praising the minds and muscle used to build this new state of the art aircraft carrier. >> as we put this stunning ship into the service of our nation, we must also pay tribute to the thousands of citizens, military and civilian who helped design and build it, their love of country has been poured into every rivet and bulkhead on this vessel. >> kristin fisher has more from the site of today's dedication in norfolk virginia. >> the speech focus on two things first it was a salute to the sailors who will man this ship and to the nearly 9,000 ship builders who built it many of whom who were here today. second his speech was also a salute to the ship itself and what it means to the u.s. navy and our country. >> this ship is the deterrent that keeps us from having to fight in the first place, but this ship also ensures that if a fight does come, it will always end the same way. we will win, win, win. we will never lose. we will win. >> now, this is made

norfolk naval shipyard was in the 30,000s at her peak. so we've got to provide, you know, we have to provide, you know, package of things that would interest young people to come work at the naval shipyard today and industry would do the same. and yeah, we do compete for some of those people, so in the short-term, some of them, you know, we grab people that they would like to have and vice versa. but if there's a stable, predictable plan out there and we know we're going to grow the size of the force, when i talk to the leaders of industry, they're not worried that they can grow their work force and frankly, i'm not worried that we are going to have a problem growing the size of the naval shipyards, as well. i think we've got a good plan out there and we'll be able to press on with that going forward. >> last question before we open it up to the audience. you've mentioned that you -- the good news is is that we got a big bump-up in o&m, operations and maintenance money to do maintenance near term. what's the next big thing that you think,

war ii many of the stars of the major league baseball enlisted in the military and many ended up at norfolkat they knew how to do best, play ball. mike gooding has more on a real >> reporter: the war was on and most of the baseball stars of the day had joined up. an all-star lineup ended up in the navy. the records shows in 1943 the new york yankees beat the cardinals in the world series but anybody who knows any about baseball knows the real action took place right here. >> 1943. the navy enlisted a lot of pro players at the time and these guys would raise war bonds and playing to entertain the troops. >> the names were the stop of legends. so the base commanding officer had a world series of his own blue jackets versus the airmen played at this ancient ballpark built in 1919 which still stands today. >> as part of the naval station's 100th anniversary they had a softball game with sailors doing the honors with the ceremonial first pitch, the only living player from that 1943 series eddie robinson himself a long-time major leaguer and champion. >> it brings back nostalgic memories. i think

it's been a great time in norfolk. ♪ ♪ >> president trump in norfolk, virginia, today, as he welcomes newest ship in the u.s. navy, on hand for the commissionerring of the uss -- commissioning of the uss gerald ford. welcome and hello to america's news headquarters, i'm mike emanuel. melissa: happy saturday to you, it's fun to be here, right? mike: the m and m show. melissa: i'm melissa a francis. the trump administration facing a dramatic overhaul after a shake-up at the white house. sean spicer or is out, stepping down after trump appoints anthony scaramucci as communications director. garrett tenney joins us live, and what more have we learned about the shake-up? >> reporter: president trump hasn't been pleased with his communications team really since the inauguration, and in scaramucci, the president sees a media-savvy, self-made businessman with a reputation as a fighter. the two men have had a close perm relationship more years -- perm relationship for years. that's something that hasn't gone unnoticed. not everyone at the white house was onboard with this decision though. we'r

. >>> to norfolk, virginia, where last hour president trump attended a commissioning ceremony for the "uss skwerld fo skwerld ford," where the president called on congress to increase military spending and urged constituents to call their congress members about military spending and even on the issue of health care. boris sanchez is there for us live. a historic moment for any president, particularly today. >> reporter: absolutely, fred. historic is the best way to describe today. this is truly a feat of engineering and of american military power. the president describing this as a major achievement for the united states. he called this the most advanced carrier in history, in his opinion, the greatest ship in the world. he also thanked the ford family, gerald ford's daughter, susan, was here on hand. she's the sponsor of the ship. the president went on to say that that sh shthis ship, the commissioning of it, is a message to the world that american might is second to fun and truly that it is a message to our enemies around the world when they see this ship on the horizon they will, q

its best to hold the cloud cover and the wet weather, thunderstorms, down towards .irginia beach, norfolk editors working their way up to close to 90 degrees. temperatures working their way up to 90 degrees. frederick.in culpeper, 92 degrees. humidity on the way up for tomorrow. we bring in the chance for wet weather as ll tomorrow morning, not as cool, a pretty refreshing. coming up in 10 minutes, we run through futurecast and timeout the storm chances for monday and tuesday, let you know when you will need the umbrella. ofberly: you can stay ahead all those storms this summer. get weather alerts sent to your phone. sign-up at wjla.com/text. developing in arizona, a local sheriff says eight people are dead including a child after this flash flood tour through a popular swimming area -- tore through a popular swimming area. this is northeast of phoenix. a 30's say of thunderstorms saturday afternoon quickly filled the narrow canyon with water. many victims are believed to be members of the same family. since then four weeks 17-year-old muslim girl was attacked and killed near her mosque.

few heavy showers and thunderstorms, not many of us seeing them but particularly across parts of norfolke next few hours. a look at the temperatures, london up to 32 celsius now. we have a very hot day out there. widely into the high 20s, across england and wales. still the chance of a few isolated thunderstorms through parts of norfolk, towards lincolnshire and england. they will fade away but you could have surface water on the roads. temperatures holding up as high as 17 or 18 degrees, down towards the south—east. a muggy, humid night for many. through the day, a weak front brings cloud to scotla nd day, a weak front brings cloud to scotland and northern ireland. that drifting south across central part of england and wales. slightly fresher, around 17 or 19 in the north. towards the south—east, another hot day. temperatures not as hot as today, up to 2720 degrees. —— 27 or 28 degrees. today at 5pm: world leaders gather in hamburg for the g20 summit. president trump has touched down — he's shortly due to have a bi—lateral meeting with germany's chancellor angela merkel. thousands of pr