the f-15 was on a training mission when it crashed off okinawa. the pilot ejected. he suffered non-life-threatening injuries. >>> the american soldier killed in somalia, attacked by extremists, has been identified. they came under attack friday about 215 miles southwest of mogadishu. sergeant alexander conrad of chandler, arizona, was killed. four other u.s. servicemembers were weden qamist group has claimed nt rsonild in exosion cleveland. the powerful blast leveled a house yesterday. another person was critically injured. the explosion damaged several nearby homes. so far no word on the cause. >>> this morning a fast-moving wind-driven wildfire in southwest colorado has forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 homes. the so-called 416 fire doubled in size over the weekend. it's burned nearly 17,000 acres in and around the san juan national forest and it's just 10% contained. forecasters say the strong wind pushing the blaze won't die down until tomorrow. so far no injuries have been reported. >>> at least 60 people have gotten sick due to a salmonella outbreak lin

the rest is coming in from plac le camp pendleton or camp lejeune or okinawa, assembling at the right place to serve as part of the surge layer. >> i want to turn to the navy and the navy's plan for a 355-ship battle fleet. that would build them up to 38. even 38 isn't enough to meet all of the demands that are put on the amphibious forces. it's going to take quite some time to get there. so i wanted to ask first about the navy shipbuilding program and the fleet that is developing and how that meets the needs and the challenges that may be there. the second part is asking about the use of auxiliaries to meet some of these amphibious demands en there aren't enough amphibious ships to go around. >> i'll go ahead and start with that. the first thing i would say on the increase in the money that we've got, the funding that came in '19 with a 7% increase, the navy did four structure assessments, determined that 355 ships was the right plan. now, how quickly we can get to that requirement is really the challenge, and how long is that funding going to be consistent. so if you looked at the 3

there is a concern for the japanese the north koreans will say we'll keep it to 20 nukes if you leave okinawa in japan and we'll sign a peace treaty. the japanese are saying that's not on the table because you are our primary defense partner. australia, taiwan, japan, we all count on the americans being here. the way trump has been, pay your bill or we won't defend you. kennedy: that's a fair request regardless of how much people may despise this president. that's a fair thing to ask. >> tying it to some sort of or maybe we won't be there for you. that's what he has been doing, nato and the japanese are upset about. don't make it sound to the north koreans that you are about to pull the rug out and go home. kennedy: wouldn't do that. bryan suits, i hope you had a lovely point before the show it's always good to see you. >> yes, i did. kennedy: what do americans think of the upcoming summit with kim jong-un. 66% think the president should meet with the north korean leader while 24% think he shouldn't. on 28% think north korea will ever give up their nuclear weapons. can the president achieve h

disruptive and denying force and the rest of magtf coming from camp pendleton or camp lejeune or okinawa assembling at the right place to then serve as part of the war winning force the army will be deploying. >> i want to turn to the navy and the navy's plan for 355 ship battle fleet that would build 238 but even 38 isn't enough to meet all the demands on the invidious forces and it is going to take quite some time to get there so i wanted to ask first about the navy shipbuilding program and the fleet developing it and how that meets the needs of the magtf. the second part is asking about use of auxiliaries and non-amphibious ships particularly as they have done in the pacific to meet some of these amphibious demands when there aren't enough amphibious ships to go around. >> i will go ahead and start with that. the increase in money we have got, the funding we had in 19 with a 7% increase, certainly before structure assessments determining 355 ships was the right plan. how quickly we can get to that requirement is the challenge and how long funding will be consistent. if you look at the

navy destroyer and engaged in battle in okinawa. his ship was severely damaged with over 20 fatalities. his ship was in danger of sinking and he should abandon ship. he had another group of his crew to do damage control toeep the ship afloat. as a result of that, he was advanced to admiral and he was one of the highest recognized chinese-americans serving for our country. he was the first ranking flag officer of chinese-american descent. i would like to ask him for your support of this request to a -- for a congressional gold medal. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your service, sir, and for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is sherman tang. i'm with the chinese american citizens alliance. we speak at the legislation pending in congress right now concerning providing a congressional gold medal it all the world wore -- world war ii chinese-americ servicemen. they began serving in the civil war. so it was a long history of serving our country for freedom, but they're not being recognized since then due to discriminatio

charles: we were treating japanese on okinawa we were fighting a war with. gregg: sotomayor is somebody who was relying a lot on the rhetoric of the campaign trail, the word uttered by president then candidate trump, now president trump. scotus has always been reluctant to use campaign rhetoric as a basis for making a decision. for the most of part it's neither relevant or dispositive. it's just rhetoric. charles: people are wondering what president trump can use them for and can he apply executive orders to cure this problems with the border situation. >> the court was careful to say denied entry. once in the country different sets of laws apply. the court argued if you are trying to get into this country you have a much smaller set of rights than once you are here. but the point is the supreme court didn't strike down what president trump did. the court ruled president trump was acting lawfully. and one judge after another struck down everything he does on immigration. i think this maintains the status quo and it's positive for immigration issues. charles:

he watched the landings at okinawa. he had other officers who sent him information, eyewitness accounts from other sources. he put together a 15 volume seaory of world war ii at which he supervised as an editor. some readers were daunted by taking on a 15 volume work, so he later authored a one volume version which is the one here. do not get me wrong, i am here to flog my book, not morrison's. let me explain how mine is different. note the title of morrison's book. promotion -- aa two ocean war. transatlantic action and the pacific, where the action was marked by carrier operations and amphibious operations. it is an excellent account of the role of the u.s. navy into oceans. involved.ions were a dozen of those had substantial haves, important enough to an impact on the trajectory and outcome of the war. the u.s. navy was the largest but not the only one. war wasion, the naval fought 92 oceans -- thought not oceans butot in 2 more. that explains the subtitle of my book, a global history. i wanted to deal with the histo

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the pilot ejected near the island of okinawa.tine training mission and a rescue team recovered the pilot. the air force has had six noncombat crashes this year compared to seven last year. an air force captain went missing more than three decades ago turned up last week. military officials say william howard hughes had been living in california under a different name. they call him a fugitive and say he desserted the air fort. hughes' family says they don't think he disappeared on his own. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. >> shep, captain howard had a top secret clearance and was supposed to travel to the u.s. hughes was showed withdrawing 19 separate banks in albuquerque, new mexico before he disappeared. investigators found to-do lists. his parents and sister have been lift wondering what happened to him for 35 years. last week the air force office of special investigations found hughes living under an alias. he fell under suspect when he went to renews his passport. he was depressed about being in the air force so he lef

his f-15 going down during the down during a training mission off the coast of okinawa, japan.ments before the sea. the only person on board was rescued, not seriously hurt in the incident under investigation. homeowners in colorado did in just minutes to evacuate as the massive wildfire doubled in size. dry conditions and wins feeling is the blaze ripped through 16,000 acres and that is the last estimate we have soar. and it's only 10% contained and still unclear what sparked the massive blaze. we've seen some dramatic pictures from hawaii's kilauea volcano, but none like this. footage from inside of a home captures lava crashing through a window and burning everything in sight. the home and compel how was among the 100th destroyed by the lava flow coming from seizure eight. christina, that is what is happ incredible pictures over to you. >> financial markets will be closing between the united states and north korea. mark avalon from the potomac wealth advisors joining us now. i know it is quite early. i want to know right now, what you expect and for markets. this is a very b

he watched the landings at okinawa. he had other officers who sent him information, eyewitness accounts from other sources. he put together after the war, a 15 volume history of world war ii at sea, which he supervised as general editor. because some readers were daunted by taking on a 15 volume work, he later authored a one line version, which is the one here. ok, do not give me wrong, i am here to flog my book, not morrison's. so, let me explain how mine is different. note the title of morrison's book. he says it was a two ocean war. the transatlantic action and the pacific, where the action was marked by those gigantic carrier battles and by operations and amphibious operations. it is an excellent account of the role of the u.s. navy into -- in two oceans. but a total of 72 nations were belligerents in the second world war, either voluntarily or involuntarily. and a dozen of those have substantial navies, navies important enough to have an impact on the trajectory and arguably, even the outcome of the war. plug the u

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platoon and you might have a west coast that together, you combine the arrangement out of oaken À la -- okinawa now you have a significant combat credible force to do part of this dynamic force employment i mentioned. it's about readiness. it's about readiness that meiko of forward. it is about credibility in the formation. mr. cancian: sydney? >> [indiscernible] >> hi, gentleman. sidney freberg from breaking defense. there be a difference between the surge force, a blunt contact force he echoed the blunt contact force will be able to operate wendy bloom goes up, as it were -- a blood contact force? force will beact able to operate whenhe bloom goes up, as it were. a three-waye's even bifurcation by those guys on those missions who may not have the same level of hardware or mass. to what degree are you creating different flavors oflene -- marine. -- marine? to what degree can you maintain the capability you have now? >> [indiscernible] not to try to make this too simple because it's not -- the marine corps is a one mco force. if something breaks around the , the forces you describe are the ones

it happened south of okinawa. you see it there on the map.y is starting its investigation of that incident. >>> and we're looking at a scene of total devastation right now after a deadly home explosion in cleveland. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the explosion which killed a woman and left another in critical condition. >> reporter: the deadly explosion rocked this east cleveland neighborhood. >> the house blew up, two, three of them. >> a large fireball. >> reporter: firefighters racing to put out the flames. this house leveled. others caught fire. debris scattered for yards. >> the roof looks like it was lifted off the house and taken into the backyard. >> be advised, people down. >> reporter: firefighters desperately search for those trapped. >> all the neighbors start screaming and yelling. >> reporter: neighbors say first responders reached the woman, but it was too late. another man suffering major burns was rushed to the hospital. the blast so powerful it tore the sides right off neighboring homes and sent wood and

plunging into the sea offer off the coast of okinawa, japan. pilot rescued only person on the plane. this marks the sixth non-cot bat crash this year. that's compared to seven in total last year. the justice department has until tomorrow to turn over documents related to the russia probe. house intelligence committee chair devin nunes sending a letter to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein demanding the records regarding an alleged fbi informant. house conservatives have repeatedly asked for the documents and questioned the doj's conduct in the investigation. nunes says withholding -- excuse me, withholding with from congress is obstruction in the investigation. the first lady stepping into the spotlight to pay tribute to abraham lincoln's legacy. melania trump serving as chair of the gala at ford's theater in washington, d.c. she made remarks and congratulated the recipients of the lincoln medal. in a statement the first lady says it quote reminds all of us about the power of arts have in consult vaghts the american voice. that's a look at

air force f-22 will be on a rotation and the station in okinawa until the end of june so what u.s. can subliminally send message to north korea and china being having access to the base, bases across japan and the ability to get its own asset in and out of japan to send a certain message conduct certain military exercises, this is even peacetime. those are not -- those are not irrelevant. it is actually quite important. so japan does have a role to play. but as jim alluded to, japan is constrained. this is not unique to prime minister abe. although it can be -- it can be a little bit unique to prime minister abe for certain issues. but both as a -- so constraint number one, jeffrey and jim already raised it a little bit. abductee issue. prime minister abe has probably harder time to have a kind leg room, wiggle room on this compared to predecessors because of his own personal interest and his own personal commitment that he pledged on this issue. and -- but i would also argue that only nixon was able to go to china. only abe can change -- abe can change japan's current official pos

there's a landfill program going on in okinawa that does not get any complaints, and that's the expansion of naha to two runways. but the japanese have had to double the amount of f-15s present at naha air base from two squadrons to four, and they are very, very business. you rarely get in and out of there on a commercial aircraft without being delayed by 15 scrambles. this costs money out of the japanese defense budget to be able to answer this. this is a cost-imposing measure. we have to figure out a way to impose costs in return. asymmetrically, some other way perhaps. third and less, and a little more theoretical, 1957, soviets launched sputnik. those of us who were centient at the time, in grade school or middle school were told we were going to be engineers because we had to catch up with the soviets. and so all of us slugged through trigonometry and all these other things. the period between 1945 and 1950, we were lord of what we surveyed in both parts of the world in 1945. nobody left to fight, peace is returned forever. and then the soviets blockaded berlin. the soviets exploded

i think of my uncle as a marine in the tunnels of okinawa at 19 years of age, and the terrifying lifend the trauma that it caused him his whole life. jimbo, it is that symbolism alone, those flags in a diplomatic setting, the flags of the two countries join together, as you mentioned, it really angered you? caller: yes, yes it does. why not just defecate on the flag, to have the blood of all havee great americans who fought for democracy -- do you know what terrifies me? decliney is on the around the world. let's go around the world. do you think the people of russia really chose putin to basically be there de facto leader for life? in china, they have gotten rid of -- the leader is now there for life. justice in the philippines these days or do you get shot on the street? is there any kind of justice their? what i am terrified about is it seems like a democratic process representative democracy took a hit yesterday when this .ll went down we decided that representative democracies are not important, because standing up instead for desperate -- despots who terribly treat their people