our rescue. the port was occupied 90% by the army and the navy. our history is so rich and makes us so proud to welcome you home to see the next generation of military personnel who are coming both men and women, bringing their families and reuniting in san francisco. you honor us by coming here for fleet week. i have for you, bear with me. a plaque which i will find a small space on that large ship and every time you come, you bring sunshine in some fashion and you are always welcome here. thank you for your hospitality. thank you. [applause] >> if you will all indulge me for one more minute. on behalf of the mayor and my colleagues here today. i want to thank the fleet week committee under the vision of major general myatt. jodie breken ridge, catherine hooper and those i can't possibly remember to name. i know the major general is not a big plaque fan. but we want to show off our partnership and if you will allow me, i have a plaque for you as well. >> thank you. [applause] >> i appreciate that. thank you. >> thank you. so much. i want to thank

our tenure together dates back before the golden gate bridge was here. before alcatraz to the time of the gold rush when there wasn't protection of yorba buena. they sent the navyth and constructed alcatraz. we had the honor of sending out 2.5 million men from piers 18 and 20 and where it's home ported. this is a major port in the world and the state. and one of ou

what better way to showcase what our united states navy and our marine corps, our sea-going services, bring to the table in an emergency response, but recognize that they also have another mission to do, macon island just came off a 7-month deployment, this is an era when we're pivoting to the pacific. the ring of fire is also in the pacific. over 35,000 on average fatalities a year over 35 billion dollars worth of damage and we see that year in and year out with tsunamis of catastrophic proportions. today the coast guard is dealing with the debris from that tsunami as it comes ashore here in the state waters as well. just it close on admire beeman's remarks, i think it's critical not just the work here at seminar but over a cup of coffee exchanging business cards because at the end of the day it's the partnerships that mufrt endure at time of crisis. thank you to the macon island for this show of force during this third fleet week. >> i'd like to bring up the mayor of the great city and county of san francisco. what a difference he's made as the mayor of san francisco. he certainly h

we will also be having some of our u.s. navy personnel on ride-alongs with members on our ambulances, fire engines and trucks to continue with our cross training. so, it gives me great pride to be here to continue to serve as the fire chief, to welcome the military, and to say thank you to all of you. here's to an enjoyable fun-filled busy weekend. all the best, and thank you for your service. (applause) >> i wanted chief to tell you about that training. we first did it in 2010, search and rescue which we knew was a problem in haiti in the earth wake in the recovery. and like they say in san francisco, the fire department, we know how to do it, but when the big earthquake hits, we're all going to be victims and we want to make sure that anybody that potentially could come in to help dig us out knows how to do it. well, we trained some marines and petty officers in 2010 and as fortune would have it, i think u.s. s. reagan was in japan after their earthquake, there were a couple petty officers who had undergone that training were

our colleagues and each other on search and rescue and public safety. it's just a great addition to the already exciting opportunity to see the navy and our armed forces at work. some of you may be wondering exactly why am i here, what's a ranger doing up here during fleet week. i'll try to explain that a little bit. this is our 40th anniversary of having a national park in san francisco. so, those strikev lands at the golden gate hills right behind that helicopter there are now part of the golden gate national parks. and that happened 40 years ago when the army decided that those lands were no longer necessary for national defense. so, that strategic entrance to this harbor was the last land that our troops and sailors and marines and soldiers would see if they departed for the pacific theater in world war ii and korea and vietnam, and also the first thing they would see upon returning back to the bay area. so, between the presidio and the head lands, we now have wonderful park lands that have been converted. we call it converting from post to park. repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental defense. and i believe it is probably the

our sailors was superb. and we had absolutely first-class leadership in the navy. you will hear later today from admiral gary some examples of just how impressive that leadership is. the operational readiness of the fleet was a result, first of all, of having bases all around the world. but secondly because the strong program of exercise we conducted. the exercises were not only conducted on military scenarios, but we had an extensive set of exercises involved in humanitarian response. during the time i was secretary, we had a disaster response very similar to the one they're doing here in san francisco today. we bought naval forces from the united states, from russia and japan all to honolulu where we had simulated a tsunami disaster. and these three great nations brought their fleets to honolulu exercising how to respond and alleviate that disaster. well, that was then. how about now? last year the united states released a new security strategy. most of you probably have not even heard of that, but i have to tell you this was a big deal. it was one of the fifth a

our medical peer to peer exercise. and he's going to talk to us now about navy medicine. with that, please help me welcome vice admiral matthew nathan. (applause). >> thank you, general, very much. well, it's a pleasure here and i'm honored to be able to speak in front of such a distinguished audience. secretary schultz, mrs. schultz, pleasure it see you and you lend tremendous gaffe tas to this program. general spees, distinguished flag officers, general officers and mostly everybody here who is in the readiness business, i am honored to be speaking to a group of people and that would include i think everybody in this hanger deck who is part of that cadre of individuals who when bad things happen and everybody runs out, your job is to run in. it doesn't get better than this coming out here. the a's are in, the giants are in. back in dc's the national's had the best -- who would have thunk it. and being on this ship, skipper pringle, congratulations on a great ship and a superb crew. as you get higher up in the navy you get less and less opportunity to be on a ship as i h

our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable now one of the world's most provocative pop stars is once again in the spotlight russian activists are trying to drag madonna to court for breaching state security and defining the sentencing of the family. he has more details. not only according to these activists madonna poses a great danger to the family institution in russia not only she has offended the feelings of many by openly supporting the gay community in russia during her concert concert in st petersburg this summer but also these activists believe that she in fact poses a threat to the defense capabilities of russia they say that people who believe what madonna has told them during the concert will be involving themselves in all different sorts of good and thus they will not be willing to serve in the army and protect their country these activists were determined to go to the end with a case they were determined to receive ten million dollars of compensation for moral damages but now the case has been turned down by the judge of the st petersburg court and now

our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable. all right well you can find all the latest details of the crucial negotiations in brussels on our web site that's our t.v. dot com. well clashes clashes pardon me in egypt's capital cairo and the northern city of alexandria va roughed out after thousands of protesters took to the streets were asking to calls from the country's opposition leaders for nationwide demos you're seeing live pictures right now of the outrage which is being driven by. granting president mohamed morsi a why don't branch of power his decisions for example can no longer be repealed by any us forty one hundred judiciary the move has been slammed as a coup against legitimacy the opposition claiming the president has appointed himself as egypt's new pharaoh and morsi took power in june this year following the nation's first presidential election after the ousting of former leader of cozy mubarak well you're looking at pictures from cairo let's get to cairo as for some reaction with analyst saeed said xor thank you s

. >> we do have a very defined triage process that we've used in our, on our navy and marine corps side we're quite used to. it would be important to try, that's maybe another training thing we want to work on, that we collaborate and understand we're using the same system because we don't want to create two systems of triage within the city. that's a good way to create more chaos than there might ordinarily be. >> i'd like to follow-up on one of the things that was mentioned about the walking wounded. one of the things that came up after yesterday's after action group was this concept of different patient groups. in the military you have a fairly healthy soldier that you are going to be providing aid to. in san francisco we have young, we have old that have much more complex issues that you may need to deal with. given your capabilities, how would you address that? >> it's a significant concern although it may be a little bit artificial in that we do, our doctors and surgeons and nurses do take care of a wide number of population groups outside of active duty military either at their m

our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable. coming up later in the program with me kevin i know in the pain of spain the country's catalonian we are paying for the next financial strain of europe for a breakaway brief shortly. but amongst all the doom and gloom bit of good news for the russian economy today now we've got katie yeah the russian economy came second in a poll by the financial times for that economic performance and i'm going to be expanding exactly why in the business but it's also talking about the problems in europe as always about the market run down as well all that's coming up after the break ok. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. corp to rule the day. we have a war horse will give him a note so we have a lot of. groups with the cards with the sluices also argues in the right enough to find out it was like many of them out h. it wasn't just the smadi when i was fifteen yes you can liberate their win and you certainly can

in my terminology they want to actually you to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers and our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable and another major battle is underway in brussels over the budget as it may aggravate even for the thousand between those who contribute millions to the e.u. and those who depend on its funds reporting on that soon plus russian activists ramp up their attempts to sue madonna this time claiming big material girls sailing to behave like a virgin is coming up later in the program. in bahrain twenty three doctors have been sentenced to three months in prison for treating protesters and taking part in mass demonstrations they were arrested during the uprising last year along with more than one thousand five other health care workers one of those directly affected told us what happened during her detention. i was involved in treating the injured patients to us her sisters are not it doesn't really matter. as a punishment for not being the authorities to abandon these patients all the doctors who were involved in treating the gest

terminology they want to actually you to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers and our airmen and our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable coming up in later in the program the pain of spain the country's catalonia reason for election as financial strain in europe prompts a call for a breakaway. from. moscow investigators have searched several homes belonging to the russian army including that of an i told you so to cough the former defense minister said a coffer sacked by president vladimir putin earlier this month after corruption allegations is r.t. . police searched eighteen holidaying recreational cottages outside moscow used by former defense minister and italy sergio colvin eighteen other defense officials those courses were rented by another defense official himself arrested in connection with the defense contractor. and the possibility that it was involved with corruption involving the defense ministry this all comes after you have guinea a vassili of a high figure within the defense ministry and a close associates. she herself has been charged with

that means war in my terminology they want to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers and our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable does a slow recovery after eight days of fierce israeli bombardment with a fragile cease fire between israel and hamas now in its second day but the detail of the deal to allow the openings of crossings are still to be negotiated as israel opposes hamas demands for complete lifting of the border blockade. operation pillar of defense was hailed by israeli officials surgical and targeting only militants but refugee camps media compounds and government buildings were hit during these sold from air and sea killing one hundred sixty one palestinians while hamas rocket attacks killed six israelis palestinian health officials and human rights activists say more than two thirds of the gaza victims killed were civilians almost half of them children which israel disputes. did the most possible not to hurt the civilians what we did is we pinpointed our operation just to the terrorist leaders and to their army and the ammunition but i

terminology they want to actually you to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers on our and our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable. a major battle is underway in brussels over the e.u. budget as it made gulf between us and contribute billions to the those who depend on its bonds to go later in the program. plus russian activists ramp up their attempts to sue madonna the material girl is a threat to run a tube society story after the break. i never thought i could earn a living this way. natalee a shell of i as a lawyer should test small arms so that's what i was to machine building client natalee also lost count of all the weapons she's fired over the past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the rifle range and i say no way i'm so tired of shooting. the clowns history goes from making firearms during world war two to ballistic missiles from your class submarines during the cold war the bulk of the soviet industry was moved here in the 1940's to flee the advancing germans south here also became the heart of sov

terminology they want to actually you to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers and our airmen and our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable. another major battle is underway in brussels of the e.u. budget group eight more gulf between those two million c.d.'s and those who depend on its phones. late in the program. russian activists increase their attempts to sue mcdonough. story after the break. british live demo minister lynne featherstone said that since women have babies it allows men to pass them up on the letter to power essentially children are a setback for women who want to be successful and equal to men so they want to give men the option of taking maternity leave or would that be paternity leave i don't know i kind of see the logic of her view but my question is featherstone is why exactly is success in the corporate world the primary goal of life for men and women as a feminist i would think you understand that wanting to fight your way up the ladder to buy a big car to replace your shortcomings is a very male way of judging success are women who c

that means war in my terminology they want to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers and our. navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable thanksgiving turned out only on the roads and taxes where more than one hundred feet all smiled up on a foggy highway killing two and injuring dozens the report on the tragedy online. last keeping their wives on a short leash details and reaction to saudi arabia's move to let alec tronic track they're sending a text message she crosses the border. for . the surviving. they live in a search for. why doesn't it bring well. too much brighter than you moving. from science to friendship. starts on t.v. don't call me. welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow gaza is slow we are recovering after eight days of fierce israeli bombardment with a fragile cease fire between israel and hamas now and its second day but the detail of the deal to allow the openings of crossings are still to be negotiated as israel opposes hamas demands for a complete lifting of the border blockade operation pillar of defense was hailed by israeli

our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable. don't go away later in the program we have the pain of. preparing for elections as financial strain in europe is prompting calls for a breakaway story a more after a short break. in the legacy no one should be proud. of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape buildings tilting over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the burgen archipelago don't make a pretty picture the guiding principle here is the worst the better that can do nine hundred eighty s. there was a burgeoning mining community. was determined to maintain at all costs to a degree located halfway between north america and western europe the bergen archipelago is part of norway with a special status that allows all the countries to set up industrial bases here in the middle of the cold war it served as the us is ours western most outpost now it's one of the soviet union slask preserved relics. picture of what would have happened to th

our navy at the best when it is out in h about. has been the heritage, our legacy, our tradition through the years. as we exraitded the 200 commemoration during the war of 1812 and still doing it today. using innovative ways to to make sure the ships we have are where they need them to be. it's not necessarily how many ships we have. but how many ships we have forward. be ready, more than just parts, more than maintenance. more than fuel. it also means that we have confident and profeesht crews ready to do the job. those things i laid out. the six words remain applicable today in our key to how we view things in our line in the navy. our force today if you look, i passed out chart lets for you to help you follow along to make points here. we have about 50,000 sailors out today deployed on about 110 ships deployed around world and on the chart here where it says the navy you'll see where in the world they are. you notice about half of the ship that we deploy forward are in the asia-pacific region. and it's been that way for about te

terminology they want to actually you to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers and our airmen and our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable this common security defense policy is not a new thing though it's been around for a long time what makes you think this resolution will give it any more power in the day. well this is actually taking some of the powers a new powers in the lisbon treaty it's calling for a more ambitious approach they want the e.u. to do a lot more there are a number of peace keeping operations which do you know the people do a good job but i would i always question whether nato could actually do that kind of job and do it better but this takes it forward towards a single e.u. army which is all part of this greater political mission in this great project to create an in ited states of europe which i'm fundamentally opposed to david campbell balun and thanks make you thought so clearly people the conservative party push it. coming up a dry spell for goa we take a look at india's two is hot spots where all of the makers get the best condition

lou: how long before china can match our superiority, our navy dominance in the region? >> to have a very aggressive military program underway now. they have just been doing the first trials with what they converted but they bought from ukraine, they developed a sophisticated ballistic submarine force as well as nuclear attack submarine. they're building a very aggressive amphibious capabili capability. all of this goes well beyond what is required for the homeland is no known threat. lou: admiral, quickly turning to israel and the engagement with hamas which looks like right now despite the involvement of united nation secretary-general and others in trying to mediate, it looks like this could well turn into a ground operation which the israelis have threatened within a matter of days. what is your outlook? speak of it certainly is a possibility, but you have to step back from this, who supplies hamas? it is iran. and you have to look at iran's role in this current conflict. certainly egypt has a hand on the disastrous economic policy. but what it has done for iran has

in the navy our motto is -- this is big navy's motto -- a global force for good. we believe that we operate on a continuum of bringing heat and light. you are sitting on one of those platforms right now. you are sitting on this amazing lhd, the uss macon island, it can bring the heat or it can bring the light. do you want to get a little twitchy around the world and you want to sort of rattle the cage a little bit and test our will and show bravado? you don't want an amphibious group showing up off your shore. that can be a bad day for you. on the other hand, we'd like to bring the light. we'd like to bring the medical prowess, its ability to generate electricity for you, we'd like to bring its cadre of people to rebuild your churches, your clinics, your homes, we'd like to be able to bring its operating rooms and 40,000 tons of icu's and hospital beds and transports and medical evac, whether we fly you in or float you in. that's what we'd like to bring. and like everybody else in the medical business, i wake up every morning and hope the next day i'm out of a job