do you have to do pullups to be a good soldier?your ability to lift and carry yourself, as well as your mobility, which is important in combat situations. but, you know, the training that the infantry goes through is job specific training that's geared towards developing the skills necessary to survive on the battle field. pullups and running and crunches are a measure of overall fitness. the two are related but i never filled out a mission profile and picked a guy to go on a mission because he could do 14 pullups and the other can do ten. >> there are issues like scaling a wall and climbing up ropes, lifting and carrying heavy ammunitions and theater. those are all real challenges that in war men and women have to function properly. >> absolutely and women have been doing it without the minimum of three pullup standard and to transition the women to the three pullups, i go back to the training. he had everybody jump on the bar, women couldn't do it. i do cross fit. many women are doing cross fit now. they couldn't do buildups in t

it requires all females in the core to be able to do a minimum of three pullups.ore than half of the female recruits were unable to do it by the end of boot camp. >> females to get back for them to receive a score before you drop off the bar. >> she served 20-years in the active marine corps and veteran of the iraq and afghanistan wars and founded concerned veterans of america. they do not see eye to eye on this issue. you say the test itself is unfair. why? a lot of people are thinking three pullups should be able to do that. >> what i have a problem with is what makes it unfair is they set this abstract standard without any research. they set it out there. 50 percent graduate without successfully treating this what have you done wrong? that's like setting a math exam 50 percent failed. the marine corps was not responsible not setting forth strategy to make sure they were successful with this mission. don't set out standards without backing it up and make sure they are able before it becomes an embarrassment to the entire marine corps. >> they didn't pick the num

>> i honestly have never been able to do a pullup.any times during my career resolved my strength training to be able to do a pullup but i never could. >> you think that women who dot pass this test should be kept out of combat? >> i don't think that the question is specific -- i don't think you can answer that question, sir, i apologize but -- >> you know, that's okay, it is a tough question i assume because there are probably plenty of fit women who may not be able to do a pullup but the real question is whether or not they should serve in combat. >> i can tell you that the marine corps does do a combat fitness test, it's meant to simulate what you would have in combat. lifting an ammo can above your head multiple times repetitive. that's a test of what you might be doing deployed in combat. not strict pullups. there is a middle ground here. i applaud the marine corps to push the data and come back with a revised test. >> you are really talking about a transition when it comes to female fitness. >> i do agree with that sir. >> a lot

when i don't see sailors doing pullup, soldiers, or airmen doing it.o the marines have this idealistic standard. and now we're pointing the fingers at the women. they were set up for failure. you have to test their physical fitness, not an equality test. it's not an equality test. >> all right. coming up, is the military an equal opportunity employer. and can and should its definition be different than civilian definition. keep sending us your thoughts. >> for on the field news, we turn to the nfl. next week's conference championship matchups are set, new england will travel to denver, that means tom brady and the patriots will meet peyton manning for the third time. the 49ers travel to seattle to face their bitter rival for the third time this season. that's your look at sports this hour. >> getting a fresh start. >> from living the life that i live, i thought by now, i should be dead. >> a unique business that's giving troubled women a second chance at al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. dig

could you do three pullups? do five pullups. >> reporter: women have to learn how to do pullups. something many have never done. >> you sort of experiment with different techniques. you figure out what other exercises to do. >> reporter: critics say the push over pullups is part of a bigger problem. pressure from the white house to make the military gender neutral. >> something is wrong here. it's not the women's faults. it's the policy that marines are pursuing. >> reporter: still some women are clearly ready. 13 female marines have just passed the gruelling 60-day training course but this postponement is a setback for the plan to move thousands of women into combat roles by 2016. now, the marines could impose the three pull-up standard next year but there's no guarantee. >> chris lawrence, thank you. >>> the wait is almost over. "downton abbey" returns. we'll hear about new additions to the cast. welcome back. how is everything? there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your

so we have been talking about these three pullups that the women should have to do. going to be three pullups it should be three pull ups for all marines, man or woman. but maybe it also means that fewer female marines would have access to the jobs that exist in the marine corps. so these are issues that aren't being discussed as widely, and they need to do some sort of analysis on women, i think what is lacking is a complete vision. >> i think if a female is going to do hand to hand combat with a doped up opponent, you are going to need to have massive training. >> is there anything that can make it a level playing field. >> a lot of advancements have been made. yes, women are in submarines and on ships, and yes, there were murmurings about that, however, i didn't see the level of controversy that we are seeing now, because we have seen no proven need to do this. it is going to come at the cost of a lot of good women who do go into combat. i know it is like to support the infa try, and that is a hard, long, difficult job, and the women do suffer more at trophy and s

not strictly pullups. middle ground here, i applaud the marine corps, to really come up with a good plan to advance. >> it seems that you're talking about, physical fitness. >> i do believe if in that sish. >> not just focused on the marines. >> that is true. croot the board. >> that bass retired pleenl gunnery rnlgt is a. >>> crude oil may be more dangerous than expected. now the ntsb is examining whether,. >> thus what happened monday when a train filled with more than 3,000 gallons of oil derailed in north dakota. the impact, igniting a massive ball of flames, causing the city to flee while the organization, is disx, ilt says everybody, the emergency responders shippers or carriers, should be aware that the crude oil may be more volatile than traditional group of. >> produce a slightly different mitigation from elsewhere. >> the number is roizen to 40 in the past siferl years. at a, disaster in quebec last year that killed 47 people. >> the quebec disaster and north dakota disaster are wake up calls, no

and the most dramatic, 46 total pullups versus 55 with the cooling, that's a 20% increase.ooks funky. how does it feel for starters and how much does it cost? >> reporter: they say that it's just slightly less than atmospheric pressure so it's not uncomfortable just feels like a snug blood pressure cuff. you can buy this think online for $1,000. >> but if it works, i think people might pay for that, right? if they are serious about working out. >> for the uber athletes. >> reporter: sports teams like it, a lot of stanford teams use it. we hear through the grapevine that a couple of 49ers use it, as well. >> it's a good look for you. [ laughter ] >> i don't think i could do one pullup so maybe it would let me do one. there you go, thanks, kiet do. >> reporter: everybody needs a little help. >> that's true. >>> time now 5:52. coming up, cubs without a mother? but these adorable survivors have a new home. you will see where. also ahead -- >> when i hit the corner my first reaction was really? >> birdwatching at walmart? why it took weeks to send these feathered visitors packin

>>> the military is delaying a mandate that all women do three pullups.f of the recruits could not meet that requirement. we have the story. >> reporter: military training can be painful at its highest levels. but at the bare minimum a marine has to do three pullups. >> every morning successful at maxing out their pullups. >> reporter: but more than half of the female recruits could not do it so they are pushing back the day when it is mandatory. >> if you have a failure rate of 55% and 99% of the men are succeeding. obviously this is not going to work. >> reporter: men do three pullups minimum to pass the fitness test. it takes 20 to earn a perfect score. women had to meet the same minimum but only need 8 to score perfect. because so few passed, the marines will let them xdchoose hang on the bar for 15 seconds and pass without doing any pull ups. >> and the grip stance that works best for you. >> reporter: officials admit the pullups are better and the hang elicits little strength adaptation necessary for common military tasks such as pulling one over a

they were expected to do a minimum of three pullups. and the requirement started taking effect the first of the year. but now the requirement is being delayed because most of the women couldn't pass the test. in the meantime female marines are able to choose which tests of upper body strength they would like to do for their annual physical fitness test. >> probably not a good hiding place. an 11-year-old girl safe and sound after this happened. she was stuck in a washing machine. it happened while playing hide-and-seek. she was stuck for over an hour. >> she was terrified. she thought she was going to die in there. she was so scared. she couldn't breathe. >> after peanut butter, butter, ice, all that didn't do the trick, her mother called 911. crews cut into the dryer giving the girl room to wiggle out safely. the 11-year-old girl is now doing fine. >>> mothers to be who drink lightly go on to have better adjusted kids according to a new study. the latest research looked into mothers in denmark who drank ten bottles of white wine over t

i definitely want to try it again. >> reporter: as for me, total pullups jumped 20%.. >> you go, kiet. cooling glove is already in use among athletes at stanford. it's available on the internet, not cheap, though, costs about $1,000. >> cool, though, huh? we'll be right back. when it's time to talk butalk to the leader. tyco integrated security. we'll create a solution customized just for you. and you can manage it all right from the palm of your hand. female announcer: he needs a firmer he needs a firmer tempur-pedic... she wants a softer tempur-pedic... they both get what they need with the new tempur-choice, at sleep train the first tempur-pedic with multi-zone comfort control, featuring customizable shoulder, back, and leg support on each side. plus, get four years interest free financing. try the revolutionary new tempur-choice today! it's the perfect choice... ...for both of us! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ people across america are experof finish quantum, shine voting it product of the year, better homes and garden's best new dishwash

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rashad madden, the pullup three. but look at michael qualls with three kentucky players around him, he's able to pull down the offensive rebound and just in time. got it off with 0.2 seconds left, kentucky's last chance no good and arkansas wins it. >>> wisconsin was one of four unbeatens in d1 and bo ryan, you know, figuring, all right, i can go into bloomington and get one because i've beaten indiana 12 straight. yogi ferrell, though, coach crean sat him for a bit and that seemed to fire him up. he had 25 and wisconsin needs a three and they're firing then up. they won't go down. indiana, 75-72 with constance, goes down for the first time this season. >>> just three unbeaten teams left in division 1, syracuse, wichita state, who is the other? >> arizona. >> nailed it. at the buzzer. >> that's why we're together. >>> all right, a young basketball star from minnesota is showing his heroics were not a one-time thing that's why it's our "play of the day." >> eighth grader easton gamoke hit a nearly full court shot on s

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fitness standards for women because less than half of females in bootcamp can do the minimum three pullups. the new requirements are part of the efforts to equalize standards so women can assume combat roles. critics say it is a clear indication that plans to do that will not work. >>> the nsa is not commenting on a report that it is feverishly working on a new computer that could crack nearly every kind of incorruption. the washington post reports what is called a quantum computer would be faster than normal machines. government lawyers are asking an appeals court to overturn a federal judge's ruling that a collection of every american's phone records is illegal. >>> and we have just learned that kentucky senator rand paul is leading a class-action lawsuit with hundreds of thousands of americans against the nsa. more on that tonight at 10:00 p.m. on fox news channel. >>> an officer of the court who is actually breaking the law every second of the day. that is the situation for one man tonight in california. mike emanuel reports on what this says about u.s. immigration policy. >> reporter:

pullup bar and stuff for working out. >> this is the best unit in jails. >> this is the penthouse of the jail. >> it's still jail. you are locked in one room 100% of the time. >> sean denbraven arrived in the hamptons, after his arrest, a night he remembers little of. >> i was blacked out drunk. i don't remember having the photo taken. every single time i've ever gotten in trouble has directly been related to alcohol. i don't control how much alcohol i drink, and then i black out and then i go crazy. >> denbraven says on the day of his arrest he had about 15 shots of whiskey before heading to his grandmother's house where he was living. >> now i'm not controlling my actions anymore and now i'm running on pure alcohol basically. i just walked into my grandma's house, just being stupid. and she got scared and, like, went to call my dad and i took the phone away and smashed it on the ground and then she ran in her room, locked me out and called my dad. he came over. he was holding on to me or something, i think, i think. i hit him once and knocked him to the ground and hopped on and sta

pullups are harder, for sure. >> let us know your thoughts. the health care law keep us down? the majority of americans saying they're optimistic about the economy in 2014, yet the new year kicking off with more reports of health care premiums spiking. and costs on small businesses rising. so will the obamacare sticker shock have the economy flatlining? i'm brenda butn er, this is "bulls and bears." tracey smith, jonas max feras, along with chuck rocha. welcome to everybody. will the price spikes keep the economy from recovering? >>

. >>> i want to make sure that every marin is successful at maxing out their pullups. >> the reqirtmentut more than half of the female crews have been unable to do it. male recruits are already required to do it. most pass the test. as the corpse begins to open combat positions to women in 2016 there's some concern that women may not be physically ready for combat. >> if you have a failure rate of 55% and 99% of the men are succeeding, obviously, this is not going to work. >> for now, female recruits have to hold their chin above the bar for 15 seconds to pass the test. >>> 9:25. let's head to rosemary to see how we're looking. >> good morning. wall-to-wall sunshine. that's for everyone. but at this hour, some of us in the low 50s some of us freezing. santa rosa, 32 degrees. san francisco, 52 and oakland, 53. so in areas like oakland, 12 degrees warmer. concord, 12 degrees warmer than yesterday. santa rosa, 6 degrees colder. again, it has to to do with the wind -- has to to with the winds, in the east bay hills where we had the wind, the arm air descending down into concord. temperature