ships in the seventh fleet are in a basic seamanship. one of several steps, senior navy officers felt aucoin should have ordered in june after the fitzgerald collision. a string of accidents in the seventh fleet dates back to january, when the guided missile cruiser ran aground in tokyo bay. the grounding was blamed on captain joseph kerrigan relieved of his command. but the investigation also found substandard performance from multiple crew members. the seventh fleet may not be over, lower ranking squadron commanders are response bum for monitoring conditions aboard individual ships like the mccain and fitzgerald. and may have failed to spot accidents waiting to happen. anthony. >> david martin at the poeg tonight. thank you, david. >>> the texas gulf coast is bracing for harvey, a tropical depression that is expected to strengthen before making landfall late friday. a hurricane watch is up from port mansfield to island. harvey could bring dangerous storm surge and as much as 20 inches of rain. >>> police in the dutch city of rotterdam

these are the faces that have lost the us seventh fleet commander his job.the seven young sailors who died aboard the uss fitzgerald when it was struck off the coast ofjapan injune. now there are almost certainly ten more faces to be added to these, the victims of the latest collision of the ussjohn mccain, off the coast of singapore. vice admiraljoseph aucoin was due to retire next month, instead he's been very publicly sacked. this is the man who today fired him, the us pacific commander admiral scott swift. he said he had "lost confidence" in his ability to command. for 70 years, the uss seventh fleet has been the embodiment of american military might in this region, a reassurance to america's allies from korea to japan to here in singapore and a warning to america's potential foes, but seeing these two destroyers, run down by cargo ships, barely limping back in to port with massive holes until their sides, right now the seventh fleet looks anything but invisible. —— invincible. but is the reason poor command or a us navy that is stretched to breaking poi

seventh fleet after a string of collisions involving ships under his command.ice admiral joseph aucoine to to retire next month. navy brass beat him to is after the deadly end involving the uss mccain. david martin has the the story from the pentagon. >> reporter: divers went back below deck on the mccain for the second day searching for remains of sailors trapped in their sleeping compartments. this time they took the equipment needed to cut bodies out of the mangled wreckage. after one still unidentified body was pulled from the open water the navy expanded its search to look for more sailors who might have been washed out of the gaming hole a tanker punched in the mccain hum. having lost two ships, the mccain and the fitzgerald, to deadly collisions, the commander of the pacific fleet, admiral scott swift, said he no longer had confidence vice admiral joseph aucoin, commander of the seventh fleet and relieved him effective immediately. ships in the seventh fleet are in a safety stand down to review basic seamanship. one of several steps, senior navy officers

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the house cleaning in the seventh fleet may not be over.er-rank admiral commanders are responsible for monitoring conditions aboard individual ships like the "mccain" and "fitzgerald," and may have failed to spot accidents waiting to happen. anthony? >> mason: david martin at the pentagon tonight. thank you, david. the texas gulf coast is bracing for harvey, a tropical depression that is expected to strengthen before making landfall late friday. a hurricane watch is up from port mansfield to galveston island. harvey could bring a dangerous storm surge and as much as 20 inches of rain. police in the dutch city of rotterdam today canceled a concert by an american band, allah-las, after getting a terror threat. they later arrested the driver of a van with spanish license plates and several gas canisters. it's not clear if there is a connection to the concert threat. allah-las says they have received complaints from muslims about its name. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," a new study suggests there may be a health risk if you don't dream

these are the faces that have lost the us seventh fleet commander his job. more faces to be added to these, the victims of the latest collision of the ussjohn mccain, off the coast of singapore. vice admiraljoseph aucoin was due to retire next month, instead he‘s been very publicly sacked. this is the man who today fired him, the us pacific commander, admiral scott swift, he said he had "lost confidence" in his ability to command. for 70 years, the us seventh fleet has been the embodiment of american military might in this region, a reassurance to america‘s allies from korea to japan to here in singapore and a warning to america‘s potential foes, but seeing these two destroyers, run down by cargo ships, barely limping back in to port with massive holes until their sides, right now the seventh fleet looks anything but invisible. but is the reason poor command or a us navy that is stretched to breaking point? over the last 30 years, it has shrunk from nearly 600 ships to just 276 today. it‘s a question i put to admiral swift. is there an issue of negligence he

pacific need relieved the head of the japan base's seventh fleet, vice addmer raleigh joseph aucoin.e's the highest ranking officer to face discipline. to give you an idea how big the seventh fleet is, at any given time, there's between 60 to 70 warships, 200 to 300 aircraft and 40,000 navy and marine corps personnel assigned to the seventh fleet in the pacific. the crash of the john mccain comes days after the navy announced they would punish a dozen sailors from another seventh fleet ship, the u.s.s. fitzgerald after seven sailors were killed in june. two captains and a top admiral have been relieved of duty after four mishaps this year. >> shepard: jennifer what are other navy officers saying about this? >> retired navy officers are sounding alarm bells. my grandfather, for instance, was a naval officer on a destroyer in korea. he tells me in all of his years in the navy, he heard of perhaps one instance of this magnitude. that was during wartime. others have raised the questions about the readiness. tighter budgets have forced cut backs from 600 ships in the 80s to 271 now. >> i

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doling out some serious discipline, removing the seventh fleet commander after a series of deadly collisions at sea. crews still looking for missing sailors off the last crash off the coast of singapore. bringing you the latest on that as we sit here live in nevada. you're checking out our great view here in reno as we ask voters, what do you want to see from the president? >> my advice for the president would be stop using twitter. >> i would like to see him accomplish some of the things he promised during the election. if you promise you should deliver, right? your brain is an amazing thing.

questions are being asked about us naval operations in the pacific after the commander of the seventh fleet is fired. concerns that the us navy could be overstretched in the region come as ten us sailors are missing presumed dead after a collision between a destroyer and an oil tanker near singapore. dutch police have ordered the last minute cancellation of a rock concert in rotterdam after a tip off from spanish police. they later seized a van containing gas canisters near the venue. and this story is trending on bbc.com. famed for its pristine beaches, the mediterranean island of sardinia has hit back at holidaymakers who have been pinching its sand — issuing fines of 1,000 euros for trying take sand, stones or seashells home. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk. theresa may promises the european court ofjustice will not have a direct say over british affairs post brexit. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. samsung electronics unveils the note eight, their successor to number seven which was famous for catching fire. we look at how singapore

the four-star admiral and seventh fleet commander robert natter joins us. during the south korea exercise is going on, they last for ten days. last year kim jong un responded by firing missiles conducting his fifth nuclear test, now there's nothing. is that an encouraging sign? >> i think it's encouraging in the short term, the question is what is the long-term signals from north korea? look, the administration needs to continue working with china, they need to make sure that the sanctions that are imposed are enforced and consistent, and we just need to keep after this problem because it's not going to go away. >> eric: is china doing enough? they were on board the united nations resolution a couple of weeks ago that were said to be the strongest ever, but that doesn't seem to have any effect at all. >> i think it has an effect. and it needs to have an even more effect. out of fairness to china, the united states has been inconsistent with the enforcement of the sanctions that we've imposed over the last ten, 15 years. so we can do a much better job, and w

seventh fleet after the "uss john s. mccain" collided with a commercial tanker on monday.emains of the ten missing sailors have been recovered. we are live in singapore with the latest details. good morning. >> reporter: it isn't exactly clear why vice admiral joe aucoin is being removed. but i can tell of the four incidents of the collisions since the beginning of 2017, three have involved vessels from the seventh flooe fleeet over w has a command. some questions about operations there. in the case of the latest collision on monday it became clear there was some kind of steering malfunction and the question had to be asked what happened to the backup systems. we know there is an operational shutdown happening of the various commands out here as the navy looks at what has really gone on. they need to understand if there is a systemic problem here that needs to be addressed quickly. admiral scott swift is in japan today meeting the families of the ten missing sailors. and i can tell you sombering news that remains have been found after divers inspected the hull of the ship

remember, about the seventh fleet, it not only guarantees trade-in those critical areas around asia, but also protects south korea and japan. to be down two critical destroyers is a major negative development. and it's not just a matter of the watch hours or the technology that may be used, but also the potential training that is employed, and the stress that the seventh fleet is under right now given all of the demands on it. >> was it more -- was it simply a coincidence, senator, or is there a bigger problem at stake here? >> there is a bigger problem at stake, and i think that what you've heard from our naval leadership is a recognition that there is potentially a much bigger issue here, and that's why the stand down for a day has to be followed by an overall evaluation of operational readiness, including training as well as scheduling for deployment, the rotation of crews, and overall assessment of the capabilities. and these two real tragedies, and we have to say -- we can't say it too often -- how much we admire the val or, the courage and strength of these sailors and their fa

the admiral in charge of the navy costs seventh fleet -- navy's seventh fleet based in japan has been removed from duty due to loss of confidence in his ability to command. four navy warships have crashed in the past months. diapers continued for more remains of sailors aboard that -- divers continue to serve more remains of sailors aboard that ship. a look at the damage and the death toll, coming up next. the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. this one of the treasury secretary's wife is getting a lot of nasty ones. we will explain why. here is a check on your traffic. >> good afternoon. it's going to be a bit of a tough ride in a couple spots today. overall, it's not too bad. 66, eastbound ramp to the outer loop of the capital beltway. the right lane is blocked with some road work. that's going to add to a bit of volume on the eastbound ride. take a look at that volume is down on 66 at the gallows road overpass. traffic is moving. it's a lot of volume in all four lanes at the moment. going the opposite way, the westbound ride on 66 through vienna, occasional backups,

this is the fourth time this year within the seventh fleet.or mos most of us, it's difficult to understand how the ships, in a wide open ocean with today's radar and sensor technology, how could they collide like this. it's kind of like two cars hitting each other in the middle not for a number of my navy colleagues, i've been deployed over there, that street is a pretty hairy transit. at night in particular, or in bad weather, the radars do not necessarily work as well as they should. visibility is low. it's one of the busiest shipping channels in the world. it's incredibly tight and then you have a lot of local shipping barges that sometimes aren't even lit at night and don't abide by the standard rules of the sea. think more information will come out. this is incredibly dangerous and tight area. operationally, sure, i was just going to say that the seventh fleet is responsible for when we hear the president moving ships off the coast of north korea, like what happened several months ago, that could potentially, if we need a military option

. >> well, following a series of accidents in the pacific, the commander of the navy's seventh fleet is losing his job. vice admiral is being relieved of duties days after the collision of a guided missile destroyer and oil tanker east of singapore. ten sailors from the uss john s. mccain were missing after the collision. yesterday divers found a number rev mains in one of the ship's compartments and another body was found about it ma lags navy. >>> back to president trump who said last night that "he respects the fact that north korean leader is starting to respect us." secretary of state rex tillerson said kim demonstrated some level of restraint by not conducting a missile test towards guam as he had threatened. meanwhile, the administration imposed sanctions on 16 mainly chinese and russian companies and people for aiding the north's nuclear and missile program. congress is proposing legislation that would require the president to notify lawmakers before creating a joint cybersecurity unit with russia. they told him about a company that has ties to the russian government and reac

this is the fourth such incident involving a seventh fleet shiep in the past year. the last one of course the uss fitzgerald just less than two months ago. 7 sailors lost their lives in that accident. this one, again, just fresh, just some ten hours old as they continue to look for those sailors that are still missing. frances, one more thing. this ship, its name sake, not the senator john mccain. in fact his father and grandfather both admirals in the navy. we heard from senator mccain late last night via twitter. he is of course battling brain cancer out in arizona. frances? >> all right, kyle perry for us, kyle, thank you. >> 213 days into his administration and the president has made a decision on america's war in afghanistan. tonight he'll make a rare primetime address to the nation to announce what the white house calls the path forward in america's longest war and it comes amid heightened tensions within the administration adds lawmakers and the public continue to blast the president for his response to charlottesville. while his white house remains in turmoi

seventh fleet. have likely lost 17 of their sailors, two of their warships are damaged and now the commander of the entire fleet has lost his job. >> the damage was significant. this was not a small collision. >> reporter: two months ago, vice admiral joseph promised a sweeping investigation following the "uss fitzgerald's" collision off the coast of japan. after the uss jo"uss john s. mc collided with another ship he was removed from his duty. vice admiral aucoin has led the fleet since 2015 and was going to retire next month. in a press conference yesterday, the pacific fleet commander admiral scott swift said the navy is looking at all possible causes of the collision on monday. including a cyber attack on the ship's controls. he promised to get to the root cause of these incidents in the pacific. >> when tragedy like this is one too many. while each of these four events is unique, in isolation. >> reporter: the navy has not released the names of missing sailors, at least three of them have been

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seventh fleet having the responsibility for asia in the u.s. navy. becomes the most important thing to look at. but then you have to look at the operational aspects. how is command exercised on board the ships? i served briefly with the navy on the "uss blue ridge" the flagship of the seventh fleet. the procedures at the time were quite tight. you wonder if the procedures used to navigate and steer the ship through various places such as the area around tokyo, if those procedures need to be reworked because of other factors. >> you have the u.s. navy, military forces on alert already for a different threat, possible use of force against north korea. "uss john s. mccain" sailed close to the contested islands in the south china sea. m manmade islands there. what does this do to america's show of force in the region? how does it undermine that? does it undermine the credibility of the u.s. show of force? >> imping -- it impinges on tha ability to get the navy out to the areas where they need to show that force. there are things we do when we perform a f

the seventh fleet says its search is expanding as they search for more remains. a shame. >> yeah.hose ten families deserve some answers, indeed. >>> this would be a good day to call old friends in watertown, massachusetts. why? because someone there is $759 million richer before taxes. i'm sure romans is going to tell me how much taxes are taken out when we come back. >>> jared kushner, president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is in israel today leading the u.s. effort to revive long-stalled middle east peace talks. kushner set to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. monday he met with the president of egypt as a new sore spot in u.s./cairo issues emerge. warren lieberman with more. good morning. a hiccup as far as the meetings on wednesday. >> reporter: there could have been very awkward moments there. this after the u.s. just got $100 million in aid from the egyptians. it would have been fascinating to be in the meeting. it wasn't the aide that was the center of the meeting. it was the u.s. attempt to revive peace talks. that's why jared

a naval fleet commander in the relieved of duty, seventh fleet and the move comes after four embarrassingt accidents this year, including this week's collision of the jonathan mccain and another involving the fitzgerald back in june. in theailors were killed navy confirms that remains have been found of some of the 10 sailors were ordered mrs.. time is ticking for residents of the lynn hill condominium. suzanne kennedy, live in temple hills area and -- hills. suzanne: we have seen people leaving with garbage bags full of their things. we were with them early yesterday morning when they started their inspections, going door to door, floor to floor. it took them about two hours to go to these units. they found things like trash remaining and fire doors that didn't work. says the management was notified a while ago the of these violations in didn't fix them. residents are being asked to give important documents, getting out by noontime today. they are being told that they can leave their furniture behind , pick it up later, or they may .eturn to their homes county says they only want the man

these are the faces that have lost the us seventh fleet commander his job.ilors who died aboard the uss fitzgerald when it was struck off the coast of japan in fitzgerald when it was struck off the coast ofjapan injune. now there are almost certainly ten more faces to be added to these. victims of the latest collision of the uss john mccain of the coursed... coast of singapore. the vice admiral was due to retire next month. instead, he is being very publicly sacked. this is the man who today fired him. us specific commander admiral scott swift. he said he had lost confidence in his ability to command. for 70 years, the us fleet has been the embodiment of american military might in this region. a reassuring is to america's allies from korea to japan to here in singapore. and a warning to america's potential foes. singapore. and a warning to america's potentialfoes. seeing these two destroyers run by cargo ships, barely limping back into port with massive holes in their sides, right now, the seventh fleet looks anything but invincible. but is the reason port c

seventh fleet. monday's crash was second major collision in the pennsylvania few months involving the seventh fleet, seven sailors died in june when u.s.s. fitzgerald collided with a container ship in the waters off of japan. >>> stay safe heading to long beach island, to beaches on the bay side of lbi are closed to swimming because of high bacteria levels. bay beaches at new jersey avenue and stock exton and long beach township are currently off limits, officials have issued an advisory for bay beach at 16th street and surf city for very same reason. >>> jim, i don't know if you have heard, big lottery is brewing. >> we are talking about tonight's power ball jackpot now worth 700 million-dollar, that is second largest jackpot on record for any u.s. lottery games, largest, you may recall was 1.6 billion a drawing back in 2016. this current jackpot has been growing since june 10th, and now, the chance of picking all six winning power ball numbers is about one in 292 million. >> that is fine. >> we wi

seventh fleet which is based in japan.hey have likely lost 17 of their sailors, two of their warships are extensively damaged, and now the commander of the entire fleet has lost his job. >> the damage was significant. this was not a small collision. >> reporter: just two months ago, vice admiral joseph aucoin promised a sweeping investigation, following the "uss fitzgerald's" deadly collision with a merchant ship off the coast of japan. but after the "uss john s. mccain" crashed earlier this year, the navy decided to remove aucoin from his post as head of the seventh fleet. the mccain's collision was the latest of four incidents involving his ships in just the past eight months. vice admiral aucoin has led the seventh fleet since september, 2015, and was set to retire next month. >> the divers were able to locate some remains in those sealed compartments. >> reporter: in a press conference yesterday, pacific fleet commander admiral scott swift said the navy is looking at all possible causes for the collision between the mc

seventh fleet says divers will search flooded compartments of the mccain. yesterday's collision happened in a busy shipping lane in the south china sea. in addition to those missing, five sailors were injured. the navy is scrambling to find out what caused the crash. it's just the latest in a series of accidents involving navy vessels. in june when the u-s-s fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the coast of japan. the senior officers on the fitzgerald have been relieved of duty. breaking overnight. a serious train crash sends dozens of people to the hospital, just outside of philadelphia. septa officials say a passenger train collided with an unoccupied train car in a terminal just after midnight. at least 42 people are injured, four of them seriously. one of the men on that train says he was riding when the crash threw him from his seat without warning. the cause of the crash- now under investigation. despite the officials say service will run normally this morning. the man charged with sexually abusing children at a maryland elementary school-- w

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there are more questions about us naval operations in the pacific after the commander of the seventh fleet was sacked. concerns have been mounting that the us navy could be overstretched in the region. in the latest mishap, ten sailors are presumed dead after a destroyer collided with an oil tanker near singapore on monday. there have been new revelations from the defeated us presidential candidate hillary clinton who describes donald trump as a creep. in her new book she says she was disgusted by his behaviour during last year's election. and this story is trending on bbc.com. the mediterranean island of sardinia has hit back at holidaymakers who have been pinching sand from its beaches. under a new law four tourists have been given fines of 1,000 euros for trying to take the sand. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. politicians and civil servants usually abandon their offices in the dog days of august, but not this year — not in london, where brexit is now an overwhelming political priority. th

. >> just two month as go a ship from the seventh fleet, uss fitzgerald, collided with a merchant ship the coast of japan. seven navy sailors died. on fry date fitzgerald's captain, commander bryce benson was relieved of his duty and several sailors were punished. a sign mistakes were made on the warship. >> it does show there is a systemic issue on the deck of whether or not there are people that are qualified, whether they're certified, whether or not they, they are using all of the things at their disposal to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> there have been four incidents this year involving ships from the seventh fleet. in may, a guided missile cruiser collided with a south korean fishing vessel. in january, another cruiser ran aground in tokyo bay. >> i think every commander will look at their specific units, evaluate the culture, evaluate the climate, make changes to make the unit better. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. lysol max cover kills 99.9% of bacteria, even on soft surfaces. one more way you've got what it takes to pro