the u.s. marine corps. he would become the first aviator to hold the top marine corps post. firmed, he would replace general james conway, whose four-year tenure at the pentagon in the fall. this is two hours. >> good morning, everybody. today the committee meets to consider the nomination of james amos to be the next commandant of the marine corps. he has a long history in military service and a distinguished history, and now you are being asked to add to that service. we're grateful for that and your willingness to do so. we welcome you and your family to today's hearing. senior military officials put in long hours every day, 24/7, and we appreciate this -- the sacrifices that our nominees and their families are willing to make for their country. we know that their families make any sacrifices to support those efforts, so we think your family who are supporting you in your service. we also want you to extend our heartfelt thanks to the men and women of the marine corps who are serving so ably and so i get leak in harm's way around the world, in afghanistan and of course, bu

the importance of the marine corps to be able to train. nd finally, the quality of life for those 9000 marines and family members that will move eventually to guam. i think we can work around the pagatt issue. >> thank you. relative to the don't ask don't tell issue, the department of defense, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff both support the repeal of don't ask don't tell. they also have undertaken a study relative to how to implement that change. and that study is underway. but the decision to make the change is one that they decided was the right decision before they undertook that steady. udy. it is how to implemented which is the subject of the study they had undertaken. the house and senate armed services committee have both passed a provision which would repeal don't ask don't tell if and only if the president and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the secretary of defense certified to congress that they have received and considered the report of the department of defense working group

the importance of the marine corps to be able to train. and finally, the quality of life for those 9000 marines and family members that will move eventually to guam. i think we can work around the pagatt issue. >> thank you. relative to the don't ask don't tell issue, the department of defense, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff both support the repeal of don't ask don't tell. they also have undertaken a study relative to how to implement that change. and that study is underway. but the decision to make the change is one that they decided was the right decision before they undertook that steady. udy. it is how to implemented which is the subject of the study they had undertaken. the house and senate armed services committee have both passed a provision which would repeal don't ask don't tell if and only if the president and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the secretary of defense certified to congress that they have received and considered the report of the department of defense working grou

earliest this year during a trip to san diego, had the opportunity to visit the marine corps station at miramar. i went to the recruit the above. that and forced my intense respect for the men and women who serve as marines. based upon the exceptional career, i am confident the president has made this right choice. how like to thank you personally for your continued service and dedication to our great nation. it is men like you that make this nation great. i am pleased to extend my appreciation to your wife and your family for what she does to support the marine spouses. mr. chairman, i have a couple of questions of want to submit for the record. i am very concerned on the position on don't ask, don't tell. please let me understand that your position that you individually do not support the statute change, is that correct? >> senator barrettes, i do not because i will represent those young men and women to wear this uniform. i do not know it yet what the impact on unit cohesion will be. i do not know yet what the impact on recruiting and retention will be in our combat readiness. ther

gina is here today, a veteran reporter for military times who is embedded with the army and marine corps in iraq and afghanistan. welcome to the show! >> thank you for inviting they. >> it's a great book. have iraq and afghanistan really changed the role of snipers in the u.s. military? >> well, i think in talking to the snipers, i talk to about 30 snipers in the conventional army and special operations community, as well as the marine corps, and as best i can tell there's still the capability for the long shot from one ridge to another, and an afghanistan setting. but what has emerged in this war is a capability and urban set that amounts to something called a sniper assaulter, which is where a sniper would place himself on a rooftop or on a number of rooftops, a team maybe, couple teams, and provide covering fire, multiple ranges, for an assault package on the ground. >> which has proven critical in counter-insurgency and urban operations. >> absolutely. and it keeps the ground force safer, to have those guys up there. because you can put infantry men up there too, but these guys are p

or anti-homophobic or anti-muslim -- i have a son in the marine corps. l to the men and women in the marine corps and other armed services. it makes me sick to see a group that wraps itself in the flag stoking the flames of anti-islamic phobia in exactly the way that will result in people like those young marines who served with my son getting killed while these cowards raise money based on stoking these flames. that's who newt gingrich is. that's who these people are today and it's disgusting. >> frank, i feel like the beltway media take on what's going on in the republican party and the conservative movement right now hasn't really yet caught up to the fact that there's a lot of people from the religious right who have been longtime conservative movement figures who are really rising to power here. somebody like christine o'donnell has been running for office for a long time. someone like sharron angle has been active for a very long time. these folks are not new. what do you think people who are used to just covering red versus blue, republican versus

with the navy flag and the marine flag, will send the condolence to the marine family. madam speaker, it's time we do this for the marine corps. i want to thank my house colleagues who helped with this for 10 years and i hope the senator will certainly -- senate will certainly support senator roberts. madam speaker, i ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, i ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform. i ask god who have -- to please bless the house and senate that we will do what is right in the eyes of god. i will ask god to please bless the president, mr. obama, that he will do what is right in the eyes of god. and i will ask three times, please god, please god, please god, continue to bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. defazio of oregon. >> i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. and this is a special time that we have an opportunity to listen closely to our colleagues and to share some of the perils of those who live in the united states with ou

the evening parade when we return. so stay tuned. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we met marine band known as the president's own. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ now, meet the marine drum and bugle corped in 1934 to supplement the marine band at the ceremonies here at the barracks. it became so good that he decided he would have his own musical unit and the president would have marine musical unit of his own. he had his own as well. ♪ >> and we play only drums an only bugles. they play every other kind of instrument but they are i would say ten times as loud as they are. ♪ ♪ ♪ all the marines are fully qualified to go to war. we are marines first and musicians second. >> once they acquire a position in the unit they come here in the marine barracks in washington d.c. they are the best of the best of marine musicians who try out recruiters. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the parade deck, there is a bit of friendly rivery between the zone and the president's zone. >> one tries to outflash the other as they play their songs across the parade deck. >> not all the music played that evening is instrumental. the marine bnd's rendation of "proud to be an american" brought the audience to their feet. ♪ god bless t

policy took center stage for the hearing for general james amost who's been nominated to head the marine corpshe sai it would disrupt wars in iraq and afghanistan, but... >> if the law is changed and signed by the president of the united states. >> lady gaga is even chiming in asking the government to repeal its policy that bans openly gay service members. she campaigned in maine yesterday hoping t sway the state' two moderate republican senators. >> doesn't it seem to you that we should send home the prejudid, the soldiers who hate the gay soldiers. >> the dream act is also attached. it would give citizenship rights to illegal immigrants brought to the u.s. before the age of 16 if they attd college or join the military. >> president obama has awarded to an airman in loos in 1968. >> he was a mile high literally above theclouds. they manned a tiny radar station guiding american pilots in the air campaign against north vietnam. >> the medal is the nation's highest mility award for valor. chief sergeant rich etchberger was an electronics expert with no formal training who single-handly held off

policy took center stage for the hearing for general james amost who's been nominated to head the marine corpshe said it would disrupt wars in iraq and afghanistan, but... >> if the law is changed and signed by the president of the united states. >> lady gaga is even chiming in asking the government to repeal its policy that bans openly gay service members. she campaigned in maine yesterday hoping to sway the state's two moderate republican senators. >> doesn't it seem to you that we should send home the prejudiced, the soldiers who hate the gay soldiers. >> the dream act is also attached. it would give citizenship rights to illegal immigrants brought to the u.s. before the age of 16 if they attend college or join the military. >> president obama has awarded to an airman in loos in 1968. >> he was a mile high literally above the clouds. they manned a tiny radar station guiding american pilots in the air campaign against north vietnam. >> the medal is the nation's highest military award for valor. chief sergeant rich etchberger was an electronics expert with no formal training who single-handed

. >> reporter: president barack obama's pick to lead the marine corp didn't help. general james amos said he didn't think congress should lift the ban, however the white house remains optimistic. >> the president continues to urge congress to act. i don't think this is the end. >> reporter: under the proposed legislation, the repeal would not have taken effect until the president, secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chief of staff signed off but one republican senator called that process phony since the two military leaders are on record supporting the president and efforts to lift the ban. >>> one of the president's top economic advisors plans to leave the the administration at the end of the year. lawrence summers will leave to return to harvard university. the president said he is grateful for his service during a time of great peril for the country. and two other members of the team left earlier this year. >>> a secret donor has given a $1 million check to a tea party member. but while a loophole allows them to remain anone mus, there is no -- anonymo

reporter: the four armed services chiefs opposed the senate move and the incoming commandant of the marine corps, general james amos agreed with him at his confirmation hearing today. mccain recited part of the general's prepared remarks. >> primary concern with proposed repeal is the potential disruption, the cohesion that may be caused by significant change during a period of extended combat operations. is that an accurate quote from your statement, general? >> yes, sir, that sounds accurate. >> lehrer: but the chairman of the armed services committee democrat carl levin pointed out that view is not shared by the general superiors. >> admiral mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in front of our committee back in february , said the following:. >> no matter how i look at this issue, i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place on a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> he reached a conclusion-- so did secretary gates -- reached a conclusion, this policy must change. because an election was comi

for instance, the four-star general nominated to become the next commandant of the marine corps opposes lifting don't ask don't tell in direct conflict with his civilian and military bosses at the pentagon. at his confirmation hearing before the senate armed services committee marine general james almost said with reservation he would support allowing gays to openly serve in the military if that's what his predecessors decide. >> i think there's parts of this we have not peeled back yet and by that i'm talking some policy issues, standards of conduct issues, the issue of unit cohesion. we're not quite sure what the impact will be on a all volunteer force. >> reporter: the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff support repealing don't ask don't tell and have commissioned a survey of service men and women and their families asking what they think. >> this study, this questionnaire being sent out, assumes repeal of the law, an incredible act of disingenuous behavior on their part. >> reporter: it was the procedural vote in the senate today tabling efforts to repeal don

. >> another setback for the bill, president obama's pick for common of the marine corps said repealing don't ask, don't tell would be a distraction. >> i don't know yet what the impact on recruiting will be in our combat. >> defense secretary, robert gates had asked congress to wait on the vote until december. that's when the military is expected to complete its study on the impact of gays on soldier moral and battle effectiveness. >> many top senate republicans agreed, including former pow, john mccain. by the way, an estimated 13,000 gay service members have been discharged under the law since it was created under president clinton in 1993. lesley. >>> andrea reporting, thank you. >>> a helicopter crash in afghanistan skilled ten nato troops. nine are believed to be americans. one is an afghan soldier. this is the worse chopper crash since the fighting began in 2001. the military does not know what brought the chopper down. the taliban claims insurgents shot it down, but nato says there were no reports of enemy fire in the area. >>> dc attorney general, peter nichols has been referre

can you outline what steps the department is taking in regards to meet marine corp. training requirements has the department considered ten ion is land or other land that could be used. i'm skeptical that a deal can be struck and i would not feel it prudent for the department to spend billions of dollars without a deal secured for the training range. so can you please comment and can i get your commitment to seriously explore alternatives for the marine corp. firing range? >> yes. thank you for the question. appreciate the questions as you know i recently viced guam and saw for myself the plans and the issues that we face. the training ranges is a critical issue. i agree. to have the marines move to graham and maintain the level office training that we would expect out of a marine unit. we do need to find some resolution of this issue. i think you correctly described it. that location in there is a preferred location. after analyzing government land and some other options. ten yen is probably appropriate for some training but not close enough for the small arms traini

thanks to the marine corps university, marine corps university foundation, the korea economic institute. i would like to thank the doctor for selecting me to participate in this. basically, i am here to call the north korean regime bad guys. when i say the north koreans, i do not mean the people, of course, but the people that lead the regime. i am kind of surprised that we have so many people here today. frankly, i our diplomatic performance over the past few years it with regard to north korea, you would think that most people were not interested in it. how is that? i do not think there is any difference. the alliance, when i talk about -- is this one better? there we go. when i referred to the alliance, i refer to the south koreans and americans. i have had a front row seat to see how effective that command, that alliance has been at deterring war on the korean peninsula. but from the same seat, i saw they did not do a very good job in the term provocation, because it happened all the time. everyone here remembers and third, fourth grade, a bully trying to take your lunch money. esse

the military is not just war weary they understand what it's doing especially to the army in the marine corps they understand the bill that's coming on the witness has been destroyed and so forth and so he's got some allies he's just got this president is showing his inexperience in a very very glaring way with regard to the middle east peace arab israeli peace attempts the inexperience is glaring and as far as i'm concerned jim jones in the rest of them they bear a lot of response hillary clinton they bear a lot of responsibility for this this looks like amateur hour yeah well i think that's what a lot of people are saying as specially now this book has come out lawrence thank you so much for being here thanks for having me. still to come tonight the saintly google has once again decided what's best for us we'll tell you why they're censoring some words that you might be looking for after publicans blocks of outsourcing go through in the senate says right we're going to look at the outsourcing issue here in the u.s. and ask are sending jobs overseas that a bad thing or is it just a natural p

the marine or any of the u.s. armed forces. the marines had this response saying -- "the marine corps has nothing to do with that militia." >>> missouriratic congressman russ carnahan is defending a stimulus grant that sent $107 million to his brother's company win capital group of st. louis for a wind farm project. republican critics argue the grant was inappropriate because of the family's political connections. media reports say congressman carnahan maintains the attacks particularly for republican challenger ed martin, due to the critic support for oil companies over renewable energy sources. win capital reportedly had a rocky first four years and the wind farm was put on hold until the stimulus bill passed. owner tom carnahan admitted in 2009, "we never really like to say it outloud. a few months ago the banks were closed. the stimulus changed everything." at least one major democratic donor is funneling his millions elsewhere this election. "new york times" report billionaire george soros who gave more than $20 million to democratic oriented groups in 2004 is holding back so far this year. advisor told the times, "mr. soros beli

in the marine corps, the number is women are outnumbered 12 to one. we are always competing against those gender norms, whether or not there right. there is a lot of habits that would inform in the military, that will extend into their civilian linelives. we are still outnumbered in the va system. that will give us a sense of disadvantage. we're going to feel like it did not have as much attention. also in general, society does not equate women with veterans. when you say veteran the average pedestrian they're going to envisioned a well built man with a crewcut or fade that fulfills that stereotype. when i'm walking down the street, it is not assumed i served in the military. if there is one thing i could change, it is just that society line of what constitutes a veteran. where to the consideration of who is a veteran and who is injured, where should that line be drawn? there really should not be on line. also, that invisible injuries -- it is sometimes difficult in the va to make it aware i have issues. it is getting better. the va has great things g

. >> i've done a lot of things in my life, in the marine corps and jumped out of airplanes and neverred, but this scared me. >> i think it's very hard for we men who have cancer to admit they are scared. >> whether i contacted you, it was like finding my compass. >> imaging showed metastatic legions and he got the liver surgery at sloan-kettering. it showed that they were, indeed cancer. right now lewis is disease free. >> i just went along with the original diagnosis. >> the american cancer society, cancer net and cancer care help patients find navigators and also offer services for free. coming up a new approach for cancer treatment. integrative medicine, for the body, mind and spirit, too, but it's not without controversy. that is next. i was driving in northern california. my son was asleep. i really didn't see it coming. i didn't realize i was drifting into the other lane. [ kim ] i was literally falling asleep at the wheel. it got my attention, telling me that i wasn't paying attention. i had no idea the guy in front of me had stopped short. but my car did. my car did. thankful

i as an officer in the marine corp. ok the oath and was not an oath to the president or commander in chief. it's an oath to support and defend the constitution and when you see the constitution being flouted and ignored as was done in the lying in vietnam and lying us into the war in iraq, which was done in the same way, i would say that keeping that oath in mind means the time has come to take a personal risk and live up to that oath. when the president is lying or misleading the public in various ways, when your bosses are committing illegal acts as in warrantless wiretapping, then your duty really is to say, live up to the constitution and tell the truth. i wish i had done it years earlier than i actually did. >> so bradley manning could potentially fall into that category. >> certainly not. he's being called a trader and no way does he fit the definition of a trader. >> why? >> because i think he wants the best for his county tr. this is what i know from what's come out. >> so, this is your analysis based on the news

. >> the family decided to keep the funeral private but did step outside to watch the marine corps to honor greg who served in the navy. >> the coroner's office wasn't able to confirm the deaths of the family members until wednesday of this week nearly two weeks after the fire bringing the death toll to 7. >> jack kir spear wants to increase the federal government's role in pipeline safety. she unveiled the proposal near the seen on monday. it would require automatic or remote shut-off valves on some transmission lines and give homeowners more information about the location and condition of pipelines and emergency plans. >> governor swarzenegger vetoed a bill that would require ski row sorts to report fatal accidents. many are located on forest lands and required to provide accident reports. another bill co-authored by state senator leland yee required children to wear helmets on the slope. the governor signed that one but since was contingent on the other bill, neither became law. >> the government wants to collect your old prescription drugs. a reminder what you can do today to make

. >> reporter: also on capitol hill, general jim amos nominated to be head of the marine corps says he opposes repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and worries it would precept disruption of cohesion. and he added that he will enforce a change to policy if it happens. and the white house made clear today the administration believes it's only a matter of time. >> the president believes the policy is unfair and should and will be changed. >> reporter: gay right activists aren't as confident saying it will be tougher to get the policy repeal. they split the balance of power on capitol hill with the mid-term election. today, president clinton advisor on gay rights said this situation is a political train wreck. >> bret: shannon bream live on the hill. thank you. president obama today awarded medal of honor 'hue mousely to -- posthumously to airman killed in laos. he single handedly held off enemy force evacuating wounded combat. he put three soldiers in rescue slings before enemy fire came through the helicopter floor and mortally wounded him. the story was kept under wraps for decades becaus

once again, to join the marine corps, to be in the judge advocate to serve america. a country which he dearly loves. because of this republican decision, procedural decision, to say we could not consider the dream act, we will not have a chance to vote on this bill at this time. on this important measure, which gives this man and thousands like him, a chance to volunteer to serve america. i would say to my friends and colleagues of both sides of the aisle, where is the justice in this decision? at least have the courage to let us bring this matter to the floor and stand up and vote "no." but to hide behind a inanimous consent request is unfair, totally, and in consistent with the spirit and history of this chamber where we debate and vote. but they ran and they hid. behind this procedural decision. >> would the senator yield for a brief moment? >> let's get back to the hill. this is the dream act about which you were speaking, and it's near and dear to a lot of folks' heart up there and senator durbin blaming the vote and blaming the republicans. context, please. >>r

four-star general nominated to be the next commandant of the marine corps opposes lifting don't ask, don't tell. that is in direct conflict with the bosses at the pentagon. >> reporter: at his confirmation hearing before the senate armed services exitedee marine general james olmos says with reservations he would support allowing gays to openly serve in the military. >> i think there is parts of this that we've not peeled back yet and by that, i'm talking some policy issues, some standards of conduct issues, the issue of unit cohesion. we are not quite sure what the impact will be on a all- volunteer force. >> reporter: the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff support repealing don't ask, don't tell and have commissioned a survey of servicemen and women and their families asking what they think. >> this study and this question you're that is being sent out assumes repeal of the law. an incredible act of disingenuous behavior on their part. >> reporter: it was a procedural vote in the senate tabling efforts to repeal don't ask, don't tell until at least after nov

it is unclear why he was on the tracks but he was reportedly a veteran of the marine corps and a membere palo alto elks club. >> 5:36. authorities have identified the man killed yesterday morning in a fishing boat accident in the san francisco bay. investigators say roland reed was killed after the boat slammed into the rocks near the richmond marina. the sphiewn-year-old richmond man was a passenger on that boat. he had gone out fishing with three of his friends. investigators say they were not wearing life jackets. still not clear what caused the crash. >>> yusef bay the 4th's request to move his murder trial out of alameda county is set for a second day of hearings today. the former leader of oakland's you black pus muslim bakery and his could defendant are accused of murdering journalist chauncey bailey and two other men. defense wants want their trial movered to los angeles, they say media attention would prevent them from getting a fair trial in alameda county. >> how does the traffic look, sal. >> okay, so far, pam and dave. good morning to you once again. on westbound bay bridge

but did step outside to watch members of the marine corps honor greg who served in the navy.gunfire) >> the coroner's office wasn't able to confirm the deaths of the bullis family members until wednesday of this week, nearly two weeks after the fire, bringing the death toll to seven. in burlingame, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >>> congresswoman jackie spear wants to increase the federal government's rule in overseeing pipeline safety. the democrat plans to unveil her proposal near the scene of the tragic gas line explosion on monday. the proposed law would require automatic or remote shutoff valves on some transmission lines, give homeowners more information about the location and condition of pipelines as well as emergency plans. governor schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have required ski resorts to report fatal accidents. the governor issued a statement saying many ski resorts are on forest land and are already required to provide accident reports. another bill coauthored by another state senator required children to wear helmets on the slopes. the governor signed that

reporter: the family decided to keep the funeral private but did step outside to watch members of the marine corps honor greg who served in the navy. coroner office wasn't able to confirm the deaths of these 3 family members until wednesday of this week. nearly two weeks after the explosion. the announcement brought the death toll to receive. live in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >>> okay. thank you very much amy. >> 2 suspect arrested for posing as victims of the san bruno catastrophe in order to get gift cards and other aid have now been formally charged. bennett and taylor are each accused of felony counts including commercial burglary, perjury and identity theft. investigators say they went to the disaster assistance center and submitted addresses of homes damaged by the explosion and fire. both remain free on 25,000 dollar bail. 2 others arrested have already been charged. >> on to other matter now we have the cell phone video of the fake arrest of san jose teenager and you are about to see it. the family of 15-year-old boy took the video and gave it to our media partner mercury news saying that

it comes on the same day that president obama's choice to lead the marine corps says he does not favor repealing the law. general james amos talked to the senate panel today. he says it would hurt morale and become a distraction to the troops. you've heard the arguments before. there are a lot of people against this who want to continue this. who have said, you can't do this. this is not good for u.s. troops particularly at a time of war. >> interesting. general amos is contradicted by the defense secretary and by the chairman of the joint chief of staffs. admiral mullen wants to get rid of it. the commander in chief wants to get rid of it. his argument was in part based on his perception. he says he thinks most marines want to keep don't ask, don't tell. as far as he knows, he thinks it's a possible policy. him thinking that is not actual information. it's his perception. that's why it's important that the military is studying the policy right now. all the people who want to defer to military judgment, the military study is due in december. the thing that they filibustered to stop is

the general chosen by president obama to lead the marine corps says he does not think that congress should lift the ban. he spoke on capitol hill just hours before the septa defeated the defense policy bill that would have repealed the 17-year- old law. gay rights groups are not happy with the decision. >> i think there are parts of this that wave not peeled back yet and by that i'm talking some policy issues, the issue of unit cohesion. >> americans have changed about this issue. seventeen years ago, only about 50% of americans felt that there should be open service. today, that number is 80% of americans think this law should go. >> yesterday's vote in the senate was a procedural vote. that pushed back efforts to repeal don't ask, don't tell until after the november elects. >>> new developments in the massive wildfire out in utah. the national guard says it accidentally started this fire. we'll tell you how. >>> paris hilton not feeling the love these days. she want to go to japan to promote her fashion and fragrance lines. jappen is saying don't come here, stay away. we'll explain. for

the bush-era tax cuts. plus jim, a former marine, was the honored guest of the commandant of the marine corps at an evening de in washington last week. we have video highlights from that event. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look ahead to midterm election races in four key states. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice labor day weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

the u.s. marine corps futenma air station in okinawa. >> we have a realignment plan. it is a government-to-government agreement, and we will continue to move forward with japan according to this plan. >> the chinese foreign ministry also did not comment on tuesday's election, saying it was japan's domestic affair. some chinese officials say they're puzzled to have seen two prime ministers in the past year under the democratic government. they say they're watching closely to see if the election will stabilize japan's administration. the south korean government has not released an official statement, but it's expected to take the news favorably because last month kan expressed remorse and apologized for the past colonization of korea on the 100th anniversary of japan's annexation. >>> about 2,000 tourists were evacuated from the eiffel tower in paris on tuesday evening after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat. french police say the tower's management office received a call saying the structure had been rigged with explosives. visitors were cleared from the monum

the u.s. marine corps futenma air station in okinawa also had a negative impact on the hatoyama government. the former prime minister vowed to transfer the american base outside okinawa during last year's election campaign. but last may he reversed his position. hatoyama had essentially sided with japan's biggest ally, the united states. the two countries agreed to relocate part of futenma to u.s. camp schwab, also in okinawa. the agreement prompted the social democrats to quit the democratic party's coalition government. by this time the approval rating for hatoyama's cabinet had fallen to 21%. some democratic party members became nervous because japan's upper house election was just around the corner. hatoyama stepped down together with ozawa to help the dpj regain the public's trust. with hatoyama gone, naoto kan took over, become's japan's fifth leader in just four years. but he's the first one that doesn't come from a political family. kan tried to distance himself from ozawa to show the public the party had changed. >> translator: ozawa had better keep quiet for a while. it would be g

i would like to thank the marine corps university. not working? any technical assistance that can help me. ok, i will just speak loud. thanks to the marine corps university, the foundation, and the korea economic institute for putting this on. i think the doctor for selecting me to participate in this. basically i am here to call the north korean regime at bad guys. when i talk about them, i do not mean that the people. i mean the north korean regime and those that lead to the regime. i am kind of surprised that we have so many people here today, because our diplomatic performance over the last 30 years, there was not a lot of people interested in north korea. but -- ok. how's that? i do not think there is any difference. the alliance, and when i talk about the alliance -- is this better? too good. when i refer to the alliance, i mean the south koreans and the americans. they have gone on a good job and i had a front row seat for the last 30 years watching how effective that alliance has then at deterring war on the peninsula. from the same seat, i

i served as a lieutenant in the marine corps. i became an electronics engineer. in 1966, i joined the john birch society, which means i have been at it for 44 years. i am glad to be here to talk about our subject. our subject is the economic meltdown and eight no-nonsense look at economic realities. meltdown, no-nonsense look economic realities. let's start with the first reality and that is the national debt as of 31 august a few days ago, $13 trillion. the population of the united states is 309 million coming each citizen share of this is $43,000. you all of that, please give it up to the government that needs it. yet amid the national debt increases at approximately 4.09 billion per day, the cost of interest alone totals $1,400 for every man, woman and child in america, and we like to say no wonder a baby cries when he is born. the additional -- actual national debt counting on fund obligations, social security, medicare approaches $100 trillion and yet they still have a foreign aid program. you go to a fourth grader and say if you're heavily in debt should you

the air. marine corps emblem is tails. american flag is heads. what's your call? >> tails. >> referee: the call is tails. it is heads. michigan state. >> we'll defer and play defense first. >> referee: okay. you want to play defense. >> yes. >> referee: you're going to go on offense. which end of the field? this end of the field? okay. michigan state has won the toss. they'd like to go on against. notre dame will be on offense. we'll play at the north end of the stadium. >> brad: so overtime, each team gets a shot. as you take a look at the rules. we already got the toss. each team with one possession at the 25 yard line. till a winner is decided. you've got to go for a two-point conversion starting with the third overtime. the coin toss, it almost seems to me, is the most important play of overtime. because now you know. and if the first team gets a field goal, you've got to go for a touchdown or field goal. >> todd: i thought both teams chose the right decision. notre dame chose to go to this end away from the student section, a smaller end zone section. so the r

the u.s. marine corps and their home located near the site of the explosion. they're three of the seven people who are killed. >> two suspects arrested for posing as victims of the san bruno catastrophe in order to get gift cards and aid have now been charged. diante ben yet and another are charged with felony counts. investigators say they went to the disaster assistance center and submitted addresses of homes damaged by the explosion. both remain free on $25,000 bail. two others arrested in this case have already been charged. >> there is another official being investigated for allegedly ripping off the city of bell. prosecutors say the police chief randy yamds cut a possibly fraudulent disibility deal arks louing him to pay taxes on only half of his $400,000 a year pension. he was not arrested on fraud charges this week. they're accused of misusing taxpayer money from the city in los angeles county to help pad their enormous salary autos speaking of salaries citi group is rewarding 25 top executive was multi million dollar raises and bonuses. they will rece

it is of tremendous importance, the way we produce energy and the way we use it, to the navy and marine corps because how we power our ships and our aircraft fundamentally about national security, just as energy reform for the country at large is about energy independence, national security, as well as about economic development and job creation. here on treasure island is -- as the mayor so eloquently pointed out, there is an opportunity to demonstrate what happens when sustainable development and sustainable usage is considered from the very beginning of a project. here on treasure island, there is an opportunity to build a working model of the president's new energy future, and because of the leadership of the public servants who stand here today, i look forward to seeing that model become an example for the rest of the country to follow. thank you so much for being with us today. it is my incredible honor and pleasure to introduce to you your native daughter, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you all. tha

once again, to join the marine corps, to be in the judge advocate general corps, to serve america, a country which he dearly loves. because of this republican decision, procedural decision, to say we couldn't consider the "dream" act, we won't have a chance to vote on this bill at this time, on this important measure which would give caesar vargas and thousands just like him a chance to volunteer to serve america. i would say to my friends and colleagues on both sides of the aisle where is the justice in this decision? at least have the courage to let us bng this matter to the floor and stand up and vote no. but to hide behind this procedural ruse, this unanimous consent request is totally unfair. it is inconsistent with the spirit and the history of this chamber where we deliberate and debate andote. but they ran and they hid behind this procedural decision. mr. reid: madam president? would the senator yield just for a brief question? and statement? i want everyone within the sound of my voice to understand how much i appreciate and thousands and thousands of other peoe appreciate s