the navy has those exercises taking place throughout navy installations throughout the d.c. area until tomorrow. drills are under way at the n y naval yard, the naval research laboratory. the goal is to test the response to threats and emergencies. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's visit to the u.s. is over without a deal in the dispute over israel's plans to build housing in east jerusalem. president obama and netanyahu held two days of talks over the announcement of plans to build 1,600 new apartments in a traditionally arab held area of jerusalem. there has been no easing of tensions between the u.s. and

the navy, 2016. the air force, 2016. is that correct?hat is a two-year delay from the navy and a three-year to light from the air force over what was advertised only a month ago. isn't that right? >> if you're referring to testimony given, i am not quite sure what the base line is. it is an increase -- what i'm saying is an increase over the past because services have taken the estimate as or realistic, the most realistic plan we can give them for when we will deliver the jets and they will have done their separate things so they have adjusted their ioc dates in accordance with the program. i am sure it is different from what we said before. >> why did it take osd over a year to validate the jet report? >> there were two separate jet reports, both of them valid. >> both were basically the same. >> exactly. they had similar contact. it was a year later. the problems noted in 2008 had continued into the fall of 2009. it was reporting the same dynamic going on on the assembly line. since it came a year later, this had been going on not just

and then you went into the navy? >> i did a brisk start of graduate school. i had to be honest with myself and tell myself that i was just going to graduate school to postpone the decision about facing the draft. >> what years were you in the navy? >> 1956 to 1969. -- 1966 to 1969. >> you were on the destroyer the entire time? >> based in pearl harbor. we would go to the western pacific. the gulf of tonkin. we would spend six months and come home for about a year and then go back. that is what i spent my three years doing, going back and forth. >> in your report, you're attached to the pentagon. name one place that you would go all the time to stay up with what was going on. >> the one that i always had the most interesting time at, and most surprised by, is the army's training command. it does not sound very interesting. butthat is where they figure out what the next war will look like and how they are going to train for it. the amount of thinking that goes on down there, the amount of technology that they use in an effort to train soldiers, to me, it is almo

drills will take place at the washington navy yards. the navy support facility in anacostia. the research lab and the facility in suitland, maryland. the goal is to test the response to threats and emergencies. >>> coming up tonight, hollywood mourning the loss of an actor who was part of the "i spy" duo. >>> what happened to trooper, the dog badly injured and found inside a dumpster. >>> investigators in michigan released video from onboard an amtrak train is a the slams into a fire truck earlier this month. it was traveling from dearborn to chicago when it came upon a ladder truck parked across the tracks. the fire truck was responding to another accident nearby when the train arrived. a police officer was able to move his cruiser out before the impact. fire fighter suffered minor injuries. >>> there is a short window of opportunityo grab summer airfare deals. according to travel experts there are restrictions to keep in mind, but jetblue is having a sale that ends tonight. one-way fares between d.c. and new york as low as 39 bucks. airtran sale ends tomorrow. flights as lo

after a 30-day leave from the navy he entered his name into the race for texas representative from his home district. while back on duty, his mother, sister, and their friends went door to door campaigning. it worked and at age 27, he was sworn into office. for the next dozen year, wilson was known as the liberal from lufkin. in 1978, he came to the united states congress. he was a power. he was a man that enjoyed the friendship of many of our colleagues. he was a strong supporter of the elderly, women, and equal rights. he was unique in his time he came to this congress in a segregated time, coming from houston, texas, and the surrounding areas but he knew my colleagues, congressman mickey leland, congresswoman barbara jordan, and i know he had a relationship that showed no discrimination, no bias, and he loved this country. he wanted to do well by our allies. and yes, he was the star of charlie's war. he was the one who led quietly in opposition to the russian takeover of afghanistan. that story will always be his. brave, quiet, but successful and as the story is told, didn't do a lo

. >>> and scientists cob ducting a survey for the u.s. navy snapped rare photos of an endangered whale giving birth off the shores of florida. they say the training would threaten the species. the navy says the birth happened outside the range. >>> here's a look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,888. the s&p gained 19 points. taking a look at overseas trading in tokyo the nikkei climbed 40 points while in hong kong the hang seng rose 20 points. >> industrial and tech stocks kept wall street slow but steady rally moving forward. with the dow and the s&p 500 hitting 18-month highs, caterpillar led the way thanks to two analysts. on the strength of its long-term potential. shares of caterpillar climbed 4%. the nasdaq and its semiconductor base got a boost. the chip maker shot up 14% after raising its quarterly outlook. >>> investors looked on the bright side of a smaller than expected slide in home seals. >>> meanwhile health-related stocks struggled to hold on to monday's gains as the president signed the health care

when the ship runs aground and i spent 24 years in the navy, it's not the nav gator, it's the cap pain. i was the captain of this office and i messed up, and i own that. >> you admitted groping. there's no other way to define groping but sexual. groping is sexual. >> i never admitted groping. someone was sticking a microphone in my face walking in the street. in an interview that was an hour long, i described in detail the only incident i know of that could even come close to that -- you got to remember, my staff, some of them with me for seven years, my closest staff guy, 69, 70 years old, my dearest friend, counselor to my children, lived in our house for a year, and all the young people lived in our house. we lived in cars, ate day-old pizza. these were relationships formed over the past two, three, four, five years. and it's not -- it's like a family. and so anybody can take anything out of context. but if somebody somewhere said they're uncomfortable, i'm at fault. and i lived up to it and i left. >> larry: let's comment on what the washington post writes today. it says, former re

he was the master mind behind this kidnapping and murder of these civilians. he's captured by our navyeals, later when he's turned over to the iraqis, he said he got a hurt mouth. they are court martialed for that and i think they ought to be given medals and sent out to bag another terrorist myself and the charges dismissed against them. >> it appears from the reports that we're hearing it looks as if, and you seem to agree, that they showed restraint. all he got was a bloody mouth? >> i think they showed remarkable restraint because they knew who he was. he bragged about it on the internet to other terrorists, and i think that they showed a remarkable restraint in how they dealt with him. first of all, we don't know if this is true. he only said something about it after he's turned over to the iraqis and it's ironic, they're going to be tried in a military court. he's going to be tried in a civilian court. >> unbelievable. we'll keep an eye on that story. you're also joining us to talk about health care. momentous morning on capitol hill and we were hearing from democrats who were sa

for example, both the navy and air force had made significant manpower reductions during the last 10ears totaling some 77,000 personnel. to achieve such reductions, they used measures not only to reduce the numbers of new recruits but also to entice and force people to leave this service. in short, both services in times of war for the good of service reasons, have denied service to tens of thousands of persons who otherwise qualified to serve and wanted to serve. such actions only reinforce the congressional funding in 1993 that there is no constitutional right to serve in the military. the department data for the last 10 years reduce the argument that the repeal of section 64 is a military necessity and supports the statement that current law appears to be working well. if you disagree with regard to the conclusion, we would like to hear from you today on this point. before closing, i would like to come back to some critical questions raised from the letter and ask for assurances from mr. johnson to that the committee adjust them in detail. a critical area that needs to be examined

the oscar. "jimmy kimmel live," back in two minutes. vo: old navy super search! kelly: for this week's challenge, you're in the arty cardi. it's a work f art for only 15 dollars. kelly: becky, will you look the most sculpted? eva: (over footage) super. michelle: love it. amy: hate it. eva: ooh, so close. !but you're supposed to frame a work of art, not cover it. natalie: this is how we put the arty in the cardi. amy: (cat calls) ow! kelly: please hand in your stand. vo: frame yourself with arty cardis! just 15 dollars. girls 10. this week at old navy. - gps: turn left ahead. - ...i mean left. woman: but gps changed our lives. turbotax does the same thing for our taxes. it answers tough questions in simple language, getting us to our maximum refund. guaranteed. announcer: try turbotax now. a whole new life for your hair. aveeno nourish plus. active naturals wheat formulas... proven to target and help repair damage in just three washes... for stronger, shinier... hair with life. aveeno nourish plus. hair with life. sticking to a plan matters, especially when it come

the navy has those exercises taking place throughout navy installations throughout the d.c. area until tomorrow. drills are under way at the n y naval yard, the naval research laboratory. the goal is to test the response to threats and emergencies. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's visit to the u.s. is over without a deal in the dispute over israel's plans to build housing in east jerusalem. president obama and netanyahu held two days of talks over the announcement of plans to build 1,600 new apartments in a traditionally arab held area of jerusalem. there has been no easing of tensions between the u.s. and israel. still netanyahu says he thinks some progress has been made. >>> civil rights icon and activist dorothy height is in intensive care this morning at howard hospital. yesterday was her 98th birthday. she was supposed to be celebrating with friends and supporters they are this morning praying for her speedy recovery. she is president of the national council of negro women and founder of the black family reunion. dr. dorothy height has been a civil rights

caller: i joined the navy because i was a single-parent. had a toothache that i cannot afford to do anything about. the only money i had from a lawsuit that i had a car accident to get in the navy, because i was in apparent. i needed the insurance. i stayed in the navy. i got married and stayed in the navy because we cannot afford for me to get out of the navy with insurance and all the other things going on. i served on four ships. i spent a lot of time away from home. i have four children. host: please wrap up. caller: i tried to get into a position that was able to take care of my particular problem. i could not do it. the va system was not working for me. in a couple of years, three of the people committed suicide in my small group. the system was not working. i went to a medicare-base program. that was not working for me, because i was only getting prescription drugs, not real therapy. host: we have to leave it there. guest: not only do they need to address the visible wounds of war, but also physical therapy and counseling. the departm

he showed up wearing a marine uniform and the prestigious navy cross. this is how one veteran responded to this. >> you don't go out and parade yourself as a sergeant major in the marine corps with navy crosses to get in the american legion. that's idiots. >> he told invest gay toigatorsy came up with the scheme to join the american legion. he's expected to be sentenced in june. >>> you want to see this here in indiana. here it is. three officers rescued a man from a burning car on thursday. at one point, one officer -- you just saw him, ran back to the cruiser to get a fire extinguisher. two officers arrived. one witness says there was a huge explosion. >> those officers are heros. they're incredible. they put the lives at risk. i didn't want to come out here because i was worried that the utility pole was coming down and the flames were huge. >> the victim is hospitalized. he's expected to survive. the three officers have been nominated for life saving and bravery awards. >>> the fire at a miami high-rise forced about 300 people out of their apartments

at the news conference, if he had not had the navy corps he would not be living today to appear at thes conference, calling for this relationship to be publicly respected navy and marine corps. also was a father, dick lynn, whose son was killed in iraq in 2005. tracy, a marineparents.com founder and executive director, her website has 130,000-plus members and provides support for marines, parents and she also spoke on behalf of this legislation. mr. speaker, the purpose of this news conference was to announce the national spokesman. the national spokesman was also in attendance and he spoke as well, lee ermy, known as the gunny, a golden globe nominated actor and marine veteran. he is host of the history channel's "lock and load." he is a star of major films including "full metal jackson," "dead man walking" and "toy story." lee army has become the national spokesman and tends to help us try to convince the senate to accept three words, and marine corps. mr. speaker, i would also like and submit for the record letters from ike skelton, chairman of the armed services committee and alson

it's the navy, the postal service, it's across a wide swath of federal government. >> how about anyone being fired, government or private if you don't pay their taxes? how about that? >> okay. there we go. we say thank you to mark for joining us. that was fun. >> thank you, brenda. >> up next -- >> this is 171 cleared for takeoff. >> cleared for takeoff. >> contact departure, adios. >> the kid friendly skies may not be safe, but it sure can be profitable. the name ready to soar 50%. first, it was cash for clunkers. then cash for cluckers. what? >> who is up first? >> you heard the kiddy skies. look at united airline, been hammered here and they're coming into the huge summer months, i think this thing is up 50% because they got a lot of leverage. >> gary b, bull or bear? >> i'm slightly bullish. i like the stock. i don't think it's a 50% gainer by september. but he's on the right track. you got a gun, you know where to bring it, bring it to starbucks. that's the place to go. anyway, guns or no gun, i think they win either way. i think the stock is making a real comeback. i went to star

the navy has not released contions of the three crew members found. >>> a father grieving his son's death in iraq battling a group o protested at the marine's funeral. corporal matthew snyder's funeral became a stage for the westborough baptist church. a judge says the father has to pay the church's field áfldinst cxinc court fldrslt. >> we began to bring you this story last night. the family of a u.s. marine versus the ultra conservative westborough baptist church. the church won the latest legal round but the public urging the marine's family to fight on to the supreme court. shortly after graduatinfrom high school in maryland in 2003, matthew snyder enlisted in the u.s. marine corps. 2 1/2 years later he died in a vehicle accident in iraq. his funeral was picketed by members of the kansas based west borrow baptist church that believe god is killing american soldiers because this nation is increasingly tolerant of homosexuality. >> they said they would be protesting because of their presence, we had to have a s.w.a.t. team there. >> reporter: the father of corporal snyder was so offende

naval academy, charlie joined the united states navy where oh he attained the rank of lieutenant. after serving as a fleet officer for four year, he was asind to the pentagon as part of an intelligence unit that started the soviet -- that studied the soviet union's nuclear forces. at the age of 47 he was elected to the texas legislature and in 1961, he was sworn into office in austin. he was known as the top dog in the state capitol and he was also often tchailed liberal from lufkin, texas. he fought for medicaid, tax extensions for the elderly, and a minimum wage bill. in 1970, when i was -- when i was an elected county commissioner texas, charlie was elected to the house of representatives from the second district of texas, near houston. he served in congress for 11 terms and did not seek re-election to the 105th congress and resigned on october 8, 1996. he was known in the halls of congress as a good-time charlie. but he was -- but it was an appropriate name for him. he was very funny, joyful, and full of life and very humorous. after he retired from congress, he settled down,

national level ability as well at taji with the base workshop as well as the navy. all the way from first line in the iraqi system all the way up to fourth line national level. those abilities are maturing much we have done a very good job at building capacity for the iraqi security forces to execute logistics. i think there is risk in some areas. we are targeting the risk areas with the objective of achieving ability by the end of mission. >> what are some of the specific things are you doing to build up the -- you are doing to build up the iraqi ability in general? >> there is a lot of training going on at the field level workshops and medium level workshops to make sure the ability there is adequate to support the level of maintenance. we are continuing to develop the taji for small arms and tracks. that is coming along very well. we are also building the ship maintenance ability at um kasar. we are putting key spares packages in place. we are also advising the air force in developing the cls contracts so they have the ability to maintain and support the complex w

secretary of the navy is here. gary rufhead chief of naval operations is here and we appreciate his outstanding service. thank you, gary. i want to thank the base commander here at andrews and the leadership that is present from the air force, the marine corps and the coast guard. ken and i were colleagues in the senate and i appointed him because i knew that he would be a faithful and pragmatic stewart of our financial resources. he is changing the way the interior department does business so that we're developing traditional sources of energy and renewable sources of energy from the wind on the high plains to the suns in the desert to the waves off our coast. and so i'm very grateful to the work that he's done and culminating in one of the announcements we're making today. it's also goodç to see so many members of our armed forces here today. andrews is the home of air force one and i appreciate everything that you do for me and my family. i should point out that you got a 100% departure record. you don't charge

wanted to be their governor, and then halfway through the term she decides it's not her cup of tea anymore? well, larry, she'd never make it through navy.e.a.l. training, because if you say the words "i quit" you're gone. to me she's nothing but a quitter. i would never support her and people that do, i think, are bad for doing it. >> larry: jesse, try to be direct in your answers as we continue here, because this wishy-washy stuff just ain't flying. >> i will, larry. i've been in mexico a long time, so i answer directly. >> larry: many people complain about how bitter partisan politics is, but you see the republicans and democrats are in cahoots against ordinary citizens. in cahoots how? >> absolutely. atlantic how are they in cahoots? they can't get together on anything. you say they're in cahoots. >> well, they -- they'll get together when they need to. what happens with the democrats and republicans, larry, is very much like pro wrestling. in front of the camera and in front of the people, they des pies each other and they're going to beat the hell out of each other, but behind the scenes they're going out to dinner and cutting dea

he was done in the navy because he couldn't go to battle anymore. >> larry: tell me what you think of guys who do this, who put on these insane uniforms -- we had one here a couple weeks ago -- and walk up to someone who may be blown up in a minute carrying explosives. why do they do that? >> why would they commit suicide like that? >> larry: no. why would they go to diffuse the bomb? why would you want to take that job? >> well, someone has to do it. lots of times it's the old dirty job, but somebody's got to do it. you know, in the condition that, you know, war is, all jobs are really pretty dirty when you are fighting a war. there's nothing glamorous about war at all, larry. it's a matter of survival. >> larry: president obama wants all u.s. troops -- he want the level in iraq down to 50,000 combat troops by labor day, and then all troops out by the end of next year. think it will happen? >> no, i don't think it will happen. i wish it would happen with my whole heart to bring those kids home, but i got a feeling that there's going to be more to iraq than what they think. it may be

and so, they would say i think i got out of the navy and then removed and then alex okay, no holland,hat's completely wrong. that didn't happen, beget the same time that they tell me how i what happened when the ship sunk. it's not like getting money out of the atm. and the room would go quiet and the story would begin to emerge adjust to these men were as human beings, as american citizens, as our fathers and grandfathers really touched me and i try to tell it from their point of view. so that when i came to 2001, i think the challenge is that for myself as can you do that with the modern soldiers as well? what i didn't understand and you may have found some of the same challenges that when you interview people who are of the generation, they're typically retired when i were to interview with them that was to the out to dinner and paid for it at the red lobster and they were my grandparent. calling a man in his early middle-age who is part of his special forces group out of fort hamilton kentucky as part of the u.s. military that really almost never cooperated with any writer in any

traders watching the news about the navy ship sinking. sketchy details about the cause of the incident. we saw a pop in gold around 11:30. perhaps it coincided with the close of the european markets. we're also watching oil prices below $80 a barrel for the third straight friday. gene macmillan saying there is concern about the summer gasoline demand season. retail prices at the pump, $2.81 a gallon for the national average. that's the same as last friday. we're up 13 cents from the last month. we are also looking at perhaps $3 a gallon to consumers. will refiners start to pump more gas due to the fact that we are seeing $3 gas at the pump? good question for the next guest, dennis. over to you. >> all right. thank you very much, sharon. back in 1939, two scientists for shell oil made a friendly wager. which guy could get more mileage out of their cars. 60 years later the shell oil eco-marathon is one of the largest student competitions to design and build a car to travel the farthest distance on the least fuel. for a grand prize of $5,000.

we were in the army, we were in the army, we are in the navy. there were these many women doing these different things. we would really like your support for the memorial. and that if dubya took a vote and voted it down. they said if we give them a more to women everybody will want one. [laughter] >> so she backed away onto the program the next day and she said she would try a different approach. and that time she said one thing. she would prefer the crowd and she said when i was in the not some man's son died in my arms. and i want his father and mother to know that i was there for him. and she left and they voted, and they voted to approve the memorial. what mattered was not what women have done, what barriers they have broken or how they had served. what mattered was that they held the nation's dying suns. and so all these stories of confliction -- there are stories in actual women's lives that illustrate these contradictions and these confliction is about what really means, and i hope you share some of those with you, but just in general this

without anyone batting an eye, there could come a day when it would be considered flogging in the navy or elsewhere cruel and unusual throughout the world. and the most well known example i think is the most famous case in this court, brown versus board of education because at the time, people wrote the 14th amendment and then interpreted it in plethy versus ferguson, they probably in good faith believed that separate but equal was somehow going to help the people who the 14th amendment was aimed at helping. but certainly by 1954, it had become absolutely apparent that what that phrase meant was two societies and one was kept down and the other wasn't. absolutely contrary to the purpose of the 14th amendment. and therefore the court must look at those words, a state shall not deny any person equal protection of the laws through the lens of what actually happened. not through the lens of what someone thought might happen on the ground factually in 1787 or in 1872 or 1865 or when they decided plethy versus ferguson 80 years before 1954. >> is he done? [laughter] >> well, as far as the eq

speaker, once again were committed to the aircraft carriers and to the program that is necessary for the navy and for the defense of our country. and where going ahead with the aircraft carrier program because we believe on the recommendations of our defense staff, that it is the right thing to do. i think he's right to say that it would be far better if there were all party consensus on this issue. and that we have support from the opposition party on aircraft carriers. and there is silence on this issue today suggests, the silence on this issue today, the size on this issue today suggests that they cannot commit themselves to the aircraft program. and as the shadow chancellor has hinted, it may be one of the first cuts under a conservative government. i think the public is owed an answer from the conservatives about what their position really is. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, in view of the answer which the prime minister gave to his honorable friend a few questions ago, could he say why, when stonecutters are running at more than 3600 deaths of children in the first seven days of life aren't

the conflict in afghanistan. our military officials searching for a missing crew member from a u.s. navywent down earlier today in the north arabian sea. the military reports the plane was returning from support operations in afghanistan with 4 people on board when it experienced what the navy is calling a mishap around 10:00 this morning eastern time. we're told rescuers were able to reach three of the crew members. the plane is an e-2-c hockey. it is said to pack -- hawkeye. dangerous weather conditions are easy for it. we are told it was stationed aboard the aircraft carrier ussd dwight highway -- eisenhower. the top story as we go across america. >> iowa. students in norris springs gathering pennies for some of their counterparts in pakistan. teacher says the pennies can go a long way. >> a penny doesn't mean much to us. but a penny in pakistan can buy pencils and paper and all the school supplies that they need. >> shepard: the kids raised more than $320. michigan. police say he robbed a bank in south field while posing as a woman. the surveillance video shows the guy in a dress, ha

a few weeks, months later, i was on the ground in afghanistan, head of the navy's anti-terrorism unit for a short mission. i watched as the taliban and al qaeda flowed across the boarder to pakistan and then came that tragic misadventure in iraq. we took that oedipus -- edfass of security in special forces and others, and what we might better have done with the other elements of the power, such as fix the lit rah -- illiteracy rate of women in afghanistan which is 98%, never occurred. i support the president's policies because now in afghanistan we've spiral -- not because of afghanistan, but because of pakistan, the most dangerous place in the world. it should have sent chills down everyone's back when general haden, three years ago, said al qaeda has a safe haven in pakistan where we cannot go. several hundred of those criminals there to plan safety against us. i support the president's policy because, as general gates said in a closed hearing in december, we need to seal that border. so as pakistan, once united, now again with us, moves to north waziristan, through the taliban on i

civil air patrol for about a month, and i joinedk because when i get older i'm interested in joining the navy and it's just something i enjoy doing. >> in 1941, world war ii had been raging for two years, but the u.s. was still on the sidelines. the civil air patrol was started just a few days before the japanese attacked pearl harbor. during the war, c.a.p. helped guard our borders, even sinking some german submarines. since then, c.a.p. has turned to more peaceful purposes. >> basically it has three missions -- aerospace education, emergency services and cadet programs. >> for example, during hurricane katrina, c.a.p. helped with disaster relief, flying in badly needed supplies and water. >> of all the things i've gotten to do in civil air patrol, the most memorable would probably be my very first fight because before that to tell you the truth, i was afraid of going in airplalanes. but my first flight changed that. >> i've been up two other times before and thankfully i haven't really had that much problem with flying. like i haven't thrown up or anything. >> my job is to fly cadets and in

drills are under way at the washington navy yard, the naval port facility in anacostia, naval research laboratory and naval support facility in maryland. the goal is to test the response to threats and emergencies. >>> this is spectacular video of an active volcano. scientists were able to get a close look at the volcano near a glacier in southern iceland. the volcano began erupting over the weekend. scientists are concerned the eruptions could cause the glasher to melt. that would lead to flooding. the trail of lava right now is over five football fields long, we understand. so far authorities have moved 500 people out of that area, and international flights have been diverted. >>> we still have a little time before the rain comes, i think, to get outside and enjoy a little sunshine. let's talk to tom kierein about how soon the clouds will roll in. tom? >>> mild temperatures, too, this afternoon, but that will be the end of it for a number of days. it will be turning much cooler beginning tomorrow. here's our sunrise look this morning going back in time to just past dawn. our sunrise

it is unacceptable to the taxpayer, a the navy, the marines, and all the international partners there depending on this aircraft we describe the situation in december. as a part of the fiscal year 2011 budget, secretary gates describes some of the steps he is taken to restructure the program and to put it on a more realistic schedule and budget. these are important steps. i would give you more detail today, but i would also like to emphasize that it has taken a couple of years for the program to fall behind and the department is going to need to aggressively manage this program years into the future as it transitions from development into production. we're going to be looking for a program, as i know this committee will, to show progress -- to show progress against a reasonable set of objectives. i will describe the elements. the elements must be on restoring a key aspect of this airplane. you have spoken this work already. affordability. you know that we have conducted several reviews. your staff has those reviews. i will not repeat what they indicated at this time. just to rewind th

the new qdr directs the navy and air force for a new concept of defeating adversaries with some of these antiaccess and aerial denial capabilities that i just mentioned, which in turn will help guide the development of future capabilities that will be needed for effective power projection operations. and some of these antiaccess and aerial denial weapons can be low tech weapons such as mines or small boots using swarm tactics and sometimes can be as effective -- just as effective in creating these denied areas. could you kind of give us your views on the development of this new air, sea battle concept so far? where does centcom fit in the overall concept and development and implementation on that concept. >> i can't really give you all that much because it's in very much the conceptual state of kansas. -- state. it's on dealing with what we know exists right now and could exist in the near term with what we have right now and know we'll have in the near term. that really is our focus although we again do get the opportunity to contribute to the services developing these concepts. >> okay

all the while navy vessels are off the coast.terday, the za han dennedded itself and managed to avoid being seized. yesterday two other ships did not have private security guards and were seized and are steaming for the somali coast so there's something wrong. >> clearly, but when all this -- after all, people probably know it's a lawless country with no government and they used to fish out there and all the fish got taken away and they're -- what they claim is since we can't finish fish, we're going to high jack you and we have that right. the thinking has been if the companies would spend more money, they'd be able to protect themselves. i guess some of the shipping companies say these ports are dangerous and to have our people armed is -- i don't know how they come up with it but they say it's a bad thing. >> well, the concern by some is that if you put armed personnel onboard some merchant ships, the pirates will use more extreme measures in order to seize ships in the future. there's a bogus argumentative they're going to us

for example, both the navy and air force had made significant manpower reductions during the last 10 years totaling some 77,000 personnel. to achieve such reductions, they used measures not only to reduce the numbers of new recruits but also to entice and force people to leave this service. in short, both services in times of war for the good of service reasons, have denied service to tens of thousands of persons who otherwise qualified to serve and wanted to serve. such actions only reinforce the congressional funding in 1993 that there is no constitutional right to serve in the military. the department data for the last 10 years reduce the argument that the repeal of section 64 is a military necessity and supports the statement that current law appears to be working well. if you disagree with regard to the conclusion, we would like to hear from you today on this point. before closing, i would like to come back to some critical questions raised from the letter and ask for assurances from mr. johnson to that the committee adjust them in detail. a critical area that needs to be examin

. ♪ in the navy >> the army has got to have a good beam named after them. love navy soup. >> yes. it is good with ketchup. and congestion. introducing sudafed pe® triple action™. for more complete relief from the sinus triple threat. sudafed pe® triple action™. more complete relief. [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every day. ♪ - be my wife. - miss dimitra, marry me. - marry me. - marry me. - marry me. - be my wife, please. ( bells tolling ) ( all cheering ) ha ha ha! announcer: introducing the kohler karbon faucet. >>> the daily flashback. pink floyd unleashes songs like brain damage. and also sparked the totally insane idea that you can play "dark side of the moon kw" as you're watching the wizard of oz. let's just say i tried it and it doesn't work. >> you keep t

when my son goes into combat and would like to be in the united states navy reserve providing help to the marines. they won't let me because i'm 60 years old. though would you give me a age waiver. on thursday i came to see the president. the president headed up the paperwork. he paced outside the oval office and checked with them to see that he had gotten the paperwork. of give you a quick answer. not quick enough for me. i'm leaving at 2:00 tomorrow. give it to joe hagen, my colleague. they gave him another age waiver. he passed basic training at the age of 61, was commissioned in november or december of 2007 as a lieutenant commander in the navy. last april he sent me photographs from his surgery room and surgery speech suite in baghdad. a little bit of complain that he was doing too many sports injuries and thought he would be better used if he was in afghanistan. has pictures of him in front of an osprey. the supply run so that he could have lunch with the sun to was then serving. peccable weeks ago he deployed eployed to afghanistan. >> karl rove, "courage and consequence." >> k

when my son goes into combat in march, i would like to be in the united states navy medical reserve, providing health care to the marines but they won't let me baz eem 61. will you give me an age waiver. and part of my last week at the white house was spent getting his paperwork, checking him out and getting him in the hands of pete pace. when thursday came to see the president and the president handed him the paperwork i saw pace outside the office, outside the oval office after he finished the meeting on other subjects. checked with him to see that he had gotten the paperwork. he said i'll give you a quick answer. i'm leaving tomorrow at 3:00. and get it to joe hagan, my colleague. and sure enough, they gave him an age waiver. he passed basic training at the age of 61, was commissioned in november, december of 2007 as a lieutenant commander in the navy. he sent me last april photographs from his surgery room and surgery suite in baghdad with a little bit of complaint that he was doing too many sports injuries and he felt he would be better used in afghanistan. pictures of him in fro

. >> the navy hospital ship has returned after its mission to haiti. haiti. >> it is time to check your lottery tickets from last night, especially if you live in and around the county. -- if you live in and around account. the numbers. 1-3-5-17-26-40. players may win by matching numbers on one line, but to win the big jackpot, players must match all six numbers on one line. >> researchers at vanderbilt university say they are zeroing in on the most effective ways of treating likes most threatening strokes. doctors had several options when it comes to treating ischemic strokes, which are caused by blockages in a blood vessel. researchers looked at the success rate of all the treatment techniques. the two most effective techniques were placing stents and clot breaking drugs and directly into the brain. the average american eats about 20 teaspoons of sugar a day, about 300 calories just from sodas, processed foods, and sweet. that is the main argument for that use a process sweeteners, but is there a cost to your health? >> a trip to the grocery store can

when i was putting things together last night for this, the phrase -- remember the navy recruiting phraseis not just a job, it is an adventure? that is the way people used to feel about journalism. it was an adventure. it was an exciting pursuit. you were doing the people's business. it is not an adventure anymore. it is kind of like a bad amusement park ride. the economic conditions are so rough for the media right now that i think there are a lot of factors that have made a lot of -- there is less reporting and a lot more opinion out there now. i think there are a lot more websites that sort of espouse a lot of opinions, and i think people can read what they want to read that agrees with them. i think a lot of times they are not getting different perspectives. i also think the talking heads on television kind of reinforced this. they can be very shrill. it can be very sensationalistic. do we need another story about brittany spears's underpants or sandra bullock's cheating husband or whatever the story du jour is? i think there is not enough substantive stuff. there is out there, obvio

the navy bond is stronger than the senate bond. go ahead.it. >>> let's bring in "washington post" associate editor, pulitzer prize winning columnist eugene robinson. good evening, gene. gene, we are looking at a 73-year-old senator who will be 74 by the time he is re-elected if he is re-elected and he is asking the voters of arizona to keep him on as their senator until he is 80 for what possible reason after just confessing that he is no longer capable of doing the job? >> well, lawrence, you rep tip o'neill said all politics is local. for john mccain all politics is personal. i think clearly the defeat at the hands of president obama in 2008 still rankles, really rankles for senator mccain. and i think he has decided that he wants to leave the senate on his own terms, not on j.d. hayworth's terms, his certain primary opponent in arizona. and so he has taken a stand. it is a bizarre stand to say send me back here, and by the way, i'm not going to do anything. >> with mccain there is always the question of his personality, of his character,

finally they were nabbed, six pirates and one corpse taken into custody by the spanish navy. rate boat's full of holes, a lot of fighting going on from both sides. uni ware -- unaware if anyone was hit on the panamanian ship. jon: there are some implications here, aren't there? >> reporter: yeah. there's a big debate going on in sort of the piracy security community whether it's a good thing or not to have private security guards on these ships. one expert told me it was deeply worrying, what happened this week. the international navies are piling on pressure, the pirates are taking on more extreme measures in the last six months. we have seen a real increase in violence on the high seas, add into that mix these private security guards which are increasingly being used by ships and you've got sometimes a deadly combination. they cannot always be well trained and that's when things get really dicey. another insider told me that, in fact, the private security guard on the ship that was attacked off the course, they were african, somali, kenyan, maybe not quite up to western stan

. >>> a happy homecoming for the navy comfort. iis back in baltimore after two months haiti. john henrehan was there as the crew was reunited with their family. >> reporter: long before the comfort appeared on the horizon in baltimore harbor, family memberassembled at the dock to welcome home sons and daughters who rushed the hospital ship to haiti to help earthquake victims. this family drove in from ohio. >> i imagine a lot of stress. it's our son's first deployment. he learned a lot and happy to come home. >> reporter: as the comfort slowly made its way to the dock, a mom from fredricksburg, virginia arrived. >> i'm glad they are coming back and they are safe. >> reporter: kids from two catholic schools came to welcome home. they scrambled out in 3 1/2 days rather than the normal 5 days for major deployment. kids got excited. >> the comfort is back and made it safely. >> reporter: finally members of the crew got reunited with its families. lieutenant commander tom olivero was surprised at the appearancof his son antonio. >> he is getting big. two months i've been gone, he's

[laughter] african-americans served in the navy during the civil war as well, but once again all of these are models. they don't represent any one particular african-american. inside the rotunda of the u.s. capitol there is a bust of dr. martin luther king jr., but this is washington. we like full-sized statues. we really like to put them in the middle of the street where we have to drive in circles around them. so we're not going to count this either. so where in washington, d.c. is the only statue of a real african-american man on public land? and as a bonus, where in washington is the only statue of a real african-american woman? the answer, they're both in the same place. linkin park. in the middle of linkin park is a statue called freedom's memorial. it's a statue of president lincoln with a freed slave at his feet. that freed slave is a real person named archer alexander. whoa. technology, you know? let's back up to -- am i doing this, or is it doing it by itself? there we go. there we go. and i want to read you a little bit about freedom's memorial. linkin park, located on east cap