the navy, marine corps are america's awaiting. ou report on day after day. the 19,000 marines and afghanistan. also today in the middle east and iraq and afghanistan 12,000 sailors on shore like doing more for reconstruction team zandt during counter ied duty. we have more sailors on the ground than we do at the sea in the central command. but today we have ships off the horn of africa fighting powers. we have ships around africa engaged in the africa partnership station, ships in asia engaged in the asia partnership and around south america during the same thing. we can do everything from high in conventional warfare through a regular warfare through humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to partnership building and we do it all with the same equipment on the same platforms and all using exactly the same people. we have to be flexible. we have to be ready for whatever comes over the horizon because as smart as the people who do the planning, as far sighted as we can be, we simply cannot provide for every individual with a. we

of the navy and marine corps. want to thank my colleagues for bringing this important measure before the house. this bill has the co-sponsorship of an overwhelming majority of this house. it has been part of the house passed national defense authorization act for the last eight years. if is time this change was made and i want to thank representative jones for his tireless efforts in this regard. the national security act of 1947 defines the marine corps, army, navy and air force as separate services, each with distinct statutory mission. by designating each service's commanding officer as an equal member of the joint chiefs of staff, the goldwater-nichols act reinforced the idea that we have four separate services. this bill supports that notion. mr. speaker, the purpose of this bill is to provide the marine corps equal recognition among the services that it deserves, even while it preserves the historical relationship that the navy and the marine corps have enjoyed for over 200 years. i urge my colleagues to sup

they said i was courageous in changing the navy purity but the in the cross hairs -- in the navy. in the cross hairs. they did not say anything about me. they say more about him. in washington, d.c., to many career politicians -- too many career politicians have scare tactics because i cannot run on issues. -- they cannot run on the issues. he actually permitted millions to be kicked out of the veterans administration -- anyone who made more than $13,000. there was an increase of funding for events -- for veterans who came home from iraq. i got some of them back in. we increased the funding for posttraumatic stress disorder by $10 billion. i went to washington for the right policies, for working families. >> that is your time. let's see if we can resolve -- there have been some controversies in this campaign. let's try to clear them up early in this debate. the question goes first to the congressman. congressman, much has been made about the circumstances under which you left the navy. let's try to clear that up. senator, there has been talk about former senator santorum supporting

he will not disclose any documents from the navy, such as performance reviews. however, the way the ad is worded, in excess sound -- and makes it sound that he was kicked out of the navy entirely or maybe he was drunk and ran a ship aground. host: how has he responded in his ads then to mr. specter? guest: his strategy has been to invoke swift boating, the infamous attacks on john kerry's military service in 2004. in those attacks, people were accusing john kerry of having made up his military exploits in vietnam to get medals and other assorted things. much more serious than having a disagreement with a new boss. he is very defensive about it. his latest ad has groups of veterans saying, he is repeating the high points of this career, saying -- one of them says to tell our inspector to stop lying. they all say, we have only one thing to say. they also lose. -- the all salute. it has been a response of tactics. they feel that this will remind democratic voters that there'll be a backlash. it over my democrats of things they do not like about arlen specter. he has

the u.s. navy has a new road map for the arctic and they are studying the feasibility of a deep-water port. in support of their efforts, i have introduced legislation that directs the department of defense and home life -- homeland security to study the need for a port. i think we will find from the study whether it is in the strategic interest of the country to build a port and where it would be located. it would not only served our military and coast guard needs, but as we develop and seymour shipping, a deep-water port could provide valuable support. the coast guard has also embarked on a high-lead to a study to determine what and the structure they might need to be prepared for a ice-diminished arctic. it is finally determine what the needs are and actively work to provide those resources. i have stated, and i know many of you in the room have heard this, i think we are at a critical time. there seems to be a couple of paths we can take in regards to international relations. one is a pack of co

to be the department of navy and marine corps. and i want to thank 426 co-sponsors of this legislation for joining us yesterday. and, mr. speaker, the history on this issue is this is the house of representatives, not with a vote on the floor of the house, but in the committee, the armed services committee, has put language in the house armed services authorization bill that would do the same thing and that is to say that the department of navy would become the department of navy and marine corps. the reason yesterday was very important that we would have this vote on the floor of the house was to say to the senate, who for 10 years has stopped this effort to recognize two great services, the navy and marine corps, which are known as one fighting team and would carry the name the department of navy and marine corps, it would say to the senate, please take a look at this and please look at this seriously because this is important to a large number of people in both the navy and marine corps. there is no cost to this. this does not a

a very harsh rivalry between the army that thinks they are almost as good as the navy. ou know, as he went from one side to the other, i remember watching. what i remember more than that, was at the end, those two teams, the youth of our nation, about to where the ce] this nation came together and shook one another's hand. that's us demopjats. [applause] at the end of the day, we have come togeo her for a shared prince pell let's come together. lepins rtretreber our president uteeds someone down this becaus john f. kennedy didn't have it quite right when he said one man can make a difference and another man can try. it does take a ne ouber of men and women to make it right. lepins come tone aeo her and be public servant always accountable to you. thank you all very remch. [applaus [ ♪ ] calls are next on washington journal. the house is in live at- eastern. >> after a look at yesterday's primary vw ing results, more about the gulf oil spin. at 8:30 eastern, we'll talk about the economy and jmprs witm peter

of the blue angels and we show middle america, there's not much ocean in the middle of kansas and the navyut there and they don't get to see us. for us to have the opportunity to go to wisconsin and idaho and someone in middle america so moms and dads and aunts and uncles get a chance to see what they're serving members are doing, it's a really, really great experience. and you stop traffic all over the country probably. >> well, we try not to. >> well, you always do. i've pulled over many times to watch overhead. we're coming to the end of the segment. we'll join you online. national geographic did a special on the blue angels. you can maybe find it on youtube. and when it's overwith, you'll sit back and say, my goodness! it's really special. we're so proud of you. >> thank you. >> and from dundalk high school. >> huge round of [ applause ] . where is it. there it is. [ cheers and applause ] . >> and lieutenant john thompson, we'll see you online and we'll do some first warning weather and sharon gibala has traffic control. we'll return after this.s.,,,,,, >>> go to wjz.com, watch the web

so i said where's the other navy guide? show him the boats. >> boats?r? but there were a few inflatable zodiacs tucked away on the bow. despite conditions julian butler and the second navy diver were able to get one launched. >> now passengers had to jump in and they would then be pulled into the zodiac, but could they persuade passengers to jump into the freezing sea? karen win the her spent a long night in the lounge pondering what it would feel like to drown. >> do you pass out first? does your heart stop? is there pain? >> you really thought you were going to die. >> absolutely. >> as she waited for her husband. >> lor inbetts approached and she pointed to my husband and said you take that one, that one, that one and that one. make your way to the front of the ship and you get them to jump. >> jump? that was not something karen was willing to do, besides she cut her foot and it was bleeding and this coastline was notorious for sharks. >> i had this bandage soaked full of blood and i thought -- >> there are sharks. >> sharks. >> saw between swells, t

was it the secretary of the navy job? >> anything that goes beyond that we won't talk about. >> let me ask about elements of how you'll campaign. what specifically would you advise the president to do with regard to tackling the debt? what painful choice would you advocate as a united states senator either on the spending side or the tax side? >> there's three major areas. first, pay as you go, which we know president clinton used to get his three budget deficits were thrown out, and you need to look at if you want a new program, you have to cut another program. we have that, but there's too many caveats to do that. we need to do that on the mandatory discretionary side. right now it's just the mandatory side. second, health care. the largest increase over the next 50 years in our budget is medicare and medicaid. can we do it? sure. and as we have two programs that are in this new health care bill, it begins to reward and incentivize for quality of care not quantity of care. that is that if somebody is, after a heart opera

redesignate the department of navy as the department of navy and marine corps. and he further states, dear colleague, i will read paragraphs. it is not possible to overstate the service and sacrifice of any man or woman who wears or has worn the marine corps uniform whether at iowa jima or today. that is why i'm writing you to urge to co-sponsor s. 504 a bill to rezregget the department of navy as the department of navy and marine corps. he does state and i'm not going to repeat, that he praises the house of house of representatives we passed h.r. 24. he further states in his letter to his colleagues in the senate, i hope you will join me in recognizing our nation's force and readiness, our marine corps and those who serve in it as equal to other armed forces. to co-sponsor s. 504. his p.s., i want to read this as well. one only has to watch the current acclaim special television production "pacific" to understand why marines everywhere are expressing their heartfelt support for what they believe is a long overdue oversight. the marines and veterans in your state

i saw that with some wonderful leaders in the u.s. navyfrom my father for many years who was just laid to rest in the arlington cemetery. but i honestly believe that type of approach has to be regained in the washington. for far too long, and i have only been a three years, and yes, i am running against the democratic establishment, but i admire and respect, but kelly disagree with it -- we're not rendellites, bidenites, the democrats who believe that you stand up for what is right for working families and let the chips fall as they may. >> two minutes. >> i would choose franklin delano roosevelt. he was the hero of the specter household when i was growing up. but my parents were immigrants and the times were very tough for our family and the wichita, kansas. he pulled us out of the depression. that was in my mind when i voted for the stimulus package to avoid another 1929 depression. president roosevelt took on the tough guys, very much as i took on the tea party gained on the town meetings. a cover every one of pennsylvania's 67 counties

i'll contact emergency services. >> the trial for a navy seal, matthew mccabe who is charged with theeged beating of a terror suspect starts today down in norfolk, virginia. this after two other navy seals who were charged with failing to protect the detainee were already acquitted. joining right now is the lawyer for navy seal petty officer first class julio hartas, monica lombardi joins us from virginia beach. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we've gone through two of these trials already and in both cases, both the navy guys were acquitted. why would this case with the same evidence and essentially the same witnesses and everything else, why would this be any different? >> well, it shouldn't be any different. you mean, we're hoping for the same outcome. you know, the difference, is of course, this is the alleged assaulter. petty officer mccabe was supposedly the one who threw the punch. >> right. exactly. and there is also the damning testimony from a petty third class officer, demartino. tell us what he's said in the past two trials. apparently, he wasn't keeping his story

we'd like the department of navy to commission a navy destroyer ihis name. the father put in infoation, received the congressional medal of honor for his heroism in this line of firen vietnam. he was sent there as a chaplain, but he quickly became much more as heecame a friend and accompanier of every soldier in the battlefield. he could have come home after a year's service, b instead h stayed and earned the name of the grunt padre, because with his fellow marines he raced into battle and was at his side all the way. on the morning of september 4, 1967, during the operation swift , the first baalion, fifth ma enas, encountered the vietnams -- i ask the gentleman for 15 seconds more to conclude my remarks. mr. skelton: allow it, please. mr. mcmahon: on that day, the father lost his life. he cou have come home, but as a great priest, as a great man of fith, he stood by his fellow soldiers and gave his life today. we are asking the navy to name a ship after him. i thank the chairman, i thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield the balance of my ti. the chairman: time

it was the environmentalists joined the navy in the name of the whales. it got to the ninth circuit court of appeal which said, no, we're not going to do this and let that be litigants, but in theory animals can be granted standing. the example was of congress decided to pass a law, but realize today in court anything can happen and you just have to find that right judge to declare that animals have a right to sue. in europe the european court of human rights has taken the case out of austria. in austria animal rights activists brought a lawsuit to have a chimpanzee declared a person so that the chimpanzee could have a guardian named for it in the same way that the dependent child when have a guardian angel. the supreme court of austria said we're not going there, no way out. the court of human rights, european court of human rights accepted the case. or it is now pending. it doesn't mean they will say yes to the chimpanzee is a person, but often the court doesn't take a case because they plan on setting out. and it certainly means that they take the issu

the study was put out by the navy supply school. it says that it is not clear if this is the effect of the academy's themselves -- academies themselves with a type of people that they attract. what's postulate that we send everyone to rotc and turned the academyies into the sandhurst like britain. with those guys and gals who do have the intention of staying longer, would they still stay in longer? this study comes to the conclusion that we have no evidence that is true. it is true that right now, they do tend to stay in longer. it is not clear if that is the effect from being in the academy. callerhost: jim on the democra'' line, go ahead. caller: do you get a decent education in conjunction with what you have on your reading list? would they ever have any books in there that question some of the more idiotic wars that we've gotten involved in in our lifetime? that is what bothers me most about the military academies. give me your impression on that. guest: the naval academy as a little different from the other service academies. we

it might be an admiral in the navy. that is someone who has been in 30 years or so. host: 11 joins the military, you can look at the chart of what your basic pay and you look at a number of years out. this goes 20 or 30 years out. guest: military compensation is different than what most of us are used to in the civilian world. does not just the salary. your basic salary is only one part of your compensation. you also get a basic allowance for assistance and housing in addition to that. an e1, is a basic level coming into the military out of high school, they would make about that much in basic pay but when you get in what they get for subsistence and housing allowances and the tax breaks they get because they do not pay the income tax or payroll tax on their allowances, they end up with total compensation at about $36,500. but as someone right out of high school. that is good compensation. that is about $17.50 per hour on an hourly rate compared to the federal minimum wage at $7.25 per hour. host: boise, idaho, an independent, go ahead. caller: does this include the b

senate armed services committee -- he was the father of the nuclear navy. he testified a year after i left that there were these bad things that this professor was saying about the academy. the naval academy was producing the worst of all of the officer programs, the worst officers. host: his colleagues suggest nothing has changed. guest: i have only been there 23 years. i was born in 1954. i do not go back to the eisenhower fine. i think we have loaded -- we have had football forever. football was not as professionalized in the 1950's. it is much worse now. all of the other colleges are going much further in their recruiting. we feel we have to as well. the larger question of if it is appropriate to produce officers with what i call the situation of micro-control that we do have at the academy and not at rotc, we do not have evidence it produces better officers and is more expensive. why have them at all? i am supposed to be the big picture guy. why do we have them at all? caller: i am very familiar with the affirmative action. can he comment if there is an

all of you will be able to say you served in the most powerful, best equipped, most prepared navy andmarine corps the world has ever seen and that is not a hyperbole. i have watched you in my 17 trips to afghanistan and iraq. a young captain was manning the post with six others who not only demonstrated and returned fire but was able to explain to me in great depth the history of the two trouble competing -- t wo tribal competing areas. you are prepared in a way that you have to be in the order for us to lead the world. the navy today is truly a global force for good with missions more diverse than ever before. there are 2000 marines in afghanistan. there are 13,000 sailors in iraq and afghanistan. there are 9000 more afloat in the waters of the region. they are fighting pirates in thhorn of africa, at drug- traffickers in the waters around south america. station. correa -- stationed near korea, projecting power. you respond to national disasters and literally save lives at the same time spreading good will and support for america everywhere you go. folks, no graduating class kids to

for example, the navy wanted 32 of the next-generation destroyer. because of increasing costs, we will three. -- will build three. the air force wanted more tn 200, we built 2 the changes we have made in the procurement are renamed -- arena represent a start. more is needed. the defense of art must take a hard look at every aspect of how would is organized -- the defense department must take a hard look at ever aspect of how it does business. is this respectful of the american taxpayer at time of economic and fiscal distress? is this activity or arrangement the best use of limited dollars, given the pressing needs we have to take care of our people, win the wars we are in, and invest in our abilities to deal with future threats? no real progress towards savings is possible without reforming our budgeting practices and assumptions. too often, but it's are divvied up each year as a straight-line -- budgets are divvied up each year as a straight-line projection of the year before unlikely -- they are very rarely -- of the year before. they are very rar

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we cannot let the navy to turn over 2/3 of the oceans. i have answered every one of his legitimate concerns. there were a couple of people with me in a small meeting. it did not matter. it has become an article of faith and i think the the litmus give everything to the un, does not seem to be -- and there will be a debate this afternoon. the present from the heritage foundation -- the president from the heritage foundation is here. good. give me the ethics of this issue and why you have drawn your conclusion. >> i am catching a flight out of the country. >> that is the nub of the issue. those familiar with the issue and the pragmatics of the convention, the history of the negotiations, the deals that had to be cut to make this thing work, their own particular interest and trying to pull everything on. we never thought these things would happen. we started out with drawing lines around the islands and everything else was internal waters. that developed into the passage and the concept of the waters. t question.ivili >> this convention was

we were wax, we were in the navy. there were these many women doing these different things. we would really like your support for the memorial. and the vfw 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 tried a different approach that and that time she said one thing. she went before the got and she said when i was in the non-some man's son died in my arms and i want to thought and his mother should know that i was there for him. and she laughed and devoted, and they voted to approve the memorial. what matters was not women had done, what barriers that broken, or how they had served, what mattered was that held the nation's dying sun. so all the stores of conflicti confliction, there are stories in women come in actual women's lives that illustrate these contradictions and these confliction's about what this really means. i hope to share some of those with you, but just in general this is a kind of great confliction. it's a time of a lot of advant

they flew right to my position, the diver came down in there, u.s. navydown in to the storm for me, that is the bravest anything i've ever seen anybody do in my life. >> reporter: researchers think they found a way to remove the search from search and rescue. >> it should be near instantaneous. >> reporter: in a reverse gps. >> out of the box, we will have a good location to head straight for instead of going off in to a general direction. >> reporter: not only would it find people faster it would find them anywhere on earth. >> complete global coverage except underground and under water. >> the ground station is already at goddard. the next step is tacking hardware on to a new generation on weather stat lites. . >>> the new search and rescue network will need years to work. >>> a trooper manages to make an arrest after breaking his own leg. the trooper pulled a speeding vehicle over on interstate 270. police say the 22-year-old driver ran away. the trooper broke his leg while chasing the man down an em bankment but managed to pull the suspect to the grou

ladies and gentleman, you also by the secretary of the navy, george bancroft, chose this site for the naval academy. it was because of seclusion. it was supposed to rescue the midshipmen from the temptations and distractions of the bigger cities. he did not know armadillos or o'brien's would be hanging around here. [cheers and applause] i do not think he would pick the spot if he knew what annapolis look like today. for the few of you, like me who may be, as a consequence of the temptations, had engaged in minor disciplinary infractions i have never let that get in the way of talent. just as to me, john mccain, or a bunch of us. in keeping with the longstanding tradition, this is one of the two reasons i wted to come here and give this commencement. i like to forgive minor infractions. therefore, in a longstanding tradition, i hereby absolving all midshipmen who are on restriction for minor conduct offenses as of now. [cheers and applause] i know you hesitated sharing because you thought you might be identified. we are not that. we are not bad guys. look, i must tell you that i am gen

in the u.s. navy, if a navy captain runs a ship aground, they relieve him for cause, they don't say, "it's all right. i've got a deal for you." >> woodruff: the move defied democratic party leaders and even the white house, which sestak said had offered him a job in the obama administration if he would stand down. terry madonna, the director of the center for politics and public affairs at franklin and marshall college, says sestak, a former admiral, is an indefatigable campaigner, perhaps only rivaled by the man he's trying to defeat. >> i don't think i've ever seen a politician more driven., personally driven, and to the point where he will go anywhere, stay any amount of time, do whatever he has to do in order to win. and he doesn't care if he's speaking to five people, 500 or 5,000. >> reporter: and many democrats, like monica kline and gregory stewart, who campaigned early and tirelessly for president obama's campaign in the keystone state, were ready for sestak's message-- that specter's not som

but i went on to be granted a commission in the navy in 1951. i served for two admirals during the korean war. and i just have to say, for a fellow american who loves his country, even though he may be a democrat, i love a lot of democrats, but this is one he can truly say i love a lot better than i loved many of the people who are using tactics and strategy which i learned in college when a nice young guy with politics to get me to step down to the job i earned to a lesser job just because i wanted to be do what he wanted me to do. well, that young man in college, well trained, went on to serve president nixon, is but he went to jail for his efforts. mr. jon ehrlichman, a friend i knew, no longer with us to defend himself, but many of my friends know the whole story. i've learned politics the hard way. i've worked hard. i haven't made much money in my life, but i'm damn proud of my background, my father, who was wounded in world war i, my brother who served on battle ships at the end of the second world war, went on to be an aviator, served for

president obama welcomed the 2009 navy football team to the white house. he presented the midshipmen with their seventh consecutive trophy awarded to the winner among army navy and air force. they presented them with a ring commemorating their win over new jersey, the men's lacrosse teams hosts albany in an american east, the retrievers are 4-8 on the season but umbc has won seven straight games at home. >>> stephen strasburg is one step closer to the may years. they promoted the 2009 overall pick to aaa today. he will make his debut for the syracuse chiefs on friday. he finished seventh behind supersaver and is the only confirmed starter out of the run for the roses who will take him on next week. looking at lucky and jackson bends, go to pressboxonline.com and click on the preakness logo for the latest events information. . >>> tomorrow on good morning maryland, they died in the line of duty protecting us. how police and fire members have been honored every year for the last 25 years here in maryland. i'm megan pringle. the story is all coming up tomorro

the same. naturals from purina cat chow. jane: a u.s. navyrtial in a case that has sparked major controversy in the united states. matthew mccabe is his name facing charges for assaulting a terror suspect in iraq. the detainee is accused of taking part in a horrific aknack which the bodies of four american contractors were burned, mutilated and dragged through the streets of fallujah. steve centanni's at the courthouse, what's happening now? >> reporter: well, pretrial motions are underway. the actual testimony we expect to start tomorrow, but a very interesting filing by matthew mccabe's attorney today. he's claiming there was undue command influence from the top down to keep these charges against the three navy seals. now, for evidence he cites an exchange on "the o'reilly factor" on april 22nd, and we can listen to that first. here it is. >> cleeveland has the power to drop the cases, and he shouldn't -- >> i'm not sure that he does. >> he could do it. >> i've spoken to people close to him just today, and they think that he is really being

that more than anything when i said about the establishment trying to regain their trust like in the navy. i captain of a ship would always walk around have captain calls and sit down and listen. they'll follow you if they trust you to do anything. that's what washington has to regain. >> schieffer: it's a very interesting point. i absolutely take your point. but some people say that the reason that washington doesn't work now is because in order to get to washington, you have to have to raise so much money. you have to sign off with so many interest groups, back home before you get there. once you get to washington, you can't kploms. your positions are set in stone. how do you get around that. >> it wasn't an issue for me in this primary and it isn't going to be. look, if you took money out of politics, you'd solve 80% of all the problems. i want to co-sponsor a bill that will move us toward the public financing of campaigns. at the end of the day i can look someone in the eye and say i appreciate your support but i'm still going to do what's right. i did everything i wanted to do by 198

i'm in the navy. it is a distraction. host: what kind of weapons system were you working with? you stationed on the submarine or on a surface ship? caller: no, i am a sea bee. i've nothing against women in the u.s. forces, but think it would be a distraction for men under the sea for 60 days or more with a woman there in general. host: thanks for your call. first before taking your calls, we would check in with a staff writer. there will be a debate between two republican candidates running for the california governor position. june 8 is the primary. the insurance commissioner steve and a former ebay ceo are seeking to replace ardor schwarzenegger. c-span will cover this debate. ken, good morning. what should californians and people watching on c-span expect to see in the debate? what will some highlights it be? guest: this race has been about money, money, money. very unusual situation. you have two what the silicon valley people running for the gop nomination to contend against jerry brown, the former governor, the presumed democratic nominee. the race has been very unusual b

sunk by a north korean torpedo designed to explode in the same way as this tests conducted by the australian navy. the remains of just such a torpedo water found close to the wreckage. >> the retaliation was never an option by the south korean government because of the risk, but it has decided to cut trade links and banning north korean ships from its border. trade between the two still makes up a sizable chunk of north korea's struggling economy. >> speaking on a visit to beijing, hillary clinton said that america is standing firmly behind its south korean ally. >> our support for south korea's defense is unequivocal. president obama has directed his military commanders to coordinate closely with their korean counterparts. to ensure readiness, and to deter future aggression. >> the evidence of north korea's involvement in the sinking of the warship will not be taken to the un security council. america and south career looking for china's backing for tough international action. john ford bbc news. >> following hillary clinton bear on her tour, as she is in beijing -- what about that question? is

host: -- caller: the navy will throw away their medical waste. you will wind up with a lot of medical stop washing outcome whenever there is oil in the air, whenever there is war. oil will always washup. host: this is john calling from naples, independent line. caller: i was just calling to say that i read about a study, those of what we have used in the past to clean up oil spills has damaged more marine life and natural ecosystems than the oil, seeing as how it is a natural substance and the environment tends to fix itself better than whenever we get involved with detergents. host: thank you for calling in this morning, john. about eight more minutes of your phone calls on the federal response to the oil spill in the gulf. the president's nominee for the supreme court has yet to be determined. there were hearings over the summer in the judiciary committee. other picks that he has made, this is paul west's story writing in "of baltimore sun -- in "the baltimore sun." "working methodically and drawing fire from the left and the right, obama is gra

it could hurt research, because virginia is a major testing ground for the navy. >>> and it's friday morning and we're starting the weekend off right with this commute. take a look at 95 at 395, a a pleasant ride in both >>> it's 6:40 on a friday morning. hd radar not showing a whole lot out there. so we're not concerned about any showers. we will be watching to the west because out of there there could be a shower activity for the weekend. not talking about a wash out this weekend but definitely a chance of a shower or a thunderstorm on saturday afternoon or even sunday. we won't find a whole lot about an inch or two. lesser amounts in salisbury and d.c. in hagerstown .10 of an inch there. certainly a few clouds to deal with and that's not a whole lot to deal with. in fact, more sunshine will be coming through the day. southwest wind at 3 miles per hour and the humidity is 73%, the barometer is rising as high pressure continues to control our weather. 52 a bit cooler in salisbury, but 60 in hagerstown. oakland looking pretty good at 80 degrees. 80s is on the way more. the southeaster

. >> joe sestak relieved of duty fee in the navy for creating a poor command climate. >> back fire. rd air force two touches down near scranton where joe biden endorses the senator. >> america is coming back. it will be no no small part because of arlon spector. oh oh out vied veterans abuse spector of swift voting sestak. >> i want an apology for defacing. that's all i want. >> it is a dishonor to every veteran. >> april 28th. >> to do it for the purposes of one political ad vantage discredit our great democracy. >> sestak hit spector with his own counter attack. >> senator spector decided to base his campaign on baseless attacks on my character. >> they are understandable for arlon spector. what else does he have to run on? >> a republican record in a democratic primary? >> two polls show spector's lead evaporated to within the margin of error. i tax the stage to debate joe sestak. >> welcome to the one and only senate democratic debate for the year 2010. >> spector comes out firing. >> i want an afollowing from sestak. i have been in public service for 43 years nobody has ever cal

his next stop is that the navy yard bridge across the anacostia river. he gets to the bridge and all of the bridges are guarded by the military and they all have orders that no one leaves or enters after 9:00 p.m. at night. it is april 14th, the war is over for all practical purposes, the guards are very lax. the guards stopped him, questioned him, asked his name and he does something very strange, he gives his name, john wilkes booth. he said where are you going? he said i am going home. where is home? charles county. he said you must live in the village somewhere he said i do. in beentown. beentown is where dr. mudd lives. when. hit that bridge within 15 minutes of shooting lincoln he knew he was going to dr. mudd's house. of one nonsense that he never broke his leg. never would have heard of dr. mud. he was headed to that house from the beginning as his first state house stopover until saturday. so from here, he goes to the tavern which is 15 miles southeast of washington. this is the tavern and house built in 1852. it served as a post office. he died

by a north korean torpedo it designed to explode in the same way as this test conducted by the australian navy. remains were found close to the wreckage. military retaliation was never an option because of the obvious risk, but the response it has decided on, cutting trade links and banning ships, will have an impact. trade between the two halves still makes up a sizable chunk of north korea's economy. >> speaking on a visit to beijing, hillary clinton said america is standing firmly behind its allies. >> our support for south korea's defense is unequivocal. president obama has directed military commanders to coordinate closely with their counterparts to deter future aggression. co>> evidence will be taken to e un security council. america and south korea are looking for a tough international action. >> the british government ministers will be expected to take public transport to many of their meetings. civil service recruitment will be floated. britain's finance minister has unveiled $8 billion of public spending cuts. it is the start of a program to slash the budget deficit. >> the departmen

the next thought is that the navy yard bridge which crosses the river.ts to the bridge and all other brand -- bridges are guarded by the military and no one needs or interests after 9:00 p.m. at night. but it is able 14 in the guards are lax when booth writes that the sergeant questions him and asks his name and he says something very strange. he gives his name. i am john wilkes booth. he said where you going? i am going home. where is that? charles counties to make you must live in the village he said i live in be in town the. >> that is where dr. mudd lives. self when he hit that bridge within 50 minutes from the shooting wink and he knew he was going to do dr. blood's house it is nonsense if he never broke his leg he was headed there all along as his first save house stopover. from here he goes to the tavern that is 50 miles southeast of washington. this was built in 1852 and served as a post office but the postmaster died in 1862 levying mary was quite a few debts. and three children so in 1864 mary abandoned the tavern by leasing it to john lloyd $6

we talked significant slip -- concerns expressed by the navy and nasa. am fine with export trade and i expect many democrats in virginia are the same way. -- i am fine with the exploratory issue and i expect many democrats in virginia are the same y. >> audience members want to know where the 2012 democratic convention going to be held? [laughter] >> as soon as i announced that, nobody will be nice to meet in other cities so i am holding off on that. [laughter] the democratic process is that we are in preliminary discussions with a number of cities and i do not believe we will have an announced convention location until late this year or early 2011. we are deeply involved in discussions with a number of cities. keep those cards and letters coming. [laughter] >> we're almost out of time but before asking the last question, there are a couple of important matters. let me remind our members and guests of our speakers on friday, may 21. we have ted leonsis who will speak at a luncheon on sports and technology. rlon may 26, we will have barba bush, the younge

. >> joe sestak relieved of duty fee in the navy for creating a poor command climate. >> back fire. force two touches down near scranton where joe biden endorses the senator. >> america is coming back. it will be no no small part because of arlon spector. oh oh out vied veterans abuse spector of swift voting sestak. >> i want an apology for defacing. that's all i want. >> it is a dishonor to every veteran. >> april 28th. >> to do it for the purposes of one political ad vantage discredit our great democracy. >> sestak hit spector with his own counter attack. >> senator spector decided to base his campaign on baseless attacks on my character. >> they are understandable for arlon spector. what else does he have to run on? >> a republican record in a democratic primary? >> two polls show spector's lead evaporated to within the margin of error. i tax the stage to debate joe sestak. >> welcome to the one and only senate democratic debate for the year 2010. >> spector comes out firing. >> i want an afollowing from sestak. i have been in public service for 43 years nobody has ever called me

for example, the navy wanted 32 of the next-generation destroyer.ing costs, we will three. -- will build three. the air force wanted more than 200, we built 20. the changes we have made in the procurement are renamed -- arena represent a start. more is needed. the defense of art must take a ha look at every aspect of how would is orgized -- the defense department must take a hard look at every aspect of how it does business. is this respectful of the american taxpayer at time of economic and fiscal distress? is this activity or arrangement the best use of limited dollars, given the pressing needs we have to take care of our people, win the wars we are in, and invest in our abilities to deal with future threats? no real progress towards savings is possible without reforming our budgeting practices and assumptions. too often, but it's are divvied up eachear as a straight-line -- budgets are divvied up each year as a straight-line projection of the year before unlikely -- they are very rarely -- of the year before. they are very rarely reexamined. cons