aaron: the u.s. navy's games are set to begin this week in the gulf of alaska amid protests from local communities concerned about environmental damage. the navy is reportedly unleashing thousands of sailors, soldiers, airmen, marines and coast guard members along with several navy destroyers, hundreds of aircrafts, untold weaponry, and a submarine for naval exercises that will last -- naval exercises. the gulf of alaska is one of the most pristine places left on earth. the region includes critical habitat for all five wild alaskan salmon species and 377 other species of marine life. the navy's planned live bombing runs will entail the detonation of tens of thousands of pounds of toxic munitions, as well as the use of active sonar in fisheries. amy: the navy has conducted war games in the gulf of mexico -- the gulf of alaska, but these new exercises are the largest by far. they come at a time when scientists are increasingly worried about climate change causing arctic melting. meanwhile, the unprecedented m

some came from unscrupulous people including the burmese navy, the myanmar navy. who should protect them if they are nomads and don't belong to a state. >> they should be gip citizenship. in burma they are eligible for citizenship, but the government doesn't take the steps to ensure they be given i.d. cards allowing them to go from place to place. in thailand it's difficult. they are not given citizenship and they are suffering, being deprived of access to services and facing eviction from lands

the navy took this is a clear indication that president was returning and so they painted the building-white. it is all -- not navy grey, it is always. -- all white. i would like to welcome you to the harry s truman the white house. it is florida's official presidential museum and has been used by seven american presidents. it is camp david south. the little white house was built as a navy commanders home back in 1890. it served as a number of various commanders over a 100 year span. it was finally interrupted by the president staffed and frank and roosevelt and harry truman and dwight eisenhower and john kennedy and jimmy carter and bill clinton and the department of state and the department of defense. we seem to have a continuum to american history. this building was the largest building on the naval base. it was 9000 square feet. it was built originally as a paymaster and commanders home but by 1911 the new base commander realized things were getting a little snug. he merged into a single dwelling of almost 9000 square feet. at that time key west was the command headquarters for th

assistant secretary of the navy, a man by the name of theodore roosevelt. mckinley does not want him. he says, i want peace, and i am told your friend theodore is always getting into rows with everybody. i think we need someone who can get along with people. nevertheless, he appoints theodore roosevelt to be the assistant secretary of the navy. we will meet him again in this story, not to your surprise. if it had been possible to ask mckinley on his inauguration day, what is your presidency going to be like? what we you focus on? he would have said gold standard, cherubs and he was good on these issues and -- tariffs and he was good on these issues and he gets good grades for his domestic politics. it was a time when the country was prosperous, doing well, and certainly mckinley was good on domestic issues. what he would not have been able to predict is during his first

here in south philly the navy takes care of decommissioned ships. this property also is obviously home to some corporate offices like urban outfitters. we spoke to some business owners and some employees of some of the private businesses. they tell us that because this threat was not credible they're not worried. >> thank god fog did happen. and everybody reacted around here so fast. there were cops everywhere. i heard there were s.w.a.t. teams. we definitely feel safe. >> i'm not overly concerned at all. >> reporter: i did speak to a spokesperson for the navy in philadelphia. he told me that the decision to evacuate was specific to the government workers, to the navy workers, and that for any of the private employers it would have been their own decision to talk to their employees and to allow them to leave or decide to have them stay on campus. in south philadelphia i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. >>> from our nbc 10 delaware bureau, the search is on for purse thieves. new castle county police want to find this woman right here. they want to see

while this morning here at the navy yard it was certainly unusual and alarming. the rest of the afternoon continued on as though it were any other tuesday. >> business as usual. it's lunchtime. i got hungry people to feed. we can't close. people rely on us to be here. >> reporter: by the looks of the packed lunch hour at mercer cafe at the navy yard in south philly it's hard to believe that a possible terrorist threat forced government workers here and at the naval facility in the northeast to evacuate. >> here is an interesting concern. >> reporter: many employees of private businesses within the navy yard did not leave work. the threat was not credible. still, some were allowed to go if they didn't feel comfortable staying. others say they never heard anything from their bosses. >> if the company decided the threat wasn't enough to warrant evacuation. >> i think there actually was almost maybe kind of a threat of a threat but there was not an actual threat. so everything's good. >> reporter: mayor michael nut nutter weighed in explaining it's better to be safe t

he did serve in the navy but left as a sean first class. he was never in the udt no navy cross, no silver stars, no purple hearts. >> are you sure about those medals? >> oh, yes. >> you sure about the four purp hearts? >> oh, yeah. >> when i gave him a copy of his records from the 95y y navy, he showed me a certificate. admitted a school teacher friend made it on the computer and still per sited wh his tall tales. >> are you going to continue to tell the stories? >> well, thas what i did. >> fact that they sit through an hour of lies hit them hard. >> you are sad about it. >> yeah sorry. i'm not sad about about him'm sad about the ones that didn't co back. >> beyond uncovering another case of stolen valor. it's important to look at how the lies get thisar and how did it get to this? >> we were not expected to come back. >> the first documentation of hi lies comes from 2004, the interview for the veterans history project. the federal government has spent millnss collecting oral histories and cataloging them and they include him telling his ph

he did serve in the navy but left as a seaman first class. he was never in the udt no navy cross, no silver stars, no purple hearts. >> are you sure about those medals? >> oh, yes. >> you sure about the four purple hearts? >> oh, yeah. >> when i gave him a copy of his records from the 95y y navy, he showed me a certificate. admitted a school teacher friend made it on the computer and still per sited with his tall tales. >> are you going to continue to tell the stories? >> well, that's what i did. >> fact that they sit through an hour of lies hit them hard. >> you are sad about it. >> yeah sorry. i'm not sad about about him i'm sad about the ones that didn't come back. >> beyond uncovering another case of stolen valor. it's important to look at how the lies get this far and how did it get to this? >> we were not expected to come back. >> the first documentation of hi lies comes from 2004, the interview for the veterans history project. the federal government has spent millionss collecting oral histories and cataloging them and they include him

he did serve in the navy but left as a seaman first class. he was never in the udt no navy cross, no silver stars, no purple hearts. >> are you sure about those medals? >> oh, yes. >> you sure about the four purple hearts? >> oh, yeah. >> when i gave him a copy of his records from the 95y y navy, he showed me a certificate. admitted a school teacher friend made it on the computer and still per sited with his tall tales. >> are you going to continue to tell the stories? >> well, that's what i did. >> fact that they sit through an hour of lies hit them hard. >> you are sad about it. >> yeah sorry. i'm not sad about about him i'm sad about the ones that didn't come back. >> beyond uncovering another case of stolen valor. it's important to look at how the lies get this far and how did it get to this? >> we were not expected to come back. >> the first documentation of hi lies comes from 2004, the interview for the veterans history project. the federal government has spent millionss collecting oral histories and cataloging them and they include him

leaving in his place acting secretary of the navy, the assistant secretary of the navy, a man by the name of theodore roosevelt. so, along is home with the flu for four hours in the afternoon. roosevelt cables the maybe worldwide to prepare for war and begins to issue orders to purchase ammunition and supplies area he then sends a cable to admiral dewey and tells him to prepare to move the american fleet in the pacific to the philippines, which are controlled by spain and to prepare to attack the spanish in case of war. he then goes home with -- he happy with a good afternoon's work. mckinley was pragmatic. he did not want to be forced into war. he tells people the evidence that the maine was blown up is circumstantial at best. he is gentle about this. march 26, the grid iron club has their dinner. there featured speaker is the assistant secretary of the navy by the name of theodore roosevelt. he keeps popping up here. pounding his clenched fist into his open palm, roosevelt glares directly at the man sitting at the front table, the senator from ohio named mark hanna and says, we wil

of the u.s. navy officers, gerald ford compiled the longest record of service in the combat theater. growing up in grand rapids, michigan ford was an outstanding athlete and chose law school at yale over a professional career. shortly after pearl harbor, he enlisted in the u.s. navy reserve and was commissioned an ensign. he spent 10 months at a physical -- as a physical training instructor in north carolina then seeking sea duty in june 1943, he joined a newly commissioned by aircraft carrier , the uss monterey. serving as athletic director and gunnery officer and then as assistant navigator. during 18 months avoid -- a board the boat, he took part in numerous major naval actions earning the asiatic pacific campaign medal the nine engagement stars. nearly swept overboard during a massive typhoon in december 1944, and heavily damaged the uss monterey, he accompanied a vessel back to the united states and spent the rest of the war in duty with training command. he was relieved from active duty in early

she was born in 1911 and came into the navy in world war ii. with the start of the war, our nation needed the strengths and talents of everyone. the navy started the program women accepted for emergency volunteers or waev. she was one of the first women to join. she had a degree in business and was one of the first women to take courses at harvard. as the war moved out, women took on greater and greater roles. they went from administrators to intelligence specialists to parachute riggers and to gunnery technicians. maybe women were not allowed to serve overseas. until 1944. we decided that hawaii was once again safe enough, it was a base of planning operations and we we would send waev to help continue fight the war. lieutenant winnifred quick was selected with two of her friends to go and set the stage to bring in over 5000 wavsevs to support the war effort. she was pretty excited. she told me this remarkable thing happened. i was astounded at the story because i'm from colorado and nothing like this has ever happened to me. a denver millionair

and the u.s. navy. you can see some of the u.s. destroyers parked here behind me. we are waiting for the arrival of this ship the uss chancellorsville, a ticonderoga class missile cruiser. it's one of the largest and most powerful ships in the u.s. navy. this significance of its arrival here is that it is not a replacement, it is not one ship going home and another ship arriving, this is an additional ship being sent here to japan and it is part of president obama's give it to the pacific. -- pivot to the pacific. we are just gone out on a cruise in the harbor. this is a u.s. missile tracker that just arrived. you can see the enormous radars on the back. if you come over here, that is the pride of the japanese navy. it's the biggest ship to be built in the japanese navy since world war ii. but it is an aircraft carrier. what we see here is a buildup of these naval forces. what is it all about? it is not responding to the buildup, the fastest buildup of any navy in the world, and that's not far away, in

war planes and the unusual step the navy boo >> some are seeing green. e time line upegins at the bachelorett. and stay with us for th news at 11:00 11:00 followed by jimmy kimmel live. down load the free app and go to abc7 news.com. >> right? >> yes. >> that is it forhis edition of

they have operations here at the navy yard. i left three messages for them today. i have yet to hear back. on a final note we are expected to get more information throughout the afternoon from the navy on their twitter page and also i'm on their e-mail list. we will continue to monitor that for you and as soon as we do get an update we will bring it to you during the newscast. i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. >>> now to an nbc exclusive. >> the former naacp leader accused of pretending to be black broke her silence today. rachel dolezal sat down with matt lauer this morning on the "today" show. she stepped down as president of the naacp's spokane chapter yesterday. it happened after her estranged parents said she's a white woman trying to pass as black. it's something dolezal addressed. >> i really don't see why they're in such a rush to whitewash some of the work that i have done. this goes back to a very early age with my self-identification with the black experience. >> dolezal also rejected claims she puts on blackface as a performance. >> i have a huge issue

just for distribution overseas and they decided that they have a special program at the army and the navy where they would sell these hooks directly to them and then the army and name the -- navy could distribute them throughout the world. but they had to redesign the book. had to look like something but that never existed before so first of all they got rid of the hardcover and they had to sign the paperbacks. they also reduce the size of the books so the smallest books were 3.5 inches by five .5 inches and the larger sized paperback was 4.5 by 6.5. presses could not printed books this tiny because most books were 8.5 by 10 inches of publishers have to figure out how they would rent these things and they turn to magazine presses so they printed two books on top of one another on a magazine press and slice them in half read magazine presses couldn't use look paper because magazines are printed on better paper so publishers decided that's great because then we can make thinner books and they went up to the magazines by using paper that was the thickness of newsprint. both of these books ar

the vacations were orderer before 11:00 a.m. and navy personnel were told they had to leave and the threat protection level was raised to the highest level, charlie. >> we didn't get much information but that it was a charlie and we had to evacuate. >> there was no urgency and they made their way out of the storage center and shipyard in an orderly fashion, it's home to many businesses unrow lated to the navy. >> we saw cars and traffic in the middle of the day and it was very unusual and we were wondering what was going on here. >> liza owns the bella cafe, she received a message from the property owner that it was up to individual business owner fz they wanted to evacuate. >> it was only navy and government employees being dismissed. the show must go on so we rode it it out. the move was wise, within the hour the facilities were clear and the threat was called non-credible. >> i thought maybe i would get a half a day but i'm happy to have the customers. >> the fbi and the navy and police continue to investigate and like you said imagin

this is part of america's love affair with the navy seal. things we see within the pentagon is the special operations budget increases as other things are getting cut back. it is a very important part of strategy for the u.s. do you worry at all that as we all come to think of the navy seal as america's superhero, that they are then quietly, special operators, are asked to carry too much of the burden? rob: i believe that to be 100% of the truth. the more success they have, the more people want to give them. there are only so many deployments that you can do. brendan: and there is a problem training enough guys to do this. rob: correct. brendan: within the community, there is a problem with retention because they are being asked to carry so much of the burden of national security. rob: i would put it more in the line that deployment schedules are more extreme than they were a number of years ago. deployment schedules, if they are keeping them from more -- keeping them on the road for six to eight months longer at a time, it is more difficult

, to return to waters, the crew was found, with about $30,000 in cash after being intercepted by the navy on their way to australia. >>> asylum seekers, off the coast of australia and it has tough measures,. >>> they are set in the pacific island, and the military, sends tugboats back. >>> and he was asked whether the navy are paying the people $5,000 each to turn back their boats. he didn't deny the allegation. and what the government has done is stopped the boats. we have stopped the boats and we have used a whole range of measures, we will do whatever we can, consistent with the principles of a decent and humane society to ensure that they stay stopped and i am never, ever going to apologize,. >>> the police, are saying, that the navy gives money. >>> people who work with refugees say they need to come clean over the issue. >>> whatever it takes by hook or crook approach, which we are in the government, is unacceptable because our government, at the highest levels, is suggesting it seems when it comes to asylum seekers they have no moral limit, and that's not only astonishing but and a

after 102 years, the army turned this over to the navy. in 1947, they turn it over to the navy, and i don't want to say they turned it into a dump but world war ii material was dumped here and covered up. then it was duplicated into the dustbin of history. people forgot it was here. they did excavation here in the 1960's. gentlemen howard england was the first ranger. he passed on, that he was one we all look to that single-handedly put this on page one and make it a big deal. he found cannons here, at least 20 cannons during his process of excavation. one of the largest repositories of civil war material anywhere in the world. fort zachary taylor state park still has a place. it recognizes our history, and it is here for the benefit of young and old to come and learn about a time when things were not quite as cordial as they are today. >> throughout the weekend, >> find out where the c-span city tour is going next online at c-span.org/cities tour. your are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> i am not o

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the work of the us navy and coast guard and combined allied sea forces has been done. rk not without a price in men and materiel. it all began many months earlier . in chesapeake bay and other sections of the american kos untested sailors and soldiers learned the task from getting from ship to shore. that time, the shore was a friendly one. then, with part of their training finished, they left the united states. late in the winter and all through the spring, great convoys moved eastward across the atlantic. abort all the transports -- aboard all the transports, the troops relaxed and waited for the voyage to end. ♪ along the coasts of great written that spring, -- great britain that spring, training went on. forces practiced landing operations day and night. meanwhile, the larger landing craft, lst's and lci's, carried on their maneuvers, learn to land at a certain spot at a certain time. through all the days of preparation, live planes, thousands of them, -- allied planes, thousands of them, continue to is often any defenses in air raids. off the southern coast of engl

this building was handed over to the u.s. navy to use for their purposes. today, this building is operated by the key west historic society. it needed a full renovation. now we operate it as a museum. key west is a very historical city that is bursting with people and places and ideas and businesses and industry. indus really essential that places like this -- and it is really essential that places like this contain history of the architecture on the island. it is telling a story of prior times, earlier days and we were one of the richest cities in the united states. >> all weekend long american history tv is joining our comcast cable par

a group called the humanist society is suing the navy to allow atheist chaplains. it claims the denial of chaplains impairs their religious exercise in the navy. >>> this morning, the controversial papers on climate change will be published. this morning we're expecting to hear the papers that will call for action to combat climate change. a draft version leaked to the press inflaming an already politicized issue and the vatican was not happening with that leak. it shows that man is mainly responsible for climate change. pope francis asked the faithful to welcome the documents. >> this is our home, he said. if it is ruined it damages everyone. especially the poor. >> the pope and climate change are both already big issues on the campaign trail. for declared candidates and two others thinking of running are catholic. >>> right now, firefighters are struggling to contain an out of control brushfire near phoenix. there's zero containment of this blaze. estimated at 300 acres, burning through cedar trees. extra crews are on the way to town of kerney where fire torched a

the navy felt a moral obligation. to do these three landings they would have three divisions and an army brigade. on the 22nd of february, the fast carrier force 58 did some strikes on saipan to soften up the target. also to fly reconnaissance. the day they were flying reconnaissance was cloudy so they did not get great pictures. anyone who has dealt with intelligence knows that black and white pictures are difficult to discern what is what on the ground. they could see fortifications going up for what they were not sure what extent. they did destroy between 135 and 168 japanese planes and ships. the destruction of the airplanes was important because if we could have air superiority and superiority of the sea lanes, that would give us a nn extra edge over the japanese because we knew that the japanese production could not replace their planes. the americans were pumping out one plane per hour. the americans were very smart. they would cycle there experienced pilots back to be instructors. the japanese used their pilots

some came from unscrupulous people including the burmese navy, the myanmar navy. ould protect them if they are nomads and don't belong to a state. >> they should be gip citizenship. in burma they are eligible for citizenship, but the government doesn't take the steps to ensure they be given i.d. cards allowing them to go from place to place. in thailand it's difficult. they are not given citizenship and they are suffering, being deprived of access to services and facing eviction from lands where they lived for generations. >> do they want to become a part of myanmar or thailand. the report is titled stateless at sea. they live out there. most really aren't identified with either of those countries, they have their own language. >> well they have traditionally moved back and forth. and i think that the importance is that they be given a status be recognised as an indigenous people with rights. i think that given their brothers, they'd prefer to remain at sea. but the main area where they live will increasingly be opened by development as burma opens up. they are bea

the government has asked the navy to be on stand by in case evacuation is needed. al jazeera, new delhi. >> also in mumbai the death toll of drinking tainted alcohol in a slum has killed 84 and others have been taken to the hospital after drinking the tainted brew. the police arrested five men who made the alcohol that was spiked with hells to increase it's potency. >> toureg rebels are expected to sign a peace deal in mali. we have reports from the border between mali and mauritania.

once the navy took over the field in 1941, men and women served in the navy at naval air station new york, floyd bennett field throughout the war. actually there are three planes there. navy fighters. corsairs. that photo was taken right around the end of the war. ruth nichols, when she flew -- and this is her arriving at floyd bennett field -- brought a change of clothes with her, so she could -- the image we saw at the beginning was ruth nichols in her flying suit. she would bring a change of loads with her so she could change out of her flying suit and into something a little more appropriate -- exactly, to greet the press. you will find that glamour and women's aviation in the 1930's are kind of intertwined. here is laura ingalls again. she said many records flying into floyd bennett field. she was also quite an accomplished aviator throughout the 1930's. she was the first woman to fly around south america. she flew around the perimeter of the continent of south america which was sort of a big deal back then. it was pretty wild, undiscovered country for the most part. she set down

. >>> the prime minister has avoided answering if his country's navy paid a boat to turn back. >>> they were found with 30,000, in cash. >>> asylum seekers intercepted near australia and they attempted to stop the diswrowrny and the military, toes boats back to where they came from. but, there's a new tactic being used the prime minister, was caught on a radio show, where the navy pay people, $5,000 to turn back their boats. he didn't deny the allegation, and he said this. >>> what the government is done is stop the boats. we have stopped the boats and we have used a whole range of measures and, we will do whatever we can consistency with the principles of a decent and humane society to ensure that they are stopped and i am never ever going to apologize. >>> the navy recruits, to get money and they say the australian government should come clean. >>> this whatever it takes by hook or crook approach, which we now here in the highest average of government is unacceptable, for the country because our government, at the highest levels is suggesting, it seems when it comes to asylum seekers

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the navy crews took control of the slave ships. they towed them here to key west because key west was the nearest port to key above. they told them to key west. they arrived over that three or four-week period. the crews were jailed here in key west. the ships were seized and auctioned as captured prizes. the people then, the african people were housed on the island until something could be figured out to do with them. they were taken charge off by the u.s. government, and man named fernando remain oh -- ananda marino -- fernando moreno. it was very near our for taylor today. they had a place to sleep, a hospital, a kitchen. we do know a little bit about the people in key west. we know two of the ships, the wildfire and the william, had gone to the congo river and acquired people from that area. we know the bogotÁ had gone to a port in benin and acquired people from there. they were all different cultures. some did not speak to each other because they had different languages entirely. we know about their time in key west -- a mothe

the navy has long made clear that it strongly supports sustaining the triad. this position has been endorsed in ever important document produced by this administration. iran cbms provide a responsiveness that's much faster than bombers or ssbns. they deincentivize. bombers provide flexibility. they can signal our intent to allies and adversaries a like in a manner not possible by the icbm or ssbns. they can approach a target from many directions complicating an adversary's ability to defend against them. plus nuclear capable bombers dual use an efficiency that mother part of the triad can claim. ssbns are clearly the most survivable. they assure our capability to deliver a large scale independent of overflight restrexsictions and much more difficult to defend against. each of the triad's legs brings unique strengths that together provide a strong deterrent against a variety offed a adversaryies and threats. there's a synergy here where the integrated whole is greater than merely summing the individual legs. concern number two, covering our strategic obligation

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> one of the most sophisticated research vessels in the world. it's a navy crew of 50 technicians and scientists. its secret weapon: is a middle aged submarine with a nerdy name. meet alvin. we're going to the bottom of the see floor, 10,000 feet below. alvin is a deep water submersible built for scientific research. capable of taking explorers down to 20,000 feet under the sea. it once dove to the titanic wreck in the north atlantic. showing the world secrets of the famous sunken ship. >> when you are alvin and you're looking out, you look at everything in three dimensions. as a scientist it helps you define the whole geologic context. >> the dorado outcrop. only ahandful of scientists have studied these outcroppings. >> sediments in the ocean have one of the largest reservoirs of microbial life on earth. >> what are the questions you hope to answer as a scientist? >> fluid composition. >> deep water heating and cooling systems. until the dorado outcrop outcrop expedition, how it's filtered through earth's crust. >> you have the sea water that's circulating

. >> australia's prime minister refuses to deny reports that the navy paid people smugglers to return to indonesia. >> but first there are deep concerns for the welfare of ten people taken hostage from tunisia's consulate in libya. all thought to be members. they'll all meet to try to deal with the crisis. it's describing the incident as a blatant attack on tunisian national sovereignty and flagrant violation of international laws. the prime minister said that he's keeping a close eye on the situation. >> we're closely following the kidnapping of some tunisians. a crisis committee has been form and they're trying to look closely into the events. the outcome of the investigation will be announced in due course. >> al jazeera has this update from tunis. >> well, we understand that the foreign ministry as well as the defense ministry and other important members of the government are holding a crisis meeting to try to work out what to do next. they're very reticent to talk about what group is responsible for the attack or who was in the consulate at the time. we're hearing increasing evid

there was an issue outside of the navy yard metro station. so now three lines, the green, blue and yellow all affected because of the earlier congestion. again no issues on the buses which is certainly some good news there for our metro riders but we're starting to see folks post up on twitter so we'll bring that to you shortly. no issues on marc this morning. looks like the trains on marc and vre running on schedule. on the inner loop of the beltway, no problems if you're going to be heading from leesburg pike to annapolis road about a 27-minute commute. eastbound 66 just volume building. chain bridge road to l street northwest a 22-minute commute. we did see some volume building up on 95 on the virginia side around dale city but from prince william parkway up to 395, you're looking at a 13- minute commute. we'll have another update for you very shortly. over to you. >>> metro's newest train cars make their debut on another rail line today. >> there may be an admission from a suspect in >>> we're live in fairfax county where jury selection wi

they were just tearing up the japanese navy and air force. over the next several days, now that they did not have to worry about japanese air or naval bombardment, they could breathe easier. they were rolling up north and now they were moving through what they call death valley. they wanted to force the japanese as far north as they could so they could consolidate them. they did not want to leave anything behind. they wanted to kill or capture. during the pivot north on june 20 2, 2 battalions each were going to stay behind down here and mop up that point right there. holland smith decided there is not many japanese down there. he said they only needed a battalion not to or for battalions. he said one should be enough. he sent the rest north. this is the crux of one of the issues later -- at this point, the 105th was under core control. holland smith told ralph smith that one battalion would stay so we ordered the second to stay. technically, the 105th was under core control so he didn't have authority. it did not matter that holland smith gav

. >> it's near businesses unrelated to the navy. liza owns the mercer cafe. >> we were wondering what was going on and someone came in and said you should evacuate everyone is leaving there is a threat, there is a threat. >> she and her employees stayed put and soon after both facilities were cleared and we were told that it was a result of recent intelligence gathering and there threat was called non-credible. and the navy's none essential personnel, but not bello. >> i aam happy to have the customers. >> a threat level is raised to the highest levels that is threat protection charlie, the fbi, navy and police continue to investigate. live in south philadelphia chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news.." >> chad, thank you. >> two brothers were arraigned on robbery and assault charges, after a delaware home invasion germane and sterling wallace broke into the house on old cedar road yesterday a 7-year-old boy and his mother were tied up when the suspects took money and jewelry from a safe. they later arrested the brothers along with a

for the u.s. navy. i got a letter the other day. i was quite upset with the knowledge of what i have and what i do, and the fact that it scares me that my personal information has been comprow -- compromised into those hands. i would like to make an observation based on my navy experience. when you are on board a ship out there in the middle of the ocean and the ship runs aground. the commanding officer is responsible and must accept accountability for the actions of the crew. he can be sleeping in his quarters that ship runs aground, he's going to be relieved of command. there will be an investigation of course. i hold the same to the situation here. i'm an old timer. but i have to believe in the principles of what i was taught when i came up. see your leadership needs to be held responsible for this. ms. archu -- senior leadership needs to be held responsible for this. ms. archuleta needs to go. i go back to the days of john f. kennedy and his staff. things went wrong. he had to be held accountable for it. other presidents have be

. >>> the u.s. navyng an outdated computer system and it's costing taxpayers millions of dollars. the navy is running windows xp which is 14 years old now. microsoft doesn't even support that operating system anymore so the navy's paying that company $9 million a year to keep updating it. the updates are needed to patch security holes that could leave the navy vulnerable to hackers. the navy originally set an april 30th deadline to upgrade all of its computers but it has missed that deadline. >> we are counting down to the fourth of july and the wawa welcome america celebration is in full swing. the franklin institute hosted today's free event as part of the go forth and learn series and you can see our own matt o'donnell got in on the action. he spent the morning reading to kids there. and there are lots of free events for the entire family scheduled all across the city this week. you can find the full list at 6abc.com. >>> and 6abc is proud to be the official broadcast partner of wawa welcome america.

this started to the pow network and retired navy s.e.a.l.s contacted me knowing i would check it out.seum honored an 89-year-old as a member of the underwater demolition team that predated navy s.e.a.l. >> my team destroyed 80% of the fleet in the ballotic sea. lost 19 out of 30 men. i cried. >> he told the audience his missions earned him a navy cross. >> that was stuck down below in the ship. it burned up. i woke up four hours later. >> he said he was the youngest lieutenant commander ever to serve in the navy. . >> i went through the navy there.

does the prime minister agree that the role of the room navy of the italian coast guard and the navies of other european countries making a profound difference, however much more needs to be done including offering refuge and asylum to those who need it? >> first of all his right to mention charles kennedy and we will have those tributes right after my ministers questions. he's right to praise the role of the royal navy in dealing with the tragedy of the mediterranean. the flagship of the royal navy has been playing it so the a key role in saving lives. but i would part company with him on his next suggestion to what we need to do in order to solve this crisis is two things. one, we need a government in libya that we can work with so it's possible to return people to africa and stop this criminal trade taking place and second we need to break the link between getting on a boat and achieving residents and your. that's what needs to be done. in the meantime everything britain can do as a moral and upstanding nation to save lives we will do and we should be proud that we are doing it. >>

of the 200,000 that joined the navy, the infantry, artillery and calvary, and they fought. so you have some fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863 clearly the north or the union begin to win more battles and we think the united states colored troops had a major role in the overall union victory. >> so can you tell me your name. >> my name is michael falco from new york city. i'm working on the civil war 150 pin hole project. i'm attending re-enactments as a 19th-century photographer. photographing those re-enactments as if the photographer was in the battle with the soldiers and trying to bring a little bit more imagination to the subject. >> why pin hole? >> i find pin hole camera, there's no lens on this camera and so it creates these really kind of blurry soft focused images that i believe lends some imagining to this period and the pictures that i've been taking for the last few years. if you look at the pictures you really can't tell what century you're in. that's one of the things i wanted to play with and this whole idea this civil regard landscape that exists

on this week'money mininute sponsored by the navy credit union, a discussion of student loan options.uest:s the parent of a college aged child, your mission becomes a making smart moves as a family to pa for college. if you are ineligible servicemembmber, you can transfer al all 36 months or a portion o of the g.i.ill benefits to a spouse, children, or a combination of both. go to va.go v to check your eligibility. if you are using student loans there may be a gap between the amount you receive and the amount you need. it can help cover the costs for your child. for private student loans, the lender will assess the bar were's income and credit worthiness. if you want the tilt to be in your child's name you may need to help them b by cosigningg the loan. credit unions may allow you to defer payments or only p pay the interest on a loan while in school. review all of your options and keep an open dialogue with your child and your lender. with that, you can make sure that you getet the mission accomplished. vago: thanks very much. we will see you next week. if youe have any financial que