my plan bills the 350 ship navy we need. we will also build the 350 ship navy that our country has been asking for and our admirals have been asking for. >> our navy is the smallest it has been since world war i. we will build the 350 ship navy that our country needs and desires and must have. >> our navy is the smallest it's been since world war i. do you believe that? we will build the 350 ship navy that our country needs and really is requesting. >> morning, glory, america. i'm hugh hewitt. that was president trump as candidate trump promising a 350 ship navy. at a conference this week he said we won't there, if at all, for 30 years. mid century to quote him directly. when did our president change his mind? a marine serving active duty from 76 to 81 and businessman investor ever since. he has had almost three on the job. secretary, welcome. you have the best job in the world, in my view. >> thank you, hugh. >> you just heard the president. that was one of his promises. 350-ship navy. what happened to that promise? >> that

they argue the navy is on the precipice of a death cycle, a death spiral. we're in more overworked and damaged ships placed an increasingly greater strain on the remaining operational ships thus eroding readiness across the fleet. i agree with mr. o'brien and mr. hendricks that the situation will result in more collisions, more injuries, and more deaths in the fleet. to avoid this death spiral, we need to commit to growing the navy and meeting its minimum requirement of 355 ships. i have the privilege of chairing the c-power subcommittee which has held a series of oversight activities, both classified and unclassified on the navy's 355-ship requirement. we've examined the security environment that drives the requirement to add about 80 more ships to the fleet. we've listened to navy leadership outside experts and industry on options, capabilities, and considerations, and we received perspective from key players behind president reagan's naval buildup in the 1980's. as the fitzgerald and mccain collisions have demonstrated, the short-term cost of doing more

to thank the navy. -- so i want to thank the navy. would you like to say something on behalf of the navy? [applause] >> sir, your navy and marine corps team was here to respond [indiscernible] immediately deployed -- four navy ships, get here, and handle anything that happened in irma, and then immediately repositioned and was able to respond to puerto rico right after maria. so the navy and marine corps [indiscernible] and saved lives and coordinated with fema, with the governor of puerto rico, and to demonstrate our ability to come from the sea, air, and land. thank you very much. president trump: thank you. and thank you very much. and i don't have to even mention the marines because we have general kelly. where's general kelly? where is our general kelly? he likes to keep a low profile. look at him sitting in the back, but, boy, is he watching. you have no idea how he's -- general kelly, come up here. so general kelly is a four-star. not a bad general, right? you don't get any better than general kelly. but on behalf of the marine

sony stats from the navy, air force, marines is for his expedited transfers would not cover family members. >> the statute doesn't make it a distinction that just talks about sexual assault. >> so theoretically there could be something on the other side. >> kathy has some data for you no-no on i noticed in looking at that data the 2016 there are 19 pages where the request were an expedited transfer was denied, what are those request tonight typically? >> we have all the reasons right. sometimes there undergoing a medical evaluation that lacks amount of being able to be moved sometimes the accused is moved instead. sometimes there's not a credit report and in a few other categories i don't remember. >> to the cases where the court was not credible to have any data about the victim's credibility at trial? so that the defense attorney saying you put in under cross-examination and it was denied and it was denied because your commander in the military police found that there is not credible information. >> is a possibility but because the numbers are small and in addition if there's a credible

i also want to thank the navy. the listener from the navy? could we have? what a job. i saw them flying in. i said boy, this looks like very big stuff. the job you have done getting things here. there are known docs. we are in the process of getting them opened up. that there were no docs, no anything. incredible. i want to thank the navy. do you want to say something on behalf of the navy? [applause] ] ndiscernible >> we can handle anything that -- save-- puerto rico lives -- with the governor of puerto rico -- demonstrate our ability -- thank you. president trump: thank you. i do not even have to mention that marines because here is general kelly. where is our general kelly. he likes to keep a low profile and sit in the back. watching. he general kelly, come up. not-star general, you do get any better than general kelly. come up to her. wheels are mentioned the army. can we also mentions of people i got to know and respect even more in texas and that is the coast guard. what a job the coast guard has done throughout this all. [applause] pres. trump: i mean, they would

>> no. >> not within this process. >> the navy? >> the same thing. >> i'm sure we have more questions. over here. >> as i i understand the definition of a transfer, in a large command it could be moving a person from upstairs to downstairs, or from one side of the base to the other, or , or i guess theoretically an aircraft carrier, not even off the boat. but the goal of this is to minimize the encounters between the victim and the alleged accuser. do you have any data on how many times a person is not real -- really geographically moved but is considered transfer? >> i do in a general sense. i have numbers about how often that they go, they result in pcs move, installation transfer versus basically a unit or a duty transfer but i don't have anything underneath that. but essentially there were 62 requests for unit or duty transfers. that would be kind of a cross the basement or different unit move. then in 2016 there were were 684 requests for installation transfers. >> so the victim decides what level they want to be transferred? >

i think they are being downscaled in the same way the royal navy is. duce the number of tasks the royal navy is required to do at the same time as preparing for a possible war at the top end, you will see gaps increasingly appearing not only in the royal marines but across a whole range of royal navy activities. the fact of life is that strategy depends on a triad of what the government or people want to do, and what resources are available and what is militarily practical. what is driving the strategy at the moment is as simple as the money available. the tasks that need doing and military practicalities is going by the wayside. as mark laid out, there are fiscal constraints and actually most people think of modern warfare is being fought. the government would like you to think that you have to go through the motions and do cyber, all of this soft stuff but the fact of life is our potential opponents are bringing up their navies with hard edge fighting capabilities but the americans are saying you can do this other stuff around the edges but at the mom

the indians are thinking from the indian navy. how do you deal with these issues? > china is building a massive overseas military base in djibouti. the second chart i showed you with choked points you will find this program. they are using the playbook in front of us. the answer is when you want to deal with the network you have to have a strong network. we need to leverage our strongest comparative advantage which is our allies, partners and friends. this is why india, the alignment of the united states, india and japan is so powerful. the short answer is that they will build a network, we need to strengthen our network. i would argue back to values, our democratic alignment with nato, japan, australia, gives us a much bigger pool of partners then china. we have time for one more here is one more there. >> i'm a retired air force officer. i wanted to thank you for your amazing contribution and service to this country and your comments -- my portion was usurped. the strategy with the chinese in the south china sea. two observations. as an air force guy the picture b

so it's not by the navy and the coast guard. they are rescuing more than 800 people and still ongoing in rescue missions. for the first time in history, the puerto rican has worked with the governor, to deal with this issue. we never have before. we're used to having a hurricane but never like this one. this is a major one. devastation. thanks for all of the help and all the resources. all federal agencies are on the island because of you. >> thank you. >> the power grid was devastated before the hurricanes even hit. then the hurricanes hit. they wiped them out. we're getting a lot of generators that have been brought to the island. most of the hospitals are open. at least partially open. most of them now are open. again, the job done here is nothing short of a miracle. it's been incredible. i appreciate virtually -- this is the mayor from this very important area. mr. mayor, i appreciates your efforts. >> thank you. on behalf of my people, on behalf of the 3.5 million u.s. citizens. is a team. your people are doing the right st

the navy lost confidence with the commander there.ez and executive officer jesse sanchez. no relation. they have a new low-level pair of jobs in japan. the collision killed ten sailors and injured five others, this happened in august near singapore. the navy reports it's still investigating the crash but officials say it was preventible. that's a conclusion on their part. they say the two officers showed poor judgment and poor leadership. fox news getting an unprecedented look inside a navy research lab. investigators are looking into problems with the life support systems in some jets. the planes under investigation include the t-45 training jet. in april, some pilots were so concerned for their own safety and those of their fellows on the jets that they refused to fly them. lea gabrielle is here. she's a former navy fighter pilot herself. what is happening in this training facility? >> shep, we've been keeping a careful eye on these problems. i visited naval air stations in maryland where they do test and evaluation for their after

the navy doesn't answer to the army and the army doesn't answer to the navy. but yet david dickson porter, admiral david dickson porter form a grat form a grat -- great working relationship and that's what makes vicksburg click as far as getting the job done in capturing this city. so the navy, porter agrees to run past the batteries. he's to rendezvous with grant's army down here. grant marches all the way down through these bayous and he originally wanted to cross the mississippi river here at grand gulf. the union navy engages the small confederate water battery force there. and his -- is unable to knock out the guns. why is that big? because grant doesn't have his landing spot. what does u.s. grant do? never thinks about retreating. he simply just has the navy go further south. he marches his army a little bit -- a little bit further south to bruinsburg and he crosses right there. on april 29. now, grant has a foothold within mississippi. april 30, his army continues to cross and basically by the night of april 30, he's got 20,000 men. 20,000 men across mis

he is said to have given the head of the navy a roasting for the incident.e, says it is seeking to ask urgent questions in parliament next week. england have won the world cup final — at under 17 level. the england youth team came back from 2—0 down to beat spain 5—2 to become the under—i7 football world champions. manchester city's phil foden scored two goals sparking wild celebrations. it's the first time the under—17's have won the world cup and follows england's victory in the under—20's world cup in june. joining the underlying is a very proud rhian brewster, the father of rhian brewster, who scored in today's final and scored a hat—trick against brazil in the semifinal and was the top scorer in opposition. you must be beaming this evening. hello. i am so happy at the moment. iamso hello. i am so happy at the moment. i am so pleased with the boys. every single one of them after their heart and soul into it. i'm very proud. do you live through it as a parent and a supporter as well, particularly as you are watching but also in the training? yes, you were

he is said to have given the head of the navy a roasting for the incident.snp, which wants trident removed from the clyde, says it is seeking to ask urgent questions in parliament next week. reeta chakra barti will reeta chakrabarti will be here in a moment with the national news bulletin for bbc one viewers. time to tell you about the latest on the humanitarian crisis that's now affecting almost 400,000 people in an eastern suburb of damascus. it's been described by the united nations as an outrage. the area of eastern ghouta is the last part of the syrian capital under siege by the government. there's been an increase in military attacks, and earlier this week unicef said almost 1,200 children were suffering from malnutrition. 0ur middle east correspondent, lina sinjab, reports from beirut and a warning her report contains some distressing images. the main meal of the day. a few spoons of yoghurt and two loaves of bread. feeding a family of seven is a daily struggle. the mother, who is covering herface for safety, says that's all she can afford for the day

just like my colleagues in the army and navy have highlighted the mission of the victims legal counselprogram is in the marine corps the same. our goal is to educate and advocate for victims of sexual assault. the thing that makes us different and it's the purview of this panel is we represent the victim of domestic violence as well. occasionally we will take on the exception cases of other violent crimes. we do that to hold everyone accountable. the defense counsel, military judges, commanders, we do that and and cios brought the best get a process and throughout the military justice process. i have highlighted some of the references that our mission statement is made up of were made up from and they are at the bottom of the site. next like, please ma'am. first of all i'd like to say i love my experience as a judge advocate but i particularly love this job. i have served four years in military justice prior to becoming a [inaudible] and i just left the [inaudible] in quantico which is similar to the ill it that commander hostetler served the national district of washington. during tha

i want to thank the navy. would you like to say something? [applause] [indiscernible] president trump: i don't have to mention the marines because we have general kelly. where is general kelly? he likes to keep a low profile. look at him in the back. boy, is he watching. you have no idea. ,. not a bad general. you don't get any better than general kelly. on behalf of the marines i would say they have done some job. can we also mentioned people i've gotten to know and respect even more in texas. that is the coast guard. -- job.ob you they would go right into the middle of that. i wouldn't want to be doing it but i want to thank everybody. the coast guard are special people. a lot of people got to see the real coast guard during this incredible trouble. texas was incredible what they did. we really appreciate it. [indiscernible] president trump: the runway is now open. >> [indiscernible] president trump: so amazing that we are ordering hundreds of millions of dollars of new airplanes or the air force, especially the f 35. do you like the f-35? >

he is said to have given the head of the navy a roasting for the incident. seeking to ask urgent questions in parliament next week. voting in kenya's disputed election remains on hold, with the poll suspended in several areas, because of clashes between rival groups. the opposition leader raila 0dinga refused to run in the contest against the sitting president uhuru kenyatta. but attempts are being made on the ground to defuse tension. 0ur africa editor fergal keane joined a peace convoy led by two local governors touring the villages in kisumu, appealing for calm. if this country is to end its political crisis, this convoy might be an inspiration. two leaders, from different tribes and with different politics, but one message. governor paul kiprono is a kalenjin and supported the elections. it was important we came here today with a message of peace, he says. the governor of kisumu, anyang nyong'o, is a luo and an opposition leader. this is a significant event. because so often in the past, powerful men have used ethnic rivalry to their political advantage.

i'll talk about specifically about the importance to navy of the expedited transfer policy and progress. in addition to it being right thing. it's important for navy or sailor that suffered trama to get them both personally and professionally well. and so they can continue their career and continue to contribute to the service which hopefully they love. that we need them to do. we have found that the reasons that sailors request expedited transfer as indicated moving away from the subject of the report. we find people who request an expedited transfer to move closer to support infrastructure. whether that be family or friends. and in some cases for specific support services depending where they were prior. maybe worldwide somewhere and need to move somewhere nor additional support services. policy has been in place for several yores as you were heard. we completed a review of our process to try to make sure it's as good as it can be. and there's probably some minor peeks and tweaks we'll make to that. one specific policy piece in navy that is a little bit different is that in the reques

he is said to have given the head of the navy a roasting for the incident. it is seeking to ask urgent questions in parliament next week. kurdish officials in northern syria say a 21—year—old man from 0xford has been charged with membership of the islamic state group. jack letts — who travelled to syria in 2014 — was captured in may by the kurdish militia, the ypg. mr letts has previously said he is opposed to is. the headlines on bbc news: catalonia's deposed leader has urged peaceful opposition to madrid's direct rule — a day after the region's parliament declared independence. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said that mps who engage in abuse and sexual harassment must be held accountable for their actions. earlier, the environment secretary, michael gove, had to apologise unreservedly for an on—air joke about disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. ina in a moment the young at heart, glasgow pensioners zip—wiring and clubbing. first of all the sport now. lots of celebrations with england's under—17 world cup win. jessica has the details and more. thank you

the navy now investigating if two navy s.e.a.l.s were involved. melgar, a father of three, was found dead in the house he shared with two unidentified s.e.a.l.s at an american embassy compound in mali on june 4th. the likely cause of death, according to military officials, strangulation, investigated as a homicide. the navy criminal investigative service declined to discuss an open case. according to "the new york times," the two s.e.a.l.s are members of s.e.a.l. team six, the elite unit that killed osama bin laden. questions about melgar's death come as the pentagon is still trying to determine what happened in the niger mission that left four soldiers dead. when contact with the enemy was considered unlikely. >> we're going to see a great increase in the number of special forces missions, for certain, trying to track down the group that carried out this ambush. >> reporter: sergeant melgar had been stationed in mali on a secretative counterterrorism mission. late word tonight of yet another mission in africa, a key suspect in the 2012 deadly atta

he is said to have given the head of the navy a roasting for the incident.ent removed from the clyde, says it is seeking to ask urgent questions in parliament next week. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come. the pakistani cricket team prepare to host sri lanka. it's the first time in nine years after an attack by gunmen. after 46 years of unhappiness these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion. no more fear. no more uncertainty. six astronaut heros and one legend. lam enjoying six astronaut heros and one legend. i am enjoying the show. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history, born today this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc world news today. the headlines. catalonia's dismissed leader has urged peaceful opposition to madrid's direct rule. at least seven people are killed after two explosions in the centre of the somalia capital, mogadishu. the pakistani cricket team are preparing to host sri lanka on sunday. the first time since they we re sunday. the first time since they were

the navy also says the crash was preventible.ollision between the war ship and a oil tanker near singapore killed 10 u.s. sailors and injured five more. the navy fired the then commander of the japanese based seventh fleet shortly after the crash. >> actor and exnfl player terry crews opened up on twitter about how he was inappropriate orangely grabbed e crouch by a high level hollywood executive in front of his wife at a public event last year. he said he chose not to make a scene a reaction he says helps him understand why so many women stay quiet for year about harvey weinstein. weinstein has been accused of sexual assault harassment and rape by a dozen actresses since the new york times revealed some of his past last week. weinstein was fired on sunday from the company he co-founded. >> this is new on "action news." school officials in ohio are on alert following reports of someone using a drone to try and lure children off school grounds. children and adults reported seeing the drone at wyndmere community learning center in

the heart of where the navy is trying to solve these problems. e you take a breath, this regulator would allow the oxygen to flow to the mask. >> at this altitude system's laboratory experts like dennis are working with the navy to address what are known as physiological episodes which are when pilots become impaired while flying, sometimes because they're breathing bad air. the issue has been jeopardizing flights in the t-45 trainer and the f-18 hornet at an increasing rate. >> when a jet as an oxygen problem, the navy pulls the equipment out of the jet and brings it here to the river. for example, this component is an oxygen con sen traitor from a t-45. >> each component of the system is evaluated for its own performance. this lab will put all the components together to look to see how it did as a system. >> in fact, they can replicate the exact flight profile where a problem was reported to determine what went wrong with the system. >> so, this chamber is the simulated cockpit and so this chamber would be the pressurized portion of the aircraft

which she did to rebuild the u.s. navy because they could never grow economically to become a global force without a real maybe this is when the european powers were buildings ships and when they took office and the navy was heavily weighted toward the officers with jobs and an officer ships with those political connections so he said to us down the road toward having a real baby and that is the main contribution foreign policy wise but with those succeeding ones. any other questions?. >> i just wondered if you could contrast modern opinion polling verses these very personal sounding letters?. >> meaningful meaning how?. >> it is amazing to me you do hear about president saving certain matters are being struck by certain letters from the status of the union but i have never come across an example like this of somebody who burned everything else but then say to these papers. but as i said there is ample evidence that julie is and really had an impact on him. it is a polling the way we would think of it but. >> [inaudible co

the navy says it has been working with local authorities on security measures for months. asures became more stringent after the las vegas massacrer. massacrer. hardly strictly bluegrass big music festival also going on this weekend in golden gate park. about a million and a half extra people will be in the city this weekend. live in san francisco, anne makovec kpix 5. >>> thank you. time now 6:57. it's time for your final five. >> this morning authorities continue to investigate why a gunman opened fire on a crowded music festival in las vegas. 58 people were killed including three women with ties to the bay area. officials say stephen paddock may have had his eyes on other events. >>> the republican controlled congress and president trump have signaled a willingness to consider new legislation banning a gun tool that may have helped the las vegas shooter kill more people. bump stocks turn semiautomatic rifles into fully automatic weapons. >>> tropical storm nate is being blamed for more than 20 deaths in central america. nate is on a path towards potential landfall in the

he is said to have given the head of the navy a roasting over the incident. says it is seeking to ask urgent questions in parliament next week. andrew black, reporting scotland. in brazil, 11 cities are in a state of emergency and 27 are on alert because of drought. a lack of rain in recent months has impacted farmers and exacerbated fires. it has also had serious consequences on local wildlife. sophia tran—thomson has this report. this is bananal island, a large river island in the central brazilian state of tocantins. it hasn't rained in the state's capital for 20 weeks now, and without enough water, it is difficult for large reptiles to keep cool. these caimans, relatives of alligators, are searching for relief from the sun. but the mud is so dry that some are finding themselves stuck, and dozens have died. to help them, conservationists are pulling them from the mud and relocating them. translation: more and more, the animals need our help. without our assistance, it's difficult for them to survive in such extremes. they are transported to an area with mo

to cyclists on the two dogs have been rescued after surviving five months lost at sea the u.s. navy picked up the american women after a fishing boat spotted them about nine hundred miles off the coast of japan that set sail from hawaii to tahiti in the spring and the boats engine failed on the mast was damaged and they were too far from other vessels for their distress calls to be received in a moment we'll speak to the commander of the navy vessel that rescued them first we'll let's hear from one of the two rescued women jennifer aapl a safe aboard the u.s.s. ashland. i don't know of any person who could spend five months a tourist in the pacific ocean and not wonder if today is going to be the day that it all hands or if you're going to have a great day and there's going to be a rainbow with a pot of gold tomorrow and you had some close shaves that was shocking count as i've been here sir we had two different encounters one close to the equator at the one hundred sixty degrees west. group of five tiger sharks were taking care of down time. and then a second encounter a little bit

first secretary of the navy when the naval academy was built.o the big game tomorrow. navy/air force 3:30 at navy marine corps studio. force. how many times has navy beat hair force in the last five you guys nailed it. straight as for all of you. now, here the thing. is air force going to change that tomorrow? >> yes, definitely. >> shrewly. >> no. >> absolutely not. >> final question. this statue had few choice words that said go air force on it this morning. where were you at 5:00 o'clock this morning. >> i'm not going to say. >> all right. that's how we'll do it. if you get a chance to come out here on game day i highly recommend going to navy game a great fan experience. bring the kids it's a great family friendly experience. you have to walk from here to there. >> yes sir. >> how long is the walk from here to the stadium. >> it's actually a lot of fun i think it takes about 25 to 30 minutes you don't notice it as you're marching through doing your thing, keeping your bearing, it feels like the entire town of annapolis is at both of your sid

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