when the first man on the moon came back the ship that picked them up was the u.s.s. rnet which is now a floating museum here in the bay area. in 2009, mike mibach talked with one of those astronauts and with some of the crew men who were there when he returned. >>> the u.s.s. hornet known as a power house, the carrier was attacked 59 times but never came down. all the time her aircraft destroyed 1,800 planes. but it was on december 59 -- >> radio contact. >> reporter: the day this carrier is remembered by so many. >> now reports a visual contact by the recovery ship. >> reporter: the hornets and its men pulled the first space shuttle out of the pacific. roger beam a seaman was on the hornet that july day. on this day he and his wife were back on the carrier for the first time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of splash down. on board with them, astronaut buzz aldrine. >> we're down, parachutes come out. we still have cabin pressure and it's lowered on the outside. now we descend, all of a sudden the pressure is greater on the outside. that's saltwater, we're home. >>

the most famous, perhaps, sailing power warship of the blockade was the u.s.s. america which a few years before had won a very famous sailing race and won a silver cup that we still compete for called the america's cup. so the america was one of the blockading ships early but, sad to say, wasn't very good at it. yes, sir. >> could you speak to some of the details of the prize money system that would incentivize union navy personnel to try and capture those blockade runners? >> absolutely. prize money had a long history all the way back to sail, back to france deck and before, first to encourage them to enlist them all and then to stay in those boring, tedious jobs off the southern coast. the way it worked was any vessel captured by a united states warship, the value of that vessel sold at auction, the value of its entire

telling the story of the u.s.s. monitor to all who would listen. as i said, even though he thought he'd retired you can't keep him still. he returned to the u.s. naval academy for this academic year, class of 1957, distinguished professor of american native heritage. he also is still much in demand everywhere around the country as a speaker on civil war topics. he's spoken at civil war round tables in 27 states. two foreign countries. gives tours of battlefields. we don't think he sleeps. he does it all with the incomparable, mary lou. and so, thank her for lending craig to us here at the mariners museum. so, with that, i am going to turn it over to our wonderful opening speaker. [ applause ] >> thank you, anna. that is about the nicest introduction i've ever had. i really appreciate that very much. and congratulations to dr. holloway. anna holloway, and to this wonderful institution for putting together this weekend. for those of our guest whose are watching this at home on c-span. let me make a plug here for this museum. if you have not been here,

remember, he were visiting the u.s.s. stanley in the persian gulf back in 1987. the first thing i would do when i would avoid ship, it came from my youngster cruise at the naval academy when i worked with the spaces with the snips. it was always good to go to the union spaces to ask them the last time their commanding offer had visited the earring spaces. they were so hot that you can't even. remembered at the end of this yee yeerg, secretary mabus. in spon to the independent study for the layout of okinawa and guam that we had mandated. and fraps this is just a miscoordination, because i know the snot under the jurisdiction of the department of avenue, but what you said is not right. we have mandated by law that there be an independent study and they report to the marines, so they're supposed to give their report to the secretary of defense in about two weeks. then the secretary of defense has up to about 90 days after that to report to us. this is not a small thing, as you know. and we're not in any way up here attempting to kill this program. we're trying to u

again, all he has no is the battleships that he has been that jealously holding with his carrier, the u.s.s. enterprise , two battleships, the washington and the south dakota, magnificent, fest battleships. the reason the old pearl harbor battle ships are not here, they have been prepared and modernized. fuel. emerald is to not have the takers or fuel storage operate carriers simultaneously. the old battleships state of the west coast. this was the cruises, destroyers, and carriers until the new more fuel-efficient models ships come in. backrub there. two battleships holding close to the enterprise. as the japanese come back the night of the 15th his only choice is to oppose this really attack which he is detecting, to release these two magnificent ships and send them into these confined waters. about '06 are not supposed to fight in a confined island shoal waters. these are massive ships with huge her attorney radius. but it is the only choice that he has. he releases of washington and the south dakota under command of the one naval officer in the entire south pacific goes out to use radar

. >>> former crew members of the u.s.s. iowa gathered in richmond this morning to honor the ship mates who died when a gun turret exploded 22 years ago today. the ship bell rang 47 times, one for each man who died on april 19th, 1989. those who survived remembered. >> i was right next to the turret when it exploded. my space was full of smoke. i got into my firefighting gear and i went into the turret. we went in. it was dark. >> my job was to report the casualties to the cap taifnlt unfortunately, as we well know, no one made it out. >> this is the first time that members of the crew were able to get back to the ship. last month, the world war ii era ship was taken out of it moth ball to be moved to los angeles. >>> people are paying tribute to entertainment mogul dick clark. dick clark died of a heart attack at a hospital in santa monica yesterday morning. he was 82 years old. >> thank you very much. >> clark was the producer and host of american band stand, the hit show which ran on abc for three connect decades from 1957

i was stationed with the first marine division for six months and then on the "u.s.s. sanctuary". so it is my pleasure now to turn the program over to john hoffman, deputy chief historian to the secretary of defense. he's on active duty and infantry office in field historian for 17 years. in his civilian career he served as deputy director of the museum division, chief of the army center for military history's contemporary studies branch and became deputy chief historian of the osd historical office in 2010. please welcome john hoffman. >>> thank you for hosting. i said, well, i will jump on that green aid for you. you don't have to do that. you can go to the national archives and she said no, no, i don't want to make you have to go on those transatlantic dead eye flights. so here i am today. i am very happy to be here today. it is a great cole april ration. we actually have a third partner here today in hosting this event. that is the texas tech vietnam center represented by steve maxner who will get introduced more fully later. before we get started i-want to thank a couple of pe

in january 1968, the north koreans seized the u.s.s. naval vessel on the high seas. they in effect held a naval crew hostage for more than a year before releasing them. though the pueblo is a mere footnote to the tumultuous events of 1968. robert mcnamara was involved as a major participant. we all know that. but what's remarkable is that mr. mcnamara knew the details, he knew the specifics of what was going on. in an interview once, i asked him how he could keep all of this turmoil straight in his mind. he looked at me as if i were mildly deranged, and he said, well, it's -- actually, it's quite simple. you just compartmentalize things and then just deal with them individually. i wonder now if dealing with these multitudeinous crises individually affected his view of the interrelationship to the whole of u.s. policy. i don't know the answer, but i just wonder about it these days. both secretary brown and professor herring alluded to clark clifford. clifford saw his major role as convincing president johnson to get out of vietnam. clifford was convinced that the amer

the deployment of the u.s.s. enterprise, along with the abraham lincocarrier strike group is only the fourth time in a decade that the navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same time in the region. the warships also patrol the gulf's strategic oil routes that iran has threatened to shut down in retaliation for economic sanctions. a slow-down in hiring in the united states in march has caused concern about the economic recovery. the u.s. added 120,000 jobs in march, about half the pace of december through february. the figure interrupted the strongest job growth since the recent recession. the unemployment rate now stands at 8.2%. this month marks the end of production of the canadian penny because it costs far more to produce the coin than it's worth. america faces the same issue with pennies and nickels. the u.s. mint spends nearly 2 1/2 cents for every penny produced and distributed and just over 11 cents for each nickel. the u.s. mint is actively researching more economical ways to produce coinage

, the commander in the middle east was a navy two-star and he and his staff were embarked aboard the u.s.s. la salle. at that point, our requirement was about 27%. today, as fred mentioned, it's somewhere between 50 and 60%. and it's that impact on our nation and particularly our nation's economy, our nation's decision make iing that puts us risk. the problem is our enemies ek nuys that and it is the strategy, the philosophy, of extremists who would attack our country and will continue to do so. they believe that they cannot beat us in the field, but that they can bring us to our news through manipulation. control, destruction, having impact on the cost of this nation. to the degree they can bankrupt us, that would then make us unavailable to react. so it is that potential for manipulation that causes us concern from a national security perspective and i can assure you, because i've been there, when the joint chiefs of staff sit around the table and talk about various options in any scenario these days, it involves the middle east high on considerations as you look at courses of action. ou

reports on the pretrial hearings of all the over here on the sherry he's the alleged architect of the u.s.s. cole bombing in the year two thousand there of first amendment attorney representing media organizations argued for more transparency and for the testimony of on the sherry who was water boarded to be open to the judge chose not to rule on a decision there and all that was settled was that machinery could be unshackled wood in the courtroom and he could meet with his attorneys through a mesh divider but that doesn't mean that the calls for transparency have stopped and you see there still might be more options the pentagon recently announced that to lead sheikh mohammed the self-proclaimed mastermind of nine eleven and four others will soon be tried in a military commission. or the penalty could be death and so now the attorney of one of the accused conspirators ali abdul aziz ali is attorneys filed a motion to challenge a court rule that keeps statements by the detainees secret you see all statements that are made by the detainees first time to be reviewed by u.s. military judges fo

and the author of the new book "front burner, al-qaeda's attack on the u.s.s. thanks for having me on the show. >> dave: how might history have been different had we learned from the attack on the uss cole, your ship? >> i think it'd been different if we'd had an intelligence community and a military andl s taken a more aggressive approach. we had been living with terrorist attacks overseas for literally decades and yet, we did nothing. when you look back and especially during the clinton administration, when you attacked buildings and embassies, those are things that house and represent u.s. interests. when you attack a war ship it that is something that defends citizens and our economic interests around the globe and when we attacked, it was an act of war and yet, we did nothing and when the bush administration came in, we also just waited and didn't do anything again and i think that that doctrine of waiting until we take the first hit instead of being preempted, is fundamental how we should fight the war. >> why did we not take it as seriously. >> you yourse

coconspirators of the nine eleven plot to that of the regime on the sciri who allegedly was behind the u.s.s. cole bombing in the year two thousand and also we're going to break down the difference between and so a lot of people are asking if it is the new soap and and many ways it is but in some ways it can be well you can tune into the a lot of show that's coming up.

"enterprise" will head to the air and space museum on the "u.s.s. intrepid" next week. >> cool. i want to see it for myself. >> absolutely. we should go out. >> field trip. >> let's do it. i'm on board. >>> 4:37. 55 degrees. ahead on "news4 today," a chance at freedom. why the man facing murder charges for the death of trayvon martin could walk out of jail this afternoon. >>> no ordinary adventure. meet the people making a splash with the sport of iceberg diving. >>> a nice day, but changes rolling in. do you ever wish you could make some things just disappear? ♪ [ ping! ] [ ping! ping! ] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combing tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all they'll see is me. [ ping! ] ♪ hi. totally new, awesomely-invisible tampax radiant. check out the whole radiant collection. >>> mountain climbing just not dangerous enough for you? try scaling an iceberg. that's right, these two buddies try to do it. just in emberly and a friend climbs giant chunks of ice. are you kidding me? at any mo

most famous sailing power ship was the u.s.s. america. a very years before had won a famous sailing race and won a silver cup that we still compete for called the america's cup, so the america was one of the blockading ships early, but sad to say, wasn't very good at it. yes, sir. >> could you speak to some of the details of the prize money system that would incentivize union nave navy personnel? >> prize money had a long history back to the age of sail and was a great motivator. the way it worked was that any vessel captured by a united states warship, the value of that vessel sold at auction, the value of its cargo sold at auction, assuming a legitimate prize, the value want to the captain and crew. in late 1862 they kept aside percentage for widows and orphans of sailors lost at sea. as usual, it want to -- any of us who served in the military know how it works. most went to the officers. you know, the captain often got half off the top. then they, the officers themselves, shared another quarter in the war room. and then the final quart

the shiri he's alleged to have orchestrated the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in october of two thousand and so this is going to be the first death penalty trial at get most of the government is already trying to feel it in secrecy which is why a first amendment attorney is currently on his way to speak on behalf of a number of media organizations to have the first ever testimony by captive about cia interrogations be made open to the press so is there hope yet that torture will be publicly addressed well joining me to discuss it is marcy wheeler blogger and t. we'll marcy thanks so much for joining us tonight and i guess before we get into what's going on in guantanamo bay right now coming up you wrote about harold koh and his flip flopping as well and so i can see just real quick give me your you know your take on that situation the fact that he claims he never changed his mind . well it's interesting to me about it was the profound it very clear that he was always sure he was right so when he first came into the obama administration was this thing everyb

it will fly on the very same jumbo jet sometime and will go to the u.s.s. trepid. >>> let's go to sal, it starts getting busy in some spots. >> traffic is getting busier on parts of the south bay looking at 280 northbound and startly not stop and go, more people are getting on the road, same with 680 down to the san jose area and 580 coming to livermore and pleasanton so we will give you a complete traffic update just moments away let's go back to dave and pam. >>> dozens of the area high school students were kicked out of school which involves hacking into the computer at 'east bay high school. >>> plus shooting on the streets just hours ago, we have new details in the search for a suspect. >>> good morning a lot of low clouds and fog, so a big dips in temperatures, we -- difference in temperatures, we will show you that coming right up.

enterprise will be going to its new home at the u.s.s. intrepid museum in new york. the space shuttle discovery is now here at udvar-hazy center. >>> a local nonprofit is celebrating 130 years of helping washingtonians. coming up, details on next week's big fund-raiser gala. >> plus, more on the first person arrested for criminal charges in connection with the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >>> it is 5:42. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. the harlem globetrotters star is 80. if it's your birthday, happy birthday. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's 5:46. you've been hearing commercials on tv we're looking forward to today but also the weekend of the we'll all be out at university of maryland day talking about careers in broadcasting. >> and the many cool things they have going on out there. >> how is the weather going to be? >> it will be okay. partly cloudy, cool, 6 onish for the high -- 60 'ish for the high. today it is cold, especially this morning. we've got some frost advisories north and west. freeze warnings

a large group of them were banned from the u.s.s. california. >> one of the misconceptions is that the work does codebreakers. therein the killing machines, a lot of the machinery. they served as clerks. they did a lot of transcribing. they made themselves very, very cool and very useful. there were some primitive codebreaking that they could do. the codebreaking was actually a three step process that began with a cryptanalyst breaking the keep that lead to the real code groups. so if you had this printout of code groups he had recovered, and intercepted front of you, maybe you could match the code groupon the printout with a blank on the intercepted front of you. they could do some elementary work like that. they didn't know the real codebreaking. [inaudible] >> actually, joe love that. he was very, very devoted to those men. he called them the best group of catullus and codebreakers in the world. he was -- he embraced. he was a very iconic guide. he was not demonstrative or emotional, but he just kind of radio they kind of authority

the morning of the raid, the u.s.s. hornet encountered japanese ships 170 miles from the prearranged launch point. fearing the mission might be compromised, the raiders proceeded to launch 170 miles earlier than anticipated. by departing 650 miles from their intended target, these men accepted the risk they might not have enough fuel to make it beyond the japanese lines to occupied china. accepting this choice meant the raiders would almost certainly have to crashland or bail out either above japanese occupied china or even over the home islands in japan. any survivors, they knew, would certainly be subjected to imprisonment or torture or death after reaching their targets, 15 of the bombers continued to china, while the 16th dangerously low on fuel, headed to russia. the total distance traveled by the raiders averaged 2,200 nautical miles over 13 hours, making it the longest combat mission ever flown in a b-25 bomber during the war. of the 80 -- that's 8-0 -- of the 80 raiders who were launched that day, eight were capt

the enterprise will soon be on display at the new york u.s.s. intrepid sea air and is based museum. still to come, gas prices are still slipping and that's good news. see where prices stand this weekend. >> airfare is not, however. how much air fare has jumped in the recent months. >> today congress acted to keep interest rates and low for college students but the way republicans want to pay for it have the democrats crying foul. >> i'm doug hill in the belfort to furniture weather center. starting off the weekend on a nice note. sunshine saturday and sunday? find out minutes away. >> efforts to keep interest rates low for student loans are coming to a halt. >> even though the president wants to keep the rates down, he has vowed to veto the bill. rebecca cooper is live from the newsroom with more of the college loan about all. >> the student interest loan rate is set to double from 3.4% up to 6.8%. the day, they rushed through a bill holding a hike, but only after a heated debate about lowering the cost of college. >> all week, president obama visited college campuses across the cou

jumbo jet will take the enter prize to new york city next week and it will be on display of the flight u.s.s. >>> sal, i'm sure you are keeping an eye on the crash, sal? >> that's right. eastbound 580, a car ran off the road, four people in it and some pretty serious injuries and some people have already been taken to the hop and the seminary off ramp is not affected. let's go to the pay prim you can see the carpool lane there which is what we are seeing is moving along well and no other problems and slowing down as normal and just on the other side are the metering lights and people are waiting as they normally do and it is about a ten minute delay before you make it on to the bridge, but not quite 15. westbound 237, traffic will be a little bit slow passing the road. let's go to steve. >>> we have some clouds in place, it will be 50 to 80 degrees and most of the clouds are clearing off, moving north but there is still a good sized fog bank. okay, not a westerly breeze or sea breeze. 50s for the tells, it might be cold especially if you are in the cold. everything else continues to head to

enterprise will go on display this summer on the u.s.s. intrepid. nge lines are after a minor derailment lead to major delays last night. e night maketh after wheels on a blue t off the tracks outside rosalynn. hurt but a number of delayed and morehannel 8 will have coming up in a couple of minutes. let's check this morning's commute with lisa baden. there is a number of folks delayed out of gainesville because of an earlier crash on 66 which is gone. stick with the interstate, don't take 29 through the battlefield. northbound 95 onto 395, getting springfield to the pentagon and 270 is improving. a lot of sunshine today and of rain this time tomorrow. enjoy the sunshine today and 34 degrees at dulles airport. widespread 30's to start the day but it will be fine this afternoon. scattered fair weather clouds develop and tomorrow periods of rain in the morning and again later in the day. back at 7:56. ♪ beautiful, beautiful girl >>> you can't see everything. no plastic surgery. not a scrap of makeup. she's the woman who beat out thousands to be the most

but in the meantime 1961 the navy commissioned a second u.s.s. enterprise, the air carrier it was the first nuclear-powered carrier of all and she's still in commission, she's due for another deployment in this year and a decommissioned in 2013 or perhaps 2014. and at that point, the enterprise legacy will be lost because since the late 60's, early 70's has taken to the politicians and the secretary of the navy once told me that -- and he's a naval traditionalist who is said it's easier to get two or three or $6 billion for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier than it is for a historic worship -- warship. but at the same time, bouck probably saw the history channel series battle 360 which is a pretty good series perpetuates the enterprise, and i'm so glad i started the book when i did because to give you a little example, in 2005 by history of the first battle in which enterprise was involved was published and at that time 25% of the contributors when my previous book which is about air operations over japan was published that figure was up to 40%,

the u.s.s. ce, won of two newly completed vessels, meant to give our navy a little bit of an edge. more of an edge or maybe something more specific to deal with the iranian attackremh bigger than iran's military might. this is particularly, though, for a place like the strait of hormuz, a strat egicly important waterway, a crucial oil shipping route and our next guest just spent time there embedded with the navy's fifth fleet, editorial editor for the "wall street journal". let's start with "the washington post" report first him i'm just going to read from this report that the president has signaled to iran the u.s. will accept an iranian nuclear civilian nuclear program if the leader can back up his recent claim his nation will never pursue nuclear weapons. what kind of assurance do you think we're flooring and is it possible? >> it's a strange message to send for a couple of reasons. one is we have, since the days of the bush administration, accepted the idea that iran is, quote, entitled to a

. >> joe, we have seen this before, we see two embassies being attacked in africa, you see the u.s.s.don't seem to be important places. the same thing is playing out now. in all those places, affiliates or sympathizers of groups like al qaeda are very active, we're not safe and i think we're ignoring it develop, at least as a people. i know there are people in the government that are trying to deal with it. but as a nation and as a people that are in office, really are not that focussed on it. >> it sounds senator like you're making a case for more activist military, to go into places and stamp out evil where it lives. but wasn't one of the lessons of the last decade is that a futile effort. >> you go to every corner of the globe, it's just the opposite. there was a chapter in my book called the risk game. you have to go into -- we came into this idea of sort of doing one country at a time militarily. this isn't about invading countries and staying there forever like we did in afghanistan. it's just the opposite of the foolish strategy of invading one country at a time or only being a

>> for me, i was over in the middle east when the u.s.s. sniper overwatch. being on that ship and talking to the crew members and seeing how unprepared they were, you know, the security posture, they just had no idea these guys were standing guard on ship with unloaded weapons that they didn't know how to use and, you know, and there were reports that there was a thwarted attempt at a suicide pact several that -- i think earlier that year but what was done about it? they still pulled in and got hit. >> and yeah, they didn't even know that yemen was actually an al-qaida hotbed according to the commander on board. everything changed quickly and ended up being -- the navy ended up being the tip of the spear in many cases led by guys like you. >> yep. >> brandon is a former navy seal, sniper, author of the new book "the red circle." good luck with the book. check out this video, gives a whole new meaning to being blown away. how a jet blue arrival led to this woman's departure. oh, my goodness. i think they do this on purpose, though. i think.

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the contaminated food. >>> nine medical societies are telling u.s.s did to think twice before automatically ordering certainñ'? tests and treatments. the group released a list aimed at cutting wasteful medical spending in 45 areas. doctors are told to void ordering mri's other scans for the first six weeks of back bane. stop treating tumors in end stage cancer patients who have not responded to other therapies. the president of the american board of internal medicine medicine says we don't feed to ration health care if we get rid of waste. medical societies do not have any enforcement power and their fear of malprac >>> three great road trip suggestions in time for spring break. then discounts on the newest iphone of course there's a catch. and then, state commission to help women established in the 60s by late governor pat brown that may close under his son governor jerry brown. those stories and more later today. >>> that's it for now thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> have a great day. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. y

u.s.s. enterprise for the 22nd and final deployment and everyone was talking about how long the ship was going to be at sea. the navy has long sought to cap deployments to six months, as fleets shrink, deployments are getting long. one is seven months and one amphibious assault ship stayed out for 10 1/2 months. once enterprise retires later this year, the problem expects to get worse. the navy will have 10 large carrierings until gerald ford enters service. sam, welcome aboard. >> thanks, vago, thanks for having me. >> is there anything the navy can do at all about controlling the length of deployments at the end of the day? >> not too ,'qó longer. we're also seeing a lot of evidence that the turn around time between deployments is shortening. there's been two carrier strike groups that have gone out after very abbreviated stays at home. those are the carl vinson and the enterprise strike group. also there was the baton amfibious ready group that returned in february and they did a 10 1/2-month long deployment that was an operational extension and that is one of the longest deployment in deca

the upstate albany area. we spoke to congressmen gardner yesterday. i thought he was interesting, seeing as he also was a u.s.s. delegate here he said there are the politicians that have run in their main focus is to continue to get elected. there are politicians who run and their focus is to gain as much publicity as possible. and the politicians who run because they want to make a difference. he said an issue our generation will fix is that we need to step up and tried to focus the attention on the politicians who are trying to make a difference. that can be as if we raise our voice to become as politicians one day. >> you are all exhausted. i'm not going to point any fingers at anybody. [applause] everybody knows what this is. it is a kick to get you through the day. i am sure nobody needs that. how about at this table? >> i am from south dakota. rapid city. >> tell us about your reaction. >> i'm going to talk about the food. we have had an amazing dinners, amazing lunches and desserts. my favorite was a white chocolate capitol dome of building filled with a chocolate mousse and fruits. i took a picture of

we'll give the floor to each of our panel u.s.es and -- panelists and then engage them in discussion before he takes questions from the audience. please, consider what questions you'll have. there are mics around the room. and make sure when you get up to ask a question that you give us your name and your region. thank you all for taking time to be with us today. [applause] >> our order today is going to be aaron, david, dani -- add which is considering both my profession and the topic -- [laughter] so we're going to start with dani pletka. sorry, aaron. [laughter] i was looking at you. see? i told you. [inaudible conversations] you can speak from the podium if you'd like, that'd be great. >> first of all, it's an honor and a privilege for me to be here today. a few shoutouts. abe foxman, where are you, abe? extraordinary member of the american-jewish community and someone who has managed to do what very few people have done, and that is to establish a close personal relationship with my father. abe, it's really, really good to see you. [laughter] [applause] and finally, to barry from