ladies and gentlemen, this is the u.s.s. screwance. lause] >> at this time, would vice admiral beaman stand and salute the ship. thank you. sir. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would also like to note that other navy ships are here in the fleet week, but the skipper is the u.s.s. macon island. macon island is docked at pier 30, 32 where she's hosted a seminar for disaster preparedness. skipper would you please rise to pay tribute to your ship. [applause] >> skipper, ladies and gentlemen, the u.s.s. macon island commanded by frederick pringle. a native of sumptor, north carolina. she was delivered to the u.s. navy in 2009. she transitioned to the west coast by circumnavigating south america by the straight of majell an. she was commissioned in 2009 of the first class built with energy-efficient turbine gas. steam is used as heating water. she has six operating rooms. 47th bed with regard and a 17 bed intensive care unit. she displaces more than 24,000 tons. she has the total capacity of more than 3000 on board. she has a 40 year service leg t

we have the u.s.s. morris. built in 1927 by american electrical corporations located in camden, new jersey. she operated first in new london, connecticut on the 125 foot active class. she operated there until 22 november, 1928. she resumed her permanent location on 13 january, 1929. five months later. she was assigned patrol in san pedro, california and operated intermittently against rum runners. transferred to alaska in 1935 where she remained until 1937. then transferred to alameda county and based out of oregon for her transfer to navy control under executive order, 8929 of one november, 1949. at this time, please stand and salute the retired united states coast guard cutter morris. thank you. please be seated. morris was assigned rescue out of san diego, california. she returned 1 january, 1946 in executive order dated 1945. she then assumed patrol duties out of san pedro. she was then placed in storage in kennen dale, washington from 1947 to 1969 until 1979 and transferred back to san pedro which remained

i told her that again as we were aboard the u.s.s. macon to celebrate these opportunities and to be joined, of course by our marine corps, u.s. coast guard. united states navy, the canadian fleet as well and they're leadership. this is a special week and we have of course many activities. but this is one that i have focused on much because it's not only a celebration and a thank you to our men and women in uniform, but all we're practicing those very things, those now progressive things that we're identifying that are gaps, ones that i continue thanking our city agencies, our port, office of emergency management and all the agencies in the city are so appreciative of this opportunity and the practice what they have been learning on table exercises. and then to get to see the landing of a hover craft on ocean beach. to be able to talk to the actual navy personnel as to how they can do a pop-up tent of an emergency trauma center at ocean beach within an hour and communicate and practice that exercise is invaluable to our city as we prepa

the makeover of the u.s.s. bataan off the coast of jacksonville, florida.t ship plays host to georgetown and florida basketball later on today for the navy marine corps classic. this is video of crews electing bleachers and laying down a hard wood floor. >> this is a privilege for our program and our school to have the opportunity to go down and play in front ever the sailors. to have the opportunity to go down and tour and learn about and interact with the sail ours on the u.s.s. bataan and that alone is and honor to play in front of so many men and women who fight for this country. >> it seems like that would be cool to play basketball on a military ship. >> for a second there, i thought what if the ball goes into the water. but now i see. >>> any teacher will tell you if you want kids to learn, sometimes you have to get creative. >> beth parker has that story. >> reporter: one minute, it is a sidewalk. the next minute, a stage. stag >> my heart was beating real fast and i felt nervous a little bit. >> when i'm he on the dance floor, the dance floor just

. >>> the special tribute today at the u.s.s. et for one very well-known veteran. >> a reminder you can get ktvu news to go on your cell phone, download the ktvu app and watch you will of our newscasts live. you can be connected anytime, anywhere. this morning the alameda county united in defense ip grant rights coalition held a community forum about their campaign. the program accepts fingerprints of people arrested to immigration and customs enforcement to be deported atch a community organize say because of the program, victims of crimes are afraid to call for help. >> that is not justice. it's not fair. and it erodes the trust that the community has with the police. >> in september governor jerry brown vetoed a bill that would limit the use of the program, but pledged to work on a new version. >>> a heroic less city council member reportedly faces censure anyway free speech controversy. the contra costa time says the council resolution will accuse moynea de vera of unethical conduct. de vera denied taking action, but later apo

hod dogs are $19. >> the navy is retiring one of its most famous ships tomorrow, the "u.s.s. ed aircraft carrier has seen many battles. as david martin reports, its worst moment did not come from enemy fire. >> reporter: for half a century, from the cuban missile crisis to vietnam, iraq and afghanistan, the u.s.s. enterprise has been there. but this was its moment of truth, a fire that erupted one morning in 1969 as the enterprise was conducting a final battle drill before heading to vietnam. michael carlen saw it happen. >> 20 seconds after the first went out, now it's all flames, leaping from one aircraft to another. the other rockets went off. >> the exhaust from a service vehicle ignited one of the rockets setting off a chain reaction of explosions. >> the charge from the warheads blew across deck and lit those aircraft off over there and moved down everybody that was in the way. >> reporter: in addition to rockets, each aircraft was armed with six 500-pound bombs which started cooking off, blowing away sailors trying to fight a fire fed by jet fuel. >> this whole back are

that is the incredible contribution of the u.s.s. the intelligence becomes much less technical buy more strategic. it is much more holistic, and i considered that have very big success. also established its work in some aspect of that. for example, offered the most successful u.s. special operations in china, burma, india theater. and you can say, special operations started with dos as experience in china during world war ii. and oss also established some of the intelligence from work, the approach to china, for example, the file data system, there training of the young your experts, and those people after rld war to become the leading authorities of maritime intelligence as well as government policy. so those are very big contributions. also some other lessons and some big blunders as well. >> what is one of the blunders? >> well, one of the things is i will say, oss in trying so hard to establish itself as legitimate, tried to prove to others, always constantly tryi

. >>> the special tribute today at the u.s.s. et for one very well-known veteran. >> a reminder you can get ktvu news good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. this morning the alameda county united in defense ip grant rights coalition held a community forum about their campaign. the program accepts fingerprints of people arrested to immigration and customs enforcement to be deported atch a community organize say because of the program, victims of crimes are afraid to call for help. >> that is not justice. it's not fair. and it erodes the trust that the community has with the police. >> in september governor jerry brown vetoed a bill that would limit the use of the program, but pledged to work on a new versio

on board the u.s.s. baton. that's right. they trailed two, 9-7. published reports says the game will not count and will not be made up. can you believe that's how it ends? party at the patriots center. george mason picking up uva. johnny williams from the ring. and you can count it. 11 on the night, ties the game at 50. just over a minute left, score still tied. buy y byron allen is feeling it, holds on for the upset, 63-59 over virginia. to the verizon center. the wizards looking for their first win against the bucs. milwaukee's branden jennings comes from behind. shows him. he got teamed up, it was the second of the game. the bucs win it 1 01-91. >>> high school playoff football. the state championship marching band. don't you know that hosting chevy chasz, 22 points with a six-yard scamper. not much later on 13 and 18. and williams doesn't come down for anybody. can you believe this guy? 6, -- 6'10", 200 pound senior, they win it. >> they're going to work next week on tackling. >> just so you know at bcc, that's their playoffs. so that's their l

. >>> georgetown tried to tip off a basketball season with a game against florida on board the u.s.s. about the ataan aircraft carrier friday night. >> it ended up being caps eled after the half time due to the condensation on the court because of the humidity. smith rivera came off the bench to lead the hoyas with 19 points. they beat the dukes 61-5 #. >>> d.c. united kicked off the eastern conference final against houston. united scored first on a goal by nick deleon. but the dip mow would score three second half goals and go on to win 3-1. -- the dynamo would score three second half goals and go on to win 3-16789. >>> the battle between the eagles and cowboys, michael vick was forced to leave with a concussion. dallas would score three touchdowns in a span of two minutes and 35 seconds. the cowboys win 3-23 and this, by the way, philly's fifth straight loss. >>> the ravens hosted the raiders and this one would be an offensive explosion. joe flaco threw for 341 yards. jones added a 105-yard

. >> jon: and people will go "take it out of sherwood forest, we're going to put it on the u.s.s. monitor." >> we are jerks on the creative side. we're constantly changing things at the last second and guys in our wardrobe department are like "oh, really, that's what you want to do? great. we'll just call them and have them make that outfit. a blue snuffleupagus. brown's too obvious?" yeah, we get so used to -- and then you go to movie sets and unless you're like adam sandler, they can't do that stuff that fast. and more importantly they don't want to. >> right, this jacket doesn't fit right and they're like "yeah, well." >> "sorry." >> jon: "lose weight. i'm not taking it in." >> stop eating sandwiches at 2:00 a.m., jerk. >> jon: any good hosts coming up. >> we have jeremy renner this weekend. >> jon: bad ass. >> yeah, he is. >> jon: stay away from him. he can kill people. >> i have to be near him. >> jon: then you've got a real problem on your hands. i hope you survive. thanks for coming by. jason sudeikis, everybody. (cheers and (cheers and applause). >> jon: that's our show. jo

. >>> in virginia the u.s.s. san antonio was loaded with supplies and sent off to new york and new jersey. >>> the city of hoboken is finally getting back on its feet after flooding stranded 20,000 people. governor chris christie says the power situation has drastically improved. >> remember, at the height of the storm we were at 2 point. >> petros: 7 million, so we're a million more customers have been restored from the height of the storm. >>> in connecticut, garbage is piling up on the streets as flooded basements are being cleaned out. back to new york, washed out subways are starting to come back, and there are huge lines to get on buses as the city deals with a gridlock nightmare. work could begin today on removing a massive crane that's been dangling high above a mid town manhattan street. a lot of people are questioning the decision to go ahead with the new york city marathon sunday. mayor michael bloomberg says it won't hurt storm relief efforts. and to lower manhattan where power may not come on until th

the "u.s.s. terprise" finished its 25th and final deployment sunday when it returned home to its home port in norfolk, virginia. after 50 years that spanned the globe the ship is now headed to the scrapyard. >>> an amputee who lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident has now climbed to the world's tallest skr esest skysc. zach walters climbed the 103 floors to chicago's willis tower in under an hour with no breaks. the first person ever to complete the task wearing a mind-controlled -- yeah, mind-controlled prosthetic limb. >>> a glimmer of hope that it nhl season could be saved. negotiations resumed over the yeengsd weekend for the first time in two weeks and now a are you round of talks is up for tomorrow. for the rest of the sports highlights here's espn. >>> good morning, i'm hakim dermish with your "sportscenter" colts head coach chuck pagano attended the first game sunday after being diagnosed with leukemia. and the colts played strong. andrew luck and the colts hosting the dolphins, firs

she's the sponsor for the u.s.s. cole and i want to welcome you, lee perry, here this morning and thank you for all you've done and supporting your husband and his marvelous career. thank you, ms. perry. (applause) >> our speaker this morning, the former secretary of defense william perry, i first met when he was the deputy secretary of defense, and he and mrs. perry came to korea where i was the c5j5 and i was assigned to escort them around. and i had a lot of those kinds of duties while i was assigned to korea. but it was the most pleasant experience i had and i say that honestly, to get to know these two people. and he then became our secretary of defense. and many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses we've ever had. he's currently a senior fellow at the hoover institute and a freeman foley institute of international studies. he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear risk reduction initiative and prev

modern convention that they were i think romney preloaded his convention because he announced ryan at the u.s.s. wisconsin before the convention and so i think whatever bump that was going to happen but i. don't know if you know what the arms were to the first i was twenty minutes into that. everybody at human events was just sort of we're all sort of watching it together turning. this wrongly really doing us well because it seems like he's doing well but i don't i wasn't sure because you have a tendency to sort of root for your side and it seemed like for the first time a chance without the filter of sort of the obama campaign and his friends in the media it's like for the first time the american people got to see romney with sort of the attack that's constantly been on him well let's not forget too that romney in that first debate seemed very at ease because he was sort of the moderate romney that everyone said was hiding under that skin came out for the first time really in this campaign i feel like and so that romney would probably perform well because perhaps he was being a little more tru

one way that is happening, tonight on the flight deck of the decommissioned aircraft carrier, the "u.s.swn." >> they have a double-header on tap. first, the women of notre dame taking on the ohio state university buckeyes. then it's the buckeyes' men's team facing marquette. also in germany tonight, msu spartans taking on uconn. >> we should note that espn's "college gameday" is being done live from the deck of the carrier "u.s.s. san diego" in port in san diego. they do that. kind of cool. >> nice little tribute for sure. >>> well, parents, we have another segment of "parent picks" in the works. i know you can relate to how stressful it can be to travel over the holidays with kids. it is really not fun, let me tell you. >> those of us without kids don't like you guys on the plane either. >> i'm requesting feedback. what products make it easier for you to travel with your kids besides benadryl. okay? if you recall on our previous "parents' picks" segments, i featured my favorite stroller and favorite products that have been a lifesaver for me as a parent. if you have travel product ideas

. >> reporter: the story goes the bell came from the u.s.s. jeb stewart and became the center piece of this decades- old rivalry. the winner gets to keep it all yearlong. these players prarring for a contest that began in 1960 when the falls church assistant principal left to become principal of the newly opened jeb stewart high school and suggested the friendly football competition. >> this is something great tore play for at the end, something to look forward to. >> reporter: falls church junior did he on dupont is hoping for his first bell rivalry victory but not the first for members of his family. >> my brother played in it, my cousin played in it. they always won the be. >> reporter: bragging rights for the school and community are on the line. 9sports was there in 2007 when falls church earned the right. >> kids always talk about the bell. when i go to shoppers out here i have a random person come to me and say, coach, are you going to get the bell back this year? >> even if we were 0-9 and they were 0-9, you wouldn't know it. whoever wi

. >> newport news, launching of the u.s.s. enterprise has attracting sponsors. sels that bear the numbers the enterprise is the nirs nuclear flat top and the wor world's biggest ship. enterprise is still the longest aircraft carrier in the world at more than 1100 feet. and if you were to stand on its stern next to the empire state building, it would reach up to around the 92 it-- 92nd floor. >> and senator john mccain says he does not trust the timeline released on the attacks on the consulate in benghazi, libya. told judge janine pirro he thinks the time line is a coverup and wants a special congressional committee to investigate the attack that killed the ambassador in libya. and does senator mccain and lawmakers say they want to find out. >> shep, they basically want to know who knew what, when, before, during and after that abenghazi attack and a new probe mccain claims conflict with a secret state department cable viewed by fox news. >> fox has reported in the last few hours that there are people on the ground in libya that will directly refute their sequenc

thousands cheered as the u.s.s. enterprise pulled into its port in norfolk, virginia for the last time on sunday. thenter price has participated in every major conflict since the cuban missile crisis in 1962. >>> the first mind controlled bionic leg debuted at the willis tower. zach used the leg to climb 103 floors to the top of the building and he did it in less than an hour. money raised from the event goes to the rehabilitation institute of chicago. that is pretty impressive. i think of two flights of stairs, i would be out of breath. >> this is a lot of stairs. >> good for him. >>> "washington post" out with some endorsements of several big questions on the ballot in maryland. >> up next, we will tell you if it appears the paper is for or against the expanded gambling. let's talk to tucker barnes. >> i'm for some warmer weather. we'll see if we have it on the seven-day forecast. temperatures in the 30s and low 40s. i'll have your workweek weather and we'll take a look at election day weather coming up as well rig

also, he said the u.s.s. officials needed betteter intelligence.. hest problem to address, but the mostt important. that get it back up out of he said, she said fivive days bebefore the election. how come weidn't know? why did we say, blamet on a videdeo for two wee? those are two unananswered questions. theecordings might exist. it c could be that if they do exisist, the government asks them not to be revealed.d. ongoing invtigation. peperhaps media organizations are complying.. >> bob: the national security advisor is not anyone to give orders in chain of command. they he nothing to do with that.. the idea it camame from the national secity advisor's office is unsubstantive and unsubstaiated and flat wrong. >> andrea: what t about that point t on the media,reg? they haven been engaged until nonow. they are statarting to get engaged. who is att fault? media for not covovering the story, admintration for not reporting it or both?h? >> greg: t the media is so far in obama's p pockets they have bruises fr his quarters. ii agree withh bob. we don't need

hoyas facing the tenth ranked florida gators aboard the u.s.s. baton. forces a turnover. nate with the steal. he looks ahead to porter. porter is automatic. georgetown trailed by four at the half but no second half. condensation on the court forces them to call the game. the game will not count or be made up. to the big boys wizards looking for their first win of the year against the bucks. bradley on the break and he is slamming this one home. 22 points in the game for the rookie. the wizards fall 101-91. big news for nats fans. nl manager of the year candidate davie johnson signs a one-year deal to return as the nats' skipper. he plans to retire at the end of 2013. >>> and don't forget college football. terps kick off against clemson at 3:30. virginia hosts miami at noon. howard takes on georgia southern at 2:00. that's your sports minute. i'm carol maloney. hope your saturday is a good one. >>> let's talk soccer. the d.c. united are on their way to houston and hoping to keep their playoff run alive. the united will take on the houston dynamos tomorrow. in the first game

a confidence man in the panoply of confidence men and not to put a fly in the ointment, but how the u.s.s. mitt romney as a confidence man? >> i don't know. i heard connolly's the rice talks several weeks ago. i don't have it in me. he was airing the go to. i was tearing the shoot myself. so there are these people in our evolved system they spend their whole life doing press. we get one who also has the capacity to be a public servant. as milton friedman said, we just don't have the time to the bone up on the people trying to rob us. a subsidy for this and that. because we think about it for ten seconds a year, and they think about it all day every day this only one thing we can do. cut taxes. you know. who knows if they are a confidence man. i don't know. i grew up and was born on the shot -- south side of chicago. i see everything through that. of course they are. >> we have a question. >> reopening a revival with al pacino playing a different role. your great striking players are rather cynical. no great problem there. interestingly, nothing to do with his political message. but as a g

that is how much debt the u.s.s. and so when you hear the debates in congress which will come up again about raising the debt ceiling, that is what this is all about. are we going to allow the country to keep borrowing more and more and more? and it is something that i hope never happens, but if we don't act now, at some point, we of looking at what is going on in europe and the eurozone countries, places like greece and spain, they cannot repay debts. they're having to ask for bailout money from eurozone countries and the international monetary fund, have never been the united states ever gets in a position, the international monetary fund is already monitoring health care reform because the united states is a member of the international monetary fund. so that is the debt situation that we are looking at is a country. so readily begin to change course? and that is where all of you, and, especially those of you who are future physicians who will be taking care patients. what can you do? the institute of medicine estim

after the u.s.s. cole bombings and the bombings in kenya and tanzania could have helped the fbi gain access to the site in benghazi faster than the 24 days it needed. they say the team would not have done any good. a spokesman gave this explanation. quote the most senior people in government worked on this issue from the moment it happened, that includes the secretary of defense. chairman of the joint chief, secretary of state, national security adviser, et cetera. fox news has learned that u.s. military intelligence was reporting as early as 7:00pm eastern, less than four hours after the attack began that ansar al-sharia carried out the i attack on the consulate. state department cables show that stevens team warned washington that at 6:43 in the morning they had concerns on september 11th that members of the libyan police sent to guard them were photographing the compound, quote, this person was photographing the inside of the u.s. special mission and furthermore this person was part of the police un