george tyndall of sexual assault and misconduct.rvivors. she sees striking parallels between her experience with former usa gymnastics dr. larry nassar and the many young women who have accused usc gynecologist george tyndall of assault. >> it's the same story. so many people knew and covered it up. >> reporter: after confronting nassar at his sentencing. >> we, this group of women you so heartlessly abused over such a long period of time are now a force and you are nothing. >> reporter: the olympic star is now in sacramento along with women from usc to support a state bill to extend the statute of limitations in the tyndall case. >> i don't think there should be a statute of limitations when it comes to abuse. >> reporter: they attended sc more than 25 years apart, but both say tyndall used his position as a campus gynecologist to violate them. >> i felt his fingers, and the only way i can describe it is it felt like something that would happen with a partner and he was not my partner. >> reporter: tyndall is being investigated by

at tyndall? >> i can't think of a time i've been here, certainly in my service at the air force, where we've had a natural disaster like we've seen hit lejeune and tyndall and offutt. and we didn't take it from other parts of the service or other parts of the department. so i think we need a supplemental to recover from the storm damage. >> i won't press you, but, in fact, the money is already in the department of defense. the decision was made to transfer it for construction of 150 miles of border fence rather than tyndall, offutt or lejeune. secretary esper, what was your view of that transfer? was it the proper thing to do? is it more important to build a border wall than to transfer the billion dollars to the marines for the repair of camp lejeune? >> congressman, that's not my call to make. my perspective is prioritization within the army. obviously assistant secretary shanahan sees all of dod and the white house has a national perspective. my ability to prioritize within the army is what we

at some point we'll be slowing at tyndale and only do life, health and safety offet. money, ifng that there is supplemental funding, work twice as fast at the end of the year. >> you're also, according to the to cut 18,000ng training and flying hours next couple ofhe months. is that correct? >> that's the intended consequence without supplemental funding. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. scott. will control myself although i will say there is $1 billion thehing around in department of defense that could have been made available for this purpose. next --ove to our ms. houlihan. >> hi, and thank you. i appreciate your comments and i don't think it's a good idea to play games. forcened at tyndall air base but i also have apply in puerto -- in puerto rico and i feel like we're praying with withbody -- playing everybody's lives. i'm a third generation military family, myself. my mom and her five brothers and in military up housing so this is personal to me for a lot of reasons. questions first are sort of tactical in nature and then more a little bit personal. one is that w

we were hammered at tyndall. stop 61k i had to facility options. if we get to the first of may and do not have help, we will have to put a pause on tyndale recovery. there thate people will continue to work in degraded facilities. the decisions i will have to make in may, and my successor in july and september, will be difficult. have you spoken to trey shanahan about these things brought up? about the readiness problems and issues meeting your requirements? in terms of natural disaster recovery? >> yes. >> have either of you spoken to president trump about his desire for a wall at the southern border outweighing your service funding requirements? >> i have not personally talked to president trump about that. >> no. secretary wilson, have you spoken to secretary wilson about the concern? where they respected in your services? i want to make sure we are covering all bases. >> i don't believe we have. >> i don't believe i have. >> how can we be confident the money we authorized, or the appropriators sent will not be reprogrammed into a program that d

at the capitol gymnast aly raisman joined others who accuse george tyndall of sexual assault during exams. she was sexually assaulted by former usa gymnast doctor larry nassar. >> those responsible for protecting and caring for students covered it up, shamed survivors, and provided tyndall with ta financial payout. shame on them. >> the proposed law applies to any claims serconcerning sexual assault at a student health center. it would give victims who have to 2020 to file a claim an extra year. >>> the plan is coming together for the a's. not only do we want to build a ballpark near jack london square, they want to revamp the coliseum site. supervisors voted unanimously to negotiate terms to sell their half the coliseum complex to the a's. they have agreed on a price, 85 million bucks. they have to iron out how the a's will redevelop the site. the mayor and city leaders submitted a list of benefits people in oakland should receive with this sale. >> you are a public entity. you represent the good people of oakland. you must include community benefits in any sale deal. >> they want to inc

the bill would allow accusers of doctor george tyndall to sue him in civil court. even though the statute of limitations has expired reisman pointed out that more than 600 women, accused tyndall but no charges have been filed. >>as a survivor of this type. i know how confusing it can be and the guilt that often accompanies the realization that a doctor. some are told from an early age to trust and respect is capable of intentionally harming us. >>and as you know as she is one of the many women the gymnast who came forward and told us about doctor larry nassar and how he abused them. and now he is in prison for it. 9 37 is the time. a california woman. >>bitten by a shark while kayaking in hawaii. her name is kimberly bishop choose kayaking on the big island. when the shark struck her from behind knocking her into the water and that's when the shark then bitter, the 65 year-old says it let go quickly but not before it bitter fire right above the knee as painful as that the bite mark was about 12 inches in diameter paddlers ended up having to bring her to shore where

tyndall has not been charged and denies the allegations. they write, dr.nown, it will be determined that his examinations of students were cof care for such ioexaminat. whaty do you see with this. to what happened within usa gymnastics. ed in protecting itself than the young people. >> reporter:s aly raisman say she is proud to be part of a movement for change. >> it's not just the fact i was aba trusted adult. it was the fact there were so many adults around me that looked the other way and knew about it and covered it up. >> reporter: raisman, nastinger, and morgan and others will be with their support this morning advocating to extend the statute of limitations. >> did she talk about why she feels so connected to this particular community of surv >> reporte well, she a feels bond because of the striking she wants justice for these women. she identifies with what they've gone through as well. it took many years for jtice in the case against larry nassar. dr. tyndall has yet to be charged even tugh there are 600 women who have made claims against him alle

>>their dhysician doctor george tyndall was the center of multiple abuse complaints over decades, victims say the allegations were taken seriously until just last year all of us were shocked and horrified state senator jerry hill wants to change the way allegations are handled proposing to require hospitals and clinics to notify state regulators of patient abuse within 15 days of the alleged crime in the healthcare industry in general doctors are highly valued. >>and so even at the wonderful organizations, i work that. whenever a complaint was made by a patient. we always doubted the patient first the california medical board says it already receives 10,000 complaints a year. >>the california medical association opposes the measure as that they're put in place and reporting process that will cause extreme backlog to the medical board. >>the negatively impact access to care. extreme challenges in its implementation. >>i didn't know is that larger an enormous of a problem. but it sounds like from their point of view it is an enormous problem and that's just every other region in more reason

graduates decades apart say they were abused by the same gynecologist their physician doctor george tyndall was the center of multiple abuse complaints over decades, victims say the allegations were taken seriously until just last year all of us were shocked and horrified state senator jerry hill wants to change the way allegations are handled proposing to require hospitals and clinics to notify state regulators of patient abuse within 15 days of the alleged crime inthe healthcare industry in general doctors are highly valued. >>and so even at the wonderful organizations, i work that. whenever a complaint was made by a paent. we always doubted the patient first the california medical board says it already receives 10,000 complaints a year. >>the california medical association opposes the measure as the difference in place and reporting process that will cause extreme back on to the medical board. >>extreme challenges in its implementation. >>i didn't know is that larger an enormous of a problem. but it sounds like from their point of view it is an enormous problem and that's just every othe

i trained at tyndale air force base, but i also have family in puerto rico and i feel like we're playing with everybody's lives with these partisan games so i appreciate your comments. i'm also a third generation military member myself, my dad and grandfather served careers in the navy and my brother and i grew up in military housing and my mother and her five brothers grew up in military housing off and on. so my questions first are sort of tack-- tactical in nature and one is more person. and when people generally deploy when they have issues like this at home. how about recruitment. have you seen any sort of implications in terms of recruitment because of this narrative that's been following military housing around? >> congresswoman, i'll start and then i'll turn it over to the services. we all understand that we recruit the individual. we retain the family and they care about four things, our military families are tremendously resilient and can go with just about any changes they face. all they ask for is a safe place to live in, adequate medical attention and good schools for their

graduates decades apart say they were abused by the same gynecologist their physician doctor george tyndallenter of multiple abuse complaints over decades, victims say the allegations were taken seriously until just last year all of us were shocked and horrified state senator jerry hill wants to change the way allegations are handled proposing to require hospitals and clinics to notify state regulators of patient abuse within 15 days of the alleged crime in the healthcare industry in general doctors are highly valued. >>and so even at the wonderful organizations, i work that. whenever a complaint was made by a patient. we always doubted the patient first the california medical board says it already receives 10,000 complaints a year. >>the california medical association opposes the measure as the difference in place and reporting process that will cause extreme back on to the medical board. >>is extreme challenges in its implementation. >>i didn't know is that larger an enormous of a problem. but it sounds like from their point of view it is an enormous problem and that's just every other re

overly broad with no legitimate -- legitimate legislative service, and a possible legislation of the tyndale they are hoping to do is go through they say rummage through the president and his family's private financial records and stumbleupon something they can exploit politically as a tool against the trump family. >> that the argument they have to make. any legislative purpose, the courts are deferential to this as they need to be means it's a legitimate subpoena. compare for example to whitewater where there was a lot of oversight of prior to the tenure, financial transactions. if you can state any plausible legislative function than the courts will not be second guessing but as the judge says it could take a wild, time is not on the democrat side and what may ensue is some kind of negotiation to narrow the terms. >> something else they are negotiating is the testimony of the attorney general, william barr said to be before the senate wednesday, no problem but in the house there are house lawmakers who want to say we want to let our staff, our counsel question you instead of members who s

struggling 6 months after hurricane michael and the air force is threatening to stop work rebuilding tyndall air force base near panama city. if congress continues to delay normally disaster relief bills are not controversial. but this one is different as the president and senators from both parties argue over how much money should go to puerto rico senate minority leader chuck schumer says democrats did not support the latest disaster relief bill because republicans cut money for puerto rico in favor of money for midwest farmers. we believe we all ought to pull together. >>and help american wherever they are the for the island we've got to care for a week i think airport or if only i get rid of politics, several gop senators met with president trump on thursday to discuss the situation. >>but congress is now on a 2 week recess, meaning any progress on disaster relief will have to wait on capitol hill, i'm mark meredith. >>still ahead as soon as second will stay university was shot and killed with a pellet gun where it happened and why investigators believe it was not an accident. >>and curr

three lawsuits have been filed against doctor george tyndall---a former gynecologist at u-s-c. suits claim he sexually abused countless girls at the university. raisman and the victims are backing a new state law. if passed, it would allow more alleged victims of sex raisman and the victims are backing a new state law which, if passed, would allow more alleged victims of sexual assault to sue by extending the statute of limitations. >>> actor jussie smollett, according to a spokesperson cook county state attorney kim foxx has received multiple racially charged threats to her personal safety. the threats come a week after a series of texts and documents show foxx worried her office was overcharging the "empire" star. the public has a right to know why the charges against him were dropped. >> now turning to a recall alert for you. parents out there, you'll want to be sure you check your child's toy box this morning. target is voluntarily recalling nearly a half million wooden toy vehicles because of a choking hazard. this includes eight bullseye's playground toys sold separately

>>their physician doctor george tyndall was the center of multiple abuse complaints over decades, victims say the allegations were taken seriously until just last year all of us were shocked and horrified state senator jerry hill wants to change the way allegations are handled proposing to require hospitals and clinics to notify state regulators of patient abuse within 15 days of the alleged crime in the healthcare industry in general doctors are highly valued. >>and so even at the wonderful organizations, i work that. whenever a complaint was made by a patient. we always doubted the patient first the california medical board says it already receives 10,000 complaints a year. >>the california medical association opposes the measure as that they're put in place and reporting process that will cause extreme back on to the medical board. >>extreme challenges in its implementation. >>i didn't know is that larger an enormous of a problem. but it sounds like from their point of view it is an enormous problem and that's just every other region and more reason that we need to do something. >>the

>>their physician doctor george tyndall was the center of multiple abuse complaints over decades, victimsations were taken seriously until just last year all of us were shocked and horrified state senator jerry hill wants to change the way allegations are handled proposing to require hospitals and clinics to notify state regulatorof patient abuse within 15 days of the alleged crime in the healthcare industry in general doctors are highly valued. >>and so even at the wonderful organizations, i work that. whenever a complaint was made by a patient. we always doubted the patient first the california medical board says it already receives 10,000 complaints a year. >>the california medical association opposes the measure as the difference in place and reporting process that will cause extreme back on to the medical board. >>is extreme challenges in its implementation. >>i didn't know is that larger an enormous of a problem. but it sounds like from their point of view it is an enormous problem and that's just every other region and more reason that we need to do something. >>the legislation pas

>>their physician doctor george tyndall was the center of multiple abuse complaints over decades victimeg tions were taken seriously until just last year all of us were shocked and horrified state senator jerry hill wants to change the way allegations are handled proposing to require hospitals and clinics to notify state regulators of patient abuse within 15 days of the alleged crime in the healthcare industry in general doctors are highly valued. >>and so even at the wonderful organizations, i work that. whenever a complaint was made by patient. we always doubted the patient first the california medical board says it already received 10,000 complaints a year. >>the california medical association opposes the measure as that they're put in place and reporting process that will cause extreme backlog to the medical board. >>the negatively impact access to care. is extreme challenges in its implementation. >>i didn't know is that larger an enormous of a problem. but it sounds like from their point of view it is an enormous problem and that's just every other region and more reason that we n

graduates decades apart say they were abused by the same gynecologist their physician doctor george tyndallenter of multiple abuse complaints over decades, victims say the allegations were taken seriously until just last year all of us were shocked and horrified state senator jerry hill wants to change the way allegations are handled proposing to require hospitals and clinics to notify state regulators of patient abuse within 15 days of the alleged crime in the healthcare industry in general doctors are highly valued. >>and so even at the wonderful organizations, i work that. whenever a complaint was made by a patient. we always doubted the patient first the california medical board says it already receives 10,000 complaints a year. >>the california medical association opposes the measure as the difference in place and reporting process that will cause extreme back on to the medical board. >>the negatively impact access to care. extreme challenges in its implementation. >>i didn't know is that larger an enormous of a problem. but it sounds like from their point of view it is an enormous pro

>>their physician doctor george tyndall was the center of multiple abuse complaints over decades victim say the allegations were taken seriously until just last year all of us were shocked and horrified state senator jerry hill wants to change the way allegations are handled proposing to require hospitals and clinics to notify state regulators of patient abuse within 15 days of the alleged crime in the healthcare industry in general doctors are highly valued. >>and so even at the wonderful organizations, i work that. whenever a complaint was made by patient. we always doubted the patient first the california medical board says it already receives 10,000 complaints a year. >>the california medical association opposes the measure as that they're put in place and reporting process that will cause extreme backlog to the medical board. >>the negatively impact access to care. extreme challenges in its implementation. >>i didn't know is that larger an enormous of a problem. but it sounds like from their point of view it is an enormous problem and that's just every other reason than more reason

decision was made to transfer it for construction of 150 miles of border construction rather than tyndall, offutt or lejeune. secretary esper, what was your view of that transfer. was it the proper thing to do? is it more important to build a border wall than to transfer the billion dollars to the marines for the repair of camp lejeune? >> congressman, that's not my call to make. my perspective is prioritization within the army. obviously assistant secretary shanahan sees all of dod and the white house has a national perspective. my ability to prioritize within the army is what we did. the fy 19 appropriations from which that was taken, that meets our -- >> excuse me for interrupting. specifically, the money was in the army account. could it have been transferred to long-range precision fires? or maybe combat vehicles? or vertical lift? or maybe air missile defense? could it have been transferred there for those purposes to specifically serve the military's need for high effect combat with our near peer adversaries. >> yes, sir, but there's two qualifiers. one it came from the military pe

if i could start secretary wilson, you recently testified that the recovery and reconstruction of tyndall and offut air force bases devastated by extreme weather and flooding will cost nearly $5 billion. the fy 18 ndaa requires that the department of defense describe future-focused mitigations needed to ensure mission resiliency and cost. unfortunately, the department of defense has failed significantly to meet its statutory mandate on this -- this report. and i'm concerned we're now in a cycle of throwing good money after bad. the lack of foresight with regard to investments in my opinion in resiliency is not only fiscally irresponsible but places our service members in a readiness at risk. my question is really to all of the witnesses -- itten a i don't want anybody fill bustering i want to get to these as quick as possible. i have several. do you agree that the changing climate poses a threat to our readiness? >> secretary esper? >> i'm not sure that i could say that it pose as threat to readiness. but chiemt change is something we have to take into account as we consider our installat

the reason events at the tyndall 20% of thease, only f-22's were in condition to fly.hey had to store the other 40% in hangers. that's a challenge they will run into. minimize the damage to expensive infrastructure? host: there is bipartisan .egislation, the readiness act what will this legislation do? guest: the readiness act was recently introduced. tell the military to assess their vulnerability to climate change and come up with ways to address that vulnerability holistically. there isn't one problem and one answer. everyone has different elevation, different vulnerability to flooding, different proximity to the coast. they have to think about it base by base and then figure out what we have to do. the example with the navy at the shipyard is an example where they are asking for money to lift their floodwalls up. that is a local project aced on a local risk and local vulnerability. you will have budgets like that at the various bases. remind viewers what the trump administration presidential committee is doing. guest: it doesn't exist yet. it was a proposal inside