and what will go into the museum of the u.s. army? chip reid has the first look at our priceless history. >> reporter: so general ulysses s. grant actually wore this hat? >> yes, he did. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> good evening, this is our western edition. secretary of state john kerry is heading to ukraine after a white house meeting with president obama, secretary hagel and chairman of the joint chiefs. kerry's mission is to show support for the country at the center of the biggest u.s.-russian faceoff since the cold war. nato says the crisis is a threat to peace in europe. russian president vladimir putin has been sending troops across the border into ukraine's crimea region in defiance of mr. obama. they began moving in after ukrainian protesters ousted the pro-moscow president last month. they were demanding closer ties to western europe. putin said he was protecting russian interests. liz palmer is covering the russian invasion in crimea. russians are now in contro s local go

here, the nearly 240-year history of the u.s. armyt a soldier would carry or wear from the revolutionary war all the way up to current operation. boots, canteens, helmets. >> reporter: and what do you have here? >> this is the powder horn of levi gashet. he was a minuteman and answered the call on april 19, 1775, to respond to the crisis of lexington and concord. >> reporter: so this really symbolizes the u.s. army? >> it's quintessential americana. >> reporter: it looks like we're going from the revolutionary to the civil war. >> this is ulysses s. grant. >> reporter: so general ulysses s. grant actually wore this hat? >> yes, he did. >> reporter: the collection is growing by the day. it's now so large it included 16,000 works of arts. >> we have three original norman rockwell paintings that he produced for the army. every our rockwell focuses on the face of an american person from his hometown. this is for every man fighting in world war ii. >> reporter: hidden away in a far corner are examples of nazi propaganda taken from germany

hear are the top stories - a u.s. armyeral accused of assaulting a female army captain is no longer faces sexual assault charges, he'll plead guilty to lesser charges. >> the ascertain -- search for the missing malaysia airlines flight has been expanded. passengers and crews backgrounds are being looked at. >> crimea voted to join the russian federation. 95% approved the referendum. the ukrainian prime minister called it circus light. president obama spoke today with russian president vladimir putin. for vladimir putin, the justification can be traced to a conflict 15 years ago. in 1999 n.a.t.o. member states authorised an 11-week bombing campaign in serbia. that led to kosovo's independence in 2008. russia denounced the move as illegal and refused to recognise kosovo. vladimir putin is saying crimeans can follow the path. not everyone agrees with the analysis. >> we are joined from d.c. by a lawyer from. is it a fair xocomparison to compare kosovo to crimea. >> i think there are differences. if you look at the kosovo decl

. >> a u.s. army general facing life in prison for sexual assault, makes a deal with prosecutors. >> the vags into malaysia -- investigation into malaysia airlines flight 370 focuses on the pilot. exchanging labour lawyers, is it long overdue or a sure-fire way to send the economy into a tail spin, that's the topic on "the week ahead". >> our top story, celebrations on the ukrainian peninsula. voters approved a referendum to rejoin russia. russian supporters demonstrated in the streets for hours across crimea. the election commission reports an 80% vetter turn out. here are the -- voter turn out. here are the results. they are overwhelming. when asked about becoming a subject of the russian federation, more than the 95% votediers. 4% voted for more autoony. the united nations, the e.u., and the white house condemned the vote. we have a team on the ground. jennifer glasse talks to people for and against the election in sevastopol. but first the south of the nation where nick schifrin joins us live. wha

the u.s. army today's active duty force of 5 hundred 22,000 troops to 492,000 next year. serve secretary--secretary hagel wants to bring the total to 440,000 troops by the year 2019, six years from now. it will be the smallest sized u.s. army in 75 years, which brings us back to before world war i i. here is secretary hagel on why. >> we are no longer sizing the force. >> that is called army speak. you figure out it. two, marine corp. cuts to 182,000. three, army national guard cuts from # 3-0 hundred 55,000 to- -from 355,000 to 335,000. four,s special operations up from 66,000 today to 66,000 because the forces are uniquely suited for the most likely missions of the future. five, the loser, the a10 wart hog tank killer plane. cold war era spy plain, retired. drone, unmanned aircraft, they are hot. four, six, military benefits reduced including cut backs for service persons tax free housing and heightened medical insurance copays. seven, nay they want a--they want a new round of base closing in 201

the nerve agent program is still largely classified but i traveled to the u.s. army military history institute in pennsylvania to look at general lucas papers and there i found these personal diaries he wrote which told much of the story which i report in paperclip. >> there you sue lukes at a party he was having and it was in those papers i discovered the ss brigade schieber never known to be part of operation paperclip but he was. he was so close to himmler. he was on himmlers percentage staff. you can see that little button there that's to the golden party badge. and that was given out by hitler to his closest entourage, and he was a check chemist, and he became very friendly with general lukes, and the two men exchanged christmas cards for many years, which are also in the military institute in pennsylvania. just to give you an idea how close schieber was to the top, these are photographs that the archive does not let one reprints but i'm happy to show them here. there's schieber with spear, and there he is, shaking hands with hitler. so those general lukes' diar

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he was mysteriously released a few weeks before the trial and turned over to the custody of the u.s. army air force and brought to america. that is the not see dr. trial and was acquitted. >> i write about him and ellington the book one of the only surviving witnesses to what went on into a concentration camp amazing story it is amazing how these little buckets are lost. when i was reading the try transcript i discovered when he was put on the witness stand because the doctor removed a piece of his liver without anesthesia attitude dissect how long someone could survive in the ocean and how much seawater you could drink so they would simulate the test written by the other doctors who would come to texas. but he was so angry he headed dagger handed in his pocket and he jumped off the witness stand and tried to stab the doctor. this incredible moment i could not believe i had never heard of this before. the great tragedy the american judge who believed firmly reread nuremberg to show how democracy works put him in the prison with the very doctors who had done this to him. the doctor that wa

this picture was on twitter from the u.s. army. at arlingtonr national cemetery in the snow, a really pretty shot. all of those snowflakes, each one has a personality. up, you look at them close this is from richard barnhill justgraphy, the details of one. fortunately, we have a lot out there. seasonal total so far this year, 23.1 inches at reagan national. last year we only had three inches of snow, the year before two inches. the year before that, 10 inches. and we all remember 56 point you used to sleep like a champ. then boom, what happened? stress, fun, bad habits, kids, now what? let's build you a better bed that senses your movement, heartbeat, breathing. sensors working directly with the air chambers. it's the all-new sleep number x12 bed. it tracks your sleep and tells you here's a good, better and an awesome night. the difference? try adjusting up or down. you'll know cuz sleep iq™ tells you and all you have to do is sleep. only at a sleep number store, try the unprecedented sleep number x12 bed. know better sleep with sl

. >> reporter: jim reid retired from the u.s. army as a lieutenant colonel in 2011.er 27 years and nine combat deployments. he went looking for a job as a civilian. did you think at the time when i become a civilian, i'm going to have a skill set that i can use? >> oh, absolutely. i'm a nurse anestivity. so an easily transferable skill, something hospitals use every day throughout the country. >> reporter: and you still had a rough time. >> di. i did. >> reporter: reid has worked at three hospitals in three years and been laid off twice. >> it was very difficult to deal with, and it kind of made me question, you know, myself a little bit, first time in a long time that i had to do that. >> reporter: the unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans is 7.9%, higher than the national civilian average of 7%. the pentagon's propose the budget cuts could force roughly 90,000 service men and women to seek civilian jobs. similar resume, similar skill sets. >> in a bad economy. >> reporter: in a bad economy. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: what is going to be the rude awakening for the

a plea deal has been reached with the u.s. army general accused of assaulting a female officer.gadier general sinclair no longer faces sexual assault charges. he'll plead guilty to lesser crimes. they no longer face life in prison. the search has grown for the missing malaysia airlines flight. the plane steered off course. they are looking over two areas, including large parts of central asia, and they are looking at the backgrounds of 239 people on board. >> north korea launched 25 rockets into the sea of japan. it's been called restless. >> in mexico city hundreds chanted freedom, displaying a venezuela flag. >> a powerful 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of chile, there's no threat of tsunami. >> bill de blasio boycotted the st. patrick's day parade for not allowing gay and lesbians to march. >> "lockerbie - what happens next", is next. you're watching: lockerbie: what really happened >> three years ago al jazeera began investigating the conviction of abdelbaset al megrahi, the only man found guilty of the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie in scotland. in the run

in 1966, the u.s. army produced a film about the quake and it included eight mm film shot by a bystander as the tsunami hit. >> it is march 27th, good friday. although it is late in the afternoon, two of the crew man, fred newmare, and phillip nelson tried to get some pictures with their 8 mm camera. suddenly the whole harbor is sucked dry of valdez. then heaves upward 50 feet sending a giant wave towards shore. it tosses it high and down where the back had been. somehow, fred manages to hang on and keep his camera running for part of this incredible trip. the harbor of valdez is a seething whirlpool. no one on it will survive, the long shore man, their children, and the dogs have disappeared. in the minutes that followed the tremor, builds to tremendous force and sweeps with terrible speed in a 500-mile an hour arc. the great waves sweeps along the shore striking ships, town ones and cities. >>> this past december, the u.s. question logical survey released a report saying how much damage a tsunami would do

this is the u.s. army's newest training facility. big city located inside of the hill complex in caroline county, virginia. >> decisions are made byns. humans live in places like this. our soldiers have to operate in that kind of environment. >> reporter: one of the things the soldiers learn sheer how they would react in real-life situations. repelling from tall buildings or crawling through tight space. >> you think it looks tough. try doing it weighted down with military gear and supplies. >> i learned that i don't like being in a tunnel for extended periods of time. >> reporter: the drills also help develop problem solving skills. the embassy has been used to re-create large demonstrations and so soldiers can learn how to deal with hostile crowds in an urban environment. >> and you and your team will move for 200 meters. >> you will take one of these tires with you. >> reporter: in some ways the tasks are like video games. >> it is like that except this is actually real world and it is breaking a sweat when you are doing it versus

-iraqi base in receiving a patrol briefing we mounted a number of u.s. army'snew stryker combat vehicles, instead of for the religiously mixed neighborhood of dora. riding in the back of one of the strikers, and i'm for this journey, i scanned the rooftops and alleyways for snipers. after a short drive we entered the market. here, too, the evidence of the bloodletting in 2006 was unmistakable. by december of that year door of which was in one-third of all killings in the iraqi capital. we drove past a former police station that had been blown up by a suicide car bomb. in the market area, building evidence of rocket and mortar sites, the black inside, a grim reminder of the task before us. if you iraqis in the market moved cautiously aware of the many dangers that jeopardized their lives. as with gaza late, the transit area was largely a ghost town. al-qaeda terrorists, sunni insurgents and shia militiamen had intimidated the population of baghdad into submission. the colorless reports and operational summaries that general petraeus and i read before departing t

and spent time in the u.s. army, but was discharged after only six weeks. four different psychiatric hospitals where he was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. eventually white got married and landed a job with general motors. his marriage ended after just six months, and he was laid off from his job in 1987. >> he was not able to retain friends or any relationships. and really was forced to move back home with his mother. >> white's psychiatric problems may have been the reason why the danville church rejected his application for membership. >> there has to be an agreement between the board, and with some of the things that happened that was attributed to him, we didn't think that that would be quite what we wanted at that particular time. >> investigators also learned that rick's ex-wife was a member of the oakwood united methodist church where the first bombing took place. >> i felt like he was trying to strike out against her and get even with her, at the time that it happened. >> then, four days after the second church bombing, before investigators

i thought the u.s. army ranger instructor have a very demanding physical program they pointed out one olympic athlete who could not get through ranger training. there are male olympic athletes have failed seal trading. so the same standards with women? that is a political question but the navy seals have a practical physical one to do a the heavy load, pushups, physically into our london to 40 hours? carry dash heavy logs? physically do the jobs? where they are dropped from 40,000 feet 8 miles hayek into a cold ocean 10 miles offshore where they swim under water. literally swimming with sharks in the philippines to set up a surveillance began. operating at high altitudes in down mountains of afghanistan. it is a great deal of physical endurance. >> host: how many are there and how many try out? denied the exact number is classified the roughly 2,000 worldwide and an alumni of a few thousand more. at some point i think every boy or girl thinks about being a navy seal but those to get to try out from the buds

. >> what better to understand that than the first african-american female made general of the u.s. armyd toral director caroline clarke has her story. >> once she earned her theater degree her path was not as clear. >> i knew when i graduated high school my next step was college. there was no doubt about that. >> her marching orders were quickly set straight in a 1964 visit to a military base. >> there were women running the uso facilities. they were wearing uniforms. i liked the blue uniforms. so i joined the air force. >> her glass ceiling became apparent when she achieved the rank of maintenance officer. >> they turned me down. they said i couldn't go. i wrote a letter to the first woman to be a general in the air force. she was a colonel. i heard from her in six weeks with a class date. and i went to that school in september. >> but the fight against her male counterparts was far from over. >> i ignored those things. i wouldn't say it was a special effort to ignore them. i did my job. >> she did her job and then some. breaking barriers to become a u.s. general. >> my general asked m

the latest poll shows by a good majority, 59% oppose cutting the number of u.s. armyroops. >> picking between two smart people like lizzy and john and a real dilemma, but i'm going to go with her on this one. it created the perfect situation for aggression by adolph hitler and italy. i realize the defense contracting can be very bloated. it's a cost-plus basis which invites a lot of bloated, packed spending. but we can never, ever afford to lose the military technology race. >> we get fat and happy and lazy, we think that the world is fine, then they take advantage of it and we're caught with our pants down. >> first, we got to remember, we're coming out of two wars here that we're exiting. and the obama has done a good job, they've reallocated part of our naval fleet to the pacific ocean where we haven't had wars. i've come from the school of thought where if we already have enough nuclear bombs to blow up the world several times over, why do we need anymore? >> mike, again, it's a dangerous world out there. if we spend money now, perhaps it won't blow out of control

[inaudible] served 26 years in the u.s. army and required with honors in 2013. major munt gumry is a part of the liberation of kuwait and the iraqy war. she has plans to begin a business administration plan in 2015. she lived in several states and countries and as a traveller embrays change. her commitment of the country and communities serves as huge [inaudible] we work foointhrich lives of students outside the classroom we atrack a [inaudible] such as major price mont gumry. today we want to thank her for her work and hope you will continue for many years at lincoln high school >> thank you all. i would like to thank [inaudible] with only 6 months of adult teaching and living in san francisco i feel i have a lot oto do and am up to thatd challenge. i believe i'm only here because of the hard work of my students. i draw from thir energy. serving in the military has a level of distinction, but not until i walked into the classroom could i say i love what i do. every morning i get up and love what i do and have new ideas for my student and they lusk it back. it d

. >> a u.s. armyeneral facing life in prison for sexual assault, makes a deal with prosecutors. >> the vags into malaysia -- investigation into malaysia airlines flight 370 focuses on the pilot. exchanging labour lawyers, is it long overdue or a sure-fire way to send the economy into a tail

. >> a u.s. army general agreed to a plea deem. brigadier general jeffrey sinclair no hanger faces sexual assault charges. the case against sinclair crumbled. >> he could have faced life, now he'll escape prison time. army veteran jeffrey sinclair saw the most serious charges of sexual assault against him dropped. instead he'll plead to lesser charges, including improper relations with three subordinate army officers, as well as adultery. the serious charges were sexual assault lodged against him stemming from on incident, when both were on tour of duty in afghanistan. recently it was found that the captain had provided conflicting testimony over the course of her pre-trial testimony. there was political taint among the upper etcha lons. sexual impropriety in the military, top brass called it a crisis, it's up 60%. there was a debate in the isn't sit. senator gillibrand had a proposals to remove the complaints is adjudication away from the chain of command. it didn't happen, a different piece of legislation from a democrat of misso

is a gigantic land maneuver under the direction of the fifth corps, u.s. army. it has many purposes, but an additional purpose may be to display nato's might before the communists. two opposing forces, black and green. both sides have the american-built 280 millimeter atomic cannons. the atomic cannon has never been fired in europe. what you will see here is a simulated atomic explosion, but cannon can be fired in europe. the guns are ready. the men are ready. should the soldiers attacked anyone of nato's nations, the atomic dons will fire. >> from the u.s. army big picture series, nato maneuvers determined to deter soviet aggression in europe. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. the recentlook at consumers security breaches at target and the university of maryland. from the senate commerce committee, this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. this hearing is in order. it does not have to come to it, it is. we now move into the era of the data. we knew that -- that is not news to you, ok. whether we like it or not, companies are re

roman served in the u.s. army for nine years. three tours in iraq.ere, on his third deployment, when life changed in an instant. his humvee striking an ied. >> i just didn't see it. it felt like getting punched in the stomach, it felt like getting the wind knocked out of me. >> reporter: the explosion caused major injuries to both of his legs. after multiple surgeries, he opted to have his left leg amputated above the knee. during his rehab, he discovered sled hockey. an outlet from the confines of a hospital room. before he left for sochi, he visited me on the set at "gma." i asked him what it was like to have your world change forever. >> none of these other things would have happened if that wouldn't have happened. now i'm on my way to sochi, russia, to represent u.s.a.. >> reporter: his smile, unmistakable on the ice. >> i never, ever ask myself why did this happen? i would never change the fact that i served my country. unfortunately, i got hurt. but these other opportunities happened because of this. >> and so we choose rico roman and the team

of the bar, they found laura got into an argument with sam freeman, a 26-year-old veteran of the u.s. armyra accused him of hustling these two young men playing pool. whatever happened wasn't something that came to blows, but there was a disagreement over a pool game, and laura had confronted him. >> candace shipman was working the bar that night. she said the altercation was minor. >> just got a little loud. then they quit. then it seemed okay. normal stuff that would happen in a bar. >> several bar patrons said freeman left the bar about 20 minutes before laura did. and his parents said he came home a short time later and stayed there the rest of the night. investigators also discovered there was another man in the bar that night. laura's ex-boyfriend, robert mcswain. >> she loved him. she was head over heels in love with him. she was just smitten. he could do no wrong. you know, and it was an on again/off again relationship. >> friends said laura hoped to marry robert, but he wasn't interested. mcswain's friend said he went directly home from the bar on the night of the murder, and fami

in the meantime a top prosecutor of sexual assault cases in the u.s. army has been accused of groping a female lawyer colleague. lieutenant colonel has been suspend among allegations he targeted the woman in a sexual assault legal conference in virginia. and the most senior member of the u.s. military to face sexual assault charges today pleaded guilty to three lesser charges his court marshal got underway in north carolina. jeffrey sinclaire faces charges including sexual assault. he's accused of threatening to to kill the family of a female captain if she told anyone he assaulted her. >> a street performer appearing harassing people while dressed as elmo has been in san francisco. his past is as colorful as the costume. he was arrested in new york for going on an anti-semitic rant, harassing people he admits he once ran a pornographic web site and tried to extort $2 million from the girl scouts. merchants are uneasy and worried he attracts the wrong people. >> i do not discriminate against any person. i've done nothing wrong to anyone, here. >> he says he

. >>> now a u.s. army one-star general facing sexual assault charges. brigadier general jeffrey sinclair is accused of assaulting an officer. he maintains his innocence of forcing sex acts, but he will admit guilt on three lesser charges, including improper relationships with two other officers. the married father of two is expected to plead in court before opening statements at the court-marti court-martial. he expected to be the most senior to face charges on sexual assault and could face life in prison if convicted. >>> and out of afghanistan, five afghan soldiers killed by a nato air strike. it happened around 3:30 this morning local time. eight other troops were injured in the strike. an afghan defense ministry spokesman confirming this to nbc news. nato says it has begun an investigation and in a statement says it values its strong relationship with its afghan partners. >>> staying overseas so the ongoing crisis in ukraine. pro-russian forces control all access to the crimean peninsula. all this as the flurry of diplomatic activity produced little

. >>> a u.s. army general once considered a rising star has agreed to a plea deal that includes the dropping of sexual assault charges against him. sources tell cbs news as part of the deal, sinclair will plead guilty to lesser charges, he will not have to register as a sex offender itch the mystery surrounding the malaysian jet only deepens with every bit of new information. even aviation expeters are scratching their heads. >> reporter: malaysian airlines flight 370 has been missing for a week and the theories as to what happened are stranger than fiction. >> many of them verge on the spy novel situation. >> reporter: this captain spoke on "face the nation". >> the aviation industry never tolerates this. >> reporter: the final words from the cockpit came after one of the plane's communication systems had been disabled but gave no indication anything was wrong. now, investigators are trying to determine who spoke those words if one or both pilots were involved in the plane's disappearance and if so th

and in 1999, a report for the u.s. army corps of engineers warned of a potential for a large, catastrophic failure in the region. that report was co-written by geomorphologist, dan miller. >> i think the county should have been aware of the risks. there have been numerous studies that have documented it. there's a historical record of repeated failures on that landslide that have gone all the way across the river. >> despite that, the head of the county's department of emergency management called the slide completely unforeseen. that was on monday. at today's news conference, he clarified that assessment. >> there was the original slide. we all now know that. it was a pretty decent-sized slide that impacted the community, flooded it pretty good. there was a lot of mission effort that within the into that river after that fact, and i'm talks about millions of dollars worth of work. that community felt safe because of that mission effort. people knew that this is a landslide-prone area. sometimes big events just happen. somet

this video from pat tv presented by larry vicars, larry is a u.s. army veteran of special operations, firearms consultant and instructor. this guy is an expert when it comes to handguns and training. he's off in russia talking to their tactical arms trainers. they do things a little bit different in russia. when you're using a hand dpgun you're under stress, it is important to keep your wits about you, to know where your bullets are going. in order to train their shooters, under stress, they do a confidence drill. >> oh, no. >> they take a student, put a bulletproof vest on them with live full metal jacket ammunition. you think that's crazy, he's getting shot, but now he has to have his wits about him, to return fire. watch this. >> the confidence drill is stand out on the range, get shot three times, then return fire to the gunman. but just shoot right next to his head as a target just off his shoulder and behind him. >> what if anyone misses in this drill. he's shooting at his chest. in the face, the arm, the leg, the groin. what? this is like russian

larry is a u.s. army veteran of special operations. he's a firearms consultant and also an instructor. basically this guy is an expert when it comes to handguns and handguns training. he's off in russia talking to their tactical arms trainers. they do things a little bit different in russia. when you are using a handgun and under stress it's important to keep your whits about you to know where your bullets are going to be safe to shoot the right person. >> you would hope. >> in order to train their shooters under stress they do what's called a confidence drill. >> oh, no. >> i see where this is going. >> basically they take a sdent and put vest with live full metal jacket ammunition. you think that's crazy? now he's getting shot and he has to have his wits about him to return fire. watch this. over the shoulder? >> over the shoulder. >> the confidence gril is stand out on the range, get shot three times, then return fire to the gunman but just shoot right next to his head as a target just off his shoulder and behind him. >> what if any

. >>> a u.s. army general once considered a rising star is now expected to enter some new pleas today, sources telling cbs news, sexual assault charges against brigadier general jeffrey saint claire are being dropped. sinclair will plead guilty to lesser charges of maltreatment of a subordinate, someday baying a commander's order, misusing a government-issued charge card. sinclair could still go to prison, but will not have to register as a offender. >>> an arsonist may be terrorizing san francisco. four vehicles were set on fire in one night. as kpix 5 brian web reports, people in that neighborhood are now sleeping with one eye open. >> "oh my god. there's a whole block." . >> reporter: car after car burned to a crisp all along grand avenue, except this pickup. call it slightly seared thanks to slight sleeper joseph durant. >> i heard noises. someone was pulling around with a vehicle. super light sleeper. that's why i heard it. >> reporter: joseph called 911 and grabbed the garden hose. >> i came here

so, 16 years after julie's murder, the jacksonville police department sent julie's clothes to the u.s. army lab in forest park, georgia, one of the most sophisticated labs available. >> the item in evidence included socks and her shirt and jeans, as well as other items from her sexual assault kit, which included, like, fingernail scrapings and other swabs. >> scientists there were discouraged. all but one of the items had been analyzed and tested. >> the socks had never been tested, probably because nobody expected to find anything useful on them. >> the idea that forensic evidence could have transferred onto julie's socks was remote. nevertheless, analyst brian higgins examined the socks with light sources that cause genetic material to fluoresce. >> i was kind of like, wow, could these be semen stains? i was kind of surprised, actually, because it's not one of the more common places we would find semen. >> the areas were removed then analyzed with a new dna test that needed only a very small amount of genetic material. miraculously, the tests generated a mixture of two dna profiles, one f

and coming up on aljazeera america, a u.s. army general learns his sentence. >> at one point, brigadier general, jeffrey sin clear, was looking at life in prison for mistreating a sub order that captain, who was his former mistress. at fort bragg, north carolina, what happened inside of that courtroom? >> there were a lot of hugs, laughter and smiles on the part of sin ca claire and his defense team. he immediately we want to call his wife after he received the sentence. he said the process worked and he has always been proud of "my army." this is what kind of penalty he's receiving. the judge gave him a reprimand. it will go on his former record and he will be asked to pay $20,000 in fines. hhe was not dismissed from the military. he's asking to retire. so upon retirement, he will have to go before a board. it's standard protocol for all soldiers. the board will determine his last rank that he served satisfactorily, and he could very well be demoted, in fact, his defense team expects him to be demoted to lieutenant colonel. that's

pennington also claimed not to be aware of the u.s. army corps of engineers report issued 15 years ago warning them of a potential catastrophe. meanwhile, the desperate search continues. now dogs specifically trained to search for bodies after disaster are making their way through the square mile of devastation as others use their bare hands to sift through the thick mud. >> you just have high water. we have a lot of clay, slippery clay and wood that from all the debris, from the mud slide, and the teams carefully work their way through that. we didn't have people getting injured. >> the number of people missing is at 176 although that tally hasn't been verified and could include duplicate names. firefighters say the chances of finding anyone else alive are slim. the force of the mud slide turned neighborhoods into rubble and tore vehicles into pieces. it could take weeks to recover all the bodies in the mud slide. cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> it's heartbreaking from the mud slide and they are getting more rain now. >> and the before and after

south florida political leaders have adopted a unified sea level rise projection, calculated by the u.s. army corps of engineers. these projections indicate sea levels will rise three to seven inches by 2030 and nine to 24 inches by 2060. pete harlem knows these projections all too well. he is the g.i.'s coordinator at florida international university, and pioneered the precise mapping of sea level rise for south florida. >> two feet of sea level rise is projected from roughly from 2040-2060 some time and when we get to that point, this is the miami beach of that near future. now taking that water level to four feet, it's just not gonna be a place you wanna live in a house. >> reporter: and it's not just people living on barrier islands who need to be concerned about sea level rise. most of south florida is susceptible to flooding, as infrastructure becomes overwhelmed by rising seas or heavy rainfall. dr. jayantha obeysekerais is the chief modeler and an expert in south florida's complicated hydrologic system. >> we have regional flood control system that was designed and built by the u.s. a

. >> reporter: jim reed retired from the u.s. army as a lieutenant colonel in 2011.bat deployments, he went looking for a job as a civilian. did you think at the time when i become a civilian, i'm going to have a skill set that i can use? >> oh, absolutely. i'm a nurse anext that tift, so easily transferable skill, something hospitals use every day throughout the country. >> you still had a rough time. >> i did, i did. >> reporter: reed has worked at three hospitals in three years and been laid off twice. >> it was very difficult to deal with and it kind of made me question, you know, myself a little bit. first time in a long time i had to do that. >> reporter: the unemployment rate for post 9/11 veterans 7.9%, higher than the average of civilians at 7%. the pentagon proposal budget cuts could force roughly 90,000 servicemen and women to seek civilian jobs. >> similar resumes, similar skill set. >> in a bad economy. >> in a bad economy. >> yes, sir. >> what is going to be the rude awakening for them? >> the lack of opportunity. the lack of meaningful opportunity. my

a year after this report prepared for the u.s. army corps of engineers warned the potential for a large catastrophic failure here. >> first off, they were in love. >> reporter: larry and sandy miller were building their dream home. >> they were very cognizant that there was a certain amount of risk that goes with living in a location like that. >> reporter: but not every homeowner was aware of the danger. >> nobody warned anybody. we had no knowledge. we bought that place specifically because it was a quarter mile from the river and it was up on a bench above flood level. there is nothing that should have hurt us there. >> reporter: tonight, this entire community is hurting. next week, the first of too many funerals. linda macpherson was the town librarian everyone knew. leaning on each other, this community is finding strength as tonight 24 community shares its grief. with days of rain in the forecast, there is worry another landslide could be triggered. in fact, first responders are so concerned, they have put devices in the ground t

and what will go into the museum of the u.s. army?p reid has the first look at our priceless history. >> reporter: so general ulysses s. grant actually wore this hat? >> yes, he did. captioning sponsored by cbs

u.s. seventh army. it has many training purposes but an additional purpose could be to display nato's might before. this exercise is divided into two opposing forces called black and green. in this exercise, old sides have the american bill 280 millimeters atomic cannon. the atomic cannon has never been fired in europe. what you will see here is a simulated atomic explosion, but the atomic cannon can be fired in europe. the guns are ready. the men are ready. should the soviets attack anyone of nato's 14 nations, atomic guns will fire. >> from the u.s. army's the big picture series, nato maneuvers aimed at deterring soviet aggression in europe, this weekend on american history tvs wheel america sunday at 4 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> i do recognize that xenophobia exists. if it is explained irrational fear of islam and, therefore, negative attitude towards the community, i'm absolutely against it. if it's part of the scene a phobia. xenophobia is nothing more than xenophobia versus one group, judeophobia

. >>> a u.s. army one star general facing a court-martial on sexual assault charges is expected to enter a plea this morning. jeffrey sinclair is accused of sexually assaulting a junior officer. he maintains his innocence on allegations he forced her to perform sex acts but his lawyer says he'll admit guilt on three lesser charges including having improper relationships with two other female officers. the married father of two is expected to enter his plea in court at ft. bragg before opening statements. sinclair is believed to be the most senior member of the u.s. military ever to face trial on sexual assault. he could face life in prison if convicted. >>> now we take you to the crisis in youukraine where the parliament in crimea voted to join moscow. it sets a referendum with ten days to ratify that decision. that while a flurry of diplomatic activity ended with little progress on monday. jim maceda is in moscow for us now. we talk about that latest development there, the parliament in crimea making

to be a somewhat safer and more stable world the president was proposing a budget which cuts the u.s. army below its pearl harbor strength for the first time really in a long time. we've now had a pretty big seismic shift with what's going on in the world. secretary hillary clinton compared putin to hitler. shouldn't the president turn back to the joint chiefs and say, i want you to review this and tell me what you need now that we've determined that we're in a much more dangerous relationship with the russians? >> obviously we need to always re-evaluate our military strength. we do spend more money than any other country by far on our military expenditures. we're in tough economic times as far as our budget is concerned. we reached a bipartisan agreement for this year and next that provides a certain cap on how much money we can spend on discretionary spending whether military or nondefense spending. a lot of us would like to see those numbers higher. in order to do that we've got to reach a real budget agreement that deals with more than what we did earlier this year. i agree with you. i

. >> pelley: this was sentencing day for a u.s. armyeneral who pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct. he was facing 20 years. here is wyatt andrews. >> reporter: brigadier general jeffrey sinclair expressing relief. highest profile military case of sexual abuse ever attempted ended with a sentence of no jail time, $20,000 worth of fines and a formal reply manned. the system worked, i've always been proud of my army. all i want to do now is get up north, hug my kids, see my. >> reporter: the case against general sinclair, veteran of five deployments to iraq and eve began when female captain in his command accused him of force can her to have oral sex. he denied that but admitted to an affair. cbs news does not name the victims. as sinclair's trial approached last january, the most serious charge of sexual assault fell apart when prosecutors began to doubt the main accuser. when the trial finally began the jury was dismissed after the judge complained of outside influence by superior officers. in the end, general sinclair pleaded guilty to

. >> reporter: a scientist said he filed a report with the u.s. army corps of engineers 15 years ago warning them of the potential for catastrophe but local officials say they weren't aware of that report. nearby arlington, people are praying for the more than 100 still missing. and they are hoping for a miracle. bigad shaban, cbs news, darrington, washington. >>> 4:35. time for weather and the rain it's coming. just started, right? >> yeah, here it comes. already seeing a lot rain in the north bay starting to see it spread a little further south going to continue to see that rain picking up throughout the morning hours. could be a little rough in spots. out the door we go. the showers have already begun. look at the heavier amounts of rain showing up in the north bay already. and that beginning to move a little further to the south. in fact, you're seeing some strong storms now sliding across the bay and continuing to slide in toward the east bay in toward richmond. you're seeing some heavy downpours now. just off the coastline, we have a lot of rainf

. >> he served our country as a member of the u.s. army rangers.w a country music artist and he continues to serve for our troops overseas. he has a brand-new album called "give it away." would you welcome keni. thomas. is there anything? >> we write these huge giant country hits. this morning, this particular morning, we stood up like, what do we got to write that country mievg needs, that country music fans can never get enough of? that would be another song about mexico. then the good thing about songs about mexico, you know what will happen, will you go south of the border, who something with someone you shouldn't have done with. it will all revolve around this rhyme. you know you will put the word "seniorita" that will rhyme with a mixed drink, which will be. >> margarita. >> i worry about this audience. >> here we go. ♪ heading off for spring break ♪ can't wait ♪ going to have the time of our life ♪ but the cooler is running low shots so we're pulling for another bag of ice. ♪ she was leaning on my front hood, whew, she was looking good ♪ a c