u.s. marines. then a japanese hovercraft landed on the island's beach. >> translator: we have just started to improve our capability to the same level as the u.s. marine corps. a joint exercise like this is very significant for us. >> china's growing maritime presence has prompted the ruling liberal democratic party to take action. it has proposed building an amphibious force similar to the u.s. marine corps. >>> united nations delegations say children are more vulnerable than ever in conflict zones around the world. members of the u.n. security council have adopted a statement condemning violence against young people. demanding warring groups respect the rights of young children. the council heard from the special representative of children in armed conflict. >> the evolving nature and tactics of armed conflict have created unprecedented threats for children. >> she says armys in the country such as syria have recruited children to fight. the security council remains divided over how to address th

it is an affinity between the u.s. marine corps and many of the world.because of our size and our egos. we are not designed to be a dominant land army because that is not the reason for the marine corps. my sense is most of the armies around the world are not designed to be a dominant land. >> general, we are grateful for your time today and your 43 years of service. we're all thinking of you. we are thinking of you and your marines all the time. thank you to all of them and thank you to you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] pre-k's on the next "washington jonathan strong looks at the republican strategy in congress. .hen democrat plans and james corliss, director of transportation for america, they look at funding for repairs and upkeep. > next more on the challenges facing the u.s. military with general ray odierno. outlines defense priorities including troop levels in iraq iran's nuclear program and military suicides. atlan

welcome to marine barracks, washington. [ drums play ] it's the oldest active military post in the u.s. marine corps. >> marine barracks, washington, was founded on march 31, 1801, when president thomas jefferson rode on horseback with lieutenant colonel william ward burrows, our second commandant of the marine corps. they rode around southeast d.c. looking for a home for marine barracks, washington. >> ever since then, marines have been stationed here. >> there are seven companies that make up marine barracks, washington. altogether, we're stationed here we're about 1,200 marines, sailors, and civilians. >> one of the oldest buildings in washington is the commandant's home. the commandant is the highest-ranking marine. it's easy to see why the post was declared a historic landmark. everywhere you look, you're surrounded by the proud tradition of the marine corps. >> what's interesting about the flag you see flown here this evening is it has 15 stars and 15 stripes. and when the barracks was founded in 1801, there were actually, at that time, 15 states in the union. hence, the 15 stars and the

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the fbi reports the u.s. marineisiting his father's ranch near the border three weeks ago when gunmen stormed the property, abducted the veteran and his nature and -- his father and uncle. the father and uncle are both mexico citizens. the mother of the marine's two youngñr sons say the kidnappers have been answering his cell phone. first let's get to trace gallagher. when the fbi gets involved it's serious. reporter: the fbi only gets involved when there's evidence of a crime and evidence that an american has either, one, been %m4led or, two, is in danger. roman dough torres and his uncle and father didn't walk out of the house under gunpoint. there was evidence inside the house of a struggle or act of violence that took place, and a cousin who was not inside the house said she witnessed herç family being placed in a white truck and driven away by the kidnappers. it's been three weeks but mexican authorities say they have some indications these three men might still be alive. that's a good sign. >> shepard: what a

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that is why you have a u.s. marine corps and the u.s. navy. that is what we do. it is paid for. there are still bills out there and we are still building new pieces of equipment, but this is what we do. we do not need an air field. we'll need to step on one of our allies sovereign territory. quite honestly, we sail around the world and interact with nations and build relationships that cannot be surged in the time of conflict. relationships are important to build trust right now. that is what we do. and things become a little bit questionable, we can pull off the coast. there is nothing that sends the same signal as three amphibious ready ships full of 2500 marines. not necessarily doing anything, but everybody understands the seriousness of what could take place. in my experience, it has a calming effect. so there is an engagement responsibility, that our nation needs to acknowledge. while we are drawing down and we want to come back to the u.s. and reinvest ourselves inside the department of defense and inside our nation, the question for me is, what is that balance between th

u.s. marines to the american territory of guam in the pacific. the transfer is part of the u.s. military's realignment in japan's southern prefecture of okinawa. the defense minster med in tokyo with u.s. secretary of the navy. american military commanders plan to transfer 4,700 marines by 2020 on the condition that environmental surveys go through and facilities are constructed. the u.s. senate has only partially granted the obama administration's request to fund the transfer. >> we are aware of various continues on the plan in the u.s. congress. we want to make sure that the government will implement the agreement. >> we consider this relationship both nation to nation, but particularly for me a navy and a marine corps relationship to be one of the closest in the world and most important. >> he said the transfer will begin once an environmental assessment is completed in 2015. he called for u.s. cooperation in boosting defense with remote islands in japan. they have been aware of increased activity at sea. they hope to continue offering its cooperation. the top united states r

u.s. marines basically executed about twenty four men women and children in cold blood it was just horrific at that and the falutin massacre which was done in retaliation for the killing of four blackwater mercenaries. was a civilians who were targeted u.s. soldiers went house to house and took him out and shot them they shot families crossing the river helicopters and snipers shot at people there were unknown numbers hundreds of people that were killed in collusion. then the force. of the law is the prison camp that the united states maintains at one time tomorrow and the fifth example of lawbreaking by the bush administration was the illegal spying program surveillance program spying on americans conversations and then a data mining program very much like we've heard about lately from edward snowden and then finally the refusal to fulfill the law when congress would pass a law. bush would sign a law and then attach what we call a signing statement saying yes i'm signing this law but i am only going to follow the parts of it that i agree with and the president cannot make a law under the u

tnchtsz apparent kidnapping of a u.s. marinemexico. the fbi believes armando torres iii was abducted three weeks ago while visiting his father's ranch. his father and uncle vanished as well. local officials tell cnn the kidnapping could be tied to a land dispute involving the father. i spoke just a little while ago with the wife of armando torres iii in texas. tell us why you're concerned about identifying you letter of yours, melissa. why are you afraid of being identified? >> mostly, you know, it's my children that i really want to protect. it's just all this media attention. it can be pretty bad since it's, you know, a kidnapping. >> it's a very sad story and all of us hope it obviously he gets out of there quickly. has anything ever happened to your family similar to this before? >> never in my life. that is why i'm in shock. >> i know you are. when was the last time you spoke with armando? >> the same day, and he got taken. >> and tell us -- tell us about that. what was going on? what was he doing in mexico? >> well, i didn

u.s. marines at a camp in okinawa may soon find themselves living somewhere else. u.s. officials have agreed to return the land on which they live. the marines live in a housing area in camp zukeran. they hope that officials will return the housing area to japan. the defense minister suggested the transfer could happen as early as december. >> translator: we've reached this agreement about six months earlier than we initially planned. >> negotiators have been discussing the transfer of more than a dozen military sites in the area. they're trying to work through the details of handing over the nearby marine corps futon ma air station. that's scheduled to happen around the year 2022 or after. >>> japanese executives have been working for months on a plan that would have created a heavy machinery giant. the people at ship builder kawasaki heavy industries have been discussing a merger with their counterparts at mitsui engineering and shipbuilding, but their talks have collapsed. kawasaki's president satoshi hasegawa and two other members of the executive board were pushing

u.s. marines to the american territory of guam in the pacific. defense ministry noda met in tokyo with u.s. secretary of the navy ray maibus. plans to transfer 4,700 troops to guam by 2020. the environmental surveys go through and facilities are constructed. the u.s. senate has only partially granted the obama administration's request to the fund transfer. >> translator: we are aware of various opinions on the plan in the u.s. congress. we want to make sure that the u.s. government will implement the agreement. >> we consider this relationship both nation-to-nation and particularly for me our navy and our marine corps relationship to be one of the closest we have in the world and one of the most important. >> mabus said the transfer will begin once an environmental assessment is completed in 2015. onodera called for boosting defense for remote islands in japan. japanese leaders have been wary of china's increased activity at sea. mabus said the u.s. hopes to continue offering its cooperation. >>> the diplomat vying to be the top envoy to east asia

u.s. marines today practiced demolition exercises as well as errant missile defense tactics. officials for jordan and the u.s. are playing down any link between the exercises and the crisis in syria but did acknowledge that the u.s. will likely leave patriot missiles and f-16s in jordan. today the u.s. worked with 19 other countries to share information and skills. >> what we'll be doing today this is demolition shows how to use demolitions to provide mobility to a battalion, so possibly breaching any obstacles. and also counter mobility. so if you're trying to stop the mobility area, you can use demolition to do so. >> some american officials also said the exercises are going on throughout the country but not near the border with syria and there's no plan to leave soldiers on the ground in jordan after the exercises are over in two weeks. >>> and in turkey, the prime minister says it was his duty to clear anti-government protesters from the main square in istanbul. also, two major unions there have called for a one-day strike demanding the end of police violence. nbc's richar

nicole man is major in the u.s. marine corps and fighter pilot.grove in sonoma county and went to stanford. >> she and 7 other men and women could take part invite first human mission to asteroid and to mars. >> that's a daring trichlt tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the first american wait a moment in space sally ride. also stanford graduate as well. congratulations to her huge honor. >> quickly update open the giants game. still top of the 13th. >> bases loaded as well. doesn't look good writ now. >> well fingers crossed? that's our report. >> bottom of the 13th. 7 news continues tomorrow morning beginning at 4:30. always available at abc 7 news.com. on facebook and twitter at this site. >> check us out there for all of us here, we appreciate your of us here, we appreciate your time. have a good night.

nicole man is major in the u.s. marine corps and fighter pilot. she's from pen grove in sonoma county and went to stanford. >> she and 7 other men and women could take part invite first human mission to asteroid and to mars. >> that's a daring trichlt tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the first american wait a moment in space sally ride. also stanford graduate as well. congratulations to her huge honor. >> quickly update open the giants game. still top of the 13th. >> bases loaded as well. doesn't look good writ now. >> well fingers crossed? that's our report. >> bottom of the 13th. 7 news continues tomorrow morning beginning at 4:30. always available at abc 7 news.com. on facebook and twitter at this site. >> check us out there for all of us here, we appreciate your of us here, we appreciate your time. have a good night. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, lil wayne! from "the mindy project" chris messina. and music from jimmy eats world. cleto and the cletones. and now sit back and relax. here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers

u.s. marines are supposedly have come up with a contingency plan should the violence continue against u.s. citizens certainly i saw in protest people ripping posters of u.s. buses at the cairo and this and saying listen brotherhood president tales from is definitely following a u.s. agenda civilian grassroots campaign called a model which means rebel who collected at least eighteen million signatures calling for the president to step down they say he's incapable of running the country we've seen no change in the last year the islamists for their part those who support the president say that all these opposition protests are in a just a mess as the president was democratically elected as egypt when this is a worsening security crisis many citizens are reaching out to private security firms to secure their homes and businesses i spoke to here in opted to maurice protest who say they expect violence and this is something that they really fear in the shadow of the bricks in the building. is preparing for the expected violence between supporters and opponents of the egyptian president on sunday

we have a reunion story tonight about a u.s. marine and the dog that saved his life on a very bad day in afghanistan. here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: they say the bonds of war are unbreakable. for lance corporal brad o'keefe and his working dog earl, it was beyond man's best friend. >> he would wake me up at 6:00 every morning to make sure i fed him. and he went out on patrol with me every day. we just kind of established that -- sort of a brotherhood. >> reporter: in 2010, the two were on patrol in afghanistan, when the bomb sniffing dog alerted. >> by the time he was able to locate where it was, the insurgent pushed a button and blew us up. >> reporter: o'keefe was injured badly, but earl's warning saved him and the 13 men in his unit. >> i kept asking where earl was. >> reporter: earl was injured too, and in the chaos ran more than five miles back to base where he waited right next to his master's gear. but o'keefe didn't come back. the purple heart recipient would undergo seven surgeries, never forgetting the dog who sa

u.s. marines reportedly has come up with a contingency plan should the violence continue again u.s. citizens certainly aren't for in protest of people ripping posters of u.s. buses at the cairo and passes and saying the muslim brotherhood. who the president hails from is definitely following a u.s. agenda the islamists for that part very support the president say that all these opposition protests are in a just a minute as the president was democratically elected they staged must ronnie's by a mosque in the capital and slept overnight saying they will not leave until the opposition backs down egypt is bracing itself for expected violence and tomorrow's nationwide protests against the president who has been called for largely by a six billion grassroots campaign called tomatoes which means rebels who collected at least eighteen million signatures calling for the president to step down they say that he's incapable of running the country they see no change in the last year the economy is in freefall there's was turning water and fuel shortages and its mission to continue the rights abu

. >> this person showed up outside of a california school in a u.s. marine camouflage uniform to help children feel safe, he explained. >> i don't need a firearm to defend this place. i think my process -- i think my presence is enough. >> he wore sergeant stripes and told people he served in iraq and afghanistan. in reality, he did not make it much past basic training. >> welcome to the journal on dw. the headlines this hour, nelson mandela is back in the hospital. this time the doctor say it is serious. dams is still a threat of breaking in germany with thousands being evacuated. and serena williams proves she is the best women's tennis player in the world again at the french open. >>

u.s. marines are there? >> about 200,000. >> about 200,000. >> my question is an offshoot of what scott was asking about. what change in terms of american manufacturing jobs and one of the things to ask you about, google, they unveiled the q and one of the big selling points -- >> it was a cell phone. >> it is the home entertainment -- >> that's right. >> they talked you about how it was made in the u.s. now i see this apple ad saying designed in california though it doesn't say made in u.s. maybe that changes with the mac proadd. is there pressure with the tech companies to have more manufacturing jobs here an are they pressuring one another? >> i think they all would like to have more jobs here. i think there's more of a nationalist movement there's been in the past and governments everywhere in the world are fighting for those jobs because very often the economies are down and manufacturing generates a lot of jobs. it's not just united states trying to find ways to bring jobs back. and you know as relates

well, we trained some marines and petty officers in 2010 and as fortune would have it, i think u.s. s. reagan was in japan after their earthquake, there were a couple petty officers who had undergone that training were sent ashore in japan to assist in some of the urban search and rescue training. so, it was real world application. before i bring the next welcomer up, i have some administrative remarks. there are rest rooms here. and today i want to make sure you know it's back behind those screens for people that weren't here yesterday. and, of course, there's coffee there. this is a busy week and a busy weekend, and it's a core i -- choreography with all the ship movements. i can't let it go further without thanking monique moyer for what she and her folks have done to make this such a wonderful fleet week. (applause) >> our next welcomer, and this has really been exciting for me because i didn't think it would happen, but it came last year and he's become a great supporter and he happens to be the supervisor where most of the activities are taking place in the city. but he's also

nicole man is major in the u.s. marine corps and fighter pilot. she's from pen grove in sonoma county and went to stanford. >> she and 7 other men and women could take part invite first human mission to asteroid and to mars. >> that's a daring trichlt tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the first american wait a moment in space sally ride. also stanford graduate as well. congratulations to her huge honor. >> quickly update open the giants game. still top of the 13th. >> bases loaded as well. doesn't look good writ now. >> well fingers crossed? that's our report. >> bottom of the 13th. 7 news continues tomorrow morning beginning at 4:30. always available at abc 7 news.com. on facebook and twitter at this site. >> check us out there for all of us here, we appreciate your of us here, we appreciate your time. have a good night. ability is coming into question. he said a lot of things. reciting his social security number. his date of birth. obviously, very paranoid. he claimed he worked for an american embassy in abu dhabi. and this is on the heels of

stay tuned. >>> a u.s. marine goes to visit family in mexico and then things go horribly wrong and now the fbi is involved. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> the mighty mississippi overflowing its banks. a levee breach forces rushing water into nearby towns. hundreds are forced to evacuate. we have a correspondent on the scene and in the water. >> that is the mississippi racing over this road, heading right into town. >>> plus, more than 100 students from new york kicked off a flight. was it for passenger safety or overreaction by flight attendants. >>> plus, a u.s. senator plays survivor complete with a deserted island, sphere fishing and sharks. >> i had to dive down about 20 feet to retrieve the spear with the fish on the end of it. by that time, four sharks had closed in. >> he travelled with two sons to the middle of nowhere and documented the whole thing. want your own survivalist vacation, we will show you how. >>> top of the hour here. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. six months, six months

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u.s. marines have been deployed along jordan's border with syria and this is according to israeli and iranian media this deployment is unrelated so we're being told with the joint military exercise that started on sunday now the united states has deployed if sixteen jets and missiles which can be used against planes and other missiles to jordan and according to washington it might keep going in the country off to these drills the action of course has raised concerns in the international community russia says the deployment is and i'm a construct of state that threatens to expand the conflict and many are questioning whether or not the u.s. is preparing to carry out an incursion in syria and if so this of course will only further worsen the situation there many complain and incite far more kentucky assume we continue to hear reports of direct foreign involvement in fact we're just hearing reports now of three belgian citizens who were killed in syria fighting for the rebel front now experts say that as many as two hundred belgians could be fighting in syria right now they would have come in th

this is an important issue, a u.s. marine being held somewhere, we assume, in mexico.soon as you get more information, jill, let us know. we'd like this individual freed as quickly as possible. >>> other news we're following, your dna and your constitutional rights are at the heart of a u.s. supreme court decision today with wide-ranging implications. the justices ruled 5-4 that police can take dna samples from suspects without a warrant, which one dissenter called terrifying. our crime and justice correspondent joe johns is joining us. he was at the supreme court today getting this latest decision. what's going on here? >> wolf, dna is used as an investigative fotool all over t country. and the question has been, how far can the police go? the answer is pretty far. this is one of the most important search and seizure cases in years. the supreme court deciding that when police get a dna sample it's a minor intrusion to a person who has already been placed under arrest. it's not just csi anymore. all 50 states have passed laws allowing dna testing after a criminal defen

. >>> all right, in other developing stories, the fbi investigating the kidnapping of a former u.s. marine in mexico. armando torres iii drove from texas to visit his father's ranch in mexico. shortly after arriving armed gunman took him along with his father and uncle. law enforcement officials tell abc news it's unclear why anyone would abduct members of their family. they say the cartel is active in that region. >>> the top military officers headed to capitol hill as lawmakers look to dramatically overhaul the way sex assaults are handled within the ranks. the commanders are expected to voice reservations over giving prosecutors too much power. abc's devin dwyer is in washington for us this morning. good morning, devin. >> reporter: good morning, diana. that's right. the commanders will face seven powerful women senators. they want new steps to prevent military assaults which have affected a stunning one in three women in the u.s. military. a historic hearing for a staggering problem in the u.s. military. today, the pentagon's six top military chiefs will address the growing epidemic of