u.s. naval academy. admiral davis is a career professional military officer who has sworn oath to support and defend the constitution and our country. she has consistently put service before self and the constitution before politics. admiral davis graduated from the u.s. naval academy in 1989 with a bs in ocean graphic and was commissioned as an ensign. she later received an ma in national security and strategic studies from the naval war college in 2002 and an ms in national resource strategies from the industrial college of the armed forces in 2012. she had a distinguished career at sea highlighted by commanding multiple u.s. warships as well as a carrier strike group. she as served in increasing roles of importance including as a military advisor at the state department and as the chief of staff at the u.s. southern command. admiral davis has led men and women in combat and her extensive experience will be vital to leading our next generation of officers at the naval academy. admiral davis' confirmati

u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland. now, annapolis right now experiences about 50 nuisance floods a year. under the best- case scenario, in 30 years hence it could be as high as over 240, about, high tides a year. if we have a highest-emission scenario, it could be as high as 380 tides a year, many of those twice a day. we think, there's only 365 days in the year. pretty much, that's almost... you know, it's inundation at that point. >> and in this country, we have encouraged people to build on coastal areas, barrier islands, and other high-risk areas that inevitably raise the risk level and the exposure, not only by property values, high-valued properties, but the cost of repr and revery, bo for the homeners as ll as th publicnfrastruure that supports them. so think roads and bridges and that kind of thing. so it--the cost of climate change has to be factored in both in public and private insurance and public and private financial support for the structures that support people's homes and where they live. >> when flood

u.s. naval academy, at the air force academy.s in effect there, but not at universities and colleges across the country. the supreme court justice clarence thomas voted against affirmative action in this decision even though he previously benefitted from it. he wrote today, and i'm quoting him now, he wrote, while i'm painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination, i hold out enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles that all men are created equal, are equal citizens and must be treated equally before the law. so is that hope realistic? what's your reaction to that, congressman? >> that hope is realistic, but to get there, we have to talk about this word equity, and equity is when we weigh the history, when we weigh the current status of our people, and we help people to make sure that we are all on an equal playing field, and what this corrupt supreme court justice has done, and he is corrupt, and we see what's going on with the investigations

naval academy and his degree is from the national war college. he has aboard the uss chandler and has commanded the uss higgins and the destroyer squadron seven. and u.s. fleet cyber command. as an officer he is serving in joint positions as the director of the joint forces command as chief of staff for the naval strike group for nato and he has served as director of point step in the 32nd cno on august 22. kurt campbell serves as the deputy assistant or indo pacific affairs on the national security council. he was chairman and chief executive officer of the asia growth. from 2009 through 2013, he served as the assistant secretary of state for east asia and the pacific affairs and was formerly ceo and the cofounder of the center for new american security. he has the author and editor of 10 different books and received his ba from uc san diego in international relations from oxford university. i am extra nearly humbled that you chose to have this conversation with us and i would like to invite a view up to the stage to have the conversation -- invite those of you up to the stage to have the conversation. >> is my mike on? we both have served aboard the