. >> reporter: the hs 2 swift moves faster than anything in the u.s. navy. it serves as a good will ambassador delivering humanitarian cargo. when the swift arrived in decar, they donated wheelchairs. >> it is a three-wheeled chair and has a compartment underneath the seat where people can put stuff. >> john castle worked with the christian hospital to deliver the chairs to various parts of the muslim country. >> being in this 95 percent muslim country, we told people it is christian donors making and giving these chairs and an effort to demonstrate the love and compassion of jesus christ. >> the government believes president -- stepped in to make sure the chairs reached the people that needed them. >> i saw the u.s. navy and government of sengal get involved to make sure they delivered 400 wheelchair for the handicaps. this was an outstanding, a major break through and thank cbn for their leadership. >> chairs are manufactured by the u.s. through a ministry through pet, personal energy transportation. >> these men would get together on a saturday and build

there will be six u.s. navy ships that will be coming in as early as the middle of next week but certainly for the parade of ships on saturday. october 8, i believe that is, and they consist of an aircraft carrier, an amphibious assault ship, a guided missile cruiser, the uss antietam, guided missile destroyer, and a mine counter mission ship, whatever that is. and then the u.s. says guadalupe, which is a replenishment oiler. we are looking forward to seeing more than 9000 sailors, marines, and coast guard marine and women who will participate, and there will be a number of great events that began as early as next thursday. i am going to go through them very quickly. the first is the senior leadership seminar, which is the seminar that will have its second run this coming year, organized by a retired general of the u.s. marine corps. the purpose of that seminar is to bring together senior navy, marine corps, and coast guard leaders to interact with their counterparts in preparation for humanitarian aid and/or di

of which a plant is less than two hundred kilometers away so let's get this clear will we see the u.s. navy using this base on a fairly serious way in a fairly serious way well since south korea and the united states all very close allies in particular in terms of military it's very obvious that the u.s. navy will be using those fears of course a lot of concern about the base in south korea itself over the political and environmental issues by all accounts it's it's dividing the country but what about the reaction from north korea. well so far i could see an old reaction from north korea of course north korea will always feel offended when enemies u.s. and south korea improve and expand their military capabilities but as i just a distance is really too far from north korea. to really have a direct effect on the north korean security so i think reaction will be as usual. but not overly you could just talk about the relationship between south korea and the u.s. just how much influence does the u.s. have over so. well the united states traditionally had a very strong influence. in the korean w

first of all, let's thank the u.s. navy for bringing this beautiful ship to san francisco and once again participating in fleet week. a tradition that i can remember, having been born and raised in san francisco, having the opportunity to be around the navy and the personnel that make this work, also allowing this intimate setting for this particular group. let me introduce, very briefly, our panel. we have a long day. first of all, on my far left, we have a young woman who was recently on television with me. the vice president of the san mateo board of supervisors. baez to have you here, adrian. thank you very much. next, capt. cynthia stone is here. she is captain of the port. i would say that that is a vitally important part of our community. no question about it. next, mayor quam, of oakland. congratulations to you, mayor, for your current operation. also, oakland has been involved in a number of different activities. the oakland hills fire was a local disaster that i am sure we remember with regret. myself, i walked on

but the u.s. navy the mission was to find osama bin laden, doing whatever it took to kill or capture him. so here's the piece that i wrote ten years ago showing all of you that our navy was ready to fight. i just couldn't tell you when until that first bomb dropped. fallon, nevada, you've probably never heard of it. it's a bit of a sleepy town, but it's u.s. naval air station roars. these are the sounds of showgun. because the first strike will define survival in the inevitable danger zones. these fighters are among one of the most elite air wings in the u.s. military. nine squadrons, fully integrated and ready for combat. military readiness that's preparing these aviators for air superiority and airborne battle management. >> the ability to focus firepower where they want and the most important thing is the ability to minimize damages done to friendly forces, minimize our exposure to risk while maximizing the potential destruction on the enemy. >> reporter: captain r.c. thompson commands this air wing

when you start looking at here grooes, i cannot help but think about the u.s. navy seal team 6, who currently are heroes and they are dead and they serve in the line of duty. are we going to rename the chinese rec center? most of the people who i have asked -- they like it the way it is. they do not want any changes. i'm not going to say the names of the people of the council. i'm not going to tell you the names, so i can keep the confidentiality. personally, i have listened to everything that has come before this commission involving betty ann ong. i, myself, would think, yes, she is possibly a national hero, but it comes from the top down, and then it goes to mark buell, the chair of this commission. maybe we should be looking at the grass-roots approach. thank you. >> bob and then reverend norman fong. if anyone else would like to speak, please be prepared to speak after that. >> i did not know this issue when i came today, but when i saw it on the calendar, i thought it was important to comment. this is not just a chinese community issue or san francisco. it is

retired u.s. navy captain, chuck nash, always good to talk to you.thanks so much. >> you bet. >> arthel: hi, rick. >> rick: hi, arthel. >> arthel: sounds like i haven't said hello. coming up, the race to the white house looking like a battle of the tax plans. we're going to take a look at what herman cain and rick perry are offering a. and why some folks are having trouble telling them apart. >> rick: plus, an update on the high school football coach who got beat up after his team won the game. have you heard about this? >> we want to be out there monday at practice and i told him he was crazy because -- like i said, he cared so much and the kids love him, too. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink ♪ [ gong ] stra

u.s. navy vessels have had to steer around the garbage. >>> europe's biggest and most active volcano, mt. etna, has erupted for the 17th time this year, spewing bright orange lava hundreds of feet into the air. >>> now here's one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. a new study find women who carry the human papillomavirus have an increased risk of heart disease. the study found women who tested positive for any of the 37 strains researchers were testing for were over two times more likely to have also had either a heart attack or a stroke than women who tested negative. for more information on this and other health stories check out the health page at msnbc.com. >> announcer: "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil wash with odor block. >>> here's how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11913 after adding 104 points yesterday. the s&p gained 15 points. the nasdaq jumped 61. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei dipped 81 points but

backdrop, the self defense forces are strengthening their fleet and stepping up collaboration with the u.s. navy. japan and u.s. have staged several drills in the waters near okinawa. two long time allies are uniting to face the challenge of china's power. >>> we have some background on the stand off between japan and china. >> what is the reason behind the naval expansion by china? >> translator: with its economy growing, china was able to allocate larger budget for the navy. it is believed china is doing this to protect is maritime rights and regarding taiwan, china wants to avoid intervention by the united states which is a naval super power. to prevent it, china wants to enhance naval capabilities and gain control of the seas surrounding taiwan. >> how high is the actual tension would you say between japan and china? >> it is not as if a change russ situation could break out immediately. however, we should not be overly optimistic and leave it unaddressed. as we saw in the video, military tension may threaten to increase. and both japan and china want to avoid a military show down. so japane

the pacific territory is set to become a crucial regional hub for the u.s. navy and air force. japan also needs the u.s. help to counter china's growing military power. you know, china has become very increasingly vigilant over our territorial claim in japan's southern waters. japan does not want north korea to take advantage of the stalled negotiations, either. you know, the noda government's promise to the u.s. does not necessarily represent progress on the relocation issue. so it remains unclear how much impact japan's promise on the re, on the base relocation issue will have on the international situation. >> nhk world political commentator, masayo nakajima joining us tonight. masayo, thank you. >>> rescuers are stepping up efforts to find hundreds of people thought to be still trapped under wreckage in eastern turkey. more than 2,200 buildings were destroyed by the magnitude 7.2 quake where the epicenter was located. in van province. the turkish government said 366 people are confirmed dead, and more than 1,300 have been injured. in the worst-hit town, ercis, military units

responding, in sharing all of that while at the same time celebrating the 100th anniversary of the u.s. navy and all of its flight acrobatics sector. this has got to be an incredible location. i am looking forward to going out there and listening to, very closely, but each one of these leaders will say so clearly as i arrived at the facility and the place where the emergency services were coordinated and how each one of the units, whether it was the fire, or people like our own chief, or whenever it was, dealing with the people that came to see me from the coast guard, or the people that called me from other regions. speaking of coast guard, police officers, whatever, i saw your chief of police and he had less hair than i had. mr. mayor, i saw your chief of police and he had less hair than i had. i trust there is a level of stress that costs you your hair. you should do something about giving us the kind of guidance that will allow other responses and give us the assurance of all can be well as we go about meeting the potential that may be hours, in case of any form of an emergency. i welcom

the couple will be attending captain kelly's retirement sermon fret u.s. navy.sident joe biden will presideo the sermon. giffords was shot in the -- preside over the ceremony. giffords was shot last year. >>> interior secretary ken salazar may have left the door open for changing an inscription on the new, mr. lk memorial. listen to what he said at a break fast. >> i visited the memorial yesterday. i looked at the quote and i looked at all of the quotes. it's a wonderful memorial. there are issues weed in to resolve and we'll work on them once we're past the 16th. >> one carries a quote saying i was a drum major, for justice, peace, and righteousness. maya arm lou points out that is truncated. >>> the dedication of the memorial will take place on sunday, october 16th. we'll have full coverage on folk 5 morning news starting at 8:00 a.m. >> and a new retailer is setting up shop in the district and doing that. as the city inches closer to a big goal. >>> and get ready to pay a fee to access your money. find out which customers will have to shell out $20 a month. >

. >> this u.s. navy veteran is looking for veterans in the tenderloin struggling with the demons of war. >> these kids are coming back injured. >> he painted their stories on if walls of an alley. he flew parker to san francisco to create a piece about this decorated army veteran, ruben franco. >> i was thankful i had somebody i could talk to. >> both survived service in iraq. at 27 san toast lost his battle with ptsd, committing suicide. parker says even off the battlefield the war continues in a soldier's mind. >> there are plenty of reasons out there. >> san toes' parents soak up every stroke. he's now a soaring hawk, flying peacefully into the spirit world. >> i think this project is very important to bring an awareness of the struggles the veterans have when they come home. >> i wish we were painting a different subject matter. i wish he was here to keep me company. >> he says this is the first that must be told. >> they want to be able to tell their story. then we will paint the story for him. >> c

among the many vessels from the u.s. navy the canadian royal navy was the uss carl vinson nicknamed san francisco's own, that ship was used to dump osama bin laden's body in the ocean. if you are in san francisco or heading into the city, you can expect slow traffic throughout the weekend. >>> could not have ordered a more perfect day for all our visitors and everyone coming in to see fleet week. it was spectacular. >> a lot of blue sky out there today what you would have ordered for the weekend here. we'll look for more of that tomorrow, patchy early-morning fog at the beach and up against the golden gate should give way to more of this sunshine across the tri-valley area this afternoon temperatures on the warm side. mid- to upper 70s out there. we'll look for more of that tomorrow. patchy fog at the beach but they, too, will clear much like today. you see fog lingering here and there across the beach here. it will be back tonight into tomorrow. i don't think it's going to extend very far inland. so we'll look for mostly cle

the wall street journal reports, a major investor was helping the company compete for a lucrative u.s. navy deal just before solyndra declared bankruptcy. allen martin, cbs 5. >>> no charges will be filed in the highly publicized gang rape case. santa clara d.a. says there is not enough evidence to prove that a group of baseball players raped a 17- year-old student at a party four years ago. now that's the same conclusion the former d.a. reached in 2007, siting drunk witnesses who told conflicting stories. >> sexual assault cases involving highly intoxicated people are extremely difficult to prove. by their very nature, these types of cases involve witnesses whose memories and perceptions are questionable. >> a civil trial held earlier this year found two of the defendants not liable. tonight we are getting a first- hand look at a dramatic rescue in east bay. firefighters raced into a burning home and pulled out two women who were trapped by flames and thick smoke. juliette shows us the rescue from the eyes of one of the firefighters. >> a heroic rescue all caught on a personal helmet camer

a major investor was helping the company compete for a lucrative u.s. navy deal just before solyndra declared bankruptcy. allen martin, cbs 5. >>> no charges will be filed in the gang rape case. jeff rosen says there's not enough evidence to prove that a group of baseball players raped a 17-year-old student at a party four years ago that. is the same conclusion the former d.a. reached in 2007, siting drunk witnesses who told conflicting stories. >> sexual assault cases involving highly intoxicated people are extremely difficult to prove. by their very nature, these types of cases involve witnesses whose memories and perceptions are questionable. >> a civil trial held earlier this year found two of the defendants not liable. >>> tonight, we are getting a first-hand look at a dramatic rescue in the east bay. firefighters pulling out two women who are trapped by flames and thick smoke. the rescue from the view of one of the firefighters. >> a heroic rescue all caught on a personal helmet camera worn by chris. he describes what is happening during this fire resc

and today, we have representatives from the u.s. navy as well as the canadian navy in addition to the marines, the u.s. coast guard. i want to thank all of them for being here and helping us kick off our 30th celebration of fleet week. and now i would like to introduce the chair, someone who has been working very hard and continues to remind me to make sure that i put time aside for all of the numerous events that will occur in our wonderful city at this time and that is, of course, the general. come up, general. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. i really appreciate that. i will tell you that when you do have an honorary pair of co-chairs like senator feinstein and secretary shultz, you get a little rudder guidance to put you on the right track. we have had that. the focus on humanitarian and disaster response is the right thing to be doing. we have the best humanitarian assistance providers in the world. they're the member of the naval services and actually the u.s. military. so why not take advantage of their expertise and their skills.

self-defense forces are stre strengthening their fleet and stepping up their cooperations with the u.s. navy. japan and the u.s. have staged several large-scale drills in the waters near okinawa. the two longtime allies are uniting to face the challenge of china's burgeoning power. nhk world. >>> gene otani has some background on the standoff between japan and china. >> what is the reason behind the naval expansion by china? >> translator: with its economy growing, china became able to allocate a larger budget into building up its navy. it is believed that china is doing this to protect its maritime rights and interests and also to prepare for any tension in its relations with taiwan. regarding taiwan, what china wants to avoid is intervention by the united states, which is a naval superpower. so to prevent this, china wants to enhance its naval capabilities and gain control of the seas surrounding taiwan. >> how high is the actual tension, would you say, between japan and china? >> translator: it's not as if a dangerous situation could break out immediately. however, we should not be overly

. >>> the massive aircraft hangars as you head up and down 101 through mountainview, where the u.s. navys blimps. as nbc's bay area bob redell shows us, this weekend another blimp will be house there had, albeit a much smaller one. >> reporter: it's been a really, really long time since this hangar has housed a navy air show. here we are, in 2011, and it's back. of course, a little bit smaller than the originals. the originals were over 750 long. you're looking at a 20-foot long replica of the u.s.s. macon. what's significant about this? saturday is the 78th anniversary of its arrival here at the field. take a look at the black and white photos compared to this scale model here. it arrived here, i believe, in 1933. unfortunately, a couple of years later, it crashed off the coast of big sur. jack clemens has brought it back to life. first of all, i have to say how impressed i am. if you look at the photos without the skin on, what's underneath it? >> balsa wood frame. >> built from scratch? >> from scratch. >> no kit, no plans? based on photos? >> that's right. based on photos and informa

. >> reporter: u.s. navy ships have had to steer around the islands of garbage and now the discovery that it's moving faster than scientists had expected. they now project some of it will hit the midway islands by january. currents would sweep it to the u.s. west coast in 2013 and back to the hawaiian islands in 2014 and 2015. >> i'm very concerned about the impact. the everyday pollution from refrigerators and televisions. that's a lot of toxic chemicals that are going to stress our marine life and habitats even more than they already are. >> reporter: last month scientists at the university of hawaii asked the crew on board this historic russian tall ship "the palata" to document what they saw as they sailed from honolulu to vlodivostak, russia. just past the midway islands they couldn't miss the mess. the crew made notes about appliances, boards, buoys, drums, boots. a fishing boat they hoisted up left no doubt about where it all came from. the markings say fukushima prefecture. government scientists stres

u.s. navy vessels have had to steer around the garbage. >>> europe's biggest and most active volcano, mt. etna, has erupted for the 17th time this year, spewing bright orange lava hundreds of feet into the air. >>> now here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,913 after adding 104 points yesterday. the s&p gained 15 points, the nasdaq jumped 61. looking at overseas trading, in tokyo the nikkei dipped 81 points, but in hong kong, the hang seng was up 196. stocks rose monday on strong earnings, a handful of mergers and hope a solution is on the way in europe. monday gains put the s&p 500 on track for its best month in almost 20 years. the nasdaq's spike turned that index positive for the year. caterpillar led stocks higher after reporting a far better than expected surge in profits on record revenue, thanks to strong growth in exports. a flurry of corporate deals powered stocks higher. cigna is acquiring health insurer health spring for $3.8 billion. o

he was born in 1922 in colorado, he was a proud u.s. navy combat veteran of world war ii and served from north africa to or canola. he was featured in the "san francisco chronicle." the library of congress was making an effort to get their recollections of veterans to the collection. he is quoted as saying, "we were a part of history/ . it is not neat and clean like in the movies. it is long periods of boredom followed by short periods of actual terror. people did not understand what a horrible experience work can be." he wrote on his computer which is now part of the project. he was a retired vice president by -- of bank of america. he was married for 67 years. he and his wife lived by example and mentored couples. their advice was basic. have fun, left, and do not take things seriously. there were adored by the young adult group and those they mentored and gave new meaning -- meaning to the phrase, young at heart. he is survived by his loving daughter who was a great grammar school teacher of mine a number of years ago. her husband and the

. >> reporter: u.s. navy ships have had to steer around the islands of garbage. and now, the discovery that it's moving faster than scientists expected. they suspect that some of the debris will hit the midway islands in january. and back to the main hawaiian islands in 2014 and 2015. >> i'm concerned about the impact. the everyday pollution from refrigerators and televisions, that's a lot of toxic chemicals that are going to stress our marine life and habitats more than they are. last year, scientists asked sailors to document what they saw. they couldn't miss the mess. the's crew made notes about appliances, boards, buoys, a fishing net they hoisted up left no doubt where it came from. the markings said fukushima prepicture. >>> tonight, nbc bay area talked to hell's angels for the first time. >> we lost a brother earlier. >> what was that? >> we lost another guy. that's what i think. >> police say 51-year-old george lopez was killed saturday when his motorcycle was hit by a transit van and dragged for nearly a mile on 58 near san lee andro. the driver of the v

it is after 25 years of service in the u.s. navy and he poll lotted u.s. dessert storm with the navy and his final mission was on the final trip of space shuttle endeavor. >>> well the famous blue angels start practicing today over the bay area. >> there they are roaring into town yesterday for fleet week. now practice starts at 1:00 a.m. continues to 5:00 p.m. and it's set for saturday and sunday. hundreds of thousands of fans are expected even though critics say it is too noisy and waists taxpayer dollars. >>> let's go back over to sal to check on traffic. >>> 237 slowed traffic northbound 101 word of an overturned vehicle causing slowed traffic on the free way. oakland looks good, no major trouble, they are getting a slow ride bay bridge at the toll plaza, a back up for about 20 minutes. let's go to steve. >>> looks like a morning event san by afternoon it will be clearing out and cool and breezy and rain coming down and it looks like marin county is coming down hard and everything is sliding down, right there in the yellow we will take a look at that in

and they were all considered to be the elite of the u.s. navynew at 10:00 the story of a legendary santa cruz surfer and his dream of surfing mavericks is going on the big screen. >> it's probably the most exciting thing that's happened on this street. >> reporter: on a san mateo street there was cameras and a little hollywood action today for the filming of the new movie of men and mavericks. >> the production company said this street and 20th avenue had an old style. >> reporter: in 1994 in one of the first swells of the season this 16-year-old took this infamous fall at mavericks. it's considered one of the worse wipe outs in surfing history. moyarti survived but died in a diving accident. >> i want to see gerard butler. that's who i want to see. >> reporter: butler was not on today's scene but his costar was. he plays moyarti. neighbors got this letter saying that parking will be restricted. >> in 20 years it's never happened before, it will probably never happen again so we're going to enjoy it while it's here. >> reporter: filming will con

[applause] it third is the u.s. navy. [applause] so this whole notion that people going to the military just to fight the war coming useless war already declared is complete nonsense. they are willing to defend our country but they don't want to just go to the war forhe sake of war. let's go rarely if you have to go with it and do it properly to make a proper declaration by making sure we really have an enemy and don't make it so vague and that's coming from our military, people. [applause] now there is another candidate and i will let you guess who it is that he's in the polls right now, and we looked at his top tree donations and they all came from three big banking institutions. [booing] i wonder if the get to get federal reserve for just a bailout. but we do live in crucial times, and need to -- we do need a reenergize the defense of liberty. we need to understand what it is, put it back together because we do have a wonderful tested this country. we have the freest country and the most prosperous country, we have the