and to know and to look these people in the eye, the people from the u.s. navy that put up these tents and set up the gurnies and understand they can treat 50 people at a time, 20 percent in absolutely critical condition, and have a 99 percent recovery rate for everyone who goes through that, no matter what their wounds might be. this is what we practice, this is what i gained from the exercise yesterday and of course i join the core russ of people who saw the amphibious hover deliver its ability on the beach to look at the clock and see how fast it did, to see the unveiling of those logistics on hand with the people involved. these are the practices now as our public wants it know more and more what are we doing to prepare beyond the table top exercises? we are practicing these very vital practices, these things that will really help save lives, creating more relationships, bringing in more partners. we have all the city agencies that are here today. we're also bringing in other agencies whether it's caltrans or national park service, that would be part of this

the will start out as an ensign in the u.s. navy or as a second lieutenant in the u.s. marine corps. they will go on to serve four years in the marine corps. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. and iconic piece of ocean city is back in business. this is all that was left of the pier at the inlet. officials will hold a grand reopening of the pier. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. how will you be celebrating this memorial day weekend? you can share your response on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> i understand the mayor will cast the first line off the pier. 5:07. a landmark decision for the boy scouts of america. >> a bridge collapses in washington state. the latest on the rescu >> it appears no one was seriously hurt after a bridge suddenly collapsed, sending several vehicles 50 feet into the skagit river below. rescue crews believe they have found everybody that went into the river. authorities are questioning a commercial truck driver. the boy scouts of america voted to change their policy on

marine corps, 20 members from the u.s. navy, 10 members the u.s. coast guard, where we will then partner with them and cross train them and use our techniques, reaching technical rescue and high and low rescue being demonstrated in display. we will also be having some of our u.s. navy personnel on ride-alongs with members on our ambulances, fire engines and trucks to continue with our cross training. so, it gives me great pride to be here to continue to serve as the fire chief, to welcome the military, and to say thank you to all of you. here's to an enjoyable fun-filled busy weekend. all the best, and thank you for your service. (applause) >> i wanted chief to tell you about that training. we first did it in 2010, search and rescue which we knew was a problem in haiti inthe earth wake in the recovery. and like they say in san francisco, the fire department, we know how to do it, but when the big earthquake hits, we're all going to be victims and we want to make sure that anybody that potentially could come in to help dig us out knows how to do it.

but it was extremely beneficial to not only the u.s. navy and marine corps, but to the international community. >> thank you. another hand? >> [inaudible] my experience with the haiti response. in this casey i was working at the deputy principal committee level and working at the white house. but it was really the first opportunity for this administration to work with a very complex response, and then recognizing for us the supported commander was usaid that normally isn't in the emergency response business. so, it was an educational process of how to move forces and yet support usaid and the role of the country team and port au prince. so, it was very informative there. and to back up when we had the first no fooling hurricane that worked its way up the entire gulf coast, the principal committee calls that were generated during the haiti response were then turned around and then bringing all of the governors into a conference call with the president to make sure that all their needs were being met in the advance of a hurricane arrival. so,

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to the persian gulf. 6,500 personnel are taking part in the drills, including sailors from the u.s. navy's 5thfleet. u.s. military leaders say it is one of the largest exercises ever staged in the golf. participants are practicing searching for mines using mine sweepers equipped with sonar. divers then run through drills setting explosives to destroy the mines. u.s. commanders say they want to be ready should any other forces try to block their way in the gulf. >> they could be anybody, put mines in the water, these 40 some countries today can show how we utilize all our particular skills and people. >> the exercise will continue through the end of the month. >>> defense officials from around asia have headed to singapore with their checkbooks in hand. they're eyeing up everything from missiles to attack boats at an international defense fair, but it is not just a trade show. it is also a show of political power. nhk world's mark ho reports. >> reporter: the three-day long arms show opens on tuesday. it is held once every two years and attracts mainly naval officers from asia and elsewhere

u.s. and south korean navies. but north korean officials say the exercises are a grave military provocation designed to trigger war. members of the country's military recently removed missile launchers from its east coast. but south korea's defense ministry remains on alert against a possible ballistic missile launch. >>> north korea's armed forces minister has been removed after just six months on the job. kim took over last october. earlier this year he was named as a candidate to the political bureau of the ruling creek workers party and a member of the national defense commission. former army corps commander will replace him. he will be the first to lead the ministry since kim jong-un took power more than a year ago. >>> park geun-hye apologizes for what her office calls a disgrateful incident that happened last week during her trip to the united states. yoon chung junk has been fired as spokesperson because of a case of alleged sexual harassment. the president spoke about the scandal for the first time on mon

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i will give you a couple of numbers. , the u.s. navy had 316 ships. officers.,000 by 2008, it had declined to 278 ships. during one of the great military buildup in history, the navy got significantly smaller. put three ships under contract. not enough to keep the fleet size from declining. since i have been there, we have put 43 ships under contract. we have the ships under contract that withg built eight more ships, we will get to 300. it is there. we are doing it. , one of the ships reasons that these numbers of the fleet bounce up and down, as you pointed out in the 1980's, the goal was a 600 ship navy to meet the russian fleet. they are retiring now. , we are retiring a whole lot of ships. we are not replacing one to one, but with a greater capability. , we can haveeet that on the horizon. by using ships it differently, we are putting -- ddg deployed it takes the place of for back home. lcs intotting 4 singapore. i am leaving on tuesday to meet the first one that got there. they are deployed there and we are going to have the cruise following on t

/praoeupbls -- compliance [inaudible] we want to make sure that a company can deal deal with the u.s. navy that's going to come and bail us out. thank you. >> thank. you >> my name is michael thompson. i'm a business representative for teamsters 665. we believe that impark is a reputable company. local 665 believes that impark would be an excellent choice to manage the /kraoutz terminal parking assignment. >> thank you. >> how you doing. thank you very much. i'm here representing the iow. labor prevails here in san francisco. we've been here a long time and it's good too see that there's another /kpaepbl bargaining for this position. it's good. but more importantly we have to stay focused on labor here and my question is to both parties. are they going to continue with union labor and what will happen with the events that they're talking about /stph-b will that also be union labor? you have the events for the [inaudible] plaza and you also have a lot of gearmen here. i'd like to know if there will be steady hires [inaudible] and then the events the same. will thereby local hires out of iow

the u.s. navy got into the mix 48 years ago today.orial day, monday, may 27th, 2013. i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. we're back same time tomorrow, hope you had a good memorial day to this point. the factor is up next. [taps] ♪ >> bill: o'reilly factor is on. tonight: what is the biggest problem facing america today? the biggest problem the nation has is us, our mentality. >> bill: also, how has the country changed since the 1950s, is it for better or for worse. >> the 50s were wholesome, especially by today's anything goes standards. >> bill: provocative talking points analysis. plus, expert insight from charles krauthammer, monica crowley, james carville and bernie goldberg. >> since the obama campaign wanted benghazi, to use one example, to go away and the mainstream media pretty much helped it go away. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now.

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. >> reporter: the jints drill is being led by the u.s. navy's fifth fleet which oversees the entire middle east. maritime training is now in full swing. some 6,500 personnel from 41 countries are taking part. it is one of the largest military exercises ever staged in the gulf. during the exercises, they use these kind of mock mines. they actually put it in water and train how to find it. among the main activities are antimine drills. minesweepers are practicing locating mines using sonar devices. divers jump from helicopters into the sea to destroy mines with explosives. the u.s. military says the drill does not have any particular nation in mind. but it is widely perceived that its focus is on iran. the nation has threatened to close the straight of hormuz. >> anybody that wants to disrupt that free flow of commerce -- and that's why it's so important that we get together, because mines, you want to be very responsive. >> reporter: also under way is training based on the scenario that oil facilities along coastal areas have come under attack by

on 9/11, 2001 the u.s. navy had 316 ships. we have 377,000 sailors. i 2008, that number had declined to 278 ships and 49,000 fewer sailors said during one of the great military build ups of american history the navy got significantly smaller. in 2008 we put three ships on contract. not enough to keep the fleet size from declining and not enough to support the industrial base. we have put 43 ships under contract. we have the ships under contract today, being built, that with eight more ships, we will get to 300. i mean, it's there. we are doing it. and these ships, one of the reasons that these numbers of the fleet's bounce up and down is that as you pointed out in the 80s, the goal was a 600 ship navy to make the soviet fleet. they are retiring now and so we are retiring a whole lot of ships and we are not replacing them one-to-one but we are replacing them with greater capabilities. now quantity becomes quality all of its own but is a 300 round fleet we can have a -- on the rise and by using ships. we are putting forward ddg and the cno is fond of poi

the u.s. navy's first combat ship that can operate close to shore. military commanders deployed the vessel last month near singapore, part of the obama administration's strategy to increase its military presence in the asia pacific region. indonesia is trying to build up their naval power. china has been intensifying its maritime activities in the region. analysts with the a private research agency says these nations will acquire about 1,000 new vessels over the next twenty years and the region is expected to become a larger market than europe for maritime defense equipment. >>> the u.s. and iran are putting their diplomatic differences aside to fight for a common cause. they're fighting to keep wrels wrestling in the olympics. the international olympic committee is considering dropping the sport starting in 2020. members of the american, iranian and russian wrestling teams spoke in new york. athletes were invited to join an international event. it's part of the campaign that was launched after the ioc's announcement. >> russia, the united states and

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he was then on duty with the u.s. navy. he was so moved by the image she constructed ursa scale model and then -- a scale model and then dwight d eisenhower dedicated a memorial on november 10, 1954. it was a 179th anniversary of the u.s. marine corps. we will be showing you those shots as the morning progresses. that in the tomb of the unknowns which he saw earlier today. we will hear from nathaniel from alabama, he is retired. good morning, sir. caller: good morning. what i would like to do is to in other lives -- words, when i got out of world war ii, they give us around $300. we also got a 52-20. one year of $20 a week. i lived off of that for a while. that of these soldiers come back, sometimes their parents are dead, and they do not have anything. if they just gave them $20 a week, a lot of them probably would not commit suicide because that is what hurts me, when you hear a lot of these suicides. they of times what it is just come back and their parents are gone and they do not know anyone. they just get so frustrate

believe that our new national security strategy is that unambiguous commitment, and i believe that the u.s. navy is capable of maintaining that unambiguous military strength. as we sit here this morning aboard the uss macon island, in san francisco bay, looking out to the pacific, it is easy to believe that the united states is, in fact, a pacific power and that to keep it that way we will maintain the best damn navy in the world. thank you very much. (applause)speaker .... >> now i'm going to introduce our next speaker, major general melvin spee splt e i've known melvin for a number of years, obviously we served together in the marine corps. i can tell you he's been with fleet week for 3 years now and the one thing about mel, he's got a lot of ideas and he accepts no as an interim answer because a lot of things that he wanted to do to make fleet week better originally the answer from authorities was no. and he made some amazing things happen just through his will. a commander can will things to happen. and i really want to thank you, mel, for that whole peer to peer medical exchange was your id

al qaeda leader tracked down by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s following the september 11th attacks. he died during a fire fight at his compound in northern pakistan. his body was buried at sea. news of his death brought out celebration right outside white house and sporting events all across the country. >>> new this morning, same-sex couples in colorado celebrating as civil unions officially become legal at the stroke of midnight. a lot of couples gathering for a pre celebration in denver hosted by 1 colorado, that's the main group that lobbied for civil unions. the new law takes effect seven years after the gay marriage ban. >> rhode island will become the tenth state to allow same-sex couples to tie the knot. it's being sent to the legislation for a final vote that is expted to pass. >>> it is 4:51. a major off-season injury forces stanford's quarterback to retire. we'll have details next. >>> plus ibm's historic new movie that's so small that you actually need a special microscope just to see it. we'll have more of this with a lullaby coming up next. >>> stronger than 3d glasses

it has to do with a little i sland that -- * [laughter] >> anyway, i can assure you that the u.s. navy is not going to leave. and some of the things that i used to back that up, general ka joe bastardi i, commander in the northern command, who really has overall responsibility for a military effort with regards to domestic support to civil authorities will be here tomorrow. i think it's the first time that we've had the commander in the northern command and the three such sos that we've had, he is going to adopt a model that we employed with the immediate response assistance that i indicated to you earlier that we used earlier this year. he's going to adopt that as the model for northern command with the army and the air force to use. i think the momentum that we have gained here over the last three years, we leveraged off of that. we started a similar senior leadership seminar up in seattle, that we had the first one this year. they have some people down here from the seattle sea fair, which is the equivalent of san francisco fleet week association. they have people from the sea fair

but it was extremely beneficial to not only the u.s. navy and marine corps, but to the international community. >> thank you. another hand? >> [inaudible] my experience with the haiti response. in this casey i was working at the deputy principal committee level and working at the white house. but it was really the first opportunity for this administration to work with a very complex response, and then recognizing for us the supported commander was usaid that normally isn't in the emergency response business. so, it was an educational process of how to move forces and yet support usaid and the role of the country team and port au prince. so, it was very informative there. and to bacp

looks a bit like top gun for twenty thirteen the u.s. navy has launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet the x. forty seven b. stealth drone which took off from the deck of the u.s.s. george h.w. bush near the coast of virginia now this is the first time a do rone it has ever launched off an aircraft carrier the drone later landed in nearby maryland as it cannot yet land on another carrier this aircraft has been designed to take off from another aircraft airfield an aircraft carrier if the united states navy can launch drones from anywhere on the open seas it raises further legal questions surrounding america's covert drone program does it for now see back a day. giving peace a chance this may or may not be the case when it comes to the state of syria russian peace plan to end a civil war is being reconsider are the u.s. and its goals ally serious or is this a ploy we commune we can supply the conflict. download . the cation so choose your life stream quality and enjoy your favorite.

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i was in the u.s. navy. i got an other than honorable discharge, and their policies are other than honorable. all the resistors that refuse to fight our honorable. g.i.is the solidarity resisters of unjust wars. >> my name is mark from chesterton, indiana. thank you for being understanding, inviting, and wonderful. even these guys in black and blue. good conduct medal -- hah. >> i am jason crawford. i went to iraq and afghanistan. i knew these medals were meaningless. i only regret not speaking up about how silly the war is sooner. i am giving these back. free bradley manning. hurd.name is jason i spent 10 years in the united states army as a combat medic, deployed to baghdad in 2004. i am here to report -- to return my global war on terrorism service medal. i am deeply sorry for the destruction we have caused in those countries and around the globe. i am proud to stand on the stage with my fellow veterans and my afghan sisters. these were lies. i am giving them back. chris.ame is i was part of the invasion

military has contributed to, but since the time, it has become a free project software where the u.s. navy has contributed zero lines of code but certainly lots of good ideas. they understand, as others do, that if everyone has anonymous communication, everyone does. if only special people do, you can tell they have special privileges. you can see who they are. collective runs a number of tors. as long as you get one good one, you get some of the properties you need. this helps people to resist not just waffle interception, but also to resist censorship. if you cannot see inside the communications, you cannot discriminate based on the content. >> in our news have blind to date we said that the fbi seized a computer server at the new facility shared by rise up. i want to go back to your experience at the airport. if you could briefly say -- it has been dozens of times that you have -- >> facility shared i do not flys laura, and she has been at it more than i have. i have been detained in number of times. the first time i was detained by immigration customs enforcement, put into a special on

it's one of the first self propelledtor need developed and used by the u.s. navyt 1870 to 1898. so uses before turn of the last century. a big leap forward for the military. if the long brasstor need had a range of 400 yard and speed of 25 knot. only 50 were ever built. we have found one off the coast of san diego. >> all right update now to story we fears told you about in february. three months ago this winery in napa buried 4 case of wean on the ocean floor off charleston, south carolina. all in the name of science. idea was to seat effects of aiming in ocean wates were enclosed in yellow steel mesh cages then submerged into the water. divers recovered the wine. winery provided this video. no word on the taste but wine recovered from sunken ship has unique taste and ocean business to have something to do with that. >> well still to come on 7 news at finance:00. first in the nation opportunity for business owners in oakland. find out how you can qualify for thousands of dollars in interest free loans. plus. >> go. go. go. >> abc 7 news i team gives you exclusive

. >>> the u.s. navyday with the first launch of an unmanned train from the deck of an aircraft carrier. that drone was catapulted in the uss george w. bush in norfolk virginia. that drone flew around for an hour before it landed. the navy plans next on landing the drone into the carrier. they hope to include them into their bases for security by 2020. >>> $6 billion is what the airlines made. it's the highest amount since these those fees became common five years ago. those charges are helping the industry returning to profitability. reservation change fees totaled 2.6 billion. >>> concerned about breast cancer? your doctor may use a computer program to dictate your therapy. we uncovered the conflict in cancer risk predictions. >> temperatures did fall today a good 10 degrees in the spots that cooled the most. we're going to continue with this cooling theme and even a chance of sprinkles show up down the road. i'll have the specifics on your forecast, we're back here in 10 minutes. >> new at 6:00, a rabi

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