a look at what the u.s. navy is doing in the region today. and how the current administration's policy in the west pacific is taking shape. in the secretary of defense for policy. it will conclude the formal presentation for the observations on the strategic consequences of the contemporary events in east asia. i will move over to my chair here. i would like to ask you. that will follow the pitiless remarks to wait until you are recognized. with the migration. with the organization in your name. thank you. welcome. peter, all yours. a special thank you to the hudson institute for inviting me definitely the most junior on this panel is i'm looking forward to adding a little bit here to the broader context. the reason you find and my colleagues will be able to fill in for the holes that they are leaving. to declare this route but the end 503 some of the things that need to be taken into consideration are the fact that this is one of the busiest writs in east asia. give a lot of that coming in and out of taiwan. and the proper island to the outl

to give you a little bit of context to begin with about the posture that the u.s. navy has maintained. in particular, in this region, the u.s. seventh fleet has been in and during presence in the western pacific since the end of world war ii. deployed oract have permanently stationed, if you will, unique forces that are actually in japan and in the region. so there is a different construct in the navy and from the east coast to the middle east. it is a construct. also, west coast. going through the pacific, sometimes operating under the seventh fleet, sometimes going to the middle east. the seventh fleet is unique in that it they have for deployed and the majority is permanently stationed. so despite the discussion about rebalancing, we never left. we have been up meaningful presence and force along. if you want to talk later about any questions, i will be happy to address them. the other piece i think is important to remember as i going to give you a little bit of historic context of some of the crises that have been involved taiwan. of prc and in particular, taiwan st

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u.s. of harassing chinese ships. it got too close to a navy drill. the u.s. vy said it was in international waters, but china has declared the south china sea as its own and for navy activity there. brian: you were smiling? michael: yes, i was. though idea that they would be caressing them is interesting. the other thing i was smiling about is the one thing that was not reported in that segment was that when china sent out the -- one carrier, now they two. t they had a operate zone around the carrier. they said this is our territory now. no one had ever heard of such a thing and there was no precedent for that. they weren't going to acknowledge that. this whole idea that the u.s. was violating any kind of chinese sovereign territory or that was harassing chinese ships with a lot about the chinese ships if they were harassed by a single cruiser out there. brian: who was the skipper at the time? captain was a rising star in the u.s. navy at the time. he had commanded a story or before this. he was immediately working out of the pentagon. he was someone who was r

they are accusing the u.s. navy of harassing chinese ships. the u.s. navy says the cal pence was an international waters but the china has the cleared the south china sea as its own. >> you are smiling? >> yes i was. the whole idea that the cal pence of the harassing the chinese is kind of interesting. the one thing that was not reported in that segment was that when china sent out the have two but now at that time it was their only carrier, it declared the 27 square foot mile around the carrier. no one had ever heard of such a thing and there was no precedent for that and u.s. the u.s. was certainly not going to a knowledge that. this idea that a u.s. was violating any kind of chinese territory or razzing the ships, that would say a lot about the chinese ships if they were harassed by a single cruiser. >> who was the skipper at the time? obart.tain gregory gb >> who is he? a rising star in the military at the time. someone who is definitely destined for bigger things. he was given the job of taken the cal pence which before this incident, was about to

ships for the u.s. navy. what a great example of in mobile, alabama. you have an australian company with american workers operating in the united states, building 100 years of mateship. when you grieve, so do we. we send our love, prayers, and condolences to all of the families of the shocking school shooting in florida. we are mates. we stand by each other. and when we are hurt, we are hurt as well. mr. president, thank you for your warm welcome. mateship, we celebrate on july 4. and monash led australian troops to war for the first time. 100 years of mateship celebrated, and 100 more years to look forward to closer than ever. thank you very much. >> [applause] president trump: thank you very much, malcolm. we appreciate it. on behalf of the first lady and our great vice president, thank you very much. it is an honor to have you. we will answer a couple questions, okay? >go ahead. >> thank you, mr. president. i have a couple questions for you. president trump: how about one? >> [laughter] >> following mass shootings, there is often a lot of talk and l

. >> at the heritage foundation, navy admiral john richardson discusses the u.s. navy and its role in protecting national interests and discussed the effective of delayed defense budgets on naval readiness. this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining me here those morning and welcoming the navy's 31st chief of naval operations, admiral john richardson to discuss the navy the nation needs. the navy maintain s a stunt and enduring prince of 100 ships and submarines forward deemployed rained the globe to ensure the freedom of maritime. the challenges facing the 21st 21st century navy have never been greater. there are those who would argue that the greatest challenge donation's navy has come from our own congress. over the decade of continuing resolutions and fiscal restraint and budget control act, has had a cumulative effect of degrading the capacity, capabilities and reddiness of the u.s. navy. in light of these increasingly complex maritime security environment and the recently released national defense strategy, the discussions today could not be

would you like to see the navy participate directly in those operations alongside the u.s. allies, and while we're on that radar, can we ask you what your thoughts are on the transpacific partnership, have you softened your position on that? president trump: i think it was not a good deal for us, and if they made it a good deal for us i would go in, but honestly, it wasn't. i like bilateral deals much more than multilateral. i like to be able to negotiate with one country and if it doesn't work out you terminate and turn in the termination notice, right after you send it, they call you, please, let's make a deal and you fix the deal. when you get into multi, you can't do that but transpacific partnership, ttp was a very bad deal for the united states. it would have cost tremendous amounts of jobs, it would have been bad. but there is a possibility we would go in but they will be offering us a much better deal. i would certainly do that, as far as your lanes are concerned, we would love to have australia involved. and i think australia wants to us stay involved. i have to sa

the u.s. navy secretary testified recently on capitol hill about navy readiness and reviews conducted after two collisions involving navy ships. this is just over two hours. >>> good afternoon. i call this joint hearing of the readiness and subcommittees of the house armed services together. i would like to honor the 17 sailors lossed in the "uss fitzgerald." and also the ten "uss john s. mccain" sailors. each one of them is so special to every person here. over the course of the past six months, our subcommittees have met with navy leadership to understand the causeative factos that have resulted in the death of 17 sailors. our men remain confident that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. however, the navy is not alone in responsibility. as secretary james mattis stated in august, it creates unpredictability and makes us rigid. we can not deal with new and revealing threats. we know our enemies are not standing still, end of quote. passing another temporary measure compounds the negat

name the combat ship, the uss kemper in honor of an australian cruiser law fighting alongside the u.s. navy during world war ii. the secretary of the navy has chosen australian minister of defense maurice payne to the her sponsor. i know that the uss kemper will be a worthy successor to both her australian namesake and her american predecessor, the former navy baltimore class heavy cruiser, uss canberra. as she sales the open sea, the new uss canberra will symbolize to all her cross her path the enduring friendship between the united states and australia. there is no closer friendship. today strengthened by our common values we are working together to promote our mutual interests . i want to thank the prime minister for serving as a strong voice for peace and stability across the entire indo pacific region. australia is one of our closest partners in our campaign of maximum pressure to the nuclear eyes the korean peninsula. today, we put the strongest sanctions on korea that we have ever put on a country. we must continue to stand together to prevent the brutal dictatorship from threatening

kris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida school he worked out a u.s. navy veteran he was given full military honors. but the latest shooting has led to a raging debate on gun control the national rifle association vienna re-offered its solution to ending gun violence. stop bad guy with a gun it takes a good guy with a gun to school districts p.t.a. teachers unions local law enforcement mums and dads they all must conduct gather to implement the very best strategy to harden their schools including of affective trained armed security that was absolutely protect every innocent child in this country. advocates of further gun control are demanding action be taken students protesting outside the white house this week said they were angry that school massacres have become commonplace and little has been done to stop them according to a gun control advocacy group there have been eighteen school shootings since the beginning of the year. amid the public outcry president trump has endorsed a higher minimum age for buying certain rifles and tighter background checks f

chris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida school he worked at a u.s. navy veteran he was given full military honors. as families lay their loved ones to rest more details about the fateful day are emerging surveillance footage has shown that the armed officer on duty scott peterson never went inside the school to confront the gunman was radio at a point in time. and he took up a position where it looked like he could see the western most entry into the building and stay where he was never wanted. peterson has now resigned and is under investigation. the latest the shooting has led to a raging debate on gun control the national rifle association the n.r.a. offered its solution to ending gun violence stop bad guy with a gun it takes a good guy with a guy school districts p.t.a. teachers unions local law enforcement moms and dads they all must come to gather to implement the very best strategy harden their schools including of fact they have trained armed security that will absolutely protect every innocent child is theirs contrary. advocates a further gun con

whereas dori miller enlisted in the u.s. navy as as me attendant, meaning he was a person who served those others with food and took care of the cleaning of facilities, and he served on the u.s.s. west virginia. when the japanese attacked pearl harbor on december 7 of 1941. whereas miller was assigned to carry the wounded sailors to safer quarters. whereas he returned to the deck d picked up a 50-caliber browning anti-aircraft machine gun that he had never been trained to use and managed to shoot down enemy aircraft. whereas doery miller, a black man -- dori miller, a black man, was commended by secretary of navy and became the first african-american to be presented the navy cross. whereas civil rights organizations and black press exerted pressure on president roosevelt which resulted in the formation of the tuskegee airmen based in tuskegee, alabama, in 1941. whereas before 1940, african-americans were barred from flying for the u.s. military. whereas the tuskegee airmen included pilots, navigators, maintenance and support staf

chris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida school he worked at a u.s. navy veteran he was given full military honors. as families lay their loved ones to rest more details about the fateful day are emerging surveillance footage has shown that the armed officer on duty scott peterson never went inside the school to confront the gunman was radio at a point in time. and he took up a position where it looked like he could see the western most entry into the building and stay where he was governor. peterson has now resigned and is under investigation. the latest the shooting has led to a raging debate on gun control the national rifle association the n.r.a. offered its solution to ending gun violence stop bad guy with a gun it takes a good guy with a guy school districts p.t.a. teachers unions local law enforcement moms and dads they all must come to gather to implement the very best strategy harden their schools including of fact they have trained armed security that will absolutely protect every innocent child is theirs contrary. advocates of further gun contro

chris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida school he worked at a u.s. navy veteran he was given full military honors. as families lay their loved ones to rest more details about the fateful day are emerging surveillance footage has shown that the armed officer on duty scott peterson never went inside the school to confront the gunman was radio at a point in time. and he took up a position where it looked like he could see the western most entry into the building and stay where he was governor. peterson has now resigned and is under investigation. the latest shooting has led to a raging debate on gun control the national rifle association the n.r.a. offered its solution to ending gun violence stop bad guy with a gun it takes a good guy with a guy school districts p.t.a. teachers unions local law enforcement moms and dads they all must come together to implement the very best strategy harden their schools including of back to trained armed security that will absolutely protect every innocent child there's contrary. advocates of further gun control are demandin

would you like to see the australian navy participate directly in those operations alongside u.s. allies and whilst on the region can i ask you what your latest thinking is on the transpacific partnership in are you softening your position on that or remain as strict as ever? >> i think the transpacific partnership was not a good deal for us. i like bilateral deals much more than multilateral. i like to be able to negotiate with one country. right after the termination notice, they call and say feks the deal. let's fix the deal. with multipartnerships we can't do that. there's a possibility we would go in but they will be offering us a much better deal. we would love to have australia involved. and i think australia wants us to stay involved. we have developed a great relationship with china other than the fact that they've been killing us on trade for the last long period of time. killing us. absolutely killing the united states on trade. my personal relationship, as malcolm can tell you, with president xi is quite extraordinary. he is somebody that i like. i think he likes me. w

would you like to see the australian navy participate directly in those operations alongside the u.s. allies? and whilst on the region, i'll ask you what your latest thinking is on the trans-pacific partnership. are you softening your position on that or do you remain as opposed to that? >> well, i think the trans-pacific partnership is not a good deal for us. if they made it a good deal for us, i'd go in. but honestly, it wasn't. i like bilateral deals much more than multi lateral. i like to be able to negotiate with one country and if it doesn't work out, you terminate and during the termination notice after you get sent, they call you and say, okay, here is the deal. the trans-pacific partnership, tpp was a very bad deal for the united states. it would have cost us tremendous amounts of jobs, it could have been bad. but there's a possibility we would go in, but they will be offering a much better deal. i would certainly do that. as far as your lanes are concerned, we would love to have australia involved and i think australia wants us to stay involved. i have to say we've developed

would you like to see the australian navy participate directly in those operations alongside the u.s. allies? and whales on -- while on the region what is your thinking on trans-pacific partnership and are you remain opposed as ever? >> the the trans-pacific part ship was not a good deal for us. i like bilateral more than multilateral. i like to negotiate with one country, if you it doesn't work out, you terminate. during the terminate notice, they call you please let's make a deal, you fix the deal. when you get into multiyou can't do that. trans-pacific partnership, tpp was a very bad deal for the united states t would have cost us tremendous amounts of jobs. it would have been bad, but there is a possibility we would go in but they will be offering us a much better deal, i would certainly do that. as far as your lanes are concerned, we would love to have australia involved and australia wants to stay involved. we develop ad great relationship with china other than the fact that they have been killing us with trade for last long period of time, killing us, absolutely killing the uni

. >> reporter: the u.s. navy is now admitting that their contractor tetra tech falsified soil samples to indicate they were safe. in fact, they were toxic. remnants of the old warfare research lab which are slated to be redeveloped in housing. >> any time she survey around here it comes up dirty. >> reporter: she grew up in hunters point and says lennar and five points has taken advantage of their communities. >> the hope is we will all be dead before they can sell their next $1.2 million condo and that is ape fwrob. >> i understand people's frustration. >> reporter: darren robinson is an environmental coordinator from the navy. he and others held a meeting with maps and time lines chronicling the site's miss steps and action plan. >> it involves additional sampling radiological scanning and reexcavating some areas. >> up until these reports just came out, the navy has basically shut us out. >> reporter: david anton is an attorney who represents the whistle-blowers who were ordered to swap in uncontaminated sampl

canberra in honor of crews fighting alongside the u.s. navy during world war ii. our secretary of the navy has chosen maurice pane to be her sponsor. i know that the u.s.s. canberra will be a worthy successor to both her australian name sake and her american predecessor, the former navy baltimore class heavy cruiser u.s.s. canberra. as she sails the open sea, the new u.s.s. canberra will symbolize to all who cross her path the enduring friendship between the united states and australia. there is no closer friendship. today's strength by our common values working to promote our mutual interests. i want to thank the prime minister for serving as a strong voice for peace and stability across the entire into pacific region. australia is one of our closest partners in our campaign of maximum pressure to denuclearize the korean peninsula. today we put the strongest sanctions on korea that we have ever put on a country. we must continue to stand together to preventive brutal dictatorship from threatening the world with nuclear devastation. our nation's likewise share a c

the stewards and caretakers and he got marines from washington dc to guard it, that's where the u.s. navy, department of navy kind of inherited it. about command reports to the white house military office in the east wing of the white house. they support the president moving him around the world including air force one, marine one, helicopter squadron, camp david, white house communication agency, white house transportation agency, white house medical unit , special programs etc. etc. these are the uniformed personnel civilian men and women, over 2000 that support the president's behind-the-scenes moving him around the world wherever he goes and whoever he engages with. the navy has camp david, appropriate a budget line in the u.s. navy appropriation to find and maintain camp david. we know it as camp because why? succeeding president roosevelt was president truman, not greatly enamored with camp david. preferred to go to key west, florida. his successor, president eisenhower came in and thought it was a bit pretentious and thought of closing it like some other presidents after him, but b

. >> it was the red flag which got the attention of the u.s. navy. radioactive soil tests were falsified by the company doing the cleanup. >> two employees who used to work at the shipyard shared their story with abc7 reporter cornell bernard. >> right over the bank there is where i took the sample. >> reporter: anthony smith shows us one spot at the shipyard where he tested soil for radio activi activity. he said this spot rated by for radioactive cesium. >> he told me to get rid of the sample and just hush about it. >> reporter: he's a rm toer employee. he said falsifying soil tests to show they were safe was ram pachb pant. >> they're taking radioactive material and getting rid of it and getting clean samples and turning them in as the real samples. >> reporter: it sounds unbelievable, but the navy recently acknowledged the false testing rumors were true. jake bower was the former radiation safety officer who threatened to report what he witnessed to the nuclear regulatory proceeding. >> they said you can call whoever you want, but while you're at

tailor made for china's plans for international institutions guarantee china's trade rights and the u.s. navy and air force protect global trade routes why give all that up. chinese politicians have repeatedly insisted that the chinese model is not for export anyone who wants to can join but no one should be forced. multiple mouths are dong made china great deng xiaoping mated rich and now are paying wants to make it strong the chinese people will have no objection to that as long as they have something to gain from it but not all chinese are benefitting equally from the boom china is home to more billionaires than ever before but the average citizen has to work hard to make ends meet. everyone in china still seems to be pulling in the same direction but this could change quickly if the gap between rich and poor continues to widen. as yet china's success can still be felt by the population the in family is one of many who have benefited from china's economic growth in recent decades. in europe they'd be called prosperous middle class they have an apartment in the center of beijing a car and t

the u.s. navy admits the contractor hired to remove radio active waste falsified soil samples. we first told you about that fraud on monday. tertra tech said the soil was safe but there are still remnants of an old nuclear war research lab. developers wanted to build more than 1200 houses in the shipyard. they say this confirms suspicions they've had for years. >> we need this mess cleaned up. i mean today, not tomorrow. >> the hope is we will all be dead before they can sell their next $1.2 million condo. and that's a problem. >> redevelopment plans have been put on hold for the next year. >>> morgan hill police are trying to determine if there are more possible victims of a soccer koeccoach charged with sl harassment. gonzalez was charged of assaulting a minor he was coaching in san jose. officials don't believe this involves any students there. police arrested gonzalez at his home in morgan hill. he also worked for schools in gilroy and morgan hill. police say the alleged incident did not happen on school grounds. >>> the russia probe is reportedly now investigating one of p

. >> reporter: the u.s. navy is now admitting that their contractor tetra tech falsified soil samples to indicate they were safe. in fact, they were toxic. remnants of the old warfare research lab which are slated to be redeveloped in housing. >> any time she survey around here it comes up dirty. >> reporter: she grew up in hunters point and says lennar and five points has taken advantage of their communities. >> the hope is we will all be dead before they can sell their next $1.2 million condo and that is ape fwrob. >> i understand people's frustration. >> reporter: darren robinson is an environmental coordinator from the navy. he and others held a meeting with maps and time lines chronicling the site's miss steps and action plan. >> it involves additional sampling radiological scanning and reexcavating some areas. >> up until these reports just came out, the navy has basically shut us out. >> reporter: david anton is an attorney who represents the whistle-blowers who were ordered to swap in uncontaminated sampl

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chris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida school he worked at a u.s. navy veteran he was given full military honors. as families lay their loved ones to rest more details about the fateful day are emerging surveillance footage has shown that the armed officer on duty scott peterson never went inside the school to confront the gunman was radio at a point in time. and he took up a position where it looked like he could see the western most entry into the building and they were was. pietersen has now resigned and is under investigation. the latest the shooting has led to a raging debate on gun control the national rifle association the n.r.a. offered its solution to ending gun violence stop bad guy with a gun it takes a good guy with a guy school districts p.t.a. teachers unions local law enforcement moms and dads they all must come together to implement the very best strategy harden their schools including of back to trained armed security that will absolutely protect every innocent child if there's contrary. advocates of further gun control are demanding act

. ♪ >> hank i'm here with chief steve of the u.s. navyting the tour of submarine base new london. a lot of philadelphia, a lot of eagles fans here in patriots territory. hank's take coming up. ♪ >>> a man sick with cancer has one wish to see the eagles play in the super bowl. and thanks to foundation and the birds, yeah, his wish is granted. our joanne pileggi spoke with that man before he lives for minnesota much she's out of the of live outside the philadelphia international airport. quite a story, joanne. >> reporter: it is quite a story. well, you never know if your time is limited by cancer or some other disease. what is on your bucket list? for a philly native, a life long eagles fan, seeing them play in the super bowl is high on that list and he is going to get that wish. >> all i'm saying to linda is, i can't pass before they go to the super bowl. i said i know it's going happen. they're going to go to the super bowl i'm not going to be here to watch it. >> wayne may be down, may be worn down from year long battle with a rare canc

. >> the red flag that got the attention of the u.s. navy. toxic cover up about the ship yard in san francisco. radioactive tests were falsified after the clean up. sharing their story with cornell barnard. >> reporter: anthony smith has returned to the hunters point ship yard. smith said this spot tested high for radioactive chemical and when he told his bosses. >> i was told to get rid of the sample and shush about it. >> reporter: he said falsifying soil test to show they were safe happened all the time. >> taking radioactive material where we were sampling at and getting rid of it and getting clean samples and turning them in as the real sample. >> the navy recently acknowledged the false testing rumors were true. >> reporter: were you thinking hey, this isn't right? >> yes, every day. >> reporter: burt bowers was the radiation safety director both bowers and smith were laid off. the area now in the midst of redevelopment. condos popping up. a community meeting was held next week. >> we need this mess cleaned up. >> reporter: the navy tel

." >>> the u.s. navy is re-examining. a community meeting and open house will be held tonight for neighbors to ask questions and there are bound to be a lot of questions. corn el bernard has more. >> reporter: neighbors are confused and upset. sky 7 shows what could be the last piece of land in san francisco slated for redevelopment. once a nuclear warfare research lab. the clean up has been going on for more than a decade. recently, navy acknowledged that clean up was covered up. >> this was a toxic cover up. >> reporter: contractor was paid $350 million to clean up the ship yard. but consultants found much of the data was wrong. >> they looked at it. and determined that there was falsefication. they thought they had it resolved. >> reporter: why it happened isn't clear. the parcels in question under the water remain in question. >> condos have sweeping views of the bay and direct view from hunter's point. >> it would have been good for us to have better over sight from the begin. >> reporter: the navy is committed to cl

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kris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida school he worked at a u.s. navy veteran he was given full military honors. as families lay their loved ones to rest more details about the fateful day our emerging surveillance footage has shown that the armed officer on duty scott peterson never went inside the school to confront the gunman radio at a point in time. and he took up a position where it looked like he could see the western most entry into the building and they were was. pietersen has now resigned and is under investigation. the latest shooting has led to a raging debate on gun control the national rifle association the n.r.a. offered its solution to ending gun violence stop bad guy with a gun it takes a good guy with a guy school districts p.t.a. teachers unions local law enforcement moms and dads they all must come together to implement the very best strategy talk harden their schools including of fact they have trained armed security that was absolutely protect every innocent child in their country. advocates of further gun control are demanding act

. >> the red flag that got the attention of the u.s. navy. toxic cover up about the ship yard in san francisco. radioactive tests were falsified after the clean up. sharing their story with cornell barnard. >> reporter: anthony smith has returned to the hunters point ship yard. smith said this spot tested high for radioactive chemical and when he told his bosses. >> i was told to get rid of the sample and shush about it. >> reporter: he said falsifying soil test to show they were safe happened all the time. >> taking radioactive material where we were sampling at and getting rid of it and getting clean samples and turning them in as the real sample. >> the navy recently acknowledged the false testing rumors were true. >> reporter: were you thinking hey, this isn't right? >> yes, every day. >> reporter: burt bowers was the radiation safety director both bowers and smith were laid off. the area now in the midst of redevelopment. condos popping up. a community meeting was held next week. >> we need this mess cleaned up. >> reporter: the navy tel

hovering above the sales >>> the u.s. navy is re-examining. a community meeting and open house will be held tonight for neighbors to ask questions and there are bound to be a lot of questions. corn el bernard has more. >> reporter: neighbors are confused and upset. sky 7 shows what could be the last piece of land in san francisco slated for redevelopment. once a nuclear warfare research lab. the clean up has been going on for more than a decade. recently, navy acknowledged clean up was covered up. >> this was a toxic cover up. >> reporter: contractor was paid $350 million to clean up the ship yard. but consultants found much of the data was wrong. >> they looked at it. and determined that there was falsefication. they thought they had it resolved. >> reporter: why it happened isn't clear. the parcels in question under the water remain in question. >> condos have sweeping views of the bay and direct view from hunter's point. >> it would have been good for us to have better over sight from the begin. >> reporter: the navy is committed to cleanin

besides that system we keep the ballistic missile defense u.s. navy warship in the waters out there and we can always reinforce that. we also have several of those ships in japanese waters. they can move back and forth to include coverage of one. at all theing systems to include a sure as we look to the protection of our pacific area. >> thank you, mr. secretary. i think we've talked about this. keep long in a secure system. keep the bombers and everything else you have therefore a wild. i thank you again. i yield back, mr. chairman. votes have come early. we do not have time to get to more members in. so, as soon as votes are completed on the floor, we will come back and the in classified 2212.n up in at this point, the open hearing is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news

the safety and security of its own servicemembers because they are working in operating for the u.s. navyin the u.s. coast guard along coastlines in areas that require mitigation in states like florida that have significant naval presence. this is a real issue for dod. you can argue about climate one way or the other but you'll have to have your making sure your lives of your citizens are protected. dod i think this is a case where they can't call things climate related. you're going to put up a request to congress for money from this administration that has a climate line but there are things you have to do a normal operations and maintenance to protect yourself. i think you'll see some of that going forward. i have seen today a disturbing report on a huge -- for clean energy which relates to this so i think this is an area where there's a conversation to be had on capitol hill about how the president's budget is treated once it reaches them. >> all right one more question. right there. >> good evening a lieutenant colonel in the marine corps it. given the current administration's restri

i am concerned regarding the u.s. navy's ability to remain resilient during conflict with a year adversary. here adversary. specifically, with ship repair capability in the pacific. in the fleet comprehensive review, the navy identified capacity issues. at the ship repair facility in japan. section 1047 requires the secretary of the navy to submit a report on the ship maintenance capability and the western -- in the western pacific. it further requires the secretary of defense to certify to congressional defense committees whether or not the current shape -- ship depot maintenance capability and capacity including drydocks, are sufficient to meet both peacetime and contingency requirements. so, my question is where is the department in terms of meeting these requirements and how are you going about determining if there is sufficient capability and capacity? sec. mattis: congresswoman, where we are at right now is we are examining the sufficiency of it in terms of raw capacity, the anticipated need if we go into conflict, and

joining us, a former u.s. navy fight per pilot.ll right, president trump said he was struck by the parade he saw in franceen bastille day. president trump says he wants to do it and the comparisons are being made to north korea. >> that's what north korea does, russia, does. i am giving president trump a pass on this one. i think if he asked any one of his close advisors who are it in generals, they will tell him, do not do this. the way you honor and respect our troops, you give them the required time off they need and pay them more money to give them time to spend with their family. we don't march in formation when we are trigger pullers. having people shine up their missiles and bombs is completely unnecessary. city the won't support what we need to improve troop morale right now. charles: i know the military just got one of the pay increase it has gone the recently. and morale is on the rise. what's your thoughts on the parade noirlt and those not in the military to have more respect for them. >> i celebrate it. the average age

. >>> the u.s. navy building a presence in the black sea to counter a move from russia. this marks the first time since last customsummer two navy war have been in the black sea. on sunday, russia announced naval deployment in the area for exercises. the commander of the sixth fleet says the decision to assign two ships to the black sea is proactive. >>> the joint military drills once the 2018 winter olympics come to a close in pyeongchang. a spokesperson for the south korean military will announce the schedule for the exercises. north korea has objected to the military drills. the thaw with the north and south at the olympics had some wonders if it would be put off. >>>ing ethics -- >>> ethics concerns with trump junior which fuels questions about the links with the president and family business in india. >> one dinner was promoted by front page ads in the two biggest newspapers. the other sit down is where an invitation says 65% of the trump tower apartments have already been sold. >>> president trump has endorsed mitt romney. the president tweeting about romney. he wi