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i think fdr saw that as a huge perk after such a massive blow to the u.s. navy and u.s. fleet, that that was the kind of leader who would take the pacific to victory. this is admiral nimitz taking command of the pacific fleet. this is one of the very last ship's available for something like this. keep in mind, this was not even a month after the attack on pearl harbor. admiral nimitz was a submariner, and he always saw himself as one. taking command of the pacific fleet aboard a submarine i think said something about the man, his leadership, and his ties to the summaries of the navy. it's important to point out that during the attack on pearl harbor, the japanese had a summering base and submarines ended up being a huge weapon during the pacific war. this is a stewart tank that was commanded by the australians on the island of new guinea. on christmas eve of 1942, this tank took a direct round from a japanese antiaircraft gun right here through what would have been the a driver gunner position. this gunner was instantly killed in the tank commander was telling his story

the fleet fled shortly after san juan hill was taken and was destroyed by the u.s. navy. >> host: why was the u.s. military in cuba in 1898 in. >> guest: a good question. it can be kind of complicated. and at times not so complicated. but there was a lot of sympathy for the cause for at the free only of cube afternoons in the 1890s. newspapers carried stories of atoes itses commit bid the spanish government in cube against the people that lived there, and another very important event, the explosion of the uss maine in havana harbor, all those things combined to bring the u.s. at loggerheads with spain and at war began in april of 1989. >> host: what happened to the maine. >> guest: we don't really know exactly what happened. there were -- an explosion in havana harbor when the battleship was there two different independent studies done, one by the u.s. government, one by the spanish government, the u.s. government determined that it was an external mine, submarine mine that caused the explosion. the spanish government panel determined it was an internal explosion, someth

so the u.s. navy looked and came great lakes and they purchased two passenger steamers, the c and b and the buffalo and they transformed them into small but carriers, theft -- s. woefrl reason and the u.s.s. stable. t was a fairly significant process. they took the two vessels into the shipyard. tore off the upper decks, laid ssenger cabins and down a 550-foot flight deck. had to have seven successful takeoffs and landings trained -- to be qualified as an aircraft carrier pilot. and so that's what they did all long, take off and land, take off and land. the great lakes probably almost 10,000 pilots say we s exciting to trained president george h.w. on aircraft carriers. i really hope people come here realize that the great lakes are, yes, a body of water, but that has really shaped, given life to, destroyed, and affected all of across the country, across the continent. it is not just a regional story. is definitely a national story. tour staff s traveled to toledo, ohio. visit c-span's web site. ou ar

sea the crew is reported to be safe but some oil has been spilled and it's not known how much the u.s. navy says it is closely monitoring developments more from. iran's foreign ministry confirmed on friday that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing its oil tanks to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some fo

they're shy of 400 members of the u.s. navy that work and live on board. there is a flight deck with helicopters. a full medical facility capable of performing surgeries and huge humvees and tanks. the main purpose of this vessel is to transport marines where they need to go. they work closely with the u.s. marine corps and to respond to any humanitarian crisis. the ship is named the uss somerset after somerset, pennsylvania, which is the county where flight 93 crashed during the 9/11 terror attacks. this is a tribute ship to honor the 40 heros killed that day on flight 93, which was on route to san francisco when it was hijacked. several vitamins were from the bay area. part of the plane was melted down and built into the ship. >> we take a lot of pride in representing the 40 heros. we have their napes and constantly have family members coming on board and showing them the ship. >> it's significant not only because of that, but why a lot of those men and women that you see serving now are post-9/11 age people. also happening, the stars of the show. the bl

founded on october 13th, 1775, the u.s. navy is the largest ocean military going forward in the world. the branch has 330,000 active duty personnel and an additional 100,000 on ready reserve. its fleet includes aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, cruiser destroyers and submarines. >> nicely done. good day for the blue angels. >> beautiful day. as we look out toward the golden gate, we're 20 minutes away from sunset. low clouds filtering in and nice night. highs today, 15 degrees cooler in san francisco today. 62. 77 yesterday. oakland, 71. san jose, 75. and santa rosa, warm. 81. beautiful finish to the day. out at ocean beach. the numbers right now, 75 at concord and in san francisco, a chilly 57. santa rosa, 69 now. winds have died down. the big story becomes a sub headline with west-southwesterlys. up in the north bay the winds will be out of the south. in napa, the same. that's good. breakfast forecast for tomorrow morning, you'll start out with numbers on the chilly side. so we'll start out in the mid 40s. the sun u

aboard some cool ships, destroyers and cruisers and get a feel for how our sailors serve in the u.s. navy coast guard and canadian navy as well. the main thing is the blue angels. they were practicing over san francisco. if you were around the area, you definitely heard them. our cameras got some cool cimov over the bay yesterday. the village is here. a this is a mobile er, emergency room. our goal is bring patients in, stabilize them as fast as possible and transport them to a higher echelon of care. >> reporter: they are really having all sorts of demonstrations going on from the military and local emergency responders, as well. this is between fort mason and scott streets, interactive demonstrations, a lot of hands- on activities and a lot of cool photo ops as well. if you can't make it out today, these activities will be here tomorrow and sunday, as well. we have a link on our website t arnd here.weite .csectior eet week. right now live in san francisco, back to you. this weekend in san francisco as fleet week flying high. over 300,000 people expected per day between friday and sunday

much of the refinery's present refinery output is going to the u.s. navy for use in the far east.oduction of crude oil is expected to be double what it was in 1947, or even higher. to handle this huge volume, greatly expanded transportation facilities will be needed. materials have been arriving in the persian gulf for the world's largest pipeline, a project of the trans-arabian pipeline company. the first leg has been completed. the trans-arabian pipeline route lies across 1075 miles of desert and coastal ranges to the mediterranean. when completed, it will carry about 300,000 barrels daily. total saudi arabian crude oil theseoducts available at terminals will amount to seven hundred thousand barrels daily by 1951. by that time the investment of the company on the transit arabian pipeline company will have exceeded $400 million. program requires an increase of permanent personnel, to a total of more than 2500 americans and 15,000 arabs. such is the story of the oil itself. but there is another story, the story of people. or all the time the oil job was being done, there was the p

. >> do we have that in the u.s. navy today? >> probably not. remember back to the reagan years, navy was a big deal. 300 warships, that's a very powerful navy. the world had never seen anything like it. >> that was not told that verse. >> he's been the messenger for the boston articles for some time. he had written to philadelphia and new hampshire, is a very expert at doing this, of carrying news quickly. he was trusted, reliable. so he had written into the countryside with false alarms before he did the real thing on april 18. >> who were the radicals? >> radicals in boston, they are in every colony. by radicals, we mean people were looking for substantial break with the way things are done now. they're looking either for autonomy, meaning they're not going to tell us what to do or tax us, we will control our lives are resolved, -- they're not thinking independence yet. but in boston, there are people like samuel adams, distant cousin john adams, the lawyer. john hancock, probably the wealthiest merchant in boston and they are united by the b

it includes five u.s. navy ships joined by a coast guard cutter, the army corps of engineers and a representative from the royal australian navy. the fireboat will be leading the escort. that parade starts at 11:00 this morning. >>> we're hoping they'll have a good welcome to the bay area. lisa, what do you say? >> good thing it's today and not the past couple of days because things are really cooperating this morning. we're slowly going to see a return to an onshore push. those upper elevation offshore winds still with us. it is a little breezy and still looking at some of those winds out of the north. right now it's cool. 47 in santa clara and campbell. 58 in alameda. mid 40s in napa. 44 in danville. as you head out this morning, it's chilly and clear. looking for sunshine and mild to warm conditions today. you may notice a little haze in parts of the north bay as those offshore winds drift some of that smoke from the sierra nevada otherwise gradual cooling begins on sunday. headed outside today in san franci

the recent push to send more troops has to do with a problem encountered by the u.s. navy. it was supposed to send relief aircraft carrier to the area. an air force unit will also hit to saudi arabia. >>> iranian oil tanker cruising off the coast of saudi arabia was rock by a pair of misles. it happened earlier this morning. the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between tehran and the u.s. the attacks came after president trump's decision to withdraw america from tehran's nuclear deer. >>> is fire the trade war between the u.s. and china putting new tariff hikes on hold. today at the white house president trump and china's vice premier announced a tentative deal. the u.s. will not go forward with a hike from 25 to 30% on many chinese goods. in exchange china will by up to $50 billion in u.s. farm products. demonstration officials say the so-called phase i deal will also include an agreement on foreign-exchange issues. the apparent easing of tensions let's a rally in the start market. the dow jones search by 320 points. the nasdaq was up more t

u.s. navy fleet week underway on sunday, october 6. it extends until the 14th. busy conditions along fisherman's wharf and the marina. >>> list talk about what it will be like. >>> weather is going to be pretty perfect. it will be nice to get outside this weekend. warm but not hot. the nights will be chilly. no cloud cover. until sunday afternoon. current temperatures it is 70 a concorde. 74 santa rosa. 76 livermore. 66 san francisco. we are exiting fall the season. temperature inversion the air is warmer above the marine layer. when the atmosphere cools off it eliminates the chance of fault. we are not seeing much from this point forward. 51 oakland pick vallejo 47. fremont 50. napa 46. rock 'n roll half marathon sunday morning in san jose. it will be warming up. morning temperatures in the 60s. by the afternoon in the middle 80s. football not tomorrow or sunday. monday night football. the niners hosting the cleveland browns. it will be toasty. the sun angle will be low enough most people won't be baking in their seats. plan on a kickoff temperature monday late

it is a competition the u.s. navy has made great strides and is poised to make some really great strides in the near future addressing the threat. >> do you believe as i do that these recent test also highlight of the critical significance of the fast attack program nation's military advantage under c is the last remaining place it is unquestioned we have the advantage continuing the virginia program is essential to make sure we maintained that advantage in the future. >> are you familiar with the issues that have arisen with respect to the coding on this stealth adhesive that is used to attach that stealth coating to the submarines quickset enough you can address that in this setting but are you familiar with that quick. >> i am and i am confident the need one - - the navy engineer can work to that issue. >> it has been a long-standing issue. >> correct. >> are you confident we will develop technologies that it is the adhesion and prospered my - - process asking you and your staff. >> thank you for your service. look

state university and i spent a lot of time, i'm also a previous military officer, served in the u.s. navy. and i just think it's important to realize if you're a veteran, your obligation is to sort of allow people to voice their opinions whether that's supportive trump or support of the opposite of trump which is valid, seeing how outrageous he can behave, but i think it's important to realize that we are standing to defend people's rights to voice their opinions and when you eliminate that, it's sort of deflates the obligation that you have and it sort of takes away from the constitution, having our first amendment rights and i think it's important to sort of uphold and defend the constitution and that should be how you view people's opinions and that will allow opposition and that will allow discourse for us to advance as a nation. >> let me ask you about them covering the white house. the white house announced the white house itself federal offices will end subscriptions to the washington post, new york times . their competitors of your that bloomberg. >> i think they will be okay. >>

being rehabd from massachusetts to texas, in projects by universities, local municipality was, the u.s. navyce. >> this is the oyster hatchery of new york harbor school where is we grow oift zbleers this is one of the most aitiousus ambitious. this is table to farm with 3.5 million annual budget funded in part by sta and federal grants from superstorm sandy. collecting 10,000 0 unds of discarded restaurant shells per week,ringings them to governor island to cure a year then puts them in a hatchery where they w spawn oyster larvae. >> you see the baby oiters once the sandy happened and the aftermath we raeltzed how valuable the oysysrs could be. new york harbor used to have over 200,000 acres of after reef protecting the shoreline. the popation is virtually exinstinct. >> o>> natural barriers to storm surge are gone. >> correct. >> and you're telling me this big poil of oyster shes is going to save us. >> i don't know save us but should he. >> the goal is to place 1 billion live oiters across 100 acres of reef by 203 bag by bag. in order to receive federal funding projects like billion after

a clear, blue sky dad oakland airport northfield, and fa 18 hermit with a coat of blue and gold u.s. navy colors is waiting to take me on the ride of a lifetime. before the blue angels allowed thousands, the effort with the chance to go with one of the aerial stunt pilots. select the aircraft demands a lot of your body. >> reporter: there was a briefing and explanation of the cockpit, the procedures and how to cope with a high level of g forces.>> you're going to squeeze her legs and tighten the abs. >> reporter: using a breathing technique forcing blood back into your brain so you stay conscious. with that in mind, it was time to get inside the backseat cockpit the jet arrives to give rise to the media and vip. the pilot by navy lieutenant commander carrie rack off. he is in his first year with the blue angels and he serves as the team narrator during the season. >> it is a get opportunity to get the public to see inside of the curtain. >> reporter: the gunsight pilot to keep a tight schedule running from march through november including shows and 32 cities. san francisco is the 28th sto

. >> the u.s. navy flight demonstration squadron made practice ruyedae es ured the troand sunday starting at noon. a fleet week guide und cong up in money watch, general motors chief is taking action to enter the company's month-long strike. details on that secret meeting. >> and let's look live outside. this is from the photographer rick. look at that beautiful shot of the ship and the bay bridge the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california. . >>> welcome back. who are trouble tore boeing this morning. dozenss of 737 planes are ground due to cracks. diane king hall has the story and much more in money prob erged for boeing # 37 airliners. structural cracks have been found in more than 3 dozen 737ng planes around the world. u.s. safety regulators order inspection of more than 810 boeing jets. the ng is an older model that precede th

oil tanker off the coast of saudi arabia there's been no immediate response from saudi arabia the u.s. navy says it's monitoring developments closely. turkish forces say they've captured 15 villages from kurdish forces that pushed 8 kilometers into northern syria tens of thousands of people have fled the area since when say. and u.s. democrats pushing for impeachment against president trump a visit subpoenas the 2 businessmen linked to his lawyer rudy giuliani they're accused of violating campaign finance rules. because former president jacob zuma is expected to find out shortly if a corruption case against him will be thrown out now former president zuma is accused of taking bribes from a french weapons company in exchange for 180000000 dollar government contracts this dating back to the late 1990 s. . his lawyers have argued the case is politically motivated and have requested it be dismissed and later today a high court in pietermaritzburg the trial will make its decision well there at the court is a correspondent for media miller and for me. there is a bewildering a ray of accusations a

the crew is reported safe and some oil has been spilled we don't know how much at this stage the u.s. navy says it is closely monitoring developments. into. iran's foreign ministry confirmed on friday that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern corridor or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing its oil tanks to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurous the fingerpointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some for

the red sea the crew is reported safe some oil has been spilled it's not known how much and the u.s. navy says it's closely monitoring developments has more from to her on iran's foreign ministry confirmed on friday that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart cause to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form o

the ship was damaged but its crew safe there's been no immediate response from saudi arabia the u.s. navy says it's monitoring developments closely let's go live to the iranian capital fair on that of course when there is a neighbor's ravi this potentially is a very very serious development it would appear with the iranian foreign ministry confirming that there's been a direct attack on one of its oil tankers and calling that a dangerous adventure. that's exactly right martin and since we last spoke the fingerpointing has also begun know normally what an incident like this happens the targets an iranian asset in the region or targets in iran in some way the larger branches of government the elected officials the military the supreme leader's office are slow to come out with the reaction they're very measured but we initially normally hear from the parliament and that's what's happened here a senior m.p. and a member of the commission the parliamentary commission for national security and foreign policy pointing the blame pointing his fingers pointing blame at the united states and possibl

hinn, and nick who broke diplomatic protocol and fought near zero visibility to save the life of a u.s. navy sailor who was wounded in combat. base charleston crew was flying a critically injured from to walter reed germany, halfway through their a turn the sailor took for the worst and needed immediate surgery. limpella,der, captain ade the decision to turnaround and make a landing in shannon, ireland, in dense fog and clearance.lomatic in an incredibly stressful situation, the team fell back on a life aining and made and death decision that ultimately saved the life of fellow service member. them.nored to commend with that i'd yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, minutes. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. today to r, i rise recognize warren county, ennsylvania's recent bicentennial in march, 1819, the assembly ia general established warren county. on october 1, later that year, became official and warren county became part of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. occasion was celebrated earlier this month at the warren county

the crew is reported safe the foreign ministry is calling the incident a dangerous adventure the u.s. navy says it's closely monitoring developments the prime minister has been awarded this year's nobel peace prize he's being recognized for ending the long running conflict between ethiopia and eritrea over a disputed border territory. when mitt became prime minister in april 28th. he made it clear that he wished to peace talks with a retreat. in close cooperation with the side yes. the president of a victory on. mid week late worked out the principles for a 4 and then for a peace agreement to end the long no peace no the war. between the 2 countries a south african court has ruled the former president jacob zuma must stand trial on corruption charges his lawyers had argued the case was politically motivated and should be thrown out zuma is expected to be back in court for trial next week he's accused of taking bribes from a french weapons company in exchange for $180000000.00 in government contracts in the late 1990 s. china's president is in india for talks with prime minister narendra mo

so we had that in the u.s. navy today -mark. >> probably not, you remember back in the reagan years owning up to 600 ships, and he was a big deal. it's been declining since then. 300 warships, that's a very powerful navy. >> they'd never seen anything like it they sent almost half of that needy on the north american station. >> that was not hold of your first ride though. >> he had been the messenger for the boston radicals for some time. and he had written to philadelphia,written to new hampshire . he was a very expert at doing this . carrying news quickly. he was trusted. he was reliable. he was a good horseman. so he actually written into the massachusetts countryside previously with false alarms before he did it trthe real thing on april 18. >> rick hansen, who were the radicals ? >> the radicals in boston, they're in every colony, all 13 colonies some coterie of radical by radicals we mean people looking for a substantial break with the way things are done now. they're looking either for autonomy meaning parlia

america to have their bases there in latin america to start you know what the united states the u.s. navy is doing right now in china there are just the armada there is just amazing they've got the whole china china sea covered with all the islands. for now what's going to happen it's going to happen now how is the united states going to respond to this so this this is a very dangerous moment right now in world history because the united states is there's a are there power is waning i don't know if you could say waning but it's being balanced it's being balanced i mean if you have what's going to happen once once the turn really face russia and china on their own territory back you are likely to russia have a diff slightly different game here i mean russia and china are purely defensive right now but they're not exporting ideology they're not exporting their model they're none of those things they want to survive as the old as the world order evolves and it's going to be very. unstable it could be in a reckless and i'm thinking of brussels and washington as they see their power slipping t

in the iranian oil tanker off the saudi arabia there's been no immediate response from riyadh the u.s. navy says it's monitoring developments closely. turkish troops say they've captured 15 villages from kurdish forces they've pushed 8 kilometers deeper into northern syria tens of thousands of people have fled the area since wednesday south africa's former president jacob zuma has lost an attempt to have corruption charges against him thrown out called judges ruled he should stand trial over allegations he accepted bribes from a french weapons company. the president has held his 1st campaign rallies since democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against him he told a crowd in minnesota that he's done nothing wrong he is accused of pressuring ukraine's leader into investigating his democratic rival joe biden childhood. was thousands of protesters calling themselves whistleblowers greeted president donald trump in minneapolis demanding his impeachment. the largest crowd of demonstrators in recent months turned a chant trump fans once reserved for hillary clinton back on the president. it was

but it was so shallow they felt in the state of south carolina and the u.s. navy, they felt it was essentially unprotected. there were a lot of people who like to have things and they felt like what they have to do is bring things up and in bringing it up, it is such a special creation that we are going to want to conserve it and they will build a museum, undergoing conservation all these years to stabilize it. it was such a secret weapon, there was never even a good list of them on it. they did not have a good idea how many were on it. when we went in, when i was first, we were thinking maybe they were nine fellows on there. not recorded, not sure. one of the things we were not sure you do, would there be a gone there because one thing is there is a lot of marine life that likes calcium. if marine life can get access to those bones, there could be a lot of deterioration and other things. we did not know if there would be other bones. i was asked by the people in charge, the u.s. navy, to bring in my team to assist in that. it would be him sit -- in somerset bowl

a stake in this including the fire department, the national agency the national park service the u.s. navy and u.s. military federal and state partners to make this a safe event for all. it will be very crowded as always. so we are asking the public to please allow extra travel time to get to your destination. when possible use public transportation. muni has many routes servicing the water fronts to get you where you want to be. and remember if you are going to drive park smart take your valuables don't leave them in your vehicle. don't be an easy target to be a victim of property crime. and finally if you see something please report it and say something. this month is breast cancer awareness month and i would like to thank the commission once again for approving our pink patches. last year we were able to raise $25,000 for the bay area cancer connection. so again we'll be attempting to raise funds through donations to support cancer research and support the bay area cancer connections. you can visit our website at sf police.org to find out more on how you can support this effort. we have

i want to thank all partners by name, the u.s. navy, the u.s. marine corp., the u.s. guard, our california national guard, and from the city of san francisco, the san francisco public works department, san francisco fire department, san francisco police department, the port of san francisco, the san francisco fleet week association that we work hand in hand with to do these exercises, and our state and federal partners, california office of emergency services, fima, and many other first responders agencies we work with. i would like to thank the staff, a small but mighty crew, from the department of emergency management that puts this exercise on. thank you so much. this year the exercise will be focused on emergency route opening and debris management. this is such a critical operation. i've been talking about it to many of you all morning. we can't really do any of our operations unless we can get through the streets and have access. so we are very grateful to all the partners here today. i hope everyone, if you haven't had a chance to walk through the static displa

but its crew are reported to be safe there's been no immediate response from saudi arabia but the u.s. navy says it's monitoring developments closely zain bus ravi joining us from the iranian capital tehran and now we have official iranian reaction to this incident zain what are we hearing. that's right there in the 1st bit of reaction to come out of tehran came from the foreign ministry no surprise there foreign ministry spokesman abbas most of the putting out a statement in which he said that over the past few months some other destructive actions were taken against iranian tankers in the red sea investigations into those are underway he also said all responsibility for this incident for the pollution and the fallout from this incident is on the shoulders of those people that he said are taking. dangerous adventurism taking part in dangerous adventurism as he called it in these waters now that really tells us that as far as iran is concerned there was some sort of external event some sort of external action that took place that damaged this vessel of theirs unlike in may of this year when

this morning we are reaching a belated 224th birthday to the u.s. navy front and october 13 1775. is the largest military force in the world. the more than 330,000 active duty personnel. additional 100,000 on reserve. cruisers destyers.>>> the campaign protecting endangered species act is getting some major attraction this morning. these photos are so complex. they still animals with times poking out other males. the others in much the hashtag. the people in the act is being weakened by the trump administration. they have joined in. le th camp> the modern day macgyver. echidna set this morning because of this guide. a quick thinking officer. he spotted his little kitten in the middle of the road. he got the cannata traffic and into his patrol car. the improvised. he put the kitten inside of a traffic cone. it was not ideal. they posted this picture online saying the traffic cone is probably safer than the middle of a busy street. all we need from that kitten is one of those blacks.>> i love that. i am ready to get started with all of those cute animal pictures. aren't the adorable

the crew is reported safe the foreign ministry has called the incident a dangerous adventure the u.s. navy says its closely monitoring developments the ethiopian prime minister ahmed has been awarded this year's nobel peace prize he's being recognized for ending the long running conflict between ethiopia and eritrea over disputed border territory. a south african court has ruled former president jacob zuma must stand trial for corruption his lawyers argued the case was politically motivated and should be thrown out former president zuma is expected back in court next week for the trial he's accused of taking bribes from a french weapons company in exchange for a $180000000.00 government contract in the late 1990 s. but china's president is in india meeting prime minister. is discussing tensions in the disputed region of india the minister of kashmir china supporter pakistan at a recent u.n. security council meeting on the matter of. coming up next inside story. thank you. fears of a new humanitarian crisis in syria as turkey launches a military offensive against kurdish forces turkey says

the u.s. navynd air force. >> this is where we grow all of our oysters. >> the billion oyster project is a twist and table to farm. funded in part by state and federal grants from super storm sandie bringing them to governor's island to cure for a year and then puts them in a hatchery you can see here two baby oysters. we realized how valuable oyster reeves could be. there used to be 200,000 oysters protecting the shore line. >> so our natural barrier is gone >> correct >> you are telling us this big pile of shells will save us? >> it will help. >> the goal is to place 100 billion across acres of reeves by 2025, bag by bag. projects had to prove not only were they making the shore lines more resilient and bringing even the largest communities together to protect their own real estate >> we want to engage communities. that's how you get long-standing change if the community and people who live there and work there are actively involved. >> we are lucky to live and work in new york city where we have

u.s. navy, u.s.our names of former gratitude or allegiance and in my case, the kind skin deep hope so set there. spoiler alert, i never watch usa ms. miss usa. so they go sort of deep there. got back. >> if we can, just have some time to come talk back and forth about the various snakes a book and about how you came to come to talk about this. one of the snakes he did notice and both of us that you both have a lot about family connections. can you both stick to that little bit. to act i feel like the snakes in my book are definitely family connections like that's where it always starts and when i think of family, i think of my mom his side of the families most times. even though going to have a relationship with my dad i think about not the women on the wrong side. so whenever i'm writing anything, i am thinking of my mama and my granny and my cousins and snakes of that. and like the struggles that they probably never got to express in a way that i get the chance to. in the publishing and like a book

we have people from the u.s. navy, marine corp as well.redness or department of emergency service i should say. they're helping the military on how to respond to clear debris off of the streets, so that first responders can gain access to survivors and estimating it will be 10 million tons of debris from a large scale earthquake. they say that adds up to roughly the size of 54 cell force towers. if you can imagine that is a lot of debris. and just a couple of minutes ago, we spoke with the commander of the u.s. navy and says local response is focused on helping to people. their response is going to the beach to bring in goods and supplies. >> so the bay bridge and golden gate are not usable. the routes are severely damaged, i say like an island, so the navy and marine corp chief can land here. so we can really come in while they get the infrastructure back up and assist the city. >> reporter: and of course, there are other activities planned throughout the week for people to enjoy. it will be fleet fest. people can start touring ships on t

they begin at 4 am on sunday and u.s. navy fleet week is on october 6 and extends until the 14th.e will see busy conditions along fisherman's wharf as well as the marina. >>> i think the best way to point out how wonderful today is going to be is to show you are daytime highs across the bay area. for saturday these are right on the mark for what you would expect for early october which is some of our nicest weather of the year. that means we will top out at 82 in san jose. 80, mountain view. san rafael, 82. that covers the afternoon today. it will be sunny and not much wind to deal with. and that is nice. here is a saturday night concern. we are going to point out the areas with a red flag warning for tonight and it begins at 8:00 tonight and does not expire until 10 am on sunday. so we are talking about overnight areas. this is like from a week ago. it will be the northbay hills. the mountains throughout napa county particularly on the north side but includes mountains separating napa and sonoma valley. wind gusts to 40 miles per hour and humidity levels will drop. it is not only

pete: here to celebrate u.s. navys morning. congratulations. jedediah: go navy. pete: i'll say it one time, "go navy." congratulations. ed: so talk about your service to america. what does it mean to you? >> i am an immigrant to new york a week before 9/11; so it kind of made a big impact to me so once i graduate from high school i decided to give it a shot out, to pay back because my family immigrants to new york for a better future so there's no better way to accomplish that than by joining the military. ed: you've got a cake for us. >> and a sword. pete: 244 years the navy's been doing its thing. talk to us on a day like this, every day, service in our nation nation's navy. >> it's great. great to be a part of the world world's greatest navy. we get to keep these young men and women safe; so it's important to us, important to me because it allowed those who came before us to serve. so i'm glad to be part of the world's greatest navy. ed: gentlemen, what about you? pete: you, sir? >> i just wanted to go out and make

during his 30 years in the u.s. navy, he served as a test pilot. in 1969, he was selected as a and on the apollo test project. he became director of the space shuttle program and and director of kennedy space in her. he entered the private sector at lockheed martin and served as president of a propulsion company. he earned his bachelors from the university of texas austin and national academy of engineering in 2012. thank you and good morning. to get thisleased panel open with friends of mine. they took us over to russia and the star city. even out to their launch site which i think we were the first pleasureand i had the of talking the rest of his crew way,e so we go back a long but it is also a pleasure to be up here with the last shuttle flight, one of my fondest memories. commander and my represented the space shuttle program. i joined nasa right after apollo .1 50 years ago there was a highly classified it was finally declassified. ,hen the program was canceled they took crew members offset and we did not do any training or grandmother a proce

threat including the ones that you mentioned and we're not static, so it is a competition and the u.s. navy has made great strides in recent years and is poised to make great strides in the near future to address that threat. >> do you believe as i do that these recent tests also emphasize the importance, highlight the critical significance of continuing the program. >> senator, this nation's military advantage in the undersea is one of the last remaining places that it is unquestioned that we have the advantage and continuing the virginia program is an essential piece of making sure that we maintain that advantage into the future. >> are you familiar with the issues that have risen with respect to the coding on the stealth -- or the adhesive that is used to attach the stealth coding. are you familiar with that. >> i am. and i'm confidence tht that the will work through that issue. >> are you confident that we will develop new technology or new manufacturing expertise to address it. >> senator, it's actually both, but it is more in the adhesion process where we expect to make the best gains

he is a retired u.s. navy captain. he has piloted space shuttle atlantis, commanded space shuttle endeavor and commended the final desk commanded the final shuttle mission. he is a spacecraft communicator for many space shuttle missions. he has a masters in aeronautical engineering from the naval postgraduate school. it is my honor to introduce captain ferguson. (applause) >> i always listed love listening to sandy magnus's stories. she always makes sound so compelling. maybe i would like to talk a little bit about the future. it was mentioned that the shuttle program ended in 2011 without an immediate replacement to get us back into the lower orbit. we have been working diligently over the course of the last eight years, 2014 specifically was when the big contract was led to return americans to lower orbit. it warrants a little bit of an explanation about what is a commercial spacecraft. what is happening here is nasa will begin purchasing services. they will begin purchasing services to take astronauts from the servi

cuban refugees sometimes give their newborn american children as homage to first words their saw, u.s. navy -- u.s. marine. in my case, a kind of kin-deep kin-deep -- skin-deep hope. spoiler alert, i never won miss usa -- [laughter] different themes from there. >> okay, great. well, thanks. [applause] well, if we can just have some time to kind of talk back and forth about the various themes in your book and about how you came to talk about that. one of the things that i did notice in both of them is that you both write a lot about family connections. so can you both speak to that a little bit? kendra, do you want to go first? >> yeah. i feel like the themes in my book are definitely family connections. like, that's where it always starts. when i think of family, i think of my mom's side of the family most times each though, like, i have a relationship with my dad's side. when i'm thinking about family, i'm thinking about all the women on my mom's side. so whenever i'm writing anything, i'm thinking of my mama, my granny, my cousins and things like that. and, like, the struggles that they p

passage, the secretary of the navy has approached me about a possibility of a joint coast guard u.s. navy, canadian sort of northwest passage transit. that's intriguing. i was up there just recent weeks there up off of alaska and it was navy, coast guard, marines, amphibious operations, demonstrating our arctic capabilities. the northwest pass or the northern sea route, there's seasons where you could say there's less ice and more open water today. but when you have free floating ice and wind conditions, it can get pretty sporty quick. we track the crystal for two years in a row. so you need ice breaker support through those areas. there's a lot of things still to figure out. what i will tell you, at the end of the day, there are increasing mission demands. you got, you know, otters that have resources that take their ice boats up to the arctic, more activity, walk the clock back, shell was looking at heavy investments in the arctic for deriving energy off the sea floor. now the whole oil shell business is different and they walked away from $5 billion there. but i think you'll see things

guy snodgrass was on his way to flag rank in the u.s. navyaduate of the navy academy, naval aviator teaching time guns, when general mattis reached out to make in his top speechwriter at the pentagon. he has written about that experience in his new book, "holding the line: inside trump's pentagon with secretary mattis." snodgrass commander joining us from washington. guy: good morning, thanks for having me. david: a fascinating and sobering tale. i want to pick up something on the news today. the house voted to proceed with the impeachment inquiry, and that arises out of the exchange between president trump and president zelensky. i'm not suggesting you know anything about that but it did suggest that the president has sort of a transactional approach to his dealings around the world. in your book, that comes across in a lot of the exchanges between general mattis and president trump when you talk about defense policy, and they quickly get to things like are they paying their dues in nato? is that something you observed? guy: it is. there is