the chinese have it, the u.s. navy has it. both those countries are going to want to get a hold of this wreckage. >> reporter: the nearly $100 million fifth-generation stealth fighter, one of the most sophisticated as sets in the u.s. arsenal. >> it's almost invisible to radar. >> reporter: david, the u.s. navy has specialized equipment to salvage aircraft and submarines for incredible deaths. recently bringing up a helicopter from 19,000 feet. but analysts say the chinese have similar equipment, which is why they say the race is on to get to that wreckage. david? >> fascinating. we'll see who gets to it first. matt, thank you. >>> here in new york city tonight, we have learned a second nypd officer has now died after that deadly shooting during a domestic call in harlem. wilbert mora, just 27 years old, he was a four-year veteran of the force. his partner, 22-year-old jason rive rivera, died on friday. members of the force and the community standing vigil outside the precinct. >>> tonight, we have hering from capitol officer

to now4gmg.com and talk to your neurologist. >>> tonight, news of that emergency involving that u.s. navypper near smithville, virginia. the pilot of the navy seahawk helicopter forced to make a hard landing in that field there. the chopper skidding into the trees. three crew members onboard. one is being treated for minor injuries. >>> also tonight, there are new images now emerging of that medical helicopter making an emergency landing near philadelphia. you can see the chopper in the background of this video here going down. you'll remember an infant, three crew members onboard, all of them survived this. the pilot seriously injured but improving and has been praised for avoiding buildings and power lines. >>> when we come back, we are tracking that new storm from the midwest to the south and then the east. >>> and later here, remembering the lead singer from an iconic american group. with dupixent, i can du more....beginners' yoga. namaste... ...surprise parties. aww, you guys. dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks... ...for 3!... ...so i can du more of the things i love. dupixent is

. >>> the emergency involving a u.s. navy helicopter tonight. what we've now learned. >>> and the new images of that medical helicopter with an infant and medical crew onboard, crashing here philadelphia. the miracle survival story. >>> we're tracking a new winter storm moving right up into the northeast. >>> and tonight, we remember the lead singer of an iconic american group. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. we begin tonight with these new findings on the omicron variant sweeping the u.s., as cases and hospitalizations hover at record highs still. authorities tonight studying tens of thousands of patients and now revealing new evidence that omicron is, in fact, not as deadly as delta. a study of nearly 70,000 patients finding they were half as likely to be hospital sized and 91% less likely to die. all of this, of course, encouraging. and some hopeful signs tonight from cities where omicron surged first. could some of these cities hit first now be showing that they could be turning the co

last october, a u.s. navysubmarine crashed into an undersea mountain in the south china sea, prompting the firing of its commanding officers. meanwhile, the versatile f-35 war plane, developed years behind schedule and way over budget, has had its own setbacks of late. a british f-35 crashed into the mediterranean sea in november. in 2019, a japanese f-35 crashed into the pacific ocean, killing the pilot. the jet impacted at such high-speed that salvage teams never recovered most of the aircraft. >> flying into air kraft carriers is a dangerous bus and occasionally mishaps happen. >> reporter: experts predict it will take several weeks for the u.s. navy to recover this expensive wreck from the bottom of the sea. >>> still to come, austria says it will soon ease covid-19 restrictions for the unvaccinated, even as infections there remain high. >>> serious cases on the rise in israel. one covid expert says the country has passed its omicron peak. you don't know how much pressure you put on your septic system. but

the u.s. navy still trying to get to that wreckage before the chinese. >>> news on the pandemic tonight, where omicron has peaked, where it is still raging. and dr. anthony fauci tonight on this new omicron subvariant. what we're seeing in the u.s. so far. >>> a solemn day here in new york city. thousand of police officers from across the country paying their respects to the first of the officers shot and kill in the new york in the line of duty. the emotional moment when we heard from the rookie officer's young wife. >>> the parents charged after taking their children on a ride through a flooded creek. three children died. the surviving children begging the judge to cope their parents out of prison. what the judge has decided. >>> the january 6th committee issuing more than a dozen new subpoenas tonight for people who authorities say falsely claim tey were legitimate electors. what they signed. authorities say in an effort to change the results to donald trump in seven states. jon karl standing by

up to 1941 both the u.s. navy and the imperial navy had dealt with the vulnerability issued by dispersion or as the saying goes don't put all your eggs in one basket. in april 1941 the imperial navy created the first air fleet which by december of that year would hold all six of japan's larger fleet carriers. these to become the instruments for the pearl harbor attack. the step went unrecognized by the u.s. navy. now while amassing the fleet carries in one formation had unmatched defense will the japanese made no parallel advance in defensive capabilities. the penalty for this would come six months later off the island midway. now, at the tactical lever the japanese achieved tremendous level surprise also by developing air launch torpedoes that could be used in the shallow waters of pearl harbor. these would sink three of the five american battleships were sunk at pearl harbor. the british had used torpedoes against italian battleships in toronto harbored november 1940. but toronto was much deeper about twice as d

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and we thought both with the ships that were they down before 1940, most of the u.s. navy disappeared by 1943, we won the war the navy and in some ways didn't even exist in pearl harbor pretty. >> i think that your original question with the japanese could've accomplished her admission, i think absolutely without pearl harbor and most prominent aspects of the initial opening of the japanese offenses is really are sort of plunging into the air in a lot of ways in our preparations for war were terrible as were the relations with the dutch and no position to defend ourselves and give the logistical difficulties of fighting in that neck of the wood in any case we won't protect our there effectively. >> and they had to go into the philippines though and they would be left. >> will they don't attack hawaii and really makes no difference to at least the first six months in the war probably the first year in war and you just look at what it took for us to actually push a fleet across the pacific when we eventually did that and you had to establish advanced basis with the ability t

the u.s. navyight take to recover it. that as we're learning that this f-35 fighter crammed with classified technology is fair game. that it would be legal according to international law for china, russia, even commercial interests to haul it up. this morning, what analysts are calling a free for all in the south china sea. the prize, the wreckage of that f-35c that slammed into the deck of the "uss carl vinson" aircraft carrier earlier this week, and then crashed into the water. >> while the aircraft itself is very expensive, it took hundreds of billions of dollars to develop that aircraft. if the chinese get to that airplane and can reverse engineer some of that technology, it will save them hundreds of billions of dollars. >> reporter: the u.s. navy says it is dispatching salvage equipment but analysts say that could take two weeks. in the meantime, china which considers the south china sea its territory is believed to have shadowed the exercise and might even know the location of the crash. the

my question is i'm a u.s. navy veteran, my father was also a u.s. navy veteran. what do black people have to do to show you that we love this country and dare i say even more than white people? secondly i don't believe the institution like the federal government are so much racist because they try to do a good job and be fair. but they need to do a little better job. also i think reparations will fix a lot of this problem. no one wants to talk about that. host: rebecca, a question for you on twitter about the election this year. and this tweet says, if biden doesn't give people a reason to flood not polls for democrats they're going to lose. what is the reason to flood the polls for democratic volters this fall? guest: i think it's the fact that we've got vaccines in the arms of the american people hopefully by the time ballots go out or people are going to the mail box or ballot box. we are coming out of year three of this pandemic. i think that the tax credits for working families, families with kids enshuring taxes don't get raised on families making less than

aircraft carrier julie wright and her husband, justin, arranged a behind the scenes adventure with a u.s. navyelicopter squadron >> just having been through cancer with my mother last year, i kind of had a sense of what vanessa may be feeling >> reporter: the families, one of many who have since become close friends, helping celebrate patrick's life with a lasting legacy and support >> to speak to the hundreds of people that unilaterally reached out to you, what would you say to them? >> first, i would say thank you. helping other people feel not alone in this world is very important. even a smile can save someone's life you just never know how you're going to impact someone's life >> vanessa says she's in touch daily with several of the people who helped create those amazing adventures that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. kate snow will be here tomorrow night. i'm jose diaz balart thank you for the privilege of your time and good night >>> right now at 6:00, all lanes back open. new details on the chaotic afternoon, what the chp just told us about the situation. >>> plus a sign of hop

the u.s. navy is already making his mark in 2022 why the recent deployment of the uss abraham lincoln is making history. >> cloudy skies now little thick fog developing out there to a chance of rain on the way. we'll talk about it next. >> and as far as the san jose sharks back in action as they face off against the detroit red wings. first director jason dumas has the highlights coming up with some track. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> lost in the very justified buzz of klay thompson's upcoming return is the fact that andrew wiggins is quietly making a case to be coming all-star for the first time in his career. wiggins is averaging 19 points per game and has successfully been guarding the best wing player on the opposing team night in and night out for the dup klay thompson said that makes him one of the top 2 way players in basketball playing on the best team in the league that my friends is objective. lee. true. since december. 1st wiggins is shooting 54% from the 3. now you have to figure steph

this comes as the u.s. navy released 20 sailors who refused to get vaccinated. the white house is finalizing details with the u.s. postal service, meanwhile, to deliver 500 million test kits to households across the country. the "washington post" citing four of those sources. officials aim to begin shipping those kits by mid-january this as is stalemate between chicago public schools and the teacher's union led to a third day of school closures. nbc news' dan scheneman has more. >> reporter: for a second straight day chicago public school students were not in school the system and teachers at odds. >> people are scrambling to get coverage. >> reporter: chicago's mayor filed a labor complaint against the teacher's union. >> they have chosen to do this unilateral action, they are disrupting our system and harming children at a time when we need everybody to be unified. we need our kids in school for in-person learning. >> the primary concern of teachers, testing. >> i want my students to learn, my children to learn i also want to stay safe. >> reporter: students ag

all right, lawrence and historic moment for the u.s. navy as a female captain. >> is in charge now of a nuclear powered aircraft carrier on deployment for the first time ever, the uss abraham lincoln set sail from san diego yesterday under the command of captain amy bauer it for the for a routine mission rather in the western pacific. the deployment marks the culmination of 9 months of training and were cups bauer and schmidt had taken command of the ship back in august and shared some words of advice before setting sail. >> never pass up. an opportunity. >> now your job do your job. get after sometimes it's ok to not know exactly what she wanted working hard happening again. >> that arrangement graduated from the naval academy in 1994 the first graduating class in which women we're allowed to serve aboard combat ships and aircraft. coming up, the price of used cars continuing to soar. when we come back, we'll tell you why. ♪♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use

thanks >>> turning to today's ground breakers the u.s. navy setting sail on history. captain amy bowenschmitd became the first to command the uss abraham lincoln in august. the carrier deptd san diego on deployment following nine months of training. >>> deputy amy snyder becomes the show's top female owner and th theranos founder elizabeth holmes is found guilty of several counsel, we'll have more on that coming up in the next 60 seconds. try align, the pros in digestive health. and join the align healthy gut team up and learn what millions of align users already know. how great a healthy gut can feel. sign up at alignprobiotics.com also try align dualbiotics gummies to help support digestive health. i lost 26 pounds and i feel incredible. with the new personalpoints program, i answer questions about my goals and the foods i love. i like that the ww personalpoints plan is built just for me. download the ww app today for a 14-day free trial. don't settle for products that give you a sort-of white smile. try crest whitening emulsions... ...for 100% whiter teeth. its hig

an aircraft carrier julie wright and her husband arranged a behind-the-scenes adventure with the u.s. navy just having been through cancer with my mother last year, i kind of had a sense of what vanessa may be feeling. >> reporter: the families, one of many who have since become close friends, helping celebrate patrick's life with a lasting legacy of support. >> to speak to the hundreds of people that unilaterally reached out to you, what would you say to them? >> first, i would say thank you. helping other people feel not alone in this world is very important. even a smile can save someone's life you just never know how you're going to impact someone's life. >> thanks to jose for that report so wonderful to see her smile. you know her dad is smiling from up above. >> absolutely. the power of the human spirit. >>> cher is paying tribute to america's beloved betty white. ♪ thank you for being a friend traveled down the road and back again ♪ >> it is all part of a special celebrating betty white, amica'er cher tells betty white. >> right now at 4:30, ouch, a tough loss for the 49ers faithful

. >> a u.s. navy jet has crashed in the south china sea. the navy says the jet hit the deck of the "uss carl vinson" dring training exercises. the pilot ejected and was recovered by a helicopter, but seven others were injured. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. >>> we're getting our first look at the coldest marathon ever. dozens of runners took part in the race in siberia over the weekend including one american where temperatures hit minus 64 degrees at the start of the marathon. the winner finished in just over four hours. with that we'll take a look at your tuesday weather. >>> a storm system is expected to bring one to four inches of snow from the great lakes into new york state and new england this morning, and some bitter cold temperatures will follow that storm system. by tomorrow morning negative windchills will stretch from north dakota to st. louis, and it will feel like the low 20s as far south as alabama. checking today's high temperatures, it won't get above zero in minneapolis. the northeast gets into the 40

the u.s. navyhich in 2020 hauled up this seahawk helicopter from a record depth of 19,000 feet confirming it is prepping specialized salvage equipment. >> the race is on now to get the appropriate kind of recovery gear, the deep diving submersibles that actually pull the wreckage up off the bottom of the ocean. the chinese have it, the u.s. navy has it. both those countries are going to want to get ahold of this wreckage. >> reporter: the nearly $100 million f35-c crashing into the flight deck of the aircraft carrier "uss carl vinson" earlier this week during a routine mission and then falling into the water. the fighter jet is packed with highly classified stealth technology. >> it's almost invisible to radar and so the construction, the codings that are on that airplane are of great interest to the chinese. >> reporter: seven sailors were injured. the pilot and two others medevaced to the philippines for care, the navy saying all are in stable condition. the "uss carl vinson" and ten other warshi

in a historic first, a u.s. navyaft carrier deploys under the command of a female captain. >> there is no greater honor than taking over the responsibility for this incredible crew. >> sargent: and later, two communities far apart look for common ground in a divided nation. >> this is one opportunity to actually bring people together. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> sargent: good evening. i'm irika sargent in chicago. adriana diaz is off. the highly contagious omicron variant is smashing covid records and overwhelming hospitals and healthcare staff from coast to coast. the number of americans currently hospitalized with the virus has reached its highest level in a year with providers reporting record surges and cases. new cases are averaging a staggering 648,000 each day. that's a 228% increase from two weeks ago. cbs' lilia luciano in los angeles leads us off tonight with the latest. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, irika. omicron is placing a huge burden on the nation's healthcare system

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she has a distinguished career at the u.s. navy for 30 years and retired with the rank of rearadmiral in 2013 . i'm itinterested to hear from her regarding her plans to carry out critical duties of the administrator which ghinclude oversight of the merchant marine academy. in addition to strategic efforts to grow the us flight or fleet. i would note that i am disappointed and a bit puzzled at their recent refusal to provide technical drafting assistance, a former markup of the midshipmen act which is a part bipartisan bit of legislation and to address the sexual harassment assault problemthat we have . and that the economy is determined to address also so it came as a surprise to me. if confirmed i hope admiral phillips will work for a collaborative relationship and assist the legislative branch when that is possible. i want to thank all these nominees and thanked the chair for expeditiously c calling this hearing and i moved back. >> thank you senator whitaker. rear admiral, wewill start with you . we're asking each of you to give

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launch coming same day the u.s. navycraft carriers and pair of ships alongside allies in the philippine sea. china launched similar activity during navy operation in october. meanwhile, back in the u.s. "new york times" editorial board calling out the biden administration for brushing off the dismal state of the economy, saying president contributed to his own political woes by downplaying inflation. >> todd: joining us is joe concha. joe, the liberal "new york times" is sounding major alarm bells, will joe biden and by joe biden, chief of staff ron clain reverse course and acknowledge inflation is a problem. >> joe: ron clain and jen psaki, right? importance of messaging and cardinal rule of politics and sales is underpromise and overdeliver. the president and his team insisted inflation was transitory for many months, declared victory saying president biden saved christmas. inflation is here until 2023, what does that mean? it will be here in november, when people go to the ballot box, dooming democrats to the midterm.

the u.s. navy has large scary -- scale military exercises with japan. >> we engage with joint operations to include maritime communications, anti-summer, air warfare replenishment at sea, the whole scope when we operate at sea particularly when we have the opportunity, and is not unusual for us to take advantage of the opportunity when you have two aircraft carriers in the same body of water to exercise together. look, i will reiterate, all the training will be conducted in accordance with international law and international waters. >> i have two questions. when is north korea and the other is south korea and china. the south korea nation intelligence mentioned the possibility of north korean icbm fire and she pointed at -- pointed that is intended to pressure the nine states -- united states. what do you think of the imminent test fire the north korean icbm? >> i will not get ahead of test fire launches that have not happened yet. we have very clear over our concerns of the advancing nuclear can -

next, history on the high seas, we sit down with u.s. navy commander billie farrell. (dr. david jeremiah) there may have never been another time in history when end times prophecy has been more aligned with the culture and circumstances of the world than it is today. i believe there are ten phenomenon we are witnessing today that were recorded centuries ago in bible prophecy. (male announcer) join dr. david jeremiah in his new series, "where do we go from here?" on the next episode of "turning point." right here on this station. >> o'donnell: for the first time in its 224-year history the uss "constitution" has a woman as commander. cbs' nancy chen sat down with commander billie farrell. >> fire! >> reporter: launched in 1797 as one of the navy's six original frigates, the uss "constitution's" history is american history. >> it is an honor to introduce commander b.j. farrell. >> reporter: and now a new order as commander billie farrell becomes the first woman to serve as captain. >> there's only 76 people in history who have commanded this ship. >> reporter: and you will b

the washington post" over the weekend that there is going to be a revamp of our boot camp in the u.s. navyving recruits, war readiness fighting and emergency skills while also focusing on suicide prevention and character issues such as sexual assault, hazing and extremism. why focus on the last part of that extremism, is there or is there not a purge underway in the u.s. military against perhaps trump supporters, conservatives, people politically interested, i am very concerned it's earned about latter reference. >> i am too and we should be training, we should be training warriors, combat warriors in the military, not culture warriors. that is what they're doing by adding two more weeks and delaying sailors from going out in the fleet and doing their jobs. last year i conducted along with tom cotton a report on studying the war fighting culture of the united states navy and we interviewed dozens of current active duty united states sailors, sailors and officers and 94% of the sailors that we interviewed said that they believe culture and leadership crisis in the united states navy. we are

in recent months china launched nearly 150 fighter jets near taiwan as two u.s. navy aircraft carriers ronald reagan and carl vinson sail together in western pacific which beijing viewed as provocative. china launched 5 bombers after 5 members of the u.s. congress visited taiwan. friday china warned wal-mart against removing products made in xinxang, the u.s. government accuses running forced labor camps, homes to millions of muslim minorities, take down all products from a region without valid region hides ulterior motive and stupidity and shortsightedness and will surely have bad consequences. in recent interview when asked to name the biggest security challenges facing the u.s., vice president harris said out democracy and the climate. she did not mention china. china is ramping up mining of social media including facebook and twitter in an effort to boost its own propaganda, julie. julie: lucas tomlinson live in washington for us, thank you. will: president biden warning vladimir putin of severe sanctions but does the threat carry any weight in moscow? we will tal

the u.s. navy is operating two carriers in the western pacific, and they recently conducted a large-scale military exercise in japan. is this a message to china that china should not do something provocative while the u.s. is working intensively with ukraine? thank you. >> we engaged in joint operations to include maritime communications, antisubmarine air warfare, replenishment's at sea, -- replenishments at sea, cross deck flight operations, the whole scope when we operate as the and when we have the opportunity. it is not unusual for us to take advantage of the opportunity when you have two aircraft carriers in the same body of water to exercise together. we do this to strengthen our errands the operations and combat readiness. i would reiterate that all the training will be conducted in accordance with international law and waters. >> i have a question about korea and china. they mentioned the possibility that north korea -- [indiscernible] and she pointed out that this was intended to pressure

. >>> the u.s. navyion stealth fighter jet from the south china sea. the goal is to retrieve it before china does. cnn's ivan watson is live in hong kong with this story. ivan, what's the plan here? >> reporter: well, it's just the beginning of a complicated recovery operation of this stealth fighter jet which crashed essentially into an aircraft carrier on monday resulting in injuries to the pilot who did successfully eject from the plane and for at least six sailors aboard the aircraft carrier who were hurt as well. the plane, the jet f 35c, it then fell and recovering the wreckage as you pointed out costs the tune of $100 million to make this stealth finder jet could take months, experts tell cnn. weeks just to get a recovery ship to the area. this is complicated further by the fact that the u.s. air craft carrier and the jet and another u.s. air craft carrier, they were operating in the south china sea. it's a body of water that china claims virtually all for itself. the u.s., of course, would not wa

this launch coming the same day the u.s. navynd parish ships along allies and the philistines, china launching a similar activity during navy operations in october. former secretary of state mike pompeo said other bag actors taking note of joe biden's weakness, listen appearance because they are watching and this administration has the result and the skill to use all of its tools to preserve sovereignty for a nation like ukraine. i promise you not only ayatollah watching but so are the people of taiwan, the iranian people and the chinese people as well. the whole world watches how america leads and when we fail to do so, we create instability. we have to get this right and establish deterrence and the model of reagan and the model we have four or four years. if we did that come america will be safe and the world will be more stable. >> todd: we will be talking about this with former green beret and michael waltz coming up later in the show. >> carley: thousands of people push against covert restrictions in washington as the manda

admiral has experience in the u.s. navyllenging situations operations desert shield, desert storm as well as her capacity as director of the warfare for the chief of naval operations. after 31 years of naval service, she continues to serve as special assistant to virginia governor ralph with a focus on coastal adaptation and protection, a trailblazer across her career, first female squadron commodore and first female director of surface water and first female administrator. i look forward to seeing her o confirmed as the next administrator. next we will consider the nomination of doctor steven cliff, welcome. if the administrator of the national highway transportation safety administration. welcome to you and your family and thank you for your willingness to serve. intothis is to save lives, prevt ndinjuries, reduce number of accidents and hopefully help us economic impacts of those events. the bipartisan infrastructure law included safety mandates, it will be required to and from, automatic emergency braking, lane assist a

speaking of china, the u.s. navydesperately trying to retrieve its most advanced warplane, the f335 from the depths of the south china sea. but guess who's going to try to beat them to it? the ccp, of course. speaking of which, on the eve of china posting the games invasion in beijing some house or republican think it's a good time to go soft. the "washington examiner" reporting in a letter house minority leader kevin mccarthy and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including 60 republicans, urged president joe biden's top trade official to expand tariff exclusions on chinese goods. [laughs] joining me now is former deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategic strategy and forced of elements under president trump. also the author of the strategy of denial. this doesn't seem like the right time to be taking economic pressure off china now that we just learned we had a $1 trillion overall trade deficit last year. your thoughts. >> great to be with you, laura. i think in general you're absolutely right, we should no

then massing troops and we didn't do anything ahead of it but trying to do it now china is taunting u.s. navy as it is threatening taiwan. there are over an area we may have to respond to. admiral kirby. >> first of all you have to take some stuff coming out of the chinese state media with a grain of salt. >> harris: you think i'm getting my information from the chinese? you know that i'm not. >> truthful verification of what's going on. we will -- we're doing it. nothing has changed about our one china policy and our position we don't want to see the status quo across the strait there to be upset by unilateral action. nobody wants to see conflict there over taiwan and there is no reason it needs to be that way. but we absolutely have a responsibility to help taiwan defend itself and will continue to do that in accordance with the taiwan relations act. >> harris: one last question that's a broader one having to do with the president's foreign policy and our military is part of that. how is the relationship with the generals and the president of the united states right now given what happened

putin's feelings of ukraine as an avenue to curb my -- two crimea, to the black sea, and how the u.s. navy nato should respond. tina: i love what you are saying. i lived in st. petersburg for a time a million years ago in my student days. it was frozen half the year, so it did not have direct access to the water. the russian empire, of course, came before the soviet union, having the channels, and it has always been important. he does see himself as russia's, one of russia's great leaders come alongside this are -- alongside the czars. he's written extensively about this. because extend, for example, is in context. putin dreams of having pro-russian border states along the border are starting to track. the quote you put up interested me very much. it is one of the most important professors of international affairs and leaders on this. what he says it's perhaps nato has overreached, a goodbye a lot of the investors i talk to. why are we doing this? why are we poking the bear? here is where we bring in u.s. diplomatic history that says the united states can so that -- you is -- the united st

my question is i'm a u.s. navy veteran, my father was also a u.s. navy veteran. what do black people have to do to show you that we love this country and dare i say even more than white people? secondly i don't believe the institution like the federal government are so much racist because they try to do a good job and be fair. but they need to do a little better job. also i think reparations will fix a lot of this problem. no one wants to talk about that. host: rebecca, a question for you on twitter about the election this year. and this tweet says, if biden doesn't give people a reason to flood not polls for democrats they're going to lose. what is the reason to flood the polls for democratic volters this fall? guest: i think it's the fact that we've got vaccines in the arms of the american people hopefully by the time ballots go out or people are going to the mail box or ballot box. we are coming out of year three of this pandemic. i think that the tax credits for working families, families with kids enshuring taxes don't get raised on families making less than

. >> retired u.s. navydmiral james rita's spoke about several geopolitical concerns facing the u.s., including the russian military buildup along the ukrainian border. from the u.s. chamber of commerce, this runs 50 minutes. >> welcome to our second session. let me say i am the executive vice president of the u.s. chamber in charge of international affairs. i want to thank all of you who joined last week's discussion, i thought it fascinating one within bassett or linda thomas-greenfield. she touched on several key themes related to america's engagement on the global stage. talked about a number of topics we will get to today with our very distinguished and special guest. i would simply say to all of you when we talk about russia and china, this is something he knows how to talk about these topics and scarce about what the future might bring if we don't take action and demonstrate u.s. leadership around the world. demonstrate -- u.s. leadership around the world. rising to the rank of four-star admiral. firs

despite its reluctance in segregated nature of the u.s. navy gave him a medal the first such metal to be given to a black american. and it signifies for many progress world war ii is the moment from which we accelerate forward into a desegregated future. this is after tom brokaw famously called the greatest generation any society has produced. so standing at the machine-gun has become a memory. that's what i'm talking about is that memory rather than history what is the story told? what meaning is attached to what he did and what the nation did for and didn't do for him after words? a flash point after which prejudiced proceeded we are told. ronald reagan speaking in 1975 in north carolina said there was great segregation of world war ii. this was corrected during the conflict. said he cradled a machine gun in his arms which is an interesting image. all of that was changed, instrument progress in the reagan fantasy of pearl harbor. in the movie the 2001 movie doris gets his metal to less we see of him in the store a white nurse said the nation

a new statement from president biden demanding the release of a u.s. navyrs ago. he was kidnapped in january 2020 in kabul and believed to be in the custody of a taliban-linked network. let's get to phil mattingly. this was the first time president biden himself issued a statement on this. >> a very forceful statement at that. he was referenced or referenced mark fredericks back in june but very forceful statement that i think comes at a critical moment. obviously, today marks the two-year mark since mark fredericks was kidnapped in afghanistan and the u.s. mostly works behind the scenes as it relates to hostage issues. the state department taking the lead with its team and effort. the department of defense weighed in on this. but the president making very clear on a couple of levels how important it is to bring him home saying in part in a statement, threatening the safety of americans or any innocent civilians is always unacceptable and hostage taking is an act of particular cruelty and cowardice. the taliban must release mark before it can expect any con

a u.s. navysday to help with rescue and recovery. >>> breaking tonight, putin's plan to install a puppet government in ukraine. >> if any russian military forces move across ukraine's border, it will be met with swift, severe, and a united response. >>> meantime, two new york police officers ambushed during a domestic disturbance call inside a harlem apartment. one is dead, one in critical condition. >> i am struggling to find the words to e

back in this country, the u.s. navy will drain an underground fuel facility that is blamed for contaminating, drinking water around here. a navy official confirmed today that the service will comply with state order. hundreds of people have reported getting sick from tap water since november. the u.s. senate passed a bill to award the congressional medal of honor posthumously to emmett till and his mother. emmett, a black teenager was murdered by white supremacists in the 1950's. the killing helped spark the civil rights movement. the use of representatives is considering similar legislation. a leader in the struggle for native american civil rights has died. they cofounded the american indian movement in 1968 which protested police brutality. still to come, a member of the covid response team discusses the push for testing. chicago teachers agreed to return to school after a bitter standoff. we examine the legacy of the guantanamo bay prison 20 years after his opening and much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from her

the bar can request a hearing but the respin should -- u.s. navyarks for training purposes despite using the locations for 30 years. due to a legal challenge from local, citing psychological impact. during public comment on the matter, one resident and complaint "in these days of great division and our civil sided we don't need healthy men and camel uniform pointing toy guns around our state and county parks." reportedly frozen access to nearly $5 million in funds purported to the trucker convoy that is traveling and growing across canada. demonstrating against the countries vaccine mandates for the gofundme spokesperson told them the money will be held up until the dash how they will be distributed. not backing down. >> not just from the truckers but we support them but it's for the entire country. for the entire world. >> coming together and not standing apart and torn apart and not losing your job, not losing our families. >> shannon: howard stern is calling at the family of meat loaf just days after the singer and actor passed away citing the s