not only reflects the history of the army but the history of the united states as well. day, we are standing in the army society gallery which focuses on the relationship between the american public and the army. this is a very unique calorie. it is a standalone gallery, separate from our fighting for the nation gallery which is inside the wars, battles, and campaign soldiers have fought since the revolutionary war into afghanistan. military tactics, weapons, the type of uniforms they wore, punctuated with individual stories that talk about what the soldiers went through and also more context about the battles and wars that they fought in. this gallery, we focus on five themes, five sections. technology, the civilian support of the army, public work projects that the army has been involved with, and even pop culture. you may be asking yourself, what is this flyer doing inside the museum? i will tell you. the army sought a specific need when the wright brothers started experimenting with light and producing these flyers. the army had immediately. they saw the military use

united states air force, is currently the only female four star officer serving in our military. i nominated her as the head of transportation command. when confirmed, the lieutenant general laura richardson of the united states army will be promoted to rank and join general van ovost is the only -- as another four star general. i nominated her as the commander of the united states southern command. when confirmed, they will become the second and the third women in the history of the united states armed forces to lead combatant command. each of these women have led careers demonstrating incomparable skill, integrity, and duty to country. at every step, they have helped push open doors of opportunity to women in our military. blazing the trail a little wider, a little brighter, for all proud women following in their path and looking to their example. i wanted to shine a light on these accomplishments for those women today because general van ovost, as reiterated in an interview this week, i am the second person to say this -- it is hard to be what you can't see. it is hard to be what you can't see, but you will soon see. today is international women's day. we all need to see and recognize the barrier-breaking accom

allegiance to the united states, you can have your slaves back, but if not i will sees them as contraband of war because you are using them against my soldiers in the united states army. i will sees them and keep them and you can no longer have your slaves. this would create a mass of folks coming to fort monroe to seek freedom. what started out as three became 10,000 by the end of the war in four short years. jefferson davis is a contradiction. jefferson davis, in his early life, was a graduate of the united states military academy. he served in the frontier with the added states army. he was secretary of war under president appears. -- president pierce. he and his wife were the host during james buchanan's administration in washington, d.c. when the south formed their own government, they invited jefferson davis to become their first and only president. jefferson davis would accept that invitation and become president of the confederate states of america. we are standing in the cell where jefferson davis was held at the conclusion of the civil war. the general received word from robert ely that they no longer could hold -- robert e. lee that they could no longer ho

united states military. it is year than almost every or tillerson united states army was trained.s four would later become a very important defensive position for the chesapeake bay, showing some of the most modern weapons of our time. later, 40 monroe come the center of training and doctrine command for the united states army. the rest of our museum talks about, not only the middle carried history, but the social aspects of point comfort at 14 monroe it is here through the rest of exhibits, to know the social aspects of the virginia merged with the military aspects of fort monroe. this is a living, breathing viable community and would stay that way all the way until this closure in 2011. fulton, missouri's westminster college invited winston churchill to speak in march of 1946, not long after the british prime minister who guided britain through world war ii was voted out of office. the townspeople welcomed churchill into president harry truman with a parade and 2700 gathered in the college gym and heard churchill declare an iron curtain has descended across the continent. next w

and they get it becomes enlisted into the united states army. he puts on the uniform the united states soldier. so the before obviously the slavery that's left behind and in one great leap. that man who was frightened? who was probably hungry ill-clad becomes this gentleman here? and you may remember the famous phrase by frederick douglass of the effect of putting the army on an african-american man. he said once let a black man get upon his person the brass letter us. let him get an eagle on his button and a musket on his shoulder. and bullets in his pocket. there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship. so hope it prior there and the us army uniform. i'm sure would have subscribed to frederick douglass's notion that he was transformed from property into a man. and from a man and a man wearing the us army uniform at that. however hubbard priors revolution went backward he and many men and his regiment were captured in the confederate assault on dalton, georgia in october of 1864. many of his comrades who w

at natalie reflects the history of the army, but the history of the united states as well. today we are standing in the army society gallery, which focuses on the relationship between the american public and the army. this is a unique gallery, a standalone gallery, separate from our fighting for the nation galleries, which gives insights on the wars and battles and campaigns soldiers fought since the revolutionary war up into afghanistan, military tactics, weapons, uniforms. punctuated with individual soldier stories that talk about what the soldiers went through and more context about the battles and wars they fought in. in this gallery, we focus on five themes or sections.technology , civilian support of the army, public work projects the army has been involved in, and pop culture. you may ask yourself, whatw is aright -- wright flyer doing inside an army museum? on the wright brothers started experiencing with flight, producing these flyers, the army had an immediate need and saw the military use they could get by producing these. so the army put out a challenge to the wr

three army divisions united states army divisions. this would be close to probably about 60,000 men. we're in fact engaged in northern luzon fighting the japanese there on. victory over japan day. in mid-august 194 so was the return to the philippines necessary, probably not although there has been some argument about this. was it worth the cost. very high cost now when the war ended in the late summer of 1945 macarthur was chosen to host the allied or the japanese surrender ceremony on board the uss. missouri in tokyo bay and so here he is sitting down at the table signing the surrender documents at that time. and so the war ended i guess in certain glorious way for douglas macarthur nimitz was there. william f. halsey was there. lots of other people who are involved in the war in the pacific were there, but it was a macarthur who essentially chaired the ceremony. now after the surrender of japan macarthur became essentially the ruler as supreme allied commander of the occupation of japan and he would serve in this capacity. areas wi

army. but the history of the united states as well. and today we are standing in the army society gallery which focuses on the relationship between the american public and the army. or this is a very unique gallery and it is a standalone gallery separate from our fighting for the nation galleries, which gives insight on the wars and the battles and the campaigns soldiers have fought since the revolutionary war up in afghanistan the military tactics the weapons the type of uniforms they were punctuated with individual soldier stories that not only talk about what the soldiers went through but also more context about the battles and or wars that they fall in kind of complementing that and strut, you know, the theme we stress here at the museum is the army values. these are seven values that soldiers today live by or live up to from loyalty duty respect selfish service honor integrity personal courage, you'll find that in the stories that you you read in the museum where the artifacts you interact with so early on it was always important t

and he'll be receiving his first dose of vaccine staff sergeant of the united states army. in the vaccinate her and denise associate director for patient care and nurse executive but more importantly, in this environment, denise has been the department of veterans affair rep. to operation corp. speed since november and working to make sure the va's across the country get the allocation they needed to take care of the veteran population. and lastly, col. united states air force receiving her second dose of the pfizer vaccine today. her vaccinate areas doctor leslie in our vaccine coordinator here in the washington dc va printed responsible for nearly 20000 doses of vaccine going into the arms of our staff, our veterans and 5000 of our partners the department of homeland security. thank you. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> what we want to do now is explain how we draw the pfizer vaccine and how that out of the bottle and getting six doses from the vial. [inaudible]. >> you see the pfizer vaccine and then. [inaudible]. and then we have. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. >> excu

united states army. president biden: how are you doing? >> well. >> denise is our associate director for patient care services, our nursing executive. more importantly in this environment, denise has been the representative to operation warp speed since november working to make sure that v.a.'s across the country get the allocation that they need to take care of their veteran population. president biden: we're really warping the speed now. >> thank you, sir. >> lastly, colonel retired margaret koch is receiving her second dose of the pfizer vaccine. her vaccinator is dr. leslie roan who has been our vaccination coordinator. responsible for nearly 28,000 doses of vaccine going into the arms of our staff, our veterans and 5,000 of our partners at the department of homeland security. president biden: thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> what we'd like to do now is explain how we mix up and draw the pfizer vaccine and how long before the guidance came out to get six doses out of the bottle, her and her team were getting six doses out

he was a political moderate, but he left the united states army. he left in february of 1861 and made his way here to richmond. upon arrival found out that he had been commissioned to captain of engineers in the confederacy's fledgling army. no other confederate officer played more varied roles or worked, i think, as closely with so many prominent officers as e.p. alexander. i think he was in a class of one in that regard. he joined beauregard's staff. in june of 1861 and then made him chief of ordinance in his army. and he held both of those posts in joseph johnston's army subsequently and then under r.e. lee and the army of northern virginia after that and he served in both those capacities through much of 1862. he did so during the peninsula campaign, during the seven days, second bull run and during the maryland campaign of 1862. and while doing all those things, he also was frequently called upon to perform engineering tasks of various kinds. he was really smart, he knew he was really smart and you could tell that he probably found ways to let

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a year and a half later, the 34-year-old was general in chief of the united states army in the middle of the civil war. the mcclellans were prominent on the party scene in washington, d.c., in the summer. in the winter of 1862. even as the white house, congress, and the newspapers fumed at his interminable delays in confronting the enemy. in lincoln's memorable phrase, mcclellan had the slows. in fact, the general had serious mental problems, too. mcclellan's daily letters to nelly reveal that he was often deluded, always paranoid and narcissistic in the extreme. nelly fed her husband's disdain for lincoln and his cabinet her letters. mcclellan had his own problems to be sure, but she egged him on in tirades against husband civilian superiors. nelly might have realized she married a complex and proud young man, but she couldn't have imagined the consequences to the nation of her unquestionable support for his warped world view. nelly had joined her husband at his luxurious headquarters home on h street this washington in late 1861 when he took command of all union forces. when mcclell

an official report of the united states army. produce for the armed forces and the american people. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> religion has always been a vitally important part of life are for men in our armed forces. when a makeshift surface in the field of battle, or on the deck of a battleship at sea. or in a tiny chapel in some base. the american servicemen and women has long been encouraged to express their fate, according to their belief. since george washington's time, the fighting forces of the united states have counted the spiritual strength and well-being of every soldier and sailor and airmen to be as important as his mental and physical's fitness. this is no ordinary sunday in philadelphia. here today, the citizens of this modern city i'm participating in an active demonstration of philadelphia's oldest and proudest traditions. hospitality and free religious observance,. through the u.s. ally and more than 40 cooperating churches and synagogues, the people of philadelphia have invited all the servicemen and women at camps and ba

. >> don't you see you can't fight the entire united states army alone.our men are overwhelmingly outnumbered. they'll annihilate you. >> this mission will force the people to take action against this institution. >> john, you know i have supported and will continue to support all of your other efforts, but, my dear friend, this scheme is doomed to failure. this is the wrong place. this is suicide, man. >> whether we live or die, this deed must be done. >> for the love of god. >> mr. douglas, i believes i'll go with the old man. the events at harpers ferry, the press and much of the public declared john brown to be truly mad, but he is not. john brown is a man who simply believes the declaration of independence to be true and the bible be a guide to humankind. the future will write john's epitaph on the hearts of a people fried from slavery. like sampson he laid his hands on the pillars of this great temple of cruelty and blood. when he fell, that temple began to crumble to its final doom. >> mr. douglas, a word with you, please. come walk with me, sir. ♪

i serve the united states army in two capacities, as the provost marshall general of the army and commanding general of cid. as the provost marshall general i'm the principle military adviser to the secretary general of the army and all army policing and law enforcement matters. this includes law enforcement policy, criminal investigations, criminal intelligence, army corrections and confinement, anti-terrorism matters and detention operations. as the commanding general of cid, i am responsible for overseeing the u.s. army's primary criminal investigative organization, cid is responsible for conducting felony level criminal investigations in which the army is or may be a party of interest. for context, my special agents conduct criminal investigations that range from murder to organized crime, and they often partner with local, state and other federal law enforcement agencies, including the fbi and u.s. marshal service. i am also here to address the ft. hood independent review committee findings regarding cid. the secretary and chief of staff of the army accepted the committee's findings in

united states and democracy itself are in abraham lincoln's hands. >> when the hostilities start in april of 1861, the united states standing army is less than 2,000 men. but the confederacy doesn't have an army at all. >> the hope on the side of the lincoln administration is they can bring a bunch of troops to washington and display the military power of the united states of america and the confederates will back down. >> the people that are enlisting are just for 90 days. >> there were very few people in the north who thought the war would be more than 90 days. >> july 1861, it is clear that so-called confederate forces are going to find a place to engage american forces who are trying to take back the new confederate capital of richmond. but lincoln makes a strategic mistake at the beginning. >> the general of the army told lincoln, he said, "mr. president, our troops need a lot more training and they're pretty green." >> lincoln's reply is "the other side is green too. you are all green alike." lincoln was determined it should go ahead. and so off they go into virginia. >> confederate forces are expected to engage the united states army at a t

. >> don't you see you can't fight the entire united states army alone? your men will be anile aid by their numbers. >>p if it would force the people to take action against this institution. >> you know, i have supported and will continue to support you and all of your other efforts, but my dear friend, this -- this deed is doomed to failure. this is the wrong place. this is suicide, man. >> whether we live or die, this deed must be done. >> for the love of god. >> mr. douglass. i believe i'll go with the old man. ♪♪ >> the much of the public has declared john brown to be truly mad but he's not. he's simply a man who believes the declaration of independence behooves and the bible be a guide to human conduct. the future will write john's entat on the hearts of behave freed from slavery. he laid his hands upon the pillars of this great national temple of cruelty and blood when he fell and that temple began to crumble to its final doom. [ applause ] >> mr. douglass, a word with you, please. come, walk with me, sir. >> a telegraph operator, i have in my pocke

it will become the first united states army but before it is the u.s. army, it is the army of? america, yes. but what element of it? certainly a part of the american revolution, specifically the united colonies. so, when does the comment on it begin, it's not necessarily at the start of the revolution, but we are going to take about this story at the beginning. so a couple classes ago, we were talking about their french and indian war. and the french and indian war was a world war that fundamentally entered several different nations that were primarily france, removed from the north american continent and the british colonies. and many of americans had fought alongside prudish soldiers and british officers during the war. and when recall what were some of the things that transpired from the two groups interacting? >> the british look down on the colonies. >> so in a lot of ways, the british are looking down on the colonists for a number of reasons. and that was -- how to do with tactics, had to do with a lack of training, how to do with how they dressed. so, we know there is lot

united states in march of 1889. here you have this veteran of the army of the shenandoah. by this point a former president of the united states. coming out and condemning. his comrades for criticizing all of these other units he saw things in pretty much the same light. as did webster that new yorker what is the point? nothing is perfect. but we achieve the success instead of celebrating this. why don't we embrace? what we were able to achieve. the restoration of the union the restoration of the other republic and the destruction of slavery. hayes told the veterans at this gathering. the wisest and brave of men cannot see all that occurs in a battle. and this is led me to very often forget regret to see the accounts that we sometimes see in print. the practical lesson that i would draw from all of this loose talk. that i have been giving given to you. is that battles cannot be known in their entirety? from beginning to end from one end of a long line to another by one man. no one is authorized to say that in some distant part of the field. there was bad behavior or inexcusa

united states air force, currently the only female four-star officer serving in our military. i nominated her as commander of united states transportation command and when confirmed, the lieutenant general laura richardson of the united states armymoted to the rank and join general van ovost as another four-star general. i nominated her as united states southern command. when confirmed they will become the second and third women in history in the united states armed forces to lead combatant commands. each of these women have led careers demonstrating incomparable skill, integrity and duty to country. and at every step, they've also helped push open the doors of opportunity to women in our mil military, blazing the trail a little wider, a little brighter, for all proud women following in their path and looking to their example. and i wanted to shine the light on these accomplishments for those women today because general van ovost reiterated in an interview this last week and i am the second person to say this. it's hard to be what you can't see. it's hard to be what you can't see, but you'll soon see. today is international women's day, and we all need to see and to recognize the barrier breaking accomplishments of these women.

there was nothing nationalistic about this country at all, especially the 16,000 men in the united states army. nationalization begins with appomattox and has not stopped since. speaking of the outbreak of the war, i would like to make a comment about lee's anguished decision about which way to go in 1861 when he turned down every soldier's dream, supreme commander of the armies in order to go with his native state. we virginians talk all the time about her history. probably talk too much about it. i'm not apologizing because we do so because we have so much more of it than anybody else. in 1787 when a nation was proposed, virginia was 180 years old. we celebrated colonial thanksgiving a decade before the pilgrims crossed the atlantic ocean. i wish those people in massachusetts would get off that kick. in 1860 the united states was 70 years old. it was not old enough to have wisdom. the lee family at that time had been living in virginia 225 years. i do not think lee anguished at all over the decision he made that april evening. the three words that characterize lee's entire life, devotion to

confederates actually set their capitol city on fire in an attempt to prevent the united states army key supplies. >> so lincoln decides he's going to go to richmond with his son tad on his son tad's 12th birthday. >> quite a birthday present. >> with his youngest son by his side, lincoln makes his way to the fallen enemy capitol. now soldiers and in ruins. >> they are basically unaccompanied. a trip that would never be okayed by the secret service today. and they begin to walk up into the city, which has been dedicated to his destruction and the destruction of the union for four years. the slave markets are burns on the right side as he holds tad's hands on the left. >> he's recognized right away. a very distinctive looking man, obviously. the black community knows what his presence means. they are free. this is emancipation day. and they flood the streets. >> and they raced up to him, some knelt to him, praying, crying, tugging at his coat, and he said, please do not kneel to me. you must kneel only to god and thank him for your freedom. and that was the day abraham lincoln saw for

it's a disaster and it's contrary to everything i learned from basic training up through the united states army. it's a violation of regulation. normally easy command sergeant major's and generals enforcing regulations. here they are just ignoring them. you know what? you are going to be rewarded. putting on my trial lawyer had, kind of don't blame them because there is nothing -- i would rather talk about anything. tv pundits, whatever, than the fact that the united states military has not one medical war in 20 years and that we are facing a high-intensity conventional war against china just around the corner that if we get into it, i think we are going to lose. that's terrifying. no wonder they don't want to talk about it. >> laura: no one likes to bet against america. i certainly don't. we have incredible, as you know. we don't have to tell you. we have incredible men and women in our armed forces who are incredibly loyal, patriotic. amazing. i love them. amazing people. >> the greatest honor of my life was leading american soldiers. >> laura: the leadership has become -- it's akin to colleg

>> senior leaders in the united states army. general flynn and others. they got back to me saying -- and that was on the phone call with the district of columbia senior leaders that it would not be their best military advice to send uniform guardsmen to the capitol because they didn't like the optics. >> senior leaders in the u.s. army including general flynn and others. general charlie flynn, mike flynn's brother. why did the pentagon lie? >> 1:49 p.m. i received a frandic call from the capitol zach plesac informing me the security of the perimeter of the u.s. capitol was breached by hostile rioters. his voice cracking with emotion indicated there was an emergency and requested the immediate assistance of as many national guards men as i could muster. immediately after that call i alerted the u.s. army senior leadership of the request. the approval for the request would eventually come from the acting secretary of defense and relayed to me at 5:08 p.m. about 3 hours and 19 minutes later. i already had guardsmen on buses ready to move to the capitol. con

that was nothing nationalistic about this country at all, especially the 16,000 men in the united states army. nationalization begins with -- and does not stop since. and speaking of the outbreak of the war, i'd like to make a comment about lease anguished decision about which way to go in april 1861 when he turned down every soldier's dream, supreme commander of the army in order to go with his state. now we virginia's top all the time about our history. we probably talked to much about it and i'm not apologizing, because we did so because we have so much more of it than anybody else. in 1787, when a nation was composed, virginia was already 180 years old. we celebrated thanksgiving a decade before the pilgrims got the nerve to cross the atlantic ocean. in 1860, the united states was 78 years old, it was not old enough to have wisdom. the lee family at that time had been living in virginia 225 years. i do not think ali anguish that all over the decision that he made that april evening. the three words that characterize please entire life, with ocean to beauty. and i think that devotion of du

stating explicitly denying that flynn had any part in the discussion. army lied about that. why did they lie about that? >> who made that statement? >> that was senior leaders in united states army, general pyatt, general flynn and others, they got back to me saying -- that was on the phone call with district of columbia senior leaders it wouldn't be their best military advice to send uniformed guardsmen to the capitol because they didn't like the optics. >> senior leaders in the u.s. army, including general flynn and others. charlie flynn, mike flynn's brother. why did the pentagon lie and say he wasn't part of this disastrous decision when he definitely was? >> at 1:49 p.m. i received a frantic call from then chief of united states capitol police steven sun, he informed me that the security perimeter of the united states capitol had been breached by hostile rioters. chief, his voice cracking with emotion indicated a dire emergency at the capitol and requested immediate assistance of as many available national guardsmen as i could muster. immediately after that call i alerted u.s. army senior leadership of the request. the approval for chief sun's request would even

united states. your great grandparents emigrated to the united states from japan. your grandfather was serving as a lieutenant in the united states army but your mother was born in a world war ii internment camp in america. >> yes, that's right. my grandmother felt safest being with her family when she found out she was pregnant with my mom and went back into the camp to be with her family and have my mom, so she was born at amaechi internment camp in colorado. so, yeah, i think at that time it was all about surviving and, you know, unfortunately having to prove your american loyalty, and i think they stayed silent a lot just to move on, to assimilate during those times. and now he -- things are not much better to stay silent and it's time to push for society, being accepted and being respected. >> this issue of the quest to assimilate, something you talk about, is -- is important, it's relevant because asian americans in doing that also thought sometimes not being too loud or not speaking up about things or not underscoring differences is going to be good. at this point, one of the things you told my producer lily, as you said, the y

city council passed a resolution last month to relocate the camp to marinship park next to a united states armyp of engineers debris yard but a homeless union fought that decision. they say the new ruling protects the campers and also stops an effort by wealthy residents to kick homeless people out of town. >>> happening today a final vote on the future of the golden gate park ferris wheel. last month the rec and park commission approved an extension of the permit but it still requires final approval from the historic preservation commission. >>> california could be looking atwater restrictions this summer. that is according to state water managers after the latest sierra snow survey. yesterday's readings just 61% of average for this date and we always talk about the importance of rain but snow is even more important. >> we are looking at a series of storm systems for next week and that should add to our sierra snow pack. 61% of average so far. looking at about 63% in the north sierra. 69% in the central sierra and even worse in the south sierra at 45%. looking at those storm systems that shoul

i think it's very important for young men and women to come here that we look like the united states army, we represent the country. i actively am in this space. we have a very active outreach program. i would love to reach out and help you in that effort as we move forward. i actively, in this virtual space, it's a little difficult but we hold a number of online webinars. i usually participate in them on saturdays, and actually talk and recruit people of different diversity. ma'am, we meet or exceed all of the officers percentages here at west point. so if you have four african american, for asians and hispanics, we are at or over the percentage that are actively represented in the active duty army officer corps right now. 24% women, 17% african american and i can share with you more of those details later. so diversity something that i think is critical to winning, and especially as we look at complex problems in the future. you have to folks that have diverse backgrounds and ethnicities, i think. in terms of culture, i've mentioned before how we've elevated culture, it's a very deliber

i serve the united states army in two capacities, as the provost marshall general of the army and commanding general of cid. as the provost marshall general i'm the principle military adviser to the secretary general of the army and all army policing and law enforcement matters. this includes law enforcement policy, criminal investigations, criminal intelligence, army corrections and confinement, anti-terrorism matters and detention operations. as the commanding general of cid, i am responsible for overseeing the u.s. army's primary criminal investigative organization, cid is responsible for conducting felony level criminal investigations in which the army is or may be a party of interest. for context, my special agents conduct criminal investigations that range from murder to organized crime, and they often partner with local, state and other federal law enforcement agencies, including the fbi and u.s. marshal service. i am also here to address the ft. hood independent review committee findings regarding cid. the secretary and chief of staff of the army accepted the committee's findings in

across my 34 years in the united states army, i can say with confidence that the culture of our army and our armed forces is utterly intolerant of bigotry and racism. that's not to say it doesn't exist within the ranks at all, but what i'm saying is the prevailing culture of our military is to step out the behavior associated with bigotry and racism for the reasons that secretary panetta cited. mistakes are just too high. we, in our military, we are bound together by an warrior ethos that is a covenant that we share with one another. a confident based on shared principles, of honor, respect and self sacrifices. our ethos also depends on a covenant that we have with the american people. so i think it's important for the secretary, secretary austin who is a great leader and also, i think, a great example of our military's ability to overcome bigotry, racism and so forth as it exists in our society. but i'll tell you, roger, whenever i hear these discussions these days about this as a problem. i want to see the statistics, really. and i think that there is a tendency these days to buy i

him he got the metal of freedom last march he deserved it former vice chief of staff of the united states army's with the institute for the study of war he's the chairman there. general keane i'm deeply concerned that while this nation is at war with itself, and the tumult and fundamental transformal efforts even if we're aware that china is growing becoming more and more powerful we're not able to unit ourselves and focus ourselves in addressing. i would be interested in your comments. >> well a couple of things certainly, china from rightfully so was identified by the trump administration in 2017 national security strategy as the most significant strategic threat for the united states in the american people and they identified i think quite correctly the new framework in which the world is facing a big power competition with china. of a visionist russia, two regional powers north korea, and iran and still dealing with radical islam this new administration largely has accepted that strategic framework why, because it is what it is, it is the truth and we've stopped kidding ourselves about who

and even alleged the united states army was responsible for bringing the virus to china. a is not alone in the efforts. state back to counts in russia and iran also constructed manipulative narratives of about our vaccine efforts. in fact, russia has repeatedly used the gray zone to spread disinformation. an article in the wall street journal from march 7th describes activities of russia's intelligence enterprise across multiple state-backed online news sites. . the article outlines specific actions to spread misleading and false narratives to discredit the efficacy of the pfizer vaccine. the use of disinformation is not just linked to current pandemic, however. our adversaries have long used the gray zone to operate, and undermine the national security interest of the united states. a memo signed last year by nine commanders drives home just how important this issue is. recognizing the need for increased support from the intelligence community to combat this threat, they note malicious efforts by russia and china across the information domain to seed discontent, weakened

. >>> right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a united states army veteran, the latest victimsian attacks. the drastic measures police are now taking to stop more from happening. >>> plus a supermarket turned crime scene, gun fire rings out inside the store, killing ten. one big question remains this morning, why. >>> an exsessions of vacant seems means a county is expanding eligible. the new age cut off in the east bay. good morning to you. it's tuesday, march 23rd. >>> get ready for a tuesday, warm up, some spots could see the low 70's today. >> yeah. definitely feeling like spring with the warm temperatures running about four to fight degrees above average for this time of year. in the afternoon, you won't need that jacket at all. if you are heading out the door this morning it's ail chilly start. looking at 40 toe to low 50's. not as cold as yesterday with mainly clear skies. dry cold front. you can see ten mile an hour winds, 12 at half moon bay. behind the dry cold front. fairfield, val johan -- under that wind advisory. low 70's oakland, san francisco, well above averag