marine fighting a different battle with our alley, mexico. nice to see you sir. >> thank you, greta, good afternoon. >> good afternoon. do you have a sense -- many people in the united states are very upset that our u.s. marine who many believe accidentally never ended up, never intended to violate your laws, never wanted to violate your laws but that three months later, he's in prison -- are people aware of that down in mexico, do you think? >> yes, well, i can say i'm aware of that. i believe that to be the case. that's the reason i decided to take on this case. >> do you think that the government is aware? is the prosecute koor taor talku about it or the judge saying anything about the case to indicate that it has any sort of high profile nature. >> certainly there's a lot of awareness about the case which i think is good. there's also a sense of urgency to some extent. we feel it at my firm. we're trying to deal with this quickly but again, have we had a chance to sit down and talk with the judge, the prosecution and myself, no. we're precluded from discussing the case outside of court so we have not done so. the case. >> what has rubbed americans it wrong way that in

united states. now the u.s. marine is langui languishing in mexican prison on weapons possession but he is not charged with weapons smuggling. >> he is charged with possession not for weapons smuggling which is a different charge. >> mexico doesn't think he was smuggling and that's a big deal. smuggling means you want to bring the guns in and sell them. >> he is not a criminal. he made a mistake. >> sergeant tahmooressi put behind bars at the mason state men ten penitentiary. >> he was placed in a special cell it's my understanding then he hurt himself. >> deliberately hurt himself? >> yes. apparently it was a light bulb. >> they chained him. >> he was chained but my understanding was he had some sort of bandages so he would n' be hurt. their concern was he might hurt himself or he might hurt someone else. >> the prison transferred him to one of the more modern prisons in mexico. he was previously held in another prison which was a much more dangerous prison. he has been perhatransferred to prison. on the record we cam

citizen who has served with distinction in the united states marine corps. care who is offended by that reality, frankly. that is the fact and the truth that we hope will set sergeant tahmooressi free. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> all ri lou: joining us now, georgia republican senate candidate, congressman jack kingston, member of the house appropriations committee. great to have you with us, congressman. it is also,well, i think we should begin by congratulating you on being a front runner, but also the question as the most recent polls show a tightening of that race, a statistical tie with david perdue. your thoughts? said. >> well, lou, i think that storm will make things get a little tight. i am going up against a self-funding. we still feel that we have a great coalition of key conservatives in the state. tea party people, party regulars , the delegation, john kennedy, erik erikson, the nra. the key conservative centers of influence are with us. if my opponent is a wealthy guy, but he tends to be moderate. so there is distinction be

citizen who has served with distinction in the united states marine corps.are who is offended by that reality, frankly. that is the fact and the truth that we hope will set sergeant tahmooressi free. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> all right. thank you. >> we are coming right back. stay with us. many of my patients still clean their dentures with toothpaste. but they have to use special care in keeping the denture clean. dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident is designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains, cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. that's why i recommend using polident. [ male announcer ] polident. cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. lou: joining us now, georgia republican senate candidate, congressman jack kingston, member of the house appropriations committee. great to have you with us, congressman. it is also, well, i think w

president of the united states, who by the way will intervene personally when for example a police officer has an incident with a libesor. remember the whole beer summit? when you have a u.s. marine who served two times in combat, the president of the united states doesn't seem to be concerned. >> we're not talking about pakistan or nigeria or some other third world country. these are our southern neighbors in mexico. these are supposed to be people friendly to us. >> the mexican government should apologize for what they've done to this marine. he's a hero. he should not have been shackled and treated like this. >> the president himself should be contacting the president of mexico who should be demanding answers, should be doing everything he can to get this young man returned back to his family. >> the president, if he would actually take the time and invest some of his sweat equity to get this done, i believe it would put it over the hump. >> they've got their own judicial system that has to work there. this gentleman doesn't fit the profile or anyone who's dangerous. this sounds like an accident that occurred. i hope he's treated fairly and back in florida soon. >> obviously w

to have, is to balance readiness, the rye sis response capability that you expect from the united states marine corps with the ability to modernize the marine corps for tomorrow's fights, to sustain infrastructure, to maintain proper levels of training and so forth for those units and home stations. so balancing all those in a fiscally constrained environment is going to be very difficult. i know general amos has prioritized readiness. i also know he's been forced to make some decisions that create challenges in the future for modernization, and i think balancing those things over the next couple years are going to be difficult. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you, senator reed. thanks to senators chambliss and wicker. senator mccain? >> thanks to senator chambliss and wicker. shows if we live long enough that -- thank you, general dunford, and -- >> this is an in joke. i have to explain all this. >> it's the only appropriate mark of respect that i have ever gotten from them, my two colleagues. i thank you. i thank you, general dunford, for your outstanding service. we've had the opportunity of enc

people to commit them in many countries that would be considered entrapment but not in the united states marine important explains amid america's war on terror hundreds of american muslims have been arrested prosecuted and in prison for attempting to carry out terrorist attacks but according to a report released by human rights watch most of the high profile terrorist plots that were foiled by the f.b.i. were actually manufactured and orchestrated by the government to talk more about this human rights watch report. thank you very much for joining us you guys found that the government was actually creating terrorists out of law abiding citizens. but we looked at twenty seven cases that we thought would give us a good idea of what's been going on since september eleventh and the cases we looked at were made up of some sting operations as you say and we looked at other cases where overbroad material support laws were used to prosecute people for things that they said the f.b.i. was playing a major role instigating and often offering many of the tools that the individuals who were arrested and conv

he sign a bill to provide for the relief and maintenance for disabled seamen, creating the united states marine hospital service. it gave rise to a network of hospitals located at ports all across the united states and slowly over the next century, that ultimately evolved into the national public health service. in the beginning, the way it worked -- in the beginning, administered by their employers, sailors paid 20 cents a month out of the wages as their share towards a form of insurance for hospital care. which provided for doctors, room and board, and medicine, and the government underwrote the remaining costs. with the seamen's act for the first time in american history, the federal government mandated and paid for the temporary med cam relief of individuals who couldn't afford their own private care. this created a safety net for thousands of mariners. forward thinking, political men such as adams understood that the failure to address the illnesses of sailors endangered the well being of citizens in all american port cities. adams as well as washington, jefferson, franklin, and madison cl

. >> my background is i was in the united states marine corps for five years and i also have three childrenhters and this hits real, real close to my heart. >> the team scours the internet for vulnerable girls and young women. >> one possible victim, a girl who calls herself kimmy. >> she advertised on the back page that she was 4'4" and the photo that she posted was of her sitting on the bed and her feet didn't even reach the floor. >> good evening. i was trying to see if you would like to hang out? >> you're available? do you have any idea that might be? because i have to go back to a meeting this evening. [ indiscernible ] >> now? >> okay. that would be great. >> to document kat and dottie's initial interactions with the women, the team sets up hidden cameras. these cameras allow a rare and unvarnished glimpse into the dangerous underworld of sex trafficking. >> hey. how are you? come on in. hi, my darling. >> hi. it's okay. nobody's in trouble. >> coming up -- >> that was probably more heinous than i wanted to see or that i expected. i heard about progressive's "name your price" tool? i

i joined the military, i joined the united states marine corp to serve and defend the constitution and prohibit our laws, our way of life. and what the first question was is that this regard, these particular laws, and allow them to be released to the community possibly connect with alleged family members, maybe not. and the laws are okay to overlook, but being caught out about standing in front of buses. i don't condone whatsoever that it's so dangerous to stand in front of bus, but this is about the laws of our country. and i have to say that what needs to be asked is what's the influence, why are they wanting to come to america. what separates america from these nations. i believe it's because we are a nation of laws, and that is lacking. >> if you ask the immigrants they say... ..they say it's not about the laws in the united states, but the situation is so bad in hon dur awes and some of the -- honduras and the places that they are from, they are fearful for their lives and desperate. they are willing to go through hardships to get to the united states not because of the laws but

and by the way, these include the 1983 bombing of the united states embassy in berute, the bombing of the united states marine -- beirut, the bombing of the united states marine corps that same year. they were behind the kidnaps in beirut as well as international airline hijackings and targets to united states personnel in saudi arabia. hezbollah provided the funding and provided the weapons to iraqi militias to do what, to target american personnel and kill them in iraq. lethal, yes, but hezbollah is also vulnerable. it is vulnerable to steps we can take. severe international sanctions against its patron, iran, have reportedly led to a decrease in the funding to hezbollah and as a result this organization's been forced to turn increasingly to its transnational organized criminal enterprises in order to expand its operational capabilities. in 2011 we saw the tip of the iceberg when a massive drug and money laundering operation for hezbollah's benefit in weapons, logistics and training was uncovered. we must remember that any sanctions relief that we provide to iran for a nuclear agreement will have an impact

>> senator, as i've looked at what sequestration does to the united states marine corps at a forced level of 175,000, it really gets to the issues that we've talked a little bit about here this morning. it's an inability to balance the need to be ready for today's crises with a requirement to meet at least a minimum threshold of investment for modernization, infrastructure and other programs that support marines. and i think you're really on a path, without overstatement to use general meyers' comment from the 1980s, you're really on a path to a hollow force if you have sequestration and you maintain a corps of 175,000 marines. i don't think there is any question about that. >> would you agree with me that congress will have done more damage to the marine corps than the enemy that you could face on the battlefield? >> senator, there is an enemy that has had much success against marines, so i would agree with that. >> thank you for your great service. i look forward to seeing you in the future. >> thank you, senator graham. senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general, thank you v

it is called the united states marines. thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> i thank the gentleman. i will recognize myself in consultation with mr. cummings. a couple quick things and then i promise we will end. i have a question about london. london is unique, beijing was unique. there are some iconic properties, amazing relationships, security needs, that is understood. there has been a suggestion you are still on time in london and on budget in london. what is your current assessment of where we are in london in terms of budget and time? >> that is exactly my assessment that we are on budget and successful. >> what about the vast the shoe? where are we with the vast issue? >> i want to keep them limited because our conversations with our counterparts in britain are sensitive but i would like to say we are making good progress and we are comfortable that we are within the budget. >> i want to see that as a potential threat, it is a 20% v vat. i had the opportunity to visit dubai. what do you find wrong with the facility in dubai? >> i don't kno

plus, the missing wife of a united states marine. documents reveal incredible details including accusations that she was having another marine's baby. and the day she disappeared, she was going on a hunting trip with her lover who was also married. so let's get to it. >>> now "shepard smith reporting" live from the fox

>> the president of the united states in the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to lance corporal william kyle carpenter, united states marineps. >> so how did you discover that you were going to get the award? who called you? >> the president of the united states, president obama. >> this is barack obama. how are you doing? >> fine, sir. how are you? >> i will be awarding you the medal of honor for your courageous actions in afghanistan. >> i got a call about three weeks before the ceremony from some colonel who identified himself as being head of army awards branch. he said, congratulations, you're going to receive the medal of honor. >> for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity. >> you know who jimmy doolittle was? >> yes, sir. >> led the american raid on tokyo in 1942. put it his arm around me, took me to the corner of the room and said, young man, he said, you're no longer jack jacobs. he said, you're jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient. and you better behave accordingly. do you understand what i'm saying? >> definitely weighs on me, the responsibility i'll have. i'm not, i guess, timid or scared in any way. i am exci

i served in the united states marines starting at age 17. 20 years later here i am now a businesswomanng for our democracy. i will never quit. >> kate what do you think makes it great. >> we speak out against things we don't believe in. we speak out for things we believe n we're allowed to express our opinions. >>s when you hear a lot of liberal, hard work is not being rewarded of the those are disenfranchised and disadvantaged because of economy. no, hard work is rewarded. what propels the hope and keeps the dream alive. >> i'm reminded, guys, you hear this country rip ad new one all theou type, but i have yet to s, maybe i have missed it, any rickety boat leaving this country for anotherit country. but again, that could be just me ♪ oh say, does that star-spangled banner, yet wave ♪. ♪ o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave ♪. salute. i'm m-a-r-y and i have copd. i'm j-e-f-f and i have copd. i'm l-i-s-a and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way of hosting my book club. that's why i asked my doctor about b-r-e-o. once-daily breo ellipta he

>> senator, as i've looked at what sequestration does at the united states marine corps at a core level of 175,000, it gets to the issues of what we talked about this morning: it's the inability to be ready with the requirement of at least the minimal threshold for modernization, infrastructure and other program that is support marines. i think you're really on a path, without over-statement, to use general myers comment from the 1980s, you're really on a path to hollow force if you have sequestration and use a core of 175,000 marines. >> will you agree to me that congress has done more damage to the marine corps that any enemy can do on the battlefield. . >> senator, there isn't an enemy that has been able to do much to the marine corps. i would agree with that state. >> thank you, statement. general, thank you, very much for your service. you've done extraordinary work. i've had the privilege of being with you in afghanistan. i have seen firsthand what you've done into your family. the time he spent there helped change the world for us. and we know you missed him, but we were very gra

a state government who has border while we still have a united states marine at a prison in mexico. now is not about the time to run away from the white house. show resolute leadership trying to filling out how is he doing this on the phone to prime minister netanyahu. i can't figure out like does he not get how it looks to so many? even his own supporters, each the democrats are concerned only thing i can think of roll the dice for the mid terms. democrats lose the senate he is going to say don't blame me i at least tried to raise money. >> well then obviously it is an act of narcissism where is he is focused on himself and so that is he is not held responsible for anything that comes out of the mid terms former military commander. during the time when its was a commander over in iraq. if i sat at the headquarters and listened on the radio instead of never going out and being with my soldiers in combat operations or engagements, what type of leader would i be? so that is what we are looking for. we are not looking for someone who tries to alleviate any sense of alarm because we hav

united states. when our troops on the ground get engaged in combat, we're very good. the marines and army are very good at fighting off the enemy. but the first thing they do is call for robust air support to help them win that engagement. this idea that the iraqi military melted away or that the iraqi military can take back ground with a hellfire missile is unrealistic when our own troops who are very well trained who have a great background and know how to fight wars call on a-10s, f-16s, b-52s to come in and do close air support in order to retake ground. so i just am saying that i'm renewing the call of the administration for massive manned military air strikes to push back this very, very bad cancer that's encroaching on the middle east. and also to target those in syria, to understand that the syrians, they are a very good fighting force, isis, and they're getting their training in syria and spilling it out to the rest of the place. so i do appreciate you all's service to your country. i appreciate you being here. i know it's a tough time. at that, i yield back. >> thank yo

. >>> a united states marine could face charges after military investigators say he desert evidence hisce and faked his kidnapping. this is back in 2004, he was serving as a translator when officials say he took a military vehicle and left his base in iraq. at the time officials say they thought insurgentses captured him and a week later this video surfaced home his blindfolded. web sites claimed he was beheaded. but the next month he toward up out a u.s. embassy in beirut. he was charged with desertion. then he went missing again. fast forward now to last month. the military officials say they took him into custody in the middle east. they did not say where they found him. but the "associated press" reported in 2011 he was staying with family in lebanon when relatives contacted publicist in los angeles asking for a million dollar book and movie deal. lea gabrielle joins us now. this is a winding place to get here. >> the military has very complex process of legal checks checks d investigations before it can formally charge him. the marine corps is alleging that the corporal deserted --

you can pay a united states marine $8.49 an hour to lock and load and go into a place like fallujah, you can't convince me that there's work that americans won't do. especially if it pays an appropriate wage and we respect the work that gets done. and so, we have a president who has decided he's going to defy e rule of law, he's going to manufacture laws, he goes and creates work permits out of thin air. and when we see this calamity of the huge hole in our southern area, the house of representatives decides it wants to react to the president of the united states and since they're afraid that they will somehow get the blame, if nothing gets done in the month of august, they've decided to bring a piece of legislation here to the floor. this legislation was written by a staff person was once of that john mccain and brought for immigration policy. it's been very troubling to deal with the legislation he has supported, but i have this in my hand here on the floor, mr. speaker. doesn't do what it's advertised to do. doesn't do what needs to be done, but it grants this. if there is an unac

plus, the missing wife of a united states marine. court documents reveal incredible details including accusations that she was having another marine's baby. and the day she disappeared, she was going on a hunting trip with her lover who was also married. so let's get to it. >>> now "shepard smith reporting" live from the fox news deck. >> good wednesday afternoon from the deck. think the russians are backing down now after separatists are accused of killing 298 innocents on a passenger jet, you'd better think again. russian-backed rebels say they blew two ukrainian fighter jets right out of the sky today. and not far from where that doomed malaysia airlines jet went down. the separatist website claims they shot down ukrainian jets like this one. the rebels say one pilot died and that right now they're hunting for another who ejected. the fighter jets went down about 20 miles south and east of where the boeing 777 crashed and killed everybody on board. the united states and ukraine accuses separatists of shooting down the jet with a m

united states work to bring meaning to their sacrifice. i know this committee and the american people have high expectations the united states marine corps. you expect them to serve as an expeditionary force that is most ready when the nation is least ready. you expect them to be deployed in forward engaged, responding to crises and enabling our nation to respond. you expect them to fight and win in any condition and you expect the marines to be physically and mentally tough. you expect him to demonstrate courage and honor and commitment and a lot of your variance and you should. if confirmed, i will ensure that the marines continue to meet your expectations on the expectations of the american people. i will also ensure the well-being of armory in and sailors, wounded warriors, and their families come over the past decade plus of war, they have done all and more and it would be a tremendous honor to be with them. i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you this morning and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, general. we have started with the standard set of questions that we ask all of our nominees. and these question

it's called the united states marine. thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> thank the gentleman. now i'm going to recognize myself in consultation with mr. cummings here. just a couple of quick things and then we will -- promise we will end. i do have a question about london. london is unique. beijing was quung. there are some iconic properties, there are some amazing relationships, security needs. that's understood. there's been a suggestion that you're still on time in london and on budget in london. what is your current assessment of where we're at in london in terms of budget and time? >> that's exactly my assessment, that we're on budget and on schedule. >> what about the vat issue? where are we at with the vat issue? >> i'd like to keep that conversation limited, because our conversations with our counterparts in britain are sensitive. but i would like to say that we're making good progress and we're comfortable that we're within the budget on that. >> and i appreciate that. i see that as a potential threat. they have -- i believe it's a 20% vat which could obviously be a h

>> tomorrow the 4th, 5th and 6th, two finist institutions in the world, united states marines and they humble individual. he served in the united states marines and he was a bugler. >> so he was waking people up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning long before he took to morning radio. >> here is they to that. someone who sounded revelle, someone had to wake him up. >> we want to do ask our viewers after the show show, what song they would want you to play. you ready for this? >> yes. >> here is our facebook post this morning. viewers can weigh in right now, the "washington post" march, semper fidelis march. and stars and stripes forever. are you prepared? >> yes. >> what do you think the viewer also pick? >> i think the viewers are going to pick correctly and they will pick a john philip sousa march. >> that's very good. you guys sound fantastic. they're not allowed to move. >> not yet, sir. >> that's usually what people in new york do anyway. steve and elisabeth, back inside to you. i'm in for brian this morning. >> you are. i go for the senper fidelis march. >> i'm voting as well. consid

but they could not hide from the united states marines!(cheering) >> narrator: but casey's military success may have backfired politically. sunni refugees carried tales describing what they saw as a brutal american assault. >> ultimately, if you draw out all the events that followed fallujah, that certainly decreased the sunni arab support. and in that sense, it did help the insurgency and it did turn people to be more violently opposed to the american presence than they had been before. >> narrator: on election day, rumsfeld's plan for democracy was about to be tested. >> i got up that morning at 7:00. i went out in the streets, and there was no vehicular traffic allowed anywhere in the country. >> it was a day of incredible tension. >> so the streets were empty. and i remember thinking, "oh, my god, no one's going to come out to vote." people started to trickle out. >> by 10:30 in the morning, there were thousands and thousands and thousands of people out to vote. >> the stories that started coming in about millions of iraqis lining up t

there you see rick perry, boarding marine 1 and the president of the united states boarding marine one and they'll have an opportunity to speak aboard that brief helicopter flight to their location and then they'll have a bit of a formal meeting on what's going on as so many of our viewers know there has been an extreme, extreme difference of opinion, very critical comments from rick perry as far as the president of the united states is concerned on this whole issue of these thousands, of these 60,000 unaccompanied children over the past few months and the u.s. is trying to determine what they're trying to do with them. so there you see marine 1 getting ready to take off and go to the event. it's what's going on. the president of the united states is there. let me bring in our white house correspondent, michelle kosinski who has been watching what's going on. michelle, the meeting with rick perry will be significant. as far as we know, though, the president will still go ahead with his three fund raisers in texas, but will not go down to the border. >> reporter: this has been an intere

he has made a career of public service serving this country as a united states marine. his city as a police officer for 20 years and now an appellate judge. justice mccaffery's liaison for courts across pennsylvania as well as the special court judges of pennsylvania. he has been in the forefront of creating veterans courts across pennsylvania. finally introduced by senator durbin elvin daniel joins us reza salesman for blackhawk industrial. he is here to share the story of his sister xena who was killed by her estranged husband just days after she obtained a restraining order against him. unfortunately the story highlights only too well the urgent need for universal background checks read we are grateful that mr. daniel is here and we thank him them for coming and for his courage. we begin now with dr. campbell. we have a terrific panel to lead us off. >> senators i'm grateful for the opportunity to testify in these very important hearings today. i will present data from my own research on domestic violence homicides of women as well as other important research and nat

i served my time in the united states marines in the 1950's, and you we go again. -- and here we go again. with no leadership in our nation. it is in god we trust, not man we trust. you know, i was so proud of that young lady that spoke for our nation a while ago. we need to applaud her and thank her for what she done. god bless you, god blessed united states. thank you. >> from "the washington post" international monitors in the region said that, but the ukrainian government said the rebels were keeping all the local emergency workers away from the site. you heard president obama calling for safe passage for investigators to get in and find out what brought the plane down. the next call, eugene. i'm sorry. george in missouri. democrat caller. >> i would like to congratulate the president on giving a wonderful speech. i think the violence overseas has to stop for real because this is hurting innocent people, and whatever they have going on needs to be put aside. >> eugene, your next. beverly hills. go ahead. >> yeah, i just wanted to say i'm very proud of the president today, what he said

united states. when our troops on the ground get engaged in combat, we're very good. the marines and army are very good at fighting off the enemy. but the first thing they do is call for robust air support to help them win that engagement. this idea that the iraqi military melted away or that the iraqi military can take background with a hellfire missile is unrealistic when our own troops who are very well trained who have a great background and know how to fight wars call on a-10s, f-16s, b-52s to come in and do close air support in order to retake ground. so i just am saying that i'm renug the call of the administration for massive manned military air strikes to push back this very, very bad cancer that's encroaching on the middle east. and also to target those in syria, to understand that the syrians, they are a very good fighting force, isis, and they're getting their training in syria and spilling it out to the rest of the place. so i do appreciate you all service to your country. i appreciate you being here. i know it's a tough time. at that, i yield back. >> thank you very

he's made his career in public service, serving his country as a united states marine, his city as a police officer for 20 years, and his state as first a trial and now an appellate judge. justice mccaffrey is the liaison justice for problem solving courts across pennsylvania as well as the liaison justice to the special court judges of pennsylvania. he's been at the forefront in creating veterans courts across pennsylvania. finally, already introduced by his senator, senator durbin, elvin daniel joins us from illinois where he is a salesman for blackhawkhawk industrial. he is here to share the story of his sister zena killed by her estranged husband just days after she obtained a restraining order against him. unfortunately, zena's story highlights only too well the urgent need for universal background checks. we are very grateful that mr. daniel is here and thank him for coming and for his courage. let me begin now with dr. campbell. we have a terrific panel. lead us off. thank you. >> senators, i am grateful for the opportunity to testify in these very important hearings today. i w

. >> this is the united states marine corps, you're watching "fox & friends"!ent, beach pictures. it's embarrassing. that would be great. earlier we showed i had a farmer's tan, elisabeth had pony tail and who do we have here? sherry. >> sherry from kentucky. she said it is our beach picture. i put it in our 50th anniversary party invitation last year. a couple married in 1963. >> december 31 is a great day to get married. thomas writes, my mom on miami beach in the 19 40s. >> another tweets, my triplet daughters in 1994. they will be 24 in august. they grow up so fast. clayton, talk about your birthday. how old are you there? >> that was me on the jersey shore in 1979. >> what are you doing on the shore? you're squatting on the jersey shore. >> i was making a sand castle. >> with your knees? >> that's me. my three brothers, justin, john, and joe. we did a lot of boating growing up. we still do. all of us together. i'm the olest of the four. >> was that a coordinated photo shoot? >> not at all. it was just random. the youngest one there just started at the nava

i am a united states merchant marine veteran and i'm concerned that we're the forgotten group as far as the war is concerned. about 95% of the men and material that supported the invasion, the multiple invasions, were transported on merchant ships. we lost more personnel except for on a per capita basis accept for the marine corps and more than 800 ships, merchant ships, were either damaged or sunk during the various trips to the war zone. so would you comment on that, please. >> i'd be very happy to. thank you for your service and you're absolutely right. the merchant marine, we think, well, they just sail ships, they're not really going into harm's way, but, of course, the moment a ship left a harbor on the american east coast, it is in maharm's way. the battle 69 atlantic -- we talk about the battle of the atlantic as if it were an event but it was a process that began almost immediately with american entry into the war early in 1942 when the german's sent submar e submarines to operate off the east coast and across the atlantic with the merchant ships operating in convoy, zigzagg

i served in the united states marine corps for four years. thank all the other veterans who have served this country. also, i would like to say good morning. put americans first grade i think -- today when we celebrate, think of us as a group of one. american first, anglo-american, african-american -- celebrate your history. that is fantastic. to me, we are all one group. being just american is what it is all about. host: and the washington times, cost estimate of administration fix is sticker shock. wait times were so bad that officials cannot calculate the cost for fixing the agency. that has become a major hurdle as lawmakers push for a quick fix on capital hill. the house and senate passed bills, trying to get a handle on the wait times and other problems impacting v.a. clinics. when they met last month to try to hammer out a compromise, they ran into problems over the cost. it is a little from the washington times this morning. corey, in safety harbor, florida, is next. caller: hello. i think that what it means to be an american is to li

marine corp. we spoke to him about his journey to the united states, and what it moons to be an american citizen. >> my name is oscar. i'm a marine for the united states, a country that just about everybody around the sworld diagrams of being in -- world dreams of being in. i was born in guatemala. when i came i was 16 years old. i didn't quite fit in right away. as time went on, just started to see how american life was like. i always looked up to servicemen and women at a young age. has the marine corp changed me? yes, it has, it brought a lot of discipline, made me a better man after i left the white house from the naturalisation ceremony, just i'm going to pinch myself to see if it is happening for real. i'm never going to forget who i am or where i came from. it's destiny, it's life. i'm part of this nation. and i'll do the best i can out of it. >> that was marr each private first -- marine private first class >>> we have news about a court challenge to the state judicial systems in louisiana and oregon. in most trials before juries, all the jurors must agree to convict someone. in louisiana

understand that, the marine captains, the army captains who are in the field fighting as we speak, they are receiving notices that they are going to be involuntarily separated from the united states army and marine corps. is that true? >> my understanding is that is what they have been forced to do in the army as a result of the drawdown. >> obviously that has to have an effect on morale of our officer corps. >> it does, senator. >> a serious blow, i would think. >> absolutely, probably more importantly than just the officer corps is the message it sends to those whose commander is forced redeploy as a result of the reduction of force. >> isn't it true from your time in the military and remembering wars times it takes a long time to resort the morale of the military when you take out involuntarily some of the best and the brightest that we have had. haven't we seen that before in her early the early part of your cruise. >> yes, i have. in the late 1970s, it took us some years, probably 1983, 1984 from the effects of the post-vietnam drawdown. >> would you agree that perhaps one of the greatest responsibility is that congress had in the military has today is to review this sequest

we met then through a fill based group in dog gets left behind as we met former marine s through united states war dogs association based in burlington, new jersey. >> i was in vietnam back in 1966/67 when my dog stormy. i still think about my talk every day. >> reporter: both are advocates of the national defense authorization act of 2013, a law design to provide care for retired military dogs. >> signed into law, it is over a year ago new but it has mountain been implemented in anyway. >> reporter: so on when supporters traveled to washington to hold congress accountable. we are told u.s. military keeps 3200 dogs in combat zones and on average 10 percent of them retired each year. the goal they say, is to return dogs to the former handlers but for some it is impossible because it is too expensive. >> they retire them because they have health issues. >> they did two tourness afghanistan. we went out and did narcotics troll. wow go until he could in the go anymore. >> reporter: shield spent hundreds a in on broncho's medical bills, but calls their one priceless. his hope with support from the