the marines are one of the most storied branches of the united states armed forces. on november 10, 1775, the second continental congress, meeting in philadelphia, passed a resolution stating that, and i quote, two battalions of marines be raised for service as landing forces with the fleet. this resolution established the continental marines and forever marked the birth date of the united states marine corps. now that may be the official inception of the marines but if you ask any corpsman they'll tell you the marines were formed in a bar. according to marine legend, newly commissioned captains samuel nicolas and -- the two officers are said to have lured potential marines with mugs of beers and promise of adventure on the high sea. they were looking for, quote, a few good men. the few, and the proud. their recruits later made up the first five companies who served aboard continental navy ships. shortly after their beginning, the marines became known for their unconventional and fierce combat. the first amphibious assault in marine corps history came on march 3, 1776

caught by surprise, the united states nonetheless made all possible haste to carry out the united nations, call for action against aggression. units of the famous first united states marine division. and so the united nations call to arms amphibious vehicles go aboard a seagoing drydock, which will transport them to the combat zone. other nations volunteer or their help canada and is the security council appeal with three destroyers. you british columbia to join the united nations forces across the united states. young men from every walk of life hurry to enlist in the army, the navy and the air force. an answer to the united nations appeal. as recruiting centers report heavy enlistment in washington. president truman addresses a meeting of the reserve officers association. gentlemen, wait, we face you. serious situation. we hope we face it in the cause of peace. the only reason for the action which was taken on the advice of all the brains that i could muster, was hoping always hoping that we would finally arrive at the peace in the world, which anticipated when we created the united nations. that's the only reason for the action. thank you very much. and again, at lake

for the first time in 150 years, the united states marine corps is without a commandant. couple of weeks. because tommy tuberville has decided he knows more than anybody else about the defense of the united states of america, he has held up line promotions now for a couple of months. who in the republican party is speaking out loud about it? >> i'm not saying that he knows more about defense. he's saying he doesn't want women to do what's legal, for them to legally travel to another state. he is going to stop the united states marine corps from having a commandant for the first time in 150 years. not for anything that has to do with america's readiness, not for anything that has to do with protecting and defending the united states of america. no. he's stopping the united states marine corps from having a commandant for the first time in 150 years because he doesn't want to allow women -- >> to get health care. >> -- to do what's legal, and that is to go to a state to get an abortion if that's what they choose to get. >> or medically need for their lives. >> or need to do

i had breakfast this morning with the acting commandant, general smith of the united states marine quorum. for the first time in a hundred years, the united states marine corps has no commandant. vice admiral fisherman chetty, chosen to lead the navy, the first woman to be in that position, has been held hostage. general charles brawn, uniquely accomplished aviators and leader, unable to assume his responsibility as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. and under them, men and women like lieutenant general james beerman nominated to be lieutenant general of the marine corps and commandant. major general bradford gearing to be lieutenant general of the united states marine corps and deputy commandant aviation. these men served 35 years. major general gregory maciello to be defense contract management agency. these men and women have put their careers, their lives, their families on the line, and now they are waiting because our colleague from alabama wants to make a political point. he has a political policy, and he is using these military nominees as pawns and hostages. it is nothing sho

united states senate. the senator from alabama is treating the admiral as a political pawn. the president has nominated major general roger turner to be a lieutenant general in the united states marine corps and the commanding general of the third map. mr. president, i believe your son serves in the u.s. marine corps. the third in japan is not going to have a confirmed general. he spent 34 years in service. mr. president, finally -- not finally, i have a few more. and, by the way, there's another 100 sitting over here on the bench. the president nominated vice admiral william houston to be an admiral of the united states navy, full admiral while serving as director of naval nuclear propulsion. this admiral is in charge of all of our nuclear reactors and he can't get promoted after spending 33 years in the united states navy because senator tuberville is treating him like a political pawn. now finally, mr. president, the president of the united states nominated major general tony howell to be a lieutenant general. i know major general howell. he's serving as the commanding general and commandant and the commanding general in for the huachuca in my state of arizona. he spent 29 years

the reality is there is no commandant of the united states marine corps. ards and said, i cannot imagine what it would have been like to serve in the marine corps, many of them served in active duty positions in active war zones in infantry positions. what would it have been like to serve in the united states marine corps, knowing that there was no commandant, that there was no leadership because of one united states senator. it is creating, politicizing the military in a way that is dangerous and it is impacting our military readiness in a way that is just deeply irresponsible. >> congresswoman abigail sandler, thank you for providing a lot of clarity to us. up next, we will pull back the curtain on the so-called moms for liberty and their mission to bend school curriculums across the country to their will. and later saudi arabia is now the center of pro golf. what could they go after next? we are back, after a quick break. ack, after a quick break. break. with a majority of my patience with sensitivity, i see irritated gums and weak enamel. sensodyne sens

the best way understand is, is that if killing came naturally to human beings, the united states army, united states marine corps, would not spend millions and millions of dollars a training recruits to kill. you know, if you're a young man, you joined the marine corps. you're going into the infantry, i should say, woman. now, because when they can go in the imagery as well, you will spend 13 weeks and recruit training. then you'll go to advanced infantry training, which i believe now is about 10 weeks long. then you will go to your unit and you will spend the rest of your time on your contract with the marine corps training the kill because that's what they have to do. to condition you to get to the point where you can go across the planet and kill a stranger in their homeland problem is when you come back, you're not dream washer condition. so when you come back, that conditioning where's off. and that's where the moral injury starts. to set it, and as you have to then rectify, you have to deal with what you took part in the what that means to whom you believe yourself to be as a person, missus, without

the best way understand is, is that if killing came naturally to human beings, the united states army, united states marine corps, would not spend millions and millions of dollars training recruits to kill. you know, if you're a young man, you joined the marine corps. are you going into the infantry? i should say woman now, because when they can go in the imagery as well, you will spend 13 weeks and recruit training. then you'll go to advanced infantry training, which i believe now is about 10 weeks long. then you will go to your unit and you will spend the rest of your time on your contract with the marine corps training the kill because that's what they have to do to condition you to get to the point where you can go across the planet and kill a stranger in their homeland problem is when you come back, you're not dream washer condition. so when you come back, that conditioning where's off. and that's where the moral injury starts to set it. and as you have to then rectify, you have to deal with what you took part in the what that means to whom you believe yourself to be as a person, missus, without trans

and it's a special joy to be in the hawkeye state this weekend with a marine poor mom, a lifelong school teacher. and the best 2nd lady to the united states of america has ever had. would you join me in thanking my wife, karen pans for her life long service to america? you know, this is our 15th trip to i was since leaving the white house, which is what the chairman kaufman calls a good start. a darren. and i want to say thank you all for the very warm welcome, especially the warm welcome we received in urban dale on the 4th of july where it was only 95 degrees for the 2 mile parade. and the best part was the last half mile was all up hill. but thank you all. it's a joy to be with you. i stand before you today. extraordinary. bless. had the opportunity to live my dream of representing my home town in the congress of the united states, where i was a leader for some 12 years. i was governor of my home state where we balanced budgets, cut taxes, and created record employment. and while they take this opportunity to thank you for the privilege of serving as your vice president, it was the greatest honor of my life. i stand before you t

pence in the united states marine corps. [applause] my son is a fighter pilot.y son in law is a navy fighter pilot. and i'll tell you what, i never want to see american armed forces in ukraine. i want to give the ukrainian military what they need to fight and repel the russian invasion. i think we need to stop them there so that our men and women in uniform are never called upon to stop that russian military when they cross a border that we would have to defend. >> so you would oppose ukraine entering nato because that would of course, immediately require us to go to war with russia, which you oppose. >> you know, i said very clearly that ukrainian entrance into nato should depend on when the war is over. and i made that clear with president zelenskyy that that was my view, and what i understood in speaking with him was he understood that it needed to be conditional. if we were to allow ukraine to join nato today, then the obligations of the nato treaty on mutual defense would initiate immediately and we'd be pulled into a conflict. i don't want that to happen,

didn't hear| the specific nomenclature on that but we have a number of for the united states army in the united states marine what they will do as they would take it off—the—shelf long range type of weapon, not an automatic weapon and what they would do is modify it and improve the sites that are available on that and improve the structure of it so it is well—balanced and you may also improve the preach mechanism of it so you can actually put in a much stronger round and the raffle around itself which increases the accuracy and distance. that me askin: the accuracy and distance. that me asking about _ the accuracy and distance. that me asking about the _ the accuracy and distance. that me asking about the ukrainian - the accuracy and distance. that me asking about the ukrainian efforts. asking about the ukrainian efforts across the line of the drone attacks on moscow. it provoking russia for very little gain? i know a scenario where vladimir putin could use this and increase the patriotism in russia because the homeland is now under attack. russia because the homeland is now under attack-— under attack. ther

major general bradford gearing to be lieutenant general of the united states marine corps and deputy commandant aviation. these men served 35 years. major general gregory maciello to be defense contract management agency. these men and women have put their careers, their lives, their families on the line, and now they are waiting because our colleague from alabama wants to make a political point. he has a political policy, and he is using these military nominees as pawns and hostages. it is nothing short, in effect an assault on our united states military. so nothing i say here may persuade him, but what is happening is a travesty and a tragedy for our nation because it undermines not just our readiness now but our recruitment in the future. the marine corps is the only service that is making its criement -- recruitment goal. the army, navy, air force are down significantly, and this beings which disgracefully puts our readiness at risk, serious danger also undermines our ability to attract the best and brightest from this country as our military has always done. it is the reason tha

a 3-time purple heart recipient and 15 year veteran of the united states marine corps who suffered multipletunnel to towers founder and ceo frank stiller joins us now. tell us about this marine with three purple hearts. >> she's a great american hero serving our country and three purple hearts, survived 3 different -- it is amazing and you know what happens to these guys when they have these injuries. some visible and some not. his body is riddled with shrapnel, traumatic brain injury and he has gone through a journey that has been incredible. he didn't want to live at one point. you know how many suffer like that. he's come out the other side and we put him in a mortgage free smart home that gives them back a lot so he's going to get the use of one leg can barely move and a couple years ago, he was in much worse shape. it's a great day for tunnel to towers foundation but a better day for staff sergeant ben webb but this is where the donations ago, viewers help us with $11 a month. joe: your an innovator. in this world of helping servicemembers your an innovator because you don't say you go

we are one day from enacting commandant of the united states marine corps. according to marine corps history division, there have been four acting commandants in the history of the marine corps which was established in 1775, for those who are counting. the last acting commandant served over a century ago in 1910 and three of the four acting commandants, the result of the previous commandant dying in the position of commandant, an unexpected development. could general smith, the current assistant commandant serve as the acting commandant? yes, of course he can. but we must ask ourselves why we would allow it. why would the senate allow that to happen, with not only our competitors watching, but the eyes of all who serve watching. we have the ability and the responsibility to act. we should do so. semper fidelis, always faithful, is the marine corps motto. let congress, this congress show a modicum of this phase today and confirm general eric smith as the next commandant. with that, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the conside

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in the united states army, we don't have full combat teams. the united states marineoesn't have amphibious assault craft. we are not focusing on core competence and mission that you've got young men and women who don't want to be part of this woke military were cultural marxism is an emphasis. how can you have an effective military force if you tell meyer force brother here that he is bad? he's a no pressure because of his skin color, you tell me i'm oppressed because of my skin color. how do you expect me to get on his c-130 and conductor paratrooper operation when i look at him and think he is a racist. you don't build a cohesive force that way. electric vehicles, in the middle of a tank battle, got to recharge my tank. can you not shoot at me. those are the types of things that happen. you know something else? with the secretary of the army came out two weeks ago and said, she does not want to recruit from generational service in the military and does not want to perpetuate the warrior east coast. on the battlefield, handout daisies? okay? it is all about the civil

family which is what the patches are really all about, my son michael is a captain in the united states marinecorps. he and his wife, sarah give us our first two granddaughters over the last two years. you can about that if you want. my daughter charlotte who is about selling author and rice for the daily wire, some of the young people are familiar with that great outfit. she is married to one of my unready silos. henry is actually a lieutenant in the united states navy. he was after the first billing employee at united states 's but our daughter charlotte also give us our third granddaughter. our lives have been rich and full the last two years since moving back home to indiana. the reason i stand before you today and the reason i came to i want to announce my intent to seek the republican nomination for president is because i think this country is in a lot of trouble. when we look at the experiences we have had not just as vice president, we have the privilege to represent america and advance our administration's agenda -- my four years as governor of indiana where we balance budgets and cut

obviously as an admiral a leader within tvy, i w it strikes you that the leadership of the united states marines is being held hostage by one senator, and he is no veteran, he has no military experience whatsoever, has not served the country in that way. yet he still feels because he's opposed to abortion he can do this. here is what president biden has to say about tommy tuberville. >> he's jeopardizing u.s. security. i expect the republican party to stand up, stand up and do something about it. the idea that we're injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions what, in fact, as a domestic social debate on social issues is bizarre. i don't ever recall that happening, ever. it's just totally irresponsible in my view. >> admiral, i'll let you add your thoughts. >> the president biden obviously is exactly right. coach tuberville is a football coach. he ought to understand that teams need leaders. you can't just rip out the coaches. that's what's happening. we'll have a u.s. marine corps, arguably our most elite fighting force without a come man can't for the first time in 150 years. you think

but for the first time after that retirement and 164 years of the united states marine corps does note a commandant confirmed by the senate of the united states i am the father of eight united states marine. i am unaware of anything the marines have done that would warrant being punished in this way. i am unaware of anything the marines have done that would warrant being disrespected in this way. having their leadership hobbled in this way. one of my colleagues is exercising a prerogative to place a hole on it 250 generals and officers i'm unaware of anything they have done that would warrant them being disrespected or punished or delayed in their careers. just because a prerogative can be exercised does not mean it should be exercised. we marked up the national defense authorizing act in this committee two weeks ago there were some things i wanted in the act i did not get in. i was disappointed. there are things that got added to the acts that i opposed. i was disappointed. but i am not taking my disappointment out on people who have volunteered to wear the uniform of this country an

> this was a ceremony today, a relinquishment of office ceremony for the commandant of the united states marine corps. he's retiring but just relinquishing his job because there's nobody to hand it over to. no commandant to take his place, which leads the marine corps without a senate approved leader for the first time in over 150 years. that is thanks to republican abortion bans. what? yeah. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville for months has been single handedly blocking the promotions of all high ranking generals and admirals including service chiefs. tuberville says he'll continue to block all military promotions no matter the harm until the pentagon agrees to make it harder for women service members to get abortions. he says there's too many abortion rights if you are serving your country in america, and he wants that to end. this is the kind of thing that you think would be prohibitively unpopular. here's a republican senator screwing over the marine corps, hundreds of high ranking military officers, hobbling parts of the u.s. armed forces so he can take rights away from service me

united states military. it is crazy what they are doing. they're blocking the marines marine corps from being a commandant for the first time in 150 years. they say they wish american military people could be as tough and masculine as the russian military. i mean, are you kidding me? would we like to ask the russian military -- you know what we ought to do? ask the wagner group thugs that rushed the united states military and ask -- oh, we can't. they were all killed in, like, two or three minutes. you know, i think the u.s. troops were probably watching mlb, and somebody said, "russians are attacking us, us,," and they said, "okay, kill 'em," and it was over just like that. you have republicans saying they want our troops to be more like russia. it's insane. katty kay, the fbi is trying to actually enforce laws against people who steal nuclear secrets. this is what chris wray said yesterday, "defunding the fbi, like these republicans want to defund the fbi, it would hurt the american people. neighborhoods and communities all across this country. the people who are pr

yes, my brother was a first lieutenant in the united states marine tour.ved proudly two tours in iraq and was killed in his second tour of duty while pulling to safety two of his wounded teammates. so we started the travis mannion foundation because we wanted to highlight how important it is to make sure that these men and women and their stories are continuing to be told and that we're supporting our entire military community. >> so what do you think about this article that we just quoted from the "wall street journal" saying that even family members of the military may not feel that it is the best spot for their children? i mean, i get that this has been your life's work, and that probably is a little disheartening to see that. >> yeah, you know, i read the article. and while a little of that may be true, i think if you look at the stats that 80% of army recruits have a parent serving in the military, i think that tells a little bit of a different story. the story is that, you know, parents are passing down their experience in the military as a positive

. >>> a united states marine is now in custody after missing 14-year-old girl was found in the barracks at camp pendleton. we have a live report on that ahead. plus, a new warning from northern california. why poyongyang said it may shoo down u.s. spy planes in the region. >>> and this is supposed to get rid of fine lines and wrinkles. now health officials are saying that a so-called vampire facial potentially gave someone hiv. those details and much more when cnn newsws central returns. or the tacosos at the taco shack. nah, i'm working on my y six pack. wewell, good luck with that. earn big with chase e freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashbhback? using the finest materials, like indulgent memory foam, and ultra-conforming innersprings, r a beautiful mattress, and indescribable comfort. for a limid time, save $400 on select stearn& foster mattresses. new projec means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visi

the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the united states marine corps, and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask further that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 305 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 305 commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip hop and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or deb

earlier this, year a democrat and united states marine veteran lucas coons announced his bid and he iscohen says his main focus is to bring back power to the working class and he is turn that mission into a fund raising machine. clinton's campaign is already outweighs hollies after bringing in more than two point $3 million since january. joining me now to discuss his campaign and his platform is missouri democratic senate candidate lucas kunce. lucas, i was of spending time with you because you always deliver it straight. your campaigns have always been very clear about you will be able to do for the people of missouri and you launched your campaign with a blistering ad on the second anniversary of the january 6th attack capitol, showing the infamous image of josh hawley raising his fist and calling quote, a killer. i was a message of being an alternative to josh hawley currently resonating with perspective voters? >> well i mean it is slamming right? because what i want to do is i want to fundamentally change was the power in this country. i want to take it back for everyday missouri

. >> united states marine right here. thank you for your service. to go ahead and wrap this up. i think we might play some jason aldean in main and have some breakfast and eggs. what do you all think about it? [cheers and applause] >> joey: all right, guys. back over to you. >> ainsley: thanks, joey, great job. >> lawrence: top democrats targeted major hack attack by china. >> brian: general jack keane on what he thinks the consequences should be. >> ainsley: one of the most anticipated movies of the year oppenheimer hits theaters today and brian sat down with christopher nolan, you don't want to miss that. >> the story of oppenheimer is simply the most dramatic story i have ever encountered whether you are looking at fiction or historical fact. it's a story with incredible stakes, incredible suspense. you know, this is a person who changed the world forever. ♪ these aren't just shipments. they're promises. big promises. small promises. cuddly shaped promises. each with a time and a place they've been promised to be. and the people of old dominion n

i had breakfast this morning with the acting commandant, general smith of the united states marine quorumfor the first time in a hundred years, the united states marine corps has no commandant. vice admiral fisherman chetty, chosen to lead the navy, the first woman to be in that position, has been held hostage. general charles brawn, uniquely accomplished aviators and leader, unable to assume his responsibility as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. and under them, men and women like lieutenant general james beerman nominated to be lieutenant general of the marine corps

we served together in the united states marine corps and i have gotten to know his wife jennifer over the years. she's made it her mission to raise awareness about the transplant process and prevent others from facing a similar fate. because the organ transplant system is so complex, people don't know how it works or patients are protected. i looked into this issue in 20 10r and i explored ways to try incentivize innovation in this space and i had to coax people into innovating in the kidney space. the bureaucrats told me it will go nowhere and i started working on reform in 2018. i told the "washington post" then we can't allow thousands of americans to die each other waiting for life-saving organs if only it was managed by competent individuals operating in the light of day. i was have organizations which the center for medicare and medicaid services and former chairman grassley and senator cardin in launching an investigation that same year. i welcomed the announcement that hrsa will break up the organ transplantation monopoly. and the network at bipartisan that gives them the tool

nation has pointed out it already had a direct impact on their readiness for the first time the united states marine corps is without a senate confirmed, donald. everyone should take note of how extreme the situation is. in the democratic party commitment to national security, i say take a look in the political mirror. the national defense authorization act we have before us is a serious proposal that of course means there's compromises included. what it will take to make progress far from perfect for instance the bill once again in my estimation extends unnecessary restrictions transferring. this will make it even harder to close this facility once and for all. the amount of money we ask taxpayers to spend on guantÁnamo is indefensible. it includes questionable provisions based on false concerns regarding adversity and conclusion, provisions that ultimately impair. i would like to see several of my amendments considered including those that would hold accountable perpetrators of atrocities in ukraine and elsewhere pushed the pentagon to toward technologies of the future addressed the troubling huma