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united states navy during world war ii. as you saw, we have a united states marine slogging through one of the number-less rice patti's of vietnamould just as easily be a young american at gettysburg or at pontotoc, one of 41 million americans who have put on the uniform since the first shots were fired at lexington green in april 70 1775. ordinary americans called upon to do extraordinary things. and president nixon was there, he gave voice to a generation forced in the fight against fascism and communism. he was steeped in the harsh diplomatic questions of the 20th century. he represented the confluence of politics within and cycle of pete acknowledge of his enemies wants and weaknesses. i can remember the electric effect that he had on my mother and her fellow army wives. they talked about nixon. they knew he was one of us, and then if anybody could figure out, here is the man who stood with eisenhower for eight years. as i said here several years ago, my parents jumped ship to vote for richard nixon, and they never looked back. in 1994 on this spot, senator bob dole said that the second half of the 20th century would be know

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united states air force. and united states space. have. guys are always so close. and. so. so. and. the united states marine corps corps. about to this. outstanding. major general, i'll leave you with one quick note before jim jim byron back. you should know across the country, the richard place at af the vietnam veterans memorial, at the marine corps memorial, at the air force memorial, navy were today to salute you on national vietnam war veterans day. good evening. my name is jane campbell and as president ceo of the united states capitol historical society, i have the honor of serving as the master of ceremonies for this event. i want to acknowledge that several of my board members are here, i have to be especially nice to them. they are my bosses. don carlson, my board chair, sean perry giles who else is here from the board way your hand. thank you very

united states air force. and united states space. have. guys are always so close. and. so. so. and. the united states marine corps corps. about to this. outstanding. major general, i'll leave you with one quick note before jim jim byron back. you should know across the country, the richard nixon foundation has place at all of the iconic monuments in our nation's capital at the vietnam veterans memorial, at the marine corps memorial, at the air force memorial, navy memorial. in your honor, those rights were today to salute you on national vietnam war veterans day. good evening. my name is jane campbell and as president ceo of the united st

tee, michael mosley, longtime chief of staff of the united states air force force, major general benjamin watson is the commanding general of first marine division. and we not only welcome, but thank him for his support and the support of the united states marine corps to bring this 50th anniversary to life. thank you, general. i like to recognize also tamara martin, who's the recently appointed director of nixon presidential libraries, federal operations, the national archives and records administration. thank you, tamara. now let's begin our evening in prayer as robert certain delivers this evening's invocation. the let us pray. well, lord, our governor blessed the leaders of our that we may be a people in, but at peace among ourselves and a blessing to other nations. the earth to the president and members of the cabinet, to governors of states, mayors of cities and in a ministry of authority, grant, wisdom and grace in the exercise of their duties to senator and representatives and those who make laws in our states, cities and towns give courage, wisdom and foresight provide for the needs of our people and to fulfill our obligations.

she attended stanford and after deploying twice to iraq and afghanistan with the united states marine corps, she joined nasa's astronaut corps in 2013. wow. what an impressive moments and how cool that our local schools are going to. >> hear from her learn her story and i mean, get some really cool insight on what it's like to be an astronaut just in general. i think less than a year ago is when she went up to space and she's already back right very cool. we'll see you back here in we'll see you back here in companies there. (♪♪) rsv can be a dangerous virus... [sneeze] ...for those 60 and older. it's not just a cold. and if you're 60 or older... ...you may be at increased risk of hospitalization... [coughing] ...from this highly... ...contagious virus. not all dangers come with warning labels. talk to your pharmacist or doctor... ...about getting vaccinated against rsv today. for joint food with tamasteen, brought to you by nordic healthy living, a proud sponsor of the arthritis national research foundation. these statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration

[martial music] this is a group of united states marine corp pilots flying over the port city of tianjin in north china during the 1920's. the subject matter alone makes this footage notable, but so does the cameraman. we don't know who he is, but he must have been good. would the marines have chosen someone who wasn't proficient to document their exploits? [mellow music] in china, the period from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century is known as the 'century of humiliation.' the dangers posed by invasion, occupation, and rebellion were seen as perpetual threats by china's leaders. - over its history, china has been invaded from many directions by many people, and this has made it suspicious of foreigners. also, china is a country of diverse provinces and ethnic minorities, some of which had rebelled in earlier times. the chinese communist party is obsessed with the image of a unified china and it represses any thoughts of separatism. [upbeat music] - [bill] during the first half of the 20th century, thousands of foreign children, the sons and daughters of business executives,

united states military. it'll damage our readiness. it'll damage the united states marines because of the tommy tuberville. damage the united states army because of tommy tuberville. but he doesn't care. the most extreme members of his party in alabama, they don't care. who doesn't care? swing voters. they're going to lose again. >> it's the long game. >> yeah, people in the republican party, joe, the republicans are under attack. no, i'm helping you win an election. you were incapable of winning elections. >> they'll never hear you. >> you look at other people but never your own. you don't have the courage or the intelligence to write your path. you keep going toward a cliff with people like tommy tuberville damaging the united states marines. wow. >>> katty, before we go to break. quick turn. breaking news from the bbc, england is through at the world cup quarterfinals after beating nigeria on penalty kicks, despite lauren james being sent off for a standing. i've been sent off for a standing myself at times, and it's not fun. but england is through. >> that's great. >> we'll talk about the u.s., but cong

. >> investigation is underway into what caused the united states marine corps aircraft 23 marines onoard to crash on a north australian island sunday morning, killing at least three marines and critically injuring at least five others during a training exercise. >> our focus is very incident response and making sure that every support and assistance is given. >> revived responding in a statement, grading "jill and i send our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. we are praying for those who also suffered injuries." it was a multinational training exercise, but only american greens were involved. australian emergency services assisting with recovery efforts. they evacuated the injured to a hospital on the mainland. >> a number of investigations will be triggered. >> the hybrid and lands like a helicopter, during fight it can rotate propellers forward and cruise faster like an airplane, but the aircraft has a patchy track record. 16 people have died in five other crashes involving the aircraft since 2012, including two in this fiery crash in hawaii in 2015.

that as a vice president, but i'm also proud of the fact that our son is a captain in the united states marineorps and one of our unworthy son in laws is a lieutenant in the united states navy. so it's personal for us and frankly, to see the way the biden administration has been working to cut military spending since they first came into office is another reason why i stepped forward. i mean, even the recent budget ceiling debt ceiling deal that they did actually, if they don't finish all their work, it will result in a 1% cut in military spending. you know, at a time that china is literally dropping a new warship in the asia pacific. about every month, we have an administration that literally is growing government, growing mandates, growing spending, but working to cut defense spending that all changes the day that i become president of the united states. i promise you. >> thank you for that. i think the weakness on the world stage is scary what we're seeing right now and it's just an invitation for some really bad things, you know. so we ask iowans to weigh in with some questions. so, you kn

. >> i'm from oklahoma, united states marines two-term combat veteran.-day redskin. the main has honor, a symbol of elite where, it's not slurred, not a nickname, it's something we achieve to be. >> the washington commanders said they changed the name because it was offending native american community but can you tell me which people within the community were offended? >> like yourself, i can't speak for everybody but being native american, being a veteran, i know there are a lot of studies done, independent studies, all of these -- even the washington post, not exactly friendly especially to redskins nfl team, it comes back as 90% plus approval rating. these last eight to ten years especially, the first don't really get to say their piece, they speak to the tent so with 90% approval rating again and again, it's been ignored and that's what's tough because our voices have not been heard. >> typically i don't get in the fight with redskins because i'm typically on the other side, we have an ultimate rivalry so i'm used to you guys getting beat by us. what

joining me now is a retired colonel from the united states marine corps, brendan kearney. of us marine corps forces europe in stuttgart, germany. welcome and thank you for being with us. what impact do you think this demand for all wagner troops to swear allegiance to putin will have? i think it will have limited impact, to be honest with you. i think there will be some who will sign allegiance but i think the vast majority of them have enjoyed working in the wagner group, primarily because it was a lucrative enterprise to be associated with. they have been all over the world. they have made an awful lot of money for prigozhin and his senior leadership and for russia, and for putin. i think a lot of them will go ahead and see who takes control of wagner and seeing where that may take them all. ., ., ., , them all. yeah, and if that is auoin to them all. yeah, and if that is going to be _ them all. yeah, and if that is going to be the _ them all. yeah, and if that is going to be the case, - them all. yeah, and if that is going to be the case, who i them all. yeah, and if th

united states armed forces, devastating. devastating, and yet, they're letting this guy from alabama basically lay waste to readiness in the united states marine corps, the united states army, and across all of the services. like, have you heard of any republicans in the senate who actually give a damn enough about the readiness of the marines and the army and the air force and the navy and the coast guard? have you heard any of them saying they're going to stand up to tubberville and stop this madness? >> there's been some private grumbling, but very little in the way of public concerns. we did hear from nikki haley yesterday, who said that she didn't like how this was going down. that she sided with the idea of tubberville, that the military shouldn't be doing this, but said it shouldn't be carried out like this. maybe that will be the start of something, it remains to be seen. but republicans were proudly declared the party of national security, of defense, and yet they've turned their back on this particular issue. and it's 100%. that's exactly right. it's hard to make that claim now. and it also should be noted that this is further proof

when four united states marines were killed at tongo tongo in niger -- if you look at the map to see where tongo tongo is, right on the border between mali , niger, and burkina faso. when these four marines were killed in 2017, two now, the pentagon cannot say what happened to these four marines. the abc documentary talks about the murkiness of the intelligence and the opaque operations of the pentagon in niger. the united states needs to remove its military forces from africa and to support the peace, social justice forces in africa who are fighting for reconstruction in that part of the world. so the united states itself gave a force -- against the people of africa at the moment. amy: i want to ask about the leaders of burkina faso, mali, guinea, all warning against the foreign intervention to reverse the coup. burkina faso's interim leader who took power in a coup in september recently spoke in moscow during the russia-africa summit, criticize what he called imperialist neocolonialism. >> the questions my generation is asking are the following come if i can summarize, is that we d

kumasi: the urgent investigation now underway into what caused a united states marine corps aircraft to crash during a multinational training exercise. five people died. the osprey is a hybrid aircraft that takes off and lands in a helicopter but during flight, it can rotate it colors forward and cruise much faster like an airplane. >> a number of investigations will be triggered with an accident of this kind. the osprey is a very unique aircraft. kumasi: there have been 16 in similar clutch problems with the marine ospreys in flight since 2012. there have been no problems since february. jobina: a 20-year-old college student at the university of south carolina was shot to death when he accidentally entered the wrong house. police say those inside took him -- mistook him for a burglar. the student just started his sophomore year last week. police say they found him in the street just outside that house and a few homes away from where he lived. police did not say if any charges will be filed. a similar shooting happened earlier this year in kansas city when a 17-year-old was shot ente

and i'm the proud mother of united states marine corps corporal hunter lopez. i would first like to start off by speaking of my son. hunter has been described as a marine's marine. he knew he had to be prepared physically, mentally, and tactically. he invested countless hours working out, reading military history, listening to tactical podcasts. he invested hours upon hours at the range on his own time and bought himself the best gear to use. he would not settle for second best. he did all of this without leaving others behind or to fend for themselves. i would venture to say that in addition to service to the country after having trained, lived and known his close marine friends for many years, hunter also dedicated to protecting and looking out for the well-being of his fellow marines. second, i would like to thank everyone who has made this endeavor possible and given all our families a voice. this is an important process for us, for our family, and i believe there is more that needs to be disclosed, not only to the families of the fallen, but to all of the v

the former united states marine was arrested in moscow in 2018, and he was sentenced to 16 years.hile today is also the hearing date for russian opposition politician alexey navalny. this right here and this right here is brand-new hearing that just wrapped up minutes ago. the fierce critic of vladimir putin is already facing a sentence of about a decade but just minutes ago, prosecutors announced ago that they were extending that sentence by as many as 19 years. he was arrested in 2021 when he returned to russia from germany where he was being treated for being poisoned. jerry and? >> gillian: thank you so much for the key started. >> police have an update in the gilgo beach killer case, they said to bring a press conference for new details in just a few minutes and we will bring into your life. plus, from a saying that kind meanest party is stealing their intellectual property costing us millions of dollars, and what lawmakers are doing about this coming up. ♪ ♪ to combat today's rising prices. lower your monthly payments with the three c's: pay down your credit cards, pay off y

first of all, let me complement my gallagher on his op-ed in the wall street journal, he is a united states marinerine it relates to being accurate on the rival range, you put steel on target and mike gallagher would it comes to china and his recommendations has put steel on target as it relates to tiktok and quit sending u.s. capital to companies in china that are on the blacklist in making sure, he would argue i'm sure like i would that releasing these holes in lifting the prohibition on the 27 companies that it hasn't worked in the past that the failed strategy and it hasn't been around good behavior. i think you have to basically be very tough on the capital flows and tighten down on the flow of exporting material and say we don't want china to convert to the military power, in terms of genome around her. she's a pro-business member of the cabinet, one of the more effective members, i don't worry as much as her traveling over there. china is stroking a little bit in their economy so maybe she'll come back with more positive news than her predecessor. frankly again, peace through strength, you

i'm a united states marine. two-time combat veteran. i'm the epitome of a modern day red skin.ep honor and it is a status symbol of an elite warrior, it is not a slur. it is not a nickname. it is something that we achieve to be. >> harris: so far, 92,000 people have signed their petition. get this, they picked up 2,000 signatures in one hour this morning. clay. >> i bet they are about to pick up way more. i think the overwhelming rejection of this politically correct era where we have to be renaming teams. i would point to a solid precedent here. that's what happened with the florida state seminoles. anyone who every watched their athletics knows the seam gnomes are being honored by being the official mascot of florida state. the seminole tribe is honored to be affiliated with that school and they won't take that away. in my book american playbook out right now i say something that i've been arguing for years. i would be fine if we wanted to end mascot controversies once and for all. we could sit on one side of the table and the progressive woke culture on the other side and co

. >> other breaking news we're following this morning, at least three united states marines are dead, five others are injured after a military crash during training exercises off the northern australia coast. 23 marines or aboard the osprey aircraft when it went down near melville, island. msnbc correspondent, serge ames, joins us now, live from melbourne, australia. sarah, what more can you tell us about the circumstances surrounding this osprey crash? >> well, the investigation is underway at this hour. to exactly what did cause the crash of that aircraft, we know is transporting troops and is participating in a military exercise called exercise predators run 2023. that is an international exercise, a training exercise that was going on that included the united states, australia, indonesia, the philippines, and east -- 2500 troops and all who are participating in this exercise. obviously, something went wrong. they don't know exactly what it was that caused this osprey to crash. what we can tell you is that the response was really swift. the tea we islands are off the north coast of

three united states marines were killed after their osprey aircraft crashed. another 20 marines were wounded in the incident. five of them are currently in serious condition. the accident occurred off an island off australia's northern coast during a routine multi nation training exercise. this model ospreys which can take off and land like a helicopter but fly like an airplane has a history of fatal crashes. in june 2022, five marines died when their osprey crashed during an exercise in southern california. four u.s. service members died in an osprey crash during nato exercises in norway in march 2022. one marine was killed and 21 others were injured during an osprey crash in hawaii in 2015. two marines were killed when an osprey crashed during exercises in morocco in 2012. at least 30 people have also died during developmental testing of the aircraft. up next, we will turn our attention to donald trump and what republicans are doing to aid in his campaign and retribution against the prosecutors who are bringing charges against him. prosecutors who are bringi

three united states marines were killed and five others critically injured. fox's alexandria hoff has the story. well, on top of the three who have died, we know that five marines were transported to the hospital in serious condition. others received treatment right there on the ground. the crash happened at 9:30 a.m. local time on melville island, which is about 35 miles off the darwin coast. no civilians were injured . australian officials say that two us marine osprey had taken off from darwin headed toward the tiwi islands when reports of a crash came in. we acknowledge that this is a terrible incident . the northern territory government stands by to offer whatever assistance is required and we have stood up a number of systems in the northern territory to respond to this incident. we are well resourced and well practiced in the northern territory in responding to emergencies, according to the marine rotational force darwin, the us marines aboard the osprey were flying as part of a joint training with australia and other countries that was called exercise

he lived out his dream and became a united states marine. on august 28, 2021, our family flew to dover to bring kareem home. in a casket. under this nation's great flag. on august 29, 2021, with only four hours of sleep since the day kareem died, i met with the person who holds the position of the so-called commander in chief of the united states military. president biden and his wife walked up to shake my hand. and i declined. i was clear to biden that i didn't care to talk to him. i was there for my son. then i changed my mind. i wanted him to know kareem. my son. he was just 20. he would never have a chance to get married or have a family. he would have made an amazing daddy. i know this because he was so amazing with his niece and nephew. i wanted to show biden the human being and the hero who lost his life serving next to his fellow marines. instead, he interrupted me twice to talk about his son, beau, who died from cancer, saying he knew how i felt. he never thanked us for my son's service or told us he was sorry for our losses. on aug

he lived out his dream and became a united states marine. on august 28, 2021, our family flew to dover to bring kareem home. in a casket. under this nation's great flag. on august 29, 2021, with only four hours of sleep since the day kareem died, i met with the person who holds the position of the so-called commander in chief of the united states military. president biden and his wife walked up to shake my hand. and i declined. i was clear to biden that i didn't care to talk to him. i was there for my son. then i changed my mind. i wanted him to know kareem. my son. he was just 20. he would never have a chance to get married or have a family. he would have made an amazing daddy. i know this because he was so amazing with his niece and nephew. i wanted to show biden the human being and the hero who lost his life serving next to his fellow marines. instead, he interrupted me twice to talk about his son, beau, who died fromness car, saying he knew had -- from cancer, saying he knew how i felt. he never thanked us for my son's service or told us

i was the united states marine and i developed ptsd. i'm here to support jewel because i moved in april this year and both of my bedroom and living room windows face their business. i never had inconvenience, disturbance, annoyance any way shape or form. this whole happenings is very new to me. when i heard about it, i heard about her strife-i was very moved and touched because she has done so much for the community and has been nothing but a joy. i live a stones throw from her, three doors down and the level of sound that comes out of there is negligent. i manage a business close by as well. i have music in my business i play. we have neighbors upstairs. we have a great relationship. music is always off by 10 o'clock. never had a problem with them, and i think that the level of noise they are producing and the quality that they are bringing to the community-when i moved here with my partner, also one of the first openly gay serving marines in 2003 when i came out, we wanted to be closer to the heart and community and atmosphere and liv

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

. >> this guy is a proud veteran of the united states marines. he was even born on the 4th of july. worked as a mechanic. he's worked in a factory and had gotten a job at the local prison where he was liked so much he reached the level of lieutenant. >> james addie does have some history. he's been married four times he has so many ex-wives that apparently some of his own family members say they can't keep track of everyone's names. >> i loved melanie. she was always nice, always kind, funny. it was just melanie. the type of women that jim liked were very nice, very kind. >> but now it's james and molly. >> and they really did seem to love each other. i mean, according to jim, it was a relationship unlike anything he'd had before. something that he said, the mutual respect between the two, that they could share anything with each other. it's something any of us would love to have in a relationship with another person. >> after seven years of having this relationship with james, well, she surprises her family. she suddenly announces, i'm engaged. >> and it was just kind of all of a s

unit let's look further, except on the threshold of occupation , little green men appear on the peninsula, collaborators become more active , including in kerch, where the 23rd marine guard unit of the stateder service of ukraine is based the unit at that time was headed by captain of the first rank yuriy loshak, some incomprehensible trucks began to move around the city of kerch, either without license plates or those were military numbers, military numbers of the black sea fleet of the russian federation, and a lot of cossacks were being transported on the ferry, they were all dressed up, equipped with caps with their checkers there, we were surprised, and at that time we understood that something so extraordinary was happening. the maritime border guards made an unprecedented decision for themselves, on the night of march 1, they withdrew the ship and boat depot of the kerch detachment in the sea of ​​azov to berdyansk 11 ships and boats are breaking through the storm and ice on board almost a hundred soldiers, this was difficult because it was night, stormy weather, ice, our boats had an aluminum hull, the thickness is not very 3-4 mm and they are not at all suitable for to use them i

well, the theoretical united states, of course, but the situation is not as simple as it seems and ram constantly creates new new new incidents. well, now there are 3,000 marines the united states has transferred and before that the f-35 is another aircraft to reinforce against the iranian seizure of civilian tanker ships in response today the iranians announced that they were handing over cruise missiles to the naval forces, and the general of the corps should solve the sambir revolution in the crowd made a big speech about the fact that they will not allow that they will crash all american ships and all american troops in the persian gulf , the americans will not they want a war in the persian gulf , they don't want to open a new front in the early days, there are people who are ready to raise the stakes and are ready to demonstrate that they are crazy, reckless, that they will shoot at the americans and theoretically, the united states has more opportunities, but in the rhetorical game, those who can play to raise rates are much more powerful. and by the way, you can now, yes, today i read about the fact that china has significantly increased and bought qui