he retired from the united states marine corps and served as a fighter pilot and test pilot. and colonel, i would tell you my marine corps fighter pilot son would be jealous that i had a chance to speak to you today. each of these men have completed two space flights for the space shuttle and 16,000 of training and rigor rouse preparation for next week's launch and let me .ecognize you thank you for being with us today. i know it is a very, very busy time. but honored to speak to you for a few minutes. colonel. [ indiscernible video] >> pretty excited to launch. launched from that facility before. indiscernible video] vice president pence: this is going to be a little bit different. i would love for you to share with the national space council and those looking on, what does it mean to you to be going back from american soil after nearly 10 years and since we ended the space shuttle from program? number two, did you expect to be headed back to space? number three, how different is and experience in training in the rocket itself, the spacecraft from the shuttle mission? > i ap

. >> my dad was a imagimajor infl to join the united states marine corp.ired me to wear the uniform myself. the most senior officer in the military was also inspired by his mother and father to serve our country. i would like to introduce the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley. >> both my parents were part of the greatest generation and proudly served in world war ii. my mother served with the navy at a hospital in seattle taking care of wounded. my father was with the 4th marine division and made assault landings. both have passed on, but i carry their example of integrity and selfless service as daily inspiration. >> since the mid '90s we've been losing these heros at the rate of about 1,500 a day. now we're down to just a handful. i'm glad we have that handful here to thank. if you are more fortunate, you can hear a lot of them in their own words. >> the british flew us into brussels. we had been cleaned up from the prison camp. we had been fed. i remember getting into brussels. they gave us a couple hours off. we went into a bar

the united states today were inspired to use and raise their right hands because of the father or grandfather, a mother, an and. it was my father who inspired me to join the united states marine corps pop. for all those who are currently serving and to those whose booed steps we are following, thank you. ♪ ♪ (amercian anthem) (amercian anthem) thank you for joining us for the commemoration of v-e day. even though we are part, we are never alone. the greatest generation show the world that no matter the sacrifice required, americans will face any challenge with grit, ingenuity and a can do attitude. in recent weeks, america's first responders military and health care professionals have shown that that same victory spirit is alive and well. we salute you. for more inspiring stories on world war ii, is it defends .gov. the lavish apartments. the uptown flats. the shrugged estates. the modest houses of the suburban streets. everywhere, the men were borrowed or taken for keeps. the youngest, the cleanest, the best. wanted each men went a battle in his own way doing his own job. more than half of them saw combat service yuck. apostle percentage of these, not nearly as many as you may ima

. >> my service started in the united states marine corps, and i discharged in 2015 as a sergeant. >> on board u.s.s. enterprise with the u.s. navy, i was deployed to 13 countries. i was also part of the iran hostage situation 1978-80. >> sergeant in the marine corps. i was an m-1-d-1 tank mechanic, and proud to serve. >> i served six years in the u.s. navy, the majority of which was on board the u.s.s. bunker hill. went onto deployment to the gulf. >> joined the united states air force right out of high school. went in as a generator mechanic, and then through that i've gotten placed in a civil engineering squadron. >> got drafted in february 1971. i was assigned to batallion in hamburg, germany, and i was in the u.s. army. >> veterans day today means a lot to me, especially since i served. >> it's not just a three-day weekend. >> we celebrate the participation and the historic role that the military plays in the security of this country. >> it's really great to take time out to recognize those who have served, those of us that like serving. >> it's a day to celebrate and remember wh

he retired from the united states marine corps and served as a fighter pilot and test pilot for 20 for years. memory corp. fighter pilot son would be jealous that i had a chance to speak to you today. he really will. each of these men have completed two space flights for the space shuttle and have logged more than 1300 hrs in space 16,000 of , training. rigorous preparation for next week's launch and let me recognize you. afterwards we will get some comments from colonel hurley. thank you for being with us today. i know it is a very, very busy time. but honored to speak to you for a few minutes. colonel. >> thank you for that, mr. vice president. [indiscernible] we are a small piece of a giant team of this mission. .retty excited to launch we have launched from that facility before. it is nice to be home again. we spent years in the astronaut office going to the process. [indiscernible] excited to bring it back home. [indiscernible] we want to thank the team that worked so hard to keep us pressing forward in the face of the challenges [indiscernible] we are both really excited and prep

and i served honorably in united states marine corps for 4 years let me miss corey chokin i served in the united states coast guard i was harassed and sexually assaulted i was administrative charges after 9 and a half years of service women should not bear their burden that is not part of what we should have been doing to do our jobs were home a criminal activity we're talking about a vicious attack that is the discriminant it is an assault. almost none of these is music. and all of the ones that do almost none of their resulting convictions seems to me in all the time times that i've looked at these things and the command is the one who has so much discretion i think our advocate should actually be civilians not ones that work in the military i think we should have actual units civilian units it absolutely tears in my inside to think that this is been going on for as long as it's been going on and we've never addressed all people in the military most know if you are a perpetrator of sexual assault against someone else military. you're going to be held accountable. so what we've got t

if you want anybody out there, you want a member of our united states air force out there, the united states marine corps, your father, united states army aviator, myself, navy aviation, a flight surgeon. i have been surrounded by america's greatest people, service to our country. so, they go out there with pride, and they go out there with courage, but they've made all those determinations, that what i'm about to do was worth my life, and i am just privileged to be able to do it. >> harris: you brought me to tears. jerry linenger today, thank you. you and capitalize that like no one could. thank you for taking us inside this mission and getting to feel what you felt, and what these men, no doubt, are feeling today. heading to the launchpad 39. god bless america. thank you, jerry. we are going to take a quick break. we are more than 50% there, headed to the launchpad. he heard jerry say, they are going to sit at the bottom of the launchpad before the ride of their lives. stay close. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with one protein feels like. what getting fueled with three energy packed proteins feels like. meat! cheese! and nu

a couple of months ago marked the 75th anniversary of the battle of iwo iwo gee m the united states marine corps and navy were able tote capture the island. while this marks the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of world war ii, we must also never forget all the americans who lost their lives in battle, whether it be the korean war, vietnam war, the first gulf war and the ongoing fight against terrorism in the middle east and all the conflicts that america has fought in. our country's service members, many of them have made the ultimate sacrifices to keep our liberties intact. i recently read a book called "no surrender." you may have heard of t it's a true story of his father roddy edmunds who risked his life during the final days of world war ii to save others from the nazis. his heroic duty saved i think thousands of lives. he was captured and sent to a p.o.w. camp in germany. he risked his life to prevent hundreds of others from nazi persecution and possible death. but at the same time, he witnessed horrific acts and he also witnessed many, many of his fellow soldiers losing their lives in

general jim mattis, united statesthe secretary of defense following a storied career in the united states marine corps. theral mattis rose over course of four decades, was commander of u.s. central command, and while all of that is probably well known, what might not be well known is that gwen graham was teaching at -- when graham was teaching at yale, he ask our students to lay out their strategy for afghanistan, and as a prize, he told the students he would send the best essays to general mattis to grade, which he did. so, general mattis, thank you so much for joining us. thank you for your service to our country and hey, thanks for grading those papers. at this time, i would like to hand it back to the person who will run our conversation today. thanks. jim, andyou so much, thank you secretary mattis and useral lamb for being with this afternoon, or this evening, in general lamb's case, in the u.k. mattis,o ask secretary ask you to reflect for a moment on the significance of the covid-19 event. how big a magnitude do you assess this from a perspective? -- a perspective of global significance? what

conflict and when they decided they would call it quits, v-e day, he transferred over to the united states marine corps so that he could go to the pacific theater. he actually saw action and thank god he came home to us. he served in two different branches of service and two theaters of war. >> any specific questions? >> is it true that during the second world war they had a secret group of nazis to make a fourth reich. >> there were certainly good nazis who got away and escape either the hangman or -- prison. some of them went to south america and there were a few who had ambitions of either reconstituting the german reich. this is a fringe group not to be taken seriously. those who may have had ambitions to put together the tattered remnants of the german is higher and reconstitute it in some fashion. in germany and elsewhere, it is not just germans by any means who feel that the. third reich somehow should be honored. you cannot legally be a nazi in germany. the germans have been extraordinarily capable at educating all germans, particularly younger germans, about what had happened and who was respo

nominated him, president trump also has nominated the first black female general of the united states marine corpsy these type of negative comments, absolutely makes no sense. it's time out for this non nons. this is memorial day. we have many soldier whose fought va valiantly and deserveo be respected. rob: chris says it's ridiculous to put this in the paper on memorial day weekend. how do you respond to that. >> today for memorial day we honor those who fought and gave their lives for our country. for that we are thankful and give utmost gratitude for them. we have to remember a significant amount of people that fight in our military are african american and die for our country and i think racism is important for us to discuss and consider that we have military bases and we should consider thinking about renaming them. rob: the tweet here from the pentagon spokesperson going after the new york times for choosing this particular weekend to run this story. the new york times chose to attack the u.s. military, the most diverse in the country and the most powerful force for good in the world, in wor

conflict, and when they said they were going to call it quits, he transferred over to the united states marine corpsso we could go to what he called the pacific theater. and he actually had seen action. thank god he came home to us. he served in two different branches of service, and to theaters of war. >> okay, robert, any specific question or comment? >> my question for him, is it true that during the second world war, they had a secret group of nazis to make a force right after the war? >> what was the question? >> oh, a fourth reich. >> well, there were certainly good nazis who got away, who escaped either the hangman or prison, or some sort of accountability. some of them famously went to south america. and there were a few that had ambitions of somehow either reconstituting german reich or keeping alive the spirit of the rug in the spirit of adolf hitler. this is a fringe group. they are not really to be taken serious. i think of greater concern is not those who escaped justice, those who may have had ambitions to pull together the tattered remnants of the german empire, and reconstitute it in

conflict and when they decided they would call it quits, v-e day, he transferred over to the united states marine corpsat he could go to the pacific theater. he actually saw action and thank god he came home to us. he served in two different branches of service and two theaters of war. host: any specific questions? caller: i have a question -- is it true that during the second world war, they had a secret group of nazis to make a fourth reich? guest: i didn't hear that. host: a fourth reich? guest: there were certainly good nazis who got away and escape d the hangman or prison or accounting. some of them famously went to south america. there were a few who had ambitions of either reconstituting the german reich. or, at least keeping alive the spirit of the reich in the spirit of adolf hitler. this is a fringe group not to be taken seriously. i think of greater concern is not those who may have had ambitions to pull together the tattered remnants of the german empire and reconstitute it in some fashion. in germany and elsewhere in europe, it is not any means whoy feel that the spirit of the third reich

when they decided they were going to call it quits, v-e day, he transferred over to the united states marine corp so he could go to the -- what do you call it, the pacific theater, and he actually seen action and thank god he come home to us. and he served in two different branches of the service and two theaters of war. >> okay, robert, any specific question or other comment? >> well i had a question for him. is it true that during the second world war they had a secret group of nazis to make a fourth reich after the war. >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear that. >> a fourth reich. >> a fourth reich. >> well, there were certainly good nazis who got away. who escaped either the hangman or prison for some sort of accounting. some of them famously went to south america. and there were a few who had ambitions of somehow either reconstituting the german reich or keeping alive the spirit of the reich for adolf hitler. these are a fringe group, not to be taken seriously. a great concern is not those who escape justice and those who may have had ambitions to pull together the tattered remnants of the german emp

all of them were rewarding starting with my two and a half years overseas in the united states marine corps in world war ii. there i was fighting for my country and in the end we were victorious. i didn't have much to do with it but i was one person out there. i served in the eisenhower administration on the council of economic advisers. it is was a great privilege. i remember going down my office was in a big office building right next to the white house. it used to be called the old state building. anyway, i had an office with a window that looked out at the south lawn of the white house and my father died not long after that butoo longafter thati took into my office and he said you have arrived. so, it was great to work their. and then you have a view of the whole government. and i learned a lot about how you put the statistics together that we talked about all the time, so that was a great experience. and as the secretary of labor, i had i knew the subject matter very well and i knew the department very well because we talked about things in the kennedy and johnson administrations but i

her son is a lance corporal in the united states marine corps. he is deployed right now in the pacific. he was not able to come home and see his mother before she died. the greeley, colorado, beef plant where ms. aye apparently contracted the virus that has now killed her and where these seven additional workers have now died, you might remember that that is the plant that promised that they would test all of their workers before they reopened. they shut down amid signs that they had a major outbreak. vice president pence talked about them from the white house. they said they were going to get testing for all of their team members before they reopened the plant. then something happened with the jbs plant in greeley, colorado, and they went back on those promises and decided to reopen without testing everyone. well, tonight we can report that what they're doing at jbs is that they are screening their workers now for symptoms. they're giving their workers instructions that they shouldn't work if they don't feel well, and it's true. nobody should be

starting with my two and half years overseas in the united states marine corps in world war ii. and i was, fighting for my country. and it was victorious. he didn't much to do with it but i was one person. i served in the eisenhower administration as counsel and economic advisers. it was a great privilege and i remember going down to my office, it was in this big office building right next to the white house. part of the allstate building anyway, i had an office with a window that looked out on the south lawn of the white house. in my father, who died not too long after that, he came and i took into my office and he saw this view. and he said son, you have arrived. so it's great to work there. and when you're working in the white house complex, you have a view of the whole government. and i learned a lot about how you put the statistics together that we talk about all of the time. that was a great experience. and then i was secretary of labor. i knew the subject matter very well. in a new the department while because i don't some things about the kennedy and johnson administrati

and all of them had tough moments but starting with 2 and a half years overseas in the united states marine corps and world war ii. there i was, i was fighting for my country and at the end we were victorious, i didn't have much to do with it. i was one person out there. i served in the eisenhower administration in economic advisers, it was a great privilege. i remember going down my office, was in this big office building right next to the white house, used to be called the old state building, anyway, i had an office that looked the south lawn of the white house. i remember my father died not too long after that and he came and i took him to my office and he saw the view and he said, son, you've arrived. [laughter] >> so it was great to work there and you -- when you're working in the white house complex, you have a view of the whole government and i learned a lot about how you put the statistics together that we talk about all of the time. so that was a great experience. while i was secretary of labor, i had -- i knew the subject matter very well and i knew the department well because i had don

bob hurley is a test pilot of the united states marine corps, a veteran of numerous shuttle missions bob is a test pilot or a flight test engineer in the united states air force, another veteran of numerous space shuttle missions these guys are ready to go i told them if there's anything you want me to do to stop this, you tell me. they said we're ready for launch they've been involved in preparing and developing the rocket and the capsule this is their mission, and they're ready to go. >> they've been working closely with spacex. as the saying go, space is hard, space that involves humans, even harder everything needs to be perfect there are some new protocols, at least versus the history of nasa and nasa's protocols implemented including the fact a astronauts are going to be on board an in crew dragon when the rocket is fuelled. what's gone into safety and how does i guess that speak to this collaboration? this partnership with a commercial company >> that's right. what nasa did, when we came up with this program to launch commercially, we did not say how to design your vehicle we d

and when they decided they would call it quits, v-e day, he transferred over to the united states remain -- marine corps so that he could go to the pacific theater. and thanky saw action god he came home to us. he served in two different branches of service and two theaters of war. questions?pecific caller: is it true that during the second world war they had a acret group of nazis to make -- after the war. forth-rike. guest: there were certainly good nazis who got away and escape either the hangman or present. -- prison. some of them went to south america and there were a few who had ambitions of either reich.ituting the german this is a fringe group not to be taken seriously. those who may have had ambitions to put together the tattered remnants of the german is higher and reconstitute it in some fashion. in germany and elsewhere, it is not just germans by any means who feel that the. of the third .eich somehow should be honored you cannot legally be a nazi in germany. the germans have been extraordinarily capable at educating all germans, germans,rly younger about what had happened and who was respon

from the secretary's office all the way to the smallest vessel in the united states navy and the united states marine corps. i believe that our commanders, the ceos and the command is invested with a responsibility to be accountable as well as to lead those that serve under their leadership. and i believe they should be in thy power towe do such. again, i've lived my entire life be leaving in the chain of command, the weaving in and ensuring that the chain of command is informed of those up and down and making sure people have trust and confidence in that chain othechain of command. >> can i ask you, ambassador braithwaite, in the chain of command, do you see your self as secretary sort of intervening in personal decisions that are fairly distant? >> i believe that men and women in uniform of all ranks should have the opportunity and should establish with the ability to ensure they are making the decisions to lead their men and women appropriately. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. >> both recognize senator hawley. >> thank you to each of you for being. congratulations on the nomination. let me see if i

understood, from the secretary's office all the way to the smallest vessel in the united states navy and the united states marine corps. i believe our commanders, the ceos, the ships and commands -- command, will be accountable to those who serve under their leadership. i believe they should be empowered to do such. again, i have lived my entire life believing in the chain of command, believing in ensuring the chain of command is informed, both up and down, and making sure that people have trust and confidence in that chain of command. >> can i ask you, in the chain of command, do you see yourself, as secretary, intervening in personnel decisions that are fairly distant down the chain? >> no, senator. no, i don't. i believe that men and women in uniform, at all ranks, should have the opportunity and should have established the ability to ensure that they are making the decisions to lead their men and women appropriately. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr.. >> -- mr. chair. >> we recognize senator hawley. >> congratulations. dr. anderson, enjoyed speaking with you the other day, yesterday. the days all run together

using that and overcoming the three main pieces of the cradle is right from the united states marine corpsneil: i'm sure. don't get me going on my baby back ribs impression, but that is separate issue. how do the workers, how do the workers deal with this? obviously they have to wear masks, right? >> yes. neil: when patrons come in, obviously they can't wear masks when they're eating and all, but what are some of the things that might surprise them when they enter your doors? >> well, from a guest standpoint, they will feel confidences they always felt. you and i talked about this before. we've been around for 44 years. people expect a higher level of execution from us so we continue in that vein but making sure the entreeaway, the guest reception, the people at the host stand, our servers, our bar tenders in some cases and our back of the house not only wearing masks but protective gloves. the frequency of cleaning, sanitation, we have a guest coordinator position where we make sure, insure on a sequence of every 15 minutes, the environment, is safe for our guests, and the response has be

he served in the united states marine corps for seven years and did two diploma in iraq. congressman gallagher. >> take a chairman johnson, ranking member peters, the names of the committee. it's an honor to be a presenting the findings of the cyberspace solarium commission and thank you to you and your staffs for engaging so proactively with the work of the commission as we try and turn our recommendations into actual legislation. we start really from a sobering recognition, so her the one which animated the original project solarium some six or seven years ago which is is toy the status quo is not getting the job done. i would wholeheartedly agree with chairman johnson that we've taken important steps towards reform such a standing up cisa, u.s. cyber command for a variety of reasons we get to achieve the speed and agility that is necessary for survival in cyberspace. how do we get there? as my good friend and fellow coach or a disking continually me, structure is policy. i'd like to talk a bit about our recommendations related to structure. first, we believe we must cr

a couple of months ago marked the 75th anniversary of the battle of iwo iwo gee m the united states marine corps and navy were able tote capture the island. while this marks the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of world war ii, we must also never forget all the americans who lost their lives in battle, whether it be the korean war, vietnam war, the first gulf war and the ongoing fight against terrorism in the middle east and all the conflicts that america has fought in. our country's service members, many of them have made the ultimate sacrifices to keep our liberties intact. i recently read a book called "no surrender." you may have heard of t it's a true story of his father roddy edmunds who risked his life during the final days of world war ii to save others from the nazis. his heroic duty saved i think thousands of lives. he was captured and sent to a p.o.w. camp in germany. he risked his life to prevent hundreds of others from nazi persecution and possible death. but at the same time, he witnessed horrific acts and he also witnessed many, many of his fellow soldiers losing their lives in

why did you go to officer candidate school the united states marine corps?, we were a country at war at the time, still are, obviously, and i had a lot of friends that served. so i thought i could do my part and, you know, joining the marines, it seemed like the toughest test and the chance to serve with the best. so, yeah, really fortunate to have gotten to serve with those guys and, you know, the marines know what service is and it's not about attention ore recognition. although did i serve as a marine under this president and i'm proud of that service too. >> and sean parnell served honorably with the united states army in afghanistan. i want to ask you, congressman lamb, about what's going won vetera on with veterans. we've talked about long-term care facilities in places like new jersey and holy oak massachusetts and the state of pennsylvania as well, veterans not being looked after the way they should be and the way they were promised to be after their service, especially among our older veterans. how can we do better as a country and how specifically

agree i cannot use any of that for any of my books someone whose life who was made in the united states marine corps. they made my dad who he is for my country to ask me to be of service not by picking up a rifle that you think was an incredible honor. i said i will pay my own way no per diem or stipend i will do this volunteer out of my own pocket. that's what i did but i remember one attack that happened somewhere in the world it was a scenario i was working on in the red cell i called my team leader and said can i talk about this? he said no the only thing that ever let out publicly was terrorist targeting communities about to hit by a hurricane so if you think about people piled into shelters or emergency vehicles marshaled away from the eye of the storm that was the only thing they ever made public that's a cool scenario they go even further. you get a bunch of creative people together and to channel them, they really were incredible with how they handle this so much faith in the steps they are taking to keep our country safe and american safe at home and abroad it was unbelievable. >>host: mas

and when they decided they would call it quits, v-e day, he transferred over to the united states remain -- marine corpso that he could go to the pacific theater. and thanky saw action god he came home to us. he served in two different branches of service and two theaters of war. questions?pecific caller: is it true that during the second world war they had a acret group of nazis to make -- after the war. forth-rike. guest: there were certainly good nazis who got away and escape either the hangman or present. -- prison. some of them went to south america and there were a few who had ambitions of either reich.ituting the german this is a fringe group not to be taken seriously. those who may have had ambitions to put together the tattered remnants of the german is higher and reconstitute it in some fashion. in germany and elsewhere, it is not just germans by any means who feel that the. of the third .eich somehow should be honored you cannot legally be a nazi in germany. the germans have been extraordinarily capable at educating all germans, germans,rly younger about what had happened and who was responsi

marine corps. >> good afternoon. it's great to be here. to thank the united states naval academy for inviting me to participate in this year's commencement. thank you for your invitation. thank you all for being here. thank you for the kind introduction and for your leadership. has trainedon that and prepared our country's leaders for over 170 years. to the friends and family sitting in today, especially the parents, thank you for your support and sacrifice over years in anticipation of this moment. in many ways, you've earned this as much is your sons and daughters. the nation thanks you for sharing them with us. courtly, the united states naval academy class of 2020, congratulations and bravo. today, you join the ranks of commission officers in the finest and strongest naval force in human history, the greatest the world has known. earnednct and you have for the dedication, hard work, and perseverance. i know that making it through a service academy is challenging enough. you are experiencing the epic of a global pandemic during your final year. in spite of this c