you will see five ships from the united states navy, three ships from the coast guard, and four ships from canada, i believe. [laughter] i had a senior moment. i apologize. i said they keep me young, but i asked my age. i apologize for that. you will hear some loud noises as the ships come by. they are rendering a salute. in my mind, it is a salute to all of you for opening up your city to the navy, marine corps, and coast guard. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you to our neighbor to the north. [applause] >> thank you. we appreciate that. now i will bring out our announcer, lt. galaman, who will actually narrate the parade of ships for us. >> helena world do you follow that line of people. there's only one way to do that. we have a lieutenant and the coast guard, navy, and from the country of canada. we will begin to narrate this. we're so excited for the official start of today's festivities. there will be in rendering of honors with a 15-gun salute from the aircraft carrier to vice admiral brown. [military salute] ♪

united states marine honor guard. sergeant robert martinez. the colors have been one of the most important elements. armed forces color guard. an element from the navytates air force honor guard. technical sergeant kelly mckinley. first-class petty officer michael soufra. the old guard fife and drum corps. resistance or the reverse colors of their infantry unit. they maintain this tradition by wearing traditional red coats. major william white. 56 flags of the united states. army maj james stolk. air force major john pilon. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the advancing of the colors and the playing of the national anthem. [military orders] >> forward. [navband plays] ["star-spangled banner" plays] >> please be seated. >> flag, order. flag. flag. ready. >> ready. >> ceremonial. >> defense distinguished service medal is awarded to mike m ullen. animal mullen -- admiral mullen distinguish himself during an increasingly dynamic time in our nation's history. he advise the president, secretary of defense, and national security staff, providing strategic direction to the armed forces. he oversaw multiple sustain joint military operatio

i was yesterday at a land use meeting where the navy gave a presentation, the united states navy gave a presentation where they are talking about a very, very contaminated area that they desire to tap. that means to put a 2 inch plastic and put some dirt over it. this is for your information. some of view are old enough to know about midway village by geneva. i see one person nodding. hopefully this information can be given to the commissioners. they went ahead and cap them arianna and are having a lot of issues with that, with people getting cancer. the reason why i am relating what i am relating is because the hunters point area -- put that infrastructure that taps into our other main system when they chop off 35 feet -- today, i get reports about high incidence and i will be making it a point to send you some of the things so you can inform the other commissioners. i am connecting the dots. you heard a general report, but we need to inform our young people what is happening in that community. they are the ones who are going to live there in the future. when you reach a certain age,

i was yesterday at a land use meeting where the navy gave a presentation, the united states navy gave a presentation where they are talking about a very, very contaminated area that they desire to tap. that means to put a 2 inch plastic and put some dirt over it. this is for your information. some of view are old enough to know about midway village by geneva. i see one person nodding. hopefully this information can be given to the commissioners. they went ahead and cap them arianna and are having a lot of issues with

with that, i would like to present a certificate of honor to our united states navy. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i'm going to keep working down to the heights and my height so i can get something going here. >> and my secretaries. >> oh, yes, yes. >> and, of course, as you know, she meant that our former secretary of state george shultz was a retired marine. >> never retired, always a marine. >> so we would like to present a certificate of honor to our united states marine corporation -- corps. [applause] >> i'm sure he can run faster than me right now. as i mentioned earlier, we want to give a recognition to the ongoing work that we have with presenting a certificate of honor to our united states coast guard. [applause] >> yes, and, of course, as you know, i said earlier that it's in addition to our u.s. armed forces, we have joining us the royal canadian air force, so a certificate of honor to the royal canadian air force. [applause] >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> and representing our, the country of canada, a certificate

united states marine honor guard. sergeant robert martinez. the colors have been one of the most important elements. armed forces color guard. an element from the navy honor guard led by lt. andrew jefferson. united states air force honor guard. technical sergeant kelly mckinley. first-class petty officer michael soufra. the old guard fife and drum corps. resistance or the reverse colors of their infantry unit. they maintain this tradion by wearing traditional red coats. major william white. 56 flags of the united states. army maj james stolk. air force major john pilon. [appuse] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the advancing of the colors and the playing of the national ahem. [military orders] >> forward. [navy band plays] ["star-spangled banner" plays] >> please be seated. >> flag, order. flag. flag. ready. >> ready. >> ceremonial. >> defense distinguished service medal is awarded to mike m ullen. animal mullen -- admiral mullen distinguish himself during an increasingly dynamic time in our nation's history. he advise the president, secretary of defense, and national security staff, providing strategic direction to the armed forces. he ov

united states marine honor guard. sergeant robert martinez. the colors have been one of the most important elements. armed forces color guard. an element from the navy guard led by lt. andrew jefferson. united states air force honor guard. technical sergeant kelly mckinley. first-class petty officer michael soufra. the old guard fife and drum corps. resistance or the reverse colors of their infantry unit. they maintain this tradition by wearing traditional red coats. major william white. 56 flags of the united states. army maj james stolk. air force major john pilon. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the advancing of the colors and the playing of the national anthem. [military ords] >> forward. [navy band plays] ["star-spangledanner" plays] >> please be seated. >> flag, order. flag. flag. ready. >> ready. >> ceremonial. >> defense distinguished service medal is awarded to mike m ullen. animal mullen-- admiral mullen distinguish himself during an increasingly dynamic time in our nation's history. he advise the president, secretary of defense, and national security staff, providing strategic direction to the armed forces. he oversaw

john mccain calling for the government to sad united states navy ship uss comfort to tripoli tens of thousands of wounded that need the hospital ship help >> already questions what does this mean for america politically and economically some speculate new leadership in libya favorable impact on pocketbooks >> politically for the obama administration some say it means redemption that policies actually worked in bringing down moammar gaddafi president getting a lot of applause from the other side from republicans including senator john mccain called another success for the administration tonight president former white house press secretary robert gibbs in chicago said mr. obama it should be given a great deal of credit that is what is going on politically economically where you have diet may feel spoke to depaul university about the topic khalil marrar predicts gas prices could drop in united states because of moammar gadhafi capture and killing giving you an idea of libya produces about 2% of the world's oil but sits on reserves that can produce more. february protests started in liby

i have, i retired, actually, from the united states navy last year in february of 2010, 21 good yearsi did eight years as information assistant technician got out, came back here, and became a recruiter, navy career counselor for navy recruiting district st. louis which is an awesome recruiting district where i made recruiter of the year, two years. and minority recruiter, also, so, a great tour but during that time i began to sing the national anthem because i am a gospel artist and i sing at many churches and i sung with some of the greatest musical geniuses out there, fred hammond, that was awesome, so, of course, i am a christian and i love god and that is the only way to get through this life is through him and i'm just honored to be able to sing for the st. louis cardinals and that was an awesome call that i got from this to sing for the "world series." never sung for the world series, for a playoff but not the series. >>shepard: and what a night when the cardinal could have walked right owe but, instead, the incredible finish. i knelt like you would peopled the red birds last n

and then i had this third option from the united states navy. now, the navy said to me, they said if you join the navy, they said, we will pay you $1,332.60 per month. they said, and they said, and we promise you that in your first few months in the navy, we promise you that in your first few months of the navy you will have zero minutes per day of privacy. and, they said, the deal is that the minute you sign up on the dotted line, you're going to owe us eight years of service, at least four years active duty and four years in the service. in return for that we'll give you one and only one chance at basic underwater demolition seal training. if you make it through that training, you'll be on your way to being a navy seal. but if you fail that training, as over 80% of the candidates do, you're still going to owe us eight years, and we're going to tell you where and how you're going to serve. now, it's not a very enticing recruiting pitch, right? [laughter] but i remember, actually, i went to an event at rhodes house, and rhodes house is kind of th

he is also a veteran of the united states navy. great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time, josh. >> thank you. >> the "l.a. times" is reporting that scott will undergo surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. can you tell us anything? do you know anything about that? >> yeah. scott was removed from his breathing machine. he's listed in fair condition. but yeah, it is still a very significant injury. and we're maintaining optimism, but we are still very cautious. >> josh, what happened? explain to our audience tonight what you went through, what you saw. >> i arrived in oakland after the protests had already began. you know, it seemed largely peaceful before the police initiated their barrage of action against the entire crowd. the first time i ever experienced anything like that. i served in the navy. i was a computer tech on board a ship. i'd never seen combat. and as much as i can tell, that was as close to a war zone as it could have gotten. i wasn't aware until after we'd regrouped a couple blocks away that it was in fact scott, my friend, who w

police and fire in the united states navy are nice to have around-- and the united states navy are niceo have around. taxes are often being perceived as unfair, and oftentimes they are unfair because of the complexity of the tax code, but we are remarkably -- abiding country when it comes to paying taxes as opposed to greece where people are hiding swimming pools in sending people tax bills based on them because they were not declaring them. it is a game in greece and other countries. host: bethesda, md., on the air. caller: my question is, is it true withholding at the beginning of world war ii that the congress intended to stop withholding taxes at the end of the war, but that when they saw how easy it was to collect from everyone, especially in wages that began to grow, they decided to instead institute or keep the withholding tax? withholding of taxes from wages began under the tax act of 1942, which was also the tax act that moved the income tax from being upper middle class and rich man's tax to being a tax on ordinary american, and yes, again as i say, it if someone tells you is

$465 million we have done to you serving in the united states navy and what would it mean if we put additionalcuts out? anything you want to put in your opening remarks we want to hear from you. >> thank you, chairman forbes, chairman mckeon, ranking member bordallo. it is my first opportunity to testify before the committee and my honor to represent the men and women of the navy, active reserve and civilian who stand watch around the globe today. my appreciation on their behalf for congressional support of them and their family. in an era of declining budgets we are mindful of the lessons of the past and assess force readiness. taken in summer, low personal quality, aging equipment, degradation and reduced training will inevitably lead to declining readiness of the force. we remain committed to maintaining our navy as the world's preeminent maritime force and to do so we must sustain a proper balance among the elements of current readiness and to the long term and those long-term threats to our national security. those elements of readiness may be simply stated. sustain the force structure th

i think we have as many admirals as we have ships in the united states navy, and i think that that is duplicative through the rest of the military, and i would certainly like you to take a look at that and the costs associated with that. could you go through those three questions, please? >> no, we are looking at -- i'll just go from bottom to top, and the secretary will take the question about selective service. we are looking at rank, some of the rank inflation as a result of international partners and their desire for flags, but we are looking at that, believe me. secondly, on korea tour normalization, it's part of our strategy review at the forward presence wherever we happen to be, but notably in korea and in europe. and, again, to determine how best to do it in an affordable way, and i assure you that we are alert to the fact that tour normalization to three-year tours might become cost prohibitive. we do need some structure there with families because of the message it sends and the readiness increases when you have soldiers there for a longer period of time. >> i mean, we're i

master sergeant rege listed in the united states navy in 1992.ence as an infantry soldier in knowledge of mechanics and supply logistics, chris set the high standard and trained soldiers to that standard. he excelled in physical fitness, and he was a natural teacher. he served a 22-month deployment in fort irwin, california, with the task of training units deploying for overseas contingency missions. chris most recently served with the first of the two 21st calvary in afghanistan, earning his combat spurs during this tour. the decorations and badges earned over his distinguished career would include the combat action badge, the meritorious unit commendation, the legion of merit, the meritorious service medal, the army commendation medal, the army achievement medal, the armed forces expeditionary medal, the southwest asia service medal and the afghanistan campaign medal. chris is remembered now as a soft-spoken warrior with a love for fixing things. a fellow soldier and friend, master sergeant paul kinsey made reference to his misdemeanor. quote -

first to go to the college, worked for the united states navy, served on the board of the kansas cityther's pizza. that is a great american story. >> could you imagine the "vanity fair" spread on democrat herman cain? could you imagine the book deals, the $4 million book deals on herman cain? it would be manhattan would be swooning over herman cain much like they swooned over barack obama four years ago. >> i think he's no less unlikely than barack obama kind of figure. i have to say, willie, one of the other things you mention that i think is enormously appealing that you didn't say was the guy's met a payroll. it's one of those things that i do think americans right now are looking at these candidates and thinking one of two things. either they're thinking if they're out of work, which we know an enormous amount are saying, can these guys get me a job? and the others are saying, who is the candidate who isn't going to mess it up? who is going to let me fix my life? and in that sense, cain is a very appealing guy because he's met that payroll. and i don't think romney comes over as t

it's happy. 236th birthday to the united states navy this morning. >> steve: 236 years ago, continental of the u.s. navy. 236 years later, we are brought to our knees as a country because there is a black berry outage. >> brian: people are running like the dickens to the iphone. >> steve: and the android and others. i did offer to sell this ba blackberry paperweight for a quarter earlier and i got an e-mail from sue and dave miller. they want to know my paypal account and they'll give me four times when i'm asking. a dollar. [ laughter ] in the mail. >> gretchen: they are kind of like paper waits right now. we'll explain to you what blackberry, rim is saying when you might get your service back. brand-new details about what's being called the worst mass killing in the history of orange county, california. eight people have been killed by a crazed gunman when he opened fire inside a hair salon. the suspect now identified as 42-year-old scott deckry, being seen taken into custody. one of his victim, his estranged wife, michelle, and those who knew the couple say they were going through a

united states to war with germany. this monumental scooped consisted of excerpts of the top-secret rainbow 5 plan, army and navy testament the united states would be ready to launch its own assault on germany. july of 1943. perhaps more damning a copy of the president's own letter ordering the assessment. the german embassy wasted no time cabling a copy of the astounding revelations to berlin on the story's publication in washington. on december 4th, 1941. a week later hitler -- despite his many peacemaking efforts published proof of roosevelt's belligerence towards germany left him no alternative but to declare war on the united states. on december 14th, 1941, the german high command presented its radical strategic assessment based on what it described as the anglo-saxon floor plan which became known through publication in the washington times herald. 1946 half a decade after they joined the revelations cabled to berlin collier's weekly magazine, b-movies will doubtless get around to filling the fabulous life of a lenore medill patterson. she succeeded her brother as chairman of the daily news. after watching the daily

to you, this $465 billion we've already done, to the men and women serving under you in the united states navy, what would it mean if we put additional cuts? anything you want to put in your opening remarks, we want to hear from you now. >> thank you, chairman "forbes," -- chairman forbes, chairman mckeon, ranking member bordallo. it's my honor to testify before the committee, to represent the men and women who stand watch around the globe today. my appreciation on their behalf for congressional support of them and their families. in an era of declining budgets, we are ever-mindful of the past. taken in sum or parts, low personnel quality, aging equipment, degradeation of material readiness will inevitably lead to declining readiness of the force. we remain committed to maintaining our navy as the world's pre-eminent maritime force and to do so we must sustain a proper balance among the elements of current readiness and to the -- and those long-term threats to our national security. those elements of readiness may p simply stated. sustain the force structure that possesses the required capabil

united states into war with germany. this monumental scoop not only consisted of excerpts of top-secret rainbow five plan, army and navy estimates of the united states would be ready to launch an assault on germany by july of 1943 but even more damning the idea that the president's own letter ordering the assessment. the german embassy wasted no time table and a copy of these revelations to berlin on the publication in washington. on december 4th, 1941. week later, despite many peacemaking efforts the recently published proof of roosevelt's belligerence toward germany left no alternative but to declare war on the united states. on december 14th, 1941, the german high command would present the viewer with a radical assessment based upon the anglo-saxon war crimes which became known through publication in the washington times herald. in november of 1946, half a decade after the washington times herald rainbow 5 revelation cabled to berlin collier's weekly magazine, the movies will get around to filling the fabulous life of paterson. he was elected to replace her brother, joseph medill pettersson. after launching the daily news in

the retailer operates almost 900 stores in the united states under the gap, banana republic and old navy chains and it's not saying yet which stores it will close. >>> well, the cal bears may have lost last nigh, but it was a big win for san francisco. tens of thousands of people packed the park for the game. the bears are playing home games in san francisco while memorial stadium undergoes renovations. businesses nearby say they enjoy the boost in traffic, especially since the giants aren't in the play-offs this year. fans say, they like the location too. >> it was just, what a two minute cab ride to the game here. they should do this every year. every year up here. >> unfortunately for cal and their fans, the bears lost 30- 9. they have fallen to 3-3 overall. and 0-3 in the pac 12. >>> raider fans are hosting the nfl's longest tailgate beginning tonight in memory of al davis. davis died last saturday at the age of 82. the tailgate for charity starts at 7:00 tonight. that's at the corner of 66th avenue and coliseum way. fans will stay from tonight until the game on sunday afternoon. ite

this uniform and have a commandant of the marine corps but what i want to talk about is the united states. the navy has -- our nation has a 22 capital ships. capital ship doesn't mean the cruisers and destroyers and submarines aren't. we are talking nuclear-powered carriers. we have 11 of those and 11 large ships. those are the ones that look like a smaller carrier. they look exactly like a carrier but they don't have an angle. that is in the gulf of aden. that is off of the coast of libya. during the early part of the no-fly zone enforcement. for the first several days our version of the -- yesterday's version was flying into libya and they were the only airplanes that were flying. for a nation to have 22 carrier type capital ships and send them around the world to do whatever our government decides is important for the nation is a significant capability. we don't have the f 35 b version for short takeoff and vertical landing, our nation basically will be down to 11 ships, 11 capital ships to do our nation's bidding. and any given day it is just like a fleet of trucks. only so many will be availab

navy using this space on a fairly serious way in a fairly serious way well since south korea and the united states are very close allies in particular in terms of military it's very obvious the u.s. navy will be using those fears of course a lot of concern about the base in south korea itself over the political and environmental issues motive counts it's it's dividing the country but what about the reaction from north korea. well so far i could see an all direct reaction from north korea of course north korea will always feel offended when its enemies u.s. and south korea improving to start a military capabilities but as i just said of his plans is really too far from north korea. to really have a direct effect on the north korean security so i think reaction will be as usual. but not overly you could just talk about the relationship between south korea and the u.s. just how much influence does the u.s. have over so. well the united states traditionally have a very strong influence of the day to build south korea or in the korean war they were the biggest partner supporting south korea's economic

the reason that the united states had to take the unusual steps of holding warsame at sea on a navy ship and then flying him to the united states over the fourth of july weekend is because of the administration's refusal to use the top-rate detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba, that we have there for long-term military detenti detention. because it refuses to use this valuable'valuable asset for new, the administration has gone to great lengths to treat these enemy combatants who are captured in an -- on an ad hoc basis instead of placing them in a long-term detention facility which places an artificial time period on when we can interrogate these individuals and how long they will be available to gather information to protect americans. as the republican leader has noted, the president's top lawyer at the pentagon observed that members of al qaeda are enemy combatants and that congress has passed an authorization for the use of military force to treat them as such. we need to do that on a consistent basis and use the military assets we have. we should not have an ad hoc, haphazard

article ii, section 2, as i mentioned earlier, of the united states constitution states that the president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the united states. and, of course, in modern terminology that would include the air force. and of the militia of the several states when called into the actual service of the united states. so reads the constitution. although it is beyond dispute that the president is the commander in chief, what does that heene in practice? -- what does that mean in if practice, and what is his relationship then to the other two branches? as in previous wars, the department of justice was called upon after 9/11 to provide legal guidance. immediately after that terrible day, the department was asked first and foremost for its opinion as to the scope of the president's authority to take military action in response to the attack of 9/11. four days after the afact, the department -- attack. the department provided the legal guidance that was sought concluding several things. first, that the constitution's text and structure vested the president with men their authority to use military force abroad. se

navy. it is believed china is doing this to protect is maritime rights and regarding taiwan, china wants to avoid intervention by the united states which is a naval super power. to prevent it, china wants to enhance naval capabilities and gain control of the seas surrounding taiwan. >> how high is the actual tension would you say between japan and china? >> it is not as if a change russ situation could break out immediately. however, we should not be overly optimistic and leave it unaddressed. as we saw in the video, military tension may threaten to increase. and both japan and china want to avoid a military show down. so japanese and chinese defense officials are discussing measures. >> precisely what measures are both countries trying to take? >> japan and china are trying to set up a mer i team notification mechanism. normally naf east of different countries have multiple channels established to keep one another closely informed in the ee development of accident at sea. but there are no such channels of communication between japan and china. the two countries want to set this up as soon as possible. they want to establish mult

military bases and you know all across the united states and my grandfather he was a director of veterans affairs in new york city my great grandfather was a navy cook in world war two you know he places criminalisation. so i've lived all over the world all over the country you know because of my parents you know being in the military so i've always had you know. pride in my country and what we are you know i've always thought that america was the greatest country in the world and the constitution that we have is you know one of the best. as i served in iraq i started you know saying things that you know that were unjust as far as you know why we were there what we were doing there we were there to win the hearts and minds i was involved in a riot in iraq with the local populace to rocks at us and after. that iraq on was done we didn't you know go in the crowd and start beating and arresting people so to come back to my own country and see the police doing this to people i went to iraq to protect you know was you know a big contradiction in you know i'm not going to stand for it my family you know is totally supportive of what i'm doing in this

talked about adding 100,000 troops to the army, building up the navy, going back to a missile defense. the question is, the united statesdy spends more for defense than all the other countries of the world combined. how much bigger does the american defense budget need to get? >> what i believe is that roughly 20% of our federal spending should be devoted on-- to our military defense, 20%. >> woodruff: what is it today? >> it's higher today because of the conflicts in afghanistan and iraq. when those are completed, the president would bring that down toking is smg well below 4%, or the 20% figure total-- i would hold military spending at 4% of the g.d.p., and roughly 20% of the federal budget. >> woodruff: glood and you believe you could get popular support for that? >> i'm running for president, and if people elect me they know they are electing someone who would intend to devote roughly 20% to the military, which equals approximately 4% of the total economy. >> woodruff: one question about the president's jobs bill. you've made it clear you're opposed to much of it, but i'm trying to figure out if there is one area yo

united states. you know, the navy has -- our nation has what i call 22 capital ships. and a capital ship doesn't mean that cruisers and destroyers and submarines aren't, but we're talking about nuclear-powered carriers -- big-deck carriers. and we've got -- we've got 11 of those, and we've got 11 large-deck amphibious ships. and those are the ones that look like a smaller carrier; they look exactly like a carrier, only they don't have an angle deck . that's what's flying in the gulf of aden right -- i mean, that's what's operating in the gulf of aden. that's what was off the coast of libya during the early part of the no-fly zone enforcement. in fact, for the first several days, the harriers -- our version of the joint -- you know, yesterday's version of the joint strike fighter -- was flying into libya, and they were the only airplanes that were flying into libya. so for our nation to have 22 carrier type ship -- capital ships, and to be able to send them around the world to do whatever our government decides it's important for our nation to do, is a significant capab

iranians tried to conduct a terrorist attack in the united states was back in the meat 1980s when they tried to kill the commander of the uss vin senz, the navy cruiser that shot down the iranian airbus over the persian gulf. they tried to kill him with a pipe bomb in his van in san diego. the fact that this does hold up, for years we talk about transnational terrorism and al qaeda. we really talked about state sponsored terrorism and the past decade or so. this would be very unique and old school. specifically demanding if they can be identified, they can be brought to justice. that's a tall order, but the direction the government will go. >> let me bring back this uniqueness of all of this if this is state sponsored terrorism and you heard in the news conference the others saying elements of the iranian governments and repeated iranian government's role as they called the assassination plot and at least the individual in custody, they know that the news conference confessed to having ties directly to the government in iran. >> there is going to be a lot of suspicion and it was a thing from the beginning. at the same time they will try to ti

united states. he act as the president to defend america, defend our military. whether air force, navyoast guard, he was going defend them without asking permission from others to do the job he needed to do as president. megyn: you heard president obama talk about this is what collective action can achieve in the 21st century. talk about it wasn't just america this time around, it was nato. >> nato doesn't exist without the united states of america. everybody knows that. the united states of america does take a lead when it does come to nato. but the good senator from florida said sit right. the reality of it is, could it have been done earlier and saved a lot of lives on the ground? it probably could have been done much earlier. the fact is it is done at this point. now is not the time for the president of the united states to sit back on his laurels and say look at what i did it's what the military did. now, mr. president, what are you going do to secure the peace in that area of the world. not only do we lack leadership in washington, we lack leadership in the world. megyn: i have g