unsolved murders in this city which go back to sergeant john young in 1971, when i exited the united states navy. i have copies of that story for all of you

. >> these are the united states navy blue angels. >> since 1946, the blue angels and their acrobatic high speed stunts have wowed crowds and helped the navy with recruiting. but it's expensive pr and the navy must slash $4 billion. its share of the mandatory budget cuts. part of that is canceling the blue angel's regular season. an estimated savings of $20 million. >> right now we are waiting further guidance it find out what will happen for the blue angels practices as we continue into april and may. >> but the navy is not alone. the air force puts on a similar air show with the thunder birds, elite pilots demonstrating an f16. the same budget cuts forced the air force to cancel the remaining twenty shows in this year's thunder bird season. the blue angels typically perform in 70 shows a year. the navy already canceled all four shows scheduled for april. >> if they don't fly, if they don't do air shows, they'll have to practice. you have to be ready all the time. >> there's a growing complaints from fans. the blue angels hope to practice again next week, but again in air shows, budg

unsolved murders in this city which go back to sergeant john young in 1971, when i exited the united states navy. i have copies of that story for all of you right here which i am going to introduce and you can have those. and i thank you for your time on it. >> thank you, neal. any further public comment? >> sir? >> >> well, my name is (inaudible) and i was here once before. and i will say that it is getting a little bit better on 6th street and i will admit that, that the last week and a half it has changed. and we still are getting awful problem with urination because they say that a drop in center, on 6th and not, who i believe that it is. they have been drinking, they can't keep going in and using the bathroom. and so they come up there, and this constantly, and you know, i got employees, i mean, they see all of this stuff there all of the time. and you know, it is pretty sad. you know? it has been going on forever. and that i don't know what the answer is. you know? but it is something that gives. and the same thing that these ladies were selling groceries on the street and vegetables and u

. >> i worked for uncle sam, the united states navy, as a civilian for 38 years. i know what it is to deal with a bureaucracy. >> reporter: in the end they collected $48,000. it took them eight months. the foxes' experience is not unique. according to a recent study there's a one in 600 chance you're owed money from a life insurance policy and don't even know it. that's better odds than winning $100 on a powerball ticket. when a multistate task force launched an investigation six major life insurance companies agreed to use a social security database to track down beneficiaries and have begun paying out hundreds of millions of dollars. among them, aig reached an $11 million settlement with multiple states and has paid out more than $100 million to beneficiaries who had not previously filed a claim. nationwide which reached $7.2 million settlement paid about $144 million to beneficiaries. and metlife paid $40 million in settlement moneys and told nbc news it is on track with remitting policy proceeds to beneficiaries. but critics say the insurance industry should d

what better way to showcase what our united states navy and our marine corps, our sea-going services,ng to the table in an emergency response, but recognize that they also have another mission to do, macon island just came off a 7-month deployment, this is an era when we're pivoting to the pacific. the ring of fire is also in the pacific. over 35,000 on average fatalities a year over 35 billion dollars worth of damage and we see that year in and year out with tsunamis of catastrophic proportions. today the coast guard is dealing with the debris from that tsunami as it comes ashore here in the state waters as well. just it close on admire beeman's remarks, i think it's critical not just the work here at seminar but over a cup of coffee exchanging business cards because at the end of the day it's the partnerships that mufrt endure at time of crisis. thank you to the macon island for this show of force during this third fleet week. >> i'd like to bring up the mayor of the great city and county of san francisco. what a difference he's made as the mayor of san francisco. he certainly has w

united states. this resolution passed o not a friday. the tuesday before the president had gone on tv under a live late night urgent broadcast. >> fellow americans -- >> he said the united states navy had come under attack. there was open aggression on the high seas against the united states of america. the result was, the gulf of tunkin resolution. it happpassed in the house unanimously. turns out it got snookered. did not happen the way they said it happened. the way they urgently and sternly informed us that it happened. but it would be seven years before this was repealed. by then, the escalation that this levered us into had become the longest yet war in u.s. history. a war that defined an era, that indellably tattooed leaders who made it happen or who did not stop it from happening. we say that vietnam changed our politics forever. but less than 40 years after this, again, a a campaign directed at the highest levels of government to get us to agree it a war based on something that did not happen. the way they said it happened. it was a month's long campaign. in 2002 and 2003. and it worked. it is a decade now, since it worked. since they got that war. how did it work? why did

take great pride in the fact that they play a part in the maintenance and readiness of the united states navy they're doggone proud of that. >> reporter: both quigley and crow say in all their years around federal budgeting they've never seen anything like this. neither have the owners of davis interiors. for more than 58 years, they've custom built and installed the furniture that goes on ships at sea. it's a three-generation family business for whitney metzger. >> we know that we will be busy at least through may or june but after that were not entirely sure what's going to happen. right now, we have had to let go about five employees, unfortunately and we have furloughed most of our staff that were working three and four day workweeks. people are working fridays on an as needed basis but for the most part, it's empty here on fridays now. >> reporter: like many in the front offices and on the front lines, metzger worries about the future for her company and her employees and she wants washington to know that real people's livelihoods are on the line. >> this isn't a political game and it's

lieutenant general chatman, the judge advocate general of the united states army, the vice admiral advocate general of the united states navy, lieutenant general richard harding, the judge advocate general of the united states air force, maj general fond of the marine corps, major general gary patton, director of sexual assault prevention and response office, the rear admiral judge at general of the united states coast guard. thank you. i think that we can start. >> good afternoon madame chair gillibrand and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the coast guard efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault in our service and good afternoon to you, a ranking member gramm. i share the, on its commitment to the safety and well-being of each of our service members. ensuring the coast guard personnel have a collaborative cohesive work environment that allows them to accomplish their mission, protecting those on the sea, protecting americans from threats delivered by the sea and protecting the sea itself. eliminating incidents of sexual assault within the coast guard was a s

offshore, our major cutter fleet along with law enforcement detachments on the united states navy and allied war ships are on patrol ready to respond to threats. coast guard aviation support the fleet providing response which optimize our overall effectiveness. last year we removed over 163 metric tons of illegal drugs before they reached our streets. last summer i testified before you on the role that the role our partners play in protecting our maritime borders closer to home. these partnerships enhance our effectiveness along our coast and waterways and outstanding example of these partnerships is the regional coordinating members of the committee im. in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, san diego and loss-long beach iner difficulted 164,000 pounds of illegal drugs along the southern california coastline. we enjoy very strong partnerships with canada and mexico. through integrated border enforcement, coast guard royal mounted police officers enjoyed success. ship rider allows the u.s. and canadian officers to conduct integrated maritime law enforcement activities. we trained and exercise

. >> as a navy helicopter pilot i spent 20 years active duty in the united states navy. i dealt with navy seal teams providing airborne support to them doing extractions. spent a lot of time in iraq, the mediterranean and the east coast of after africa in and around somalia. it's fascinating how a small application of force at the right time in the right place can shape the broader story and narrative. jenna: let's talk about perception versus reality. the special ops community has garnered a lot of attention post osama bin laden. there is a great expectation surrounding these openers, arguably the best operators in the world. chris, they also have a lot of support behind them. what about that part of the story, having the response teams is one thing, but what do you think about the support behind them? do we have adequate support behind let's say a small group of individual that are responding to a crisis? >> yes we absolutely do. one of the advantages of having a navy and marine corps team the way it's set up is we can take the small teams and put them on ships and ther

united states army. vice admiral nanette derenzi, judge advocate general of the united states navy. lieutenant general richard harding, judge advocate general of the united states air force. mineral -- major general bunting, staff judge advocate to the commandant of the marine corps. major general gary patton, sexual assault prevention and response office. rear admiral frederick kenney, judge advocate general of the united states coast guard. thank you all. i think we can start with admiral kenney. >> that afternoon. -- good afternoon take thank you for the opportunity to discuss the coast guard's efforts to prevent a response to sexual assault in our service. good afternoon to you, madam rag member graham. i share the commitment to the safety and well being of each of our servicemembers. ensuring that coast guard personnel have a collaborative cohesive work environment that allows them to accomplish their mission, protecting those on the sea, protecting america, protecting the sea itself. eliminating evidence of sexual assault within the coast guard with -- was a significant theme.

two united states navy veterans are joining a veteran lawsuit over the nuclear disaster. say they became ill after taking part in the american operation to provide aid. they claimed the power company mislead them about the dangers of the nuclear meltdown. >>> and the recession hit las vegas especially hard but there's a clear sign that sin city is turning an economic corner. you can find it on the city's most famous street. john blackstone shows us how they're planning the first casino and hotel the strip has seen in years. >> reporter: the las vegas strip seems to be shining a little brighter because of this. plans unveiled for a new multi-billion-dollar hotel and casino complex, the first developed here since the recession. world resort las vegas will have 3,500 rooms and look like it came straight out of china. >> a full casino a full water park, a replica of the great wall. >> reporter: stefan freeman represents a huge malaysian hotel and casino operation. >> there's a burgeoning class in china. they want to travel. they want to come to the u.s. >> reporter: they're t

they use diesel fuel more than any other company in the nation but for the united states navy.oad is planning to switch from that to natural gas. it's only a 4th of the cost. it's probably more plentiful to. but some say that the change is a mixed blessing. >> natural gas gives you a benefit over some of the heavy dirty oils and over coal. the problem is its price is so low that investment and other technologies that we will need in the coming years looks less site exciting to many. >> it's not clear if natural gas will bridge or block the use of cleaner fuels. the canada national railroad started a natural gas project six months ago. american railroads haven't announced yet when they will start. >> the numbers are in and this year the bay area has had one of its cleanest air quality seasons. a regional pollution agency said reduced wood burning is partly responsible. they say another factor is an increased awareness about the spare the air program. sonoma has the most violation and marin was second but had the most complaints. the bay area started the program 22 years ago. >>>

new concerns about the puzzling partnership between china and iran after we just learned the united states navyse surface to air missiles on an iranian boat. this apd off th happened off the coast of yemen but we are just learning about it now. there is concern that chinese hackers are breaking into the computer networks of u.s. companies and agencies as china likes to elude sanctions with regard to iran's nuclear program. joining us is gored son chang and elon berman. author ever teheran rising, iran's challenge to the united states. welcome to you both. gordon let's start with this particular incident being these arms that we found off the coast of yemen. how big is this business between iran and china, and arms smuggling? >> well china and iran have had a very durable partnership and it's not just small arms, not just these man-pads or man portable air defense systems, but it's also nuclear weapons technology and also through third parties like north korea and pakistan we've seen a lot of nuclear technology go to the iranians from china this has been a partnership that's gone on for more tha

nations participating, that is the future, not necessarily the united states of america sitting there with half of the united states navy positioned in the gulf, but rather a strategy, and long-term strategy but that is feasible, given resources available that will allow us to achieve some common objectives. i can tell you that with the united arab emirates in particular, but the other strong allies we have, saudi arabia, jordan, and if i start taking them down, someone will say, why didn't you mention me, but the point is we have incredible allies in the region who will remain allies. we have to figure out how you can do more so we can do less, but that does not mean less well. >> your question over here. wait for the microphone. >> hello, general dempsey. allies in the region are concerned about iran, not only its nuclear program but its involvement in local politics and the economy, support for proxies'. if you had the opportunity to sit quietly with the supreme leader of iran and talk to him, talk him out of whatever he appears to be intending to do, what would you say to him about u.s. intentions at u.s. cooperatio

not necessarily the united states of america sitting there with half the united states navy positionedin the gulf, but rather a long-term strategy that is feasible given the resources available that will allow us to achieve some common of decades. i can tell you at the united arab emirates in particular. the other strong allies we have come to saudi arabia, jordan. they start taking them down, someone will say why didn't you mention me? we do have incredible allies who will remain allies. we just have to figure out how to help you do more so we can do less. but that doesn't mean less well. >> question over here. wait for a microphone. >> hello, general dempsey. most of our allies in the region are very concerned about not only are nuclear program but increasing involvement in politics and the economy. if you had the opportunity to sit quietly with the supreme leader of iran and talk him out of whatever he appears to be intended to do in the region, what would you say about u.s. intentions in u.s. cooperation with partners in the region? >> first thing i would do is send dennis rodman o

no longer is it going to be acceptable risk when the united states navy can only meet 50% of requirements. no longer is it to be acceptable for our air force to be flying planes that are older than them. it is not acceptable for us to have an army that is cutting out 80,000 troops. no longer is it acceptable for us to find the lowest possible point for military and argue that is acceptable. we will begin a new chapter that would -- will rebuild the military and defense the security of generations after us. we are turning the light back onto the analysis of national defense in this country for both parties. one of the things you heard the chairman mention about bob woodward, when you have a journalist that starts talking about the actual facts in washington turned on them, the story that has not been written is all the gag orders that began with this ministration -- administration and the pentagon. even as late as last week, i was seeing memorandums where individuals at shipyards could not talk. we are going to change that image in writing a new chapter. i would like to present the chairma

of defense, lieutenant general dana chipman, of the united states army, vice admiral in a net derenzi, judge advocate general of the united states navy, richard harding, judge advocate of the united states air force, major general vaughn a. ary, staff chief judge of the commandant. major gary paton, rear admiral fredrick kenney, judge advocate general of the united states coast guard. thank you all, and i think we can start with mr. kenney. >> good afternoon, madam chair gillibrand and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the coast guard's efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault in our service and good afternoon to you, too, ranking member graham. i share the commandant's commitment to the safety and well-being of each of our service members, ensuring that coast guard personnel have a collaborative, cohesive work environment that allows them to accomplish their mission -- protecting those on the sea, protecting america from threats delivered by sea and protecting the sea itself. illuminating incidents of sexual assault within the coast guard was a significant s

people like natalie williams who was a medic in the united states navy who today is actually workings hospital. >> so a lot of veterans will say, especially those who have endured or served in repeat tours of duty, it's hard to come back. >> yes. >> it's almost easier to go back. so what are some of your messages -- what helps them try and take that mission and that sense of mission and have it work for them at home? >> well, one of the things that you find in the military is that every single day you're waking up and you've got a team around you. and you have a purposeful mission in front of you. when they come back home, one of the things that we're trying to do at the mission continues is to rebuild that sense of community for them, get them reengaged in addressing hands-on community problems, whether it's water conservation, immigration, but they start serving again here at home. and when they do that, they really start to rebuild that sense of purpose, and they make our communities stronger as well. >> joe, go ahead. i see him waving. go ahead. >> eric, talk to us about, first o

durbin: is it also not true that here in the united states capitol, we have an attending physician's office, run by the united states navy, a government entity, which makes itself available if each senator cares to pay a monthly fee for annual physicals for senators? a government-administered annual physical for senators? mr. brown: it's true. that is true. and that's open to people regardless of how they vote on the cruz amendment. mr. durbin: so does the cruz amendment eliminate this government-administered physical exam that's available for members of the united states senate? mr. brown: it does not. mr. durbin: i'm starting to note a pattern here, that the senators who want to do away with government-administered health care for everyone else, want to keep it for themselves. does that pattern emerge in your analysis? mr. brown: we had this discussion back in 2009 and 2010 when we debated this health care law that members of the house and senate continue to get health insurance, and i recall one house member was unhappy campaigning against the affordable care act because he just came to the house and he didn't get his

navy. it turned around the attitudes of niche a toward the united states. it was a the kind of building block we look for in an economic and security commons. just as when we in san francisco see not only what the military can bring to the party and help us with, not only how we can interact with the military, but also we say to ourselves, it's also up to us to do everything we can for ourselves. we're not kind of an outfit, it's easier for them to collaborate with us. so, all of these things are important to us as we have these exercises. so, i say this is a very worthwhile enterprise that will keep going. i tip my hat to my friend mike who really has been leading us in these efforts. and now i say as also the slogan, i guess you call it this morning, maybe it's what the navy says. i think it's a very good phrase. a global force for good. that's what we've been practicing, a global force for good. thank you. (applause) >> thank you, sir. thank you. thank you very much, sir. (applause) >> and for all of you, tomorrow we're going to have the former secretary

navy. it turned around the attitudes of niche a toward the united states. it was a the kind of building block we look for in an economic and security commons. just as when we in san francisco see not only what the military can bring to the party and help us with, not only how we can interact with the military, but also we say to ourselves, it's also up to us to

north korea has no way to launch a nuclear attack on the united states or anywhere else right now. a navyoday - and this live picture at at&t park.where we are waiting bay are abou they are getting ready to announce the future deal with buster posy. >> catherine: at the vatican.pope francis has been marking good friday. the holy day that commemorates the death of christ. at a special mass and procession.he praised the 'friendship of so many muslim brothers'. and there was another departure from the routine this week. the pope washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention center. two of the 12 were young women. that's considered a remarkable choice -- since church law says only men should participate in the ritual.which symbolizes a spirit of love and service. many churches in south africa are holding special prayer services for nelson mandela. the former president remains in the hospital.with a lung infection. doctors said the 94-year-old is making good progress.and has been able to eat more today. this is mandela's third trip to a hospital since december. >> jacqueline: it h

to the pacific, it is easy to believe that the united states is, in fact, a pacific power and that to keep it that way we will maintain the best damn navy in the world. thank you very much. (applause)speaker .... >> now i'm going to introduce our next speaker, major general melvin spee splt e i've known melvin for a number of years, obviously we served together in the marine corps. i can tell you he's been with fleet week for 3 years now and the one thing about mel, he's got a lot of ideas and he accepts no as an interim answer because a lot of things that he wanted to do to make fleet week better originally the answer from authorities was no. and he made some amazing things happen just through his will. a commander can will things to happen. and i really want to thank you, mel, for that whole peer to peer medical exchange was your idea and it was just a huge hit and i thank you so much for that. he's offered to be the pifrplg hitter for admiral roughhead who was captured back in massachusetts and couldn't make it back out here and with his experience, one thing about melvin speese, he is the premiere taipber in the marine corps. please