active duty in vietnam with the united states navy. as a senator bob introduced a resolution to create a senate select committee on missing pows. i had the good fortune serving on that committee a year. to investigate servicemembers who were missing in action or were thought to be held as prisoners. all heroes any one of them without any distinction or exception. each of these fellow senators served our country and did so with distinction, not unlike the millions of other vietnam veterans who participated in that war in one way or the other sadly though we've heard today that these veterans of vietnam era haven't always received the praise and gratitude they earned. hopefully today gives, a brings a little bit of that that tells them how much we really appreciate all they did for us. much has changed over the past 50 years. even a relationship with vietnam

later, in the early part of the 1800s, the united states navy encouraged farmers to grow hemp because it was seen as a really important, strategic military asset. most of the hemp products that the navy used at the time were made from imported hemp from places like the netherlands and italy and russia. the government thought that, if we could have a domestic source of hemp, it would put us in a better position to supply the things we needed for the military. grexit fast-forward to the marijuana tax act of 1937. how is it that hemp and marijuana came to be seen as the same thing? christopher: up until that point, they had not been. the hemp industry in the 1930's had really evolved into sort of two primary uses. one was for the bird seed industry. hemp seeds were a major part of the bird seed that was produced for use in this country. the other one was for use in paint products, things like linoleum or paint thinners, things like that. that was not really a tremendous industry on either one of those two things. the government, with the 1937 tax act, actually passed legislation that con

later in the early part of the 1800s the medassets navy encouraged -- the united states navy encouraged farmers to grow it because it was an important military strategic asset because most of the hemp products the navy used at the time were made from imported hemp from places like the netherlands and italy and russia. the government thought that if we could have a domestic source of hemp to supply the things we needed for the military. >> fast-forward to the tax act of 1937. how is it that him and marijuana can to be seen as the same thing? abernathy: up until that point they had not been. the industry in the 1930's had really devolved into sort of two primary uses. one was for the bird seed industry. hemp seeds were a major part of the bird seed that was produced for use in this country. and then the other one was for use in paint products. things like linoleum or paint dinners. -- thinners. that was not a trim it is industry for either one of those two things but the government with a 1937 tax act actually pass legislation that is considered -- considered any part of the cannabis plan

that was the united states navy had just killed 290 civilians. united states navy had just killed 290 civilians. today charged that the united states deliberately shot down a civilian airliner yesterday." while the iranians triedoprovokd attack, president reagan and his administration went on the defensive. "i won't minimize the tragedy. we all know that it was a tragedy. but we're talking about an incidentn which a plane on radar was observed coming in theship in combatgan o plane." it was anaccident to shr "this has not been a mistake. this was a premeditated attack. it was cold-blooded murder." a 53-page report just aewd showt happened laid somewhere in between. common flight path, was transmitting a civilian flightay climbing to 12-thousand feet when it was shot down. but despite thatnformation, the captain of the vincennes was not held accountable for his decision to fire. for "it is logical to concludehat while he is firing and they are approaching him and an aircraft lifts off from iran goes toward him. steady course, high speed,t vary, wil

she is the first woman to have been promoted to the ranks of admiral in the united states navy. admiral howard: president jackson, dean, faculty students, thank you for this wonderful privilege that you've given me, this honorary degree. i will tell you, my fellow on -- honorands are somber, so they would not be once to let you know that this is actually pretty cool. it feels a lot like a superman cape. i want to know, does it stop bullets? [laughter] i could use that in my job. president jackson, fellow on i -- honorands, faculty, and especially the class of 2015, it is an extraordinary honor to join you on this extraordinary occasion. today marks a triumphant milestone in your lives. symbolically crossing the stage, you will also cross over into the next phase of your lives. with each step, you will pound into your souls this week -- the sweet feeling of accomplishment. years from now, you will recall the challenges of that last calculus class, the anxiety of preparing for your last test the excitement of your last big red freak out night and the last witnessing of the shirley

united states. woodrow wilson championed the big navy, that the united states should build a big navy. during this time that the united states takes off, legislation in august 1916 to build a navy in the pacific and the atlantic. look at this two dollar bill from 1918. isn't that remarkable? i always say to the admirals i meet that we should try to get the president to put an aircraft carrier on the $20 bill. if you want to highlight the role of the navy. in this time of wartime preparedness, the message that the united states has to build up a powerful navy was being received by the american people favorably. the american people want to do see a stronger navy and woodrow wilson, before the war occurred, highlighted that the u.s. navy had to be the greatest navy in the world. but britain had the greatest navy in the world. a rising power with economic strength translating that economic power to military power to naval power. well, wilson's successor, president harding. wilson and harding did not agree on many things. two very different people. one thing they disagreed on was the league

ships many of the military men refused to continue their work without safety training and the united states navy charged 50 of those men with quote conspires with mutiny that was known as the port chicago mutt i didn't trial they were tried and convicted and in prison they were after the war allowed to complete their military services only one person was pardoned and noting none were x-rated this case supported by marshall as well as eleanor ramon hotel led to the desegregation of the entire united states military in 1948 this friday marks the san franciscoth anniversary of this disaster i'd like to bring up briefly commissioner andrea jenkins and another person the president of the friends of the port chicago collectively all of those women along with the organizations have been working tirelessly to bring remedy branls to the port of chicago they've been in the magazine in chicago in 2009 and continue to promote history of this incident and to continue advocating for the "x" ration of the 49 soldier. >> thank you very much supervisor cowen i'd like to egg over the list of the people that are s

that is the official word coming in from the united states navy about what's happening at quality walter reid and they've told us they have folks who are now responding as well to the scene there at walter reid. >> and in the text message we hear active shooter. you heard the captain say he is not confirming that there is an active shooter. for those joining us there's a report of a single gunshot heard on the campus of walter reed medical center. fire engines moving in. in that is a live picture. we have several crews right there. we should stress how large of a campus this is. you can see a map of it right there. the pink building at the bottom of the screen is building number one. that is what's known as the tower. that's where the focus is on this investigation as of now. this is a 243-acre campus in all 7,000 staff members, and we saw through the live pictures from chopper 4 that the staff members most of them were being escorted out very casually and calmly. others we're hearing on social media, that they're being told to shelter in place. we're seeing it repeated several times ove

jeff: the united states navy confirming its security search is continuing. this is a report of a sound of a gunshot but nothing has been confirmed at this point. u.s. navy security personnel searching walter reed as they try to determine exactly what happened. jummy: thanks so much for that. we just heard from metro. we know the red line and the station there right near the medical center in bethesda still open if you need to get to the metro for any reason. this is affecting traffic as well three and jamie sullivan standing by. jamie: the metro may be the best option if you have to get from friendship heights toward bethesda because you cannot use 355. i want to focus on the area in bethesda. we are blocked off on 355 in both directions between cedar lane and jones bridge road. as far as alternates, but talk about what you can do to get around. if you take old georgetown road we are in the 20's. he wants to go ahead and use connecticut avenue. you have to use both because 355 is closed. we are hearing they might block off jones bridge road and cedar lane. st

that's how his family described randall smith, a petty officer in the united states navy and the fifth service member to die from an attack on the armed forces recruitment center in chattanooga, tennessee two days ago. smith and his wife had three daughters under the age of seven he called his little present says. he managed to flash thumbs up after surgery and died at 2:17 this morning. we're learning about the shooter, muhammad youssef abdulazeez spent more than half of last year in the middle east and recently in shooting ranges here at home. jericka duncan begins our coverage. >> reporter: a fifth cross was put in the ground today at this growing memorial site to mark the death of randall smith. shot three times during thursday's rampage. hundreds came to visit including the family of one of the victims. staff surgery, david wyatt. his father allen told me his son died after helping others escape. >> i'm told that my son and others were escorting the other people in the building, trying to get them out. that they were boosting them over a fence. that they were able to get 18 people

so much, you know there's a gentleman who was a, a biologist we used to work down with the united states navy down in san diego and uh he was very concerned about uh the dolphins and the sound and the effect that it had on the dolphins and he was studying this and then he said my dream is to go in space. and i said well great well one day he gives me a call, and we're talking about several years there, uh where he said uh i'm going to nasa and uh i'm learning and he was in texas and then one day he calls me and he said they retained me. i'm going to go and be one of the members going up in space uh to repair the hubble telescope and then he said and if you're interested we're going to do all the repeat and you know the public needs to know that every astronaut is a scuba diver first. they experience being weightless. and everything they do in space to repair and so on, they do it underwater in the tank in texas. so he invited me to go and watch them repair the hubble telescope where they remove some computers, put new ones and so on. and i was there like a a visitor, but a great honor and the

he is sent on a ship off the coast of chile in the 1870's, he is struck that the united states navy is behind the chilean navy. we are not investing in the navy in the 1870's, the chileans are. they are very offended they have a better navy. how could they have a better navy? he comes to believe out of self interest and the way he views the country, and you view what you live, if you're in the navy you think the navy is important. if you're a teacher you think teachers are important. if you are at a university, you think university is important. we are all self-interested viewers of the world. he comes to believe that the future of american power will be dependent upon a stronger navy and that are weak navy is holding us back, and other societies, particularly the newcomers of the germans and japanese, they are developing a navy and we better have one. mahan makes the argument called -- in a famous set of lectures that are later published, i often assign them to undergrads, the influence of sea power upon history. it is a study of rome, britain and the united states. mahan argues the d

to answer your question, from my personal opinion mind you believe our united states navy and department of defense has raised this to eye level. my good friend rear admiral johnson oceanographer of the navy leads a panel called the navy task force climate change that has multiple partners within the navy to take an operational risk you have some of these challenges of trying to apply science and all of the database he so that we are leaning forward in making sure we understand the future challenges. i would also give you my global view as a sailor. i think everyone would agree. this covered by 70 percent water. that gives us a pretty big area in which the patrol. they are global navy everywhere the strata the strata for most of the strata morocco to the inland coast. this is the environment in which we operate. 90 percent of all global trade moves through the water specifically through key chokepoints at the strata farmers, suez canal, panama canal. we as a u.s. navy have a responsibility working with our partners to make sure that those ceilings of communication remain open because our

finally, we cannot forget about our members of the united states navy. high operational tempo and and lucrative opportunities outside the navy continue to drive some of our best talent to leave the service. i'm interested in your plans to manage operational tempo and views on how best to provide a competitive and modern compensation package that provides the right retention. no matter how many dollars we spend we won't be able to provide our military what they need with a broken defense system. this committee has embarked on a major effort to reform this system, including ways to empower our service leaders to manage their own programs and take on greater accountability. admiral richardson, we're interested to hear your views based on your many years of service. thank you. we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. let me join you in welcoming admiral richardson and his family. no one serves alone in the navy or elsewhere, so thank you very much. you have an extraordinary record of service and we thank you for that. you have a

with the oldest commission the warship in the world and only vessel left to help begin the united states navy system a thrill. >> the old iron sides when cannonballs bounced off the curved wooden hull. the ship restorer is honored to work a poored and feels the past coming alive. >> we have the energy and the sailors and battles and everything. she never lost a battle. >> the last restore aegz took place in the '90s and it is it a rare treat to so the beauty can ox doized copper sheeting. the sheets will be removed and replaced. and we get a glimpse of the 200 year old wood underneath. >> the hope that 217 years from now the ship will be here that would be extraordinary. >> it is a fourth of july tradition. the hot dog eating contest on coney island. did the eight- time winner make it nine in a row? >> i am harris falker. for example my dad was born on flag day and served in our nation's military and reached the ranching of lieutenant cornell. in his time of service i was borna a army base. our national anthem played so often i learned the words. i had the privlemming of singing that in sport

the former lieutenant commander in the united states navy and run -- you say the department of homeland security doesn't have the where with all how to deal with the lone wolves. why? >> if we are doing something that is something. we are in surrender. we have a whacka me program. we look at these. and oh, wait, when did he become raddicical. ee are not looking at the continuium of muslim and islamist and jihaddist and soldier. it was an act of terror and war. in the cold war soviets, we didn't look for violent extremist. we looked at ideology that inspired them. it is not only the inspiration of isis but what inspires those inspiring. it the premise of the islamic state. >> and stop. hang on. so, all right. we are not looking for violence necessarily as was the case with the latest abdulezeez because there was no history of fighting other than the cage fighting. what are we doing wrong? >> his blog said he wants to establish islam. and look at where he hung out. it is an ideology that believes in the premmist of islam and hates america and west and sees freedom as a force of evil and s

i was the first woman to reach the rank of four star in the navy, i'm the first woman to hold the rank of vice admiral in the united states. >> she showed me a letter from a nine-year-old giferl. >> she writes i'm happy you know how to steer a navy ship and fight pirates. >> that referential to reference to fighting pirates? >> stop the ship! >> remember the true life movie captain phillips? as depicted i.t. was admiral howard's job as part of a counter-piracy task force to gain that position but back to the framed letter. >> that letter resonated with me not because of her recognition of what the navy does. at such a young age but because in that letter she talks about her family. and i thought wow she just must have the greatest mom and dad in the world. >> howard knows a little something about great parents. >> so the journey to come into the navy actually starts when i was 12. i saw a documentary on a service academy and i thought oh gosh that's what i want to do. >> but back in the '70s the u.s. naval academy wasn't open to women. but young michelle's mom offered some surprising wisdom. >> if you still want to go and

do you believe that the united states navy has a military advantage over the p.l.a. navy especially regarding nuclear capabilities? admiral richardson: i watch this extremely closely. the details of this are very technical to discuss in an open forum and look forward to discussing those in a classified setting with you. but we have looked closely at the successor agreement to continuing to exchange nuclear technologies. i believe in the aggregate, we would be better with a renewed successor agreement than without it. senator cotton: even if you suspected or knew that the p.l.a. navy was going to divert that technology towards nuclear naval systems? admiral richardson: the details of exactly that assessment are classified, but i can say with a fair degree of confidence we are better with this agreement than without it. senator cotton: right now, the navy is on a budgetary path to 260 ships or less. do you agree with the findings of the 2014 national defense panel which was a congressesally mandated group of experts that we should have 345 ships? admiral richardson: we

the former lieutenant commander in the united states navy and run -- you say the department of homelandity doesn't have the where with all how to deal with the lone wolves. why? >> if we are doing something that is something. we are in surrender. we have a whacka me program. we look at these. and oh, wait, when did he become raddicical. ee are not looking at the continuium of muslim and islamist and jihaddist and soldier. it was an act of terror and war. in the cold war soviets, we didn't look for violent extremist. we looked at ideology that inspired them. it is not only the inspiration of isis but what inspires those inspiring. it the premise of the islamic state. >> and stop. hang on. so, all right. we are not looking for violence necessarily as was the case with the latest abdulezeez because there was no history of fighting other than the cage fighting. what are we doing wrong? >> his blog said he wants to establish islam. and look at where he hung out. it is an ideology that believes in the premmist of islam and hates america and west and sees freedom as a force of evil and sees th

to answer your question, from my personal opinion i do believe our united states navy and the department of defense has raised this up to a very high level. my good friend, rear admiral jonathan white who is the oceanographer for the navy, he leads a panel called the navy task force climate change that has multiple partners within the navy staff to take an operational risk view of some of these challenges. so they're trying to apply science. they're trying to apply all the data that we see so we are leaning forward in making sure we understand what these future challenges are. i would also give you my global view as a sailor. i think everyone here would agree that the earth is covered by 70% water. so as a navy that gives us a pretty big area which to patrol with our ships. we are a global navy. we are everywhere from the strait of hormuz to the inland coasts. this is the environment in which we operate. 90% of all of global trade moves through the water specifically through key choke points like the strait of hormuz and the canals. we have a responsibility to make sure that those sea la

navy pilot in the vietnam era. check robs, -- senator chuck robb's\s, senator bob smith of new hampshire with united states nÉvÉ. --tune of serving on a committee for him to investigate service members who were missing in action. or were thought to be held as prisoners. all he rose, every one of them without any distinction or exception. who participate in that war in one way or the other. sadly we have heard today that these veterans of vietnam haven't always received the praise and gratitude they earned. hopefully today brings a lap back and tells them how we appreciate everything they did for us. much has changed over the past 50 years. even our relationship with vietnam has changed, since our two countries reestablished diplomatic relations 20 years ago. what started that relationship? to vietnam veterans, no to more important than john kerry and john mccain who swallow a lot of private they have always be courageous and they started talking and made it easier for the rest of us to do so. i admire these two men for all the reasons i have mentioned. think about that as we have heard today. the leader of the comm

picture along with the police chief, cathy lanier and some folks from both the fbi and the united states navy you see here gathered just a few maybe half a block away from where he is set up. at this point, we would imagine they are sort of matching up their information we see the mayor there in the pink coat as well as who we believe to be vice admiral dixon smith, who is in charge of all navy installations along the with mayor's chief executive officer off to her one side and the police chief walking up behind who we believe is the admiral here to brief us on what exactly led to the lockdown that we saw at the navy yard for a few moments this morning. >> what have they learned from the person that phoned in the 911 call and reported a threat and hearing. let's go straight to the news right now with the d.c. mayor. >>> i am joined by admiral dixon smith, chief of police, kathy loo near lanier. we are here to give you a report on this morning's incident at the washington navy yard. we want to report that the police were called and asked for assistance by officials at the navy yard. weunder we

. >> i was the first african-american woman to command a ship in the united states navy. i was the first woman who wassan app list graduate to reached rank of one star, and the first african-american woman in the navy to reach two starring and the first african-american woman in the armed forces to reach 3 star, and the first african-american woman to reach 4 star in the armed services. i'm the first woman to hold the rank of vice chief of cooperation. >> admiral is not the title that she thought but she has grown to be like it. she showed me a letter from a nine-year-old girl. >> i'm happy that you know how to steer a navy ship and fight pirates. >> that reference to fighting pirates -- remember the true life movie captain phillips? as depicted, it was admiral howard's job as part of the counter terrorism task force to direct the rescue. but back to the framed letter. >> that letter resonated with me not because of her recognition of what the navy does at such a young age but because in that letter, she talks about her family. wow, she just had the greatest mom and dad in

. >> commander mike brown, united states navy in kabul afghanistan, for this july 4th, i want to givehout out to my family and friends in virginia and alabama and those around the world. and a shout out to the nationals. go nats. >>> republican presidential candidate donald trump is filing a $500 million lawsuit against univision. this after the spanish language tv network ended its contract to broadcast the miss usa and miss universe pageants over his controversial remarks about mexican immigrants during his campaign announcement. >> when mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. they're not sending you. they're not sending you. they're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems with us. they're bringing drugs they're bringing crime. they're rapists. and some i assume are good people. >> meanwhile nbc universal and macy's just two of the growing list of companies to cut ties with trump over his comments. let's talk about it with kirsten wilson a trial attorney and a defense attorney. good to see you both. >> ladies first. kirsten, i g

i served 10 years in the united states navy during the vietnam war's. i spent years on the ground and it never fired a weapon for almost my entire career. that's true for most people in the military. most military personnel are not trained, they never see a weapon after boot camp. i think it would be a lot safer if you want to arm recruitment centers, where most of those people are clerical, if you want to protect those put military -- bulletproof glass. don't assume that just because you are in the military you are some kind of weapons expert. it doesn't happen. host: thank you. guest: one of the proposals out there is, do we need to arm the spokes or do we need to put security personnel who are more familiar. even the folks who are highly trained, there is a big difference between rules of compat -- combat and public rules. what would be considered proper handling, stuff like that. even folks who do have some kind of familiarity with firearms some kind of higher-level training, that does not always mean that they are experts in what to do to diffuse t

. >> dan barks, former united states navy pilot, native of chattanooga. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> turning now to another big story. the continuing fallout over the nuclear deal with iran. growing questions today about the fate of four americans still held prisoner there whose release was not part of the deal at least we don't know if it was. passer said abedini serving an eight-year sentence or practicing his faith. a high-ranking state department official who played a key role in the negotiations is refusing to call the imprisoned americans hostages anymore. listen to wendy sherman correct a reporter's terminology. >> the hostages did they ever come up in the talks directly? or was it only a sideline issue? >> the americans -- we probably legally would not call them hostages. detainees. >> detained in iran. >> americans detained in iran and robert levinson who has been missing for some years that we think the iranians have knowledge of. >> joining me now me the wife of pastor abedini. great to have you. >> thank you gretchen. >> what do you make

. >>> and the united states navy for the first time it launched and recovered and underwater drone duringa military operation. a navy captain says his submarine, "u.s.s. north dakota" tested the ten-foot long drone in the mediterranean sea. >>> full coverage of flying blago and whether he'll be getting out of prison. that's next on fox news. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza. he said victoza works differently than pills and comes in a pen. victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. and the needle is thin. victoza is not for weight loss but it may help you lose some weight. victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. victoza has not been studied with mealtime insulin. victoza is not insulin. do not take victoza if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer mul

i served in the united states navy. i was an f-18 fighter pilot, flew off aircraft carriers.i went and served as an intelligence operator. i served 12 years on active duty as an officer and i left the navy as lieutenant commander. when i think about my service, i'm more proud of the people who i served beside, the people who served beside me. some of them lost their lives. some of them lost their limbs. some will never be the same. but they're people who were willing to fight for what they believe in and so when i think about my service, what i'm really proud of are all those brave young men and women who served our country. >> being in the military made me more proud of our country because of what we do for others around the world. we are the strongest military in the world and we could impose our will on others, but we don't. instead we go around trying to protect liberty and fee dom, trying to contain things like terrorism and try to help others in times of crisis. i see our military in the field try to help people after tsunamis and hurricanes, after earthquakes. so when

to answer your question from my personal opinion i do believe our united states navy and the department of defense has raised this up to a very high level. my good friend rear admiral jonathan white who is the oceanographer for the navy he leads a panel called the navy task force climate change that has multiple partners in the navy in the staff to take an operational risk view of some of these challenges. so they're trying to apply science. they're trying to apply all the data that we see so we are leaning forward in making sure we understand what these future challenges are. i will also give you my global view as a sailor. i think everyone here would agree that the earth is covered by 70% water. so as a navy that gives us a pretty big area which to patrol with our ships. we are a global navy. we are from the strait of hormuz to the inland coasts. 90% of all of global trade moves through the water specifically through key choke points like the strait of hormuz and the canals. we have a responsibility to make sure that those sea lanes of communication remain open because our world trade

we'll get more information from the united states navy and from the pentagon and much more of the breaking coverage right after this. >>> let's get back to the breaking news. ium rf wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. police say there is no longer an active shooter situation in chattanooga, tennessee. we're standing by. we're waiting for more details. earlier the u.s. navy confirmed a shooting incident at a navy recruiting center and the navy said it was also investigating a second shooting at another navy building about five miles away in chattanooga. the mayor there, andy berke, told the reporters that one officer is down. his word down in connection with the shooting. no word on the office's condition but we are hearing no reports of any deaths among u.s. military personnel. we're expecting to hear and we're standing by for a press conference. a statement from chattanooga police. also we're standing by to hear from the mayor, andy berke, momentarily. that's coming in right away. so as we get more information, we do know k

i am a lifetime democrat, union man, and i have a commission given to me by the united states navy after got back, the united states army released me and i voted republican pretty much all my life because i believe in fiscal sanity, and i believe in passionate and compassionate republican ideas and i believe that he either bobby jindal or jeb bush or donald trump could easily leave the republican party, lead our nations, and i'm going to talk to bob weir to see if i can get the dead heads out here on the west coast to campaign for trump, bush, and jindal and challenge their friends or they're following to consider the sanity of the republican party and bringing sanity back to the united states federal government and stopping this wasteful spending of this party. i do not agree to a rift in the united states armed forces. i know the united states army, i know the united states navy, i know what a 600-ship deepwater fleet leads to this country. host: ok, caller, thanks. guest: it is interesting in that list he said jeb, who we have heard tossed around a lot trump, and bobby jindal, the lou