he plants his flag in the fort and declares that the united states navy has captured fort anderson. if the only incidents in the civil war where the united states navy captured a confederate fort from the united states army. wilmington fell on february 22, 1865. just two days after fort anderson was evacuated, wilmington fell and when robbie -- robert ely surrendered his forces because he was no longer able to supply he was forced to abandon petersburg in early april and retreated westward into what was run down and forced to surrender on april the ninth. that was only about six weeks after the fall of wilmington. most historians focus their attention on virginia or in terms of the seaports of charleston but wilmington played an incredible important role during the war. not that many people know about fort anderson. they hear about the fort's guarding wilmington and the hear about fort fisher and understandably so. site of the two largest naval bombardments, the site of the largest naval operation in american history until d-day. we have this great urban fort that is very important i

up to the top of the fort, he plants his flag in the top of the fort and declares that the united states navy has captured fort anderson. it is the only incident in the civil war where the united states navy captured a confederate fort from the united states army. 22,ington fell on february 1865, two days after fort anderson was evacuated, wilmington fell. then robert e. lee surrendered his forces. he was no longer able to maintain his army as predicted. he was forced to abandon petersburg and retreated westward, was run down and forced to surrender by grant's forces on april 9. that was only about six weeks after the fall of wilmington. most historians focus their or inion on virginia terms of the seaport, on charleston. but wilmington played an incredibly important role during the war. not many people know about for anderson. if they hear about the fort's guarding wilmington during the civil war, they hear about fort fisher, and understandably so. the site of the largest naval bombardment, largest amphibian until d-day world war ii, but we have this great earthen fort that is very very impo

he plants his flag in the fort and declares that the united states navy has captured fort anderson and it's the only incident in the civil war where the united states navy captured a confederate four of the united states army. wilmington fell on february 22, 1855, 2 and a half days after fort anderson was evacuated, wilmington fell and ronnie lee surrendered his forces because they were no longer able to maintain his army as he predicted. he was forced to abandon petersburg in early april and retreated westward from what was run down and forced to surrender by us mass forces on april 9 and that was only about six weeks after the fall of wilmington.enough focus their attention on virginia, or in terms of the seaports on charleston. but wilmington played an incredibly important role during the war, not that many people know about for andersut

defense sequester and to support my request for a great rebuilding of the united states military and the united sates states navy. [cheers and applause] president trump: after years of endless budget cuts that have impaired our defenses, i am calling for one of the largest defense spending increases in history. and by eliminating the sequester and the uncertainty it creates, we will make it easier for the navy to plan for the future and and too control costs, get the best deal for the taxpayer, which of course, is very important, right? got to get a good deal. we don't get a good deal, we are not doing our job. the same boat for less money. the same airplanes for less money. that is what we are doing. that is what we are doing. it means we are going to get more of them and we can use them. our military requires sustained, stable funding to meet the growing needs placed for our defense. right now our aging frontline strike fighters, and many, many aircraft, are likely to be down for maintenance than they are to be up in the sky. our navy is now the smallest it has been since believe it or not, world war i. don't

we heard a robust and really sort of striking telegraph for the united states navy. se ears are hurting more than the whales within 100 nautical miles is the united states army. what you heard was a president intent on building the navy. let's not pretend that the pool of money they want to spend, even if it's $54 billion, even if it's another $30 billion, that's finite. when you put together the wish list of admirals, generals across the board, they start fighting over things. today i have to say it looks like the navy has the upperhand. army will be wondering what they're going to get, same with the air force. army won the football game this year, but they might wanted to have the first presidential visit. >> hans nichols, always making me laugh when you're on tv. thank you for that. hallie jackson, thank you to you as well. i will note for those of us who oftentimes did go on prompter, stayed on prompter and didn't tweet so much when he was under fire. this seems to be what is going on right now. somebody got in his ear, told him to stay on message and to not lash

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the defense sequester and to support my request for a great rebuilding of the united states military and the united states navyeers and applause ] >> after years of endless budget cuts that have impaired our defenses, i am calling for one of the largest defense spending increases in history. and by eliminating the sequester and the uncertainty it creates, we will make it easier for the navy to plan for the future and thus, to control costs and get the best deals for the taxpayer which of course is very important, right? got to get a good deal. we don't make a good deal we're not doing our job. the same boat for less money. the same ship for less money. the same airplanes for less money. that's what we're doing. that's what we're doing. means we're going to get more of them and we can use them. our military required sustained stable funding to meet the growing needs placed in our defense. right now our aging front line strike and strike fighters, a whole aircraft, many, many aircraft, are often more likely to be down for maintenance than they are to be up in the sky. our navy is now the smallest it's been since

thank you i'm privileged to , stand here today with the incredible men and women of the united states navyheers and applause] president trump: american sailors are the best war-fighting sailors anywhere in the world and it's not even close. and susan, i'm so glad you could be with us. i know how hard you work, 17 visits and she wanted things done right. i will tell you. she wanted this done right in honor of her parents who were great, great people and wanted to introduce this beautiful vessel to the american people and i wanted to be here and with you. so susan and to your family, unbelievable job. unbelievable. [cheers and applause] president trump: the soon-to-be commissioned gerald r. ford, what a place, it feels like a place. you stand on that deck and you feel like you are standing on a very big piece of land. this is better than land. it will not only be a great american strength but a great legacy to your father and our former president gerald ford. president ford was a navy man. and he was a great athlete for those of you who didn't know. he saw action in the south pacific during

the r 38 was built by the --tish on zeppelin plants plans for the united states navy. --had not accepted it plans for the united states navy. we had not accepted it yet. at this time, we had [no audio] the saying was, oxygen got into these gas bags mix with hydrogen and exploded. only five of the 49 men on board survived. , a public affairs officer serving on the ground, accompanied the remains of his fellow seamen -- sailors back. no one would die because of hydrogen at again. roma arrived to langley on august of 1921. anyone who has ever been to my potential robustis a wonderful time of your temperature wise, and humidity was. her guest that was covered in .oles, mildew one of them and described as resembling lukewarm deflects. -- be whacked. [laughter] i asked the warmed up -- war department, can we have a new bag? we needed to put this to bed. this one will not last. the word apartment said, patch it will be fine. theres to the hangar log, are thousands of patches that they put on his back. say, some of the men felt uncomfortable with this ship. in the meantime, we

the defense sequester and to support my request for a great rebuilding of the united states military and the united states navy[ cheers ] after years of endless budget cuts that have impaired our defense, i am calling for one of the largest defense spending increases in history. and by eliminating the sequester and the uncertainty it creates, we will make it easier for the navy to plan for the future and thus to control costs and get the best deals for the taxpayer which, of course, is very important. right? got to get a good deal. we don't make a good deal, we're not doing our job. the same boat for less money. the same ship for less money. the same airplanes for less money. that's what we're doing. that's what we're doing. means we're gonna get more of them so we can use them. our military requires sustained, stable funding to meet the growing needs based on our defense. right now our aging front line strike and strike fighters, the whole aircraft, many, many aircraft, are aufp more likely to be down for maintenance than to be up in the high. the navy is the smallest it's been since, believe it or not, world

the defense sequester and to support my request for a great rebuilding of the united states military and the united states navy. [cheers and applause] after years of endless budget cuts that have impaired our defenses i am calling for one of the largest defense spending increases in history. and by eliminating the sequester and the uncertainty it creates, we will make it easier for the navy to plan for the future and, thus, to control costs and get the best deals for the taxpayer which, of course, is very important, right? got to get a good deal. we don't make a good deal, we're not doing our job. the same boat for less money. the same ship for less money. the same airplanes for less money. that's what we're doing. that's what we're doing. means we're going to get more of them, and we can use them. our military requires sustained, stable funding to meet the growing needs placed in our defense. right now our aging front lines strike and strike fighters, a whole aircraft, many, many aircraft, are often more likely to be down for maintenance than they are to be up in the sky. our navy is now the smallest it's bee

arctic is opepeg up, the ice is melting, and that's opening up a whole new theater that the united states navy and our coast guard partners are gonna have to work in. and finally, when we have the national guard responding to natural disasters in the united states, those are less forces that potentially the president could call on to go overseas. and where we already see the kind of threreats that we're g a seeee from national security, is just look no further than north africa. look at the arab spring. one of the contributing causes was a very rapid run-up in the price of wheat. now, why ddid wheat almlmost double r ris the arab spring got going? it doubled because there were terrific d droughts in australi, and if everyody remembers the fires of a few years ago, and the russian summer. there were big droughts there. worldwide wheat harvest really contracted. so, you couple the drought with really y bad governance with already exexistingng stre, i i's sort of like dumping gasoline on and then just throwing matches. even though our budgets are very, very c constrained in the department of defe

united states navy nd army, and i find it appalling. guest: well, in fact, you raised legal question. 1920s, we passed highly restrictive immigration 1924 act, for ing ll practical purposes, slammed immigration gates shut. they remained shut for more than when they ntil 1965, were reopened with the landmark reform bill. nd one of the things that the 65 act did was to outlaw iscrimination in immigration based on a number of categories f which race was one and nationalality was another. ne legal problem the trump administration is encounter necessary trying to single out countries is that on some interpretations, it will of thefoul of provisions 1965 law, then the question is, dominant law, does the 1965 law supercede all acts on the subject or are there contradictions that need to resolve? you raise, as i said, a very important legal question. rollout of the e replacement for affordable care ct, talk about the success of this rollout, especially in relation to other items that the trump administration wants to donees, immigration, like y

. >> this is a level of corruption in rot that is unprecedented in the history of the united states navy. >> reporter: one dinner bill in hong kong, topping $20,000. another raunchy party allegedly held at the macarthur suite in manila, seen here on the hotel's website. all the while, prosecutors say the company was overcharging bilking the navy out of tens of millions of dollars. >> and martha raddatz with us here in new york tonight. this investigation has been going on for quite some time now. how many officers now involved? >> reporter: really epic numbers, david. 20 former or current navy officers charged in this scandal. admiral loveless put in a not guilty plea, but the chief says this behavior is inconsistent with our standards, and is an embarrassment to the navy. he says they are fully cooperating with law enforcement, but this is not over, david. >> always great to have you in person. >>> we move on now to the deadly nor'easter moving out, and a deep chill reaching to florida tonight. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano with us live tonight. he is tracking this. hey, rob.

eliminate the defense sequester and support my request for a great rebuilding of the united states military and the united states navyars of endless budget cuts that have impaired our defenses. i am calling for one of the largest defense spending increases in history. paul: president trump on the u.s.s. gerald ford in knew for the news, virginia. the white house announced the president's budget will call for a $54 billion in defense spending, a move the administration plans to pay for with cuts to the state department and other federal agencies. but the chair of the house armed services committee said the spending hike is not enough. >> i think the president as he says, inherited a mess, and is absolutely committed to rebuilding the military. but i think all of us have underestimated how much damage has been done to our military through the sequester and all of the things that happened over the past few years. >> you are happy he's going to lift the sequester that cuts defense with discretionary spending. if it failed because there have been no changes in mandatory spending. what's happened is a defense has been disp

the defense sequester and to support my request for a great rebuilding of the united states military and the united states navyrs and applause ] at the end of year's budget cuts, preparing defense, i am calling for one of the largest defense spending increases in history. by eliminating the sequester and the uncertainty it creates, it will make it easier for the navy to plan for the future, and, thus, to control costs an get the best deals for the taxpayer, which, of course, is very important. right? got to get a good deal. we don't make a good deal, we're not doing our job. the same boat for less money. the same ship for less money. the same airplanes for less money. that's what we are doing. that's what we're doing. we'll get more of them, and we could use them. our military sustained stable funding to meet growing needs placed in our defense. right now, our ageing front lines strike and strike fighters, the whole aircraft, many, many aircraft, are often more likely to be down for maintenance than they are to be up in the sky. our navy is now the smallest it's been since, believe it or not, world war i, don'

the r 38 was built by the british on zeppelin plants -- plans for the united states navy. we had not accepted it yet. at this time, we had airmen over there. the ship broke in half. the saying was, oxygen got into these gas bags mix with hydrogen and exploded. only five of the 49 men on board survived. a lieutenant, a public affairs officer serving on the ground, accompanied the remains of his sailors back. he swore that no one would die because of hydrogen at again. roma arrived to langley on august of 1921. anyone who has ever been to my wonderful that is a time of your temperature wise, and humidity was. that was covered in holes, mildew. can we have a new bank, they asked. we need a new one. this one will not last. the war department said patchett. it goes to the hangar log, there are thousands of patches that they put on his back. needless to say, some of the men felt uncomfortable with this ship. in the meantime, we have more crewmen join the ship. this gentleman is lieutenant byron siebert junior. i am not sure whether he was a lucky man to have on board, considerin

some of the things the feds say the united states navy took as bribes in exchange for inside informationd, the latest on the biggest corruption scanndal in u.s. nav history. what's the best way to get two servings of veggies? v8 or a powdered drink? ready, go. ahhhhhhhh! shake! shake! shake! shake! shake! done! you gotta shake it! i shake it! glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day. >> i'll lea gabrielle with the fox report. dozens of people have died after two suicide bombings in damascus. that's according to state media. the latest attack happened at a restaurant and killed several. 30 people died in a bombing in the city's main judicial building. and an aircraft carrier arrived in the pacific after tennessesi rise with north korea. and in san francisco, someone opened fire on two cars outside the freeway. police say two drivers went to the hospital. the injuries are not life threatening. the news continues with shepard smith after this. y282sy ywty when you have digestive sensitivities, life can feel like a never ending search for food that won't cause bloating, gas, or inn

it's the biggest corruption case in the history of the united states navy but even given that scope of it which itself is striking it's the particulars that stick with you. a lot of the alleged bribes the dinners and booze and watches and jewelry and prostitutes, those stories circle in manila around this hotel, around the shangri-la hotel. but not all of them. on page 24 of this indictment we get to the part that allegedly takes place in the historic manila hotel and in one specific room of the manila hotel. quoting from the indictment "on or about february 8 through 102007, fat leonard hosted and paid for a lavish party and the services of prostitutes in the macarthur suite of the manila hotel." the indictment lists the u.s. navy officers allegedly there at this particular sex party and then it says this "during the party historical memorabilia related to general douglas macarthur were used by the participants in sexual acts." thankfully the indictment does not spell out which memorabilia was involved or which acts. what do they have of macarthur's in the suite? i will say pictures o

the president got a look around, a new bomber jacket and new hat from the united states navy. opportunity to tout $54 billion in new defense spending that he says he wants in this year's budget. here's what the president had to say on the aircraft carrier. >> america is always been the country that boldly leads the world into the future and my budget will ensure we do so and continue to do exactly that, american ships will sail the satisfies. american planes will soar the skies. american workers will build our fleets. >> so that's the message that the white house wanted to put out here today but, of course it got stepped on in the news cycle with this news from attorney general sessions who came out he's going to recuse himself from any investigations into russian influence in the u.s. election last year. that news not welcomed here at the white house. they don't believe that he should recuse himself necessarily. jeff sessions taken himself out of that case and particular investigation. the white house here very much focused on a massive defense buildup. it's absolutely key to

the defense sequester, and to support my request for a great rebuilding of the united states military and the united states navy cuts that have impaired our defense, i am calling for one of the largest defense spending increases in history. by eliminating the sequester and the uncertainty it creates, we will make it easier for the navy to plan for the future and thus, to control costs and get the best deals for the taxpayer, of course is very important. got to get a good deal. we don't make a good deal, we are not doing our job. the same boat for less money. the same ship for less money. the same airplanes for less money, that is what we are doing. we are going to get more of them, and we can use them. our military requires sustained, stable funding to meet the growing needs placed in our defense. right now our aging frontline strike and strike fighters, a whole aircraft, many aircraft, are often more likely to be down for maintenance than they are to be up in the sky. our navy is now the smallest it has been since world war i. don't worry. he will soon be the largest it has been. don't worry. [applause] think

attorney in san diego alana robinson said -- "this is a fleecing and betrayal of the united states navy in epic proportions, and it was allegedly carried out by the navy's highest-ranking officers." the senate armed services committee questioned marine corp commandant general robert neller on tuesday over the growing scandal over an invite-only 30,000-person facebobook group where male marines have been posting thousands of naked or sexually suggestive photos of their fellow female marirines, along with a barrage of misogynistic comments, including some saying the women should be raped. this is new york senator kristen gillibrand. investigated d and found guguilty, anybody. if we cannot crack facebook, how are we supposed to be able to confront russian aggression in cyber hacking throughout our military? it is a serious problem when we have members of our military denigrating female marines who will give their life to this country in the wayay they have with no response from leadership. amy: and newly released research shows hate crimes in major cities across the united s stats surged m

he was out pitching the growth in the united states navy, has to happen.eat message, promoting jobs in the domestic defense industry. great message talking to his education -- all that is lost for some kind of a weak tweet. but here's the other piece of this. this should be the sign that they need to impose discipline in the white house with a new communications director and get this thing back under control. if they don't, they're going to lose huge opportunity on big issues. >> don't go anywhere. we're going to come right back. coming up next, behind closed doors, senator rand paul accusing his colleagues of preparing a secret obamacare replacement bill. what powers the digital world. communication. that's why a cutting edge university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. and why a pro football team chose us to deliver fiber-enabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. and why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their dealer network streamlined and nimble. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centuryl

we have a gap there and that is one reason i want to salute madam chairman of the united states navy made the decision yesterday to locate the m q4 c program in jacksonville which would give us on me and aerial vehicle capability but i hope will be used to fill some of that gap that was created when the navy did away with their program which increase the gap. i bring that up to follow up on the question, i know the president has made it clear one of his top priorities will be rebuilding the navy to 350 plus ships. i believe it should include the u.s. coast guard. that's why think you're here today. and secretary kelly told us many of the ships are old and i think the one in jacksonville is 50 years old. one of those ships, can you you give us i know you talked about it earlier, how long will it be before we get those 25? that wasn't the 2019 you're talking about, correct? >> the offshore patrol cutter we have under contract it's a multiyear contract. the first 11 will be commissioned in 2021. as you said some, in fact all are older than the parent serving on the we have other cutters

i am honored to represent the men and women of the united states navy. aviation today is strong of the maritime air force in the world and our deploy unit is ready to response to any challenge. it's made up of more than 190,000 military and navy civilian personnel including 10,250 naval pilots and flight officers who safely maintain, operate, and train with approximately 3700 aircraft and support a worldwide carrier based expedition neighbor missions to support combat operations. on any given day, two or five of our nine carrier air wings are deployed. we are prepared to deploy and our ability to sustain the effort depends on a number of factors among the most critical of which is our people. so i'm here today to outline the current risks of projected manning challenges facing naval aviation and what we must do to sustain peak combat readiness. our able to attract our young men and women our nation have to offer is central to maintaining aviation personnel readiness. a number of factor making this challenge increasingly complex of low unemployment and inc

this endeavor helps the personnel and their families and the importance of a strong united states navy. the people of the 2nd congressional district are proud to have a new ship bearing the name of omaha and it bears the name of our community who proudly serve in the united states armed forces. mr. speaker, i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. veasey: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today's special order is going to be about the theme, what do we have to lose? that was something that you heard during the presidential campaign. and specifically we want to focus on what do we have to lose, $54 billion in d

one reason i want to salute, madam chairman, the united states navy, who made a decision just yesterday to relocate the m4c tritan program in jacksonville, a mayport naval station which will give us an unmanned airline capability i hope will be used to fill some of that gap created when the navy did away with their friget program that certainly increased the gap. i bring that up following up on mr. hurd's question. i know the president made it clear one of his top priorities will be rebuilding the navy to 30050 police ships but i believe this evidence should cloincludee coast guard. many ships are very old. the valiant in jacksonville is 50 years old. one of those ships. i know you talked about this a little earlier, but how long will it be before we get those 25? is that -- that wasn't the 2019 you were talking about, correct? >> yes, sir. thank you for the question. the offshore patrol cutter we have under contract now, a multiyear contract and the first commissioned in 2021. in fact, almost all of them are older than the parents each the young men and women serving on. that's a data

allan ruskin from deutsche bank and tom nichols working with the united states navy.ise is way out front is my book of the summer for a couple reasons. one, everybody cares about this. it's how surveillance was invented, talking to experts like allan ruskin. bonus round. it's the perfect size. what did annapolis think when you came up with this book or newport or the war college at newport. do admirals and commanders want to read this stuff or do they tell you to get out of the room? tom n.: it's important to point out i don't speak for the navy and i wrote this out of -- i didn't write it for the navy or anyone else but wrote it out of my own frustration with how many people, particularly national security affairs and business affairs and medical affairs felt perfectly comfortable arguing with experts about things they obviously knew nothing about. i assume that i did speak with people who are in the national security field as well as in other fields and the response has been very positive. tom k.: i see these kids with superficial knowledge and the key word is ringe

we saw folks that ranged from members of the national guard, the united states navy, fema and california emergency services together with the local sheriff, butt county sheriff, who came together to meet the challenge and the need and they did it in a seamless way. it goes without saying secretary laird has extensive knowledge of the needs of our nation and needs to consider when it comes to sufficiently entertaining our infrastructure and flood management systems. this combined with his budgetary experience at all levels of government should shed light how congress should handle funding streams for our aging infrastructure. i know in california alone there are approximately 1,400 dams and nearly half of those are designated as quote high hazard potential dams by state officials. realizing the devastation that could be caused by an aging dam infrastructure, california has invested presidential $11 billion in flood control management in the past decade to protect nearly 7 million people and 5$580 billion worth of asses which including buildings, farmland and crops at risk. the need for im