there was probably not another naval officer in the united states navy that could have been a better choice. admiral robin was known for his diplomacy, and he was an expert seaman and navigator, and he had the exact characteristics that blended well with his royal navy counterparts. as i pointed out earlier with admiral bailey you had an excellent relationship with the u.s. naval forces guarding the western approaches, the commander of the u.s. forces and who is now the commander of the grand fleet, had an outstanding working relationship. interesting enough, admiral hugh robin was made a knight commander by the king. there is battleship nine, and they became the sixth battle squadron of the british grand fleet, and this occurred in december of 1970. admiral rodman realized that the administrative procedures and the decipher messages, and the codes and the like signals, all of this was different between the u.s. navy and the royal navy. some officers would've said that no, we are going to keep our own. admiral robin said that if we are going to operate as a discrete squadron, we have

caller: united states navy seal. host: go ahead. turn the volume down. caller: i am sorry. i served in the navy seals in iraq.m and later in [indiscernible] not in line with the way we think in colorado. i can guarantee the republicans are not going to win. host: thank you for the call. we have feedback but we got your point. guest: quite a long bit of service there. there is a perception that the military is conservative and you cannot find a democrat who served. what we have seen in our polling is that yes, there is a conservative bent but that is not universal. cycle,seeing this democrats doing a better job of showing there are plenty of folks who have served who fall in line with democratic values and platforms. whether or not they can be a long-term success, whether we can find the next john mccain, a longtime veteran who served here and be that voice remains to be seen. in the short, im expecting to see more democratic veterans arrive on capitol hill. host: next sunday is veterans day, when world war i came to an end. before that, president trump will be in france for

i did twenty nine years the united states navy any type of intel is good intel when you're not chancing a pilot's life that's even better plus when you think about it in the future is unmanned an f. sixteen can take a probably a fifteen or twenty degree turn the problem is the pilot passes out at nine or ten g. so if you take the pilot out does that make it a better fighter aircraft well sure it does because now it turns tighter it goes faster just doesn't want. these are excellent tools and not so we always say this isn't a solution it's a choice. the flew the tiger shark in afghanistan or iraq and this aircraft get us there so an iraqi police get to go without leaving the base you can see you know countryside out there. without having to worry about get shot down yeah yeah. so the b.s.a. is they keep people safe yeah there are some operations were when i was flying. you know troops are in contact you know they told us to go down and fly low they could try to draw fire oh really ok they were able to get people out because they were. firing at us from. the movement for justice is a poli

arctic is openig 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 uninitd states, those are less forces that potentially the president could call on to go overseas. and where we already see the kind o of threats that we're goa see 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 did wheheat almost dodouble rigs the arab spring got going? it doubled because there were terrrrific droroughts in austst, and if everybody 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 rreally bad governance w with alalready exexisti strtrife, i's sort of like dumping gasoline on and then just throwing matches. even though our budgets are vevery, v very constraiained ine department of de

but now here in the caribbean sea, the united states navy arrived, not a warship, rather, the hospital ship "comfort" armed with surgeons, scalpels and sympathy. caring for people like this family. since birth their 7-year-old son needed a hernia operation. [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: he's saying he couldn't find the help in venezuela for who had this condition. he has a twin brother. they did the same operation on him. this 11-week mission is the first u.s. humanitarian effort helping venezuelan refugees. doctors seeing 16,500 patients in the first few weeks treating everything from burns to cataracts. >> i feel for them because i can hear in their voices they didn't want to leave. they didn't want their homeland to be devastated and they're just looking for any help that they can get. >> reporter: almost two decades into the venezuela crisis, american doctors providing care at sea. kerry sanders, aboard the u.s. navy ship "comfort." >>> also tonight, the pregnant mom's plea for the life-saving gift and the incredible news she just received. you'll hear it first here. >>

it's the world's largest hospital ship one of two the united states navy this batch is to offer free medical care with a crew of nine hundred doctors nurses and volunteers thank the u.s. in s. comfort mission in colombia is to provide health services to locals and migrants fleeing the crisis at home the migration crisis has certainly played a factor we are here to help the colombian government and their and they're obviously strained health care system. provide for all of those in need here and we watch hundreds of people lined up on the first day of service in a coastal city close to the border most of the care is offered on shore while surgeries done on the ship and the cup there's fly patients to one of the comforts twelve operation rooms. many like these children had never seen a dentist before there's like a boy who arrived weeks ago from venice where we're desperate for medicine her two year old has chicken pox two month old suffers from disparate tory problems. you can't find any medicine in venezuela hospitals are empty doctors are gone there's nothing left. but we couldn't f

it's the world's largest hospital ship one of two the united states navy dispatches to offer free medical care with a crew of nine hundred doctors nurses and volunteers i the u.s. an s. comfort mission in colombia is to provide health services to locals and venezuelan migrants fleeing the crisis at home the migration crisis has certainly played a factor we are here to help the the colombian government and there and there's obviously strained health care system to be able to provide for all of those in need here on and we watch hundreds of people lined up on the first day of service in a coastal city close to the border most of the care is offered on shore while surgeries are done on the ship and the cup there's fly patients to one of the comforts twelve operation room. many like these children had never seen a dentist before there's like a boy because who arrived weeks ago from business where we're desperate for medicine her two year old has chicken pox two month old suffers from disparate three problems. you can't find any medicine in venezuela hospitals are empty doctors are gone there'

. >>> the russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to united states navy recon aircraft on monday.rding to a statement from the navy, a u.s. ep-3 aircraft was flying over the black sea when it was intercepted by a russian su-27. the navy says that while the russian military is within its rights to exercise ithin international air space, this action was unprovoked and irresponsible pting pilots and crew at risk. >>> now for a look at florida and the big races there on this election day, joining us is andrew de sada r in tallahassee. latest nbc news marist poll puts democrat andrew gillum ahead of ron desantis by 4%. quinnipiac has gillum ahead by 7. is that enough toff pull the win today by gillum? >> that will be the big question. gillum's goal is to mobilize en vghers so he'll essentially expand the electorate, tnout a lot o first-time voters for this i didn't tell calle alexis here. sisantis folks are confident. president trump d this state twice in the last week. he was in the ft. myers area. onne way night i was there for that. he also was in pensacola a few nights as well up i

it's the world's largest hospital ship one of two the united states navy dispatches to offer free medical care with a crew of nine hundred doctors nurses and volunteers. the u.s. in s. comfort mission in colombia is to provide health services to locals and venezuelan migrants fleeing the crisis at home the migration crisis has certainly played a factor we are here to help the the colombian government and there and there's obviously strained health care system to be able to provide for all of those in need here and we watch hundreds of people lined up on the first day of service in a coastal city close to the border most of the care is offered on shore while surgeries are done on the ship and the cup there's fly patients to one of the comforts twelve operation rooms. many like these children had never seen a dentist before there's like a hundred a border because who arrived weeks ago from venezuela were desperate for medicine her two year old bill has chicken pox two month old suffers from disparate three problems you know that when you can't find any medicine in venezuela hospitals are em

well first of all let's yes son former governor but i'm also a former united states navy veteran i served four years active duty and two years in the reserves so i have six years in the united states military that i served from age eighteen to twenty two on duty and all that i'll tell you what bothers me the most what bothers me the most in sending in active duty military personnel to the border is that the president in essence is putting them in a position to commit war crimes because these are not this is not an invading army these are not armed people coming these are women and children they are old people they are all sorts of people but they are hardly a military force to be dealt with by our military there's sixteen thousand border patrol guards down there plus you've got thousands of other personnel twenty five hundred national guardsmen are there for logistical reasons i forget the high numbers you already have there and he's talking about sending anywhere from five to fifteen thousand active duty military personnel now i heard they're not frontline combat units like he wants us t

the united states marine corps marines and our united states sailors out there. united states navy sailors. it's very interesting, we're very early on. i joke about this. it was taco tuesday. win for the team. >> awesome. >> there's goodness there. in reality, one of the first questions as we just started eating, a marine sergeant e5 looks across, looks over at the combatant commander, says, sir, in your house of armed services committee testimony, and then verbatim, read off a bunch of testimony. >> he didn't read off, he had memorized. >> yeah. >> he quoted my testimony back to me. a marine e5. and then he asked why did you say that? [ laughter ] >> so that in itself is just unbelievably just impressive. and i would like to say it's an isolated incident. it's just simply not. but in it addition to that, what that member brought up is he actually shared a really, really relevant and important message and he shared on a deployment into the eucom aor. it was a tactical echelon example of deterrence, but having this sergeant e5 of the united states marine corps really understand that

he retired in 1967 as the most highly decorated enlisted sailor in the history of the united states navy. he was the recipient of multiple awards during his service in the navy including the navy cross, the silver star, the bronze star medal, the purple heart, the korean service medal, and the united nations service medal. additionally, during his last seven months in the navy, he received every sea service award for heroism. on may 14, 1968, lyndon b. johnson in the name of coping presented james elliott williams the medal of honor. in the 20th century, three sailors of american indian heritage received the medal. petty officer williams was one of three. mr. speaker, it's my great privilege to put forth this legislation with the entire south carolina delegation and have it signed into law, to honor the life and service and sacrifice of james elliott williams. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. roby, for five minutes. mr. roby: thank you, speaker. just over a month ago hurricane michael, the third most powerful hurricane

woman was march 1917 in pennsylvania she was a designer and there were 13,000 women in the united states navy. there were women in the army as well working telephone operators and i just read this morning that they were denied veterans benefits when the war was over. once the war was declared, they did not do their duty as they were called upon in the national guard so since we have some music playing i will show you this one. this is the band. they were there in the years before the war. they were led by the guy sitting at the piano on the right who believe very strongly in the powers and beauties of african-american music and the fact that only african-american musicians can really play correctly. his bands were playing in saratoga springs and newport, palm beach, new york city, he was a musician and composer. he had dreams of what he called a [null] symphony orchestra. he integrated carnegie hall and had a very successful career for decades after. he was the martin luther king of music. this is in a couple months after that other picture in the united states army. he thought with the legen

i'm going to read a statement from the united states navy provided tus this afternoo that this is two lines. no active shooter at naval support activity bhesda was ad hoc drill by command. ad hoc is one of the phres to plain an action that is spontaneous but often prompted by something that is seen at the scene. they say this was an ad hoc or a spontaneous drill. weo not at this point know what prompted that. the second is that term i told you, tenet command. there are 13 tenet commands at this facility ranging from the bethesda naval research center, an ncis,us var entities, nunsed the ad hoc drill. that obviously threw a lot of people into confusion. we had a california congressman in building 19 who was tweeting an active shooter. montgomery county police tweeted out initially to us that they were being called here to the best of their knowledge to assist with an active shooter investigion in the basement of that building 19. so yes, the disconnect between many agencies that responded here. the many entities that make up this facility. 13 different commands. this drill apparently c

but now here in the caribbean sea, the united states navy has arrived. not a warship but the hospital y're "comfort for"comfort," andt caring for these families. >> he's saying he couldn't find help for his son in venezuela. >> reporter: turns out he's not the only one who has this condition. he has a twin brother. they did the same operation on him, too. this 11-week mission is the first u.s. humanitarian effort helping venezuelan refugees. doctors seeing more than 16,500 patients in the first three f i, treating everything from lrn forbu them because i can hear in their voices that they didn't want to leave, they didn't want their homeland to be devastated and they're just looking for any help that they can get. >> reporter: almost two decades into the venezlan crisis, now american doctors providing care at sea. kerry sanders, nbc news. >>> we are working for your health this morning. there are no cancer screening recommendations out. a new study suggests that women with certain riskct s should start getting an annual e mammogram at e of 30. that's 15

. >> it is in the kingdomse of ice from the united states navy landing on the north pole talk about the laboratory for human nature it is so true. if you go north everything goes south. and that mutiny and cannibalism. good times but they avoid those. it does become a laboratory then there is such a deep and broad literature. . >> who is moderating out? . >>. >> i am just wondering all three of you. >> so what do we think of the top human endurance and history? . >> i have no idea. i don't write that. [laughter]no . >> as a writer i would say tolstoy. but what is interesting the explorers that i had written about had outward goals they were exploring regions that were less known to outsiders. so with that element of discovery searching for a lost city and then to have the source of the river but these later expeditions that people are grasping to external objects becauseng the world has been discovered with google maps. so they have the external object to be the first to do something but these great earlier feats but i would rank the expedition with that endurance shift into the ice bef

the united states navy talking about further actions to keep freedom of navigation operations going inouth china sea. where is that headed? >> well, i think both sides, both beijing and president trump are playing to the same audience. it's the ten nations who belong to something called osion for short, the association of southeast nations. these are the swing votes. they are not sure of who will be the future power in the world. us or them. president xi says things every now and then to show his toughness. the same time, the united states runs the patrols through disputed chinese territory. i think that is what we are seeing more and more of. the shadow boxing going on. i don't think war is going to break out in the near future. >> lou: i hope not. >> there is an audience to play to. >> i'd tell you first, lou. >> lou: i appreciate that. any heads up would be appreciated by the audience, which i will promise to alert. >> no war. >> lou: straightaway. >> we're not even having a cold war, by the way, with china. that has been an exaggeration out of beijing. seeking a cold war. that is n

in 1906, the day after the earthquake and fire the united states navy show up at the foot of van ness here with 1,000 firefighters and five miles of hose. they used those massive desem engines to pump the saltwater that stopped the fire or we would have lost the entire western edition only 14% of the city was saved. in 1989 a system created in 1906 the auxiliary water supply and portable water supply system that went online six days before the earthquake saved a repeat. for the fire department pumped 5.5 million-gallons of saltwater to stop the fire. you have one you have the biggest housing units in the city. there are six engine companies and 24 firefighters and 10 people. no saltwater, no diesel pumps. we expect 34 firefighters to stop the fire in the sun set richmond district that is impossible. the bodies lost in paradise and the camp fire were horrified 83 people were killed. we lost 500 people on sixth street between howard and harrison who burned alive when there was no water to stop the fire. the only thing to stop the fire is massive diesel pumps and saltwater. these young f

my last book was set in the arctic 35 below zero i am in my coal phase right now about the united states navyattempt on the north pole. talk about the arctic or antarctic and almost invariably is mutiny and cannibalism. but if the leadership is good. and for decision-making and leadership with that arctic and antarctic. >> who is moderating now. >> [inaudible] what are your top three or five? . >> the question is what we think of the top three or four human endurance in history? . >> i have no idea i don't write this kind of stuff. [laughter] . >> as a writer i would say tolstoy but i don't know if that really counts but that's a really good question but in earlier stages explorers had outward goals because they were exploring regions never left not surly to outsiders so there was that element of discovery if they were searching for all lost city like in my book or trying to find the source of a river but what's interesting of the later expeditions is people are grasping onto external objects because we have google maps in the world is discovered so they have the external object as the first

he was an eagle scout and served in the united states navy. >>> here in the bay area we have news to bring you from from the deadly ghost ship fire, and the judge rejected the motion for the plea deal for one of the defendants. the trial will go to trial next spring and they say they're ready to prove their clients' innocence. >> that plea bargain was rejected. that gives us a chance to litigate and an opportunity to bring facts in the light. >> they've been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count for each of the people who died in that fire. and they'll return next month for a trial judge to be assigned. >>> and the transit bay center can be closed until early next year. it expects to repair the two cracked steal beams that begin next month. the cracked areas of the beams have been cut out and shipped to a testing lab in new york city, and results of the tests are expected next month. the 2.2 million transit isn't was shut down and this is after cracks when the support beams were discovered. the joint powers authority will make sure the building is safe. >>>

they recruited women and used and employed 11,000 women in both the marines and also the united states navy. they paid in the same -- they paid in them the same. and even though the press called them unionettes, that was their rank. he insisted. the british, almost in the same month, began recruiting women. they had been doing that for more than three years at this point. they had been using women in different capacities. they had a group of women called munitionettes. again, that is that feeling like -- so it does not look out of sync with femininity, they added a -ette. the toxic chemicals they had to -- and if they were also called the canary girls, because the toxic chemicals they had to deal with were so strong it turned their skin yellow, the canary girls. but they also started a group -- w.a.c., women's auxiliary corps, some were under bombardment in france and some died. they were doing telephone operating, running raids, railroads. the army knew that, in a way, they ultimately had to respond. they did not want to bring in women, as did the army -- navy and marines. this is a civili

privilege when i started off in this business to get to know a fellow named in beach, captain, united states navy. you will know him as the author of run silent, run deep. for many years, he was president eisenhower's naval aide before he ran the senate armed services committee. the staff for many years on capitol hill. he told me about a story from general eisenhower's first year -- first year as president. he had thought to scrap the presidential yacht williamsburg because he thought it was an extravagance unworthy of a democracy at war, but the one person whose orders the general could not countermand, maybe, said no. take it up, but only take warriors on it. so the first time he took it out, there were maybe 40 korean war soldiers. some missing limbs and others horribly disfigured. you know the washington kabuki dance -- as soon as the president arrived at the p or, the secret service launched to separate the president from his troops, and as only a five-star general, eisenhower yelled halts, get behind me. i know these men. he walked up on the deck of that ship and he asked those who could t

were scooped up by the united states navy. brought to a refugee camp on guam. and then to another one in arkansas. she was able to grow up -- the rest of the her growing up in new orleans. ended up graduating from cornell law school. that's the story of the vietnamese. what they could do under the right political system inside vietnam, and it's a great -- it's a great reminder of what we were trying to do. inside vietnam, a million of the young leadership of south vietnam were put into re-education camps. i can talk to people all across political, geographical lines and educational lines in this country and very few of them even know that the communists put people into re-education camps. hundreds of thousands of them stayed longer than four years. i have a friend who stayed 13 1/2 years in a re-education. five of those years he was in a connicks box. his children were not day lowed to go to school beyond a certain point. so many of these were the cream of the leadership and the anti-communist side. there was a large soviet presence that moved into vietnam afte