along with additional resources from the united states navy. the fire department, the police department, the state department of land and natural resources as well as the civil air patrol. >> they determined the aircraft. an electronic locator but no one received the signal. officials say the pilot did not deviate from the tour route. the faa issued a temporary flight restriction in the search area. >>> some new figures showing mass killings hit a new high in 2019. the associated press, usa today and northeastern university polls show in 2019 they had the most mass killings since the 1970s. most of which were shootings. in all there were 41 mass killings. that is defined as when four or more people are killed excluding the predator. 33 of them were mass shootings. at least 200 and people died as a result of those killings. california had eightkillings. the highest number in the country. >>> federal immigration agents deported about 1000 fewer people from the bay area than this time last year. more than 5000 people were deported in the san franc

i'd join the united states navy i enlisted on jenny 14th 2004. i thought it would just be a nice smooth trip. just to pay off some loans, tap into a graduate education. i was in for a rude awakening. almost a year i am in a van leaving norfolk virginia driving somewhere because in my mind i'm not going back to jake o'neil uss theodore roosevelt. i made a decision i couldn't take it anymore. i couldn't take all the racist jokes. i couldn't take the homophobia i couldn't take the sexism i couldn't take the grab asking. i couldn't take it all it was too demeaning. if too inhumane for my spirit. but i did stop by rod's house as i was on my way to somewhere and it was rod who struggled with me to it actually go back to the ship. can you imagine that? and in his struggle with me, i remember some points that rod made. one point that rod made was that he said the young men and women in that division, they are aboard that ship many if not all that they don't feel any different than you do, actually. they just deal with it in a different way. that you have

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coast guard coordinated search and rescue efforts along with additional resources from the united states navy. the fire department, police department, as well as land and natural resources as well as civil and air patrol. >> a pilot and six passengers, 2 of them children were on board. it's unclear if anything blatant>>> investigators are trying to determine the cause of an overnight fire in oakland. >> several people who ran from the lane who have been living in the building illegally. the warehouse has a long history of problems. >> shooting high into the sky flames took over the oakland warehouse on west street, intensity fueled by and furniture and debris inside. john was one of six people living there illegally, the building tagged by the city months ago, structural issues with no sprinklers and fire extinguishers. >> i jumped in and then pulled her out. >> 2 were rescued and one woman suffered burns on her hand. >> this building had one way in and it was a maze on the inside.>> reporter: investigators say previous problems forced them to kick out 20 people last month, power and water ki

. >> it doesn't happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of united states navy. but it did. and it has. >> reporter: the first call for help coming in at 6:51 a.m. >> i have one navy officer shot multiple times. >> reporter: the base locked down. police race to the scene within five minutes. the shooter moved through two floors of a classroom building, an area of the base where weapons are not allowed. >> can i have an update on the possible patient count? >> over ten patients confirmed. >> reporter: the gunman moved methodically through the building armed with a handgun. two sheriff's deputies coming face to face with the gunman, engaging in a shootout. two officers are hit. one shot in the arm, the other in the knee. despite being shot, returning fire, the accused gunman killed. >> i think it could have been a lot worse if we didn't -- if we don't train the way we do to try and minimize casualties in events like this. >> reporter: eight injured, four killed, including the gunman. the president briefed on the situation, saying he took a call from the saudi king e

. >> charlie's father is a commander in the united states navy where he believes charlie's special appreciationn and women who serve our country comes from. >> i couldn't be more proud of charlie what he's doing with the patriotism project. as an officer in the navy, who wouldn't be proud of their son going door-to-door asking people to put up american flags? >> understand that he wants to be a part of a project bigger than himself. and that is just to me the step one in the making of a patriot. >> i don't think i'm much of a hero. i just like patriotism. >> tonight the award for unsung heroes go to charlie hecht. please welcome to the stage, charlie and his father, commander dave hecht. charlie, congratulations. as fathers, we always want our children to have things we never had when we were younger, like a's on our report card. you're a straight a student. but i've also said this, if what you did yesterday looked big to you, then you haven't done much today. what are the other plans you have for the future now, charlie, you want to tell the people? >> yeah, so i think i've carried this projec

. >> charlie's father is a commandner the united states navy. >> i couldn't be more proud of charliet he's doing with this patriotism project. as an officer in in the navy, who wouldn't be proud of their season going door-to-door asking people to put up american flags. >> he understands that he wants to be a part of a project bigger than himself. that is just to me the step one in making of a patriot. >> i don't think i'm much of a hero. i like spreading patriotism. [cheers & applause] >> tonight's award for unsung hero, charlie hecht. please welcome to the stage, charlie and his father, dave hecht. [cheers & applause] >> charlie, congratulations. as fathers, we always want our children to have things that we never had when we were younger like as on our report card. you're a straight a student. but i've also said this, if you what you did yesterday looks big to you, you haven't done anything to you. what are your plans for the future? you want to tell the people? >> i think i pretty much carried this project till its end. so my next project is going to be try to get commercial movie

in december 1941 was a big black man who was a chief petty officer in the united states navy and also a very good looking guy and although he was married,n roosevelt liked to tease him about being a ladies man and every time he would tease him aboutbo being a ladies man, he would respond one doesn't refute the chief executive, mr. president. i wanted to provide that same intimacy. to do that, i talked to many members of the family. the grandchildren, cousins, great grandchildren. they told me many stories that were useful. one stood out because it displayed the diplomatic skills thatat factor. it was january, 1949. he was asked to provide some remarks at a dinner in a honor ofha general george marshall who was retiring as the secretary of state. general marshall at the chief in world war ii and after the war, truman appointed him as the secretary of state. now in january of 1949, she's going to retire to his farm in virginia with his wife. in the audience was dwight and his wife. i'm sure that he will no he's the one who led the allied invasion of normandy. in his closing remarks, she

minister benjamin netanyahu who has his own domestic political issues these days meanwhile united states navy carrier abraham lincoln has moved into the persian gulf and economic sanctions threaten to fray u.s. alliances north korea north pole cryptic kim jong un warns president trump of what he calls a christmas gift and why is china buying up the u.s. a shick an industry what in the world is going on let's welcome back our contributor and former pentagon official michael maloof and john said lisa geo political strategist with trilogy advisors here in washington he is a consultant to the u.s. state department michael you are in touch this week with contacts in the region and you're told that things are quiet now in iran a little too quiet i think it's a low before the storm the but what we saw activists burning down burning down banks and and tearing up the place and but you also have peaceful demonstrations. though those demonstrations the violent demonstrations have ceased you still are having regular demonstrations but they are peaceful demonstrations meantime you have a parliament about

along with additional resources from the united states navy, the kauai fire department, the police department, the state department of land and natural resources. as well as the civil air patrol. >> reporter: they determines the aircraft was a eurocopter as350. b2. at initial investigation showed it had an electronic locator but no one received a signal from the device. officials say the pilot did not appear to be deviating from the tour route prior to the crash. the faa issued a temporary fight restriction in the search area. christina coleman, fox news. >>> sobering news, new figures show mass killings at a new high in 2019. the associated press, usa today, and northeastern university show that 2019 had the most mass killings since at least the 18 the 1970s. most of which were shootings. there were 41 mass killings so far this year, that is defined as when four or more people are killed, excluding the perpetrator. 33 of them, by the way, were mass shootings, at least 210 people died as a result of this killings. california had eight mass killings, the highest number in the country. >>> a ca

it does not happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of the united states navy. president trump tweeted that king salman of saudi arabia called to express his condolences to the families of those killed. boris johnson is apparently heading for a clear victory in next week's u.k. general election. that is according to senior officials of both his ruling conservatives and the main opposition labour party. bloomberg has learned that his campaign promise to "get brexit done" his winning ground in the labor heartland in northern england. johnson triggered the december 12 snap election after months of deadlock over brexit policy in parliament, where his tory party did not have the majority. it was a dire warning from the u.n. climate chief. she told reporters at the summit in madrid that science must be the common language when dealing with the issue. >> what the science is telling us is very, very clear. we are facing a climate emergency. and we are approaching a series of tipping points. we must act urgently. mark: madrid is hosting the two week united nations sponso

start stopping with nicorette >>> the united states navy has just announced that flight training hasdi arabian students. this comes in the wake of the deadly shooting at naval air station pensacola ocean pensacola where a student pilot shot some people. the navy students have been detained since the shooting. sack new at noon, the better business bureau has released a new study on rental scams. they say anyone doing an internet search to find a place to rent faces a high risk the a people looking for a rental have encountered a fake listing and 5.2 nationwide have been ripped off by a rental scam. the average loss is $400, but one in three have lost just over $1000. >> as with many other fraudulent practices, the goal of the scammer is to get victim's money before they realize the truth. one of the best things you can do to protect yourself is to take time to assess the situation. >> the better business bureau also says you should never pay a deposit or rent forcing the inside of a unit or a house. >>> another update for the breaking news we've been following since the top of the new

the united states navy afforded me the opportunity to visit beirut in the early 1960s before it fell into warfare. it was the paris of the middle east, a center of deep culture the, a place where people of the three worlds, major religions lived in peace and respect. that has roots in the attitude towards the stranger. from greek times forward it was believed one of the gods would take human form and come as a stranger and we would be judged as to how that stranger was treat the. you didn't try to kill him or instantly regret you hadn't built a wall to keep him out, you fed him. this became a primary civic stir virtue and continues in the way caffe sapore has worked for two decades. it would be a good idea for it to be recognized with the professional and tenacious work. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am susie siegel. i am a san francisco teacher. i met elias a year after he opened. i taught two of his children. i feel like the caffe sapore is crossroads elementary, public middle school, college of the arts, children's center. i want to talk about kids,

in december 1941 was arthur perryman, a big black man who was a chief petty officer in the united states navy. perryman was also a very good-looking guy and although pediment was married, roosevelt liked to tease perryman about being a ladies man every time roosevelt would tease him about being a ladies man, perryman would respond one does not refute the chief executive,mister president . i wanted to provide that same intimacy and talk in talking about joseph grew.to do that, i talked to many members of his family. his grandchildren, his cousins, his great-grandchildren. they told me many stories that were a very useful. one story stood out because it displayed groomers diplomatic skills and his stature. it was january, 1949. group was asked to provide remarks at a dinner in honor of general george c marshall who was retiring as secretary of state. general marshall had been chief of the army during world war ii. after the war, truman appointed him as secretary of state. now, in january 1949, general marshall was going to retire to his farm in virginia with his wife. in the audience was genera

happen in pensacola, it doesn't happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of the united states navyit did. and it has. for now we're here to pick up the pieces. >> the base remains on lockdown as the investigation continues. joining me, shimon prokupecz and admiral john kirby. shimon, let me start with you. what's happening here? >> it's still very early in the investigation, john. key now, according to everyone we're talking to, is the motive. that is something both the fbi and officials there on the base are trying to figure out. they are not speculating whether it's terrorism or not, they're not indicating either way. so that investigation, that is an important part of this. that is still very much underway. and the other thing we're hearing are stories of really two sheriff deputies who are the heroes here stopping the shooter. they were on scene within minutes and they were able to shoot, and what investigators believe, kill this shooter. they, too, were injured, the two deputies, one being shot in the knee and the other one shot in the arm. a total of 11 people shot, including

it doesn't happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of the united states navy. for now, we're here to pick up the pieces. >> the defense department confirms with cnn that al shamrani had been here for more than two years. he would have finished the training in august of 2020, back to you. >> natasha, before we let you go. what is the status of the base now? we know throughout the day on friday it was closed. is it still closed? >> reporter: well, we're trying to confirm exactly what the situation is. i know that late yesterday through the naval air station facebook page they were announcing in waves how people could come back on base, if they lived there. so in the late afternoon period, i saw a post about allowing residents back from the west end main gates. it looks like most people are back at home, if they do live there. we'll confirm what the official security situation is with the base today. >> all right. natasha chen with the latest. thank you so much. >>> we get to james gagliano, retired fbi supervisory special agent. on the phone with us, good morning

united states and china during peacetime. peacetime. remember that. looking to bolster the conventional deterrence by denial of the united states navy and we do that by putting more and more powerful forces forward that are supplied by sufficient isr piece of the other guy does when they are under way someone is watching that's what were trying to do. united states continues its commitments in europe and elsewhere we assume the ongoing maritime surveillance requirements of the mediterranean and the indian ocean were not concerned with the performance of weapons and the analysis. i invite you to take a good dive into the monograph that we provided with charts and tables and graphs that describe the operational challenges associated with attempting to just do what harrison referred to to take an airborne radar of 50000 feet with a 287-mile area of concern, if you want to look at one.66 million square miles every 12 hours and that's just one time covering every one of those square miles, you need five in the air at any one time. just to mow the grass. mowing the grass is insufficient if you are looking at targets of opportunity because you know you'll h

navy. thank god for the united states of america. >> mayor?or being here and as a part of that. i want to say out to all of our escambia county resident city of pensacola how grateful we are that you're here. we certainly have gotten calls from our congressmen, our senators, and even the white house and certainly they've expressed anything they can do for our community they are willing to do and we very much appreciate that. this is a tragic day for the city of pensacola. again, i think the wold rld of base command, the captain, as goes the base soap goes the town and as goes the town so goes the base. a dedeep affinity for the member and women that serve our country every day. a sad day. some of the things you heard, it's a community of gray resiliency. i'miy confident we'll bounce bark and be stronger going through. i'm certainly here in support of everyone and certainly want to thank you all first responders especially the escambia sheriffs that got here, tyke care of neutralizing the threat and all those assists, is ems from escambia and f

the united states navy was at its lowest level of capability in 99 years.s brigades normally to out to fight, 58 of them, only three were capable of combat ready. the remaining third would have taken 30 days to ramp up. essentially troops were at all-time raise. when you talk about military pay raise, 3.1, 3.2% that is the highest they have almost in a decade. when you depleted military at cost of the rest of united states' security i think president trump has done a great thing to insure the military has a boost and capable of defending this nation, handling, china, russia, north korea if needed. charles: talk about good news, bad news. good news, moment lessness among vets down to 37,000, decrease of 2% in the last year. it is down 50% since 2010 but, for all of us, 37,000 is still too much. what is being done there? >> well, the va has received a budget of $86.5 billion. within that we also have mental health capability, 8.6 billion was allocated for mental health. many homeless problems are associated with issues that relate to mental health issues. whe

go to order and discipline of the united states navy.hat's a prime tenant. >> what message does it send? >> that you can get away with things. we have to have good order and discipline. it's the backbone of what we do. >> so i -- i guess we're forced -- i mean, both things can't be true. if good order and discipline is the backbone of what the military does -- >> this is troubling. one, what o'brien said suggests that the men and women who fight under the american flag don't have self-control on the battlefield. many -- not many of them, a supermajority of them do. eddie gallagher is an exception to the rule. >> they all do except the ones that end up in the justice system. >> eddie gallagher is an exception to the rule. and it also reflects how donald trump views bravery. which is, he doesn't understand it whatsoever. he has no concept of what courage on a battlefield would be because he thinks that the caveman approach that someone like eddie gallagher. that his own people in his unit reported out, you know, that he behaved. he thinks

it doesn't happen to members and friends who are in the united states navy, but it has and so for nowre to pick up the pieces. >> secretary of defense mark esper said the gunman was second lieutenant in flight training. lieutenants asked esper whether the vetting process should be changed or how we bring -- he did want to look into the procedures and he emphasized we need to find out what happened here and what the motivation was,ier irn. >> nat ash a thank you very much. i want to go now to the man you heard briefly there, escambia county sheriff, david amerimorg joining us on the phone. can you tell us the latest in the investigation right now? >> we are in a support role. the fbi is the lead agency and information is starting to come in. of course, they're starting to confirm more and more things. unfortunately, at this juncture, we've been asked not to release information and we've confirmed the health and welfare of the deputies and we know the fbi has secured the areas on base where the shooter was actually residing and of course, they've taken possession of laptops and cell pho

happen in pensacola, it doesn't happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of the united states navy, but it did and it has. and so for now we're here to pick up the pieces. >> neither the hospital nor the fbi is giving us more information at this time about the victims. we know that a lot of things are affected on the base. right now it's only open to essential military personnel and the families who live here. there are counseling services being offered. a holiday tree lighting that was supposed to happen today at an officer's club on base has been cancelled and we have been hearing from the community about how much they're shaken by this and how they'll be dealing with this for a long time, fred. >> all right, natasha chen, thank you so much from pensacola. admiral kirby, john kirby is joining us soon. there he is. president trump seemed to be reading the response from the king of saudi arabia almost verbatim. so, john, how did that strike you that the president was almost essentially acting as a messenger for the saudi king? >> almost his press agent, right? yeah, it was very muc

happen in pensacola, it doesn't happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of the united states navy we're here to pick up the pieces. >> reporter: and just within the past half hour we've seen on the naval air station facebook page that more residents are able to go home on base via the west and main gates. and just talking to one member -- family member of someone on base she said it was scary this morning particularly because this happened right next to a library and mini mart and places where people would have been getting breakfast, families getting gas for example when this happened right there. so the community is definitely shaken from this and will be changed for quite sometime, wolf. >> a lot of unanswered questions. natasha chen, thank you very much for that report. coming up, new concerns that russia is eavesdropping on president trump's phone conversations with his potential lawyer rudy giuliani. could vladimir putin know more about the ukraine scandal than congressional investigators? ph. (woman) but to businesses, we're a reliable partner. we keep companies ready for w

ray, thank you for your service to our country in the united states navy. we have an incredible group of volunteers who are here today, and are too many to list by name, but i'm so proud of the campaign that we have and the people-powered campaign we are building. we take no pac money, no lobbyist money. we are fueled and being moved by our volunteers working hard every day. volunteers, if you can raise and wave your hands. they are in the back, working hard. [applause] thank you. i'm really, really grateful. it's gathering together in spaces like this with people like you across this country that gives me so much hope for our future, for our future, because we are the change. there's a reason why our founding fathers chose those three most important words to begin our constitution, "we the people." two reasons. so that we the people would never forget the responsibility we have, to be actively engaged and informed and involved in democracy, but also so that the leaders who we choose to elect never forget who they are supposed to be serving. "we the people.

. >> when i was 18 years old, i joined the united states navy and took the oath to support and defend the constitution for the first time. i took that oath again earlier this year as a member of congress. and every day i work hard to live by that oath and give the 39th district the representation it deserves. i have always maintained that impeachment is a serious undertaking and must be done with incredible care. when the allegations against the president and his interactions with ukraine were first reported, i thought it was congress's duty to investigate and find out the truth. and now the facts are before congress and the american people. the president betrayed his oath to support and defend the constitution by attempting to undermine the integrity of our election for his own personal benefit. he asked a foreign government to investigate a political rival and endanger on our national security by withholding military aid to an ally. for me it's not about personal politics or party affiliation. it's about upholding my oath to put our country and our constitution first and protect our

it doesn't happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of united states navy. but it did.as. and so for now, we're going to pick up the pieces. we have two officers at the escambia county sheriff's office in the initial response that negate d the threat. they're now in a local hospital. we expect them to fully recover. it was a member of the escambia county chervonysheriff's officed negate the threat. as the captain said, we have today, as of right now, we have four deceased. and approximately eight total that includes the ones that have deceased by the way, that are injured. the crime scene processing continues under the aus pieces misses of the fbi and atf. we are lending all hoke assistance that we have to this effort. everything from command buses to crime scene techs if they are so needed. we ask for the prayers of the community and for the assistance of the press. please be patient. these things are ever evolving. you may hear a misstatement from one of us at this juncture. why? because we've got a lot of moving parts in this machine and we're all trying to get it in

. >> when i was 18 years old i joined the united states navy to take the oath to support the constitution for the first time. i took that oath earlier this year as a member of congress. everyday i work hard to live by that oath and give the 39th district the representation it deserves. i've always maintained that impeachment is a serious undertaking and must be done with incredible care. when the allegations against the president and his interactions with ukraine were first reported, i felt it was congress' duty to investigate and find out the truth. now the factor before congress and the american people. the president betrayed his out the support and defend the constitution by attempting to undermine the integrity of a fair election for his own personal benefit. he asked a foreign government to investigate a political rival and endanger our national security by withholding military aid to an alley. for me, it's not about personal politics of party affiliation. it's about withholding our earth but our constitution first and protect our national security. this is why i will vote to move fo

. >> so former navy -- >> stand for secretary of navy, go to order and discipline of the united states navyprime tenent. this erodes that. what message does that send to the troops? >> well, what message does it send? >> that you can get away with things. we have to have good order and discipline. it's the backbone of what we do. >> so i guess we're forced to be -- both things can't be true. if good order and discipline is the backbone of what the military does, and this can't be the president having the back of our fighters. >> this is troubling for a number of reasons. what o'brien said there suggest that the men and women who he fight under the american flag don't have self-control on the battlefield. not many of them, a super majority of them to do. eddie gallagher is an exception to the rule. >> well, they all do except the ones that end up in the justice system. >> ed did gal letter is an excepti eddie gallagher is an exception to the rule. president trump has no idea what bravery on the battlefield would be. gallagher's own people in his unit reported out, he thinks that's bravery. t

happen in pensacola, it doesn't happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of the united states navyit has. >> and for now we're here to pick up the pieces. we have two officers at the sheriffs office that negated the threat that are now in a local hospital. we expect them to fully recover. it was a member of the sheriffs office that did negate the threat. i will share that with you. it was one of our officers that did that. as the captain said, as of right now we have four deceased and approximately eight total, that includes the ones that have deceased, that are injured. the crime scene processing continues under the aus missft. we have everything from kpand buss to crime scene text if they are so needed. we ask for the prayers for the community and the assistance of the press. please be patient. these things are ever-evolving. you may hear a misstatement from one of us. why? because we've got a lot of moving parts in this machine and we're all trying to get it in sync. so if something comes back later that we have to correct, i would ask that you not be overly critical. the reason

each year more than 40,000 pass through great lakes to become in the united states navy. ameron walters and mo haitham were two such sailors. the men and women who volunteered to wear the cloth of role models for all of us. take us take this time to recognize their commitment and as a nation to ensure the heroic sacrifices of walters, on, cameron not ohammed haitham will every forgotten. thank you. back.ld the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a senate. from the the secretary: mr. speaker. i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that has passed h.r. 233 an act to direct the comptroller to conduct an assessment of the responsibilities, workload and rate at the department of veterans, suicide prevention oordinators and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute >> thank you, mr. speaker. to recognize the monument f national official designation. i am proud of the monument and the un

united states and china during peacetime. peacetime, remember that. we are looking to bolster the conventional deterrence by denial of the united states navy, and we do that by putting more and more powerful forces or word that are supplied by sufficient isrt so that the of the guy always knows that when he or she is under way, that someone is watching. that's what we are trying to do. we assumed the united states continues its commitments in europe and elsewhere, and we assume the u.s. has ongoing surveillance in the north atlantic, the mediterranean, the indian ocean and the arabian gulf region. we are not concerned with weapons with the performance of weapons in this analysis, okay? i invite you to take a good dive into the monograph that we provided. there are a number of graphs and charts and tables that describe the operational challenges associated with attempting to just do what harrison referred to as low the grass. that is, if you wish to take an airborne radar operating at 50,000 feet that has about 287-mile area of concern, if you want to look at 1.66 million square miles every 12 hours, and that's just one time covering every one of thos

and the united states navy. we have an incredible group of volunteers here today. there are too many to list by name but i am so proud of the campaign we have and the people powered campaign we are building. we take no pack money, we take no lobbyist money. we are fueled and moved by our volunteers who are working hard every day. our volunteers, can you raise your hand? there they are. they are gathered in the back working hard. [applause] thank you. i am really, really grateful. it is gathering together in spaces like this with people like you that gave me so much hope. for our future. we are the change. there is a reason why our founding fathers chose those three most important words to begin our constitution -- we the people. for two reasons. we the people would never forget the responsibility we have to be actively engaged, informed, and involved in democracy. but also so the leaders we choose to elect never forget who they are supposed to be serving. we the people. as we look at the challenges we how, as we talked through we want to solve these problems, i thi

. ♪ ♪ is the king of israel >>> every year around christmas, the united states navy band performs a holidayly trained and highly talented servicemen and women. paula reid spent the morning with them at the navy yard in washington before their winter show. paula, they sound amazing, as they do every year. >> amazing! and i wasn't sure what to expect, because we attended their first rehearsal before the holiday show. i was blown away. >> awesome! ♪ joy to the world the lord is come ♪ >> reporter: it's not the barrage you'd expect to hear coming from a military installation. but these aren't your typical sailors, and this is not your typical band. >> they are some of the finest musicians that you're going to hear in the country, and they're serving their country with their talent. ♪ >> reporter: the navy band has been around informally almost as long as the navy. serving through song at presidential inaugurations, funerals, and other government functions. ♪ jingle, jingle, holly jolly ♪ it's the best time of the year ♪ >> reporter: captain ken collins is the band's commander. >> can i have a b

tom: just as we wrap up the year with you and your great assistance to us, does the united states navythat what we will be looking for next year? george: we are showing the flag, and that is the important thing. we are showing the flag, playing it down, but the chinese have been careful not to engage too closely. we are doing all these things, and the important thing for my point of view is that we talk about the economy going up or down. i don't know how reliable chinese numbers are. they issue numbers and you wonder where they come from. obviously, it is going to be cyclically for a while, but you have so many problems closing in. tom: this has been wonderful, george friedman, thank you so much for joining us. we will come back with dr. hooper and look at the u.s. ,conomy, and that means the fed which means it is important to listen to the individual and distinct fed presidents. here is kaplan of dallas. mr. kaplan: trade issues will go on for years, not months but years. most businesses are adjusted to that. these issues of intellectual property, technology transfer, and the deeper

wonderful experience >> and marilyn, you decided to go into nursing after spending years in the united states navy after my son was born, when i was in the service, actually so that was the beginning of it all. it took me a few years to accomplish my goals, but i did it through blood, sweat and tears. >> and you just got engaged. >> yes >> congratulations. >> thank you >> do you have a date for the wedding? >> yes, may 16th. >> that's awesome. i see something going on over here carson is up to something. >> read along. >> marilyn, do you mind reading along with the cards that showed up out of nowhere. >> for all the love, compassion and care you give your patients every day, we think you deserve an extra gift under the tree so we're sending each of you on a -- oh, god >> oh, my god. >> congratulations. >> congratulations. >> you sacrifice so much, you missed out on holidays with your families, but you are getting a luxury vacation package. >> thank you so much oh, my god. >> to any beach resort in jamaica or turks and caicos. we heard from your managers and colleagues about how incredible each of

and this is the essence of what the united states navy knows how to do in combat. >> it -- what i point out to some of my civilian friends with some humor is in every manual that i've ever gotten on the navy it has the general prudential rule. it says to effect nothing contained herein shall preclude the commander from deviating as necessary if required which is the same thing as saying when in doubt win the war. so you are allowed to do -- you can say to cover your you know what but also just say sir i just execute it had general prudential rule. >> lee had been otherwise directed. >> that's right. but he is not obligated to fail. you still have again in the aviation world it is the general prudential rule, because you don't want to follow the manual into the ground. >> i do want to make one comment on the point. back in 1991 jeff bacon who does the cartoons for navy times did a cartoon that was the difference between the warfare communities and it saw a submarine looking fairly nerdy with glasses saying you can't do it unless the book says you can. then disheveled officers who say you

the policy the last decade, is it still the policy to prohibit bilateral exercises between united states navy and the republic of china navy. >> beyond a yes or no, that's for the record unless you can get it done with a yes or no. >> i'll get back to you. >> thank you, mr. keating. >> thank you, dr. esper and general milley for being here. general milley, your service is not only extraordinary, but lengthy. and i look back on your bio, princeton and the rotc, is that correct. right around 1980? >> that's correct, congressman, almost 40 years now. >> thank you, it is extraordinary in length and i have a question for you, quickly, in that regard. >> during that almost four decades, or four decades of service and several presidents, having served our country during that period of time, could you share with us other instances where presidents had pardoned war criminals, in your experience since you've been in the military during that time? >> presidents have pardoned individuals many, many times. as you know, for example, president nixon, a very famous case pardoned lieutenant kelly, who murdere