a speech in arlington where he talked about new initiatives for veterans he wants to set up a veterans corps he wants more communities to hire them as police and as firefighters you know want to give grants to communities that do that as well as you know also help them get new training so they can be entrepreneurs and set up small businesses i think that it's about time that we did that until. sure of course i mean something like that should be a slam dunk it shows how crazy our politics are that that's even controversial but of course republicans will vote it down now but the problem is that people will look at that and say that was the most we could possibly consider doing that proposal is great but it's very inadequate for the job that needs to be done if the president's and the democrats are going to lose on their proposals they've got a little learn to lose better by telling the american people exactly what we need to get back to the kind of employment that this country can and should be seeing all right so you say that it's not enough last question have me switch gears for one second n

station in arlington, virginia, an example of who president obama says he wants to help with veterans jobs corp>> the president: when these men and women come home they bring unparalledded skills and experience. >> reporter: one offer financial incentives to communities who prioritize hiring veterans. connect up to 22,000 veterans with jobs rebuilding roads and bridges on public land and offer entrepreneurial training if they are interested in pursuing business. >> the president: it is good for our communities, economy and our country. >> reporter: the announcement comes on the heels of an improved jobs report. >> there's certainly positive news here. >> reporter: the speaker of the house says they can do better. >> the way better is for the senate to take up the 27 jobs bills that sitting in the senate. the president asked us to work with him. we have worked with him. >> reporter: from his remarks at the fire station it is unclear if the president sees it that way. >> i want to send a clear message to congress, do not slow down the recovery we are on. don't muck it up. >> reporter: how are inv

station in arlington, virginia, an example of who president obama says he wants to help with veterans jobs corp>> the president: when these men and women come home they bring unparalledded skills and experience. >> reporter: one offer financial incentives to communities who prioritize hiring veterans. connect up to 22,000 veterans with jobs rebuilding roads and bridges on public land and offer entrepreneurial training if they are interested in pursuing business. >> the president: it is good for our communities, economy and our country. >> reporter: the announcement comes on the heels of an improved jobs report. >> there's certainly positive news here. >> reporter: the speaker of the house says they can do better. >> the way better is for the senate to take up the 27 jobs bills that sitting in the senate. the president asked us to work with him. we have worked with him. >> reporter: from his remarks at the fire station it is unclear if the president sees it that way. >> i want to send a clear message to congress, do not slow down the recovery we are on. don't muck it up. >> reporter: how are inv

in my state of the union address, i proposed a new initiative calls the veterans jobs corps. to put the veterans back to work protecting and rebuilding america, and today we're laying out the details of this proposal. first, we want to help communities hire more veterans as cops and firefighters. you guys have seen what great job jacob's doing. well, there are a whole bunch of folks like that who could be doing the same outstanding work all across the country. but it's not that easy these days to get a job at a firehouse. over the past few years, tight budgets have forced a lot of states, a lot of local communities to lay off a lot of first responders. my administration, when i first came in office, one of the first things we did was through the recovery act was make sure that states' governments helped or got the help they needed to prevent some of these layoffs, and thousands of jobs were saved all across the country. harold and i were talking as we came over here. thousands of firefighter jobs were saved because of the actions we took, but budgets are still tight, and that'

the veterans jobs corp will be based on the civilian conservation corp. the corp will rebuild roads, levees, and trails on public lands. it's expected to put 20,000 veterans to work. veterans have an unemployment rate higher than nonveterans. >>> a surprise from the donald coming up at 4:46. donald unvails which candidate he's endorsing for the republican presidential nomination. >>> the 49ers have taken another big step forward in their drive for a new stadium in santa clara. nfl owners have approved a $200 million loan to fund the construction of a new stadium. the team says this is the last piece of the complex financial puzzle to build the billion dollar stadium. city leaders in santa clara ecstatic. >> this is a contribution of $200 million toward the project and the city of santa clara is not responsible for a single penny of the billion dollars for the stadium. not a single penny. >> now construction on the new 68,000 stadium -- seat stadium is set to begin later this year. it is expected to be open in time for the start of the 2015 season. >>> the

the veterans job corps would spend $1 billion to put 20,000 veterans to work rebuilding roads, levees trails. it does require approval from congress. >>> 4:41 now. politics. the race for the white house is now focused on the west as nevada holds its republican caucuses tomorrow. and as tara mergener reports, front-runner mitt romney is now touting a new endorsement that came as a big surprise to many. >>> reporter: at a packed rally in reno, mitt romney called on voters to help keep his momentum going. >> it would be helpful if nevada would do the same thing florida did. get out there and caucus! >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor heads into tomorrow's caucuses with a solid double-digit lead and the backing of donald trump. >> he as smart. he's sharp. he's not going to allow bad things to continue to happen. >> reporter: romney seemed almost surprised as he accepted the real estate mogul's endorsement thursday. >> there are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. >> reporter: earlier, newt gingrich's campaign has suggested the f

. >> the president wants to create a program called the veteran jobs corps and over the next five years he says he will be putting more than 20,000 vets to work improving federal and state parks and other public lands. president obama will also ask congress for $5 billion to help cities hire more cops and firefighters. unemployed veterans would get first crack at those jobs. >>> members of congress are asking when someone will be held responsible for the mistakes found at gravesites in the arlington national cemetery. the army's inspector general testified about the investigation at a house oversight hearing today and he said the army has completed the criminal probe, but the decision to prosecute lies elsewhere. >> if it's criminal, we hand it over to the criminal investigation division. they have completed their investigations for the department of justice now. so that is the decision and that is what we are told in the army they are making the determination on prosecution. >> congress wanted the cemetery to account for the 330,000 people interred there after many graves were found to

the white house also aims to create a veterans job corps conservation program to help restore our great outdoors. >>> the white house can also celebrate the latest jobs report that was released this morning. the labor department says unemployment dropped to 8.3%. 12.8million americans were out of work last month, and that's compared to 13.9 million in january. >>> and companies added 243,000 jobs during the month of january. >>> all right. let's check campaign 2012. with tomorrow's republican caucus in nevada, after his victory in florida's primary, mitt romney has a chance to get back-to-back wins for the first time. a poll of likely caucus-goers shows 45% are backing romney. 25% support newt gingrich. and 11% support rick santorum. 9% are for ron paul. about one in 10 voters remains undecided. >>> and romney got a surprise endorsement yesterday after numerous reports that he would actually support newt gingrich. billionaire businessman donald trump threw his support to the former massachusetts governor. the real estate mogul had also flirted with running for the presidential race, but

americans want to keep serving here at home as we build this country president pitching his "veteran's job corp" plan and firehouse on to virginia called on cities and towns to hire veterans as police officers firefighters also wants you to get work rebuilding roads and bridges at national parks and proposing entrepreneurial training as well. they went in search of "mo money" did up with more problems customers of "mo money" tax of this is promised refunds where are they? and recalled first it was pat sajak and now the harry potter admits to being drunk on the job cooler weekend coming up tom skilling says milder temperatures could be making a return to chicago area hello tom skilling. ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little help there ♪ ♪ ooh baby (what) can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. [ other merv ] welcome bac

in my state of the union address i proposed the veterans job corps to put veterans back to work protecting and rebuilding america. today aware laying out the details -- we are laying out the details of this proposal. first, we want to help the more veterans as cops and firefighters. you have seen what a great job jacob is doing. there are a whole bunch of folks like that who could be doing the same work crass the country. but it is not that easy to get a job in a firehouse. the past few years tight budgets have forced a lot of states and local communities to lay off a lot of first responders. my administration, when i first came into office one of the first things we did is through the recovery act make sure that states and local governments help helped, or got the help they needed to prevent some of these layoffs and thousands of jobs were saved. harold and i were talking as we came over. thousands of firefighter jobs were saved because of the actions we took. but budgets are still tight. that is a problem we need to fix. jobs that protect our families and communities shouldn't be the fir

everett says his son was a 10-year marine corps veteran.e trying to figure out what caused the midair collision that happened near yuma, arizona. >> thank you very much. 6:56 now. the "today" show is next. ann curry shows us what they are working on. >> good morning. coming up on friday morning here on "today" a surprising end to the trial of a man accused of killing his wife on their honeymoon. why did a judge suddenly dismiss this case on thursday? we'll talk to the former attorney general who pushed to bring it to trial. also ahead this morning a strong storm moving through the northern half of the country. heavy wet snow is expected from iowa to michigan, and into parts of the northeast. so al will tell us what we can expect on that. also, how a popular website you know and trust being used to sell fake goods. we'll investigate the new way that counterfeiters are targeting your money. and also, will sacha baron cohen's alter ego the dictator show up as the oscars? we'll ask him when he joins us coming up when we return on a friday, here

his son was a ten-year marine corps veteran who grew up in fresno. >>> the people in northwest chinang slammed by blizzards. the harsh winter weather already killed livestock and damaged homes. many drivers left stranded on the snow covered roads. >>> it's three, four weeks away from the official start of spring we haven't had winter yet. >> gorgeous. >> meteorologist christina loren to find out how nice another day we're being blessed with. >> the 20th of next month, the first day of spring. so yeah, four weeks out. but, yeah, feels gorgeous out there now. conditions are rather comfortable for any sort of outdoor activity. we've just been spoiled over the past few days. today not quite as warm as where we ended up yesterday. yesterday was the peak. not all that much cooler in most cities. we're already at 72 degrees. 72 degrees in sunnyvale. you are already above your average high for this time of year by ten degrees in sunnyvale. we still have three hours least of warming to go before we hit our highs. find out if you hit a record in your city tonight. 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 from je

the veteran jobs corps will spend a billion dollars and put 20,000 former troops to work, rebuilding roads, levees, and trails on public lands. the announcement -- vets have an unemployment rate of 5% higher than nonveterans. and now turning to the 2012 campaign the republican presidential candidates have one full day of campaigning left before the nevada caucuses. >> mitt romney hits the campaign trail with the backing of donald trump. the real estate mogul endorsed him yesterday, saying he is tough, smart and sharp. mitt romney also continuing to clarify his recent comments about the poor. >> what i said was that my focus, my primary focus is on helping people get into the middle class and grow the middle class, that we have a safety net that cares for the poor. i want to keep that safety net strong and able. >> polls show mitt romney with a comfortable lead in the silver state, but newt gingrich, ron paul and rick santorum all trying to break his momentum. don't forget, get the latest election coverage any time by going to wjla.com. >> 6:32 right now. a war of words in the middle

the veterans job corps will spend a billion dollars and aims to put 20,000 vets back to work. >>> spirit airlines known for low ticket prices and all the fees has a new fee. they're tacking on a new $2 charge on its tickets and saying the government made me do t. spirit calls the charge the quote, department of transportation's unintended consequences fee. it's being added to most one- way fares in response to a new government rule that allows passengers to change their mind within 24 hours of booking a trip without penalties. >>> people seem to love home brewing systems. green mountain reported earnings that were up 264%. crushed expectations. the company stocks are 25% as a result. green mountain makes these cups and the brewing system. as it stands right now, only about 8% of consumers are drinking these things so there's a lot of room for growth in the company. >> grounding up the competition there. >> there you go. perking up. >> what's this? >> it's cafinated. >>> it is 6:39. it's going to be a sunny day with highs in the 50s. coming up howard tells us what we can expect for the we

my concern as a marine corps combat veteran is specific to the remains of those who have been lost, particularly in afghanistan or iraq, and certainly anyone lost in combat. and i can remember being in iraq that there was extraordinary care and respect paid to those that fell on the battlefield. and where i see the breakdown, whether it's with the air force at dover or the army at arlington, is the fact that you have civilian personnel, whether by the army or by the air force, that, number one, come from a different culture. where that respect may or may not be there. but is not necessarily shared. but more importantly, are not subject to the uniform code of military justice. when there is a violation of a regulation, it is, in effect, a lawful order. and uniform military personnel can be prosecuted under the uniform code of military justice. where civilian personnel are not accountable to the uniform code of military justice for the violation of the same regulation. and i really think that if anything comes out of these hearings, that the chain of custody for those who have fallen in battle, th

the veterans jobs corps would put some 20,000 veterans to work on infrastructure projects rebuilding roads and constructing trails on public lands. >>> scientists are celebrating the discovery of a planet that may be the best candidate yet for supporting life. the rocky planet is a super earth, nearly five times the size of our planet and is the right distance from its sun to sustain liquid water. scientists say it would have a reddish atmosphere that feels like permanent dusk. >>> and super bowl fever is here. you will never guess who has stage fright. madonna held a press conference in indianapolis ahead of the game where she's set to perform the halftime show. while she showed off salsa moves in honor of victor cruz she said she's never been so nervous about a show in her 25 years of performing. she's got the salsa down. more coming up in the halftime show which airs right here on nbc this sunday. it's 7:18. now back to matt. >> everybody will be doing the salsa on monday. >> he started something. back to indy for the rest of al's forecast. al? >> hey, matt. we have a huge crowd h

james everett told the fresno bee his 33-year-old son sergeant justin effort was a ten-year marine corps veterand two tours in iraq. he was scheduled to go to afghanistan in july. >>> the united nations may begin planning for a peacekeeping mission to syria according to a diplomat who is attending an international conference on the crisis in syria. diplomats are ordered to order president bashar assad to call for an immediate cease-fire in his regime's crackdown on anti- government activists. >>> california republican leaders will hear from one of the party's presidential hopefuls in burlingame this weekend. the state gop is holding its spring convention starting this morning and runs through sunday at the hyatt regency sfo. newt gingrich is scheduled to speak at the lun. lunch. mitt romney's economic plan is expected to call for tax cuts and reforms to social security and medicare. he is in a tight race with rick santorum in michigan. the state where romney grew up, his father was governor there. voters head to the polls on tuesday in michigan and arizona. it will be interesting to see how it w

in my state of the union address, and propose a new initiative called the veteran's job corps to put veterans back to work protecting and rebuilding america. today, we are laying out the details of this proposal. it is not that easy these days to get a job at a firehouse. over the past few years, tight budgets have forced a lot of states and a lot of communities to lay off a lot of first responders. my administration, when i first came to office, one of the first things we did was through the recovery act make sure that the government help or got the help they needed to prevent some of these layoffs, and thousands of jobs were saved all across the country. harold and i were talking as we came over here. thousands of firefighter jobs were saved because of the actions we took, but budgets are still tight, and that is a problem we need to face. jobs that protect our families and our communities should not be the first on the chopping block. they should be one of our highest priorities as a nation. over the past three years, my administration has made it possible for states to keep thousa

my concern as a marine corps veteran and is specific to the remains of those who've been lost particularly in afghanistan and iraq and certainly anyone lost in combat, and i can remember being in iraq there was extraordinary care and respect paid to those that fell on the battlefield. where i see the breakdown whether it's with the air force at dover would be army at arlington is the fact that you have civilian personnel whether by the army or by the air force that number one come from a different culture where the trees that may or may not be there but it's not necessarily shared. but more importantly, not subject to the uniform code of justice. when there is a violation of a regulation in the uniformed military personnel can be prosecuted under the uniform code of military justice where civilian personnel are not accountable to the code of military justice, said the violation of the same regulation and i think that if anything comes out of these hearings that the chain of custody for those that have fallen in battle, the chain of custody for the remains of those who have fallen must be b

one of the things the president wants to do is to create a veterans jobs corps. the plan he will say is to create 20,000 jobs over five years for veterans putting them to work, for instance, on federal lands, like national parks, local lands, tribal lands, improving levies, roads, all kinds of different sorts of things. it does have a $5 billion price tag, fred. as i mentioned, some of these programs are already in existence. we'd have to look at what the difference would be for some of the funding last year. he'll make this announcement today at a fire house in arlington, a fire house that sent first responders to the pentagon on 9/11. >> what's the feeling of the likelihood that this plan becomes reality? >> reporter: we're trying to get an early read off the hill. the one thing when it comes to veterans there's a lot of bipartisan support. one of the few things from the president's jobs act that made it through congress last year was for veterans jobs. i think republicans are open to it. the early read is they're sort of raising questions about really how big o

he says the veterans job corps initiative will put vets to work.ration will award $166 million in grant money to communities who hire post 9/11 vets. they'll give another $320 million grants to fire departments who hire grants. the president plans to ask for more. an additional $4 billion to expand the program. >>> talking about the other big contest happening this weekend. gop candidates getting ready for saturday's kickoff of the nevada caucuses. will it be a blowout? right now mitt romney enjoys a double digit lead in the polls. rick santorum has already left that state for missouri. recent gaffs could cut romney's edge and both ron paul and newt gingrich are campaigning across nevada today. and to recap that jobs report, 243,000 jobs created. 8.3% the unemployment rate. stronger jobs creation in january than expected. soledad? >> i'm going to go out on a limb and say we're going to be hearing about that on the campaign trail this morning. >> i think you're right. >> i think i'm right, too. >>> the controversy is intensifying over the susan g. k

directly in your jurisdiction, but i have filed what the administration has requested of veterans' conservation corp. for unemployed veterans, to bring them into the federal employee for one year, these are veterans coming home that are unemployed, to do projects helping the environment, teachers aides, ect., and give these veterans a chance to get over the hump, and that indirectly affects you. it certainly, even though it's going to be run through the department of the interior and with the concurrence of department of veterans' affairs. i wanted to ask you about this sequester. now, let's remember what the sequester was. it was an attempt to try to create a guillotine to hang over the heads of the super committee so that the super committee would have a significant incentive in order to come to agreement, and, of course, the soup committee did not on a vote of 66, and now we are having to deal with the sequester, which is law unless we change the law, and so what do you do? you talk about what you need is certainty, and in budgeting for the defense department, and yet, you've got this guillotine

in my state of the union address i proposed a new initiative called the veteran's job corps to put the veterans back to work protecting and rebuilding america. and today we are laying out the details of this proposal. first, we want to help communities hire more veterans as cops and firefighters. you guys have seemed a great job jacob is doing. there's a whole bunch of folks like that who could be doing that same outstanding work all across the country. but it's not that easy these days to get a job in a firehouse. over the past few years, tight budgets have forced a lot of states, a lot of local communities to lay off a lot of first responders. now my administration when i first came into office one of the first things we did was through the recovery act make sure that states and local governments helped or got the help that the needed to prevent some of these layoffs, and thousands of jobs were saved all across the country. harold and i were talking as we came over here. thousands of firefighter jobs were saved because the actions we took, but budgets are still tight, and that's a pr

directly in your jurisdiction, but i have filed with the administration has requested, a veterans conservation corps four unemployed veterans to bring them into the federal employee for one year. these are veterans coming home. they're unemployed. to do projects helping the environment, teachers' aides, etc. and give these veterans a chance to get over the hump. that indirectly affects you. it certainly, even though it will be run through the department of the interior, and with the concurrence of the department of veterans affairs. i wanted to ask you about this sequester. let's remember what the sequestered was. it was an attempt to try to create a guillotine that would hang over the heads of the supercommittee so that the supercommittee would have a significant incentive in order to succumb to agreement. and, of course, the supercommittee did not. and now we are having to deal with the sequestered, which is law unless we change the law. so, what do you do? you talk about how would you need is a certainty in budgeting for the defense department. and yet you have this guillotine hanging over the he

unlike people like george picket, he went into the corps of engineers. he was a veteran of the war with mexico where he served with distinction. in the decade following that war he was one of a group of young protege's of the very, very active, engaged secretary of war jefferson davis. because jeff davis had quite a bit of confidence in young captain mcclellan in 1850s, he was part of a hand-picked group that davis sent to the crimea to observe the french and british in their siege of sabastapol held by the russians. mcclellan established a reputation then as being very, very intelligent in his approach to dealing with british and french engineers and sent some excellent reports back to the united states war department, picked up a lot of life experiences while he was over there in some bad neighborhoods [ laughter ] >> when he got back, though, he looked at what the army had to offer him. kind of an stultefied period in our history, unless you were particularly fond of chasing comanches along the rio grande. that didn't really offer quite so much to a young man on the w

. >> very quickly, the president's proposed $1 billion in funding for the veterans conservation corps. he anticipates that will create 20,000 jobs for veterans. we all agree there is a lot of backlog in work that needs to be done in the parks and infrastructure and those kind of things. i had the opportunity to be the chairman and then the ranking member on the economic opportunity on the house side and really worked very closely and visited a lot of veterans about their dreams and aspirations, and i have a lot of concern about spending $1 bling in that direction. that is not -- $1 billion in that direction. that is not the kind of direction we were going in the committee i don't believe. like i said i visited lots of veterans and i really don't know, $1 billion is a lot of money. i think that that could be put to good use, but -- for myself i really don't believe that's the direction that we need. i never heard a veteran express to me that that's the route they would like to go. and so again i just want to express some real concern in that regard. >> thank you very much, mr. secretar

veteran of the war in iraq. he's a colonel in the u.s. marine corps joining us here in washington. thanks for be with us. >> thanks. >> this is "washington today" on c-span radio. >>> as indicated, richard nixon threw a huge gal la for former p.o.w. veterans. that took place in may of 1973 so we're wondering how that event will compare to tonight's event. we learned from the associated press, richard nixon holding a lavish dinner for about 1300 guests in a huge, red, white and yellow striped tent on the south lane in may of '7. the entertainers? bob hope, john wayne, sammy dachs jr., irving berlin and other celebrities and this toast, from president richard nixon. >> and now i do come to the in a moment and i propose the toast and it is traditional on occasion to propose the toast to a lady rather than to a man. and on this occasion, i think of a first lady and of many first ladies. of course, traditionally, the wife of the president is the first lady of this country. i can tell you as i look back over those months and years, that we have met with the wives and mothers of those of y

in my state of the union address, a proposed a new initiative called the veteran's job corps to put veterans back to work rebuilding america. today we're laying out the details of the proposal. first, we want to help communities hire more veterans as cops and firefighters. you have seen what a great job jacob is doing. there are a bunch of folks like that who could be doing the same outstanding work across the country. it is not that easy to get a job at a firehouse these days. over the past few years, tight budgets have forced a lot of states and communities to lay off a lot of first responders. when i first came into office, one of the first things we did was through the recovery act to make sure states and local governments got the help they needed to prevent some of these layoffs. thousands of jobs were saved across the country. thousands of firefighter jobs were saved because of the actions we took. budgets are still tight. that is a problem we need to face. -- fix. jobs to protect our families and communities should not be the first on the chopping block. they should be one of our high

he was a 10 year veteran of the marine corps who served two years of duty in a rock.clear agency is set to issue its latest report on a run today. it is expected to detail the failed attempts to persuade around to cooperate in nuclear weapons investigations. the report comes just two days after a team from the nuclear watchdog group returned from talks in teheran. iran continues to claim it does not want nuclear arms. so let's check in with the numbers on wall street. we are now above 13,000. we have been going up and down but not by huge numbers. right now the dow is up 16 points. we will be right back. faugh honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. it's the fastest int

veterans back to work. the billion dollar jobs corps program will put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public land. the program will also offer incentives to hire those who served our country. the plan is geared to veterans who served a the authorized by the bible. that he has the -- he is doing what is biblically there by taxing the rich by having the government tax the rich. now, i've read the bible. and i must admit that -- this is an administration who attacks religion and then tries to focus itself in religion in order to take your money. >> yeah, i think people when they go to that prayer breakfast, i think that they don't really want to hear political speech. i mean, i think that it's a time or at least in the past, it used to be a time where it came together and you left politics out of the occasion but not yesterday. and you got to wonder how that, as you brought up, brian, how that corresponds with what's going on with the catholic church right now and part of obama health care which is basically forcing these institutions to do things that are against the tenets of their fai

veterans back to work. the billion dollar jobs corps program will put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public land. the program will also offer incentives to hire those who served our country. the plan is geared to veterans who served after the attack on september 11th, a group experiencing an unemployment rate of 13.1%. she made a joke out of our national anthem. >> ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ >> ouch! >> i thought i had forgotten that but no joke here, folks. roseanne barr thinks she can be the next president of the united states! she's seeking the green party's nod for 2012. she claims both the democrats and the republicans are not serving the american people. she might have a point somewhat on that a little bit based on the approval rating of congress. not sure how far she'll get with the green party, though. >> good luck, roseanne. meanwhile, let's talk a little bit with brian and all you folks in tvland about what's going on in the news. yesterday, the national prayer breakfast got started our program at the hilton there in washington. for 60 years, u.s. presidents have gone to

. >> after the marine corps you need a little bit of direction. >> these veterans want to keep serving at home while we rebuild the country. >> $320 million for fire departments doing the same, the president wants to add another $4 billion. while the fiscal responsibility of that is sure to be debated on capitol hill, on the streets a big thumbs up from the police chief who once prince george's county to hire another 240 officers. >> it is a tremendous advantage to us. >> unemployment could drop even more the president said. he had yet another $1 billion paying veterans to build and maintain public parks and nature preserves. >> the unemployment rate for post 9/11 veterans is over 11 percent. that is 2% more than the country's overall rate. we will talk to some of those people who fit into the category. we will see what they think of the president's proposal. >> thank you and we will see you then. still to come -- a washington d.c. sergeant was charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a woman he was supposed to be helping. >> we are finally seeing some real winter weather. it is

corps. he is a veteran of two wars. he flew 149 combat missions. he was awarded the distinguished flying cross five times. he retired as a colonel in 1965. ten years later, he began a career in the united states senate, contributing 24 years of service to the senate from the state of ohio, from 1975 until 1999. in 1998, the john glenn institute for public service and public policy at ohio state university was created, and senator glenn became an adjunct professor at ohio state school of public policy and management. then in 2006, the john glenn institute merged with the school of public policy and management to form the john glenn school of public affairs at the ohio state university, which prepares future generations of public servants. i've had the privilege of co-teaching four classes at the glenn school prior to coming to the senate, and i still have the honor of serving on the board of advisors of the glenn school, along with senator glenn and his incredible wife annie. she has been a tremendous partner for senator glenn through all of these e

veterans. my dad, 36 years in the marine corps, retired. the only thing he could tell me was the only woman that he served with in vietnam was in a clerical position. and that was that time. i want to say that the last few callers, although they differed as vietnam veterans, it's a double edged sword for me. i feel that i wouldn't want a woman to -- i just wouldn't want to see a woman have some -- you know what i mean. i support that. i can't imagine see a woman pass in front of me. >> you mean not in the battlefieldle? you said you couldn't imagine a woman die on the battlefield in front of you? >> caller: yes, ma'am. they go in the service knowing that that's a fact in reality. as a man, i -- you know, there's a lot of women who are -- they're believing they're tougher than some men and a lot of women have beat out men in boot camp. and i know that for a fact just talking to my dad. but it's a highly emotional thing to talk about it. and i would like to get the impact from your next callers on this. >> thank you very much, calling in the

with the army the air force the navy and marine corps and those were some of the hundreds of people that gathered here in washington today at the veterans for ron paul march. paul seems to be the only person that's representing instead of the defense contractors and bankers that i don't believe that we should be over in these other countries and this in a room he wants to close the nine hundred bases that we are funding and a very expensive and growing really more expensive rate there that has bankrupted this country. now we've spoken about the statistics that show the only one percent of americans are actually fighting our wars for us only one percent and it's not the one percent that are the executives of the big defense contractors or many of the politicians that are calling for endless war intervention of course there are members of congress who have served we have john mccain out there who is always pledging for more war but don't forget it's all of congress that passes the defense appropriations bill every year and funds are conflicts the never even technically get congressional approval to be started so when much of that one perc

veterans who pushed for the stolen valor law, to punish men like angel ocasio of tampa. he was there with a chest full of medals he never won. >> we checked with the marine corps.y never heard of you. >> reporter: the case today dealt with an official in california, xavier alvarez, who was convicted of falsely claiming he was awarded the medal of honor. >> i didn't explain myself correctly. >> reporter: in court, his lawyer said his lies were protected by the first amendment and did no harm to the honor of the real heroes. >> there's nothing that any of these phonies can say or do that the honor the reputation of the awards themselves or the men and women who fight in the armed forces do for us. >> reporter: but the government says the law is constitutional, and meant to protect the valor of heroes, like the navy s.e.a.l. team that killed osama bin laden. >> we've worked hard for the reputations we have. >> reporter: since the bin laden raid, dozens have been exposed of navy s.e.a.l.s, including a california manage, who attended a veterans ceremony. and a pastor, jim moats, who confessed to the harrisburg newspaper, he had been lying about being a navy s.e.a.l.

corps air force, get with the program. >> eric: among the criticism, the vietnam veterans groups are enraged that you would con dome criminalid you "essentially were saying all military men are rapists." what are your reactions to the comments dand you feel that you were misunderstood? >> very much so. i certainly did not say all military men are rapists. what i believe and tried to express, apparently not well enough, is that the environment of combat by definition sets up a situation where basic instincts rule. the niceties of male/female interaction fade in this aren arena. and any scientist will tell you testosterone rules. if common sense won't be applied to question of women in forces, consider the escalating incidence of sexual abuse at the three military academies. if that is not enough, how about a report released last month by the pentagon indicating a 64% increase in violent, sexual assault in the army since 2006. while the report said there were 3,191 reports of sexual assault last year, secretary leon panetta added that realistically, the number is probably around 19,000. his answer to the problem is better tra

veterans with the tools that they need to continue in the clean energy field. i was not an officer, but there's a lot of enlisted folks getting out. army, marine corpavy, air force. they may not have that science background, but there are still jobs for worker bees to go out there and build those institutes to provide the research and development. to harvesting the crops for growth. what that is, what the navy is doing now is connecting the dots with our military. when the military goes green, guess what? america is going to start going green. >> do you agree with that, john? >> i do. i think there's going to be a continued focus on doing what they can with the limited funds that they have available to them. if we could marshall our forces, dylan, the way nasa did in the '60s to go to the moon, if we could have a plan to go forward where we'd come together, putting it all together in a way that it all works, what military people bring to the energy industry is knowledge acquisition and the other is discipline. energy is a dangerous business. no matter what form you're talking about, you need discipline and knowledge acquisition. we could do a whole