. >> i am a former vietnam navy veteran. i went through 15 years of homelessness. i answered this program. there is a lot to be said about going through a transitional housing program. there are understanding people and other veterans. the last three years i have found permanent housing. i am a strong advocate. there with plenty more coming back. we support it strongly. we ask that you did that disappeared it is simply not supported by any evidence available to scientists aren't engineers. it is an adequate. it puts it public at risk. it has been violated. is not supported by any evidence. the assertion that if this were sent back and we studied the side for another 30 years, we will come up with an economically feasible project that is significantly different than what is before you today. the justices seemed to make sense. the idea that one -- it is why make such good environmental cents and mrs. forward. -- environmental sense. not many folks have participated. >> did evening. i think this project is a very smart one. the our jobs, parks, schools, runs. i urge y

. >> vietnam's defense ministry said the navy began the live fire exercise inaters off central guang nan province. vietnam and china have been engaged in a dispute in the islands in the south china sea. in late may vietnam accused china of disrupting fishing. in the vietnamese capital hanoi about 150 people gathered outside the chinese embassy sunday to support sovereignty over the islands. >> translator: like all vietnamese from the authorities to the people, we strongly protest against chinese actions that violate the sovereignty of vietnam's sea territory. >> reporter: demonstrations are strictly controlled in vietnam. it's highly unusual for the government to allow such protests. demonstrating the level of anti-china sentiment. in washington on friday, state department deputy spokesperson marc ton marc toner said the disputes should be resolved through diplomatic means. vietnam's defense ministry has not disclosed how many steps are taking part in the military drill calling it an ordinary exercise. however it's rare for vietnam to announce such activities in advance, indicating it

on thursday, three more chinese navy ships were spotted on the same route. >>> vietnam has accused china of harassing its oil exploration vessel for the second time in two weeks near disputed islands in the south china sea on thursday. foreign ministry spokesperson nguyen phuong nga spoke about the incident on thursday. she said three ships presumably chinese fishing boats cut an exploration vessel while they surveyed waters off the southern province of bac lieu. [ speaking foreign language ] vietnam previously criticized china for obstructing another oil probe vessel in the south china sea on may 26th. it also said warning shots were fired at vietnamese fishing boats by chinese ships on may 31st. mounting anger towards china sparked recent rare protest demonstrations in vietnam. observers say the latest announcement may lead to further opposition against china. >>> south korea is looking for a breakthrough that will lead to the resumption of the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. its chief envoy to the talks has again visited china to figure out a way to end a stalemate t

. >>> vietnam held a military drill in apparent move to drills. its navy conducted a live ammunition drill 40 kilometers off of the province. it was held in the morning and at night and lasted nine hours. the ministry did not disclose the number of ships involved in the exercise. vietnam announced over a period of about two weeks, china had obstructed its fishing boats and a survey ship owned by state-run oil company. the vietnamese people staged protests against china on june 5th and 12th in the capital hanoi and ho chi minh indicating increases objections to the country. the u.s. state department expressed temps that the display of military power would only heighten tension in the region but vietnam said it was just a routine exercise. >>> china is scheduled to begin operating a high-speed railway between beijing and shanghai late this month. the trains will run at two speeds, 300 kilometers per hour and 250 kilometers per hour. the faster one will cover the 1,300 kilometers between beijing and shanghai in four hours and 48 minutes. the railway will have

he got drafted off his surfboard, joined the navy as a medic, and was sent to vietnam to work at a field hospital in da nang. the experience changed his life, and motivated him to go back to school and pursue a career in medical research. he became a rising star at the national institutes of health, and just as quickly, grew frustrated with the politics and bureaucracy of government science. when the n.i.h. declined to fund some of his unorthodox new ideas, he left and found private investors who would. >> venter: i think we have a real problem with how science is funded and done in this country. almost every breakthrough i've been associated with is from having independent money. and once they worked, we can get tons of government money to follow up on it. but we could never get the money to do the initial experiment. >> kroft: in 1998, a company that made cutting edge technology to analyze dna hired him to take on the federal government in a race to identify all the genetic material in the human body. the federally funded human genome project had already been working on it for years. w

and then came the war in vietnam, where senator kerry served with such distinction in the united states navy, literally risking his life in a conflict where there was no official declaration of war. the controversy that came out of that vietnam conflict led to proposed legislation called the war powers act. and the war powers act, set up to describe in statute what we believe the constitution said in its clear language, and that is at some point a president must step forward and say to congress, we need your authority to go forward with this conflict involving hostilities. there have been debates back and forth about whether or not it was to be applied. some presidents came here asking for authority. president george herbert walker bush did before our invasion of kuwait. president george w. bush before the invasion of iraq and afghanistan. but there were exceptions in panama, grenada, bosnia and other places. so this has been an ongoing battle between the executive branch, the white house and congress about when the president as commander in chief has to come to congress under the constituti

navy intercepted the ship. >> 40 years after most of the pentagon papers were leaked to the public the secret government study on deception in the vietnamas been released on the internet including more than 2000 missing pages. 7000 page report really was the wikileak of its time in many respects. the papers showed that the johnson kennedy and prior administrations escalated the conflict in vietnam misleading congress the public and u.s. allies. >> nissan is advertise covering that producing an all electric car is a lot easier said than done. it had hoped to sell 20 thousands of these in the you this is year but so far only sold 2100 of them. as vl david lou reports some people have been waiting for a year to get one. >> this is a magic moment new car buyer save or. getting the keys to electric vehicle can involve a listening wait. >> it has been about a yearment year and some months. >>reporter: that's a long wai wait. >> yes it is. yes. i'm sure it's going to be worthy. >>reporter: on line discussion board indicate others who ordered the leaf last year also seen the delivery date pushed back month after month. the tsunami in japan part

vietnam. i'm talking about afghanistan or beirut -- same thing. >> i think you make the most important point of all -- these are points of judgment. in your role in the navy, you made that judgment. it is not a mechanical formula. whether the mission has been shaped this particular way in this particular setting with this particular risk of escalation exposure, which are very low -- >> you repeated that language several times today. i understand the language. let me ask another question because it's a very important question. we still have not severed relations with muammar gaddafi's government, have we? if we have, it's the last week or so. technically, we still recognize this government. would that be a correct interpretation? >> we are trying it to all the responsible -- >> give me a legal answer. we have not severed relations. is that correct? >> the reason for that -- >> it their relations -- >> they have been suspended but they're not severed. what's the constitutional limitation on the assassination of the head of state? >> the assassination of head of state is restricted by executive order. that executive order is enforced. the admiral has made cl

vietnam. i'm talking about afghanistan or beir -- same thing. >> i think you make the most important point of all -- these are points of judgment. in your role in the navyu made that judgment. it is not a mechanical formula. whether the mission has been shaped this particul way in this particular setting with this particular risk of escalation exposure, which are very low -- >> you repeated that language several times today. i understand the language. let me ask another question because it's a very important question. we still have not severed relations with muammar gaddafi's government, have we? if we have, it's the last week or so. technically, we still recognize this government. would that be a correct interpretation? >> we are trying it to all the responsible -- >> give me a legal answer. we have not severed relations. is that correct? >> the reason for that -- >> it their relations -- >> they have been suspended but they're not severed. what's the constitutional mitation on the assassination of the head of state? >> the assassination of head of state is restricted by executive order. that executive order is enforced. the admiral has made clear that

vietnam. i'm talking about afghanistan or beirut -- same thing. >> i think you make the most important point of all -- these are points of judgment. in your role in the navy, you made that judgment. it is not a mechanical formula. whether the mission has been shaped this particular way in this particular setting with this particular risk of escalation exposure, which are very low -- >> you repeated that language several times today. i understand the language. let me ask another question because it's a very important question. we still have not severed relations with muammar gaddafi's government, have we? if we have, it's the last week or so. technically, we still recognize this government. would that be a correct interpretation? >> we are trying it to all the responsible -- >> give me a legal answer. we have not severed relations. is that correct? >> the reason for that -- >> it their relations -- >> they have been suspended but they're not severed. what's the constitutional limitation on the assassination of the head of state? >> the assassination of head of state is restricted by executive order. that executive order is enforced. the admiral has made cl

actual combat operations, vietnam era in and what that is in terms of the expense and training of our forces? can you give us an assessment of the direct impact on the u.s. navy in your budget requests? >> i share the concerns and reviews with respect to the dramatically decreased investment in our nato partners hi, or by our nato partners. they certainly do not have the depth, the resources in some cases to do what our political be sure -- what their political leadership has directed them to do. while they also did this, they did it in incredibly quick fashion. we have not had an air operation like this in a long time, and from my perspective, they have executed that well. something went wrong. we are watching very carefully. the other thing is for countries that did their own strategic review, they found themselves getting rid of capabilities that now that they are in a combat environment, they are giving second thought to that. combat has a way of bringing that kind of reality to them. we and others have to be very careful about what kind of capabilities we decide to either get rid of or trim back. we have got tremendous relationships with the japanese, th

right vietnam veteran and my two sons are in right now to we've always communicated from facebook and skype. they are on the internet while in theater. also, i was a project manager for the navy marine corps internet. there seemed to be a lot of loopholes in that, as well. guest: i did not get the first part of his question very clearly. caller: my two sons are in the military now and they have been in afghanistan and iraq. we communicated through facebook and skype. there's never any talk about missions or locations, but it is quite active. everyone is on the internet. i was wondering if there's any threat of cyber attack on that. what about their safety? guest: thank you for your service and thank you for your sons' service. thank you very much. the safety of our troops overseas is of course paramount. we should take every measure we can to make sure that by inadvertently or innocently using the internet they're also anyputting themselves anin additional harm's way. i suppose the best way to guarantee that is to allow those communications to go through some central d.o.d. hub in theater and i think that is the way it is done. i do not know for sure. i would assume the inter

combat operations, vietnam era, and what that brought in terms of expense of operations and training of our forces? can you give us an assessment of the direct impact on the u.s. navy and your budget request? >> i share that secretary's concerns and views with respect to the investment or the dramatically decreased investment in our nato partners, or by our nato partners. one of the effects it has had certainly they don't have the depth, resources in some cases to do what their political leadership has directed them to do. although i also would say that both in afghanistan and in libya, nato is more together than i have seen in terms of commitment over the course of the last 10 to 15 years. while they do get criticized, they also stood the operation up incredibly quick fashion. we have -- we had an air operation like this in a long time, and from my perspective they have executed that well. the resources to do it is something we are watching very carefully. they are in some ways dependent on us. the other thing is for countries who recently did their own strategic review, they found themselves getting rid of capabilities that now that they are in a combat environme

combat operations, the vietnam era, and what that brought in terms of expense of operations and training of our forces. can you give us an assessment of the direct impact on the u.s. navy and your budget request? >> i share the secretary's concerns and views with respect to the investment -- a dramatically decreased investment in our nato partners. one of the effects it has had is certainly that they do not have the depth of resources in some cases to do what their political leadership has directed them to do. although i also would say that both in afghanistan and libya, nato is more together than i have seen in terms of commitments over the course of the last 10-15 years. while they do get criticized, they also stood this operation up in an incredibly quick fashion. we head and air operation -- have not had an air operation like this in a long time, and from my perspective, they have executed that well. the resources to do it is something we are all watching very closely and they are in some ways dependent on us. for countries who recently did their own strategic review, they found themselves getting rid of capabilities that now that they are in a combat environment,

right vietnam veteran and my two sons are in right now to we've always communicated from facebook and skype. they are on the internet while in theater. also, i was a project manager for the navy and marine corps internet. there seemed to be a lot of loopholes in that, as well. guest: i did not get the first part of his question very clearly. caller: my two sons are in the military now and they have been in afghanistan and iraq. we communicated through facebook and skype. there's never any talk about missions or locations, but it is quite active. everyone is on the internet. i was wondering if there's any threat of cyber attack on that. what about their safety? guest: thank you for your service and thank you for your sons' service. thank you very much. the safety of our troops overseas is of course paramount. we should take every measure we can to make sure that by inadvertently or innocently using the internet they're also anyputting themselves anin additional harm's way. i suppose the best way to guarantee that is to allow those communications to go through some central d.o.d. hub in theater and i think that is the way it is done. i do not know for sure. i would assume the i