navy know a 600-ship versus a 300-ship navy, i suspect i'd take the 600-ship navy but with the 600-ship navy comes maintenance and all the rest. it isn't just buying a ship. it's all that goes with it. then you have to man the ship. the reality is that we have to always look at, aside from the limitations of your resources, if you've only got so much money, and you've got an air force to deal with and an army and marines, so you've got so much money to go around, is the capability and quality of asset. the capability and quality of our assets today, in almost every case, are far superior than they were 30 years ago on these ships. now, i suppose more is better. but we have to balance all of that and we do. it's not an easy task for those charged with that. and again, keeping our focus on what is the requirement of the department of defense and how do we assure the fulfillment of that requirement, to secure this country and to protect the interests of this country, and within the range of resources we have and the decisions we've got to make and the funding of all the different departmen

or in the active components of the marines or the navy and we need to sort through that so we can better respond. with that also will come changes that may need to be statutory changes so we can better accept the title 10 forces in particular the reserve forces. it is very frustrating during fire season when our black hawk helicopter company flying its rotors off down in los alamedos is sitting on the same ramp as army reserve helicopters we can't access because of staff problems and other issues we're going to have to work through to fight those same fires, those are the kind of things we'll probably have to take back to our elected leadership and change -- make some changes to be able to better serve the people. >> i was at chief sur, and i was glad to hear him say that we really rely on the communities to be their responder for the first 72 hours. this topic of community resiliency is played out in the highest level of government. certainly when i traveled with craig fugate doing national services, the earthquake last year, they get it during an exercise environment, but how is that g

did they violate the law? and the u.s. navy adds a new weapon to its arsenal. we have video of the lasers that have been added to our war ships. >>> our third story tonight, modern warfare. so we saw this today and had to share it with you. the navy says it's going to point solid state laser weapons, more on that in a moment. it's going to be onboard american warships. it's revolutionary technology, more powerful and precise and less expensive than what they're using now. chris lawrence is "outfront" tonight from the pentagon. and, so, chris the first question is how do the lasers work? why are they so amazing? >> the thing that the navy is really touting here, erin, is the thing officials tell us is basically lasers run on electricity. so when you take a look at this video and see these lasers in action, what they're doing, think about the idea of having no ammunition. you don't have to load a ship down with a bunch of precision guided ammunition. the cost of this alone, they estimate to be about $1 a shot. compare that to the sending out $5,000 a shot on regu

federal budget cuts have forced the navy to scrap all blue angel seos for the rest of the year. good morning, i'm cheryl jennings. >> kristen: i'm kristen sze. they do have their critic in san francisco but they have been a huge boom to businesses. live on the embarcadero with more on this developing story. fleet week is still happening without the star attraction? >> reporter: so far so good but not with the blue angels. you know how painful it is for aviation enthusiasts. you can blame the sequester as you said. the pentagon has to deal with budget cuts because of it and it looks like entertainment will be the first to take a hit. the navy says all the performances are cancelled. so no f-18 fighters streaking through the skies. the squadron will stay in pensacola, florida and fly just enough to stay proficient and safe. san francisco business depends a lot on the revenue generated by fleet week and blue angel performances and organizers say they will take a hit. >> a lot of people will come out saturday morning is the parade of ships. that i don't know about it. we may not get

the state-run xinhua news agency quotes the deputy chief of staff of the navy as saying the next carrier will be larger and accommodate more fighter jets. he said the navy will also acquire more j-15 jets. he said one carrier would be able to support at least two aviation regiments. song did not say when the new carrier will be built. he denied media reports that it's already under construction in shanghai. china has been reinforcing its navy to back up its territorial claims in the east and south china seas. >>> violence has erupted in western china between authorities and civilians. chinese state run media say the incident in the uighur autonomous region has left 21 people dead. a clash broke out on tuesday in kashgar. fighting began after local government officials reportedly discovered a suspicious group carrying knives. police rushed to the scene only from -- only for some to be taken hostage. police then reportedly shot six members of the group and arrested others. o total of 21 people, including 15 policemen, were killed. chinese authorities say the group was plotting a terror att

serve in the navy and marine corps. located 35 miles from our nation's capital in annapolis, maryland. ofwill examine the rigors this military school and the cost of operating one of our country's four leading academies. all of it coming up on "washington journal." we want to focus on congress returning this week. a busy week ahead, as the agenda intensifies for lawmakers and the president. a story from "the national journal," what the president will be taking into account as he puts forth his budget recommendations. hegel is back on capitol hill for the first time in his official capacity. and a floor bill to freeze the work of the national labor relations board. a lot on the agenda in washington this week. the president, beginning the debate on guns once again in connecticut. hadpoke in hartford, conn., lightness' morning from "the new york post," pushing gun laws in connecticut, meeting with the mother of one of those victims. by the way, many of these family members flying back on air force one last night are here i

. >> reporter: farther out in the western pacific, the navy deployed the uss decatur and uss mccain, armed with a sophisticated radar system to detect north korean missiles, and then launch rockets to intersent and destroy them. the first reinforcements could come from one of the many american bases in japan, home to the navy's 7th fleet and more than 100 aircraft. and some 2,000 miles away, north korea threatened a nuclear strike on gu all. now the u.s. is deploying a land-based missile defense system, somewhat easing fears of an attack on the u.s. territory. >> though i hearken to see these improvements in the defense posture, i am concerned, not only as a governor, but as a man who has a wife and children and grandchildren here. >> those are the -- some of the same concerns that husbands, wives and children here in the u.s. have for their service members who are stationed over there in south korea. one of the big advantages ta the u.s. has is how quickly they can reinforce troops within two weeks, wolf. they could double the size of their combat aircraft and triple the size of u.s

this video released by the navy shows the laser locked on to a slow moving target in this case an unmanned drone which burst a flame in mid flight. the laser prototype will be mounted to the and sent out to the persian gulf where iran operates small summers drones and revolutionary guard is known for swarming and harassing u.s. navy ships with small armored speed boats, shep. >> shepard: this thing is, i don't know, relatively speaking mighty cheap to use. >> that's right. one of its major advantages the navy proudly says is its relatively low cost to operate. >> this directed energy that comes out of this laser is a little under a dollar. a little under one u.s. dollar. that's effectiveness and that's affordability. >> that's right. it cost just $1 to fire a laser from a navy ship. the air force tried to mount a laser on the tip of an airplane in recent years. but it got too costly, forcing them to cancel the program. those lasers cost nearly $1.5 billion apiece. the navy laser operates much like a blow torch we are told with an unlimited magazine according to one pentagon official, shepa

did they violate the law? and the u.s. navy adds a new weapon to its arsenal. we have video of the lasers that have been added to our war ships. ♪ [ female announcer ] from meeting customer needs... to meeting patient needs... ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ from finding the best way... ♪ to finding the best catch... ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ we know the value of your at ueducation of phoenix is where it can take you. [now arriving: city hospital] which is why we're proud to help connect our students with leading employers across the nation. [next stop financial center] email marketing from constant contact reaches people in a place they're checking every day -- their inbox. and it gives you the tools to create custom emails that drive business. it's just one of the ways constant contact can help you grow your small business. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try. >>> our third story tonight, modern warfare. so we saw this today and had to share it with you. the navy says it's going to point solid state laser weapons, more on that

it involves the u.s. navy and a very special key allies. william la jeunesse fills in the blanks. >> the united states navy is investigating why one of its vessels ran aground in the reef. >> big news in the philippines. did you hear how the u.s. turned a $300-million-dollar warship into scrap metal in the middle of a budget crisis? probably not. >> we are paid to make sure that both the crew and that ship comes through harm's way all right. a mistake was made here. >> according to the filipino coast guard the uss guardian entered national park january 17th. when officials told the ship the reef was off limits, it allegedly radioed back, quote: take your complaint to the u.s. embassy. minutes later it ran aground. >> the incident made headlines in the philippines. sparking protests in spite of the u.s. apology because the reef is a national treasure. >> it is uncharacteristic. we train our commanding officer and he trains his crew to be extremely professional. >> initially the state sustained minor damage but delays allowed waves to push th

to three times higher than what the navy had reported. the news could delay plans for a residential development. ships that may have been exposed to nuclear testing docked there during the cold war. this is the second independent report this year alone indicating higher than previously reported radiation levels. the navy, which paid for the clean up, said no further action is needed but the department of toxic substance control, which oversees the naval work, says it will consult with public health experts. >>> california lawmakers want the federal government to respect state medical marijuana laws. a bipartisan bill introduced in congress today would ease the state/federal pot conflict and assure that individuals and businesses comply with state marijuana laws that are supposed to be immune to federal prosecution. lawmakers say it's a common sense approach to keep the federal government out of the businesses of criminalizing marijuana activities in states that don't want it to be criminal. 18 states and the district of columbia have medi

home to the navy's 7th fleet and more than 100 aircraft. and some 2,000 miles away, north korea threatened a nuclear strike on guam. now the u.s. is deploying a land-based missile defense system, somewhat easing fears of an attack on the u.s. territory. >> so i am harkened to see these improvements in the defense posture, i am concerned, not only as a governor, but as a man who has a wife and children and grandchildren here. >> reporter: those are some of the same concerns that husbands, wives and children here in the u.s. have for their service members who are stationed over there in south korea. one of the big advantages that the u.s. has is how quickly they can reinforce troops. within two weeks, wolf, they can double the size of their combat aircraft and triple the size of u.s. ground troops in the area. >> and guam there is almost 6,000 u.s. troops based there at any one time. not very far away indeed. chris, thank you very much. >>> north korea only has two direct neighbors right now. south korea and china. the saber rattling has nerv

it's my pleasure to be here with you this morning on the green ship of our u.s. navy. it's very appropriate that it be here heading the fleet in san francisco. admiral beeman, thank you very much for your leadership. it is impressive what we are accomplishing. just two years ago, we started with an understanding that our military, the coast guard, the u.s. navy, the marine corps, had something that we really needed. it's called logistics expertise. and we recognized that and with the help of our fleet week association, with the help of our honorary chair, former secretary of state george scholtz, along with senator feinstein who started fleet week, we began to appreciate in addition to appreciating the men and women in uniform and the wonderful attributes of having fleet week and the blue angels and the parade of ships, we could also be working on something very important to this city. all across the world there are examples after example and i know the men and women and leadership of the uss macon know this after their tour of duty these past months, all over the worl

. .. >> scott spiker, he was a very young, at the time, navy pilot and the father of two, had a nice family started down in jacksonville, florida. why any interest in them? the initial starting interest. the time when he went missing in the red headlines. at bottom of this was kind of odd. why are they looking for in? why are they doing this? why are they doing this to make certain protocols are followed when something like this happens. if you think about this in terms of how i would think about it, 1994. i started to get more interested and interested in what was going on because i would you things here and there. people would just talk with me. i went back. and by the time i got to the end of the 90's the administration kept talking about it in the media. but going back and try to piece together the story and see what they're saying and what they want saying to read in my mind, the way my mind works is, these pieces of reformation are a mosaic starting to come together . you know, this is not right. in not reading that between the lines. you're getting from vice-president cheney a

he enlisted in the navy after the pearl harbor attack. he was 21 at the time. the navy heard about the oversight and made sure that he got his medals. good for the navy stepping up. >> apparently in large part to his wife you are see there in the video. >> gregg: good for her death. >> there she is. >> gregg: that is going to do it for us. cavuto on business is coming up next. if you want to check out some of the white house correspondents dinner, an expanded with judge jeanine. >> heather: we'll see you back at 4:00 p.m. i'm filling in harris faulkner who is at correspondents dinner. >> we'll see you in three hours. have a great weekend everybody. bye-bye. for all kinds of reasons. i go to angie's list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact that i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found

the fleet week festivity and san francisco may not be far behind after the navy said they would not send ships to the may event because of sequester cuts. san francisco's event lost the blue angels and the parade of ships. >> we have not officially canceled but without the navy and the marines participating, without the parade of ships, it would be incredibly hard with the blue angels. >> san francisco fleet week usually brings in $65 million to the local economy. >> 100 jobs are up for grabs in the north bay. what you need to know to get your foot in the door. >> victory for the environment. a south bay cement plant agrees to clean up its act. ahmed on the cutting edge in a new discovery. >> a new wal-mart will open in vallejo and nearly 100 jobs are available, according to our media partners, the store is under construction on sonoma boulevard with plans to open this summer. a temporary hiring center is open across the street from the new location, wal-mart is taking applications for 95 part time and full time positions including cashiers and pharmacy workers. you are encouraged t

the navy says the laser could be deployed for real as soon as next year. >>> up and down the california coast millions of americans are dealing with strong santa ana winds. increasing the wildfire danger. winds clocked at upwards of 70 miles per hour in places today, knocking down trees while l.a. saw huge waves this afternoon. farther east to the rockies in parts of wyoming, south dakota, colorado, nebraska, they are expecting a large storm, up to two feet in places. as that system moves to the east much of the nation's mid section will be dealing with severe storm and a high risk of tornadoes. >>> in afghanistan this weekend, a bomb attack on a convoy headed for a school killed five americans and the dead included a 25-year-old from a suburb of chicago. she was a young graduate from johns-hopkins and in the same spirit as all who volunteer to serve their country over seas she loved the idea of the foreign service. our report tonight from stephanie gosk. >> reporter: ann smedinghoff knew the risks in afghanistan. but friends and family say the 25-year-old still loved the job. >> she wa

the military and specifically he said the army he said the navy is more run like a corporation but the army is run like a high school click is his example and of course i mean you know this mentality of course contributes to the sixty one veterans suicide being committed every sixty five minutes now i mean the number of veterans suicides that now. numbers of the deaths in combat on the ground a shocking completely under-reported statistic and let's talk about the help that he did get what did they supply you thin with when he finally was given the help and was it enough for him ok he was the client with thirteen different perceptions they range from antidepressants to the controllers and a whole slew of things in between he said that he felt like a zombie he said he couldn't focus he couldn't do anything that he wanted to do and despite all of these prescriptions he he ended up having these thoughts of killing his own children of killing his wife and he described his children as the most important things in the world for his so for him to say that that he wants to kill his children and

vast majority was filled after 1942, after the navy took it over. so most of this is pretty late fill as well as that crane. >> gigantic crane, gigantic. it is not operational. i didn't see any of the operational equipment. and as we leave the shipyard, the historic building, i hope you all had lunch there. torpino's, world famous -- >> very good manhattan's, too. >> as we look at this picture, we can see street sign in the back, and it says hudson. well, hudson is a street that goes off and goes across the water. before we get there, we have one of the power plants down there, big issues about power plants and hunters point. >> big issues. this is hunters point power plant and it's just south of the main at southern end of the port's land. >> as chris and i were driving along in the southern waterfront area, it was very hard to take a picture that had a person in it because there are no people there. there's a little bit of industrial activity, we see sand and gravel, and we see concrete. and here is a place where we have some of these waterfront l

i will start with the navy. as we draw down from afghanistan the navy will release combatants and and and chile -- and eventually carriers and reconnaissance and their associated processing capabilities. already signals reconnaissance aircraft have moved to centcom to paycom. the navy will release fire scuds from afghanistan and several aircraft are available for reappointment. hasaddition, navy pier 3 conducted surveillance in the middle east for the past decade and will return. the navy is also adding a forward-deployed naval force to guam in this fiscal year 2013. the navy shifting overall posture to the asia-pacific region in such a manner as secretary panetta announced last year, resulting in 60 percent of the naval assets being assigned to the region by 2020, a substantial and historic shift. the navy is accomplishing this in three main ways. first, the navy will be permanently basing four destroyers in spain to provide ballistic defense to european allies. previously this was performed by 10 destroyers th

world, often times the ambassador will pick up the phone and dial 911 and the navy marine corps team answers the phone. it is our those, it is our dna it is our ability to be there. if you look at the communicate dapbt's 3 central tenets of what he believes it importance, readiness is in there. the ability to move and go now. where do you want us, when do you want us, like fedex, we are absolutely guaranteed to be there overnight. it's what we do. it's what we are trained for. and the more we understand and can operate with civic forces, the more we understand what already exists in our life line, the more we can break down political barriers and culture barriers that exist within our own country, the more we can partner and stabilize and support civic operations, because as someone said earlier in the panel, if we need to come in, things are pretty bad. but here's the good news. we bring a tremendous arsenal of capability and talent and technology and command and control and mostly we bring a how can i help you, how can i work to support your mission, how can i make a difference? is

the military and specifically he said the army he said the navy is more run like a corporation but the army is run like a high school click is his example and of course i mean you know this mentality of course contributes to the sixty one veterans suicide being committed every sixty five minutes now i mean the number of veterans suicides have now outnumbered the deaths in combat on the ground a shocking completely under-reported statistic and let's talk about the help that he did get what did they supply you can with when he finally was given the help and was it enough for him ok he was the client with thirteen different perceptions they range from antidepressants to be controllers and a whole slew of things in between he said that he felt like a zombie he said he couldn't focus he couldn't do anything that he wanted to do and despite all of these prescriptions he he ended up having these thoughts of killing his own children of killing his wife and he described his children as the most important things in the world for his so for him to say that that he wants to kill his children and t

wednesday's patrol was the third such tour carried out by the chinese navy since the islands were recently purchased by the japanese government, igniting the ongoing tensions. withatrol also coincided the annual live fire drills by taiwan's military of islands facing china. the taiwanese president said that the island must strengthen its defense forces if it is to maintain stability with china. >> in recent years, due to china opposed yearsboom, it has built its military and arms, bus facing such a threat, we must build our army in order to maintain peace across the strait. >> the drill is the largest annual exercise in taiwan. it simulates a response to a landing by chinese troops. landing missiles hit dummy targets at sea and soldiers pirate at a simulated chinese enemy, baring their attempted advance. china has considered taiwan a rogue state ever since it split from the mainland in 1949. relations between the two are at their best in years. perhaps something of a relief to diplomats with tensions high elsewhere in east asia. al jazeera reporting. >> in eastern uganda cometary has intro

by the navy. the system is the future of naval war fare. navy sits has the operational use next year. remarkable change in war fare. >>> well san francisco may get even tougher on smoking. city could become the first in the nation to limit the number of retailers selling tobacco. as carolyn tyler explains, it's the idea of non-profit university organization that has spent years working on this concept. >>reporter: there are approximately 1,000 stores in san francisco that sell cigarettes and other tobacco products. it's where the retail remembers concentrated that critic want to change. >> we don't think it's necessary to have 4 or 5 different stores that sell tobacco on one block. >>reporter: jesus is a member of san francisco youth leadership institute which calls it social justice issue. because after spending 4 years doing research, they found cigarettes are much more available in low income communities. for example the south of market tenderloin neighborhood has 2 70 stores whale the marina h

the military and specifically he said the army he said the navy is more run like a corporation but the army is run like a high school click is his example and of course i mean you know this mentality of course contributes to the sixty one veterans suicide being committed every sixty five minutes now i mean the number of veterans suicides have now. numbered the deaths in combat on the ground a shocking completely under-reported statistic and let's talk about the help that he did get what did they supply even with when he finally was given the help and was it enough for him ok he was the client with thirteen different perceptions they range from antidepressants to exidy controllers and a whole slew of things in between he said that he felt like a zombie he said he couldn't focus he couldn't do anything that he wanted to do and despite all of these prescriptions he he ended up having these thoughts of killing his own children of killing his wife and he described his children as the most important things in the world for his so for him to say that that he wants to kill his children and tha

the navy helping in a small but important way. a three man explosive ordinance team sent by the navy to boston at their request to help them with disarming some of these devices. you're absolutely right. after years of war in iraq and afghanistan, the military and the fbi working side by side have collected thousands of so-called bomb signatures, the very thing that they're looking for in this situation. what is a bomb signature? well, bomb makers over time tend to put their bombs together the same way and when they train others to make and carry out bomb attacks, they train them most of the time we are told in the same signature, the same way of putting a bomb together. so what we know is the fbi because of years of military assistance and their own work have phenomenal expertise in this. they are able to look at these fragments, and what are they looking for in the signature? what type of material? how it was put together. where it might have come from. they can trace explosives. what kind of fusion or detonator was used. these

the military and specifically he said the army he said the navy is more run like a corporation but the army is run like a high school click is his example and of course i mean you know this mentality of course contributes to the sixty one veterans suicide being committed every sixty five minutes now i mean the number of veterans suicides have now outnumber the deaths in combat on the ground a shocking completely under-reported statistic and let's talk about the help that he did get what did they supply even with when he finally was given the help and was it enough for him ok he was the client with thirteen different perceptions they range from antidepressants to be controllers and a whole slew of things in between he said that he felt like a zombie he said he couldn't focus he couldn't do anything that he wanted to do and despite all of these prescriptions he he ended up having these thoughts of killing his own children of killing his wife and he described his children as the most important things in the world for his so for him to say that that he wants to kill his children and that w

the military and specifically he said the army he said the navy is more run like a corporation but the army is run like a high school click is his example and of course i mean you know this mentality of course contributes to the sixty one veterans suicide being committed every sixty five minutes now i mean the number of veterans suicides that now outnumber the deaths in combat on the ground a shocking completely under-reported statistic and let's talk about the help that he did get what did they supply even with when he finally was given the help and was it enough for him ok he was the client with thirteen different perceptions they range from antidepressants to be controllers and a whole slew of things in between he said that he felt like a zombie he said he couldn't focus he couldn't do anything that he wanted to do and despite all of these prescriptions he he ended up having these thoughts of killing his own children of killing his wife and he described his children as the most important things in the world for his so for him to say that that he wants to kill his children and that w

navy and at&t and comcast and funding docs for the federal and state requirements. >> that concludes my presentation. >> great. thank you very much. >> colleagues, do you have any questions for mr. cordova? >> okay. seeing none, are there any members of the public that like to speak on this item? >> all right. seeing that there is no public comment, public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve item five? >> all right, motion lead by commissioner chiu and seconded by farrell, without objection? >> this item goes forward. and all right, madam clerk. >> 6. >> introduction of new items this is an information item. >> colleagues, is there any news? >> no news, i guess that is a good thing. >> all right. is there any members of the public that would like to speak on thit em. >> seeing none public comment is closed. >> madam clerk, could you call item seven? >> public comment. >> public comment. public comment is closed. thank you, madam clerk. >> public comment is closed. are there any other items? >> item number 8. adjournment. >> thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned.

the navy just announced plans to deploy a laser weapon. new quick reaction capability to potential targets in the persian gulf meaning iranian drones or gun boats. jill doherty, cnn, london. >> no one has more leverage in north korea than china. david mckenzie is in beijing with a closer look. >> reporter: firing nuclear rhetoric. armies at the ready. missile defense systems in downtown tokyo. who can bring down the temperature? >> there is one power that can end this story very quickly, end this, first of all, human tragedy of north korea and this incredible farce of regime. and that country is called china. >> reporter: china could cut off the fuel taps and food aid to starve the regime. but years of nuclear tests and missile launches, china's trade with north korea has increased, not decreased. >> china does not want north korea to collapse. they made that very clear. they consider it a buffer zone. >> reporter: the status quo is what china wants says author and journalist. >> it will be taken over by south korea, a country highly influ

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responsibility of the navy to do clean up, there is serious impact and risk at hand. we are still participating in the navy ongoing process that's going to go for many years where we actually really need to protect and look at how can we make sure this clean up is thorough. speaking from that experience, the level to which we need to be really adequately protecting our folks, i mean, right now san francisco, as others have mentioned, developers are looking to come in here and move as fast as they can. and the reality is that it was really important that we brought a challenge. it was really important that we had the opportunity to thoroughly do that and it was really important that it was actually upheld and that a project would have not been adequately reviewed and contained risk was stopped. and many in the city didn't even realize that the e-i-r didn't contain information about how the developer would or would not be able to complete that early transfer and complete their clean up. so, i want to speak from that experience. there's a tremendous need for notification

there are 6 different utility agreements we are executing four with the navy and one with at&t and one with comcast and refers to the specific responsibilities of the parties and confirms that we are allowed to relocate those utilities. and the next agreement is the cooperative agreement, very important, it outlines the responsibilities between the transportation authority and cal trans. the transportation authority will advertise award and administer this contract during construction, the next agree is the cal transcertification which confirms all of the necessary rights to enter and to construct physically on the island are in place. >> good news here is that the construction phase is 100 percent funded with federal and state highway funds to the tune of $77.5 million. and also, tita under who an existing moa is reimbursing for any costs that are not covered by the federal and state funds, they have been the primary match during the phase during the prelim engineering and design and once it blew into construction and right away it turns over to the federal and state for 100 percent r

and advocating the responsibility of the navy to do clean up, there is serious impact and risk at hand. we are still participating in the navy ongoing process that's going to go for many years where we actually really need to protect and look at how can we make sure this clean up is thorough. speaking from that experience, the level to which we need to be really adequately protecting our folks, i mean, right now san francisco, as others have mentioned, developers are looking to come in here and move as fast as they can. and the reality is that it was really important that we brought a challenge. it was really important that we had the opportunity to thoroughly do that and it was really important that it was actually upheld and that a project would have not been adequately reviewed and contained risk was stopped. and many in the city didn't even realize that the e-i-r didn't contain information about how the developer would or would not be able to complete that early transfer and complete their clean up. so, i want to speak from that experience. there's a tremendous need for notificatio

minister of munitions in the british war cabinet and he was going on and on about the fact the navy was losing the battle of the atlantic because we had run out and we couldn't make the kortright because we didn't have enough a acetone. he said this is extraordinary. i met a child just last thursday in manchester who claims he is a sensible seemingly by the just to be able to create acetone in large quantities to be he said this is amazing. we should have him down to london so they brought him to london and they discovered that he wasn't a nut case and said what do you need? he said well, first of all, to do this? a brewery would be lovely or a distillery. they said it is the factory which is in east london that's just gone bankrupt and we have taken control of the site so they said it couldn't have been better. thank you very much. so he was given a factory and what else? he said something with a lot of -- something white maize. they said they come from canada. what about chestnuts. as it happens and some of you may know, each on in britain, school children play a game where you ta

>> my brother was in the navy. post world war -- spy in the navy. take it to the guy who's the least sbejts guy on the ship. say, do you understand this order? if he did, he said, post it. that's the sean hannity rule. thank you, stephanie cutter, sam stein. it's the navy rule. if the simplest guy can understand it. >>> up next, more trouble for the republican party's re-branding effort. this is "hardball." the place for politics. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. >>> ha! back to "hardball." now to the sideshow. first up, jon stewart went after egypt's president mohamed morsi for his government's recent detention of

i was inspired when i was a young boy i was inspired to join the navy and pursue a career in the navy aviation. they have been doing high flying maneuvers for more than 60 years. >> morrissey is a member of the muslim brotherhood but the u.s. has sent 130,000 canisters of tear gas to the government. they used it during protests with froers. it arrived sunday. egypt paid $2.4 million for the tear gas. >> the fox news reporter possibly facing jail time will be back in court. the judge delayed on ruling whether winter must reveal her sources for a notebook from movie massacre suspect james holmes. until it is determine iffed that will be used as evidence in his case. anna roar raw police detective will testify. many rallied around winter and the right to the first amendment. this year's national spelling bee could hurt. in order to qualify for the vocabulary test they will be asking things like this. which of these is an amp of anamomatopeoia. buzz is of course right. that is your 5@5:00. >>> to extreme weather a nasty spring storm moved into the width west last night. that was pummellin

marine corps liaison and the navy liaison and if need be the guard liaison would have access to that tool. the next generation command system is a fantastic web-based command and control technology that we expect to use in the future. with that, thank you. >> thanks. colonel yeager. >> i just want to say you can't underestimate the risk presented by these environments we fly in and really the relationships that we build with cal fire and the training prepares us to mitigate that risk. as rear admiral riveras said, bad things tend it happen at night. they also happen on the weekend and i think we have a 3-day week jepld here but i assure you we are ready to respond. >> from personal experience in 2007, i started training for fire fighting in 2006 but in 2007 was my first actual experience fighting fires and as i went in for my first dip in san diego to fill the bucket about two miles away was my brothers and my brother's house, his wife and my two nephews and that's when this capability really hit home for me, that it's an important thing. as was said before, every member -- we're all

was also in the navy. got out of the navy and loved it. we left. my family moved away in 1985. we moved to virginia. we left california like millions of to find economic opportunity on the east coast. >> now they're all coming back. >> my parents' story is not unique. i know it's embarrassing for my folks to hear they have gone through tough times. how do you make san diego competitive? >> we start with our weather. we can't do much about that. >> you don't get this in texas. >> we have built a synergy between universities. and our culture who attracts people who will do that high-tech stuff. away from the sprawl and the automobile oriented culture that we are used to. it's the kbe nation and close connection. and said real close connection. >> how much of the economy is still based on the defense? >> we're still a navy town. we're ocean based research. we lost a lot of the defense industry. sequestration will hurt us. congress is dumb but they're not stupid. they will not allow the see questions trags. we

the navy says all the shows for 2013 have been cancelled. we weakest of wind happen but the focus will be on joint military and civilian exercises. >> the exercises that we bring here for the elected and appointed officials to work with the military so we can improve our prepared as for a big catastrophic earthquake when it hits. >> even organizers say they are just as disappointed as anyone else that the blue angels will not fly during this year's wheat wheat but do say the team is committed to the back for 2014. >> san francisco's exploratorium is set to reopen its brand new location one week from today. the children science museum was located at the palace of fine arts for 43 years. when it opens at pier 15 next week, it will have 150 new exhibits, and oblast observatory and a waterfront view of the sampras's go bay. tickets cost $25 for adults and $19 for kids, students and seniors. children under 5 will get in for free. >> 7:12 a.m. and we'll be back with more in a couple of minutes. a live look at the approach of the bay bridge. lots o

responsibility of the navy to do clean up, there is serious impact and risk at hand. we are still participating in the navy ongoing process that's going to go for many years where we actually really need to protect and look at how can we make sure this clean up is thorough. speaking from that experience, the level to which we need to be really adequately protecting our folks, i mean, right now san francisco, as others have mentioned, developers are looking to come in here and move as fast as they can. and the reality is that it was really important that we brought a challenge. it was really important that we had the opportunity to thoroughly do that and it was really important that it was actually upheld and that a project would have not been adequately reviewed and contained risk was stopped. and many in the city didn't even realize that the e-i-r didn't contain information

the navy just announced plans to deploy a laser weapon. new quick reaction capability to potential targets in the persian gulf meaning iranian drones or drill boats. jill doherty, cnn, london. >> no one has more leverage in north korea than china. david mckenzie is in beijing with a closer look. >> reporter: firing nuclear rhetoric. armies at the ready. missile defense systems in downtown tokyo. who can bring down the temperature? >> there is one power that can end this story very quickly, end this, first of all, human tragedy of north korea and this incredible farce of regime. and that country is called china. >> reporter: china could cut off the fuel taps and food aid to starve the regime. but years of nuclear tests and missile launches, china's trade with north korea has increased, not decreased. >> china does not want north korea to collapse. they made that very clear. they consider it a buffer zone. >> reporter: the status quo is what china wants says author and journalist. >> it will be taken over by south korea, a country highly inf

and the navy. the f-35 boasts features that makes pilots weak in the knees. from its ability to accelerate and super sonic speeds, take off and land vertically. but it's the generous political strategy designed to protect the $400 billion principal from budget cuts. the company has created a budgetary force field by spreading the manufacturing and jobs across 46 states. there are 92 senators and dozens of congressmen who have a stake in the project: jobs in their district. and if they want wasn't enough eight other nation versus agreed to purchase the plains. so if the lawmakers in the u.s. were to change their minds they'll have to answer to those nations for increasing their per-plane costs. joining me is pie year sprey who joins us from washington, d.c. welcome to the war room. >> thank you. >> michael: what is the advantage of having 46 states involved? is this normal in the military? >> a long time ago it wasn't normal. it's becoming more and more normal. the process of political engineering h

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