first year i was in congress drove across the hampton roads tunnel and i saw three ships, i was just at norfolk the week before. it was in the drydock for 27 months. we all know that -- there are five carriers and nor folk right now that cannot -- nor folk right now that cannot deploy. a variety of reasons but all because of maintenance. 73 was being refueled. 74 was waiting to be refueled. and the others that i mentioned. so we really have not been able to use the ofrp to increase added capacity, we just used it for other ships. easy double deployments of truman and ike for the last two and a half years. and we have gotten ourselves drawn back into the gulf again. with what happen with the drones in the saudi oil fields. and now, and afghanistan. i think this is one of the biggest mistakes that we have made, and maybe in my lifetime, strategically has taken the reagan from westpac and sent them to be in support of the withdrawal from afghanistan. going through my article, you have to have presidents to create a deterrent. if we do not show the resolve that we will keep a carrier, at a minimum,

some time later today and possibly saturday, a category 1 storm over the waters and cape hatteras, and norfolk, virginia, and you will see they are okay, and rough seas and rip tides so be careful in the ocean, but most likely, that is the only issue. this is the concern coming in, and the time stamp is the category one coming in with the still waters and i wanted to stop the clock here at this time, because if you are looking at the eastern part of long island, it is way too close for comfort, and this is what we are watching over the next several days, and then kind of extending it out further, the hurricane center's forecast, and we see it hitting between connecticut and rhode island as a tropical storm. geoff, the rain from 1-3 inches of rain, and the biggest problem is the leaves on the trees, and they are going to be coming down, and think of some without power, and no air conditioning, and it is august and hot, and so it is going to be a back-to-back punch. >> thank you for that assessment, michelle grossman. >>> and the school mandate debate, and even in texas as some schools are rejec

acknowledge getting warnings about the tunnel website, they acknowledge getting an fbi alert from the norfolk field office, but this is what the skran 6 committee will add, extending congress' review to prevent future horrors from happening. and my reporting last night, new court filings from the justice department show in the body camera video they reviewed, so far they have seen images of at least 1,000 assaults on federal law enforcement officers. >> wow. and they just released a sweeping document request to federal agencies targeting the trump family and senior aides. what sort of information are they looking for? >> this is very aggressive, they are requesting documents related in any way to the events of january 6, the demonstration and otherwise. and they are targeting dozens of members -- dozens of individuals close to the former president, including administration staff, outside allies, it includes family members of donald trump. some of the names mentioned in that letter will be familiar to observers of the white house, rudy giuliani, pat cipollone, mark meadows, all of trump's adul

i went to high school in virginia beach and my my family still lives there and my brother lives in norfolk. so i'm i'm pretty familiar with with what you guys do over there. and i really appreciate you guys taking the time to talk to me. so the rock force is an interesting book only in that i really had no idea of anything about anything about the 503. and i was in my editor's office in new york. brent howard and his grandfather jumped on corregidor and he was you know, we're talking about doing a book together and trying to find a topic and and he's the one that mentioned corregidor and the five or third and thought it would make for a great book. but at this point at that point, i really had no idea the only only really familiarity i had with rock force was that i saw they've got a mannequin in the special operations museum and fayetteville, north carolina of one of the paratroopers and i just knew that they had jumped in the pacific. so for me this book was as much of a journey of discovery as anything and and what i found i think was is really an overlooked operation and in the pacific

thank you for speaking to us, peter norfolk, paralympian. let's get more now on our main story. the us is being pressed to delay its withdrawal from afghanistan to allow more time to evacuate those trying to leave the country. this morning, the european union has pledged to raise the amount of humanitarian support for afghans from 50 million euros to over 200 million euros. it comes as france says it's to end its evacuation efforts on thursday if the us continues with its plan to withdraw on the 31st august. joining me now is the european commission's lead spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy, peter stano. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news today. we know that france, germany and the uk are among the countries to press president biden today to extend the period for which us troops stay in afghanistan. will the eu as a body be doing that too? peter, idon't will the eu as a body be doing that too? peter, i don't know if you can hear me, unfortunately we can't hear you. great, we have you now. i was just asking if the eu was a body, irrespective of indivi

it's not like buying good year tire or norfolk southern railroad which have assets behind them and can create profits. this is a bet that someone else behind you will pay a higher price for it. i've doubted crypto since the onset. it's gone from 60,000 back to 30,000, now it's trading 39 or 40,000 this morning. i think that this is a whole -- this reminds me so much of the speculative bubble in holland 400 years ago when the tulip bulb craze was in effect. then you had the tulip bulb, here we have nothing. central banks will not give up sovereignty control of currency. they will come up with regulation that will have their own cryptocurrency, digital currency and one day we will walk in over a weekend having heard the fed, the ecb and bank of england have met and will make cryptocurrency illegal. it's going to happen some day and you're going to walk in and find out that it went from 30,000 to zero overnight and there will be no escape. dagen: i just point out, though, that this is an argument -- people always argue that like our currency isn't backed by any assets. it's backed by the

i think important thing norfolks to remember is, that the visa process, vast majority of all these cases is not completed. so what the department is doing, they're paroling these individuals, much like they're paroling individuals that are coming in on the southwest border into the states so they can remain here while that vetting goes through. that is the concern, you could have individuals paroled in, a perhaps a name check on a watch list, that is about all. when they go through the heavier, more scrutinized vetting, something will kick out, it will be a concern, they will be here in the united states. stuart: here you have thousands of people who really gone through hello to get out of kabul, they come to america, they may be facing a hostile reception? do you think they will face hostility? >> well i hope not at the end of the day. i think it is important we balance our compassion to help those that helped us with the security of the american people. so the screening and vetting that needs to occur should occur before arrive here to the u.s. i agree with the congressman you had on e

i know that there is request for dry docks in port smith, and there is a request for water in norfolk. this is a request for moving a dry dock along. i would suggest that you take a look at that, and it is very clear that the dry dock in hawaii is very necessary for the hawaii pearl harbor shipyard to be able to take care of the original class submarines that are there. we have no capacity to do that right now, so that dry dock needs to be moved along. so i request that you look at the funding requests and to see whether you can move the appropriation requests for the dry dock in hawaii along. my time is up, but i hope that you will continue to discuss that particular concern with us. >> i understand, senator. we're committed to making sure that we maintain the ability to maintain and sustain our force. we'll take a look at that. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator hirono. let me also recognize senator cramer and remind my colleagues there will be two votes beginning at 11:30, and i also believer the panel sought a break around that time. in talking with the r

he joins us from norfolk. 20 years and 427 british personnel lives lost. how big a moment as this? �* , ., , ., lives lost. how big a moment as this? �*, ., , ., , , lives lost. how big a moment as this? ., ,, �*, this? it's a big moment because it's the end of a — this? it's a big moment because it's the end of a military _ this? it's a big moment because it's the end of a military chapter- this? it's a big moment because it's the end of a military chapter that i the end of a military chapter that has ended not on the way we would have wished. that said, that is no getting away from the fact that the soldiers who have been at kabul international airport for the last two or three weeks have done a fantasticjob in very difficult circumstances is indeed all members of our armed forces of the last 20 years have done. it's a tragedy we lost a57 of our people in that operation over that time. but a lot was achieved. the taliban were swept out and al-qaeda were swept out ten years ago 20 ago and there have been no terror attacks in that period in afghanistan and afghan civil soci

it shows a group of people getting close to seals at a beach in norfolk. 0ne seal goes into the sea after a man walks up to it, crouches down and moves an arm towards it. let's speak to chairman, peter ansell. good morning. iam good morning. i am aware that some people might be watching that and thinking, what's wrong? explain to us why that is an issue and what sort of problem that causes. there two main issues _ sort of problem that causes. there two main issues involved - sort of problem that causes. there two main issues involved in - sort of problem that causes. there two main issues involved in this i two main issues involved in this incident unfortunately. the first, possibly the most important, is the fact that this man is not only endangering himself, but he's got a little toddler with him as well. they are far too close to the seals. he was extremely lucky that when he grabbed that seal by the tail, as it went into the water, it didn't spin round and bite him. because they can sit in round on a sixpence and nippy very quickly, as we all know to our experience because we are deal

this is the scene in norfolk, some blue skies and cumulus cloud. we will see sunshine today breaking through the cloud in many parts of the uk but also some rain arriving in the west and that is going to linger particularly into tomorrow. that is all courtesy of this weather front, you tomorrow. that is all courtesy of this weatherfront, you can tomorrow. that is all courtesy of this weather front, you can see tomorrow. that is all courtesy of this weatherfront, you can see it weaving its way in from the atlantic. still high—pressure to the south—east so not moving through in a hurry. ahead of the rain, mild air, the wind is coming in from the south or south westerly direction. feeling reasonably warm and humid where you see that sunshine. we have got cloud around this morning, a little bit of mist and fog around, but through the day, the sunshine is breaking holes in the cloud. sunny spells across parts of scotland, eastern england, brightness for wales and for northern ireland a lot of cloud, aplix of patchy rain becoming —— outbreaks of

the cloud slipping down into norfolk and edging into suffix three afternoon. highs of 18 to 21 here, but feeling fresher along the north sea coastline. through this evening and overnight, brisk wind coming down the north sea as our weather fronts that southwards, and it will introduce more cloud. there will be some clear skies, especially south east scotland and also won well. we will see some mist and fog patches one. not a cold night, will see some mist and fog patches one. nota cold night, our will see some mist and fog patches one. not a cold night, our overnight lows falling away between 11 and i6 lows falling away between 11 and 16 degrees. into tomorrow, we start off on a cloudy note. the cloud in the west will thin and break and we will see sunshine coming through. we will hang onto quite a bit of cloud in the east. even so, we still expect it to brighten up in places. of us will see some sunny skies. don't forget that brisk wind coming down from the north sea. it will feel quite bracing along this coastline. temperature tomorrow down to touch on today

this is one of our weather watchers pictures taken in norfolk. some of us will see some sunshine today, others will have a cloudy day. not particularly cold across the board. double figures. except for braemar and balmoral where temperatures are hovering at eight and 9 degrees. as we go through this new week you will find it is going to be fairly cool. we will see temperatures are fairly average. it is going to be fairly cloudy. we are pulling in a north—westerly wind, dragging in that moisture from the atlantic. that is producing some light rain and drizzle. a weak weather front sinking south right now. and behind it, some brighter skies. the brighter skies today are going to be in central and eastern areas. in the south there will be quite a bit of cloud times, as there will be across wales, northern ireland and western scotland. east of that we are back into some sunny skies. that cloud will be thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle or some light and patchy rain. temperatures today getting up to about 20 degrees at best. yesterday, we got