navy. the navy's most recent force structure assessment identified a need to maintain 12 aircraft carriers to meet combatant commanders' needs and address a growing demand for u.s. presence around the world. however, under the current ship building and ship retirement plans, the navy would dip below 12 aircraft carriers beginning in 2025 and would atrophy to just nine aircraft carriers by 2048. this is simply unacceptable. by procuring an additional aircraft carrier now, we better position the navy to meet future requirements, by supporting a strong aircraft carrier base, we also show a commitment to the aircraft that operate from the carrier. the f-35 joint strike fighter, ground baller, the night hawk helicopter, the seahawk helicopter, as well as the hawkeye aircraft. all require an aircraft carrier to operate in the navy. for fiscal hawks, the numbers are clear. a two-ship buy saves over d 1.6 billion in ship building -- $1.6 billion in ship building costs. when government-furnished equ

navy and others. most recent books are on the second world war, most notably, the battle of midway which we will commemorate the university. 5.the anniversary of on june and dr. symonds does not always thet about write about navy, sadly. no, he is quite a historian. he wrote about the battle of gettysburg. dr. symonds is really a navy guy, having a significant impact on the men and women who have served in the navy for the last three or four decades and will serve for decades more. as a matter of fact, his historical atlas of the u.s. navy is still in use in the naval history class at the naval academy today. his impact on the navy has been simply immense. allong with all the books and numerous awards, dr. symonds has also received the civilian service award and navy superior civilian service award not once, not twice, but three times. and he is a veteran. served as a lieutenant in the early 1970's. i have to say as the c.e.o. of the navy memorial across the street here, our mission is to honor and re

navy and others. most recent on the second world war, most notably, the battle of midway which we will commemorate the university. a anniversary. symonds does not always right about the navy, sadly. no, he is quite a historian. he wrote about the battle of gettysburg. havingeally a navy guy, a significant impact on the men and women who have served in the navy for the last three or four decades and will serve for decades more. the historical atlas of the u.s. navy is still in use in the naval history class at the naval academy today. his impact on the navy has been immense. along with all the books and awards, he also received the civilian service award and navy superior service award not once, not twice, but three times. he is a veteran. served as a lieutenant in the early 1970's. i have to say is the ceo of the navy memorial across the street here, our mission is to honor and recognize the men and women, and to inform the public about their service. would like to ask the audience to join me as we ce

navy into -- in two oceans. but a total of 72 nations were belligerents in the second world war, either voluntarily or involuntarily. and a dozen of those have substantial navies, navies important enough to have an impact on the trajectory and arguably, even the outcome of the war. plug the u.s. navy was the largest, it was not the only 1 -- while the u.s. navy was the largest, it was not the only one. in addition, the naval war was fought in two oceans. that explains the subtitle of my book, a global history. i wanted to deal with the history of the war where u.s. vessels rarely appealed. as franklin roosevelt said, the oceans of the world of this war constituted one gigantic battlefield. i also explore a bit about the culture and background and circumstances of the other participants in the war to eliminate -- to illuminate their motives and objectives. in no small part because they all shared a common resource base. especially for shipping. leaders had to construct a policy to fight this war, they had to take

i think that the opportunity there is to get back to our navy roots, back to working with the navy and partnership. that has been very exciting across the operating forces, the general will talk about that. t certainly from a headquarters marine corps standpoint, i also cochair the naval board, the general on the board with me, there is a lot of things going on between the cno and comdaunt to drive towards bringing the two services together, as we were in the cold war, towards major strategic competition, i would say that would be the main part that i wod athe excite-- the tentof that opportunity. the other opportunity, a challenge, is where we have we been with inivistment the last- - investment the last 16 years, a challenge when you look at the capability that we used to have, for example, we used to have anti-aircraft missile battalion, when i talk to war fare and young captain, they look at me like i have three eyes when i talk about the marine rps hamissile battalions, antiaircraft missile battalions, i look at p look at the force and go how do we meet and pace the threat that we

i think that the opportunity there is to get back to our navy roots, back to working with the navy and partnership. that has been very exciting across the operating forces, the general will talk about that. but certainly from a headquarters marine corps standpoint, i also cochair the naval board, the general on the board with me, there is a lot of things going on between the cno and comdaunt to drive towards bringing the two services together, wwere in the cold war, towards major strategic competition, i would say that would be the main part that i would athe excite-- the excitement of that opportunity. the other opportunity, a challenge, is where we have we been with inivistment the last- - investment the last 16 years, a challenge when you look at the capability that we used to have, for example, we used to have anti-aircraft missile battalion, when i talk to war fare and young captain, they look at me like i have three eyes when i talk about the marine corps had missile battalions, antiaircraft missile battalions, i look at opportunities also, we have to look at the force and go do

the dynamic force employment of the marines will be tied to the navy. global force management decision, how forces get allocated, and how that works in the future. in terms of the drivers will be the readiness back in the us, and are already most ready. the key is combat credibility. a small unit in south america with security cooperation at the platoon level is not combat credible but there for specific reason, and the west coast view with command and control arrangement that could go over the top. and a significant combat credible force to do part of this dynamic force. and they may go forward. >> the question that comes to mind is the surge force and blunt contact force, able to operate when the balloon goes up. and the bifurcation, the surge marine force, and patrolling marine force, perhaps 3-way bifurcation of all those guys offering up larry ships might not have the same level of hardware. to what degree, different flavors of magtf, how do you change the interchangeability? >> not to try to make this simple because it is not, the marine corps is

ruled against a navy veteran, mr. jonathan haas who served off the coast of vietnam in his attempt to get agent orange benefits using the presumption that extended to folks who served on the ground forces. the foot on the ground rule was because used by the v.a. to deny his claim and it has acted as an obstacle ever since. in the 112th congress a blue water veterans act was introduced and didn't pass. in the 113th congress, similar bill was introduced in 2013 and it didn't pass. and again in the last congress, 114th, we had another measure but it didn't pass. but today we are here for the use a me ever to technical rule that defies common sense that will open a path for folks who served in the u.s. navy to make sure they get equal treatment in terms of getting the care they need and frankly they earned. so again, if you look at some of the other countries that have dealt with this issue, like the royal navy of australia, they of our and they were one great allies have a higher insidens of cancer. it is high time we mo

the navy is wiped. they go into the streets and are shocked down from all -- shot down from all directions. they said they no longer will do that. the marines still have the mission of going ashore from the ships. the point is that the army brigade comes in to replace the navy and marines that are a sure -- that are ashore. the marines are supposed to go back aboard the ships. the admiral says i want to stay and be a part of this occupation. i want to be alongside the army. the admiral says are you sure? be careful what you ask for. they let the marines stay a short. -- stay ashore. was -- he could work with both army and marines, he was not opposed to them. they remained in veracruz. you start to see what will happen in 1917 and 18, when the marines go over and become part of the army second division. they are already seeing this thing out there. france, 1917, unfortunately, tungsten dies, and it is taken over. one of the things he does not want is any marines in france. adamantly, no marines in france

mitchell: the navy just wanted it to go away. the navy was really culpable in this. naval intelligence and national security agency did a terrible job analyzing the risk assessment for the mission. didn't have support forces on call. this is a chain of error that is hard to believe. they just wanted this to go away. when the men came home there was a court of inquiry. there was talk of a court marshall. there were some public hearings, congress got involved. it was a nasty situation. navy clearly wanted the captain to take the blame. when there was a public outcry, you are scapegoating these men, the answer was make everybody go away and that was it. susan: during the course of the year when they were captured, what happened to the commander? mitchell: he was the one that was tortured first. they started with the captain and his story was pretty terrible. they beat him, tortured him, threatened to kill him. they would put a gun to the head and pull the trigger. empty chambers but just to really get him to collapse. they threatened to kill his men. they beat and tortu

we are working with the navy and partnership. that has been very exciting forces.he i am also cochair of the naval board. onre's a lot of things going cno and the commandant to bring the forces together. be i would say that would the main part. i would say the excitement of that opportunity. the other opportunity -- and it is a challenge -- is where we have been with our investments over the last 16, 17 years. that has been a real challenge. when you start to look at the capabilities that we, in fact, used to have. we used to have light antiaircraft missile battalions. when i talk to our young captains, they look at me like i have three eyes when i talk about, yes, the marine corps used to have missile battalions, antiaircraft missile battalions. those are the challenges. we now have to look at the person go, how do we meet and paste the threat so we have the overmatched that we need across the force? they overmatched -- overmatch that we need across the first? . a it is always great to be visitor in d.c.. it's great to be up fro

i think the oorni there is toet back to our navy roots, back to working with the navy in partnership. that's been very exciting across the operating forces. general hedelund can talk about at. certainly fro headquarters marine corps standpoint, i also co-chair the naval board. there's a lot of things going on to really drive towards bringing the two services together, as we were in the cold war, towards major strategic competition. so i would say that would be the main part that i would say the excitement of that opportunity. the other opportunity, and it's a challenge, is where have we been with our investments over the last 16, 17 years? at's been a real challenge. we, in fact, used to have.okme for example, we used t light anti-aircraft missile battalions. when i talk to our expedition warfare course and talk to our young capt, the lookt me like i have three eyes when i ta yes, the marine corps used to have anti-aircraft missile battalions. those are some of the portlenges, but i look at ities also as we now have to look at the force and go, how tome pac the that soe have the overm

no confirmation from the navy. the representative from the area, congressman desaulnier has a lot of questions he wants answered regarding this proposed plan. >> we would like to know what the plans are. does it happen in 60 days, 6 months? how long are you going to be there? how do you provide the infrastructure? what's the impact on our existing infrastructure? >> reporter: a special meetiout this and the mayor of concord has asked a representative of the navy to be there. but it's unclear if one will actually be attending. so this meeting is expected to happen at 1 p.m. today. the city council's also having their regularly scheduled meeting tonight at 6 p.m. but they don't plan on talking about this topic. from concord city hall, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> campaign 2018. laura podesta reports. >>> reporter: in an upset that could send ripples throughout the democratic party, 28-year- old alexandria cortese beat 10- term new york congressman joseph crowley. the political newcomer has been a darling of the progressi

the crux was the two navies. that theyh believed needed a large navy in order to protect the sea lanes of the empire and their trade routes. while she had the largest merchant navy it was almost twice the size of the merchant marine. largestalso the world's importer, needing to import all of her oil and much of her food. vulnerable to a blockade as the germans had nearly 1418eded in doing in the war, strangling her with submarines. e u.s., self-sufficient -- self-sufficient in oil and food were not dependent on imports. the u.s. navy was smaller than the royal navy, but the americans believed that they could use their potential and threatening power to compel the british to recognize america's right to neighborly quality. sawu.s. board of the navy the 1927 arms limitation conference called by calvin coolidge as an opportunity to reinvigorate the public's interest in building ships. they and the british navy interest group believed that america deserved the navy as large as great britain. the american navy saw gre

crux was the two navies. the british believed they needed a large navy to protect the sea lanes to the empire and their trade routes. ,he largest navy in the world almost twice the size of the u.s. merchant marines, she was also the world's largest importer, needing to import all of her oil, including -- and most of her food. she was horrible to a blockade, as the germans had nearly succeeded in doing during the 1418 war. oilu.s., self-sufficient in and food, was not dependent on him -- on imports. the u.s. navy was smaller, but the americans believed they could use their enormous potential and even threatening power to compel the british to recognize america's right to enable equality. the u.s. general board of the navy saw the 1927 arms limitation conference, called by president calvin coolidge, as an opportunity to reinvigorate the public's interest in building more ships. they and the navy interest group believed american power deserve the navy as large as great britain's. the american navy sought great b

almost 5,000 of them worked at the navy yard. it just felt natural to try to imagine that story from the inside. >> it took you a long time. i was surprised to hear that it took you about 15 years of research to completion, right? i mean it was ages. why did it take so long, or is that just the way it goes? >> well, from 2005 to 2010, while working on other books, i was doing research for this book that involved to a large degree interviewing people in their 80s. so that was not -- those were not interviews i wanted to hold off on for five or ten years for obvious reasons. i mean this is a period that is really fast disappearing from living memory. so it's sort of an amazing moment actually. and between 2005 and 2010, i wan their 80s who had worked at the brooklyn navy yard and also longtime new yorkers with great memories and merchant sailors. so, i know, i just felt like hi to do it then. there was no way to wait. and then when i started writing the book in 2012, i also had to continue researching, of course, because then i rea

land is one of two marine tenders operated by the navy. though it's come for maintenance, the crew treated the crowd to the full ceremony, lining the decks dressed in their whites. fontaine actually served on this very ship 35 years ago. >> do you remember those days when you used to pull into port and be standing at attention? >> i don't know if we did the full dress like this. [ laughter ] i think the captain -- >> they're just doing that for vallejo's thing. >> i think so. >> reporter: it seems this was a display of mutual respect. vallejo struggled after the navy pulled out but lately the island has seen a rebirth with mixed use commercial activity in the old buildings. the mayor hopes today's arrival will be more good news. >> they received a $16 million contract from the u.s. government to do work. so we believe there will be more work coming. >> there have been other navy ships since the base closed but never with the crew aboard. it was nice to have the land arrive with good guys to cheer for. >> it's been a while since you had sai

. >> reporter: the navy left concord more than a decade ago. it owns thousands of acres many. >> no local official had been informed about this. >> he says he was blind sided by news the u.s. navy is considering the weapons station as a possible detention center site to house up to 47,000 migrants. >> we are going fight it. we are not going to let this happen. >> others are also being looked at. abc news confirmed an internal navy document mentioned 233 million. >> this is not a solution. this is really evil policy. >> mark says he will fight the trump administration. >> it reminded me of world war ii and japanese. we don't want to be a party to that. >> they have been in negotiations for years to acquire the weapons station property. >> we don't know how much nuclear waste is on that site. there is a lot of stuff that can happen. it doesn't seem right. >> the navy providing few details saying it would be inappropriate to discover planning documents. president trump calling on congress for immigration reform. >> it has ban really bad bad system

the crux was the two navies. the british believed they needed a large navy to protect the sea lanes to the empire and their trade routes. with the largest largest navy in the world, almost twice the size of the u.s. merchant marines, she was also the world's largest importer, needing to import all of her oil and much of her food. she was vulnerable to a blockade, as the germans had nearly succeeded in doing during the 1918 war. strangng her with summaries. the u.s., self-sufficient in oil and food, was not dependent on imports. as was the u.k. the u.s. navy was smaller, but the americans believed they could use their enormous potential and even threatening power to compel the british to recognize america's right to enable equality. in addition, the u.s. general board of the navy saw the 1927 arms limitation conference, called by president calvin coolidge, as an opportunity to reinvigorate the public's interest in building more ships. they and the navy interest group believed american power deserve d a navy as lar

the crux was the two navies. the british believed they needed a large navy to protect the sea lanes to the empire and their trade routes. the largest navy in the world, almost twice the size of the u.s. merchant marines, she was also the world's largest importer, needing to import all of her oil and most of her food. she was vulnerable to a blockade, as the germans had nearly succeeded in doing during the 1918 war. the u.s., self-sufficient in oil and food, was not dependent on imports. the u.s. navy was smaller, but the americans believed they could use their enormous potential and even threatening power to compel the british to recognize america's right to enable equality. the u.s. general board of the navy saw the 1927 arms limitation conference, called by president calvin coolidge, as an opportunity to reinvigorate the public's interest in building more ships. they and the navy interest group believed american power deserve the navy as large as great britain's. the american navy sought great britain and its e

but italian navy ships docked at a navy base in tripoli has raised concerns here. eternia navy vessels have been providing libya's close to gold patrols with technical support training and logistics since last august it's part of a memorandum of understanding signed by libya's prime minister face arrived and former italian prime minister followed into loney in february last year. the rival libyan administration in the eastern city of tobruk sand the agreement violates libya's sovereignty. the italian government has around sixteen thousand migrants reach it it's a lead this year compared to about seventy thousand the previous year. the fall is attributed to patrols by libya's coast guard back to buy new boats and better equipment funded by the european union and trained by italian experts. despite that people smuggling continues and the temptation remains for desperate people to risk their lives crossing the mediterranean. tripoli. several civilians have been killed after syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the southwestern city of daraa the air ra

in conversations with the navy and dtsc that provide oversight to the navy's work, that seems to be isolated to a group of individuals within that were rking on the hunters point project, although tetra tech ec has done work on the island in the past, in the reviewing that work, and the way the samples were handling, neither dtsc nor the navy feels there is any evidence of a problem on treasure island. so at this point there is no reason to delay the transfer. one of the things that is standard practice to have either split samples or confirmation samples taken at the same time, and we're talking about radiological work, to either have split samples or confirmation samples that are independent. split is where an individual sample is taken and divided between the laboratory. confirmation is cdph is simultaneously taking samples of the site. that should avoid the problems where there were samples that were improperly taken or handled or falsified as was the case at hunters point. >> president tsen: i would ask if you could put that into a memo to the board. it's justifiably a conrn tt has been

but pelosi says the navy will pay for it. the federal government has already spent 1-billion dollars on this site. from congresswoman pelosi's san francisco office, jackie ward, kpix 5. bus service at san francisco's new transbay transit terminal pelosi says while the navy and epa have both said parcel a is save, the people of bayview- hunters point have been hurt and retesting will be done. the original clean-up of the area may have exposed thousands to radioactive material. many of them claim their level conditions have led them to be seriously ill. at a meeting held at the san francisco supervisors last month, the district's representative malia cohen said her constituents deserve more respect. >> it feels as if the navy is constantly sweeping something under the rug and that that is very disingenuous and quite frankly it's infuriating! it's not fair! >> reporter: parcel g will also be examined once more. pelosi says the radiological retesting will include trench excavations, surface scans and soil sampling as well as buil

but it's also the first navy ship to dock on mare island since the navy left here in 1995 after more than 140 years as a navy shipbuilding base. >> this hasn't happened in 23 years so it's amazing to see the ships come back. >> i want to see the ship come in with the crew standing at the parade on the deck. >> reporter: why is that important to you? >> i did it a long time ago and wanted to see it again. >> reporter: it's here because they awarded a mare island dry dock company a $15 million contract for maintenance. but even though the navy left, people here seem nostalgic. >> i think it's really neat to support our troops. i just think it's really neat to show my kids what our military is about and i don't know, sorry, i kind of get emotional. i have family in the military. >> reporter: but 5,000 acres on mare island is trying to carry on without the navy. redevelopment is picking up steam. hundreds of new houses are going up and new businesses are coming, creating about 2500 jobs. the owner of the mare island brewing company now brews his craft beer in this refurbished coal shed o

but italian navy ships docked at a navy base in tripoli has raised concerns here. eternally in navy vessels have been providing libya's close to gold patrols with technical support training and logistics since last august it's part of a memorandum of understanding signed by libya's prime minister face and former italian prime minister polo. in february last year. the rival libyan administration in the eastern city of tobruk sans the agreement violates libya's sovereignty. the telly and government has around sixteen thousand migrants reach it it's a lead this year compared to about seventy thousand the previous year. the fall is attributed to patrols by libya's coast guard back to buy new boats and better equipment funded by the european union and trained by experts. despite that people smuggling continues and the temptation remains for desperate people to risk their lives crossing the mediterranean more to. tripoli south sudan's president says he hopes for a new talks with his rival will bring an immediate end to the four and a half year civil war south of here is

reviewing documents and working with the navy and the epa. we have also -- i met -- talked to the epa with several of our staff members this week and we are going to be having two meetings with them over the phone on a monthly basis to ensure that we are coordinating as well as the regulatory agency. we've had our staff member, amy, who has been our engineer in this area and i've also asked our environmental health director, stephanie kushing who will be supporting amy in the future around all of these needs and issues that we have to work closely with the epa and the navy on this. that is one of the items i wanted to ensure that the department is -- will be supporting the retesting and rescanning of this whole entire area of the shipyard. we also -- many of you have seen in the news an issue that i know has been very shocking to all of you, which is the separating of immigrant families and we believe this is inhumane and posing health risks. the department of health joins the mayor, the mayor elect, our california senators harris and feinste

i served in the navy for 11 years, and i came back to georgia for farming. one of the most memorable occasions i had was the volunteer of what they called a "pioneer missionary program." i would go somewhere every year assigned by the convention to bring other people to christ. one of my most memorable ones was to massachusetts and i had a leader there who is from new york. he was a cuban-american and his eloy cruz. i would read a few verses from the bible using a different vocabulary then i was using in the navy, and he would give the final salvation to followers of christ. he was more than successful in winning those souls to be christians. when we got through with our assignment in massachusetts and begin to leave to go back home, i asked him, what is the secret to your success? he said he was a little embarrassed about my question but he finally said, "i tried i two loves in my heart. one is for god and the other love that i try to have in my heart is for the person who happens to be in front of me at any particular time." that is a very profound a state

we will continue to work to build the navy to the navy that we need to keep the world safe and the process and keep making sure america is safe throughout the world. >> you have rob whitman who will support you in your bid for speaker and others in favor of the 355 ship navy. but the pentagon doesn't produce the plan. will you insist on seeing this ship count from these development facilities at this time? >> you see, we sit there, we have built -- it's not just the navy that we have to look at. we have to look at the future when it comes to our own weaponry, when it comes to our planes and others. and those are the investments we're making as we move forward. next month we will pass the appropriations for the d.o.d. that's where the debate will taep take place. i'm proud of the fact that you will find, just as last year, we have the money there for the military to build us back up to keep the world in a secure and more safe place for america. >> last question, kevin mccarthy, if you become speaker, as most expect you will, how will you be different stylistically than paul ryan? >> everybo

so is the navy. they will need to prove the actions weren't just a sailing error but management was at fault. >> everybody is surprised. >> martin davies, director of tulane university, maritime law center. he says the law was originally passed to simulate the risky business of sea trade. this kind of litigation is absolutely typical after -- a may your incident such as this. for the past, at least, 150 years. the whole economic structure, of the shipping business, has been prem ilgsedilgsed -- premised o it has been used after accidents like the titanic and sinking of the alfaro. >> do you feel look you getting victimized again by an are cane law. >> someone driving to use whatever -- law they can find, on the books, whether just or not. to try to eliminate or, or limit, their liability. >> the company that owns the alnic declined our request for comment but is suing the navy for damages to its ship. we asked the lawyer for the mccain families if they intend to sue the navy. he told us that many of

until the work plan is provided, the navy cannot tell us on the timing of the remainder of the parcel, but this is an important big step that would cate a template for future testing of the site, because they -- the original schedule called for multiyear phase transfer, where they would retest sample transfer convey, and then, start all over, so this would be the -- the template for doing so once that gets resolved, there's expectation it would move much more expeditiously than it's been in the past. on that note, we're also supposed to be, if you recall, in april, you approved the redesign of the hunters point shipyard, and it got introduced shortly after. it's been proposed to be heard at land use committee on june 25, and at the full board where the city as a committee of the whole to approve the item as a committee report on the 26th. they would approve the housing plan and have the first hearing on the ordinances, and what the board is approving is really just the redevelopment plan amendment, whereas the commission approved the d.d.a.'s, and then there will be a second reading a

. >> reporter: the navy left concord more than a decade ago. it owns thousands of acres many. >> no local official had been informed about this. >> he says he was blind sided by news the u.s. navy is considering the weapons station as a possible detention center site to house up to 47,000 migrants. >> we are going fight it. we are not going to let this happen. >> others are also being looked at. abc news confirmed an internal navy document mentioned 233 million. >> this is not a solution. this is really evil policy. >> mark says he will fight the trump administration. >> it reminded me of world war ii and japanese. we don't want to be a party to that. >> they have been in negotiations for years to acquire the weapons station property. >> we don't know how much nuclear waste is on that site. there is a lot of stuff that can happen. it doesn't seem right. >> the navy providing few details saying it would be inappropriate to discover planning calling on congress for immigration reform. >> it has ban really bad bad system, ob the worst any where in

we need to build the ships that the navy needs to do its job. we need to keep our production lines ready to go for future products. and we need to maintain the american jobs that make these efforts possible. our national security strategy and the economic stability of our country go hand in hand. alabamians are proof-positive of that, given our long history in supplying military personnel and other aspects of our national security to help our military throughout the years. i urge my colleagues to support my amendment and maintain a robust l.c.s. production posture that supports our national security and economic interests. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. barrasso: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. madam president, as you well know, last december republicans voted to cut the taxes that american families pay. we simplified the tax system, we made it fairer, we cut the rates, and every single democrat in the senate voted against giving americans this tax re

but it's also the first navy ship to dock on mare island since the navy left here in 1995 after more than 140 years as a navy shipbuilding base. >> this hasn't happened in 23 years so it's amazing to see the ships come back. >> i want to see the ship come in with the crew standing at the parade on the deck. >> reporter: why is that important to you? >> i did it a long time ago and wanted to see it again. >> reporter: it's here because they awarded a mare island dry dock company a $15 million contract for maintenance. but even though the navy left, people here seem nostalgic. >> i think it's really neat to support our troops. i just think it's really fleet to show my kids what our military is about and i don't know, sorry, i kind of get emotional. i'm a military family. >> reporter: but 5,000 acres on mare island is trying to carry on without the navy. redevelopment is picking up steam. hundreds of new houses are going up and new businesses are coming, creating about 2500 jobs. the owner of the mare island brewing company now brews his craft beer in this refurbished coal shed on mare

it's also the first navy ship to dock on mare island since the navy left here in 1995 after more than 140 years. >> it's pretty amazing to see the ships come back. >> i want to see the ship come in with the crew standing on the deck. >> i did it a long time ago, and i wanted to see it again. >> reporter: the navy awarded a company a contract for maintenance. even though the navy left the people here seem nostalgic. >> i think it's really neat to support our troops. i think it's really neat to show my kids what our military is about. i dunno. i keep getting emotional. i have family in the military. >> reporter: trying to carry on without the navy. redevelopment has been picking up steam lately. new businesses are coming in and creating new jobs. the owner of the mare island brewing company. >> the news that gets out his some of that negative things that happens in every town. revitalization. we are starting to come back. the town is starting to have its own flare. >> reporter: there are still abandoned navy buildings rotting away, but plans are in place to redevelop a third of the isla

but the navy is not confirms that report. the congressman representing concord is frustrated. >> we would like to know what the plans are. does it happen in 60 days, does it happen in six months. how long are you going to be there, how do you provide the infrastructure? what's the impact on our existing infrastructure? >> the mayor of concord wrote a letter to the navy saying parts of it are polluted and uninhabitable. there's no running water or sewer. the base is within months of being handed over to the city of concord. will that timing be effected. the mayor is asking a navy representative to come to concord tomorrow at 1:00 and tell city hall the plan. meanwhile these protesters want any such plan stopped in its tracks. >> it's amazing how they can come up with the money to open a detention facility when we have other issues like homelessness, affordable housing, other issues the taxpayers really care about. >> it's a crime and if someone doesn't do something to stop it we're all accomplices. >> joe vasquez, kpix5. >>> t

hills the military had hoped to use helicopters to take a wider survey of the area and possibly drop a navy seal divers into the jungle but poor visibility prevented that for most of the day that. song sung them son also plays for the mobile academy football team but didn't go with his friends on saturday they live walking distance from the cave and the football team's home pitch now transformed into a makeshift hella pad for rescue helicopters. i saw them hit every day. the youth football team named after a while the jungle boar was practicing here for a tournament next month something many in this community are hoping will kick off with everyone safe it's got harder al-jazeera. lived out of chiang wayne hay is there in the north of thailand wayne what's the latest. well as night fell certainly there was no slow down adrian in activity here with a constant stream of search and rescue personnel going in and out of the cave entrance behind me both volunteers and also military and a few moments ago we also saw three experts who have just arrived from the united kingdom go in to inspect the si

a new vessel is joining the navy. joining the navy. john maguire is up board hms mersey in portsmouth. board hms mersey in portsmouth. good morning, john. morning, john. good morning. fishery protection vessels, a couple of ships coming online. of ships coming online. not in scotland where the scottish government have their own ships. government have their own ships. this is ruth. she weighs 80 kilos —— 40 kilos. she is heavy. go on the rape, you‘ll go out to a fishing boat. fishing boat. tell us the type of thing you‘d do. thing you‘d do. —— you will go on the rib. the rib. with the master, see his routine for the day. the day. have a look at the different species he‘s got on board, to some ide. have a look at the different species he's got on board, to some ide. he's got on board, to some ide. so, you are an expert on that? you are an expert on that? condition and then we will sit back to the ship. thank you. hms tyne, which we can now see in the distance. now the fog has lifted! lifted! we were talking a little bit a

able to pick up where the permitting perhaps within the next few minutes what we're hearing from the navy teams that are very much leading this with their dive teams going further and further into that cave system is that the water level inside there just continues to rise they have been pumping it out but as fast as being doing that another downpour will come through this area and more water pour into that cave network system so in response to that they brought in heavier equipment small pumps larger pumps twenty two in total now they will begin operating within the next few minutes they're telling us and once they start working they hope that the water level will recede enough within the next two hours again weather permitting that will enable those divers those navy divers to continue to push through the cave into an area where they suspect or at least they hope that the boys and their coach may be given way and that this misadventure began on saturday it's now whedon's day how could a thorough seize be so optimistic that these these kids are still alive. well for a number of reasons a

all of the toxins that have been left behind by the navy, which bases do that all the time. what are we going to do about treasure island? >> so i represent the district that represents treasure island, and we are watching what's happening there very closely. tetra tech watches it very closely, but we do meet with the residents on a regular basis, ensuring the cleanup process is happening as it should be with full oversight by the navy. we -- none of the land gets conveyed from the federal government to san francisco until it is fully cleaned, and we are also working with the state california department of public health to ensure that there is an additional layer of oversight on the work that the federal government is doing on that land. when that land is conveyed to san francisco, it will be 100% toxin free before we build any housing on this site. >> thank you. mark leno? [applause]. >> whether we're talking about the shipyard or treasure island, we have to make sure always that safety and health takes top priority. that has not unfortunately been the case to date. and all

the navy is not confirming that report. even the thought of it though has some people in concord concerned. >> it's unbelievable. you know, you think this can't happen here. and it's in your backyard. >> to see those photos, to hear the cries, it strikes everyone -- anyone -- any human being. >> reporter: the mayor of concord wrote a letter to the navy saying the base is a superfund site. it's polluted and parts are uninhabitable with no running water or sewer. there is a plan in place to hand the station over to the city in a few months but it's unclear if that will disrupt the timing. the city council is meeting at 1p the mayor has requested that a representative from the navy to be here. but it's unclear if that will happen. from concord city hall, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> the response to the u.s. supreme court's decision to uphold president trump's travel ban has been swift and emotional. kpix 5's andria borba has more on the ruling that sparked nationwide protests. >>> reporter: the 5-4 ruling from the supreme court's

media reports in the united states say its navy is drawing up plans to build detention centres on remote military bases, to house 25,000 illegal immigrants. the us department defence reportedly plans to build what are described as "austere" detention centres at abandoned airfields in california, alabama and arizona. meanwhile, along the southern border, in texas, hundreds of children remain separated from their parents. the bbc‘s chris buckler reports. just inside america's border, only miles from mexico, this is one of the shelters were children are being held. from there, you can see young people being a shared between the makeshift structures in what is being called a tent city. —— the air. the pictures of cages and crying that have emerged from texas last week led a trump to reverse its policy of separating migrant parents from their children. he has given every indication that he did so against his natural instincts, and the president returns to arguing for tougher laws as he shared a platform with families who have had relatives killed by immigrants. they are not separated fo

the navy is not commenting. the queen's birthday honours list has been announced — it includes damehoods for professor mary beard and the actress emma thompson.

navy helicopters were doing on monday is they were circling the area were right close to the myanmar border probably just a couple kilometers over the hills that this cave network is in there was a helicopter circling above because we know also within this network of caves there are chimneys and they're looking to see of the possibility of dropping supplies down in the chimneys that's also something important to note when you look at the possibility of an air getting into the trap people in there that's where they're getting the air from these chimneys so it's a very dicey situation now the governor for chiang right province is down at the mouth talking to the rescue workers we just saw a minister walk out and there's a makeshift village that has sprouted up right along this area out of the mouth of the cave network here scott it sounds as though the cave network that you're describing is really very complex undulating as as you were saying if the boys and the coach are fine what's the plan for actually getting the moment. yeah that's the big question and that's the question that the

navy might be planning to transform the old naval base into an immigrant detention. >> city officials, lawmakers and protesters asking why, joining us in concorde, were a martian rally were held. ariana? >> reporter: going to kind of let you -- a rally was being held and a march.>> reporter: looking at a line just outside of council chambers, for public comment, an unusually long line, public comment will continue tonight, but the counselor will not be taking up the issue, but there are protesters here to protest this possible detention center that was being discussed and unveiled on friday at the naval weapons station. you might hear some drumming and the band, a traditional mexican dance group that is performing, a lot of things going on outside of council chambers, but the main issue is the naval weapons station, millions of taxpayer dollars at stake if the u.s. navy decides to put a detention center that location. >> reporter: blindsided, left in the dark, future development plans are in political limbo. >> absolutely shocking.>> reporter: local and state leaders have been searchi

they said the navy has not communicated with them about these plans for immigrants. abc news confirmed today that an internal document prepared for the u.s. navy secretary's signature outlines plans to house 25,000 migrants at abandoned airfields in florida and alabama, another 47,000 migrants at camp pendleton in southern california. and an additional 47,000 migrants at what was the concord naval weapons station. >> and in one word this is madness. >> congressman mark desaulnier was caught off guard saying he heard nothing about it until the news broke this afternoon. >> the idea that you put almost 50,000 in a detention facility in the middle of the bay area, in the middle of a very urbanized area is absurd. and that reminds me of world war ii. and japanese internment. we don't want to be party to that. >> the document mentions $233 million to construct appear operate temporary tent recities described as austere. >> we are going backwards. you don't put people in tents. and in the summer? under nuclear waste? i mean you got to be kidding. >> i don't know how they c

and there's a lot we don't know about this short list the navy has apparently put out. but news is traveling quickly and opinions vary. >> if it's going to be a detention center, why can't they build it somewhere else? >> reporter: concord residents have mixed emotions about plans to build a detention camp the at the concord naval weapons station. >> just a family trying to be here and trying to reunite, trying to make a better living for themself, i think they should have that opportunity. if it takes them being here for a month or so, i think that should be an option. >> reporter: "time" magazine obtained a memo showing the u.s. navy is drafting plans to build a detention camp capable of housing as many as 47,000 immigrants on the grounds of the concord naval weapons station. local lawmakers just finding out about being on a short list of locations, and tonight they are reacting. >> we don't want to be part of it. this is bad for our country, bad for our state, bad for our county, bad for our community. >> reporter: representative mark desaesaulnier, democrat, concor

the navy gets 2, 3, 4 and six b and the navy gets best air force gets six b. is a recognition of the graduated response and an idea of allowing attacks on airfields. there is an effort to go after who up and having great success against u.s. formations. with look laughter and airfield outside of hanoi and the navy wanted part of that and it took a lot of extra coordination to break down the barriers and allow deconfliction. other than that, you kept to your place. tracks,wed refueling some very significant -- i thought the reading did a good job incorporating search and rescue. there is a package going in, this has got to be early in the war. 66 is jamming radar. bombers.orting f 105 there's the seventh air force commander, the intellectual air force commander. he will end up planning -- penning a once again, we have fact-dominated air force structure, and this might be the aircraft you would think might be carrying out these missions in total. thompson informs us this would have been too much of a show of force, as far as johnson was concerned. he would not l

german submarines, american destroyers, navy, helps an oil -- the royal navy. is building large numbers of ships along with britain to replace the losses that are left to the atlantic. 95 merchant ships launched in american yards. this is america's productive capacity, its industrial-strength being brought to bear. not only in manpower, but in industry and manufacturing. one person there is franklin d. .oosevelt he is there is assistant secretary of the navy. he was woodrow wilson's secretary of the navy. that is the number two civilian post in the navy department at this time. he went to do an inspection tour and report back. while in france, he went right up to the front lines. you can see him muddy boots and all, trenchcoat. he said to a group at a dinner in britain, to the british allies, we are with you to the end. again, america reassuring the british and french that the united states will play its role in defeating the common enemy. the german offensives are stalled. general field marshal foch decides that it is time to counterattack, the germans are exh

navy destroyer and engaged in battle in okinawa. his ship was severely damaged with over 20 fatalities. his ship was in danger of sinking and he should abandon ship. he had another group of his crew to do damage control to keep the ship afloat. as a result of that, he was advanced to admiral and he was one of the highest recognized chinese-americans serving for our country. he was the first ranking flag officer of chinese-american descent. i would like to ask him for your support of this request to a -- for a congressional gold medal. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your service, sir, and for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is sherman tang. i'm with the chinese american citizens alliance. we speak at the legislation pending in congress right now concerning providing a congressional gold medal it all the world wore -- world war ii chinese-american servicemen. they began serving in the civil war. so it was a long history of serving our country for freedom, but they're not being recognized since then due to discrimin