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>> thank you, mr. vice-president and mr. president, thank you very much for your confidence in me. and welcome to the headquarters of your military, your always loyal military where americas awesome determination to defend herself is on full display. i would just tell you that youve made clear, mr. president, your commitment to a strong national defense and the americans honor ed in this hall remind us of our strength as a nation of patriots. on behalf of your department, i want you to know that...

>> thank you mr. vice president and mr. president, thank you very much for your confidence in me. and welcome to the headquarters of your military, your always loyal military where americas awesome determination to defend herself is on full display. i would just tell you that youve made clear mr. president your commitment to a strong national defense and the americans honored in this hall remind us of our strength at the nation of patriots. on behalf of your department, i wa you to know that aft...

>> thank you, mr. vice president and mr. president. thank you very much for your confidence in me and welcome to the headquarters of your military, your always loyal military where americas awesome determination to defend ourself is on full display. i would tell you that youve made clear, mr. president, your commitment to a strong national defense and the americans honored in this hall remind us of our strength as a nation of patriots. on behalf of your department, i want you to know that after ...

News now. >> i cant stop thinking about turkey. >> i was going ask you, are you cooking? >> no, were going to a service that sends you food. >> youre working. >> thats the excuse i like to use, yes. but im so hungry. and excited to be here today. >> are you? >> yes. >> well, theyre serving today, orzo, and this is turkey today. so -- >> this is what was left for me. isnt that nice? this is my co-host rita ninen whose apparently very generous. >> yeah. >> okay. well lets talk about the weather ...

Martin luther king. there is the president he walked in yesterday with bill clinton behind him. how about this? the only black united states senator serving today was somehow not invited to this, if you can believe it. hear what tim scott thinks about this. were going to show you. you will hear about that moments away. is it because he is a republican? bill: also in a moment, a fiery race car crash. this one caught on video. watch it here now, an you wonder how this driver survived. well talk to...

Services committee and the u.s. military. and it is a hell of a fight. joining me now is senator kirsten gillibrand of new york. also a member of the armed service committee in the senate. senator, my first question for you is after a very long extensive and thorough hearing today, did you hear what you wanted to hear out of the witnesses? >> no, i was quite disappointed that the military really failed to take this opportunity to lead. obviously, they are too comfortable with the status quo. and...

ground and folks who are still trying to get out of the mess. thank you, kyra. live from studio 7, im suzanne malveaux and up to speed for august 30th, tuesday. here we go, again, the rivers in new jersey are bursting the banks overwhelmed by all of the rain that hurricane irene dumped on the state. the passaic river has been overrunning parts of paterson, new jersey, all morning long. emergency workers pulled some 1,500 people to safety after the passaic flooded homes. governor chris ...