Among teenagers. First up, karen rogers has traffic, and david murphy has weather. Reporter its going to be warm today. Reporter we have a rip current situation, hurricane gert is moving away from us. This is an improving situation. Storm tracker 6 live showing we have cloud cover, we had precipitation in the overnight hours, thats gone. 65 in allentown. 27 in philadelphia. 67 in wilmington, 68 in ac. 75 in cape may. Few youre planning to head out for a run this morning its a moderate humid morning, 72 by 7 00. 85 8 00 a. M. , 73 degrees, were looking at a high of 88 degrees. Its going to be a warm one, that 88 above average as the average high is beginning to slip a little bit now that were into the second half of august, 73 is the low tonight and thats above average. Were looking at potential downpours from thunderstorms, not a big chance. Strong storms. We have construction crews out there, we seen them on the scene on the boulevard as we look live on 9th street southbound toward fo
We see Going Forward that theres not going to be much change at all, you know, at least for us as a service. Can i ask a quick followon to that one about what at least superficially may seem to be a bit of a contradiction. If the marine corps remains focused primarily on the pacific, but i think at present most people would conceive of most crises not initiating in the pacific. Certainly, there are other places in the world that seem more likely to erupt and require rapid crisis response. So is that a contradiction . Are two special purpose [inaudible] enough . How do you reconcile that . You know, were still going to be active of in other parts of the world. You know, my last life i was the centcom j5, and i used to say, you know, speaking of sentedcom centcom, you may be finished with centcom, but centcoms not finished with you. That doesnt mean we or the rest of the joint force is going to draw down precipitously anywhere else in the world with. You can go a lot of places. Couple th
We had a vote several months ago on putting minimal things about gun control in, and it got voted against it. We had congressmen that had 85 of their district that were for this. And you sound like youre hopeful that we can do something about this . [laughter] i mean, i just dont see that this could happen. How do we do this . How can you be hopeful . Okay, you discouraged me, i quit. [laughter] i guess its part of, you know, you gotta have hope, you gotta keep trying. Things take time, and, you know, ive been discouraged certainly, when i heard the news about newtown, i was just so depressed partly because it shouldnt have had to have happened. Again, you cant stop all evil, maybe something bad still would have happened, but it shouldnt have had to be this bad of a situation. And its just youve got to keep pushing. I believe that right does triumph, that people do come to their senses, that you can make a difference, and if i didnt believe that, im not sure i could get up in the morni
Involved. Propaganda involved. I think it was one of the worst mistakes ever made and we will pay the price for many years. I did a cartoon. When there were 2000 American Service members killed during the iraq war i did a cartoon and wrote the word why with that . And drew it the size. I wrote the names of all the troops that had been killed in iraq in the letters. That generated a lot of controversy and was at a time when people still thought the war was a good thing. I think that was responsible for you getting a Pulitzer Prize that year. I was a very strong opponent of the war from the start. I got a lot of heat for it at the time but felt very strongly about it. I will tell you an interesting story. You might recall the patriot act that was done in secret for several weeks and everyone was wanting to know what was going on behind closed doors. After berating John Ashcroft to come forward publicly he eventually did and gave a presentation and did this in front of the senate committe
Who also tom folley died today. He served for 30 years. House Speaker John Boehner released a statement about tom foley saying he was warmhearted. He would call leaks on both sides of the aisle. She had a solid sense of fairness. He was 84 years old. He had a solid sense of fairness. He was 84 years old. Cspan, wouldnt you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, greetings, conferences, which of the u. S. House, all as a Public Service of private industry. Cable tvreated by the industry and funded by do local cable or satellite provider. You can watch us in hd. Today president obama officially announced former Defense Department attorney jeh johnson as his nominee for department of Homeland Security secretary. He will represent replace janet napolitano. From the white house rose garden, this is about 20 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the president and Vice President of the United States accompanied by jeh johnson. Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Presiden