when we think of the navy in the early 19th century. we want to think of a sailing force, in a golden age of sale where you had 74 gun ships and they were sailing the open seas and being under full sails. that is what we wanted to think. this romantic vision, it does not fit the united states navy during this period of the early republic. in fact, the investigations of the navy during the early 19th century reveals not a fleet dominated by sea going vessels, but instead, of national flotilla of gun boats, whose duty included defending the ports and harbors and upholding domestic policy. now the gun boats of the jeffersonian era, they were not large, or designed for blue water operations. they had several common characteristics, despite wide variations in design. they are generally 40 to 80 feet long. they are roughly 15 to 20 feet across the beam. 4-7 feet across the hull. and carried 1 or 2 large guns. 24 or 32 pounders. they were one or two masted, shallow vessels that were designed to fight in coastal waters rather than the open seas

wait for the navy he property. the new phasing is responding to the decouple of of the shipyard and the alice griffith now with the 349 could precede. the additional piece i wanted to mention i know the - this phasing schedule is something that must get reviewed by the california economical quality act we're working with the sequa to identify anything that my create additional economical impacts. generally, we don't expect that but as part of the approvals we're going to be hopeful seeking from you in december we'll have that analysis complete and, you know, finding related to the environmental impact for the preoccupied faekz change but the number one thing is to continue the development. in our review the rule of proportion immaterial and some of the benefits that are to arrive sooner are slightly arriving later and a, however, the benefits are delivered sooner. those adjustments are the things between exempting and candle stick is happening soorp rather than later. by arresting and large their related to accommo

most of the navy ships are in the pacific. and this company, glenn defense marine, they would supply the ships when they would come to port, they would give them a tugboat, gangway, security, food resupplies, they pumped out the bibof lge and sewage. anything they needed when they came to port this company was supposed to provide those services. >> brown: presumably a competitive business, at least normally. >> a very competitive business, that's right. >> brown: the man at the heart of this is a-- he's got the nickname-- but he's a colorful character in many ways. >> he is a colorful character and an extremely well-known in the navy. his nickname is "fat leonard" because he's a large guy. his lawyer jokingly referred to him as big learned. and his competition refers to him as leonard. he would lavish gifts on people in port. he had a mansion in sing porwith christmas lice everywhere. he was at all sorts of parties. he definitely was a character. >> brown: i gather he bragged about his connections to top naval brass. >> that's

e mall system, the entire inventory the navy has. i am confident we are reducing the risk and ahead of schedule on putting a lot of components on the ship. we have had technical challenges with some of the components there like you would with any new developmental arm like this but e malls, you can ride on e malls roller coaster today. the technology itself is not new. the scale on which we are talking about is different. >> the newport news is a monopoly, it builds a great product, the navy is happy with it. serves the nation for a long time but it is a monopoly and right now d.o.d. is considering whether it is going to allow other monopolies to go through. what are the best ways to run a monopoly and what advice are you giving d.o.d. folks when they ask you that question? >> well, obviously, any situation where you only have one person building it has some unique challenges associated with it. anytime we can introduce competition into the process, we would like to do that. having said that, they build a great product, nobody argues

>> the navy review, the overall d.o.d. reviews and ear reviews that are being -- and other reviews that are being conducted will be brought together in an o.m.b. final review overarching security practices, and i expect that to be part of the review. >> well, my specific question is a report back to the committee, was somebody held accountable for going outside the curve, that's my problem is accountability in federal government. it's accountability. and all i want to know is what were the results of holding -- did we hold whoever made that decision accountable? >> i'd appreciate if you could close the loop at the end of the day for us, if you would, please. >> yes, we'll do that. >> ok. thank you. senator portman, please, welcome. >> thanks, mr. chairman. appreciate you holding the hearing. i think it's been constructive because we've raised obviously a lot of troubling issues and had the opportunity to hear from some senators who have a lot of interest and background in this. at the federal work force subcommittee, we he

secretary of the navy for the environment. as government officials our highest duty is to protect the

secretary of the navy for the environment. as government officials our highest duty is to protect the national security, including the confidentiality of confidential information. we have a critically important obligation to protect individuals performing work on behalf of federal agencies from workplace violence. in recent years with congress' help, we have taken a number of important actions to strengthen protections of both nurt information and the physical security of federal facilities such as improving the effectiveness and efficiency of background investigations, and strengthening the processes by which agencies make national security and suitability determinations. we must ensure those processes and the processes for granting or revoking access to facilities and information systems fully mitigate risks. we have a multisector work force, comprised of military, civilian, and contractor personnel. we work to ensure robust vetting policies and policies are applied to all individuals with access to federal facilities, netwo

the government in the aftermath of navy yard tragedy and other recent incidents. we also will hear from an expert at the government accountability office affectionately known as gao which has produced a wide body of work on security clearance processes. welcome. this hearing builds on the ongoing good work of our subcommittees which held a hearing on security clearances just this past june under the able leadership of senators tester mccaskill and johnson. that hearing expose the urgent need for additional resources for the inspector general at the office of personnel management to enable that eiichi to conduct important oversight of background investigations. in july or committee approved a portion of the bill sponsored by senators tester and cosponsored by dr. coburn senator mccaskill senator portman begich johnson nelson and senator baucus to allow the inspector general to tap into opm's revolving fund for the purpose of reforming that much needed oversight and we commend senators tester and our colleagues for their good work. legislation passed the senate earl

the navy is modifying how the x 47 b communicates with the carrier. later tests exceed it. takeoff, flight and landing are fully automated. 3.4 million lines of software code allowing the drone to fly without a pilot. >> this aircraft will never be able to kill anybody. after testing, it will be retired to a museum. this on delay is the beginning of the navy's plans for a flit. >> there may not be plans to weaponize the drone. it doesn't rule out future models. u.s. air force rolled out its predator drone in the "90s. it was a surveillance vehicle. during the wores in iraq and afghanistan the u.s. military armed the predators. they conduct drone strikes in pakistan and yemen. they require fixed land bases and cooperation on an aircraft carrier at sea - rules are different. >> you don't need to ask permission. you bring american firepower within range of many countries on earth, and do it matter of factly without permission from any other government. >> it's one reason the u.s. navy is determined to perfect its drone technology. it's cheeper, risks fewer lives and allows the

at the navy yard. we reported that a u.s. capitol police team was ordered to stand down as it responded to the shooting. now an independent review of that decision is complete and it found that the team was ordered back to the capitol more than 30 minutes after the navy yard attack was first reported and only once those officers were unable to reach the incident command post because of the traffic and concerns that the u.s. capitol was at risk. >>> today the family of one of the victims in that shooting filed a $37.5 million lawsuit against the federal government. mary knight's family said the government had ample warning that the shooter had mental issues and should have been kept from ever entering the navy yard complex. >> why did you let this happen? it's just a life wasted when all you could have done is had a simple gun check. >> nobody else needs to die because the navy doesn't follow the proper procedures of security to stop people from coming onto the property with guns. >> the navy and vetera

no mention of the navy seal controversy in the local papers. minimum just the had personal professional reasons after many phone conversations e-mails and detectives, bruce minimum agreed to do something most phoney navy seals refuse to do. sit down and answer questions about why he did it. >> lack of self worth and sprinkle with ego. and arrogance. toxic brew. make you act irrationally. >>reporter: 2 factor drove him to exaggerate his military record. being adocumented he couldn't find his biological parent and getting kicked out of the navy after just one year for being gay. do you understand the concept of stolen valor? >> yes. >> what do you say to the family of someone who died serving as navy seal? >> like i said, you know, i don't think there's anything else i can say except i trawl regret making inaccurate statements. >>reporter: burg and other parents are satisfied minimum no longer has contact with their kid but the question why he is staying on the payroll, 96,000 dollar a year salary coming this june. >> at the moment he's working o

the navy yard. >> we will close the barn door. create more secrets and security. i do not think what we need is more secrets. the sky was hired -- this guy coming outhe was not of some ivy league school. he at the test and whatever else you say about him he left with a lot. he knew -- >> the hacker community is by and large people like him. >> i do not know how he got hired. there were some glitches in his background that somehow they missed. talk about that. my food stamps do not last the whole month. is a mississippi food stamp recipient. their benefits reduced. that would be a reduction of $36 a month for a family of four and if the house has its way there would be more cuts coming. >> i wish some of those could come with me to my neighborhood safely. buy what they buy. about not talking extravagant items. people are trying to get some food on the table. no kids -- there aren't no -- there aren't anybody living high on the hog. >> this is not a cut as we think normally. there will be cuts of the traditional sort coming. this on

we're dealing with the tragedy at the navy yard. i don't know who would like to talk about it. mr. lewis, maybe you can talk about d.o.d. by the way, you're talking about putting something in place but not for another three years and then it would be d.o.d. only. so i guess i'd like to hear what is happening. and mr. lewis, since d.o.d. is trying to take the lead to get this in place, i see from the technical report on the project there have been some pilot projects. you have 3600 personnel records that have been searched, and it is working. some have had clearances suspended or revoked due to derogatory discoveries. your search algorithms have found problems. buff 3,600 people is a drop in -- but 3,600 people is a drop in the bucket when we have over five million people with security clearances. this has been 10 years that we have told that lessons learned is being incorporate understood database that will be in place in 2005, and here we are 2013. taxpayers have paid $11 million -- $11.6 million for this i don't know what the deve

no mention of the navy seal controversy in the local papers. minimum just the had personal professional reasons after many phone conversations e-mails and detectives, bruce minimum agreed to do something most phoney navy seals refuse to do. sit down and answer questions about why he did it. >> lack of self worth and sprinkle with ego. and arrogance. toxic brew. make you act irrationally. >>reporter: 2 factor drove him to exaggerate his military record. being adocumented he couldn't find his biological parent and getting kicked out of the navy after just one year for being gay. do you understand the concept of stolen valor? >> yes. >> what do you say to the family of someone who died serving as navy seal? >> like i said, you know, i don't think there's anything else i can say except i trawl regret making inaccurate statements. >>reporter: burg and other parents are satisfied minimum no longer has contact with their kid but the question why he is staying on the payroll, 96,000 dollar a year salary coming this june. >> at the moment he's working o

of the navy for the environment. as government officials our highest duty is to protect the -- we established the washington navy yard recovery task force led by the assistant secretary of the navy for the environment. as government officials our highest duty is to protect the national security, including the confidentiality of confidential information. we have a critically important obligation to protect individuals performing work on behalf of federal agencies from workplace violence. in recent years with congress' help, we have taken a number of important actions to strengthen protections of both national security information and the physical security of federal facilities such as improving the effectiveness and efficiency of background investigations, and strengthening the processes by which agencies make national security and suitability determinations. we must ensure those processes and the processes for granting or revoking access to facilities and information systems fully mitigate risks. we have a multisecto

from the navy after undergoing a root canal. now a major development in the three-year fight to clear her name. >>> news4 at 11:00 starts now. >> first tonight, travel challenges as thousands get a head start for the thanksgiving holiday. a massive winter storm is closing in bringing rain and wind to our region and several inches of snow to these. the system is already being blamed for causing 11 deaths nationwide. and it's not over. >>> the worst of it could be coming tomorrow on the busiest travel day of the year. we have team coverage tonight. we begin with doug kammerer up in the weather office. ( from . @ 30 these numbers. to the east,éy09 george's county, 57 degrees up from the 30 earlier. #[oboi1escr00 way.earlier. #[oboi1escr00 (h-÷ery warm 09 ?' theÑy with erika gonzalez. she's live in arlington where it's already slow on the road and in the air. >> reporter: darlene, rain is coming down and the winds are whipping up. i tell you what, it is quite the difference than we saw just a few hours ago. and if you are going t

a sixth officer in the navy has been suspended. bigad shaban was in the courtroom. >> leonard francis has helped stock navy vesselsith supplies for more than 25 years but court documents accuse him of overbilling the navy for millions of dollars. three have also been accused. they gave francis access to classified navy shipping schedules. when the navy began looking into allegations of fraud, francis allegedly briebd navy investigator john beliveau to get inside information on it. he even e-mailed a picture of a prostitute he asr.kefo your kinda babe? >> you bet. hopefully i'm her kind of guy. he's pleaded not guilty to all of them. francis has been in custody since september but thursday night was granted an unusual bail that requires the multi-millionaire to rent the san diego apartment and pay for security cameras and part of his guard outside his home. he must also pay a bond. >>> the massachusetts high school student accused of killing his math teamer has been indated. prosecutors charged 14-year-old phillip chisliip chism. he

no mention of the navy seal controversy in the local papers. minimum just the had personal professional reasons after many phone conversations e-mails and detectives, bruce minimum agreed to do something most phoney navy seals refuse to do. sit down and answer questions about why he did it. >> lack of self worth and sprinkle with ego. and arrogance. toxic brew. make you act irrationally. >>reporter: 2 factor drove him to exaggerate his military record. being adocumented he couldn't find his biological parent and getting kicked out of the navy after just one year for being gay. do you understand the concept of stolen valor? >> yes. >> what do you say to the family of someone who died serving as navy seal? >> like i said, you know, i don't think there's anything else i can say except i trawl regret making inaccurate statements. >>reporter: burg and other parents are satisfied minimum no longer has contact with their kid but the question why he is staying on the payroll, 96,000 dollar a year salary coming this june. >> at the moment he's working o

i served in the navy, i was in the surface navy. some of my friend still are, recently retired, and they are generally supportive of the are ae that the ssbn's critical leg of the triad, and if they were forced to choose, they would retain that at the expense of others, but not at urface issues. servic ships,ad fewer surface we would not need ssbn's at all. most of my conversations with navy colleagues and friends, i am sure, similar conversation you could generate amongst yourselves with air force supporters and officers. when i hear people say you are not talking about saving that ,uch money, $20 billion a year i say, tell that to the people that are concerned about the trade-offs inside the services, not the military as a whole and other domestic priorities around the country. conclusion, cold war stability never included a triad. we now know that. it did not require a counterforce doctrine. and the massive nuclear force that we bought was overkill. but postwar cold war stability requires all those things even less. the store is

this will be the 87th ye. >>> this was a start of new era for a key part of the u.s. navy. in newport new virginia, they christened the newes aircraft carrier, the uss gerald ford. the lat president's daughter, susan ford bales broke the bottle of sparkling wean on the w of the ship. the nuclear-powered ship wil carry mo war planes and laun more missions eachay with far fewer personnel an the current class of aircraft carriers. when we come back tonit, fore the internet when video on demand was all about a trip to the loc blockbuster store. >>> it wasn't so long ago when watchi a video meant goingo a store, renting a movie on somethg called a video cassette and then popping it in the vcr, remember the flashing :00? blkbuster announced it will close its remaininstores by early next year. today on the fin day to check out a rental, a mind from krisn dahlgren. >> reporter:ack in the day it wawhat we did on saturday nights >> you were in a mov? >> yes. it w called the "girl of high dreams." >> reporter: prominently featured in the movies it was renting the video store was e cen

>> the city of san francisco has big plans for treasure island, but first the navy has to clean up the toxic leg tbaw see it left behind. the fence line runs a couple blocks around one of the hazardous sites and it buts up gets a building where on monday residents tbot word they will -- residents got word they will have to leave with little more detail. rick mcdonald thinks he has to leave his treasure island apartment because of work going on under vacated buildings next to his. he lived here with his granddaughter for seven years. they got this letter on monday. it says 24 households have to move because of the navy's clean up work. it reads "the work is part of the navy's on going clean up of low-level chemicals and is not related to on going radio logic surveys." >> possible relocation. there is a meeting on the third. it really doesn't say much. >> the letter promises it has been and continues to be safe to live in the units on treasure island. desmond has lived here 14 years and thinks there is plenty of room on the island and isnot worried about what is being cleaned up jie. the

in the 90s it was the u.s. navy to get them to do the basic soil testing. for four years the navy was a road black block and along came in an attorney who summoned a team of lawyers out to california for a meeting and greeted them with a line of questions that devastated the navy's position. within weeks caltrans was granted the go head. help me to join in recognizing jerry. jerry would i stand up (clapping) >> in closing my father worked on this bridge as carpeters 22. my parents were here to celebrate the opening in 1936. the bridge cost 77 million the program was $0.25. in the program you'll find some interesting statistics by one strange point is when the bookends war paid off the bridge was supposed to be free so i'm assuming it has not been paid off. the earthquake in 1939 is it shouldn't have taken that long to go forward on projects. let's be more coffin responsive to the public's needs as in 1936. thank you and enjoy your new bridge (clapping) >> don't worry we're in the home stretch only 27 speakers to go. i want to acknowledge more folks in the a

obviously the navy property massachusetts has been through idealize as we talked about the navy clean up. we have to change the schedule to move the project forward. most significantly you know, we really requested that the developer reorganize the phasing to enable al lettuce griffith to proceed. when we aro

people who went into the navy yard. the guy who went into the navy yard and shot everybody else up. >> it is a private firm, contractors doing the investigation. >> the same firm that cleared snowden cleared the navy yard. same firm. >> we will close the barn door. create more secrets and security. i do not think what we need is more secrets. >> let's be very blunt. this guy was hired, he was not coming out of some ivy league school. he obviously met the test and whatever else you say about him he left with a lot. he knew -- >> the hacker community is by and large people like him. >> i do not know how he got hired. there were some glitches in his background that somehow they missed. >> was the president thinking about running with hillary clinton in 2012 instead of joe biden? we will talk about that and cutbacks in food stamps. >> my food stamps do not last the whole month. >> that is a mississippi food stamp recipient. on friday of this week, 47 million saw their benefits reduced. a temporary benefit from the economic

the leader of tech teams to fix the glitches say they are making progress. >> the navy put two of its admirals on leave whilst they are investigated in a bribery standard. prosecutors say it cost taxpayers more than $10 million. vice admiral ted branch seen on the left and rear add miral bruce loveless are accused of inappropriate conduct. five others have been charge the in the scandal. including two accused of leaking confidential information, first class travel and prostitutes. >> a family of a victim killed in the navy yard shooting took the step to claim a $37 million lawsuit. they said the navy and department of veteran affairs ignored mental health issues. they ignored them and 12 died. >> split in italy arrested a -- police in italy arrested a man for the deaths of hundreds of migrants killed in somarly. the somali man was part of a group that organised a boat that capsized off the coast of lampedusa. some of the migrants that survived were taken host ig. >> a stronger than expected jobs growth last month despite the government shutdown. some people may be giving up on trying

the navy still owns the property and the navy wants to clean up contamination around six buildings. >> to facilitate and enable that work, the island needs to be evacuated. >> some believe something more sinister is going on. >> i believe they want us to take control and rebuild because this will this is a $20 million view. >> the city does plan more development but for now, the demolition is strictly for safety. a meeting is set for next tuesday. on treasure island, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details about the island. it was built out of bay mud to become the site of the golden gate international exposition in 1939. in 1942, treasure island became a navy military base. the naval station was decommissioned and part of the land was sold back to san francisco in the 1990s. >> an alameda man is being called a person of interest after a very public confession. crews responded on brigs avenue near high street shortly before 3 a.m. one woman told us she had to jump on to a carport to escape. no one was hurt. firefighters rescued a man after he got out of his burning apartmen

>> the city of san francisco has big plans for treasure island, but first the navy has to clean up the toxic leg tbaw see it left behind. the fence line runs a couple blocks around one of the hazardous sites and it buts up gets a building where on monday residents tbot word they will -- residents got word they will have to leave with little more detail. rick mcdonald thinks he has to leave his treasure island apartment because of work going on under vacated buildings next to his. he lived here with his granddaughter for seven years. they got this letter on monday. it says 24 households have to move because of the navy's clean up work. it reads "the work is part of the navy's on going clean up of low-level chemicals and is not related to on going radio logic surveys." >> possible relocation. there is a meeting on the third. it really doesn't say much. >> the letter promises it has been and continues to be safe to live in the units on treasure island. desmond has lived here 14 years and thinks there is plenty of room on the island and is not worried about what is being cleaned up jie. th

told the navy yard about it. now the navy yard shooting happened less than six weeks later. alexis killed 12 people before police were able to stop and shoot him dead. >>> tonight virginia state senator creigh deeds is back home from the hospital. tuesday his 24-year-old son gus stabbed him at his family home in bath county and then he shot and killed himself. gus had just undergone a psychiatric evaluation the day before. creigh deeds tweeted this statement today. he said, "i'm alive, so must live. some wounds won't heal. your prayers and your friendship are important to me." >>> a woman who threatened to harm her own baby is in police custody tonight. witnesses at the damascus gardens apartments say this woman appeared to be r influence of drugs and alcohol. a concerned bystander grabbed the baby who was inside a diaper bag and then brought it to the building's rental office. >> she kept on saying she wanted to kill her babb and she had me heated when she -- her baby and she had me heated when she said that. wh

because after testing it will be retired to a museum, but this is just the beginning of the navy's plan for unmanned flight. there may not be plans to weaponize in unmanned drone, but that doesn't rule out other models. the u.s. military armed the predators during the iraq and afghanistan wars. but these operations require fixed land bases and cooperation with host nations on an aircraft carrier at sea, the rules are different. >> you are sovereign where you are. you don't need to ask anybody's permission. and you can bring fire power on any nation on earth. >> reporter: it's one reason the navy is determined to perfect its drone technology. it allows the navy to operate with more autonomy. >> it allows what we call the dull, dirty, and dangerous missions that affords themselves to unmanned capabilities more accurately. >> reporter: the military hopes the program will be fully operating in the next three years. >>> on this veteran's day let's head down to washington, d.c., again, joie chen standing by to tell us what is coming up on "america tonight." >> hey, john. on "america tonight"

when the navy began looking into allegations of fraud, francis allegedly bribed navy investigator john beliveau to get inside information on the probe. he even e-mailed a picture of a prostitute he asked for. your kinda babe? >> you bet. hopefully i'm her kind of guy. francis faces three separate complaints as part of the corruption probe and he's pleaded not guilty to all of them. francis has been in custody since september but thursday night was granted an unusual bail that requires the multi-millionaire to rent the san diego apartment and pay for security cameras and a private guard outside of his building as part of his home dehengs. he must also pay a million dollar bond. bigad shaban, cbs news, san diego. >>> the massachusetts high school student accused of killing his math teamer has been indicted. prosecutors charged 14-year-old philip chism with murder, aggravated rape, and armed robbery. they say he sexually assaulted and killed the teacher, stole her credit cards, underwear, and phone. he had previously pleaded not guilty to murder charges. >>> kennedy cousin michael skakel

the report said the company never informed the navy. aaron alexis was a computer contractor at the navy yard. his employ year, the experts based in ft. lauderdale, florida. at the live desk, i'm scott arnow, to the wicked weather. >> an incredibly huge drop in the mercury is on the way. we are talking as much as 40 dgsz. meteorologist, veronica johnson is tracking this arctic blast. when is it going to hit us, veronica? >> it really hits saturday evening. a lot of re going to say what cold air are you talking about? you can be assured, it is coming. high clouds, yes, overcast and rainshowers coming down right now. so, some wet roads, a few drops hitting your windshield if you are heading out. in terms of temperatures here, as we take a look and head into your neighborhood, our temperatures are dropping down into the 40s. it's not going to get all that cold, even for tomorrow morning. i have chilly conditions as we drop to 43 to 44 degrees. meanwhile, in terms of those windchill temperatures i promised you i would show you. here we are s

to report about the navy yard shooter. officials report the company that aaron alexis worked for pulled his access to classified materials. this happened back in august. restored and was the company never told the navy about it. the employer has not commented. remembers the day 50 years ago that changed america forever. the assassination of jfk. hundreds attended a ceremony in dallas today. >> president kennedy was also remembered at arlington national cemetery this afternoon. richard is live along pennsylvania avenue. >> certainly an emotional evening for many people. folks cannot believe it has been 50 years. anyone alive at the time remembers exactly where they were. ♪ at the cathedral of saint matthew the apostle -- >> 50 years ago, president kennedy was called home. >> a mass of remembrance for a slain president. hise days after assassination, president kennedy's funeral service was held here. >> we remember a president who gave us a sense of service to our country. single candle marks the spot where his casket was

the families, of the navy seals, never tell who our sons are. if you asked aaron or these guys what they did. they simply say in the military. our president has gloried in their successes time and time again, and by exposing them and exposing the names of the unit and then by also making agreements with the afghan government, allowing them, the a afghans not to be vetted properly, they have put a target on the back. >> inside information from afghanistan's forces could have tipped off the taliban as to where that chen okay was and who was on it chinook? >> i believe that. in fact the military will not say beyond a shadow of a doubt it was not an ambush. the best we were told by general jeffrey colt we don't believe it was an but everything we have seen points to the possibility and probability of a set up. >> but the fact is, your son believed that once the president and vice-president went out there and started to spike the football, that he believed his life was in danger because of that? >> aaron did, and now we found out the rest of the spec

his two days later, but the company never told the navy. that was six weeks before the shooting at the navy yard. >> prince george's county police were in the air and on the ground tonight as shoppers made their way to the new tanger outlet. the stores closed about an hour ago but the crowds will return tomorrow and traffic concerns are top of mind for a lot of people. erika gonzalez joins us live from the national harbor with more. hi, erika. >> reporter: hi, doreen. busy is an under statement for what things were looking like earlier today. look down this way. you see the walkways, nearly empty. this is the calm after the storm so to speak. the stores open tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. and they are expecting from 75,000 to 100,000 people this weekend alone. the tanger outlets at national harbor have opened with a bang. >> it is so wonderful to have this in prince george's county, in my neighborhood. this is just fabulous. >> reporteeen flooding the new shopping center since early this morning. >> parking wasn't very fun. >> reporter: things got s

meantime the family of one of the victims, mary knight, filed a claim against the navy and department of veterans affairs. it seeks more than $37 million. the family says the military ignored warning signs about alexis' mental health. >>> we've had this problem with the website. i'm not happy about that. i promise you nobody has been more frustrated. i wanted to go in and fix it myself, but i don't write code. >> the president making headlines as he defends the healthcare law in new orleans today. he also said once those problems are fixed critics may change their tune. >> i know healthcare is controversial, so there's going to be only so much support we get on that on a bipartisan basis. until it's working really well and then they'll stop calling it obamacare. >>> now to this headline on cbs news. the most uninsured are ignoring the obamacare marketplace. the latest gallup poll shows just 18% of uninsured americans have attempted to log onto a healthcare exchange site since the start of obamacare. only 22% of uninsured americans say they plan to get health insurance through the new