months in their biological sex prior to joining the military. we ll talk it over with nicholas talbet, a transgender man trying to join the air force. hi, nicholas. hi, thank you for having me again. does this ban disqualify transgender people who require significant medical treatment or those with diagnosis of gender identity disorder? nicholas, is it clear to you where you stand? so at this moment, this new announcement doesn t have any effect on me at all because all we re dealing with right now is just more details on the same old ban that s been revoked and had the stop put on it by several federal courts. any concerns that the new ban with its exceptions might help it withstand a court challenge? no. at this point, this is just another speed bump along the road. i am very confident that we are all going to keep pushing forward with this. and that the courts are going to
it s an offense actually to advocate for terrors. they ve gone so far as to confiscate for passports. that doesn t account for the lone wolf and doesn t account for on the fringe of the fringe. shb who is repudiated pretty much by everyone. so, this is a really complicated area and one the australians will have to take a close look at. a couple of things are happening, joy. one is that the police here in sydney have started something they re calling operation hammerhead. for the next couple of weeks there will be increased surveillance all over the city, increased police presence and they hope that will make people feel more secure. joy? nbc s sara james in sydney. thank you. now to pennsylvania where the manhunt for a former marine suspected of killing six people,
but how serious do people in washington think jeb might be? people are taking this very seriously, joy. especially to put something out this early, at this stage in the game, be basically the first guy out of the gate says a lot about what governor bush s intentions are. it s also going to do a lot to shape the field of potential republican contenders. now, you ve had some of them already start to come out and make comments about governor bush s announcement. you had senator rand paul who told reporters at the capitol, the more the measurier. he w he was speaking with dennis kucinich, as he said that. marco rubio came out and said, governor bush s announcement doesn t change his plans. he s probably the one person who people say is most affected by governor bush s decision. he would have to raise a lot of money in florida. he would have to take a lot of support from florida. governor bush has a lot of loyalty and long-standing ties
federal contractors, so that is another issue in which he has said this is my agenda, i want to get some action really it only impacts a couple hundred thousand people, but it s his way of pressing congress on what he would like to see as an increase for the minimum wage for all workers, as you know, that is an incredibly politically divisive issue. it doesn t seem like that s going to get accomplished. but the question is, what happens when you talk about bigger pieces of legislation like immigration reform? not a whole lot that he can do, not a whole lot of executive actions he can take on immigration reform. the white house saying that he has no plans to address that issue, using executive actions, but still, really setting up in some ways, craig, the agenda for democrats. yeah. as they fight to hold on to the senate. these are some of the issue that is you are going to hear them campaign on over this next year. any indication at this point,
medium to heavy duty trucks. now, according to a 2010 study, heavy duty trucks accounted for about 4% of the vehicles on the road, but about a fourth of the green house gas emissions. this is the second time that president obama has called for tightened fuel efficiency standards. the first time was back in 2011. this time, these new standards set to take effect in 2016. we also expect the president to call for new public and private partnerships to speed up energy, the production of energy efficient vehicles, then there is a congressional component to this, president obama is going to call on congress to scale back about $4 billion in subsidies that go to the oil and gas industry. that is, obviously, going to be very tough to get through congress, especially given this election year. now, this announcement doesn t come without some controversy. republicans have typically announced their opposition to the president using executive