Norfolk, virginia. It is the first of a new class of Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier. Ships company, attention. Will the guests please rise and remain standing for the arrival of our platform guests. Military honors to the president of the United States, our National Anthem, and the invocation. We welcome and thank the United States Fleet Forces Band and the naval station norfolk saluting gunnery for assisting us today. Ladies and gentlemen, our platform guests. Commander steven barstow, chaplain corps, United States navy, our ships chaplain. Ms. Maryellen baldwin, president and ceo, Hampton Roads navy league. Mr. Greg willard, white house staff assistant to president ford and commissioning committee cochairman. Mr. Byron cavaney, commissioning committee cochairman. Mr. Douglas devos, committee cochairman. From Huntington Ingalls shipbuilding, mr. Matthew mulherin, who most recently served as president of Newport News Shipbuilding. Rear admiral bruce lindsey, United States navy, comma
Were following breaking overnight news from norfolk. Crews put out a fire at a home on marlboro avenue. Thats off kimball terrace. Our overnight photographer got this video of firefighters on the scene. The fire started around 2 00 this morning. No one was hurt. Investigators havent happening today, its the last day of work for hundreds at the Newport News Shipyard. More than 700 workers are losing their jobs management announced the layoffs several months ago. Rico bush is live outside the shipyard with the reasons why. Rico. Don, katie, since the layoffs began at Newport News Shipyard last september, the president of the company has maintained the reductions are based on a lack of workload, after all other options have been exhausted. President of Newport News Shipbuilding Matt Mulherin made the official announcement to reduce the workforce in early december. The company sent pink slips to 7 hundred 30 hourly workers and eight salaried employees, but the shipyard let them work for 60
Were following breaking overnight news from norfolk. Crews put out a fire at a home on marlboro avenue. Thats off kimball terrace. Our overnight photographer got this video of firefighters on the scene. The fire started around 2 00 this morning. No one was hurt. Investigators havent happening today, its the last day of work for hundreds at the Newport News Shipyard. More than 700 workers are losing their jobs management announced the layoffs several months ago. Rico bush is live outside the shipyard with the reasons why. Rico. Don, katie, since the layoffs began at Newport News Shipyard last september, the president of the company has maintained the reductions are based on a lack of workload, after all other options have been exhausted. President of Newport News Shipbuilding Matt Mulherin made the official announcement to reduce the workforce in early december. The company sent pink slips to 7 hundred 30 hourly workers and eight salaried employees, but the shipyard let them work for 60
Were following breaking overnight news from Virginia Beach. Police dispatchers say officers caught whoever robbed a 711. It happened just before 1 00 at the store on holland road near the center. No one was hurt. Police say the robber got away with cash and food. Detectives have not said who the suspect is or what charges that person is facing. Hundreds of workers will walk through the gates at Newport News Shipbuilding for the last time today. Thirtyminutes ago, we first told you more than 700 workers are losing their jobs at the company because of a decrease in workload at the shipyard heres the thing, the cuts arent over just yet. Rico bush is outside the shipyard to explain whats ahead for several hundred more employees not on the chopping block this time rico katie, don, this isnt easy to say, but a third round of cuts are coming the company says it will hand out pink slips to even more employees this year. However, the shipyard mentioned it is too early to know how many people wi
Were following breaking overnight news from Virginia Beach. Police dispatchers say officers caught whoever robbed a 711. It happened just before 1 00 at the store on holland road near the chimney hill shopping center. No one was hurt. Police say the robber got away with cash and food. Detectives have not said who the suspect is or what charges that person is facing. Hundreds of workers will walk through the gates at Newport News Shipbuilding for the last time today. Thirtyminutes ago, we first told you more than 700 workers are losing their jobs at the company because of a decrease in workload at the shipyard heres the thing, the cuts arent over just rico bush is outside the shipyard to explain whats ahead for several hundred more employees not on the chopping block this time around. Rico katie, don, this isnt easy to say, but a third round of cuts are coming the company says it will hand out pink slips to even more employees this year. However, the shipyard mentioned it is too early t