. air force short film nominated for an academy award tells the story of the berlin airlift. ♪ >> 1948. that's when i was assigned to cover berlin again. although the war was only three years ago, the city was still occupied and cut up like a pipe you'd -- a pie. some could find jobs, but others had to find places to build. like the rest of the war -- the world, there were shortages. but the people lived in comparative peace. the effort of the military offices of u.s. was showing results. i was impressed by manufacturing for peace. subways taking people to work and trolleys taking them home. places of amusement. hospitals had milk for new babies. there was even music in the park. everyone forgot or took for granted electricity, roads. vittles. june, 1948, when suddenly the trains stopped. traffic between berlin and the western zones was banned. canceled timetables. dead drains. walls of words. city. blockaded the they put out 75% of the lights. people used candles of they could find them. movement in and out of the city stopped. factories now manufactured hunger and fear. vegetables we

role of ellsworth air force base during the cold war. welcome to the south dakota air and space museum. people think of south dakota, they don't always think about a great aviation state but we have a huge aviation heritage in the state. over the years, we have played a huge part in our national defense. ellsworth air force base began in world war ii. its purpose in world war ii was to train bomber crews specifically b-17 crew. if you think about it, if you are going to learn to navigate a world war ii bomber over long distances and expenses of isritory, south dakota really a great place to put the base. that was the beginning of ellsworth air force base. the connection from world war ii to the cold war is really represented in our museum. the 44th bomb group was trained here at ellsworth air force base. when the cold war came around, the bomb group became the 44th missile wing which was commanded out of ellsworth air force base and the missile wing was part of the cold war narrative. when you think about cold war, you think about the b-52s that were based here. you think about

plan. they were shown to air force leaders. the secretary of the air force and the chief of staff, general vandenberg. the commander of the airlift task force. yes. they looked us over. caribbean, to the united states and alaska. , c-54's can'tases move without us throttle jockeys. ableew the carriers, each inlift them as carefully peacetime as in wartime. we reported promptly and our country was proud of its air force, on a mission of mercy and international significant. some of us came to frankfurt to the air force base. those trucks were waiting for us. we got down in a hurry to give them a lift. stuff was much more organized. somehow, it all went into our airplane. it was packed in g.i. barracks bags. biggest item was pumpernickel. every ounce of cargo was checked. gise was g.i. soap for the and milk. trained ground units. streamlined maintenance was in germany, england and in texas, usa. >> from the gulf and east coast -- the oceanill born leg of the airlift brought approximately 12 million gallons of aviation fuel to germany every month. we carried enough gas for the trip an

u.s. air force f-35 price by lot 13. which is one year earlier than planned, a significant milestone for the department. the f-35 enterprise will continue to stay in the lot contract award, for example in lot 14 the f-35 a unit cost represent an estimated overall 12.8% reduction from l cost. the f-35 b unit cost represented overall 12.3% reduction from 11 cost for the short takeoff. the f-35 c unit cost represents an overall 13-point to percent reduction from lot 11 cost for the carrier variant in lot 11. with an average of 12.7% savings across all three variants from lot 11 to 14. these represent some of the largest achieve savings lot over a lot for the program heard this contract will allow u.s. men and women in uniform alongside the f-35 partners to maintain a competitive advantage with unique unmatched fifth generation capabilities. understandably there will be questions today on the program deviation that i told you about earlier this month due to delays in integrating the f-35 into the joint stimulation and test of structure. the fifth will provide more detail on that shortly.

, former air force secretary under president obama, she and other guest services at the sea leadership association women's leadership conference in washington talk about issues women face while serving in the military. this session also includes a panel on women's perspectives from other country's militaries. it's about two hours and 20 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> all right. well, good morning. and, ma'am, i'm honored to be able to moderate you this morning, so as she just mentioned, we're going to be talking about secretary james' new book. i've read it, i've listened to it. it's absolutely amazing. i will tell you today, that's what we're going to talk about. so, ma'am, first and foremost, just to kind of break the ice, what inspired you to tell your story. >> well, throughout my life, and as you heard, be i have been at this business of our national security for actually closer to 40 years. time goes by since that bio was written. i've been always a civilian and i have worked in congress. i've been in the pentagon for several tours and i've been in priva

at ellsworth air force base. but we were not sure how horrific it actually would be. by 9:00, torrential rain was pouring. 10:30, 11:30 at night, canyon lake dam failed. when canyon lake dam failed, the water went downstream to rapid creek, causing the creek to rise to 15 feet, nine inches deep, and it wiped out whole acres of town. in 1972, we had a national guard encampment out here, in camp doingfor the week training, medical training and other response training. they should not have been out here. that is not their normal spot to be. so because of that, because we had them here, we had immediate response within the city of rapid city, and ellsworth air force base stepped up and sent hundreds of people out to help with immediate response as well. the police department, the fire department, they did not fight the incoming military response, which was awesome. they started responding to people in trees, people stuck on rooftops, and what they did, they said, this is what we have got, these are our men, and let the military take over. so the military directed people, showed t

played out. with all of us here at the u.s. air force academy, it's very important that we understand the role of military action in this overall strategy. here that wemes up will find pronounced in this narrative today. they will occur over and over again through this time that i'm talking about. first there is the interplay of diplomacy and warfare. this is not original with me, obviously. war is a continuation of policy. it's also true that diplomacy in this case becomes an extension of war by another means. this is about as clear an example of the interplay of talking and fighting as you will ever find. worker, there is an action and reaction cycle. we have the wealthiest nation on earth against a peasant economy. they try to counter each other's capabilities through an action reaction cycle. continually adapting to the adversary moves. it is pretty interesting. i think i may be the only one to other ever identified this. people tended not to notice this is the donovan technological era in warfare. war with nohis avionics. we have no precision capability. there was-based capabilit

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spaceflight. what the national geographic and army air force did was work together to make this happen. they wanted to find a natural shape to rest the balloon and the gondola in. so they were looking for a bowl area not only to threat out the balloon when it was on the ground, but the natural bowl shape protects the gondola the first couple thousand feet as it goes up. so they scoured all of north america for a place. they had a couple different decisions they could have made, different places they could have chosen, and eventually chose kind city because of how the people were and how welcoming we are. the perfect shape of the ball was nice too, -- the bowl was nice too, but it came down to the people in the area. d infirst attempt happene 1934. the first people on the flight anderson, captain casner, and captain stevens. they got into the gondola and went up, and hit about 60,000 that thewe think friction between the metal and the canvas of the balloon ignited the hydrogen that was inside the balloon. the balloon failed, bust up completely, and they fell into a freefall. they

reach a unit recurring flyaway, urf, cost per aircraft target of $80 million for a u.s. air force f-35a price by lot 13, which is one lot earlier than planned, a significant milestone for the department. the f-35 enterprise will continue to save in the lot 12 through 14 contract award. for example, in lot 14, the f-35a unit cost represents an estimated overall 12.8% reduction from costs for the conventional landing variant. the f-35b unit cost represents an overall 12.3% reduction from lot 11 costs for the short take-off and landing variant. the f-35c unit cost represents an overall 13.2% reduction from lot 11 costs for the carrier variant in lot 11. with an average of 12.7% savings across all three variants from lot 11 to 14. these represent some of the largest achieved savings lot over lot for the program. this contract will allow u.s. men and women in uniform alongside our f-35 partners to maintain a competitive advantage with its unique unmatched fifth generation capabilities. understandably, there will be questions today on the program deviation i told you about earlier this mo

. operations brought cargo to berlin lake. adding the royal air force to the list gave the british york, lancaster -- only 55 minutes from berlin. german kids often think the captain as well as the general pop fly boys. they work together in peace. then headquarters -- to put into effect the airlift plan. forceectacular air operation was shot air force leaders. the secretary of the air force signed it, and the general chief of staff. they looked us over. the c-54 from the caribbean -- c-54'sflung bases -- can't move without us throttle jockeys. to lift 10 tons of coal and food in peace time as carefully as they carried the five wounded men in wartime. men wounded in wartime. some of us came to frankfurt in the american zone at the air force they called -- those trucks were waiting for us. transportation did a colossal job. we got down there in a hurry to give them a lift. this stuff was much more organized. somehow it all went into our airplane. the big assignment was cool for the utilities. packed as g.i. barracks bags. biggest item was pumpernickel. was.cond-biggest item -- was pumper

something wrong. major general larry arnold come first air force, kindle air force base georgia. we had a major north american air defense exercise that morning, a command post exercise. there was a team of people who introduced scenarios you had to react to and respond to. as we wind up the exercise, my executive officer had a slip of paper. it said bob mark called and was hijacking in the boston center. my experience with hijacking and our protocol was that we cooperate. lieutenant don tuscans, mission commander north eastern air defense. at this point are mites it was a 1970s vintage hijacked. we didn't have a huge concern this aircraft was going to crash. major general larry arnold, i said bob, go ahead and scramble the fighters. major joe mcquade, f-15 pilot, otis air force base, cape cod massachusetts. a scramble order was issued. i ran to the jets. i started up the car realized we didn't have any weapons. they feel are jets with gas and even though we were winchester, that means would you have any weapons, we took off. lieutenant colonel tim duffy, f-15 pilot, otis air force base.

. especially with you guys and all of us at the u.s. air force academy, it is important we understand the role of military action in this strategy. there are themes that we will find pronounced in this narrative. occur over and over again. warfare.diplomacy and this is not original to me. this is wars continuation of policy. it is also true that diplomacy becomes an extension of war by another means. this is about as clear an example of fighting as you will ever find. is an action-reaction cycle between the adversaries. we have the wealthiest nation on earth, the most technologically advanced. we find that nonetheless, they try to counteract each other. continually adapting to the adversary. it is interesting. this war was so unpopular that people tended not to notice that this was the dawn of a new technological era in warfare. basically this war, with almost no avionics. we have no capability. by the time 1972 arrives, we missionputer-based planning. we have space-based intel. toward taken a huge step evolving into the air force of today. case,e yet to see in this the observed orient de

turkish air force base the u.s. operates out of. jordan is one that was mentioned. you know, potentially saudi arabia would welcome more u.s. forces. they clearly want more forces to be there and feel comfortable with that. there are a lot of u.s. bases in the area. things like small airstrikes, drone strikes, there are options. but the issue the pentagon has been talking about for years now has come to the four. that if we leave right now, we hold theable to territory and if you don't hold the territory, isis may build back up, take control in build something different. hold the don't we currently have thousands of troops stationed in iraq? do they have to go? guest: no, just the troops in syria. host: what are those troops doing? host: training members of the military there, they are primarily focused on making sure that in iraq remains stable. host: talking this morning to aaron mehta, of "defense news." a good person to talk to about our military forces. we have a line for active and retired members of the military set aside. is that number. otherwise, phone lines as usu

air force particularly with sexual assault cases or penetrative sexual offense cases we have sitting military whys that will be the preliminary hearing officer. not only neutral and depatched but very experienced military judges who have been through the military and understand the probable cause standard extremely well who are able to then make a recommendation to the judge advocate that's well thought out and well reasoned. >> i guess for my view is that the article 32 has transformed itself from what it originally had intended. so the adversarial intent article 32 was more of a tool for the defense. yes, the io was there to look at the facts and evidence and make a determination. it was a discovery tool for the defense. also the defense could put on a v-very deliberate defense, mitigation and extenuating evidence as well. it's changed again in 2019. from that standpoint the original purpose of article 32 has changed. probable cause hearing. for those purposes alone it's fine. does it perfect the government's case. i don't think that's the intent of article 32. it's put on as what

air force and marine corps have squadrons and they are very happy with the capability the criteria in terms of getting out is to test against the threats we will see ten years from now we can only do that that is only 90 percent of the testing with that configuration of the aircraft and the public should be actually careful bull one - - comfortable the aircraft is out there today to codify the capability of the aircraft when we get to the testing. >> so this is part of a series of contracts so if we look at what was previously announced and then worked on previously associated with the ongoing work the announcement yesterday added 114 aircraft and an obligation of $7 billion and in addition to that obligation that was not included as it was already made. >> we are still roughly left with 100 aircraft to go in with those services so we don't have that budget yet. until we have such time. >> it has been obligated piecemeal. >> so the jsd on - - e-allows us those capabilities of wide range of air and surface that the director of operational in his role to assess the current threat and th

. he was still in high school. three of us had been to the service. two air force, one army. joining.s would be one more air force, one navy. about a year after high school i enlisted in the air force. years as airst two writer in the information office in waco, texas, i applied and was accepted to a group called -- the department of defense broadcast course in indianapolis, indiana. during the eight week's of broadcast journalism, we were taught to write for tv news and incorporate video. i was then assigned to the american forces philippines network. my duties included editing film, camera a television during live at shows and ufo broadcast. quicklyowed me to compose pictures. a televisiond camera or a handheld, my visual awareness was growing and i became the primary news director and got all of the shots at the station. the bays offered me a lot of opportunities to take photographs of celebrities. celebrities that visited during uso shows. many included comedians, singers, movie stars to enter tain the troops and families. general benjamin no davis in this photograph, the highest r

left. he was still in high school. three of us had been in the service, two air force, one army. two more will be joining, one air force, the other in the navy. about a year after high school when i enlisted in the .ir force during my first two years as a writer in the information office in waco, texas, i applied and was accepted to a group called department of defense broadcast specialist course in indianapolis, indiana. through the eight weeks of broadcast journalism, we were taught how to write for tv news and incorporate news film and slide and television broadcasts. afterward, i was assigned to the american forces philippines network. my duties included editing film, running a television camera during live news shows and uso broadcasts, and it sharpen my andity to quickly frame compose pictures. if you television camera or 35mm slr, my visual awareness was growing, and later, i became the primary news director and got to call all the shots at the station. so the base offered me lots of opportunity to take photographs .f celebrities many uso shows with comedians, singers, movie s

school, three of us were in the service, two air force, one army, two more would be joining, one in the air force, the other in the navy. so it was about a year after high school when i enlisted in the air force. during my first two years as a writer in the information office in waco, texas, i was assigned to the department of defense broadcast specialist course at fort harris in indianapolis, indiana. we were taught how to write for t.v. news and incorporate news films and slides and television broadcasts. after this, i was assigned to the american forces philippines network. my duties included editing film and to sharpen my ability to frame and compose pictures whether behind a television camera or a regular camera, i later became the primary news director and got to call all the shots at the news station. so this allowed lots of opportunities to take photos of selects during u.s.o. shows. many were arrived, they were singers and movie stars. they were on their way to vietnam. general davis in this photograph ht highest ranking -- the highest ranking officer. he was later asked to

" sunday you are watching american history tv. >> next on lectures in history, u.s. air force academy professor stephen randolph teaches a class about president richard nixon, his national security advisor henry kissinger, and their strategy for the u.s. withdrawal from vietnam. [inaudible] prof. randolph: good morning. please be seated. welcome, everybody. we have a lot to do today. let's get right into the lesson. it's a complicated and critical moment in american formulations. you will note the title up here, "kissinger's wars in the indochina." i call it a bigger game because that is exactly what nixon called it. over and over again. he viewed this war in southeast asia as one element in this much bigger game of international diplomacy he was playing in that time. it is all reflected in your readings, all the evolution in the international system. the chaos that was in america at the time. all these things shaped nixon's presidency. they enabled it in the first place. they shape it through his entire time in office. prettysin it is a complicated story, i thought i would start by m

trace the strikes directly to the russian air force but we've already seen a reaction from the defense ministry the russian defense ministry and they say that the residents of that area it would have been impossible for them to have had such technology to pick up these radio recordings if they were not help from outside here the ministry mentions a warning system an air strike warning system developed by british intelligence and the ministry says that this technology is connected to that and the new york times also cites in the article anonymous sources for as as to who confirms the spottings of these russian jets. and a cave hospital was mentioned in the article can you tell us a little bit about it yeah that team hospital was called coffee and was one of these hospitals that was allegedly bombed by the russian air force mentioned in the article and just recently actually my colleague roman closer or visited these caves in the same areas this this cave as part of a press tour with correspondents and journalists from all over the world and what he and other journalists saw were not hos

campaign, he joined the u.s. army air force. he was so early, he volunteered into the respond group which the historian of the mighty air force called the first group of the first wing of the first division. they were the beginning. my air force friends always love pictures of the planes. but he was assigned a crumbs crew and jack the ripper. the plane they named jack the ripper. i hate the name, but it is a force from britain. one thing i should have emphasized is this is a wing ship to the memphis belle. i love this photo of crumms crew and the plane because it shows the camaraderie of the crew. they had to work together like a unit. dad is here, his pilot crumm is there. the other thing i love is what is under his waist gun window. in other words, peggy the georgia peach. [laughter] he earned his purple heart in the third mission. the attrition rate was so high, he got flack in his ankle and he was injured. the attrition rate was so high for those bomber crews, they were dying left and right. they say the american bomber crews had the highest casualty rate of the u.s. allied serv

for they had graduated from one of the academies whether naval or air force et cetera. and even in the national intelligence service one campaigned for me. they forgot more about foreign policy. this is not a joke then donald trump will ever know. he doesn't even know. really. the air force captains and the attendant thing commanders. the first marine fighter pilot in combat women understand in their bones what it means to have the backs of our allies when we make a commitment. [applause] i know we think about these in male terms but think about what is changing here. yes told your sons and daughters there's not a damn thing my son could do that my daughter could not do as well and it has fundamentally changed around the world. i understand the gravity of what it means when we abandon it's no surprise those women 25 that we won back the house because of that. [applause] and they are all fighters. last smart lawn - - last month marked the 25th anniversary of the first fight. i remember when i first drafted the act there was difficulty to get people to think it was possible because s

. >> the new format for the air force was outlining the portion of whether or not it would be label to them or not. >> i don't know if it was before or not but the 574 cases with data comparing that in all the reports for penetrative or all of the reports that came in that year. >> no we don't. the case review will look at the investigations and we can take their movers for fyi 17 and articles of cases that were resolved. but the problem is, they are saying that it was closed and investigation was closed and the court martial can try to put this together -- i >> didn't mean that. i met the reports across the service in that there were 2000 reports and 574 cases. or are we not able to do that. >> we can try to give an idea based on the report but we don't report that and we can pull that process. we have to say that we can give you statistics on what we saw in the department. >> the result that we have summarized is very similar to the estimated fyi 16 and 17 data doctor spawn estimated and we built models to understand the relationship between case characteristics and other aspects of

the air force we often use military judges, however they are not always available. so a person with extensive knowledge of the system and criminal law would be ideal. but again, sometimes just because of the numbers and availability, they're not always going to be able to have either a judge or someone with extensive military justice experience. >> for the coast guard definitely in a perfect world they would have litigation experience. they would have military justice experience. unfortunately, the coast guard being as small as it is, there's just less opportunities for them to get that military justice experience, so if there were to be some sort of requirement, i think it would make sense for the coast guard -- it just couldn't pull from a bench of experienced personnel to at least require some sort of training on sexual assault so they'd be aware of the nuances in sexual assault cases. >> we heard a lot about the change in the article 32, so post that change, 2014, have any of you had clients testify in a 32? let's start with you ms. specht. >> yes, the coast guard's definitely h

the united states air force retired. a special assistant to the university provost he integrates the university departments to expand expeditionary opportunities for the students so that you may learn what it's like to travel abroad. he's done a tremendous amount of things here and part of that has to do with him being stationed here and also for his hopes in helping each one of you to become better leaders and also today being the moderator of the panel. i could spend a lot of time reading about the incredible things he's done but i will keep it short. he is retired united states air force and went to the air force academy and university of north carolina. the courier logistics and airlift included three commands and for those that will be aviators, 6,000 flying hours in combat missions. [applause] thank you for attending the university military writers symposium panel at the 21st century future battlegrounds you and i are very privileged today at the peace and war center and organizefor center andorganizede with experts of the 21st century conflict. the experts on the panel are

academies where it was a naval academy, air force academy, et cetera. and they forgotten, once i campaign for michigan used to work for me on the national intelligence service. they have forgotten more about foreign policy -- this is not a joke -- then donald trump will ever know. he studied the smart enough to know what he doesn't know. no, really. [applause] the air force captain scott noted its and commanders commanders of the united states navy. the first marine fighter pilot who in combat, in combat, women, women who understand in their bones what it means to have the backs of our allies when we make a commitment. i don't use talk about these in male terms but think about this. think about what's changing here. there's not a damn thing that you've told your sons and daughters and i have told my, there's not a damn thing my son can do that my daughter could net you equally as well or better. what we did was when we change the way, the way we deal with the military, it is fun and really changed the way we are looked at around the world. the gravity, they understand these two w

have this report with some reactions from the state capital air force was scenes of jubilation at the left party headquarters the socialists achieved their best result ever topping a state election for the 1st time this sadly a strong left party is simply the best thing for this state it was a good result for the far left party led by popular perm yeah. but a family as current governing coalition an alliance with the social democrat s.p.d. party and the greens can't continue as it is the other 2 parties center of left lost considerable ground and other big winner was the alternative for germany party or a f.t. the far right party is considered particularly radical and. the parties that are in sheer leda b.n. hooka struck a particularly nationalist tone which won the party 2nd place. in. the stuffy old system is now being swept away my friends we're now going to take back our country. that was disappointment for the conservatives or c.d.u. party chancellor angela merkel's party came in behind the f.t. and 3rd place but isn't it a lot outside it's a bitter day for the c.d.u. in 3 and a

it wasacademies, whether the naval academy, air force academy, etc. michiganpaigned for used to work for me in the national intelligence service. they have forgotten more about foreign policy, this is not a joke, then donald trump will ever know. he is not even smart enough to know what he does not know. the air force captains, lieutenants, commanders, the first marine fighter pilot who , women who understand in their bones what it means to have the backs of our allies when we make a commitment. we usually talk about these in male terms. think about what is changing here. there is not a dam thing you have told your sons and daughters and i have told my, not a damn thing my song oculd could do asaughter well or better. they understand, these new women who have been elected, they understand the gravity of what it means when we abandoned an ally. it is no surprise that those 33 women, 25 of them won their races. we won back the house because of that. they are all fighters. women in this room, you have always stepped up when there has been a fight, when the principles have been at stake.

. total ramel 0 seems optimistic as he casts his vote in air force he wants to remain state premier his party the left party is leading in the polls is scared off on almost as. soon we will get a mandate to form a coalition with the social democrats and the greens and then i will continue my work as a state premier quickly after the election and that i will be able to shape the next 5 years and to ring as parliament. but will those 3 parties come out of the election with enough seats to form a coalition the social democrats are expected to suffer losses in turin. if the coalition fails to gain a majority it could give the candidate for the conservative c.d.u. mike moring a chance to form a coalition with the greens the social democrats and the free democrats. they set it off as a chilling office i'm certain that voters know that today is about 3 india about the state's future that we need stability and a strong political middle so our state can be heard in berlin important in building behind from opinion polls predict a strong showing for the far right party alternative for germany

nomination of barbara barrett, president's choice to be secretary of the air force. speaking of our armed forces, congress can waste no more time getting appropriate process back on track and delivering the funding our service members need. just two months ago, the president and speaker of the house produced an agreement to guide the appropriates process. the white house set top line funding target for defense and nondefense. and agreed to forego bills. last month unfortunately, democratic colleague went back on the deal, routine funding negotiations were subject to poison pill threats and urgent resources for operation of the pentagon were withheld for the sake of politics. look, we need to put political games aside. democrats need to stop filibustering pay raise for troops and the funding commanders need. we need to get our funding process back on track for the entire federal government. and house democrats need to stop slow walking the u.s. mca, the landmark trade agreement that stands to create 176,000 new american jobs. mexico is ready. canada is ready. and majority here in the

the library. part of the fire line seen through the window, air force one inside. and then, another fire, east of here. mandatory evacuations tonight, including seniors. the air difficult to breathe. and just moments ago, take a look at this image. the easy fire jumping the 23 highway. firefighters coming dangerously close to the flames. it has been an extraordinary day here. the fires in the north, the kincade fire, 77,000 acres. the getty fire here in los angeles, you can see how quickly it ripped through so many homes in these neighborhoods. and what we witnessed on the hills today leading to the reagan library. tonight, the historic santa ana winds. the national weather service issuing its first ever extreme red flag warning. winds not seen here in more than a decade. and we were there as firefighters work to keep the flames from shooting up the hills in simi valley. coming within 30 yards of the reagan presidential library. this newest fire, called the easy fire, erupting early this morning north of los angeles. this fire has been moving very quickly. it broke out in the middle

and oversaw the steering mission. a career air force pilot who spent his career deploying with an commanding special operations forces. nation is lucky to have this son of the bluegrass serving where hee is perk i commend president trump and secretary esper and the entireea team to act on intelligence and send us forces. that decision is never easy a total operational success. this offers us a strategic reminder about the value of our nations investment in its military capabilities and american military presence of broad and deep relationships with strong allies and local security partners. operations such as this become much much more risky. now headed for the trash bin of history there are other names i would like for us to remember today instead. peter kesner born and raised in indianapolis humanitarian worker isis beheaded him in 2014. he was 26 years old. stephen, grandson of holocaust survivor born in florida and a dual citizen of the us and israel was a journalist who worked with refugees with the syrians love civil war cannot buy isis and beheaded in 2014. james foley grew

there have been twice at least russian planes have been shot down one by the syrian air force itself and one by the turkish air force so i would be the not surprised that there are going to be more incidents like this as long as this campaign content so. there is been talk that the u.s. could could try to i don't know manage the situation as it were by by announcing sanctions but in many ways hasn't the u.s. are they willingly relinquish control of this trying to manage it after the fact how does that work well what the pentagon is doing is a howling that her through various channels where the u.s. forces are the also we're seeing warnings you mentioned the sanctions there is that were discussed earlier today the treasury department the pentagon has reaffirmed that u.s. forces have the right of self-defense so i think there are the both the you know the partment at the level of the treasury the defense department state former are assuming try and work out an arrangement by which will minimize casualties the u.s. and syrian says well so this situation and just the past few days has fu

force. >> thank you for your service. >> you're welcome. within ten days after going into thee air force i got pneumonian and they put me in the hospital in san antonio texas with the wounded from the korean war that made it that far. and in those days they had 50 or 30 man wars whatever. and they were very skilled to get the wounded and all the stereotypical views that you have ever had about people wounded and those in the body cast and every night people would say somebody come pray for me. somebody come pray for me. the chaplains could be everywhere. so i laid there in the bed and i said i know how to pray. get up and go down there and pray because it could be the last time anybody would pay with a person before they diedo. it was not unusual at all that the guy beside you was quietly taken away. but you mentionedhe the influence of your father some of the most influential men that i have ever met were in the military. i served with every squadron commander and they served in korea. evenen air force chaplains that were so influential in my life that i spent the last 50 years on

air force base by the 42—year—old wife of an american diplomat. the base is a centre for us intelligence gathering. the woman, who lives on this american air force space, told the police that she would co—operate fully with their enquiry and that she had no plans to leave the country. it's now been confirmed she has left britain. in a statement, northants police said, "harry dunn's family deservejustice. the force is now exploring all diplomatic channels to ensure that the investigation continues to progress." harry's mother, charlotte, says the woman involved must come back to the uk. we're really hoping to try and get her back. we don't understand how she can just get on a plane and leave our family just utterly devastated. today, the foreign secretary dominic raab urged the americans to act. he said he had called the us ambassador in london to express his disappointment that the woman had left the country. the options open to the government and the police are limited, but harry's family say they cannot grieve properly until this tragedy has been resolved. duncan kennedy

stop a turkish invasion but the u.s. air force would and the u.s. air force was controlling that airspace. the u.s. stopped, allow ag i oluseasursion here's a retrofitting of policy to now match what theprel l which was simply he cannot get b erdogan k down and it backfired. abby: and what he teted -- it's hard for the record- the administration to back off of this because the president tweeted he gave erdogan permission to go forith this. at the white house today, the treasury secretary cametr said we have the ability to punish turkey in the future, possibly, if we decide to do that but we're not going to do that right now. it's something of an empty threat because it doe nothing to resolve theua stiit sonom oee ways, mht make it moreor difficul people to take the white house seriouslyhen they say, don't do this or else. they basically dtharmed selves today in the press conference this morning when they announced they had the tools to do this but they weren't going to use them. carl: what disso to hear the defense secretary to say we're against it but it's a policy that the pres

going talk you know about china in a minute but imagine, if don jr. flew over on air force one with his dad. and 1.5 billion dollar deal with a background with nothing he has in i would be going ballistic and rightfully so-so completely different circumstance in the way the response is, and that's what i thinkig so inpure rates people there are certain people that are supposed to be protected. biden seems to be one of those when my book came out, hit number one on best sellers list i did your radio show i did hits on fox. got no contact whatsoever from the mainstream media you read about republicanses in your book. >> but they don't want to hear it. they don't want to hear any of it and part of it is there's a cast system in washington, d.c. that they protect. and i think one of the reasons there's so much animosity towards trump some of it is ideological style or whatever but a lot of it is he represents massive disruption to the business model of washington, d.c. had is -- you come in, you juice in your family, you juice in your friends, you serve in public service, you come out rich,

enemy on earth can match the awesome might of the american army, navy, air force, coast guard, and the united states marines. we're gathered together for a truly historic occasion. we're here to welcome our outstanding new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff -- general mark milley. mark, i want to congratulate you. you're my friend. you're my advisor. and you deserve this position. i never had a doubt. congratulations. (applause) i also want to express our profound gratitude to mark's wife hollyanne, and his children, mary and peter, for their selfless devotion to our country. the strength of our military is truly found in the love and support of our military families. so important. those families are so important. we're especially honored to be joined by some of america's gold star families. your treasured loved ones made the supreme sacrifice for our nation. they're looking down on you right now. you look up in the sky, and they're looking down on you. our debt to you is infinite and eternal. america will hold you in its heart forever. and we will never forget. we're also grateful

air force, f.a. chl a boeing about safety he would never put anyone in an unsafe plane by the way, boeing we reached out to them, they say they are cooperating not only with the probes on capitol hill but also with the department of transportation as well as the department of justice. guys, i'm just getting some documents. copies of emails from florida former chief technical pilot that was sent back in early 2016, i think. and we're going to go through these to see what else they say. some of the headlines we are seeing regards the e-mails -- one of them says that the chief technical pilot said he would be quote unquote tricking regulators into accepting f.a.a. approved 737 max training. so guys we're going through all of the e-mails we may have an update in a little bit for you but certainly a day where a lot of documents are coming on and people saying what did they know and when did they know and why aren't we hearing about it before now. >> let me asking ask a quick follow up question if, the lawyer for the technical pilot denied any kind of lie but what was this individual re

to. if you wants to talk to us on the rope line before he boards air force one can do that. we don't like it much. those marine one departures are are to cover. he wanders back and forth and sometimes you can't hear him over the roar of the helicopter and it's not ideal for us . but that's how he's chosen to communicate to the country and that is right. >> let's hear from bill, democrats line. >> you're on the airbill, go ahead before first of all, as i understand war, we primarily attack the troops. we do not spend our time assassinating people. that i believe is called a violation of the geneva convention or other conventions. secondly, on a differentpoint , what the president has as someone mentioned, there are no neutral forces anymore, rk that primarily has been done by president trump area he has tax the media enough so that the media is now striking back and is not as neutral as itonce was . thank you. >> hill in syracuse, deputy mcmanus and what he had to say. >> i think it's interesting that he knows a reaction to president trump. i think you would be more of a nextfor

oversaw this daring mission. lieutenant general howell is a career air force pilot who spent his career in deploying with and commanding special operations forces. our nation's lucky to have this son of the blue grass serving where he is. and i commend president trump, secretary esper and the entire administrative team for making the tough call to act on our intelligence and send u.s. forces into the breach. that decision's never easy, but it was the right one. a total operational success. this victory offers us an important strategic reminder about the value of our nation's investment in advanced military capabilities, american military presence abroad, and deep relationships with foreign allies and local security partners. without such factors, operations such as this become much, much more risky. the name of this terrorist is now headed straight for the trash bin of history. there are other names i'd like for us to remember today instead. peter kasich, born and raised in indianapolis, a former army ranger turned humanitarian worker in the middle east. isis beheaded him in 2014. he wa

when i go to dover air force base and i see young men and women coming back in coffins, aiko to the walter reed hospital, and incredible military doctors. what they can do for these young people. and i see people, young, beautiful people, such incredible -- i served there last friday and i got purple hearts, so beautiful people that often times they are missing legs and arms, they are missing both. and i see the parents, and i see the heartbreak. the devastation and the heartbreak. i signed letters right here in this office, the oval office my signed letters for parents. >> sean: no two letters of the same. >> president trump: no two letters are ever the same. they have to make them different. they compare them. you know it is interesting even though they may not be the same part of the country, when they die, the parents get together to talk about their sons or daughters killed. amazing, i don't want to read a one letter, make every letter different. it is important to me. >> sean: we start wars. we politicized wars. then we get nervous politically. and then it seems, we put handcu