revitalizing the formation of the air force which is -- is why we're presenting forces in the air force we need through operational squadrons. it's the fighting element of the united states air force. it's also where the culture resides. i would imagine, if you think back on your career, you're like me. and when you had that kitchen table conversation about do i stay, do i go? is it time for me to transition, -- transition? we want that to be a hard decision. one of the recognition on that conversation is, i don't know that i'm going to have the opportunity to make a difference at the level i can within the air force. what i'm doing really has value. i'm defending the nation, and i'm doing it with people to my right into my left that are on -- that are unbelievable that i may not find in the civilian sector. the culture of this organization i feel like i'm part of the family. you actually can't, that's hard to measure. but i will tell you, that is where secretary wilson and i are focus. and i truly believe, in all of the things that we're doing, that's going to have the most lasting effect. it's going to be the command team at the squadron level that will build that will

the air force strategic presence in the region without diminishing the strategic effect. heather: the united states air force and our allies and in the pacific -- in the indo pacific we will always be ready. that requires planning and exercises. long history in the area, whether there is room to change or reduce those exercises. the air force strategic presence there are times when we do training and exercises, or particular flights to send a message about what our capability is. those those are part of a whole of government effort, the air force is tasked to provide certain capabilities. but the air force has also provided a continuous bomber presence in the pacific, to extend america's deterrent capabilities and demonstrate our global power wherever it needs to be. and by doing that, i think we've helped keep the peace. and provide stability in the naval freedom and comers in the pacific. we make no apology at all for that. robert: to follow up quickly, the bomber presence is one of the things that historically the north koreans have objected to. i'm wondering whether, as negotiations unfold, if

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-- have directed a 100% review by the base and wing commanders of housing units where the united states air force -- a 100% review. let's get eyes on. nothing better than leadership's eyes on whether there is a problem. we are also asking -- we have asked our inspector general to look at our processes for managing housing to see if there are some systemic changes need ed to be made. host: that was "newsmakers" with heather wilson, the air force secretary. that will be sunday at 12:30 p.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. what do you make of what you heard from the secretary? guest: getting out there and seeing the housing is phenomenal. that is what the families were hoping for. they want someone to come look at this and know that it is real. as far as the idea about concern for retribution, i do not think members of the senate armed services committee could have been clearer about the fact that there will be no tolerance of that, and the leaders of the services, absolutely. i think everyone is in agreement that the concept of retribution for reporting something like this will not be tolerated. i am absolu

two years ago we were 4,000 maintainers short in the united states air force. as of december, we are fully manned and maintenance for active duty units. so we have closed that gap. now we have to season those people to make them exceptional airmen on the flight line. so restoring readiness with the force is job one for us. and then cost-effective modernization, we are trying to buy things faster and smarter. the congress gave all three of us a lot more authorities in 2016 and 2017, and we are aggressively implementing those authorities to get things from lab bench to the flight line faster. there are a lot of different examples of that, but when we use these authorities, when you enhance competition and get more invowvative companies involved and -- innovative companies involved, it also saves money. the air force had four major procurements in the last quarter of last year. we have the new trainer. we had the new g.p.s. satellite. we had the replacement helicopter. and we had a contract for launch services for our satellites, for rocket launches. those four pr

forces —— on this anniversary we honour. ladies and gentlemen, now approaching is an aeroplane from a group also known as the bloody hundredth. the 100th is the only unit in the united states airrking on the aircraft. it is our honour to thank mr tony foulds and the city of sheffield for preserving the honour of those who bravely lost their lives 75 years ago today. applause closely followed by two typhoons from number 41 squadron. it is based at raf coningsby. (inaudible) the final four aircraft are f—15s from the liberty wing. they will be flying what is known as the missing man formation, the gap is to honour and represent the missing mi amigo crews and honour the sacrifice they made on this very field 75 years ago today. cheering you could not see it from here but the name of the ten crewmembers have been placed on one of those jets. this information will fly over the american cemetery at cambridge, where three of the mi amigo crewmembers are laid to rest. let this formation will fly over. may they and their sacrifice never be forgotten. cheering and applause. cheering and applause. that was worth waiting 66 years full. it is so fitting... crowd: hey paper ray! hip hip hur

air force. we have a shortage of pilots in this country. we hope that we planted the seed for the next generation to inspire them to choose to serve in the united states military. >> sure. look, i agree with what heather is saying. i would argue that there's no better institution in the united states of america than the army, navy, air force or marines in preparing young people for the future. we teach loyalty, we teach service, we teach honor, duty, management, leadership, we provide valuable skills. my concern is much like heather said, is the propensity to serve is on the steep decline and the ability to serve being qualified is as well. more troubling is i tend to find because the army has launched a comprehensive overall of our recruiting apparatus, more recruiters on the streets, overhauling our websites, social media campaign, everything, but we also launched a 22-city campaign where we go to 22 of america's largest cities. many locales, and i think you've written about this as well, we're finding that the schools are not letting our recruiters in or counselors are not even presenting as an opportunity the chance to serve your country. it's con

legislative proposal will go forward that will include a space force organized under the united states air forcehad a memoall you that suggested we were looking at about 13 billion over the next five years. that included the u.s. space command as i understood it. the proposal then does not quite match what we saw at this point with the white house estimating there was some discussion about what is being sent initially here. it will do you think cost him his initial budget request now and what are we looking at over the next five years? >> the paper you refer to was internal inside the air force -- rather inside the pentagon that laid out the various different choices and components that we would have to cost out. really looking at an entire new department and force that and legalcquisition and finance and budgeting. all of the things that it completely independent department would have to do. the president has given us guidance and signed that out earlier this week. said we are going to establish a space force that has a chief of staff and will have those components but will not have a completel

but the united states air force is also playing a key role, bombing what's left of the militants‘ territorytedly just two streets in one small hamlet called baghuz. at its peak about four years ago, islamic state held swathes of territory in syria and iraq, but this has diminished as us coalition and russian—backed forces have hit back at the militants in a sustained campaign. the caliphate has now shrunk to just a tiny enclave of baghuz. the isis leader abu bakr al—baghdadi, here announcing the creation of the caliphate in 2014, was reported to have been seen in the baghuz area a few months ago before moving into the desert. into the desert. for the civilians who managed to get away from the fighting in baghuz, there will be relief they are safe, but this is not the last gasp of islamic state — it remains a threat, with cells in many countries still capable of carrying out attacks. richard galpin, bbc news. they're latest surge in an overwhelming flood of civilians, village are the biggest single obstacle slowing down us offensive. 500 more today alone who say they escaped in the early hou

directed 100% review by leadership, by the base and wing commanders, of housing units for the united states air force. 100% review. let's get eyes on. there's nothing better than leader -- leadership's eyes on, to see if there's a problem. and we asked our inspector general to look at processes for managing housing to see if there are some systemic changes we need to make. >> we're at the halfway point. >> were there specific bases or installations that drew your concern on the air force side? ms. wilson: we know we have four bases where we have had construction deficiencies in privatized housing. tinker, mcdill, and there were two others and i'm going to blank on them. as i'm sitting here. but for example, at tinker, we -- in the privatized housing when it was built there was a construction deficiency in the subcontracting for the piping. so there was just a lawsuit settleden it and they're tearing apart the houses and redoing all the plumbing in the privatized housing. as mcdill it was the ceiling wasn't done right on the ventilation an air-conditioning systems. so they're having to seal all of tho

caller: i am retired air force that got out a few years ago and my career was all over the world. i only spent two years inside the united states. the air force is there to take care of the troops, that is the first line of defense. his old job, if the troops are not happy and they are not taking care of, they can't do their job, especially with deployment. take some pictures, simple pictures, go and knock on his door, give them a phone call. this is elevating all the way to a dod level, first shirt are not doing their job. of for sure should come down into the shops, and they should know their troops. apparently, this is not , you know, if this needs to be elevated up to a squadron commanders level, and all the way up to the base level to get it done, do it. sit until itn't goes all the way to a dod level. .ost: thanks, jim shelley: i think we all agree, it shouldn't have to go this far. it shouldn't have to get to this level to get our families the need.ance they i think coming this far, it means we will drill down and figure out where the issues with communication from the command line to the housing and maintenance, and fam

both the united states air force is also playing a key role, bombing what's left of the militants' territory territory, reportedly just two street in one small hamlet called baghuz. at its peak about four years ago, islamic state held swathes of territory in syria. but this is —— has steadily diminished as us coalition and russian backed forces have hit back at the militants in a sustained campaign. the caliphate which also once included territory in rack has now shrunk to the tiny on clave of baghuz. —— enclave. the ice is leader, here announcing the creation of the caliphate in 2014, is reported to have been seen in the baghuz area several months ago before apparently moving into the desert. the militants have hostages, including the british journalist, john cantlie. for the civilians who managed to get away from the fighting in baghuz, there will be relief they are safe. but this is not the last gasp of islamic state. it remains a threat, with cells in many countries still capable of carrying out attacks. richard galpin, bbc news. the latest surge in an overwhelming flood of civilians. hu

the standards we hold ourselves to as leaders, they do not reflect the core values of the united states air force or our academy and we are committed to addressing these issues head on to be an example for the air force, department of defense and society. it is clear our past efforts have not had the effects we intended or expected. these results are unacceptable. there is no question even one instance of sexual assault or sexual harassment at our academy is a problem. far too many of our cadets have had experiences along the spectrum of harmful behaviors from sexual harassment to sexual assault. the survey data shows that our cadets have been harmed and that too many feel they can't come forward for help and support. it shows the cadets have harmed the peers they intend to survey long side in defense of our nation. the data does not show us exactly why these egregious acts occurred, but we know that these are people, not statistics, and that leadership is the solution. i am frustrated and angered by the results, but i will not rest in my leadership until we get this right. in addition to impleme

officer was a worked with united states air force at the air force base, and his title is weapon systems all right -- operator. he works in the same capacity as -- capacity as edna, but a bigger scale. his job is to protect weapons for deployment, and from my readings, the cost to keep a cat is so much less cost-effective to to be safer to put rodents. i like to introduce you to officer buffy who works for the air force base in north dakota, and this officer's job is to have supports and emotional welfare for the soldiers. i want to bring that to your attention. i think san francisco being the military, is starting to recruit for cats to be in the military. i think san francisco, being a progressive city -- >> thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is linda. i am a relative newcomer to san francisco. i have lived here for seven years, and i have to say that i find it odd because growing up as a child, every firehouse fire house that i knew had a dog, with respect to edna, i was absolutely amazed when i first moved here to see dogs were in safe ways, they were in

: tom was adopted when he was just one year old by his american father who worked for the united states air force his fiphilippine wife, and when hved to the u.s. was 7. >> it doesn't phase me a bit. it was an adventure. >> reporter: he glrew up, got ar job,ed an american wife and had children. but at age 45 a security beckground check at work led to an evable discover. >> you had to be quiet. >> reporter: his legal adoption had not made him a legal u.s. citizen. >> i think it's a one-page form that they needed to complete for his 19th birthday. and because theyidn't know or did not do that that h and -- sorry. we hav to cope with the consequences. >> reporter:oy is coping with the same consequences. at 25 she applied for a passport and learned she was not a citizen. her american parents adopted h at 7 months old. >> it's devastating. hard to wrap your head around that and conclude that all of th means that i don't have an identity. >> reporter: now with a green card she's been fighting for 27 years for hisitizenship and for others, as a program director with the adoptee rights campaign, she help

reporter: tom was adopted heen he was just 1 year old by his american f who worked for the united states air force and his fiphilippine wife. he moved to the u.s. when he was 7 and grew up doing all things american kids would. >> it didn't phase me a bi >> reporter: he grew up, got a job, a wife, and three chilen. but at age 45 a security check led to a discover. you had to be quiet. >> reporter: his legal adoption decades earlier had not made him a legal u.s. citizen. >> i think it's like a one-page form that they needed to complete before his birthday. and because they didn't know or did not dothat, he and -- sorry. we have to cope with the consequences. jr. joy is coping with those same consequences. at 25 she applied for a passport and learned she was not a her american parents adopted her at 7 months old. it's devastating. it's hard to wrap your head around that, and to conclude that all of that means that i don't have anen ty. now with a green card, she's hting for 27 years for her citizenship and others as a program director with the adoptee rights campaign. >> they brought them in on immig

lieutenant general david surged as chief of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance for united states air force. he used to sit alert in the f-15, defending the south korean peninsula against kim jong un's grandfather. great to have you, lieutenant general, on the program today. would you make of this second summit? with each of the expectations b? >> first, it's great to be here. we need to keep her on the ball with respect to what i would call the big rocks. in other words, those things that we would like to see agreements solidified on as this whole process moves forward toward complete denuclearization. so i think with the president is probably going to go after in some shape or form is, first, a formal agreement agreeing to the sensation on the part of the north koreans for actual nuclear weapons testing. and the testing of the delivery mechanisms, or their intercontinental ballistic missiles. >> harris: we've seen a secession in that. for a while. how would that be any different from what we already have? >> well, we haven't solidified that any formal agreement. it is true, it's been abou

let me give you an example the united states air force operates 80 satellites, some of them provide communications and some of them do tactical -- missile warping, so an air force satellite dects and locates operations on the ground, that information is can be sent directly to forces in the field, so that a navy ship, or an army battalion can redirect fires and destroy things. so, any sensor, any shooter. that's where we want to get to. and so it is linking up in near real-time, space, air, man-un-manned ground and sea so that when we detect a problem everybody knows about it and everybody -- and the fires are directed to be able to overwhelm an enemy before they even know what's going on. without childcare over to you. >> tony the last year the multi-domain task force conducted an exercise and that exercise an apache helicopter from the cookpit guided a drone to locate in the distance a navy ytarget ship. that drone through the apache related targeting data back to a ground-based army rocket system and a nave ay ship to engage it. that's a good example of multi-domain example. >> i'll going to ch

so now we will welcome our first panel, first, retired colonel don christianson, united states air force who is president of protect our defenders. and second, retired colonel lawrence morris of the u.s. army, chief of staff now, to the catholic university of america. welcome to both of you. and colonel christianson, you can begin. >> chair woman spear, and ranking member kelly, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you on this vitally important topic for our nation's security. as a brief introduction, i retired after 23 years service as an air force jag. during that time, i served twice as a defense counsel, multiple times as a prosecutor, including as the chief prosecutor for europe and southwest asia, and as the chief prosecutor for the united states air force. i have served as a trial judge and i had been selected to serve as an appellate judge when i elected to retire. for the last four years, i have been the president protector defenders, a human rights organization dedicated to advocating for victims of military sexual trauma. we provide attorneys free of charge. and i my

in the chief prosecutor for the united states air force. i served as a trial judge and i have been selected to serve as an appellate judge when i elect to retire. for the last four years, i've been the president of defenders, human rights organization dedicated to advocating for military sexual trauma. we provide attorneys free of charge, and i myself represent clients who are going through the often hostile military justice process. during this time i have talked with hundreds of survivors including those from the service cavities. as congresswoman spear has correctly identified there is a huge problem with sexual assault at the academies. the one thing that i really think needs to be brought to the committee's attention is these rates compared to the active duty force. 16%, just about 16% of the women at the academies are sexually assaulted. that is four times the rate of the acciden active duty force. for men that's 2.4%. that's three times the rate of active duty force. these are sobering estimates. especially when we compared to the ac

obviously we've had a very close relationship with the united states air force and it goes back to world is such an important event to mark, isn't it? absolutely. as my colleague said, we have a very special relationship with the uk and the folks in the raf. this is a great opportunity to honour both of men that made the sacrifice that day, 75 years ago in this part. to say thank you to tony for taking care of them all this time, our fallen comrade. for taking care of them all this time, ourfallen comrade. and for taking care of them all this time, our fallen comrade. and the support we receive throughout the uk throughout our presence here. its mixed emotions today. it feels sad on one level because of the tragedy that happened here, but also exciting to know, tony, that the fly— past exciting to know, tony, that the fly—past is happening and it's thanks to your commitment and dedication for all these years. dan wouldn't tell me nothing, so i had no idea what was happening! he kept it away from me, as usual! it's worth saying to people, when tony first came onto the stage here, the crow

air force. i went in the military because i needed the money. >> who says a woman has to settle for a routine job just because she's a woman? discover the united stateslege. this was a new job. i had just married. so it was the start of new everything. it became clear pretty quickly that the men i was working with who were married got a housing allowance, and i wasn't getting paid a housing allowance because i was a woman. i assumed it was a mistake. so i went off to the pay office to correct the mistake. you're lucky we let you in here at all. you're lucky that the air force allows you to serve. was what i heard right off the bat. it took me aback. and then i figured, well, here's one bigot. so i'll just keep asking around. and it became very clear very quickly there was no different story. so we went to see a lawyer, and i still thought it was a matter of getting a lawyer to write a letter for me. just write a letter, have the right information. i'm clearly in the same category as these other men. the lawyer said to me, this isn't an administrative error. this is the law, and it's going to have to be rectified with a lawsuit. and if you're willing,

as an officer in the united states air force reserve chaplain corps i had to ponder the unique relationship between military and faith. in the military we need our faith, not only to strengthen us in battle, but we need our faith to guide us to do what is right. we need you to use your faith to guide you to do what is right. if you are approaching climate change or -- as a partisan political issue, your faith is leading you astray. we, the american people, need you to have courage to do what is right. it is your courage, it is your courage, it is your courage that can put our country and the world on the path of solving climate change. in the words of dr. martin luther king jr., we must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. thank you and may god be with you and with us all. >> mr. holly, the floor is yours, sir. >> greetings, chairman, and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to speak. my name is derek holly, president of regent america, an organization to address social impact issues impacting in the african-american community. we are based on w

but the united states air force is also playing a key role, bombing what is left of the militants' territoryof territory in syria and iraq but this has diminished as us coalition and russian—backed forces have hit back at the militants in a sustained campaign. the caliphate has now shrunk to just the tiny enclave of baghuz. the isis leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, here announcing the creation of the caliphate in 2014, is reported to have been seen in the baghuz area several months ago before apparently moving into the desert. for the civilians who managed to get away from the fighting in baghuz, there will be relief they are safe. but this is not the last gasp of islamic state. it remains a threat, with cells in many countries still capable of carrying out attacks. richard galpin, bbc news. pangolins are protected by international wildlife laws but they remain the most trafficked group of mammals in the world. conservationists from chester zoo are conducting the first ever study of the giant pangolin sub—species. rare footage has now been captured, as helen briggs reports. a rare glimpse of th

a former sergeant in the united states air force charged with spying for iran, now nowhere to be found. this moshing the hunt for her and 2 t race to contain the fallout. >>> those stories plus chaos in the sky. >> we were out of our chairs, we were flaying in the air. i actually thought that the plane might break up. >> extreme turbulence injuring passengers aboard a delta flight, forcing it to make an emergency landing. >>> marriage misery. "this is us" star mandy moore opens up in a bombshell report about the alleged abusive behavior of her ex-husband singer ryan adams. >>> and red rover red rover. nasa says good-bye to its history-making explorer after nearly two decades of it images from mars, making it mission complete. this is thursday, february 14, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today," thank you for joining us on this thursday. it also happens to be valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day. we'll be all about the love later in the show. >> but we'll get starting

she is a lieutenant colonel in the united states air force in tennessee national guard. we can learn a lot from her experience. give her a round of applause. >> and, tiffany shedd, who was also one of our favorite candidates this last cycle. she is an attorney ran for congress in arizona's first district. thank you for making the trip out here tiffany, ashley, erin, and carol. thank you for staying later to participate in this. >> annie, will turn it over to you. >> everybody, let's get excited. we need to make sure we are awake and alert and i want to congratulate elise on a magnificent day. i love how you begin it and how your ending it . we are at a crisis and sometimes you kind of have to go to the bottom. you have to be laying out on the street and not knowing you are there for three days before you really know you have a problem. you know what? sadly it took an election like we just had where one of our dear friends had to leave -- and some very new dear friends were not able to get in. we will talk about money, the dirty word. if money is -- politics why do we all

ashley is a lieutenant colonel in the united states air force and tennessee national guard. and we can learn a lot from her experience. [ applause ] give her a round of applause. and tiffany shead, who was also one of my favorite candidates this last cycle. she is an attorney and ran for congress in arizona's first district. thank you for making the trip out here. tiffany, ashley and erin and carol. thanks for staying later today to participate in this. annie, i will turn it over to you. >> awesome. well, everybody, let's get excited. you know, look, let's make sure we're awake and alert. and to really be able to congratulate elise on a magnificent day. and i love how you begin it and how you're ending it. we're at a crisis. and sometimes you kind of have to go to the bottom. it's sort of like alcoholism. you know, you need to be really sort of laying on the street and not knowing what you were there for three days before you really know you have a problem. and, you know, sadly, it took an election like we just had where some of our very dear friends had to leave office. and

ashley is alieutenant colonel in the united states air force and tennessee national guard. and we can learn a lot from her experience. give her a round of applause. and tiffany shedd who was also one of my favorite candidates this last cycle, she's an attorney and ran for congress in arizona's 1st district. thank you for making the trip out here, tiffany, ashley, and air erin and carol, thank you for staying later today to participate in this. annie, i'll turn it over to you. >> awesome. well, everybody, let's get excited. you know, look, let's bend and stretch and everything we need to do to make sure we're awake and alert to really be able to congratulate elise on a magnificent day. and i love how you begin it and how you're ending it. we're at a crisis and sometimes you kind of have to go to the bottom. it's sort of like alcoholism, you know, you need to be really sort of laying on the street and not knowing that you were there for three days before you really know you have a problem. sadly, it took an election like we just had where some of our very dear friends had to

united states. he boarded air force one five hours ago. there was an abrupt end to the negotiations where no agreement was able to reached. >> sometimes comment you have to walk. this was one of those times. >> reporter: negotiations between president trump and kim jong-un fell apart. >> we thought and i thought and secretary pompeo felt that it was not a good thing to sign anything. >> reporter: earlier, the outcome of the summit appeared to be optimistic. the unlikely pair held a 40 minute private meeting followed by a stroll. in a session between the leader advisors, unprecedented on its, chairman kim took questions from western draws, asking if he was ready to do near christ. his response?>> if i'm not willing, i would not be here right now. >> good answer. >> that is the best answer you've heard.. president trump called the talks productive. >> it is leading towards eight very big success. >> later comet all crumble. the president moved his press conference to the same time his joint agreement signing ceremony was supposed to take pla

a degree in business administration and was commissioned as the second lieutenant in the united states air force. upon graduation, chuck accepted a position with sears roebuck in waco, texas. in 1954 he was assigned to blook leer air force base as a supply officer. he concluded his active duty in 1956 and returned to sears roebuck in waco. chuck began working at texas a&m university. positions, iple associate vice president for business affairs and vice president of prayings. while working at texas a&m he completed his master of business administration degree. he continued to serve in the air force reserve. he received accolades, the distinguished service medal, legion of merit. the air force outstanding reward ribbon, the national defense medal and the armed forces reserve medal. he retired at the rank of major general. chuck served on many boards and organizations. the boards of many organizations including st. joseph's hospital, the first baptist church in bryan, texas a&m university united way, the reserve officers association, the air force association, texas a&m association of students. ch

i am still currently serving as a united states air force chaplain. i have pastored for many years and i have been on the other end of phone calls from those who are struggling and thinking of taking their life. suicide is not something that we can define very easily. it's not something that we can simply limit to yes, guns are effective. but any method that someone uses to choose to end their life is sad and a struggle for those who have dealt with this. the term imminent here is problematic for those of us who have dealt with those who are struggling with suicide. because imminent to them and imminent to a judge and to someone who wants to take his life indicates something that will happen in a very short amount of time. a very imminent act. something that is going to happen even before, mr. speaker, you and i finish this -- i finish my speech. it does not extend to 12 hours hours or or even -- 24 even 46 hours. i am not willing to let a prosecutor or judge who may not like guns who would actually say that was an imminent threat and by transferring

. >> we see thepresident of the united states in the airport in hanoi, getting ready to board air force one to go to the united states. it's a long journey the president is about to undertake. 20 plus hours. he climbs the staircase to get in the plane to make the return. the secretary of state, heading to the philippines later today to meet with the president of that country. as his tour of the region will continue. i want to bring in military analyst, jack jacobs, we see the president climbing air force one, waving to those that gathered in hanoi at the airport. before the news conference began, we were talking about the military exercises and indeed it was something that the president was asked about in the news conference and he laid out economic motivations for cancelling those military exercises. as andrea mitchell said a moment ago, it was the president freelansing, a lot of people in the administration, surprised that president trump did this. he said that when he discovered that the aircraft were coming from guam, and seven hours away, that each exercise cost $100 million, he th

there is the president of the united states as he boards air force one.uch of a difference cannot president make? it's already changing in the sense that we are talking with our country. melissa? >> melissa: it's interesting to put in perspective of how the american people are feeling about this, as we watch the president get aboard the plane. recent fox news poll -- president trump and north korea. approve or disapprove? 40% of previous policy so far. 41 percent do not approve. the u.s. taking military action to stop north korea's nuclear weapons program. right now, 49% in favor of military action to stop this program. 37% oppose it. that number is down a little bit from april, it was at 53%. chris, to me that says that people feel threatened. they feel concerned about this risk out there. >> chris: they feel threatened unconcern, but the bigger aspect is they are willing to do something. that's the unique aspect, the numbers you pointed out. you can look at the relationships. for venezuela today, there is a national threat coming out of south america. b

united states has been cut short. the president currently it back on air force one. mr. rom the negotiating table because mr. kim wanted the united states to lift all sanctions in return for denuking part of north korea, not the whole enchill laud today, just part of it. let's bring in lar la logan. former cbs correspondent. she joins us live on the couch. what do you make of this, lara. >> what is interesting to me as a journalist, we've been following this a long time, north korea has been so isolated. all indications with kim jong-un that he is much more outward looking than his father ever was and the intelligence officials that i have spoken to over the years have always said they believe that is because the country is bankrupt, right? even its soldiers are starving. it is eating itself alive from within. this is really about survival for kim jong-un. so north korea still has to play a powerful game. they are not just going to fold. they have shown that at the summit. they will not just say, okay, we'll do whatever you want, right? they're a proud and powerful nation

such an warship especially as didn't carry any aircraft yet the british royal air force is buying planes from the united states foolishly true should be used on this warship when it's ready but to actually determine the chances it struck in his past today to gavin williamson said that not only did he say that he has an agent and he said could have trade talks with china but he pointed out of the decision is far too primitive and it wouldn't be taken by the defense secretary anywhere if britain is to send a warship anywhere and stunned as a national security council so it was a real slap down for having williamson yeah defense sources have told the british media that williams and speech was approved by the prime minister's chief of chief of staff and by the national security advisor presumably a part of national security council does this look like a bit of an oversight a site or a sort of miscommunication here well both those people you mentioned are civil servants they're not ministers national security advisor is a civil servant so has a chief as a general stuff is military matters person but not a minister

united states and north korea is under way. president trump arriving in hanoi on air force one. kim jong-un by train. the u.s. is trying to convince north korea to stop all nuclear testing and eventually denuclearize that zone, that region. intelligence reports indicate since first meeting between if two last june, kim is still building up his nuclear arsenal. >> kim giving up those nuclear weapons immediately is about the same chance as the mexicans paying for the wall. >> also unfolding today, president trump's former attorney, michael cohen, you see him here had a closed session testimony on capitol hill. he also testifieds tomorrow in pa in a public session opinion our coverage of vietnam continues on nightly news. >>> late today democrats ignored president trump's veto threat and voted to block his national emergency declaration. the house including gop members passed a resolution to block the president's emergency declaration to shift billions of dollars for his border wall. over in the senate though, even mitch mcconnell says he doesn't know how the vote will go. three gop sflarenators say they against

this is the debt of the united states as compared to the working labor force of the united states. eisenhower in the 1960's. something changed in the airearly 1970's. this is the slow down here where the labor force shrank, so the slope goes up, but it is amazing the persistent debt to labor force. $362,000 per working american. francine: i like that turn a lot. line is simple. it is just euro sterling. no matter what we get in terms of inflation, eurosterling is range bound. today, we had u.k. inflation back toward the target for the first time in two years. let us move on to a good conversation. >> the chances of a recession in the u.s. are very low. this is about what is happening in the rest of the world where there is significant weakening in europe in china with the possibility of spill back. this is about muted inflation in the u.s. this is about the fed not wanting to take on the markets again. this is about evidence of slack. tom: i have not heard that work for three or four years. paul donovan joins us right now. what are we wondering into right now? identify the core reason for this disinflation. paul: we are getting normal

members of the military to defect after a high ranking air force general recognized him as interim head of state. i announce my candidacy for prez united states congresswoman tulsi gabbert has declared her candidacy for the twenty twenty president.

think about it, the united states forces in europe are a continent close we are the middle east is, in the horn of africa because we have access to ramstein airforce base in italy and greece. if you didn't have it now in 2019, you would want to recreate it. it's the force multiplier in the united states, the difference, they don't have allies, we do. >> you saw the u.s. withdraw from the inf treaty. what does that say to you about the dynamics of the u.s. and russia at this point, you have both countries backing out of that deal? >> first, i'd like to say russia is the aggressor here and russia violated the terms of the agreement and the united states has been right to call them on that. we've come to a point the president has been so lackluster in his leadership, congress needs to be a blocking force and pass legislation this year that says they make the decision if we alter our relationship with nato, not the president who has mused about taking us out of nato however improbable that seems. >> thank you for joining us and we look forward to your report. >>> she is the star of house democrats and on one issue successfully moved her president

united states. >> we have seen the video of the president on air force one.ormy daniels. pretty clear if that moment that michael cohen was testifying and emily jane fox said it, too, if that happened donald trump was telling michael cohen to lie. >> right. >> but lying to the public and lying to the press, not illegal. >> right. but the actual payments, the fact that the payments happened while he was president of the united states is the commission of campaign finance law violations. that's the real kicker. that's the piece we have not seen evidence of until this point including the check with his signature from his personal bank account. now we have to take that further. we have to look at corroborating evidence that shows, you know, he knowingly did this, tried to commit fraud or the finance law violation. and see if there is anything we can do to kind of contradict the claim that they are going to try to make which is that it was a retainer. >> you are talking about the check and i have a copy in my hand. people have seen it. it's dated august 1, 2017 wh

air force one. he is still in transport back to the united states.o doubt, will be made aware of the breaking news. thed: fascinating, just fact of a news conference from north korea is fascinating and news itself. coming up, ceos are optimistic about the prospects for their own companies, but skeptical about the state of the world overall. that is what we learned in a recent survey. and we will learn more about it with tim ryan. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "balance of power" on bloomberg television. i'm david westin. pwc every year does a survey on ceos. optimism replaced by pessimism linked to issues that we deal with everyday. >> last year, we saw increase in optimism around gdp growth. that was specific to countries. this year we saw a decline in optimism and i think a large part goes to the uncertainty. when ceos see uncertainty around trade, like brexit and the government shutdown, those things are on people's minds. we saw that in the survey. david: it is important about when the survey was done, when did it go o