- air drag. - air drag. they drag their feet in the air. here's a satellite, i mean i say that not literally. here's satellite plowing through, okay? now it's way, way up there, maybe a couple of hundred miles high, no air drag. but maybe sometimes it's in kinda low orbit. up here not too much drag but down here, you know what happened to the-- what was it? - skylab. - the skylab? skylab back in the 70s, it was in an elliptical orbit, okay, going around, around, around and what happened is there was a lot of solar activity and the atmosphere little bit deeper at times, and they thought, yeah, and this come in and hits a little bit of atmosphere. slows down a tiny, tiny bit, but once it slows down that means it's not gonna go so high next throw, huh? then it comes down, slow down a little bit more. next time up to here and so the orbit decays, because it drags its feet as it comes by and keeps decaying, decaying, decaying and then phoom, splasharoony. if you're going about 20,000 miles per hour and hit the air, guess what happens to you? oka

now, in the absence of air drag. it turns out with a projectile-- usually there is a lot of air drag like with a cannonball. but in the absence of air drag, that horizontal component of speed stays the same. that means it will always be kind of going this way. i'll tell you an interesting application of that. you know, when you throw a rock off a cliff, it keeps going out, out, out, and it gets steeper, steeper, steeper, right? it will never get so steep that it's vertical, 'cause it will always have this component of speed, you know? it's like, where i live-- i live at a place on the 32nd floor of a building, okay? and down here there's a swimming pool, and up on the top-- sometimes i think about, well, rather than getting the elevator, come all the way down, and have to come out open the door, go through the gate, come in and-- why not just.. [descending whistle] and i have to wonder if i could make it [laughter] now, here's the thing that's kind of interest. you kind of look over there and you wonder if you could

consider a mountain on the earth that's so high that it's up above air drag and put a cannon up there. now we're up above the drag ofhe air if you fire the cannonball and there was no gravity, none, the cannonball would... [descending whistle] go in a straight line. but the cannonball doesn't go in a straight line. you know why? because there is gravity and gravity pulls it down. so what cannonball does... fooom! it maybe falls like that. do you know what would happen if i fired it faster? fooom! it would be up for a longer time but still fall, wouldn't it? let's suppose i fire it even faster, longer to hit or same time to hit or less time to hit? - longer. - longer to hit. fooom! you know what i'm gonna do now, gang? i'm gonna put all the powder in, all the powder. i'm gonna fire that thing really fast. watch this. fooom! is the cannonball falling? is it still falling? yeah. fooom! so you got to move the cannon out of the way. isaac newton realized that if you fired a cannonball fast enough, it would fall all the way around the world, around and around and around. that speed is high,

guest: exactly, to see how the air drag characteristics, how that impacts the flight of the aircraft. the big thing with the f-35 and the f-22, which is operational, the goal is to have weapons that can fit inside of them. th aircraft, and the weapons need to fit inside of them, because if a weapon hangs off the wing, the radar can detect the plane. there's a push to make weapons smaller and able to fit inside of those weapons bays. host: how many weapons can fit inside the plane itself for the f-35? guest: you can fit a number of air-to-ground weapons inside of it. the theory is you would use an aircraft like the f-35 or the f- 22 at the beginning of the conflict when you have a threat of a surface-to-air missile. once those sites are destroyed, you could put other weapons out on the wings and can carry a lot more. waldorf,'s go to maryland. caller: good morning. i have been working for the department of defense for quite some time. i have seen a lot of waste in my day. i am sure a lot of the federal government could say the same thing about the other agencies and what not. the one t

cooler air being dragged down from canada. the clash of those air masses, you can already see showers and thunderstorms firing up from dallas all the way to chicago. rainfall amounts. we've got a risk of strong storms stretching from texas all the way on up into minnesota today with anywhere from one to two inches of rain throughout parts of that region. >> good morning, it will be a pretty nice day to day with sunshine and a few clouds and the humidity will go down significantly. it will still be warm, >>> that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. >>> it would be an interesting scene at the white house today when president obama welcomes back his predecessor, george w. bush. this, a day after the president placed a phone call to mitt romney. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and our political director. chuck, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning. look, while the white house has been in near full campaign mode for months, the president himself seemed to signal the dropping o

going to be cool and wet today because a strong low-pressure system is approaching us, dragging cold and moist air from the northeast. the system is expected to move along the pacific coast. northern japan will see dreary conditions today. tomorrow is a different story. it's going to be sunny and warm. back behind it, dry across the korean peninsula and much of eastern portions of china. heavy rain in central portions of southern china is expected. more than 100 millimeters of rain is on the cards over the next 24 hours. the ground is already very well saturated, so any additional rain could trigger flooding as well as landslides. down toward southeast asia, scattered thundershowers, again, particularly wet in northern vietnam, as well as northern sections of the philippines today. temperature wise, 35 degrees expected for both manila and bangkok. clearing conditions in hong kong, with a high of 29 degrees. tokyo, very cool. 15 degrees. as we've been reporting, tokyo sky tree will open today, but it may be surrounded by clouds. now, heading over to the americas, we are keeping an eye on tropical s

going to be cool and wet today because a strong low-pressure system is approaching us, dragging cold and moist air from the northeast. the system is expected to move along the pacific coast. northern japan will see dreary conditions today. tomorrow is a different story. it's going to be sunny and warm. back behind it, dry across the korean peninsula and much of eastern portions of china. heavy rain in central portions of southern china is expected. more than 100 millimeters of rain is on the cards over the next 24 hours. the ground is already very well saturated, so any additional rain could trigger flooding as well as landslides. down toward southeast asia, scattered thundershowers, again, particularly wet in northern vietnam, as well as northern sections of the philippines today. temperature wise, 35 degrees expected for both manila and bangkok. clearing conditions in hong kong, with a high of 29 degrees. tokyo, very cool. 15 degrees. as we've been reporting, tokyo sky tree will open today, but it may be surrounded by clouds. now, heading over to the americas, we are keeping an eye on tropical s

air coming in. so, once this moves through, this funnel system eventually will drag some cooler air down and we're talkingthursday afternoon. friday, and temperatures are going to be in the upper 60s and lower 70s. the humidity we have had will vanish and at least for thursday and friday into saturday, too, it's looking good. and we have to get the rain out of here first and we'll call for showers overnight, not a lot but passing through. mild temperatures, 65 degrees and some winds out of the south- southwest at 10 to 15 miles an hour. clouds and showers out there tomorrow morning, a few spotty showers at lunch tome. later on tomorrow afternoon, we'll have a couple more showers popping up and that is looking like south-southeast of us we'll have a chance of thunderstorms. i don't think we'll have thunderstorms i-95 into the west. looks like the thunderstorms story tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon will be i-95 to the east. that pretty much rules out the metro for thunderstorms. we'll call for some showers and this is going to get on through and that is going to dry things out, changing things a bit. 75 for

air. >> i hope you like my hair, because of a drag queen's last night were trying to touch it. [laughter] >> for the moment, i am not yet a drag queen. but you can look at that photograph of me. thank you for the inspiration. [laughter] >> well we are joking about the corsets, you say it had a message. it was not showing the women in their undergarments for sexual reasons. it was to show their strong women. certainly madonna personified that. >> definitely. >> was it actually madonna in in 1990, the blond ambition tour, but this was not the first time you had done these bras. there was a link with africa. did i get that right? >> i did not get the thing with africa. >> i thought that when we see -- >> yes, yes, 1985. the first corset dress, i did a collection. collections were big. it was a mix of difficulty. and the lingerie. one part was the lingerie. i did it i think in 1981. i came out with the collection in 1982. of course, i was inspired by my grandmother. but something else. musical. i saw a musical in new york. something like about the life of fellini. they made a movie

cooler air being dragged down from canada. the clash of those air masses, you can already see showers and thunderstorms firing up from dallas all the way to chicago. rainfall amounts. we've got a risk of strong storms stretching from texas all the way on up into minnesota today with anywhere from one to two inches of rain throughout parts of that region. that's what's going on aro >>> well, thursday morning, looking crisp and cool with a light breeze out of the northwest. winds will shift to the northeast as we head throughout the afternoon. and what little fog did form will not last long making for 75 degrees today in san francisco. 85 in los gatos. great beach day today. today we are going to peak. by tomorrow, we'll cool you off a touch, 88 degrees. saturday, sunday, much cooler weather on the way. >>> that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. >>> it would be an interesting scene at the white house today when president obama welcomes back his predecessor, george w. bush. this, a day after the president pl

cooler air being dragged down from canada. e clash of those air masses, you can already see showers and thunderstorms firing up from dallas all the way to chicago. rainfall amounts. we've got a risk of strong storms stretching from texas all the way on up into minnesota today with anywhere from one to with anywhere from one to two inches of rain throughout parts of the region. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning, some of the storminess arriving here tomorrow. but right now, off to a beautiful start this morning. under a mostly clear sky, low humidity, it's fresh and cool. we're in the 60s, most of the region. reagan national now at 70 later today, low to mid 80s with lots of sun, low humidity. then tomorrow, clouds close in, could get some severe storms late afternoon and evening with damaging winds and heavy downpours. and maybe a lingering shower saturday morning. then beautiful afternoon >>> that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much

air. >> i hope you like my hair, because of a drag queen's last night were trying to touch it. [laughter] >> for the moment, i am not yet a drag queen. but you can look at that photograph of me. thank you for the inspiration. [laughter] >> well we are joking about the corsets, you say it had a message. it was not showing the women in their undergarments for sexual reasons. it was to show their strong women. certainly madonna personified that. >> definitely. >> was it actually madonna in in 1990, the blond ambition tour, but this was not the first time you had done these bras.

we heard about serious transportation violation and including air traffic controllers sleeping on the yob. do safety regulators drag their feet after whistle-blowers sounded the alarm. >>> and 7 stories up. trying to keep this young girl from cutting her life short. from american's election headquarters tonight. mitt romney selling himself to a conservative voting block it is a group that seemed to split the support between peryesantorum. as you know both are out of the race now . today governor mitt romney delivers the commencement address in liberty university. jerry falwell founded it in the 19cents. the governor talk being about the same faith and values and at issue that is moved front and center and after president obama said same-sex couples should be allowed to matter. >> what you believe and value marries. as fundamental as principles are. they may be topics of democrat debate from time to time and so is the enduring institution of marriage, marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. [applause] and it was that remark drawing a loud applause from the crowd as you heard . president obama honor

we have the winds of change starting to blow in free air conditioning coming to parts of the bay area you may not have to dragyour kids to the grocery store. good morning, can we just sit and watch the sun come up? i wish we could. we only have 2 1/2 minutes to get through the weather segment. you can watch?x; online and listen to me give you the forecast. abc7news.com. let's talk about temperatures, as much as i would love to watch that mid to upper 40s santa rosa, napa and los gatos. antioch 59. low to mid -- mainly low 50s monterey bay into salinas gilroy 43°. today hot inland again, cooler at the beaches, that will spread inland, keeper penetration of the marine layers -- marine layer's flung. coolest everywhere tomorrow, warming again almost as warm as today this weekend. today three degrees warmer in santa rosa, two in concord. one degree cooler san jose. closer to the ocean or the golden gate bridge the san bruno gap where cool air -- cool winds funnel through. south bay mid to upper 80s, 88 campbell and saratoga. peninsula change from mid 80s around palo alto to mid 70s in millbrae. low to mid 60s alo

drag on to eventually carry passengers to low earth orbit. they created the rocket to carry the capsule. rocket launch from the airtion in florida and it's based in southern california. the company is. now this is company video of earlier drop test of the drag on capsule. they have a 1.6 billion dollar contract with nasa to reply the space station. see how it goes over the weekend. >> biggest cycling event in the world happening right now in the bay area. cyclist in the tour of california log more than 100 miles today. the stage 2 route started at the marina green on the bay then headed down the san mateo county coast up and over the santa cruz mountains beforeening at a cabrillo college. many wayne caught up with the riders. >> to fully appreciate long distance bicycle race one must be there to see it but beware everything about spectating in the sport happens after long waits. >> who are we waiting for. >> well george hasn't come out yet. >>reporter: that's him in the flesh. crowd favorite after 19 years of professional racing and 5 olympic games. what other major sport allows fans to get so close it's too bad a

is the air quality down this morning, chuck, because i feel like i am dragging? >> yes, it's orange this morning. if you are lung sensitive, don't go on the walk or long jog, because the air is gunky. that's the word we are looking for. temperatures are mild indeed. it feels like the dead middle of summer, doesn't it, everybody? 71 in washington and 71 in annapolis, and 68 degrees in fredricericksbur fredericksburg, and get into the panhandle of west virgia, temperatures in the upper 60s. not much going on around our immediate vicinity. there's nothing up stream from us immediately. if you step outside this morning you will notice there is more than enough humidity around. i don't think we are going to have to worry too much about rain chances until after 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. but 5:00 or 6:00, scattered thunderstorms will be around. north and west of the immediate metro. highs in the mid to upper 80s. i think tomorrow might be the first 90-degree day of the year. last year we went right straight out of the 90s and into the 100s teedly, so let's hope we

some protesters were arrested and dragged across the pavement, others chanting we are not afraid. >> we are not afraid! >> reporter: on the east coast from the air thousands marching in new york's union square and on the ground. >> mayday shut us down. new york is the people's town! >> reporter: occupy wall street making a spring resurgence bringing back the movement with a may 1st march. more than 30 put in cuffs in the big apple, many for disorderly conduct. >> the current system is unsustainable, so it should be fixed. people deserve social justice. >> reporter: in seattle protestors clad in black blocking the flow of traffic while public school students skipping out of class in michigan spent the day rallying for immigration reform. >> we don't think about nothing but coming home and running inside the house and knowing our parents are still there. so it's a life that we do not like. >> reporter: mayday historically a day of protest in many countries and across the world tens of thousands demonstrating through streets with a specific cause in mind. in turkey cries for better jobs and safe working conditions. greeks marching in athens voighti

his wife was dragged into the scandal after espn aired a phone call with one of the accusers.this statement saying, quote, we haven't had an opportunity to review the cla complaint. we stand by our reporting. >>> airport security coming under fire today on capitol hill. new government report says tsa is failing to adequately report, track, and even fix security breaches. i want to bring in lizzie o'leary joining us from washington. i understand congress is holding a hear on this issue and the report from the department of homeland security is pretty damning. what does it say? >> reporter: it gives you a picture, suzanne, of sort of the whole scenario of what a security breach is and how many there were. this started when there were a number of incidents at newark airport and the new jersey senator frank lautenberg said i want to know more, i want to look into this. things like a knife getting through a check point. a man getting passed security without going through security. even a dead dog loaded onto a plane without being screened for explosives. he asked for this report. h

his wife was dragged into the scandal after espn aired a recorded phone call with one of the accusers the alleged sexual abuse. espn has issued a statement, quote, we haven't had an opportunity to review the complaint. we stand by our reporting. >>> so he hasn't run for office in years. why president bill clinton playing such a big role in the fight for the white house. we're going to ask our political panel. >>> here on the help desk today we're talking about investing, two great people with me, ryan mack, stacy francis, a financial adviser and president of francis financial. lots of folks looking at their tax return right now. got a nice chunk of change back. there's one anxious investor in michigan that e-mailed us. she said i have $3,000 in extra cash. where is the best place to invest it? >> i have to say congratulations. the first thing you want to do is put it towards your emergency fund, three to six months of your living expenses, then try to put it in your 401(k) and especially if you get a match. you can put in $17,000 1700$1,7 under age 50. >> i think one of the big things

of dragging its feet by not seriously addressing complaints made by whistleblowers out there. among the accusations, air traffic contollers playing games and taking naps on the job and even leaving work early. peter doocy is live with more details on this disturbing story for people who like to frequent the friendly skies. peter? >> and kelly, the f.a.a. has one of highest rates of whistle blowing filings of any executive branch agencies. >> there have been 178 whistleblower filings since 2007. 9 of them were tied to aviation safety and now the u.s. office of special council protects whistleblowers, too many complaints go in one ear and out the other on the department of transportation, pay attention to the seven most recent. and first helicopter improperly retrofitted and air traffic contollers sleeping in the control room and using personal electronic devices and small planes from new jersey's teterboro airports flying too close to big jets from newark airport and the delta's maintenance program specifically with fuel tanks and unauthorized air traffic flying into air space near pouerto rico, faulty w

air space, and they won't be shot down. we have the bomb and they don't. eventually the airlift is over in may of 1949. stalin was trying to drag this thing out and see if our resolve would weaken. it didn't. we've got planes taking off and landing 24/7. it's a battle of wills, and we won out. when it's all said and done berlin is going to be a divided city. we're going to string up barbed wire. >> how did the takeover of the west happen? was it just like a 24-hour descent of troops? >> yes. basically he's going to have forces along the interior separating east and west berlin as well as simply move them in. since west berlin is technically in east germany, there are going to be forces that they can quickly move in and blockade the roads and the water ways to make sure nothing gets in or out. at the very bottom of that slide truman's response to this attempted blockade. what does nato stand for? >> north atlantic treaty. >> what's the o stand for? organization. good. north atlantic treaty organization. this is sort of the byproduct of the rio pact. if we are going to have a military alliance with latin america, nato is sort of

officials sedated the horse before dragging it to shore and air lifting it there away. >> dropping my>> ok? looks good. >> i'm good now. >>> 9:26. tonight a lot of people will be out watching the fireworks celebrations. i'm going to be on a boat with the red and white fleet. >> should be 91. >> then 104 people they sold tickets to. rosemary, we need good weather. >> everyone is putting the pressure on rosemary. i don't understand. >> no pressure. >> we are going to see the clouds actually break away to mostly sunny skies for the afternoon. the models want to bring that fog back, though. we are looking at a slight warm- up for today. we can expect a few degrees warmer, santa rosa, a couple degrees warmer san francisco, concord as well as san jose. it will be a minor warm-up. some of us will feel a lot like we did yesterday. if you're heading out to see the a's and yankees, 64 degrees, mostly sunny skies, a bit of a breeze at 1:00 during game time. and the warm-up will continue although it will be subtle throughout the memorial day weekend and a bigger warm-up expected wednesday and thu

aviation needs stronger oversight because it drags its feet on whistle blower complaint about safety programs and problems, rather. the special council says the one airol facility on long island the workers slept in the control room, left early and used personal electronic devices on duty. senate republicans are blocking debate over a democratic bill to keep interest rates on college loans from doubling. they object to how democrats would pay for it by raising the payroll taxes on the high earning stockholders of some companies. the g.o.p. wants to apolish a healthcare slush fund instead. there is a big fight in washington about what to do about the u.s. postal service. correspondent william la jeunesse looks at why the service is in trouble and the options for fixing it. ♪ ♪ ♪ try to get the mail through pony express ♪ >> a lot has changed since horses moved the mail. today it increasingly arrives like this -- >> you've got mail. >> because of it, the u.s. postal service is broke. >> if the post office was a business, it would be in bankruptcy. it's incontro incontrol vent. >> today -- insolvent. >> it does not receive a federal subsidy. it may be c

dragging on all the financials today. but bank of america surprisingly is in the green as we come on the air. is this an isolated incident or will it cast a shadow over the entire industry? we'll go straight to traders to find out how they are trading the news today. the brothers are out in vegas, and steve is here at the desk. i'll go to you sitting here next to me. what do you do with the financials here as you address jpmorgan specifically here? >> put it this way, if you own jpmorgan, don't throw it out recklessly, wait until the smoke clears. be a responsible owner of the stock. we don't know what the downside is, quite frankly. today it is off the lows, but we still have no idea or directionality where it is heading from here. would i buy it here? if you are taking out a flyer, don't buy the full position. buy a 10% or 15% position because we still don't know what the unknowns are. >> dr. j., after the bill yesterday, after hours, activity, you bought jpmorgan. does this turn out to be a case of an impulse buyer who buys something he later regrets? or do you see a deal that was simply t

dragging the girl for a few yards before stopping again. then the girl became disengaged. when crews arrived the little girl was lying injured in the roadway. she was air lifted to children hospital suffering major injuries to her foot and head. she was conscious and crying. they say here often playing outside with her seven-year-old sister by herself. >> she was always smiling. she was always happy. she had really pretty big eyes. she was a really pretty girl. >> reporter: police have released a description of the vehicle. it's a light blue late model truck with oversized tires. it does not have a camper shell. there may be damage to the passenger side front headlight. back here live you can see the very busy intersection that is clayton road where we believe the driver was headed. the good news this little girl is expected to survive. >> search for sierra lamar gets under way in a few hours. alex savidge joins us from morgan hill. >> reporter: investigate evers seem confident sierra lamar is alive. investigators have located a car possibly connected to the case that potentially could bring more volunteers down here to burnett elementary school later

dragged away from the fireball, then i knew that that was better. then i was just trying to get out of my parachute. >> the captain is hand-picked to perform at the airuse of his experience and expertise and says the plane malfunctioned. >> when i added the power, it turned sharply to the right, started sliding through the air and then the nose dropped. so when i started feeling the jet sliding to the right, i knew there was a problem and i tried to fight it for a second or two, and the jet was just not responsive to whatever i was doing to it. >> while an investigation into what caused the plane to crash is still under way, the captain says he's eager to get back in the cockpit. >> i would get in a jet today and do the same demo routine today, if i could. >>> also in canada, a fire breaks out at a propane facility in toronto, ontario, shortly before 4:00 in the morning. it quickly spreads into a seemingly bottomless pit of flames, and exploding cylinders of propane. >> when we got to the scene, we actually had small cylinders that were exploding and rocketing several hundred feet in the air. >> in the predawn darkness, huge clouds of propane flare u