for the first time, he and six former air force officers are talking. they want the air force to come clean. >> we were never debriefed after that. we were -- we were ordered not to ever talk about it. the air force has deliberately not told the truth about not only my incident, but maybe hundreds of others at military facilities. >> reporter: salas says it was a ufo with a message. >> i just think it was a message. 3-brought to us about the danger of nuclear weapons. other incidents were covered up. and it's high time the air force and the government opened up their files on ufos. >> reporter: in washington, rob chavez, fox 5 news. >> the group will present their findings tomorrow at the national press club. >>> well, we've had quite an interesting day today weather wise across the region. we've got some wet weather moving its way through across the area. we are going to take a look to see what's happening. but let's begin now with a look at the radar. we will show you exactly what is going on. because we've got plenty of it spreading its way across ma

every 90 seconds, an air force aircraft parts, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. r man offload 600,000 gallons of fuel every day to u.s. joint and coalition aircraft all over the world. airmen have carried 1.8 million passengers and 600,000 tons of cargo to afghanistan and iraq since 9/11. at the same time, your air men provided humanitarian relief for floods in pakistan, earthquakes and haveand chille conducted aeromedical evacuation is the world over. what you are air force gets to its destination anywhere in the world, the power we bring is unmatched. across the full spectrum of conflict, with nuclear deterrence to irregular warfare like that in iraq and afghanistan, to all manner of military engagement in between, like strengthening regional stability by building the capacity of our coalition partners around the globe, no one brings global power with the speed, precision, and flexibility of your united states air force in the air, space, and cyberspace. today, 58,000 airmen and their families in some cases are stationed overseas, strengthening regional stabilit

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air force office of special investigation headquarters at andrews air force base. spokesperson told us they received many questions about the claims and they're not aware any of open cases of ufo or alien sightings. >>> several chrysler employees fired after caught on camera drinking during a lunch break. fox 5 showed workers from a detroit assembly plant drinking beer and smoking what appears to be marijuana. this video went viral and chrysler announceed that 13 of the 15 people were fired and the other two remember laid off without pay for one month. >>> time to talk about the rain out there. >> a difference between a watch and warning, the watch is saying stand by. a warning means that flooding is occurring. >> okay. >> and earlier, whee warnings from montgomery and howard and that is down now and for an hour or two at a time. the watch is overnight and not raining. we expect that it's going to redevelop in through the leave night hours and on that tuesday morning commute, it may not be fun either and we had thunderstorms spinning and tornado warnings were issue

i joined the air force in 1975 and retired in 2006.the air force is being gay and having a partner. >> you can see it's kind of running there. got to make sure you don't get too much on your brush. >> oh, okay. >> my name is mark byrd. i'm originally from ellisville, mississippi. we've been together 19 years. every time dan's had orders for a permanent change of station, pcs, i've gone with him, and i was happy to do so because, you know, i love him, and that's what a spouse or a partner will do. >> wrap her up. >> when dan had functioned at work, i would not attend. >> you know, if it was a gathering of friends, that would be easier than going to an air force function. usually air force functions i would leave him at home. >> if we were to slip up and someone -- if someone would have found out that we were gay, you know, that could have cost dan his career. >> i retired from the air force four years ago. mark was there. >> for the ceremony, we -- we went into a room and we sat down with his colonel. >> i had asked my colonel if i coul

recognized with the highest honor that the air force can give, the air force cross.re told that their dad was a hero, that he had died while saving his fellow airmen, but they weren't told much else. their father's work was classified, and for years that's all they really knew. then, nearly two decades later, the phone rang. it was the air force, and their father's mission was finally being declassified. that's when they learned the truth, that their father had given his life not in vietnam but in neighboring laes. dick etchberger was a radar technician, hand-picked for a secret assignment. he served at the summit of one of the tallest mountains in laos, more than a mile high. they manned a tiny radar station guiding american pilots in the air campaign against north vietnam. dick and his crew believed that they could help turn the tide of the war, perhaps even end it. that's why north vietnamese forces were determined to shut it down. they sent their planes to straight the americans as they worked. they moved in their troops and eventually dick and his team could loo

air force are being urged to come clean about possible ufo sightings. group of ex-military commanders set unveil details at the national press club today. roby chavez has our story. >> this were seeing strange lights in the sky. >> reporter: robert salas worries aliens have their eyes on our nuclear weapons. he remembers one morning early in march of 1967 while on duty several in the military witnessed unexplainedded red lights in the skies over an air force base in montana. >> very frightened guard auld me and said they were looking at a glowing red object pulsating about 30 feet in diameter, hovering right above the front gate. >> reporter: moments later, arlington national cemeterys on 10 nuclear missiles sounded and then they were mysteriously shut down. >> it is like we're under a terrorist attack. that is what i thought. the facility was under some kind of attack. but it was very strange. >> on monday, he comes to washington with folders of previously top secret documents to prove it was a ufo. this memo concluded -- >> the fact that no apparent r

i was in the air force for 21 years and i retired in 2006.different about me being in the air force was being gay and having a partner. >> make sure you don't get too much on your brush. >> okay. >> my name is mark byrd, originally from mississippi. we've been together 19 years. efficient ref time dan had ordered for a permanent change of station, i've gone with him. and i was happy to do so, because, you know, i love him and that's what a spouse or partner would do. when dad had functions at work, i would not attend. >> no, it was a gathering of friends, that would be easier than going to an air force function. usually an air force function i left him at home. >> if someone found out we were gay, that could have cost dan his career. >> i retired from the air force four years ago. mark was there. >> for the ceremony, we went into a room and we sat down with the colonel. >> i had asked my colonel if i could recognize mike with a certificate the way they recognize ot

. >> that is air force veteran major margaret witt. found her discharge under the don't ask don't tell policy unconstitutional. the judge ordered them to reinstate her duty. >>> from washington state to washington, d.c., where they repealed the don't ask don't tell bill. it's being closely watched by current and former members of the military who were never asked and never revealed their sexual orientation in order to save their career. >> i joined the air force in '85. i was in the air force for 21 years and retired in 206. what was different about me being in the air force was being guy, and having a partner -- >> you've got to make sure you don't get too much on your brush. >> my name is mark bird. i'm originally from ailistville, mississippi. we've been together 19 years. every time dan's had originalers for a change, i've gone with him, and i was happy to do so because i love him and that's what a partner would do. when dan had functions of work, i would not attend. >> if it was a gathering of friends, it would be easier to go to

but when the air force found out she was a lesbian, they kicked her out.ix years later, she convinced a judge that not only did her sexual preference not affect her unit's military readiness or cohesion, just the opposite. former unit members say her dismissal caused harm. he ordered the air force to reinstate her and said she was blessed to have loving parents stand with her. >> i think he understands how important that is, and i -- i love them. >> she's courageous, she's dedicated. >> reporter: her attorneys say the battle isn't over. the government is likely to appeal the decision. but in the meantime, they hope the air force does what the judge has ordered. >> i think she should be reinstated and soon. >> reporter: as far as the other members of the military who are gay and lesbian, she says they have to continue to serve in silence. >> they do, they do. stay strong. it will happen. >> it was a tough week for those wanting to overturn the military's don't ask, don't tell policy on homosexuals serving openly in the military. on saturday, the senate turn

for the first time, he and six former air force officers are talking. they want the air force to come clean. >> we were never debriefed after that. we were ordered not to ever talk about it. the air force has deliberately not told the truth about not only my incident but maybe hundreds of others at military facilities. >> reporter: salas says it was a ufo with a message. i think it was a message about the danger of nuclear weapons. other incidents were covered up and it is high time the air force and the government opened up their files on ufos. >> in washington, roby chavez, fox 5 news. >> thank you. >>> a group will present its findings later today at the national press club. witnesses will also discuss the national court risk that the incidents pose. they also promise declassified government documents. >>> it was another tough loss for the redskins. the team fought back from a 14- point deficit but it wasn't enough. the rams scored 16 unanswered points in the second half to win 0-16. this is the rams first home win in 15 games. the skins dropped to 1

i was an air force brass. when my dad was killed, we were separated from the air force of the time.ne -- and the initial information came up, the air force started to bring us back into the fold by naming facilities after him, street after him back, -- streets after him, that sort of thing. not only do we get to see and honor and our father, but we spend a lot of time meeting air men talking about life beyond the military. we have really been welcomed back into the family, both my brothers and myself, back into the air force family. >> thank you very much. question -- >> question. >> can you tell us a little bit about what this medal of honor means for you and your brothers, and it coming after so many years? >> i think, first off, personally for me, my dad was a really great dad beyond being a great air force person. and the missions he went on in his time in the military, it included -- he never really had to talk about that because we were in an air force family. when this all came now, initially, we were told he was killed in a helicopter crash. a little later that year, -- i co

air force's office of special investigation headquarters at andrews air force base. a spokesperson told us they received lots of questions about the veterans claims but aren't aware of an open case on ufos or alien sightings at nuclear missile ranges. >>> new details tonight in a story seen only on fox. several chrysler employees are now out of work after they were caught on camera drinking during a lunch break. we showed you this video last week. workers from a detroit assembly plant drinking beer, smoking what appears to be marijuana. chrysler announced today that 13 of the 15 people identified in that video have been fired. the two other employees were laid off without pay for one month. >>> southwest airlines could soon be flying out of reagan national airport. discount carrier agreed to a billion dollar deal to buy airtran airlines securing its nine gates at reagan. fox 5's matt ackland breaks down what this means for travelers. >> reporter: it already carries more passengers than any other american airline and now with a $1.4 billion tentative deal southwest ai

it is no laughing matter to a group of former air force veterans. fitzgerald reports the veterans say they have evidence to prove it. >> reporter: at first glance, they could be any group of retired military veterans. >> i was a missile launch officer. >> communication electronics officer. >> the combat missile targeting team commander. >> reporter: but besides their service in the air force, these men share something else. >> a white pulsating light in the sky. >> dark metallic in appearance with strange markings. >> reporter: stories, stories that sound out of this world. >> they fully illuminated round object was hovering silently over the missile silo and shining a light down onto it. >> then from this dead stop, it shoots off to the east like now you see it, now you don't. >> reporter: flying saucers, aliens, visitors. whatever they are called, these seven nuclear missile veterans came to have seen unos over 1960 nuclear missile sites that they say briefly shut the missiles down. >> this planet is being visited by beings from another world. >>

so he was secretly awarded the air force cross.as discussed, should he get the medal of honor? it was rejected we're told because u.s. officials didn't want to make the operation in laos public. only in recent years was there a movement to give him this honor and indeed that's coming to a culmination today. several of his children, three of his sons supposed to be there in addition to other family members and one he rescued plans to be there. >> one whom he rescued, we're looking at live picture where they're about to have the ceremony. he said i live with it every day. i saw him get shot. i saw the blood, and he said, every single day, he thinks about that his life was spared and the man who helped save him you know, died. listen, you mentioned his three sons are going to be there today. one is cory etchberger, jeanne. i know you would know a lot about the story. third grade, in 1968, when he wad told his father die in a helicopter accident in southeast asia. not until he was 29 did he learn, until they declassified think informat

i was on air force one, in getting to air force one with the first indications came in about the pentagon. we were trying to find secretary rooms filled. among the questions asked when the president was on the airplane on the phone was whether he would give authority for pilots to shoot down commercial jetliners. i was sitting directly across the desk when the conversation was taking place. it was remarkable for me. the president was the only person i knew who could be announced that president hu had empathy -- who could be asked that question with empathy. these are roughly the question. the answers he gave. he said i cannot imagine being a 22-year-old pilot being told to shut down its commercial jetliner. that would be very hard. he said yes, they have the authority. >> that was related to secretary ron spelled? >> we got on board air force one. we have just heard the third plane hit the pentagon. then we heard the fourth plane had gone down. the initial route port was near camp david. it turned out to be across the line in pennsylvania. -- the initial report was that was near camp davi

his family was being welcomed by the air force chief of staff.n a small ceremony, he was recognized with a honor. his sons were told that their father was a hero, that he died of saving his fellow airmen. they were not told much else. their fathers work was classified. for years, that is all they really need. then at nearly two decades later, the phone rang. it was the air force. his father's mission was finally being declassified. that is when they learned the truth -- that their father had given his life, not in vietnam, but in neighboring laos. he was a radar technician. he had been hand-pick for a secret assignment. he served at the summit of one of the tallest mountains in laos, literally above the clouds. i demand a tiny radar station, dieting american pilots in north viet -- guiding american pilots in north vietnam. that is why north vietnamese forces were determined to shut it down. they set a plane to attack the americans as they worked. they moved in their troops. eventually, dick and his team could see that the mountain was surrounded

the air force has up to 500 medical personnel deployed to afghanistan, iraq, in europe and the united states as part of the team providing care and helping ensure that wounded soldiers, sailors, air men, and marines get safely home to their families. it takes an average three days for wounded troops to arrive at hospitals in the united states. this is over 40 days faster than during the vietnam war. we have air force air medical evacuation to thank for being the transportation's spine of the effort to bring our ill and injured men and women home as safely and quickly as possible. ultimately, air medical evacuation by the air force is part of an integrated combat casualty care system that includes frontline medics, corpsmen of the army, navy, and air force, as well as medical evacuation by army, navy, and marine corps flight crews. we owe our sincerest gratitude to each and every person in this system that has yielded an extraordinary 98% survival rate for wounded service members. so, mr. speaker, if you are ever facing south on the hill and see a c-17 on the horizon, you might not sig

air force cross.hese three sons were told that their dad was a hero, that he had died while they were saving -- while saving his fellow airmen. but they were not told much else. their fathers work was classified, and for years that is all that they really knew. nearly two decades later, the phone rang. it was the air force and their fathers mission was finally being is classified and that is when they learned the trick. that their father had given his life not in vietnam, but in neighboring laos. that is when they began to learn the true measure representative their father's heroism. dick etchberger was a radar technician and he and hand- picked for a secret assignment. with a small team of men, he served at the summit of one of the tallest mountains in laos, more than 1 mile high, literally above the clouds. the man at tiny radar station, guiding american pilots in the air campaign against north vietnam. dick and his crew believed that they could help turn the tide of the war, perhaps even end it. an

. >>> in california, a minotaur iv rocket lifted off and into orbit from vandenberg air force base. it carried an air force surveillance satellite that will be used to monitor space for objects that could threaten u.s. national security or communication and weather satellites. the air force says the satellite will play a key role in protecting the country's space-based assets. >>> and in texas speed eaters dug in at the 6th annual world tamale eating championship. competitive eating champ tim janis, also known as "eater x" chowed down past his competition, consuming 59 tamales in 12 minutes. and if you think that's impressive, that's actually 12 tamales under his world record of 71. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. you know, good morning to you, bill. 59 tamales? i'm going to guess that beats your record. >> i couldn't do one or two. i'm not good with spicy foods. like the hot wings, tamales. it gets mess any a hurry. avoid it. talk about what we'd like it avoid. that's the heat. it's in

once making a statement to the air force that had violated don't ask, don't tell.re 13-year service career. so for senator mccain to make that allegation, i'm just dumbfounded about where he comes up with that type of explanation, that type of an answer to a reporter and to be quite honest with you, i'm very angry at that statement today. >> at one point senator mccain volunteered, bring him to our offices. sits there with lindsey graham. do you have plans to visit them to tell them this in person, remind them of what they already heard? >> i would love to meet senator mccain in person. i would love to shake his hand and have him look directly in my eye and tell me that the army does not search private e-mails. i know that's not true. my story indicates that. my story is that the military violated don't ask, don't tell. they used those to throw me out. that's just one example among hundreds of others of how this policy has been abused and violated to serve the purposes of the military. it's not there to protect gays and lesbians. it is there to throw them out. this

general north suggested the air force will cooperate with japan, south korea and other u.s. allies in southeast asia in operating the aircraft. >>> north korea says it will hold an important conference of its ruling workers party on tuesday next week. the country is reported to be preparing for a transfer of power from leader kim jong-il to his successor. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> the workers party holds conferences when necessary in the periods between party conventions. it uses them to discuss urgent issues and elect or expel members of its central committee. it's only held a conference twice before, in 1958 and 1966. the party's central committee appears to be dysfunctional as more than half its original 140 members have died or been expelled. a key part of the central committee originally had five members, but now only has one, kim jong-il. there's widespread speculation that the conference will change the members of the central committee and push forward the transfer of power from kim jong-il to his third son. >>> in new york, world leaders have begun discussio

-- the air force cross. these three sons were told that their dad was a hero, that he had died while saving his fellow airmen. but they were not told much else. their fathers work was classified, and for years that is all they really knew. then nearly two decades later, the phone rang. it was the air force and their father's mission was finally being to classified. that is when they learn the true, that their father had given his life not in vietnam, but in late -- in neighboring laos. that is when they began to learn the true measure of their father's heroism. dick etchberger was a radar technician and he had been hand- picked for a secret assignment. with a small team of men, he served at the summit of one of the tallest mountains in laos, more than a mile high, literally above the clouds. the man the tiny radar station guiding american pilots in the air campaign against north vietnam. dick and his crew believed that they could help turn the tide of the war, perhaps even end it. and that is why north vietn

. -- air force.applause] megyn: honoring an american hero. what a man. chief master sergeant richard etchberger honored with the metal of honor, 42 years posthumously for incredible acts of bravery during the vietnam war, a mission and acts that were kept confidential for all this time because we were in laos where we were not technically supposed to be, and as a matter of confidentiality they wanted to protect that information. now these years later his family there as the greatest honor one can receive is bestowed upon dick etchberger. well president obama in an incredible ceremony there but in quite a different group yesterday. he was getting to business, you could say from some of his own supporters. today we are getting new reaction to this town hall meeting that showcased some real voter anger that we've been hearing about more and more these days. some of the folks there saying that they voted for the president, but saying in no uncertain terms that they are not satisfied with the results achi

air force major marjor marjorie witt case. in tacoma, washington, today, judge ronald leighton was ruling for a second time on major witt's case. major witt was suspended in 2004, ultimately discharged under the don't ask, don't tell policy. in 2007, she sued the government over her dismissal. the same judge who ruled today ruled the first time against major witt saying her dismissal was proper under the policy. but then something remarkable happened. when major witt appealed that ruling, the higher court, the federal appeals court, sided with her and they sided with her in a very specific way. they told judge leighton in the lower court that he had to hear her case again. but this time he had to apply a different legal standard when he judged her case. if you want to know anything about how this part of civil rights in america goes, if you want to know how don't ask, don't tell, is going to get struck down by the courts and that's probably how it is going to die, what the court told judge leighton was he had to consider marga

air force officers stood behind an author who is a big believer of ufos and they shared their personal stories. >> i believe these gentlemen believe that this planet is being visited by beings from another world. >> with a statement like that, who needs et? it's one that comes from scientists robert hastings today at the national press club. he says those other beingings-- >> have taken an interest in the nuclear arms race which began at the end of world war ii. >> his proof? these are shutting down missle sites and eight retired air force officers can vow they've seen examples. >> regarding the missle shut down incidents, my opinion, their opinion is that whoever are aboard these craft are sending a signal to both washington and moscow among others that we are playing with fire. >> one has to be very skeptical, and the more extraordinary the claim, the more you need a lot of evidence before you accept it. >> dr. stuart jordan is senior staff scientist at the nasa goddard space flight center and his view on aliens, not buying it. case in point, a study years ago on ufo sitings. >> they

that story might seem a little strange and well it is former air force officer hell's officers held a news conference today in d.c. more than one hundred and twenty retired military personnel warn of ongoing and alarming intervention by unidentified aerial flying objects and nuclear weapons sites artie said rickman has more. perhaps few things say normal or routine more than a daily dose of coffee a cup of calm in what can on any day be out of the ordinary. out of the ordinary like a nuclear holocaust out of the ordinary. let's say there's an attack from where it doesn't matter it could be north korea iran pakistan. if that were to happen nuclear payback wouldn't happen. but. that's the claim made by the men in this room are missiles began going into what's called a no go condition or on launchable essentially they were disabled detailed in this report full of court sanction sworn affidavits the witnesses have described these craft s. disc shaped or cylindrical shape or spherical if you think what's being said inside this building is completely ridiculous you might want to consider so

then we went to an iraqi air force base occupied by the u.s. army. and. we started talking to many they told us they approved of the invasion. and they were happy to be free from the oppression of saddam hussein. the same time they wanted to read again back control of their country. and extended occupation. real confrontation happened at the town hall and. that's where we had our first combat experience and there was a demonstration in support of that and against george bush when. george. first there was no violence the demonstrators were shouting their slogans nothing more than seeing. after forty five minutes of protest. they started throwing grenades and it all became very violent. and the my unit was ordered to take defensive positions on the roof of the town hall. we were told to open fire if anyone threw grenades at us. the. one point silence of complete silence all of the demonstrators about two hundred people started moving from one place to the other. one corner we saw a young man coming towards us he was holding something in his hand. through th

it carried an air force surveillance flight to monitor. the satellite will play a key role in protecting the country's space-spaced assets. >>> in texas speed eaters dug in at the world tamale eating championship. tim janice known as eater "x" passed up his conompetition consuming 59 tamales in just ten minutes. that's actually 12 tamales under his world record of 71. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather here's bill karins. >> it's a raw morning up and down the eastern seaboard. look at the radar. all the green on here is rain and it's plenltful from georgia, thunderstormin south carolina, all over north carolina. on and off rain today, same with virginia. and now that the rain is starting to move northward, maryland,delaware, sunday new jersey. up and down the earn seabrd our system will be a two-day event and don't count on a lot of sunshine. the rest of the country looks pretty nice. temperatures are chilly this morning in chicago up thugh the northern plains. her's your forecast today. a beautiful fall crisp day fro

the group produced old air force documents recounting reports of flying discs, flying saucers and ballls of fire, is same time robert salas says he saw while stationed in montana in 1967. while interest in aliens is nothing new, critics say efforts to look into it and they have never found any proof. >> reporter: roger lanham says he has questioned conspiracy theorists for years and has come away aen in believer. >> i always probe pretty hard what kind of evidence do you have to expert this? i have twret to see any. >> reporter: but these veterans insist they have actually seen the proof with their own eyes. even if they can't say for sure would or what may actually be out there. >> your guess is as good as mine. i can't answer that question. >> if washington, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> a spokesperson tells fox 5 they've received lots of questions about the veterans' claims. >> but they are not ware of any open cases on ufos or alien sightings at nuclear missile ranges. >>> straight ahead, we'll take a look at all your top stories. we'll get another check on your top stories for yo

looks good on the beltway near andrews air force base. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is primary day. d.c. voters cast their ballots today in the race for mayor. >> the race has been marked by scandal. the polls open in two and a half hours. pamela brown is live in southeast. >> good morning. both top candidates for d.c. mayor will be crisscrossing the city. locals open at 7:00 this morning. vincent gray will get on the center on alabama avenue. he's expected to make a stop and go to several other polling centers before the close at 8:30 tonight. adrian fenty will be on 13th street in northwest. he will make several stops as well. both candidates have been giving one last bid to get out the vote. vincent gray has been leading. some of his supporters say that he is an electable guy. adrian fenty has been pushing his track record of accomplishment to voters over the past four years. the pope's that -- he is hoping that will help them prevail. back to you. >> thank you. >>> besides the mayor's race, d.c. voters will choose candidates for

left in today's show first i'll revisit the case of anwar i'll lock in my fireside chat and the air force showing inspiration from one of hollywood's favorite superheroes will bring you details on the new equipment for the special ops forces in just a minute then a new study shows the all assured him up games are actually beneficial to your reflexes so guys you don't want to miss this one and controversy continues to swirl around the latina reporter who was reportedly harassed in the new york jets locker room some say she was asking for it by wearing a provocative outfit and branches in front of a bunch of football players i say notes on a chat with churchill about it after the break. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. would be soon which brightened if you knew me by someone from feinstein christian. news for instance on t.v. dot com. wealthy british style. expert on the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headl

the next morning it was my turn for the air force one. print, and wire sources in a second grade class in sarasota. you have seen the moment replayed many times. the president of the united states was never interrupted, even in front of a class of second graders, listened as his chief of staff came man, whispered in his ear, and i was stunned. 9:00 07 a.m. by my wrist watch -- andrew card whispers, because it just was not done. we're going to kick off asking these pivotal players about where we have come from that, and the kind of authorities we have seen used, and the kind of reporting we did on that. andrew, i would like to start with you. i watched you lean over to the president. i would like to know what were the precise words you said, and then, back up for six minutes. what in the world happened to propel you out there? >> i will -- i will start with the context. we woke up in the morning. it was a spectacular morning to roquelaure 48. it was a perfect day in america. i woke up, remembering we have a comment to a terrible stench. th

air force office of special investigate headquarters at andrews air force base says it is not aware of any open case of ufos are alien sightings at any nuclear missile rings. >>> the man behind the segway is dead. he was killed in an apparent segway accident. james heselden's body was pulled from a river in northern england on sunday. police say i segway type vehicle was also recovered. the 6 #-year-old owned segway, inc. -- the 62-year-old owned segway, ink. >>> ahead this morning, your private edmonton mail and facebook messages all available for the government to check on. that is if new regulations are passed. why agencies say they need those regulations.  >>> welcome back. a beautiful shot outside today although it is wet again after a long, dry spell. now we are making up for it. >> we are. we really are. wet conditions this morning and then we've got more rain on the way for later in the week as well. that is coming up too. >> still running out there in some places? yeah, i'm going to show that to you. the flash flood watch we talked about has been discontinuesed fo

gooeen not sound, the u....air force found this this investiiation that quote evaluated by the air force been a threat to the u.s. overnment. so there you have it, patrice. what you want to believe s up >> well, why are these guys coming out ow. they are talking aaout hings that have been going on so they say for yeaas, so why now? >> reporter: yeah, that has been on the record. there's been books written about it, websites and lternative about some of these sightings before. they specifically waat the u.s. government to admit that therr'' ufo sightings, they're saying3 that the government is playinn with fire when ittttlks nuclear weapons. so you heard those gentlemen there, they are saying that this is a sign from extta terrestria3 llfe form that the u.s. with this kind of stuff. that is their message they're trying to get across. >> sandraaendo, reporting live frrm washingttn. i don't know what to say. we ill put the ime to our ú%ewers. >>>>that does bring us to the question of the day, do you we will take your calls later this hour. or sound ffyouu facebook. -end us a tweet at fox ba

. >> ufos over an air force base? enlisted men warned never to talk about what they saw in the sky. find out who is pushing for answers now. >>> the redskins not exactly off to a great start. struggling today in st. louis. what went wrong again. >> but we begin tonight with a crime no one can understand. a woman dragged by a car, the driver nowhere to be found. good evening, i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm will thomas of the the hunt is on now at carol avenue in silver spring. tonight we learned what the victim was doing when the car hit her and then took off. matt aklin joins us live. >> reporter: we took the family members off the camera who had just visited her in the hospital. they say she did not look good. doctors are not sure if she will recover. 24-year-old daniela was born in guatemala. most recently she lived and worked about a block from where she was hit around 8:00 saturday night. she was struck a few feet away from her boyfriend's home. >> i heard a thump. it sounded like a car hit another car. >> montgomery co

air force radar facility from which a team of air men directed hundreds of air strikes against the northamese me. chief master sergeant richard etchberger was a member of that covert team living at the tiny base on top of a 6500-foot mountain. the dropoff was almost vertical on all sides. and u.s. officials therefore assumed the base was impregnant nabil. they were wrong. on the night of march 10th, 1968, north vietnamese me soldiers scaled those cliffs and launched an assault that killed 11 of the 19 americans working at the station. with his colleagues lying injured, chief etch burger single-handedly fended off the north vietnamese for several hours using only his m-16 and a radio to call in air strikes. when rescue helicopters arrived at dawn, he placed his wounded comrades one by one in rescue slings to be hoisted to safety. each time exposing himself to enemy fire. finally, he was hoisted aboard the chopper himself but as it flew off, bullets pierced the underside and hit chief etchberger. he died on the floor of that helicopter while the wounded men he had saved survived and made i

it's no group of laughing matter to a group of air force vets. they are revealing a secret they say for years and have evidence to back it up. tom fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: at first glance they could be any group of retired military veterans. >> i was a missile launch officer. >> communication electronics officer. >> combat missile targeting team commander. >> reporter: but besides their service in the air force, these men share something else. >> a white pulsating light in the sky. dark metallic in appearance with strange markings. >> reporter: stories that sound out of this world. >> they fully illuminated round object was hovering silently over the missile silo and shining a light down onto it. and then from this dead stop, it shoots off to the east, just like now you see it, now you don't. >> reporter: flying saucers, aliens, visitors -- whatever they are called, the veterans claim to have seen ufo's over 1960s nuclear missile sites as they say briefly shut the facilities down when the ufo's were there. >> this planet is being visited

he was thrown out of the air force for being gay. >> just like when we are in battle. sometimes you lose the fight but you look forward and you regroup and i think that's what people will be doing. >> reporter: he hopes democrats will bring the issue up again after election day. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> in afghanistan, nato officials deny taliban claims it shot down a helicopter that killed nine coalition troops, mostly americans. the chopper went down yesterday in southern afghanistan. this is now the worst year of the war for nato forces, with at least 530 dead. >>> a new book from reporter bob woodward shows president obama's advisers split over u.s. strategy in afghanistan. the "new york times" obtained and advanced copy of the book that, quote depipsts an administration deeply torn over the war even as the president agreed to triple troop levels there. woodward quotes richard holbrooke, the president's representative for afghanistan and apparently says the current strategy against the taliban can't work. woodward also says mr. obama ma agreed to send

. >>> in california, a minotaur-40 rocket lifted off from vandenburg air force base. it carries a satellite that will be used to monitor space for objects that could threaten national security. the air force says the satellite will play a key role in carrying the country's space-based assets. >>> in texas speed eaters dug in at the sixth annual eating championship. tim janus also known as eater "x" chowed down the competition consuming 59 tamales in 12 minutes. if you think that's impressive, that is actually 12 tamales under his world record of 71. oh, my goodness. >>> well, now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, not just tamale eating but also face painting. >> that guy was struggling. i guess you should after that many tamales. i can't imagine. i'm not good with spicy food. let's talk about what happened last night and yesterday. because a storm system has brewed. if you're on the eastern seaboard, it's going to be a soggy few days. the moisture this morning is all the way down here from the panhandle of florida up t

well a group of former air force officers believe there are.ll tell you about the evidence they say they have to prove that they exist. >>> first -- there is justin beiber. another look at today's video question. who was the first entertainer shown diapering a baby in full view on television? the answer is coming up in just a little bit. you don't want to miss it. we'll be right back. >>> a group of former air force officers are convinced that space aliens exist. they claim to have government documents to prove it. we're going to learn more about it when they speak at the national press club later today. robert salas said aliens have their eyes on our nuclear weapons. while on duty in 1967 he said unexplained red lights lit up the skies over montana. moments later he said the alarms on ten nuclear missiles sounded and then mysteriously shut down. >> we were never debriefed after that. we were ordered not to ever talk about it so i couldn't even talk to the guards again. the air force has deliberately not the truth not only about my incident but