air force. air force chief of staff -- staff general mark welsh testified, as did two retired veterans to get a firsthand accounts. this is three hours. -- who gave firsthand accounts. this is three hours. >> good morning. thank you for joining us for a hearing of the 113th congress. we will begin with a subject the committee has been addressing for a number of years. i find it disturbing that despite the collective work of congress, the department of defense and the dedicated groups who advocate on behalf of these victims of sexual misconduct remains a problem within our armed forces. today we meet to receive testimony on sexual misconduct by instructors at lackland air force base. these are the most recent of assaults that have plagued our military for far too long. 32 instructors have been found guilty or charged with or being investigated for crimes against 59 trainees beg it is question, how could this have happened? how could this system and the leadership failed to protect the men and wom

air force. there's simply no excuse for it. there's no justifiable explanation and there is no way they can allow this to happen again. here for school for sexual assault is not some week -- lower the number. the goal is zero. the impact on everything from their families, their friends and the other people in their unit is heartwrenching. attacking his cancer is a full-time job and we are giving it our full attention. of general maggie woodward's recommendations presented to general rice at the end of her investigation 23 are fully implemented and 22 will be implemented by november of this year and the final recommendation has been separated from this particular activity. it has to do with shortening the length of basic military training as general rice is considering that under us separate review that started in a way. sonny's admonitions of applicability for the entire air force and we are working on the larger for sexual assault response and prevention program and her leadership training at e

our obligation is to keep this air force, the finest air force in the world.we have a chairman who will help us get through the challenges ahead and we do face significant strategic challenges and fiscal challenges at the same time. but we have been through lots of ups and downs over the years and if we support our airmen and their families in this work, active guard reserve and civilian, they will get us through and i am confident making prudent choices, difficult decisions between force structure and modernization, difficult trade-offss going forward. we can still stay the world's finest air force. >> thank you. [silence] >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. weeknights watch keep public policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedule on our web site and you can join the conversation on social media sites. >> the associated press is reporting house speaker john boehner has invited president obama to del

let me tell you about the people in the air force and that is proud. they are also tired of being deployed and keeping equipment operating without the funding. so that's why we have to go to the smaller force so they don't have to face that frustration. i don't believe that what you describes is a major issue. they are not begging to get out the door. they are still proud of who they are and what they do. but they want to know what is coming. the airman are way more informed than i was in the air force that's for sure. they are asking questions that i did not ask until i wasal general. so we're trying to keep them enformed. you do that for us, by the way, you help us with that. good and bad news it is important for them to hear. the division, i mentioned i -- it is posted on our website i sent them a note, i send them one once a month, which direction we think we're moving the intend is to keep it going. communication for us, right now is absolutelyessentia. >> we heard an assessment this week that if sequestration or happen, dod would have to furlough

our obligation is to keep this air force to be the finest air force in the world.allenges and fiscal challenges at the same time. we have been through lots of ups and downs. we support our airmen and their families in this work. the active guard reserve and civilians. it is a difficult trade-off that they have to make going forward. >> thank you. >> here is the air force honor band. the air force band has marched in 15 inaugural parades since it was formed in 1941. the maneuver is performed will take place before president obama and the vice president and the families and guests at the white house viewing stand. the traditional of an inaugural parade dates back to the very first inauguration when george washington took office on april 30, 1789 in new york city. ♪ ♪ >> [patriotic music] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> [patriotic music] ♪ ♪ ♪ [patriotic music] ♪ ♪ [patriotic music] ♪ ♪ [patriotic music] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> [drum beats] ♪ ♪ >> [drum beats] >> you can see all the inauguration day activities including the president's address in the traditional luncheon in the inaugural parade on monda

i enlisted in the air force in 1975 and was assigned to a woman and air force squadron at lackland air force base. at that time women trainees were segregated from men, both physically and in our course curriculum. following basic training i attended technical training where i began mint congratulation into -- my integration into the air force. it was there i was sexually salted by two of my instructors. i reported the incident believe my leaders would handle it and that didn't happen. i knew then would i never, ever report another sexual assault. in fact, a year later at my first assignment, i was sexually assaulted again. i did not report it, nor did i ever discuss either of these two incidents until after i retired 28 years later and was being treated for ptsd. while many things have changed in the air force since i enlisted, the trauma of sexual assault has not changed. it feels like someone has reached into you and sucked the soul right out of you. it is traumatic and it is ugly. and for those of us who have survived it, we do so because of our strength and our will to overcome wh

air force. would you like to respond? >> yes, sir. i completely agree that what makes this so egregious and military training is exactly the reason you stated, which is this is the place where we have to inculcate the basic alleys of our service on our newest air force. when we violate the trust that we have to do that in that responsibility is difficult to describe the damage that happens to individuals and assets in the dictation. i agree 100%. >> everything you write, there's an element of training to this, but at the end of the day we have people who knew well what the rules and policies were, who knew well the difference between right and wrong and decided to make a wrong choice. so part of that i can address this. it has to do people size of what they perceive as wrong and what is right and how i get it that is partially training. but i think i've had to think more broadly about how i affect calculus about actions that they're going to take. if i would look at this not just a major state r

but air force one was good.ht for me to have him be sworn in as the president of the united states and i'm saying to myself, my god, i never thought anything like this would happen. i'm so proud. i never told him this. i'm just so proud of him because i don't care who he is. if an african-american can be president of the united states, that is fun man. so i was privileged to be on air force one. >> gavin: you forgot the best part of the story when he leans over to you and said, i'm here in no small part because of how you handled yourself. >> i don't know what it was, but he lengthen over and he says, i got you. this is before we went down the stairs. what you're talking about. we were on--oh, i looked at the phones and things up there. one of the pilots from the staff said can you come up look around upstairs? i said no, no, i had heard that they had missiles around there. i might hit something that makes everything go off no, i don't want to go up there. upstairs you have an upstairs on air force one. i said n

does the air force received it?> in a sexual harassment case? yes man the same way we deal with any misconduct with an airman. there are legalist visors and we go through an investigative process and make what you believe is the appropriate and proper decision. >> so, if you want to be one of these instructors anywhere being screened and you have had sexual harassment in the past on the job would would it necessarily a near record? >> i can create a scenario where it would not be. >> various scenarios where they might not be? >> yes and various scenarios where it would not be. >> because it's a discretion of commanders are certain people as to how they are going to deal with it? a lot of times the sexual harassment that type of situation may not show up on somebody's record, am i correct? >> i believe you and i might disagree on the term a lot of times. i would not tolerate a. >> you would not tolerate it but there are various instances correct for the commander can have a choice of doing other things? >> certainly.

air force whether to provide strike support for afghan forces and intelligence support. do you have any idea what the size of your piece of the equation will be in the long- term in the country. >> currently being discussed at the highest levels at the presidential level. we'll have to see how that plays out. as we come out of afghanistan just as like we came out of iraq as we reduced the forces, you do find that intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance are the last to leave because you want to retain that capability to see across the battle space even as you reduce your footprint. >> how much, you know, there are some folks that say regarding the cable that it doesn't have a lot f of applications outside of afghanistan but how much of the force we've generated has utility over the long haul there's going to be that balance between a permissive environment in terms of air operations which is what we've been operating in afghanistan and iraq and permissive air environments in other regions of the world where we can fly the capabilities whether it's predators and reape

the air force says almost 800 cases were reported last year.ut the real number of sexual assaults is far higher. the pentagon estimates more than 75% of those crimes go unreported. magalie laguerre wilkinson has the story of one woman who is trying to change that. >> soon after she enlisted in the air force, 24-year-old jennifer norris was invited to a party at her recruiter's house. that is where she says he put something in her drink that made her pass out. >> when i woke up the whole house was dark. nobody was there. and he picked me up. basically my powerless lifeless body and carried me into a bedroom and and he raped me. >> did you go to anybody to complain about this? >> no. i didn't. because i hadn't even started my career yet. >> she went on to become a technical sergeant handling satellite communicationsment but she says she was subjected to repeated sexual advances by another superior officer, and was afraid to report it. >> it's the retaliation. and i was scared to tell the commander who it seems like he was best friends with this m

holloman air force base in southern new mexico is the largest air force training base for operators of remotely piloted aircraft. chad: my name is chad, and i'm a captain in the united states air force. for security reasons we've been asked to cover our last names to prevent us from potentially becoming a target of any kind. narrator: captain chad has flown remotely piloted aircraft in combat for three years and now teaches pilots to fly the world's most famous killer drone. it's known as the mq1, or more commonly, the predator. the predator has changed warfare, but it's just a hint of what's to come. deptula: where we are in terms of unmanned aerial vehicles is about the same place we were with biplanes right after world war i. we are at the very very early stages of realizing what the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles are. narrator: unlike complex fighter planes that are engineered for speed and agility, the predator is built for endurance, so it needs to be light and efficient. chad: it's the weight of a pick-up truck or so, about 2,000 pounds. and it's balanced pretty evenly on

the air force band tuning up for the inauguration. and the housing market on the the rebound in a place where it had once been left for dead. those stories when the cbs evening news continues. look, if you have copd like me you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and consti

at every air force base along route, air force one is going back to washington, fighter planes are on the runway, their engines are running, the pilots are built into their seats and on radar screens in the shacks, rate our shacks men are built -- bend over the radar screens watching to see if there is any. approaching air force one. 1,000 pounds, air force one roars across america, flags are being lowered to half mast. church bells are starting to chime, new york city, the lights have been turned on for the theater at the marquee in times square, one by one lights go off. traffic, somebody years and stopped his car, cars behind start to beat and someone comes out and ask him, he tells what happened and the news circulates from car to car so traffic comes to a push cart cutler, hot dog peddler and he is sitting on a curb on broadway and someone gets out and says is it true? he says yes, he is dead on fifth avenue. the shop windows, salespeople come out in one store after another, take the mannequins out, put a photograph of president kennedy there. church bells in st. basilisk cathedr

air force for% are men, innovation and the intent to capture the air force is about in the theories we the future. it outlines the five enduring contribution so continue to guide us as we move forward a matter what have been so fiscal realities of the future. there'll be her contribution to the nation's defense and the air force calling cards. it is almost a genetic trait and i believe that's true in order for us to be successful, it has to be true. it's only a thousand words long, takes three minutes to read. if you'd like to take a look, the bottom line is we intend to remain the world's greatest air force powered by airmen in scope and. as with the vision says. it's not news we have budgetary uncertainty as the boss mentioned. become a confidence confident they will shrink by how far remains to be seen. secretary donley has made decisions and the efforts are aimed authorization act for those decisions translate into it to the first about the famous when they became a separate service back in 1947. in the last 10 years we retired 1900 airplanes, not separated, the charred 30,000 acti

they're at moody air force base in south georgia. >> move!>> but in a matter of weeks they'll be on the front lines of battle in afghanistan. and they're ready. >> i felt like the warrior medic i have seen in the movies. >> when her squadron is called out, she will fight among the men. >> we do everything the men do. sometimes were much better. >> they're members of the b.a.s.e. defense group, from air assault to grouped combat, the group does it all. and that includes the women. they're medics, they're integrity officers, police officers. >> unlike the rest of the air force, we get to go outside the line. >> we have almost 730 individuals assigned to our team. 99 of which are women. each and every one of our mission sets across the group are open to every individual that we have assigned here. regardless of gender, regardless of race. >> until this week this opportunity was allowed only for the air force. but with secretary of defense leon panetta lifting the ban that kept women from sevening in front line positions all military women will b

they're at moody's air force base in south georgia. >> move!: but in a matter of weeks, they'll be on the front lines of battle in afghanistan. and they're ready. >> i really felt like the warrior medic that i have seen in the movies. >> reporter: when her squadron is called out, jefferson and the other women of her group will fight alongside the men. >> the females. we do everything the men do. sometimes even better. >> reporter: they're members of the 820th base defense group from air assault to ground combat, the group does it all. and that includes the women. they're medics, they're intelligence officers, they're police officers. their current mission? >> to be combat ready group. >> unlike the rest of the air force, we get to go outside the wire. >> we have approximately 730 individuals assigned to our team. 99 of which are women. each and every one of our mission sets across the group are open to every individual that we have assigned here. regardless of gender, regardless of race. >> reporter: until this week, this opportunity was allowe

a retired royal air force pilot and elaine, she is the president for the center for military readiness been working on the assignment of women in the armed forces. elai elaine, i will go to you first. you were on the administration with bush in 1992. was this on the radar then? >> yes, and we certainly recommended against that. a lot of things have changed. and we are proud of the women who have served. they work in many cases with women and children in those areas in the war that is going on right now. and they do things that men cannot do. intelligence, this is important work, it's very dangerous work. but, what we are talking about now is different. the tip of the spear, infantry, battalion, these are the ones that attack the enemy. they are all male for a good reason. we do not have women in this units and it's not a good idea to put them there. everyone is assuming the standards will be the same, they will be equal but they will not be the same. because general dempsey is said if the standard is too high and the women can't meet it, we will ask should it be so high and that's when

the president of air force, vice admiral nannette m. derenzi, judge advocate general, and our sixth panel is major general vaughn ary, staff judge advocate to the commandant of the marine corps. welcome, thank you for being here. general patton, please, proceed. >> thank you. on behalf of the secretary of defense, leon panetta -- >> actually, general, i have to swear you all in. although i trust the uniform, but our procedure does require that we ask you all to, please, swear or affirm that the information you are about to receive, provide to us and we're about to receive from you is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge, information and belief. is that correct? >> yes. >> okay. so we'll put your time back on, is so go ahead. thank you. >> thank you, sir. and chairman, members of the commission, on behalf of the secretary of defense, leon panetta, it's my honor to appear before you. the secretary of defense is committed to eradicating this crime in the department of defense. our department-wide mission is to prevent and respon

air force marching band.introduces us to one member who's playing more than a role in that marching unit. >> reporter: the united states air force band has spent months rehearsing for monday's inaugural parade. making sure tose famous john phillips sousa marches are pitch perfect. ♪ >> reporter: tech sergeant grant langford has played saxophone in the band for five years. this will be his second inauguration. >> nothing is more patriotic than marching and playing sousa. as soon as the crowd hears it, you hear the cheers. i guess people know that that's the american almost theme song. >> reporter: this will be the band's 16th inaugural parade. the first was for harry truman in 1949. how hard was it to get into the band? >> it's an audition process and it's very competitive. >> reporter: a new member can join only if someone leaves or retires. unlike most military assignments, this one is permanent. before joining the air force, langford spent eight years playing with top jazz bands including the count bassie o

air force is there as well.rsity band. >> you've already met them. >> we did. i love this grambling state university band. we honored them last night. let's listen as they go by the president. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there they go. the grambling state university band from louisiana. what an exciting moment this is. and this is the tuskogee airmen. the float is a tribute to the brave young men who were the first af vviators. they flew so courageously and brilliantly during world war ii. >> and as we saw earlier, some of the tuskogee airmen are guests with president obama. he's turning around right now to look at them. >> that's right. one of our colleagues. >> that's right. these are real american heroes and we salute them for what they did, pioneers, courageous in every step of the way. >> such an amazing story. >> did i ever tell you, jim acosta, that when i was at senior west high school outside of buffalo, new york, i, too, was in the marching band? >> wow. >> did you know that? >> what instrument? >> i have to tell y

we're part of the united states air force band, of course. resident on unaugust ration day and represent the over 500,000 air men serving around the globe. >> reporter: thank you and all of them. >> of course. >> reporter: i always ask this of the different military bands, but the inauguration is only every four years. is it a little more special? >> it absolutely is. we've been working now for about a week practicing just about every day. we're excited to be here. we have the air force honor guard will join us behind us, and then we have the air force national guard and air force reserve. got the total air force. >> reporter: the total package. >> yeah, we're ready to go. >> reporter: you're playing the song for the president's first dance, with the first lady, right? >> absolutely. and the vice president. >> reporter: and can you -- >> no, i can't tell you. >> reporter: don't do that. the united states air force band live on fox 5 morning news. here they are. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: quickly, i want to get in the chairman of the california state soc

tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6. >>> san mateo congresswoman questioned top air force leaders aboutilitary sex scandal. the blunt words speer had for the brass and what the congresswoman is doing to stop sexual assaults in the armed forces. >> reporter: the u.s. armed forces is dealing with a major black eye. nearly 800 sexual assaults reported at lackland air force base near san antonio. most committed by training instructors. >> they directed these trainees to go to supply closets and to the laundry room, where they were then raped. >> reporter: paula coughlin was assaulted 21 years ago while serving in the navy. she's now with this group. >> we can't accept this. it's horrible. we all know that. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie speer is introducing a bill, saying instructors who have even consensual sex with a trainee get kicked out of the military. >> we have two instructors that admitted to having had sex with train of their trainees each. and these instructors were married. >> an individual serving as a military training instructor, who has a relationship like this with a tra

for one combat unit in the air force, women are already part of the team.ve been side by side with men fighting on the ground for more than a decade. >> today we're going out to the village of saana. >> thank you. >> we have intel there's possibly three to five fighters in the village. you're going to be going out with osi to do a source meet in the village with ahmed at the car garage. be aware they are possibly armed with rbgs and small arms. >> this is tech sergeant andrea jefferson's worst nightmare. patrolling a remote area of afghanistan. taking on enemy fire and a comrade goes down. >> he's bleeding right here, i want you to put pressure on his wound. >> jefferson has been training for this moment for months. >> get him out of here. >> within minutes, the injured airman is bandaged up and moved out of harm's way. this is in afghanistan, it soon will be for jefferson. they're at moody air force base in south georgia. >> in a matter of weeks they'll be on the front lines of battle in afghanistan. >> runner, runner, runner. >> they're ready. >> i really

we're an all-weather air force and we'll be an all-weather air force on inauguration. >> and for someere's another challenge. >> one of the hardest things is we're not supposed to smile. it's part of military bearing and i got to tell you the more i do this the harder it is to retain that and keep it within but inside i'm just going to be glowing. >> it's overwhelming. the thousands and thousands of people and sometimes chachbting "usa, usa" the patriotism is huge and to help spur that on is a great feeling. it makes you stand taller and march prouder. >> and, the parade will go along constitution avenue to pennsylvania there in front of the white house. the u.s. air force band is towards the end of the parade. they're going to perform for the president around 5:00. from andrews joint base, megan mcgrath news4. >>> and we have some breaking news for you. change coming to the stands at fedex field. it could be a sad day for some redskins fans. one of the team's biggest traditions is no more. the famous redskins hoggettes are breaking up. we just talked with head hog yooet michael tolbe

if you're wondering what it cost to ply air force one from andrews air force base to hawaii one way, the answer, $1.8 million. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> now it's back to work and back to school for millions of us across the country. let me get you up the date and out the door with the weather forecast it was cold over the holiday yesterday it remains that way in many spots. very cold. one of the coldest mornings we've seen in areas yet like boston, with a windchill of 5. not much better from chicago to the plains. there's not much rain or snow out there. it's a quiet day. only a little bit of rainfall headed up through the carolinas. we got soaked yesterday northern alabama, mississippi, tennessee. it will be much better today. still cloudy, but at least to the rainy and wet. no big winter storms for the first time in a while that will be headed across this nation. we will be relatively storm-free heading into the upcoming weekend. if you're in virginia beach down to beautiful portions of the outer banks of north carolina, a little bit of wet weather and rai

air force one, high in the skies over andrews air force base. president obama and his family are arriving back on the main land right about now, returning from a hawaiian vacation to go back to work in washington d.c. with the looming fight over raising the debt limit, sequestration, the result of the fiscal cliff deal that was ironed out on january 1. that's air force one and on board is the president's wife and daughters as well who were there in hawaii when he came back to the u.s. in order to work out that deal with the lawmakers. >> but now school starts. >> they have to get back to class. this is a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. >> jamie: grit to have you here. g.o.p. leaders insisting on spending cuts as a trade-off for the debt limit hike. sources say the president will use campaign-style tactics in his approach to that. molly is live in washington as the president does make his way back into town. hi, molly. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. to the victor goes the spoils or the political capital. president obottomma was

many of the cases stemmed from a scandal at lackland air force base near san antonio. an investigation there found 32 instructors allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with nearly 60 female service members. at a house hearing, the air force chief of staff general mark welsh called the numbers appalling. >> there is no way we can allow this to happen again. the air force goal for sexual assault is not simply to lower the number. the goal is zero. it's the only acceptable objective. the impact on every victim, their family, their friends, the other people in their unit is heartwrenching. and attacking this cancer is a full-time job and we are giving it our full attention. so far, six training instructors from lackland have been convicted on charges ranging from adultery to rape. nine others are facing courts- martial. 15 more instructors are still under investigation. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu began trying today to form a new governing coalition, after a weaker-than-expected showing in tuesday's elections. near-final totals showed his bloc and its allies

the united states air force band has been in existence, predates the air force back to the army air corpss. we have a rich history of representing not only inaugural parades, but throughout the country and the world. >> they were all there behind you just a couple of moments ago. i don't know if it was something we said that caused them to leave. we hope the rehearsals continue to go well. we thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us about it. we'll see you on the 21st. >> all right, thanks a lot. bye-bye. >> thank you. bye. >> they never disappoint. >> they do not. >>> it is now 7:21. it's a friday morning. coming up next, no rest for the weary. why the fda wants to change the way sleeping pills work. >> and later, fashion worthy out of a presidential party, without the price tag. holly is live at a popup shop in northwest with all the details. it's 7:22.  >>> in an effort to stop the abuse of sleeping pills, the fda has ordered the makers of drugs like am bee yen to cut the dose in half. according to the cdc, 70 million americans suffer from chro

the air force academy study has another relevant finding. about student performance over a longer horizon. they found that in math and science students who have more experience and more highly credentialed instructors in introductory courses do better in their mandatory following courses and student of less experienced professors in the introductory courses. one logical interpretation is that the less experienced instructors are more likely to teach to the test in introductory courses. this produces impressive exam scores and happy students when it comes to filling out the instructor evaluation. meanwhile, the old crusty professors whom we nearly fired one paragraph ago, focus less on the exam and more on the important concepts, which are what matter most on the following courses and in life after the air force academy. clearly, we need to evaluate teachers and professors but we just have to make sure that we do it right. a long-term policy rooted in statistics is to develop a system that reports a teachers real value added in the classroom

tonight, a search right now, an american pilot missing after the air force lost contact with a fighter jet. plus, a trench collapse leaves a worker trapped. and a young american mother disappears overseas. >> she was on a trip to turkey. but she did not come back home. >> she was never aboard the flight. she never even arrived at the airport. >> shepard: now, her husband is headed there to find her. >> i really don't know what to expect. >> shepard: tonight, one man's mission to save his wife. senators say they have reached a deal on immigration reform. on border security. on a path to citizenship. >> i think today is an important first step in what's going to be a significant complicated journey. >> this bipartisan blueprint is a major break through. >> shepard: but the president has a plan of his own. tonight, the deal and the details. plus, did iran really send this morningy into space? and, couch surfing on skis. this will not end well. a fox you are jest leads the news tonight and search teams are right now trying to find a missing american fired pilot. the u.s. air force now conf

air force was too concerned with ensuring pilot safety.these are american lawyers complaining about the air force. too worried about the safety of american service members. people talk about global rules here this is also an example of transnational politics. so these violations of the law during the afghan war. also american western human rights watch, amnesty international church americans as war crimes once again, bringing to the criminal court from which the u.s. is not a member and doesn't recognize them on the basis of protocol one rules. when someone says you followed the non-convention, you have to know the traditional rules we see in these movies are refit the new rules of 1977, which privilege terrorists. so what we've just described her transnational, waging what we call love affair against liberal democracy. l'affaire could be defined as the use or misuse of the for purposes of litigation, harassment, propaganda to achieve an ideological purpose. what is the purpose? what do they want to achieve? they would like to achieve supr

like the air force canceling air shows and nonessential travel.'ll see a flurry of contracting activity to renegotiate a lot of these contracts and have to slow down programs. it will be a real mess. david: we'll see a lot more unemployment. todd harrison, good to see you, my friend. thanks very much. >> thanks for having me. liz: the payroll tax, all you have to do is look at your paycheck and know it is back and know working americans have smaller paychecks and restaurants are already seeing consumers cutting back. that didn't take long. david: didn't at all. how some high flying workers fix these powers lines. this is fun stuff. the video is coming right you up. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder do

here's our national investigative report. >> reporter: at mcdill air force base in tampa, wright air force base in ohio, and more than 100 bases around the world, new orders -- search and destroy pornography. >> the first thing that i knew that i saw was this picture here with the breasts. it says, "how do all fighter pilot songs start?" >> reporter: technical sergeant jennifer smith serves at the elites f-16 squadron in south carolina. her whistleblowing helped trigger a worldwide hunt for "lewd, obscene, or pornographic images" ordered in this memo. >> i was hurt that this is how they let off steam or they viewed women. and it made me very uncomfortable that they were so clueless to the fact that they had women within their squadron. >> reporter: the air force reported on friday that it uncovered 631 pornographic videos and images stored on computer servers or in common areas at bases. as well as more than 31,000 other instances of unprofessional and offensive material including some racial in nature. among the items either removed or destroyed, shot glasses with biki bikini-clad wo

. >> french air forces in mali have launched attacks on the rebel stronghold. the french military intervention is now into the ninth day. >> the french air force commands the skies over bali. to the north of here, vast expanses of desert terrain where the french are trying to drive out fighters but -- fighters affiliated with al qaeda. the french have pushed for. rebel forces control thousands of square kilometers north and east to the borders of mauritania and algeria. the french army is making its presence felt all along with mullion government forces. since it was captured by rebels after the french intervention began, the local allies have faced strong resistance trying to retake the town. >> this situation is still not very clear. in theory, there are few or no rebels there, but that needs to be confirmed. we need to see what happens in the coming days. >> and from a commander in mali, a look at the task as they try to extend government control over the whole of the country. >> it's not at all easy and there's a small part of the population helping their c

the air force academy uses the same exams in every particular course. scott carroll and james west, professors as uc davis and the air toast academy, exploited this elegant arrangement to answer one of the most important questions in higher education. which professors are most effective? you're all getting students that look leak -- like each other, same tests. who is doing a good job? the professors with less experience and fewer degrees from fancy universities. these professors have students who typically do better on the standardized exams for the introductory courses and get better student evaluations for their courses. clearly these young, motivated ininstructors are more committed to their teaching than the old crusty guys with ph.ds from places like harvard. the old guys must be using the same yellowing notes they used in 1978. probably think power point is an energy drink, except they don't know what an energy drink is, either. obviously the data tell us we should fire these old college jerries or let them retire gracefully. but hold on. don't f

finally the air force canceled the spent another 100 million first. they paid the settlement fee to cancel of $8 million. but the person responsible did not get fired and not held accountable. those that did not provide the service got their money back. nobody runs their household that way. most state governments operate the we are incompetent when it comes to spending america is taxpayer money would raise $32 billion for year on programs that don't work? that is 60% of what they want to take additional lay out of the pentagon. where does the leadership say we will stop? to have a special subcommittee with the bad actors and we demand those people get fired but none of that happens. you could not perform on a contract and do it with impunity because members of congress are basically not willing or inexperienced to know you should hold people accountable whether a federal employee but that is one example just this week. >> host: what was the business you built? >> guest: my father started of machinery manufacturing business for our farming business. i

el air force one de presidente obama vale 375 millones de dÓlares, no 750 como pagarÁ mÉxico, en estados negociÓ el avion se lo pase despuÉs al nuevo presidente de mÉxico enrique peÑa nieto. y paulina gÓmez, nos tiene mÁs. >>> mÉxico mantiene la compra del avione presidencial boeing 787 pese a jvre por fallas tÉcnicas se suspendieron en el mundo los vuelos, aviones de este tipo protagonizaron incidentes. >>> reportÓ incendio o humo en cabina, es un problema elÉctrico que sucede, y tambiÉn la fuga de combustibles. >>> mientras en el mundo se toman medidas para mantener a estas ronaves en tierra, el gobierno de mÉxico adquirirÁ uno de estos aviones a 750 millones de dÓlares, por sus dispositivos de seguridad que incluye telÉfono satelital, lo hace mÁs caro, porque serÍa la mÁs segura del mundo, por lo menos antes que se conocieran las fallas. >>> es un error, pone en riesgo la vida del presidente y los que viajan en el aviÓn. >>> el air force one en el que viaja el presidente de estados unidos se considera una fortaleza aÉrea, con caracterÍsticas tÉcnicas reservadas, y de costo de 300 mill