the air force wants to establish air superiority right away, like we did in the first goal for.get to a zero pilot loss standard for some of these conflicts. it wants to put in more and more enhancements, and that costs money. to try to make the planes faster, to evade enemy fire. what you get are more expensive planes. >> who did you try to talk to who would not talk to you? anybody like donald rumsfeld or others? >> i stayed away from the senior most political leadership because their positions are pretty well known. what i wanted to do was to reach out to the three services and say, in an environment of a constricting budget, why do you want to spend some much money on this? i reached out to the pentagon office that is managing the prograto understand what they were doing to fix this program. and then to people outside the military to get their perspective. >> how cooperative was lockheed martin? >> they were pretty cooperative. they made some of their executives available to me for interviews. they got me to sit in a flight simulator. just across the river in crystal city, v

why does the marine corps and air force that has the navy? army neededthe navy on air force?goes back to world war mccahill ii. the marine corps felt abandoned on the pacific islands. since then, theve insisted on bringing their own combat aviation to fight. if you look at iraq and afghanistan, there were persistent on bringing their own helicopters, their own jets. what --nes, because of their desire to bring their own aircraft, going to part of the country that was far less significant than where they should have gone. it is that same thinking that drives the marines to want the half-35. we need to have the same kind of combat aviation gear force on the marines do. did they really? the marine corps really need to be able to participate in the first strike attack? those of the fundamental questions that membs congress do when it comes to looking at programs like this. >> has the navy landed one of these f-35 summit carrier yet? >> no. >> the actual plane is never seen with the arresting gear. ♪ ♪ >> that is from the lockheed martin website. >why can a plant on a carrier? >>

the air force one of the plans to be stealthy, to fly longer ranges.ave these requirements that started to make each of the three versions more and more different. what was supposed to be an airplane that would have 70% similarity between the three versions now is about 70% different. that has been a big factor that has led to the increase in costs. >> chairman of the armed services committee is not going to run again, we see a lot of them on this network. here he is talking about the f- 22. let's listen to his attitude about that a few years ago. >> this debate is not about whether or not we will have the capability of the f-22. about how many we should have and what cost. we are talking about whether or not we should accept the recommendations of two commanders in chief, two secretaries of defense, two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, 187 f-22s is what we need and all that we can afford. who was pushing for more f-22s? >> members of congress from states where those planes are . and where lockheed martin has some of its largest business interest

during the vietnam war, the air force reserve provided strategic airlift as well as counterinsurgency, close air support, tactical mobility, interdiction, rescue and recovery, intelligence, medical, maintenance, aerial port and air superiority until u.s. involvement ended in 1973. as our nation entered a period of peace for the next few years, the air force reserve periodically engaged in emergency response missions. this included the rescue of american students from grenada in 1983, aerial refueling ofcr c raid on libya in 1986 and oper ask panamanian dictator manuel noriega in 1989-1990. air force reservists aod humanid disaster relief efforts, including resupplying evacuation missions in the aftermath of hurricane hugo in 1989. all the while, they stood ready to answer the call to arms as our nation entered the final days of the cold war. more than 23 years of continuous combat operations began with operation desert shield in response to saddam hussein's invasion of kuwait in 1990. in the aftermath of coalition victory, air force reservists continue to enforce no-fly zones over nor

president obama has now departed air force one. you are looking now at live pictures from san francisco international airport where the president has departed air force one, now getting in the presidential motorcade, going to be making his way to san francisco as we've been reporting throughout this newscast. president obama is in town for a couple of democratic fund- raisers. we have crews at the seaside house where he is headed next. later on tonight, he'll be attending a fund-raiser at a mansion there in pacific heights. and then tomorrow he heads to atherton. none of the events are public, all of them private, with some of them costing up to $32,000 a plate. >> from what we understand, no public comments, as heather just mentioned, from the president. we'll keep you posted. we've got reporters fanned out in san francisco, because there are protesters on hand as well. we'll go back to them later. >>> flames soared today from a 40-story apartment building in the capital of the russian republic. there are no reports of injuries or

one. >> guest: air force one, an amazing machine. it's basically a flying white house, and this is the conference room board air force one, and the president can literally almost do anything aboard the plane, including here, preparing for major speech, and got the tell prompter and the mock podium, and the president will exercise in air force one, obviously hold meetings,s' it was really a -- never got old. i felt very blessed to be able to see the world aboard that plane. >> host: here's a photo. january 2009. >> guest: yes. the five presidents in the oval office, and this was after the election, and so obama -- president obama had not been sworn in yet, and there was a meeting in the oval office, and a lunch, with the five president, and definitely a rare opportunity to see a lot of history and all in one room. >> host: have you ever counted up how many people have been in the same room? >> guest: no. no. i would like to know that. very special. >> host: back to george w. geor. bush, and barbara bush, a lot of photos including barb

a minute, are they going to do something to air force one?ou're like, what is going on here? this is crazy. >> did someone really break into andrews air force base and spray paint, or tag, the president's plane? >> i think people really want to believe it's true. >> the video hit the internet in 2006 and quickly became a sensation. >> the first reaction is always, is this real? and if this is real, how can this be real? and what does this mean for the security of our country maybe if this video is real? >> so did it really happen? was the video real or fake? >> it just doesn't pass the sniper test really is what it would be. if i were to run up to the air force one in all black with a backpack, i don't think i would survive that run. if i went and did that, i would be either arrested or shot or shot, then arrested. >> i think what we were trying to accomplish was a pop culture moment. >> marc ecko is a designer and a video game developer. the air force one caper was part of a viral marketing campaign for a game called "getting up." >> it was

i visited joint base langley used this last week in virginia and that is the home of the air force's air combat command, talked to the men and women who maintained f-22 release on the very day the u.s. had deployed to the air force base in south korea. and we've had a remarkable show of force, both f-22's and b-2's to demonstrate that we're serious about the north korea threat but as we were doing that, i was being told air force plans to cut flying hours by 18% as a result of the sequester. air combat command informed us as of this week, it will enter what they call a tier ready status. one third of its flying units will cease flying or stand down for the remainder of fiscal year 2013. how will that cessation or tiered readiness of flying units affect your important and critical missions in paycom? >> well, as i indicated earlier, the -- back to the sequestration and paycom in the near midterm will be the degradation of readiness of our forces that would have to fall on. so what we've done in the near term is to ensure that we're able to manage the scenarios that are most important t

air force one has landed in the bay area.ent obama's first time here since his re-election. he will be attending two high- brow private fundraisers in san francisco. one will be in a sea cliff neighborhood. that is a cocktail reception and,the second. the home of ann and gordon getty. in san francisco's pacific heights. where hundreds of protesters are expected. e sea cliff neighborhood. he's scheduled to arrive there a he is here to raise money for the democratic national committee. the bay area has always been a lucrative area for democrats. the entire state of california has been considered a calucrative state for fund-raisers. we have been told that there are not a lot of dignitaries waiting at it is usually custom for a presidential a rival.a rival however, it is expected that he will be going right immediately to his fund-raisers. charles clifford however, is live. >> reporter: on the corner of baker and pacific. there are a conference of protesters streaming in. many are trying to block for roadway. this is where he is

president obama has now departed air force one.u are looking now at live pictures from san francisco international airport where the president has departed air force one, now getting in the presidential motorcade, going to be making his way to san francisco as we've been reporting throughout this newscast. president obama is in town for a couple of democratic fund- raisers. we have crews at the seaside house where he is headed next. later on tonight, he'll be attending a fund-raiser at a mansion there in pacific heights. and then tomorrow he heads to atherton. none of the events are public, all of them private, with some of them costing up to $32,000 a plate. >> from what we understand, no public comments, as heather just mentioned, from the president. we'll keep you posted. we've got reporters fanned out in san francisco, because there are protesters on hand as well. we'll go back to them later. >>> flames soared today from a 40-story apartment building in the capital of the russian republic. there are no reports of injuries or ho

they left with the president on board air force one to travel with him to washington, d.c. this group of family members is traveling with the president on air force one and the white house says they are going to be meeting tomorrow with members of congress. members of congress are back in washington now. the senate back in session as of today, the house back in session as of tomorrow. members of congress are back in town in part to craft gun legislation and to decide how and if they are going to vote on gun legislation over the next few days. this effort with those family members flying back to washington on air force one with the president, this is part of a full-court press on this issue this week. tomorrow vice president joe biden and attorney general eric holder will be speaking on the issue at the white house together, pushing for gun reform legislation. on wednesday the first lady, michelle obama, is going to be traveling to chicago with plans to address the issue of gun violence there. it is rare for the first lady to give a policy speech like this, especially on a c

it is an advanced warplane, a fighter jet that is to be used by the air force, the navy and the marine kerp.-- corp. it's the replacement for the f- 16 for the air force, for a number of other planes for the marines and navy. supposed to be our new, advanced, all-purpose fighter jet. it was a plane that was supposed to be in the skies fighting now. still in development. it's an incredibly troubled program. it's a program that has gone tens of billions of dollars over budget and i burrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of trimming the defense budget because this program is in some ways singular in terms of its cost overruns and delays and the way it's been structured to, as i write in the piece, its most effective defensive attribute may not be its ray dars and sensors and missiles and stealth technology and ability to fly at supersonic speeds, it may well be the way it's designed to evade budget cutters in washington. >> more sunday at 8:00 on c- span's "q & a." the national action network recently held its annual convention in new york city. in one s

air force one. marine corps one.leet of bulletproof vehicles a small army of federal, state and local security personnel. (ka-ching) the president does not travel cheap. how much are all of us taxpayers paying for the presidential visit? the answer is. we will never know. the white house does not reveal that information. what we do know is this air force one, the modified boeing 747 that brought him here, costs about 180=thousand dollars an hour to fly. on purely political trips, whether it's campaigning or fundraising, the president has to reimburse the government. but only for the comparable cost of chartering a private jet, about 25=thousand an hour max. plus this trip wasn't purely political. the president stopped in denver to campaign for gun control, which qualifies as official business. on mixed=purpose trips like this one, taxpayers pay for time spent at official meetings and receptions. they do not pay for expenses associated with political meetings, receptions and rallies. so here in the bay area, the presi

the primary concern for the air force is for the insertion of the very large, over 100,000 special operations forces. now, the navy can insert special operation forces through the midget and the sub marine craft that they have and they have sleeper units that can disrupt the united states command. >> even if you get past the nuclear question here, there's a formidable military force in north korea right now. wolf? >> that's huge indeed. could cause enormous, enormous destruction and disaster. guys, thanks for that report. >>> still ahead, an administration insider on president obama's north korea's playbook and what's worrying hip right now. >>> life in north korea as i saw it when i was there during another time of crisis in the region. upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to relentlessly protect what matters most... [beepi

there was a plan, i wrote in the book, in 1966 to use force to such a level, air force force in such a level round-the-clock, hit everything worked hitting in north vietnam and basically back to the stone age with respect to the total infrastructure. they were targets we couldn't get i understand even as late as 1972 that we finally had of it in linebacker that caused the peace accords that were concluded and which resulted in my release and 73 and the release of my colleagues. that was a christmas bombing of 1971972 where they took b-52's d took them downtown. took them down to hanoi with some predictable losses associated with it but that's what broke the will and we could've done that and we can do that if we have robust air power. the first thing you need is need to hear superiority. no american soldier has ever been killed by enemy air since world war ii your we are perilously thin with core structured and i would about that in future. yes, sir. , in the back step we actually need to finish up the question. if you want to take one more question. >> you guys can cut off the tape

his plan to reduce the deficit after the air force is forced to ground those jets. >>> san mateo bridge traffic looks good heading out to the high-rise. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and bay area weather. >>> welcome back. time now is 4:40. the obama administration says north korea could test fire missiles at any time. it shows north korea has more than likely completed all preparations needed for launch. now the u.s. military says it's not when north korea fires the missile but where. officials say if it's over the water there are no plans to intercept it. if the missile is fired over land, interceptor missiles could be used to destroy it. south korea says it's prepared for a launch. >>> classes resume at a community college in texas after a student stabbed 14 people at the school. dillon quip said he fantasized attacking people. stabbing them in the face and the neck with a razor type knife. >> basically he is just stabbing anyone in his way. there was no pattern, there was no method. it was random. >> three students chased the attack and wrestled him to the ground unt

his plan to reduce the deficit after the air force is forced to ground those jets. >>> san mateo bridge traffic looks good heading out to the high-rise. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and bay area weather. >>> welcome back. time now is 4:40. the obama administration says north korea could test fire missiles at any time. it shows north korea has more than likely completed all preparations needed for launch. now the u.s. military says it's not when north korea fires the missile but where. officials say if it's over the water there are no plans to intercept it. if the missile is fired over land, interceptor missiles could be used to destroy it. south korea says it's prepared for a launch. >>> classes resume at a community college in texas after a student stabbed 14 people at the school. dillon quip said he fantasized attacking people. stabbing them in the face and the neck with a razor type knife. >> basically he is just stabbing anyone in his way. there was no pattern, there was no method. it was random. >> three students chased the attack and wrestled him to the ground unt

as an air force guy, because we all -- army, navy, pa lean, air force -- we all go to the same school we're interchangeable, so i was assigned to an army unit, we can all work together. so i did a tour in balad in '05, and i did a tour in kirkuk in '06. and our normal day is you're there at the base, and you get called, and you take apart one, two, three ieds a day. you take apart car bombs n. kirkuk we had, we went through a stretch where we had a lot of car bombs. we had two a day that came every afternoon. out of the 50 something that we had over the course of those couple weeks, we managed to take apart one. 49 of them detonated. so then there's that other part of the job which is being a little bit like csi. you go, and you look at the scene, and you try to figure out what it was and who the target was and what kind of bomb they used. you just collect this evidence day by day, and you put it in the report, and nobody seemed to care, and it was groundhog day, and you did that every day until you went home. so your mission was if we can't stop the car bombs and the ieds from being

they're walking down the stairs of air force one.ing over to the cathedral of the holy cross here in boston to participate in this interfaith service together with others, the mayor, the governor, and other dignitaries will be there. as will religious leaders of the major faiths here in the united states. we'll keep these pictures up as we continue the conversation. this is an investigation that not only has to look at the possibility for domestic terrorism, but international or foreign terrorism as well. and it's a complex environment, but aided dramatically by all the video that has been made available. >> i think that's right. i think this is going to raise a debate long term in america like the debates we had on gun control in the wake of events that were so tragic in the past year or so. people are initially going to say, hey, look at the advantage you get in this 21st century environment where you have surveillance cameras everywhere. an environment that the europeans, by the way, are way ahead of us on. a lot more surveillance

you see some of the staff members in front of the camera, we'll bring you the arrival of air force one as soon as it happens. >>> and a new threat, the latest fighting words from north korea and how the u.s. is responding tonight. >>> and here we go again, more trouble for the carnival cruise line, the latest, we'll be right back in a moment. . >>> disaster strikes twice for the carnival triumph. today, the disabled cruise ship broke loose from the moorings at a ship yard in mobile, alabama, carnival says strong winds caused it to break away and drift. the ship has since been secured. it did cause minor damage, the carnival triumph is undergoing repairs after february, when an engine fire disabled the ship and left thousands of passengers stranded in the gulf of mexico for days. >>> the pentagon confirms an anti-missile basis being sent to guam, where kim jong-un is at issue. nbc bay area steve handelsman has the latest for us this evening from washington, d.c. steve? >> reporter: raj, thank you, this move to try to shield guam comes as north korea has renewed the threat to attack the

and what do i tell the young air force recruit? and i'm going to quote a young air force recruit here. quote, how am i supposed to go about reporting something when the person i'm supposed to report to is the person who raped me? so, gentlemen, those are my three questions. thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you, ms. mccollum. i want to say that i really appreciate what you've just said to the secretary. and to the subcommittee. this is a terribly, terribly important issue and thank you for that. mr. calvert. >> thank you, thank you, mr. chairman. i thank you both for coming here today. thank you for your service. >> mr. chairman, excuse me, mr. calvert, i realize we're out of time. so you will be responding in written testimony back to the chair so i can expect an answer or reply when, sir? >> i apologize. if i cut you off, mr. secretary. please forgive me. you certainly have -- are recognized to respond. >> thank you. i know there's a time issue here. let me be very brief and then i will, as general detchsy, questions, of the or actu

my wife would also be invited to fly on air force one which was nice for her. the president always wanted to keep the staff and family together if there was an opportunity for that. >> host: did your wife get to know the bushes as well? >> guest: oh yeah. >> host: did you agree with him particularly? >> guest: to be honest for most things i did. >> host: eric draper january 20, 2009. >> guest: yes, so this moment i have been waiting for for literally years because i was there when the president walked through the oval office doors for the very first time and i wanted to be there for the very last time walking out the main door. so, there i was that morning around 8:00. i had always envisioned what that moment would be like. i thought it would read emotional with people crying and hugging and reminiscing but it was very simple, very anti-climatic. the president asked for his coat and turned around and walked out and didn't look back. very simple. >> host: the book is called "front row seat" a photographic portrait of the presidency of george w. bush photographer

. >>> as we mentioned at the top of this newscast, air force one is on its way to the bay area. the president should arrive about 5:25 this evening. he's going to be greeted by a lot of protesters who are angry about a number of different issues. eric rasmussen has more now from san francisco. he's with some of those protesters. eric? >> reporter: and frank, they are starting to gather here tonight at pacific heights. easily more than 100 here and more arriving by the minute. the ones that are already here have had to be on the move as well in the last hour. secret service and police have been pushing them back from the area around the getty house, where president obama will be later this evening for a democratic fund-raiser. the same event raised $1.7 million last year. the focus of many protesters out here, as you can see and hear, is the proposed keystone oil pipeline. >> we stand out here on the corner at this fund-raiser, do you think it will make any difference? >> it's all about people power tonight. and we are going to be here with thousands of people this evening, sayin

her parents travels to dover air force base to receive her body today. she worked to help afghan yeez understand how much she had in common with americans. her parents say they're proud of their daughter. >> there is one of the the thing that's gives us comfort is that she was doing what she loved and it was something that made a difference in the world. that is very cones yoling. >> ann smetingoff met john kerry just two weeks ago. kerry described her as vai vaishus, smart, cape skbrabl a true leader. >> family friends celebrated a funeral mass in chicago today for roger ebert, who you died on thursday of cancer. >> there is more media made in manhattan. more films made in hollywood but in chicago you find america's spirit. because roger understood that spirit and lived that spirit. able to bring the spirit of film alive. >> his widow said roger would have loved the majesty of the service. he died on thursday just days after he announced return of the cancer that left him unable to speak, eat and drink. roger ebert was 70 years old. >> want to give you

just a marine standing at attention as air force one taxi food position. the president hopped into the bafk a suburban, waited for staff members then off they went into a motorcade of about 20 vehicles we counted. headed for san francisco. so it was a simple, smooth landing and arrivea. and heading off to san francisco without a hitch. >> heather, thank you so much. tomorrow, mr. obama has a brunch and lunch reception on the schedule. the brunch costing you $32,400 but lunch is cheaper a thousand dollars a plate if you want to have a pick you're with the president that is $5,000 plus $2500 for each additional person in the foto another $20,000 getting you into a coffee with the president and hosts. >> tonight a shooting that nearly killed a santa clara county paramedic. a 34-year-old, quinn boyer shot yesterday on keller avenue. police don't know why. they do know that the gunman got out of another car and shot him twice in the head. the passenger side window of the car may have been open which may indicate boyer was trying to communicate with his attacker

air force one is scheduled to arrive here in the bay area on the wednesday april 3rd. on wednesday evening the president will be attending two fundraisers in san francisco. the first is a reception at the home of democratic fundraiser tom steyer and then president will attend a $32,500 a plate dinner at the home of billionaire philanthropists ann and gordon getty. both events are fundraisers for the democratic congressional campaign committee. presumably with the goal of filling the coffers of the democratic party in preparation for the congressional midterm elections in 2014. obama will then spend the night here in the bay area and attend two more fundraisers for the democratic national committee on thursday in atherton. his first stop will be brunch at the home of liz simons and mark heising, with tickets costing $32,400. and then his last stop will be lunch at the home of marcia and john goldman. tickets for that event start at $1000. the president will then head to back to the airport, where air force one is scheduled to depart on thursday afternoon. this will be o

in fact, tonight he is flying home 11 family members of newtown victims from c washington on air forceo lobby congress tomorrow. mostly of course, about gun control. bret? >> bret: that will be compelling testimony surely. ed, gun control legislation obviously is not the only hot button issue up on capitol hill this week. also, up there immigration reform. what's the latest on that front? >> huge week for immigration reform as well, bret. there is going to be major rally. they are promising tens of thousands of supporters of immigration reform here in washington on wednesday. the timing is critical because they are trying to put pressure on the senate as they come back into session. one key democrat in that gang of 8 working on this said they may have a bill on the floor as early as this week. a key republican lindsey graham says maybe two or three weeks. the bottom line is white house aides tell me they are very encouraged that progress is being made and the president wants to get this done by the middle of the summer. the reason, he realized if that doesn't happen, is he going to bec

in back in black we had a program in the air force we said we thought cancel this. you ought to cancel this, it's never going work. all right. here is how inefficient government. this last week the air force canceled it, finally. spent $100 million before they canceled it. they paid a settlement fee to cancel it of $8 million. but two things didn't happen: the person that was responsible for that contract didn't get fired, and wasn't held accountable. the company that didn't provide the service didn't get sued to get our money back. the taxpayers of this country. nobody runs their household that way. most state governments don't operate that way. but we are totally incompetent when it comes to spending america's tax payers money. why would we continue to waste $32 billion a year on i. t. programs that don't work for the federal government? you know, that's 60% of what they want to take additionally out of the pentagon. that's government. why would we do that? where is the leadership in the congress say we're going get it stopped? we're going have a personal subcommi

air force one is ready on the tarmac. you see a helicopter that brought the president from the white house. cbs news will have a special report on the president's remarks at the memorial in boston this morning around 11:00. and as always, we have continuing coverage right here on kpix 5 and our website, kpix.com. >>> 6:08 now. very good news in the weather center this morning. >> we warmed up yesterday and we'll go warmer for the weekend. as we look toward the bay bridge , just before sunrise what a beautiful start to the morning. as we have mostly clear skies around the bay starting out a bit chilly in santa rosa. but not bad. 42 degrees. 44 at concord. 54 at oakland and in livermore, 42 degrees. san francisco has 52 in the city right now. and it will warm up today. san francisco yesterday hit 65, today up to 69. san jose hit 77 and that's 8 degrees warmer than yesterday. pretty much the same story at concord, livermore and santa rosa, will all be coming up today in the mid-80s by next week. mid-80s by monday, tuesday an

we have established an aviation department in poland to more closely to train with allies' air forces. we will place land-based defense systems in romania in 2015. we will redefine the presence nato response force with a steady rotation of u.s. army forces to europe to maintain the trans-atlantic military links and cement tremendous inner opera ability gains we've made with allies and partners in that part of the world over the past decade of operations together. as we rebalance the transatlantic bonds become even more important as we face, and challenges outside of europe. so, there is much that goes into the rebalance. let me close by noting that there are those that have concerned about, and perhaps some that have hope for a theory that our rebalance will not be lasting, or that it is not sustainable. i am a physicist, and therefore i put backs against syria. let me tell you why this theory does not fit the facts. the rebalance will continue, and in fact, a gain momentum, for two reasons. first, u.s. interests in the region are enduring. so also will be the economic political prese

on sequestration, i wanted to relate that the commander of wright patterson air force base related her concerns that so many times we miss the personal effects that this is having on the work force, both our men and women in uniform and our civilian work force. in my community 13,000 people are facing furloughs which, you know, those are people who get up every day to protect our national security. so i want you to, please, pass on that members of congress are very concerned about the personal effects of people who have kids in college, vacations that are going to be postponed, other expenses and real-life hardships that this is going to result in. i have a question for secretary hagel and a question for secretary -- excuse me, for general dempsey. my first to secretary hagel is about our ability to maintain responding to two conflicts, and my question to general dempsey will be about missile defense and our ability to -- [inaudible] as we look to iran. secretary hagel, secretary pa panetta just as he was about ready to leave was at the 2012 security conference and made this statement:

take a look at some video of a missile test earlier at vandenberg air force base. chuck hagel gave the order to delay the test because it could be misinterpret read by north korea. the south korean leaders say the north has moved at least one long range missile to the east coast. the man was nound shot to death in a parking lot on sender road a couple blocks from kelley park. that was about 3:00 this morning. he was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators say there was a rave going on but the man's body was found in the parking lot. >> when we arrived. there were approximately 40 people outside who were detained briefly and interviewed to determine their involvement. we located 40 people inside who had barricaded themselves inside. and we extricated those people and interviewed them. >> tonight police say they have no puks and no motive. in oakland, police are investigating a shooting that left a former news photographer dead. lionel ray fluker was driving about 10:00 last night when a stray bullet hit him. police say the intended target was also hit and is in

the family requested the arrival ceremony at dover air force base be kept private.ritish prime minister margaret thatcher. after suffering from poor health and dementia, thatcher died of a stroke yesterday at age 87. abc's terry moran looks back at the amazing life of the woman known as the iron lady. >> oh, good idea. >> reporter: margaret thatcher was a woman who simply relished political combat. >> i'm enjoying this! i'm enjoying this! >> reporter: for 20 years she vanquished about everyone who took her on. >> no. no. >> reporter: she towered over her times, a grocer's daughter who busted open the old boys' club of british politics, remade her country along conservative lines and became a world figure. >> my face softly made up and my fair hair gently waved -- [ laughter ] the iron lady of the western world. >> reporter: when margaret thatcher entered politics in 1959, she was a young mom. >> speaking in the house of commons is quite different. it's a unique experience. >> reporter: becoming prime minister in 1979. britain was in crisis. across the atlantic, anot

families of seven other newtown victims will travel to washington tonight with the president on air force one and will join the white house lobbying effort this week. it's an orchestrated media campaign designed to restore the moment for reform and counter the efforts of the pro gun lobby which stalled that momentum. vice president biden with police officials at the white house tomorrow and leading a gun safety discussion thursday on nbc. in between a rare policy speech by the first lady condemning gun violence in her hometown of chicago. all week the newtown families will be lobbying, senator by senator hoping overwhelming public support for increased background checks will convince congress to buck the powerful gun lobby, the nra. this weekend the nra called the bill congress is considering a threat to the rights of law-abiding gun owners. but the president has called on congress simply to act. >> we need a vote. [ chanting ] >> reporter: while it's unclear when they are going to get that vote, the president made a plea to gun owners saying he believes in the second amendment, that he u

they'll travel to washington with president obama aboard air force one tonight. for more on what is happening on capitol hill and in state capitols as well, we turn to ed o'keefe, who has been following the gun control debate for the "washington post." arkansas state representative charles collins, who sponsored legislation in little rock that allows gun owners to carry their weapons to church. and vinny demarco, president of marylanders to prevent gun violence, who helped win passage of that state's sweeping new gun control law. ed o'keefe, what is the status on the prospect of compromise on federal gun legislation as things stand tonight? >> as you mentioned senators joe manchin of west virginia and pat too maniy of pennsylvania are talking. they're talking about the possibility of some kind of a compromise that would essentially exempt, let's say, family members from exchanging weapons or perhaps selling them to each other. and also maybe make some limited exceptions for people who are hunting together, let's say, somebody's weapon breaks down and they need to

a few of the towers are near air force bases.have one in ogden, hinkley air force, congressman phlegm, the same situation. so the question is did faa contact the defense department in my way to coordinate what they were doing when they made this decision to close these towers down? and since it also -- go ahead and answer that one. >> it's a quick answer. i don't know. >> if you could find out. >> we'll find out good -- get back to you. >> just nat past, for example, when nasa decided to change their program and had a negative impact what it cost the military to do missile defense and there was no coordination between those two agencies. so i would like to know if there has been any contact. but since these areas now overlap as far as air space, you have to go over the ogden air force place. potential of collision, potential of pilot safety, potential of impact on mission readiness, training, testing activity do you consider those be a problem in these few situations, and if so, what are are you doing about it? >> well, i underst

it is the replacement for the air force, a number of other planes, marines and navy. it is supposed to be the new, advanced all-purpose fighter jet. a plane that was supposed to be in the skies fighting now. it is still in development. an incredibly troubled program. a program that has gone tens of billions of dollars over budget. borrowed into the program to read about the overall challenges, because this program is in some ways singular in terms of the cost overruns, delays, and the way it has been structured to, as i read in the peace, the most effective defense attribute may not be all of the raiders and sensors and missiles and stealth technology and the ability to fight supersonic speeds. it may well be the way it has been designed to evade budget cutters in washington. more sunday at 8:00 on c- span's "q &a." >> when the war began, congress came into session in july and issued the clinton resolution that articulated the consensus, or goals of the united states. and it was very simple. very clear. the purpose of this war is to restore the union. disrupt thet to

hook elementary school shooting caught a ride back in connecticut with president barack obama on air force one. coming up at 6:15 the message they want to bring to senators who are not supporting gun control legislation. >>> we are supporting calmer weather after yesterday's very windy day and the south bay really had its share of damage. an 80-foot tree crashed down in ben loehmann's, luckily nobody was hurt. they were clearing a 70-foot tree which fell against the house and coming up in just a few minutes, he will be back here with your full weather forecast. and we just got reports of a possible major tornado and three mobile homes were destroyed. denver has canceled all classes and they are bracing for a spring snowstorm and between 6 and 11 inches of snow is expected. air travel out of doesn't very is already affected. it can affect people in the bay area. it can have a domino affect. sal, he is keeping an eye on the bay plaza, how is it looking so far? >> torii, dave, as you drive through traffic is moving slowly and now that the metering lights have been switched on just a little bi

we're expecting the president to descend from air force one at any moment.landed in connecticut. there it is. the president will be arriving very soon. bill, the president has said that he's opened to cutting social security and he didn't get much praise for that. take a listen here, again, to senator graham. >> i'm looking for the biggest spending cut in american history by reforming entitlements, saving those entitlements. president is showing a little bit of leg here. this is somewhat encouraging. his overall budget is not going to make it, but he has sort of made a step forward in the entitlement reform process. >> bill, we've also heard from congressman paul ryan who said he commends the president for challenging his party on entitlements. do you think, when you listen to that, that there are signs of some kind of potential agreement here as the president descends there from air force one? >> martin, i hope i'm not so cynical that i don't think there's potential for a deal here, but on the other hand, you did hear senator graham say his budget's dead on

i was on air force ii on the trip to rome. >> is air force ii as comfortable as air force i? more jovial. when the vice president comes back, he's a cheerful guy. he wants to talk. >> bill: what was it like? >> like a ping-pong table in the back of air force ii. >> i'm sworn to secrecy. >> damn it. >> bill: what was the ceremony like for the pope? how close were you? who else was on the delegation? >> i wasn't that close but we had a fantastic view, on the colonade that juts out from the main building of st. peter's so we were looking right down on the altar and the papal chair. we could see the cardinals and the archbishops and the ocean of people that came out for this event. i was reminded just how incredibly well the vatican does that kind of pomp and circumstance. it was an impressive event. >> bill: the vice president was -- >> among the v.i.p. guests from the political sphere. one side had the archbishops and the cardinals and representatives from other faiths. on the other side of the altar were the political leaders vite president biden -- vice president biden, vice

the air force tried to mount a laser on the tip of an airplane in recent years. t it got too costly, forcing them to cancel the program. those lasers cost nearly $1.5 billion apiece. the navy laser operates much like a blow torch we are told with an unlimited magazine according to one pentagon official, shepard. >> shepard: jennifer griffin from the pentagon tonight. j n, thanks. some lawmakers say they pght to -- want to know how beyonce and jay-z took a three-point cuba while celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary in havana. you see, it's illegal for american tourists to visit the communist country. a source familiar with this trip says the couple had a proper license from the u.s. treasury department. now two cuban americans in congress have written treasury asking for more information on the trip. both beyonce and jay-z have been big fundraisers for president obama. beyonce sang at his inauguration back in january. today the white house referred reporters' questions to treasury. which wouldn't comment on the case. somebody in europe really likes new tell

it's 140 miles away from phoenix and away from luke air force base. and he said that they had a john doe an anonymous caller colin a few minutes earlier and said that he knew who killed those monks of their. so he was going to have another conversation with him but he wanted to call in and make sure the sheriff's office knew about this. that was the second lead so they have these two leads, 510 and 511. meanwhile, they got the officers traveling at high. >> all the way from phoenix to tucson to talk to the person who called in on the 511. the man in tuscon told the tucson police department that his name was john which he admitted was an alias. later in a second conversation he told them his name was kelsey and then he told them it was lawrence and much later, hours later, he told them it was lawrence. by then the two officers in the two deputies from phoenix had arrived in tucson and were somewhat surprised to go to the address which was the tucson psychiatric institute, a mental hospital in tucson. the caller was a patient at the hospital. he worked

from there he'll get back on "air force one" and land at sfo 5:30. the president set to attend four separate fundraisers during his stay in the bay area. two events today are a cocktail hour in san francisco and a dinner at the getty mansion in pacific heights. tomorrow the president will attend a brumpbl and lunnch and atherton. the democratic committee set up a website where you can buy tickets and rscp for atherton. the brunch reportedly costs about $32,000 per plate. lunch tickets a lot cheaper starting at $1,000 per person. >>> the mayor trying to speed up a long awaited decision to bring the a's to san jose. he's going right to the man who has all the power. nbc bay area's bob redell joins us live from san jose city hall with the mayor saying enough is enough. bob. >> reporter: good morning, martinez. it's clear the mayor is frustrated the effort to bring the a's to san jose has been in limbo for years with no real communication between him and the major league baseball commissioner. not one conversation during that time period. it's not that h

military concedes that the afghan air force will not be ready to take over air operations until at least the end of 2016. of considerable assistance coalition partners will still be needed. >> it will take time, the afghan air force to end up as fully operational. >> u.s. officials don't want to predict the outcome of peace talks, but they do feel obligated to push for reconciliation at every opportunity. secretary john kerry will be pushing his counterparts to find a political solution to the military campaign in a tennis fan. al jazeera, the state department. >> the trial of the former president of iceland's biggest bank is on the way. he's charged with fraud and manipulating the bank during his time as president. prosecutors say that his actions contributed to the bank's collapse in 2008. tim is live in the capital. a very important trial, what happens in court today. >> well, you're right. it's probably the biggest trial of its kind in europe, certainly in iceland. it centers around market rigging, market manipulation. essentially, what the bankers were accused of this morning was to