another have elected to leave the regular air force and come to work in the air national guard. and they've found a home, and they love it and are very happy to be members of the air national guard. we're 89 wings, we're in all 54 states, territories and the district as general grass had pointed out. we have mission types extend across the entire united states air force portfolio. every single core function that the air force does, we're a part of it. and i think we do it very well. and i talk to a little bit why i think we do it very well in just a minute. the other thing i wanted to talk about that i think is important is readiness. the air force years ago made a decision its reserve components, both the air force reserve and the air national guard, would be as ready as their regular air force members when it came time to go to war. that was a huge investment, big decision that went well beyond just talking about a volunteer force. it was about how would they posture their forces to commit to a combat environment? because of that we have outstanding cooperation when we go over

i'm on the north side of the air force base.in, back from my location between the air force kathy said we have large power flashes. the camera filming it there, let me see what i can do here. see if i can get a better position. okay, [ disrupted audio ] >> getting the camera outside. there it is. there's one to my left. see. [ wind blowing in the microphone ] >> tornado to ground. >> shepard: that is weird, it's something about the feed coming from him. we have confirmed through jeff and others, multiple tornados on the ground right now. rick, this is becoming overwhelming and frankly terrifying. >> it really is, this is part of the problem when they are rain wrapped and it's darker and we are hitting night time. it's very difficult to tell bad news if you live to the south includes moore. it's still moving, quicker than it was earlier. which is certainly welcome news. >> shepard: that is good news. >> but barely welcome news.ti u. >> shepard: we are, if yu figure oklahoma city is a dot in the middle, if you go out for many mil

we saw him get ought of air force -- off of air force one.d where air force one just touched down. >> we saw the president greeting a group of 50 folks here, invited guests by the white house. we see a number of families

one. >> air force one has touched down right now. see in this live shot. >> we are here in mountain view with about 60 people that are down on the ground. local residents all lined up waiting to see president obama in his second visit in less than two months. >> this will be a short and sweet visit. he will be here for less than 12 hours. >> he will be meeting with several people for a fund raiser. >> the white house has not released a list of people that will be attending this fund raiser. >> after greets the crowd he will be attending to fund raisers in the south bay. >> he was back here in april for a fund raiser. >> this time it public event will be on tap for friday. he will be talking about the affordable care act. >> after this he will be heading off to southern california appeared again air force one has landed here in mountain view with president obama. >> it usually takes a couple of minutes for the plane to taxi and come around and allow the president to the bark from the plane appeared he is flying to san francisco from c

we saw him get ought of air force -- off of air force one. ktvu's patty lee and ktvu's cara liu at moffett field where air force one just touched down. >> we saw the president greeting a group of 50 folks here, invited guests by the white house. we see a number of families with children. we saw him saying hello to him. there is so many people here, i am having a difficult time seeing. hopefully you can see our picture. the vehicle is starting to roll at this point. the folks here, we heard a loud cheer from them as the president arrived and said hello to folks out here. >> the president arrived early, didn't he? >> he did. air force one touched down around 5:40 p.m. this afternoon, 15 minutes ahead of schedule. that is something that folks here were not expecting. >> all right. cara liu live in moffett field. thank you. and on the agenda tonight, the fundraiser in palo alto. the president is headed there right now. ktvu's patti lee is standing by outside that event with what people are staying about this visit. >> reporter: the president is e

we are on board and indian air force helicopter -- and indian air force helicopter. ,he weather has not been good and the difficult terrain has hampered the rescue operation. >> hundreds of people still stranded here, desperate for .elp the indian army, air force, and other disaster management agencies have been working around the clock to help the survivors. arrived here, it started raining incessantly, so we could not travel any further. then the river started overflowing, and buildings started collapsing. but for those who have been rescued, it is no less than a miracle. some need urgent medical help, and many have not open to their a week. for more than authorities, meanwhile, are still assessing the scale of the disaster. >> absolute normalcy is far off. >> meanwhile, it is an anxious wait for thousands like these people here to reunite with their loved ones. >> in south africa, one of the country's most prominent women is trying to shake up the political system. she is starting a new party that she hopes will take votes from disillusioned voters, but can she really challenge the f

the tactical land and air forces, chairman mike turner. he has really been a delight to work with and his steady and thoughtful leadership has really allowed us to, i believe, make a good mark in this bill. under his leadership, the tactical air and land force subcommittee worked in a very bipartisan fashion. and we developed a set of oversight legislation and funding recommendation that i think really looks at cutting waste, shaping programs and making sure that our men and women in our military are ready to go. first, the subcommittee's portion of h.r. 1960 supports many of the high-priority recommendations and desires of the president's budget. h.r. -- for example, h.r. 1960 provides $8.1 billion for the s-35, joint strike fighter program, $4.5 billion for army aviation upgrades, $3.2 billion

i don't know that it's going to be a huge issue for the air force and maybe the army. they have already been -- the air force has been wearing the army's uniform for a couple of years. >> you spent the week also covering secretary hagel and chairman dempsey up in congress they were testifying on sequestration. what was the upshot on what they said and were lawmakers satisfied with what they heard? >> this was interesting. they were talking this week to the appropriations and the budget committees and it really seemed to me like that really the pentagon and congress have accepted the fact that sequestration is here, it's going to be in 2014 and the rhetoric on everybody's side just sort of we are done with leon panetta's acts and somehow we can ignore this and somebody is going to make it go away so that was really i think the sub text of a lot of the testimony this week is lawmakers are basically saying you guys need to plan to these spending caps and the pentagon said yeah, we are going to -- >> but are they going to give them the flexibility that the department has s

in the air force we look very closely at the future threat to access, whether it's for global strike mission or its supporting ground activity, close air support or indirect strike. as we look at that threat, no matter how you examine it, when fifth generation aircraft become available to our adversaries, when advanced sams systems like the as 300, available to our adversaries, when you're able to integrate and train with those systems, the difference between fourth generation and fifth generation fighters becomes starkly clear. and the reality is that talk about how many you need, just in a pure capability perspective, if a fourth generation fighter meets a fifth generation fighter, the fourth generation fighter may be more efficient but it will be dead. it really is that simple. and so we need to determine when do we need this high-end capability, how much of it we need and then how do we mix it with a fourth generation capabilities that will have four years. we're going to have a mix of aircraft for a long time, and some missions will be better suited to the legacy fleet, that will

first with subject matter that falls under the jurisdiction of subcommittee on forces, then the subcommittee on tactical airnd land forces command subcommittee on intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee on readiness and the subcommittee on military personnel. then the subcommittee on strategic forces and finally the full committee met uzbeks second let me read my -- any amendment offered must be in writing and 90 copies must be available for just a vision. for those of you who submitted amendments by monday's deadline to the necessary copies have been made. it makes it much easier for the committee and for a smooth process. in addition to the member has a name that involves the jurisdiction of other committees we request that the member before the osha offers the amendment have a letter from the respective committee chairman indicating their waiver of the right of referral. i note that i follow that same process to anything that i have in the mark, we have followed that same process. i remind members that this approach has been the practice of the committee for many years. it is done so

woman voice-over: i joined the air force. i was 17 years old. me to go in, so that's what i did. my mom signed, gave me permission to go. woman, voice-over: when i was in high school, i was impressed with the marines that i had met. there used to be a lieutenant colonel that used to run laps around the track after soccer practice, and he said, "you'd be perfect for the marine corps 'cause you're really fit and smart, and that's what the marine corps needs." the professionalism, the camaraderie-- everything about it inspired me. woman, voice-over: after i graduated high school, i left for orlando, florida, which was the first time i was ever on an airplane in my life. [chuckles] initially, it was just wanting to go see the world 'cause i'm from a really small town. i had a college scholarship to go play basketball, but i instead opted to go into the military. so it's what i chose to do. woman, voice-over: i come from a long line of military lineage. somebody from every generation on both sides of the family all the way back to the revolutionary w

it was here at the hours level parachute club than air force officer arrived to select candidates for the serviette space program. won't be in there the only one we know is that he watched jumping working together and then he called us in separately for an interview. the cold war was at its peak both the us and the u.s.s.r. were always trying to prove that their political system was best everything concerning space was highly classified. when valentino was chosen to be one of the cosmonaut candidates not even her mother was allowed to know. that the bill had been limited i had to make up some story to tell my mother it was easy with a little but with mom my me and then did this story. mom you know i've been invited to become a reserve member of the u.s. the parachuting team in moscow. a small team of women was brought to the all male cosmonauts department city had yet to be built it was just a regular military base with a high fence forty kilometers from us. she was very mature when she joined the unit she knew exactly what she wanted from life but . did everything she could to avoid

from your right, mark, senior editor for air force magazine. laura, producer for national public radio. jim michaels, military reporter for usa today. john dickerson, chief political correspondent for slate and director for cbs news and winner of the prize today for distinguished reporting on the presidency. joseph, executive director of the gerald r. ford foundation, gerald ford presidential foundation. skipping over our speakers for the moment, jennifer shaunberger, anchor and producer of the wall street report and speakers' committee that organized today's lunch. thank you, jennifer. speaking over the next for a

dad is in the air force and this is a celebration of his last flight. their 8-year-old sob told me it was "neat" to meet president obama. then wheels up minutes later. we were treated to an about face of the airplane before it took off. >> air force one coming and going from the bay area, something we are getting very familiar with and as someone tweeted, after i tweeted that president has left, now remark can get back to normal. >> rebound wrapped up the bay area visit after attending two fundraisers last night, and he left portola valley after 9:00 p.m. after spending an hour and a half at the home of sun microsystems co-founder and venture capitalist. guests paid $32,400 to attend the dinner. earlier democrats welcomed the president at a reception at the palo alto home of one of the founders of online social magazine flipboard. >> he talked education. he talked about the challenges in congress. he talked about compromise. of course, he was keeping optimistic about america. >> the president's palo alto visit was met by protesters urging the president

we have watched you with president obama calling from air force one on an iphone. that doesn't happen every day. how are you feeling about what just happened from the u.s. supreme court, but moreover, what it means for the two of you when you go back to california? >> we felt great. and that call was amazing. unfortunately, the call came in as blocked so i don't have the number to return the call. but today felt amazing. not only with our decision, but with the windsor decision, listening to justice kennedy's eloquent words, talking about how important equality and equal dignity and fairness is to all gay and lesbian couples. and then listening to the chief read about our decision and how, you know, you just can't come into court, you know, when you don't have standing and argue just because you disagree with something, you disagree with someone's lifestyle. so we're really excited, we're really stoked to get back to california and celebrate. and also to get married. i don't know if you heard that he proposed to me on national tv. >> i did. i heard that. paul, were

foreign installations at the airport, home to a nato base as well as part of the fledgling afghan air force. >> our forces today approved that we can foil any kind of attack, especially conflicts and difficult terrorist attacks like today. >> interior ministry said attacks like this are designed to test the afghan forces. an opportunity for the forces to show the afghan people they are ready. a few hours later in southern afghanistan and the afghan forces killed six men who detonated a car bomb and attacked the intelligence department in the city of qalat. in kabul, the airport attack was the second in the city of three weeks. last month it took nine hours for afghan special forces to defeat taliban fighters in the center of the city. their target was the international organization for migration,. despite a rush order. it took a few hours to kill the seven attackers. nato says it helps the afghan forces in the mentoring role. nato insists afghans were in the lead as they prepare to fight such threats on their own. a report from serious a hezbollah fighters are now in the northern city of al

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> president obama boarding air force one just a few hours ago. his destination, the bay area. his goal, to raise a lot of money for democratic lawmakers. good afternoon, everyone. i'm michelle griego. frank mallicoat is off. >>> president obama will be attending fundraisers in the south bay. kpix 5's anne makovec has the details of his quick stay and who plans to pay for his security. >> we're excited to be able to host the president. >> reporter: with a wave and a smile, president obama will make a return to the bay area this evening. air force one is scheduled to fly into moffett field in mountain view just a few hours from now. his first stop, a $2,500 a head reception at the palo alto home of tech entrepreneurs mike and marcy mchugh. he created flipboard. com. he said this event has been in the works for months. >> my favorite thing will be seeing our little girls with the president. >> reporter: outside the home security will be tight, much of it paid by the city of palo alto. >> palo alto is not going to ask for a reimbursement.

the british royal air force sent the fighter jet to escort the plane to scotland. police there are now handling the incident. >>> and kate middleton attended the queen's birthday celebration in london today. possibly the last appearance before the birth of her first child. she smiled and waved to the crowd. here to discuss the royal baby

his red bull air force team filmed this scene from the chicago trump tower for the transformers 3 movie. >> when you leap off, your adrenaline's pumping, it's crazy, you're like, oh my goodness. >> reporter: aikins believes it's that drive for adrenaline that motivates some jumpers to break into buildings and jump, often times without the safety check list that professional jumpers would have. alex perez, abc news, chicago. ngets thank you, alex. >>> take a look at this handwritten note from fivers. -- firefighters. they saved this home, but it turns out they were more worried about the carpet. we couldn't believe it. we'll show you, next. turns out they were more worried about the carpet. we couldn't believe it. we'll show you, next.

a rescue operation has been mounted i the army and the air force. the death toll from flooding and landslides following heavy monsoon rains in the northern indian studio has passed 500. bodies can be seen floating or buried in slush. the army is working to recover them. the charity organization action aid said 5000 people are missing in the area, many stranded hindu pilgrims visiting local shrines. the worst affected is holy town town where the temple was completely devastated by mother nature's ferry, described as a himalayan tsunami. >> [speaking a foreign language] >> the prime minister described the situation as distressing, and announced in a package for the state. the relatives of those missing a weight the news. there is a relief effort, with medicines and food flown to the flooded areas. >> assistance and aid to the families of those who lost their lives. 50,000 to those who have been injured will be provided from the prime minister's national relief fund. further, we will provide, from the prime minister's national relief fund, additional a

the air force made a decision years ago that its reserve and international -- air national guard would ready as the regular force members when it comes to war. that was a huge investment and decision that went beyond just talking about a volunteer force. it was about how to posture the forces to commit to a combat environment. because of that, we have outstanding cooperation and we go overseas. you'll hear multiple times people tell you they cannot tell the difference between a member or the air force reserve, th air national guard when they served together. when we talk about active component and reserve component, it you want to talk about what we can do and what we can change, one thing that has to be the foundation of understanding is that the air national guard can do any mission it is tasked to do if it is given the proper resources. and you set the exhortations high enough, that is a big part of it. -- u.s. set the expectations high enough, that is a big part of it. fighter weapons school and things like that make a big impact on the national guard. today, we still have high rea

air force her name is jennifer norris and she's a national victim advocate with the military rape crisis center earlier i spoke with jennifer and i first asked her to talk about her experience and how she was able to internalize it. was. raised as an equal i grew up in belle hill maine and i had two prather and so i really didn't know that there was discrimination in and massage any in this world until i joined the military and right from the get go it was. a bad scene in the first instance. it was actually an actual rape after my recruiter and write me to a new recruit party he tried pressuring me to train and when he couldn't pressure me to drink he dragged me and then was was able to rape me because i was you know pretty much chemically restrained i couldn't. that was the first instance and i thought i haven't even left for basic training. and i didn't know what rape was i was like just like what just happened. very very young and naive and then i thought well you know i want my career i want to you know do this and so i went ahead and i left for basic training and unfortunately after

air force general, fox is military contributor. we thank you both for being with us.et me begin with you. that was quite a display today. the white house had been rather oblique at best. opaque about what the president's position on syria was unttl after the mting. this meeting amounted to what, as they declared they had differing perspectives a agreed t basically disagree. >> well, that is what they have done in northern ireland. thattitude on the ground is different. on the groundingf a very aggressive the syrian regimee haveve an introduction by the iranian, full-flged inian direct support by hezbollah across europe. onhe other hand, and unstoppa penetration ofhe opposition. the only group with whom we can partner is now being weeke. the free syrian army in the people of the free syrian army. as the conventional leade have been saying, we'll have a plan. we he a step after step, but not a comprehensive strategic plan so far. lou: we are listening to senator mccain, senator gramm and a handful of others, but certainly primarily from the republican party saying that

the air force is a huge user of fuel, which comes at a substantial cost to the american taxpayer. it represents 86% of energy consumption and it is at a cost of a $.3 million. we can support and promote the use of biofuels here in america by american workers. back home in southern illinois, my district is home to a huge agriculture industry and scott air force base. a federal initiative, like the one proposed here, would go a long way in creating a partnership between the agriculture community and scott air force base and existing biofuels research centers in my district. there could be a huge benefit to the country as we move affirmatively to secure new sources of fuel to power the best airports in the world. i will withdraw my amendment at this time and seek support for its passage. i yield back. >> we ask consent for the amendment. without objection, so ordered. >> i ask unanimous consent with the amendments that have been more. >> without objection the reading of that amendments. [inaudible conversations] >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes for the purpose of offer

carrboro received a message and forwarded to the army air forces. the americans camped out for several days in the same villages hoping for an air rescue. with that i will read the prologue which takes place in the morning of the attended air evacuation. on a chilly overcast december day in 1943 galvin gary duffy at 24-year-old special operations with the networking for britain. through his binoculars through the cover of an albanian hillside and watched in frustration as waves of german troops and tanks moved through the steep and winding roads in the town on the valleys other side. the town was per type of an abandoned airfield where american rescue planes were scheduled to land that morning and a risky and dramatic mission to evacuate a group of stranded men and women. the party had now been missing for 52 days and barely surviving the treacherous winter landscape while abating while abating captured by the nazis that has to be watched activity across the valley three german trucks and one armored car drove from the town and partner the main road

word from our colleagues on the plane with president obama that he made some comments about it on air force one. he's over africa headed to south africa from senegal, the president saying his message there will draw on the lessons he learned from mandela's life. we'll see what the situation is when we land, seemingly,9)úñ suggesting they have not yet made a decision on whether or not he'll visit mandela. he says i don't need a photo opinion, the last thing i want to do is be intrusive. he talks about wanting to make sure the family knows they appreciate the contributions that mandela has made to south africa. if, in fact, that visit will

after being raped, she reported the incident to the air force. her description of the reporting process was chilling. whistle blower protections like what i'm talking about today will create an environment for safe reporting so victims can come forward and demand justice. for the troops who have been victimized and the countless americans who want to serve, i ask that we do the right thing. it's time for this congress to do the right thing and it's time for this congress to act. i ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill and the thoughtful reforms contained within. thank you and i yield back my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i yield the balance of our time. i want to emphasize how important this piece of legislation is and the work that goes into it and the all the members have said, this is the way legislation is supposed to work. it really does work when you do the legislative process, when you have committee hearings and de

and again, air force one touched down just a bit ago. here's a look at where the president is heading to right now in palo alto. and as you can see, we do certainly have tight security. you're looking at pictures from mobile5 there. in fact, this is about as close as we can get to the event because there is such tight security. many folks expecting some delays. he will arrive here in about an hour again for a reception at the home of flipboard.com creator mike and marci mccue. some people arrived hours ago ready and excited to meet the president. >> are you guys really excited? >> such an honor. >> very excited. it's an honor. >> reporter: what are you expecting today? >> what do you expect? >> to have a memory for a lifetime. that's what i'm expecting today. >> the president will spend the night in the south bay again following tonight's fundraisers. and we'll have more on that coming up in just a bit. again, air force one did it up down about an hour ago. one downside to the president's stay is that taxpayers may have to pick up the ta

that's what he seemed to express on air force one.bviously his health is hanging over this entire visit to south africa a little bit. though somewhat obviously overshadowing it because there is this gathering of the international media that have been here for over a week watching the condition. >> what are the other goals that the president has in south frick or will it be impossible to accomplish anything other than, of course, the conversation about nelson mandela, his legacy, his health? >> well, i think you you heard a little bit. the other part of the president's visit, air force one and the gaggle he did off camera, was to talk about why he's in africa, what the competitive pressures there are on the united states to be in africa, because you've got china and brazil investing. he was at a food expo today in senegal before he left senegal. he's still airborne now. we beat him here, by the way, to south africa. you know the way that leapfrogging works sometimes. but that's what he was talking about on air force one, is this issue

we have 22 airplanes and some of them on the air force base flying right now. of those we have trained 23 new pilots on the of 23 come f22, excuse me. we've fallen about 2200 were 2300 about 3500 flying hours now. it works. the pilots have a great budget that the avionics have gone light years ahead of the legacy fighters in the military. so they believe that this program is moving forward. they are still frustrated by some of the things that keep them from utilizing the aircraft. but a lot of that is the function of the currency the was described. they can't fly within 20 miles of lightning were in the weather yet. that's going to require this software development. by that time we reach our initial capability at the end of 2016 for the air force, those problems will be in the past. >> this plaine as far as you see having to appear in the world? >> the f-22 will reappear with the will be the only one. >> you have to make decisions on acquisition and that gets into affordable living. even to speak to the affordability economy of scale i understand that and the c

acquisition programs of the air force. and authorizes funding at the requested levels for both the new kc-46 tanker and the new long range strike bomber. i'm pleased at the progress these programs have made and look forward to working with the air force to see their successful acquisition in the years ahead. i'm also pleased to include in this mark additional support for the maritime administration title xi loan program guarantee. by leveraging long-term financing on terms and conditions that make certain projects viable, the expansion of this program supports the growth and modernization of the u.s. merchant marine and u.s. shipyards. shipbuilding capability is a critical part of our nation's infrastructure. mr. chairman, in my office i have a copy of the declaration of independence surrounded by the 56 signers of that document. it's a solemn responsibility that we have to carry on the work of our predecessors. we should be reminded that they had to endure the trials and tribulations that allow our nation to flourish tod

and at lackland air force base.ations. 22 of them will require status updates. the reason, after i speak for just another minute i'll withdraw it because at that language is already in the mark but i said originally in my first committee hearing when something like this happens we need to make sure that the folks who are guilty are held accountable and that justice is provided swiftly but also make sure something like this does not happen again. shortly after i took office i had a chance to go personally visit lackland air force base and with regard to insuring that something like this doesn't happen again the military has made positive steps in terms of security. two quick examples i'll give you. there was an policy that had informally not been followed which is when two cadets, there was a rule that said cadets had to walk two or more at a time but that rule for years had not been followed. now reinforcing that. there were also new security features, like cameras that had been incalled in the basic training areas

air force her name is jennifer norris and she's a national victim advocate with the military rape crisis center earlier i spoke with jennifer and i first asked her to talk about her experience and how she was able to internalize it. was. raised as an equal i grew up in belle hill maine and i had to prather's and so i really didn't know that there was just criminal and massage any in this world until i joined the military and right from the get go it was. a bad scene in the first instance. was action was an actual raid after my recruiter invited me to a new recruit party he tried pressuring me to train and now when he couldn't pressure me to drink he dragged me and then was was able to rape me because i was you know pretty much chemically restrained i couldn't. that was the first instance and i thought i haven't even left for basic training. and i didn't know what rape was i was like just like what just happened. very very young and naive and then i thought well you know i want my career i want to you know do this and so i went ahead and went for basic training and unfortunately after lea

forces fight and with the technologies -- technological area in the air we cannot be which lacks rubber to focus on acquisition aspects of the program. my experience with the f-35 dates back spring of 2010 hour focus has been on the efforts to control cost of the program and achieve a more stable designed to increase the budget to more economical quantities. indications at this time that these efforts are succeeding but we still have a lot of work left to do. we are now about 90% of the ways to the program and 40 percent of the way of the program. coming from the unit cost breach it has been executing with modernist -- my schedules and they're still rests with the final block of software. also the potential for surprise of the remaining test program including flight testing and structural testing. our intention is to complete the effort within the planned cost and schedule and however we may need to make adjustments. on the whole comment that f-35 designed today is more stable than three years ago. in 2011 concluded given the design issues we saw at that time and the

the 24th air force and the tenth fleet, the army, navy and air force under him. he is a four-star general, the first time you ever had a director of the nsa as a four-star general, so in the length of time, the power he accumulated, the amount of the responsibility and the cyber, it is just an enormous amount of power for somebody who nobody would recognize if he walked down the street in washington. >> is it correct to say there were revelations for things that the nsa does, that would weird us out, that those revelations have not resulted in a contraction of power or the nsa stopping those programs that have been revealed? >> well, it worked in 1978 when they created the surveillance court. >> you don't sound hopeful, if you're not hopeful, how do you think it ends? >> it is just more accumulation of power and more infringement on privacy. i mean, george orwell wrote about it in 1974, when governments accumulate the power and use the surveillance engines to keep the power going. i think that is the problem we have here. look at keith alexander, been there nine

cairo received the message and forwarded it to the army air force during the american scandal fo for several days in n villages hoping for an air rescue. with that i will read the prologue which takes place the morning of the attempted air evacuation. >> on a chilly overcast december day in 1943, gavin kerry does become a tough no-nonsense toy for your special operations lieutenant working for britain. through his the nights are some the cover of an albanian hillside and watched in frustration as waves of german troops and tanks moved through the steep and winding roads of account on the valley's other side. the town was perched high above an abandoned airfield where american rescue planes were scheduled to land that morning in a risky and dramatic mission to evacuate a group of stranded american men and women. the party had been missing for 50 days in paris about the treacherous winter landscape while evading capture by the nazis. as does he continue to watch activity across the valley, three german trucks and one armored car drove from the town and parked new the main road that ran

and the president's just getting onto air force one.live at moffett field. >> talk about bad timing, during that break the president made his way onto moffett field. he took a few pictures and then headed up the stairs and waved as he boarded air force one. the president will have to southern california and make a stop and las angeles. a fund-raising stop at the democratic national committee. he will be in us palm springs area later on today. he will later meet with the chinese president xi jinping and talk about a wide range of issues including alleged internet hacking from the chinese as well as north korea. this'll be the first type of meeting between the two leaders of the countries and 50 years. the president did wave as he boarded air force one, he certainly has a very busy day. the motorcade is starting to make its way out of moffett field. the president leading the bay area not 24 hours after he arrived. >> that all happened in the last minute and a half, that happened very fast. they're closing the door. >> breaking news out of

. >> reporter: their interview on msnbc was interrupted by a call from the president on air force one. >> we thank you so much for your support. >> you should be very proud of today and through your courage, you're helping out a whole lot of people everywhere. >> reporte >> i'm pleased that the court didn't constitute a -- >> that was nbc's pete williams reporting. >>> wednesday was a huge day in the george zimmerman trial. perhaps one of the most important witnesses in the case, the defense challenging her testimony on the night that trayvon martin was killed. jay gray has more. >> reporter: on day three of testimony -- prosecutors introduced the witness who may be the corner stone of their case. >> unless george zimmerman himself takes the stand she'll be the most important witness in the state. >> reporter: 19-year-old was on the phone with trayvon martin just minutes before he was killed. the state says that man was george zimmerman and she said that martin thought that he was being purr pseudothat night. >> he told me that the man started following him. >> reporter: next, she tol

we're hearing from air force one that he called to congratulate e edie windsor. she will not have to pay the $300,000 irs bill. you just got off the phone with eric holder. how are the new federal regulations and benefits, how quickly can they be put in place? >> that's a great question, andr andrea. you're right, i'm about to bored a plane with our plaintiffs as we will head to california and celebrate these two victories in the state of california today and tomorrow roll up our sleeves and get to work in all of those other states that didn't get marriage equality by these decisions today. it was incredible to receive the call from air force one and talk to the president. he congratulated the team and these plaintiffs in particular for the courage that they had, the courage to stand up and to fight for what's right. and he celebrated the marriages that will soon begin in this state. i also just got off the phone with attorney general holder to discuss in particular the implementation of doma and the fact that doma has been struck down because what we now want to

this is a live look right now at air force one. there it is ready to take the president from moffett field to southern california. >>> the president will hold a two-day economic summit with the president of china. the chinese president arrived yesterday. cyber security will be one of the main topics of discussion. the u.s. has accused china of using hackers to steal u.s. military secrets. china denies the government is involved. >> most important at issue is china-united states, is lack of mutual trust on the two sides. >> the two presidents will meet this evening at the 200-acre sunny lands estate near palm springs. >> if you are commuting down in san jose in a few hours you might bump into that motorcade. >> no kidding. you will be delayed for a while. >> it's right there during the morning commute 8:30 when he is set to give his speech at the fairmont so there are street closures around the market street circle and then goes to moffett field around 9:30 this morning. we don't know the route. >>> a hotspot out in benicia, southbo

air force her name is jennifer norris and she's a national victim advocate with the military rape crisis center earlier i spoke with jennifer and i first asked her to talk about her experience and how she was able to internalize it. was. raised as an equal i grew up in belle hill maine and i had two prather's and so i really didn't know that there was discrimination and massage any in this world until i joined the military and right from the get go it was. a bad scene in the first instance. it was actually an actual rape after my recruiter invited me to a new recruit party he tried pressuring me to train and when he couldn't pressure me to drink he drank to me and then was was able to rape me because i was you know pretty much chemically restrained i couldn't. that was the first instance and i thought i haven't even left for basic training. and i didn't know what rape was i was like just like what just happened. very very young and naive and then i thought well you know i want my career i want to you know do this and so i went ahead and i left for basic training and unfortunately after l

aboard air force one, president obama personally phoned eddie windsor in the program. >> maybe, just maybe, i think it will only be better. giving dignity to this beautiful person i lived with. my country gave dignity and prettied who she was. >> president obama also phoned plaintiffs in the prop 8 case while they were live on msnbc with thomas roberts. >> we're proud of you guys in california. >> nothing like putting the president on speaker phone. the supreme court ruled backers of prop 8 in california, did not have legal authority to appeal after a lower court declared it unconstitutional, reaction to the day's decisions were both emotional and mix zbld today's a good day. it's the day i finally get to look at the man that i love and finally say, will you please marry me? >> i feel jubilation, i feel -- i feel fabulous, i feel gay word i can think of. >> well, what we now have today is a holy quintet who goes against the laws of nature and nature's god and that's very unfortunate. >> that is something that god created. that is something that god will define the supreme court, thou

. >> talking with the chief of staff in the united states air force some years ago he pointed out to we have had our air power engaged, at that time it was some years ago, but now it's 22 years that we have had our air power engaged and no fly zones, in comb whether it's now in afghanistan. this has been an unprecedented persistent use of air power and an air force that has been taken to its limits. s it not? >> absotely. in those 22 years we've worn a lot of the equipment out. we have not modernized the f 22 whh would be absolutely required in syria ifhe russians put in the 300 service missile. you have to be steth if you are doing to survivein that. soundamentally we have 100 f 22s that are capable of operating in this regime. over this time frame we've continued to draw down the number of uadron that we have. we've t them in the bone yard through sequestration and other budget cuts. lou, you are spot on. we have over the lt 22 years, we're not the same air force that we were 22 years ago. >> and we're deploying f16s to jordan. i'm not entirely sure what will be the result of that.