air force academy according to information obtained by the colorado springs gazette the air force is an office of special investigations of the o.s.i. was running a secret program in which could debts were forced to spy on their classmates to catch suspected drug users and sex offenders the cadets who acted as informants were encouraged to deceive classmates professors and commanders while taking photos wearing recording devices and filing secret reports and according to the guys that this is something many cadets were bullied into doing it says that their records show as uses f.b.i. style tactics to create informants agents interrogate cadets for hours without offering access to a lawyer threaten them with prosecution then coerce them into helping o.-s. . side and exchange for promises of leniency they don't always keep one of those cadets was eric thomas who claims he was recruited into the program in two thousand and ten where he essentially became a spy for the u.s. i secured several convictions drug and sexual assault convictions against his fellow cadets eventually thomas himse

what makes the difference and otherr air force air forces? it is not just size, it is also capability. a lot of air forces have weapons that are trained to use them. the difference with the united egg air force is the way that we train. in level of sophistication our training and the level of difficulty in our training. that.s integral to the weapon school creates our actual phd's. last year we had to cancel red flag exercises. that cannot continue. litigation that we can do with this relief effort will ensure that this does not happen. >> i will use the term rpa instead of drawing. when you talk to people -- instead of drone. when you talk to people in the the ideanity, there is that fewer airmen will be taken from man's platforms and moved to rpa. it may even curtail the career field. a reductionng to be in the rpa community following 2014? so the rpathink creative fields is going to change. is goinga career field to change. over the next 50 years, it is going to look dramatically different than it does now. the united states air force will

if the lawyer for the air force reads this, then the lawyer for the air force should tell the air forceu know, leave the scene alone and let somebody else put up whatever he or she wants. >> knee-jerk reaction to anybody that complains about anything religious is to back off. that's where it has to change. the only way that's going to change is for people who want to see religious liberty celebrated in this country to start doing just the opposite. start getting more aggressive in fighting these folks and not allowing this type of behavior. you're seeing it in schools, seeing it in town halls. you need to hold those elected officials as well as these military officials accountable for their actions. >> it actually enriches us seeing people appreciate a religion, whatever it is. that's what i don't get. this is just a -- >> this is about -- >> this is to pick a fight and to step on someone else's rights. >> it is the intolerance of the left. it is folks who want to impose their religious values saying we won't let you celebrate yours. >> i blame the air force, the air force lawyer to rea

the air force to get homework done. their response would be insane actually no there is no other program like this obviously what happens to their top style your article is kind of dragged this program in july that she said the air force is now passing out that this does this program actually existed. it had many of these new documents that you receive your foyer a question everything. can they allow thomas have any recourse to what happened to him. well there. just to get his diploma from the academy and get his officers commissioned her career and your horse he's the only one day. we all know that this is totally unclear right now. the air force's response to our according to his day that jacket on as well as a cadet with a long history of misconduct that all of his misconduct and before he was an informant and therefore they would probably just find what they do it now reporting we didn't want to stay. you were right there. they are not conceding any of the fourth day of interest to see what more comes out of this re

ceremony that the air force would know and. schools be able to. be asked to do a fly over at arlington our nation's most sacred ground in the airplane that he flew in or to with precise coordination between air combat command aerial control team and arlington cemetery the pilot took off from the nasa regional airport into with the restricted air space he flew over arlington just as the key son honor guard and band were assembled i have to add that when andrew flew over and the and the p. fifty one mustang and gave us a wave that was pretty special my father and i doubt we should that and would have liked to have done maps like himself. the ceremony also included a firing party and the perishing going to u.s. army band following the full military honors ceremony the family was invited back to manassas airport to follow up with one more pilot tradition to be able to honor him in this type of an airplane rather than the one you know a modern day frontline strike fighter i think makes it a little more impactful and introduce lieutenant drew's grandson

air force academy according the information obtained by the colorado springs gazette the air force's office of special investigations or the o.s.i. was running a secret program in which cadets were forced to spy on their classmates to catch aspected drug users and sex offenders the cadets who acted as informants were encouraged to deceive their classmates their professors and their commanders while taking photos wearing recording devices and filing secret reports and according to that is that this is something many cadets were bullied into doing it says the records show a side uses f.b.i. style tactics to create informants agents interrogate cadets for hours without offering access to a lawyer threaten them with prosecution then coerce them into helping o.s.i. in exchange for promises of leniency they don't always keep one of those can debt to his heir thomas who claims he was recruited into the program in two thousand and ten. where he is centrally became a spy for the o.s.i. and secured several convict several drug and sexual assault convictions against his fellow cadets eventually

what more do we know about what happened aboard air force one? >> president obama in his cabin and the bushes were given the area where the medical cabin, where the doctor usually sets up and former secretary of state, hillary clinton, is set up in a cabin that would normally go to a senior staffer. so, they were all given their little area wheres they could have their space. but we've been told that they've all been at different parts of the flight hanging out in the conference room. there has been some socializing on air force one. >> and who knows what could come of this. this isn't a first. take me back, 1981. en route to a funeral. tell me about that. >> started out really awkwardly according to accounts and some bad turbulence, as well. during the course of the flight there and the flight back, according to many reports, including a great one by nancy gibbs and michael duffy and the president's club. ford and carter really bonded. you have to remember, they ran a very tough race against each other in 1976. but they had a few things in commo

and there's the story of one highly decorated air force pilot whose post him as owners were away. due to a lack of resources at their force. art is pretty boring post more. the area was a fighter pilot extort me after he shot down nazis and was given one of the most prestigious ceremony at arlington national cemetery of my father served during world war two and that he was stationed in england and down and with the mustang the p fifty one d mustang he was even given a second highest award in the air force he was macy had a six aerial kills and one ground kill. i think the most notable victory was his ice sheet down into german in eighteen sixty is in a single. a dogfight. and that was a feat for which many years later he was awarded the air force cross he passed away on a preferred twenty thirteen with applicable for a full honors military funeral at arlington to cover his family had to wait eight months of the service. arlington national cemetery for one to eight thousand fewer of the year. didn't his family's it was well worth the wait was beautiful there. as one of the most deco

president obama and first lady michelle obama boarding air force one. now, also on air force one for the trip to south africa former president george w. bush, his wife, laura, and former secretary of state hillary clinton. former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton will also be attending the memorial but they are traveling separately. the only living president not going to the mandela funeral is george h.w. bush. he's 89 and is no longer able to travel long distances. >>> in south africa people are still gathering outside of nelson mandela's house in johannesburg. this is video shot earlier this morning. tomorrow, a public memorial service will be held in a soccer stadium that seats 95,000 people. then nelson mandela's body will lie in state in a government building in pretoria from wednesday through friday and then on sunday, nelson mandela will be buried in the remote village that he grew up in. >>> 7:16. today, south africa's

wait, did someone just spray paint graffiti on air force one? >> in this video, a couple of guys essentially, climb a fence, elude the secret service, run up to air force one and put a graffiti tag on air force one, while being videotaped. >> wait a minute. are they doing something to air force one? 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. quickly it 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? 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 went 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 and then arrested. >> i t

we left the hotel by motorcade to go to the air force base. there were thousands of people who lined the streets as we left. they had dismissed the school. fayette high school band that almost every intersection here it was a glorious day for the people of fort worth to see the president and mrs. kennedy. we were very pleased with the reception that they received. >> you were going to take air force one from fort worth to dallas. it's a very short distance. it doesn't seem to make sense at all. why did you fly from fort worth to dallas instead of driving? >> well, it wouldn't make any sense to most people. because of the distance. it would be much quicker to drive. but this was a political situation and they wanted a photograph of president and mrs. kennedy coming off the rear of air force one in dallas. and so that's what they got. here they are going to come down the rear ramp, going to be met by a larger reception committee, including vice president and mrs. johnson, who they had just seen 10 minutes before over in fort worth. but that was

one we'll put up there, john, because you and i flew on air force one on many occasions.here you see the president and first lady, ben rhodes, hillary clinton, that's a room you're familiar with. >> that's the president's office. regardless of your politics, it's nice to get a piece of these. it's a vip plane, with two presidents, perhaps a future president, two first -- three first ladies. by all accounts, pleasant conversations, and pleasant dinner conversations as well. i think we have the photo of george w. bush showing off his favorite new pastime. >> on his ipad or tablet. >> he's e-mailing less, because he had a hacking problem, he loves to show them to close friends. he's modest but proud about his work. laura bush is making a lot of fun about it. you can see the president wanted to share it here. given how washington works nowadays, a lot of people say they look like they're getting along just great. >> a nice conference room on air force one. you see eric holder directly across from hillary clinton, the attorney general general of the united states. another whit

air force academy are studying to be drone pilots and not regular pilots. this has opened up a whole discussion within the air force because they won't actually see combat. they will get to go home and have dinner with their kids. how do they get promoted? have they really put in their time? i think it's transforming how we are waging war and i think it has all kinds of repercussions especially in these cross border scicial issues. it's big business. israel is the biggest exporter of drones and they're so far ahead they're the new silicon valley. we're talking about warfare but in terms of intelligence gathering or spying, can you can get these drones down. they're no bigger than an insect. there could be one right here, john. >> in the studio. >> you never can tell. >> you're the expert. >> thank you. i don't necessarily agree with eleanor that israel is the leader in the market. i think in the new market it's chinese companies that are scrambling to make smaller and smaller drones that the u.s. state department and defense department and congress are unwi

. >>> president barack obama is traveling on air force one, who else is traveling with them. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 news. >>> good afternoon, i am torii campbell. another bone-chilling start to the day. rosemary orozco is here with how cold it got this morning, rosemary? >>> one area is breaking a record and we will look at that area first, san jose is breaking a record by 1 degree, san jose fell to 25 but that was not the coldest area, look at petaluma 19 degrees, walnut creek it 6 and a -- 26 and a lot of reports stations in san francisco, i saw a lot of low 30s and below freezing areas over san francisco, santa rosa checked in 30 degrees and the national weather service has checked in for all areas freezing except for san francisco. another morning of chilly chilly temperatures and we are starting to rebound, 40s in and around novato, santa rosa, 44 in walnut creek and i want to head to the north because this is where we saw our coldest. petaluma you are now 42 and i want to look at hillsberg as well. hillsberg is 47 degrees and hillsberg dropped to 18 degrees this morning. i d

inside air force one, the obamas and george w.aura bush along with former first lady clinton, the former president bill and daughter chelsea are flying from an event in rio and linking up with the rest of the club tomorrow. president george h.w. bush who has been in poor health for some time will not be making the trip. together, they are set for an almost 20-hour flight, even though there's only one bed on board. >> air force one is a very intimate setting so that's the place where you can have quieter conversations. once you get to one of these massive events, it's very hard to have real conversations. >> these long flights, believe it or not, can forge friendships. in 1981, president ronald reagan could not attend the funeral of egypt's anwar saddat so he enlisted others to attend instead. the flight was said to be initially awkward and very long, but one notable friendship emerged. evident at ford's funeral more than 25 years later, when jimmy carter eulogized his long-time friend. >> for myself and for our nation, i want to t

from andrews air force base with former president george w bush on board air force one. they landed in south africa less than 2 hours ago. president carter and clinton traveled separately. they are there now. mr. obama plans to deliver 20 minute speech on how mandela influence reached far beyond the border of south africa. ♪ service will be on wednesday here our time. pacific boy choir academy in oakland will join the mandela service in dc tomorrow morning. boys visited south africa in 2009 and were inviteded by the south african embassy to the u.s. to perform. group will sing a mexico of south african hymn and classic american gospel song. >> now of course we are planning live come of the mandela memorial to begin at 1 a.m. our time and carry the service until the presidt delivers his remark. 2 memorial planned locally. in san francisco mayor ed lee will host svbing memorial in the rotunda. wednesday at 8:00 a.m. and in oakland celebration is planned for noon at this plaza also on wednesda wednesday. >> san francisco police are looking for a con man who poses as armani

then the president noted air force one and we flew on down to san antonio texas. we arrived down there and was a large crowd at the airport, thousands of people had lined the airport including on top of the terminal, in spite of the glass terminal they were everywhere that they could be to see the president and mrs. kennedy. the president avoided going and they were in the car and we began to motorcade from san antonio international airport at two the new aeromedical space center medical laboratory. >> so the president is in an open top car. the weather is great and everything is going wonderful. what are we seeing in this photograph? >> a typical situation the president decided to stop the motorcade to allow people to shake his hand. he asked us to do that periodically as we were traveling down the street and that is what you see is the crowd is trying to rush to the presidential vehicle and then we went down to san antonio and there you see people on the street and on the balcony's and hanging out of the windows everywhere they could be to see the president and

air force academy.he program turns cadets into undercover informants. >> reporter: it was adam's lifelong dream to be an elite officer, inspired to join the military at age 12. >> when 9/11 happened and you could see the towers burning from my main hometown, it gave you a sense of, in a couple of years i am going to be fighting those people. >> reporter: he enrolled in the military, and then was caught on a website chatting with what he thought was to be a person of legal age. he says osi offered a deal, your website mistake goes away if you spy on other cadets. >> there was evidence that cadets had been soliciting themselves for sex on line. and they were interested in this. >> reporter: he posed as a woman replaying on craigslist to their ads soliciting sex. just about everywhere you walk at the air force academy, you see the honor code. this is an ideal which is ingrained in the mentality of every cadet and airman from day one. but the air force says it has no choice but to ask cadets to spy on each

officially, the air force won't comment on the drone effort, but several u.s.nce gathering priority especially after a less sophisticated stealth drone went down in iran in 2012. >> if it all works the new drone will be able to covertly gather information about what america's adversaries are really up to, and that is exactly why the air force isn't talking about it. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> we will all disappear to area 51. >> cool stuff. >> you talk about bay ying and talk about smog, imagine it's so bad you have to wear a face mask every time you walk outdoors. lung cancer rates are up there. hau that's how it's been in china and beijing. >> pollution causes hundreds of flights to be canceled or delayed. the pilots, they can't see the runways. it's given beijing international airport the distinction of having the worst flight delays compared to 35 other international airports. >> well, now the chinese government is requiring all pilots to be able to perform what they are calling in the industry blind landings. it means they'll have to learn to use

president, he knows kennedy is dead now and then they whisked him away to air force one. >> he asked if the official confirmation be withheld so that he could get to the plame not knowing that there was a conspiracy, right cracks was a foreign power or conspiracy that the president in south vietnam had just been assassinated in the conspiracy there were many known european assassinations and no one knew what was happening so it was thought for the new president's safety he would be rushed away to air force one and be protected and tell things went out. >> let's go to the scene of the crime he doesn't take the fourth more does he do? >> he runs 90 feet and diagonally with the rifle and horizontally he moves down the stairs as fast as he can and as he is getting to the second floor he hears footsteps coming out. also called quickly thinking he runs to the lunchroom that he's put money in the shay assad soda machine and it looks like he is just a worker and he has his gun out and he says who is this and he says he works here. that doesn't mean he doesn't shoot the president. he says let

. >> a 24 hour curfew was -- islamist fighters attacked on airport and air force base. dozens of people may be dead, including 20 of the gunmen. three aircraft, two helicopters and several craft were hit in the predawn attack. >> the details are a little sketchy, but according to the eyewitness, hundreds of boko haram stormed the airport and military airbase, setting off explosions. some were in trucks and according to the witnesses there were armoured personnel carriers used. the boko haram fighters were screaming god is great as they carri carried out their assault. some helicopters were damaged during the fighting, but they say that more than 20 boko haram fighters were killed, many wounded, and two air force personal were injured in the fighting that went on very, very early in the morning, monday, at around 2am to 7am. now, the reason this is only coming to light now is because communications in the region have been completely cut off since the nig earian military started their offensive. they say they cut mobile communications to stop boko haram members communicat

. >>> the special guest will be traveling with the president on board air force one, we will explain. >>> and traffic is off to a good start on monday, we are looking at 880 westbound and we have slowing in some places and we will let you know where. >>> lots of 20s and 30s, will this continue for the week and i will have answers for that. let's see if we can find anymore rain. ♪ that's my kind of holiday hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. ♪ pose! yeah! ♪ flash! yeah! ♪ get the family to strike a pose, ♪ ♪ and show off your brand new clothes! ♪ ♪ that's my kind of holiday. . >>> welcome back, time now 15:13 being -- 5:13 in five minutes president barack obama will head for the funeral o

from andrews air force base with former president george w bush on board air force one. they landed in south africa less than 2 hours ago. president carter and clinton traveled separately. they are there now. mr. obama plans to deliver 20 minute speech on how mandela influence reached far beyond the border of south africa. ♪ service will be on wednesday here our time. pacific boy choir academy in oakland will join the mandela service in dc tomorrow morning. boys visited south africa in 2009 and were inviteded by the south african embassy to the u.s. to perform. group will sing a mexico of south african hymn and classic american gospel song. >> now of course we are planning live come of the mandela memorial to begin at 1 a.m. our time and carry the service until the president delivers his remark. 2 memorial planned locally. in san francisco mayor ed lee will host svbing memorial in the rotunda. wednesday at 8:00 a.m. and in oakland celebration is planned for noon at this plaza also on wednesda wednesday. >> san francisco police are looking for a con man who poses as arman

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i'm flying navy air force jets because of what you did. it wasn't because of what i did.t's because of what we were doing as a nation, committed to something that had never been done before. you know, when kennedy challenged us to go to the moon, i wasn't even in the space program. he is asking us to do the impossible. he is asking us to do what can't be done. of course, the rest is history. those -- the inspiration that the program provided for the last half century of those young men and women, those young kids and high school and college today doesn't exist. it's not there. that's what bothers me because it's that inspiration which builds the future of this country, and we -- you know, it's very disheartening for me. i don't know. you may very well know jim -- we wrote a number of articles on op eds over the last several years. we had bipartisan support in the congress. it doesn't seem like much has happened in the last four or five years. >> you were the last man to the moon. that was 41 years ago. >> captain, i just can't imagine, i wouldn't have thought 41 years ago

one. >> on air force one. they can recon figure it, make it more comfortable and secretary clinton is in the senior staff quadrant of air force one. we also know they spent a decent amount of time, jay carney, the press secretary, told reporters on the way over they spent a lot of time, the group of them together at the conference table, the president has in his little suite of offices there. you would want to be a fly on the wall in that conversation. remember, president obama essentially ran against george w. bush in 2008, as much as he ran against john mccain. but i have spoken to the former president bush about this. he said he gets it, that's politics. one thing about former president bush, he has done this president a favor. president obama appreciates it. he's pulled back from the public discourse but he loves politics. he loves to talk politics and so i can imagine george w. bush, if he gets a private moment, looking over at hillary clinton and saying so what are you thinking. >> but bill clinton is fl

obama boarding air force one. they took off from andrews air force base in maryland. several hours ago now. they're well on their way and former president george w. bush and his wife and former first lady laura bush are en route to johannesburg. >> tomorrow when the official memorial service is going to take place, it's the city's soccer stadium. we want to go live to robin ker now outside of the mandela home. set the scene for us, the mood. this is day four of a ten-day mourning period. >> and i spoke to somebody close to mandela. they said it wasn't enough to not only say good-bye to such a great man but it wasn't enough to organize all of this. just imagine trying to organize more than 90 heads of state, plus more than 80,000 to 90,000 people in that stadium just for tomorrow. in terms of the way south africa is saying good-bye, you can see it behind me. it's starting to rain. people are still outside his home and they've been here nonstop since that thursday announcement. what is key is that they don't really care about what's happen inside the home. everybody see

i want to show you a picture from air force one. you've been on air force one.here's the current president, the former president on air force one. they released a whole bunch of pictures. there you see the conference room where the be, they're looking at some pictures, some artwork from the former president. there's a ben rhodes, one of the deputy national security advisors to the president and george w. bush, laura bush were on the flight to and from south africa for the nelson mandela memorial service. when he see these pictures, paul, give us a little background. black happen on a 17-hour flight between johannesburg and andrews joint base andrews as it's now called outside of washington, d.c.? >> well you make friends across the aisle. first off, wonderful for the president to extend the invitation to especially former president bush. great of the bushes, secretary clinton, as well. and you know, the president could, you know, you've been on that plane, he's got a lovely cabin up front. but bathroom. he could just hide. and instead, he's interacting. they're

air force one, the president and first lady have just boarded air force one. they will be taking off in a short time for south africa to attend the funeral for nelson mandela that is happening this weekend. something we're keeping an eye on. also new this morning defense secretary chuck hagel is in pakistan meeting with senior officials. haguele is meeting with the new army chief. relations between washington and islamab islamabad, they are improving. a few months ago pakistan's prime minister met with president obama and defense secretary hagel in washington. >> a sea of fans in southern california to remember paul walker. and an estimated 5,000 people met at the site where the star died in a car crash. the memorial was planned through social media. it was mainly a peaceful gathering police arrested one man after officials spotted him carrying a partly concealed loaded gun. police issued 40 citations for illegal parking. >> all of those candles. part of houston's astrodome came crumbling down. construction crews took down three of the towers. the four were co

in fact, air force one took off earlier today.eorge w. and laura bush, and another former first lady, hillary clinton. bill clinton, by the way, flies into johannesburg tomorrow. he had something else going on. i believe jake tapper is here with me. more on the -- what should we call this, the presidents' club? >> the most exclusive frequent flier club in the world, perhaps. bill clinton and chelsea clinton are down in rio doing an event and then they'll meet the rest of the family in johannesburg. this could be the biggest gathering of heads of state since the winston churchill funeral in 1965. it's amazing. what is also interesting, you would think sometimes it would get awkward on the flights. obama has spent a lot of time blaming things on his predecessor. >> you've got to wonder. >> but in reality, this long flights have actually forged some of the most longest-lasting friendships between former presidents, the former presidents club, that have ever happened. for instance, in 1999, bill clinton and george h.w. bush flew to ki

there's camp david at the retreat at air force one and i wrote a book about air force one and i can tell you that of the president might have heard that is the thing they always say they missed the most of the flying white house. having traveled a lot lately the never have to wait in line at the airport or have the plane delayed and the sky for air force one so it is a wonderful way to travel and presidents just love it. but it's a very normal life and i remember when my first started coming to the white house and i walked through the northwest gate in 1986, shortly after that i realized how abnormal the president's life is. some is positive and some is - but on the more positive is all the other perks of the white towels and the family theater and the ability to use the military golf courses that other presidents have used and the tremendous difference that people give you. but on the other side of the life of the president is very difficult to deal with to keep in contact for a number of reasons. one is security. of course we talked about the kennedy assassination that every time there

inside air force one, george bush, former first lady clinton, the president and chelsea are flying inlub tomorrow. president george h.w. bush who has been in poor health for sometime will not be making the trip. together they're set for an almost 20-hour flight, even though there is only one bed on board. >> air force one is a very intimate setting. so that is a place where you can have quieter conversations. once you get to the massive events it is very hard to have a real conversation. >> these long flight, believe it or not, can forge friendships. in 1981, president reagan could not attend the funeral of anwar sadat. 25 years later, jimmy carter eulogized his long-time friend. >> for our nation, i want to thank my predecessor. >> later, president george bush and clinton were fighting, but years later when they attended the funeral of king hussein, that partnership forged. the journey itself holds the potential for conflict and resolution on a first-class scale. >> it is going to make a big, big difference in the atmospherics on air force one, with george w. bush there with his succ

inside air force one, george bush, former first lady clinton, the president and chelsea are flying int of the club tomorrow. president george h.w. bush who has been in poor health for sometime will not be making the trip. together they're set for an almost 20-hour flight, even though there is only one bed on board. >> air force one is a very intimate setting. so that is a place where you can have quieter conversations. once you get to the massive events it is very hard to have a real conversation. >> these long flight, believe it or not, can forge friendships. in 1981, president reagan could not attend the funeral of anwar sadat. 25 years later, jimmy carter eulogized his long-time friend. >> for our nation, i want to thank my predecessor. >> later, president george bush and clinton were fighting, but years later when they attended the funeral of king hussein, that partnership forged. the journey itself holds the potential for conflict and resolution on a first-class scale. >> it is going to make a big, big difference in the atmospherics on air force one, with george w. bush there wit

i live near eck land air force base. tyndall air force base is in nearby panama city where f-22 raptors, ospreys and helicopter gunships are deployed. and the pensacola station is home of the blue angels. coast card helicopters and patrol boats are a welcome sight to my eyes, because these are the tough ombres who fly into a storm who rescue some people who are as dumb as they are brave. i'm used to them rattling the windows. i can see navy ships out in the gulf going through maneuvers, and my reaction is to smile and say thank you. because those sounds are not the sounds of annoyance. those are the sounds of freedom. and i never tire of hearing them. [cheers and applause] those sounlds mean that the most motivated and highly trained men and women in the history of the military are on the job to provide a safety net of security for my family. i'd much rather prefer to have the windows rattle from the sounds of a fighter jet flying low over high house in a training mission than the sound of a bomb in my front yard put the

air force nuclear commander removed from his post for bad behavior.e learning details of his outrageous conduct. >>> plus, a plane crash and dramatic rescue, all caught on camera. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> now to a case of a general gone wild. a u.s. air force report revealing that a top commander of nuclear missile units was removed from his post after boozing it up and engaging in what is described as boorish behavior during a trip to russia. brian todd is here in "the situation room" with the shocking details. brian, tell us what's going on. >> the general's colleagues said they were shocked by all of this. the report says he w

air force planes will lift african peacekeeping troops to bangui. french troops are acting for help to stop the violence between christians and muslims. hundreds have been sent there. the central african republic has been plagued with violent uprising since march when muslim forces overthrew the government. >> in pretoria, south africa, they are lining up to pay reports to nelson mandela. for two days people have been filing past the coffin of the beloved leader who liberated their country from apartheid. we have the details from wednesday's procession. >> there was celebration yesterday and over the weekend. people were thankful, grateful. today for sombre and modern. one person said, "this is tough forme. everything i have, i have my freedom because of nelson mandela." it was a black man speaking to me. he was touched to say goodbye to ta ta, father. one singer who travelled to the states said, "i never would have been able to do that without him. i'm here to say goodbye." nick schifrin reporting from pretoria. you are seeing live pictures from pr

twenty two's to give to the ask an air force and five years later they're basically rusting camps of scrap metal the us bought the aircraft to help the ask and support their own military when we leave them to the mess over there but according to a letter by john south of the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction no one bothered to buy spare parts for the aircraft to help meet operational requirements he said another two hundred million dollars was needed in order to make sure these things could actually fly but no one bothered to think that through and it turns out the italian made planes aren't even cut out for the hot and dusty environment in afghanistan him and so the department of defense ended the g. to twenty two program so the aircraft only ended up flying for a total of two hundred and thirty four hours that translates to more than two million dollars and hour they were supposed to fly for forty five hundred hours that's why the government spent so much money on them because they were supposed to be used a lot but in actuality they're sitting on the tarmac

>> no, i joined the air force. >> okay. maybe. you can't deny -- >> 7 million pell grants -- >> so you would rather the government lose money on these loans? >> i'd rather the government not be in the business at all. >> but they're committed to it -- >> you're talking to g.i. joe here -- >> americans thinking about not going to college because of how expensive it is -- >> that's the point. >> this is just like fannie and freddie getting housing -- >> -- giving kids loans -- >> the fact is when you're in -- when the government's in it and given all this money, why can't you go to a state school? why do you need a loan to go to yale? >> but you don't make a 180 retreat and stop it. >> why do you need all that stuff going out to people? why does some kid need a $30,000, $40,000 loan for one year at yale to study fine arts. >> that's why i didn't go to ja yale. i said no. >> i went to pace university. >> adam, what do you make of this? >> i think the comparison with housing is actually an inapt one. i think the government should be i

force indicated he expects a 10% reduction in the air force's force structure. this is not sustainable and erodes combat capability. while i'm pleased with the efforts of the subcommittee with projection of global force capabilities, we have a long way to go. the bill provides tra tiegic air force investments in terms of both the tanker program and the long-range striker bomber. these are critical capabilities that need to be nurtured carefully. this bill also includes important cost saving niche tiffs that provide the navy and air force with the ability to procure the embing-2-d hawkeye and other aircraft using multiyear authority. for all of this i hope we'll support this bill and give the added resources that we need for our men and women in uniform and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, mrs. davis, the ranking member on the military personnel subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. davis: i rise in support of the na

the military says dozens attacked an air force base. personals say 24 insurgents were killed along be two air force personnel. the military also says several aircraft were either damaged or destroys in the attack. the u.s. vice president has offered words of reassurance to japan, on tuesday. he said he is deeply concerned about china's actions in introducing this new air defense nobody is quite sure what it means but obviously there's a grave risk of some kind of accident when the chinese side and the japanese side. so the fact that joe biden has come out quite so strongly, in support of japan, should serve as a strong message to china to reflect on its actions. joe biden also said today quoting the words of his father, there's nothing worse than an intentional war than an unintentional one. and obviously that reflects again the great concerns that people have about thens thats of an accident between aircraft between different nations and what that might mean in the future should that happen. >> stephanie reporting. >> one man's claims

the president leaving on air force one just a few hours ago. former president george w. bush and his wife laura are also on board joining first lady michelle obama and the president. president's clinton and carter will attend the service scheduled for tuesday in south africa. george r. h.w bush is the only former president that will not be there. >>> alan is near johannesburg. he has more on how the people of south africa are remembering nelson mandela. and he's a father figure being honored in cities large and small 1234 absolutely, del, and people here and in nelson mandela square in the rain at 7:00 in south africa, a soggy evening, but it doesn't seem to offend the crowds much. they have been coming here constantly to the many tribute centers set up around the country for nelson mandela. now this is a very ritzy mall. this is really the heart of high-end retail in the city of johannesburg, and it is in one of the richest districts in this country. as we found out today many of the people who work in this neighborhood, as you might expect live in a very different worl