air force. they have -- haps legacy from this effort is that the united states has controlled the year of every war that it has fought since then. so lest we end on the note that this force that have built was an entirely offensive combat force, a lot of people don't remember the air transport command. air transport command was just what is says it is, started out the ferrying command, the command that was taking airplanes from northeastern united states inland, very small operation. it grew into what is essentially the largest airline in the world and when i say airline and talking about an entity that had tens of thousands of airplanes assigned to it. the regularly scheduled service to every continent in the world except antarctica. they were running flights on a regular schedule across the north atlantic, multiple flights daily, dozens of flights daily across the north atlantic. the south atlantic, across the pacific, south asia, north africa. central africa to north africa and then after d-da

air force. his entire career became part of that, of that effort to build army aviation into an independent air force. but before i start talking about his career, willie mentioned that there were some family interviews in the book, and i depended very heavily on those and, in fact, stole a lot of great stories from hap's grandson, robert arnold, and we're very privileged to have with us today robert arnold, and i'd like to invite robert up to tell a few stories about hap's early life and career. robert? [applause] >> thank you, bill. incidentally, the book bill wrote is just terrific. most of my family members have read it by this time, and and i've got positive reviews from everybody, so given the nature of my family, when they all agree on something, you know it's pretty good. i'm not an historian, i'm a wine maker from sonoma, california. bill's the historian. but i can tell you a couple stories here that i heard around the campfire as a young man. fortunately, my father loved telling storie

army air forces are -- have gone to war. june 1944, operation overload, the normandy invasion. 10,000 airplanes in the sky that day. that was the net result of not only of u.s. army arrest force fighters, one on one on one, but also the strategic forces ten to 15 air force, that had gone after aircraft production in a very, very good way. they just didn't have the power to face this force. and the punch line is since that day, the day that has its own letter, since that day, no u.s. ground force has ever gone to war controlled by a force other than the u.s. air force, they have haps legacy from that to this effort is that the united states controlled the air and every war fat since then. in less we end on the note that the force that built was entirely an offensive combat force, a lot of people don't remember the air transport command it was just what it says it is, stat started out with a for rileys in command, taking airplanes from north eastern united states to england, a very small operation. it grew into what is essentia

and the air force association.when it is coming next to our dod military and our civilian workforce, which are so terribly important to us, the other part of the team that i want to recognize that is extremely important with our military capability, and that of course is our industry partners. i have enjoyed talking with some of you today for sub i look around and i see people that i've known from all walks of my life professionally from the hill, from infinite on in my earlier days, from my days in industry, it is great to see so many of you again as well at some new colleagues, but i wanted to know that because i just finished walking in your shoes, meeting industry shoes, i understand how important it is to have that open communication line, and to make sure that people in government and people in industry are cross talking all of the time. i also get how difficult it has been not only in government but also in industry with all of the recent stops and starts and uncertainties with the budget that we have been t

. >> we are outraged at the air forces latest attempt to kill the a-10. >> reporter: pierre sprey helped design the warthog in the late 1960s and '70s. he says it was built to do more than destroy soviet tanks and that it's uniquely tough airframe made it more survivable and capable than alternative aircraft. he says those newer planes cost much more to fly. he and other a-1o supporters mobilized to save the plane at a recent conference in washington d.c. >> you are going to buy extremely expensive aircraft that cause you a much worse financial problem and you are canning the cheapest airplane you operate, and saving a trivial amount of money. >> reporter: general schwartz says improvements in cockpit cameras, radars, electronics and precision munitions mean the planes that would replace the a- 10 are much better at protecting ground forces even from far above. >> increasingly the technology has allowed us to enjoy the same protections for friendlies through other means. >> reporter: but a-10 advocates say technology has l

of the 20 #th air force was hap. he maintained personal command of that but his field commander was curtis, and when it came time to -- when hap and don douglas started rand, one of the guys they brought in as the group to start rand was crore -- curtis, so he had a respect for the ability to cut through the crap and get things done. >> okay. well, thank you again. [applause] for presenting today as well as arian in the and his wife. we have the books available in the gift shop, and sure he'd be happy to sign them and robert also as well. >> weapon. >> grab those. you may have been wondering, you'll be pay mouse because this is c-span filming us today, and so i don't know when it airs, but stay tuned. thank you, again, for coming out. >> thank you, willie. [inaudible conversations] >> he was someone who was growing in the office, badly burned by the bay of pig experience. pee had listened to the experts, you see? the cia. joint chiefs of staff. he went to see france, did the trip in may, june of 61, and he said to hi

. >> hans nichols likes to tell us stories about air force one, do you get to go on air force one?e fly behind the president. he will be on the real u.s. air force one today and marine one because he is being picked up at andrews air force base by obama, they will go to monticello, and ofginia, which was the home thomas jefferson. he will get to fly on the real air force one, we fly a press plane at least a few hours before him. >> there is always next time. tracking francois hollande in the states. alwaleednaire prince having a good couple of months, a surge in kingdom shares have increased his net worth and his investment banks are beating warren buffett. ♪ billion --back, $18 that is the number -- welcome back, 18 million is the number of facebook shares don't invite mark zuckerberg. the largest charitable gift on the public record in 2013. ike and two minutes. ♪ back to "the pulse," live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. i am francine lacqua. >> i am guy johnson. the saudi arabia and billionaire prince al will lead has benefited from a five-month rally in kingdo

the air force would have to retire 80 more aircraft including the entire kc-10 and global hawk. as well as slow down purchases of joint strikers resulting in -- through 2019. and combat air patrol and it would have to take a return to readiness. next, the navy. under the budget plan, the navy will lunch and aggressive and ambitious plan to reduce cost and maximize resources available to buy available ships. this will enable our inventory to continue to grow over the next five years to support global demand. the spinet levels propose under the budget would enable the navy to maintain 11 carrier strikes. however, we would have to make a final decision in the future on the george washington aircraft in the 2016 budget. if sequestration levels remain in place for fiscal year 2016, she would need to be retired before her scheduled nuclear refueling and that would leave the navy with 10 carrier strike groups. keeping the george washington and the fleet will cost $6 billion. we would have no other choice than to retire due to sequestration levels be reimposed. at the president's budget

to fund these investments the air force will reduce the number of air squadrants including the entirea-10 fleet. retiring the a-10 fleet saves $3.5 billion over five years and accelerates the air force' long standing modernization plan which called for replacing the a-10's with the more capable f-45. the war hog is a venable platform. and this was a tough decisionful but the a-10 is a 40-year-old single purpose airplane designed to kill enemy tax on a cold war battle. it cannot survive or operate effectively where there are more advanced aircraft or air defenses and as we saw in iraq and afghanistan, the advent of precision munitions means that many more types of aircraft can now provide effective close air support from b-1 bombers to remotely piloted aircraft. and these aircraft can execute more than one mission, the a-10's age is also making it more difficult and costly to maintain. significant savings are only possible through illuminating the entire fleet because of the fixed cost associated with that aircraft. keeping a smaller number of a-10's would only delay the inevitable of

fairchild air force base, washington state. four expert pilots are rehearsing for an air show. bomber roars by overhead. its awesome capabilities on display. now retired, instructor pilot clem countess iii was on duty at fairchild base that summer day watching from the ground. >> for people to be able to see the b-52 do some of the approved air show maneuvers we had, it was just an amazing thing to see. >> since its debut in the 1950s, boeing's b-52 airplane has been the powerhouse of the united states air force. >> it's the most versatile weapons delivery system the air force has. high altitude, low altitude. it can deliver missiles. short range, long range. >> the pilots' friends and family members are also watching. >> what the animals look like. yeah. we've got the gang up here. >> among them is teenager pat mcgeehan. his father, lieutenant colonel mark mcgeehan is in the pilot's seat. >> my mother and i, along with my younger brother, brendan, were watching from our front yard. i was waving at the plane thinking maybe my father might be able to see us down there. >> lieute

to get on air force one. he'll be heading to palm springs where he'll be heading the weekend and then he'll stay in california through the weekend. good evening i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. unbuttoned collar and rolled you have sleeves, president obama is helping fight the drought. he got an ear full in a town hall meeting over california's water allocations. >> not everybody agreed on anything. [ laughter ] >> accept, people did agree we can't keep doing business as usual. that's what people did understand. there has to be a sense of urgency about this. >> an interesting backdrop. out there on a farm, the president toured that farm where he unveiled federal propels. here are bold points, including more than $160 million in aid and he'll seek a billion dollars from congress to help communities manage the impact of climate change and next month's budget will include a billion-dollar climate resilience fund for new technology to help offset the effects of climate change. these are strong political st

much of theon is to air force investigation into air force officers accused of cheating on tests. this does not involve nuclear weapons. >> a federal grand jury has launched a criminal investigation into last month's criminal spill -- chemical spill. water isn'tfear the safe. today, at a senate hearing, they compare the situation to a patient battling cancer. >> the cancer goes into remission. does that mean it is gone? no. you wake up thinking it might come back. not being sure. that is a horrible feeling for bringing up a family. >> west virginia american water announce people affected by the spill will receive financial help to clear out their water systems. rain are going to get tonight. >> maybe a couple of snowflakes and sleep. that is the concern. let's get started here with a look at what we expect. this runs through 6:00 tomorrow morning. areas should be above freezing. that is the key. what the temperature is where below 32, thatis is one issue. that is just montgomery county. while over portions of old dominion. that is going to run until 10:00 until 1:00. that is going

they are building a future budget for the air force. we get a boat right in that. >> i would like to thank general rast for sharing his death. i can guarantee that governors will continue to work to wreck we with you with -- to work directly with you to make sure they receive the necessary training, necessary to succeed in a difficult missions. we thank you. you look forward to joining you in just a little while. you are welcome to stay. i anticipate with the four other folks out there that you are is on school for getting into one might want to move out if you did. thank you for your service to our country. [applause] we will now turn to the second portion of our session, strengthening public and private partnerships. with thereat strides nongovernmental agencies. topred cross stands at the of this in many ways. the american red cross has helped create the modern model providing critical service supplies and funding to communities with disasters both large and small. we all have examples. within two hours within the tornado, 600 cots w

for the years i was in the air force, i was in the strategic air command -- in the air force i was in the strategic air command. we used to call it the care and handling of nukes. you remember a while back -- it was a while ago. they hauled some nukes down to barksdale. a lot of us in the business of the strategic air command when it was disbanded predicted some that predicted something like that was going to happen. -- predicted something like that was going to happen. the nukes were our business and our professionalism in dealing with them was number one priority. the problems you spoke about with the missiles came from within the dismantling of an organization that had that as their primary goal and people lost focus of it. question, is the personnel reliability program still in existence? andow that was a big deal included both extensive physiological medical and security background. i will step back and take your responses. host: mr. tobey. guest: thank you and thank you for your service. i first boss was an air force missilier. he unfortunately died too early but he was a great

mike and ents are air force academy graduates. we have a program with the air force academy to bring graduates to the school of public policy. and they are good sports when i come in and ask how many sort, the's did the f-22 fly in iraq and the answer is zero. something is wrong when we spend billions of dollars on instruments we don't want to use. i hate to pick on the air force, i'll buy you guys a drink later. i think they are free actually. but i could do the same sort of thing with the other military services. and we could do the same thing in the intelligence the issues that we face in the future are among those defined in large part i the information environment. by theave not faced at snowden target, who else got hacked this week, i do not know. the information environment drives a lot of the national security. mayart brand, whose unless remember as the founder of the whole earth catalog, david interview last august in which you set the most important event of the last 20 years -- he said the most important bit of the last

air force transport plane making an emergency landing. it happened at the air force base outside boston. no injuries were reported. there were 25 people on board. a base spokesman says the aircraft lost pressure over the atlantic ocean. the plane was later fixed before continuing on to dover air force base. >>> more than 150,000 customers in pennsylvania still this hour without any power. days after a winter storm harmed the region with ice. most of the outages are in the philadelphia area where crews from across the county and the country are working to restore electricity. the state's utility commission is promising to look into just how they can better respond next time so the next storm, is it already on the horizon? now more from the extreme weather center. what about that? >> we could see some snow and obviously cold temperatures across this area. we are set up for the threat of storms heading into the new workweek as well. so let's take a look at it. got storms all over the map today. taking a look at the northwest where they're ge

violation of classified material for access to classified material and then secondly as you know the air forceown cheating issues also within their force and their comments have been that they worry it is systemic and that this is a broad morale problem that involves people who were cheating because they felt the need to get 100% because it affected their promotions. i'm wondering if you could address whether those are also among some of your concerns. >> with respect to the exams themselves in the nature of what we are talking about, most of that will be fully developed in the investigation but it's fair to say that these exams and the operation of the plans do involve classified information that will be an active part of the investigation to fully understand that. with respect to the morale and the necessity to pass these exams in order to advance its not really a dimension of our program. we do not have that kind of 90% and above type of dynamic in our program. our exam program is different than the one you mentioned for the air force so we don't really see that being a dynamic here. but ag

the air force is investigating a drug abuse ring. that's how they found out about the cheating to begin with. they've been pretty tight lipped about how many are involved. cheating is one thing, but drug use among people with their fingzerrers on the button is alarming. >> ifill: haven't branches of the military investigated themselves before, including the recruiting scandal. this is not the first time we've heard of that. >> it's not the first time. they don't like to air their dirty lawppedry, and with the recruiting scandal this is something highlighted in the congress? the senate. senator claire mccaskill had a hearing on it the other day. these are not things many branches of the military like to expose. they tend to come out drip, drim, drip, sometimes with reporters, sometimes with congress, and it takes a while to figure out the scope of them. >> ifill: that's what freedom of information acts are all about. is this something the top brass or the civilian brass is eroding public confidence in the military? >> it is, and it wa

the air force had to suspend or restrict about 120 missileers. is there any -- and people are pulling extra shifts. do you foresee any type of similar operational impact? >> i could possibly foresee an impact in charleston. we'll see if that is broader. >> what -- of impact would that be, sir? >> the same sort of thing. so there's those folks that are implicated are gonna be removed from those responsibilities. and other folks will have to possibly pick up those duties. additionally, there will be a certification process before i allow any kind of operation of those plants as well. >> admiral richardson, you said the only thing comparable involved is submarine crew. were you talking about the memphis? >> that is it, right. >> ok, why is it comparable? you're talking about something that happened in a training atmosphere, and the other one is talking -- you're talking about something that happened on an attack submarine. >> right. the elements that concern me are not so much the, you know, where it happens, but the nature of the incident, which is

and then 607, 608, 609, 610, 611 and all nominations on the secretary's desk in the air force and army. that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, there be to intervening action or debate, that no further nominations be in order to any of the nominations and that any related statements be printed in the record, that president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the at a time to be determined by me with the concurrence of senator mcconnell, the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 561, that there be 20 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form, that upon the use or yield being bacf that time, the senate proceed to vote on the nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order, any related statements be printed in the record a

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in her, while she was passed out. >> well, i think he had around 17 years in the air force. and i think three kids. and that would be a motive, this was going to ruin his career. there's no doubt about it. >> captain dolan's wife carol, also became a suspect. >> we felt that carol had gotten word that heather was going to the police about this, about being sexually assaulted by her husband. and of course, that just gave us more, you know, reason to suspect carol of either committing this homicide or her letting her husband robert know and him committing the homicide or them together. >> heather never did report this incident to police. when questioned, captain dolan and his wife cooperated fully with the investigation and provided their finger prints for analysis. >> i compared the known ink prints to the lay tent prints taken from the crime scene, and none of the ink standards were identified latent prints of the crime scene. >> we couldn't say he didn't do it, but there was nothing indicating that he did do it. >> then investigators identified a fourth suspect, chris harki

in fact, he ended up going into the air force. he served honorably in the air force. he went on to get a master's degree, and he had a good job, really, working for roadway trucking in california. >> a credit card check revealed that acremant had been spending a lot of time and money at a strip club in las vegas. >> he had some money. he headed for vegas and fell for this stripper who he envisioned as his girlfriend. >> he had run himself into debt, obviously had an addiction to her and to that lifestyle. >> the stripper's stage name was ecstasy. >> she said that she was spending up to 3,000 bucks on a weekend. he ended up running through, i think it was about $80,000 worth of credit card debt. he had a retirement fund that he managed to max out. so, he spent a ton of money on that woman. >> the stripper said acremant was obsessed with her and insisted on calling her his girlfriend. >> his family reportedly encouraged him to break off this relationship because they felt that he was being used. >> eventually, the money ran out. >> well, then she dumps him. you can't pa

i'm quite shocked that the secretary of the air force would say that. we have got a breakdown of morality and discipline inside that particular unit and it's probably indicative of a command climate that was tolerant of that kind of behavior. >> a lot of discussion of this unit talks about how difficult the job is, how much pressure they have, live in isolated areas, they work 24 hour solicits, low morale, and it's not just the cheaters. the number 1 in charge of this unit major general michael carey lost his command, because of inappropriate behavior in russia, heavy drinking rudeness and associated with, quote, suspect women and number two an admiral had been let go because of gambling problems. and this isn't even recent. we can go back to 2007 where a b-52 bomber took off from minot air force base in north dakota, that had neublg rounds onuclear roundson them and the t they were training rounds, not real nukes, is this unit a special problem? >> i think it is. and i would hope that the secretary of defense takes strong leadership actions towards get

air force.e was a drone sensor operator and was part of the -- over 1500 kill operations with his unit around the world when he worked on the drone program. he also was working with the joint special operations command in the operation to target an american citizen and were all awlaki who ended up becoming famous for his sermon denouncing u.s. around the world and calling for jihad against the united states. he was killed in september 2011. brandon bryant had worked on that operation until the spring of 2011 when cia took over and took the lead in that. in fact, one of the documents cite in our pews, reveals the nsa actually played a role in the killing of anwar awlai and also revealed in this document that it was a joint operation by the u.s. military and the cia. that is a new revelation on this case and could have an impact on the legal case that the family awlaki and another family have filed against the obama administration. it shows the man knowledge being there were all in ash acknowledge

the air force would have to retire 80 more aircraft including the entire kc-10 and as well as slow down purchases of joint strikers -- through 2019. and itbat air patrol a return too take readiness. next, the navy. under the budget plan, the navy will lunch and aggressive and ambitious plan to reduce cost and maximize resources available to buy available ships. inventoryenable our to continue to grow over the next five years to support global demand. the spinet levels propose under the budget would enable the navy to maintain 11 carrier strikes. make a, we would have to final decision in the future on the george washington aircraft in the 2016 budget. if sequestration levels remain 2016,ce for fiscal year she would need to be retired before her scheduled nuclear refueling and that would leave the navy with 10 carrier strike groups. keeping the george washington and the fleet will cost $6 billion. we would have no other choice than to retire due to sequestration levels be reimposed. at the president's budget a level, we would pay for the overhaul and maintain 11 carrier's. inventoryo kee

>> that's the troops,ed navy, the air force that has been protecting us since world war ii.for granted, and enough is enough. >> the warning to all americans straight ahead. >> she is supposed to be promoting human rights as ambassador to the united nations. right now samantha power suggesting an american's brutal death t

there's one model for the air force, another for the navy-- designed to catapult off an aircraft carrierwhich seems to defy gravity by coming to a dead stop in mid-air and landing on a dime. >> david berke: this is a fighter that has amazing capabilities in a lot of ways. >> martin: lieutenant colonel david berke says there's no comparison between the f-35 and today's jet fighters. >> berke: i'm telling you, having flown those other airplanes, it's not even close at how good this airplane is and what this airplane will do for us. >> martin: we have planes that are as fast as this. >> berke: you bet. >> martin: and can maneuver just as sharply as this one. >> berke: sure. >> martin: so why isn't that good enough? >> berke: those are metrics of a bygone era. those are ways to validate or value an airplane that just don't apply anymore. >> martin: you can see from its angled lines, the f-35 is a stealth aircraft designed to evade enemy radar. what you can't see is the 24 million lines of software code which turn it into a flying computer. that's what makes this plane such a big deal. >> ber

air force major ruth shaver is now retired. bea is active and says hello. shirley was with us say the and shared her vivid memories while -- was there to honor his mother who recently passed. we gathered for a celebration of life and celebration for francis sergeant who was represented by her daughter and son with many great and great grandchildren honoring their wasp. my thanks to aviatorers la davidson and all the women pilots flying with the 99's to honor these women of aviation and to the civil air patrol and for the crew for wings over miami for making the day possible. we know you loved fran as your director emeritus and as a great teacher of flight. how special are they, these women pioneer of flight? well over 20,000 volunteered, only 1,830 qualified women pilots were accepted, and then only 1,102 women earned the wings of wasp. the wasp are all true pioneers whose examples paved the way for the armed services to finally lift the ban on women attending military flight training in the 1970's while flying their p-14's and at-4's in training in sweetwa

one, he is air force lending presumably on a french plane. >> and then he will get on air force one. d.c. to?he sea to -- franthink it is either san or one of the memorials he makes a trip to. get someone else to pay, that is what i say. >> let's talk about a bloomberg exclusive. nestle is reducing its $30 billion stake in l'oreal. shares in the cosmetics company up-to-date. >> caroline hyde is here with the latest. it is a hefty stake that nestle owns in l'oreal. >> it is about one third of the entirety of l'oreal. no wonder shares are reacting so much. you see l'oreal up some 4%. it is the best day since april on the back of this story. it is all about the way in which nestle might be reducing the size of its stake. it has held it since 1974, a nice little earner. about 10% of nestle's operating profit each year. reason the, the shares are rising so much is that l'oreal shareholders are hoping l'oreal itself might buy back that stake. they might then cancel those shares, remove them from the market and boost the value of all shares already existing. it is a complex relationship bet

we have to move to the future and the budget does for example we actually took out more air force structurehan we would like to protect the new long-range bomber and we are detecting cyber. we are texting soft so the aspect is the force we see wearily vital for the future are protected at the things like aircraft carrier, we thought in the skimmer be would have to go down to nine or eight with sequester and i think your study also took the carriers down more the outcry of going to 10, if not had any more calls on anything than that and i am by my own admission an aircraft carrier analyst myself so i have a lot of experience with this and i get it. it's incredibly important capability in the force. it's a huge simple -- simple. look at how china is trying to announce if they are going to push a their aircraft carriers. we we are putting him in a position where he has to look the global community and i and save we are bringing our air carriers down at the same time china is trying to build them. your point is spot on. if we think it's important got to be able to play and is not the first time

we have colonel john devillier, my apologies, the commander of air force mortuary affairs operations at the united states department of defense. colonel kirk brown is the director of army casualty and mortuary affairs operations center at the united states department of defense, and we have commander aaron brodsky, the director of navy casualty services at the united states department of defense. pursuant to committee rules, all witnesses will be sworn before they testify. if you would please rise and raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. you may be seated. let the reflect that the witnesses all answered in the affirmative. as we have discussed with the department of defense, i want our audience, and particularly the families to know that there are some limitations on things that we can discuss. as i've mentioned, there are certain classified information, certain things about the actual operation itself that we cannot and will not in a non-classified sett

the air force will take deep cuts to flying hours. next the navy, under the president's budget plan they will launch an ever to maximize resources available to by and build new ships. the inventory will be allowed to grow. the spending levels would propose the navy to maintain 11 stri strikes. we will have to take a decision on the george washington. she would need to be retired before the scheduled nuclear overhall and that would lead the navvy with ten carrier strike fleets. it would cost $6 billion so we would have no other choice to retire her. at the president's budget level, we would pay for the overhaul and maintain 11 carriers. half of 11 ships will be laid up and placed in reduced status while they are modernized and returned to service with greater capability and longer lifespan. this approach allows us to maintain the cruisers which are the most capable. the navy's fleet will be modernized which continues to by two detroyers and two submarines a mere. we have preserved the fleet programs and provided for ship inventory incr

they are the demonstration time and the best tactical pilots in the air force.hat they do. >> the respect for them a man controlling a machine and i am a man controlling a machine and going to top speed. you have to control it and be in complete control and even in the worst and best positions. harris, as you mentioned. he is hanerary for the race. >> we don't want to dmraz over the facts that we have experience doing this. and tell me what was it like for him and what was he sensing? >> there are so many sensations going on and a completely unique experience. and they fly the f- 16s and that can go up to two times the speed of sound. they don't fly that fast for air shoes and he was going 600 miles per hour and just under the spode of sound. it is requirements to be able to fly with this time. in case the plane were to crash you could quickly get out of the plane. he is able to because he is got great agility. >> it sounds like he is ready and he can make any situation turn around. >> reporter: he is an incredible guy and over come obstacles. it was a great day

is of my favorite examples from air force's tree where there was an air force operational plan that proposednuke the moon to show the soviets that we could do interesting stuff in space, too. there is a series of manifestations of this problem. one a particular as that we often look together -- hooked together things that are unlike simply because they involve the zeros and ones of software. take the idea of a cyber attack. the lead u.s. general for both nsa, whichnd and the , decide whether it is appropriate. congress, this is general alexander, "every day, america's armed forces face millions of cyber attacks. to get that number of millions, we were combining everything from automated address scans, to attempts to internet works, to carry out everything from pranks to political .rotests, to carryout espionage none of these attacks, these millions of attacks every day, were what his audience thought he was talking about. the so-called cyber 9/11 attempt or a cyber pearl harbor, which had been mentioned in a series of government speeches and news articles. you can find over half a million re

he decided to go to college to go back to be an officer, but he never went back in the air force. >>hank you, garvin. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with our forecast. >> our storm this morning has now moved to the south but all eyes are pointed to this stronger storm out in the pacific. once that gets here, we are expecting some heavier rounds of rain. more on the timing of that coming up in about 45 seconds. we'll take you outside right now. although the storm is gone from this morning, we eastern not done yet. we have widespread cloud cover, drizzle and mist so thick across the east bay, you can't even make out the bay bridge at this point. light winds at 5 miles per hour. we'll go ahead and take you into our microclimate forecast. i want to get you into the storm system we're tracking. it continues to develop out here in the pacific. it's all about that subtropical moisture moving in from the south that's what is going to amp up this storm system as we head throughout saturday and also sunday for the potential of some flooding rains to come our way. so ta

italian and air force jets scrambled. demanded asylum and landed the plane with 200 passengers and crew on board. on the tarmac he popped one of the cockpit windows open. lowered himself down via emergency rope right into the hand of authorities. passengers were then brought off the plane. no one was injured. on board there was no weapons involved. a lot of people scratching their heads however after again a potentially really dangerous episode. jenna: you can understand that, scratching of the head, wondering why he did this. we mentioned asylum,. do we know why he was seeking asylum? >> there is, jenna a history of hijackings involving ethiopians and airlines and the air force. one at least ending in death. the country has a past and current situation of political problems and human rights issues. now according to the officials that we have heard from in switzerland today, this man, an ethiopian in his i recall 30s, could face 20 years in jail for hostage-taking. little chance of asylum. the folks in the plane are bused

even the air force tells you that they think is the best plane for protecting troops on the ground. secretary hagel says they have got to eliminate them entirely. you find republicans and democrats in congress joining forces saying -- you cannot eliminate that plane, that one is used most and best to protect forces on the ground. you often see democrats and republicans working together on these. no one wants a base -- echo base closure, no one wanted in their district. base closure, no one wants it in their district. secretary hagel, talking about military cuts overall, here is what he had to say. [video clip] [video clip] are trying to solve our military problems on the backs of our military. if it could be done, it should be done, but it can't be done. if we cut the entire military budget, everything that we vote on annually as a congress, eliminate all of that, we would still be running a deficit of half of one dollar trillion each year. room,e elephant in the the big animal in the room, the gorilla in the room that everyone is avoiding is a mandatory spending. , we will address t

eastern, the air force administration examines cyber security guidelines. the obama administration released its final cyber security guidelines to improve security. the discussion on the report hosted the air force association live that 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. later today u.s.-russia scholars examine the difference between the two countries. we will have live coverage from the brookings institution at 2 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, wishing you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span. treated by the cable and tv industry 35 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. follow us on twitter. >> next a discussion about democracy in america. this hour-long event was hosted at the university of louisville. >> the key to democracy is it is essential with several essential ingredients. there is

the first one involved air force members who handle nuclear weapons.pect the navy to hold a news conference. officials are investigating possible cheating on chests by senior enlisted sailors training on nuclear reactors in charleston, series. the air force is reporting 92 officers or involved in a cheating ring, 92 out of 500. so almost one in five. the air force reports some offices cheated on tested that ensure they know how to maintain and launch nuclear missiles. officials say other officers knew about the cheating and did not report it. we'll bring news when we get it. >> also breaking. this time from capitol hill. congress has just approved a huge farm bill that totals nearly $1 trillion over the next five years. this sets eating and farming policy in the country, including what we grow, what you know about your dinner, and how much government spends in the process. it's now heading to the president's desk. mike emanuel is back over here, and he is in deck two. let's see. deck two. mike emanuel. there he is. hello, mike. what went down with this

. >> next week and a look behind the history and literary life of georgia, at a stop in robin's air force base on c-span2 and 3. coming up next author and professor bonnie morris talking about the

>> coming up tonight on c-span, a former air force pilot who talks about his book, leading with honor. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> this week on q&a, lee ellis discusses his five and a half years in north vietnam as a prisoner of war. >> lee ellis, go back to november 7, 1967, at 4:00. what happened? >> i was in my 53rd combat mission in vietnam. and were we rolled in working with a group that had called us in and said that they needed some bombs on gunners. we rolled into do that and there were two of us on the f-four phantom. airplane came off the at 4000 or 5000 feet. burstlly, the airplane into several pieces. we were tumbling, end over end. there was smoke in the cockpit and i could not commute it with my partner. -- communicate with my partner. i knew i had to get out and i was well trained. i was about to eject over enemy territory that we had to bombing for a couple of years. there was no other choice and i pulled a handle. everything worked automatically and perfectly. it blew the canopy an

and he was on charge with the weaponry and they air force found them, started dive bombing the ship. ... he built dozens of them to make cups of tea. it was very important british empire at stake. and he made so many of them that every evening the japanese would notice that the lights in the prison camp were dimming. this was drawing enough electricity to make 2,000 cups of tea. it was a remarkable man. he and his fellow prisoners were moved to a different camp. they didn't know where it was. they didn't know what was going on. they had a pretty good idea because the first thing they were ordered to do was dig large mass graves in the middle of the camp. they could see the machine guns on the walls pointing inwards. bill had another problem. his clock radio had broken. so bill and the novelist in the camp with him, and a third man came up with a full-proof scheme to fibbing the radio. when i tell you i think you'll agree it's risk-free. they were going to break in to the japanese camp commander's office in the middle of the night, take apart his radio, take the part out of his radio,

my two students mike and christina are air force academy graduates. we have a program with the air force academy to bring graduates to the school of public policy. and they are good sports when i come in and ask how many sorties did the f-22 fly in iraq and the answer is zero. something is wrong when we spend billions of dollars on instruments we don't want to use. i hate to pick on the air force, i'll buy you guys a drink later. i think they are free actually. but i could do the same sort of thing with the other military services. and we could do the same thing in the intelligence services. we are not adapting our tools to the environments we face. the issues that we face in the future are among those defined in large part i the information environment. if we have not faced at by the snowden target, who else got hacked this week, i do not know. the information environment drives a lot of the national security. stewart brand, whose unless may remember as the founder of the whole earth catalog, david interview last august in which you set the most impo

p the husband served 20 years in the air force and their daughter is currently major in the air force. they were promised benefits for life like good health care and retirement benefits with a cola adjustment. the husband could have left sooner and started another creerks but he chose to stay because of the benefits. their message to me is very simple. to vote to reduce the cola breaks faith with them. with those already retired and with everyone who has chosen a military career. what about those bright, young people who are deciding right now whether to join up and sign up, perhaps make a career out of the military? what are they thinking about their congress and their future? we need to fix this and fix it right now, starting with our vote this evening -- not next month, not later this spring, not next fall but right now. madam president, i know there's going to be a lot of debate. hopefully tonight we'll see the cloture vote and we'll move to the gaivment i know there will be a list of pay-fors. as i said earlier, the people who this protects and ensures that they have a cola and r