for short and a resulted in the air force air superiority 2030 flight plan. to read the other key experts in air security for colonel tom colquitt tour, the constant development leader and mr. jenks failing, the analysis team lead. we are very pleased they could join us today to explore this vital missionary. after the study was finished in the flight plan completed, general grange heard a series of four articles on the topic originally published by war in iraq. they were so well done that i asked with the approval if we could combine them into a mental institute policy. it's finished and we are releasing it here today, so please be sure if you haven't already gotten a copy, get one and read it cover to cover. the way we run the pale today is in a discussion format with brian and i alternating with a few introductory questions and we will be sure to leave plenty of time for audience participation. before answering the first question, we'll give panel members a couple minutes to get a little background in acting introductory remarks remarks today to make. with

and moved quickly on to travis air force base. firefighters told me they are having difficulty of dealing with the fire department at travis air force base and they are trying to sort that out right now. as the wind is blowing. and the other thing that you mentioned and we will take a look at the video right now, is the cows. a dozen cows in the middle of this. at one point they went towards the flames and then going away from the flames. i am at the area where the fire started. i am not sure where the cows are. i am sure the firefighters are trying to corral them right now. the good news is no one has been injured, and the bad news is they are still chasing the flames over near travis air force base. it seems they have a handle on it here in the field. a spokesperson will be coming to this area to give us an update on what is going on. as soon as we know, we will bring it to you live. reporting live in swooe sun city. >> the firefighters have been able to move the fire away from the direction of the home. let's bring in chief met

how the air force broke up from the army. the question now is are we at the same point when it comes to our space forces? point where to the it is a separate war fighting domain and we need to break it out as an independent service? host: the debate later today will be on the defense authorization bill. it lays out pentagon programs and policies for the next fiscal year and sets some of the budget numbers as well. some of those include the overall topline spending level -- $688 billion for defense. if i billion dollars more than the white house requested -- 25 billion more than the white house request and $70 billion more than the current level. this is a proposal from the house. how about in the senate when they take up their own authorization bill? are they as eager as house members are to have this space corps? guest: not so far, it doesn't appear. it is a draft piece of legislation essentially. it has passed the committee in the house and has to go to the full floor. the senate has their own version of the defense authoriz

air force.nd the jet age was on cruise control. 24-year-old chuck yeager was an air force test pilot. on october 14th, 1947, in the x-1, he broke the sound barrier for the first time. >> probably the most useful thing i ever did was break the sound barrier, but the most exciting flying i've ever done is combat. >> little did chuck yeager know but the u.s. was marching yet again toward war. june 25th, 1950, north korea invaded south korea. >> what goes through the mind of jack bolt? >> that i wanted to get in the action. >> at the controls of the 700-mile-per-hour sabre jet there would be plenty of action. 31-year-old major john bolt was flying with the 51st fighter interceptor wing. their mission, seek and destroy. enemy, soviet flown mig-15s supporting the north koreans. >> they really had a far superior plane. you could do a number on the mig if you could get it to hold still for a few seconds. >> tell me about some of the maneuvers you would use in air-to-air against the mig. >> if you get ju

>> you are looking at live pictures of air force one. it's on the tarmac. the president soon will board air force one and depart hamburg, germany, back to the united states. he is going back to europe, by the way, for bastille day. he and the french president, surprisingly, has struck up a good relationship and he'll be going back to celebrate then, but meanwhile, he's had a very busy, full trip ending with this meeting with the president of china today. kristin fisher has been following him throughout this trip. she joins us now from hamburg, germany. kristin. >> hey, david. well, this meeting with president xi just wrapped up. it lasted about 90 minutes, about half an hour less than the meeting with putin. this meeting was also much bigger than the meeting with the russian president. at that meeting you only had secretary of state rex tillerson along with president trump and a translator. at this meeting with president xi, more seated at the table, including tillerson and the hr director, and jared kushner, wilbur ross and you had the top economic and top

cut through the fence on the air force base. don't think anybody got shot. >> reporter: the fire threatened this horse stable where military personnel board their animals. all of the horses got out safely. two hours later, the fire was out. a cause still unknown. in solano county, cornell bernard, "abc 7 news." >>> cornell touched on it a little bit, but who are the weather conditions impacting the fire? >> meteorologist sandhya patel joins us live with that answer. >> yeah, eric and ama, let's look at the current conditions near the fire line. cooler, 74 degrees, relative humidity at 37%. the biggest factor in this has been the wind out of the southwest to 18, gusting to 28, and with gusty winds like this hot spots could still flare up. here is a look at the wind forecast. they will remain lighter heading into the overnight hours, picking back up again tomorrow afternoon out of the west, southwest. here is a look at time lapse from solano county fire there from the east bay hills camera. you can see the smoke being blown side w

cut through the fence on the air force base. don't think anybody got shot. >> reporter: the fire threatened this horse stable where military personnel board their animals. all of the horses got out safely. two hours later, the fire was out. a cause still unknown. in solano county, cornell bernard, "abc 7 news." >>> cornell touched on it a little bit, but who are the weather conditions impacting the fire? >> meteorologist sandhya patel joins us live with that answer. >> yeah, eric and ama, let's look at the current conditions near the fire line. cooler, 74 degrees, relative humidity at 37%. the biggest factor in this has been the wind out of the southwest to 18, gusting to 28, and with gusty winds like this hot spots could still flare up. here is a look at the wind forecast. they will remain lighter heading into the overnight hours, picking back up again tomorrow afternoon out of the west, southwest. here is a look at time lapse from solano county fire there from the east bay hills camera. you can see the smoke being blown side w

what is wrong with the current structure of space command in the air force. a little bit puzzled as to why these congressmen are asking for this creation. >> they are described as needing combat ready space force. what is the threat in space? this might come as a surprise to a lot of people. what is the threat that a combat-ready space force could tackle? >> well, i think that already exists under space command in the air force where, of course, they are operating military satellites, reconnaissance satellites and presumably assets that could shoot down enemy satellites so all of that stuff is already in place. by making this new space corps, you know, i don't know what they have in mind. these congressmen, whether they think we will have troops in space? we don't have any bases in space so it's a little bit puzzling what they are trying to create. >> so do you have any ideas as to whether astronauts will be able to give some input how they craft this? >> well, i mean, it depends on what their intention is. you know, currently space command of the air force o

space and they see it as a future lifeblood of the air force not be able to handle the mission? the number one mission when they come to work every day is to be the best air dominant force on the planet. you can't have two number one missions. the fact is space is one of several collateral missions and will always be subordinate as long as they are in the air force. that is the problem i have if you want to make the space professionals the best that they can be a need to com baby to coy knowing that it's the number one mission. if they segregate them and properly resourced amanda develop them so they can meet the new challenges the fact is when i first came here with mr. turner 15 years ago, space was bought out and integral. if you have a handheld phone come if you put your debit card you are using space. it's an integral part of our lives and the military. unfortunately, with the organizational bureaucracy they've not been able to fix the problems that exist in space. abraham lincoln said nothing good can be frustrated them time and i perfectly understand if you want to do a st

near travis air force base, 98 . relative humidity, down to 19%. so it's very dry. and wind is gusting out of the west-southwest at 23 miles per hour. now, looks like the wind will remain relatively strong going into the evening hours. and temperatures will be slow to drop off. so these conditions will remain conducive to fire development, not fire containment. tomorrow will be even hotter. i'll have the forecast a little bit later. >> spencer, thank you. >>> another live from sky 7, no structures on travis air force base are threatened. we're going to stay on top of this fire. we have crews on their way on the ground and we'll bring you any updates as we get them here and on our abc 7 news app. >>> let's look at video just in to the newsroom of another major fire burning north of vac eville. you can see it's burned more than 250 acres. >>> two neighborhoods are under mandatory evacuation. highway 128 in napa county is closed until noon tomorrow. firefighters are fighting those flames from the air. you saw some of the air attack there. it's in very rough terrain. th

air force combat control teams are one of the most elite divisions of the air force and work closelynavy seals and army rangers. >> we are called the quiet professionals, we don't like to be known. >> in february 1984 he was in spain during a training mission. his job was to be on the job and tracked the men went to jump from the airplane. when he gave the command, for whatever reason the pilot was the last call said not to. the pilot took another pass and during this pass at the side of the mountain. don and another man were the people who went out for a look for them and found all of the bodies. >> i walked up on one of my teammates was the first person i walked up on and he was folded in half backwards. his waist was broken. >> for 30 years he didn't talk about his time in the military. because of his ptsd, don suffered from social anxiety, had a quick temper and have flashbacks. >> i get freezing coal. i can get the pictures out of my head. everybody and look at, everything i look at i can see their face on their faces of their dead bodies. a lot of them are still intact and ther

he did not fly back on air force one. did you see any interaction between reince priebus and anthony scaramucci? >> no, there wasn't any interaction. there wasn't any hostility. reince was at the table, anthony was sort of near the end -- on the other side, and there was nothing, you know, no hostility. there was no hugging and kissing, but everything seemed fine. if you didn't know something was going on, you wouldn't have sensed anything. i give reince credit. he didn't tip his hand at all, on the way up or back down. >> did they exchange any words, scaramucci and reince priebus? >> i didn't see -- i certainly didn't see any hostility. >> you spoke yesterday, congressman king. you and i spoke at this time yesterday. you knew what was going on, the interview that scaramucci gave "the new yorker" magazine. how awkward was it for you to be on the plane with both of them? >> it was a very interesting situation. i'll leave it at that. >> when you say very interesting, give me a little bit more. >> only because everyone knew

for those in the air force, it could be the difference between life and death. we recently visited the exclusive united states air force weapons school in nevada where colonel mike draley is obsessed that he trains his students to become the best leaders out there. we wanted to learn what characteristics and values are at the core of their education and how those qualities can translate to the business sector. known as the home of the fighter pilot, nevada's nellis air force base is just a short ride away from all the glitz of the las vegas strip. it's also home to one of the most prestigious training programs in the military, the united states air force weapons school. twice a year, some of the most gifted warriors of the sky are chosen to attend the ph.d. level program there to learn the art of the most advanced integrated combat across land, air, space and cyber domains. not only do weapons school students become tactical experts in all areas of warfare, but they also received an unmatched education in leadership. these airmen have to be the best of the best

the united states air force weapons school.wice a year, some of the most gifted warriors of the sky are chosen to attend the phd level program there to learn the art of the most advanced, integrated combat, across land, air, space and cyber domains. not only do weapons school students become tactical experts in all areas of warfare but they also received an unmatched education in leadership. these airmen have to be the best of the best leaders. they're called upon for the most complex and dangerous situations. faced with decisions that are often the difference between life or death. colonel mike drowley believes leaders who have the highest level of integrity can consistently deliver successful results. not only in military but also in business and in life. and they all possess these key traits. they're selfless. >> when you go into an extremist situation, where lives are on the line, your life is on the line, it's not about you. the very first thing that goes through your head is what can i do to help? i've got friends, comrad

we understand on air force one, we noted he's on air force one now, we showed the live pictures of himbut the nurded a vier, h.r. mcmaster, might be part of a gaggle and that sound at least we might be hearing on air force one, but, again, why would it not be the president who is trying to offer some krar clarity as opposed to having all these other people with the administration and their interpretations of what took place? particularly now that putin has spoken. >> i think you can only draw the conclusion the president isn't ready to shift his public position on this. i'm sure that h.r. mcmaster will be grilled on air force one by the press pool about this issue, but everything or anything that he said is going to lack the impact of, you know, what it would be if the president say this publicly. and as i say, the fact that he didn't have a press conference is very unusual. we had angela merkel, the german chancellor, emmanuel macron, the french president, even president erdogan of turkey, all of them came out at the end of the summit and gave their impressions not just of the summit

the air force is now the smallest and the oldest it has been in our nation's history. all together, given the current demand, our nation's air force is short 1,500 pilots, 4,000 mechanics. before the house armed services committee, general steven wilson testified and i quote, today we find ourselves less than 50% ready across our air force, and we have pockets that are even below that. in fact, just to get by, the air force's been utilizing bombers that were designed and constructed for world war ii. this is a national security crisis, mr. speaker. this is a great american travesty. why? because i believe our former president, for political reasons, in my opinion, arbitrarily withdrew troops from critical battle fronts and dangerously drewdown our overall military resources. today on behalf of the air force base and all the brave men and women who keep our great country safe, i urge my colleagues to pass the national defense authorization act, which will rebuild our national security, repair our national defense and restore america's leadership position in the world. t

air force has been detained for deportation. peggy fox talked to the pastor's family in dumfries. >> reporter: inside this small home, the music and singing by his wife and his 13-year-old daughter will go on as usual tomorrow. the pastor, 57-year-old juan gutierrez was detained immigration customs and enforcement three weeks ago. his family has not seen him since. how do you deal with that? >> it's very difficult. i want to cry all the time. i'm trying to be strong, to hold my emotions in. it's hard for me, for my family. >> reporter: they are from peru. she became a united states citizen in 2014. their two children were born in the united states. their son served in the united states air force. >> i talked to my dad last night. we talked for like ten minutes. he told me to not worry. and that soon he will be out and then god knows why he is still in there. >> reporter: juan was in the process of applying to be a permanent resident. but a trespassing charge that was dismissed caused him to be detained for deportation. he has no

>> he called me from air force run, that air force one, and he said -- air force one, and said maybe they did it, maybe they did not. >> this is the exact issues here. intelligence agencies unanimous, both obama appointees .nd trump appointees the director of national intelligence. the head of the national security agency. the head of the fbi. all of these intelligence experts saying russia hacked the election, they tried to interfere in the election. no votes were changed but misinformation campaigns. president trump is contradicting it and your siding with him. sidingd not say i was with president trump. he has not made the decision to sign that bill one way or the other. >> big issues of the week, the house and the senate seemed to have come to an agreement with tough sanctions for russia. will the president sign that billion go -- bill? russia, tough on ridiculous and in putting the sanctions in place. the original legislation was poorly written, but we were able to work with the house and senate, and the administration is happy with the ability to do that and make the changes ne

that is air force one.there's an identical plane that goes along everywhere the president goes. united doesn't do that when your flight is delayed overseas, have an identical plane for you. it is important to note that this is air force one. just behind it you see the plane of the south korean leader landing there in hamburg, germany. air force one is wheels down, so this is air force one that has landed now. we wait for the arrival ceremony that will come as the president and the first lady walk down the steps. 4 p.m. they are in germany. the president has already had a very long day and a longer day to come throughout this. and we saw on his first foreign trip, at one point they said he was just exhausted after his time in the middle east. seems as though they've built in a little more pad to the schedule on this trip as opposed to the last trip. >> shannon: yeah. looks like tonight part of his schedule will also include a dinner that will involve the prime minister of japan and the newly elected presiden

force isis out of a major stronghold. isis militants are making a last stand in what is expected to be the time dayfor mosul air strikes havepummeled the city. it's also filled with civilians, making it very different to force them out. >>> there are new tension with his china this morning because of the actions of a new navy destroy. the u.s. ship sailed near a tiny island in the south china sea between china, taiwan and vietnam. the chinese government says the u.s. ship was trespassing and calls it a serious political and military prove investigation, a u.s. defense official who requested an nimty said the ship was on a routine exercise in that area. >>> when you take that trip on a massive cruiseship, there's always the possibilityst a crime, but how some crimes can be difficult to investigate and prosecute. >> reporter: this woman says seven days at sea changed your life. >> he raped me. i was crying my eyes out, asking him why are you doing this? please stop. >> reporter: we asked she not use her names. documents told police and doctors that one of the ship's bartenders sexually asoughted her. according t report, they

air force museum in dayton, ohio. imagine a swirling mass of mustangs, f-4s against mig 21s. the plane's movements limited by thin blue sky, the air flow and daring and skill of their pilots. they twist and turn, climb and dive, all in pursuit of each other. to become an ace, a pilot must score five air-to-air kills, requiring extraordinary proficiency and courage. some say it also requires a killer instinct, a warrior gene that allows them to overcome fear, to engage in deadly combat. climb into the cockpit and join us in the wild blue yonder with some of america's greatest aces. >> if you don't get him, he will get you. >> you don't have time for fear. >> the next thing i say, he is a dead man and i don't care if i have to chase him back to the kremlin. >> from the mythical to leonardo da vinci we have always dreamt of achieving the freedom of flight. two bicycle builders from ohio, orville and wilbur wright would be the first to make this plight of fantasy a reality. on december 17th, 1903, the first powered aircraft flew over the sandy beaches of kitty hawk, north carolina

. >>> outfront next, president trump about to board air force one for paris. saying, quote, i think many people would have held that meeting. plus exclusive video about donald trump in a very friendly meeting with some of the key players involved in setting up that meeting between trump junior and the russian lawyer. and the white house said to be paralyzed and in a fresh new hell every day. what's going on inside the west wing? let's go outfront. >> the breaking news, the president and melania trump are about to take off for paris to meet with the frun ch president. this will be the first time we have seen president trump in public in four days. and it comes as trump speaks out moments ago about the controversy swirling around his son's meeting with a russian attorney. trump insists that he, himself, knew nothing about the meeting until a few days ago, telling routers that he doesn't fault his son saying, quote, i think many people would have held that meeting. now trump was also asked whether he believes putin's denial of russian meddling in the election and

air force. >> a shadow program? with the air force? >> yes. >> the air force -- >> all top secret. >> then i can't tell you or i'd have to kill you. the air force did haven't a parallel space from for a period of time. one called dine know sure, but dinosaur was very public by the way in the early '60s, a very expensive program, and that was killed by mcnamara, right after kennedy was killed, because mcnamara is a real bean counter and looked be program and didn't see it would give a return nor dollars being invested. virtually all of the astronauts were assigned to dinosaur transferred and became shutle strikeouts, and dinosaur was a miniature shuttle 20 years earlier. very good. [inaudible question] >> like the shuttle it glides back after it's in orbit and glides back to a landing. >> okay, again, thank you very minute. [applause] >> here's a look at books being published this week: >>> booktv is end the campus ucla in los angeles and we tower can with professors who are authors. bren brenda steven, what would

divided around the bay area's largest military base and we went to fairfield, home of the travis air force base and there's disagreement even among those that served in the military. >> reporter: across the street from travis air force base, there is a barbershop, and dike is -- dacus served in the military and supports his plan to ban people from serving in the military debtor transgender. >> i don't know how they went from "don't ask, don't tell" and now you can change your gender, and that is not what our country is about. >> reporter: this man that works next-door disagrees with the ban. >> it is a form of desegregation and discrimination. they talk about the constitution, and now they want the level playing field.>> reporter: 10,000 people, military and civilians work at the travis air force base, the largest employer in solano county and it puts in about $1 billion a year in the local economy and the president of the college and open, military scholar and former military officer cost the announcement disrespectful to the transgender already serving. >> i am disappointed the president

air force leaders are rejecting the plan saying the pentagon is completed enough and it would add to ry bureaucracy. maybe we can change their minds. what if you called it space force and used this as your recruiting video? >> do you like writing records? firing super awesome laser means all over space. you need to join the space force. google space serving with all-american space probe, chat with exotic space age, eat out of this world space food and defend earth from super evil aliens. it's all possible in the us space force because using the word space makes it better. don't believe us? space taco, space dog. can i join the space for supersmart damn right i did. the only thing we don't have is in space no one can hear horrible music. joined the us force. space force today. greg: if i were not a coward, after saying that, i would think about signing up. jamie, would you join? >> yeah, that look awesome. my favorite part was the burger with the straw in it. i would call them guardians of the galaxy. i feel like the reason the air force does not want there to be a space air force is b

near travis air force base. we'll bring you the latest at 6:00. >> bye bye. >>> tonight, breaking developments. protests and chaos at the g20. as president trump arrives, thousands descend on the summit. many fighting the global economy. police and protesters clashing in the streets. water cannons, tear gas and now mounting injuries. our team in the middle of it. >>> also tonight, the meeting with vladimir putin is now coming with president trump now offering his toughest words yet aimed at russia. but when asked who meddled in our election, how the president responds on the world stage. >>> the new findings tonight inside the airport disaster in chicago. the jet engine, the catastrophic failure. shrapnel flying. panic on board. >>> we have surveillance video tonight. the veteran new york city police officer ambushed while sitting in a police vehicle. >>> and the hot car and the dogs trapped. the urgent effort to save them, and the authorities with the new warnings about your children and your pets. >>> good eve

it's burned up to buildings near travis air force base. in yolo county a 250-acre fire has prompted mandatory evacuations near highway 21. an advisory evacuation is in order for golden bear estates. now, this fire is also closed a stretch of highway 128. that connects 505 in winters. it will re-open tomorrow morning. >>> another grass fire burned a half acre on ring mountain in marin county. it's open space between tiburon and corte madera. firefighters made quick work of this one. as of 20 minutes ago, it was out. >>> and chopper 5 over a 5-acre fire in livermore's wine region this afternoon. it completely destroyed an old barn and some vintage equipment inside of it. no injuries. >>> new at 6:00, the state's plan to take water from the sacramento river north of delta and then tunnel it down to pumping stations in the south is being called california's water fix. kpix 5's john ramos spoke with some people, though, who live on the delta, and they say it feels more like the fix is in. >> just a water grab to take it out of here to the south

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but, he does not blame them for specifically air force doing so. for donald kehoe, what he calls the silence group is acting out of a desire to protect national security, and a desire to prevent public hysteria. and while he disagrees with that decision, he sees it as a matter of reasonable disagreement. he does not see nefarious motives at work. and that is an idea that is going to change significantly over the 1960's and especially coming out of the 1970's and into the 1980's. but it is really easy, at the time, to see the impact of writers like donald kehoe who see a conspiracy, silenced, but not necessarily a nefarious conspiracy of silence. by 1952, the same here is that true magazine is debunking scully, life magazine leads with a big front cover splash of marilyn monroe and the headline -- there is a case for interplanetary saucers and life comes down hard in that issue to say that they think something probably is going on with ufos. marilyn monroe and the headline less concerned with credibility but no less influential in putting these idea

time, i advised the governor by telegram that the troops would be sent to southbridge -- selfridge air force ace and be available to report and assist some 8000 michigan national guardsmen and the several thousand state and local police under the command of governor romney and the mayor of detroit. i informed the governor that these troops would arrive this afternoon. i also informed the governor dancemmediately mr. cyrus as a special assistant would proceed to detroit for conferences with the governor and other officials. this plan proceeded as scheduled. approximately 5000 federal troops were on their way by airlift to detroit, michigan, within a few hours. mr. vance, general throckmorton and others were in detroit and a conference with governor romney by the middle of this afternoon. that atitial report was appear that the situation might be control without bringing the federal troops on the air force base into downtown detroit. they therefore recommended that the troops be maintained on a 30 minute alert and they advised charge ofwould be in the situation and with the secretary and me ma

the air force itself feels like it's an additional layer of bureaucracy. and of course it's going to have to get reconciled with the senate armed services committee's version of the bill doesn't contain ... >> is passed out of the bill overwhelmingly and tell us what may be ahead in the senate debate on authorization? >> typically the authorization bill gets, passes in the house and gets a wide array of support. right now as we're talking about, there's 90+ amendments that the rules committee is considering. next week they plan to meet on tuesday to hear from the house armed services committee chairman max thornberry and the ranking member adam smith. and then on wednesday, they're going to, the rules committee that is is going to consider amendments and whether they are in order to be considered on the floor. so what we've been told to expect is floor consideration on thursday and potentially a vote on friday, although that's in the hands of the house leadership. >> joe gould covers congress for defense news. read his reporting@defensenews.com and he's al

rob went to a neighborhood near travis air force base. >> i was in the air force. >> reporter: served in the force overseas during 9/11 in the military police. she supports president trump's plan that would ban trans- gender people from serving in the military. >> i totally agree. i don't understand how they went from don't ask don't tell to now you can change your gender. that's not what our country is about. >> reporter: this man next door disagrees with the ban. >> it is a form of racism, a form of discrimination. bottlepoliticians talk how they want to, you know, level of the playing field. >>> but i don't see it. >> reporter: so 10,000 feel work at traffic air force base. the largest employer in so solano county. this officer called the announcement disrespectful to the trans-genders serving. >> disappoint the president would make statements that are so not rooted reality, and also reflects disrespect for the trans-gender individuals serving. because trans-gender people have been able to serve openly in the military for the last year. >> reporter: travis says there are probably a

the air force's roswell report spurs more conspiracy theorists. it is not helped by the cia coming out in 1997 and also say, we have been lying to you about ufo sightings. you did see stuff, but it was top-secret military planes. we could not tell you, sorry, but ufos still aren't real. it did not have the same impact. saying have been lying for years is not going to build public trust that you are now telling the truth. the 1980's ase of this roswell conspiracism develops and abduction conspiracism in general develops, you see it move not into mainstream acceptance, but mainstream recognition. nobody came to class today never having heard of roswell. nobody came to class never having seen a picture of a short gray alien with big head and they guys. -- and big eyes. it is strongly at the forefront of popular consciousness in the 1990's. you get best-selling paperbacks that get turned into high rated tv shows. "the truth about roswell" gets turned into a showtime show. you get the classic tabloid covers. weekly world news is all over the clinton-al

we expect to get a readout from air force one shortly. we are told that the briefing wrapped up and were waiting for the audio to be sent back. also heard today from the russian president, vladimir putin who met with the president two hours and 15 minutes yesterday. there was a little bit of a diplomatic discrepancy over his claim that he and russia were not for at least the russian government were not involved in meddling in the us election. his foreign minister claimed that he told the president he was not involved in - and the president accepted appeared within vladimir putin is that he believes that the president listened to him at the very least as to whether he accepted what he said, we have to ask the president. which we were hoping to do this afternoon but they canceled the scheduled press conference. something else interesting, when vladimir putin was talking today, and his press conference at the g 20 he said that if he met a different donald trump than the one that he had seen on television.listen here. >> as for personal relat

the air force. truck she served in the u.s. air force overseas during 9/11 and the military police. she supports president donald j. trump and his plan to ban transgender people from serving in the military. >> i totally agree with him. i do not understand how they went from do not ask, do not tell, to now you can change your gender. that is not what our country is about. >>> reporter: this man, who works next-door disagrees. it is a form of racism and a form of discrimination and segregation.>>> reporter: you do not take it is right ? >> no. they tout heather want to uphold the constitution and how they want a level playing field i do not see it.>>> reporter: 10,000 people, military, civilian and others work at travis air force base. it is the largest -- employer in solano county. travis says there are a dozen transgender people at the base. 2500 in the entire military. experts were meant at traverse said we will continue to work with the department of defense to see what it will look like with new

kayla also from corpus christi no a 2017 graduate of avia high school and will be attending the air force academy. caleb of sinton, texas, is a 2016 graduate of flower bluff high school who will be attending the air force academy. john mcniff, a 2017 graduate, will attend the united states coast guard academy. calista from corpus christi, a 2017 graduate of richard king high school, will attend the u.s. military academy at west point. clayton daley thompson from corpus christi, texas, was a graduate of flower bluff high school and will attend the u.s. naval academy. christina hammer from corpus christi, a graduate of king high school, will attend the u.s. coast guard academy. and josh smith from victoria, another graduate of victoria west high school, will be attending the air force academy. each of them brings great pride to all of us in the 27th district of texas and i wish them the best of luck in their academies and look forward to hearing great things about their service to our nation. mr. speaker, i was walking along the cannon tunnel and was looking at all the art from the congress

at the same time, i advised the governor by telegram that the troops would be sent to selfridge air force ace and be available to report and assist some 8000 michigan national guardsmen and the several thousand state and local police under the command of governor romney and the mayor of detroit. i informed the governor that these troops would arrive this afternoon. i also informed the governor that immediately mr. cyrus vance as a special assistant would proceed to detroit for conferences with the governor and other officials. this plan proceeded as scheduled. approximately 5000 federal troops were on their way by airlift to detroit, michigan, within a few hours. mr. vance, general throckmorton and others were in detroit and a conference with governor romney by the middle of this afternoon. their initial report was that at appear that the situation might be controlled without bringing the federal troops on the air force base into downtown detroit. they therefore recommended that the troops be maintained on a 30 minute alert and they advised that they would be in charge of the situation an

b-1 bombers flew 2,000 miles from anderson air force to outside the korean demilitarized zones. following today's mission, the lieutenant, who is the deputy commander of u.s. forces in korea said u.s. bombers in republic of korea fighter jets are just two of many lethal military options at our disposal. this mission clearly demonstrates the u.s. republic of korea alliance remains prepared to use the full range of capabilities to defend and to preserve the security of the korean peninsula and region. while the u.s. is prepared to take military action, u.s. officials want to avoid going to war, and they are trying desperately to find a diplomatic solution, namely through china. but yesterday secretary of state rex tillerson reiterated that the chinese have not been doing enough. >> our experience with china has been -- and i've said this to others -- it's been a bit uneven. china has taken significant action. and then i think for a lot of different reasons, they paused. and didn't take additional action. >> now, of course u.s. officials are hoping that china will renew those effort

>>> air force firefighters are working alongside county firefighters to control the flames. you can see it's also threatening horses and cows. we've seen some of those horses being evacuated. >>> and let's take another live look at the fire from sky 7. you can see the line a little bit of the flames making their way there. but you can see all that black area that has already scorched, as we said, it is hot out there making it hard for firefighters. >> embers appear to have jumped that roadway. burning on both sides and close to buildings. not that far from the runway. you can see all of that. let's bring in weather anchor spencer christian to check on the conditions for this fire fight. >> the three weather conditions that make fire fight difficult are high temperature, low humidity and strong winds. let's take you down to the location of the fire. near travis air force base, 98 degrees. it is hot. relative humidity, down to 19%. so it's very dry. and wind is gusting out of the west-southwest at 23 miles per hour. now, looks like the wind will remain relatively strong going

it on people's throats we wanted to get the air force involved in a -- air force didn't care until we start to get publicity and then they write and pose their own appendix and first thing they talked about was the air force controlling all air power. if you want to get marines trolling off the ceiling tell them you're going to that i can their airplanes away we have to do a basically a referee between air force and marines other how that would be. in the end, leans are probably right we probably end up doing more harm than good with the air force still -- i'm kind of anti-christ for putting them in the appendix and lucky they got that. they got that if marines get their way but air force interested in this and done pretty good things since. same problem with the army intelligence center they were uneasy with our social cultural intelligence, and even which wily got them to come onboard but delayed manual two months and delayed by that ravel peters had a chance to write nasty editorial called manual wimpy and other things. petraeus approach if you bring it out, and draw

now a hearing for air force general also the -- for an air force general to be reappointed as the joint chiefs of staff. ps been nominated by president trump to another two-year term. at this hearing he was that asked that she was asked about iran's nuclear program, north korea, and cyber security. he says his personal information was targeted after the recent data breach. john mccain normally chairs the senate armed services committee, but the arizona senator is recovering from surgery, so senator james imhoff filled in. sen. imhoff: we all have on our minds and in our prayers senator mccain. he is going through some recovery right now and will be able to come back this week. that will change the way we are doing business a little bit. nonetheless, he will be back with us very soon. committee this morning is considering the renomination of general sova for the appointment of vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. we have already been through this trail that through this drill. do you have any family you would like to introduce? >> i have an opening statement. imhoff: general selva

trump this morning boarding air force one. >> what about north korea? >> we're going to do very well.

air force one is landing. let's go to kelly o'donnell.ut what his schedule is for the rest of the day as we see on our screen it's already almost 4:00 in the afternoon in hamburg. >> it certainly is. you're just seconds after wheels down for air force one. the short trip from warsaw, poland. this is the main set piece of this second foreign trip for president trump. the g20 summit, which brings together leaders of 19 countries and the european union. as air force one rolls toward where we know already the setup for the official welcome. there will be the flags of the nations involved. we've seen one of the marine one choppers is prepositioned there. certainly today what we expect is in a matter of a few hours, president trump will be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel, the host of this event. of course, this is her home country. she selected hamburg. and she, in many people's eyes, is one of the most forceful leaders on the world stage right now. and she is still in a new relationship with president trump. this will be their thi