i was a cadet in rotc, every member him saying today we have an air force. it is becoming an air and space force and one day it will be a space and air force. he was talking about the growing importance of space within the air force. and this is the air force chief of staff saying this bid in the late 1990's, the debate started to pick up and get more serious. you had senator bob smith from new hampshire writing articles i think in 1998 he published a journal article talking about how we needed to spaceports, we needed a separate military service for space. that activity in congress resulted in the creation of the rumsfeld commission, what became known as the rumsfeld commission, to study space reorganization and reform. that committee released its final report i think january of 2001. among the recommendations -- there were a lot of recommendations and among them it said we should create a space corps, a military service for space with in the department of the air force, and it put in the timeline of medium-term, which is kind of ambiguous. low and behold, d

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. >> i wanted to get your i want to get your view because you're an air force veteran.um, continuing his purge, president trump fired the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. general cq brown, who's a air force general, as well as well as several other top officials. this comes after hegseth pete hegseth, the secretary of defense, has repeatedly accused general brown of promoting dei diversity, equity and inclusion in the military, and hegseth has even questioned whether he got promoted general brown just because of his race. but just as a counterpoint, here's a recruitment ad from the air force that general brown made a few years ago. >> when i'm. >> flying. >> i put my. >> helmet on. >> my visor down, my mask up. you don't know who i am, but. >> i'm african. >> american, asian american. >> hispanic. >> white. >> male or female. >> you just know i'm an. >> american airman. >> kicking your butt. >> so, you know, i don't know a huge amount about general brown other than he's an air force veteran and has a distinguished record, but that doesn't seem to be a dei message.

and we did a flyby in air force one — and all the tvs in air force one are set to fox, perhaps unsurprisinglywere there watching fox covering air force one, flying by the nascar race. we were flying really low — it was quite a surreal experience. moments injournalism. a really big entrance, and it was kind of interesting but can't you get them to turn one of those tvs to bbc? they put on a basketball game. or non—american audience — that nascar, that daytona oh, it's huge. there's 110,000 seats at that race. and so, when we get in and, you know, you hear the roar of a crowd, i mean, it was a bigger crowd than i'd ever seen at a european football game, for example. and trump comes out and he does a little wave. supportive crowd for him. i mean, he knew his audience. into the more serious policy stuff in a moment — i mean, you know, way before he was a president, how to work a crowd — especially at a crowd, supportive, you know, of him. it was, you know, a home game for him, so from his perspective, it was a really good pr opportunity. and he said, "look at donald trump. he's at every sporting

and the senior lawyers, the senior legal officers in the air force and the army and the navy. now, frank kendall responded to that in writing. and what he wrote to me is the unflappable veteran defense official version of an air raid siren. just listen to this, quote. president trump's decision to fire senior military leaders without cause is foolish and a disgrace. it politicizes our professional military and a dangerous and debilitating way. what frightens me most is the removal of three judge advocates general, the most senior uniformed legal authorities in the defense department. their removal is one more element of this administration's attack on the rule of law, and an especially disturbing part. the military's top judge, advocates general, are the senior military professionals who interpret and enforce the uniform code of military justice, the rules that guide troops in the field. they have the independent legal authority to tell any military commander or political appointee that an order from the president or the secretary of defense is unlawful cannot be given and shou

air force major general stephen loper, who was a deputy judge advocate general in the air force and retired democratic majority action pac. amy mcgrath is here. edie. still with us. helene, take us through the reporting. >> hi, nicole. >> thanks for having me. >> you know, the i sat down on saturday. >> friday night. >> was crazy. as we got the news. we'd been sort of anticipating. >> this for a while. >> and i sat down. >> on. >> saturday and. watched that video that you opened the segment with again. and i. >> watched it about. >> 4 or 5 times because i wanted to make sure that there wasn't anything in there where in which so easy to call where general brown had gone. off on a more of a, a pro-diversity rant. and there wasn't. the video that you played is a very personal story. it runs for four minutes and 49 seconds in which he is talking about his own life as an african american fighter pilot in the air force. he talks about how he he going to schools, elementary school with his sister, where they were the only two black kids in the in the whole school. and he felt like he didn't they d

, as well as the top lawyers for the army, navy and air force.sident has selected retired air force general dan caine to be the new joint chiefs chairman, a job that requires senate confirmation. mr. trump has spoken highly of caine since meeting him in iraq during his first term. eric edelman served in senior positions in the state and defense departments under both republican and democratic presidents. he's now at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments. how unusual is this? a new president in his first month getting rid of the chair of the joint chiefs and other leaders. >> unprecedented. we have had presidents relieve other senior commanders from president truman and general macarthur during the korean war, president obama relieved general stan mcchrystal, but that was for cause. in this instance, no-call is given. it is unprecedented. previous presidents wanted to put their own chairman in, president kennedy for instance, max taylor, but he waited until the chairman left before replacing him. john: what will the effect be on the m

i was in contact with one of my friends from the air force who happens to be african american. they are looking at this in a very, very negative light. and that's going to, i think, be a real problem for morale in the force and for the ability to carry this force forward in a nonpolitical way. >> spider marks is also here with us. spider, just your takeaways, as we had we had heard that this was coming. there was word that there was a list being sent to capitol hill. but republicans, the top republicans on the armed services committee in the senate, were telling us yesterday they hadn't heard anything about this. they didn't know. but now it has actually come to light. >> yeah. >> i think we need to realize. >> and. >> we can take this off the table. both cq brown and lisa franchetti are war fighters. their credentials are bespoke. and that's without debate. um, 130 combat hours with cq brown and then lisa franchetti. >> commanded the sixth fleet, which is europe and africa. >> so let's just put that to the side. >> but i. >> think we have to realize, look, you serve at the behe

we have seen air force one flyover.president meet and greet with drivers including the great richard petty. we have seen the beast cruise around the track. let's welcome madison scarpino into the conversation. as far as assignments go you drew a pretty good one my friend. [laughter] >> hate kevin, the energy is still very high now. i heard you talk about how everyone just takes their phones out to capture the moment looking at all the fans surrounding me right now but that is what everyone is doing. what a cool thing to see the president leading the way it right now at daytona international speedway. unsure if he is going to stay for the whole racer wo widow sun planning on doing i can siphon the fan perspective people are soaking all of this in. ♪ because it madison i went to ask you. i know you got a sense early on today this was going to be on like many other days at the track. of course other presidents have attended including the great ronald reagan, with whom i share a birthday. not bragging. but obviously having

he will be replaced by retired three star air force lieutenant general dan cain. news correspondent covering national security and the pentagon. few people know more about what happens in that building than courtney. courtney, what we know at this point is limited amounts of reporting. there's obviously the truth social post from donald trump where he announces he's planning to nominate air force lieutenant general cain. i want to talk to you about that. but first, let me start by just asking you, what do we know about how he fired cq brown? did he call him? is there anything more we've learned about how this took place today? yeah, we. >> know nothing. >> about that, frankly. >> now we know. >> cq brown was traveling. >> he had a trip to the border, planned for the day for today, and then. >> he was. >> supposed to travel on a little bit more domestically. so we know that trip went on, but beyond that, we just don't know. look, here's. >> the reality. >> we were expecting this to. happen yesterday or today. >> so this isn't. >> a huge surprise. we've been. talkin

i went out to lackland air force base, 35 years old. i was grandpa, but graduated honor grad there, and went off to kirtland air force base and got distinguished graduate there. so ended up doing two tours in afghanistan. >> all of those experiences, how did they prepare you for a career in congress? >> oh boy. going into that, like i said, i needed to feel like i deserved everything that this country has meant for me. there is so much opportunity, and it is not lost on me. going into the military was interesting, because i came out of technology and education. i had no idea what that cultural -- culture was like. the people i deployed with are still some of my best friends, some of the best people i have known. they care about this country. they are willing to sign at the dotted line and put themselves at risk. but their families at risk of losing, you know, a son, father, husband one of the things cap daily, really made me smile is when i got sworn in last week i had a bunch of guys from my former squadron come out for my swearing in

and president biden flew down there in air force one and josh said i've never seen air force one before. we are at the charleston air force base. one of the very last things josh and i and i just it was president biden's last visit to charleston and on air force one. so this guy is as pure as the -- he embodies all that is good in people and politics. and so josh, i am so grateful for you and so thankful for your friendship. >> j, josh. [applause] now you all know about clay. i'll take a bullet for him. because i know he would take one for me. there has never been anybody in politics ever, probably my life, that i have trusted more than i trust this man. i know many times -- i don't even know about, daggers that i have no clue about because clay always as my six as he says. he always has my back. he is my brother and we have competition about who is actually going to save the speech, the eulogy at the others funeral. he always says you're going to say my. i said no, i got a few more years on you, brother. i'm going to say yours. you know the reverse shit, sorry. [laughing] he's going to

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he was the air. force and he was appointed to that job by the man who just relieved him, donald trump. during his first term. jose. >> yeah. general, let's talk a little bit about that, because that isis campaign by the united states was extraordinarily effective and efficient. but the defense secretary hegseth, says there's nothing unprecedented about removing so many military leaders at once. how do you see it? >> well, look. >> i. >> think we should be very clear. >> eyed about. >> what's going on. i don't think there's anything to do with competence. >> of. >> this current senior. >> military leadership. it has nothing to do. >> black or anti-women. >> i think what. >> you're. >> seeing is a. >> consolidation of power. >> by president. trump and by the secretary of defense to put into place. >> people who will. >> primary focus. >> will be on loyalty to. >> the regime. >> i think that's what's going on. >> i think we ought to be concerned about it. the nominee. >> retired three star air force general.

n1950, patrick air force base in my district was named in his honor, recognizing his historic contributionso military aviation. today this base is known as patrick space force base a. testament to house america's leadership in disguise has evolved to dominate new frontiers. his vision laid the groundwork for at this' advances in space exploration and defense. may we always remember his contribution to our nation. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the speaker pro tempore: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to section 803-a of the congressional recognition for excellence and arts education act, 2 u.s.c. 803-a, i'm pleased to appoint the honorable david trone of potomac, maryland, to the congressional award board. signed sincerely, hakeem jeffries, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. democrats are under pressure to all all the stops with government funding bei t biggest point of lever

as well as the top military lawyers for the rv, navy, and air force.sited warsaw last week calling polin a model ally in europe. at cpac, poland's president duda met with trump ahead of his speech and later spoke to fox. >> interpreter: i just his efficiency and i chose he's going to bring an efficient and lasting peace in ukraine. >> reporter: when asked if he trusted vladimir putin, the polish president replied he's a former kgb officer. shannon? >> shannon: lucas tomlinson for us at the light has, thank you very much. not a fox news correspondent alex hogan in kyiv with more and president trump's efforts to end the russia ukraine war. hello, alex. >> hi, shannon. a political firestorm sending u.s.-ukraine relations into a tailspin this week on the heels of u.s.-russian attacks aimed at bringing the war to end. president donald trump blasted ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as a dictator. zelenskyy accused trump of living in a disinformation bubble. zelenskyy's predecessor says ukraine should strike a calmer tone. >> this easily communicate? n

as a top military lawyers for the army, navy, and air force.ete hegseth visited: pull in a model ally in europe. at cpac: president met with trump head of the speech. >> i did trust president donald trump. i trust his ambitions and i did trust trustee is going to bring efficient and lasting peace to ukraine. waxman asked to be trusted vladimir putin replied former kgb officer. thank you, lucas. alex hogan in kyiv two and the russia ukraine four. hello alex ricketts hi shannon, a political firestorm said u.s., if crane relations into a tailspin this week on the heels of u.s. russia talks aimed at bringing the war to the end. >> president donald trump blasted zelenskyy as a dictator. zelenskyy accused trump of living in disinformation bubble. predecessor petro poroshenko said ukraine should strike a calm tone. >> is president trump an easy communicator? no, not at all but we should understand and learn how to speak with him. but, if you find another way, that would also be fantastic. >> can you tell me how you assess the current diplomatic tensio

navy and the air force were also fired. why would you fire the top attorneys? them? >> well, that's another. really great question that we don't have an answer to. these are men. >> and women that are. >> three stars in the services the army, the navy, the air force. they're charged with, among other things, making legal decisions about ensuring whether orders are lawful or not. you know, pete hegseth was on fox news yesterday saying that part of the reason why they got rid of these people is because they were being roadblocks. look, i find lawyers as cumbersome as anybody else, but they're the there's a reason why they are in place not to be roadblocks, but to make sure that we're following the law, that we're doing things the right way and that things will hold up in court. there's a reason why lawyers are at the pentagon, and that's to make sure we're doing the right things for the right reasons. >> i guess the other question i have for you is, is looking at africa to, to pull out of africa and redirect command to, to europe as china and russia are trying to

have been named by trump to lead the air force during trumps 1st term. then in 2023 president bite and nominated brown to had the joint chiefs. now trump wants to replace brown with dan cain, a retired lieutenant general, whose white cane would bolt numerous higher ranking generals to be the nation's highest ranking military officer. he led us special ops forces any rock against iso winning trump sprays by promising a quick path to victory. okay, general regime and how fast sir? we could have totally finished the one week i said one week i was told to here's one week i tried ser democrats have labeled the pentagon slashing as the friday night. massacre gone is not only the chairman of the joint chiefs, but 5 other top us military leaders. among them is lisa fran chevy, the 1st woman to lead the u. s. navy and james slice. the air force is the 2nd in command who had encouraged a critical look at institutional racism after the killing of torch floyd in a statement, the top democrats on the senate armed services committee. so the dismissals appear to be par

air force one lifted off from west palm beach. earlier he sat down with our own bret baier discussing a range of topics, including elon musk doge team and the work they're doing. here's an excerpt. >> i don't know if it's kickbacks or what's going on, but the people, look, i ran on this, and the people want me to find it. i've had a great help with elon musk, who's been terrific. bret: bottom line, you say you trust him? >> trust elon? oh, he's not gaining anything. i wonder how he can devote the time to it. he's so into it. i told him do that and then i'll tell him very soon, like, maybe in 24 hours to go check the department of education. he's going to find the same thing, then i'm going to go to the military. let's check the military. we're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse and, you know, people elected me on that.

the air force is the 2nd in command who had encouraged a critical look at institutional racism after the killing of torch floyd. in a statement, the top democrats on the senate armed services committee. so the dismissal appear to be part of a broader pre meditated campaign by president trump. and secretary head says to purge talented officers for politically charged reasons, which would undermine the professionalism of our military and send it showing message through the ranks from has signaled the purge at the pentagon is far from over. the defense department says it expects to reduce its civilian workforce by 50 to 70000 employees. to re focus on the president's priorities. heidi jo, castro alger 0, washington and eastern democratic republic of congo. you and it reference. the agency says 42000 people who've fled to neighboring for randy in just 2 weeks. i size or london back to m 23 fights is advancing north and south cubic provinces. many refugees on making the dangerous journey by boat and exhausted hungry and often sick un says about 9000 companies cross the board on tuesday, a

and in either the air force or the navy, uh, the army air corps or the navy. is then it was very stable and a large wing with a three place plane. i was a pilot and a guy in the turret and a guy below tail gunner with a 50 caliber or 30 caliber gun back there in the turret. and i forget what we had some 20 caliber guns flying forward. uh, but that triggered from us from the stack. but the beautiful thing about the airplane was its stability for landing on a tossing deck that the cbl fast carrier that was a cruiser hull very narrow. and i think she cost more than the big kids. so the thing that was reassuring, you could slow that airplane down and not worry as much about spinning it like you would from a corsair and m6 or something of that nature. and it it was stable, was dependable. you can take a hit and the plane still fly. i remember landing it in the water. my plane, having been disabled, engine trouble fleet. i just couldn't take me on board. so i had to land in the water and three two men on the plane, four or 500 pounds depth charges and a little bit o

the air force is the 2nd in command who had encouraged a critical look at institutional racism after the killing of torch floyd. in a statement, the top democrats on the senate armed services committee. so the dismissal appear to be part of a broader pre meditated campaign by president trump. and secretary head says to purge talented officers for politically charged reasons, which would undermine the professionalism of our military and send it showing message through the ranks from has signaled the purge at the pentagon is far from over. the defense department says it expects to reduce its civilian workforce by 50 to 70000 employees. to re focus on the president's priorities. heidi jo, castro, alger 0, washington, and breaking news for you know, israel's prime minister's office has said the release of palestinian prison. detainees has been delayed for statement rates in lights of the repeated violations by him, us, including rituals that humiliate the dignity of our prisoners. on the cynical, political use of them for propaganda. if it was decided to postpone the release of prisoners

he's now requesting nominations for senior positions in the navy on the air force depends the console. so preparing to find more than 5000 civilian employees as soon as next week, as part of reducing the federal workforce. and the associated press is low and legal action against the 3 trump administration. officials of a series of bias, the restrictive access to white house and air force, one the a p one that was largest, the oldest news organizations, elijah, is the bank, violates the speech in contravention of the 1st amendment. the organization was singled out by the trump administration. out of this month for continuing to use with a gulf of mexico, of the trump signed an executive order to rename it. the gulf of america. this map los angeles has when these, these cities, the fire chief over the handling of while fires in january. these 29 people were killed and thousands of buildings were destroyed. of the pfizer, it through parts of the city last month. matt curran, bass, boss ra that has a cheese 5, chief kristen crowley of sending home a 1000 fire fighters with the finest bega

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he is a fighter pilot in the air force. he also started in the national guard and he is known for leading the special ops forces. any rock in the us is fight against i. so famously towing trump in a story that the president has recounted numerous times and apparently endearing, came to trump candle, trump, that he could finish off i. so within a week's time, which is something that trump was impressed by, it has been repeating over and over again. he has described trumpets describe pain as somebody who is a commander that he's had to hold back even a perfect man. so what does that mean going forward into the pinterest pentagon leadership a summer are fearful that this might mean more of a war hawk whispering in the presidency year. right, heidi, thanks for that. and how did your customer of the in washington dc well, federal work is in the us of protesting against sweeping, layoffs, ordered by the trump administration to protest as john, to save all parts during a demonstration in nashville, in north carolina. approximately

i just want to speak about the air force.ot of people don't for the understand what the military is all about. when i was in the military, i quickly learned that, i am a black guy, and like people were in society and everything, a list of guys in the military. you do not associate with officers in the military. you don't marry officers in the military. and brown being in the air force , he had officers. in officers you got rated and non-rated. he was a rated officer. that is the top. that is the top air force that you can be is a fighter pilot. you are a fighter pilot in the air force, you are first class. he was a captain. but he's a four-star general and a black guy. do you know how hard you've got to fight to be in a position like that? it is a tough thing. the president can do whatever he wants to do. that is exactly what he did. host: we got that. any comment on that, and also about recruitment numbers, how are they doing for the services? guest: certainly brown was well respected, really somebody who you never heard bad

the air force is the 2nd in command who had encouraged a critical look at institutional racism after the killing of torch floyd. in a statement, the top democrats on the senate armed services committee. so the dismissal appear to be part of a broader pre meditated campaign by president trump. and secretary head says to purge talented officers for politically charged reasons, which would undermine the professionalism of our military and send it showing message through the ranks from has signaled the purge at the pentagon is far from over. the defense department says it expects to reduce its civilian workforce by 50 to 70000 employees. to re focus on the president's priorities. heidi jo, castro, alger 0, washington. the vatican says the head of the roman catholic church potent prompts that this isn't a critical condition in hospice. old the 8 year old pontiff. as long as you go on blood transfusions, youth will low place it counts for prompts. this is being tracy's, the pneumonia in both loans. the vatican says his condition has lessened and he will not appear in public to leave his us

there was an overhead voice on air force one that came right on cue. please direct your attention to the right-sided aircraft of air force one. we are over international waters, first time in history were flying over the gulf of america." president trump is a great president, but he's also a fantastic producer. to bring them up, "you are over the gulf of america," and cue the voice of god or whoever that was, the pilot. >> talk about the straws. >> i have to. >> underneath that awesome, they suck, the reality is paper straws contain 95% microplastics, and plastic straws contained 70%. they are better for the environment, so take that, libs. >> he made a great quibble. why don't we get rid of plastic forks, plates, cups, start jerking out of our hands? as far straws are concerned, i'm happy because am going to stop drooling. you get a paper straw and they break apart. that i attempt to drink through -- i don't know why i can't drink through a small hole. it just goes right down my face. i'm excited about the drooling stops here. >> you look great doing

air force base. you explain to us briefly what is the threat that these drones hosted the u.s. military operation facilities and personnel. >> senator, the primary threat that i see for them in the way they have been operating his detection and perhaps surveillance of sensitive capabilities on our installations. >> and that is all installation, not just supersensitive ones like nuclear sites. >> yes, sir. 350 detections reported last year on military installations and that was 350 over a total of 100 different installations of all types and levels of security >> the case right now that can only at certain sites which you may call the supersensitive sites like nuclear basis, do commanders have the authority to protect from these drone incursions. >> we call those covered installations in about half are covered. >> which sounds crazy to me. i think most americans think it does not show a lot of common sense. base commanders in every base around america, they have the authority and they have the capabil

air force captain. the democrat is -- one of more than 60 new members of the u.s. house and explains why he made a second run for congress after an unsuccessful bid 20 years ago. >> an opportunity arose to serve , continue lifelong service. i served in the military and have been an internist working in the community and took care of veterans, served on the base and been in the legislature of new jersey for 26 years until a few days ago so i have lived a life of service on this opportunity arose so i can continue to serve as has always been my goal. >> talk more about your background. first, talk about the nearly 30 years at the new jersey state house. what key lessons did you learn that can be applied now? >> always leading with the facts and letting fact drive policy. working with my colleagues in my caucus on the other caucus. it is about working together for the betterment of the people we serve. whether you are a democrat or republican, that is the goal and i have always worked towards it in my service and i understand that the best things we have done have bee

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of journalists who show up to this building every day, are not going to the luxury of flying on air force one and asking the president of the united states question. we want to ensure everyone has a seat at that highly coveted table. the legacy media outlets who have been doing this for quite some time -- their spots will remain pure just like they have in this briefing room as well. >> what are we doing today. >> of the more of an hour-long press conference that he gave you at the oval office himself, there has not been significant update since the president's remarks last night, but i will reiterate his position it is critical that this deal is signed. expect president zelenskyy to sign a deal. -- he expect president zelenskyy to sign a deal. this is to recoup funds given for their defense, and it is for the ukrainian people who have been put through hell through his work. and the ukrainian people because of this brutal war. >> his trip to the middle east so he can concentrate on this deal? >> i don't want to comment on his travel plans or read anything out, just for obvious reasons. he

and we did a flyby in air force one — and all the tvs in air force one are set to fox, perhaps unsurprisinglying by the nascar race. and then, to my right, i looked out and i see the stands. and then, landed and the motorcade drove of pinch—yourself moments injournalism. yeah, it was quite a surreal experience. you know, he's always been a showman, and he made interesting to see that from being a part of it. they put on a basketball game. but, you know, they're pretty set on fox, it appears. and we should explain, i suppose, for our maybe non—sporting or non—american audience — that nascar, that daytona 500 is the biggest race in that rally season. i mean, it's absolutely huge, isn't it? oh, it's huge. and i never really followed nascar personally, but i didn't realise there's 110,000 seats at that race. and so, when we get in and, you know, you hear the roar ofa crowd, i mean, it was a bigger crowd than i'd i mean, it's twice the size of most stadiums in a lot of countries. it was really quite something, and it looked — you know, it was just a sensory overload, there was fighterjets flying a