host: that was president trump at the air force academy. we want to hear your reaction to this gallup survey on american pride, hitting a new low in their response rate. the number -- a number of american saying they are extremely proud to be americans, less than 50%. the second consecutive year it happened. jane out of tennessee, a democrat. your reaction to those findings. caller: yes. . am not very proud at all wannabea dictator, a king and i am not very proud at all today. host: when is the last time you were proud to be an american? least 18t has been at years. host: why 18 years? caller: i said 8 or 10 years. host: why 8 or 10 years? caller: there has been so much corruption and discourse that i just haven't felt very proud. host: north carolina, rob is an independent. happy: good morning and fourth of july. it looks like you all will have a clear day for celebrations. my opinion on why american pride has gone down, it kind of reflects something the other gentleman said. in the last 4 to 8 to 10 years the way politicians actually try

as were one in summit at the air force academy. last year half of all the females cadets and midshipmen at the academy were severely or pervasively harassed. none of them, none of them reported it. surprisingly only 45% of all female cadets and midshipmen trust that their academy leadership would treat them with big ultra dignity and respect if they were to experience sexual assault. when the military released its latest report of familiar patterns, headlines played out in alarm, congress expressed concern in the academy testified in front of this committee to say there is a real problem, one assault is too many. i don't know how many times we must go around before we realized we are stuck on it. i don't doubt for second the commitment of the superintendent of combating sexual assault. but they don't necessarily have the right tools. my mma creates a four year pilot program as an experiment, tool potentially to create accountability, improve the accountability of the justice system and increase reporting. the superintendent was stil

mikey weinstein, his father was at the air force academy, he was jewish, he is prosecuted into the air force academy. and he spent most of his life working against prejudice in the military. and he runs religious freedom foundation. so i get these e-mails from him, and his wife has been threatened, his children's lives have been turned, he gets eight male and death threats all the time. and he did send me this this is from an army chaplain. i got this a few minutes ago. it says, i am the chief of the treaty development division at the u.s. army chaplain center and i was asked to provide the invitation at the fort jackson rainbow pride 5k run on the 15th of june. you can see the pictures on the u.s. army chaplain pictures, it was a great event with 400 intended including the community general and his wife. i was the only chaplain out of 52 attended. ten chaplain students also attended and took part. i am the chaplain for the chaplain officer asic course and there's appeared on shift started to take place. the flight male conservative and misogynistic, homophobic still prevails at the se

talking about giving a commencement speech at the air force academy when this happened. >> they hand you a very strong. and shaking. they're little nervous maybe meeting the president. shaking and strongly, sir. shaking 1,000 hands and saluting. we're saluting, shakes. turning spinning. coming at all different directions. like a great fighter pilot. >> wow. fear trump. this. the president claiming that article 2 of the constitution gives him the right to do whatever he wants. >> i have an article 2. where i have the right to do whatever i want as president. but, i don't even talk about that. >> the president thinks he has the right to do whatever he wants. the fact is, the president is not above the law. no american is. no american should be. this is not about his right. it's about responsibility. to preserve, protect and defend the constitution. like in the oath he took on inauguration day with the country and the world watching. >> ily to the best of my ability, preserve protect and defend. the constitution of the united states. >> preserve, protect, and defend. that's what the pre

he went to the air force academy. ♪ she was 20 when she married him at the academy's famous chapel outsideolorado springs. >> marty, you may kiss your bride. >> this was back in 1991 when marty was all she ever wanted. long before she talked to that psychologist, agreed to record for the record her thoughts she'd have to overcome and her days with marty, of course. >> we did everything together. he treated me really well. i thought we had the perfect relationship. we were best friends. >> he was the dashing young officer back then. she his lovely bride. the future she imagined an endless honeymoon in which marty's air force career would take them to exotic destinations all around the world. she just didn't imagine that world would be unromantic air force outposts in oklahoma and alabama and florida, to finally fayetteville, north carolina. they came here in 1999. marty was captain theer by them, flew one of those huge c-130 cargo planes. all that time alone, not so easy on a marriage. as she revealed during those tape recorded interviews with psychologist dr. debby leighton. >> michelle ta

i graduated from the air force academy in the thir and the thio include women and served for seven years as a junior officer. as a former member of the defense advisory committee on women in the services in the 1990s and is a former member of the house armed services committee, i know well sexual harassment and sexual assault have been in the military. they are investigated and punished and while i've now left the defense department, i was the secretary of the air force and directed the investigation of allegations made against general hyten by the former subordinates. that investigation was overseen by the inspector general it was to conduct an investigation and to find the truth. during my time, i come before you with great success stories and i've been here when the air force is. it's taken seriously and was handled appropriately. 18 of 53 investigators interviewed 63 people in three countries and 14 saves. they reviewed over 196,000 e-mails and 4,000 pages of documents. they reviewed 152 travel records and portions of phone records dating back to 2015. they interviewed members of the

he was talking about giving a commencement speech at the air force academy when this happened. i don't even know how to describe, it but watch. >> their hands were very strong. okay? and they were all shaking. and you know, they're a little nervous, maybe meeting the president. shaking strongly and -- sir. but you know, we're shaking 1,100 hands. and saluting. we're saluting, shaking, turning, spinning. they're coming at all different directions. felt like a great fighter pilot. >> wow. pure trump. you know what else is pure trump? this. the president claiming that article 2 of the constitution gives him the right to do whatever he wants. >> i have an article iicle 2 w have the right to do whatever i want as president but i don't even talk about that. >> president thinks he has the right to do whatever he wants. the fact is the president is not above the law. no american is. no american should be. this is not about his supposed right. it's about his responsibility to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. you know, like in the oath he took on inauguration day with the

i graduated from the air force academy in the third class to include women. and served for seven years as a junior officer. in the 1909's, i was a former member of the house afk services committee. i know well that sexual harassment and sexual assault happen in the military. it must be con fronted, investigated, and punished. while i have now left the defense department, i was the secretary of the air force and directed the investigation of allegations made against general hyten by a rm toer suborder nant. that investigation was overseen by the air force inspector general and was peer reviewed. the task was to conduct an exhaustive investigation and to find the truth. i've come before with you great success stories. i've been here with the air force missed the mark. i've taken responsibility and been straight with you when we got it wrong. this investigation was thorough and the allegations were taken sear quusly and it was handled appropriately. the team investigated 63 people in three countries and 14 states. they reviewed over 196,000 e-mails and 4,000 pag

host: that was president trump at the air force academy.e want to hear your reaction to this gallup survey on american pride, hitting a new low in their response rate. the number -- a number of american saying they are extremely proud to be americans, less than 50%. the second consecutive year it happened. jane out of tennessee, a democrat. your reaction to those findings. caller: yes. . am not very proud at all wannabea dictator, a king and i am not very proud at all today. host: when is the last time you were proud to be an american? least 18t has been at years. host: why 18 years? caller: i said 8 or 10 years. host: why 8 or 10 years? caller: there has been so much corruption and discourse that i just haven't felt very proud. host: north carolina, rob is an independent. happy: good morning and fourth of july. it looks like you all will have a clear day for celebrations. my opinion on why american pride has gone down, it kind of reflects something the other gentleman said. in the last 4 to 8 to 10 years the way politicians actually try to

air force and the commercial air transportation sector. mr. dickson is a 1979 distinguished graduate of the air force academy and graduated magna cum laude if georgia state university college of law in 1999 where he earned his j.d. he has served in the united states air force as an f-15 fighter pilot, including assignments as a flight commander, instructor pilot, and flight examiner. from 1991 until october of 2018, mr. dickson was employed by delta airlines as a pilot and management executive. he retired after rising through the ranks to become delta's senior vice president of flight operations. on may 15, the committee held a hearing to consider mr. dickson's nomination and he clearly demonstrated the experience and leadership leadershippabilities -- leadership abilities necessary to lead the f.a.a. i don't think there was a single member of the committee, mr. president, who failed to be impressed. after mr. dickson's hearing, new information came to the committee's attention which we gave due diligence to looking into. the information involved employees reporting possible safety violations at mr. dickson's former employer while he was serving as

i gave the commencement address at the air force academy recently, and at annapolis the year before. said, sir, would you like to shake the hands of all the cadets? i said, how many are there? 1100. i said, yeah, that sounds ok. [applause] pres. trump: do other presidents do it? yes they do. do all of them? yeah, they do. what they didn't say is they start and then they peter out and they go back. because it's -- it's tough. it was really hot. that sun was beaming down. and i'm just one hand. and some of these guys are great athletes. and some of the women -- they had some women in the class that were -- their hands were very strong, okay? [laughter] and they're all shaking. and, you know, they're a little nervous, maybe; they're meeting the president. they're shaking strongly and -- "sir." but, you know, with shaking 1,100 hands and saluting. we're saluting, shaking, turning, spinning. they're coming at all different directions. [laughter] i felt like a great fighter pilot. [laughter] but i stood up there for the whole thing. i said, there is no way that other presidents have done t

i gave the commencement address at the air force academy recently.all the cadets? i said how many other? they said 1,100. i said yeah, that sounds okay. [cheers and applause] do other presidents do it? yes, they do. do all of them? what they didn't say is they start, then they peter out. that son was beaming down, and if somebody -- some of the women, they had some women in the class, their hands were very strong, okay. they were all shaking. they were a little nervous. but you know, we are shaking 1,100 hands. saluting, shaking, turning, spinning. all different directions. i felt like a great fighter pilot. >> bill: this is -- we want to bring this to you because we are watching for any comment on mueller. we are going to squeeze and karl rove. fox news contributor with me now. good morning to you. you had two critical questions last night on "hannity." tonight, you have one. you believe that this is a contrarian force that works in favor of this president. explain your case. >> i do come out it from a slightly different viewpoint. before the muelle

i gave the commencement address at the air force academy recently and at annapolis the year before.s of all the cadets? i said how many are there? 1,100. i said yeah, that sounds okay. i say do other presidents do it? yes, they do. do all of them? yeah, they do. what they didn't say is they start and then they peter out and they go back because it's tough. it was really hot. that sun was beaming down. and i'm just -- there's great athletes and some of the women, they had some women in the class that their hands were very strong, okay. and they were all shaking. you know, they are a little nervous meeting the president, they are shaking strongly, sir, but you know, shaking 1,100 hands and saluting, we're saluting, shaking, turning, spinning, coming all different directions, felt like a great fighter pilot but i stood up there for the whole thing, i said there's no way that other presidents have done that. he said no, no, they do it but they leave after about 50 or 60 people. i said why didn't you tell me that? but i'm glad i did it. but i did the same thing. i did the same thing at a

we look at 45,000 athletes from the sports academies and the air force and west point are opted in. and looking at all the sports, we have gathered data and we have tracked over 4000 concussions. the large study before this was 20 concussions. we are starting to understand what the data is telling us, and we have moved from phase one into phase two. we are looking at cumulative effects and we have developed a methodology, and the board of governors as provided half of the funding for the next 35 years of the study. what will be unique is that we will be studying the ncaa and the service academy athletes. in this plan, we will be able to medicalhe veterans' records and do precision brett -- precision medicine and say is this an issue of concussion or an issue about some other lifestyle problems. some say he will wait 35 years to make a change, actually we are not. from this data we have made important policy changes. we have a limited -- we have eliminated to a day practices. we change the kick off rule because we understood that most injuries were occurring on a single play. what we

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academy in 1952, graduating with honors. commissioned as a second lieutenant in the air force, he completed advanced interceptor training and served tours of duty. he then graduated from the u.s. air force experimental test flight pilot school as the outstanding graduate and throughout his career, stafford flew more than 100 different types of aircraft as he pushed the boundaries of achievement in air and space. stafford was selected as an astronaut in 1962, and three years later, flew on gemini 6 -- e first space rond rendezvous, followed by gemini 9. the apollo. the peaceful cooperation between two cold war rivals was the first step in what's become a sustained relationship between the u.s., russia, and our international partners with the international space station. the last of the apollo missions , its lasting impacts reminds us even in times of warfare and global distress that space exploration is a unifying force of discovery, peace, cooperation, and diplomacy. beyond all his accomplishments, general stafford has also become a friend and mentor. to general stafford, all -- and all of those who contributed to the succe

say the air force and authoritarian prime minister viktor orban is trying to seize political control of their research hungers parliament has just passed a law aimed at restructuring the academy of sciences academics have been protesting as the bill gives the prime minister power to appoint people to run parts of the economy critics say this will stifle academic freedom. journalist stefan boasts in budapest can tell us will welcome stefan so what impact is this a lot change likely to have on scientific research in the country well it will have faith huge impact on scientific research because still a lot of us just passed here behind me and almonds will basically mean that the hunt gary and prime minister viktor orban will get through a committee full control all for a 200 year old institution namely to hungary an academy of sciences but not only that it needs also to thousands of research your sense scientists will now have to ask for missions from a committee a whole field to the us government employed tease watch day can do and what not and they viewed it as a tremendous threat to free thinking in hungary they also point out that similar issues were already happening wisdom

academy in 1952, graduating with honors. commissioned as a second lieutenant in the air force, he completed advanced interceptor training and served tours of duty. he then graduated from the u.s. air force experimental test flight pilot school as the outstanding graduate and throughout his career, stafford flew more than 100 different types of aircraft as he pushed the boundaries of achievement in air and space. stafford was selected as an astronaut in 1962, and three years later, flew on gemini 6 -- e first space rond rendezvous, followed by gemini 9. the apollo. the peaceful cooperation between two cold war rivals was the first step in what's become a sustained relationship between the u.s., russia, and our international partners with the international space station. the last of the apollo missions , its lasting impacts reminds us even in times of warfare and global distress that space exploration is a unifying force of discovery, peace, cooperation, and diplomacy. beyond all his accomplishments, general stafford has also become a friend and mentor. to general stafford, all -- and all of those who contributed to the succe

in 2013, the south african air force member beat a million entrants to win one of 23 places at a space academy climbing the skyscraper — one of the tallest in europe — at around quarter past one of the tallest in europe — at around 5:15 this morning. police said he then entered the building, where he was spoken to by officers but not arrested. time for the weather. it will be u nsettled. time for the weather. it will be unsettled. rain towards the end of the week but temperatures around the average for the time of year. today, northern ireland and the south west of scotla nd northern ireland and the south west of scotland and seen rain. further north—east of scotland we have sunshine. sunny spells across england and wales, there is will continue across the south. a few showers developing later on. maximum temperature is about 17 to 22 celsius. showers isolated across southern areas through this evening. more rain spread through northern ireland come into scotland, northern england and north wales. not as cold as last night, temperatures stay up at ten to 15 celsius. tuesday, northern parts hav

academy, causing some students to drop out. for an organization already experiencing worker shortage and for air traffic controllers who are first to work longer -- forced to work longer for too long, the shutdown caused serious damage. the faa has reportedly had to lower its hiring target for controllers from 1400 this year to 900. affected the implementation of new safety systems including the arrival prediction alert system, the safety system that can alert a pilot if they are landing on the wrong runway or need to circle the airport. six months after president trump's shutdown, can you give us an update on the size and scale of the impacts it had on control?ic how much ground did we lose when it comes to air traffic controller hiring and safety of dates? -- updates? mr. burleson: thank you for that question. i just want to say i appreciate your acknowledgment of what the faa did. it was pretty extraordinary. i have been at the agency for 30 years. i will say this is one of our finest hours. for five weeks, the system ran .erfectly, safely, efficiently then, a good portion of workforce was sitting home and the rest was working without pay. sen. durbi

forces which had an air contingent, i think this is the blue angels displayed at the last moment. extraordinary. >> incredible. my heart belongs to the blue angels because my daughter's at the naval academy. all the branches were well represented. you're right. listen, anybody tuning into this, even the people who were criticizing the appearance of the tanks, they all say they loved flyovers. can you explain that to me? why is it okay to see military flying over your head but not on the ground? let the army and marines have some fun, too. david: joe biden slamming the president, listen to what he said. roll this. >> i beat him by just pointing out who i am and who he is and what we're for and what he's against. this guy is a divider in chief. this guy is acting with racist policy. this guy is moving to foment hate. that's the only way he can sustain himself. david: the racist charge, kind of a deflection, i'm sensing. are you? >> listen, he just endured kamala harris and other democrats at the debate calling his policies racist over the last 40 years and of course he's been talking about how well he worked with segregationists. you know what's really sad and tired about this, this is the