i think the airforce base is mostly back. tindale airforce base they said most missions are back except the primary aircraft mission. the f-22s aren't all returned. i think camp lejeune took $3.5 billion of damage but is a much larger base so they have operations that were going on already. they're going to need that money. the marine corps is a smaller service and the financial hit is bigger for them proportionately. >> we want our viewers involved in this conversation, republicans 202-748-8001. also, a special line this morning for active military. want to hear from you. 202-748-8003. mr. conger, what about the larger impact of climate change causing conflict and strife around the world? what does -- what are the national security implications of that? >> so if you take a step back, i normally think of it in a few different categories. you've got the sort of how it impacts today's job, what kind of new jobs you'll have in the future, and we can talk about that in a little bit. that is an arc ik issue. then there is the whol

and so i thought, you know, her fairytale was coming true. >> reporter: the airforce sent todd to japanoon after the wedding. it was an exhilarating time for cathy, getting married, heading off to live in an exotic place. >> cathy was excited to move to japan. and she was going to be an english teacher. >> reporter: and later, after todd left the airforce cathy's friends remember how she was there for him as he tried to figure out what to do next. >> she was very nurturing in the fact that she was supporting him in whatever different career he was going to choose. >> reporter: it was a difficult time for todd. >> we did spend thanksgiving with them one year, and todd had put on a lot of weight. and i know that he wasn't working and he was depressed. >> reporter: but, todd had always had a knack for making money and he figured it out, got into the booming wi-fi businessand pretty soon cathy and todd moved into a big lakeside house in georgia with a boat, fancy cars, and of course an airplane. cathy, always so nurturing, told her friends she was ready to take the next step. >> i remember

this morning an indian airforce the plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi.y witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so it has become the first country in the world to approve the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far but suddenly the police are tear gassing the crowd. we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits but just a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the polls open in australia after a close—run election contest where climate policy became the defining campaign issue. the us and canada agree to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium im

this alliance to work, if you want to continue enjoying the protection of the us navy and the us airforce have to start buying a lot more american—made stuff. tonight, at the imperial palace, president trump was toasted by emperor naruhito. this has been a very good tripfoertrump, but also for prime minister abe, who can nowjustifiably claim to be the american president's most trusted foreign friend. i am joined now by the bbc‘s mariko 0i in tokyo. apart mariko 0i in tokyo. from trade, both leaders also talked apart from trade, both leaders also talked about north korea. that's right, and as you mentioned, president trump said that he fully supports prime minister abe's wish to meet with kim jong—un. supports prime minister abe's wish to meet with kimjong—un. whether or not kim jong—un wants to meet with the japanese prime minister is another matter, especially given his previous comments. he has been very vocal especially about japan's wartime passed. but there have been some awkward moments over north korean issues during president trump's visit. when president trump again said he is no

made f. 35 fighter jets which turkey has in its airforce so i can ask insistently defended the deal saying that its neighbor greece has an older model of the s 400 and has not faced any blowback from the us finds back in december 27000 the price tag on the 4 as $400.00 says 2 and a half $1000000000.00 that's a round hole for the price of the u.s. alternative the 1st batch is due to be delivered early this summer both china and india have also signed up for the s 400 the former turkish ambassador to the usa is washington's rhetoric of ultimatums is simply not conducive to cooperation. i think the propensity. for the u.s. administration and now the congress to impose sanctions on anything that they don't like. is very unfortunate have seen this in the case of iran and outright turning sanctions. on countries. that purchases $400.00. in my judgment a lawful or unnecessary war i think. america should make its products more your technology and more price competitive. trying to do that for sure countries. to make choices. in life and to the imposition of tension this large and it's wrong it's al

this morning, an indian airforce plane carrying mr gandhi's body, landed in delhi.e plane to suddenly witness solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so, it's become the first country in the world to approve the change in the national referendum. a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far. the police are tear gassing the crowd. the prelaunch ritual is well—established here. helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting but for now at least, it's time to celebrate. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. the austrian chancellor calls a snap election hours after his far—right deputy resigns over corruption allegations. a surprise election victory for australia's governing centre right coa

i grew up in the airforce. my father was a dentist. i'm very much a military man. i'm very proud of our country. i lived through the cold war, and i remember winston churchill that said if you don't learn from history you're often doomed to repeat it. i think about that in the back of my head. when i travel, my heart is sad a little bit. i see that the norwegians, the swe swedes, the fins, they're not looking at the future. they are in it. as we speak. and that, to me, is incredibly exciting. in the united states, thanks to the wilson center, thanks to the people here, thanks to you out there, the coast guard, the word has slowly gun to get out to the american people. it is the american people who have to understand how important it is. alaska, i love alaska, i can brag on it forever. one of the things that is most fascinating about alaska is the fact that that alaska contains more than half of the coastline of the united states of america. now that's stunning. that's stunning. and a lot of that coastline, all of it in a way -- and we also know we're in a perfect l

my father was in the airforce and served in vietnam. i am a christian, a civil rights lawyer for 44 years. some thingsly share with you are difficult to hear but they are facts. 400 years ago, 20 african-americans arrived in jamestown arrived. thomas jefferson said they have no tenderness and love, they are inferior, and they're unattracti unattractive. plaque people were said to only be good for physical play, inhuman, and violent. from the beginning of our country's inception to the constitution, the founding fathers knowingly and consciously embraced slavery and white supremacy. in 1857, the supreme court in the dredd-scott decision said black people have no rights that white people need respect. ultimately slavery ended. the reconstruction era happened. black men could vote, and then politics reared its ugly head once again. federal troops were withdrawn from the south in order to place rutherford b. hayes in the presidency, and the reign of terror in the south began again. i'm a southerner. the ku klux klan came about. they were wh