and bomber command was one of the advantages of that type of thought. type of thought. ifeel, now, i still feel, privileged, even honoured, to have taken part in the dams raid. i think that was the highlight of my operational career, andi highlight of my operational career, and i shall always remember it as such. you have three children, you have grandchildren, and you even have grandchildren, and you even have great—grandchildren. have grandchildren, and you even have great-grandchildren. many of them. many of them, and i dare say you will soon have another generation following them. do you hope, and do you believe, that a lwa ys hope, and do you believe, that always the next generation here in the uk will learn about the dambusters, and the dambuster raid? it has entered the national folklore, hasn't it? some years ago, isaid to folklore, hasn't it? some years ago, i said to my son, i think it's time we started forgetting about these things. he said you can't forget that, dad. that's history. isaid i don't want to be bloody history. but ifind don't wa

and bomber command was one of the advantages of that type of thought. i feel...ve taken part in the dams raid. i think that was the highlight of my operational career, and i shall always remember it as such. you have three children, you have grandchildren, and you even have great—grandchildren. many of them. many of them, and i dare say you will soon have another generation following them. do you hope, and do you believe, that always the next generation here in the uk will learn about the dambusters, and the dambuster raid? it has entered the national folklore, hasn't it? some years ago i said to my son, i think it's time we started forgetting about these things. he said, you can't forget that, dad. that's history. i said, i don't want to be bloody history. but i find now that... i am amazed at the interest that has developed over the last three orfour years, not only in the dams raid, but in the war itself, particularly. and it seems to me that there is still a certain amount of interest. it is still interesting to people. good, i am glad. if they're going to fo

in fact, strategic air command is a nuclear deterrent to work with its tremendous second strike or counterpunch capability. bomberst the strategic air command are constantly alert. they are ready to respond to presidential command. protection for civilians on the homefront is the responsibility of civil defense, the national survey marking and stocking program has located potential shelter spaces for more than 100 million americans. isot interested, the program expected to provide shelter spaces for americans at home or at work. the women's army corps and sister services, the waves, and women marines continue to find work as an integral part of our defense forces. and the century after clara barton of the american red cross help the wounded in the civil war setting, the traditional role of nurses in war and peace has expanded around the world. during the past year, army nurses went to earthquake iran or u.s. field hospitals administered to the victims. since the berlin crisis of 1961, the nation relies more than ever upon its citizen soldiers, sailors and airmen. the first reservists returning in 1962 after a year

bombers on twitter. the "wall street journal" asked the commander in chief of those bombers, quote, has china been helpfull enough but they've been very helpful. limit's put it this way, they've done more for me than they ever have for any american president. contrast that with the white house's official statement about this and china, donald j. trump administration is pleased that china is sharply reducing its trade with north korea. this action supports the united states-led global effort to apply maximum pressure until the north korean regime ends its illicit programs, moves toward denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the north koreans say denuclearization is a nonstarter. >> trace: leland vittert, live, thank you. breaking news out of washington as well, take look, that is a live look, president trump about to leave walter reed medical center in maryland. heading to joined base andrews, then resort in florida. the president was at walter reed for a physical exam. his first since taking office. we are still waiting for the results, we're told, if he comes out a doc doctor at some point in time wil

the b-2 bombers will be to support the pacific command bomber assurance and deterrence mission.smissing the benefits from the tax deal, special report's bret baer asked a question and he will be with us very soon. listen to this, jersey town of leoneyes of a once or the mitchell street from removed from navigation apps saying it streets are becoming flogged with drivers looking for shortcuts. the mayor is here with me shortly. speaker ryan has pushed back his news conference. we would hear from him 25 minutes from now and we will talk about immigration, whatever he talks about you will hear the headlines. we will be back. ♪ let's begin. yes or no? do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet? do you want $4.95 commissions for stocks, $0.50 options contracts? $1.50 futures contracts? what about a dedicated service team of trading specialists? did you say yes? good, then it's time for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. looks like we have a couple seconds left. let's do some card twirling twirling cards e*tra

and we've seen both air forces take a look at not just using their fighters or bombers but integrating in airborne command and control isr and refueling capability. so it really has changed. and to shape because her adversaries are watching us. they are learning from us and the skies over iraq and specifically syria have really just been a treasure trove for them to see how we operate. we also know where watchmaker and -- we are watched, and today over the korean peninsula. washington has gained invaluable insights and information with, operating in a contested airspace alongside of us in syria. and they are incorporating lessons learned of actually doing a first away fight from the homeland. china has established its first four and based in djibouti last year in 2017, and it's going to provide them a unique opportunity to actually be able to monitor our operations in the region. china and russia are not just concentrated on defeating our air superiority, fighters and individual combat. they're taking a broader multi-domain approach. let's take a look at space-based systems that feed our air security elem

commander brian freck was the captain of the uss kentucky. >> the warheads that can be carried on vessel are completely powerful. much more powerful than hiroshima. >> reporter: he and his crew along with nuclear bombersnd intercontinental ballistic mills are at the tip of a chain of command which leads all the way back to the president, who is never far from a briefcase called the football. inside are the codes. >> you have permission to fire. >> reporter: needed to order the launch of nuclear weapons. the order would go to the command over the u.s. strategic command. so who in the united states government has the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons? >> only the president of the united states has that authority. >> reporter: does congress have to approve? >> no, congress does not have to approve. >> reporter: so these really are the president's own weapons? >> it's our nation's weapons with the president's authority, yes. >> reporter: admiral cecil heaney is now retired replaced by general john heiden who told a conference he would not carry out an order to use nuclear weapons if he thought it was illegal. >> i'm going to say mr. president. >> i'm not going to do that, it's illegal. that's

a high value government target and we may be allowed to interview the bombers themselves but first we must meet the isis commander luvvie ahmed was the guys than we were but then handed in. the for do that now he's the most. often. used number seventy one artist who would you have with a few an hour you. done us a had you done him to know that there was a good and again you don't need to move to the new you don't get. one hundred in the us a house and i'm sure you know sort of the i was among the bushes there you. were and given you were going to understand you were going to do yankee. they claim their spotters have been shadowing the team almost all the way from jalalabad satisfied the journalists are not the government spies i see as fighters lead them deep into the territory. every step our team takes now is into the unknown. they might disappear or worse could be executed and end up in an ice and propaganda video. unknown to our team the two i still fighters preparing to mount a suicide attack against a local government leader have been part of our escort all the long. we're told to film them. a lot of michig

command and intelligence officials. in which she ordered the security of civilians to be shored up. monday is measured comes just two days after another suicide bomber kills at least four people as a military checkpoints in the north of the capital. palestinian leaders are holding a second day of talks as they seek response to donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capitol of israel. let me was described as a slap in the face by the palestinian president's inferior speech last night in ramallah hold abbas. also blamed israel for killing off the also calls israeli leaders said comments show the eighty two year old is lost is waits. i hate the things that palestinian president mahmoud abbas said. he exposed the truth. tore o off the mosque the ad he brought to the general public the simple truth that have been workiking to make nine over many yearsrs. that the roots of the conflilict between us andnd the palestinians. isis thatt containers refusal to recognize the jewish state also kosher. where he now sees the fallout from president trump's alleged disparaging comments about developing countries south africa? has summoned the us is sen

command in 2016. shortly after the u.s. troop levels, cut to fewer than 10,000. the enemy -- filled the vacuum. suicide bombersized kabul ever since. shattering police stations, mosques and foreign embassies. this truck bomb killed 150 people. it was the deadliest attack in the capital since the start of the war. the level of brutality, the level of, of heartlessness is unbelievable. we have to muster all of our resources, to be able to, deal with this. >> afghan president rules from the presidential palace that occupied the city center for more than a century. we notice the walls around him and the rest of city have expanded and grown taller sense our last visit three years ago. some of the streets we traveled turned into tight corridors of 20 foot high concrete barriers. it made it hard to tell where we were. parts of the city, now, are, are, unrecognizable. what happened here? >> the war is changing from a war against armies to a war against people. >> more civilians are dying. in kabul every year. and, and, your response is more walls. >> 21 international terrorist groups are operating in the country. doze

include suicide bombers are still believed to be inside the building with reports of heavy gunfire taking place local journalists blouse abare has no. according to an afghan special forces commander from c.r.u. the crisis response unit that's a unit that's trained to fight these sort of attacks there are several attackers there were in the kitchen of the hotel then they moved to room one hundred three in one of four on the fourth floor there's a lot of confusion according to the commander of the afghan special forces who are fighting a very complex attack now this is a hotel. is historically a jewel for afghanistan is all it was built in the more peaceful times it said santa held targets very difficult to secure almost not impossible and this is also a hotel that got attacked in two thousand and eleven and we only heard in the last forty eight hours or so from the u.s. embassy and kabul putting a security alert saying a number of hotels in government buildings in other locations were at risk of an attack obviously this sort of an attack shows the constant security an intelligence failure but it also shows how the afghan government and its international allies are finding themselv

command in 2016 shortly after the u.s. cut troop levels to fewer than 10,000. the enemy filled the vacuum. suicide bombersrrorized kabul ever since, shattering police stations, mosques, and foreign embassies. this truck bomb in may killed 150 people. it was the deadliest attack in the capital since the start of the war. >> ashraf ghani: the level of brutality, the level of heartlessness is unbelievable, and we have to muster all of our resources to be able to deal with this. >> logan: afghan president ashraf ghani rules from the presidential palace that's occupied the city center for more than a century. we noticed the walls around him and the rest of the city have expanded and grown taller since our last visit three years ago. some of the streets we traveled turned into tight corridors of 20-foot-high concrete barriers. it made it hard to tell where we were. parts of this city now are unrecognizable. what happened here? >> ghani: the war is changing from a war against armies to a war against people. >> logan: more civilians are dying in kabul every year. and your response is more walls. >> ghani: 21 inte

decided when they sent to davis our commanding officer, sent him back to washington, d.c., they decided to put us -- give him an opportunity to fly top cover for the bombers. and he said, i'll cover those bombers like they've never been covered before. and what he went over there and they said, he said but what i want to you do is give me some descent airplanes. we got those hand-me-down airplanes. they were in good shape. he were constantly working on them to keep them in the air. they sent us brand-new b 51 airplanes. we got those b-51 airplanes and through so close to the bomber pilots, they said, at first they said they didn't want us. they will get scared and leave us up there and get a bunch of guys killed. but we flew such close to the bombers that enemy airplanes couldn't get into them. and sometimes our bombers were shooting at us because we came in too fast and too close. if they saw a german plane, they would dive down and shoot him out of the air. i've got pictures at home where this young man said, you saved my dwrand fathergrandfather's l. we were in this bomber and couldn't get our guns docked up. we got get it adjusted right to shoot the p

bombers, everything, to just obliterate the soviet union. can you get back to me on that? [laughter] scocroft says, yes, sir. i will. who do you think he calls? does he call the strategic air command? does he call, perhaps the , secretary of defense? no. he calls mrs. nixon. he says, what in the hell is going on over there? has he been drinking? should we send a doctor over? he does not call the generals to launch an attack. we have to separate two very different scenarios. one one is one in which there really is an imminent attack. and if that is right, there are thousands of people monitoring. they are watching radar screens, watching satellite feeds, watching real-time intel reports. minimizing the number. i am maximizing it. there are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, in many countries doing this. if an attack is made on us or our allies, many people will know it and alert us to that. in that case, timely action is important. but it is only in the context in have gone overy this information. that is in contrast with the party story i told about president nixon. that the president, on a whim, without the consensus of thousands of people, suddenly decides, for some absurd re