i think you've had general schwartz and secretary donley here to talk about their overall views of the size of the air force. that it's the smallest air force in history. ry capitalization in a major issue for our air force. as general wyatt will tell you that our air force and its strength cascades to its reserve component, both air national guard and the air force reserve. i'll let general wyatt cover the corporate process that you're eluding to with your question and take any questions you may have about our involvement. >> bud, mr. chairman, the air force decision making process as we put together budgets is commonly referred to as the air force corporate process. and has several different steps along the way beginning at the action officer going up to the one start, two start level which is the board level. counsel level is at three star and recommends are presented to the chief and the secretary at the four star level. i was able to participate, my staff was able to participate all along the way. we were encouraged to make our inputs and we did so. in fact, we exercised that enco

her name is lindsey donley. she came in and started helping the guy out. is pouring water on the cut, ends up bandaging it up. >> he can't walk. you can't risk him getting it dirty and getting it infected. how is he going to get off this mountain? >> they drop the rescuer off and watch as they hook this guy to the wire. >> suck him right out of there. >> that's kind of cool. you go for a day of rock sliding. that doesn't work out. at least you get a helicopter ride back. >> he has a good story to tell. >>> l.a. is a big down with a busy sports schedule. and. >> right now they are going through what they are calling sports aged done. >> six games, four days, one stadium. we are showing you how the staples center pulse it off >>> what do you do when your play house catches on fire? you call the play fire department to send over the play fire truck. >> that is the smallest fire truck. >> is that a fire truck go-cart? >> that's a sweet fire truck. >> maybe they need smaller fire trucks to get through tighter, smaller spaces. this is a little tiny road. maybe t

. >> michael donley: building a memorial here at the pentagon in honor of those victims, in remembrancea very special character. >> narrator: in the weeks following 9/11, the nation wrapped its arms around the families of the victims. as one family member put it, "among the most amazing things that came out of that terrible tragedy was americans coming together; strangers comforting each other, risking their lives for each other." meg falk was the director of the office of family policy at the time, and was working in the pentagon when the plane hit on 9/11. in the days and weeks that followed, she played a central role in reaching out to the families in turmoil. >> this a tradition within the military, that whenever we have multiple fatalities we set up a place where families can go to get accurate information, to get support, to have childcare, so that the surviving family members can deal with the business they need to handle at a horrible time in their lives. >> by the next morning, the family assistance center was up and running at a nearby hotel. for the next 30 days, the pentagon

mailer frying to nudge them gently away from the open republic primary lugar loss will have john donleyse me, described as an evan bayh democrat he will face richard murdock the guy who beat richard lugar last night. he has a very different description of donely. >> he has been close to mr. obama for the last several years we will make that clear. it's not going to be accepted by the voters in indiana in november. murdock is tapped. he has an empty war chest. republicans need to hold all of their senate seat include this one and pick up four others if they are going to keep control of the senate. shep? >> shepard: bystanders attack a would-be robber after he tries to snatch a woman's purse. that tops our news across america. ohio. surveillance video at a cleveland gas station captured the who thing. can you seat robber grab something from the woman's car then make a run for it. he didn't get far. an employee and another man saw what happened and took action. >> i just sat down on him and tried to help him the guy was holding him. he said please, i can't breathe, i can't breathe. i said

one of them came up to me and said - lead off -- a donley in mexico training his replacement to do hisall over the country. and i argued that in '92. you build these trade agreements and bring the chinese and and those every manufacturing job in the country. you know in the last decade, 2000 to 2010, this country lost 6 million manufacturing jobs and 55,000 factories gone. one in every three manufacturing jobs we have had are gone. what are we giving to the middle class, the working class in this country when we are taking away all their jobs? my view is if it can be made in the united states it should be made in the united states. in hamilton you go to those old republicans -- [applause] they believe that. the old republicans that built this economy, hamilton, henry clay, lincoln, mckinley. we wrote a book the great betrayal. they are discouraged in the free trade. they believed free trade because we are going to dump our goods there and charge tariffs on goods coming in here. they were not about a level playing field, they were about winning. >> a lot of liberals would agree and i re

[applause] i want to thank secretary donley for his introduction, but more importantly, for his leadership generals gould, clark and born; academy faculty and staff; governor hickenlooper; members of congress; distinguished guests; ladies and gentlemen. a graduate of this academy who has kept our air force strong challenge, a leader i've relied on and for whom today is his final commencement as chief of staff -- general norton schwartz. norty, suzie, we could not be extraordinary service to our nation. [applause] and although he is not with us nominated another academy graduate, general mark welsh, as[applause] this is my second visit to thei was here in the summer of 2008, and you were getting ready to head out to jacks valley. so i was proud to be here when you began this journey, and i thought i'd come back and help you celebrate at the end. [laughter] a's great to be back at school that has produced so many of the airmen i've known as president. every day, i rely on outstanding academy graduates who serve at the white house. some of you know that photo from the situation room on the da