the doolittle raid was just that. to captain ted lawson after the war, the commanding officer of the uss hornet during the mission road to americans currently facing reverses on every front it brought electric shock of hope. as general jimmy doolittle wrote years later, our country faced with the greatest adversity we had ever experienced have fought back. some were killed or executed. some were grievously wounded. some faced years of captivity. the doolittle raiders had pierced the invulnerability of the axis war machine. that given america a reason to believe victory was within reach. for all of those men who made it through the raid in one piece, the world was only the beginning. with many more dangerous missions ahead, more raiders would give their lives before the final victory was one. ever into danger it was. i want to say something to the families of our members of the air force. as i travel europe and north africa, we always visit the american cemeteries there. what is always remarkable to me is as we look ac

the doolittle raid was just that.o captain ted lawson after the war, the commanding officer of the uss hornet during the mission road to americans currently facing reverses on every front it brought electric shock of hope. as general jimmy doolittle wrote years later, our country faced with the greatest adversity we had ever experienced have fought back. some were killed or executed. some were grievously wounded. some faced years of captivity. the doolittle raiders had pierced the invulnerability of the axis war machine. that given america a reason to believe victory was within reach. for all of those men who made it through the raid in one piece, the world was only the beginning. with many more dangerous missions ahead, more raiders would give their lives before the final victory was one. ever into danger it was. i want to say something to the families of our members of the air force. as i travel europe and north africa, we always visit the american cemeteries there. what is always remarkable to me is as we look acro

jimmy doolittle, the same jimmy doolittle of the doolittle raid and 16 airplanes, is now in command ofhe world's largest air force. p 50 ones. -- d50p51's. we were narrowing the targets. after casablanca there was a sense of targeting the german air force. targeting the german air force. there were some targets as well but principally the german air force, meaning factories. even then, even with the p 51 and long-range escort, the results were mixed in terms of the ability to hit the target and the germans were dispersing targets. but one of the impacts was, you see it in this bullet, air attrition. the germans are compelled now to fight increasing numbers of allied aircraft, the british at night and americans during the day, with fighters. and the germans are going to lose the ball of attrition. -- the battle of attrition. what i call the death of the german air force. let's look at the details of air operations i said early in the spring we were going after the german air force by factories. what is coming up in the summer of 1944? overlord. the main effort to come to grips with the

lieutenant doolittle ca car -- leader pack it had planes with a dozen tons of high explosives and fly them by remote control directly into the concrete german launch sites of the b1s and b2s. the catch was that live pilots were need today get these flying bombs off the ground. joe, jr. was the first nay -- aif yator and it killed him. so i'm going to read some passages which are sort of stringed together but i think will make sense and we are going to get to the fateful and fatal mission itself. although tail number 52271 now designated more simply t11 the number painted had been modified for radio control in philadelphia that would still plenty of work to be done at dunkeswell. the aircraft had to be stripped bare inside and out to make sure it wouldn't be compromised by dozen explossist. all of the gun turds were removed and the gesture that the appearance that it was not totally defensive. the silver aircraft received a coat of white paint to hide visibility even further. very soon after they arriefed -- arriefed in july they met kennedy with commanding officer jim sunshine, smith

then, the doolittle tokyo raiders are honored with the congressional gold medal for their service during world war ii. actor gary's and been involved in veteranss' issues since the 1980's. he recently talked at the national press club in washington dc.\ this is one hour. [indiscernible] president hughes: welcome to the national press club. my name is john hughes. i am an editor for bloomberg first news. i am the president of the national press club. our guest today is actor humanitarian gary sinise. he will discuss challenges facing america's servicemen and women, and what can be done to improve their lives and support their loved ones. but first, i want to introduce our distinguished head table. this group includes press club members and guests of our speaker. from the audience's right, angel lee this, president of d.c. media connection. max r publisher of stars and stripes. jen judson, defense reporter for politico and cochair of the national press club young members committee. amy ficklin editor with war and communication news. derek perkins, staff writer for marine corps times. jim l

house and senate readers held a gold-medal ceremony honoring the doolittle tokyo raiders. the 80 man unit conducted the first air raids on japan in april 1842, or months after the attack on pearl harbor. two volunteers are still alive today. this is 50 minute. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the majority leader of the u.s. senate, mitch mcconnell. [applause] senator mcconnell: good afternoon everyone and welcome. normally, speaker boehner would preside over the ceremony. sadly, his mother passed away. he asked me to send his deepest regrets he is not here. pursuant to hr 1209, we will present a congressional gold-medal to the doolittle tokyo raiders. it is being presented to the raiders for their outstanding heroism during world war ii. after today's ceremony, it will make its way to the museum of the air force in dayton, ohio, where it will be permanently placed. the director of the museum is with us to receive the medal. thank him for being here. [applause] senator mcconnell: we thank you all for being here as well. i hope you enjoy today's remarks. thank you. >> lad

this was the mission that was done in the same spirit as jimmy doolittle's tokyo raid at the beginning of the war. it was done in a kind of improvised way. taking weapons that were not intended to be used this way and using them in the hope that it would work and in fact the air force wanted to keep this program going and use it against japan because they figured it would save pilots's lives during what they figured was the invasion of japan. yes? >> was this the last attempt or were they ever successful in actually attacking the missile base? >> this was actually the second to last attempt that the navy made. and there were several in all of there were 18 attempts, flights. the last of them, they gave up trying to hit the bunker is because they realize, this is the tragic irony of this story, which i explain in the book, these bunkers they ever tried to head had already been abandoned by the germans but from the air, from aerial reconnaissance they were so they were built in such a way that they looked like they wrestle functional and the germans, realizing this, put people out there

. >> dolan is the girlfriend of athletics pitcher sean doolittle. >> one man's dream realized in oakland. the man who wanted to give skateboarders a place to test their tricks. >>> a warning for people who enjoy being out of the water in the north bay. >> i'm lisa amin leasey in for drew tuma. we have a warmup to talk about for the week ahead. we'll talking about the weekend and the warmer temperatures coming up. mmmmmm yoplait! ♪ oh! good news everybody! there is now 25% less sugar in yoplait original. say "adieu" to that sugar. because it still tastes good ahhhh yoplait! >>> abc7 news was in west oakland nor grand opening of a new skate park today. teacher and local community activist, keith williams took it upon himself to build the park and helped get levi's to donate $300,000 to make town park happen. volunteers from oakland and throughout the bay area roll up their sleeves to build the park. >>> a warning tonight for boaters near the pa rein county coast. be cautious of whales. officials at the national marine sanctuary are alerting boats and larger vessels to keep their distance f

complete game a's only get two hits off of him final: 3-1 indians good news for a's: left-hander sean doolittlet before the game recovering from a shoulder injury that side-lined him since may after missing out on aces david price and cole hamelsthe giants landed right-hander mike leake from cincinatti. giants traded two minor league prospects to the reds for the right-hander the 27-year-old california kid is 9-5 with a 3.56 era on the season since the start of july.leake is 4-1 with a 1.25 era leake will be a free agent at the end of the season the raiders arrived for training camp in napa today. my son brought home a pack of baseball cards and i heard a little squeal, because he said dad i've got bocchy >> pam :you are moving on up in social media >> gary :i'm not excited about it but i thought that the boat you part was cute--bocchi part was cute >>:reporting for duty ready-to- wear >> gary--ready to work >> gary : charles woodson entering his 18th nfl season ready to go arami cooper the 4th overall pick justin tuck derek carr how will he do his 2nd year under center khalil mack another 2nd

. >> dolan is the girlfriend of a's pitcher sean doolittle. >>> abc 7 news was at the opening of a new skatepark. this marks the first time there's a permanent place to skate at the park. williams lid the effort to build the park. until now, there was a temporary skatepark. levi's donated $300,000 for the park. >>> coming up next at 9:00 you may not have made it to comic con this weekend, that's no problem. we have an inside look at the biggest events of the pop culture show. we're talking about the star wars extravaganza. could the bay area heat up this week? >>> we'll have some updated highlights, the a's took advantage of the indians with a three-run eighth >>> star wars fans have been waiting a long time to see their favorite space saga return to glory. last night they got a taste of what to expect from episode seven coming out this fall. clayton sandal takes us inside the star wars comic conde beau. >> this is a big deal. >> ladies and gentlemen, harrison ford. >> hans solo himself first public appearance since a real life golf course crash landing back in march. >> how are you fi

. >> private first class doolittle heads up the sheriff's intelligence unit whose primary responsibility is monitoring gangs. >> let's go! >> the unit conducts frequent shakedowns to gather intelligence. >> we line up in a fashion to let them know that we're still in charge. >> don't flush your toilet. don't grab anything. >> are they continuing to further their gang activity in here, outside? if they're doing it outside, who are they contacting outside? >> what was that? >> telephone number. phone numbers are key. we don't know who they're contacting, who's trying to contact them. we try to capture as much information as we can. >> we're clear up here. >> we're not just trying to keep a deputy safe. it's about keeping another inmate safe. >> jermaine knight, a member of the crip street gang, is currently serving nine months on a conviction of unlawful wounding. at the time of his arrest, he was on probation for robbery and received an additional two years for violating his probation. knight says his dedication to gang life is not at all what it used to be. >> i haven't been in jail sinc

nelles was shot and killed after responding to a disturbance call on doolittle drive. niemi was the first police officer killed in the line of duty in 40 years. they will rename the portion of the street. a celebration of his life will take place at route park at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. >>> tonight, police are looking for more possible victims of a bay area fitness trainer accused of assaulting a teenage client. william tracy mcdowell was arrested near his milpitas home on july 9th. police believe he assaulted a 16-year-old girl work out with him. mcdowell is a self-empowered fitness trainer who works out of his home. >>> two bay area animal rights activists are accused in a cross country vandalism spree that caused literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. federal authorities say in 2013 31-year-old joseph budburg and 28-year-old nicole cusain released mink. they were arrested on suspicion of violating the animal enterprise terrorism act. investigators say they also used acid and other items to vandalize a fur retailer in san diego. slashed a meat distributor'

officer was shot and killed ten years ago today while responding to a disturbance call on doolittle drive he was the first san leandro police officer killed in the line of duty in 40 years. >> it's still fresh in our memories. way as good friend to all of us. great family man, a father and son and brother. he is still missed by many. it's something none of us will ever forget. >> the city council will rename a stretch of hay street officer dan nini way. it will take place 1:00 p.m. today. >>> also today, a community forum will take place in san francisco's mission district to focus on several acts of vandalism against a mural. they captured a man splashing some flammable liquid and they sprawled graffiti over it. he mixed images from latino and lgbt culture. discussions begin 10:00 this morning at the mission district campus of city college. >>> to the fire burning. here is the latest information. it has destroyed 6,900 acres in napa and solano counties. right now it's 47% contained. one structure has been destroyed, an out building. 140 more structures are being threatened. abc 7 news re

he worked as their closer because of the injury to sean doolittle. meantime, word of the biggest deal yet. troy tulowitzki dealt tonight from colorado to toronto. tulo, five time all-star played his high school ball down in sunny val. owed $115 million, and gets a $2 million bonus for being traded, in exchange, they receive jose reyes, and a couple of other minor league prospects. the trading deadline, of course coming up on friday. >>> a very familiar name to bay area basketball fans. he made himself a name around the country. talking about matthew dellavedova. back to harassing opponents again for the cavs. the former st. mary's star not able to completely cash in off his productive playoff run, but does agree to a one year deal worth $1.2 million. >>> you know when you go the to county fair and they have those basketball hoops up, where you can win stuffed animals. it always seems impossible it to make those hoops. but if you're an nba caliber player, like former warrior, gilbert arenas, check out his instagram picture. apparently he won all of th

officer unless was shot and killed ten years ago today while responding to a disturbance call on doolittle drive. he was the first officer killed from san leandro in 40 years. >> he was a good friend to all of us, a great family man. he was a father and a son and a brother. and he is still missed by many. it's something that none of us will ever forget. >> the city council will rename a stretch of hayes street between east 14th and david dan neime way. a celebration of his life will take place at root park at 1:00 p.m. today. >>> also today a community forum will take place in san francisco's mission district to focus open several acts of vandalism against a mural. surveillance video caught a man splashing some kind of flammable liquid on the mural and tried to burn it last month. there has also been graffiti on it. the mural mixes images from latino and lgbt culture. it begins today at mission city campus of city college. >>> now to the fire burning near the lake. it has destroyed 6900 acres in napa and solano counties. right now it's 30% contained. one structure has been destroyed, appea

> officer nels was shot and killed ten years ago today while responding to a disturbance call on doolittleve. he was the first officer killed from san leandro in 40 years. >> he was a good friend to all of us, a great family man. he was a father and a son and a brother. and he is still missed by many. it's something that none of us will ever forget. >> the city council will rename a stretch of hayes street between east 14th and davis officer dan neime way. a celebration of his life will take place at root park at 1:00 p.m. today. >> also happening today, a community forum will take place in san francisco's mission district to focus open several acts of vandalism against a mural. surveillance video caught a man splashing some kind of flammable liquid on the mural and tried to burn it last month. there has also been graffiti on it. it was debuted at 24th and bryant last month. the mural mixes images from latino and lgbt culture. today's discussion begins at 10:00 a.m. at the mission district campus of city college. >>> now to the fire burning near the lake. it has destroyed 6900 acres in nap

doolittle, so how could this dog possibly talk?o unbelievable a dog could say "i love you." >> this is the easiest thing to fake. >> you could probably dub over the animal. >> all you need is a tape recorder and somebody that has a very dog-like voice. >> it's just too good to be true. >> i love you. >> unbelievably, mishka, the siberian husky, can talk. >> i love you. >> in february, 2008, after discovering mishka's talent, her owners, matt and melina post the video online. >> i love you. >> i love you. >> astonishingly, it racks up more than 16 million hits on youtube. >> it's cute and it makes you sort of smile and giggle every time you see it. >> i love you. >> animals are just awesome. you just love to see them acting in ways we don't expect. >> i love the howling. like, that's so frustrating! stop making me say this! >> but they want mishka's voice to be heard. in fact, they post more than 450 videos on youtube chronicling her daily life. >> i love you. >> she becomes an internet sensation and a desirable tv show guest. mishk

. >>> the girlfriend of shaun doolittle will be honored today for her support of gay rights.hen some temperature players objected to the gay pride night she said she would buy back the tickets. today she will be recognized at the pride celebration which will be held at castro valley high school starting at noon today. >>> the a's are in cleveland. they sent a rookie pitcher to the mound. his scoreless strength ended in the fourth inning. he hadn't lost since june 13ing. he didn't get much offensive support as the a's lost to the indians 5-1. >>> its been a bad week and a half for the giant that included getting swept twice on the road. last night they took out frustrations against the philadelphia phillies. the giants touted 22 hits and scored 15 runs including a grand slam right there. see you. it was the first time that three giants player has four hits each in the game since may of 1965. that will be fun. >> look at that dedicated fan. jumping in to the water just to get that ball. >> he got it. he deserves it sounds like a great game. >> all right. >>> in just about two w

doolittle of the dog world. go slow on these pictures. friend of all animals.s six burs and a hamiter. birds of a feather flock together whether napping, playing, posing for the legion of instagram fans do it side by side. it's wagon tails, shaking tail feathers all the way and that my jack black and my team is "pop news." >> thank youuyou, lara. >> more jack black coming up. don't miss it. [ cheers and applause ] jummy: good morning, we want to get an update on the weather right now with jacqui jeras. jacqui: a number on a kind of the day, case of showers this morning with thunderstorms this afternoon. spotty and light rain showers and this afternoon it becomes more widespread. a rumble of thunder with heavy downpours to go along with it not expecting severe weather at this time. diminishing after the midnight hour isolated storms possible this afternoon. angela: on the roads right now we continue to have the northbound plane shut down just after maryland 32. southbound lanes remain open expect major delays. try interstate 95 instead. moving nicely through pri

doolittle of the dog world. go slow on these pictures. friend of all animals.x burs and a hamiter. birds of a feather flock together whether napping, playing, posing for the legion of instagram fans do it side by side. it's wagon tails, shaking tail feathers all the way and that my jack black and my team is "pop news." >> thank youuyou, lara. >> more jack black coming up. don't miss it. [ cheers and applause ] >> gunman on the run after shooting a man in wilmington delaware. police say they found 20-year-old victim lying in the street with multiple gun shot wounds to the back and leg. he was rushed to christiana hospital and is in critical condition. >>> 8:27, wednesday morning matt pelman filling in for karen with a look at the bfb. >> yes, our bf, the ben franklin bridge, that's right this morning matt we do see that construction on the westbound side headed into center city. this is our second morning of about eight weeks of this right lane closure. it's causing big delays now. it's going to cause big delays for the rest of the summer. it's all because of th

doolittle of the dog world. go slow on these pictures. friend of all animals.and a hamster. as you can see, they're birds of a feather, flock together whether napping, playing or posing for the legion of instagram fans, they do it side by side. no sibling rivalry there. it's waggin' tails, shaking tail feathers all the way, and that, my jack black and my team is "pop news." >> thank you, lara. >> happy hump day. >> more jack black coming up. don't miss it. [ cheers and applause ] >>> good morning i'm kristen sze. people have spotted one mountain lion roaming in san francisco and daily city. a camera captured a big cat last week. it's been many years since one has been seen in san francisco. this one appeared to be headed south. it was first seen twice last tuesday in the sea cliff neighborhood and then again on wednesday not far from city hall. last friday was the last sighting. >>> all drivers are seeing a lot of traffic this morning. >> exactly, take bart. if you're heading from the east bay to san francisco, i would highly advise it. we're still at twice the

planes crashed into china following the doolittle raid in 1942. this raid was formed in my hometown of springdale, a columbia army air base in south carolina. i have visited at the presidential compound in beijing on a delegation where upon hearing of my father's flying tiger service he interrupted the meeting to announce his view that because of the flying tigers, quote, the american military is revered in china, end of quote. in conclusion, god bless our troops. may the president by his actions never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? the gentleman from california is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to enter the following words into the across-the-board -- congressional record. no union is more profound than marriage because it embodies the highest ideas of loves, devotion, sacrifice, and family. in forming a marital union two people become something greater than once they wer