air force experimental test pilot school at edwards air force base in 1954 and was assigned to the fighter branch of flight test operations and participated in the flight testing of all century series flighters. he participated in the nato trials and he performed the f-100, zero launch program and flew an f-100 in the first jet fighter crossing from england to alaska. he retired in 1977 with 32 years of service. and flew over 550 combat missions in korea and vietnam. his decorations include the air force cross, the silver star, legion of merit, distinguished flying cross, bronze star and the air medal. francis "jeep" sanza was a driver for general eisenhower and general patton while serving in the automotive company. he was selected for the allied invasion of occupied france and drove for him from d-day until the end of the war in europe in may 1945. later that year, general patton died on december 21, 1945, as a result of an auto accident. mr. francis sanza received five medals and five bronze stars during his time of service. thank you. >> i'm brigadier general robert titus, u.s. air for

the test was done at edwards air force base -- f35. umbc low productivity because the new angry birds game will be launched. it will be a new game but it will have some familiar elements. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> we never noticed the lisp before with the 25 billionth. >> i don't even know how to say that. >> there is always a lot of buzz around apple products. >> we have heard rumors of a new ipad 3. a new nook e-reader is on the horizon. were you can get it blackberry playbook for less than $200. >> thank you. 27 degrees on tv hill. soldiers returning home to a warm welcome at bwi. >> we want to know your answer to our water cooler question of the day. you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> soldiers received a warm welcome home yesterday. they hugged troops at the airport. >> this help fill the void. >> we have a son that is stationed out in san diego and we cannot say hello and goodbye, so we're welcome somebody else's son and daughter. hopef

speakers include yale professor david blithe, edward air, and frank smith who heads the civil war memorial and museum. this two-hour event took place at the johns hopkins school for advanced international studies in washington, d.c. >>> i'd like to just start with -- with david blithe, and then we'll take it from there. >> thank you, joe, and thank you all for coming. thanks for inviting me on this panel. usually among historians, we are fragmented into writing about the south and north, the west, new england, women, black, native americans, whomever. it's great to actually be on a panel called species history. i like that. it's the human species, after all that's our subject. i've written a great deal about this problem of civil war memory. but all i'm going to try to do is place us somewhere and then just to try to trouble the water a little bit about what we actually mean by civil war memory and why it hasn't ever quite healed, perhaps. there was a speech made by the african methodist bishop in 1905, fanueil hall in boston, the 100th anniversary of the birth of william lloyd garrison, i

wanted it to be an open program, didn't want it to be the program that the air force proposed at edwards air force base program. he went with nasa because it could be done sooner because time was of the essence back in those days. instead of us sending out a group of people from which the astronauts would be selected out of a group of perhaps drivers and parachutists, racers,exorer kind or another, he decided military test pilots were qualified to do the job since they operated in small cockpits and high speeds and so on. there were about 110 people qualified to meet the conditions that were set down. 32 were selected for physical and selection process, and out of that process came the seven mercury astronauts some of these things we went through back then might be of interest in a little more detail.t of love las was very mundane, except it was the most extensive physical as far as we knew that had ever been given to any group like that. blood, urine, percent above difficult fat, gi track, blood exercise, balance, eye, ear, vestibular. ever tried cold water in the ear? dlve you ever tried t

didn't want it to be the program the air force proposed at edwards air force base, man in space soonest. he went with mercury and nasa mainly because it could be done sooner because time was of the essence back in those days. and instead of us sending out a group of people from which the astronauts would be selected out of a group of perhaps divers and parachutists, racers, explorers, submariners, daredevils of one kind or another, he decided military test pilots were qualified to do the jobs since they had operated in small cockpits and high speeds and so on. there were about 110 people qualified to meet the conditions that were set down. 32 were selected for physical and selection process and out of that the process came the seven mercury rauns. n astronauts. some of these things i thought be of interest in more detail. physical was very mundane, pretty much what you would expect. urine samples, percent of body fat, barium enema, ekg, stress ekg, exercise, balance, checks for the lung, eye, ear, nose, throat, cold water in the ear? you ever tried that one? that one -- i remember that

. >> john edwards had the problem of looking air brushed and everyone thinking he was plastic in focusroups but from the start he was saying son of a millworker and making it personal and emotional the way you would to a jury. >> that was his old profession making that appeal. >> i think it the late breaking doing this. it doing this now. edwards was doing it from the beginning, sort of the same way that romney started to retest economic messages, it would have sounded great had he been saying it whole time, instead it came after the jobs report. >> and his father comes -- his father's story. and the giant gummi bear that cannot be ignored, newt gingrich, what do we make of his chances going forward, he is in ohio, can he survive rick santorum? >> when expectations are the lowest for newt, that is when he surprises. he has debates left that he will participate in, and i'm not going to be surprised if we see another blip upward. >> santorum is seeing a bump because the social issues are in the process of what we are talking about. knows are not the strong suits for newt. he is in a toug

professor jeff edwards and student visited pliable cnn to air brush the movement. all analysts agree it changed discourse of american politics already and seems to be a movement with staying pow they're will be around for a long time and have impact. >> all analysts agree this changed the discourse of american politics already and seems to me it's a movement that will have staying power and will be around for a long time. has impact. it played out across the street from the campus. you thought it would be perfect for the students. >> greg: shocker. i could make jocks about the weapons to teach like how to turn burger king bag from toilet, but it's better to focus on the real joke, the one about to be played on america. people who teach history win. right now, there is an ego driven race to profit from the media lie that is occupy wall street. professors angle for books and bedmates. you need an accomplice and cnn was there. in the interview there were no mention of the 400-plus crimes committed at occupy wall street, which included rape. but they asked one question

air after a sudden absence. >>> fans mourning whitney houston can soon get one of the diva's personal momentos for the right price. edward lawrence reports from hollywood. >> reporter: steven colbert returned to the colbert report last night following an unexpected absence. >> as the hub around which the republic turns, i can understand why the machinery of this great nation ground to a halt last week when you were denied this. >> reporter: the talk show host abruptly canceled two tapings of his comedy central show last week to tend to his 91-year-old mother who is in poor health. earlier on twitter he thanked those who had offered their thoughts and prayers. >> reporter: a black dress that belonged to whitney houston will soon be sold to the highest bidder. it's part of the hollywood legends auction scheduled for late last month. a pair of earrings she wore in the bodyguard will also be up for grabs. orangeers say it's a way to celebrate the late singer's life. charlie chaplain's cane will also be among the memorabilia. judy says she's not going blind. the 77-year-old oscar winner clarified her condition after revealing

edwards almost collided with an airline he could not see. >> we were being told very loudly by this voice we were about to collide with another aircraft. >> near mid-air collisions happen more often than most people realize around the countranun around thed bay area. we tracked nmac conflicts and official faa incidents here in the bay area dating back to 2000. more than 1,000 different events in all. >> there are more of these situations that take place than the public has an awareness of. >> gabe spent 28 years with the faa. >> the faa has made an effort to try to hide these numbers in the past. >> but take a look at this. we found this inspector generals report, a report that raises serious questions about the faa's overseeing of the training and performance of pilots, pilots who have to deal with close calls between airplanes. the report says the faa has "not implemented initiatives with the greatest potential to improve safety." >> the culture in the faa is one of let's keep things quiet, don't rock the boat. >> perhaps most troubling, the report says the faa does not have procedures in place to "prevent two pilots in remedial training programs fr

edwards, will tell you all it takes is one. >> it was scary, if you blink you'll miss it. >> reporter: now in 2010, the national transportation safety board changed the rules governing what constitutes a near mid-air collision, but remember, these numbers started climbing back up before that change by the ntsb, so what is the faa doing about all of this? well, we dug further and discovered some answers that might surprise you. some are even more troubling for the safety of the flying public. we'll have those answers tomorrow night at 11:00. >> fascinating to hear what you're talking about, thank you so much. >>> if you have something to look into, let us know. you can e-mail us or you can call the number on your screen, which is 1-888-996-tips or 8477. >> i feel a little uneasy now. let's bring in jeff ranieri. >>> jeff, how are we doing? >> well, pretty good here, temperatures starting to drop off to 45 in concord, 43 in fairfield, 48 in sunnyvail. we still can't rule out some isolated areas of patchy fog. throughout tuesday, the thing most of you will notice is increased sunshine by the afternoon, a few 70s likely, but ahead it's big-time warning and increased fire danger with extremely low humi

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