s. the fort is abandoned again basically taken apart. had it not been taken apart, left the roofs on the building, left the door frames and windows , those protect the integrity of the building and it probably would not be in the shape that it's in. that was sort of a standard thing. you had doors and windows and beams that were cut and they were repurposed. that's what happened. it was really no longer needed anymore. let's go into the fort proper. as youthe big challenges ,ee as we go through the ruins the erosion of the adobe walls. it typically adobe is manufactured with mud, water, and some matter like straw to bind it. here, the adobe's permit only of sand and clay. they are much more susceptible to being damaged by rain. these are administrative buildings. one interesting thing about this although you see it as ruins, it also has preserved the footprint of the fort itself and must -- most other 19th-century forts made of adobe in the southwest are gone except for the footprint on the ground. this is the only part of the fourth tha

s. so the fort was abandoned again, basically taken apart. had it not been taken apart and had they left the roofs on the buildings and the doorframes and the windows, those protect the integrity of the building and it probably wouldn't be in the precarious shape that it is in. but that was sort of a standard thing. you had doors and windows and beams that were cut, and they were just repurposed. so that is what happened. and it was just no longer needed anymore. let's go into the fort proper. one of the big challenges here is, as you will see as we go through the ruins, is the erosion of the adobe walls. adobe is manufactured , clay, sand,er and some matter like strong in order to bind it. but here, -- matter like straw in order to bind it but here, the adobe was only made of water and clay, so they were much more susceptible to collapse. one interesting thing about this fort was that although you see it also has preserved to the footprint of the fort itself. most other 19th century forts that are made of a dobie -- southwest, they are gone

. >> brgham: rick gates yesterday, admitted to prosecutors that he was part of manad,fort's scheme and s"i helped him do these things. manafort was break the law, but so was i. and he became what we call a cooperating witness. that's a comramon gies, right? >> it most certainly is. in most conspiracies you're ing to have someone on the inside of that conspiracy to tell the story. and oftentimes those are not the pope or mother treata.oi you're to have criminals-- liars, cheaters, you ks,w, murderhatever the crime may be. so those people are going to have baggage, t'and thathe prosecution does is they front all the bad stuff so the jury doesn't hear about it for the first time from the defense, and the whole case for the prosecution side is corroborating that star witness. you say you don't have to believe him because of just the words he said. you believe him because of all the independent evidence wcorroborates and telat he says is the truth. >> brangham: given what you describe the strong ce the prosecution seems to have, and to my nonlegal mind, it seems they have a good deal of docum

there was a silver medal in the men's 200 metres at fort mitchell blake, running a season 's best timeto—date with some of the other action on day eight. in glasgow, the swimmers back in the pool and the divers were back in action. jack law won gold in the three metres springboard, his second gold. he follows up the gold with the same event in the same pool four years ago. i couldn't get ahead of the russians and they could get ahead of me. neither of us were letting each other go. for me i have been watching —— wanting this for a long time since 2016. are wanted to prove myself and to see that score in first place i wanted to cry. it is an amazing feeling but i still have one more competition, stay focused i feel amazing. adam peaty secured his fourth gold of the championships alongside duncan scott, james guy and it was piled in the men's four times 100 metres medley relay. the women's relay team followed that up with bronze, which means that great britain have matched their best ever european change its. 19—year—old image and clarke showed why a strong finish can pay dividends as sh

. >>> yesterday president trump appeared at fort trump to sign the john s. mccain act.acknowledging mccain's service to the committee trump left out mccain's name while he was reading. he skipped the name. >> the national defense authorization act is the most significant investment in our history and our war fighters in modern history. we would not be here without the dedicated effort of the members of congress. i would lake to recognize congresswoman elise stephaneck. also don baker. and joe wilson. another member of congress, and she is terrific. congresswoman martha mcsally. >> hours later he renewed his attack on the senator for repealing obamacare. >> obamacare, i would have gotten rid of everything, but as our wonderful senators said thumbs town at 2:00 in the morning. >> i think it was 1:00 in the morning. working on behalf of america's brave service members has been one of the greatest honors of my life. no higher calling. joined by the "hardball" roundtable. s sam. >> let me ask you about this president who harbors such personal antipathy worse than rivalry. wh

the president signs it that,'s a good thing. fort drum, nice place to sign it. now the implementation of the sanctions, critically important. >> harris: it is important to hear you as a democrat say this. because as we head in to the mid-term elections, there's so much of that, that partisanship that happens. but when you say this is a very good counterpart to helsinki, the president took criticism from both sides of the political aisle. from what you say, we have now moved beyond that point with strength, and a whole lot of areas with the ndaa, particularly with regard to russia. >> that entire period of time when the nato conference in helsinki raised questions about exactly where america was with regard to nato, protecting europe, and the rest. this ndaa really puts a very clear sign out there, that we're standing strong with nato, we're going to be on the eastern perimeter of nato, and we're going to have the resources there. and the sanctions add to that. this is very, very important. it's absolutely clear that putin will push wherever he sees weakness. and

s. arthel: fox news alert on deadly collision in fort worth, texas a dump truck bursting into flames afterpassenger train while crossing the rails, two people in that truck were killed and several others on the train were injured, two of them critically, it's unclear what led up to that crash. >> all right, new questions about the impact of a very eventful week to say the least for the white house from president trump's former attorney michael cohen pleading guilty to campaign violations to paul manafort's conviction on tax evasion and bank fraud charges among other developments as well, but the president's attorney rudy giuliani says the president will not face any blowback on any of this, watch. >> president trump is completely cleared. you have the cohen guy, he doesn't know anything about russian collusion, doesn't know anything about obstruction, he's a massive liar. if anything it's turned to the president's favor. rob: let's bring report, al, michael cohen, it's been a nasty week with the white house, do you agree with giuliani that this is not going to touch the president? >> i'm n

earlier, at fort drum, new york, the president signed the john s. defense act, but not once did the president mention the former prisoner of war and the chairman of the committee battling brain cancer. they've been fierce critics, with mccain calling trump supporters crazies in 2015,2015 candidate trump questioning mccain's war hero status. >> he's not a war hero. >> he is a war hero. >> because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. okay. i hate to tell you. >> back with me, michael steele former rnc chairman, and the washington examiner's gabby morgenlo and michael, let me start with you. it's not a surprise he continues to take swipes at senator mccain, reminding everyone of the fact that he voted against repealing and replacing obamacare. the bottom line is yesterday he didn't even mention his name to resign this bill that bears john mccain's name. >> yeah. in this whole thing with the president about john mccain, from that moment on the couch where he questioned his war hero status, you say you're frustrated, gone from frustratio

fort hybrid, or beautyrest black mattress. it's time everyone got a good night's sleep. havertys life looks good s >>> breaking new tonight in a massive man nunlt in nashville as police try to stop a violent crime spree. >> officers throughout the city a on the lookout for two cold-blooded killers. a >>erson wanted for questioning taken into custody just moments ago. an urgent race to find the other. >>> an unprecedented response from the pope on the shocking sex abuse reporom pennsylvania. b thousand children molesthundreds of predator priests. the pope saying the church aba little children and tonight, anger boiling at senior church officials who covered wt up. >>> lad tonight from the first lady about a big triper seas. melania trump going alone. >>> the bombshell revelation rocking the t me movement. an actress at the forefront of accusing harvey weinstein of sexual misconduct has herself been accused of sexual misconduct and a secret big money pay off to keep her accuser quiet. >>> a de gator attack, a woman walking her dog is grabbed and dragged under water.se thnd similar attack in months.

fort drum, new york. officially it's called the john s. mccain national reauthorization act. as chief executives tend to do, the president thanked all manner of high-ranking officials for making the whole thing possible. listen to what he left out, starting with the name of the bill. >> the national defense authorization act is the most significant investment in our military and our war fighters in modern history, and i am very proud to be a big, big part of it. i'd like to recognize deputy secretary of defense shanahan, who is with us. please, mr. secretary. i want to thank general dunford, general millie, general in neller, general fogoldfein. well would not be here for today's signing ceremony without the dedicated efforts of the members of congress who worked so hard to pass the national defense authorization act. >> missing from that list, of course, is the president mentioning the very person for who the bill is named for, senator john mccain, former p.o.w., war hero, the john mccain battling brain cancer. here is a look at the front page of the legislation. there is se

. >> the president was in fort drumm new york for the signing ceremony of the john s.uthorization act, named in honor of senator john mccain. however, during the ceremony the president not only dropped the senator's name from the bill's title but chose not to mention mccain all together. >> the national defense authorization act is the most significant investment in our military and our war fighters in modern history, and i am very proud to be a big, big part of it. it was not very hard. >> we would not be here to today's signing ceremony without the dedicated efforts of the members of congress who worked so hard to pass the national defense authorization act. i would like to recognize congresswoman elise stephanek whose district proudly includes fort drumm. i want to thank representatives don baker, dan ton owe van and joe wilson, who are with us take also. there's another member of congress here today. and i've gotten to know her very well and she is terrific, congresswoman martha mcsally. >> and while the president left out mccain's name during the signing, trump we

s. this is again from the "life" magazine spread in fort jackson. this is from "the pittsburgh courier," a premier african american newspaper of the time that says again cease-and-desist before completely different reasons. what is happening in korea? why is in the army cracking down on the treasonous use of the flag that stands for disunity at a time when the united states should be unified fighting against communists? it is a symbol of unity but also divisiveness in the face of international communism. alpha, americans, kappa and the daughters of the confederacy all agreed, the less the flag is seen, the better. it was a way of maintaining of its and ownership meaning and use. they recognized there was a relationship between those. only by limiting its use can we own the symbol for all intents and purposes we had before 1948. they carried through with model legislation submitted in 1949 and lobbied state governments. by the early 1960's, half a dozen southern states have passed laws punishing desecration and misuse of confederate flags as with the

fort selden, a u.s. military outpost located near the rio grande river established to keep peace in the refuge. watch c-span's cities tour of las cruces, new mexico, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> next, virginia tech history professor james robison shares his views on the confederate monuments debates. better informing citizens about civil war history. he discusses robert e. lee's character and the organizations and people who are seeking to remove his statues throughout the country. this 1 hour 15 minute park was part of a conference hosted by shenandoah valley battlefields foundation. >> good morning. we are comprised of eight counties in the shenandoah. we are thrilled to have you all

fort sheldon a u.s. military post located by the rio grande river established to keep peace. watch saturday at noon eastern on cspan 2's book t.v. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history t.v. on cspan 3 working with our cable affiliate as we explore america. >> professor aidan lewis teaches a class about omaha beach and normandy france during world war ii. he describes the german strategies as well as the command structure on each side and the challenges faced by american troops when trying to land on omaha beach and argues the outcome was not inevitable. this class is about 50 minutes. >>> questions number 7 and 1. describe and

welcomed the president and vice president of fort drum army base in new york with a military demonstration. a celebration of sorts signed into law the john s mccain national defense authorization act, $760 billion defense spending budget for 2019 that promises to boost the military. under this bill the us military will add 15,000 troops and will get a 6% raise, the largest pay bump in a decade, billions invested in new weapons including 77 joint strike fighter aircraft, 13 new battleships, $1 billion to update our nuclear capabilities, research artificial intelligence and create space defenses. >> everyday the army is fighting for us and now we are fighting for you. >> reporter: the investments are being made to counter china which ramped up military activity in the south china sea. under the act the us will send more weapons to taiwan, conduct new joint military exercises with japan, australia and india, to keep chinese companies from stealing military and trade secrets. the bill was tougher on russia, sanctioning russia's arms industry while sending weapons to the ukraine. the president chose not to mention john mccain's name today. this

president trump used the backdrop of fort drum in upstate new york to talk about more military spending this is called the john smccain defense authorization act. starting october 1st, $717 billion for the military. the president saying that will lead to more troops and better military equipment. >> we will replace aging tanks, aging planes and ships, with the most advanced and lethal technology ever developed and hopefully we'll be so strong, we'll never have to use it but if we ever did, nobody has a chance. reporter: the president also pitching a plan to add a sixth branch of the military, the space force to combat aggressive actions in outer space. the administration hopes congress gets on board and provides funding starting in 2020. >> when you look at what they're doing. they have given me run-downs. you won't want to see whatever things they are doing and how advanced they are. we'll be catching them very shortly. they want to jam transitions which threaten our battlefield operations and some other things. we will be so far ahead of them in a very short period of time, your head will spin. reporter: this

fort hybrid, or beautyrest black mattress. it's time everyone got a good night's sleep. havertys life looks good s breaking new tonight in a massive man nunlt in nashville as police try to stop a violent crime spree. >> officers throughout the city a on the lookout for two cold-blooded killers. a >>erson wanted for questioning taken into custody just moments ago. an urgent race to find the other. >>> an unprecedented response from the pope on the shocking sex abuse reporom pennsylvania. b thousand children molesthundreds of predator priests. the pope saying the church aba little children and tonight, anger boiling at senior church officials who covered wt up. >>> lad tonight from the first lady about a big triper seas. melania trump going alone. >>> the bombshell revelation rocking the t me movement.

fort meade, maryland. they complained of headaches and tingling. the event w canceled for the second year in a row. >>> here in d.c., s drms damage, too. on to a house on 30th street northwest. another round of flooding, too, on broad branch road. the damage shouldn't impact your commute this morning. melissa mollet is back in first four traffic today of the she'll are v. a look at the roads. >> sheena parveen and lauryn ricketts are looking at more storms too. >> the humidity will make it feel close to 100ro degrees h the afternoon. before the storms get here, it will help to fuel some of those. >> absolutely. some of the storms could be on the strong side. i know we had strong storms yesterday given what we were showing you. by the time we get to thursday and friday, things calm down a little bit. 77 is our temperature right now. again, we're headed into the mid- ts before noon hour. temperatures outside the beltway, just a little cooler. w, watch out a little patchy fog is forming out there. 66 in leesburg. pretty much temperatures in the 60s and 70s at this point. again, we're watching some rain wellrs as well to the north and west

s. the waste was buried under topsoil and surrounded by ural clay for nearly 5 years. other companies dumped industrial waste back there, too. >> the kids would ride their bikes back there, build forts, do all kis of things that kids do. >> thompson: lori richards had no acidea what wass the street when she moved in nearly 29 years ago. in 2015, glenn springs holdings completed reval of the love nal waste from the wheatfield dump. new york state conducted water and soil testing and is completing its investigation of e site. preliminary results showed" landfillontaminants do not present an off-site exposure concern to neighboring properties." but lori richds isn't buying it. >> frankly, it scary as hell. >> thompson: when richards and her husband moved he in 1990, they had one child, and a few years later started trying for a second. >> i had a total of 11 miscarriages. >> thompson: 11 miscarriages? >> uh-huh. there's no family history of it. itet defi threw us for a loop. >> thompson: richards eventually ltave birth to a second, h son. but the problems continued. she says she had a brain aneurysm, her thyroid has essentially stopped functioning, and her husband struggles with daily

s involved in our campaign. there were none. kevin: president trump made no mention of matt forte or michael cohen, but he did see the latest sayno evidence. pres. trump: where is the collusion? you know, they are still looking for collusion. where is the collusion? find some collusion! we want to find the collusion! kevin: democrats have said that the latest developments but the president in legal jeopardy. reporting from washington, kevin cirilli, bloomberg news. anna: kevin cirilli in washington. let's talk about what this means, the politics of it. let's talk about what this means from a market perspective. frost atined by laura the fixed interest team and lng --at lng. we wake up with some reactions, little reactions, in your perspective? >> surprisingly little. we have to wait to really get the call on this, but the fact that we are not dramatically lower in bond yields or much , the in stocks or whatever markets are unsure how to react to this. it's another step. perhaps the noose is tightening, but that's what this is, another sort of development in what is obviously going on. does it mean that the midterms are going to

s chinatown with ohr writing "glenn gave me memory stick." in recent congressional testimony, now fired f.b.i. agent peter strozk was pressed on ohr whose fort folio did not include russia. >> the f.b.i. received documents and the material from mr. ohr. >> the ohr document shed more light on steele's activity before the presidential election. steele shot the dossier to multiple media outlets he asked ohr for help with the russian oligarch after rumors that the u.s. might impose sanctions. when the f.b.i. director james comey was fired by president trump, ohr wrote that steele was, "very concerned about comey's firing. afraid they will be exposed." today the justice department declined to comment. ohr has a chance to tell his side of the story on august 28 when a closed door interview is scheduled scheduled with thee oversight and judiciary committees. as part of the joint investigation in the f.b.i. and the d.o.j. conduct in the presidential election. lou? >> lou: thank you very much. catherine herridge. joining us tonight, chris farrell, director of investigations and research for judicial watch. it's great to have you with us. how deeply d

fort riley, kansas for a stand-in for the beach landing scene. none of these efforts came to fruition, of course. he continued to work on this throughout the 1960's and 1970's. according to fuller, fellow director peter bogdanovich backed out of it said to him if you write the script i will produce it. that is how it happened. fuller started making it in 1978. he had a budget of $4.5 million, which for him was the biggest budget of any film he had ever made for a war film. that is nothing. war films are incredibly expensive. this was his lifelong passion project. he turns in his cut -- and it's 4.5 hours. they went no way. nobody will sit for this. fuller refused to cut anything out of it. lorimar cut it to under two hours without consulting him, which was the heartbreak of his life. he saw the film when it came out in 1980, you saw less than half of what he hoped the film would be. some of you who are fans may have seen the 2005 reconstruction of the film. that brings it closer to two hours. it is worth seeing. the big red one is the first reconstructions that don't focus on the squatter privates and their unnamed sergeant, all of whom survived

fort drum for a national defense authorization act. he couldn't even bring himself to call the bill by its complete name which is the john s. mccain national defense act for fiscal 2019. >> we would not be here for today's signing ceremony without the dedicated efforts of those who helped to pass the national defense authorization act. i'd like to recognize congresswoman elise, and i'd like to recognize don baker, dan donovan and jil baker with us hereulse. and there's another member of congress here today who's not only an air force vet eran but the first woman ever to fly a fight fighter jet in combat in u.s. history, and i've gotten to know her very well and she is terrific. congresswoman martha mcsally. >> you heard there. didn't have one single word to say about the war hero and long time senator whose name is on the bill, senator john mccain. he's had a lot to say about senator john mccain in the past. >> the way trump looks at he's at least better than everybody else in the race including john mccain. >> does being captured make you a hero, i'm not sure. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that wer

s, it was close to 100 that day. i wrote down the places we went that day. first we went to oklahoma city, then to shaney, then to lawton, which is the home of fort sil, which is the number one area in the world for ar till tri, and we did our thing there all the time. he was campaigning for me, a guy who couldn't win. we went from there to altas air force base, and that is one still one of the top training bases, and we now train k-17 and kc-125's. as a matter of fact, because of john, we'll be flying the kc-46. of course, this is long before that. but, anyway, we worked and ended up in bartelville and hosted a fundraiser with the n.r.a. i guess he wanted to spend more time in the plane because he came back two weeks later and we also did the same thing. now, there was no reason for him to do that. we hardly knew each other when we started. we got to know each other when we were up there in that heat. nevertheless, he was there. and you always remember people who help you when nobody else will. you can say a lot of things about john mccain. you will hear a lot about him and you will hear a lot more. what's never in dispute john mccain was a fighter, he was

s. and it's june. it would have been brutal to be stationed here. the heat would have been overwhelming. this fort, interestingly enough, was not a fort that engaged in a lot of battles with native americans. fatalitiesonly three , people who died here in 80 sort of engagement. it was probably also, in addition to being hot and uncomfortable most of the time, it was pretty boring. they did a lot of maintenance were constantly on it. and patrol worked. one of the significant things was providert did sex travel for people traveling on the camino real. of course, the camino real becomes the 20 it -- that you are what trail and you would go all the way to chihuahua. so you would had commerce from st. louis to santa fe come all the way down the camino real and all way down to mexico. i am standing on a piece of the camino real. you can see the little marker that says from this spot it is 1300 to 13 miles to mexico city and 283 miles to santa fe. as you stand here, you can imagine literally thousands of , ideas, religion, everything that came from the spanish world into this country .ame along this road

have lightman air force base, we have fort leonardwood, rosecranz air national guard base where people from all over the world come to train on how to use the c-130's, we have a national guard facility in springfield, missouri, that repairs helicopters for the armed services and saves a lot of money in doing that. we're the home of the national geospatial agency's western headquarters, and proud to be. missourians serve in uniform and proud to serve, missourians serve in other ways, and all of those organizations i have just mentioned, and they are proud to do that as well. the people who serve in the military, the people who served in the intelligence branch of our government really are increasingly challenged. i think the missions we have around the world, the challenges we have around the world, the national security threats we have around the world, as you know from your job as foreign affairs chairman are as complex and complicated and multifaceted as they have ever been. some have said more threats from more directions in more ways than any other time, and i think this bill begins to recognize that, tries to recognize that, understands that t

fort drum. it is the largest employer in northern new york. elise stepanek, the congresswoman for that district, invited the president up there to to signed the defense authorization act, actually called the john smccain national defense authorization act. the defense bill contains a 2.1% pay raise for troops. they are doing there now is showing the president and air exercise with chinook helicopters. these said to be there to not only sign the bill but give remarks soon. the defense bill contains a 2.1% pay raise for our troops. and there are some specific provisions in there, including a formal asked for the pentagon for the missile interceptor sit site. president trump is watching this practice with the chinook helicopters right behind him. as i mentioned, this is the largest employer in northern new york. the annual economic impact of a $1.5 million. i'm sorry, $1.5 billion, got to get that right. here the exercise continues with the the troops. something very interesting about the space, since the september 11 attacks, the fort drum based tenth mountain division has been the most actively deployed division to iraq and afghanistan and the u.s. army. that is, the most actively deployed. it. i

s. >> ed: tonight, big strategic shift to tell you about from the defense department. when it comes to tackling threats from russia and china. correspondent bryan llenas is at fortm were where president trump signed the new spending bills. >> we are now rebuilding our military like we never have before. >> the tenth mountain division, the most diploid divisions as 9/11, welcomed the president ana military demonstration. a celebration of sorts before the president signed into law the john s. mccain national defense authorization act, a $760 billion defense spending budget for 2019 that promises to boost the military. under this bill, the u.s. military will add 15,000 troops to its ranks, and troops will get a 2.6% raise, the largest pay pump and a decade. billions will be invested in new weapons, including 77 new after 35 fighter aircraft. 13 new battleships, nearly a billion dollars to update nuclear capabilities, research artificial intelligence, and create a space defenses. >> every day, the army is fighting for us, and now we are fighting for you. 100%. >> the investments are being made to counter china, which has ramped up its military activity in the south

than a tour of fort selden, use military outpost located near the rio grande river established to keep peace in the region. watch c-span cities tour of las cruces, new mexico, today on c-span2's booktv and sunday at n c-span3. working with the cable affiliates as we explore america. >> welcome everyone. my name is lila stiff and i will be welcoming dr. nussbaum to the podium in a moment but if you logistics to cover first. if you could play silence your cell phones. we would appreciate that as a courtesy to the author but also are filming live for booktv on c-span and that will help a lot if we don't have our cell phones ringing. thank you.

fort drum are so much the better because of john mccain's great work. i wish him all the best and commend his staff, including senator inhofe and senator reed's staff for their work on the john s. mccain national against authorization act. on the supreme court, as we return from state work period, the republican majority continues to steam forward on president trump's nomination to the supreme court, announcing that hearings will begin on september 4. this is 12 business days from today, yet the senate cannot do its due diligence on the nominee because we have a tiny percentage of his records. why is this? senator republicans are in the middle of a blatant obstruction of the supreme court nominee's record. denying the senate and the american people critical information about this potential supreme court justice. the entire record of judge kavanaugh's record for three years as staff secretary in the white house is being deliberately, deliberately withheld from the senate and from the public. the republican majority has unilaterally declared those papers irrelevant, even though judge kavanaugh has testified to the mornings of the -- importance of the position and the work he did

>>'s or francis drake in 1586, queen marianne of spain said over these attacks we want to build a fort of attacks, pirated british attacks. the national park service does an amazing job keeping up the authenticity of this place. >> a phenomenal job. >> reporter: including this guy. who are you? >> sebastian lopez toledo. >> look like your signing me up. >> for the spanish army. report for duty tomorrow morning at 6:00. >> reporter: "fox and friends" goes on. >> you can do it remotely. >> reporter: for a town is older saint augustine there are a lot of stories, ghost stories. what better way to find out for myself and going on the ghost and gravestone tour. >> we are going to the most wanted village in saint augustine. there are eight documented hangings that took place at the old jail. all the way in for maximum-security. [screaming] >> reporter: the folks at anastasia state park wanted to remind the public that while fox can bring a trailer for a live shot, we can't necessarily have everybody come up here so don't bring your rv up here. just leave it in the park. the big breaking news

s, it was close to 100 that day. i wrote down the places we went that day. first we went to oklahoma city, then to shaney, then to lawton, which is the home of fort sil, which is the number one area in the world for ar till tri, and we did our thing there all the time. he was campaigning for me, a guy who couldn't win. we went from there to altas air force base, and that is one still one of the top training bases, and we now train k-17 and kc-125's. as a matter of fact, because of john, we'll be flying the kc-46. of course, this is long before that. but, anyway, we worked and ended up in bartelville and hosted a fundraiser with the n.r.a. i guess he wanted to spend more time in the plane because he came back two weeks later and we also did the same thing. now, there was no reason for him to do that. we hardly knew each other when we started. we got to know each other when we were up there in that heat. nevertheless, he was there. and you always remember people who help you when nobody else will. you can say a lot of things about john mccain. you will hear a lot about him and you will hear a lot more. what's never in dispute john mccain was a fighter, he was