the gerald r. ford is the first in the next generation of nuclear air carriers. named after gerald r. ford who served in the war. he passed away in 2006. how would your father feel about this? >> one, he would be in shock because he never would have expected this and he just wasn't that kind of a man, but he was a naval officer, a lieutenant commander. >> reporter: susan ford bales, president ford's daughter will krit christen it with sparkling wine. >> i won't be here in 50 years but it will be here. >> reporter: it's a labor of love. are e becca ann boyd has been here since the beginning. >> you can't help but get emotional and to be picked to do this, it's just an honor. >> reporter: captain john myer say ms. of the ship's upgrades are highly classified but the ones he can talk about are dramatic improvements over current carriers. the tower called the island has been moved farther back on the deck. >> by moving it out, you get more space for aircraft room for about eight additional aircraft. >> reporter: it will produce 3 1/2 time as much power and electromagn

the gerald r. ford is the first in the next generation of nuclear air carriers. named after gerald r. ford who served in the war. he passed away in 2006. how would your father feel about this? >> one, he would be in shock because he never would have expected this and he just wasn't that kind of a man, but he was a naval officer, a lieutenant commander. >> reporter: susan ford bales, president ford's daughter will krit christen it with sparkling wine. >> i won't be here in 50 years but it will be here. >> reporter: it's a labor of love. are e becca ann boyd has been here since the beginning. >> you can't help but get emotional and to be picked to do this, it's just an honor. >> reporter: captain john myer say ms. of the ship's upgrades are highly classified but the ones he can talk about are dramatic improvements over current carriers. the tower called the island has been moved farther back on the deck. >> by moving it out, you get more space for aircraft room for about eight additional aircraft. >> reporter: it will produce 3 1/2 time as much power and electromagn

st called the uss "gerald r ford."ord's daughter did the traditional bottle breaking at the ceremony. >> god bless this ship and all who sail her. >> there you have it, champagne bottles popping. the ship will cost more than $12 billion and is $2 billion over budget. it will be two years before it's finished. >> still ahead - a california high school is coming under fire for its mascot. a community member says there's more to it than meets the eye. >>> so being surrounded by friends and family at your wedding is taking on a new meaning in sri lanka. a couple set a record for having the most bridesmaids - 126 women taking part in the marriage ceremony, 25 groomsmen, 20 page boys. and 23 flower girls. >> no word on what the lavish nup tools cost. >>> american rights groups are calling on a group to change their mascot. it is said to be a mascot that stood in the community for more than 80 years, and for good reason. >> when this school met its rival on the football field, the team mascot was on the sidelines, whipping up

uss gerald r. ford in new ford, pennsylvania.he nuclear powered ship is the navy's first new carrier design in more than 40 years. >>> a fox news exclusive, well, let me start that again. fox news reporting exclusive, as we're approaching a very important day in history. 50 years since the assassination of jfk. we go in depth searching for truth. what really happened on the day that changed american history? >> reporter: november 22, 1963. the day begins with an exciting welcome for president kennedy, outside his ft. worth, texas hotel. in nearby dallas, oswald is going to work with a hidden rifle, he kept it in ruth and michael payne's garage. >> it looked like camping equipment. it never occurred to michael that it might be a gun. >> reporter: in less than four hours, president kennedy will be dead. back inside the hotel t fashionable mrs. kennedy makes a grand entrance at a breakfast speech. >> i'm getting that same sensation. >> john kennedy was highly intelligent, witty, and charming man. >> after breakfast, the kennedys fly

navy has been kristined the "gerald r ford" will place a power fleet.is a technological marvel designed to launch current aircraft and future weapons that have not been designed yet. >> british airways refused to allow a passenger to avoid a flight because he's too overweight. kevin, who weighs 300 kilograms travelled to chicago to receive medical treatment. he was denied actions upon trying to return home. the airline says it's for health and safety reasons. >> the first discrimination is not making of airplane handicap friendly. i can't go on the plane - what happens now. >> it weighs more than a tonne and is about to land possibly somewhere near you. a satellite from space is about to crash on earth - no one knows where. gerald tan has more. >> reporter: march 2009, this rocket roars into orbit. it's doned the ferrari of space, its mission was to map variations in earth's gravity. that mission is complete. its experiment with gravity is not over yet. the spacecraft ran out of fuel and is being pulled back to earth. >> the explorer weighs more than a

. >> i christen the united states ship gerald r. ford. may god bless the ship and all who sail her. >> "u.s.s. gerald ford" was unfailed today. the president's daughter smashed the bottle of sparkling wine against the hull of the ship. dick cheney and donald rumsfeld who both worked for ford were at the ceremony. the ship is projected to remain in service until 2057. >>> senator ted cruz in the hot seat. >> i've been reading a lot about you lately, and they describe you as aggressive, arrogant and abrasi abrasive. accurate? >> that was just the first question from "the tonight show" host jay leno. the senator's answer straight ahead. [ female announcer ] ladies and gentlemen i'm here to say a few words about the power of baking stuff with nestle toll house morsels. you can heal a broken heart with a bundt cake. make a monday mornin' feel like a friday afternoon with some nestle toll house morsels. let's close our laptops and open our ovens. these things don't bake themselves. we have to bake them for one another. we can bake the world a be

. >> i gerald r. fordvice president gerald ford was sworn in, he became the first and only us president not to be voted into office, within a month, ford pardoned nixon. >> i full, free, and absolute pardon. >> a controversial gesture that may have cost him the next election. >> it hurt you. in this election. >> i am sure, uh, barbara, that it had an adverse impact. i just decided, regardless of the political consequences, that i would do what i thought was right. >> president ford built a reputation for falling down those slippery air force one stairs, but i couldn't summon the courage to ask him about it. >> jimmy carter, the peanut farmer from georgia, was a southern gentleman, at least on the surface. and that was fortunate for me because this was my first presidential special. >> are you mean? do you have a cold, hard mean streak, do those blue eyes get cold and hard? >> well, i'm mean enough to protect myself. and to win if i'm in a battle, >> and there's another moment with the carters that took me

gerald r. ford is the first of super carriers and making it the largest and efficient one on the planet. her job will be to protect democracy and interest world wide. >> yet for every time the ship will instill doubts in the minds of our adversaris. many more times will give hope to our friends and people of the world. it will be welcome support in time of crisis, it will be also comfort bringing in times of disaster and grief. >> it is scheduled to replace the cold- world uss enterproiz that ended 51 years of active service last year. well, you know we like to check with our fox affiliates to see what they are working on and picked on anything in particular. tonight arizona, for the construction of a veteran's day float by an unlikely source. four weeks now. >> a crew of 15 men have labored. >> i am attention to detail. >> worked tirelessly. >> artistec value. >> and giving time. >> city back. and talent to those who dedicated their lives. >> it was a chance to do something for the vets. >> it is a

. >> the "gerald r ford", the first in a knew aircraft carrier, the daughter performing the honours at the newport shipyard in virginia. >> there's more here to come. in sport rivalry resumes as roger federer prepares to take on his old friend to book a place at the atp world title in london. roger federer prepares to take >>> become back to brazil, where the action is about to begin at the indigenous games. men and women from 40 tribes are preparing to compete in their version of the olympics. we have more. >> reporter: the stare of a young man ready for competition. 18-year-old is honing his concentration, readying his aim. he's is specialist with the bow and arrow, the best shot in his tried. he'll compeed in the 12th indigenous games, but did not need to do training for these games - he's been doing it since he was five years old - part of his culture and daily life in his tribe. >> translation: the tribe eldest teach us to hun. the first animal we kill we keep the head. these teeth is an animal i killed with the bow and arrow. >> earlier in the day women's football. the parisi tri

and america's new carrier the gerald r. ford is the most expensive yet, costing more than $16 billion to design and build. carriers are worth the cost however because they deliver a unique capability that lasts for decades. the world's first nuclear power carrier, the uss enterprise was deactivated only last year after an astounding 51 years of service. the new ford class carriers could remain in service for nearly a century. critics say aircraft carriers are obsolete dinosaurs and vulnerable to missile attack and require too many assets to protect but new defenses and strategies being developed to counter those threats and allow carriers to remain valuable military and diplomatic tools for decades to come. the ford's most important feature is its large well thought out flight deck that can get within striking range of nearly any point on the globe but a carrier is useless without an air wing that can penetrate enemy defenses. that's why the navy can't wafer from fielding stealth aircraft especially long range strike and reconna

admiral greenert, you just talked about you needed 500 additional for the gerald r. ford. is that correct? you just mentioned that? >> that's correct. >> you didn't mention we have a $2 billion cost overrun in the gerald r. ford. tell me, has anybody been fired from their job as a result of a $2 billion cost overrun of an aircraft carrier? >> i don't know, senator. >> you don't know. actually, you should know. you should know admirable when we have a $2 billion cost overrun on a single ship, now you're asking for $500 million more. i would ask the same question of general welsh. has anybody been fired because of the cost overruns of the f-35? i don't think so. we've had hearing after hearing in this committee concerning the first trillion dollar defense acquisition in history. the numbers are astronomical as to the size, increase in size of your staffs. we have seen double and redoubling size of the staffs of the major commands and your own. that's never been brought under control. we now have 1.5 million civilian contractors and employees -- civilians and their contractors

for example, the latest aircraft carrier, which was just crifned with great fanfare the gerald r. ford, has now run $2 billion, b, billion dollars, cost overrun of what the original cost estimates are -- was. now, that's for one ship. and when i think about what the $2 billion that's a cost overrun could do in my home state of arizona, it's even more staggering. and yet, somehow we let this cost overrun accumulate over a long period of time, and the ship still, by the way, has recently been christened, which is not being finished commissioned, and at a hearing we had in the armed services committee the other day where the effects of sequestration, which i think are devastateing, were described by each of the service chiefs and the chief of naval operation, my old service, said and we need $500 million more for the gerald r. ford. and i was stunned because i said to him, i said admiral, is it'sa $2 billion cost overrun on that ship, and i asked him if anyone had been fired. and his answer, i tell my friend from oklahoma, was he didn't know if anyone had been fired over the cost overrun

admiral, you just talked about $500 million for the gerald r. ford. you didn't mention we have a $200 billion cost overrun. has anyone been fired as a result of a two billion cost overrun? >> i don't know. >> you should know, admiral. billion onve a $2 askngle ship -- i would teh same question of the general. has anyone been fired? i don't think so. we have had hearing after hearing concerning the first trillion dollar defense acquisition in history. our numbers are astronomical in the increase in size of your staff. that has never been brought under control. have only 1.3 million personel. the number of civilian contractors and personel do not fight. they have great jobs but they do not fight. this committee may have to impose cuts. they have grown astronomically. finally, despite think,-- uay i would ask if you would the number ofess years before retirement. two, in position of increase of tricare. also, perhaps even looking at things like the contribution that used to be made for off base housiunng and other costs that have grown so dramatically. n

want to show you live pictures of the christening ceremony for the uss gerald r ford in virginia.t missions. it is going to use electromagnetic force to launch planes instead of pressurized steam. manufactured in very venetia, supplying nitrogen generators for the ford. . >>> giving you a bird's eye view over lafayette this morning, a beautiful start in your neighborhood. mostly clear skies for most of us this morning. because of the clear skies, the light winds, boy, did we start off a bit chilly this morning. temperatures sinking into the 30s over parts of the north bay, still trailing behind santa rosa, 46. much better than where we started. you bottomed out about 35 degrees earlier this morning. you may have actually felt it. if you got outdoors, may have had the heat kicking on in your house. 58 in san francisco right now, 56 in oakland, upper 50s in walnut creek with the sun shining, feeling good out there already this morning. for the afternoon, we're going to shave a few degrees off the highs. has to do with the ridge of high pressure weakening just a bit. the ridge you ca

. >>> auto krichten the united states shim gerald r. ford.at was a defenive shot. the uss gerald ford christened by the u.s. navy. his daughter, susan, smashed the sparkling wine on the bow of the ship yesterday. the uss ford has been labeled the most technology languaicall ever built. >> if you see a veteran today, tip your hat to them and say thank you. >> what can we say confidently about that ship inspect the people would designed that ship, the most complex naval vessel ever constructed did not major in springsteen studies in college. >> no. i think they probably -- and by the way, engineers, probably the most sought after individuals in this country right now, they probably did not. but if they go to rutgers university as a student, they would have the opportunity to take a class now in springsteen religion, the music of bruise springsteen being taught in a class for three credits. to get listen to bruce springsteen music, pull from the bible, literature references, and on and so forth. >> i can't believe my money for tuition is going t

gerald r. rd. veterans day was oginally called, it was called arm ma ist day. >> i am telling you, th daughter of gerald ford hit the side o the aircraft rrier, i wow, she has a punch.nk. what's goi on in sports. >> she had a punch. unfortunatel the bears were pumplged. th're riding a seen-day losing streak and thing did not get any better f them at memorial stadm. t for the warriors stefan curry is back in the starting lup. we'll show you the first half hilights coming up to those who've wait... worried... poked and prodde.. tan risks... and lived in a state of "wt if?"... welcome to a n state... health. weome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. and nobody can be denied cause of ad. prexisting condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. . >>> warriors guard stefan curry missed last night' loss. his bruised ale is better. the warriors are not won in memphis since2008. and then ely in the rst, curry from beyond the yd doing what heoes sowell. later in the quarter, dishes of to david lee, gives the layup and the fo, the warriors up by two. shot and getting the foul.ook they curre