. >> next middle hill are from heather wilson the 24th -- next we will hear from heather wilson. she talk at the national press club here in washington. >>> good afternoon everyone. welcome to the national press club. it is a place where news happens. i am donna, the 102nd president of the national press club. we are delighted to have you listening or viewing or in the room with us today. we are going to hear from air force secretary heather wilson on the newly proposed space force and the issues facing the u.s. air force today. if you are on twitter, we encourage you to treat during the program. please use the # and cc life and tweet your questions. we will answer as many questions as time allows. for our c-span and public radio audiences, these be aware that in the audience today members of the general public, so any applause you may hear or any reaction is not necessarily from working journalists. i will be introducing our head table, skipping over our speaker. please hold your applause until all of them have been introduced. we will get started. on my left we have don gallagh

we'll take you live to the press club in washington d.c., where heather wilson is speaking. >> and the issues they see in the u.s. air force today. if you are on twitter, we do encourage you to tweet during our program. please use hash tag npc live. we'll ask as many questions as time allows. and please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public and any applause you may hear and reaction is not necessarily from working journalist. >> and that is skipping over the speaker. and that is hold the applause. we'll get started. our last is john gallinger. and this is fairplay and member of the npc headliners. jillian rich. that is investors for business daily. and that is in the aero space report. >> & that is tony capatchio. a reporter at bloom burg. we have general edthomas at director of public affairs in the u.s. air force. and that is chair at the national press club member. thank you for much. the national security correspondent and alley morway. chief of staff to the u.s. air force. & defense tremble at aviation week. max ledder publisher at star and stripes

air force, the heather wilson. [applause] you.ident trump: thank chairman of the joint paul silva.aff come on, stand up. thank you both. also want to thank representative mo brooks for joining us tonight. gentleman, wherever you are, mo. thank you, mo. president trump: and a very you to the members "congressional medal of honor" society. tonight we're privileged to be in the company of america's heroes. joining us this evening are hree extraordinary americans who i had the privilege of of honor the medal to. brit. mike rose, and please stand up. please. [applause] of you.u chlt we're also very proud to have a marine among of us who served in orld war ii and fought hiroshima.at i've gotten to know him, woody williams. i've gotten to know him. 95. you look good, woody. >> you look. another friend of mine, general john kelly and incredible wife karen. place.re here some john, stand up. [applause] president trump: two great people. also to say a word of warmth. our ow that the courage of by that is sustained great love

secretary of the air force, heather wilson. [applause] president trump: thank you. vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, paul selva. thank you, paul. [applause] president trump: and one of my favorites of the joint chiefs, come on, stand up. thank you both. [applause] president trump: i also want to thank representative mo brooks for joining us tonight. great gentleman, wherever you are, mo. thank you, mo. president trump: and a very special thank you to the members of the "congressional medal of honor" society. tonight we're privileged to be in the company of america's greatest heroes. joining us this evening are three extraordinary americans who i had the privilege of presenting the medal of honor to. jim mccloughan, mike rose, and brit slabinski. please stand up. we're also very proud to have a marine among of us who served in world war ii and fought heroically at iwo jima. i've gotten to know him, woody williams. i've gotten to know him. 95. you look good, woody. >> you look. president trump: another friend of mine, general john kelly, and his incredible w

we'll take you live to the press club in washington d.c., where heather wilson is speaking. >> and the issues they see in the u.s. air force today. if you are on twitter, we

[applause] ♪ ♪ >> air force secretary heather wilson addressed the air force association conference onday. we wish you as much of her remarks as a cat until today's session present at 1 p.m. eastern. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> doing something for a purpose. we gather here as ehrman deeply committed to the defense of our country with -- thank you for your continued service to us all. and, of course, larry spencer, thank you for your leadership of afa. it's been quite a year since the last afa conference, and for that i want to publicly thank my wing man, our chief of staff david goldstein and his wife. thank you for your good advice, your sense of purpose and your wonderful sense of humor. and to our chief master sergeant of the air force kaleth wright and his wife. this guy just keeps fixing things. you are a role model for us all, chief, but i'm not going to volunteer to be tased. [laughing] doing something for a purpose. sometimes it's hard to see the sweep of history when where just trying to get today's work done, which is what it's important to come together from time to time like this, to

. >> next middle hill are from heather wilson the 24th -- next we will hear from heather wilson. she talk at the national press club here in washington. >>> good afternoon everyone. welcome to the national press club. it is a place where news happens. i am donna, the 102nd president of the national press club. we are delighted to have you listening or viewing or in the room with us today. we are going to hear from air force secretary heather wilson on the newly proposed space force and the is

we'll have an exclusive interview with the air force secretary, heather wilson, on the future of thepace force and expanding the air force. the stocks at session highs near all-time highs as well we've got the dow up 200 pois. quk le will be right back this isn't just any moving day. this is moving day with the best in-home wifi experience and millions of wifi hotspots to help you stay connected. and this is moving day with reliable service appointments in a two-hour window so you're up and running in no time. show me decorating shows. this is staying connected with xfinity to make moving... simple. easy. awesome. stay connected while you move with the best wifi experience and two-hour appointment windows. click, call or visit a store today. >>> president trump's trade war with china continues >> jon, the u.s. is already imposing tariffs on roughly half of the $500 billion in goods we import from china and president trump says he's willing to tax it all the white house is watching to see how beijing responds one weapon that china says it will not use is its currency overnig overnight

yesterday air force secretary heather wilson who was part of this town hall session spoke to the conference. she's followed by a portion of the session on airline pilot shortages. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> doing something for a purpose. we gather here as airmen deeply committed to the defense of our country with -- thank you for your continued service to us all and of course, mary spencer, thank you for your leadership of afa. it's been quite a year since the last day of the conference and for that i want to publicly thank my wingman. our chief of staff, dave goldstein and his wife dawn, thank you for your good advice. your sense of purpose and your wonderful sense of humor and to our chief master sergeant in the air force and his wife tania. this guy just keeps fixing things. you are a role model for us all, chief, but i am not going to volunteer to be tased. doing something for a purpose, sometimes it's hard to see the sweep of history when we are just trying to get today's work done which is why it's important to come together from time to time like this, to take stock of where we are so we ca

. >> and next, remarks by air force secretary heather wilson. she delivered remarks at the 2018 annual meeting of the air force association, and spoke with the air force's ongoing personnel and equipment needs. this is 30 minutes. [applause] >> doing something for a purpo purpose. we gather here as airmen deeply committed to the defense of our country with -- thank you for your continued service to us all and, of course, larry spencer, thank you for your leadership of afa. and i want to thank our winningman, chief goldstein and wife dawn thank you for your good advice, your sense of purpose and sense of humor and to our master chief of the air force, chief wright and his wife tanya, this guy keeps fixing things and you're a role model for all of us, chief, but i'm not going to be volunteering to be tased. doing something for a purpose. sometimes it's hard to see the sweep of history when we're just trying to get today's work done, which is why it's important to come together from time to time, like this, to take stock of where we are so that we

it's a push by air force secretary heather wilson to create a new generation of pilots. >> most boys decide they want to become pilots when they are in elementary or middle school, believe it or not. for the women or minorities, it's much later. >> reporter: there's still a long way to go. minorities make up fewer than so% of airs force or commercial pilots. women, just 5%. >> this next generation need to see around them a cohort of studentsha look like them and to know th thiswas, yeah, girls fly. we fly. eporr: one of four students at auburn university pilots are a woman or a minority. regardless of race or gender thee students all share one trait. they are competitive. whose the best pilot among you three. >> >> oh, come on. >> i'm not putting my hand down. >> me either. >> reporter: out of 120 pilots this season, the air force is hoping to grow that to 1,000. >> don't let people tell you the sky's the limit because then that's your point ofhans nicho news, afauburn,lies for generations, baby walkers. that happened years ago in canada and despite stricter safety standards in this

and secretary of the air force, heather wilson, and her husband jay holmes. these leaders are here to participate in a dialogue with you about issues important to you and your families. if you have any questions for our distinguished panel, please text your questions to the number displayed on the screen, and i will do my best to get to as many questions as we can. so i'm going to get started with some of the questions as they're starting to come in already, which is good. a good thing. so let's start with our secretary. madam secretary, one of the good things about our current economy is our unemployment rate is low. and as we all know, there's a relationship between unemployment and air force recruiting. so the question is, what are the biggest challenges we face in recruiting in today's environment? >> good question. unemployment is at 3.4%, which usually starts to be a challenge. we haven't seen that affect our recruiting for this year. but we're also always really sensitive in monitoring whether it is creating a problem. there are a few particular specia

[cheers and applause] >> secretary of the air force heather wilson and husband jay holmes. [cheers and applause] >> these leaders are here to participate in a dialogue with you about issues important to you and your families. if you have any questions for our distinguished panel, please text your questions to the number displayed on the screen and i will do my best to get through as many questions as we can. so i'm going to get started with some of the questions as they are starting to come in already which is good, a good thing, so let's start with our secretary. madame secretary, one of the good things about our current economy is our unemployment rate is low and as we all know there's a relationship between unemployment and air force recruiting. so the question is what are the biggest challenges that we face in recruiting in today's environment? >> good question. unemployment is at 3.4% which usually starts to be a challenge. we haven't seen that affect our recruiting for this year but we are also always really sensitive and monitoring whether it is creating a problem. w

air force, heather wilson and house speaker paul ryan coming here and there isa, september 27th. so we hope you'll join us all. thank you so much for being here today. i would like to ask that you stay seated for just a moment so we can wipe our wonderful speaker exhibitors. she has another event to get too quickly. we hope that she will come back and speak at the club again and you will have more of an opportunity to equip her at a later date. again, thank you so much for being here today. [applause] .. >> and director of the national air is now one -- and senators that october 31 there are a number -- event we are german -- adjourned. [inaudible conversations] >> to be a beacon to the world to conduct ourselves in a manner with uncivil discourse we have to remember of the entire world. >> i am deeply concerned on many levels by policy he has it been helpful to long-term relations on a daily basis and to suggest we can go alone i don't that is the case by any means with extraordinary power and we need partners around the globe seven ken starr is out with his book about whitewate

on wednesday, airport secretary heather wilson will be speaking at a headliners luncheon.hursday, we have retiring house speaker paul ryan speaking at a luncheon, taking stock of his career as a house member and a member of the sometimes fractious republican majority. we have journalists at the club on the 27th. the president of columbia will be visiting us, as well. we hope you can join us for these events. we hope we will see you for more of these, soon. we have a gift for you. this is something we present to all of our speakers and we hope you use it often and in good health. >> thanks, i really appreciate it. my wife will appreciate this, very much. >> it is microwave-safe and goes in the dishwasher. >> excellent. >> i have one final question for you. we like to end with a less than serious question. if you are going to put an ad in craigslist, what would it say? >> that we are looking for new drugs for the workplace. >> excellent, not sacramento. >> you don't know the new -- you don't know the email traffic going back and forth right now about where the rugs should go

and heather wilson, the secretary of the air force. i would hope that we will get some support from these leaders that have been appointed by president trump to protect the american people in any way they can. having these airplanes sit on the tarmac, sitting there in california and elsewhere throughout this country, when they could drop fire retardant and massive amounts, saving homes. little cul de sac that is would catch on fire and be destroyed. one flight over those cul de sacs could have saved them. thousands of people lost their lives needlessly because of bureaucratic intransigence in our military. aim calling on the air national guard, the air force, and of course our secretary of defense o unblock this impediment to protecting the lives of our people with u.s. military equipment that can do the job. with that i thank you very much, mr. speaker. and submit these letters for the record. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatri

[applause] ♪ ♪ >> air force secretary heather wilson addressed the air force association conference ony. we wish you as much of her remarks as a cat until today's session present at 1 p.m. eastern. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> doing something for a purpose. we gather here as ehrmanee

and later in the day, air force secretary heather wilson is among the speakers at an erin -- air andspace conference, hosted by the air force association. that is also live on cspan3, starting at 1:15 pm eastern. >>> what does it mean to be american? that is this year's students cam competition question. and we are asking middle and high school students to answer it by producing a short documentary. about a constitutional right, national characteristics, or historic event. and explain, how it defines the american experience we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes including a grand prize of $5000. this year's deadline is january 20, 2019. for more information, go to our website, student camp.org. this year marks the 70th anniversary of president harry s. truman's executive order to desegregate the us military. on july 26, and 1848. next, rawn james, author of how wars, protest, and harry truman desegregated america's military, , and retired colonel, norma jean bradford, discuss the forces that led to the decision, and its impact on african-americans. the harry s. truman presiden

in the memo, air force secretary heather wilson's estimates said that this thing would cost about $3.93 billion in the first year, over five years the memo claims the space force would cost an estimated $12.9 billion. put that in perspective. the air force budget for the fiscal year 2019 is $156 billion. those are big numbers. you're watching "velshi & ruhle." i've always been about what's next. i'm still giving it my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. so what's next? seeing these guys. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may ta

craigslist founder and later in the week we have a luncheon with the secretary of the us air force heather wilson and house speaker paul ryan coming here on thursday september 27 so we hope that you will join us all. thank you for being here today and i'd like to ask that you stay seated for just a moment that we can let our wonderful speaker exit with her staff and she has another event to get to quickly but we are going -- we hope she will come back and speak at the club again and will have more of an opportunity to speak with her at a later date. take you so much for being here today. [applause] >> while they are exiting a plug a couple more events because we have so many great events coming up and we have the director general of al jazeera coming at the beginning of october and the president of [inaudible] coming on september 28 and we have the ceo -- the director of the national air and space museum coming october 202nd and we have senator ben sasse coming in speaking on wednesday october 301st. there are a number of excellent events you can look at them and look for details on them at her w

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it's been a big topic at that conference this week we spoke to the air force secretary heather wilson proposal, potentially $13 billion over the next five years. how do you get everybody that's impacted by this on board, including lawmakers? since all of this will have to go through congress >> yeah, no i think the part of getting everyone on board will be simpler than most people think. i think a big part of that is helping people understand what is the space force and where we're driving the space force is, it is imperative that we protect our economy. our economy runs on space. so it's all about how do we protect our space assets, and then deter our adversaries who wish to do us home with that focus i'm confident we'll get the alignment of the white house and the congress and the resources we need to protect america. >> well, deputy secretary shanahan, we appreciate you joining us today from the air force association's conference thank you so much. the deputy defense secretary, patrick shanahan, thank you. >> thank you >>> thanks very much to you. coming up, the xlx is seeing its b

conference with a look at how to deal with a pilot shortage and a town hall style event with heather wilson it marks the 71st anniversary of that service branch. live coverage begins at 1:15 eastern today on c-span3. you could also listen with a c-span radio app. >>> american history tv is in prime time this week on c-span3. tonight a

if heather was hoping for a shorter prison term because of that, she didn't get it. instead, solicitor scarlett wilsonnued to lie about important details after she made her deal to testify. because she broke the deal, the sentence, 39 years. 14 more than ethan. >> this was heather kamp's kill. while certainly ethan mack was involved and certainly he laid his hands on kate, i do not believe that but for heather kamp we would be here. >> still, said andy savage after the fact, solicitor wilson could have had a much stronger case had the charleston police acted more aggressively. just one example, when police arrested ethan and heather -- >> because of their incompetence, they released the property, the crime scene where the homicide took place, they turned it back over to the landlord without examining it. the landlord went in and vacated the premises. he took all their furniture out and put it in storage. >> cleaned the place. >> cleaned the place. it wasn't until over two weeks later, knowing that the property had already been tainted, the crime scene was destroyed. >> no wonder scarlett wilson didn't

manhattan institute's heather mcdonald offers her thought on identity politics. republican political strategist rick wilsonprovides his take on the trump administration. historian patricia o'toole chronicles the political career of woodrow wilson. also this weekend, black youth project director charlene - - shares her thoughts on how to shift mainstream ideas on race, gender and class. new york times corresponded cj chivers talks about the american soldiers serving in afghanistan and iraq. and - - president of the foundation for rights in education. and - - argue a variety of societal trends have led to a weakening of diverse city appoints on college campuses. that's all this weekend on c-span2's booktv. for complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> here's a look at books being published this week. the "washington post"'s bob woodward reports on the inner workings of the trump administration. in his book, fear. in contempt, ken starr recalled his time as independent counsel and the investigation of the clinton administration. astrophysicists neil degrasse tyson explained - - in assessor to war. and in identi

manhattan institute fellow heather mcdonald offers her thoughts on identity politics on college campuses. republican political strategist rick wilson provides his take on the trump administration. and historian patricia o'toole chronicles the political career of president woodrow wilson. also this weekend black youth project 100 director charlene carrutherss shares her thoughts on how to shift mainstream ideas on race, gender and class. new york times correspondent c.j. chifers talks about the american soldiers serving in afghanistan and iraq. and the president of the foundation for individual rights and education and professor john haight argue that a variety of societal trends have led to a weakening of diverse viewpoints on college campuses. that's all this weekend on c-span2's booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. .. i have the privilege of introducing ann, who we were talking about this earlier, i have known for 18 years when i was primordial ooze

manhattan institute fellow heather mcdonald office her thoughts on identity politics on college campuses. republican political strategist rick wilson provides his take on the trump administration. and historian patricia o'toole chronicles a political career of president woodrow wilson. also this weekend, charlene carruthers shares her thoughts on how to shift mainstream ideas on race, gender and class. new york times correspondent cj -- talks about the american soldiers serving in our afghanistan and iraq. -- and professor john hayes argues a variety of societal trends have led to a weakening of diverse viewpoints on college campuses. that is all this weekend on c-span2 booktv. for a complete schedule visit booktv.org. i would kick off the weekend with the award winner paul greenberg explores the effect we have on oceans regarding seafood and omega threes. >> good evening everybody. org good afternoon. thank you for joining us this evening. we are happy to have you with us. first and foremost please silence your cell phones. also do not forget to visit us on line. you can give us your email address so we can send you an email every

air force, heather wilson, and we have house speaker paul ryan coming here on thursday, september 27th. so we hope that you will join us all. thank you so much for being here today. i'd like to ask that you stay seated for just a moment so that we can let our wonderful speaker exit with her staff. she has another event to get to quickly, but we are going to -- we hope that she will come back and speak at the club again and that you will have more of an opportunity to speak with her at a later date. again, stephanie, thank you so much for being here today. [applause] and so while they're exiting, i'm going to plug a couple more e s&p vents because we have so many great events coming up. we have the director general of al-jazeera coming at the very beginning of october. we have the president of slovenia coming on september 28th. we have the ceo of -- oh, we have the director of the national air and space museum coming october 22nd. and we have senator ben sass coming and speaking on wednesday, october 31st. there are a number of other excellent events. you can look at them, look for deta