. >> this voice belongs to almeda native jimmy doolittle. he famous aviator picked to lead the mission. it came four months after the japanese attack on pearl harbor decimated the deplete. >> we seen doolittle takeoff and he circled the ship, wag he wings is and head out. >> he was an 18-year-old crew man aboard the uss hornet: the crew that hauled them within striking distance to the japanese coast. he was manning a turet as they were going to strike back. >> america was back on its heels that. coupled with what was proceeding in europe painted a bleak picture not just for the american people but the people of the free world. >> retired air force major tom cain heads the jimmy doolittle air and space museum at traverse air force base. they are honoring doolittle and the raid on board the uss hornet in alameda. this hornet, a floating museum, replaced the earlier hornet which was sunk in battle. the doolittle name may not be well-known to this generation , but in the mid-twentieth century he was one of the more accomplished flyers. >> if it c

american people but the people of the free world. >> retired air force major tom cain heads the jimmy doolittleseum at traverse air force base. they are honoring doolittle and the raid on board the uss hornet in alameda. this hornet, a floating museum, replaced the earlier hornet which was sunk in battle. the doolittle name may not be well-known to this generation but in the mid-20s he was one of the more accomplished flyers. >> if it could fly, jimmy doolittle would be the one you would want to ply it. >> he considered the raid a failure. damage to japan was minimal and all of the fuel ran out of fuel and crash landed. twelve of the airmen died. but for a country still reeling from pearl harbor and four months of defeat, it was a huge morale boost. it is certainly was for rich who went to doolittle and volunteered to go along. an offer that was declined. >> i got a chance to speak to a world famous man, and gave him a big laugh when efforts in the middle of a pressure-filled operation and gave me a great sea story. >> he will be at the hornet for the celebration. at 89 he's one of a handful of

the american people but the people of the free world. >> retired air force general heads the jimmy doolittle air force base travis air force base. they are honoring doolittle and the raid in alameda. this hornet a floating museum replaced the earlier hornet that was sunken battle. the name may not be known well to this generation but he was america's most accomplished flyers. >> if you could fly, jimmy doolittle would be the one that would want to fly it. >> damage to japan was minimal and all the aircraft ran out of fuel and crash landed. 12 of the 80 airmen died. but for a country that was reeling from pearl harbor, it was a huge morale boost. it certainly was for rich that volunteered to go along an offer that was declined. >> i got a chance to speak to them and gave them a big laugh when he was in the middle of a pressure filled operation. >> he will be at the hornetfor the celebration. at 89 he is one of handful of men that involved. >>> today festivities including klu a b-25 fly over and followed by a tribute dinner at 5:00 p.m. it will be fantastic weather for awful that and everythin

. >> reporter: this voice belongs to alameda native jimmy doolittle the famous aviator picked to leadthe mission and prove that the bomber didn't need 3,000 feet of runway to liftoff. the raid came four months after the attack on pearl harbor decimated the pacific fleet. >> we seen doolittle takeoff he circled, and headed out. >> reporter: richard was an 18-year-old crew man aboard the uss hornet, the shape that hauled 16 bombers to within striking distance of the japanese coast. he was manning aboard the carry as the planes struggled into the air. >> we were all excited about going. we were going to strike back and do the striking. >> back on its heels coupled with what was proceeding in europe payned a bleak picture for not just the -- painted a bleak picture for not just the american people but the people of the free world. >> reporter: heading the museum his organization is taking part in ceremonies saturday honoring doolittle and the raid in alameda. this hornet, a floating museum replaced the earlier hornet which was sunk in battle. the doolittle name may not be well-known to th

they're known as " doolittle's raiders " after the jimmy doolittle who planned and led the attack. the man who planned the september 11th terrorist attacks refuse to answer the judge's questions. he did not enter a plea. they're charged with the murder of each person who died in the 911 attacks. dru levenson with more. >>> the man who claims to be the mastermind of the september 11th attacks and four co- conspirators refuse to cooperate. he sat silently at the defense table and ignored judge's questions. the judge fired back sang " when can i choose not to participate and frustrate course of business " the five men pulled out their ear pieces so they could not hear the arabic translation of proceedings. two of them started to pray. one yelled maybe they're going to kill us and say we are committing suicide the man face 3000 murder charges for the 911 attacks. six family members who lost loved ones were in the court room watching the events unfold. others who could not go watched on closed circuit television at four bases in the united states including fort hamilton in new york. man

attended to honor three of the five surviving men known as the doolittle raiders and their leader, jimmy doolittle. they are credited with boosting american moral. >> the mission that you have been on have been so successful toward winning the war. most of us on this panel had a chance at that. win the war. we are happy about being there. >> today's event was to mark the 70th anniversary of their april 18th, 1942 mission. the raiders are all in their 90s now. they were surprised by all the attention they are receiving. >>> the presidential election is six months away. brian mooar shows us that president obama officially started his re-election campaign with rallies in key battleground states. >> reporter: in his first official campaign event of the election season, president obama hit the battleground states of ohio and virginia. >> i still believe in you. i'm asking you to keep believing in me. >> reporter: he reached out to the younger voters he needs to win re-election. he had help from first lady michelle obama. >> i'm feeling fired up and ready to go myself. i am. >> reporter: his campaign sl

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i had dinner with eddie richenbacker and jimmy doolittle and so on. those guys are all gone. they're all gone now. and with about ten years or so ago we started taking down oral histories to make sure that we captured the reminiscences of the feelings, the ideas of the people still around. as i tell kids all the time, we all talk to schools all the time, when today is gone, it's gone forever and you can't get it back. when you're young, there's an endless stream of days they disappear over the horizon, two days, five years, a million years, it's all the same to you. and then when you get to be old and decrepit and you're falling apart, you realize that every day is a larger and larger percentage of what you have left, you realize that it's vitally important that you do whatever you can do today because if you don't do it there might not be a tomorrow to do it. the medal of honor recipients have always spent lots of time talking to public audiences but particularly to schools. and when we had 400 living recipients, we had plenty of assets available to go do it. the medal of ho

the event will honor jimmy doolittle.> good morning, mostly sunny, a sunny a live look from the estuariry. the temperatures rebounding. mild to warm weather in the forecast. 5, 10, 15 degrees above yesterday's highs. winds between 5- 15 miles per hour. all thanks to the ridge of high pressure that is building in and taking control for the weekend. as it builds, again, beginning to see the offshore breeze. 20 miles per hour reported in fairfield with gusts reported 25-30 near fairfield. 5 map, 7 oakland. live moore and cop cord, reporting calm conditions. 13 santa rosa and napa. the hills really blowing from 28-48 miles per hour, near mount deablo. the winds, they dry and warm and sitting in the 60s, fairfield, napa, santa rosa. 10-degree difference where the winds are light. 58 hayward. 59 san jose. a nice warm up, above what we saw yesterday. few degrees above average. 78 navato. 79 sanoma. east bay, temperatures warming to the 70s to 80s. 75 oakland. 77 danville. heading inland, pittsburgh, 80 for today. 81 brentwood to

i had dinner with eddie rickenbacker and jimmy doolittle and so on. pappy boynton, those guys are all gone now. and about 10 years or so ago we started taking down oral histories to make sure we captured the reminiscences and the feelings, the ideas of the people who were still around. as i tell kids all the time, we all talked to them all the time. when today is gone, it's gone forever and you can't get it back. when you're young there is an endless day that could disappear over the horizon. it's all the same to you. than then when you get to be old and decrepit and you are falling apart, you realize that everyday is a larger and larger percentage of what you have left and you realize it's vitally important you do whatever you can do today because if you don't do it there might not be a tomorrow to do it. the medal of honor recipients have always spend lots of times talking to the public audiences but particularly the b-schools and when we have living recipients, we have plenty of assets available to go and do it. the medal of honor society was chart