not langley, but somebody went up. there are people who defend langley. nonetheless, it it did fail. and they put 70,000 dollars into it, and that was a lot of money in those days, a hell of a lot of public money, smithsonian money, for nothing. the wright brothers built their plane, traveled back-and-forth to kitty hawk, covering all of the expenses themselves, and did it for less than $1000 on their own. they had no financial help from anybody, no foundation, no university, no government pension. it was all savings from their rather modest income they got from their bicycle business. brian: how many bikes did they sell? david: in a good year, 50 or so. and they made them themselves. in a little shop that is still there in dearborn, michigan. brian: did they move that physically, the shop? from dayton, ohio, to dearborn? david: the ford museum at dearborn is a historic building. in some ways, it is too bad that it was taken away from hawthorne street in dayton. on the other hand, it might not have survived. and the bicycle shop might not have survived. a

spy operation under the roof at cia headquarters at langley. another cia officer who i'll introduce in just a moment, did that. so we have two crimes that took place over long periods of time. 1997 was when he was rolled up in the first case, as peter mentioned. he sold $300,000 worth of secrets to the russian i'll get into that, and later from behind bars he recruited his young son to do this. and it was, for me, more than an espionage story although it is an interesting one, really it's a story about fathers and sons which is probably why my publisher insisted we get this thing out just before father's day. [laughter] although i don't think anybody is going to nominate jim nicholson for father of the year, at least not soon. let me tell you just a few things about jim nicholson just to start off. he came from a military family steeped in patriotism, charming cunning, good looking smart. four-year rotc scholarship at oregon state university. army captain, married at 22, father at 28, joins the cia in the early years of the reagan administratio

they conducted sneak and peek's entering his office there at langley which was behind multiple cipher lock doors and security areas. at one time there is a scene in the book for one of the guys hear someone coming in has to hide in the closet in wait until they're gone because they could not be seen. even though they had clearance to be there, they would have looked out of place, and if mickelson had found out it would have scratched the entire operation. two agents went undercover to buy the townhouse next-door to where he lived and he's dropped on them and the kids. at this time only two of the kids are home, nathan, the youngest and his oldest daughter. nathan was 12 at the time and styles 15. teams secretly tell them all over northern virginia and washington dc. a huge team of agents trailed him to a post office late one evening and 96 as he dropped a letter in the mail. they see the letter and found the current note to the russians signally meeting in switzerland. they waited until jim (overseas counterterrorism mission to lift his minivan off the parking lot. they could not risk

but they were not in moment to moment communication with langley or anywhere else. and kermit roosevelt, now having to ditch the plan that taken british and american spymaster's weeks to draw up, give up with another plan of his own. after four more days of rioting and enunciations, he struck again. on august 19 1953, a fateful day that every iranian those my heart. the streets of iroan were full of protesters, many paid by roosevelt. many joining in without realizing what was going on. there were gunbattles, as military units have been bribed. government buildings were attacked. the climactic battle happened at night, in front of his house. wonder people were killed in the battle alone. by midnight, his house was in flames. he has led, and the two had succeeded. a couple of days later, just before leaving ironic, he stopped in to meet the shop for one last time. this time, he was able to come sitting up wearing the suit instead of wearing a blanket. and the shah said this, having come back from rome, where he was sitting in a restaurant when he learned of the succe

went down to the cia in langley and after a presentation, the answer was not much. intelligence is completely inaccurate. it was no intelligent. believe me. i saw everything they had. so, it's heartbreaking that more of my colleagues failed to do their homework. and incredibly, the proponents of the war who sold us on the premise of weapons of mass destruction, are still key advisers to presidential campaigns today. without a doubt, we have work to prepare for. we have to change our thinking. we have to find a way to wage peace. let's have a rewrite of the project for new many american century. it is essentially a pop sit of everything proposed in the original. we will be honest and tell the truth. we will be a good international partner and respect international agreement. the 70th anniversary of the united nation is june 26th in a few weeks. the preamble says to unite our strength. to maintain peace and security. we can do that. unite our strength to maintain peace and security. let's reinvigorate the united nations and make the next 70 years even better. as part

we have an update now on that former fbi agent who is accused of trying to crash the cia gate at langley in april tunisia davis. she is now being held in a federal medical facility in texas. our i-team found out davis has undergone a mental health exam. the results should be back next week. according to court documents davis threatened to shoot a cia officer. at one point, police had to stand in front of her car to keep her from driving through the gate. davis returns to court later this morning. >>> a uva lacrosse player is in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend but says something wasn't right about his hearing and now he is asking the supreme court to review his conviction. a jury found george huguely guilty of second-degree murder after yeardley love's death stunned the country in 2010. hughley went to high school in bethesda at landon high and his lawyer says one of his defense attorneys got sick during the trial and the judge should have delayed proceedings so both lawyers could be there. they are arguing that violated his right to a fair trial. >>> a man is fighting for his life f

. >> reporter: the gangs are no joke and it is not just here in langley park the threat that family members back home will be targeted if they don't comply. >> what traffickers do is they are exploiting somebody's need and so when somebody's basic needs respect being met, whether or not there is a trafficker being involved that puts them at very high risk of being taken advantage of. >> reporter: there are efforts to address the issue, including a group that provides shelter counseling for women victims of human traffic. today they are at a school in prince george's county for prevention and education. black and latino women are most susceptible because of socioeconomic factors. >> the community knows exactly what apartment complexes, what apartment unit, who is involved but they are not going -- they don't have the relationship with the police. >> reporter: reporting in prince george's, zachary kiesch, news4. >>> it is a decades old political tradition that is now out in iowa, at least for now. republicans will no longer hold the presidential straw poll. it was once considered an early tes

. >>> tonight, a langley high school student is accused of sending a threatening e-mail to his assistant principal. fairfax county police executed a search warrant on trent mormon's phone and laptop. according to that warrant are a, late last month the 18-year-old confronted an assistant principal allegedly during at her and throwing a chair to the ground. the school suspended him for five days and it is during that time, the warrant says that mormon sent an e-mail to that assistant principal showing a picture of a bomb with her neck slashed. he is scheduled to face a judge in august. >>> d.c. delegate he will holmes norton says the elevators at the washington monument are safe. now, norton met with national parks service technicians this morning. they discussed long-term solutions to the eye electrical issues that caused the elevator to shut down recently. several people got trapped and the popular tourist site was closed for nearly a week. norton said today she is satisfied the park service has made the necessary corrections to keep that elevator running. >> well, if it were me or eith

the takoma langley crossroad going up at the intersection of new hampshire avenue and university boulevard. when it's finished, it will include 11 bus routes serving 12,000 riders every day. metrobus, ride-on the bus and the university of maryland shuttles will all have stops with some moving nearby bus stops to the new center. we posted details on upcoming public hearings on our nbc washington app. search crossroads. >> a large group of workers at the cia protesting outside the agency's headquarters today. the protesters are part of the union representing the contracted operations and maintenance workers at lehning ry lehningly. the union says there's a pending unfair labor practice case against the company. >>> four years ago a lot of republicans were begging him to join the presidential race. well now chris christie is one of 15 in the new jersey governor is an underdog. he's trying to carve out a path as a straight talker. >> today i am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for president of the united states of america. i mean what i say and i say what i mean and

on a final test, close to where i live near virginia beach what is now langley field his very heavy plane could not lift off and he crashed and both he and booster -- wooster were killed. many people believe that the turning point of the race was when lindbergh showed up. it was not at all. it became much more serious when davis and stanton booster -- wooster died. of course the russian mechanic and the french radio operator had died before them, but they were not part of the small world of american flyers. it was a tragedy, but these were people that were known, so people started losing friends at this point. at that point, a cloud descended over the race and there was a sense of doom. >> is this the plane? joe jackson: i talk a lot more about the personalities than the mechanical instruments, but that was one of the biggest bombers in the u.s. at that time. it was built by the huska land company out of pennsylvania. the american legion gave davis $100,000 to build this. it was a great engine plane. another big claim like birds plane was. -- byrd's plane was. the next two people that we

so i went down to the cia in langley. after an hour-long presentation the answer of not much. flawed intelligence is completely inaccurate. there was no intelligence, believe me. i saw everything they. it's heartbreaking that more of my colleagues failed to do their homework. and those who sold us on the false premise of weapons of mass destruction are still key advisers to presidential campaigns today. so now without a doubt we have repair work to do in the middle east and north africa. we have to change our thinking. we have to find a way to wage peace. let's have a rewrite of the neo-cons' project for american century. it is essentially the opposite of everything proposed in the original. we will be honest and tell the truth. we will be a good international partner and respect international agreements. the 70th anniversary of the united nations is june 26th in a few weeks. and the preamble to the u.n. charter says to unite our strength, to maintain peace and security. we can do that -- unite our strength to maintain peace and security. let's reinvigorate the united nations

went down to the cia in langley and after a presentation, the answer was not much. intelligence is completely inaccurate. it was no intelligent. believe me. i saw everything they had. so, it's heartbreaking that more of my colleagues failed to do their homework. and incredibly, the proponents of the war who sold us on the premise of weapons of mass destruction, are still key advisers to presidential campaigns today. without a doubt, we have work to prepare for. we have to change our thinking. we have to find a way to wage peace. let's have a rewrite of the project for new many american century. it is essentially a pop sit of -- the opposite of everything proposed in the original. we will be honest and tell the truth. we will be a good international partner and respect international agreement. the 70th anniversary of the united nation is june 26th in a few weeks. the preamble says to unite our strength. to maintain peace and security. we can do that. unite our strength to maintain peace and security. let's reinvigorate the united nations and make the next 70 years ev

. >> it is and i'll tell you sitting in langley virginia or fort meade, when the national security agencys you have to be frustrated with the process. you can judge as an american this process will continue later in the week when the congress gets back and passes a bill. meantime if you're in the government you can't make that assumption because the bill has stopped. in other words, you can't continue the same processes. so what? for four five days here you have to put new processes in place because you can't assume you'll go back to business as usual. they'll stop for a bit, resume later in the week as you suggest. ongoing investigations aren't affected by this but a lot of people are saying what kind of politics is this for national security? >> in our new poll our nur cnn rsc poll 76% phil of americans think americans does have terrorists in the united states. some say that number a huge number like that 5urdalready represents a propaganda effort for isis? >> somein some ways. this reflects the confusion we talked about. people in the congress say we can't figure how to pass a law, whi

they were not in moment to moment communication with langley or anywhere else. and kermit roosevelt now having to ditch the plan that had taken british and american spymasters weeks to draw up came up with another plan of his own. after four more days of rioting and denunciations of mosadek from various quarters he struck again. on august 19 1953,28 or more by the iranian calendar a fateful day. the streets of iran were full of rioters and protesters, many of them paid by roosevelt, directly or indirect limit but i think many joining in without realizing what was going on. there were gun battles as military units whose leaders had been bribed joined the fight. the climactic battle happened at night in front of mosadek's house. 100 people were killed in that battle alone. by midnight, mosadek's house was in flames he had fled and the coup had succeeded. a couple of days later just before leaving iran kermit roosevelt stopped in to meet the shah for one last time. this time, he was able to come sitting up in the back seat in the car in a suit instead of hiding und

if the cia was involved, i have an image of someone sending around a memo at langley. there will be a meeting tuesday or wednesday. the subject re:assassinating the president. organized crime. there are a bunch of different books on this. "contracts on america" -- sounds like newt gingrich -- claims that jimmy hoffa ordered the assassination. david gaiser suggests that. jesse ventura wrote a book "they killed our president," in which he also said it was the mafia working together with cubans. bill bonnano said that mafia families were involved. history channel series i've mentioned before, "the men who killed kennedy," as a segment where they refer to the mafia. a man named christian davis was interviewed and said he was offered the contract to kill kennedy and turned it down. instead, three other mafia members were the assassins. two were still alive and would probably kill him. they said that they rthen -- they then got ruby to shoot him. if he was a silencer, why did he shoot him in the stomach wednesday to the head or the heart? ruby did not know he would go into s

but they were not in moment to moment communication with langley or anywhere else. and kermit roosevelt, now having to ditch the plan that taken british and american spymaster's weeks to draw up, give up with another plan of his own. after four more days of rioting and enunciations, he struck again. on august 19 1953, a fateful day that every iranian those my heart. the streets of iroan were full of protesters, many paid by roosevelt. many joining in without realizing what was going on. there were gunbattles, as military units have been bribed. government buildings were attacked. the climactic battle happened at night, in front of his house. wonder people were killed in the battle alone. by midnight, his house was in flames. he has led, and the two had succeeded. a couple of days later, just before leaving ironic, he stopped in to meet the shop for one last time. this time, he was able to come sitting up wearing the suit instead of wearing a blanket. and the shah said this, having come back from rome, where he was sitting in a restaurant when he learned of the succe