during the bush administration, tsa awarded a $1.2 billion human capital service contract to lockheed martin. under this contract known as hr access, lockheed administered the agency's process for recruiting and hiring. and it's also responsible for personnel and payroll processing services, such as position classification. administrator, is that correct? >> that was the case, yes, ma'am. >> many of the improper personnel practices that the whistle-blowers alleged at the last hearing, including improper hiring and directive reassignments, would have occurred while lockheed was providing these services to tsa, is that correct? >> it was during the same time period yes, ma'am. >> on january 29th inspector general issued a report about the tsa's contract with lockheed martin. stating among other performance deficiencies there were incidents in which lockheed martin failed to handle personally identifiable information properly, is that correct, mr. roth? >> yes, ma'am. >> the report also found that lockheed martin, quote, failed to consistently refer the eligible veterans on job announcement, ul

you are seeing this as a theme across lockheed martin.se forces are present in pretty much any of our markets. technology rate and threats are evolving and our ability to match them in a cost-effective way. see the is nice to pentagon coming forward with that approach. i do want to talk about the f-35 . the air force is preparing to declare the f-35 ages operationa , which to a l system could be up to 60 days. can you talk a little bit about where that stands? guest: sure. the system is the backbone of the management system for any of the f-35 operations. any flight that flies in f-35 flight, it is managed, field, and flung using the system. it was always planned it to be deployed incrementally. maturing over time. that is what we are seeing today. we are working on the next version, and that version is next to be released. the air force has said a capability of a certain maturity is what they will need, much like the marine corps did prior and we need to make sure we deliver between the august and december timeframe, which is the timefra

during the bush administration, tsa awarded a $1.2 billion human capital service contract to lockheed martin. under this contract known as hr access, lockheed administered the agency's process for recruiting and hiring. and it's also responsible for personnel and payroll processing services such as position classification administrator, is that correct? >> yes, ma'am. >> many of the improper personnel practices that the whistle blowers alleged at the last hearing including improper hiring and directive reassignments, would have occurred while lockheed was providing these services to tsa, is that correct. >> it was during the same time period yes, ma'am. >> on january 29th a report was issued about tsa's contract with lockheed martin. among other performance deficiencies there were incidents in which lockheed martin failed to handle personally identifiable information properly. is that correct, mr. roth? >> yes, ma'am. >> the report also found that lockheed martin, quote, failed to consistently refer the eligible veterans on job announcement ultimately the report stated lockheed martin hiring

during the bush administration, tsa awarded a $1.2 billion human capital service contract to lockheed martin. under this contract known as hr access, lockheed administered the agency's process for recruiting and hiring. and it's also responsible for personnel and payroll processing services such as position classification, is that correct? >> yes, ma'am. >> many of the improper personnel practices that the whistle blowers alleged at the last hearing including improper hiring and directive reassignments, would have occurred while lockheed was providing these services to tsa, is that correct. >> it was during the same time period yes, ma'am. >> on january 29th a report was issued about the contract with lockheed martin. among other performance deficiencies there were incidents in which lockheed martin failed to handle personally identifiable information properly. is that correct, mr. roth? >> yes, ma'am. >> the report also found that lockheed martin, quote, failed to consistently refer the eligible veterans on job announcement ultimately the report stated lockheed martin hiring team and i quot

. >> in 2009 they nine they issued a report about the contract with lockheed martin. it was listed among other performance decisions and there were incidents in which lockheed martin failed to handle personally identifiable information properly. is that correct? >> yes ma'am. >> the report also find that lockheed martin quote, failed to refer the eligible veterans on job announcements and ultimately the report start engines dated the hiring team reported a total of more than 150 veterans who were not referred on six different job announcements. is that correct? >> yes ma'am. >> so if they failed to follow federal regulations in regard to the competitive service hires, particularly veterans preference , are you familiar with the inspector general's report? >> i am, yes ma'am. >> okay, so when does the tsa contract with lockheed martin and? >> it's coming to an end this year and we are completely restructuring our approach that. i would like tsa to own more of its hiring recruitment and personnel policies. we are restructuring that completely. it's part of the plan to o

lockheed martin continues to nuclear the portable fusion generator. rob weiss announced they are four months into more significant investment. megawatt r a 100 device to fit on the back of large truck and power city up to 100,000 people. a coalition of countries attling the islamic state in syria and iraq pledge to pour more resources into the fight. defense secretary ash carter met with the defense islamics from the jantz state coalition. he drove home the mission all deviate ore to hope to jihadists. here is the senior fellow from he foundation of defense democracy. thank you for joining us. let's start with kinds of a bit a general question. pentagon's up the strategy thus far? >> it is an attrition based which makes sense given the islamic state is basically at this point functioning as a quasi state. they have attempted to target directly bombing places where they have cash stored and anticalparticularly convoys taking oil to market and city by city allies in taking back territory and the islamic state has been losing territory. is going fairly w

both outperforming northrup up 13%, lockheed martin up 11%. defense stocks the best defense? >> yes. we have been right about this for a long time. it was '08 when the first obama administration was coming in. these stocks were getting hammered. we talked about how folks, you make a mistake if you're selling these names, defense spending is going to continue to rise regardless of who is in office. what do you do? you absolutely stay with these names at the end of the election. what happens after that? i don't know, we'll have the conversation in november. you get a dividend and i think the stocks go up. >> check the tapes, guy has been with it. i agree with everything you're saying. no matter who wins the presidency, the likelihood of more defense spending, the world's not getting any safer, more defense spending is coming. >> no one wants to be responsible for making that cut. god forbid something does happen. they all talk a good game but it never works out. >> biotech stocks getting crushed today. check out one of the culprits, the big one, down a staggering 40%. actually

when does the tsa's contract with lockheed martin end? >> it's coming to an end this year. we're completely restructuring our approach to that. i would like tsa to own more of its hiring recruitment and personnel policies. so we're restructuring that completely. it's part of the plan to overhaul the human resource management program of the agency. >> in lieu of the contract ending with lockheed martin, is this going to be put out to bid again or -- when you say assume, do you have a capacity and the resources as far as budget to be able to take on more of these responsibilities in hiring? >> we don't have all the capacity we need. if i can get back to you with a fuller answer for the record we can show you what the plan and strategy is for moving forward beyond the hr access contract. >> i want to be on the record that the issues that were brought forward in the hiring process and we being a federal agency is totally unacceptable. i -- the fact that we are ending a relationship with an industry or company that did not meet our benchmarks is refreshing. but i don't want to h

. ♪ >> reporter: this is a lockheed martin f16 fighting falcon.brilliant red, white and blue it reaches twice the speed of sound at 1500 miles per hour. and it's flown by the best pilots in united states air force. demonstrating precision, power and american pride this plane is the mark of a thunderbird. ambassadors in blue have been in existence since 1953. they are a team 120 with six planes and 12 pilots. but today make that 13. i'm sitting co-pilot for once in a lifetime ride in the clear blue. let's get bride with thunderbird number 12 captain sarah harm glory today you'll experience the jet will go all the way down the runway pull to the vertical and go 15,000 feet. >> can you hold your breath for 15 seconds. >> i think so. >> absolute yes you can. >> for thunder third number win major doctor chris sheen lower. >> we're not breathing for oxygen. we're breathing for pressure. >> reporter: to combat g force the doctor showed me how to squeeze and breathe so i wouldn't blackout. take a big deep breath, fill your lungs with air, start your squee

. ♪ >> reporter: this is a lockheed martin f16 fighting falcon.illiant red, white and blue it reaches twice the speed of sound at 1500 miles per hour. and it's flown by the best pilots in united states air force. demonstrating precision, power and american pride this plane is the mark of a thunderbird. ambassadors in blue have been in existence since 1953. they are a team 120 with six planes and 12 pilots. but today make that 13. i'm sitting co-pilot for once in a lifetime ride in the clear blue. let's get bride with thunderbird number 12 captain sarah harm glory today you'll experience the jet will go all the way down the runway pull to the vertical and go 15,000 feet. >> can you hold your breath for 15 seconds. >> i think so. >> absolute yes you can. >> for thunder third number win major doctor chris sheen lower. >> we're not breathing for oxygen. we're breathing for pressure. >> reporter: to combat g force the doctor showed me how to squeeze and breathe so i wouldn't blackout. take a big deep breath, fill your lungs with air, start your squeeze

navy has ordered lockheed martin to fix the problems on its combat ships after delayed deliveries andial warnings. the agency found systemic yard inproblems in the wisconsin. secretary asked carter had reduced it from 54 vessels to 40. there is competition to build a heavier version of the ship for 2019. powered by over 2400 journalists and powered by a 150 bureaus. theaad: let's get to consumer coverage in shanghai, this year, there is a record number of drone exhibits. they say the local drone market could be worth $127 billion by 2020. how are drone makers represented at that event? haidi: as you have been saying, drones are the dominant exhibit here at ces asia. there is an incredible scale of this event, in terms of exhibits and booths. talky next guest wants to about something, the world's smallest drone that can fit in your hand. i have the president and ceo with me here today. thing, why?next big we don't believe in bureaucracies or red tape. this technology should be available for all ages. have all the way from the world's smallest drone, to the bigger ones. thatve come to t

my question is about lockheed martin. i brought it at 204. >> we've gone around that level. we're very big on it. we've been frozen a lot on it. i think it is the last level. it has had such a run. when it has a swoon, that's when you pull the trigger. >> caller: thanks for taking the call. >> of course. >> caller: i wanted to see what you think about the recent political environment and the pressure on pharmaceutical companies for the drug prices. i've been seeing that it is constantly declining. it does give a good dividends. should i hold? >> i don't think there's anything wrong with owning it myself question there are such better company like bristol-myers. i regard it as a not so good pharmaceutical company of you want to down dow out? not on my watch. bears be damned! all mad tonight. with oil back in control of the stock market, it is more important than ever to understand how individual stocks vary. piece by piece including one industrial i'm buying aggressively. then a $1 billion bet on apple. should you follow their lead? and hospitality and gaming companies. tonig

have other records to talk about as well, whether you are looking at kraft heinz, austria, and lockheed martinsort of a diverse group of different stocks at that level. there is one stock that is decidedly not on the record, at least not a record high. solar city is down 22% after coming out with its latest earnings report, and the really, there were a host of different issues the company came out with. it cut its installation estimates for the third time in the past seven months and announced the loan program for residential solar customers but it has been changing that loan program overtime. one analyst over at robert baird on the conference call said what is solar city? wall street is confused about your business model, there has been a lot of question about the debt model the company as well, the way it does its accounting. there has been a lot of different questioning. solar has already been a troubled industry. stocks are down over the past year. betty: they were a favorite of hedge funds. julie: they were a favorite of hedge funds. and yet that, too, had a complex structure, a number of

two defense names, lockheed martin and northrop grumman.efense that caught your eye? >> we started investing in defense about a year ago, with obviously rise of isis creates enormous demand for bombs, missiles and drones but what happened over the last year as the u.s. not invested enough in rebuilding and supporting our military as well as our allies. we have troops in iraq. they are now actively fighting in syria and iraq. we lost a u.s. navy seal today in combat against isis, and my thoughts are with him. we need to go in there and fight and bomb these guys. so military stocks are doing very well in this environment. also with the bombastic trump out there, talking up everything, that also supports defense stocks. liz: great to see you, ross. thank you so. sorry i hope temporary loss in ample stock price for you guys. good to see you. ross gerber, gerber kawasaki. the dow had been down 220. today we've seen nasdaq lose nine out of 10 secondses. there is the closing bell. [closing bell rings] david and melissa, pick it up. melissa: dow do

defense stocks, if you look today, closing lower, so can you see on the screens, lockheed martin, northrupumman and boeing down 1%. no movement after hours. raytheon down less than 1%. >>> the state department responding to the moment that went missing, if you like, from a 2013 press briefing video. it essentially admitted to lying to our own reporter james rosen about the talks with iran. we are going to fill you in in just a minute. here's the plan. you want a family and a career, but most of the time you feel like you're trying to wrangle a hurricane. the rest of the time, they're asleep. then one day, hr schedules a meeting with you out of the blue. and it's the worst 19 minutes of your career. but you don't sweat it because you and your advisor have prepared for this. and when the best offer means you're moving to the middle of nowhere, the boys say they hate the idea. but you pretend it's not so bad. and years later at thanksgiving, when one of them says what he's thankful for most, is this house, you realize you didn't plan for any of this you wouldn't have done it any other way. wi

while lockheed martin launching things for many, many years. for the second month in a row, yes, the company was able to land its first-stage rocket booster on a floating barge in the atlantic ocean off florida's coast, in the dark. look at that. there it goes. in the dark, and on top of it, these things are supposed to be reusable which will make them less expensive. fascinating. we were the first business network years ago to get an upclose look at billionaire elon musk's rocket lab long before he announced to send a mission to mars by 2018. yeah, that was us in 2008. we were not even a year old at fox business, and spacex was a young one, too. there it. is this week out at berkshire hathaway shareholders meeting, i asked about elon musk's vision, if it were safe would these two guys visit mars? you have to hear what they say on tonight's claman on call. you can see the full interview, we're pushing for 50,000 followers and "like" our facebook page. all of it right there. >>> we've got break political news right this second. former vice presi

lockheed martin up 2%. no movement after hours.ing up by 1% and raytheon and northrop grumman up both more than 1%. >>> an army captain is suing president obama. u.s. army captain nathan michael smith is stationed in kuwait. he says the president does not have the legal authority from congress to send soldiers to fight isis in iraq and syria. back with me now, fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. judge, glad to have you back. will this soldier win the suit? >> i don't think a court will hear the suit. if the court hears the suit, i'll tell you why they won't in a moment, he has a very, very strong argument that the president lacks the legal authority to send troops to kuwait or afghanistan or iraq. the president's relying on authorization to use military force in 2001 which authorized president bush to pursue to the ends of the earth the people who perpetrated 9/11. it is inconceivable that the people we are fighting, if we're fighting anybody in kuwait, if we're fighting anybody in afghanistan, we are fighting

lockheed martin, raytheon, you could throw in general dynamic, honeywell all of them in the defense business know one winner, that's for sure. the president announcing that boeing has inked a deal to deliver a hundred planes to vietnamese international low cost airline which is looking to expand its fleet. that deal valued -- it's pretty big -- $11.3 billion. so you have boeing moving higher by a quarter of a percent there. let's bring in foundation for defense of democrat's president cliff may. thank you for being here. >> good to be with you, thank you. liz: you okay with this deal? >> i am. it's kind of a strategic partner. we have china being more and more of a bully in that part of the world. a couple of years ago they put a drilling rig right off the vietnamese coast. vietnam want withs to be able to stand up to china and not have to kowtow to china, i think we want them to be able to do that as well. this is part of that. liz: yeah. okay, we should also mention that the president specifically said, and i'd love your thought on this, this has nothing to do with china. this has to do wi

northrop grumman, lockheed martin, hitting new all-time highs during the regular session. >>> this morningtrump hinted about the qualities he is looking for in a vice president. >> not a name in mind but i like political sphere, you have the political sphere, the military and business. the business i handle. i think i will be very, very good on military, to be honest with you. i think that would be hidden strength. i think probably would like to go with somebody with great political experience. deirdre: with me now, fox news strategic analyst, lieutenant colonel ralph peters. great to see you. >> hi, deirdre. deirdre: is it more important for a vp to have military experience and more important for donald trump who has not served to pick somebody who would compliment him that way? >> would be nice if the v. p would have real military experience but if not, but at least someone who understands security challenges we face and understands how the military works. for example, my dream vp pick, who probably wouldn't take the job, i doubt it, would be former second sec-def robert gates. knows how

. >> space race to mars leading up, now lockheed martin, announcing new plans to create man space laboratory will use excess egg, like the space capsule to speed up the outpost that will eventually help humans land on mars. >>> and, beginning in september, you need netflix subscription, if you want to stream anything but disney, picsar, marvel and the like, that's because making netflix exclusive partner. double win for netflix t blocks subscriptions, like hbo from showing the hits exclusively, and also, keeps them off amazon prime, hue lou, and other streaming services. >>> that's a big deal. >> it is a huge deal. >> wow. >> all right, coming up on fox5 news morning, supreme court strikes a huge blow against jerry manned erring. >> mobile home park in northern virginia a civil rights investigation. >> as we head to break, let's take live look again at the dc region. everybody dance now. and you will be. because the weather will be awesome on this tuesday. we're at 59 degrees right now, we will talk more about it after the break. >> go ahead, dance, music factory. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> at 5 45,

lockheed martin is looking to reward the indian company charter group to help a big warplane deal fromn an f-16 fighter jet. that is the bloomberg business flash. you did so well is you look east from america. i usually fail at that and you noticed the wonderful story this morning on a stunning announcement. this is the biggest thing and finance today. qatar with a $9 billion bond operating -- bond offering. francine: it is double the amount that was expected, meaning there was quite a lot of appetite and the issue helps push offerings overall for this year from the interim -- from the middle east and africa. we are seeing a record for a lot of these. tom: it speaks to the desperation of the oil community, which means it is the --fect time to speak to bory .o fadel gheit are you surprised at $50 a barrel oil? >> not at all. oil prices over the last year or so were so low to unsustainable levels. the margin cost of production will have to be in the 55-60 five dollar range. when oil companies are spending more than 50%, it is only a matter of time before supply and demand would balance a

you will see representatives from lockheed martin, harris corporation, developers of the satellites andover to laura furgione. ms. furgione: i am the deputy director of the national weather service and no apostate pit -- administrator for weather services. the purpose of this 2016 atlantic hurricane outlook is to get people prepared for the coming hurricane season and not just focused on the numbers, but know that it only takes one. so be prepared if that one does impact you and your family. i would like to also remind people that it is not necessarily about where that i have the hurricane makes landfall or the wind around that hurricane. because, as we have seen more times, it is the flooding that is the greatest impact. nine out of 10 fatalities associated with hurricanes are water related. it is that inland flooding and coastal storm surge that are more costly and more dangerous, so be prepared for that. let's not forget the rip currents as well as we go into the memorial day weekend and we have some potential threats, we also have the threat for rip currents. so know how to prepare

lockheed martin and samsung electronics. join me in showing our appreciation. [applause] >> i also draw your attention to the program where the rest of the supporting sponsors are listed. on the way in you may have seen students building robots. they're part of what we call the ro-porter competitions we're holding today. the way we gather news that changed dramatically in many ways of the past few years. virtual reality, and row boats are helping journalists to tell stories in new and engaging ways. we challenged a team of top science students from five major high schools to build a functioning robot that can help collect information from places that would otherwise be unreachable for journalists. that competition is underway right now, and we'll be announcing the winners to you later today. but now, please to start our program, please join me in welcoming the head of samsung catalyst fund to say a few years. [applause] >> good morning. thank you, fred, and thank you, "washington post." i'm honored to be here presenting samsung electronics. it's a privilege to

you cannot go to boeing or lockheed martin or someone who makes airplanes for you and say we have enoughoney until april of next year but then we've got to do this all over again. there is no long-term projection because of the gridlock in washington. i think we are doing a real disservice to the men and women fighting on our behalf and we are doing a real disservice to our long-term, short, midterm, and long-term shenanigans. the countryefend and have an awesome responsibility around the world. i just got back from the persian gulf a few weeks ago. see the reliance upon the united states in that region whether it's israel or the united arab emirates or any of these other countries in the persian gulf, they rely on us. if we are going to be relied upon, we better have our stuff together budget terribly, strict rily as we move forward. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] timre talking with host: ryan about the budget bill and his recent travels overseas. democrats can call in. republicans can call in. and independence -- you mentioned you took a trip overseas visiting

the heavens are growing our -- drawing our planet closer to mars, lockheed martin is bringing us closer to circling than in years. >> and we spoke about the plan to have a manned laboratory orbiting mars by 2028. editor sophie bush will be joins us. it will be orbiting the planet. what tell do? >> the idea is this is called mars base camp. it will be made up of the orion crew capsule which will take astronauts into deep this is something that nasa has been working on for a while, and they're planning to launch it without humans in 2018 and put it through its paces. it will link with a habitat and landing module that would give astronauts more room to move. and there would be a secondary capsule for backup and traveling. the idea is that nasa would launch the components including solar panels on the srs, space launch system, the heavy rocket, and launch these into space and assemble them in space. thput em around the moon and assemble them around the moon. astronauts would take these to mars, a six to nine-month journey. >> wow. why are they stressing an orbiting lab as opposed to landin

i think it's the surprise that the defense companies like lockheed martin were identified.l right now. jonathan: you mentioned p/e ratios. dips down toward what is a weak spot. you pull back again. based on that chart, do you look at that? is that fully valued? it's a term i don't like. is that what they are saying? there's notnathan: a lot of evidence when you hear valued." fully if you had a 10 year time rise, i would say that's extremely important to your returns. valuation is such a strong predictor. a's almost meaningless for three or six month stock. jonathan: you've given us some ideas. they are heavily rated. my question to you is why not just go to cash? jonathan: many investors can't do that. the reasons why you see sectors like consumer staples trade with the premium valuation at that they have. you are getting nervous. you don't move your portfolio into cash. bonds out and you find like stocks. the interesting thing is ever since the financial crisis, safer stocks of been trading at a premium. in order to exit the equity market, that's one of the reasons. jonath

another one lockheed martin got a downgrade today.gain, a very strong group within the industrials, aerospace has been great. i think people have been putting on this trade for this sort of fiscal spending no matter who wins in november kind of idea, if you look at the stocks that make rock and gravel for infrastructure, they've been flying. lockheed's in that group too. it's not an edgy you got to sell this stock now call. it's more take it off the table. >> shares of allergan are up today on an upgrade from goldman sachs. prime for growth with catalysts on the horizon says goldman. they add it to their lists of some kind or other, but they talk about the fact that of course it will be delevering once the deal to sell generics -- closes, let's call it a month from now or something along those lines. you can see the stock though has had a rough go of it for quite some time. didn't respond particularly well after the deal to be acquired by pfizer was gutted by the treasury department's new rules on inversions. for its part goldman sayi

to start us off, i would like to thank our presenting sponsors, lockheed martin and samsung electronics. please join me in conveying our appreciation. [ applause ] >>> and i would also draw your attention to the program where the rest offous supportering -- of our supporting sponsors are listed. on the way in you may have seen students building robots. they are part of what we call the ro-porter conversation we're having here today. the way we gather news has changed dramatically in many ways in the past few years. virtual reality, 360 video and drone robots are helping journalists to tell stories in new and engaging ways so we've challenged a team of top hgss to build a functioning robot to help collect information from places otherwise unreachable for journalists. that competition is underway right now and we will be announcing the winners to you later today. but now please, to start our program, please join me in welcoming shand raw, the head of samsung catalyst fund to say a few words. [ applause ] >> good morning. thank you, fred and thank you "washington post." i'm honored to be h

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you cannot go to boeing or lockheed martin or someone who makes airplanes for you and say we have enough money until april of next year but then we've got to do this all over again. there is no long-term projection because of the gridlock in washington. i think we are doing a real disservice to the men and women fighting on our behalf and we are doing a real disservice to our long-term, short, midterm, and long-term shenanigans. the countryefend and have an awesome responsibility around the world. i just got back from the persian gulf a few weeks ago. see the reliance upon the united states in that region whether it's israel or the united arab emirates or any of these other countries in the persian gulf, they rely on us. if we are going to be relied upon, we better have our stuff together budget terribly, strict rily as we move forward. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] timre talking with host: ryan about the budget bill and his recent travels overseas. democrats can call in. republicans can call in. and independence -- you mentioned you took a trip overseas visiti

you cannot go to boeing or lockheed martin or someone who makes airplanes for you and say we have enough money until april of next year but then we've got to do this all over again. there is no long-term projection because of the gridlock in washington. i think we are doing a real disservice to the men and women fighting on our behalf and we are doing a real disservice to our long-term, short, midterm, and long-term shenanigans. the countryefend and have an awesome responsibility around the world. i just got back from the persian gulf a few weeks ago. see the reliance upon the united states in that region whether it's israel or the united arab emirates or any of these other countries in the persian gulf, they rely on us. if we are going to be relied upon, we better have our stuff together budget terribly, strict rily as we move forward. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] timre talking with host: ryan about the budget bill and his recent travels overseas. democrats can call in. republicans can call in. and independence -- you mentioned you took a trip overseas visiti