the team discover how meteorology has helped to shape the royal air force.s time on weather world we're marking 100 years of the royal air force. and where better than here at its biggest base, raf brize norton? nick and i have been finding out about how ground operations work with air traffic control, during times of severe weather to keep this crucial airbase operational. and i'll be at raf marham in norfolk, sharing some of my experiences of being an operational forecaster on an raf base. also on weather world, crippling cold, the uk and much of europe falls victim to the beast from the east. freak freeze... the flood that turned to ice. how a weather disaster can strike as if from nowhere. the storms that can sweep you off your feet. but some people try to carry on regardless! this year marks the centenary of britain's royal air force, the raf. we've come to its largest station, raf brize norton in 0xfordshire, home to almost 6,000 service personnel. the aircraft based here support british military operations around the globe, and it's surprisingly busy

right from the start, meteorology forms a big part of the flying training?aviator learns during basic training. when we were back at cranwell in the day, the forecast was generally the same, delivered on acetate slides, whereas now, technology moving forward now it's delivered through computer but fundamentally it's still the same sort of forecast, delivering a concise, clear picture to aviators of what weather conditions they can expect during their training or flight. you have flown the tornado and lancaster, how has the situation changed as far as using the weather forecast? the lancaster is a precious aircraft, one of two flying in the world, and we need to make sure we don't expose it to any adverse weather conditions. it doesn't have equipment on board to help us actively read the weather in the way the tornado can, so we have to be very careful about the conditions we expose it to. i remember eyeballing the pilots, there was always a bit more pressure to forecast for the lancaster. we'll come back to you later, we'll look at different ways the weather

meteorology and aviation will always be intrinsically linked, so how do you get your weather information here? we're very lucky insofar as we have our own met office,

right from the start, meteorology forms a big part of the flying training? basic skill, every aviator learns during basic training. when we were back at cranwell in the day, the forecast was generally the same, delivered on acetate slides, whereas now, technology has moved forward now it's delivered through computers but fundamentally it's still the same sort of forecast, delivering a concise, clear picture to aviators of what weather conditions they can expect during their training orflight. you have flown the tornado and lancaster, how has the situation changed as far as using the weather forecast? the lancaster is a precious aircraft, one of two flying in the world, and we need to make sure we don't expose it to any adverse weather conditions. it doesn't have equipment on board to help us actively read the weather in the way the tornado can, so we have to be very careful about the conditions we expose it to. i remember eyeballing the pilots, there was always a bit more pressure to forecast for the lancaster. we'll come back to you later, we'll look at dif

that compared with meteorology program that the university developed. then, there was some real advancements in radar, which is kind of what they are known for. there was storm detection predicting tornadoes. we know, several days in advance, if the conditions are likely for tornadoes. there were great researchers in the field. debbie: thank you so much for joining us today and giving us this tour. andy: a great place to live, work, and raise a family. debbie: thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: our staff recently visited norman, oklahoma, to learn about its rich history. learn more about the stops on our tour at c- span.org/citiestour. night, on "afterwords ." senator tim scott and congressman trey gowdy discussed their time in congress. there are interviewed by a former south carolina senator. enjoy, itthe things i is rarely the occasion that -- doesn'tps you and stop and thanks you for your service. it is a learning experience. i

one of our shared mobile .tmospheric smart radars this is a joint project between the school of meteorology here the university of oklahoma and also the national severe storms laboratory. it is a really impressive system. we have two of the smart radars in the -- and the storm has another radar part here. we will take these anywhere we have the funding to do so. we have taken them to the east coast and the gulf coast, her when they make landfall, obviously to look at severe weather here in the central and southern lance. taken our radars to vancouver to scan snowfall during the olympics. we have also disassembled these radars and sent them across oceans to do a variety of different projects. we sent one of these radars to france to do a lightning and precipitation project. doalso sent these to tropical rainfall experiments. anywhere that we have funding, we will take these. they are not just locked to the ground here in the u.s. we will take them anywhere we have funding to do so. this is why our severe weather here in here is so good radar technology was developed during the early days of

meteorologis meteorologist, sandy patel is here. >> not too many complaints. we are tracking some showers, not the stuff in the east bay and the south bay, but up to the north, and that's where we are seeing returns right now, old stage road, yes, there are some showers right now, and you will see the possibility of showers mixing in with what you are looking at right now from our emeryville camera. this is a time lapse. cumulus clouds over the bay, just a beautiful view this afternoon and evening. as we head towards the weekend it will be a combination sky of sun and clouds and we will throw in a few drops while we are at it. take a look at your temperatures right now. you will notice most are in the comfort zone, low to mid-50s from san francisco and in san jose. 53 degrees in livermore. a live picture looking along the embarcadero. it's a beautiful view. here's another gorgeous view from our exploratorium camera. it's going to be cooler than average through the weekend so get used to this idea. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow we will see a few showers developing, a litt

meteorologis meteorologist, sandy patel is here. >> not too many complaints. we are tracking some showers, not the stuff in the east bay and the south bay, but up to the north, and that's wre we are seeing returns right now, old stage road, yes, there are some showers right now, and you will see the possibility of showers mixing in with what you are looking at right now from our emeryville camera. this is a time lapse. cumulus clouds over the bay, just a beautiful view this afternoon and evening. as we head towards the weekend it will be a combination sky of sun and clouds and we will throw in a few drops while we are at it. take a look at your temperatures right now. you will notice most are in the comfort zone, low to mid-50s from san francisco and in san jose. 53 degrees in livermore. a live picture looking along the embarcadero. it's a beautiful view. here's another gorgeous view from our exploratorium camera. it's going to be cooler than average through the weekend so get used to this idea. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow we will see a few showers developing, a little

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this is a shared project between the school of meteorology at the university of oklahoma and noah. this is an impressive system. we have two of the smart radars and the national storm library also has another of these radars . we will take these anywhere we have the funding to do so. we have taken them to the east coast, to the gulf coast, to hurricanes. we have taken them to look at severe weather in the central and southern plains. we have taken our radars to vancouver to scan snowfall during the olympics. we have disassembled these radars and sent them across oceans. we sent one of these radars to france to do a lightning and precipitation project. we also sent these radars to do tropical rainfall experiments. anywhere we have funding we will take these. they are not locked to the ground in the u.s.. we'll take them anywhere we have funding. this is one of the reasons we are so good at our severe weather research. tecology was veloped during thearly days oforld waii is -- primarily in england with contribuons from the united states. the idea was to detect planes and went on to d

. >> reporter: burkett has also studied meteorology, geology, and functis of the human eye, all c advance his photographi skills. but capturing the images is just one part of the process. burkett is one of a handful of photographers printing from color transparency film onto a now discontinuedaper called cibachrome. >> and it's the only paper that dwas ever made that had ts in the paper when it was made. the processing takes away all the unwanted dye and you're left with the image itself which is completely stable because there no chemical residue and there's just dyes in the paper. >me> reporter: cibachas first sold in the 1960s. as photography shifted from using analog film to digital onage sensors, many profesl photographers abandoned the technique, but burkett continued to embra it. in 2011, when the company stopped making cibachrome, burkett bought a ten-year supply of the paper. it's amazing that evything is in focus. it's like you're bringing us there. how do you get that depth? you can see the bottom of the water there. >> cibachrome has that depth to the image where i don't think

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the world meteorological organization says harvey, irma, and nate will never be used for atlantic stormsthey join more than 80 other names that have already in banned, including andrew, and katrina. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. trump is upping his attacks on robert mueller and his investigation, amid reports he considered firing the special counsel and his boss, rob rosenstein. now lawmakers are warning such a move can be political suicide and are working to pass legislation to keep it from happening. boomer reporter joins us from capitol hill. we are hearing this special counsel independence and integrity act could make it to the floor. what are the chances of that happening? >> there is definitely an effort to get it through the judiciary committee. chuck grassley has been scheduled for a vote, and looks more likely to get a vote in two weeks. this is a bipartisan effort that has been simmering for months on a slow burn, and now it is moving to the front burner after p

. >> in fact the main character's name is a meteorological term.t means the spin in the atmosphere. >>> did you cast your vote? last night was the first time this season that viewers got to vote for their favorite singer on "american idol." here's what's next for those taking a shot at stardom. ♪ >> reporter: they gain golden tickets to hollywood. >> you're going to hollywood. >> reporter: facing the tough scrutiny of superstar judges luke bryan, katy perry and lionel ritchie. >> your voice just isn't knocking me completely out of the park. >> reporter: battled it out in solo and group performances. ♪ singing their hearts out in hopes of making it through to the showcase round. >> all four of you are going to the next level. >> reporter: the show narrowed it down to the top 24, each performing duets with celebrity partners. in the end, it was an emotional elimination that ended up leaving some fan favorites disappointed. but only 14 could move on. those 14 facing another hurdle. they have the judges' votes, but now they're competing for america's v

europe is divided at the moment, not politics, meteorology yet again.nifests north of the jet stream which manifests itself at the surface, as is written of error and cloud as well, streaming in from the atlantic, so a slightly fresher feel, not just during atlantic, so a slightly fresher feel, notjust during the british isles the widely across europe, although many of the temperatures on the one side of thatjet stream, are above what we would expect. just frankfurt, has come back from 28 as it was last week, to more like 21 or so. temperatures in keep in the short term above par. you're in the british isles, cooler and pressure, sunny spells and showers all very springlike. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom: a van has struck pedestrians at a busy intersection in toronto, at least two people are reported to have died. eyewitnesses have given devastating accounts. now i was this guy... is going 70, he just hitting people one by one. going down. it was like... it was a nightmare. preside

she is a graduate in meteorology. it is absolutely huge. mr. o'malley: in the darkness last night we had a nice crowd to talk all about climate change and what we can do at state and local levels to meet the paris agreements and all of that stuff is exciting. actually the technology and the costs are all moving much aster than our own politics. good meeting you both. thank you. thank you. we have multiple eggs. >> i got an egg. mr. o'malley: i think they come up like every other month through the year. >> i'm going to have lunch with john coen next week if air going to be in town. mr. o'malley: i won't be here next week. i'll be back home. aim here for the next couple of days. it'll usually be in two-day increments but i'll call ahead next time. i called ahead this time and you got me here. >> i know you did. mr. o'malley: thanks for coming. >> glad to see you. mr. o'malley: good to see you, sir. >> good to see you. >> we missed you. >> can you fit to charlie on the top of that? mr. o'malley: sure. >> that is my daughter and is in that group th

i will have to look it up in the meteorology handbook, i wasn't quite sure what was going on.er seems to be coming to an end. it will get better nick? as we go through the week ahead i have to say after the glorious sunshine yesterday, where we saw the uk's highest of the year so far, 19.5dc, today we are taking a step upwards i'm afraid, or cloud in the sky, that big yellow thing will be harder to make out, reiji also and a bit of rain spreading its way northwards. just in case yesterday was a shock to the system it will calm things down a little bit today. no pressure to the west of us, a band of cloud coming from that into the uk and it is already producing rain into parts of south—west england. we are going to see a bright and even sunny start the some of us particularly through northern and eastern parts but the cloud will be on the increase moving its way northwards with the outbreaks of rain. i do think it will amount to much. shari in nature. as the afternoon starts to brighten up, northern ireland, wales and the south—west, but heavy and maybe thundery showers move in

is this is really a problem systematically now because you have much colder air -- going back to meteorologythis is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak and there's a big chunk of severe weather. so spring is here unfortunately. >> everyone got to be careful out there, especially when driving today. paul, thank you. >>> so president trump is turning to the military to secure the boarder at mexico. he pushes to build his long promised wall. >> the white house said the president was referring to the national guard used to beef up border security during the last two administrations. but it appeared to catch some in the pentagon by surprise. the president has been venting about illegal immigration for several days. he's also urging congress to pass new legislation to block the flow of migrants and he's vowing to decide whether to pull american troops out of syria. the president recently complained about the cost of the u.s. presence there and said we almost completed the task of defeating the islamic state, but they're emphasizing the importance to keep isis and other extremist groups from ri

because meteorologically, no. we're looking at a snow threat saturday into saturday night., pittsburgh, d.c., up towards boston. and this low that's going to swing right through and mix up in the upper atmosphere. >> a good weekend to netflix and chill. >> yes, with a young lady named sunshine. that's the only way you're going to see sunshine. >> paul williams, thanks to you. thanks for the life advice, appreciate that. >> relationship goals. thanks, paul. >>> president trump has cleared the way for national guard troops to head to the mexico border to help in the fight against illegal immigration. >> he signed an order saying the situation reached a point of crisis. homeland security chief says troops will provide nonlaw enforcement support such as aerial surveillance. she had no details on the size, cost or time line of the deployment. >> governors have largely welcomed the move but mexico's foreign minister is expressing caution saying mexico will watch over its sovereignty and national interest. >>> and despite concerns, expressed by president trump, hundreds of central

>> a nucleus of researchers in the 60s and that grew from the meteorology program, developed and somereal advancements in radar. radar is what they have known for, storm detection predicting tornadoes, several days in advance if conditions are likely for tornadoes anywhere. that came about because of great researchers in the field. >> thank you so much for joining us today. >> a great place to live, work and raise a family. >> thank you very much. >> twice a month, c-span cities to us take booktv and american history tv to explore a selective city. working with cable partners, literary and historic sites, we interview local historians, authors and civic leaders, and past interviews on tour and online by going to booktv.org and selecting c-span cities tour from the series drop-down at the top of the page or visiting c-span.org/citiestour. you can follow it on twitter where behind-the-scenes images and video of our visit, the handle is@c-spancities. here's a look at the authors recently featured on booktv's afterward, our weekly author interview program that includes best-selling nonfic

the united states and the names harvey, irma, maria and nate have been retired now by the world meteorologicalssociation. storm names are retired if they were so destructive that future use would be insensitive melissa? >> well, tyler, we're on pace for the 20th triple digit move in the dow, up or down we're off the levels now so what happened bob and mike join us from the floor of the new york stock exchange bob, kick it off that happened around 1:20 this afternoon. >> yeah. maybe 1:10 it's not clear what happened now, cnbc.com did run a story saying that president trump was near to making a decision on syria soon, and that they may be targeting up to eight potential targets. that's a little bit of news that we were citing anonymous sources there but that got people talking a little bit and as you can see, we lost about 15 points in the s&p and got a good part of it back, mike >> obviously a reflex move it's interesting when you have these situations where you have kind of an expected reaction like this in terms of a military action, you don't even know if that tells you what the market's goi

she is in meteorology and very focused on climate change. so i know it's -- you're right. it's absolutely huge. >> i was at dartmouth last night to talk all about climate change. and what we can do at state and local levels to meet the paris agreements and -- all of that stuff is exciting. it's actually -- the technology and the costs are all moving much faster than our own politics is. once we get over this presidency, we'll pick up where we left off. >> it was really nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> good meeting you both. thank you. thank you. we have multiple eggs. >> we've got eggs! >> i've got an egg. >> thanks for coming. good to see you again, sir. we missed you. can you fit 2 charlie on the top of that? 14 and is in that group. going to save our world? >> she is 14. >> martin luther king -- >> she says, why would how you look or what color you are -- why would that ever make any difference? somebody is starting to get it, you know? >> when he was 9 or 10, this story i frequently would retell, and he said to me, dad, did people back then -- did somebody rea