mr. phelps. jerry, like i said 101st and i think it was -- one of the things he started flying was an 086 gun ships and i'll let him tell that story and what that was like. >> i arrived in vietnam and assigned to charley company 101, the black widows. flew hewy slicks for about two months. with they called down and said they asked for volunteers to fly it 086 for the third brigade. so i volunteered for that and i went up to join it head quarters company, camp evans, vietnam. we started flying the 086 with a mini gun on the left side and the door gunner in the right rear and a few hand grenades. and we'd go out. our typical day would start first light in the morning. we'd do recon around camp evans, looking for any targets the ground radar and sensors had picked up it night before. many times it was just waterer buffalo, stuff like that. but every now and then we'd find a few bad guys and in our unit we had had six u 86s. and uh 1s were more command and control. we also a blues platoon. when one o

mr. phelps religious beliefs heal be the key in this case. tucker? >> very responsible point.is president and ceo of council of alliance depending freedom the group that representatives the masterpiece cake shop >> great to be with you. >> tell us why this case affects the rest of us who don't own cake shop in colorado. >> it is about freedom of speech. and the artist that create cakes the artist that create music, print, all sorts of creations. anybody in free speech business would be affected if the aclu theory adopted anybody who creates speech in the stream of commerce has no first amendment rights to not be cohearsed by government. cohergz of speech is the pentacle what the free speech clause is designed to protect. acl ushg theory? i thought they were founded to protect the freedom of speech of the inn pomp lar of rural cyst ands nazis and others on the fringes they have given up on that charter? >> they lost their way. i did not agree with them on many issues over the year, i admired them for consistents on free speech. today they turned their back the generaled they th

mr. phelps religious belief.h sides but he'll probably be the key in this case, tucker. >> tucker: a very reasonable point, i think right shannon, thanks a lot. it's because you bet. >> tucker: mike farris as president, ceo, and general counsel of alliance defending freedom, the group that represents masterpiece cake shop. thanks for coming on. >> great to be with you. >> tucker: so tell us why this case affects the rest of us who don't own cake shops in colorado. >> because is probably about freedom of speech and the artist that created cakes, the artist that create music, prints, all sorts of artistic creation. anyone in the free-speech business will be affected. they contend that anyone who creates any kind of speech in the stream of commerce has no first amendment rights whatsoever to not be coerced by the government.rg that coercion of speech is at the pinnacle of what the free speech clause has always been designed to protect against. >> tucker: wait a second. the aclu's theory, i thought the aclu was found

mr. phelps. he was with the 101st, then he had, and i think it was the whole time, but one of the things he started flying was a 086 gun ship. i'll let him tell that story, what that was like. >> i arrived in vietnam and was assigned to charlie company 101, black widows that flew by. flew huky slicks for about two months. called down and said they asked for volunteers to fly the 086 with the 3rd brigade. i volunteered for that. i went up and joined the headquarters. headquarters company 3rd brigade. camp evans, vietnam. started flying the 086 with a mini gun on the left side and the door gunner in the right rear, and a few hand grenades. and we would go out, our typical day would start first light in the morning. we would do a recon around camp evans. looking for any target with the ground radar and sensors picked up the night before. many times it was just water buffalo. stuff like that. but every now and then, we would find a few bad guys. then our unit, we had six 086s. six uh-1s. the uh-1s we

mr. phelps. jerry was with the 101st. i think he stayed with him the whole time, but one of the things he started flying was the oh-6 gunships. i will let him tell that story and what that was like. jerry: i arrived in vietnam assigned to charlie company 101, the black widows that flew the huey slicks for about two months. they called down and asked for volunteers for the third brigade. so i volunteered for that. i joined the headquarters and headquarters company, third brigade, vietnam. started flying the oh-6 with the many got on the left side and the door gunner in the right rear and a few hand grenades. and we would go out. our typical day with start first light in the morning. we would do recan around cap -- camp ovens. looking for any targets and sensors would get picked up the night before. many times it was just water buffalo, stuff like that. but every now and then, we would find a few bad guys. we had six oh-6's. iuh-1 or more command and the troll. more command and control. we had the blues platoon. one of the

mr. phelps. jerry was with the 101st, but then he had a -- i think he stayed the whole time, but one of things he started flying with us 106 gun ships. i'll let him tell that story of what that was like. >> i arrived in vietnam, assigned to 101, the black widows. flew huey slicks for about two months. when they called down and asked for volunteers to fly the 086 for the third brigade so i volunteered for that. went up to join head quarterers and company, third brigade, camp evans, vietnam. started flying the 086 with a mini gun on the left side and a door gunner in the right rear and a few hand grenades, and wewe would go out. our typical day could start first light in the morning, we would do a perimeter reconaround camp evans looking for any targets on the ground radar the censers picked up the night before. many times it was just water buffalo, stuff like that, but every now and then, we would find a few bad guys. if our unit, we had six 086s, six uh-1s. they were more command and control. we

mr. phelps: good morning. my name is michael phelps. i am a retired professional swimmer and olympian. i would like to thank the committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. it is a privilege to be here to share my thoughts on the perspective of the issue of clean sport, which is important to so many athletes and to sport in general. i competed internationally for over 15 years and have a tremendous honor to represent the united states in five olympic games and six world championships. without question, many of my proudest moments have been representing my country in international competition. there is no greater feeling than standing on top of the podium, watching the stars and stripes rise as the national anthem plays. the rio olympics were special to me because it gave me the opportunity to end my career on my terms and do it with my wife, nicole, and son boomer watching. it was also unique because of increased doping concerns. i watched how this affected my teammates and fellow competitors. we all felt frustration. looking back over my career and knowing how difficult

phelp. should mrs may notjust have got rid of damian green once kate maltby had made those allegations?hink it is fair that these things get investigated properly. we saw that terrible case where a welsh minister, a minister in the welsh government was made to resign within hours of allegations being made and the next day he committed suicide. it is important these things get investigated properly. that's what happened here. a conclusion was reached that damian green had unfortunately made statements a few weeks ago that were inaccurate and the prime minister was quite right to ask for his resignation which he gave and that's the right way to do things. investigate things properly and make sure we get to the bottom of allegations rather than just having instant reactions which can sometimes have tragic results as they did with that awful case in wales. now, a number of your collea g u es wales. now, a number of your colleagues suggested this morning the fact that mrs may was willing to sack him, somehow suggests she has recovered her authority, but isn't the truth, we have had eight wee