we would also like to thank our men and women in the united states air force. as you guys can see, we have the united states air force band and singing sergeants with us today, but they're not only performing, if you look at all the things you see up here, much being run behind the scenes is also being done by men and women of our united states air force, so please recognize them with a hand. [ applause ] also, we'd like to thank the national park service. without them we wouldn't have this beautiful national mall towards which to orient our performance. also at park service sites all over the country, folks are watching us online. please recognize them. [ applause ] and you guys are in for some really good performances today. many of them were made possible by our friends at wolf and tusk management. please give them a big hand. all right. now, to help us kick off this event, i'd like to welcome our esteemed first speaker. please welcome the 12th secretary of the smithsonian institution, dr. wayne kluff. >> good afternoon. great day. enjoying it? welcome to the

was "mambo from west side andy," featuring our choir, also featuring the united states air force bandrmed forces who defend our flag. do we have any veterans or military personnel here today and even watching us? andyou plaseesease stand recognize them with a hand? for your service and selfless sacrifice, we want to appreciate that and to pay tribute to all of our veterans, especially those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation, here is technical sergeant daniel anderson and band performing tion" full measure of devo followed by "god bless america." ♪ >> in the long and dark history of america there are names that shine light begins in th -- like beacons in the night. the patriots who gave us meaning. -- the lamp ofnd freedom burning bright historyong and honored of america there are those who pay the last and final price >> ahh upon by chance for this circumstance ultimate sacrifice a grateful nation bows its head in sorrow hanks for guaranteeing our tomorrow. [drums] the last full measure of devotion that's what they gave to the cause the last full measure o

. >> the united states air force academy.>> you must be smart. >> university of alabama. >> roll the tide. >> roll the tide. >> i go to akron university. >> what is the mascot? >> a zip. >> like a zipper? >> how did you get the zip tore the top? >> like a kangaroo. >> i know what that stands for. >> college is overrated. >> what is your major? >> machine technology. >> what are you going to work on? >> machinist. >> you are a machinist? >> yeah. >> what is the school like? >> it's what you get when you don't want to go to a real school. >> do you find a profession changes your mind about politics? >> the united states air force academy, there are many liberals. they get offended when you are conservative. it's like hey, it's the way i am made. >> that's really dumb. >> i had a professor who introduced himself as the most raging liberal you will meet. >> how do you absorb that? >> if quou don't care, get out. >> everyone has their own opinion, if you don't like it, you have to grade fairly. >> do you ever think the professor i

some aircraft are being used to the united states air force base nearby.oughly 50,000 troops are stationed in japan. they have been asked to stay in doors as recovery efforts get underway. dave how strong is the typhoon right now? >> yeah, we're watching this closely, because it will continue to turn to the north. not nearly as strong as it was, but still affecting the area around okinawa and moving up to the north. this is the latest advisory, wind 125 miles an hour. there is some dry area, but it's still a noticeable eye holding together and continuing to push to the north. you see it really intensify as it passes by okinawa, but now as it turns to the north, not quite as favorable conditions, so should not maintain its intensity. it will continue to weaken as it turns to the north. but it's still a minimal typhoon, or a very strong tropical storm. these are bands of these storms that go into the eye. these bands are going over the same area of land so flooding will be a problem. it will continue to push north. we have continued updates here. we're also

thes give these conductors, men and women of the united states air force that they can. -- a big hand. as well as the smithsonian institution, our partners in washington dc and all across the country, please make sure to cleanur national mall by disposing of trash in the appropriate places. again, my name is xavier. i thank you all so much for joining us here all around the nation and around the world. thank you, guys. and be good, all right. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming every weekend on c- span 3. follow us on 20 for information follow us on twitter for information on our schedule. artifacts,american we visited the national gallery of art to visit the shaw memorial. the sculpture honors colonel robert gould shaw and the 54th massachusetts volunteer infantry, one of the civil war's first african american units. the work commemorates the july 18, 1863 storming of fort wagner in which 1/3 of the men were killed or wounded. pride"ibit "tel

heads of states air force one with the u.s. president and some of the. heads of state in the gulf region. warning receipt those seeking missile. systems. nothing about talking to the point of. shoot at the. course of. the pilots would know malaysian airlines themselves have also said they do not know what occurred at this stage doesn't mean the pilot didn't inform the gun control of any problem or a wouldn't have had time in such an instance i know it's it's a tough question but you know what can you what can you kind of glean from mine. any conventional problem that you have with an airplane from the altitude normally takes several minutes before you hit the ground. the standard sort of major catastrophic failure on the airplane provided that you had communication with air traffic control and that the communication cables for example weren't cut in any explosion then you would attempt to get some radio messages even if it was just a quick. just so that people could follow this. thing must write. reports that were seen descending on right the transponder

. >> admiral woolsey, does the united states air force or its allies have the intelligence assets toable to create the reality of what went on? >> they're probably likely to know a lot, because once things start to go haywire and people start to commune indicate sort of in unexpected ways, sometimes they use the wrong device or wrong frequency or whatever, so my hunch is we will have a pretty good idea. maybe never better than 99% confidence but within a few days we'll have a good idea what happened. >> admiral woolsey, i wonder if you can give us a sense of what is going on behind the scenes in communications between our allies in europe ond the united states? >> by is way, i never got past army captain, so thanks for property motion! >> i beg your pardon. >> don't deserve it. i think and certainly hope that one thing is going on is that the americans are leaning on the europeans to begin at least moderately tough sanctions. the europeans are treating the russians with kid gloves. we're treating them slightly less so. one great move would approve cars to be able to be driven on nong

. >> the commander counter of the united states air force is general carl spots has asked me to tellou something about this picture. i don't think i can do any better than just to read from his telegram to me. thunderbolt was made in 1944. ancient history. it was made about one fighter bomber group in the italian campaign. it happens to be an american group. the same story could well be told of the royal air force grouped which participated so gallantly in the same air offensive. as a matter of fact, the story belongs to all men who fought for freedom and did it a long way from home. signed spots. thank you. >> to the italian man in the street, or what's left of the street, this is the fulfillment of a promise. the promise of the fascists to build a 20th century roman empire conceived in tyranny and dedicated to the proposition that some men were meant to be slaves of other men. special victims were the childr children. they saw things not meant for children's eyes. from the air, italy is more remote. the airmen never sees the face of the people, only the face of the country. from th

joining me now by phone is alan diehl, a former investigator for the ntsb and the united states air force. he is author of a book called "air safety investigators." alan, there are reports that the black box has been found. we can't confirm this, but it has been found and are probably in the hands of the separatists there. can the black box be tampered with? >> i don't think they would have the sophistication to do anything to change the recordings, but obviously they could destroy them or withhold them, and i think that would be certainly a crime against humanity if they did that. >> so if we were eventually able to get the black box, it is very unlikely that they would have been able to change the information on them or destroy some of the information and leave some of the information? >> i don't think they could go and selectively eliminate information. that takes a very high level of technology, and there's only a handful of countries in the world that have laboratories that can do that. i don't think they could do that. obviously they could withhold them or destroy them. but those bl

>> at the united states air force academy there are still very many very liberal individuals. >> you'reidding. >> they get a little bit offended when you're conservative. and it's like, heyers it's just the way i'm made. >> what does that mean? >> that's really dumb. >> had a professor freshman year who introduced himself as the most raging liberal you ever meet. >> how do you absorb that? >> if you don't like it he doesn't care tells you to get out. >> everyone has their own opinion. if you don't like it you still have to grade fairly. >> do you ever encounter a situation in class where you think the professor is going over the line? >> i had a criminology class and religion and social issues class. both the teachers were very very liberal. >> came to our school and spoke. she ripped him apart in the classroom and said he didn't fund public education and what not. >> i just want to learn about my major. i don't feel like learning about their own posits. >> they tried to convert me in class to muslim religion. >> i think that's illegal. >> they said islam and christianity worship the sa

. >> doc was flown out to the desert i believe in 1956 and mothballed by the united states air force.ntil doc was rescued and brought back to wichita where it rolled off the line in 1944. 250,000 volunteer hours have resulted in new wires, cables, hydraulics, tubing and skin. among the volunteers, an original. >> how old were you when you put those rivets in? >> 18 years old. >> she worked on every b-29 from wichita. now at 89, many of her fellow rosies are gone. >> i can't explain how proud i am to be here restoring it. >> there have been unique challenges. >> i finally had to set a rule last year that if you're older than the airplane you couldn't be on top of the wings, because i couldn't have that. >> boeing didn't have the original plans to follow. >> a lot of it we copied. a lot of it we were able to use the drawings we received from the smithsonian to make something as close as possible. it's going to fly, going to fly great. >> doc arrived in wichita in 2000 in pieces via train and seven semi trucks. in the fall, it will take to the sky for the first time since the korean war.

. >> united states air force academy and this sweetheart goes to !ty of alabama. >> roll tide. >> roll tide. >> roll tide. >> roll tide. >> akron university. >> what's the mascot there? >> a zip. >> the zipper? >> how did you get the zip toert top? >> mit, massachusetts institute of technology. >> i know what that stands for. >> college is overrated. >> what is your major? >> machine technology. >> what are you going to work on? >> machinist. >> you're a machinist? >> yeah. >> what is the school's reputation? >> where you go when you don't want to go to a real school school. >> you ever find a profession changes your mind about politics? >> in the air force academy there are still very much liberal individuals. >> you're kidding? >> they get offended when you're conservative. it is like, hey, that just the way i'm made. >> what does liberal mean? >> that's really dumb. >> freshman, the most raging liberal you will ever meet. >> how do you absorb that? >> he doesn't care. if you don't like it, get out. everyone has their own opinion. you still have to

joining me now by phone is alan diehl, a former investigator for the ntsb and the united states air forcestigators." alan, on the black boxes there are reports indicating that the black box has been found. we can't confirm this, but it has been found and are probably in the hands of the separatists rebels there. can the black box be tampered with? >> i don't think they would have the sophistication to do anything to change the recordings, but obviously they could destroy them or withhold them, and i think that would be certainly a crime against humanity if they did that. >> so if we were eventually able to get the black box, it is very unlikely that they would have been able to change the information on them or destroy some of the information and leave some of the information? >> i don't think they could go and selectively eliminate information. that takes a very high level of technology, and there's only a handful of countries in the world that have laboratories that can do that. i don't think they could do that. obviously they could withhold them or destroy them. but those black boxes s

a boy turned up dead in the wheel well of a united states air force plane.ficials discovered his body only after the mission was over and the c-130 landed at ramstein air base in germany. it's roughly 80 miles south and west of frankfurt. details of the plane's mission are not clear. we don't know if it will be. the c-130 like this one is used in a wide variety of missions. the air force reports it is capable of operating from rough air strips, among other places, often air-dropping troops and equipment into dangerous areas. the pentagon reports the boy who was found in a wheel well was not visible. pastomçók security? lea gabrielle joins us. how can something like this happen? >> of course this is a security issue and there's also the question of, wouldn't the pilot have done a preflying. first off to address security, most air force bases have very robust security, roving patrols, and if you cross sirred lines you'll find yourself with a gun at your head. i just spoke with a c-130 pilot who has flown missions in africa and he said that is not the case and

. >> mike dryer, you united states air force. >> reporter: invited to play with the wounded warrior amputeewere a huge fan of this team and now all of the sudden, you are playing with them. what has that been like for you? >> i love it. playing with these guys, it is the greatest thing ever. >> reporter: this game, outside of new york city, neither has the fanfare. in its third year, the team has played more than 100 games in 85 cities. >> reporter: why do you think so many people are interested in you guys? >> well, we have got a pretty good comeback story. the guys have persevered to a certain extent. i think people are pleased to see that. >> reporter: each soldier, an amputee with a story of their own. lance corporal mattie yas ferrara was injured in afghanistan. >> i lost both legs, broke my pelvis, shattered my femur. when i saw them playing, it made me stronger fiscally and mentally. >> reporter: what has being on this team taught you? >> push through it. good things are going to happen. >> reporter: the players and the team, a lesson for everyone in the power of mind, body, and spir

she's a loving mother, a veteran of the united states air force. knows she made a mistake that day. but at the time she was in dire straits. she was going through a lot. and she knows she didn't make a wise decision. for other mothers out there, everybody knows you should never leave your kids in the car. but this circumstance is a lot different than these other circumstances that you have. these other cases you have out there, people are intentionally leaving the kids in the car, almost trying to hurt their kids. ms. taylor loves her kids. she had no ill will. that day she was going for a job interview with an insurance agency. and that insurance agency, she did well on the job interview and they probably would have hired her that day. she was thinking about her kids and that job would have given her a better life for her kids. >> i can tell you even in our own newsroom, we had a lot of moms saying we've left our car and then remembered halfway to the grocery store that our kid was still in it. it's something we all relate to much as no one should

her being a veteran of the united states air force. her being a loving mother.ay she was just wanting to go and get a job for her kids. be able to come together, come to an agreement with the county attorney's office and get the case dismissed. >> the children right now, where are they he? are you going to get them back? >> yes, she will definitely get the kids back. we're in the process of going through the legal steps to get them back. now that the criminal part is dismissed, we should be able to get the kids back a lot faster. >> your attorney gave one side of the story. here you have a woman who had her two children in a hot car in arizona. one child apparently screaming his head off. there's been anger from the other side as well. that you were a negligent mother and how dare the court throw out this case. you should have been made an example of. what say you to those folks? >> i understand their plight. they want to see children taken care of. they want to make sure you're providing for your children the best way you can. if you're not doing that, they're

. >> the commander counter of the united states air force is general carl spots has asked me to tello any better than just to read from his telegram to me. thunderbolt was made in 1944. ancient history. it was made about one fighter bomber group in the italian campaign. it happens to be an american group. the same story could well be told of the royal air force grouped which participated so gallantly in the same air offensive. as a matter of fact, the story belongs to all men who fought for freedom and did it a long way from home. signed spots. thank you. >> to the italian man in the street, or what's left of the street, this is the fulfillment of a promise. the promise of the fascists to build a 20th century roman empire conceived in tyranny and dedicated to the proposition that some men were meant to be slaves of other men. special victims were the childr children. they saw things not meant for children's eyes. from the air, italy is more remote. the airmen never sees the face of the people, only the face of the country. from the air, you look down at the mountains. look down and w

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. >> he was flown out in 1956 and math balled by the united states air force. >> reporter: the navy usede story is they dropped six times and missed it all six times. >> reporter: it stayed in wichita and now 200,000 volunteer hours have resulted in this. an original was among them. >> i was 18. >> reporter: one of america's rosey the riveter worked on every b-29 from wichita and now at 89 many of her fellow workers are gone. >> i am so proud to be here restoring it. >> reporter: there have been unique challenges. >> i had to set a rule if you are older than the airplane you cannot be on top of the wings. >> reporter: boeing didn't have the original plans to follow. >> a lot were copied and we used drawings to make something as chose as possible. >> this bad boy is going to fly. >> yes, it is going to fly great. >> reporter: look for october-november for dock to take flight. >>> you know the irs hearing and the lost lois lerner e-mails? it is continuing right now. what the justest department is saying about the irs targeting scandal. scandal. and when alan gets all powered up, ya know wh

air force band for being here. the patriotic music there. united states air force ceremonial brass.ers and dogs? not so fast. this morning we're going to fire up that grill th some desserts. they're going to be a huge hit. we've got billy deck here, owner of rocket burger. you've got the usa going here. >> can't forget about our world cup team. >> we're going to do desserts. >> yeah. we're going to amp them up. we've got our family over here roasting the marshmallows already. we're going to make gram cracker waffle s'mores. all i'm going to do is throw them on the plate and go ahead and throw as much gram cracker and chocolate you want. it's interactive, the kids can do it. the whole family can jump in. you can do whatever you want. why don't you walk this over to the family and i'll do the other two. all they're going to do is smear the marshmallow -- willie's burnt his. >> there you go. >> just right on top. >> uncle willie. >> and then we've got two more coming. you can also dress this up. you can use any kind of chocolate, but i like to go old school with the hershey's like nost

. >> gayle, i was a second lieutenant in the united states air force before i ever shook hands with aappened then? did it register at the time? >> you know, later it did. uft just don it just dawned on me i had never shaken hands with a black person. >> this 50 years ago, president obama said few pieces of legislation have defined our national intress griggs as a huge achievement. >> it was huge. you talk about never getting anything done. it was an election year. finally broke that filibuster. he use thad pin to e with dirksen, we have a law. that was really only the beginning and tonight we're going to have relatives of three of those civil rights workers who were slain in mississippi. they're going to be with us on the stage. >> conversation's so important, bob, because so many people don't know this story. >> i'm bringing my 13-year-old twin granddaughters because i want them to see this and understand how we got to where we are. you know it's just unbelievable. >> very important. >> thank you. >> i was in washington that summer i continues into law and journal journalism. >> john

caller: i remember quite well i was a first lieutenant in the united states air force, a pilot in vietnam. -- mark clark air place air force base in the philippines. i got to watch it on grainy, black-and-white tv. , on thehe day before other side of the international date line. host: you saw it before all of us, really. guest: it is so interesting hearing from a first lieutenant in the jungles of vietnam. happeningt, what was with the strife on this planet versus what was happening with exploration. it is hard to overstate the tensions in our society over that. host: richard, good morning. caller: i have always wondered -- it is interesting -- the soyuz craft supplies the international space station. that was a rocket that was designed in the 1950's. it is reliable, dependable. i always wondered, why in the world did we ever get rid of the saturn? to my way of thinking, that design -- we had the basic design i put all the money into it. over the years the thing could have been refined. you would not have had to spend all the money for the shuttle to design that. now that turns out it was

some believing for example that the united states air force maneuvered though whole thing and flew the planes into the tower and all kinds of stories. they even had a convention on this out and los angeles attacking the 9/11 commission report, 3,000 people, i am told, thought we were nuts. so you run into that element. there's a large segment of the american people, larger than you might think who believe anything that comes out of government is wrong and we encountered some of that as we should the report. >> there were a lot of unique dynamics you were all affected by but one was clearly the role of the families. it was terrific to have leaders of the families here with us today but talk a little bit about how you engage the families and what opportunities also challenges there were because of the depth of emotion from this tragedy. >> that was one of the most humbling and to me like changing experiences. i was -- maybe the only commissioner who worked in the middle of the area where most of the people lost their lives so i knew a number of people who perished that they. i knew their

states. >>> an air force veteran has taken it upon himself to help on the floor vet rants adjust to civilian we heard about his efforts during one of our abc 7 listens means. at that events eddie connects veterans with resources to find housing, jobs, and health care. >> they ramp us up to go to war, to serve our country, but they don't really ramp us down to get back intel grated into society. >> ramirez is not waiting until next year to keep helping. he's organizing a mental health summit for veterans and their families on august 29th at the san francisco federal building on 7th street. >>> the head of the centers for disease control lab which potential exposed other employees to anthrax has resigned. michael farrell resigned yesterday after he was reassigned the last monday. he had been the head of the bioterrorist response lan since 2009. officials say employees didn't properly sterilize anthrax samples. those workers were exposed to the virus, but didn't get sick. an internal investigation for you serious safety lapses. >>> on a lighter side, the video spoof is all the rage in china, bu

i spent 12 years, four months and 24 days in the united states air force. i'm also a vietnam rhett can. i was then in korea and who has been in the military and a maybe. my question is claims and benefits. what i was discharged, i was discharged in 1974. i was discharged out of russell ha hall, part of lackland from a m institution and congressman o'rourke i must tell you i have served my country honorably and i am having trouble receiving my benefits and i would like to know out of the $17 billion my claim, i entered my claim the 10th of -- 17th september 2010. they paid me a severance pay of $17,500. then turned around and made me repay that service pay and took my disability. >> any thoughts. >> thank you for your service. appreciate the question. you hit upon this larger issue that we've been talking about this morning which is we can spend more money on the va, we can add resources, but if we don't place a premium on performance, excellence and accountability we'll have allowed this crisis we're in to go to waste. you see that on the veterans benefits

some believing for example that the united states air force maneuvered the whole thing and flew the planes into the tower and all kinds of stories. they even had a convention on this in los angeles attacking the 9/11 commission report, and it drew 3,000 people i'm told, who thought we were nuts, and so you run into that element, there's a large segment of the american people, larger than you might think who believe that anything that comes out of government is wrong. and we encountered some of that as we issued the report. >> there were a lot of unique dynamics that you all were affected by, but one was clearly the roll of the families. it's been terrific yesterday and today to have leaders of the families here with us today. talk a little bit about how you engage the families and what opportunities and challenges there were. because of the depth of emotion from this tragedy. >> it was -- that was one of the most humbling and one of the most to me, life changing experiences working with the families. i was -- i think maybe the only commissioner who lived right in the middle of the area whe

air force operation. air force secretary deborah lee james and chief of staff general mark welsh spoke with reporters for more than an hour. >> good afternoon everybody. welcome to the state of the air force press briefing. and brigadier general mobilization assistant to the director of public affairs and i'm very privileged to introduce the honorable deborah lee james secretary of the air force and general mark welsh is chief of staff of the air force. let me give you the groundrules wrote that. what we are going to do today is secretary james and general welsh will have opening remarks and then we'll open it up for questions and answers. standard rules of engagement apply today so please state your name and affiliation when you are called on and then we will do one question and one follow-up and depending on how much time we have with us if we can get to other questions. if there are any questions we don't get answered today you are more than welcome to call the air force press desk so without any further ado secretary james over to you. >> thank you general and thanks for spending time this afternoon. i have now been on the job as the 23rd secretary of the air force fo

and suddenly, the ukrainian state air force and tanks come rolling in.ombing cities in the eastern part of ukraine. and they're about to roll his guys. so he says wait a minute, we're going to get back at this. and kind of like when the rolling stones hired hells angels to do security at altamont, things got out of control. he didn't want this shoot-down. but did he order it? no. >> okay, so it sounds like you think in some ways putin is getting a bad rap here. >> oh, i don't think he is getting a bad rap because putin is not a good guy. but he is doing this for what he believes is his own country's position and good will. and putin has decided a couple of years ago to make himself more popular after the unrest at home, after the middle classes, the yummies, the young upwardly mobile muscovites went on demonstration against him by playing against the big evil monster, the united states. by stirring up nationalism. and it's worked. >> yes, it has worked. >> he is terribly effective. >> and the public opinion polls back at home show something that 80% supp

weeden served on active duty as an officer in the united states air force working on space and intercontinental ballistic operations. as part of the joint operations center he directed the orbital analyst training program and developed tactics, techniques and procedures for improving space situational awareness. as our witness should know, spoken testimony is limited to five minutes each after which the members of the committee will have five minutes each to ask questions. i now recognize general raymond for five minutes to present his testimony. >> chairman brooks, representative edwards, members of the subcommittee, it's an honor to appear before you. i greatly appreciate the opportunity to address the committee and i look forward to working with you to advance our nation's space capabilities. before going further i'd ask if i could be so bold to ask you for a favor and just please pass along my condolences to chairman pilazo. it's my highest honor to represent the 3300 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines that make up the joint component. also officers from australia, england and the you oo

you come from a successful career as a general officer in the united states air force. did the air force work better than the va? >> congressman, every organization, every large organization has those people who are all in, as i use the words with my employees, who do absolutely everything right to the absolutely max of their ability and every organization has people that don't. so you watch things that happen in my former beloved air no, sir and you watch things that happen in ni current beloved va. i love them both because of the missions they do. and because of the great people who participate in them day in and day out, working their tails off to make a difference for this nation. >> and, miss halladay, maybe you, with the general, can together chime in. this is not unusual in a large organization for the disconnect between the 40,000 foot strategic vision and the granular level of somebody doing the work to have somewhat what of a disconnect? but i would make the case that the lack of a national strategy and a clear mission up and down, is causing us to see that. d

the french can't resupply their troops and they reach out to the nited states, and the u.s. air force provides c119 flying boxcars, u.s. markings have been painted out with french markings, and cia provides the pilots through its proprietary airline, civil air transport. 36 cat pilots flew 682 missions during about a two and a half month period. in the spring of 1954. many of those flights flown through murderous antiaircraft ire. this painting captures a flight that took place on the 6th of may, 1954, flying that day was a legendary cat pilot by the name of james mcgovern. his copilot was wallace buford. the french kicker was seated right behind the pilot when the plane was hit. he ran to the back of the open cargo bay to check the dam to the stablizer, noted that the port engine had been knocked out and was streaming oil. this aircraft does not like to fly on one engine, but they kept it in the air for 45 minutes until it finally crashed inside laos, where the wreckage remained unrecovered until 2002. finally a team was allowed to go in there and recover the remains. he was buried a

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caller: i remember quite well i was a first lieutenant in the united states air force, a pilot in vietnam mark clark air place air force base in the philippines. i got to watch it on grainy, black-and-white tv. , on thehe day before other side of the international date line. host: you saw it before all of us, really. guest: it is so interesting hearing from a first lieutenant in the jungles of vietnam. happeningt, what was with the strife on this planet versus what was happening with exploration. it is hard to overstate the tensions in our society over that. host: richard, good morning. caller: i have always wondered -- it is interesting -- the soyuz craft supplies the international space station. that was a rocket that was designed in the 1950's. it is reliable, dependable. i always wondered, why in the world did we ever get rid of the saturn? to my way of thinking, that design -- we had the basic design i put all the money into it. over the years the thing could have been refined. you would not have had to spend all the money for the shuttle to design that. now that turns out it was not

some believing for example that the united states air force maneuvered the whole thing, flew the planes into the tower, and all kinds of stories. they even had a convention on this out in los angeles, attacking the 9/11 commission report and it drew 3000 people i am told, who thought we were nuts. so you run into that element. there is a large segment of the american people, larger than you might think, who believe that anything that comes out of government is wrong. and we encountered some of that as we issued the report. >> there were a lot of unique dynamics that you all were affected by, but one was clearly the role of the families. it was terrific yesterday and today to have leaders of the families with us here today. talk a little bit about how you engage the families and what opportunities and also challenges their work, because there were depths of emotions from this tragedy. rex it was -- that was one of the most humbling and one of the most, to me, life changing experiences, working with the families. i think i was maybe the only commissioner who lived right in the middle of t

ukraine, a state, a government has an air force, the rebels don't have an air force, so how are theyrying to counter balance that, by using these shoulder-launch missiles. >> this all began in november. when we talk about rebels, are we talking about a rag tag group of people that have some rifles and are now taking on the ukrainian military. >> i think it's the latter. i don't think this would be much of an army. the ukraine army wasn't much either, but at least they are a government army with planes and tanks and training and professional soldiers, however troubled this might be. this is just a group of non-state actors, but they both material support and training support from russia, and there are -- as we have seen reports of russians who have slipped their uniform and now are wearing uniforms without insignia, but nevertheless are on the ground. the fact that russia is involved really boosts their sophistication and capability. >> you indicated that the faa is saying that u.s. carriers should avoid flights going in and out of israel again for another 24 hours. how big of a conce

citizens stranded in the united states or europe, this suspension of flights is a real nuisance to the israeli public. >> "france 24's" james andre reporting. an air force jet carrying u.s. secretary of state john kerry onched down there earlier today. for the second time this week, he has been holding talks with u.n. -- with the u.n. secretary-general. he says talks -- progress has been made but there is still plenty to be done. >> there still work to be done. i'm very appreciative of secretary-general -- the secretary-general's efforts. the u.n. is wholeheartedly in this effort to see if we can get not just a cease-fire, but a sustainable process going forward. >> the u.n. secretary-general, ban ki-moon, said today that at least one palestinian child has been killed every hour during the last two days. following a vote and an emergency session, the u.n. human rights council agreed to launch an international inquiry into violations that may have been committed during israel's latest military offensive in gaza. 29 states voted in favor of that inquiry, 17 abstained, and only one, the united states, voted against it. the high commissioner for human right

state department briefing. you know we see all these horrible shots from villages towns that were shelled by the ukrainian air force and you hear the state department defended the strike saying all those killings are the russian separatists fault basically the shots that we saw from the village of conventional to last week could leave one speechless twelve civilians were killed including a five year old this however did not generate any strong feelings at the u.s. state department these are just that's the reason why are these pictures these are shots of civilians blown to pieces in their homes in their backyards in the village in eastern ukraine last week well what does the u.s. do to stop you from doing it and they're going to make sure to leave them to be clear on the ground the reports that we've seen and the vast majority of people who are reporting from the ground report that the russian backed separatists are the ones who are not only in gauged in in violence and efforts to take over buildings and attack people and innocent civilians they have no place doing that in a country that's a sovereign country like