in person, he was the same as he was on the air. at's why people trusted him. >> i always like to ask people such as yourself who worked so closely with such an icon to tell us some of the funny stories or little known stories that might surprise people about someone like walter cronkite. can you think of any? >> he was very unassuming. of course he knew he was walter cronkite. on the other hand there was a time when i went with him to a restaurant, trader vic's in california, and i had made a reservation under my name because i didn't want to use his name, we were on assignment, and i didn't want to use his name, so we got to stand in line, and the maitre d moves us right in, i realized i should have used his name, but while we were in trader vic's, everybody was looking at walter cronkite, and he was looking at some movie stars were there with his eyes boggled out. it was great. >> thank you for talking to us. >> thank you. >> let's bring in for our closing interview -- we do not have that, but, boy, what a career walter cronkite h

whether he was on the air or off the air. he was a very straight guy. he was a newsman through and through. journalism to him represented the mother's milk of life. he was totally devoted to the pursuit of information and as impartially as a human being can be he wanted to impart that information to the american people. we have to remember that walter was at his heyday in the midst of the cold war. things were terribly important then. we were on the edge during the cuban missile crisis of a nuclear exchange between the soviet union and the united states. walter was the kind of man the american people came to trust. i believe that in the early 1970's if my memory is right walter was the most trusted man in america by a percentage extraordinary, something like 78%. >> right. it's my understanding good house keeping magazine is the one that took that poll and put him way, way out there. it really is the end of an era, so many people grew up watching walter cronkite, so many people of so many generations really looked to him as the source for news. this was

both at sea and in the air. he f-22, by any estimation, is the most superior aircraft in the world, not even close in terms of competitors. and yet with the numbers we have and the numbers we'd be relying on, we leave ourselves way short of the earlier projected numbers. as senator chambliss has pointed out, the testimony over the years of those who advocated this program have been, i think, significant. and in fact the letters most recently received from general corley, who is the head of the combat command offices, headquarter of the combat command offices, langley, june 9, points out in his letter how serious this would be to exposing our nation to national security risks. the head of the air national guard bureau as well, general wyatt, lieutenant general wyatt, makes the same claim. chief of staff schwartz before he changed his mind a week earlier advocated the f-22 as well, the importance of it. so, mr. president, from both a manufacturing perspective, a job loss -- in a time when unemployment rates are sky

combat command for the air force. eiterated, and michael, i think my colleagues will understand as well when you have someone, a current general serving as in charge of air combat and command mission to the air force, it disagrees with the secretary of defense in a public way, you get some idea of the depth of the feeling that occurs with a matter like this. let me quote from the letter. at air combat command we have held the need, we have held the need for 381 f. point is in my opinion a fleet of 187 f-22's put execution of our current national security strategy at high risk in the near to midterm. to my knowledge, the general goes on, there are no studies to demonstrate that 187 f. 22 are adequate to support our national military strategy. air combat command analysis done in concert with headquarters air force chose a moderate risk forced can be obtained within f-22 fleet of approximately 250 aircraft. end of quote. general corley responsible for aircraft readiness of the united states air force says we will incur mo

the air force needs at least 241 of the aircraft.ne person who spent three decades as a staffer before joining the department of information said planes are overdue for eloncati . nc he is the author of "meltdown." welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> mckenzie, let's start with you. why should the planes survive? >> the air force said it needs more than 187 fighters budgeted for but that it can't afford them so this really is a debate about an inadequate air force top line. the air force fighter gap will only grow and get worse. as the f 15s and f-16s continued to retire at an accelerated rate and f-22 and f- 35 aren't come in fast enough to replace them, the gap is growing and affects the air national guard. finally, 187 planes only yields 125 combat-ready fighters and so when you look at instability in the air force, that's really not enough to care out the national military strategy. >> it's also -- and also the f- 15 force a couple of year was grounded by structural failures. winslow, why do you think the airplane should be term

in person, he was the same as he was on the air. hat's why people trusted him. >> i always like to ask people such as yourself who worked so closely with such an icon to tell us some of the funny stories or little known stories that might surprise people about someone like walter cronkite. can you think of any? >> he was very unassuming. of course he knew he was walter cronkite. on the other hand there was a time when i went with him to a restaurant, trader vic's in california, and i had made a reservation under my name because i didn't want to use his name, we were on assignment, and i didn't want to use his name, so we got to stand in line, and the maitre d moves us right in, i realized i should have used his name, but while we were in trader vic's, everybody was looking at walter cronkite, and he was looking at some movie stars were there with his eyes boggled out. it was great. >> thank you for talking to us. >> thank you. >> let's bring in for our closing interview -- we do not have that, but, boy, what a career walter cronkite

him through to me on the air. the secretary said, "but he's on the air, mr. president." "i don't give a damn where he is. put him on the phone." >> reporter: he assumed the anchor chair of the evening news in 1962. >> good evening. from the cbs news control center in new york, this is walter cronkite reporting. >> walter cronkite was the man who most americans turned to to find out what was happening, to be comforted in times of stress, to be reassured that as bad as things might be, there was a feeling of continuity. he provided that continuity five nights a week. >> supreme court today legalized abortion. a flurry of activity at the jack ruby trial. the risk of a meltdown at the three mile island atomic power plant. >> reporter: and he was with us during america's darkest moments. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. and i almost lost it there. >> his authority and his calmness held the na

can you update us on what the u.s. air force's prospects are or the prospects for your aircraft, namely the f-16 or the f-15 are in any of these markets? >> again, this is an opportunity for us to build a stronger relationship with a partner air force. and you mentioned a number of countries and a number of regions in the world. india is a very important relationship. a strategic relationship, a growing strategic relationship. we establish the first significant foreign military sales case with six c-130-j theater transport aircraft with india. it's been very successful, moving forward, a foundation for us in future endeavors. you're right, the f-16 is an entry into the medium multi- world aircraft. so is the fa-18 super hornet and a number of foreign aircraft. most importantly, we want to go further in this relationship with india. i think the prospects for an american-built fighter are very good, and we look forward to furthering the air force to air force relationship. you mentioned brazil. the fa-18 is the entry there,

one thing no one has mentioned is how much fun he was off the air. he was the best man i have known to go drinking with. i have been fortunate enough or unfortunate enough to have done it many times. he never lost his old wire service instinct, get the story done and go out and have some fun. >> amen to that. morley, stay with us. bob schieffer, i have been wrestling with this over the past few hours. how did he do it. i know there was no cable television. i don't know how any news anchor can go through the civil rights movement, vietnam, president kennedy's assassination, bob kennedy's assassination, martin luther king's assassination and keep his calm and keep the trust of the people. >> he not only loved the news and loved covering the news, he had great respect for the news and the people involved with making the news. it sort of came through to people. i have often thought about walter and i think one of the secrets to his success was being the anchor of a major news program is a pretty darn good job when you come right down to it. i think people

the air-land subcommittee has broad responsibility for policy oversight over substantial parts of the army and air force budgets, but also over, to a lesser extent but a real extent, the navy and the marine corps. so that the subcommittee's portion of this year's national defense authorization act is a large one. our goal was direct, to promote and improve the current and, as best we can, the future readiness of our ground and air forces while at the same time ensuring the most efficient and effective use of taxpayer dollars. this year the portion of the budget requests falling under the air-land subcommittee's jurisdiction included a total of $71.1 billion, and that is made up of $55.4 billion in procurement and $15.7 billion in all-important research and development. as it stands right now, the full committee's recommendation is a net addition to the president's budget request of $2.9 billion to support activities under the air-land subcommittee's jurisdiction. mr. president, in the past the armed services committee in the senate have supported stability and funding levels as reques

and then later on he talks about the f-22. airority in missile defense, two areas where the budget has attracted the most criticism provide case studies. let me start with the controversy over the f-22 fighter jet. we had to consider when preparing for a future potential conventional state on state conflict, what is the right mix of the most advanced fighter aircraft and other weapons to deal with the projected threats to u.s. air supremacy. for example, we now have unmanned aerial vehicles that can simultaneously perform intelligence reconnaissance, et cetera, and the president's budget would buy 48 of the most advanced uavs and we took into consideration the capabilities of the newest manned combat program the stealth f-35 strike fighter. it's 10 to 15 years newer than the f-22 and he goes on to say about how important the f-35 is and then saying the f-22 is clearly a capability we do need, a niche solution for one or two potential scenarios. specifically, the defeat of a highly advanced enemy fighter fleet. the f-22, to be blun

we were on the air last night when it happened. tell us what police are saying and not saying about this really "read between the lines" investigation. i guess it's fair to call it that. >> you know, it's very fair to call it that, don. yield in the early hours right after -- discovered, my intelligent source close to the investigation was telling me they thought it was a double homicide. now they're saying they're going to -- they're taking a look at all the forensics. they're also taking a look at all of the e-mails, text messages, to see if there was any issues between the two before this happened. they're also going to be looking at forensics, to see whether or not it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. because as brent said, they did not see the gun immediately until they -- >> hey, mike -- >> yes? >> yeah, that's what i was going to say, maybe that's why your source told you it was a homicide. in the press conference we heard, they said they didn't find a gun until much later on because it wasn't visible. >> exactly right. as

we'll try to read the tributes on the air. e have been talking to a lot of people so far thi morning. one thing we heard is that walter cronkite's passion was space. how ironic that almost 40 years to the day of the moon landing he passes away. >> yeah. >> it reminded me of something his wife said in an interview once. he was one of the finalists to be the first journalists up in the space but after the "challenger" disaster they scrapped that idea. she said he would look up to the sky and say i want to go up there. i felt kind of fitting for today. >> and wonderful, and we talked about him being almost like a boy, you look at this man who guided this nation through some of its toughest times, with such composure and such comfort, but at the same time with the whole space exploration, like a kid in a candy store. >> exactly. >> he even said during apollo 11 he was speechless for first time ever. he said he probably had about as much time as nasa did to actually come up with something to say and couldn't do it. joining us once a

i don't missing on the air. i miss not being at the center of gravity there where you're getting the story together, getting the broadcast together where you're really setting the agenda that day for people's consideration. that's an important job. and i miss that. >> larry: you always liked being the one who says, hey, i know something, and i'm going to tell it to you. >> yep. >> larry: that's what you are, right? >> absolutely. that's what a reporter wants to be, whether they write it for a newspaper or do it on a broadcast. >> larry: and do you know why you like that so much? >> no, i'm not so sure of that. there's something about being on the inside first, about being the first to know something or one of the early ones to know something. harboring it, working with it, molding it for the public's advice and information. >> larry: and of course, you got involved as well with the space program. you became not just a reporter, you became part of it. >> well, yes. that's -- i've been credited with that or debited

that's cooled the air down. some of the showers not making it to the ground but the air is cooling. some of the showers going across and that evaporates and cools the air down. the front that brought us rain earlier in the week offshore but it's stationary. it's going to stair there and allow for a low from the south coming in into tuesday. high pressure erodes and as the low gets choser, we'll see the chance of some showers tomorrow afternoon and a better chance on tuesday and the chance stays with us through the week. with that said, this is how it plays out, sunset at 8:29. your next high tide at 4:35. your forecast goes up to about 85 degrees today. tonight down to about 62, partly cloudy and cooler conditions and tomorrow right up to about 83, variable clouds with a p.m. storm and this is the pattern for the next five-day forecast. the five-day forecast is coming up. >>> still ahead -- >>> scared i won't be able to go home. >> kidnapped a u.s. soldier makes a moving plea for freedom. >>> the governor of south carolina comes clean after his affair. . >>> it's beach volleyball, ho

he put on the air what he found, that the war was unwinnable for the united states. it turned out to be prescient and sadly for the many soldiers who left american treasure on the battle field he was right. that's what lbj was reacting to. i look back at his career and i saw him use that chip only once. and in every other instance he held his personal feelings very, very close. the lack of opinion in journalism was dear to him and the seepage of opinion into journalism slowly broke his heart over the years. that was very tough on him to see how television news has changed in many quarters. >> even as he quite literally i think defined gravitas in modern broadcasting, he is the model of what gravitas looks like in broadcasting, still today. there were moments, though, where if not sharing his opinion he did share his feelings. people, i know, still recall him saying go, baby, go, when he was covering the apollo 11 mission. so showing you not his opinion about something, at least his own emotional reaction to what he was covering. >> it's hard to believe there was a da

both on the air and off the air. >> historian douglas brinkley. we thank you for your reflection tonight. we look forward to your continued work and research here. you mentioned walter's work for the wire service. i didn't know him well. i did meet him a few times. earlier in my career in cnn, he knew i came from the ap, he said probably from that experience i would do okay. probably he said. dan rather had kind words and memories of the man whose chair he filled. we'll hear from dan shortly. that and more, next. (announcer) imagine one eye drop so exceptional, it relieves seven symptoms. new visine totality multi-symptom. now reduce the red; bathe the dry and gritty; soothe the itch, irritated, burning and watery. visine totality. no other drop does more. >>> we just had a chance to talk to the former cbs news anchor dan rather about the death of walter cronkite. here's some of what dan told us. >> he was literally a living legend and now a legend in memory of the very best in the journalistic craft. in many ways, many important ways, he defined

i said, "let's get on the air. let's get on the air." there has been an attempt, as perhaps you know now, on the life of president kennedy. he was wounded in an automobile driving from dallas airport into downtown dallas. i was suffering the same thing the people were. "this can't happen. my god." their condition is as yet unknown. and when you finally had to say, "it's official, the president is dead"-- pretty tough words in a situation like that. they were hard to come by. from dallas, texas, the flash, apparently official: president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. vice-president lyndon johnson has left the hospital in dallas. but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably, he will be taking the oath of office shortly, and become the 36th president of the united states. >> he had to take a moment, take off his glasses. when that happens, you realize a whole nation can't speak. >> he suffered and he pulled it right back. it was, simultaneously, "oh, heaven, what

that is a dividing line, not so much between the warm and cooler air, but the dry and humid air. we will get into that tomorrow night and the chance for a thunderstorm and we really could use some rain. it's been dry around here for a couple of weeks now. put a 30% mark on it tomorrow and on thursday. a better chance for rain friday and saturday. so hopefully you'll get a little something at your house as you head into the weekend. look at the temperatures, low to mid 80s over the weekend. so ten days, maybe two weeks out, i don't see any change to this weather pattern. no big heat waves on the horizon. >> fingers crossed. we know it's coming at some point. >> probably in august. >> right when training camp is. >> i know what you are getting at. >> we are talking all star game. >> yeah, it's a big baseball game and for one national, it's darn exciting. ahead in sports, he is only 24, but tonight ryan zimmerman accomplishes every little kid's fantasy. the nationals third baseman made his all star debut. why his new manager means business and serena williams graces the hometown team

sheafer told us cronkite was the same way off the air as well as on the air. >> he was. no, but let me tell you one thing that when i became co-anchor and i actually sat in half of his chair, as co-anchor of the evening news he called me up in his way with that memorable voice, connie, he said, i have one bit of advice for you. he said, be yourself. and that was key. because he was himself. >> his voice, of course, has provided the lead-in every night to katie couric, which cbs will end that in the wake of his death. you were lead correspondent at cbs during watergate, nixon white house put a lot of pressure on the media. >> especially on cbs. >> especially on cbs. how did cronkite deal with that? >> well, cronkite talked to us one day back in object 1972 and at that point the watergate story was basically a newspaper story, starting with "the washington post." and he decided that television had to make its bow on this, he gave orders to have several correspondents, including myself, take -- use a lot of information which we got from the newspapers but going to put it in

the air is really dry. throughout the day tomorrow the heat will build back in, but it looks like the committee holds off for another day. >>> new at 11, a family and friends hold a vigil remembering a staffer for jack evans'. the sikh deschaine was found in the water at baltimore's inner harbor. there was a candlelight vigil in logan circle. they say he had been drinking with friends before falling into the water. they believe his death was an accident. >>> bernie madoff is spending his first night in his new home. madoff arrived at the security prison in north carolina. he was transferred from a facility in manhattan. experts say his age, declining health, and the fact he could be targeted by inmates in other facilities are the reasons for his transfer to butler. >>> 376 of questions that sonia sotomayor faced today. >> people who watched the hearings say the questioning was tough, but the judge more than held her own. >> i do not base my judgments on my personal experiences or my feelings or my by cs. >>

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the cool air moving in from canada. for the weekend as the jet stream takes a tilt to the north. that will allow the warm air moving into our region in the mid-to upper 80s for saturday and sunday. we will be looking warmer and more humid and summer-like for sure. get the northeast component, the high pressure center and that will be replaced by a southwesterly flow and that is what will warm us with the warm front at the surface. the northeast at 3 miles an hour. 53 is our dew point. that is rather low and means that it will be a comfortable day today as temperatures climb into the low 80s. 66 in salisbury and 64 in hagerstown. out in oakland, cooler still at 59 degrees and the temperatures will be a bit cooler than average. the average this time of year around 87. instead we will be around 79 degrees for the eastern shore today with a mix of sun and clouds and east wind at 5-15 miles an hour. in the central part of the state a little bit warmer 82 degrees for high. again with the low humidity feeling very good with a m

the hot air is below average even in the southwest. 98 degrees in el paso. we are going to get warmer temperatures, but it will be in the weekend and it will be brief. it is a temporary visitor. a few clouds we will see. i pressure is building over the ohio valley. in return to heat and humidity for the weekend. high pressure will bring in a dry flow of air. lots of sunshine in the next couple of days. we will warm up a bit on friday. up to 65 degrees in the morning. 76 at midday. check out the next seven days. we will see an increase of temperatures late in the week. upper 80's with isolated thunderstorms. cooler by early next week. >>> lance armstrong? amazing. >> he even shocks himself. after finishing stage four, armstrong said his comeback would be a lot easier than it has been. he is making it look easy after being at a competition for three years. today he kicks into another gear. he is just behind the leader. >> the most important thing is that we want -- we won a stage. before the day, i told alberto we would like to win, but it is important we take

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and the tape on the air and the still pictures on the air and integrating all of this. they do an exceedingly good--a marvelous job of it in the little bit of time they have to organize it. but to me, that isn't putting out a newspaper. with the newspaper, it just seemed to me that the news department was in control throughout the process. the people who did everything were so keenly part of the process, rather than sitting in some kind of isolated splendor over here in the television, an assignment editor, for instance, who might not be able to write his name or her name, but was good at deciding who should go on what stories and--and made those decisions. i--oh, i don't know, a communications head that was in charge of being sure that the lines were in from wherever the guy was going or the woman reporter was going, that kind of specialist. in the old newspaper days, it seemed to me, everybody was a writer, a reporter; they just happened to be on rewrite that day or they happened be on makeup that day. you were close to the whole production. when the doors swung open t

bill: president obama meets with the pope tomorrow and the pay grade comment is in the air. we will preview a secular president versus a strongly pro life pontiff. >> ever since i was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. bill: the real heart break on the michael jackson front is for his children. geraldo rivera is following that story. >> president obama is in russia and we know this because sarah palin says she can see him from her house. [ laughter ] >> a lot of us are still mourning the loss of one of america's most entertaining figures who left us all too soon. don't worry, folks, sarah palin will be back. bill: and the mocking of sarah palin continues. when will americans say enough is enough? >> insiders believe she hopes to be the next octomom but i don't know. bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. god, global warming, and presi

when dew points are this low, the air is comfortable. those numbers will climb over the next few days. a few clouds heading over head today. and temperatures climbing into the mid-80s. and then it looks like moisture will start to push back in the area for the workweek. and we do believe the changes will be bringing showers and storms, and we will give you all the details. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we bin with the developing story. the shootinedhaenthppn ie 2000th block. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, it sounds like a young man attending a party in the residential area of sterling was shot and later died. that's the corner house there that he was attending the party. and there was an argument outside. and you can see deputies still on the scene out here. and there was an argument in the street here. and police were called and they found the victim in the backyard of that home. >> we just lost michael flynn's live shot. he was reporting about a shooting in lin erstnger him later in th dct.as>> st> then we have another an y. or a wom

now reaction to the banned air force flyover and the global warming chaos. joining us from new orleans warren valentine. and from los angeles leslie marshal. both are nationally syndicated radio talk show hosts and fans of barack obama. leslie, let's begin with you. have you noticed the growing secular in america? >> i would have to say it's definitely a change from the administration. i number one being a liberal democrat who voted for this guy i like it. i voted for a sprafings church and stayed. our state is complied of various religions and i for one as i believe the majority of voters did not elect barack obama for him to go to church, for him to pick a church or for him to be religious for him to get the country back on track economically. bill: every year the people of idaho has a festival god and country. the air force out of respect for idaho they spent a couple planes over and everybody waves the flag. you can't do that under president obama. no way can you do that that's just dumb, leslie. leslie. you know it's dumb. come clean. >> i don't think i

it removes carbon dioxide from the air. cassady and marshburn will take the fifth and final space walk of this mission before "endeavour" undocks on tuesday. >>> now, here's a look at other stories making news "early today" in america. >>> security cameras captured a bizarre robbery in massachusetts of a hammer-wielding bandit. he was able to get $100 from the register. his getaway car was waiting outside, but cops did arrest him at a nearby intersection. they discovered the suspect's brother is mayor of the neighboring town. >>> some beachside residents in florida got an up-close view of a large water spout there. viewers sent in this video of this twisting funnel cloud. a separate tornado swept through the area causing major damage to over 60 homes. >>> a colorado resident is lucky to be alive after a base jump that nearly killed hill. he has jumped over 200 times but in his last attempt last week he waited too long to open his chute. remarkably he did survive without breaking any bones. the thrill seeker said he definitel

that's the air we will have here. looking at the forecast, mostly sunny skies. the air is sinking, keeping us nice and warm and that means temperatures around 85 degrees. up to new york city, if that is where you are heading 83. boston 79. if you are heading south running in to rain around raleigh, 85 and to the west, detroit around 80 for them. let me show you the seven-day forecast. i always wait for those chimes and it looks gorgeous. i know. i hear you. what's the deal with sunday. my thought is this, if we can have five days rain-free, does it really matter if it rains on sunday? don't throw your shoe at me. i am going to say doesn't matter. hope you enjoy it. when we come back, how you can save money with group buying. you will learn all about it next. you are watching 9 news watching 9 news now. having the right tools is crucial to being able to manage your diabetes properly. it's very important for me to uh check my blood sugar before i go on stage. being on when i'm feeling low can be like a rollercoaster. it does at times feel like my body is telling m

on capitol hill, as vacation beckons, and after a number of legal efforts, we finally get to see the air force i flyover that panicked manhattan. all that, plus the all-star panel and the friday lightning round, right here, right now. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. after a lot of lonely weekends, car dealers around the country are bracing for impact tonight. a government program designed to spark sales and get gas guzzlers off the road is getting a high octane reception from the public. now, white house correspondent wendell goler reports the president is looking for more fuel for this program, despite critics who say this is bad for the country's economic engine. >> who would have thought weeks after two of detroit's big three emerged from bankruptcy some auto dealers would be worried about too much business? >> we have been as bis busy as we have been in years with this program. some dealers have run out of inventory. >> it is the going to be the best weekend the auto industry has seen in 100 years. the cash for clunkers program has been so successful, some dealers sold more th

the future of t.a.c. airhe united states likely does reside in the f-35 and not with the f-22. even if we keep buying f-22's, it will never match the number of f-35's that we will eventually buy. everyone hopes, as i do, that the f-35 succeeds. but as the chair and the ranking member of the armed services committee themselves have stated, there is a good deal of risk in the f-35 program. and as risk, additional risk, what we need to put in place today when it comes to the lives of our men and women who are fighting our conflicts and who are flying these airplanes, the history of defense programs and aviation programs, in particular, has been remarkably consistent, particularly when it comes to building programs that represent a leap in technology. they cost more, they take longer, and they have more problems than we expect. g.a.o. has criticized the f-35 approach. and they, as well as the leadership of our committee, has state that had not p-frpbg sufficient development testing before we proceed to procuremen

we'll continue to pull all of the air off of the ocean aing moisture. wednesday this storm gets out of here but there's another one for thursday. all of that coming up in the forecast. >>> thank you. a string of church burglaries, three churches were broken into this weekend alone. how one church leader is taking her message to the people. >> reporter: police have unanswered questions about the church break-ins but they believe the motive was fast cash. >> reporter: the senior pastor at the methodist church addresses a shocked congregation, it was one of the three broken into over the weekend. >> the robbers came through the window. >> reporter: someone pry open the windows of two other churches, they're located a couple miles a part. >> three in one night in close proximity, that's not something we normally have. >> reporter: they ransacked each one. >> everything was pull out. all papers piled up on top of the dressers, papers on the floor. >> reporter: after trashing the room, the thieves stole a heavy safe, the safe was empty. but they found an enve

for the time being, you only have two sort of c 130s, that you control the 17th air force at this point. what are some of the other capabilitys that your air force needs, whether in terms of training aircraft, transport aircraft, strike aircraft, and even c4 isr, commanding control unmanned air vehicles. >> we have the spectrum of specialties that we need to support whatever we're doing on the continent. now, we do have two aircraft that we brought forward, but we actually give great support from other commands, like u.s. transportation command, european command, where they will send aircraft to support whatever might be going on in the continent. for example, i know that you know the president just passed through there, and we use c17 from us transportation command and air mobility command to support that effort. when we work with militarys in other countries, we require the spectrum. it can be instructors, it can be maintenance personnel, air traffic controllers, so we really do need the entire spectrum of specialties that we reach in and borrow. >> well, going to that point about tra

the f-22 is the nascar racer of this air dominance team. fast and unseen, the raptor will punch a hole in the enemy's defenses, quickly dispatching any challenger in the air and striking at the most important ground targets. the joint strike fighter is the rugged s.u.v. of the team. impressive but not asthma move toable or capable of sustained supersonic speeds. the f-35 will exploit the hole opened by the f-22 and attack additional targets and directly support our ground forces. this is not to say that the f-35 wais not a highly capable stealy aircraft, but the f-35's role is to supplement the f-22, not substitute for it. only by utilizing the strengths of both aircraft do we ensure air dominance for the next 40 years. fact number six, our allies recognize the critical capabilities of the f-22 and are eager to purchase the aircraft. this is one of the most compelling reasons for purchasing additional numbers of f-22's. the japanese and australian governments have consistently approached our government about purchasing the raptor for themsel

and then later on he talks about the f-22. air superiority missile defense, to areas where the budget has attracted the most criticism provide case studies. let me start with controversy over the f-22 fighter jet. we had to consider preparing for potential conventional state on state conflict what is the right mix of the most advanced fighter aircraft and other weapons to deal with the known projected threats to the u.s. air supremacy for example we now have on an aerial vehicles that can simultaneously perform intelligence reconnaissance etc. and the president's budget would buy 48 of the most advanced uav speed we also took into consideration the capability of the newest and combat aircraft program the stealth of 35 joined strike fighter, f35 is ten to 15 years knew were than the f-22 and he goes on to say about how important the f35 days and then says the f-22 is clearly a capability we need. and it silver bullet solution for one or two potential scenarios. specifically the defeat of a highly advanced enemy fighter fleet. the f

>> reporter: in west port, people living in this block are concerned that the air they're breathing in their homes may be causing cancer. that's next on eyewitness news. . >>> is there more rain heading our way or will we end the week on a sunny note? that's coming up. >>> now, complete coverage . >>> cancer-causing chemicals discovered in the air of some houses after a toxic waste site was cleaned near by. susan collins reports some homes have not been tested. >> reporter: drums filled with toxic chemicals removed in 1981. $20,000 drained from leaking tank. it burned children playing in a mud pie outside. >> they were burning and got burn on their legs and their feet, because they were running through the mud. >> reporter: the state discovered they didn't do the job to protect people here. toxic chemicals in the area inside at least four homes. they're above what state and exposure can cause cancer over time. >> i would like them to clean up the air so these kids won't wind up with problems. >> drums filled with toxic chemicals were store and at the other en, that's where the chemical

the wing. we are allowed rush of air. we looked back. part of the inside was trying to pull out. >> i started feeling a little bit of light and it appeared -- a little light-headed. we tried to put on our masks. we saw a skylight shunning for the plane. >> several passengers took pictures of the damage. they is private -- described the situation as surreal. with the danger over, passengers had nothing but praise for the pilot and the crew appeared >> as soon as we touched down and got to the airport in west virginia, everybody cheered the captain. some gave him hugs. >> i think we need to value them far more than what we do. it is very easy for us to begin to take things for granted. >> a lot of people are feeling grateful this morning. no one was injured in the emergency landing. the were about 200 airplanes in the fleet of southwest airlines that are 737's. there is no word as to what caused the damage. all plans are being inspected. -- planes are being inspected. >>> the grandson said his grandmother died of natural causes. his answer

john chancellor was on the air with david brinkley. think, a distinguished job to stay competitive. it was tough. they were the gold standard. you knew when the big story broke there was this inclination to go to cbs. you had to say, look over here for a moment. we've got something going on here, as well. the nice thing about walter was i hadn't been on the job too long and this super-heated environment when i met him at a white house correspondent dinner. he said, young man, we are keeping our eye on you at cbs. you are doing too well for nbc. he gave me a slap on the back. he wasn't patting me on the head, he took me from a colleague the moment we first met and i must say it grew into a nice friendship. it meant a lot to have that. >> tom, we are going to ask you to stand by and stay with us. we are going to continue our coverage and remembrances of walter cronkite with tom brokaw. cbs news announcing walter cronkite's death. announcer: here's ryan getting ready to make his approach... to the men's room. second announcer: looks like

i will try to be an artist that flies in the air. dave feldman, on vacation all week. you're stuck with me. many thanks for rich dunn. good night everybody. >> this has been geico sports extra.

feels more thick outside for the air. 80 degrees in hagerstown. 82 ocean city. people in the 70s this afternoon, only going to top out close to 80 degrees, winds are out of the east, and that's because of the storm we are dealing with, that is what is keeping the cooler ocean air on top of us. showers in to the ocean and moved through, breaks in the sunshine farther west you go, we will be in and out of that, scattered showers and thunderstorms will fire up, it's going to come from the same storm system. some of it hanging off to the south, which will move to the north. not a guarantee with this one. another one follows. the next one is going to come our way on thursday. this one out here to the west, scattered showers and storms, once again with it as it moves in. before we get to thursday, in between today and thursday, since both storms are so close, there is a chance for showers and storms popping up during the day tomorrow. it's that our chances go up once again when we have the next storm, chance for a somehow i or thunderstorm is out there. 80 for the high