the armed forces, the dod, veterans and their families. navy federal credit union. >> welcome back to "defense news." every year, the air force associationrantors -- gathers top officials for its symposium. we headed down to highlight some of the best technology we saw on the show floor. 21st-centuryuly helicopter, unlike anything in the military currently. it is built to partway 29 standards, very modern, robust standards, so it is very safe, very fast machine. it's performance is, helicopter out there, which is why we have then so successful initialsince its first capability deliveries in 2006. >> this aircraft have been doing that mission for 40 years. the people are doing a great job with the equipment they have, but it's time to replace it and we think what we have here is a good replacement for it. this is a modern helicopter, to the a step forward next generation of helicopter, and being able to use this helicopter, which was essentially designed about a decade ago and has been in production continuously over the last 10 years allows the air force to tap into that modern technology in order to apply it to these missions. >> smooth

the royal air force in romania. and the reconnaissance squadron and that shows a clear commitment. >> we associate ourselves with condolences of the prime minister and leader of the labor party. and after that. >> the prime minister promised before triggering article 50, and the agreement. >> last year the prime minister made the promise for the agreement for scotland, wales and northern ireland. and triggered article 50 and has done so without an agreement and no agreement. why has she broken her promise and broken her word? >> i have been very clear. the first of this, the first visit i made last july, developer uk wide approach. the uk approach was taken in negotiation, it would be the united kingdom government that took forward that position and i remind the right honorable gentlemen scotland is part of the united kingdom. >> the prime minister did not deny he would see the uk approach an agreement for northern ireland, there is no agreement. the british government was elected with a higher percentage of the vote with a bigger elect oral mandates. yesterday the scottish parliament voted 69-59 people in scotland should h

assets and give them to the air force and take ground assets and move them over to the army. , this actrine corps was so important because it was in this legislation and associated legislation that the marine corps was able to get these written into law. in 1952, an amendment wrote the marine corps's structure into law and said the marine corps will be three active divisions and three active air wings, and it made it hard for anyone to come along and shrink the marine corps. bill: if the marine corps had been so essential in world war ii, why were other branches looking to poach the resources and downsize the marine corps? nathan: it was all about efficiency. you heard the term unnecessary duplication used over and over again. we are talking about a time when budgets are tightening and people are looking and saying, maybe this could best be done, maybe we will put all of these air and ground assets together. also with the advent of nuclear weapons, there were people who said, we will never do an amphibious assault again because countries will have nuclear weapons and we could not mass our forces like that. those are some of the reasons. bill: you are here at the

. >> some developments in the fight against isis kurdish forces captured air base, this according to "associatedted 20 miles west of terror group's de facto capital of raqqa. located near syria's largest dam which may have sustained damage in that fighting. senior u.s. military officials say they are investigating a deadly airstrike in mosul that may leave 200 people dead. central command announcing it's looking whether u.s. was behind the strike last week. it comes as administration looks to wrap up drone strikes on isis despite number of civilian deaths at record highs. joining us cal perry. to help us put this in perspective, how many casualties when we say record highs. >> in mosul this month 1,000. that's from the u.n., u.s. say they are investigating. you're looking at video of the aftermath of a strike. in that one strike alone we're looking at potentially -- again, potentially, because we don't have confirmation on this, at least 200 civilians killed in one strike alone on that day. there were three strikes in total. we could see upwards of 350 civilians killed. western mosul and especia

the three u.s. service academies this year. according to the associated press, they were up at the naval academy and the military academy at west point. the air forcedemy saw a sharp drop. the a.p. says a separate, anonymous survey found sexual misconduct is actually rising at all three schools. and on wall street, stocks took the latest interest rate hike in stride. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 112 points to close at 20,950. the nasdaq rose 43 points, and the s&p 500 added nearly 20. still to come on the newshour: what lawmakers have and have not found in their ongoing russia investigation. a key u.s. ally, turkey, is set to decide whether its strongman president should have even broader power, and much more. >> woodruff: russia's role in last year's election, alleged contacts between the trump team and moscow, and president trump's allegation that he was "wiretapped" by his predecessor were front and center on capitol hill today. john yang reports. >> i don't think that there was an actual tap of trump tower. >> yang: leaders of the house intelligence committee cast fresh doubt today on president trump's claim that then- pres

district of ohio and who is president of the federal bar association for his achievements in piloting a special veterans court in dayton, ohio. with wright patterson air force base and dayton v.a. medical center both located in the dayton community and with a large number of vet reans side in my 10th congressional district, southwest ohio is a prime region for establishing a court that concentrates on veterans issues. judge newman's veterans court appears to be the first of its kind in ohio and aims to address an area of need in the miami valley, assisting military veteran who was been charged with relatively minor offenses to get their lives back on track. in many cases, treatment and strong guidance is a better course of action to remedy misdemeanor federal offenses than jail time which can lead to a cascade of negative unintended consequence such as difficulty in obtaining employment. thanks to judge newman's efforts to cooperate with the united states attorney's office and the federal public offenders office, veterans can receive treatment for mental health and substance abuse issues that would so often underpin these minor offenses rather that be sitti

the international franchise association. not everyone knows this but i was a small business owner myself between my time in the air force and coming to congress. in fact, i established a home building business in north texas from scratch. so i can understand where small businesses are coming from. for example, bob gibbons and his wife own a commercial real estate business in my hometown of plano, texas. they've had a tough time obtaining good, affordable health insurance, a problem that has gotten worse since obamacare. bob sums up this entire issue pretty well in two sentences and i quote him, why should someone's status as an employee give them preferential right to decent group health coverage? entrepreneurs are penalized when they start a small business because they can't get comparable coverage. bob's experience underscores the entire point behind small business health fairness act. mr. speaker, i'd like to submit bob's letter for the record along with letters from the cities of frisco, richardson and anna, in my district. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: thank you. and by allowing small busines

the association of computational language. he told a story of working at new mexico's kirtland air force weapons lab. >> a program for computinghese fields, for whatever reason, they were not in possession of the program who created it. it took hundreds of hours of cpu time to make a single run at this program, and my boss the lab gave me the job of figuring out how it worked and making a run faster. the style of the original program was very unpleasant. the first thing i did was rewrite the whole thing. after a while, i had a new program that produced the same answers as the old one, but about 100 times faster. then a strange thing happened. instead of running the old computations, the powers that be at the lab ran competitions that were 100 times bigger. i took this as an indication that one of the most important goals of government financed research is not so much to get answers as it is to consume the computer budget. [laughter] which has left me ever since with a jaundiced view of government finance research. amy: so that is one of the few times robert mercer has spoken publicly. in fact, jane mayer, you talk about at the

reports from the "associated press" sexual assault cases on rise at naval academy in annapolis, maryland, and the u.s. military academy at west point. the cases are not at the rise on the air force academy in colorado springs. but an anonymous report shows cases of sexual misconduct are increasing at all three institutions. this comes as the u.s. marines is dealing with the scandal of members, sharing nude photos of service women on social media. for the rise in sexual assault claims the pentagon says it could show people are more comfortable reporting the crime, which officials see as a positive trend. live at the satellite center, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: thank you, jeff. coming up next at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- find out who the department of justice is finding in the yahoo! breach. alison: and then a little bit later, liberty and justice plus one. a look inside the d.c. eagles nest that saw a lot of exciting activity to knock on wood.x larry: oh "7 on your side" was able to help with this call for action and get results. q: the verizon center opened opd the door early for heroes looking for assistance. i'll tell you about the ev credit karma? why are you checking you

air force base where he'll be court-martial on charges of desertion. >> 5:50 is the time. let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on associatee of the supreme court. democrats say they will use filibuster to delay judge neil gorsuch's path to becoming a supreme court justice. they believe he's a threat to civil evasive during his hearings. whatever the objections republicans who control the senate are expected to ensure that president trump's pick reaches the bench next month. >> also this morning, this photo is causing some controversy. a group of male lawmakers discussing healthcare but no women are in sight. on the thing that lawmakers were discussing, was one of the things that they were discussing was whether to the new new bill should mandate health insurance plans provide essential benefits including maternity services. many people took to twitter upset that a woman is not seen at the table discussing healthcare. president trump's social media director was yes ick to respond to the criticism byond y photo of the president and his vice president negotiating the healthcare bill. >> female friendly version. what would th

the army, air force and marine corps. ncis open add criminal investigation into the matter. >>> happening today, a national youth muslim group is hosting an event called meet a muslim day. promoting peace. muslim youth association is organizing the event and participants in cities nationwide will hold signs saying i'm muslim, ask me any questions. we posted a link with the details on ktvu.com just click on web lengths. >>> hundreds of muslims parade outside san francisco city hall to protest the revised travel been. the people who participated in yesterday's protests were mostly members of the yemeni committee. revised immigration executive order beens people from six predominantly muslim countries. marching to the federal building on market streets. >> we believe this is anti- american to other countries or to deem them as. >> i moved from the land of disaster to the land of hope. and this is the land of hope. of course i'm afraid. >> the protesters say nationals from the countries covered by the executive order has not been responsible for any deadly terrorist attack on american soil. >>> a national movement aimed at protecting immigrant employees from federal raids is gaining popularity. >> ktvu rob roth mov

the royal air force in relation to romania. with nato we deploy a battalion to estonia and squadron to poland and i think that shows our commitment to our collective security and defence. we associateity. last year, the prime minister promised before she would trigger article 50 on leaving the eu, she would secure auk on leaving the eu, she would secure a uk wide approach and agreement... last year the prime minister did make that promise and promised there would be agreement with the governments of scotland, wales and northern ireland before triggering article 50. the prime minister has now triggered article 50 and she has done so without an agreement. there is no agreement. why has she broken her promise and her word?” is no agreement. why has she broken her promise and her word? i have been clear throughout and since the first visit that i made as prime minister to edinburgh lastjuly, which was we would work with the devolved administrations and develop auk devolved administrations and develop a uk wide approach but in negotiations it would be a uk approach taken into the negotiations and it would be the united kingdom government that took forward that position and i would remin

then went to the air force and was the comptroller in the 1990s throughout the clinton administration and spent a number of years, various pursuits including running the comptrollers association of the united states in between those periods of government service. and then tm wright is sitting in the middle today. and tom is my colleague at brookings, one of the most outstanding young strategists and big picture thinkers in american foreign policy today. i may be biased because i like tom as well as a friend but i also think it's a fair comment. you'll all have the chance to evaluate for yourself not only this morning but when his new book comes out later this spring, "all measures short of war." "all measures short of war." and let's hope that's what we'll all be talking about today, and keeping the peace rather than fighting the next big war. but of course we are a nation in combat in the middle east in particular. and so we'll have a lot of specific issues with military operations to discuss. that's where retired general mike moeller will be helpful too. general moeller had a distinguished career in the u.s. air force as a bomber pilot, as a strategy and operations planner