u.s. air force and the air force secretary and i couldn't help but look around at the people i was traveling with in northeast, visiting -- the middle east, and visiting u.s. bases there, the air force secretary is a woman, her exec officer is an african-american lieutenant colonel, their guard is a latino american. the chief of the air force command in qatar is ameanan. he deputy is -- his chief of intel is yang. that's the real america, made it great. having a president who appreciates that, i think is very, very important. we are who we are because we can make out of many into one, and the middle east is what it is today, is because they can't make out of many, one. >> host: is it as a columnist, is it tough to resist what is going on at the white house? >> guest: very good question. we see behavior that is so egregious. never had a president who locked at a enemy mon straights of white supremacists and neo-nazis and said there's good people on both sides. so, it's hard to resist writing about these kinds of excesses. at the same time i do not want to look bat four years from now and say

u.s. air force base in the japanese city of. a so called friendship day at the young guitar u.s. air force base outside tokyo attracting literally tens of thousands of people coming to see the military. for many people here there is no clear a symbol of the strength of the alliance between japan and the united states especially given the current tension levels with north korea many people here believing that the way forward is to stick with that alliance including of course the prime minister shinzo who has made a point of fostering a close relationship with donald trump often exchanging phone calls after each missile launch or nuclear test and of course with the possibility that the united states might be planning some sort of unilateral military intervention there is never been a more important time to keep channels of communication open between tokyo and washington but there is also some i disquiet some concern amongst critics of shinto abhi that possibly japan is following too close an alliance with the united states given the inconsistency is in the u.s. policy at times claim

u.s. air force. he participated in an air fleet demonstration at the base and talked about threats to the united states. his remarks are 20 minutes. ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, i want to thank the brave men and women who wear the noble uniform of the u.s. air force for having us here today. i had the privilege to visit with some of your wonderful children at the youth center here on base. i enjoyed our time together getting to know them and want to thank everyone who helped make this visit possible. every child whose parent serves in our great military should be enormously proud because your mom or dad is a true american hero. in the wake of two devastating hurricanes the world has witnessed your courage and compassion and you have made every american proud. americans have trust in the united states air force because we know you will never quit. you will never yield, and you will never fail. we know that we are free because you are brave. i know i speak on behalf of myself and my husband when i tell you w

u.s. air force bomb is a flow near the coast of north korea in a show of force and warplanes took off from the u.s. territory of guam and was courted by fighter jets based in the american military base in okinawa they flew over the what is east of north korea the closest they've got to the demilitarized zone in the twenty first century. i want to now speak to scott snyder director of the program on u.s. korea policy at the council on foreign relations and author of south korea across rice he joins me live from washington d.c. and it certainly feels as though where what could be a significant crossroads now can i start by getting your thoughts your analysis on the comments from the north korean foreign minister and how much of an escalation this could be in the war of words between washington and pyongyang. i think the escalation in verbal e. has really reached a boiling point it was inevitable that the north korean foreign minister would have to respond in kind to the statements that president shrunk made and i think that he did that pretty dramatically in the initial remarks that he made

u.s. air force academy where the commanders response was shared across the country. >> reporter: at one of america's premium year service lesson in air force academy summoning 4,000 cadets after five black students at the prep school found the word go home and a racial slur on their doors. >> this is our institution and no one can take away our values. >> reporter: imploring his students not to be tone deaf. like charlottesville, the protests in the nfl, we should talk about the issues. >> reporter: among the students. >> the real victim is the person raised with that kind of hatred. american should boycott hate. >> the fact we come from all walks of live, all parts of the country, all races, all background, the power of that diversity comes together and makes use phones. i'm series. reach for your phones. so his words would be indelible. and use them and you remember them and share them and talk about them. if you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out. >> a message delivered loud and clear. peter alexander nbc news washington. >> comedyian dave shap elno longer has a

secretary i mean it's crazy plus when you look at the cost of these things tax but i mean the air force first of all the u.s. air force that he was requesting cost about twenty five thousand dollars an hour to run if you don't know how much those things cost that's why private jets are spread so it's not buying them it's running them so yeah so they want about twenty five thousand dollars an hour and keep that into the average u.s. salary is fifty thousand dollars so there's this completely out of touch i mean as much as we can all say you know hillary was out of touch with working america i think there's a lot of administration officials that all star out of touch with her with a little bit about reality of who their. basis as well because that doesn't look good to your base that's exactly why they didn't like it remember that you like which turned out to be somewhat falls with numbers like what i was like a billion dollars on a vacation and you were like no it was really like two million but you still when she. thought of only two million one normal or devoted. family now is a little out of touch with rea

u.s. air force b. one b. bombers flew further north along the korean coast than ever before the century the pentagon described the flight in international air space as a show of resolve and the military options at hand on friday trump said no one has the right to threaten the u.s. rocket man should have been handled a long time ago the we're going to do it. because we really have no choice we really have no choice. at the u.n. north korea's foreign minister defended his country's nuclear program as a necessary response to u.s. aggression. the only response to violence is violence we will oppose the nuclear weapons of terror any with a nuclear weapons of justice. also had harsh words for china and russia he accused the nuclear powers of offering irresponsible support for the us with the economic sanctions hitting ordinary north koreans hard. he said these powers only want to defend their monopoly on nuclear weapons. meanwhile of two hundred thousand people joined an anti american rally in the north korean capi

u.s. air force last month on osan air base in south korea. witnessing some of the u.s. military's most advanced war planes. >> layser to target line. 265 to 295. >> we are given a unique look into the front lines flying on the back of the f-16. >> we're going to get approval the move closer. >> approval hard to come by. we are finally cleared into the area known as the p-518. the p-prohibited, a highly restricted space between the two koreas. >> so how far are we? >> right now, 10 miles. >> and that's as close as you can get? >> that's as close as we can get. >> so we're not really in a war zone but it can happen at any time. >> that's our mission. we like the say that we're ready to fight tonight. >> back on the ground. i spoke to captain daniels and his fellow pilot major graham weller who told me all these preparations are in fact on avoid war. >> the best way to prevent a war is to make sure the north korean regime knows if they were to initiate a conflict on this peninsula, they would lose as quickly. >> if ultimately our effort to did heter then phase, then we're

u.s. air force bombers have flown near the coast of north korea in a show of force the war planes took off from the u.s. territory of guam and were scored by fighter jets based in the american military base in okinawa they flew over waters east of north korea the closest they've got to the demilitarized zone in the twenty first century diplomatic editor james bays has more. that's what was going to foreign ministers during the week here and they are worried they're worried because this is a war of words that continues to rampart this is they would say dangerous rhetoric if there was any sort of miscalculation at this stage then it could lead to some sort of military action you've mentioned those u.s. planes that were flying the jet some bombers that were flying off the coast of north korea how north korea could have responded to that if it were thought it was under imminent attack at the same time as we have words like this i think it's important the part of the speech that you quoted mark quite like to get one of our colleagues at al-jazeera who speaks korean to look at the korean origina

u.s. air force and air force secretary and i really could not help but look around at the people i was traveling within the middle east as we visited us airbases that our air force chief of eastern european jewish just that. executive officer is african-american lieutenant colonel, their guard in latina. chief of the air force command is lebanese-american.he chief of intel was namedan yang. that is the real america a presw and that's what made us great and having a president who appreciates that is very important. we are who we are because we can make out of many into one and the middle east is what it is today because they can't make out of many one. host: is it as a columnist is it tough to resist what's going on at the white house? guest: good question. on the one hand, we see behavior that is so egregious. we've never had a president who has looked dead a demonstration of white supremacy neo-nazis and opponents and said there are good people on both sides so it's hard to resist writing about these. at the same time, i don't want to look back four years from now is eight i only wrote about do

u.s. air force b. one b. bombers flew further north along the korean coast than ever before this century the pentagon described the flight in international airspace as a show of resolve and the military options at hand. for north korea all the more reason to pursue its nuclear program at the un foreign minister read defended it as the necessary answer to us aggression. the only response to violence is violence we will oppose the nuclear weapons of terror any with a nuclear weapons of justice. president trump took to twitter in response to reason dress writing that really a north korean leader kim jong un whom trump calls little rocket man won't be around much longer trump didn't spell out the substance of this threat. at the u.n. really also had harsh words for china and russia he accused the nuclear powers of offering irresponsible support for the u.s. with the economic sanctions hitting ordinary north koreans hard. these powers only want to defend their monopoly on nuclear weapons. meanwhile up to one hundr

u.s. air force sending additional aircraft to puerto rico and the u.s. ramp up relief missions. >> the biggest challenge is getting emergency supplies in and people out. only ten commercial flights are landing a day on the island. planes are departing with some empty seats partly because damaged equipment is slowing tsa screenings. we're live at the airport and we've been hearing from passengers there who just want to get out. they have family in the united states, mainland, united states. they want to go home to friends and family or find someplace safe and they're stuck in the airport with not a lot of resources and no air conditioning. >> reporter: that's right. some of them are actually people that live in the mainland united states that are on vacation just trying to get home. there's a lot of frustration here. this is the largest airport in puerto rico and people have been coming here since shortly after the hurricane trying to get off the island. they're desperate not only for vital resources like food and potable water, much of the island is stil

u.s. air force bombers over waters east of north korea. ed, this is from guam along with air force eagle fighter escorts from japan. the fartherest north that any had flown off the coast in the 21st century. in statement saying this is a mission is a demonstration of u.s. resolve and a clear message that the president does have military options. they threatened that north korea could launch a hydrogen bomb over the pacific. we don't know if they have the capability to do that. these threats are getting very specific and very targeted against the u.s. u.s. military might will be victorious here and north korea would be on a suicide mission. >> this report coming minutes away just before we're expecting to hear in north korea's foreign minister at the u.n. we don't know what that message is going to be. one has to wonder if this air force b-1 bomber mission is to get a better view of that seismic activity or if it would potentially be one in which to intercept this hydrogen bomb if it were to happen over the pacific or if it was a show of for

u.s. air force made a show of force to north korea. this has -- as nuclear tensions continue to grow. bombers flew in international airspace and other u.s. fighter or bomber has learned that far north of the corian this century. moments after the flight north korea's foreign minister spoke at the united nations calling resident trump the greatest threat to international peace. he also says the u.s. will pay dearly. >>> the death toll from this week's earthquake has climbed to 305 in mexico. the earthquake shook the country suspending rescue efforts.>> in the heart of mexico city surprise -- supplies are being managed by anyone who can. >> it is a medeplnt oysent out lieutenant a firefighter from the boston area and helping an overnight effort to help save someone.>> given the fact that a live victim was pulled off the pile earlier the day gave us a lot of will to keep going. >> a small aftershock shifted the building and they had to stop. >> unfortunately the clock ran out for us. when there is a glimmer of hope come it affects you.>> stories like this are playing out across the city a

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force with the u.s. on how to stop him there's a split u.s. president donald trump talking to troops on the seventieth anniversary of the u.s. air force suggests they could have a role. after seeing your tape recorders and cabinet here today i want us to them to know that our. existing system and i both distract us. from our president donald trump already said sanctions passed by the united nations security council on monday were nothing compared to what will have to happen but others including his ambassador to the united nations stressed sanctions any time we have strangled their economic situation at this point that's going to take a little bit of time but it has already started to take effect the united nations security council met again on friday and condemned the latest launch but there was no suggestion in their statement of further sanctions and from china a renewed call for talks with the year of a delusion also calls for reopening dialogue every job in the issue of consultations the regulations should be implemented comprehensive lee but south korea no longer wants dialogue in a big change in its position its president

u.s. air force personnel, he just says the u.s.as effective and overwhelming options against north korea. i'll speak with a republican congressman adam kensinger and senator ben cardin. and our specialists and guests are standing by with full coverage. first, to the london underground bombing, which has triggered a sweeping manhunt. we have two reports. cnn's matthew chance is in london. but we begin with cnn's brian todd. brian, what are you learning? >> reporter: london very much on edge tonight. british prime minister theresa may announced the threat level has been raised from severe to critical. that means that another attack may be imminent. we're getting new details tonight on the bomb itself, which, if it had detonated completely, would have brought much more carnage on that train. flames emanate from a crudely built bomb placed by the doorway inside a train in london's underground. officials say this ied sent more than two dozen people to the hospital with wounds like flash burns and singed air. witnesses say it caused a st

u.s. air force has carried out so-called flybys along north korea's coastline in a show of military force. try to insult. my country by referring it to a rocket by doing so however he committed an irreversible mistake of. rockets visit the entire u.s. mainland. all the more none other than trump himself on a suicide mission on donald trump has also suggested iran is working with north korea but given no evidence to support his claim trump has taken to twitter on saturday to criticize the twenty fifteen nuclear deal with iran is also a lot of the agreement at the u.n. general assembly earlier in the week to iran launched a missile test in response to the u.n. address iran says the missile is meant for defense and retaliation. another earthquake has sent mexicans running back into the streets southern parts of the country was shaken by a six point two magnitude quake on saturday but no new damage has been reported in the capital the aftershock is a setback for rescue efforts following choose days quake that killed at least three hundred people. reports before dawn the sight of an ambulance g

u.s. air force lance bombers and fighter jets flew off the coast of south korea saturday.orth than any american planes have gone in decades. >> we're really at a dangerous point. but the likelihood of direct confrontation is probably not that high. that's not the way north korea operates. >> kim jong-un threatened to detonate a bomb over the pacific ocean as his own show of strength. stephanie ramos, nbc news, washington. >> san francisco police shot and killed man they say held his wife and two young children hostage. abc 7 news was at the apartment on salmon street just off pacific avenue and knob hill, which is still roped off right now. that's where police say a domestic violence incident started around 11:30 last night. two shots were fired inside that apartment. >> hol hostage negotiators tried to get the man out. police say the suspect fired the second shot. police went inside the apartment to rescue hostages and ended up shooting the man. wife and children were not hurt. >> nerves are on edge for thousands of employees of san francisco based company tonight. wells

force with the u.s. on how to stop him there's a split u.s. president donald trump talking to troops on the seventieth anniversary of the u.s. air force suggests they could have a role. after seeing your capabilities and commitment here today i want to ask you then to know that our. units listing just to read our posts thank you. president donald trump already said sanctions passed by the united nations security council on monday were nothing compared to what will have to happen but others including his ambassador to the united nations stressed sanctions any time we have strangled their economic situation at this point that's going to take a little bit of time but it has already started to take effect the united nations security council met again on friday and condemned the latest launch but there was no suggestion in their statement of further sanctions and from china a renewed call for talks with the year of age allusion also calls for reopening dialogue every job in the issue of consultations the regulations should be implemented comprehensive lee but south korea no longer wants dialogue in a big change in its position its pr

u.s. air force u.s. army green call you've got a whole lot of u.k. if. you can even go through the list is so long i encourage our viewers to go look there are here in a sense how much money they give you're going to get website have a look at it let me go to scott here you go hey you know what i should this now we have to have equal time here ok i mean go back to scott in tampa you know scott i agree with you r.t. and sputnik and other. alternative media i think it's fair to say we are breaking this monopoly but the content they say oh they were against fracking and they or they they covered occupy wall street and oh my goodness they actually had a third party debate i mean if you look at public opinion polls that's what our t. broadcast is exactly where public opinion is in the united states ok but the monopoly media they will they will allow their monopoly to be broken and when someone does it that's when you get in trouble you get in political trouble ok and that's what they're afraid of go ahead scott well that's exactly what i mean when you look at

u.s. air force b-1 bombers and fighter escorts like these, flew further north over international waters than at any time in almost 20 years. >> and we can't have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place. >> reporter: competing rhetoric continued too. in alabama friday night, the president said he contained kim jong-un's nuclear threats. >> little rocket man. we're going to do it. because we really have no choice. >> reporter: today at the united nations, north korean's foreign minister lashed out, calling president trump mentally deranged, claiming the president's insults make a rocket attack on the u.s. mainland more inevitable. escalating words, experts call dangerous. >> the more he belittles kim jong-un on a world stage, the more kim jong-un has to respond, to show that he won't be disrespected and he won't be underestimated. and he won't be intimidated. >> reporter: still, another military display, this time in iran, where the revolutionary guard unveiled a new ballistic missile, capable of reaching israel. >> this latest test sends a strong signal from president trump stra

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u.s. air force for having us here today.to visit with some of your wonderful children at the youth center here on base. i enjoy our time together, getting to know them and want to thank everyone who helped make this visit possible. every child whose parents serves in our great military should be enormously proud because your mom or dad is a true american hero. in the wake of two devastating hurricanes, the world has witnessed your courage and compassion. you have made every american proud. americans have trust in the united states air force because we know you will never quit. you will never yield and you will never fail. we know that we are free because you are brave. i know i speak on behalf of myself and my husband when i tell you, we are grateful for your service. i also want to take a moment to recognize the families of those that serve. you endured the time

u.s. air force. b. one b. lonesome which has been a school to buy fighter jets close to the north korean border clasen has done this century apparently i know they have done that before but what do you make of this latest. well the united states has persisted in trying to use these shows of force as a way of signaling to kim jong un that he's moving in the wrong direction and clearly the north koreans are rejecting the idea that they're going to succumb to pressure and so we probably need to supplement that with other channels and i think diplomacy is one channel that has not yet been exhausted likewise the economic sanctions route all right scott snyder good to talk to you appreciate very much that analysis of this speech we just heard from. the foreign minister of north korea scott snyder told us there from washington d.c. yes we've heard finally now from the foreign minister of north korea who took to the podium at the u.n. general assembly saying that he north korea would take merciless preventative action

u.s. air force called flybys along the north coast line in a show of military force. campaigning has closed ahead of sunday's general election in germany polls suggested chancellor angela merkel will easily win a fourth time in sunday's election but a third of voters are still undecided feeling on about what kind of coalition could emerge from the vote. i knew six point two magnitude earthquake has sent mexicans running back into the streets on saturday morning no new damage has been reported in the capital but rescue efforts have been affected by the aftershocks at least three hundred people have died in tuesday's earthquake. ok let's go back to our top stories now the tension surrounding north korea and its missile program and those speeches of course by the by north korea's foreign minister and the united nations general assembly cathy novak's in the south korean capital seoul she's been gauging reaction to the latest rhetoric kathy give us some indication of how this is affecting the level of tension there. well it's just raising it rob this really caps off a week

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u.s. air defenses the u.s. air force 1947 we only had a airforce since 1954 and the imperial army did have components that is the first time to have an air thrce in japan. 1945 it was the end of world war two in the end of the air force. we only had that for a short period of time. so 35 years since the air force was set up so to have an organization we need to keep in mind that so whatki sort of rolled should they have? basically, it is to support operations on the ground. there are many different discussions about this and ideas, perhaps the air forcece should be more independent with their own when the or operations.ed durin and this was tried during the persian gulf war. to get so that does give a historical perspective because the we are of using perspective what the airforce should do.self-def and the air self-defense forces what do we need to do? as far as the southwest asian islands to enhance our deterrence the self-defense forces especially that deterrent defect with that idea to have strategic nuclear weapons

u.s. air force b. one b. lancer bombers over international waters. east of north korea on saturday before he spoke in what the pentagon is calling a show of force the pentagon said demonstrated the range of military options available to president donald trump. stick meat nest hornets meet grown up children lost in their g.i. joe daydreams of hubris that could put us all in harm's way which is why we need to always be yes you guessed it watching the hawks. i got. please. please please please please. please please. call the watcher the hard science i robot and on top of the wallace. of course here we are again don't poke the bear.

u.s. air force b1b lancer bombers escorted by fighter jets flew into air space east of north korea today. as a shoaf show of force. the act demonstrated the range of military options available to the u.s. and president trump. the flight is the farthest north of the demilitarized zone that any bomber aircraft has flown off north korea's coast in the 21st century. >>> iran has tested a ballistic missile that can carry multiple war heads. state runnemede ya' ran video of the test. they tell us the weapon was displayed at a military parade on friday. the test is likely to raise concerns in washington and could lead to more sanctions against iran for violating un resolutions. >>> federal authorities have told pennsylvania officials that russian hackers unsuccessfully tried to access its election systems. this happened before the presidential election. a spokesman for governor wolf says pennsylvania was one of the 21 states targeted by russians. authorities say there is no evidence the election system was breached. >>> stay with us everyone. still ahead on "eyewitness news," some local heroes ar

u.s. air force bombers buzzedh no rtcome to the demilitarized zone in a century. the north threatened to test a hydrogen bomb in the pacific. korea... >>> several european countries are now talking about skipping the winter olympics in south korea due to tension with the north. the games take place in february about 50 miles south of the dmz. and now germany and austria might stay away if the nuclear crisis continues to escalate. the french said if this gets worse and don't have security assured, then our french team will stay here. we'll not put our team in danger. meanwhile iran tested a new ballistic missile that the country says is capable of carrying multiple war heads. it was launched from an unknown location today just a few hours after being unveiled in a military parade. the media claims the missile can fly more than 1200 miles. >>> tonight the death toll from tuesday's earthquake in mexico continues to climb. today the country was rattled again by a 6.1 aftershock. here's how the new quake is impacting rescue efforts. >>> >> reporter: a series of aftersh

air base in. the operation to force the terrorists out of the city reaches its final phase. of the u.s. meets president we'll look at the challenges the diplomats will face. and germany's foreign minister. could be lifted the troops. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our thomas have with us now the syrian army says it has broken islamic states blockade of an air base in the city of. the syrian army managed to break the siege over the military airports here in de desert but let me fantasize something that civilians and syrians all over syria are so had be and they consider it as a moment of triumph on the way to defeat as a leader over this this this soil of the country if you are talking about the military operations state run media reported today that the military operations started by the forces into cemetery in the south was the don't result link with forces holding the airplanes of the air boats. it's all to mention that this is of course the fairest meeting between these forces within nine months and what if their mission i have to mention that this comes onl

u.s. air force years later a former noble prize secretary even admitted to his frustration over obama's award the prize did not have the positive effect for obama there when i have hosed effect especially in the u.s. another contentious choice is the european union the bloc was rewarded with a nobel prize in twenty twelve for quote six decades of contributions to the advancement of peace and reconciliation democracy and human rights in europe the same year europe saw spike in terror attacks two hundred nineteen happened that year in the e.u. member states also in twenty twelve some european countries were engulfed in mass protests against the sterett emerges the bloc had imposed the same year the syrian rescue group the white helmet was nominated for their ward that's despite its members being alongside al nasra terrorists and even at execution sites the white helmet reputation was also in question after it stays the fake risk video taking part in a so-called money can challenge. nobel peace prize has you know historically sometimes been a political tool the committee that controls the nobel