and now it's happened to the president of the united states. air force one was on approach to land bradley international airport in hartford today when the pilot didn't like the weather he saw approaching the field, and now we get to hear what it sounded like over the radio between the tower and the preside president's 747. >> the tower then told another aircraft in the area what had just transpired. >> actually, the vip just missed approach so he's going to come back for another try. once he gets on the ground, i'm expecting 20 minutes to a half hour from now. >> the president, of course, landed just fine, or you would have heard to the contrary by now. he was exactly two minutes late, and as the calm, business-like tone of the radio transmissions indicates, nobody was ever in any danger. >>> as expected, congresswoman gabby giffords had surge ray today to replace a piece of her skull that was removed after she was shot in the head in january. it's a plastic, computer-generated instrument. she's recovering on schedule tonight in a hospital in houston. h

. >> my name is john thomas and i was lucky enough to be sent here in 1955 by the united states air force. once i got here, i did not want to leave and i'm very happy i'm still here. i'm also a resident of parkmerced. i have been there for 38 years. i would say without a doubt that the stellar management has really followed through on every project they made to us. the biggest improvement was the new elevators in all the high rises. that caused a lot of problems at the beginning. these are the things that happened. i think the best thing you can do is go with a stellar management and hope that everything comes out great. 20 years is a long time. thank you very much. supervisor mar: thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i represent carpenters' local 22. i would like to say that yes, parking is bad. you bet. traffic along 19th avenue is terrible. is there a need for housing? yes, there is. we can stand around and not do anything. if this were to happen -- a lot of people say this is a bad project 3 we could have another 100 meetings. where would that get us? if we did this on april 19, 1

he enlisted in the united states air force. and with a stellar enlisted career, he rose to the rank of master sergeant and from there he attended night school, ulet wail -- all the while raising a young family and he obtained his bachelor's degree. he was then selected to go to officer training school in 2000. he was given his most recent assignment as a foreign language professor at the air force academy in colorado springs, he taught spanish and french. as we discussed here. -- as we discussed here, the loss of one of our military men and women is felt throughout the family and major ambard was sur sprived not only by his wife linda, but he had phi children, alexander, timothy, joshua, patrick, his daughter emily, and mother and father and his sister diana. i know as they go into this week and the coming months and years, they'll mourn the loss of their father, their son, their brother, their husband and i just want major anbard's family to know we are grateful for his service, we are grateful for the sacrifice he gave to his

united states army. captain morgan singer of the united states army. captain david silver of the united states air forcey. and first lieutenant lewis woffel of the united states army. may god bless their souls and may we remember them and honor them with a memorial at arlington cemetery. i can my colleagues to vote yes on this. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded that the house rules prohibit persons being recognized in the gallery. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. walz: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. miller: madam speaker, we have no other speakers at this time. if you're willing to yield back. mr. walz: again, at this time, mr. chairman, we are certainly proud of this piece of legislation. madam speaker, we are in full support of this, and i would like to thank the gentleman from new york for his unflinching and unwavering work to get this done for all the right reasons. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from f

i was in the united states air force serving at andrews air force base right there by washington, d.c. i was at the time in a theater group that i had helped found called andrews players. we were acting, we were putting on plays, we even had on out skirts called the andy. >> host: a sense of a showman even though. >> guest: that's not. i was a producer more and an organizer. my english was so poor at the time that many roles i couldn't take. although some of them, i could, because they called for someone with an accent. anyway, what happened there is that i realized that the members of the theater group who were officers were more interesting had an interesting life, traveled more, than those who were enlisted people or draftees if you want. and i wanted to know how you become somebody who gets into that kind of life. and the answer was i had to go to college and get myself a degree. i was a late bloomer, i was this when i entered college. but i realized immediately that this is stuff that i liked. this is where i wanted to be. then, of course, i realize that many of the issues that h

amendment it will represent congressional interference in a decision that our commanders in the united states air force have already made. i encourage my colleagues to vote no. thank you. i reserve my time for my colleague from alabama. the chair: the gentlelady reserves her time of the the gentleman from ohio. mr. turner: thank you. many times we talk about the taxpayers and saving the taxpayers money. but unfortunately stismse when it comes to probingial interest we get to the point it doesn't matter what's in the interest of the taxpayers as long as it's coming my way or my state. all this amendment says is, let's look at what's best for the taxpayers. all it requires is analysis of cost benefit. in fact, this issue was looked at by the 2005 brac process, the air force looked at merging these functions at wright-pat and gunter, and in all cases, the 2005 and 1995 brac process, this was rejected. this is going outside of brac. i'd like to yield two minutes to my colleague from ohio. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank mr. turner

i was in the united states air force serving at andrews air force base right by washington d.c..i was at the time in eighth theater group that i helped to found called andrews players. we were acting. we were putting on plays and even had our little oscars. >> host: so you were a sham and even then. >> guest: i was a producer and an organizer. my english was so poor at the time that many roles like couldn't take those some of them i could because they called for someone with an accent. what happened there is that i realized that the members of the theater group who were officers were more interesting-i wanted to know how you become somebody who gets into that kind of life and the answer was i had to go to college and get myself a degree. i was a late bloomer. i was 24 when i entered college but i realized immediately that this was stuff that i liked. this is where i want to be. then i realized many of the issues that had been simmering in my system though not coming out since i left hungary require a serious attention and knowledge of history or philosophy or sociology or psychol

appointments, board of visitors of the united states air force academy, with best wishes i am, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on bill h.r. 754. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mursuent to house resolution 264 -- pursuant to house resolution 264 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 754. the chair appointments the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 754, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for intelligence and intelligence related activities of the united states government, the community management accounts, a

during my 26-plus-year career in the united states air force, we set goals and objectives and we sent out about working hard to not only meet them but exceed them. this legislation sets the production goals at a level that is tripled the level of america's current production and, therefore, reduces foreign imports by 1/3. once this legislation is adopted, we will send a signal to the world oil market that america means business when it comes to our energy future, and i am fully confident that if we set the bar high, as this legislation does, american drive and ingenuity will rise to the occasion and we'll succeed this goal. if we are going to become energy secure, mr. speaker, we must increase our energy production, not limit it. and we need to commit ourselves to developing our own resources. that is why i strongly support the reversing president obama's offshore moratorium act, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio yields back. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from massachuset

i'm a proud veteran of the united states air force. yeah! >> i'm from a big army family and today it's not about the sails and all this celebration. it's more about honoring the family members and soldiers that made the ultimate sacrifice. and getting together with your friends and family. >> and getting together and serving good food. >> it's about togetherness. whether you're leaving home to do it or staying home, i have great recipes for you today. >> start with the chicken on the skewers. >> this is great if you're staying home. it also travels well. i have chicken skewers. really good buy in the supermarket. i season them with salt, pepper and all spice. all spice is a caribbean spice that is warm, tastes litke nutmeg. just salt, pepper and all spice. put that on the grill for me real quick. >> they cook quickly. >> very quickly. about four minutes on each side. so then i have a peanut sauce. very easy to make. i started my pot here with a little bit of chicken stock. i have soy sauce in here. then i add peanut butter. chunky pean

the picture on the left is air force one, the president of the united states landing at ft.cky, and they will be behave better than that when he walks into the room, but the guys there at ft. campbell, and the president is going to be there to meet with the navy s.e.a.l. team who was a part of killing osama bin laden, but many of the soldiers there at ft. campbell have of course done tours and come back from afghanistan and the president is going to be addressing them, but right now, they are having a good time quite frankly, and this is a victory for a lot of people would say certainly for this white house politically a big deal and a victory for the country, but also a special victory for the men and women who have been serving since 9/11, and many of them have been signed up just because of what happened on september 11th, and they view getting the bad guy, and osama bin laden was bad guy number one, so we are actually seeing them doing the chicken dance there and just gettinged are di for t-- ready for the pr and he was earlier in indiana, but you can see the president i

united states. pakistan will defend its air space if u.s. forces make another raid. it's reported that in a speech to the pakistani parliament prime minister yousef raza gilani will say that america's decision to launch the bin laden raid without pakistan's consent has plunged relations between the two countries into a new low. meanwhile some residents near bin laden's compound remain skeptical that he's dead at all. one newspaper reported today that a local man, a bin laden look-alike, was killed instead. >>> the fbi is investigating two security scares on u.s. airliners. a continental jet was forced to land in st. louis yesterday afternoon after a passenger tried to open the door during the flight. flight 546 was en route from houston to chicago. passengers said they knew something was wrong when a flight attendant screamed. >> i assumed the worst. that it was some sort of terrorist attack. some kind of terrorist was on board because the way she screamed didn't sound like it was a medical emergency. sounded like she was being attacked. >> the passenger was subdued

united states. abc news reports that they arrived yesterday at andrews air force base. we do not know the names of the seals involved in that raid but we do know that they are based near virginia beach. >>> for more information on developments in the story, please go to our website, wusa9.com. we have a special section at the top of our home page. >>> protesters arrested with d.c. mayor vincent gray are in court today outraged about the federal budget deal. most of the protesters, including the mayor, paid a $50 fine to get out of jail and have the charges against them dropped. they're heading to court today because they opted for a hearing. we're joined by delia gone goncalves now. >> reporter: the 17 people who appeared in court all pled not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and a new charge of failure to obey. before court this morning they staged a rally proclaiming that their fight and the protests are not over. nine of the protesters today chose to pay $100 in a post and forfeiture fine which is not an admission of guilt but does it close the because on thei

service members killed in afghanistan have been returned to the united states, their caskets arrived at dover air forceland yesterday, gunned down earlier this week by an afghan pilot at kabul international airport. among the eight, major jeff osborne who volunteered to train afghan pilots. he considered that somewhat safe duty. so did his wife. cnn's chris lawrence spoke to her. >> reporter: the eight american troops should have been returning to hugs and kisses, balloons and signs saying "welcome home" and some of the families wanted that to be possible. >> i wanted to come to dover to see my husband or feel his presence one last time. i wanted to salute him one last time. i wanted, what i really wanted was for it to be a mistake and for them to say no, that's not your husband there, sorry. let's undo this, but that didn't happen, and so as we got closer to his casket coming off the airplane, reality set in that it really is. it's him. he's never coming back. >> reporter: suzanna and jeff ausborn met in kuwait. >> he was so kind, compassionate and loving and patient. that's what made him such a good

united states. the group of navy seals was debriefed yesterday at andrews air force base.e're beginning to learn more about the group as seal team six. will thomas talked with their founding father, richard marcinko. >> asked to do it and i took the pick of the lit are, brought the best equipment utah best equipment and the best men able to do anything and go anywhere. retired commander richard marcinko started seal team six in 1980. >> it is the elet of the elet. >> reporter: when he learned that bin laden was dead, it didn't take him long to find out who did it. proud papa. they just did great. >> reporter: seal team six burst into bin laden's compound. every move methodically planned out as much as possible. >> you go through the door and the number one man breaks left. number two goes right. number three goes left and you hug the walls going down. yes, you may trip over furniture but they are wearing night vision goggles. >> reporter: although bin laden wasn't armed, he resisted according to the white house and he was shot twice. >> the way bin laden was shot, the cent

forces. for others the violence intensifies. >> we will be victorious in it fight. >> the united states whether he had by american forces sends air but the standoff continues. mean while syria descends in to chaos. protests take hold in the south and met with chilly retaliation from the government. hundreds there are killed. now the united states is issuing sanctions in an attempt to end the violence. >> the protests and violence are still spreading. on sunday, thousands of palestinians descended on the israeli border to protest the anniversary of israel's creation. at least a dozen people were killed. the event highlights a key problem in the obama administration that it now faces, striking a balance between arab protesters demanding change and supporting israel, a major ally that finds itself surrounded by this movement. so where does the term arab spring even come from? we trace the name and movement back to its revolutionary roots. >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely

the united states very williams convicted a former air force senior airman for a gang initiation beating that ended in the death of an army sergeant in germany. and just this year in united states v. christopher droplef, we convicted two department of defense contractors for involuntary manslaughter of a civilian in afghanistan. in addition, we've also been able to prosecute individuals for acts committed abroad when meja doesn't apply. in the particular, if conduct occurs within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the united states or falls under a federal corral statute with extraterritorial application. we successfully from prosecutedr example, former cia official aaron warren -- andrew warren for committing abusive sexual contact while on a u.s. 'em emby property while in algeria. although we've accomplished a great deal using our existing laws, meja leaves significant gaps in our enportion ifment -- enforcement capability. the criminal statutes with clear extraterritorial application make up only a subset of the federal criminal laws, and the special maritime and ex

air force one. we were not told where we would land until the time came. there were jet fighters accompanying the president's aircraft. >> make no mistake. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts. >> by the time that the president had gotten off the air force base, nobody was going to tell the president that he couldn't come back. the first thing that he said when he got on the teleconference is i'm coming back tonight. >> the city of new york and the united states of america is much stronger than any group of barbaric terrorists that our democracy that our rule of law that our strength and our willingness to defend ourselves will ultimately prevail. >> today was supposed to be an election day, at least a primary run off day in manhattan for those who would succeeded mayor. that has been cancelled. >> it has the hardest thing i have ever had to do to try to maintain composure. i'm not trying to sound macho. i figured if i break down and cry which i was very close to doing a couple of times that day, it's not going to help anybody at home process the information that we're trying to bring them. so, i just -- i

thank the special ops teams including the navy seals, and members of the army and air force who are back in the united states and debriefing on this amazing mission. mike tobin is live at fort campbell, kentucky. >> reporter: what we are hearing from the president's spokesman. he will try to avoid spiking the ball. but that might be difficult to do here in hangar number 3 with a band playing. now, the president's plan is to meet with members of the 160th special operations aviation regiment. those are the guys who flew the helicopters on that historic mission. he will also meet with members of the air force who provided crucial support and he will meet with members of seal team 6 whose names and faces we may never know, but thank them for the role they played in this mission. the president speaking to "60 minutes" says the killing of bin laden does speak to the ultimate question of whether the u.s. can start drawing down troops from afghanistan. >> what happened sunday reconfirms that we can focus on al qaeda, focus on the threats to our homeland, train afghans in a way that allows them to stablize their cou

in washington, you're look at live pictures of the president of the united states getting out of the limo and heading on to air force connecticut today giving the commencement address at the coast guard academy. remember, we will be seeing the president giving a very, very significant speech, specifically on the arab resolution and many people will be looking to the message from the white house tomorrow. that is from the president there. now to washington where the president is headed now. wolf blitzer is joining me now with the latest news hot off the cnn political ticker. someone you had on your show recently, new york congressman peter king keeping his options opened might we see him running for office? >> we might indeed. i just taped an interview with him where we were talking about his role as chairman of the house homeland chairman security and why he's holding hearings next week on the bin laden killing and lessons learned and all of that. in long i'd land, where he's from, he's a republican from new york, he's not closing the door to running for president of the united states. what you and our viewers. >> i

united states. that fell apart quickly for a number of reasons. the one thing that is beaten six is different from the be 26 in cassis air force. and enterprise journalist figure that out rather quickly. for example, he had his machine guns in the nose cone, cassis machine guns were mounted under the wings. so that was part of how this whole why john kennedy ended up canceling the airstrikes on the 16th. because once people realized this was not true, a charade, they realized wait a minute, something is not right about this and they started looking at the americans for answers as to what was going on. so yeah, they were all marked to look like castro's planes. somebody over here. i will come to you in a second. yes. >> in your opening remarks referred to the fact that kennedy was concerned about provoking russia, by his actions in the bay of pigs, and then the invasion. do you go into in the book? and the subsequent happen because, you know, for five months later the berlin wall went up and i'm sure that was triggered by his weakness in the bay of pigs, eight months later in vietnam explode. that was all in consequence. when th

air force base. would be a terrorist target? guest: everything in the united statesary facility or civilian facility, has to be considered a target. being one place rather than another is not much of a safety measure. i don't think they will be going up against a hard targets anytime soon, like a u.s. military base. they are more likely to go after a civilian facility or perhaps assassinating someone. host: joe from indiana, you are next. caller: i am not sure if this is how i feel when i see people celebrate industry, like in washington and new york and boston. it almost reminds me when the terrorists in the countries that hit us are out in the streets during our flags. maybe i'm looking at it different. i think this could be feeling fire for future terrorism. i don't know, maybe i am looking at this wrong. guest: i think you're exactly correct is a natural reaction to be out and cheering. i think it will be interpreted by the enemy as unnecessary. at the end of the day, that is just the way it is. i don't think we should have tried to prevent people from celebratin

united states. here in the u.s. president obama is heading to kentucky. this is a live look of andrews air force base. about to take off. he will meet privately at fort campbell with some of those who took part in that assault on bin laden's compound in pakistan. some of the navy seals. >>> and a reminder, president obama will be on "60 minutes" this weekend. the network says this is the president's first and only interview since the killing of osama bin laden. it will air on sunday right here on cbs 5 beginning at 7:00. >>> another look at traffic and weather before you head out. we have had beautiful weather for the week. it's cooler this weekend but it cannot spool mother's day for everyone out there. nothing will, nothing will spoil mother's day. >> you better think about getting her something warm. temperatures taking a dive around the bay area. yesterday 90s inland. today the temperatures tumble with a sea breeze. over 20 degrees cooler in concord today. about 71. and 16 degrees cooler in san jose at 73. over 10 degrees cooler in oakland at 65. and 64 degrees in san francisco. you get the idea,

forced him from power this year. >>> president barack obama, he is in the air right now, headed back to the united states after six days overseas. his last stop, poland, where memories of the soviet union are still fresh. here is our white house correspondent ed henry. >> reporter: on this final stop in poland, the u.s. president has really hit two big themes, the first, trying to reassure the polish people that america will be there to defend it. there's a lot of mistrust here in poland about the intentions of russia, this former soviet blok nations, concerned about blocking the missile defense shield for this region, concerns that maybe russia has bad intentions. the president trying to reassure poland that even as a young member of nato, there's no such thing as a new member of nato, that they're all treated alike and the u.s. and ally also rush to poland's defense no matter what. the other big theme picks up on something that the president talked about in france at the g8 summit where he says he sees similarities, parallels between the arab spring playing out in the middle east and north africa and what happen

united states. at the end of june they will be picked up by the canadian air force and flown to otto wa wau, quebecs of engagements is being arranged which allows them to reflect on canada's history but also to look at the future of next generation of royal. expect to see them meeting lots of young people. the final leg of the journey is being organized with the british government and takes them to los angeles where they will promote british interest to the united states. a source at st. james palace is seen as a working visit, not an opportunity to meet celebrities, although not quite sure they are going to avoid them. more details will be released in june. max foster, cnn, st. james palace, london. >>> chad myers now with a look at the weather. i don't know how wonderful those silk outfits will be when they wear that come july. it might be mighty hot but it's all right mighty hot in may. >> maybe they are just going to go to santa monica. you get the breeze and it depends on where you are in the valley. >> california is nice. >> maybe a little hot by then. >> perhaps for us now on this holiday, i

air force base. would be a terrorist target? guest: everything in the united states, what our military facility or civilian facility, has to be considered a target. being one place rather than another is not much of a safety measure. i don't think they will be going up against a hard targets anytime soon, like a u.s. military base. they are more likely to go after a civilian facility or perhaps assassinating someone. host: joe from indiana, you are next. i have a question for michael. when i see people celebrating in the streets in new york and washington, it reminds us of the terrorists that hate us when i see them in the streets, i think maybe this is puling fires puma future terrorists. maybe i'm looking at this wrong. hosguest: i think it will be interpreted by the enemy as unnecessary. at the end of the day, that is just the way it is. i don't think we should try to prevent people from celebrating. what i hear more than a celebration itself is the american people pinking that killing of bin laden ends it all. we have a high road to climb before this is over. hos

united states. that fell apart very quickly though for a number of reasons. for one thing, his b-26 was different than the b-26s in castro air forceand some enterprising journalist figured that out fairly quickly. for example, he had his machine guns in the nose cone. castros were under the wings. that was part of why kennedy ended up canceling the airstrikes. once people realize it was not true, it was a charade, they realized wait a minute, something is not right. they starletted -- started looking at the americans for answers. they were all marked to look like castro's planes. somebody over here. i'll come to you in a second. yes. >> in your opening remarks, you refer to the fact that kennedy was concerned that -- about provoting russia. and by his actions in the bay of pigs invasion. do you go into that in the book and what subsequently happened, because, you know, four or five months later, the berlin wall went up. i'm sure that was triggered by his weakness in the bay of pigs. eight months later, vietnam exploded. that was all in consequence. when they detected that he was what they interpreted to be weak, that triggered a l

air force base in maryland for debriefing. >>> terrorism experts around the world and at stanford's hoover institution warn that al qaeda and other terror groups might retaliate against the united states. if that were to happen, is the bay area prepared? we bring in nbc's mary ann favro. in recent years, the red cross and other community service organizations have made a lot of progress. is it enough? >> reporter: well, they certainly have been instrumental. it's very difficult to prepare for the unexpected. but after talking to the community director here of preparedness, he tells me we are definitely much better prepared to respond to a potential terrorism attack than we were after 9/11. during 9/11, the response was overwhelming. many american red cross volunteers from the bay area worked at ground zero, providing relief to firefighters serving 16,000 meals a day. >> and was working probably 16 to 20 hour days. >> reporter: now tom busk is the director of community preparedness for the american red cross silicon valley chapter. he says in the event of an attack similar to 9/11 the first response would be stronger and fa faster. >> pulling the trigger and lots and lots of resources.

air force base. would be a terrorist target? guest: everything in the united stateswhat our military facility or civilian facility, has to be considered a target. being one place rather than another is not much of a safety measure. i don't think they will be going up against a hard targets anytime soon, like a u.s. military base. they are more likely to go after a civilian facility or perhaps assassinating someone. host: joe from indiana, you are next. caller: i am not sure if this is how i feel when i see people celebrate industry, like in washington and new york and boston. it almost reminds me when the terrorists in the countries that hit us are out in the streets during our flags. maybe i'm looking at it different. i think this could be feeling fire for future terrorism. i don't know, maybe i am looking at this wrong. guest: i think you're exactly correct is a natural reaction to be out and cheering. i think it will be interpreted by the enemy as unnecessary. at the end of the day, that is just the way it is. i don't think we should have tried to prevent people f

united states. these are very well perceived and still the prestige of president obama is very gh and i think the main thing for president obama is a big chance not only for amerins but for the air force looking for a new global order. >> rose: so who is the rival for turkey to be the dominant power in the region? >> weon't see rivals. we havewo categories of states: friends and potential friends. >> re: (laughs and so israel is a potential friend? >> israel has been friend but ma the mistake when they accept that mistake they will continue to be our friend. >> prime minister ahmet davutoglu, i thank you for this time. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> rose: joining me now, a group of people who know turkey's economy, rise, potential and challenges. ian bremmer of your eurasia group, henri barkey, steven cook of the council on foreign relations and from istanbul by phone, journalist and author andrew finkel. henri, i begin with you. tell me where you think turkey is today. what is its economy, obviously is among the best in the world. it's growing. it has an extraordinary series of things that it can offer. how do you see its place? >> there's no question that turkey has done vy,

rng month, the government unleashed its air force bombers on tribal forces opposed to the embattled president. it has left dozens of people dead. the united states is urging any americans in yemen to get out now. zain verjee live in london with a look at the international headlines. zane? >> hi, carol. let's take a look at the independent here in the uk. this is the headline today. hundreds flee as yemen's tribal king makers step up offensive. it goes on to say there are worries that yemen already teetering on the brink of financial ruin could become a failed state and that would undermine regional security. the international headline tribune has this headline, yemeni vexes and foe. >>> in the united arab emirates, in yemen, one man's obstinacy threatens war. >> this is a guy that has said he will do that and at the last minute he doesn't. he says he will sign a deal and then he doesn't. can anyone trust him? >> that is a big problem. what is the united states saying about yemen? >> the u.s. is really worried about the political vacuum right now in yemen. the rain reason is that al qaeda operates in the place and has a full run-around of the cou

the air force will each submit the office's written certification that repeal of section 694 of 10 united states code will not degrade the readiness, cohesion, and personnel of the armed forces under the jurisdiction. one of three things, engaged in combat, deployed, or prepareing for deployment to a combat theater. we have seen what the navy is doing. they are moving with light speed. it almost seems like they have repealed "don't ask, don't tell" in the navy. look at that question there, that survey. you ask navy seals, bun the only combat arms group in the navy, and the ones that we applauded for killing osama bin laden, they are dramatically, dramatically against the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in the numbers of 60 to 70%. not to repeat the argument and the debate that is we had last year. all it says is for our combat units, the one that is are shooters on the ground in theater right now or the ones that are going over there, the service chief has to sign off that this will not harm their effectiveness. with that, i yield back to the gentleman from louisiana. >> i yield back, mr. chai

air strike hit eight of them this morning. nato forces were using naval vessels to launch attacks against civilians and hamper the flow of humanitarian aid. libya blames the united states. a deadline looms for congress to approve u.s. involvement or end american involvement welcome back 30 days. more on that from congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: u.s. military action in libya began two months ago. now the president may be on the brink of breaking the law, if he continues the mission without congressional approval. >> bring democracy to libya while shredding the constitution in the united states. >> reporter: at issue, the 1973 war powers act which says if the president does not get congressional authorization 60 days after military action, the mission must stop within 30 days. the president formally notified congress about the libya mission in this letter march 21st, which makes friday the 60-day deadline. inaction is roiling lawmakers on the left. >> he cannot continue what he's doing in libya without congressional authorization. when a president defiant levi la -- defiantly violates the law -- >> reporter: with rare agreement from the right. >> no m

air force base. would be a terrorist target? guest: everything in the united states, what our military facility or civilian facility, has to be considered a target. being one place rather than another is not much of a safety measure. i don't think they will be going up against a hard targets anytime soon, like a u.s. military base. they are more likely to go after a civilian facility or perhaps assassinating someone. host: joe from indiana, you are next. caller: i am not sure if this is how i feel when i see people celebrate industry, like in washington and new york and boston. it almost reminds me when the terrorists in the countries that hit us are out in the streets during our flags. maybe i'm looking at it different. i think this could be feeling fire for future terrorism. i don't know, maybe i am looking at this wrong. guest: i think you're exactly correct is a natural reaction to be out and cheering. i think it will be interpreted by the enemy as unnecessary. at the end of the day, that is just the way it is. i don't think we should have tried to prevent people

forced into iarm sometimes they are rural farmers who produce marij fena. host: caller, you are on the air. caller: my question is, nonrelated to the first one, is what is the united statesdoing to protect u.s. citizens that might be traveling or residing in mexico at this time. host: richard in ralleigh. guest: whether they are terrorists, that is a designation the secretary of state would have to make. she has not indicated any interest or desire to do that thus far. but there is an initiative in congress and the house and congress mike mccall to designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. that's an unresolved issue. there are probably pros and cons to whether you would consider them terrorists or not. they are obviously very different from al-qaeda or other terrorist organizations we know of. the u.s. does have means at its disposal to go at them in another way. so that's an unresolved issue. >> next call from washington. go ahead. caller: i am so excited you are letting the public in the united states know what's going on. you must know that my family and i were kidnapped two days ago by a taxicab driver in one of the most safest tourist spots known to

pakistani air force and pakistani army about the to combat extremism there -- about the things they needed to, extremism there. we need to make sure, too, that it is in the interest of the united stateshat we're not giving away advanced hardware that we have developed. they advanced predator grounds, not acceptable to us with the technology in those drones. there has been back-and-forth about how we accomplish that, but those things have been done brought some of those dollars go into those areas of military hardware, but it is done and at what a way to make sure that military hardware can be used to the pakistanis' benefit, but also to make sure that if it falls into the wrong hands, it cannot be used against the united states. there is a limited scope as to how the hardware is provided, and when i was there, what they saw as the needs, what the united states could do as far as helping them was to provide provision of military hardware. host: as someone on the armed services committee and chairs the oversight subcommittee on that, you have weighed in on the defense cuts and the budget proposed by secretary gates. you say you want to see more efficiency in the military, but that the

an air strike hit eight ships this morning, saying the government's forces were stopping humanitarian aid from coming through tripoli's sea port. libyan officials say they blame the united statesuttle "endeavour" may be damaged. nasa workers are now taking a look at the underside of the shuttle. here's a picture that was taken before "endeavour" docked with the international space station. mission managers say there are three potentially damaged areas. commander kelly says he is aware, but not worried. and we've seen before when there have been damage to either the heat shield or some tiles or something they're able to do repairs in space? >> sometimes the little piece of damage can affect the shuttle and sometimes they sustain fairly major stuff. >>> arnold schwarzenegger's movie comeback is on hold. lawyers for the former governor of california say he wants to focus on personal matters after he it was learned he fathered a child out of wed locke with his former housekeeper. plans for a govern ator comic book and tv series have been scrapped as well. maria shriver is out in public. this photo of her daughter christina and son christopher was taken wednesday at lunch at a bren

the air force will each submit the office's written certification that repeal of section 694 of 10 united states code will not degrade the readiness, cohesion, and personnel of the armed forces under the jurisdiction. one of three things, engaged in combat, deployed, or prepareing for deployment to a combat theater. we have seen what the navy is doing. they are moving with light speed. it almost seems like they have repealed "don't ask, don't tell" in the navy. look at that question there, that survey. you ask navy seals, bun the only combat arms group in the navy, and the ones that we applauded for killing osama bin laden, they are dramatically, dramatically against the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in the numbers of 60 to 70%. not to repeat the argument and the debate that is we had last year. all it says is for our combat units, the one that is are shooters on the ground in theater right now or the ones that are going over there, the service chief has to sign off that this will not harm their effectiveness. with that, i yield back to the gentleman from louisiana. >> i yield back, mr. chai