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>> at the united states air force academy, there are still very many very liberal individuals. >> you're. >> they get a little bit offended when you're conservative. it is just the way i'm made. >> had a professor freshman year who introduced himself as the most raging liberal you'll phaoefplt phaoefplt -- meet. if you don't like it, you have to get out. >> you ever encounter a situation in class where you think the professor is going a little over the line? >> i had a criminology class and religion and sociology class and most of the professors were very liberal. >> rick santorum came to our school and spoke and she kind of poked fun. >> i feel like learning about my major, not their politics. >> they tried to convert the class to the muslim religion. >> they said islam and christianity worship the same class. >> do you think you were given a worse grade because you challenged the teacher? >> i got a b-plus instead of an a and i'm upset about it. >> you ever try to change your essays and answers according to his political bias? >> definitely. >> did you ever go to a spring break? >> i s

. >> that's why the united states air force has a very large b-52 bomber presence. those bombers are used in the defense of the peninsula. so it's critical they stay protected. >> one last question about all of this. if in fact this launches, one of these missiles, two of these missiles launch there, whether or not north korea says it's a test, what happens immediately with all of our forces? >> when that missile launches, it sends off an infrared signature that's tracked by sea, land and air-based radar. it will determine that totally automated system will determine the attitude, the azmuth and the location. >> this is an inertia guided missile. so they'll know where it's going and if it's headed towards any u.s. or allied target. a ship, land, anything. >> that missile will be taken out by an anti-ballistic missile system. >> the response, no matter what they say, would largely be the same. wolf? >> guys, thank you very much. let's bring in our chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. she's also the global affairs anchor for abc news. also joining us

. >> that's where the united states air force has a b-52 bomber and it's used in the defense of the peninsula. >> tens of thousands of troops in other areas. one last question. if this in fact launches there, whether or not north korea says it's a test, what happens immediately with all off forces -- >> tom, when that missile launch, it's picked up from our satellite in space. it is tracked by sea, land and air force radar and it will determine that totally automated system will determine the attitude, the asma and location of where it's located. >> computers are tracking it. this is by the way an inershall guided missile. they'll know if it's headed to any u.s. or allied target. a ship, land, anything. >> that missile will be taken out by a high altitude, antiballistic missile system. it will be gone. >> so many, many steps of where the missile may be, but the response no matter what they say would be the same. wolf? >> would be intense indeed. guys, thanks very much. let's bring in our chief international correspondent christian amanpour. also joining us fareed zakaria. what's motivating al

the united states air force academy there are still very many very liberal individuals. >> you are kiddingget offended when you are conservative. it's just like hey it's the way i'm made. >> that's really dumb. >> i had a professor freshman year who introduced himself as the most raging liberal you will ever meet. >> how do you absorb that. >> if you don't like it he doesn't care he says get out. >> if everyone has their opinion if you don't like it still have to grade fairly. >> ever encounter a situation in the class where you think the professor is going over the line. >> i had a criminology class and religion and sociology class and both the teachers were very very liberal. >> rick santorum came to our school and spoke. ripped him apart in the classroom and said he didn't fund public education and whatnot. >> i want to learn about my major. i don't feel like learning about their own politics. >> they try to convert the entire class to muslim religion. >> i think that's illegal. >> they said islam and christianity worshipped. >> do you think you got a worse job. >> i got a b plus instea

air force reserve tanker, mobility and fighter units began operations in bosnia, and in 1999, we're also supporting operation allied force overerbia and kosovo. when terrorists attacked the united states on september 11, 2001, air force reservists responded in full force. aier f-16 fighters, airplanes flew combat air patrols to protect american cities while kc-135 tankers and awacs aircraft supported security efforts. in october, 2001, operating -- operation enduring freedom began as u.s. military forces entered afghanistan to combat the taliban and terrorist sanctuaries. in march, 2003, operation iraqi freedom began in order to end saddam hussein's regime. air force reserve units and reservists played key roles in all combat operations. as air force reserve mc-130 combat talon aircraft became the first fixed wing aircraft to penetrate afghan airspace, while air force reserve f-16 crews performed the first combat missions. in recent years, citizen airmen have supported every air force corps function and every combatant commander around the world. air force reservists were engaged in surge operations in iraq and afghanistan. they supported combat and humanitarian missions in haiti, lib

we have a retired united states air force colonel and first woman pilot to fly in combat.he will testify at today's hearing. we get to talk to her first, colonel. we stated first. we use the word drones. that is not something the military uses. >> no. jenna: we talked a little bit about this. this is a discrepancy and gives awe picture what these unmanned aerial vehicles are doing in our skies. in your experience, share with viewers how have you used this technology? >> sure. the iran the targeting program in u.s. africa command from 2007 to 2010. you're right we don't call them drones. we call them remotely piloted aircraft. the key there it takes 200 people to keep one of these airborne for a 24-hour orbit. it has incredible level oversight scrutiny, intelligence, lawyers, commanders watching us use the tools. there are very legitimate questions as to whether we should use lethal force in the counterterrorism strategy overseas and how is that legal and whether it is the right strategy. once you decide to use lethal force and picking a platform, the rpas give you a tremen

national provocation by our people, you have to understand, my father was the director of the united states air force. before he passed away he said it's astonishing the police state that the united states is nationally becoming. now just imagine for one second, you live in virginia beach and all of the sudden, a hostile ation decides to do live military exercises in chesapeake bay, and to massively disrupt and pushing operations you to the point where you have no way but to respond. the american people have to stop this. this is an aberration of our founding fathers. this has absolutely nothing to do with national security and the american people set the stan guard globally for forced behavior and allowing our politicians to provoke any regime across the globe in this factor. and we've got to stop this now! host: justin, nottingham, maryland, independent line, justin, you're on the "washington journal." caller: well, first of all that previous caller, i don't think the founding fathers were dealing with nukes, so that's my response to him. just for military role worldwide, pretty much just our prese

i come up through the united states air force, structure repair high performance aircraft, what have you and ect.. i was raised a confident builder. i was an architect at age 15, 16, i was the one who did all the planning for my father, adding rooms and dens to people's houses in the san fransisco bay area. i was no hoodlum. i loved my work. i loved the high-tech work, but i got interested in my civil human rights struggle. hear dr. martin luther king speak, and he was talking about how all businesses in the country would not hire businesses of color, categorized them all. got to the company, and we want our boys with bread companies to, boycott the bread companies, boycott wonder bread company and boycott them so consistently and so profoundly we want to make wonder bread wonder where the money went. [laughter] dr. king, open auditorium, 7,000 people hit the floor. i'm just one young student being impressed, being inspired by dr. martin luther king. this is something. you know, time as things evolved, killed malcolm x, ect., i'm upset. i have a one-man riot for ten minutes. there's

that's where the united states air force has a very large b-52 bomber presence.d in the defense of the peninsula. it's critical they stay protected. >> tens of thousands of troops in other areas here. one last question about all of this. if in fact this launches, one of these missiles, two of these missiles launch there, whether or not north korea says it's a test, what happens pedally with all of our forces? >> when that missile launches, it says off an infrared signature which is picked up from our satellites if space. it's then tracked by sea, land, and air-based radar. and it will determine that totally automated system will determine the attitude, the location of where that missile is headed. >> computers are tracking it. the this is, by the way, an innertial guided missile. they'll know if it's headed to any u.s. or ally target, a ship, land, anything, what happens? >> that missile will be taken out by a high altitude anti-ballistic missile system. it will be gone. >> so there are many, many steps as you can see, wolf, if the analysis of where these missile

during the second week of september, 1944, the united states' army/air force delivered a telegram with tragic news to paul and lucy bellamy of rapid city, south dakota. just a few days short of their 40th wedding anniversary, the bellamys learned that their younger son, lieutenant paul herbert bellamy, had died on august 26th in a midair collision 17,000 feet over england. herb, 22 years old, had been the lead pilot of two groups of b-17 flying fortresses. in flight bellamy's crew observed a plane above them getting close, closer, too close to their own ship. the engineer and bombardier both raced toward the cockpit intending to grab the controls and dive the plane, but it was too late. the planes collided and exploded, and herb and his copilot went down with the ship. half a world away from the physical remains of his son, paul bellamy's search for channels -- searched for channels for his grief. his thoughts raced over his son's short life, the baby, the playful boy, the groom, the volunteer pilot in training at the air base on the outskirts of rapid city. perhaps a future father, pe

during the second week of september 1944, the united states army air force delivered a telegram of tragic news to paul and lucy bellamy of rapid city, south dakota. just a few days later tater wedding anniversary, the bellamy's learned that their younger son, lieutenant paul herbert tony had died on august 26 in a midair collision 17,000 feet over england. 22 years old but in the late pilot of the flying fortresses. in flight, bellamy's group served a plane above them getting closer to close to their own ship. the engineer both raced towards the top. impending to grab the controls inside the plane, but it was too late. the planes collided and exploded an herb and his copilot went down with the ship. half a world away in the physical remains his son, paul bellamy searched for channels for his brief. his thoughts raced over his son's short life. playful boy, the volunteer pilot training on the outskirts of rapid city. perhaps a partner business, bellamy felt compelled to document the moment to make sense of it to do something. immediately he sat down to compose a tribute to his son. he stru

also has had experience in the private sector and his career also a period of time with united states air air forceuished public service career and also served as a founding member of the joint task force computer network and join the cyber warfighting unit. i am howard rishikof in the cochair of the american bar association national task force on cyberinsecurity and we want to foster events of this nature so this is why when jason approached me i was very excited about it and the panelists are all friends. i think estonia and the ambassador being here. let the records say. [inaudible] so what i would like to do, the rules of the game will be i'm going to pose questions to the panelists. they will respond and then i'm going to open up the form quickly to gather some questions and then we will engage in much more of a dialogue over the next four or five minutes because when i look out at the audience icy many experts who will be able to post fascinating questions to the panel. let's begin first with jason. what is your sense of or your initial reaction. [inaudible] c. it's funny when harvey looks ou

military for quite a while and now that every strategic plan i built over the years with the united states air force always was a plan. plans are always in contrast. a change. and so we have and will continue to improve upon a plan. >> was it developed to be aspirational or was it developed to give us an accurate blueprint of help va perceives? >> i think in all planning there is an aspect of aspiration at the beginning and then it is with assumptions and the availability of resources, it is adjusted for what we think is achievable. a long-term plan, like this one, with as much dynamics involved, we make an assumption, for example, that the flow of veterans out of uniform to the va is going to follow a pattern that we have been provided by the department of defense. if that changes that adjustment then we will have to look and see whether we can accommodate the change. if not we will have to say we have to resource. >> thank you very much. i look forward to sitting down with you to look at the matrix that brought about such a change in release three months. let me just say, i really wasn't addressin

military, the united states military, has cut tuition assistance, img a program that helps more than 100,000 homeless veterans get off the street and back on their feet. the united states air force has grounded a third of its fighter jets and bombers because of the across-the-board cuts. these programs are to train our military in a time of crisis to be prepared. you can't be prepared if you can't practice. more than a million federal workers, including hundreds of thousands defense department employees, are going to be taking forced furlough days. this is a threat to our national economy and national security. national parks across the nation -- great basin in nevada, bryce canyon in utah, mountain desert island way thousands of miles away from those two places in maine -- face reduced hours from closures that will affect elays at the airport w the only damn pe damper on summr travel. for every person that loses work because of this sequestration, that's less things that they can buy to help people that are selling things. we cannot and we should not only address the f.a.a. cuts. as important as they are, we should look at the whole spectrum. we can't can't ignore the programs

the private sector at goldman sachs, and his career also has had a period of time with the united states air force. he's had a distinguished public service career and also served at the headquarters in the pentagon as a founding member of the joint task force computer network defense, the world's first joint cyber war-fighting unit. i am harvey rishikof, i am the co-chair, with judy miller, of the american bar association national task force on cyber and security. and we want to foster events of this nature in the aba, so this is why when jason approached me to co-sponsor this, we were very excited about it. and the three panelists are all friends. i particularly want to thank estonia and the ambassador for being here as being one of the driving forces. and just to set the record straight, anna and i would say she's just charming and intelligent. so what i'd like to do, the rules of engagement will be i'm going to pose some questions to the panelists. they will respond. and then i'm going to open up the forum very quickly to gather some questions, and then we are going to engage in much more of a

united states. thought this was interesting is because it speaks the approach the air force is taking to aerial warfared of saying, like the infantry in the army, that you will have some losses when you go into an operation. we will send planes to do some of these bombing runs. we may lose some of them. the air force wants to establish air superiority right away, like we did in the first goal for. a zeroth to get to pilot lost standard for some of these conflicts. it wants to put in more and more enhancements, and that costs money. to try to make the planes stopped the year, to make them faster, to evade enemy fire. what you get on more expensive planes. >> who did you try to talk to would not talk to you? >> i stayed away from the senior most political leadership areuse their positions pretty well known. what i wanted to do was to reach out to the three services and of ain an environment constricting budget, why do you want to spend some much money on this? i reached out to the pentagon office that is managing the program to understand what they were doing to fix this program. to people outside the mi

united states. history of mankind, quite frankly. it is an advanced warplane that is to be used by the air force, navy, and the marine corps. it is the replacement for the f-16. purposedvanced all- fighter jet. it is still in development, is an incredibly troubled program, it has gone tens of billions of dollars over budget. i bought into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges. of trimming the defense budget. this program is singular in terms of its cost overruns, delays, and the way it has been ured. its most effective attributes are not all of its radars and sensors and missiles and stealth technology and the ability to fight at supersonic speeds. it may well be the way it has been designed to evade budget cutters in washington. >> what is the difference between the f-35 and the f-22? >> the f-22 has had its share of technical troubles. that was supposed to be the high-end fighter. the replacement for the f-15. it is a real high performance fighter. it is meant to win against any potential adversary in dogfights. the plan was to have fewer f-22 and then you would have more of the f-35. that would be t

united states. history of mankind, quite frankly. it is an advanced warplane, a fighter jet that is to be used by the air force, the navy and the marine kerp. it's the replacement for the f-16 for the air force, for a number of other planes for the marines and navy. supposed to be our new, advanced, all-purpose fighter jet. it was a plane that was supposed to be in the skies fighting now. still in development. it's an incredibly troubled program. it's a program that has gone tens of billions of dollars over budget and i burrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of trimming the defense budget because this program is in some ways singular in terms of its cost overruns and delays and the way it's been structured to, as i write in the piece, its most effective defensive attribute may not be its ray dars and sensors and missiles and stealth technology and ability to fly at supersonic speeds, it may well be the way it's designed to evade budget cutters in washington. >> more sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q & a." the national action network recently held its annual convention in new york city. in one session, th

war and 20 years after the end of the cold war the united states should have moved its ground forces completely off the korean peninsula and maintained air and naval support in backing up our treaty. because to this nut ball in north korea the presence of 20,000 americans sitting as close to seoul korea as dulles airport is to washington he considers that a provocation and i think he wants to provoke the americans and get them off the peninsula, get them to recognize them and get foreign aid. i agree with you we ought to get off the peps la but we can't do it in a crisis. >> you recognize the legitimacy of the sphere of influence of nations? >> this is china's influence not the united states. >> is it not a common understanding, stated or unstated, mostly unstated but still clear that does control the activities of countries? >> it is a little tiny country of 22 million and we are a country of 310 million. >> so we can assert ourselves wherever we want? this is bully america? >> north korea has a million man army. i don't think they are that worried. >> excuse me please. >> by our little 28,000 troops over there. and we are not going to

state hillary clinton. originally from san diego, california, sean enlisted in the air force in 1995. mr. vargas: in 2002 he was awarded the air force commendation medal and joined the unitedreign service. president obama stated, sean smith lived to serve, first in the air force, then at the state department. he knew the perils of his calling and there at benghazi, far from home, he laid down his life in the service to all of us. sean was also a loving husband and a proud father. he was devoted to his wife, heather, and to his two children, samantha and nathan. mrs. smith said of her late husband, sean supported the mission of diplomacy and served his country with pride and optimism. i wish to offer my deepest condolences and the deepest condolences of this house to the smith family, please know that your family will continue to be in our prayers and our thoughts and thank you and your late husband for yourselfless service to our country and may god bless you. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. mr. pocan: i

the president of the united states with the first lady, they will be here. they have landed, air force, here in boston. they'll be coming over with a group of dignitaries. several former governors of massachusetts will also be in the audience including the former governor mitt romney who will be here as well. the service will include moving remarks not only from the president, but the boston mare thor, thomas menino, governor of massachusetts, deval patrick. we'll hear from cardinal shawn o'malley. we'll also hear from religious leaders, local religious leaders as well as this service begins. it is a time of healing in boston, in massachusetts, indeed in the country as we await the start of this service. chris cuomo is over there at the cathedral getting ready to watch and to listen as all of us are. chris? >> that's right, wolf. as we wait for this to begin, at the same time there is a massive government investigation going on, trying to figure out who did this and why. 30 government agencies, thousands of people working here and abroad. we are taking two different angles on how the i

>>gretchen: the united states sent f-22 stealth fighter jets to south korea. they were deployed to the main u.s. air force base in south korea. they will join military drills to defend seoul in the face of new and bizarre threats from the north. >> it's not an empty threat. i wouldn't be that concerned about them hitting the mainland u.s. right now or any u.s. territory. i think the real threat is to what north korea might be boxing themselves into. >>gretchen: north korea said it was entering a state of war with south korea in response to what it called the hostile military drill. the rescue chopper saved a stranded snowmobileer when it went down killing all three people on board. it happened overnight south of larson lake in alaska. the chopper was flying back to base when it crashed. the cause unknown at this hour but it is routinely used for rescue missions year round. a crash on a virginia highway leaves three people dead, a total of 17 crashes within a one mile stretch of interstate 27. drivers say the fog was so thick that you couldn't see in front of you. >> cars hitting each other. all you could

united states. history of mankind, quite frankly. it is an advanced warplane that is to be used by the air force, navy, and the marine corps.

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united states navy, primarily like we see here. aircraft carriers to get more aircraft into the fight. so the air forceir would go after those artillery and missile pieces. then they would go after the air defense capability in the north, the command in control, much like communication capabilities in the north. so they would command the air space. >> and ultimately after things like bridges, roads. >> absolutely. eliminate the freedom of movement. >> this is a worst case scenario. >> i don't think that's going to happen. what's probably going to happen is limited objective attacks much like we saw a few years ago. >> against the islands, against that boat. >> exactly. >> a few targets. >> just to show they were strong. north went after south korean targets, not u.s. presence. >> and that's what we might see if this were to play out in the worst ways as we move forward. >> fascinating. and tonight 6:00 eastern wolf blitzer's going to host a special edition of "the situation room" because a lot of people looking at that. very, very tense right now. >> yeah. a lot to talk about. don't miss that tonight o

and ann's family traveling to dover air force base where the remains of those americans killed this weekend will arrive back here in the united states. >>> the insurgency is gaining steam with the impending withdrawal of u.s. and nato. nic robertson getting an exclusive look inside a taliban training camp where raw recruits are being taught to fight and kill. >> reporter: this is not your normal taliban video. more misses than hits. troops struggling to master their weapons. >> i capture everything in this videos. condition of homes, sleeping. >> reporter: he is a pakistani journalist. out of concern for his safety, wants his identity kept secret. he tells me the pakistani taliban gave him rare access to one of their remote training camps close to afghanistan. where he saw them preparing for the nato pullout over the border. a battle he says taliban think they've won. >> they said, we have inflicted damages on them. that's why they are withdrawing from the region. they said that is our success that they are going from the region. >> reporter: he says he shot his video a year ago and for the week he was there, he followed four young

. >>> air delays are hitting the united states more than 1,000 delays attributed in one day to furloughs from the forcedt cuts passed by congress. many dispute whether these were necessary. but in all, 50,000 faa workers are being forced to take unpaid time off to save money. the obama administration said today it would be open to legislation that would give the faa flexibility with its budget. but called that a band-aid approach. a spokeswoman for the airline says the lobbying group is trying to halt the furloughs and calls them irresponsible and unnecessary. and many are arguing that these are not required by the sequester. well, we have an "outfront" investigation on whether that adds up tomorrow night. >>> and finally, an update on the ricin investigation. fbi agents today searched the former martial arts studio of james everett duskey in connection with the ricin tainted letters sent to president obama and others on capitol hill. authorities are not calling him a suspect but he is connected to paul kevin curtis, the elvis impersonator charged but then cleared of sending the letters. former fbi dire

united states. and as the home of kindle air force base, naval support activity panama city, and more than 22,000 veterans, bay county enjoys a rich military history. on this day, april 24, 2013, the day of bay county's centennial, i'm proud to join my friends, neighbors, my family and local an county officials from panama city, panama city beach, lynn haven, springfield, parker, calloway, mexico beach, and the unincorporated areas of our county to celebrate our past and our bright future as we work hard to make bay county a better place to live, work, and play. mr. speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to enter this statement into the congressional record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. susterland -- mr. southerland: thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the sp

. >>> the air force is starting to ground about a third of its fighter jets because of federal budget cuts. that includes dozens of units in the united statesurope and in the pacific. and this involves jets assigned to fighter, bomber and airborne warning squads. a spokesman for the air force says the frownding is -- grounding is all because of the sequester cuts that started in march. those same federal budget cuts have grounded the blue angels the rest of this year. we're finding out the entire fleet week event in san francisco could be jeopardized -- jeopardized. city officials may meet with the organizers of fleet week. they are gonna try to figure out what kind of event can be held in october. now the decision to ground the blue angels could be good news for another high-flying stunt team. these are the patriots. they are based out of eastern contra costa county. it is the only civilian jet team in the nation. the patriots say the sequester budget cuts may lead to more invitations for them to perform at airshows, especially here in the bay area. >>> 8:18. a bill to stop swatting passes the state senate and it could make pranksters pay.

. >>> the air force is starting to ground about a third of its fighter jets because of federal budget cuts. that includes dozens of units in the united statese and in the pacific. and this involves jets assigned to fighter, bomber and airborne warning squads. a spokesman for the air force says the frownding is -- grounding is all because of the sequester cuts that started in march. those same federal budget cuts have grounded the blue angels the rest of this year. we're finding out the entire fleet week event in san francisco could be jeopardized -- jeopardized. city officials may meet with the organizers of fleet week. they are gonna try to figure out what kind of event can be held in october. now the decision to ground the blue angels could be good news for another high-flying stunt team. these are the patriots. they are based out of eastern contra costa county. it is the only civilian jet team in the nation. the patriots say the sequester budget cuts may lead to more invitations for them to perform at airshows, especially here in the bay area. >>> 8:18. a bill to stop swatting passes the state senate and it could make pranksters pay. swa

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air force one. among them -- >> the president of the united states -- >> nicole hockley who lost her 6-year-old son at sandy hook elementary school. >> though sometimes the waves of sadness are so great they threaten to drown me, i stand before you now and ask you to stand with me. with all the families. >> reporter: hockley had earlier introduced the president as he began a week-long white house push for a gun bill. obama criticized republican senators for trying to block a measure from coming to the senate floor. >> in the wake of a tragedy, you think this would not be a heavy lift. and, yet, some folks back in washington are already floating the idea that they may use political stunts to prevent votes on any of these reforms. >> reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is planning to join the 13 senators who say they will filibuster a bill. democrats are hoping to overcome the filibuster with a bipartisan compromise that would require background checks for all or almost all gun purchases. the measure has overwhelming public support but is in jeopardy in the senate. >> we have to tell con

united states. to the of mankind, quite frankly. advance warplane that is to be is by the air force, navy and the marine corps. it is the replacement for the f- 16, the air force, for another -- a number of other place. it should be our new, advanced, all-purpose fighter jet. it is a plan that was supposed to be in these big -- and its guys fighting. it is still in development. it is a program that has gone tens of billions of dollars over budget. i borrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of the department of defense at it. -- defense budget. this term -- this plan is singular in its costs, the way it has been structured, delays. as i write in the piece, it's most effective defensive attribute may not be all of its radars and sensors and missiles and stealth technologies and ability to fight at supersonic speed, it may be the way it has been designed to evade budget

number of chinese air force fighter jets in the area, and naval live fire exercises by its warships in the yellow sea. all of this happens as tensions ease escalate between the united statesnd dprk. china, north korea's closest ally. other stories tonight include the markets heading into the second quarter after a record setting beginning of the year, wall street veteran bob doll joins us to steel us how far bulls run. colorado prosecutors rejected a plea deal for aurora gunman, james holmes, choosing to seek the death penalty for the mass murder. dobbs law takes up the case tonight. immigration reform negotiations still behind closed doors, still being conducted in secret with new reports that the border is becoming less, not more sker. katie and steven hayes the guest tonight. a weekend deal over guest worker visas has members of the so-called gang of 8 in the senate optimistic that immigration reform may soon be a reality. others are warning that rushing into a vote without open hearings and public scrutiny would wreck their efforts. fox news chief congressional correspondent mike e manual with our report. >> with much of washington buzzing about a possible immigration

united states would intervene in syria anytime soon. as the world debates the use of chemical weapons, syrian rebels attacked an air base. raid follows several weeks of progress by pro-government forceshe united nations more than 70,000 people have been killed in the two-year long battle. they say the number will increase as the world debates about how to put and en to the fighting in the conflict. >> gregg: coner, thank you. >> heather: the house approving a plan to end faa furloughs just ahead of flying out of washington for a week long was set. the deal is expected to end massive delays at the nation's airport and awaits president obama's signature. he calls the measure no more than a band-aid. in the g.o.p. address, congressman says the sequester which calls for it in the first place needs to be scrapped. >> this episode is yet another demonstration why we need to replace the president's sequester with some more responsible cuts. the american people deserve better and leaders in washington have an obligation to respect your time and money. >> heather: so will this incident spark some kind of sequester reform, so to speak. susan is chief congressional correspondent for the washing

united states. warplane, aanced fighter jet that is to be used by the air force, the navy, and the marine corps. it is the replacement for the f-16 for thearines and the navy. it is suppose to be our new ad best all-purpose by check. it was a plan that was supposed to be in the skies. it is still in debt -- it is still in the allotment -- still in development. i borrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of the defense budget. this program is singular in terms of its cost, its delays, and the way it has been structured. as i write in the peace, its most effective defense attribute may not be all of its radars and centers and missiles and stealth technology and ability to fight at supersonic speeds. it may be the way it has been able to avoid the budget cutters in washington. ha >> "washington journal," continues. host: we are talking about the roles of security cameras in asian oil security. welcome to the program. talk to us about your thoughts and feelings regarding the role of public and private cameras in national security and the impact of these cameras. seen

united states. it's the 48th, which is located near mack dill air force base which is the home of central command. question this disestablishment of these civil support teams that you have talked about today without mentioning who they were. i -- if you want to respond to that, that would be fine. >> thank you. chairman rogers, nice to see you. thank you. if you are referring to the two teams in new york and florida? >> yes, sir. >> there is money in the budget for those. and i think we have sent that up to the hill. new have funded both the york and the florida. >> on the 29th of march, a letter from your department notified the defense committees of your intent to disestablish those two c.s.t.'s. so i thought i would remind you that these are important teams. congress is very, very supportive of those teams. >> they are important and we have put the funding in both of those. and congress was informed of that the last few days and we put the money back in. >> ok. thank you. mr. visclosky. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, just two issues, because we will be short on time. on the issue of

the united states has nearly 30,000 troops stationed in south korea and those forces are spread out across our two air force bases, 12 army bases and one navy base. on the other side of the border, north korea has an army that millions 1.3 and 1.6 million. at the bottom of the hour we'll talk to an assistant secretary to the army who believes north korea may be the gravest national security threat we will face in the near danger and says this is the most dangerous period we've faced since the cold war. that's coming up. we're tracking a developing story this hour on the hunt for whoever shot and killed a texas d.a. and his wife. right now authorities are beefing up security at courthouses and prosecutor's offices across the state of of texas as we're learning more about the murder. dan springer, live. >> reporter: yeah, it seems like everyone around here believes strongly the two d.a. murders are most definitely connected, but there's no agreement on who did it or what group is responsible so the mystery here deepens. it's exacerbated by the facts that we have gotten no new information from the cops.

united states. it is an advanced warplane, fighter jet to be used by the air force, navy, and ring core.t's the replacement for the f- 16, for the air force, other planes, marines and navy. it was a plane that was both to be in the skies, fighting now. it's still in development. it's incredibly troubled program. that has gonem tens of billions of dollars over budget. i borrowed into this program -- burrowed into this program as a way of writing about the overall challenges of trimming the defense budget. this program is singular because of its cost overruns on the way it has been structured. it's most offensive attractive attribute may well be the way it has designed to evade budget cutters in washington. >> tonight at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. kent eiler is with a constitution project task force on detainee treatment. thank you for being with us. let me ask you about this report. as you look at the headline, it says it is indisputable that the united states engaged in the practice of torture, and detailed instructions -- ascussions directly involved president and his top advisers. some stro

at vandenberg air force base in southern california but chuck hagel delayed the tests amid concerns it could heighten the conflict with north korea. north korea threatened the united states with a nuclear strike and says it is in a state of war with south korea. meantime south korea's top military officer is postponing a planned visit to the u.s. the chairman of south korea's joint chiefs of staff had planned to meet with his u.s. counterpart general martin dempsey in washington later this month but officials say south korea's military officials can't be away at a time when north korea is threatening to attack. >>> as tensions continue to escalate between the north and south, we are learning more about north korea's leader kim jong-un who took over power from his father in december of 2011. coming up in our next hour, we take a closer look at the people he surrounds himself with including his relationship to the country's most powerful woman. >>> the sequester is taking a toll on families struggling to afford their rent. thousands of people in the bay area rely on rental subsidies from the government section 8 voucher program but housing authorities now facing millions o

united. many of you may not know it but he was an air force brat who lived on base in the united states and germany nonetheless it was not the love of the smell of jet fuel and travel that lord jeff into the airline industry. he started out practicing law and that was his entrÉe into the airlines within continental ceo gordon bethune who asked jeff to join the then struggling airline. never wanting to shy away from a challenge if you know jeff he joined the team that led to the turnaround of continental to the point where it was the top airline in "forbes" magazine, "fortune" magazine. the most admired companies. those efforts served him well as he worked and continues to work to integrate two distinct airlines with different systems, route maps and cultures. as the chairman of the new united. the goal is simple yet elegant and jeff has repeated it often. he wants to create an enterprise for which he is now 85,000 co-workers want to work. customers want to fly and in which investors want to invest. and it's working. united is beating its own operational goals which meant onus is for the employees a