[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states air force band. ♪ ["america, the beautiful" playingpplause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the united states house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. mr. speaker, mr. leader, senator mccain, how search all the -- counselor grijalva. it is an honor to be with each and every one of you on this special day. a special day when we gather in statuary hall to welcome -- to honor gary -- barry goldwater back to the capital. [applause] as our speaker said, these statues are sent from each of the 50 states. the statues in this collection are more than a catalog of people who have shaped our history. they celebrate the full breadth of ideas that have blossomed in america's democracy. today, we honor the statue of a loving father, grandfather, and legendary dedication. we are honored to have so many of goldwater's family members here today. thank you very much for being here. [applause] here in the heart of our democracy, we unveiled the statue of an army air force pilot who s

i'm proud to have worn the uniform of the united states air force. i'm proud of what america can do what we are pulling together. i know for a fact that with the right leadership in this country, we can make washington functional again. i know that. the idea that we cannot work together on issues that are important to both of us -- whether you're a democrat or republican. when i look at the big issues that we dealt with over the 14 years that as governor of texas whether it was not reform our educational policy or economic. weather was issues like a bola -- when a bullet came on the shores of america, came to texas. we showed the rest of the country how the state would deal with that. when the space shuttle fell out of the sky in east texas. when katrina moved hundreds of thousands of people out of neighboring louisiana into my home state. when tens of thousands of on a company minor showed up on our border america got to see that leadership does matter and there are very functional places in this country. it was not just republicans that did those t

. >> since its debut in the 1950s, boeing's b-52 airplane has been the powerhouse of the united states air force. >> it's the most versatile weapons delivery system the air force has. high altitude, low altitude. it can deliver missiles. short range, long range. >> the pilots' friends and family members are also watching. >> what the animals look like. yeah. we've got the gang up here. >> among them is teenager pat mcgeehan. his father, lieutenant colonel mark mcgeehan is in the pilot's seat. >> my mother and i, along with my younger brother, brendan, were watching from our front yard. i was waving at the plane thinking maybe my father might be able to see us down there. >> lieutenant colonel arthur "bud" holland is the lead pilot. holland is skilled and experienced with thousands of hours in the b-52. but he's known to take risks in violation of air force safety regulations. >> bud having a reputation of knowing the aircraft very well. i think that that's kind of how he saw the boundaries was if he could, you know, make it do something, it had a new boundary. >> the air show flight plan calls f

and without the united states air force and the military on the ground a lot of these, you know bases would be overrun. on the side of baghdad, you have some shia millyitias. they're clearly on the offensive. hit al-baghdadi. took it this morning, 19%. moving around to crete and other parts of western iraq and they still have stronghold on the arab sunnis of iraq without the u.s. in there. who knows which way this battle could go. >> which way is the battle going to go? the iraq military how good are they? do they have the training to battle isis? they weren't able to push back from the initial assault on the air base. >> well i disagree with bob a little bit. i think the iraqi army has gotten a bad rap, john. and i fought with and trained with sunni and sunni shiite kurd. in iraq became dysfunctional because, a, they weren't paid. b, they had extremely poor leaders and c, they didn't have the support of the government. so they fell apart. i think you would do the same thing if you weren't being paid and not supported by your bosses and somebody came in and said they were going to cut

i'm proud to avoid the universe -- uniform of the united states air force. i'm proud of what america can do when we are pulling together. i know for a fact that with the right leadership in this country, we can make washington functional again, i know that. the idea that we can't work together on issues that are important to both of us, democrat or republican, when i look at all the big issues that we have dealt with over the 14 years that i was the governor of texas, whether it was a reform, education policy economic whether it was issues like ebola . when ebola came on the shores of america, it came to texas. we show the rest of the country how the state would deal with that. when the space shuttle fell out of the sky in the early 2000's in east texas, when katrina moved hundreds of thousands of people out of neighboring louisiana into my home state when tens of thousands of unaccompanied minor showed up on our border, americans got to see that leadership does matter, and that there are very functional places in this country. it wasn't just republicans tha

leadership brought to bear the 1st night of our strike operations five arab air force is flying along the wing of the united states air force in strikes against isil targets in syria which is not anything that any of us could've imagined one year ago. our strategic leadership counts as an enabler to this process. other ways and means -- and your question is really important. other ways and means that we can bring success to the arab solution to this is providing technical support, intelligence support focused special operations strike capabilities the training and equipping that we are doing today some of which can be done in country some of which can be done offshore and partner nations , the aggregation of those activities undertaken with partners in the region ultimately to achieve the ends that we seek. the united states really has -- and our coalition partners have many means at our disposal from leadership all the way through the potential for special operations strikes to give our arab partners exactly what they want, which is the capacity for them to be the defeat mechanism in the end of dash. >> thank you

air force is the smallest air force we have ever been since we had a united states air force in 1947. message does that send to al a lies and adversaries? >> we need to make sure -- we recognize that first off it's a very unstable international security environment. we need to reassure our allies and american people that we have the capability and we have the the will. what we want to do annal is we want to win any conflict, 99 to nothing in the first quarter it. we don't want this to be 31-20 in the double overtime. i would send a message to any potential aggressors out there we have the most capable fighting force but we have got to make sure that we put the resources and the effort behind that fighting force in order that we will be able to fight and win our nation's wars either now or in the future. >> i don't think most americans have any idea just how perilous this situation seems. general, thanks a the lot for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure, tucker. >> coming up literally the p.c. police. one university no longer allowed to mention the word race in a simple suspect des

i'm pleased to introduce the honorable deborah lee james, the 23rd secretary of the united states air forcef our nation. secretary james, of course, is a distinguished leader in her own right for our nation's military and has the response of managing more than 690000 air force personnel. and a budget of $110 billion. please welcome secretary deborah lee james. madam secretary? [applause] >> thank you so much, senator casey, senator wicker. thank you so much. it is truly an honor and privilege for me to come before all of you today. mr. president mrs. obama, senators, congressmen distinguished guests, friends and allies from around the world, may i please invite all of you to join me in a prayer for our national leaders. oh, mighty god, it is in you that we trust. we ask for your blessings on our president barack obama. lord grant him the wisdom and the vision to lead our nation toward a more just peaceful and prosperous world. help him to keep the beacon of american freedom burning brightly as an inspiration to all who long to live free from fear, free from want free to speak, and free to w

i'm proud to avoid the universe -- uniform of the united states air force. i'm proud of what america can do when we are pulling together. i know for a fact that with the right leadership in this country, we can make washington functional again, i know that. the idea that we can't work together on issues that are important to both of us, democrat or republican, when i look at all the big issues that we have dealt with over the 14 years that i was the governor of texas, whether it was a reform, education policy economic whether it was issues like ebola . when ebola came on the shores of america, it came to texas. we show the rest of the country how the state would deal with that. when the space shuttle fell out of the sky in the early 2000's in east texas, when katrina moved hundreds of thousands of people out of neighboring louisiana into my home state when tens of thousands of unaccompanied minor showed up on our border, americans got to see that leadership does matter, and that there are very functional places in this country. it wasn't just republicans tha

brought to bear the first night of our strike operations five five arab air forces flying along on the wing of the united states air force in strikes against isil targets in syria. that's not anything that any of us could have imagined a year ago. so our strategic leadership counts as an enabler to the process. other ways and means -- your question is really important. other ways and means that we can bring success to the arab solution to this is providing technical support, intelligence support, focused special operations strike capabilities, the training and equipping that we're doing today some of which can be done incountry, some of which can be done offshore in partner nations. the ag gags of those activities undertaken with partners in the region ultimately to achieve the ends that we seek. the united states and our coalition partners have many means at our disposal from leadership all the way through to potential for special operations strike to give our arab partners exactly what they want, which is the capacity for them to be the defeat mechanism in the end. >> thank you. mr. chairman. >> senator gardn

i think the united states air force has a great program for this and the key to their prevention efforts involving the community. they involve the chaplain leadership they involve psychologists, they involve families to make -- to give them a better understanding of what suicide is all about. i think that's very important. i think we can do that in policing too. we inside to look at studies and i think in my view, police work is a fertile field for suicide. maybe police work itself doesn't lead to suicide but it certainly part of that equation that does. if you take personal problems relationship problems and other problems, and you put them in the context of being an officer, that's win you get into trouble. so departments have a duty and a moral obligation to care for their people and prevent these tragic deaths these very unnecessary deaths. thank you. >> next we'll hear from david orr, norwalk police department. >> thank you, sir. good morning and thank you for allowing me to speak to you today about the topic of post traumatic stress disorder as it relates to police officers. perspe

forces on the ground. they have got to lead the effort to take on isis. we have got to be supportive. i support the air strikes that the united statesw doing and i think they have been reasonably effective. but the muslim nations themselves are going to have to step up and defeat isis. >> let me quickly, senator, turn to the situation in yemen right now which is turning out to be a total disaster. the state department basically shut down the united states embassy in the capital of sanaa amid enormous security concerns. the houthi rebels are taking charge over there. as you know aqap al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, is based in yemen. what's going on over here? because this is yet another failed state in this part of the world. >> that just talks about the instability in the region and the need for again, in my view the countries of the region to play a much more active role. >> so obviously, it looks like yemen is a failed state now. libya, remember what the u.s. did launch a tomahawk cruise missile to get rid of gadhafi, spent a few billion dollars in u.s. taxpayer money to do so. look what's going on in libya. the u.s. embassy i

i think the united states air force has a great program for this and the key to their prevention efforts are involving the community. they involve the chaplain they involve leadership, they involve psychologists, they involve families to give them a better understanding of what suicide is all about. and i think that's very important. i think we can do that in policing, too. we need to look at idealogical studies, as i mentioned before and i think in my view police work is a fertile field for suicide. maybe police work itself doesn't lead to suicide, but there's certainly part of that equation that does. if you take personal problems relationship problems and other problems and you put them in the context of being an officer, that's when you get into trouble. so departments have a duty and a moral obligation to care for their people and prevent these tragic deaths, these very unnecessary deaths. thank you. >> and thank you for your testimony, doctor. next we'll hear from david orr norwalk, connecticut police department. >> thank you, sir. good morning and thank you for allowing me to spea

here to break it down is richard newton former assistant vice chief of staff of the united states air forceion. >> you bet. good morning. first let's be very clear, this is radical islamic terrorists. they are as we can see here on the map with regard to both syria and iraq, it is a fluid situation. one thing we need to keep in mind is that we see this as two distinct countries. the terrorists see this as one area. >> and al bagdadi was taken over the weekend. they say 90% belongs to militants hands and they are preparing to launch into the holy land of anbar province. >> if you recall, 20 to 25 terrorists attacked al assad air base in that part of anbar province. it's very important because of not only the dam but air base which is about the sides of boulder, colorado and has a large sunni population. >> let's look at iraq. as you see what we're looking at. the big complaint now is you see these air bases is they're saying in the sunnies and the tribal leaders who want to help us says they're not getting the arms from baghdad that we're giving back dad. >> there is a real challenge there i

my father was in the service and is disabled veteran for 30 years in the united states air force. i would point out that one of the things that is in the president's budget which no one really talks about is an increase in the federal workforce, but the particular increase significantly to the department of veterans affairs recognizing that we have a unique responsibility for our veterans and we have to have a veterans affairs department that matches that responsibility. as to the president's executive actions on immigration keep in mind if you will that there are an awful lot of people in the country illegally, and they go to work every single day. many of them are paying into the social security system but cannot draw from it. and they are being paid lower words is because -- they are being pay lower wages because they are being paid under the table. one of the comprehensive approaches to immigration reform is that we bring those people above board. that will help the middle class because not only will those immigrants and new citizens be paying taxes, they will also be paid wag

air force and i have two sons at tennessee air force academy. historic colleges one of the first black colleges in united states of america. i didn't attend there. i was a little kid 13 or 14 years of age but i really enjoyed going up there. i lived about a mile and a half away and they were very nice people. i attended fayetteville college teachers college in north carolina and that i wanted to the air force but i want to say i think you are doing a wonderful job and i respect you and i would like to ask you -- you could like to ask a question about the college please feel free to do so and god bless you. >> guest: thank you. >> host: gladys is up next and oxen hill maryland. gladys go ahead. >> caller: good morning good morning dr. blanchard i believe. i am so proud of your school that i attended. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: i have always heard of it as a child. i'm 79 years old now but i think i missed hampton university. my grandfather was a -- for general armstrong and he went to that school at the age of 11. at that time it was a high school and you should see the letters that my grandfather wrote or at one lette

s were aviators, whether flying for the united states air force or navy. he was in the navy, but happened to be on a ship and came up happened to be standing on the deck. the ship zigged when he thought it was going to be zagged and over he went. when the vietnamese picked him up, they thought he was a member of the c.i.a. and when they put him in prison, he started to get along. one of the things with that tap code they tried to do each and every day, they would communicate who was newly into the prison. and trying to member rise the names of all the p.o.w.'s because if someone were to rebe released or escape, they wanted the united states to know exactly who was in captivity. it was absolutely critical for them critical for their families to know they were still alive. there were a couple of folks, mr. speaker, that were released early. not necessarily the tact that many of the other p.o.w.'s would have taken. doug didn't want to be released but ordered to go because he had a photographic memory and knew every single p.o.w., knew their hometown and phone

united states feel. you are a retired four-star air force general. you're the former deputy mmander of u.s.ean command. you're also currently department of defense practice leader. with the weapons industry in this country benefit from arming ukraine? >> first of all, i'm not a weapons dealer and i don't represent the light in this discussion. number three, i doubt seriously if logic and all with think this is a good idea that we could someone arms to nato or ukraine in this case. it is the wrong argument. let me go back to professor mearsheimer's last discussion. great synopsis of recent history. i could not agree more. the part i take a little bit of exception with is the last part, and implication that expecting nations in the world, the world order today, the model which is being pressured a little bit today, national sovereignty, but the fact of the matter is, the implication that we shouldn't expect governments to treat their people with dignity respect, and have human rights in mind, to me is unfortunate because that is really what this is all about. going back to the nato implicatio

, 2015, of the following members on the part of the house to the board of visitors to the united states air force academy. the clerk: mr. lamb born of colorado and ms. mcsally of arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 46 u.s.c. 51312-b and the order of the house of january 6 2015, of the following member on the part of the house to the board of visitors to the united states her vant marine academy. the clerk: mr. king of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise to honor a great man who left a mark, in fact, a legacy, on our state of north carolina. coach dean smith retired as the winningest coach in f.d.s. history but many will remember dean myth as a pioneer in another arena. he grew up in a home that valued the inalienable human dignity bestowed on us by our creator. when dean's father brought a young african

this building near raqqa targeted by jordan at the direction of the united states a claim dismissed by the commander of jordan's air force in an interview with nbc's keir simmons. >> we were miles away. >> reporter: isis also claims the u.s. is allied with syrian president assad because they're both bombing isis. in a rare interview, assad hinted to the bbc that the two countries are in touch, though not directly. >> there's no dialogue. there's, let's say, information. but not dialogue. >> they tell you things? >> some things. >> do you tell them things? >> no. >> reporter: this war is making strange bedfellows. president obama who in 2011 said assad has to go now faces a far more dangerous foe -- isis. but isis has a problem. it's almost out of western hostages. at least one american is still missing in the middle east, journalist austin tyke. but isis might not have him. they do have british journalist john cantlie and views him as a mouthpiece. in a video released this week, cantlie calls to a isis supporters in the west to launch attacks. with the dwindling number of hostages left to kill, such attacks may be a way

timing here it seems to be kind of a priority of an urgent nature because the united states and coalition forces are committing airow against isis and the goal is to defeat and degrade isis. what's the timing do you think? when do you think congress will be able to come to some kind of a compromise and agreement? >> reporter: we're in a curious place because the president still says that he has the authority to conduct these operations with or without this authorization so let's be honest he's not going to stop fighting isil while we debate this authorization. i think that -- >> do you think he doesn't need this authorization? >> i think he does. i disagree with the president. i think that right now this is an extra constitutional conflict. i think he does. just for practical purpose, the fight is not stopping. i think we should have a prohibition against ground troops with exceptions. there are places in which you're going to want to put special operations forces in to go after particular leadership within isil. you certainly have to have the room to do rescue operations. i think we can build an authorization tha

air force and i have two sons at tennessee air force academy. historic colleges one of the first black colleges in united states of america. i didn't attend there. i was a little kid 13 or 14 years of age but i really enjoyed going up there. i lived about a mile and a half

torture in jordan where we sent him then instead essentialing had imhome, the united states arranged for him to go to bagram air force base in afghanistan and 20002, after that, they accused him of being a recruiter for the pilot of 9/11 and the government could not prove that because it wasn't true. the judge ruled that he could not have even known about 9/11 and the allegation is gone. so all that we are left with, is that he was at one time apart of al-qaeda it is important to remember that the al-qaeda that i think he fought with 1990 and 1991 against the soviet union. the united states support that can effort. the supported it with millions of dollars and with munitions and weapons that is. i mean there is no secret about that if you have seen the movie. charlie wilson's war will you know all about. it. so the judge found that is also correct that it was not the al-qaeda that came in and attacked us so many years later. but that is where we are with the government. you know. i think that the judge's decision in 2010 is instructive. as nancy said is he a first person who is annuity rational person to have reviewe

instead of sending him hone united states arranged for him to go to a back room air force base in cuban 2002 shortly after that the accused him to be one of the recruiters for the pilots of 9/11 per boltzmann the the government could not prove that and the judge ruled that mohamedou could not even have known so all the beer left with about one time he was part of al qaeda it is important to remember the al qaeda that he fought with in 1990 and 1981 united states was supported that effort with millions of dollars with the dishes and weapons if you have seen the movie turns wilson's war you have seen that. so the judge found it was not the al qaeda end that came to attack all those years later but that is the government. >> the judge's decision is instructive because he is the first person who is neutral to have reviewed all the evidence in the case. he decided of the evidence was not credible obtained through torture or conversion and i remember reading the diary years ago so much more became clear to me because mohamedou talked about the torture he was subjected to that resulted in him

force. of the air strikes to far over 2,000, the united states has conducted nearly 2,000 of those strikes. >> will american troops be going in always? >> i think eventually we'll have to if we want to defeat isis. tlp there has to be a ground capability. at some point you're going to have u.s. advisors on the ground embedded in these forces and perhaps even joining with jordanian special forces and other forces to help a sunni uprising. then they could make a hybrid force and a regular forces calling in ire strikes and you could actually destroy isis in that manner. until that happens all the air power in the world will continue to hit targets, mow the grass but the terrorists are going to remain. >> the united states still at the highest levels a denial of american ground troops. isis is holding an american. a 26-year-old american aid worker a woman. the fact she was a woman led some people to say maybe her fate will be different than the other americans and westerners who have been beheaded. now you see a muslim fighter pilot burned to death. >> no barbarity is off the table. they've bee

united states and south korea are regular occurrences. this one, codenamed max thunder - took place in november at the kunsan air force base 150 miles south of seoul... >> this type of exercise takes place every year but for the north korean government they consider this a provocation and a threat. >> north korea is still a flash point. we're still at a state of war with north korea. this is 1953 armistice. >> if there was someday heaven forbid a real war here we would need to work very closely. we are always practicing together always working together >> thankfully we have helped stabilize and ensure the security of the peninsula for the last 61 years, but in spite of that long time we have to be ready to fight tonight and that really is our mantra. >> north korea is under new leadership. >> kim jong-un looks funny he is overweight and sometimes does strange things. but he is smart. when his father died 7 top officials, 4 generals and 3 civilian bureaucrats, walked next to the coffin of his father in december 2011. in two years time, none of them was alive and in a high level position. >> when it comes to international relations, kim jon

they need to be defeated by a sunni military force with air support from the united states. the e job descriptions the saudis, the jordanians, the uae, bahrainis and turks and kur did. s put together a coalition armed forces to confront them on the ground with u.s. special operation support intelligence support and most devastating air support possible. you will wipe isis out. if you were elected, what would be the top 5 agenda items you would push hardest for? >> three things, first a healthy economy. tax reform sues our energy and balance our budget. we need to get people skills revolutionize the way we pay for hire education. not everyone should be forced to get a 4-year degree in order to find a job. there are millions of good paying jobs out there. we should allow people to access the skills they need. third, the strongest, most powerful military force in the world and an american foreign policy. it is bad to be our enemy and good to be our friend? >> all right. our lightning round. >> lightning round? >> abortion. >> i am pro-life. i mean it's just as simple as that. >>

for months united states has been pushing for nations to leave the fight with isis. egypt's president calling for united air force. its mission, a mass joint military force, crush isis and stop the threat that's festering across the region. president in egypt says he has commitments from jordan to

for months united states has been pushing for nations to leave the fight with isis. egypt's president calling for united air force. its mission, a mass joint military force, crush isis and stop the threat that's festering across the region. president in egypt says he has commitments from jordan to send in troops. the details are skrars and there's a lot of questions how to force would operate. let's go to ian. egypts president didn't say what he meant by the united arab force and whether he means troops on the ground. you listened to the speech. what did you hear? >> reporter: well brook, he was addressing the nation and he first started off with the isis threat to egypt and this is a country that's facing it on two fronts on the east and the cyanide peninsula and the west as well. he did bring up this idea for united arab force. take a listen. >> this is a stance that we see a unified arab force together. we see it is now and necessary an important and necessary because the challenges in the region and facing our countries are huge challenges and we can overcome the challenges once we are together. >> reporter:

forces. it's pretty clear that they need some help like maybe close air support from the united states. you can't get that without putting special forces troops up with them. >> do you think that at this point we'll hear that? >> i think you'll hear something that will point in that direction. >> nothing specific as far as ground combat troops? >> i don't think you'll hear the introduction of ground combat troops. i hope we won't because i don't think the situation justifies it. i think our previous experience in the region indicates that is not really the right way to solve this issue. >> what about how come they're not putting geographic limits 0 this battle on the table. what will this tell you about intelligence the president and pentagon would have as far as isis in neighboring countries. >> i think that it's important to leave the geography flexible at this point. we know what we're doing in iraq. we've been a little inhibited in syria. we've got some major geopolitical questions to address. for example, it can get rid of isis in syria through work militarily where does that leave

instead of sending him home the united states arranged for him to go to bagram air force base in afghanistano cuba in august of 2002 and surely after that, the accused him of being one of the recruiters as a pilot in 9/11. ultimately the government couldn't prove that is and the judge ruled that mohamedou could not have even known about 9/11. for that allegation is gone. so all we're left with is here one time part of al qaeda. it is important to remember that the al qaeda that he filed with in 1990 and 1991 against the soviet union the united states is supporting that were at millions of dollars with munitions and weapons and there's no secret about that. if you've seen the movie charlie wilson's war, you know all about it. so the judge found which is also correct, that was not the al qaeda it came and attacked this many years later. but that is where we are with the government. >> you know, the judges decision in 2010 was brilliant start it. he is the first person who was a neutral person to have reviewed all the evidence in the case. he decided that the evidence in the case was either not

pictures show the results of some of the 2,500 airstrikes conducted by the united states and coalition forces. military officials say the air strikes have deprived isis of a sanctuary in iraq and add that isis is no longer able to assemble move, and communicate as an effective force. >> house republicans have decided taught to shut down the department of homeland security. custody, republican legislators push a three week funding for the agency and leave in president obama's immigration policies that have made them furious. the president used his executive power recently to spare millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. house republicans have long insisted in money be approved for homeland security security as long as the any immigration directives remain in place. >> bart is putting out a new measles alert a sick passenger was on the system on friday and 1,500 may have been exposed. our reporter is at the millbrae bart station with the details. >>> the warning going out to bart riders who may have been on board a richmond bound train on friday, february 20, san mateo county hilt officials say a person sick with mea

and then instead of sending him home the united states arranged for him to go to bagram air force base in afghanistan and then to cuba in august of 2002 and then shortly after that they accused him of being a recruiter for the pilots in 9/11. ultimately the government couldn't prove that because it wasn't true. and the judge ruled he could not have known about 9/11. so that allegation is gob. all we're left with is he was at one time part of al qaeda. and it's important to remember that the al qaeda that he fought with in 1990 and 1991 against the soviet union, the united states was supporting that effort supported it with millions of dollars with munitions and weapons and that's -- there's no secret about that. if you have soon the movie "charlie wilson's war" you know all about it. so the judge found which is also correct, that was not the al qaeda that came and attacked us many years later. but that's where we are with the government. >> i think the judge's decision in 2010 is instructive because he said he's the first person who is a neutral person to have reviewed all of the evide

force against isis. the united states has conducted air strikes against isis since august, but the law requires congressional approval for prolonged operations. that's the question tonight. what's the definition of prolonged operations? when does the president have to get permission? congressman, good to have you with us tonight. i would like to get your reaction to the unconfirmed report that an american hostage has been killed in an jordanian air strike. >> it's not at all confirmed. obviously a very dangerous situation there because of ongoing fighting war really and some very serious. at the same time hostages are simply being executed murderously so by isil. it is extremely dangerous. hopefully not true. hopefully we'll be able to get that hostage back but it is a very, very dangerous situation in the area and really cause for us to get on this with authorization to use military force. >> well that is really the key at the hour. first of all congressman, do you think we're at war and what is the definition of war if we're using military intelligence, we're using military hardware, we have had a bombing

united states. take a look at the snow flurries when air force one landed at joint base andrews last night. president obama had been in palm springs for the past three days. >> i'm not feeling that bad for him. >> i wish i was in palm springs. >> normally he would fly back to the white house in a helicopter. marine one not flying inging because of the snow. he used a motorcade. >> up to 10 inchested to fall throughout the snowstorm in that part of the state. virginia is under a state of emergency. the declaration allowing the state to mobilize the 2500 snow removal crews to hit the streets. >>> more people being impacted by the weather. this just in to our live desk. copper county government as well as copper county circuit court that is closed today. essential employees, you should report as required or if you have any questions you can just contact your supervisor directly. aaron? >> thank you. >>> coming up on 5:21. we got snow pretty much what was promptsed ed-- promised to us. this can be slick to move around on. >> 19 degrees outside of our studio. very cold. and the snow packed down

air force colonel who served as an intelligence officer. colonel, you just heard the numbers tom was sharing. nearly 2300 hundred air strikes against isis. the united statesonducted the exact number 81% of them. arab coalition members, 3.5% of them. does the moderate arab world need to do more? >> well erin, i think so. they have the capability. they certainly have the money. the problem is they don't have the same doctrine that we use within the u.s. military and that's a significant difference. not only do we have the doctrine for us to do these joint and combined operations but we also have the abilities and we've had the training to do this. the arab world has a lot of significant capabilities especially when it comes to some of the modern weapons but they don't have that overall architecture in which they can employ the weapons in a joint and effective manner. >> you mean the command center that tom is showing. these weapon systems and there's a single thing controlling it. >> that's right. it's called the air operation center. it's the one that directs combat operations. that system was used very effectively in first part of the iraq war. the second