[applause] >> president donald trump, for your dedicated service to our nation, to the united states air force air force academy, it a great pride in today's graduating class designates you an honorary member of the air force academy class of 2019. >> strong! [cheering and applause] >> as tangible evidence of the offer, we ask that you accept this painting by rick broome, and we also present you with our class coined as a token of our appreciation. [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. david, president of the air force academy foundation, will present the distinguished american award. >> mr. president, on behalf of the air force academy foundation and all of the charitable organizations that support the air force academy, i am pleased to present to you the distinguished american award. thank you for being here today to recognize and honor the next generation of american heroes, their families, and friends. pres. trump: thank you david. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, take seats. , the dean gentlemen of faculty. [cheering and applause] >> president trump, before presenting the

and to the united states air force academy, it is with great pride that today's graduating class designates you an honorary member of the united states air force academy class of 2019. [applause] >> as tangible evidence of that honor, we accept that you accept this painting. of the united states air force academy, we present you with our class coin as a token of our appreciation area -- appreciation. [applause] [applause] c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. this morning, a discussion on the delay of federal aid for the victims of recent natural disasters. then david barker talks about his book, one nation, two realities and discusses the current political stalemate between congress and the white house. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 this morning. join the discussion. >> when i see something like that, i can only see it from her perspective. i have had a lot of people pray for me and as a christian i believe christianity has a long tradition of divine healing so i do not think it is not possible for god to

and to the united states air force academy, it is with great pride that today's graduating class designates you an honorary member of the united states air force academy class of 2019. [applause] >> as tangible evidence of that honor, we accept that you accept this painting. of the united states air force academy, we present you with our class coin as a token of our appreciation area -- appreciation. [applause] [applause] >> c-span's "washington journal compound live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. up friday morning, a discussion of a delay in federal aid for victims of recent natural disasters. david barker talks about his book and discusses the current political stalemate between congress and the white house. we should watch c-span's "washington journal," friday morning. join the discussion. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years, c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from washington dc and around the country. by cable in 1970 nine, c-span has brought to

air force medic. he was from north carolina. on april 4, 1975, he was looking after hundreds of orphans from saigon. the president of the united states, gerald ford, had ordered the air force to rescue 2000 orphans before the north vietnamese approached the capital of the republic of vietnam. while master sergeant johnson was carrying for them, -- caring for them, his c5 crashed. 78 children perished that day, 50 members of the united states air force perished with them. a father and a friend was lost, but his life was a testament to the spirit of america we see here today. i was honored to visit that wall 44 years after the event with sergeant johnson's daughter. when america was asleep in the 1970's, something stirred in the thousands of people here. the shameful treatment of our warriors went against everything that was taught by the man who is looking down on us today. in his second inaugural address when he prayed to end the scourge of war, he said with malice toward none and charity for all, let us strive to finish the work we are in, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphan. the attitudes th

and to the united states air force academy, it is with great pride that today's graduating class designates you an honorary member of the united states air force academy class of 2019. [applause] >> as tangible evidence of that honor, we accept that you accept this painting. of the united states air force academy, we present you with our class coin as a token of our appreciation area -- appreciation. [applause] [applause] >> washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, it is discussion of the delay in federal aid to victims of natural disasters. and we talk about the book "one nation: two realities," discussing the divide between america and the white house. join the discussion. the reviews are in for c-span's "the president's." it recently topped the new york times new and noteworthy column. milepost incalled a the evolving and ever-changing reputations of our presidents. and from the new york journal of books "the presidents" makes a fast and engrossing read. and with father's day fast approaching, it makes a grea

currently he is an officer in the united states air force reserve and previously served in the navy reserveh the joint forces intelligence command naval special warfare group and the office of marriage intelligence. the v.a. secretary mr. robert wilkie. >> thank you and thank you to the gold star mothers who have made more than one sacrifice for this country. i was privileged to address the tax organization last night. i quoted an australian prime minister who said 40 years ago, what would it be like for the there were world if not this country called the united states of america? were not this giant country prepared to make so many sacrifices for peace and freedom across the grove -- globe. that's what i think of when i think of gold star mothers. want to talk about vietnam seen through the eyes of the child. histtle boy who watched father go off to the second tour in southeast asia. before he was 70 got word that his father had been badly wounded. so badly wounded he spent an entire year at an army hospital in hawaii. home he weighed half of what he did when he went. he tried to recover f

air force medic. he was from north carolina. on april 4, 1975, he was looking after hundreds of orphans from saigon. the president of the united statesrald ford, had ordered the air force to rescue 2000 orphans before the north vietnamese approached the capital of the republic of vietnam. while master sergeant johnson was caring for them, his c5 crashed in a rice paddy outside the airport. 78 children perished that day, 50 members of the united states air force perished with them. a father and a friend was lost, but his life was a testament to the spirit of america we see here today. i was honored to visit that wall 44 years after the event with sergeant johnson's daughter. when america was asleep in the 1970's, something stirred in the thousands of people here. the shameful treatment of our warriors went against everything that was taught by the man who is looking down on us today. in his second inaugural address when he prayed to end the scourge of war, he said with malice toward none and charity for all, let us strive to finish the work we are in, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphan. the at

ago, we were 4000 maintainers short in the united states air force. r active duty is not short of maintainers anymore. pilot shortage, spare parts, we are starting to turn the corner on logistics, training hours, all those things matter for a ready force. ms. starr: is it correct b-52s at the have moment, and notb-1s? sec. wilson: i don't talk about things are and what readiness levels are in general. ms. starr: okay. the air force made a public announcement, the level of readiness and availability that you want. 5, we focus: thatf-3 on the operational squadrons when we assess readiness, not the proprietary aircraft, by the f-35 is a game changer of an aircraft. his supercomputer wrapped in a stealthy aircraft. when we take it out and do exercises, the kill ratio is 20:1. starr: let us shift to the southwest border of the united states, that is another call, if you will, upon u.s. military forces. acting secretary shanahan was , and this weekend publicly, there have been public indications which is that the u.s. military will stay on the border until t

countries that don't. >> i don't see -- i see the partnerships that we have deepening in the united states air force trains 1200 noncommissioned officers from latin america every year at lackland air force base in spanish so we train our partners and allies. >> but i'm asking in space. >> protecting high-tech. we now have a combined space operations center and opened our space training programs space 100 here in the nitrates is up to 20 allies with officers engaged involved in our putting sensors on allied spacecraft and we have a center aboard a norwegian satellite working to do the same with japan. in areas of technology we are debating our partnerships because good ideas aren't coming from the united states. >> your thoughts? >> i say are the views and as i think about the future and what we acquire it will incorporate expert ability into that as well and then we mentioned the training we train hundreds of pilots every year on our aircraft and fighting systems we train soldiers brought our school system from west point all the way to the war college we have foreign students and think it's valuabl

two years ago we were 4000 maintainers short and the united states air force and we have now close that gap. our active is not shortage of maintainers anymore. we're starting to turn the corner on the pilot shortage. so spare parts, logistics, training hours, all of those things matter for a ready force. >> is a correct you only have the b-52s deployable at the moment for this type of moment? >> i don't talk about where things are, what are readiness levels are in general. >> give us your sense of the f-35 now. the air force make a very public announcement it was there. is it operating to the level of readiness and availability that you want? >> the f-35, some people lump all of the aircraft together. we focus on operational squadrons when we assess readiness, not the early prototype aircraft and those kinds of things, but the f-35 is a game changer of an aircraft. it is a supercomputer wrapped in a stealthy aircraft. when we take it out and do our most difficult force exercises, they kill ratio is 20 to one. .. what is your sense of what the demand essentially will be on u.s. forces? a

>> i served in the united states air force from 2000 to 2004. >> you worked on f-16s? >> that was pretty cool. wh i got out of the air force i was looking for transition where i can use the same discipline and work ethics and critical pay attention to safety details, and i got ac contt with a recruiter from dominion and they had a position and i qualified for it, and the testing, d i did well and before you know it i was a trainee to become a lineman. dominion hires a lot of veterans. you obviouslyave to be very skilled, but is there a shortage of lineman? tell us about what dominion is offering to do? >> well, one out of every five se es is a veteran, and beca of our skill set and our safety ethics it transitions well to being a lineman, and we do well with time restraint and it's a great transition from the military to the field, and so they seem to hire 20% of new hires are veterans. >> which is fantastic. colonel, you are retired and a former pilot. tell us about your service? >> i y served 20ears as a pilot. a lot of fun. >> i bet it was. you are actually the retir

those particular flying skills came about when he was a united states air force fighter pilot. >> reporterlong island based charity that provides services dogs to veterans depends on donations from ordinary people. and raises morthan anyone else. i think a lot of people would be surprised these dogs arant suplus by a grateful nation to these vets. >> reporter: the vietnam vets we're returning from combat back then, it was a disgrace the way the vets were treated. and now is the opportunity that we, as group of just friends -- that if they need a service dog to have a better life, we can actually do something to make that happen. >> reporter: men and women like sharon, a nurse for 27 years and treated 9/11 victims. soon after insenlisted herself the army and found herself in a hospital in baghdad. >> we were having rockets and mortars lobbed in all the time. >> reporter: did you have an idea how it was effecting you emotionally? >> i think it hits you later. you almost become robotic to what's going on. >> reporter: after ten years she decided it was time to hang up her uniform and return t

show it to all your fans with the united states air force and on social media. ir force heritage flight foundation what is the mission quick. >> at air shows and events to bring in little boys and little girls who may not know what world war ii is for example. we live in the history tribute h veterans at the track it was a moving thing to have us fly together. jon: without airplanes like the p-letter 40 mp 51 world war ii would have been tougher for the allied forces. thank you for being with us. good flying today. thank you pete takes a closer look at memorial day and the meaning in the fox news special modern warriors also looking at other relevant topics including military rules of engagement. to make you cannot judge until you are in the position. if they say i will go out and murder innocent civilians, that is one thing. if it is a decision made in the heat of combat we will put american troops at risk if they think every time they pull a trigger or make a decision they can go to jail then they won't make decisions and that will be devastating. jon: modern w

the united states air force trains 1200 noncommissioned officers from latin america every year at lackland air force base in spanish. we train our partners and allies. you talk about high-tech, we have now opened our space programs. we now have a combined space operations center. we opened our space training programs. space 100 taught in the united states is taught to 20 allies with allied officers engaged and involved, and we are putting our centers on allied spacecraft. we have a center that is going up aboard a norwegian satellite and are working on the same with japan. so even in areas of technology, we are deepening our partnerships, because good ideas are not just coming from the united states. ms. starr: secretary esper, your thoughts? sec. esper: i share secretary wilson's views. we will incorporate export ability into our future. we mentioned the training part, we train hundreds of pilots every year or no aircraft, on our fight systems. we train soldiers throughout our school system, from west point all the way to the war college we have foreign students. we think it is valuable t

. >> congressman and united states air force veteran denver says one thing congress is working on togethersure the heros are taken care of. >> memorial day for me is vitally important, my family has served and how they are treating veterans, you know, going forward, you see the bipartisan veteran groups on caucuses now, they are popping up, we look at memorial day or veterans day, looks at those who have died for us and veterans day those who have served. we are pretty dedicated, democrats and republicans at veterans, we understand some of the issues, that's why you are seeing bipartisan groups come up, not just for veterans issues like health care but also for addiction, problems with suicide, problems with addiction, all that, we are on this and i again i want to reassure the american public as crazy as you might see on some of the news out there, the ranking file, the new people conservatives and republicans, sort of the moderate democrats, we are actually trying to get things done. >> right now the va says it's on track for the june 6th rollout of mission act program which allows veter

served in the united states air force and then went on to become assistant secretary of state under presidentbama. he is the author of the book "red line: american foreign-policy a time of fractured politics and failing states." welcome back. you are the perfect man to try to square the circle. there's been a headline that just cross now. it says the administration has taken unprecedented nonmilitary action involving iran. it says iran will face tough choices. we do not know the details of that, but give us a sense, what are the options? p.j.: part of the dilemma is that the options for both the united states and iran are narrowing. both sides are stuck with policy choices that are not working as intended. the trump administration withdrew from the iran nuclear deal believing that a better deal was available. even this week president trump tweeted he expects iran to be prepared to talk soon, but there is no indication iran will negotiate with united states or negotiate with the trump administration. for iran, they expected that europe and russia would insulate iran from the economic pressure

he said the united states is deploying the "uss abraham lincoln" carrier strike group and a bomber task force, those air force bombers, to send a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime that any attack on united states interests or those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. the united states is not seeking war with the iranian regime, but

the president of the united states will add any moment take off for colorado springs, colorado, to deliver the commencement address at the united states air forces and speaks to reporters on his way out of the white house. that should happen any moment. a lot for him to react to. he's already doing it on twitter this morning. still with us mike barnicle. white house reporter for the associated press, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state dvepartments and host of the beat on msnbc. also white house correspondent for pbs news hour and capitol hill correspondent, casey hunt. joe and mika are off this morning. you were on morning, noon and night last night watching this mueller news. what was your take away as you watched that 8-minute presentation? >> my main take away is bob mueller is a school principal who is a little disappointed with the class. in between the lines, if you read it closely, but in all seriousness, he wrote the damn thing. he wrote up the report and it's all in there and there was a type of frustration, i thought, quite clearly both in the way that he felt the democrats in congress were waiting for him to do o

week the air force base is hosting a large force exercise and the training complex portions of south dakota, north dakota, miami. the largest training airspace in the continental united stateso play a critical role like the 35 and the future bomber which would be based in ellsworth however in order to optimize these exercises and accommodate scenarios, they must grant the air force the waivers to exceed the 26,000 fly up to 51,000 feet even though there's considerably less commercial travel securing these is a slow-moving process. this is in part because it's governed by three traffic control centers salt lake city center and minneapolis center streamlining the process would afford the military planners additional time to commit access with greater certainty. if confirmed, will you commit to working with th with me and ther force to improve the process of obtaining altitude waivers to ensure that they remain the most prepared to counter the modern adversary is? >> thank you for that question. we talked about this in the visit. having quite a bit of experience in large tactical exercises i understand the importance of having both the vertical and horizontal dimension of airs

after graduating from the united states air force academy and completing air force pilot training i went on to instruct the t. 38 tactical fighter to beat a fighter pilot for several years and after completing my military service i've moved to delta airlines qualifying on the 727, 737, 750s of an, 767 and also the airbus a320 series aircraft. last october i retired after serving the last 12 years as the senior vice president of flight operations there was responsible for the safety and operational performance of the company's global flat operations. i've also had the privilege over the years of collaborating with u.s. and international aviation industry leaders to advocate for commercial aviation safety and improvements to the national airspace system. the u.s. aviation system is the most dynamic, diverse and complex in the world and is a key contributor to the economy. as the safety regulator and operator of the national airspace system the faa provides the programs and infrastructure that helped to deliver unprecedented safety and mobility to the traveling public. if confirmed, i will

people in landing the plane, because those particular flying skills came about when he was a united states air forceisland-based charity that provides service dogs to veterans depends on donations from ordinary people. mill miller's group of 25 volunteers raise more than anyone else. >> i think a lot of people would be surprised this these dogs aren't supplied be i grateful nation to these vets. >> we group up in the vietnam era where when they were returning from combat it was a disgrace the way the vets were treated. now is the opportunity that we as a group of just frens can make a major difference. >> reporter: men and women like sharon rinier was a anniversary for 27 dwreers and treated 9/11 victims. soon after, she enlisted herself in the army and was assigned to an emergency room in baghdad. >> what was that like. >> we very having rockets and mortar lobbed in all the time. >> did you have an idea how it was affecting you emotionally? >> i think it hits you a bit later. >> reporter: after ten years in the united states army, sharon decided it was time to hang up her uniform and try to return

fussell, united states air force, patrick air force base, cape canaveral, florida.haplain: will you pray

united states. the president piled on from a cell phone video aboard air force one. >> i would bevery surprised to see him in there for a long period. it's just not going to happen. if you like high taxes and you

air force one. let's reset for our viewers in the united states and around the world, air force one has touched down in tokyo, this in advance of the u.s. president's visit to meet with the newly crowned emperor of japan, also to meet with the prime minister of japan for the next several days. and we have a list of the many people that donald trump will meet with. he will of course meet with the minister of foreign affair, will meet with the u.s. ambassador to japan, will meet many other people during his time there. >> and he will be greeting them as he comes down the stairs. and i want to ask you, ivan, we know about the closeness of shinzo abe and president trump. what about the japanese people? they very much liked president obama. what kind of reception do you think that he will get from them? >> reporter: well, polls show that president obama was far more popular among japanese society than president trump. that said, we are not anticipating any major protests during this four day visit from the u.s. president, likes of which you could expect when he would go to london for example and see sati

she is the first graduate of the air force academy to become secretary of the air force. the president of the united statesching. >> dana: fox news alert from colorado springs, president trump about to give the graduation speech to the air force academy. hello, everyone. i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." and earlier today, president trump unloading on robert mueller after his statement on the russia investigation. his strong words coming amid the growing democratic push for his impeachment. john roberts is live on the north lawn with more. john, before the president speaks, what do you have there at the north lawn? >> reporter: well, we saw the president leave for the air force academy in colorado springs earlier today and really unload on the special counsel, at least the former special counsel, robert mu

dunn: thank you, madam chair i rise today because the united states air force is in desperate need of our help. i'm proud to co-sponsor this amendment that raises the air force funding levels for fiscal year 2019. my amendment, our amendment, brings the operations and maintenance account up to $670 million which is the minimum the air force needs to continue to rebuild offutt and tyndall air force bases. tyndall, in my district, took a direct hit from cat goir 5 hurricane michael. now seven months later no funding has been provided. that's iver responsible. secretary wilson was forced to halt all work rebuilding tyndall due to welcome of funds. this is a severe blow tour nation's military readiness. some of the missions cannot be duplicated anywhere in the world. our ability to defend america is suffering. my district and many other districts across the nation are suffering from hurricanes, fires and floods and i urge a yes vote on the amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. cunningham: i want to thank my colleague

with those missile-defense fields on the outskirts in the entire united states gray training with red flag exercises. and so the air force pilot broke the sound barrier because there was a giant sonic boom shaking the whole buildingng the whole meeting room. so thate would result in people complaining to be mad about the military and the mayor just look to me to say and to support so let me give you another example so many native communities you see special patriotism the alaska natives to serve at higher rates than any other ethnic group in the country because let's face it the great american patriots of not always been supported by the government but as a matter of fact one that was produced about a community in alaska southeast alaska it was called hunting and wartime about every single male high school senior in the late sixties in these small communities. every one of them. that is special patriotism. this isn't a recent phenomenon but in 1942 alaska oversubscribed their quota by 3 percent surpassing every state in the union. mister president i just want tors mention that so many senators, democrats and republicans

fussell, united states air force, patrick air force base, cape canaveral, florida. the chaplain: will you pray with me. good morning, lord. in a few days our hearts will turn toward our armed forces as we observe memorial day. many of america's sons and daughters have fought and died valiantly for the freedoms we now enjoy. we're grateful for the ultimate sacrifice they have made for us. may your peace rest on their loved ones who continue to grieve. lord, as the many debates of great importance echo through this historic chamber, i pray that you would give to these leaders softness of heart and speech that they may work to solve the problems at hand together. grant our congressional leaders wisdom and new ideas to solve the complex problems before them. bless the house of imbue tatives, o lord, its leaders with your righteousness. remind them that to whom much is given, much is required. rd, our creator, love of our souls, hear our prayer. men. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her a

air force and with your help, nothing ever ever will stop the united states of america. nt at the u.s. air force academy stayed on message and not only did he do that but stayed afterwards and shook the hands of every single one of those folks. >> to what antoine said this is not sustainable. the economy is humming. >> students, you look at the ratio of conservative, libertarian versus liberal professors it is 12:1. >> that has nothing to do with anything. >> they are tired of that message, they have been getting it for four years, they want to hear something refreshing. >> let me remind you of a few things, the students walking into the real world after graduation are facing an economy that will not work for them. high student loans, the cost of college tuition that has not been addressed and this president hasn't made a point that they turn on the tv -- if they logon to twitter or checkout any of donald trump's normal press conferences the donald trump we saw the two seconds clip of is a totally different one than the normal donald trump we see every day and these stude

she is the first graduate of the air force academy to become secretary of the air force. the president of the united states in just a few seconds. keep watching. >> dana: fox news alert from colorado springs, president trump about to give the graduation speech to the air force academy. hello, everyone. i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." and earlier today, president trump unloading on robert mueller after his statement on the russia investigation. his strong words coming amid the growing democratic push for his impeachment. john roberts is live on the north lawn with more. john, before the president speaks, what do you have there at the north lawn? >> reporter: well, we saw the president leave for the air force academy in colorado springs earlier today and really unload on the special counsel, at least the former special counsel, robert mueller. it's because when mueller came out and made his statement, he really raised the political stakes of what lies ahead, forcing the president to come out hard against him. the president, a he was leaving, repeated the mueller report's main finding of no

united states. it has 400 missiles underground across three bases in the united states. the air forcerld events. the launch calendars are built three to five years in advance. planning for each individual launch begins six months or a year prior to the launch. the north korean missile test comes five days after a previous test. there were no missile tests by north korea last year. missile experts say this new north korean short-range missile is based on a russian design. last week north korean leader kim jong-un met vladmir putin in russia. pentagon officials are investigating latest launch but cannot confirm the details. steve: thank you for a live report from the pentagon. let's bring in congresswoman from hawaii, tulsi gabbard. she is running for president of the united states. good morning. aloha. >> good morning, aloha. what do you make, congresswoman, about this. the pentagon says it is coincidence we fired off 10 minutes later. north korea the second missile launch in less than a week? >> obviously we need to make sure our capabilities are where they need to be. i think what no

already received 4 of these f. 35 planes which are being trained by our military air force personnel in the united states and they will soon be coming to turkey but then we will have to invest another $7000000000.00 for some of the spare parts project of f. $25.00 so that taking turkey out of $35.00 projects would also hurt the project itself and would also hurt the interest of other partner countries including the united states s 400 is an air defense system is not an offense system it's going to help her keep protect her airspace from international intrusions from international attacks so comparing the 2 projects is not really sensible the united states suggests saying that turkey buys their patra systems and set of russia's asked for hundreds and i'm going to says that the deal with russia is done but entered the talks with the us nevertheless house and planning to manure here i mean. i think they're going to only question cake and leads to we we did not want to buy the pet instead of the as for hundreds we want to purchase the path. in addition to the s 400 so we could use different air defense syste

united states has banned all american airlines from using venezuelan air force or airspace it due to the ongoing crisis meanwhile self-proclaimed leader won by those calling on people to hit the streets on wednesday for a mass demonstration against the matter of government and to top officials in the us offering him their full support. by monitoring the situation in venezuela very closely the united states stands with the people of venezuela and their freedom as thomas call a status where with you america will stand with you until freedom and democracy are restored by and can do us today interim president one why do announce start of a person young literates out the government foolish supports the venezuelan people who in their quest for freedom and democracy democracy cannot be defeated. almost immediately after a long white house call clashes broke out on a guarded bridge near the capital caracas. was. was. was was. like. when the title cut. of the military will kill a kill people. by in this war those today brave soldiers brave patriots brave people off following all constitutiona

he said the united states is deploying the "uss abraham lincoln" carrier strike group and a bomber task force, those air force bombers, to send a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime that any attack on united states interests or those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. the united states is not seeking war with the iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack. so bottom line, we are told there's no imminent action planned by the u.s., because they see no imminent threat from the iranian forces that they are worried about. but this is about deterrence. this is about making a very public show of force, sending a message to iran, don't even try it. john? >> it is interesting to me, we hear, no imminent threat, but this is clearly in response, so say u.s. military officials to something. it's just unclear to me what exactly that something is. also, barbara, you know, up until this point, the pentagon has been very much focused on russia and china. now they're having to really widen that scope. what do you make of that? >> this is extremely interesting. act

. >>> happening now, the president of the united states is about to take off on air force one. he's headed to japan this morning. he has had some strong words for democrats and they totally many as the president and democratic lawmakers sparred over the russian pro. here's the latest. >> ahead of his department departure to japan president trump running a gizmodo probe saying is politically motivated. present tweeting, the intelligence agencies were used against an american president. they should never happen to a president again. >> the very first was predicated on something they knew was false and they knew that before they made the application. >> the presence remarks coming went after the trumpet ministration order the intelligence committee to cooperate with the attorney general's review of what prompted the russia probe the order allowing william barr to be de-classifying any information he sees fit. democrats immediately firing back. house and told him it committee chair out shift accusing the president and attorney general to conspiring up a nice law- enforcement classi

united states? maros: yesterday when we discussed this on the board of air force one, i think it was quite clear thatimport capacity for lng. i would use the european metrics for that. we can already import more than 210 billion cubic meters, and we have currently every eu member state who can get access to the lng thank to the improved network of our pipelines and terminals we've built over the last few years. a very good destination for u.s. lng, and the new facility which was opened yesterday is already sold out with lng production for the next 20 years. that just shows how big potential our economies have and how compatible our energy projects are, and therefore i hope that we both profit from the new possibility how to improve our transit lentic relationship. guy: i don't want you -- our transatlantic relationship. guy: i don't want you to tread on toes come about bloomberg is seerting that we will not president trump auto tariffs on the european union. i'm sure that is being greeted is being greeted as great news in brussels. did you get the impression on air force one that the president wants

forces they cause civilian casualties destroyed hospitals under pharmacy russia the u.k. on the united states all had a great deal to say only a solved. neither the syrian army nor the russian air force have been waging military operations against civilians or civilian infrastructure russia and the regime's decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process where we refuse to consider terrorists as an untouchable and will continue to fight them despite the objections of some of our partners russia has claimed this so-called return it strikes surgical i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen usually i hope you never need a hospital but there are good medical facilities in russia if you ever need it lets us know united states reiterate that any escalation in violence in northwest syria would destabilize the region. we have our own view on who's destabilizing the region after the break wall of the stars of a massive t.v. series game of thrones known to found us rumsey bolton author carter he was comes on an adventure of his own right here to rus

. >> 17 years, united states coast guard. >> 27 years air force. >> eleven years navy. >> eight yearse you sheryl crow and tom hanks. >> and good morning, everybody, welcome back to "today" on this thursday morning, and we are here in a historic place, indianapolis, this is the indy 500 motor speedway, and i'm here with the special, we're not going to call you a guest anymore. >> my name is brad clooney, and it's great to be here. this is the first time, your show, your little outfit has broadcast live from the brick yard as they call the indianapolis speedway. >> this is the first time you have ever cohosted the "today" show, isn't it >> i'm trying to get the gig of host of concentration, right after the "today" show. >> consider this your audition you have been wowing this crowd behind us, our nation's veterans, military care givers and this hour is all about shining a light on them. in a little while we're going to have a concert from sheryl crow. we want to talk about the elizabeth dole foundation. those caring for veterans, decided this is a need that needed to be met. >> hey, ev

army and air force need to think strategically about us force posture to guarantee the security of the united states and its allies and partners. we could not have a better day to discuss these issues than the secretary of the army, mark esper. the 23rd secretary of the united states army, doctor esper has a statutory response ability for all matters relating to the u.s. army including recruitment, organization, training, equipping and care of 1.4 million national guard reserve soldiers, the part of the army civilians and their families. before his role as secretary of the army, his distinguished career, he also worked with as national security advisor to bill frist. he held multiple senior positions in the pentagon and is a graduate of the us military academy, having served in the regular army for more than a decade. he has a phd in public policy from the george washington university. moderating our discussion today is founder and editor of the fence era space, for nearly 25 defense and aerospace leaders in the public and private sector have relied on that policy strategy and technology. a brief no

at a press event with farmers and ranchers, the president of the united states, the chief commander in forces, dissolve into another airing of grievances about himself. like last time, it was something house speaker nancy pelosi said that set him off. the event started with the president making what was supposed to be the headline announcement, except it want exactly true. >> so today i'm announcing that i have directed secretary perdue to provide $16 billion in assistance to america's farmers and ranchers. it all comes from china. >> keeping him honest, it doesn't. the money comes from tariffs on chinese exports which american importers and consumers pay. in any case, he pretty quickly digressed. and with the farmers and ranchers still standing behind him, returned to yesterday's walkout and the woman who had obviously gotten under his skin, speaker of the house nancy pelosi. here is a collection of her remarks from throughout the event as he kept returning to the subject, trying to emphasize that he was very calm yesterday, not upset at all. >> i was so calm. you all saw me minutes later. i was at a news conference. i w

air force on air force one. i was thinking about what mayor pete said about john bolton drabek united states to war and iran right now just the way he did in iraq back in 2,003. heat to mike he also referenced what the irradiance foreign minister told me a couple of weeks ago in a private briefing, they are being driven by the team and iran. john bolton, the crown prince of saudi arabia is being driven to conflict, necessary conflict and i'm not sure how that plays. i hope the president if indeed he is with john bolton, a neoconservative hawk and his center circle, i just hope we don't do something or get pushed into something accidental where we get back into a scenario with massive destruction in the middle east, the irradiance under attack lashing out at us. they say they survived genghis khan and alexander the great and they will survive america. the last thing the president's campaign needs right now is a shooting war in the middle east. i know that he resists generally speaking, he said he opposed the war in iraq. >> martha: he said he doesn't want war with iran either. >> i hope that's right. >> mayor pete

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lies that have no basis in reality it is impact the united states armed forces that have killed the iranians they have shot down an iranian civil air killing two hundred ninety passengers they paid compensation for that it shows that even accepted responsibility for that but is that the threat that now there is ground that is being laid for a military confrontation with iran there are people who are planning for that there are people who are profiting for that so we are those people became you see that they are very worried. to bolton has called for war it's not that i'm inferring from anything he said that he had an article in twenty fifteen to prevent an iran bomb bomb bomb iran that's the title of his article in the new york times only four years ago that. last year he asked the pentagon to develop plans for attacking iran these are realities on the ground if you are saying that this is all that is being planned against iran what is iran's plan that well our plan is to continue to live proudly peacefully and to work for progress and peace and dialogue in this region i have suggested a regional dialogue for countries in our regio