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] >> there's a story in politico ahead of the president's visit to london and france, the president saying that horse johnson, running to be the next british prime minister is "a very good guy." in his interview he said that he could help anybody if he endorses them and that others among the 12 candidates have asked him for an endorsement. you can read more at politico.com. the president leaves for europe days ofwith four meetings and ceremonies planned. queen elizabeth invite -- welcomes him on his first state visit and he and the queen will attend a state dinner. theresa may recently announced she would be stepping down on june 7. wednesday, the d-day cerem

also here today is -- south korea, came to the united states become american citizen after college joined united states air forcewhen he was a child in south korea he heard stories about the righteous might of american warriors respected by all make us so proud where are you? . [applause] thank you very much. service members here served all the world including iraq, afghanistan, and in our campaign against blood tiersity killing known as isis in syria took no matter where danger lyrics you are ready to fight tonight you know that motto ready to night and you are. with your help caliphate in iraq went -- and doesn't mean places, a street corner somebody happens to be crazy the fact is we took one hundred percent of the land in the area took it easily when using internet -- on internet -- [cheers and applause] thee people use it better let me thank every won in the audience, you really were fantastic you are fantastic we all thank you very much. our nation will never again -- sacrifices -- throughout the world no force on earth can imagine, the grit of the american soldier sailor, and marine under my administratio

air force captain gin li. he spent his childhood outside of south korea. at age 13, he came to the united states, became an american citizen. after college, joined the united states air force. when he was child in south korea, he heard stories about the righteous might of american soldiers. he liked those stories. captain li, now you are one of those serving and make us all proud. where are you? [ applause ] thank you very much. the service members here at osan have served all over the world including iraq and afghanistan and the campaign against the blood thirsty killers known as isis. you know in syria, we took 100%. we took it quickly. recently and quickly. no matter where danger lurks, you are always ready to fight tonight. you know that motto. ready to fight tonight. with your help, the isis group, ta doesn't mean you are going to see places blown up, a store blown up by someone who is crazy. the fact is, we took 100% of the land, the area. we took it easily. we'll let people know on the internet. probably nobody uses the internet and gives more bull sh--over the internet than isis. few peo

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air force colonel scott. he served for nearly three decades as a communications computer systems officer in the united states ce career took him through 19 different assignments at 11 locations around the world that included tours of the responsible morale, welfare and discipline of 500 personnel. colonel scott retired from the air force in 2005 to join raytheon where he served as a project manager, senior project manager, excuse me, project manager, senior program manager, and business development manager. one of colonel scott noble projects was the arresting systems used a board our aircraft carriers during landing axes and still currently use to this day. he retired just this past march after spending i believe 13 years in the company. he retired this past month but remains busy with the initiatives across the southern california area. ladies and gentlemen please welcome harry stewart and wainscott. [applause] >> that was appropriate. during my 29 years in the air force i was routinely told and taught that we stand on the shoulders of giants. in today's air force it means that we are the greatest air force

access like we've never seen before to the president of the united states. on air force one, in that presidential limo, the beast, and in the oval office, where the president took on those polls he calls fake. as we walked into the oval office, president trump had already tweeted about new polls showing him behind the democrats. clearly not happy. why does it bother you so much? >> because it's untrue. i like the truth. you know, i'm actually a very honest guy. if i thought they were correct, i wouldn't be complaining at all. i understand that. it's like the witch hunt that goes on. >> reporter: the russia investigation. a topic he raised first and returned to again and again. as we spoke in the white house, over on capitol hill, donald trump jr. was arriving to testify again. >> are you here to correct your testimony? >> nothing to correct. >> reporter: your son, don jr., is up before the senate intelligence committee today, and again, he was not charged with anything. in retrospect, though -- >> not only wasn't he charged, if you read it, with all of the horrible fake

professor at the university of kansas this academic year, she's a visit proing fessor at united states air force academy. the book has been called "copperhead", on sale out this the lobby and a children's book. her current ro jekt describes the rise of a large, powerful government. please join me in welcoming dr. jennifer weber. >> good afternoon, it's to to be here and to see all of you awake, this being after lunch, so i'd like to thank jonathan an his staff. it's a pleasure to be here. i love this part of the country. it's also spring here, which it is not in colorado yet owe i'm enjoying that. putting a conference like this on is a huge amount of work, i'm grateful to jonathan for everything he's done here. so aim today talking about and they gave lincoln a run for his money and came los to taking over the democratic party in 1864. they're an interesting kind of group of people to study. the copper heads are the outset there are people that disagreed with the war and thought it was un-constitutional. argument is that there is nothing says in the constitution that you have to stay in the unio

united states air force for 20 years. i want people to remember gordon for the good things that he is capable of doing. this is a tragedy. >> however, ben says gordon also had a dark side. more 's darcy spencer has on that part of the story ahead on news 4 at 5:00. >>> now let's turn to a heartbreaking storynd a tragic reminder of the importance of having working smoke detectors in your home. a woman in her 80s died after heavy flames engulfed her northeast washington home overnht.s firefighterlled her out of the second floor of her home on lauren street in the brookland neighborhood, but ae died lr from her injuries. her son escaped the fire.st invegators now are trying to figure out exactly what started it. they say that the home had smokt detectors, buo batteries were working in them. >>> virginia's governor ralph northam calli the general assembly back into session over gun control. the governor's decision comes as a response to the mass shooting in a virginia beach municipal building that left 12 dead. in a room fill

142 combat missions in world war ii and flew wing man for the first black general of the united states air forceea and vietnam. telling a local paper i never felt i was anything but an american doing his job. that's the "story" for this monday night. thanks for joining us. >> tucker: welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." a lot going in the world from iran to north korea and china. we thought we would get out of d.c. and go see the world. we are in japan in central tokyo on the roof of a building. the g-20 summit will take place later in the week. the president will come over for. that we will interview him as he does. until then, all eyes are on the democratic party. the first two democratic debates will be held this week. 25 candidates in the race all desperate to stand out from the others. not easy when they agree on everything. how do

forces medley, the united states army band. (music) the united states merchant mariness! (music) states coast guard ♪ air♪ the united states navy ♪ marine corpsates ♪ states army ♪ [applause] president donald trump joined emmanuel macron and others on the beach in normandy today. watch the entire ceremonies night at 8:00 eastern's man. -- here on c-span. class he was wearing military camouflage. the blood drop emblem right here. and the initials kkk on his chest. across his head were nights of the click let's land. then he had a semiautomatic handgun in a holster. by mr. kelly,d the grand dragon. with a dark blue certain -- suit and tie. when he saw me, he froze. back.lly bumped into his they stumbled and regained their ballots. i knew what they were thinking. were thinking either the desk clerk gave them the wrong number or this was an ambush. i went like this to display my tested up and i approached him and i said hello mr. kelly. someone in.

. >>> the united states air force has sent some of its top of the line f-22 stealth fighter to qatar.it's the first buildup in the region since tensions with iran have escalated. it comes about a week after iran shot down a drone over the strait of hormuz. they're not saying how much are in qatar, but they're defending forces in the u.s. central command area. >>> in the streets of paris, a sea of red, white and blue. take a look. >> usa! >> u.s. fans cheer on their team at the women's world cup in france. did their rallies work? or did france come out on top? so chantix can help you quit slow turkey.rkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. chantix reduces the urge so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, new or

2019, of the following individual on the part of the house to the board of visitors to the united states air force academy. gina ortiz s. maria jones of san antonio, texas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committees on armed services, foreign affairs and veterans' affairs be discharged from further consideration of house resolution 413, and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 413. resolution expressing the immense gratitude of the house of representatives for the acts of heroism, valor and sacrifices made by the members of the united states armed forces and allied armed forces who participated in the june 6, 1944, amphibious landing at normandy, france, and commending those individuals for their leadership and bravery in an operation that helped bring an end to world wore i -- world war ii. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the resolut

general mcguire received his commission from the united states air force academy in 1987. he attended undergraduate pilot training at shepherd air force base, texas, followed by several operational combat and training assignments in the f-16 fighting falcons. he joined the arizona air national guard's 162nd fighter wing, due san international airport in 2001 as an f-16 instructor pilot. in 2010, commanded the 214th recondition sauns at the air force base in arizona where he flew the mq-1-b predator and led the yuvente in combat operations in support of overseas contingencies. prior to assuming his current duties he served as commander, 162nd fighter wing, general mcguire is a fighter weapons school graduate and command pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours and 250 combat and combat-support flying hours. i'm proud to welcome our very own arizonan who has served our country well and continues to serb our country and state. thank you, sir, for being here. miss rice: thank you, ms. lesko. the witnesses' full statements will be inserted in the record. i now ask each witness t

general mcguire received his commission from united states air force academy in 1987 he attended undergraduate pilot training at shepherd air force base, texas, followed by several operational combat and training assignments in the f 16 fighting falcon. he joined the arizona air national guard 162nd fighter wing, tucson international airport in 2001 as an f 16 instructor pilot. in 2010, kmanlded the reconnaissance group in arizona, where he flew the m q1 b predator, led the unit in combat operations in support of overseas contingencies. prior to assuming current duties, served as commander, 162nd fighter wing. general mcguire is a fighter weapons school graduate, command pile pilot, 250 combat support flying hours. i am proud to welcome an arizonan that served our country well and continues to. thank you for being here. >> without objection, the witness' full statements will be inserted in the record. we begin with chief provost. >> thank you. good morning, chair woman rice, and distinguished members of the subcommittee. couldn't be more proud to represent the men and women of the u.s. border

they partnered with the united states air force and the college for the protigi program to help us create the workforce and develop economic opportunities to that program. as new jobs are created, tribal colleges will educate students to fill those positions. one of the ways we have created job creation is we need a pipeline of skilled workers. because a high school dropout rates are too high and many students enrolling are unprepared for college stem courses. we develop dual credit. if that was not enough. so we recently opened a stem academy for high school for juniors and seniors. and students take classes at their own high school in the morning and they come in the afternoon to complete the science and math courses. and then they are ready to enter stem programs and have doorways open for opportunities that they might not have had before. the academy is already in its second year of existence demonstrating success. through strategies like this, tribal colleges are transforming native america and indian country one student at a time. thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you all for

have international waters and international airspace in the world today is the united states navy and the united states air force's going to create a world where those spaces are contested. you cannot allow this to happen. this has got to be -- we have got to strike back. brian: i 100 percent agree with you. you know the region and the area and the risks. but america's prestige is on the line and our enemies are looking to see how we will react if we react. flip it over. if it was president obama, they pulled back, if this story is true and hasn't been pushed backs on. pull back an attack at the last minute after we had our ally's tankers struck and own drone worth $130 million shot out of the sky, every republican would be losing their mind. i think people have to be consistent here and be concerned about america's image and our strength. brian: it's truth. our strength in the image in the worlded image are the iranian very much so. they are making a calculation. i don't think they doubts after seeing what happened in syria whether this president will strike. they know he will. they also want to provoke him int

oil supply transsits that weapon system was providing not only for the united states and allies pete pete there is no u.n. air forcee trade lanes open. briefly should iran act again, what is the most targeted and effective way to send a military signal? >> most targeted effective way is to take advantage of the military forces that we have in place abraham lincoln strike group to go after air time defenses and airborne defenses that would prevent us from being able to keep our eyes and ears on the iranian, particularly iranian rev liewrgsary navy and so forth to prevent the free lane passing of ships and so forth. that's what i believe would be the next steps. pete pete we have to leave it right there. thank you very much for your time and service and expertise. we appreciate it. >> thank you, pete. pete pete have you got it. 2020 democrat kamala harris the latest candidate to say america was never that great. mike huckabee fires back on that coming up next. ...and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you the power to actually lower your cost. unfortunately, it can't do anything about that.

host: that was president trump at the united states air force academy. commencement speeches we will show you in the first hour on the "washington journal" will be available on our web site. you can search the search bar commencement speaker that you're interested in. call in as well. phone lines are open. urrent students, recent graduates, phone lines for all others this morning. in or join us on facebook or you can go to twitter. month in her commencement speech at the of ersity at the district maxine watters did not shy away from publics. the stats you some of ut together who track commencement speakers. they look at the political speakersf commencement at the top 50 universities in this country. they put stats earlier this month on their tracking. saying that colleges choose more politically diverse speakers past by than in the selecting a near equal amount of conservatives and liberals. reform, onlycampus 26 had a measurable lean to the left.or liberals had outnumbered in ervative speakers 4-1 speakers democratic four at nine compared to by republic

of the united states of america lunches with her majesty the queen at the start of a three—day state visit. the gathering clouds no indication of what has happened in the last few hours. air forcet before nine o'clock, ahead of a busy trip for president trump and first lady melania. the president was greeted by us ambassador to the uk woodyjohnson and foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. the couple left stansted by presidential helicopter, marine 0ne, to the central london home of the american ambassador, where he will be staying. after a short break, the first couple then travelled by helicopter, the short distance to buckingham palace, where they were greeted first by the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall, and then her majesty the queen. after the welcomes, a military band paraded before the royal and presidential party, with president trump and prince charles then inspecting the guard before it was time for lunch with the queen when they arrived this morning, president trump and first lady melania were greeted by the foreign secretary jeremy hunt. mr hunt said that one of the first things the president mentioned to him was the mayor of london, sadiq khan. he told us that

they passed another message that said the united states was removing forces from vlad air base. you can go see them, they're there. i mentioned all of these things important asvery the days proceed and our efforts to change the nature of what the iranian regime is doing, it is very that iran will continue to present things that are fanciful, that are fraudulent, and we need to make sure that every news outlet, everyone who's observing what's true and what the iranian regime wants you to believe. truly important. i'm heading out today. our first stop will be in arabia and thei united arab emirates, who great allies in the challenge that ben presents and we'll talking with them about how to make sure that we're all strategically aligned and how we out a global coalition. coalition not only throughout asia andstates but in europe, that understands this tollenge and is prepared push back against the world's largest state sponsor of terror. you'll see, too, that our began when trump took office will continue. on monday there will be a sanctionst set of new and the world should know t

recognize lieutenant general robert scott williams as he retires after 32 years of service in the united states air force. on june 20, general williams completed his tour as commander of air force's northern and first air force headquarters at tindal air force base, capping a long and distinguished career. his service to the air force included a tour as commander of the 169th operations scoop and fighter wing at mcintyre, south carolina. general williams' leadership during and after hurricane michael was top tear. he and his team at tindal air force base overcame nume trust obstacles and ex-- numerous obstacles and exceeded expectations by opening the headquarters way ahead of schedule. this is only two short months after category storm michael testify stated the panhandle. mr. dunn: i commend him. madam speaker, please join me in sleuthing lieutenant general robert scott williams for his great service to the air force. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from maine seek recognition? ms. pingree: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker

perry enlisted in the united states air force where he served honorably for five years. during this time, mr. perry found time to attend the ohio state university park college and rawlings college. mr. perry's passion -- first passion is as a fish monger. he's worked in the seafood industry since the age of 13, but along the way, he has worked in corporate america, sales for brack's candy, specialist for the u.s. space shuttle program at k.f.c. and financial label auditor with the lockheed martin corporation. john now works as an independent insurance counselor with the employers benefit area, a relocation specialist and a legalshield director. for the last four years, mr. 1220 as been on wots, a.m. in kissimmee, caribbean rhythms radio saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the little bit of everything commentary show on the subject of the day. mr. perry is a devoted husband to mrs. cecile will he vern perry for the last -- laverne perry for the last 43 years. they have been blessed with two children and two grandchildren. and for that, mr. john perry, e honor you. in

united states. the door of air force one is opening.course, in his last visit, we only saw the president travelling by air on board the marine corps helicopter marine one once he had landed in the uk. but we will see there based on the roads this time, as it is known, —— the beast, that huge reinforced armoured vehicle which will be driving him around. the welcome party are gathered on the tarmac. the president arriving pretty much bang on schedule here at stansted airport. for this state visit, which will include of course, they said they, the commemorations in portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary the d—day landings. —— on the third day. so we think once the president gets off the plane, it would just be a short journey before he arrives here in central london, where he will spend several hours before going to the palace. nearly a year on from his last visit in july last palace. nearly a year on from his last visit injuly last summer, when he met the queen at windsor castle. this visit was announced by buckingham palace in april, bu

through in the united states in a way uk politics does not and donald trump knows this is good for business. thank you. the president of the united states does not travel light. as well as air forcethere's a huge number of people — and vehicles — that travel with him. when the president is on the move, you'll know about it. this is his motorcade, complete with secret service back—up and armoured suv communications vehicle, and counter—assault and hazardous attack teams. as for the man himself, he travels in an 18—foot, nine—tonne armoured cadillac, known as the beast — reportedly equipped with tear gas grenade launchers, night vision cameras and a built—in satellite phone. the president has also brought a fleet of helicopters with him to the united kingdom, as well as an army of staff. on his last uk visit, it's thought the president had a i,000—strong entourage including more than 150 us secret service agents. the met police in london are very used to dealing with this kind of visit. just a few years ago we had the chinese president, and one after the other have been to the uk, where my plans are in place. each one has to be separately risk assessed, and of course, you know, the

forces were united. the allied armed forces were united. it is because the royal air force assisted the canadian infantry, the french resistance fighters opened up the lines elsewhere to the united statesw zealand, denmark and norwegian and navy officers arrived in the polish tanks made all the difference and because of that this wild gamble to free europe from the nazis hold by way of the sea could be won. we should never cease or perpetuate the alliance of free peoples. that is what they did. immediately after the germans and the japanese surrendered, when they created the united nations, that is what the united states did when it created the north atlantic treaty organization. that is what a few years later the leaders of europe did. in bringing about the european union. france wishes to continue to support this promise of normandy, understand its purpose. this is what we owe -- what we owe to our homeland, what we owe to countries that share the values, what we owe to democracy and liberty. the lessons of colleville-sur-mer are clear. liberty and democracy are inseparable. young americans died here. they died for their country and they died for the freedom of the world. they knew t

minute or so we have seen a support aircraft land emblazoned with the united states of america, these are all signs that air forcebecause it isa close. they choose stansted because it is a larger pot, an airfield that is easy to secure —— a large airport, and they are able to take the plane to a part of the airfield that doesn't interfere with the operations at the main terminal. what you can't see from the view you get on this camera is the operation going on behind—the—scenes. there is a support motorcade here if for some reason the president has to travel by car into central london, and of there course is a considerable media presence here as well. i would estimate between 20 and a0 photographers waiting for that key moment when air force one touches down. once it does touch down on uk soil it will taxi from the end of the runway and come to a stop just behind me. it all happens injust a few short minutes, he's quickly transferred to marine one along with his wife melania. trump is accompanied on air force one with other senior us administration officials, his children however are not on board, some of them ha

air force cadets. >> you could have chosen any school or career. but you chose a harder path and a higher calling to protect and defend the united states of america. know what you have been through and it's tougher but you know what? in the end it's better. nothing will stop you from victory. nothing will stop the u.s. air force and with your help, nothing ever, ever will stop the united states of america. >> [cheers and applause]. >> laura: resounding response. the president stayed to shake hands of over 1,000 cadets. that's a commencement address. up next a special announcement about where we at the "the ingraham angle" will be broadcasting from next week. with instant confirmation... i got it! what? what? l.a. bookers book apartments and vacation homes as easy as hotels. ridin' scooter! ... ... ... ... 145 over 92. 180 over 111. 182 over 100. and i had a heart attack, and cardiac arrest, and then a stroke. narrator: this is what high blood pressure looks like. you might not feel its symptoms, but the results from a heart attack or stroke are far from invisible or silent. my memory is shot. when i woke up, i couldn't speak. i can't button up a sh

the latest headlines: american president donald trump has set off in air force one for his official state visit to the unitedland in the next few hours. the search for eight missing climbers in the himalayas has resumed after being suspended due to bad weather. germany's governing coalition is dealt a political blow as the head of the junior partner resigns. now, it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. the global media is discussing all of those. we start with germany's rheinische post. it says the coalition government's wobbling because of the resignation of the spd party leader. bloomberg now, and it's covering jitters over the us economy. it says morgan stanley is predicting a recession within a year if the trade wars worsen. a story from the bbc news app. a graduate who claimed her university exaggerated the prospects of a career has received a payout of some £60,000. 0nto the new scientist, it looks at the new zealand budget statement, which is focused on making people happy, not rich, and asks, will it work? and finally, the daily mirror is among ma

united states navy. on the planet but also the israeli air force with that assessment thank you. when i when other top aides to the u.s. president donald trump is quitting white house spokesperson sarah huckabee standers is to leave her job at the end of the month trump said that she would return to her home state of arkansas and praised her as a quote warrior sanders has been his spokesperson since 27 teams her tenure has seen a fall in regular press briefings and growing questions about the administration's credibility a replacement has not yet the names. washington correspondent helen humphrey sent us this is c'est mint of the latest developments at the white house. under sarah huckabee saunders regular white house press briefings became a thing of the past the last formal one that she held was on the 11th of march now without doubt she was one of the president's most trusted aides and one of the few remaining staff members who had worked on his campaign but unlike so many who have passed through the white house's seemingly revolving door it seems there were no hard feelings q

united states navy. on the planet but also the israeli air force with that assessment thank you. the world health organization is to hold an emergency meeting in geneva later to determine whether the latest outbreak of ebola should be deemed a global health emergency the disease has spread to uganda where 2 members of the same family a 5 year old boy and his grandmother have passed away now uganda has returned other family members to the d.r. c including another young boy confirmed to have the virus ugandan health officials are already putting measures in place to try and combat spread of the deadly disease. borders can't stop a virus but ugandan authorities are trying on the last 3 ebola cases have been registered in the country it's the 1st known cross border spread since an outbreak began in the neighboring democratic republic of congo last august fears are growing that this might only be the beginning worked out great in the d n a c is still going on and by today we have over 2000. cases and so the probability over more cases. into uganda these very high. ebola isn't new to u

air force cadets. >> you could have chosen any school or career. but you chose a harder path and a higher calling to protect and defend the united states of america. ow what you have been through and it's tougher but you know what? in the end it's better. nothing will stop you from victory. nothing will stop the u.s. air force and with your help nothing ever, ever will stop the united states of america. >> [cheers and applause]. >> laura: resounding response. the president stayed to shake hands of over 1,000 cadets. that's a commencement address. up next a special announcement about where we at the "the ingraham angle" will be broadcasting from next week. .. >> finally tonight, you will not want to >> finally tonight you will not want to miss our show next week. we are taking the ingram angle across the pond for specific of broadcasts. monday and tuesday we will be in london for donald trump's official state visit, protests and more trump baby balloons, he just start signing the balloons. we will talk to leaders there and big-name guests you don't want to miss and we will go to the streets to see where the action is and from there we will move on t

united states navy. on the planet but also the israeli air force with that assessment thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the man accused of killing 51 people at 2 christ church mosque says clute pleaded not guilty to all of the charges brought against him the 28 year old australian brenton toronto entered a not guilty plea to $51.00 charges of murder 40 charges of attempted murder and one terrorism charge when he appeared at a christ church high court in relation to the march 15th massacre of the crusher's sudan's state prosecutor has announced that ousted former president omar al bashir has been charged with corruption al bashir was toppled by the military in april following months of protests against him the legal action comes as needed later step up efforts to end the standoff between the country's military rulers and their civilian opponents and thousands of haitians have protested on the streets of the capital port au prince demanding that the president jovan resign over corruption allegations a few barricades of burning tir

it is truly an honor to be nominated to lead the united states space command and air force space commandam also appreciative of the opportunity to testify with dr. scolese. our being here together shows how critical the relationship between the department of defense and the nro is today and will be in the future. if it is ok, i would like a minute to introduce my family as they are here with me today. i am an extremely lucky man. i am blessed with a great and supporting family. my beautiful wife molly and in a couple of weeks, we will celebrate our 32nd anniversary. she has dedicated her life for taking care of two families, our family, and our air force and joint family, she works tirelessly looking after christina, amy, and gary. christina and amy graduate from iowa state and are both employed, which is a great thing. sting's marketing manager in minneapolis-st. paul in minneapolis and amy is a third grade teacher in des moines, iowa. sitting next to them is the little brother very. -- gary, the youngest. finished his freshman year at yale university where he is majoring in economics a

united. the allied armed forces were united. it is because the royal air force assisted the canadian infantry because the french resistance fighters opened up the lines in normandy and elsewhere to the united statesorces in decisive moments of the battle, australians, people from new zealand, denmark, norwegians and dutch airmen arrived. in the battle of the gap, the polish tanks made all the difference. and it is because of that that this wild gamble to free europe from the nazis' hold by way of the sea could be won. we shall never cease to perpetuate the alliance of free peoples. that is what the victorious sides did. immediately after the germans and the japanese surrendered, when they created the united nations, that is what the united states did when it created the nato. that is what a few years later, the leaders of europe did. in bringing about the european union. france wishes to continue to support this promise of normandy, understand its purpose. this is what we owe to our homeland. what we owe to countries that share the same values. what we owe to democracy and liberty. the lessons are clear. liberty and democracy are inseparable. young americans died here. they died for their country

that's the only place in the world where our united states navy and air force can conduct these tests. so i want to thank congresswoman wasserman schultz for her leadership and to urge adoption of this amendment and protect florida. 21 million people are being protected by congresswoman wasserman schultz. thank you. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you so much. the chair: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you. mr. chairman, before i yield the remaining time to mr. rutherford from jacksonville, i want to ask unanimous consent that this letter from the florida delegation opposing offshore oil drilling that was sent to the secretary be included in the record. the chair: the gentlewoman's request will be covered under general leave. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you. i'd like to yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from jacksonville, florida, mr. rutherford. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. rutherford: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague from south florida for, as was mentioned earlier, having the courage to stan

to save face while the united states still very much pointing the finger as we heard in the pentagon briefing in the last hour from the air base where in fact the u.s. air force central command commander griffin said very clearly that the united states considers this and unprovoked attack on a u.s. surveillance asset even laying out the permit parameter saying that this was surveillance that was conducted they believe the united states in international waters that the nearest point of land to iran was 34 kilometers away so the arguments being made by the united states is that this was unprovoked that they were acting in good faith within the parameters. of international operations the u.s. president there in the oval office now it appears almost playing both hands saying on the one hand that there is a very potential is great for some sort of response saying rather vaguely we will find out but at the same time leaving that space that this could have been an accident that this could have not been the iranian leadership the top commanders but in fact somebody lower down in the actual eyes that perhaps made a mistake in shooting down this drone. or kimberly than

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united states. we were flying a spy plane over the soviet union called a u-2. >> i'm bill fox. state cable editor for the united press international in new york. a single engine u.s. air forcee man aboard went missing today not far from the soviet border in the rugged mountains of southeastern turkey. >> to a stunned and startled audience, khrushchev announced that an american u-2 spy plane had been shot down in the soviet union. >> khrushchev made the wreckage a public exhibition. to the soviet union, this wreckage was a national cause. national outrage over the violation of soviet boundaries. >> and so, out comes the cover story. >> the department has been informed by the nasa, a u-2 weather research plane piloted by a civilian has been missing since may 1. >> eisenhower had said, no, that didn't happen, et cetera, et cetera. he had been drawn into a trap. by khrushchev. >> the soviet leader was able to show not only that they shot down the plane but they had the pilot. >> francis gary powers, an ordinary man, caught up in extraordinary circumstances, and in a way magnified by them. >> i realize that i have committed a grave crime, and i realize that i must be punished fo

that is why he is president of the united states, because people like he is person stuff. come on air force, which nobody has done before. people like him because it is authentic and real. that is where we are. not everybody does. no, but a lot of people do like it, a lot of people who are his base think well done. like it, a lot of people who are his base think well donelj like it, a lot of people who are his base think well done. i do not approve of what donald trump said about the mayor of london. but tell you what, if i was called a fascist, which on the front page of the observer is what sadiq khan did on sunday, i would... you would have called him a stone cold lose on twitter? a stone cold loser. if they had to be called and insult i would rather a stone cold loser than a zist rather a stone cold loser than a 21st century fascist, which is what sadiq khan said of donald trump. that is a dishonour to america as well as... but there is a teaching opportunity, includes ——in quotes, where he could correct that. people wait for the correction, he does not do it. he does not use the bully

d-day, so this visit is meant to burnish the special relationship between the united states and great britain. but just as air force one was landing in london overnight, the president tweeted that the city's mayor w, quot a stone col loser. we'll have more on that, but let's look at treatment unfolding in london. president trump and the first lady are in the midst of this formal state banquet. earlier today queen elizabeth hosting the arrival ceremony at buckingham palace and treating the trumps to's private lunch. later the president and first lady visited westminster abbey placing a tomb at the unknown warrior. >>> as for insulting sadikhan, the mayor objected to the president's state visit and for the second year in a row he gavp protestersermission to fly that giant balloon that depicts itrump as a babyn a diaper, a t balloon thas aloft tomorrow. he unselttled his host in interviews ahead of the visit. he weighed into the prime minister race and gave advice on handling brexit. >>> ove 2 the lasthours the ball room atal buckingham pace has been transformed for tonight's denier ainner and we' learned what's going

back to the table on nukes it will be on our terms not theirs it's the united states navy that keeps county waters and the u.s. air forcet keeps the air free throughout the world. he doesn't want to risk an escalation with a country that wants that so he can look like a victim. trish: they wanted this. they want to look like we are the bad guy and we are attacking them. no, no, that drone is in our air space. not international. and we have the maps to show it wasn't in international air space. this is thought out by them. they are trying to engage us. they figure he'll be easy to engage. he's not that easy. >> they know he's tough, trish. that's why they are in a tough spot. i think we hold the cards here. waiting and picking the right spot is the way to do it. getting under the table and saying do you want to play this way? we'll play this way. trish: accusations of anti-semitism staff questioning the allegiance of jewish americans. >> this country says it's okay for people to push for allegiance to foreign countries. trish: now the congresswoman is defending alexandria ocasio-cortez's concentration camp comments. disg

air. the $946.00 the united states unilaterally. divided korea along the 38th parallel. when in 1950 north korean forces backed by the army of communist china crossed the border to unify the country america persuaded the united nations to support military action against what washington saw as the global threat of international come. the fact that workers have invaded korea is a warning that there may be similar act of aggression in other parts of the world over the next 3 bloody years an estimated 2000000 soldiers died while many. at least 2000000 civilians were killed or wounded and millions more were made homeless. but early in 1952 north korea claimed that villages throughout the country were suffering unprecedented outbreaks of bubonic plague anthrax and typhus. it accused the united states of bacteriological warfare dropping germ bombs containing insects shellfish and feathers infected with plague as well as anthrax and color. america angrily denied the claim. being just released films lay bare the shocking truth behind communist charges of germ warfare in korea and ever since the germ warfare alle

, the latest headlines: american president, donald trump, has set off in air force one for his official state visit to the unitedmbers in the himalayas is due to resume — after being suspended due to bad weather. the head of the german social democrats is resigning after the party's dismal performance in last month's european elections. andrea nahles said she no longer had the support she needed. the greens overtook the social democrats in the european vote, and opinion polls suggest the party has continued to haemorrhage support. ramzan karmali reports. andrea nahles, no longer the leader of the social democrat party in germany. she only took the helm of the sdp14 months ago from martin schulz. like her predecessor, her demise has been triggered by poor election result. in a statement, ms nahles said that with after discussions with party members she no longer had necessary support to carry out her duties. the spd is a junior partner in germany's coalition government with angela merkel‘s christian democrats. last week they trailed third behind the cdu and a resurgent green party. their 16% share of the vote was

united states will do nothing by the. they have evidence on their side that they used proxies in the past and the united states hasn't reacted. they blew up two of our embassies in lebanon, air forcecks in saudi arabia. multiple rocket attacks in and around baghdad by their proxies. there is only one time have we reacted. that was when reagan reacted to the same kind of disruption of the oil flow in the precious gulf and states of hormuz. he -- the straits of hormuz. he attacked their oil facility and stages bases and the crisis ended. if they are dealing with the trump administration here which will step up if necessary and do exactly what reagan did, and they use different options because times have changed in these ensuing years. but we have got to protect the shipping of oil flow. it helps sustain a world economy. we can't do it by ourselves. if they interfere with that again, i suspect this administration will take some measured military action of a limited scope. trish: that's important what you are saying, measured and limited. there are people out there, i hate to say it, there are some people that are so self-interested including some of the mullahs in iran that would lik