i was really lucky that i got to hang out with some of our united states air force pilots. >> it's a ebody's got to do it. >> next time you need a friend. >> you're coming with me to oshkosh, friend. >> they have a nighttime air show where the fireworks are coming from the airplanes while they're also coming from the ground. i must say of all the fireworks you have seen, i guarantee you have not seen any like the final fireworks show like that at the oshkosh air venture show 2019. >> oh. >> this was the most incredible fireworks show i have ever seen. i walked out of there completely inspired, so happy and thrilled. i got a special personal coin from captain david gardner. thank you for your service and i can't wait for the next air adventure. >>> babies on the go. ♪ >> come on, little guy, you can do it. ♪ >> little cherish likes a boy. >> yeah. he know. >> but see why her little sister savannah has got a lot to say about that. that leave therea lasting impression. like the feeling of movement as a new journey begins, or the sight of soft fur, warmed by the morning sun. you might rem

chew on it twizzlers >>> closed captioning provided by -- >> the united states air force took a little to wales in the u.k. and put on one heck of a show. oh, the glorious sounds of an f-15. one interesting thing that is happening on this day is that there wash moisture in the air and it's creating the trails off the wind and it doesn't happen very often. >> there's a couple of places in the u.k. where you can go do this. >> in the united states, death valley national park is a huge place for these guys to train up. >> imagine what it looks like. >>> well, little man wants to be just like daddy. isaiah saw his daddy and is getting in on the action. he's like, let me clone you upright quick. >> hey. >> he looks in the mirror and he likes what he sees. >> he's cute. >> there's a huge problem and he better be on top of it. hide those clippers real >>> maybe do this. >> if they're watching this at home right now. >> until it's time for debate. >>> oh, you know how it goes. what? >> and then turns it on. >> what? >> yes honey. >> it's out like a light. >> is that really a >> pretty much all

united states army. battle'sting till the won and the army surely has won the army's on its way go, thee army is ♪ >> the united states air forcestates marine corps. ♪ >> the united states coast guard. ♪ >> the united states navy. ♪ [applause] >> honor guard, pass in review. right shoulder, present arms. forward march. ♪ >> mr. president, this concludes today's ceremony. ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's ceremony. please stand for the departure of the official party. ♪ >> have a wonderful day. on newsmakers, guy cecil talks about the group's goals for the 2020 election. to elect a democratic president and put more democrats in the senate and the role of pac's. sunday at 10:00 eastern on c-span. >> the u.s. senate comes back into session on monday, september 9, with two important issues on their agenda in the passing federal spending bills and anti-gun violence legislation. get a behind the scenes look at the senate with c-span's history program, the senate: conflict and compromise. >> this government under which we live was created in the spirit of compromise. >> thomas jefferson questioned the need for the senate. >

but they are over half of the air force's silver stars, two-thirds of its air force crosses, and its only medal of honor from .1%. the most decorated wing in the united states air force has no pilots. there is where i'm trying to change the american view of the air force. these guys are more capable than seals in inflicting damage. you're a seal, we already determine that. you're shooting one guy at a time. >> honorary. >> the passage bag about a man named calvin markam who took the capital of kabul with a single special forces a-team and killed 3500 people. that was just his first trip to afghanistan, folks and he is a great hero and a very humble man. the final thing i'd like to make a point of is. the combat controller are the deadliest individuals to walk a battlefield. some people might argue and i'm happy to argue back but they have this dual role that is unique and that is this. they kill more people by the score than anybody, but when the world has a global level catastrophe, they are the first of the world's first responders often. i'll give you prime example. in 2010 haiti was destroyed as a nation by an earthquake. everybody remembers this. the f

know the history that would be general arnold went on to be the first chief of staff of the united states air force basic training for the air corps in mississippi. >> i was stationed there twice during my career but you had c o travel back through the south be reintroduced to the racism and bigotry that her father hader taken your family out of. >> this was the first trip south that i had after two years after moving to new york where i was two years old and i don't think not to create -- i don't think i was anything west of the hudson river as of that time but anyway i got on the train at pennsylvania station, downtown new york and with me were some of the neighborhood kids that i grew up with and it was very much interracial neighborhood there so all except one of the kids were white and we went as far as washington dc and the train stopped in washington dc to change engines and the conductor came back in the car we were in at the time pointed to me and said you'll have to go up to the front car that the jim crow car. )-right-parenthesis said and had warned me about this and said what it would b

taken down april 1st, 1945 moderatingir the discussion is retired air force colonel scott serving for nearly three decades in the united states career took him to 19 different assignments around the world that included those responsible for the morale and discipline of 500 personnel he retired from the air force in 2005 to join raytheon as a project manager senior program manager of business development manager one of the notable projects was used aboard the aircraft carriers that we still use from this day just this past march after spending 13 years with the company he retired this past month that remains incredibly busy with his initiative across the southern california area please welcome colonel stewart and colonel scott. [applause] and now that was appropriate. [laughter] with my 29 years in the air force i was routinely told and taught we stand on the shoulders of giants rephrase that we are the greatest air force in the world because of those who went before us and the standards that they set the courage that they display and i am honored to sit here tonight with one of those giants. [applause] >> i have the opportuni

so the united states air force could bomb southern germany.this final volume picks up the story there. once again for me this was a learning experience because i had been brought up in britain just before d-day under the impression that the strategy for the combat, the military conduct of world war ii by the allies in the west, in europe was very much the strategy of winston spencer churchill. and in volume two, i had found out that churchill also, 1943 had opposed the notion of d-day of a cross channel landing. and for understandable reasons, after nobody had actually warned an invasion across the english channel since 1066 almost 1000 years. not even hitler dear do it in the summer of 1940 after the fall of france in the evacuation of dunkirk, not even hitler. so twice that year, winston churchill had come to the queen mary to north america to washington to hyde park to plead with the president not to launch d-day. arguing it would be too much of a gamble, too many men's lives at stake, that the channel would be running red with blood but th

successful launch took place early this 5 carrying an advanced communication satellite for united states air force. it's the first of six satellites and a new military communication system. >>> dozens of hot air balloons taking to the skies above bristol england for europe's biggest balloon event. it has more than 130 colorful, hot air balloons taking part. crowds cheered wave from the launch that included balloons from japan and taiwan. itit raises money for a foundation. >>> and in england hundreds of beatles fans gathered to celebrate 50 years since the band took that as fans took photographs and sang classic songs. regarded as one of the most memorable album covers of all time. the photograph featured the band members walking across that pedestrian crossing near the abby road studios in london. the famous black and white crossway was given protected status in 2010. is was the last studioal studioal album by all four members. >>> the gilroy rod yellow rodeo is back. organizers say that a fun event is just what gilroy needs right now after the mass shooting at gilroy garlic festival. they are ho

of the united launch alliance, delta 4 rocket carrying the gps 3 magellan mission for the united states air force space and missile systems center. >>and with that we say goodbye. actually that's the last delta 4 rocket to be launched the retiring that rocket but on board is that satellite that's going to be part of this next generation gps constellation up there that's going to be whole lot more accurate so we're going to see our hopefully our apps like google maps google more all cars will have much >>i care they care can start using as opposed to just radar to get their positions so you know my attention now kay going to have impacts on everybody on in care about you know 10 ang, you know, i mean when a with the gps i like gam see aaron rodgers get up you'll know exactly where they're playing. 2 wild west baseball games and a player who broke his hand punchin door in the giants clubhouse just broke his nose at introducing my new spicy chicken strips combo. bigger, tastier strips of juicy chicken with crunchy batter. spice them up with hot sauce or cool them down with buttermilk ranch. try my 1

air force space command. i come and the willingness of you and your outstanding service to our military and to our country. as we form a view united states space force, we need your strategic insights and guidance to move the key initiative forward including how to improve space acquisitions. saidsh army field marshal "if we lose the war in the air, we lose the war and we lose it quickly." and you say the same thing about space now. the areas i am talking about is the proliferation of mystic missiles and cruise missiles capability. russia, china, iran, north korea use missiles in strategic engagement. we need to counter this growth. as the former secretary of defense mattis said, we need change on a significant scale to implement the national defense strategy, and i couldn't agree more. sen. reed:. had thank you very much. , mr. chairman. the purpose of this hearing is to focus on the duties of vice-chairman chiefs of staff and closely scrutinize whether general hyten's previous experience qualifies him for med over the past few weeks, the number of media outlets have reported allegations but you sexually assaulted a subordinate command.

we met by long-term aspirations did not include a lifetime of service to the united states air force. over and over again, opportunities to continue to come alon on to do what i love d she would always encourage me. today she's an advocate in the committee and works to empower and care for the military families. she's an amazing woman. the best person i know. she's ready to fight for the country alongside with me when our time. together we also have the joy of raising two incredible children, katie and chris, both successful in their own right each with putting this here. here with us chris couldn't make it all the way from colorado on such short notice. sitting next to them as my is my brother scott representing my mom, dad, sister in alabama and i've been lucky to have him by my side every step of the way. this last christmas, i was asked to talk with my family whether i would consider serving in another position if it were offered. i wasn't sure what i would say this was a family decision. that's when katie made it quite simple asking me if you love this country and use of the peop

strategy and requirement staff on the joint staff, secretary of defense staff and at the united states air force. so what we're going to do today we'll have general fantini kick off followed by general u of m c and wrapped up by general davis. fanman, over to you. >> thanks everyone for showing today and to afa for hosting, and mitchell in particular for their advocacy. as the director of war fighting integration, i tend to swim in a deeper pool of the concept side of the house and that's probably where i'll drop my proverbial anchor there to give a tip of the hat to the naval services and navy and marine corps. we're in increasingly competitive environment with russia and china as they present this global challenge to our nation. the really interesting thing i've not seen in 33 years the department come together and centered on a document of this national defense strategy that has allowed us to focus on this near peer competitive space. make no mistake about it, we need to continue to execute our core missions of homeland defense, foundational nuclear deterrents, prepare and be able to defeat t

we met by long term aspirations did not include a lifetime of service to the united states air force. but over and over again, opportunities continued to come along to do what i love and laura always encouraged me. during this time, her own passion for the men and women of our nation's military has grown. today she is an advocate in our communities and works to empower and care for military families. she is an amazing woman. the best person i know. she is ready to fight for this country alongside me one more time. and together we also have the joy of raising two incredible children. katie and chris. both successful in their own right. each with weddings this year. katie is here with us to day from boston but chris couldn't make it from colorado on such short notice. but sitting next to them is my brother scott representing my mom, dad, and my sister in alabama and i've been lucky to have them by my side every step of the way. this last christmas i was asked to talk over with my family whether or not i would consider serving in another position if i was -- if it were offered. i wasn't

maggie's father is a 20-year veteran of the united states air force. alzheimer's, and he's lost much of what his family saved from his military pension. their story is horrifying, but all too common. worked with y i chairman collins to pass the senior safe act into law last financial empowers institutions to identify and stop financial exploitation families like maggie's lose everything. chairman to join collins to introduce anti-spoofing enalties, it hasn't changed since they first became law in 2010. our bill also helps enforcement extending the statute of limitations for these violations from two years to three years. there have been increasing reports of hospital systems getting inundated with thousands robocalls a day which jams their phone systems and puts lives in danger. from a doctor in who is required to have her cell phone with her at all times. every minute that wasted on an audio recording is taken away from a medical emergency. what can businesses or organizations, especially those serve vulnerable populations do to combat these extent do

united states into involvement in world war ii. but arnold motive, if, in fact, he was involved in that leak, his motive was he believed that the united states air force at that point, part of the army, army air corps, was not prepared for war and needed more time to get the planes and air crews trained and all that sort of thing. he did not want to see united states go to war in 1941 or '42, unprepared as he saw it to fight an air war. he actually had a close relationship with wheeler despite wheeler's anti-interventionist policy views. so i think he lobbied the general and said great falls would be a great place to put that air force base. >> wheeler new him in the world war i years and served in washington, how did they regard each other? were they allies? think alike on anything? >> i think they were allies, chuck, to the extent they certainly saw eye to eye on american foreign policy issues. i don't character wheeler as rankin of being a passivist. i think she was in her heart of hearts opposed to war. he was opposed to not having in his view a military strong enough to defend the united states in the western hemisphere. there was a little diverg

the president, wheels back headed back to the united states air force one taking over from france a short time ago. here's the dwetweet from the president. thank you, france. what a contrast of a year ago when the president departed tweeting insults at justin trudeau of canada calling him din honest and weak. the leaders sought to present an image of unity to the world. still, though, we spent much of the time today dealing with this question that began the day. the president said that the united states got some calls from chinese leaders overnight and that negotiations were back on reporters spent much of the day trying to get specifics on that. the white house not offering any details throughout the day as 0 what those calls were all about. the president one point seemed to suggest he was referring to a headline of a chinese leader overnight and then a call. here's how the president explained it >> the vice chairman made the statement that he wants to make a deal, wants it all to happen that says it there you folks reporting before we can't find any phone call he released a statement. i

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in the united states air force, we've gone through multiple programs from a number of different programs and they have not worked, so clearly from my background and perspective thatt reason i said what i did earlier as i thought about a lot. i've worked with people close to me asking what should we do. it is a very vexing problem for me because every time i see the numbers, they seem to be worse, they don't seem to be better if we are taking all these actions and i think those are all good programs. i think they are effective and i've got good feedback from them. it's a vexing problem and i can connect to you i will do everything if confirmed they've implemented them and the numbers say they don't work. >> thank you. i will yield. senator cramer. >> let me add my voice to the chorus for you and a chairman and a half for conducting an incredible process for all of us. i have prayed god would give you both wisdom and i think him that he has. thank you, general hyten, for your service to the family can endure incredible sacrifice for all these years and your willingness to continue to do it

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

for example, the air force is the only air force outside the united states committed to operating theloser so facilitates industry cooperation. this in turn strengthens the which is a key objective of this government. they are also a key strike 5 the joint cooperative program. participation in this program enables us not only to acquire edge capability but also provides the opportunity or australian companies and workers, which is developing critical components for the lucrativeter to enter chains.kets and supply this all means more australian jobs. greatare just some of the examples of the benefits of our alliance with the united states. >> thank you, mr. president. minister, could you update the senate on how the defense forces and the unitedia states are working together both around the globe and in our region? >> senator reynolds? >> thank you very much, mr. president. both e personnel from australia and the united states side ue to work together by side around the world as we for over a hundred years to pursue our shared values and also our shared enters. middle east, the 88 are

for example, the air force is the only air force outside the united states committed to operate the aig 18 growler, electronic attack aircraft. the alliance also facilitates closer industry and this strengthens the australian industrial base, a key objective of this government. australia is also a key partner in the joint strike fighter cooperative program. participation allows us to acquire leading edge capability and provides the opportunity for australian companies and workers, like quickstep, which is developing critical components for the joint strike fighter, to enter that lucrative u.s. market and supply chain. this means more australian jobs. these are just some great examples of the benefit of our alliance with the united states. >> supplementary question. >> thank you, mr. president. minister, can you update us on how defense forces in the united states and australia are working together around the globe, and in our region? >> defense personnel from australia and the united states continue to work together side-by-side around the world, as we have now for over 100 years, to pu

united states space command. and a pleased announce that we will recognize its new leader, 4-star air force general john raymond woulde first lead of the united states space command. [applause] and, and before i move on from general raymond let me mention another general who is with us here today. general joe dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. you serve this nation throughout his long career in uniform with extraordinary distinction picky has played a critical role in ensuring the national defense of the united states, and he will be concluding his duty as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the months ahead. and would you all mind getting on your feet and she showing how much we appreciate the extraordinary life and career and leadership of general joe dunford. [applause] thank you, general. thank you for service and thank you for your leadership. particularly on the matters pertaining to american leadership in space. it is a historic contribution, and i know the president feels as i do that we would not be at this the store moment without your leadership and your support. later this morning we'll

. >> harris: the president of the united states has now landed in air force one at the pittsburgh internationalrt. you know he's going to nearby pennsylvania for a petrochemical plant there. he's been treating while he was previously on air force one just moments ago about the situation in hong kong. here's what he treated literally seconds ago. our intelligence has informed her that the chinese government is moving troops of the border with hong kong. everyone should be calm and safe!" many are blaming me and the united states for the problems going on in hong kong. i can't imagine why? "the president of the united states on the ground in pennsylvania. as he heads to that petrochemical plant, sometimes he will stop and talk. so we will just pause a moment here and let him make clear air force one and given the motorcade. there is a we've been giving to give up the crowd there. very short as he gets into his motorcade vehicle. no words now, looks like the mother might not be preventing that. we meet here in the 2:00 hour from the president. we watch that on fox and bring what we can carry life.

united states. you mentioned the tulle air force base, it's an important air force base for early warning against incomings and a strategic location to make sure we can keep an eye on what russia's doing in the arctic. it's really important, we're not buying greenland but it's an important part of the u.s. danish defense cooperation for sure. >> i mentioned some of the historic context. trump isn't the first u.s. president who has tried to buy greenland. truman offered. denmark said no then. they're saying no idea. what options does the u.s. have to expand military operations in greenland? >> well, we have a defense agreement and it's very much focused on gain that cooperation with the danish government and the greenland authorities. this joint agreement allows us to keep that military base and to upgrade it when needed and potentially to expand it. we do it in cooperation, we don't need to buy greenland but we will over time continue to strengthen our defense relationship and our position at the air force base? >> do you think that this move is about strategy or trump's legacy or do you think this is jus

when a president of the united states goes abroad, all of his public remarks he makes on that trip, whether it is two days or 10, they are done and cleared and approved before air force one leaves the united states bid so it is -- the united states. so it is a real crunch for speechwriting. as a former resident of south carolina in charleston, i would like to hear you elaborate on his decision to sing "amazing grace." sarada: we will just tell our bosses story. i was not involved in the charleston speech, and i was not there, but our director of speechwriting tells the story that they were actually on the plane headed down there and the president said, there is a 50-50 chance i will thing. sing i think in the moment he felt it. said, he sing it. [laughter] >> thank you. extent do you try to speak in the voice of the president? i mean, to mimic his phrasing or make it sound like something he himself would say? or is that a road too far? kyle: that a huge part of the speechwriters job and probably the hardest part at the beginning, getting someone's voice. >> does that come from getting to know them well? sarada: i think one way to overcome the initial hurdle, how my g

air force. a key component to this effort is reforming title x of the united states code. provide the necessary legal authority for the space force to organize, train and equip ready forces for our war fighting combatant commanders. without modifications to title x the current legislative provisions do not provide all the necessary authorities to establish a separate service and sixth branch of the u.s. armed forces. the department is fully engaged for the defense authorizing committee is to ensure the final and daa language explicitly includes the united states resource has an armed force with the necessary authority in title x. thereby, codifying it alongside sister services in this bedrock law. all this news service will reside within the apartment of the air forces does not mean it solely an air force effort. each service has its own space expert with a keen sense of how space affects their unique domain and they should be given the opportunity to contribute to this important event in this history. to be truly effective united states may force must integrate with the l

united states gets out, does that mean everybody follows suit? >> i cannot imagine anybody in their right mind staying. the united states is the load bearing institution in this war. it's our helicopter, our air force, our hospitals, our communications, our intelligence. the tier one special operations forces there who are in combat every night includes our allies, but basically it's jsoc out of our special ops unit. so if we leave everyone's leaving. by the way, i think that will also withdraw all possible financial support from congress. we won't be in there. we won't be facing the enemy. we won't see the results of our own investment. so i think the thing's going to go implode pretty rapidly if we jerk the forces out by 2020. >> general barry mccaffrey, sobering conversation tonight. they always are. thank you very much for coming on to talk about it with us. >>> and coming up, the message from a major american city to the thousands who want clean water with no lead in it. come and get it. an update on the shame of newark, new jersey after this. >>> last thing before we go here tonight is the grinding urgent sad ongoing crisis in newark, new jersey. eight miles from this studio, largest city in

here's what he said just before he boarded air force one in the united states last night -- >> i don't want them doing anything having to do with taxing unfairly our companies. those are great american companies, and frankly i don't want france going out and taxing our companies. very unfair. and if they do that, we'll be taxing their wine or some dthin else. we'll be taxing their wine like they've never seen before. >> reporter: the president has talked about taxing french wine publicly before. this would be the first time that he will be confronting the french president on taxing french goods, including wine. now for macron's part, he is expected to bring up climate change, he is expected to bring up the wildfires in the amazon. of course, there is this looming threat of auto tariffs on european imports. this is expected to be discussed. he's going to have a number of working sessions and meetings with other g7 leaders. sources i've been speaking to are downplaying any expectation of something concrete coming out of this summit saying they don't expect anything groundbreaking to come

statement saying the story was wrong and you know from air force one they were very very alarmed by it on the plane ride back to the united states is when the president and his team come cox this story about how the trump tower meeting was about adoptions. flying back with his father trump jr sends an explanation to the press. at the meeting he says was merely about the adoption of russian children in the united states. so the $1000000.00 question with the trump tower meeting is what did the president know about it and when did his son tell him about the meeting at a time if junior called his father and said hey we have this meeting coming up with some russian people that are offering us information and the president said great go for it let me know he's part of a conspiracy that is a not to bring someone into a conspiracy trump fights back. i came up with the term fake news it's a lot of fake news this is fake news put out by the media is called fake news people back there you know those very dishonest people back there but these guys are crooked press. the. words have meaning and power and a lot of people myself included good

macron is highly anticipated, and the president talked about that just before he boarded air force one in the united states last night. and he talked about one of his biggest beefs with macron. here's what he said. >> i don't want them doing anything having to do with taxing unfairly our companies. those are great american companies, and frankly, i don't want france going out and taxing our companies. very unfair. and if they do that, we'll be taxing their wine or doing something else. we'll be taxing their wine like they've never seen before. >> reporter: and we just learned actually president trump just arrived here. he'll have a few hours until this evening, but i'm told by a source familiar that when he meets with president macron that he's expecting to confront him about the digital tax and bring up the threat he's made publicly before. face to face with macron on imposing tariffs on french wine as well as other goods. another highly anticipated meeting he's expected to have here is with the new british prime minister, boris johnson. back to you. >> all right. pamela brown, thank you so much. just get

air force. this mission takes place in conjunction with the hundredth anniversary of columbia's air force and built interoperability and readiness for the united states and for our very capable colombian partners while also demonstrating that our shared resolve in the face of regional and global challenges nearby, the united states naval ship, comfort, is in lima, peru to help our neighbors impacted by the man-made crisis in venezuela. comfort shows the very best of united states of america. and the strong partnerships we have in the world. it is a part of our enduring promise to our neighbors to be a steadfast, reliable, and trusted partner. we appreciate the continued support of congress, this committee in helping us fulfill that promise, the south com team on military and civilian members and our families appreciate the support of congress and will continue to honor the trust you place in us and our fellow citizens have placed in us. i look for to your questions, thank you. >> thank you very much admiral. what we will do, i will go ahead and start with just a couple of questions and we will go back and forth and in order of arrival and with that,

the army received a bulk of new standards men followed closely by the united states marine corps, believe it or not, even the air force and navy were required to take a certain percentage of new standards men as well. what were these new standards? for the purposes of induction classification, the military has five mental categories ranging from category 1, very high iq down to category 5, very low iq and category 3 being average iq. throughout the late 1950s and '60s, the tests the military adopted, the military services were able to be very selective. during this period, almost 50% of draft age men were disqualified, and so during this period the military was able to only in duct personnel from the top three mental categories. under project 100,000 however large numbers of category 4 were now eligible and available for military service. this meant men who scored between tenth and 30th percentile on the armed forces qualifying test could now be inducted into service. how did the induction of low iq men impact manpower? the simple answer is it had a positive effect on manpower. >> it provided the bodies needed for gro

like to recognize anyone in the audience who may be a veteran of the united states armed forces if you served in the army, navy, air force, marine or coast guard , would you please stand and be recognized ? [applause] do we by chance have anyone who might have served during world war ii as a veteran of that conflict? let me know proceed with the introduction of our three panelists. after i've introduced them i will call on each of them to take a few words about his most recent book or other books about world war ii and we will then have a general discussion on significant aspects of the war. i know everyone in the audience is anxious to hear their perspective on our panelist and we will try to save a few minutes at the end to receive your questions. let me now introduce our panelist alphabetically. i was told to keep the he introductions brief, they have such impressive biographies that is difficult to do. our first panelist is michael dobbs, a british american born in belfast northern ireland in 1950. he was educated at ethe university of york in england where he was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in economics

very strategic importance to the united states there is an air base there that in fact house is part of the u.s. ballistic missile early warning system the u.s. air force uses it for space command north american 6 aerospace defense command is also operated partially out of there so there is a strategic interest in all of this for the united states but all of that has been brushed aside over the concerns by the u.s. president that he has been in some way publicly humiliated as a result of a suggestion of this real estate deal really protesters are back on the streets of hong kong after a sit in a train station diverse wearing black flooded into your own room station to commemorate be a time some protesters that happened. while those seize hold another demonstration front of the british consulate in hong kong there appealing for the release of consulate worker simon chang china's foreign minister has confirmed he has been detained on the mainland the minister says he will spend 15 days in what it calls administrative detention john went missing or was nine's while on a business trip to the city ocean sun well china hasn't provided for the details about t

air travellers across the unites states are facing major delays as a computer systems failure causes chaos at airports. chinese forcesarry out riot drills as hong kong prepares for another weekend of protests. the police say they're in control. we all face tremendous pressure, but i can tell you we are confident that we have the capability to maintain law and order in hong kong. the hollywood actor, peter fonda, famous for the film classic easy rider has died at the age of 79. hello and welcome to bbc news. jeffrey epstein died from suicide by hanging — that's the reported conclusion of the autopsy into the death of the disgraced american financier. he was found dead in his cell last saturday while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. investigations have been taking place into why epstein was taken off suicide watch a few days before his death. i asked our north america correspondent peter bowes whether the findings of the autopsy settle the questions about how he died once and for all. well, there's been a considerable amount of speculation over the last week including many conspiracy theories about the way he