>> race was a factor, also experience all through the end of the world and still the united states air force separated from the ground forces. there was segregation, but it begins with 1925 war study determining how this 1one-tenth of the population, now called black, would be used if america got in another war. physically qualified. mentally inferior, fizzly inferior, a second-class citizen, if you will. that report said dig ditches, build roads, do anything technical was impossible. so that was the attitude and washington bought that as far as policy is concerned. so the civilian pilot training program. the military units. initially they subsequently did. but they're graduates from howard university program here. and i wanted to be an army pilot and the army said we don't have any black mechanics so we can't use a black pilot. also, there was a young man who graduated from west point in 36. when he graduated, pretty well up in his class, but segregated through his training years, said he wanted to be a pilot and they said sorry, they don't have any black aviation units. so he was denied th

the experience that i have, the early years all through the end of the war and still the united states air force operated from the ground forces. there was segregation, but it begins with a 1925 war college study determining how this one-depth of the population now called black would be used if america got involved in another war. paragraph 4 of their reports, fact bearing on the problem. physically qualified, yes. mentally inferior, morally inferior. in other words, second class citizen, if you will. that report came to washington to say yes, use in service roles. dig ditches, build roads, fine. do anything technical? impossible. so that was the attitude and washington bought that as far as policy was concerns. so when world war ii broke out, civilian pilot training program was established to have pilots for our military units. initially didn't include black college but it subsequently did. but there, graduate from howard university's program here in the washington area. i went in and said i want to be an army pilot. the army said we don't have any black mechanics, so we can't use a black pilot

air force. i was at travis air force base. >> i'm a desert storm veteran. >> my service started in the united states marine corps, and i discharged in 2015 as a sergeant. >> on board u.s.s. enterprise with the u.s. navy, i was deployed to 13 countries. i was also part of the iran hostage situation 1978-80. >> sergeant in the marine corps. i was an m-1-d-1 tank mechanic, and proud to serve. >> i served six years in the u.s. navy, the majority of which was on board the u.s.s. bunker hill. went onto deployment to the gulf. >> joined the united states air force right out of high school. went in as a generator mechanic, and then through that i've gotten placed in a civil engineering squadron. >> got drafted in february 1971. i was assigned to batallion in hamburg, germany, and i was in the u.s. army. >> veterans day today means a lot to me, especially since i served. >> it's not just a three-day weekend. >> we celebrate the participation and the historic role that the military plays in the security of this country. >> it's really great to take time out to recognize those who have served, those of us that like serving. >> it's a day to

i have served our country for over 20 years in the united states air force.applause] of those 20 years, i spent 15 years in leadership and management positions. like the president said, i toured afghanistan and a few tours in iraq and i was with the department of army and air force for that. i just retired this march, and i had a different plan. after my retirement ceremony, i saw that the n95 site was standing up, and what it was for the first responders, i decided i wanted to be a part of that. a part of something bigger, to continue to serve this country in a different facet. i would like to thank the leadership and honeywell to provide different opportunity for the people in phoenix and also me specifically, the opportunity to continue to serve my country on a bigger aspect. thank you. [applause] >> she was retired for about two days. [laughter] look how young you are. retired. thank you very much. great job, ursula. eric parks is a marine corps veteran and the operations manager at the honeywell facility. it is a highly personal mission for eric. his mot

native of missouri and astronaut since 2000, but before that, a flight test engineer in the united states air force. colonel hurley has been the spacecraft commander for demo responsible for activities like launch, landing and recovery. a native of appalachia, new york. selected as a nasa astronaut the same year as his counterpart, 12 years into his nasa career. hurley retired from the united states marine corps and served as a fighter pilot and test pilot for 20 for years. -- 24 years. i ought to tell you my marine corps fighter pilot son would be very jealous that i had a chance to speak with you today. he really will. each of these men have completed two space flights for the space shuttle and have logged more than 1300 hrs in space, 16,000 of training. rigorous preparation for next week's launch and let me recognize you. colonel banken. afterwards we will get some comments from colonel hurley. thank you for being with us today. i know it is a very, very busy time. but we are really honored to have a chance to speak to you for a few minutes. colonel? >> thank you for that, mr. vice president. [i

it took our united states air force to make a decision. mike: in your biography, it says you have a record of 409 combat missions, which would mean over time, i would think that attitude would start to change and you started to be considered eventually a valuable member, and effective fighter pilot. >> when did you start to notice the tenor of communications with you, when did that start to change? when did you start to get more respect? mr. mcgee: that's interesting. you did not want me to lecture for 20 minutes? mike: so what you're saying is you have plenty to tell? mr. mcgee: the air force ended segregation here in the states in july 1949. we were scattered around the >> world. i received assignments overseas that i would not get here at home. in other words, log burn airbase was a segregated based near columbus ohio. and when that base closed in july of 1949, i became the commander of the airbase wing in june 1960 -- 1972. the first such assignment in the united states. change came very slowly. we received assignments overseas we woul

the united states air force.] of those 20 years, i spent 15 years in leadership and management positions. like the president said, a tour in afghanistan and a couple tours in iraq and was highlighted by the united states department of army and air force for that. i just retired this past march. i actually had a different plan, but after my retirement ceremony and i saw that the n95 site was standing up and what the purpose of it was four for the first responders and our medical personnel on the front lines. i decided i wanted to be a part of it, part of something bigger, to continue to serve this country in a different fashion. i would like to thank the leadership and also honeywell the opportunity to provide for the people in phoenix and also me specifically the opportunity to continue to serve my country on a bigger aspect. thank you. >> president trump: she was retired for about two days. retired. look how young you are. retired? thank you very much. great job, ursula. eric parks is a marine corps veteran and

if you want anybody out there, you want a member of our united states air force out there, the united states marine corps, your father, united states army aviator, myself, navy aviation, a flight surgeon. i have been surrounded by america's greatest people, service to our country. so, they go out there with pride, and they go out there with courage, but they've made all those determinations, that what i'm about to do was worth my life, and i am just privileged to be able to do it. >> harris: you brought me to tears. jerry linenger today, thank you. you and capitalize that like no one could. thank you for taking us inside this mission and getting to feel what you felt, and what these men, no doubt, are feeling today. heading to the launchpad 39. god bless america. thank you, jerry. we are going to take a quick break. we are more than 50% there, headed to the launchpad. he heard jerry say, they are going to sit at the bottom of the launchpad before the ride of their lives. stay close. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with one protein feels like. what getting fueled with three energy packed proteins feels like.

bob behnken is a flight test engineer from the united states air force, and of course they are both veterans of numerous space shuttle missions. they are both test pilots. remember what this mission is. this is a test mission. we almost always have test pilots on test missions, and these are the right people for this job, and we are very anxious to get them to orbit, get them onto the space station, and get them home safely. david: this is a historic moment no matter what. it is not lost on anyone this is in the middle of a pandemic. how important is it right now to be returning astronauts to space from u.s. oil when we are fighting covid-19? jim: that is so important. doingas a long history of stunning things in the middle of difficult times. we go back to the apollo era. we saw a war raging in vietnam, and protests in the streets and at the capital and at universities. we had civil rights abuses and civil rights protests, and of course we were in the height of the cold war. in the midst of all of that, we were able to send neil armstrong and buzz aldrin to the surface of the moon. for that

the patrol is alexandria the united states air force and is made up of 66,000 volunteers, some are teenage pilot cadets and they fly a massive fleet of 560 airplanes, mostly single-engine cessnas being used to transport lab tests, blood tests, masks, gowns and other medical supplies. major general mark smith, similar patrol national commander and veteran air force fighter pilot told us the role during this crisis echoes the very reason it was created back in 1941. >> we've used aircraft to transport covid-19 test kits, to transport personal protection equipment, whatever types of supplies authorities within the state needs to get from point a to point be in a timely manner. >> they are doing just that in kansas and colorado, similar patrol flying support to ferry blood tests from remote areas of the clip that is much faster than driving. lieutenant colonel thompson were used to fly 60s in the air force and is now an airline pilot. on this day was flying a civil air patrol cessna. >> this allows me to do something i love while giving back to the community and on top of that similar patrols,

the four jets flew out of fresno and part of the nationwide by the united states air force for frontlineorkers. >>> a fly over is scheduled for the medical centers from redding to plasterville to honor the health care workers first responders and workers. tomorrow the 38 pilots were going to take off from the air force base in the county for a show of thanks. they will be performing the formations from noon to 1:00 and trying over the hospitals in seven cities throughout northern california. you can find updates on the fly over at the air force base facebook page. >>> there's no graduation ceremony this week for the graduation class of the east bay. for the immediate future of the class of 2020, that's unclear. amber lee introduces us and for now as she reports the plans are up in the air. >> reporter: cal state east bay for the class of 2020 was originally scheduled to be held on friday here at the football stadium on campus. it's been cancelled by the pandemic. >> for the past three years i have imagined on this day that i would walk the stage. >> class of 2019, we made it. where you a

keith has also served in the united states air force and the air national guard for 40 years and recently retired as a colonel with the 167th airlift wing. he lives with his wife cindy in martinsberg, west virginia. please join me in welcoming keith as he talked about the battle of antietam from the perspective of the soldiers that experienced it firsthand. [ applause ] >> thank you, kevin. it is great to be with you. i certainly had a very enjoyable drive down here. this is some beautiful country. so what i'm going to do this evening, the mayor talked about perspective and what i'm going to share with you are actually two perspectives on the battle of antietam. since i'm the opening speaker for three days of antietam information, we thought, kevin and i talked before we came down, it might be good to have a general overview of the maryland campaign. i'm going to do a broad brush stroke to have some perspective when i share with you the words of those that were there. none of us were and for me one of the great things about having the honor and the privilege of working at antietam battlef

clark cable joins the united states army air force enlisting as a private.n to become an aerial gunner. this is the people's way of saying from movie stars to sales clerks, american's citizens are in the war. >> enlisted servicemen are the backbone of the military. they have an advocate that didn't exist in world war ii. the senior enlisted adviser to the jonassai joint chiefs of staff. >> our nation has faced many challenges and our purpose remains the same, to protect our freed freedom. ask the greatest generation for the ideals set forth in our constitution, we know it is our turn. the greatest generation did this for our country and we shall do the same. i salute you and your families and trust we will keep the torch burning and trust that we will keep america free. >> i want to give a shout out and a thank you to the world war ii veterans. >> your service allows us to serve today. thank you so much. we as a society cannot thank you enough. >> thank you for showing me what valor looks like. >> thank you for your bravery, your sacrifices and for paving th

clark cable at 41 renounces his throne as america's most popular film star to join the united states army air forceing as a private, he wants to become a gun or in the crew of a bomber. this is the peoples way of saying, from the home front to the battle front, from movie stars to salesclerk's, america's 130 million citizens are in the war. >> enlisted service members are the backbone of the military both in world war ii as well as today. they have an advocate in the position that did not exist during world war ii. the senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, ramon lopez. >> today, always we must never forget that our nation has faced faced many challenges and our purpose remains the same. to protect our freedom. the greatest generation embodied the love and loyalty for the ideals set forth in our constitution. we know it is now our turn. the greatest generation did this for our country. we shall do the same. i salute you and your families and trust that we will keep the torch burning and trust that we will keep america free. >> i just want to give a shout out and a sin

the jets flew out of fresno and are part of a nationwide salute by the united states air force for front-line workers of the coronavirus pandemic. >>> high schools are getting ready for alternative graduation ceremonies, and now contra costa county health services has issued a list of guidelines to follow. as ktvu's rob roth reports, some of the rules let schools have a dry for graduation event. >> reporter: behind-the-scenes at the school, horizon center for independent study in pleasant hill, planning for graduation is well underway. >> everybody is working really hard to make it special for this year's graduating in. >> reporter: she's planning the for the 71 seniors and the 26 who are graduating in nearby prospect alternative hyper the plan is to hold the ceremony online, but there's a twist planned. following the speeches, students can drive to the school with their families all wearing masks. >> at the time, they will see decorations and the teacher standing every 6 to 12 feet waving to them. >> reporter: drive-through graduation is excepted under the latest guidelines released tuesday

the four jets flew out of fresno, as part of a nationwide salute by the united states air force for front-line workers. i don't know, something about singles fighter jets never gets old. let's go to joe now, with sports. >> good evening everyone, here's what is happening tonight in sports. continued for story of sports is how teams and leaks plan on getting back into business. because it is the off-season, the nfl has been the one leak that has been closest to business as usual, but training camps are closing, and that means a whole new set of circumstances. the league is not yet ready to open individual team sites, even under social distancing conditions. now, several teams in states with stricter lockdown regulations are looking at the idea of holding camps in less populous and more rural areas. tomb executive's had a conference call tonight to discuss how and when to open their facilities. 49ers eric olmstead. >> i'm missing being on the field, building chemistry together, i miss being around our coaches and doing a couple of drills, just missing starting that journey together. but, you kno

emergency services before jets flew out of fresno bear part of a nationwide salute by the united states air force for front-line workers. >> in el dorado county, not far from our office of emergency services where so much of the work and preparation is being done for the next fire season. i want to remind everybody that we are entering a fire season. we just got out of the fire season in the state. some have argued there no longer our seasons. fire seasons in the state of california, that it is a year- round challenge for all of this. i want folks to know that we are mindful. we are mindful of the understandable anxiety that this time of your presents to people in addition to what's going on with covid-19. and i want folks to know that we have been preparing for this upcoming wildfire season. we are not stepping back our efforts. we are, in fact, stepping up the budget i will announce tomorrow will include enhancements for wildfire preparation and preparedness across the board, as well as suppression strategies and opportunities to be more resilient in our recovery strategies. in a moment, i will

they are part of a nationwide salutes by the united states air force to front-line workers. >>> workers at a hospital in the north bay got a special thank you this morning for their work in the fight against the coronavirus. allie tells us how first responders cheered on doctors, nurses and staff members at a hospital there.>> reporter: everyone was wearing masks but you could still see the smiles on their faces. nurses, doctors and staff members walked into the community hospital this morning showered with cheers and applause. >> it is a huge booster. the outpouring of support from the community, the first responders, the restaurants locally, the schools, the kids, the people, everybody has been great. >> members of the police and fire departments organized this event. they wanted to show front-line healthcare workers how much they appreciate their efforts now and even before the pandemic. >> i have been cared for at this hospital so is a great way for me to personally thank the hospital staff as well on behalf of my department but also personally for me and my family. >> the display o

became a racist suddenly or just appointed black officer at the chief of staff and to the united states air forcefor the first time but everybody says he's a racist now. >> i have historically tried to avoid the term racism and racist because studies have shown so it impedes communication but i half to reverse that because they come to understand its key to what is transpiring. that shroud reality of racism that's often in newspapers of economic factors and all these things to make people more vulnerable to that toxicity. it is not true. it is race. race is a stronger risk factor that studies have shown african-americans incomes at $50000 per year are more exposed to toxins than whites who make $10000 per year. so we have to be frank and open to discussing these things otherwise that will be the shape of what we are talking about the dps from crafting solutions. >> a large part of my book was interrogating the common terms we need to describe the way race and racism operates in this country so i'm thinking where do i begin? so where many racial justice performers and activist have been distinguis

when he was 70 or he just appointed a black start to be the chief of staff, the top air force officer of the united states air force. for the first time. for, you can believe that he must run against hillary clinton and bees are pretty which is why everybody is saying he's a racist bring. >> you're watching book tv, on "c-span2". television for serious readers. looking at programs that deal with the issue of race and america. next is american university professor and bioethicist. they appear to the texas book festival in october of 2019. >> i have historically try to avoid the term racism and racist because people in this country interpreted very differently. studies show that white you will one way and blacks viewed another way. but, i had reversed up in this book because i came to understand that the term is actually key to understanding what is transpiring keep. and fortunately, language is trotting a schism pretty we often read newspapers and medical reports and elsewhere, about social economic factors. and the poverty factors. and lack of education. all of these things, make people more vulnerable we

. >> i have spent over 20 years serving our country united states air force. [cheers and applause] but after my retirement ceremony and i saw that the n-95 site was standing up, i decided i wanted to be a part of that. a part of something bigger to continue to serve this country in a different facet. >> this is very personal for me. my mother is a nurse. my mother-in-law is a nurse. my brother is a combat veteran and a paramedic in tucson. i'm very honored to be part of the team that is going to make the future safer. not only for my family but for many others as well. so touches right steve and brian. look at these images standing apart from one another. the president probably wants to go over and shake their hands and hug them. you can't do that now. it was a moment i was proud of america yesterday. i always am but i was really proud to see these images and see the president there with all those boxes of masks behind him. steve: no kidding, ainsley. personal mobilized. the initial need was we heard we need masks so the whole world started making masks. unfor

he magically became a racist when he turned 70, a fears racist or just -- the top air force officer in the united states air force for the first time, or you can believe that he ran against hillary clinton and peter which is what a blessing he's a racist racist now and democrats are. >> you're watching tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. we look at programs that deal with the issue of race in america next is american university professor ibram kendi and bioethicist harriet washington. they. the texas book festival in october of 2019. >> i have historically tried to avoid the term racism and racist. that's because people in this country interpretively fixed headset shown many white people you in one way and blacks defined differently. i had to reverse that when it released the book because i have came to understand that the term was actually you to understand what's transpiring. unfortunately language has been used to shroud reality of racism and when it comes to this we often read in newspapers and medical reports and elsewhere about to economic factors and poverty factors and lack of educati

he was 70, he just appointed a black four-star to be the chief of staff, the top air force officer in the united statesair force for the first time or you can believe he must've run against hillary clinton for president and beat her. that's what everybody is saying he's racist or at least the democrats are. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. we are looking at programs that deal with the issue of race in america. next is american university professor and harriet washington. they appear at the texas books festival in october 2019. >> i have historically tried to avoid the term racism and raci racist, that is because people in this country interpreted very differently, studies show that many white people view it in one white and blacks define it differently, i had to reverse that my latest book because i came to understand that the term was a key to understand what is inspiring and important language has been used to shroud the reality of racism and when it comes to an toxic city, we read in newspapers and reports elsewhere about factors in the property factors and lac

hurley is a test pilot of the united states marine corps, a veteran of numerous shuttle missions and bob is a test pilot or a flight test engineer in the united states air forceother veteran of numerous space shuttle missions these guys are ready to go i told them if there's anything you want me to do to stop this, you tell me. they said we're ready for launch they've been involved in preparing and developing the rocket and the capsule this is their mission, and they're ready to go. >> they've been working closely with spacex. as the saying go, space is hard, space that involves humans, even harder everything needs to be perfect there are some new protocols, at least versus the history of nasa and nasa's protocols implemented including the fact a astronauts are going to be on board an in crew dragon when the rocket is fuelled. what's gone into safety and how does i guess that speak to this collaboration? this partnership with a commercial company >> that's right. what nasa did, when we came up with this program to launch commercially, we did not say how to design your vehicle we did not tell them how to do it what we said is here are the top line requirements

with the efficacy of the united states air force of children andor families and to acknowledge my family doing to those cannot be with us today watching online it's not only committed to the family but to specifically focus on quality educationn. i'm proud of our two sons who lives in tampa and washington dc and instrumental to my success or to be there without love and support and the number one fan my mother in the most influential officer in myth career my father charles vietnam veteran who retired after being a kernel i appreciate the support of my sister 71 - - stephanie and for me and my family before his passing and for their confidence in support to the be the next air force chief of staff i cannot thank them enough as they complete 37 years of service to our nation and we wish them the very best is a start the next chapter but the national 18 national defense strategy clear actionable but to deter and win. with the past 11 years over seven different assignments in leadership positions focus on prior challengesns north korea and iran that are all outlined in the national defense

antonio, graduate from s.m.u., he served 29 years in the united states air force. fighter pilot and some traits fighter pilot came in to everything he did, from how fast he drove across texas, to the way he approached legislation. am was a veteran of the korean conflict and, of course, the vietnam war. 25th combat mission in vietnam, he was shot down, everely injured, and spent the next seven years as a prisoner of war in the prison known as hilton.i many members have read his book "captive warriors", which the hellish conditions and the courage and fortitude of am and his fellow prisoners as they fought to survive. fter serving he served until january of 2019 including as acting chairman of the ways and means committee. he now goes to join his wonderful wife shirley and his son bob. madam speaker, i know of no one in the house who was more universally admired across the chamber than sam johnson. he sacrificed much, but always with courage and good humor and deep, deep love of country. he inspired these of us who worked with him and his memory will be an inspiratio

united states through the letter to do that. and, claire, i -- if i'm not mistaken, i think adam kenzinger is the only man who has spoken out for many this man who worked for the united states air forcears. this great american who has worked, devoted his entire adult life to making the united states and the united states military stronger, i think the only republican representative maybe that spoken out is adam kinzinger. i know the family is grateful for that, but there are so many other republicans who have remained silent through this despicable episode, not even co coming to the defense of it. t.j., but he says the president of the united states has taken something that belonged to him, the memory of my dead wife. how -- what are they afraid of? and i am here as living evidence, claire, that you can survive some pretty bad tweets. i've had quite a few against me. and you too. it's funny, claire, i always said if you can't handle a negative tweet from the president or from a critic, then you're not tough enough to have a voting card in congress. so, i would certainly hope at least the florida representatives will speak out stro strongly in defense of this american and his family a

in 1942, the commander of our ground forces, general leslie mccain air, said it best, the united states is stretching out its arms, twin circle the globe. >> nodding conquest, but in sections. even with our powerful allies, vast is fast, and cause for our utmost effort. >> our armed forces, were in circling the earth. in a mighty crusade for freedom. nothing like it has happened in all the history of man. it was the dynamic outpouring, of a great nation's blood and energy. to protect not only itself, but deliberate freedom loving people everywhere. we had come a long way, but the end of the road, with spired with insight. we had only just begun to fight.

. >> gene was recognized by the united states air force for his 14 years of dedicated service with 21and medals. griff: it's your shot of the morning a texas teen creates a touching tribute for a dedicated combat pilot in the vietnam war. pete: eddie scott honored him in a 13 minute video going above and beyond for a high school project. jedediah: eddie said this took him months to complete this is tradition at memorial day in west lake high school in austin. pete: my kind of project. griff: good on him. first joe biden made headlines for his offensive remark to black voters but now the naacp is firing back at his second comment. >> take a look at my record, man. i extended voting act 25 years. i have a record second to none. the naacp has endorsed me every time i have run. griff: turns out the organization does not endorse candidates for political office at any level. so was the former vice president caught in a lie. pete: in a fox news op-ed, our next guest says biden knew exactly what he was doing in the interview. joining us now is evangelist, former nfl player, ceo of brewer grou

united states. if you have air force one, you can tell a great story. it almost doesn't matter what you say it's kind of where you go, when you go, why you go, now he is going to michigan and the story is the great american comeback. he's the only one telling it nationally. right now it, it seems like all the democrats on the sideline and the ones that are speaking up much to all the lockdown, they don't want to on the comeback and i the president that the politics, he is setting up great contrast for himself these lockdowns. whether it's governor whitmer michigan, wisconsin, doesn't matter. the great contrast for him and he's winning that contrast. you can almost see the result, i hate to say this, but in a red state/blue state scenario. i know a lot of it has to do with geography and urban areas under the weather to a certain extent, but seeing great success among red states whether it's the governor made the right call, we don't know yet but right now people see what's working and what's not working, and where it's not working. and again, just anothe

the national guard is a big part of the united states army and air force, and we are proud of that, but the role we play here at home, in the homeland, under the command of the governors in our states is distinctly and uniquely national guard business and we are proud of that. mr. president, thank you. thank you for the support you give our military, national guard, and all of the men and women who serve. they are proud to serve our nation. thank you for letting me talk about the guard today. thank you, sir. pres. trump: four stars, that's a lot of stars. very impressive. you deserve them. i do want to say -- you mentioned the word governor. we've had a lot of great success in our relationship with governors. we have dealt with governors very well. we have got to know each other, understand each other, like each other. in many cases that has worked out well. we have the governor from new jersey here today, wonderful man, a lot of progress being made there. we had john bell edwards of louisiana yesterday and ron desantis of florida the day before, tremendous progress, three very exceptio

corps test pilot and veteran of multiple space shuttle missions, bob, flight test engineer, united states air force of multiple space shuttle missions bid this is not new to these guys paid all i can do is convey to them how all of america appreciates what they are doing. the entire world is watching and just how grateful we are as a nation. i will tell you their demeanor is loose. they are ready to go. they were joking around and talking about what they had for breakfast and how it might come up later. it was nice to see that they are in their element and we are just so grateful and proud of them. >> that is good to hear and gives you great confidence i am sure in your positions that you hear. we go to a social media question and we have got this question coming from brooklyn. she wants to no, i know changes in the cruise space shoots and they look thinner and lighter sweat changes in the space capsule allow to have these futuristic suits? >> while we spent a lot of time designing the spacesuited ice personally spent time on the space suits and it took us three almost four years to design the suit

the air force launched a space plane into orbit today. >> and liftoff of the united states launch allianceket. >> it launched cape canaveral this morning after yesterday's rain delay. the air force won't release any details about the mission, bu they did mention there are two experiments from nasa onboard. >>> it's now about quarter to 7:00 here on the west coast. by this time on may 17th, 1980, exactly 40 years ago, the area around mount st. helens had been shaken by 10,000 earthquakes. the old volcano had sprung to life two months before, ending a dormant period. but there were signs that dormant period was coming to an end. >> keeps falling in. you can also see to the left, now toward mount adams, see how the second bulge has come up, and made it a double peak on that side of the crater. >> that bulge gave way in the largest landslide ever recorded of 8:32 a.m. on sunday morning, and that led to this. the eruption that followed killed 57 people. it spied 540 million tons of ash over 11 states, and two canadian provences, and caused more than $3 billion in damage. it has been declared th

in the united states and the united kingdom and that's going to be painful it's going to be very painful next $10.00 to $15.00. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area russia. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again. a reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. made the 92 in the headlines today several french schools are

representative of the german high command, and a unit, the designated head of the german state, signed the act of unconditional surrender, german air, land, sea forcesrope will endfficially at one minute after midnight tonight, tuesday the 8th of may. nicholas: at buckingham palace that evening winston churchill appeared on the balcony with the king and queen and his daughters, elizabeth and margaret. later the two princesses joined the crowds. as elizabeth recalled in 1985 -- >> we cheer the queen and king on the balcony, then walked miles through the streets. i remember lines of unknown people walking down whitehall, all of us just swept along in a tide of happiness and relief. nicholas: the contrast tween the crowded streets of may 1945 and those same streets today is striking, yet 75 years after the end of the second world war, a nation and lockdn looked beyond its present challenges to give thanks, thanks which will be expressed tonight in a special broadcast by the queen. nicholas witchell, bbc news. anchor: leaders across the world have been commemorating ve day. ♪ anchor: in the united states president trump met veterans at the world war ii

air. the base for the american sixth fleet. today headquarters for the forces of five nato countries. and in the united states, the supreme ally command atlantic home of the u.s. navy and international headquarters on american soil. a similar poll of new unity in the western world. and on the on conquerable island, the royal navy with their continental allies must keep open the ports of europe. and in north wood, the navel forces assisting in the task by their air force. in 1952, two new nations joined the alliance. turkey and greece, recent storm centers of communist threats. and in 1955, the federal republic joined nato. eisenhower said fair well. reasserting america's commitment for the defense of europe. they are acting and planning together. and learning to work together, men and women of the alliance learned a common language. and now people moving slowly working in about 28 inches. it was hard going for nato in the early going. men had to break ground to build airfields. they have delayed pipelines to feed the machinery of the alliance. a unique experiment in neutral experience in time of peace. and th

he's been taking on the united states by challenging our air force and navy in the global commons.tremely dangerous situation. hong kong is just a symptom of a big story. dagen: and also unleashing a virus around the globe that is crushing its greatest economic rivals. >> well, certainly. because chinese leaders took steps that they knew woulden evidencwouldinevitably lead to f the coronavirus beyond china's borders. for five weeks they were lying about the human to human trans transmiss ability of the disease. they were forcing countries not to impose travel restrictions on arrivals from china. you put those two things together, and it led to the pandemic. chinese leaders are directly responsible for this because this was not some accidental leak from china. this was either reckless or more probably malicious. in either case, beijing should be held accountable. we need to deter chinese leaders from spreading the next disease that is generated on chinese soil. this is not the last one. they happen about every decade. dagen: how do we make sure this doesn't happen again? >> my goodn

air force was created in 1947. >> the establishment of the united states space force. >> space force working with $15 billion budgetg we need to have in space and the ability to perform the operations we need to do. >> it take over air force's mission in space like protecting satellites and gps, but that's not all. >> defend the domain of space, which is really central to our way of life today. >> focus our assets and capabilities in this new domain. >> a division so new i't decided its rank structure. >> obviously we won't be called airmen but space cadets won't be one of them. >> i sure hope so, but i don't think so. >> reporter: the first graduates excited to be getting in on the ground floor of this new frontier. >> so much talent in the space force. >> i was extremely lucky to be one of the officers to be able to commission straight into the space force this year. >> and i had to ask. what about an alien attack. >> i have no responsibility to defend you from an alien attack. >> space, such a hot topic these days there's a new netflix series called space force. >> the president is creating a new branch, space f

i had the privilege of being at the air force academy will -- not long ago when we commissioned the first class of officers to the united states space force. that, combined with the return of american leadership in human space expiration. this is an extraordinarily exciting time. it's an exciting time in the life of our nation. we find ourselves over the last many months dealing with an unprecedented pandemic. we have seen the american people respond, from health-care workers to first responders, to leadership at every level across the country. we have stepped forward and met this moment as a nation. as of today, in all 50 states are in some measure beginning to reopen, when we see encouraging signs of getting to put the that weaking losses have experienced and the case numbers declining, that it is a time of great hope and of great encouragement, even the news yesterday of a promising new vaccine being developed is giving hope to the american people that we will get through this. when history is written, we got through this together, working together as americans. under the leadership of this president and full partnership of

in asia japanese air and ground forces were driving forward in their bloody conquest of china. >> only one of the world's major powers was still not at war, the united states. it was a sunday afternoon in december 1941 and the statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor as if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. afternoon in new york, early morning in hawaii. and another great harbor where american warships were dockside. planes with cold? gens stood idle at nearby hickam field when suddenly without warning -- ♪ ♪ >> the immediate japanese military objective was to knock out united states naval and air power in the pacific at a single stroke. they reasoned that we were committed to eventual entrance in the war in europe. convinced that we were incapable of fighting a two front war. the japanese were right in their calculations to the extent roosevelt and churchill agreed that the defeat of hitler the most powerful of our enemies must have priority over an offensive against japan. they followed sound principles of warfare to concentrate the greatest mass of power against the major objective, but it would be nearl

united states for interfering in the 2016 election. a philippine tv station that has reported critically has been forced off the air.heir license expired after hearings on renewal or delayed in a temporary license wasas deninied. government officiaials denied te closure has anything to do with limiting press freedom. donald trump has denied any involvement by the u.s. government and what venezuelan officials call a failed armed incursion in the south american country. authorities arrested two american citizens among a group of mercenaries, claiming that the group wanted to overthrow president nicolas maduro. the e united nations says overcrowded and unhygienic prisons in latin america are a major concern during this pandemic. one official said some jails have f five timeses as many inms as they were designed to hold. the fear of infection has triggered rioting in several countries. ordinary people have been paying tribute to doctors and nurses working on the front lines to save lives during this pandemic. many have done so by applauding health workers at night or by raising funds to support their health systems, but

air force is carrying out flyovers bump the main military parade at red square has been postponed. also coming up protesters demanding justice over the killing of an unarmed black junker and the united states police have arrested and charged a white father and son.