and some crewmembers one of the best of the best from the united states navy retired five times shuttle astronaut and commander and to examine the orbiter. and then just physically take a shot that out into the delicate silicon tile. pieces of the throne of the external tank falling off hitting those tiles. the course that fateful day that is exactly what happened. and to be the size of an insulated cooler as the orbiter is accelerating and that falls in the acceleration to hit the carbon fiber of the leading-edge to knock a hole in it. and there's no problem in orbit there's no problem that comes after the burn and the shuttle falls for 30 minutes through the vacuum of space and then starts to accumulate the molecules of air in the upper atmosphere and those leading edges of the week the temperatures grow to over 3000 degrees fahrenheit. and there is a big hole. there is the leading edge in the left wing. of course it burns up and the crew is destroyed in the dissent over east texas. nasa management structure filtered out debate and dissent and could not listen to those astronaut comma

in 2003 and before, and crewmembers like one of the best of the best, captain robert gibson, united states navy retired, five-time shuttle astronaut, for time commander, had pointed out -- four time commander, examining the orbiter, looks like it'd been shredded, was his words, as if you taken a shotgun out and just shot, buckshot into the delicate silicone tile, which is happening as a result on launch, on ascent, pieces of the foam of the external tank falling off and hitting the delicate silicone tiles of the space shuttle orbiter. and, of course, in that fateful day in early february of 2003, that's exactly what happened. a chunk of the insulation foam about this size, just about the size of an insulated cooler, about the size, on ascent as the orbiter is accelerating, and that chunk falls in the acceleration and hits the carbon fiber of the leading edge of the left wing, and knocks a hole in it. and, of course, on ascent to orbit there is no problem. in orbit there, is no problem. but the problem comes after that deorbit burn and after the space shuttle falls for 30 minutes through the vac

the us is theodore roosevelt is the united states navy's biggest aircraft carrier currently on station in the persian gulf its bombers are a powerful weapon in the battle against the so-called islamic state in syria. from zero to two hundred fifty kilometer spare hour in just two seconds it's rush hour on both of the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt in the middle of the persian gulf they're apt to a hundred takeoffs a day off fighter jets reconnaissance planes transport aircraft and helicopters as the aircraft carrier is the flagship of carrier strike group nine in addition to striking at the so-called islamic state it's tasked with securing maritime routes combating pirates and facilitating humanitarian aid almost three hundred pilots on bought our main drivers probably are home country defense for home country flying is flying a matter of the mission is so trying to treat any different whether we're stand locally overhead a ship or going into iraq syria it's all the same basically i what exactly the fighter jets are targeting is a military secret meaning to date the pilots of carrier air wi

starting from the time he entered the united states navy, certainly to his service in iraq, supporting the united states marine corps. and then his, obviously his duties in the white house. what's probably more relevant is his military career before the white house, in the united states navy. and so, i know there is a lot of hearsay stuff going on. but, let me tell you what is most significant is what he will do as the v.a. chairman. the last three had extraordinary background, but they all failed to change the culture of incompetence. bureaucratic incompetence at the department of veterans affairs. the question is can he be as a marine corps combat veteran can he be marine corps tough in cleaning house in the v.a.? we -- in 2014, we gave the authority to the department of veterans affairs to the secretary to remove without all the civil service protections senior v.a. bureaucrats, mcdonald, secretary mcdonald never used that authority. secretary shulkin never used that authority. will he go in there and program run by senior bureaucrats that year after year have had documented failure

cotton: we allow port calls between taiwan and the united states navy and vice versa? adm. davidson: we have not in our recent past. i understand that is something to discuss now. having thatrd to conversation against the interagency here. sen. cotton: what about allowing taiwanese participation in military exercises? those areson: again, new initiatives and i would like a little time to consider that. sen. cotton: thank you. if you could get back to us in the first few weeks on the job once you have had a chance to consult with admiral harris and the team you will have there. o'shaughnessy, it takes about three years these days to be able to acquire a new ground-based interceptor. does that seem like a satisfactory timeline to you for a missile that is fairly well developed and critical to national security? gen. o'shaughnessy: it does seem like a long time. i don't have the details, but it would work closely with general graves. sen. cotton: i would encourage you to do so. it took 18 months to build the pentagon. surely the nation can produce in missile a little bit faste

again, it's very important, tht a rear admiral in the united states navy. who's conducted himself in all published reports on him, all audits et cetera, come back with a stellar record including from president obama and the current president. he's gone through over a decade. a guy from a small town in west texas who moved to become the president's chief physician. he has shown an impeccable record. until there's actual evidence, senator tester has issued two pages of anonymous accusations against -- >> gop say this is credible. 23 people wto come forward. sfl what is also crede bable is president obama and president trump. also the assessments from numerous audits. there's an issue recording prescription drug dispensation by the white house medicial uni. there have been internal and external audits by the walter reed medical center that have shown that the white house medical unit dispenses prescription drugs according to medical policy. so there's a lot of evidence. >> so do you know enough on that point, i just want to interrupt because the allegations ar

cotton: we allow port calls between taiwan and the united states navy and vice versa? adm. davidson: we have not in our recent past. i understand that is something to discuss now. i look forward to having that conversation against the interagency here. sen. cotton: what about allowing taiwanese participation in military exercises? adm. davidson: again, those are new initiatives and i would like a little time to consider that. sen. cotton: thank you. if you could get back to us in the first few weeks on the job once you have had a chance to consult with admiral harris and the team you will have there. general o'shaughnessy, it takes about three years these days to be able to acquire a new ground-based interceptor. does that seem like a satisfactory timeline to you for a missile that is fairly well developed and critical to national security? i say that you have a highly vested interest in trying to produce that timeline. might --k at what you as you sign your testimony. the country faces a drug epidemic that has become a crisis. 60,000 people a year are dying from overnight

shame on senator testing for the slamming of an admiral of the united states navy.pass judgment in november. i hope they remember that. he deserved much better than jon tester gave him. thanks for watching today. keep the conversation going on msnbc.com/hugh-hewitt. see you next week saturday morning on msnbc. ♪ ♪ no matter when you retire, your income doesn't have to. see how lincoln can help ensure you still have income every month of your retirement, guaranteed, at lincolnfinancial.com. ( ♪ ) face the world as a face to be reckoned with. only botox® cosmetic is fda approved to temporarily make moderate to severe frown lines, crow's feet and forehead lines look better. it's a quick 10 minute cosmetic treatment given by a doctor to reduce those lines. there is only one botox® cosmetic, ask for it by name. the effects of botox® cosmetic, may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be a sign of a life-threatening condition. do not

but the united states navy put out a statement today that that was a regular scheduled deployment andng to do with events going on in the world. it is assume, the navy has said it was really scheduled appointment, but it is assumed that it is heading towards the mediterranean, it is not there yet, but the four or five days run—up that we had most certainly was to move assets around and pick targets. there was a point where they had a target list and i don't know if this is confirmed or rumour, but they had to change that list when syrian forces shuffle around in the country. but most certainly several assets were deployed to the region to be able to strike effect flea. as i said, i still think that this initial bombardment is being conducted by warships that are already in the area, possibly subsurface assets in the area, if they want to do a more widespread strikes, air assets perhaps operating out of cyprus would be a nominal option for them to use. thank you very much ryan, the ceo of strategic centre knell which is a non—partisan think tank in national security and international r

. >> do you have any doubt that despite their militarization of those islands that the united states navy and air force can keep those lines of communications open throughout the south china sea? >> it is our job. yes, sir. >> how much do those islands raise the stakes for our partnership with countries like vietnam, the philippines, malaysia, australia, taiwan? >> well, i think it makes it troubling. their security relationships with us are very, very important to us and also important to their security. these islands are in areas in which there are conflicting claims. and while we take no position on how that's resolved, we do expect to see them resolved with mutual consent and as international law allows. it's creating uncertainty amongst our partners and allies in that area. >> thank you. let look at one of those in particular, taiwan, the only democracy on chinese soil. what's your opinion on regular easing arms sales to taiwan to be consistent with the taiwan's relations act? >> i think the taiwan relations act calls for that. there should be regular arms sales. calls for us specifi

tenants of american institutions that john mccain has spent 81 years fighting hard for in the united states navythen in the united states congress. there's no question about it, he says, look, i'm unshackled, i'm not going to run again, and i can talk about the fact that i like compromise, i like working on things together. there were times he was as open in the past with that as he is now. one thing i thought was so classic mccain. he wrote this with his long time adviser. at the end of the excerpt that we have, he quotes the character robert jordan from for whom the bell tolls. he's a voracious reader, he loves literature, and this man, this character is sort of who he emlated himself on, and he was quoting robert jordan, the world is a fine place and worth fighting for. i hate very much to leave it. he said, spoke my hero, and it's very poignant. >> you know, the man has served his country for years and years, and you can feel that continuing of emotional -- dana quoted it, it's this emotion of leaving the world, he asked the country to come together and says, we're more alike than we're diff

denuclearization but what that means to north korea versus what that means to south korea or the united states navy different the united states wants north korea to do so mantel its missile and nuclear program whereas north korea when it talks about the asian tends to take a broader view and includes that it would be open to discussing it if it no longer felt threatened by the united states and it wants the u.s. for example to remove troops from the korean peninsula so it's interesting then when you hear donald trump still leaving open the possibility that the talks may not happen if he's not satisfied that he is getting the concessions that he wants from north korea he was saying in that news current conference that there's still the possibility he may walk away so i think the feeling here in south korea is one of cautious optimism going into this into korean summit where they're cautious optimism is there a sense that south korea is going into this with a fairly broad an open ended agenda or do you think that actually has specific goals that it thinks it can achieve. there have been questions lea

thank you for this opportunity to represent the men and women of the united states navy. your stalwart support for them and their families continue to have a profound impact on the health of our force today. global demand on the navy continue to grow and continue to recruit, develop and maintain a highly skilled workforce needed to meet the growing demand for naval forces. our forced structure will grow as we build the navy the nation needs. this will require increasing in strength. as we grow our need for highly talented people increases and at the same time the propensity to serve is declining in each of the services as well as the civilian sector are vying for the same limited talent pool. we are clearly in a war for talent. the current forecast based on leading economic indicators suggest difficult times ahead and labor market factors meet wholesalers with critical skills into the growing civilian job market and took note of these indicators in initiative preemptive action to retain these sailors using all available policy levers to posture ourselves to meet this anti

thank you for the opportunity to represent the men and women in the united states navy. your stalwart support for them and their families continues to have a profound impact upon the health of our force today. global demands upon the navy continue to grow. we must continue to recruit, develop and retain the highly skilled work force needed to meet the growing p demand signal for naval forces. our force structure will grow as we build the navy the nation needs which will require increasing end strength. as we grow, our need for highly talented people increases. at the same time, propensity to serve is declining in each of the services as well as the civilian sector, and we're vying for the same limited talent pool. we are clearly in a war for talent. .. >> we use all available policy levels to posture ourselves to me the growth. we just made our fy 17 targets. this year's projector is good but we require steady and reliable funding going forward to stay on track. the new budget deal is great news for us and an excellent step in the right direction. while recruiters had ch

the united states navy, the african-americans could only serve as is servant, jans or the and mess officials. so that is the background of the 1940s. systemic discrimination, and jim crow, and african-americans across the nation trying to mobilize to confront this re reality. so enter a. philip randolph. a. philip randolph. all right. so, brother randolph is a former editor and writer, and he is a union organizer and he organizers on the brotherhood of the sleeping carporters and he organizes the union in 1949. and what a sleeping car? it is a train. trains are still one of the m major modes of transportation in the united states in 1920s, '30s, '40s, and so if you traveling from atlanta to the new york, let's say, and you are renting a sleep iing car, you a asleep, right? so you have attendants who are taking care of you. sleeping carpo in sleeping car porters, and so what with randolph does is to organize these porters. and so this is the largest african-american union of this era. and randolph is a passionate advocate for working men and women, and passionate and a union man. right. he ha

the united states navy, african-americans could only serve as servants. as janitors and mess officials. and so that's the background of the 1940s. systemic discrimination, the reality of jim crow, the reality of racial inequality. african-american communities across the nation mobilizing and trying to figure out how to confront this, how to confront this reality. right? so enter a. phillip randolph. a. phillip randolph. so brother randolph is a former editor and writer. and he organizes a union called the brotherhood of sleeping carporters. he organizes this union in 1935. what's a sleeping car? trains. trains are still one of the major modes of transportation in the united states in 1920s, '30s, '40s, and '50s. so a sleeping car -- if you're traveling from atlanta to, say, new york and you rent a sleeping car, you're asleep. right? so you've got attendants taking care of you. sleeping carporters. so randolph helps to unionize these sleeping car porters who are working for these train companies. right? and so this is 1925. this is the largest african-amer

>> jimmy: china steals the united states navy research drone in international waters, rips it out ofresidented. >> jimmy: yes. >> u-n-p-r-e-s-i-d-e-n-t-e-d. >> jimmy: absolutely right! [ cheers and applause ] samuel, come on up to the micro phone. you're really figuring it out now. much more so than some. your word is wait. >> can i have it in a sentence? >> jimmy: if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did they wait so long to act? why did they only do it after hillary lost? >> w-a-i-t, wait. >> jimmy: that's right but wrong. samuel, have a seat. you had it right the last time with tape. w-a-i-t-e is what we're looking for. all right. amira. your chance to tie it. your word is politicians. >> okay. can i use that in a sentence? >> jimmy: yes. it is clinton is that sanders people who disrupted my rally in chicago. i must talk to my people. phony politicians. >> okay. p-o- p-o-l- -- >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> i-t-i-o-n-s-. >> jimmy: oh, no. that's wrong and wrong. and it looks like we have a winner here. the winner, congratulations! you are our make america great again spelling bee

>> i can confirm to you, congressman, that for the united states navy, and our understanding of the total npr and national defense strategy, it is. and i can show you by data what i mean by that. the number one acquisition program in the united states navy is the columbia platform, which is the undersea leg of the nuclear triad. and that is our primary focus for the primary platform. >> sir, one of our core missions is the nuclear deterrent, and i believe that a safe and secure and reliable nuclear deterrent has helped to keep the peace since the second world war. in the air force budget, we are responsible for two of the three legs of the triad. our budget includes the modernization of a long-range standoff weapon, which is the replacement for the air launch cruise missile, the modernization of the b-52s, the continued development of the b-21 bomber, as well as the ground-based strategic deterrent, which is the replacement for the minuteman 3. the one person that's often not focused on in the nuclear deterrent but is funded in our budget as well as the navy's is nuclear command control a

you learn a lot of leadership training by becoming an admiral in the united states navy.is is an agency that's the most complicated one of the two or three most agency's most complicated to run in the government. we recall had questions to does he have the management skills. what i honed in on with him, what are you going to do when the political people in the white house push so hard for privatization? do the koch brothers bidding? that's what they're all about to the point i was going to ask at the hearing, how hard are you going to fight, are you willing to be fired making that fight for veterans because i don't know any veterans organizations or individual veterans, the hundreds of veterans i talking to pretty regularly in ohio, i don't know of any that think that privatizing it it the va does anything except enrich the owners of the new privatized va and compromise the care of veterans. that's why we're building a whole campaign including on sho sherrod brown.com to say sign this petition and fight against privatization. if jackson withdraws or we don't confirm him,

secretary, ronnie jackson, a rear admiral in the united states navy. there is no realistic path at this point to confirmation of admiral jackson. he should have a hearing if he wishes. he should be considered if he chooses, but the administration owes the american people as we8l as the senate answers to questions raised by the chairman and ranking member of the v.a. committee. i have talked to both of them about this investigation as well as the staff and have participated in their thinking and support their efforts to uncover the truth. facts are stubborn things. that's what ronald reagan said. it remains true even more so today in this inquiry. the administration has failed to vet this nomination. it has failed abjectly to uncover the truth before it submitted this nomination. it owes the truth and the facts now to the senate before there is any hearing. documents and evidence should be provided and the administration should reverse course if necessary and make sure that full access is provided to all of these documents in evidence. as recently as ye

is a 20 year active active-dutr of the united states navy. he graduated from u.s. naval academy in 1981, served until about 2010. he is the command of camp david under the presidency of bill clinton and george w. bush. he currently has a company called leading leaders where he's the president and ceo, and his book is called "inside camp david" the private world of the president retreat. next to ms. craig shirley. he is an author, lecturer, a historian. is most recent two books, "reagan rising" and click news are going to be available, talking about those things today vicky has our best sellers on the former president. my first president that ever voted for, president reagan. his books have been hailed as the definitive works of the 1976 and 1970 campaigns. i need to make a personal note, i think made a lot of us will know this guy but dave was a major leader in this community had a passion for lacrosse. he coached the u of a team, go wildcats, and craig also has coached i think 119 victories? coached? something like that. he's also a lacrosse coach. somebody who is

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press secretary sarah huckabee sanders wrote to reporters, "admiral jackson is a doctor in the united states navyhite house and he is here at work today." thank you for clearing that up. and only minutes after admiral ronny jackson withdrew as the nominee to run the va. the explosion of dr. jackson's nomination to run the va comes with a whole bunch of fallout. part of it is what happens to his current job. because of the scrutiny he received as a cabinet nominee, we've now learned a whole bunch of new stuff about ronny jackson's time as the white house physician and his time in the white house medical unit. unprofessional behavior he is said by his colleagues to have exhibited on the job is laid out in the 2012 i.g. report. also a list of jaw-dropping allegations against him from 23 current and former colleagues in that office including accusations of repeated drunkenness on the job. ronny jackson's tenure at the white house medical unit is turning out to be a whole new scandal that we didn't know about before. before he got this nomination. and it blew up. we don't know yet how this new scandal

sarah huckabee sanders telling reporters moments ago that admiral jackson is a doctor in the united states navyssigned to the white house and is here at work today. is he going to stay there, though? let's discuss this. we have cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joining us from rome. what do you think of ronny jackson's fate here, not just on the v.a. side but on staying on the house side? >> reporter: it's really interesting because i spent some time at the white house during that press briefing that he gave about the president's health and i got to tell you, chris, you talk to everybody within this administration, within previous administration, doctors that i know that have worked with him and everyone had, frankly, have good things to say about him. there was not a hint of this that i heard a month or two, if these things are true and there was dispensing of some of these controlled substances, not in a very ethical way, whatever it may be, that's going to raise a lot of concern, obviously, for him to stay on even as the white house doctor. when you have multiple hats to wea

code in a cipher system that is women who were working these systems, grace hopper with the united states navy was working with the computers and other women were working with the armies first computer and my women were doing running early code breaking computers and doing cyber security. again, because their work was top-secret because they were written out of history people forget that women were the forefront of developing these stem technologies and we are having these observed debates today about do women belong in the stem field and why are more women in silicon valley. you may remember the google engineer question whether women are biologically suited to do work in the tech sac or do computer coding. it's enormously relevant to the conversation and it's unbelievable to me that we are still having these conversations but i hope that books like hidden figures and rise of the rocket girls in these wonderful books about the contribution could be brandished during those conversations. >> i like that world hundred word brandished. good work. >> stories are important and as kate was saying how

. >> we allow port calls between tie one and the united states navy and veers versa. >> we have not in recent past. understand that's something to discuss now. i have not talked about it with admiral harris. look forward to having that conversation. >> what but allowing taiwanese participation in the military activities. >> i'd like to have time to consider that. >> maybe get back to us. >> i will. >> in the first few weeks on the job once you have an opportunity to consult with admiral hairs. it takes three years these days to be able to acquire a new ground-based interceptor. does that seem like a satisfactory timeline for a missile that is critical to national security. >> seems like a long time but i would work on this one. >> it took 18 months to build the pentagon in world war ii. usually the nation can produce a missile at a faster rate. i assume you have a highly vested interest in trying to reduction the timeline. >> yes, sir. >> let's look at what you might call, the -- the country faces a drug epidemic that as a crisis 60,000 people die every yearom overdoughs, the drugs com

. >> good morning, thank you for the opportunity to represent the men and women in the united states navy. the stallworth for the for them and families have a profound impact on our force today and global demands upon the navy continue to grow. we must continue to recruit, develop and retain the highly skilled work force needed to meet the growing demand signal for naval forces. our force structure will grow as we build the navy the nation needs which will require strength. and our need for highly talented people increases. at the same time, the propensity to serve is declining and each of the services as well as the civilian sector are vying for the same limited talent pool. we are clearly in a war for talent. and based on leading economic indicators suggest time for labor ahead. and pull sailors with critical skills into the growing job market and we took note of the indicators and preemptive action to retain the sailors using all policy levers to posture our sfs to meet this anticipated growth. despite this, we just made our fy 17 end strength targets. this year's trajectory is good, b

with an 11—1 balance of power, the united states believes its navy can maintain open seas for trade,ies. we have been focussing on that news conference that is ongoing, moscow's ambassador to london is giving another news conference, at the embassy in london, let'sjust another news conference, at the embassy in london, let's just return and heara bit embassy in london, let's just return and hear a bit more because he has just started taking questioning from the many journalists in just started taking questioning from the manyjournalists in the room. let us hear some of that. as far as the let's say the results of the inquiry, we believe that the way how it was handled is not transparent for everybody. i will explain why. because there are different options to handle this issue. there is option for example paragraph nine, chapter nine paragraph nine, chapter nine paragraph 2, when two parties are involved. for example britain and russia. but there is another option which is chapter eight, where this is the relations only between uk and the technical sec tyre yacht of the opcw. we the

, and it seems on a scale unprecedented in the history of environmental cleanups in the united states. >> the navy says it's reviewing tetra tech's offer to pay for third-party retesting. the navy says the purpose of the retesting is to offer credible data to reassure the public. more to come in the weeks ahead. we'll stay on it. >> thank you, liz. if you have a question for anyone in the investigative unit, call our number. ochb >>> people are still out of their homes after that massive fire at an apartment complex under construction. they are trying to make the site safer and allow people to get back to their normal lives. christie smith joins us in concord with the latest. we can still see that smoke behind you. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, you know. in certain areas this building is still smoldering. in the middle there, one wall has actually collapsed. so firefighters have been keeping a safe distance and using hoses from the street. tomorrow, though, they begin taking down walls to get closer. >> and i see people running down the hall and screaming. >> reporter: this is video that lizzie

said loan -- sailors with dignity and respect that is warranted by wearing the uniform of the united states navy am not aware of any issues. >> senator those marines that have come forward those that have been identified i not aware of any issues in those areas the only thing we've heard of in some cases because of the medical requirements there is a burden on the command but discipline and cohesion of the force, no. >> can you discuss those medical issues? >> some individuals so going forward those that came forward we have to honor the fact they came out and they trusted us to say that so we have to make sure we help them get through the process. some of them are in a different place and there are some medical things involved as they go through the process to transition with real-life experience and so for commanders others say there is a lot of time with the individual we are all about readiness, deploy ability but i have not heard any issues have you had the ability to meet with your transgender troops. >> yes. >> what did you learn? >> i learned about the experience that they had come actua

sailors regardless with dignity and respect that is warranted by wearing the uniform of the united states navy by virtue of that approach i am not aware of any issues. >> general neller? >> senator, by -- by reporting those marines that have come forward, there's 27 marines that have identified as transgender, one sailor serving. i am not aware of any issues in those areas. the only issues i have heard of is in some cases because of the medical requirements of some of these individuals that there is a burden on the commands to handle all their medical stuff, but discipline, cohesion in the force, no. >> can you amplify what burdens on the command are relieved medical issues? >> some of these individuals and, you know, they have resolved whatever it was that as they went through the process of identifying other than their birth sex and so they are going forward. and i think those that came forward we have -- we have to honor the fact that they came out and they trusted us to say that and that we need to make sure we help them get through that process. some of them are in a different place than

nothing in this talk with next official views of united states naval war college, the department of navy, department of defense or any other government entity. in the handout i passed around, i have two quotations at the top. one is from sun tzu, know yourself, know your enemy, in 100 battles you will never be defeated. that strikes me as a bit optimistic. sometimes it in me has so much superior force that it doesn't matter how much you know, you're still going to lose. but in most cases, knowledge of your strengths and weaknesses relative to your opponent are a crucial component of devising a strategy. those of you who know american football or perhaps even played it, know that after sunday game or a friday night game on high school, you take a break and then you watch game film. you look at what you did well and what you did badly, your strengths and weaknesses, and then you look at to the next game, whatever film you can get on your upcoming opponent. and coaches do an assessment of comp which they tried to find the way to pick fit their stres against an opponent weaknesses and preven

board of directors, represented here tonight by secretary john dalton, who is the 70th united states secretary of the navy. it was during his term he named the uss harry truman, so he has a double connection to tonight's events. thank you for being here, mr. secretary. we also want to welcome our friends from c-span, who are broadcasting tonight's event. we have a wonderful and long-standing friendship with them and the wonderful work they do to share historic messages and stories, not only across our country but around the world. thank you to those watching by c-span. i would also like to welcome our good friend mary sessions, the wife of the 84th attorney general of the united states, and her two sisters that are visiting. i recognize her because she is from the great state of alabama, which is also my home state, and her sister visiting is from decatur, alabama, so she has another double connection with the historic decatur house, where we are tonight. in addition to our distinguished speaker, we're joined by several descendents of former presidents of the united states. we have susan eisenhower, who i

because if that were true that would really present the united states air force and navy with a problem because they -- one assumes they do not want to be seen to be targeting russian assets. again, that's what president may krone of france said yesterday. russia and iran are not targets. ali, plenty of evidence that syria is moving people around. its air defenses are good. and indeed there was one analyst on syrian television today speaking about the fact that syria has a missile shield. >> yep. >> so those air defenses will be up tonight. >> israel lost its first fighter jet in a long time as a result of those defenses. so this is a serious issues. kelly o'donnell we will stay close to you as well as bill neely in bay krut. >> the president -- what are the president's option? this is heavily simplified. let's discuss what could happen. he could launch a small attack on a runway or territory. that's what he did last april in the 2017 chemical attack. launching missiles at a syrian airbase. there are three airbases that supported the chemical offensive in eastern ghouta. he may want to

united states. the penalty gone has recommend the the navy perform shock testing on the u.s.s. gerald ford. the navy had previously asked the d.o.d. to delay testing for at least six years. in new york, i am mark crumpton . "bloomberg technology" is next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> i am emily, and this is "bloomberg technology" coming up. first on bloomberg, our conversation with facebook c. offerman o., sheryl kara sandberg on winning back the confidence of users in the wake of the data scandal. tamping down the terror rhetoric of the president's top economic advisor now saying the trade battle brewing can be settled dibo matically. and twitter war on terror. the company suspending more than 250,000 accounts link the to extremists. we will check in on the race to limit hate speech. to our lead. facebook's chief operating officer talked to bloomberg first. in the last 24 hours the social network has said the number of users iment packed by the cambridge analytical data scandal cou

((steve)) and i'm steve aveson.the united states, france and the united kingdom all taking part in the attack...which included b-1 bombers and navyew tonight at ten...our first look at flares lighting up the sky over they syrian capital of damascus.syrian tv is reporting that the attack on syria targeted a scientific research center.there are reports that syrian air defenses have responded to the attack. that attack on april 7th killed 70- people.. most of them women and children sheltering in their basements. in all.. about 500 people had symptoms consistent with a chemical attack.kristen holmes attack.kristen holmes is live in washington d.c. with the very latest. ((steve/fsc))((steve/fsc)) bay area

war theater the high concentration of the russian then american navies and their rather mediterranean sees the fear that the united states may strike syria once again do you see any connection there well well of course the the chemical issue is is in fashion i would say. well has been all disconnect it with syria syrian government is using chemical agents against the civilian population against children elderly. course is to me is nonsense since the syrian government actually. eliminated all the old the stock by a lot of chemical agents past. in its possession but of course some objects reach are not under control of the syrian government seven seven seven years ago they were in the hands of the islamic radical islamic groups terrorists so i seeing that all these provocations. again i say they were very a poorly organized and staged by for example the. leader. ok so for the elections used of chemical weapons which followed by the u.s. strike i mean that harshly when the interaction when the yes. allegedly is there even was used that people without masts without the well proper clothing traveling just breezing. i'm sure y

war theater the high concentration of the russian then american navies and their rather mediterranean sees the fear that the united states may strike syria once again do you see any connection there well well of course the the chemical issue is is in fashion i would say. well if has been always connected with syria the syrian government is using chemical agents against civilian population against children elder it. is to me is nonsense since the syrian government actually. eliminated all the all the stock by a lot of chemical agents in its possession but of course some objects were. each are not under control of the syrian government seven seven seven years ago they were in the hands of the islamic radical islamic groups terrorists so i seeing that all these provocations. again i say they were very a poorly organized and staged by for example the. leader. ok so for the elections used of chemical weapons which followed by the us try to remember that harshly when the interaction when the yes. allegedly is there even was used by people without masks without the well proper clothing traveling just breezing. i'm sure you hear

united states. they recommended women -- pregnant women abstain from alcohol. the navy has performed shock testing on the u.s.s. gerald ford. the navy had previously asked the d.o.d. to delay testing for at least six years. in new york, i am mark crumpton. "bloomberg technology" is next. emily: i am emily chang, and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up first on bloomberg, , our conversation with facebook c.o.o., sheryl sandberg on winning back the confidence of its 2 billion users in the wake of the cambridge analytica data scandal. plus, camping down the tariffs rhetoric. the trade battle brewing between the world's two biggest economies saying it can be settled diplomatically. and twitter war on terror. the company suspending more than 250,000 accounts linked to extremists. we will check in on the race to limit hate speech on the platform. to our lead. facebook's chief operating officer talked to bloomberg first. in the last 24 hours the social network has said the number of users impacted by the cambridge analytical data scandal could be as high as 87 million an

president of the united states, with whom she had a great relationship, true partnership with george h.w. bush and service to the country all the way through from the time he was an 18 euros navy pilot -- 18-year-old navy pilot through his career as president and after, it is an inspiration. that unconditional love and partnership. inspiration to me and my wife and to all of us. i know i speak for all of my colleagues in the united states senate as we pay tribute to her and send our condolences to the entire bush family. bush is in a better place and i can imagine her smiling surrounded by her family, including the daughter she lost as a child. she sought the coast, dignified, winner -- waiting, and she is earning the codename, tranquility. i yield back. former first lady barbara bush died this past tuesday at the age of 92. she was born barbara pierce in 1925 in new york city and met george herbert walker bush when she was 16 before marrying him at 19. she had six children including george w. bush in 1946 and jeb 1953.n while serving as first lady from 1989-1993, her main platform was literacy. she raised $1 million for her foundation for family literacy. in 45 minutes, we wi

navies. we are beyond appeals to conscience. the united statesonster dropped chemical weapons on the syrian people held to account. the united states will respond. cheryl: the response may be another missile attack. is that the right strategy? >> i think so. has to be tougher than last time because assad is violated the redline. it might even go so far as trying to cripple the syrian air force and make it so that they can't go in the skies at all. assad has to feel as if his rule is threatened. he doesn't care if his troops died. he doesn't care if serious die. trump calls him an animal for a reason. many animals have more of a conscience then try to let in. he has to feel as if his life is threatened or his role as threaten and he can think again about doing this type of stuff. by the way, he has a long history of killing and maiming american soldiers in iraq and elsewhere. that has been long forgotten, but i am certainly people the military haven't forgotten about that. cheryl: i've only got a few seconds but listen, the president has had stron

united states, this was a big moment. >> from the decks of these two u.s. navyn the eastern mediterranean, i am tempted to quote the great leonard cohen, i'm guided by the beauty of our weapons. >> that is a decisive use of american power. >> pulls of the time showed strong support for the american people as well. 67% approved. now after saying that missiles are coming, today the white house says there is no timetable at this point. joining me now, american enterprise good to have both of you here tonight. obviously this is a problem that's been around for a long time. a lot of the leaders have tried to deal with assad and his dictatorship and brutality, but now it's on president trump's desk and he does have to make a decision. what do something that should b be? >> what happened was barack obama drew a redline in the sand and said we will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons. when donald trump came into office and assad crossed that redline again, he didn't bring his hands he punished the regime and it's important. it restored american credibility on the w

. >> just as a former navy s.e.a.l., we have 2,000 troops there, the united states pulls out, does that let's face it, international relations is like a chess game. every single move the whole battlefield changes, exponentially sometimes. i think we made a mistake years ago when we did disengage and pull out. russia filled the vacuum. assad has the upper hand in his country. that's just the fact. we're all playing in the same sand box militarily. that's dangerous in terms of having a flash point. you know, i think that it's important to understand what the strategy is, what we're doing there, what we need -- when you look at iran and look at that land bridge from teheran right into syria, that's -- that, of course, makes our allies nervous and israel and our sunni allies as well. we need to make sure that we're engaged to deal with that issue if it does come up in the way that fits american grand strategy and best benefits us and our allies. i think you do that. i don't think -- i think you can do that from iraq. >> but just to be clear, that would mean that russia and iran would have a