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We begin with attorney general William Barrs rare public criticism of his boss President Trump. In surprise comments yesterday barr blasted mr. Trump for tweets attacking the j Justice Departments sentencing recommendation for his friend roger stone. Barr said the tweets are making it impossible for him to do his job, adding hes not going to be bullied or influenced by anyone. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham stood by barr saying he has my complete confidence. The comments come after the Justice Department intervened and lowered stones sentencing recommendation. All four prosecutors on the case then stepped down. Naomi ruchim is in new york. Whats the reaction from the white house . Reporter white house officials i pear to be caught offguard by barrs remarks. But the press secretary said the president wasnt bothered by the comments at all and that the president like any american has the right to publicly offer his opinions. Attorney general william barr has a message
Airmen behind the romanticized facades and described how legendary pilots like Eddie Rickenbacker influenced movies, comics and popular culture. Held by the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, this is close to an hour. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my true pleasure to introduce the last speaker for this afternoon. That is dr. Michael hankins. He is the assistant professor of strategy at the United States air forces eschool of graduate professional military education where he directs courses on air power history and national strategy. He recently published an article, the teaball solution the evolution of air combat technology in vietnam, 1968 to 1972 in the air power history journal and is currently writing a book that explores the relationship between pilot culture and the Technological Development of military aircraft. He earned his ph. D. From Kansas State University with his dissertation, the cult of the lightweight fighter, culture and technology in t
Book that explores the relationship between pilot culture and the Technological Development of military aircraft. He earned his ph. D. And dissertation of culture and technology in the u. S. Air force 1964 to 1991. Ladiies and gentlemen, please help me in welcoming dr. Michael hankins. All right. I will try to not keep you from the reception and ill be quick. I did want to start off by talking about something that happened about a year ago last june in 2017. There was an air force f15 flying over syria. This is not what you expected to hear in a world war i lecture, but stay with me. An f15 is flying over syria and shoots down an iranian drone, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or uav. About two weeks, not quite two weeks later a second almost identical event happened, another f15 shot down another iranian drone, and i dont know about you, but my twitter exploded. People started talking online, blogs are being written, people are arguing. And what theyre arguing about is does shooting down th
Stories from some of the hundreds of women smuggled out every year and whats being done to help them. And im leah harding with sports as president says the womens world cup could be held every 2 years after the success of this years event in france jonny in fun tino says the event may soon break away from its 4 year cycle. Hello huge numbers of people in india are defying a police ban on public gatherings to demonstrate against a controversial citizenship law or rallies are being held in new delhi and elsewhere against the law that opponents see as anti muslim so violence has erupted in several cities in which are Pradesh States and look now officers were seen hitting people with sticks after a Police Station was. Damaged and a curfew remains in place in the southern coastal city off the lure of bats where at least 2 protesters were shot and killed during confrontations with police on thursday and in new delhi thousands have gathered outside the jumma one of the countrys largest mosque