generals and admirals on the f-35 you ve been reading about it. and it s way, way behind schedule and many billions of dollars over budget. i don t like that. and the admirals have been fantastic. the generals have been fantastic. i ve really gotten to know them well. and we re going to do some big things on f-35 program and perhaps the f-18 program and we re going to get those costs way down. and we want the plane to be even better and we re going to have some competition and it s going to be a beautiful thing. so we ve been very, very much involved. and other things. we had jack maw, so many incredible people coming here. they are going to do tremendous things, tremendous things in this country. and they are very excited. and i will say if the election didn t turn out the way it turned out, they would not be here. they would not be in my office
north america we have f-18s, f 15s and f-22s that guide santa across north america it is just wonderful. we apologize for the delay. when you are tracking santa, of course, it takes a little bit of time to figure out where he is and what is he doing. give us a sense, general of the weather conditions because obviously that s incredibly important in terms of his journey for the next 24 hours. well, right now we haven t seen any problems with the weather. and you know santa is so clever. he knows how to steer around the troubled spots to make sure that all the children get their gifts tonight and making sure that they are asleep between 9:00 and 12:00 when santa shows up. it s really an exciting time for all of us here here at norad. if you want to watch santa on realtime watch him on www.watching santa at norad.org. you are constantly monitoring worldwide threats, making sure that the homeland is safe. how did this start.
people off, i don t want people standing police standing there at the door checking people, but please be attentive. i m going to tell my congregation, thank god we have police officers in new york and around the country willing it put their lives at risk in order to defend us. yes, we have to take isis seriously. they are telling us we are going to do this. but we have to take seriously our ability to say even so, i will not change my life and i will not abandon my faith out of fear. i love that. thanks for your inspiring message. merry christmas. we got more done today than most people. most people are sleeping in until noon. we always love having you here. we have other headlines now. donald trump making more deals this time taking aim at lockheed martin demanding that the company cut costs for f-18. the ceo plans to do just that here is what he is saying, i don t know that president-elect trump wants the very best capability for
a tough businessman. and that is what he is bringing to the table right now. i think the from what i read in the defense industry, substituting an f-18 for the f-35, which has been in development for 20 years, is kind of silly. that s not going to happen. that doesn t matter. trump is showing leadership, showing that he is looking at the bottom line, showing everything that the vast majority of the public, why they voted for him, he is showing those qualities. it s terrific. is there another level, though, that we re not appreciating here that this is a way of saying, he is a republican, open to cutting defense issues, especially if there s a case of padded contracts. i m not sure how the air force one deal went or the f-35 deal went but that even though a contract might be deemed complete and signed and sealed, unless this guy s writing off on it, it s not delivered and
donald trump now knows that his tweets about companies affect their stock price. he drove down boeing, but then now he decided perhaps after investing in boeing he d drive down lockheed-martin stock prices. we don t know. we don t have any idea if donald trump personally benefitted when he tweeted today, based on the tremendous cost and cost overlunove overruns of the lockheed-martin f-35, i have asked them to price out an f-18. it is a 1980s design. the lockheed-martin is the most advanced fighter plane in the world. these two planes are not comparable in any way. we just have no idea what donald