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 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 trump was really up to today. david. what s going on? oh hey! that s it? yeah.
buying arsenals of military grade weapons and materials on what s being described as an industrial scale. an alarming new report out says that extremists are manufacturing and stocking explosives x rockets and drones in bulk. the majority of the materials coming from the same factories in turkey. isis is producing ammunition at an unprecedented rate. more on this as we go. after crashing into the shallow waters off the coast of japan, the video shows the mangled pile of wreckage and debris near okinawa. this happened during a training exercise, but no word on what went wrong. all marines were airlifted to the hospital. two will be okay. but we re waiting to hear about the extent of the rest of their injuries. this comes one week after another marine pilot, piloted an f-18 died following a crash in the same area.
nation s security is no place to play politics. among the headlines today is bashar al assad going to moscow to thank mr. putin for saving his regime. 22 afghan policemen were murdered by the taliban. an f-18 apparently crashed in england. meanwhile, there are thousands of men and women strapping on their body armor getting ready to go on patrol, fly their aircraft to protect the united states. it would be absolutely wrong for us to play political games with them and with the support that they depend upon. as has been mentioned, included in this bill is a reform for military retirement. today 83% of the people who serve in the military walk away
limitation to how much they can do. they can query the terrorist databases but they say there s not a lot about some of these people. they try to concentrate on people with family here in the u.s. and also doing personal interviews so that they think that that risk can be managed. they think they have a good system in place. pete williams, thank you for those details from that hearing. now to developing news in england where a u.s. marine f-18 fighter jet has crashed killing the pilot. marine corps officials say that jet went down in a field near u.s. military base about 70 miles north of london. defense officials say the pilot was the only person on board and he was killed. no word yet on his identity. they say the aircraft was on its way from bahrain to california in a flight of six aircraft when it crashed. developing news in new york city where the fourth police officer in 11 months has been killed in the line of duty.
short while ago the pilot that f-18 died in that crash. we ll keep you posted as we get more information on that. bill: there is this today. martha: you don t see that every day. the crowd got up and personal in a bull fight. he lept into the stands. bill: syrian president bashar al-assad showed up in moscow. what this means on the hill. john mccain is here live after the commercial break.