normally there are systems in place to in sure that you get refresher training throughout the year. even if that were the case he was still qualified to be on a tactical operation. it was a danger to the suspect. it was a danger to other officers and it was a danger to the public. a lot to look into there. another story a mailman turned gyro copter pilot headed to court in a few hours after he flew into restricted washington airspace and landed feet from the capital steps. this is not good people. no it s not. doug hughes says he was flying his message of finance reform right to congress but that message was apparently missed by norad, the capitol police and the secret service who actually interviewed hughes last year. they all seemed surprise when his gyrocopter touched down so close to the steps. renee marsh following the steps
a bizarre stunt to try to shut down that did shut down the u.s. capital for at least part of the day. doug hughes, he flew what we re now learning is called a gyrocopter. do not call it a helicopter. do not. into restricted airspace. he landed on the west lawn of the capital. the 62-year-old said it was a protest against influence of money in politics. you re looking at video right there of it. he was carrying letters for every member of congress arguing for finance reform. whatever his reasons aside, he flew right through what was supposed to be the most restricted and protected airspace on earth. this raises serious security concerns. joining us now to discuss this very close to where that aircraft landed our aviation correspondent rene marsh. good morning, rene. reporter: good morning john and kate it landed in that green space behind me, very close, i m
ahead to do whatever he wants when he gets in there. well, i come plootly agree, and completely agree, he is going to do as good of a job as many, and do an assessment of how to fix it, and then fix it. he is going to accomplish a small percentage of what he hopes to, and the corporate audiences are not going to be dying to hear from the former head of the v.a. in x-years down the road. how many plans have worked coming out of the administration, and the finance reform, and the help for homeowners, that brainchild of a plan didn t go anywhere, and the veterans are the victims, and we will be fighting about it for a another year. and when is the last time that the president lis eped to corporate america. i so glad that mo ether terrte
such as essentially letting out the lincoln bedroom in the white house to some of clinton s highest donors. and essentially a scandal regarding finance reform that led to the citizen s united supreme court case that gave us the super pacs. all have ties to the bill clinton/terry mcauliffe adventures that led to the justice department investigation. that is the man who will be in the governor s office. he has been a huge part of their money for the past 20 years. he does become influential with controversy and a lot of cash for democrats he can now get. this is a man who has been unsuccessful at an attempt for office, but has been a major fundraiser for 30 years. yeah, it is also important to note that there was another factor in this race. and that was a libertarian candidate, robert sarvis, who
they use the same logo. ofa. what does the white house say about this? the white house says they re not selling access to the president himself. and no guarantee, but ofa is not us. when talk about organizing for action what they re doing, the president can meet with people who support his agenda, but they dispute that it s a pure selling action. you look at what organizing for action is, the only reason it exists is to support the obama agenda and it s peopled by his former campaign folks and the whole idea is to mobilize the same army that reelected the president by the odds and fear into action, legislative action, they exist to support president obama, sort of a shadow campaign apparatus that s being unleashed now in the legislative process. greta: does anyone object to this? anyone complaining about this? yeah, and you re hearing a lot of cries from good government groups saying that this is just inappropriate. and look, the president is in a tough spot on this. he s bee