Smithsonian associates. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy Fighter Weapons program. We are thrilled to welcome the programs founder, dan pedersen. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys legendary Top Gun Program at miramar in march 1969. He served in combat during the vietnam war with the flying crews on uss hancock and three on uss enterprise. He retired as a captain having accumulated 6,100 flight hours and 105 carrier landings while flying 39 types of aircraft. For those of how know pedersens story from the 1986 movie top gun youll be happy to know that jerry brook heimer is producing top gun maverick a sequel scheduled to be released in 2020. Pedersens book top gun is available for purchase and signing following this conversation. And here
Was donald trump on. They are ripping comey for how he handled the email probe which they believe tilted the 2016 election. Lanny davis an interview with fox lambing comey as a liar and declaring he should have been fired by loretto lynch. Lynch is disputed comeys contention that he was exercised about her wanting to call the clinton matter a matter. Lynch saying he never raised such an objection to her. It is inexcusable that comey brief donald trump about the dossier and failed to reveal he was paid for by the clinton camp or dnc. And comey clearly operated outside the bounds of the fbi. And theres clinton spokesman nick merrill who savaged his cbs rollout by saying he used the word maybe 37 times tweeting for a lawyer and Law Enforcement professional at the highest level it is a curious tactic when talking to the press, allowing him to avoid being too definitive about anything. This may explain why comey tried to send a signal to the left that his wife and daughters marched with the
once the high court to reconsider an earlier ruling that established those rules so they don t lose out on any money, trying to even the playing field. it is the last day to file taxes, it is tax day, the irs anticipates 11 million requests for extensions pushing the deadline to october. donald trump says your s tax process will be simpler, the new rules approved in the gop tax reform will reflect lower rates and a standard deduction twice the size of 2017. we wonder if we can do it on a postcard they pushed so heavily. wouldn t that be something? another california city voting to exempt themselves from the liberal state s open border policies. los alameda city council voted to opt out of a law limiting cooperation with local law enforcement and immigration enforcement. warren is moto cast his vote
governor brown of course is firmly behind the so-called sanctuary state laws which limit police collaboration with immigration agents but some local governments in the state are breaking with the governor and joining the department of justice s lawsuit against california. tomorrow the san diego board of supervisors will meet to consider doing so. the board of supervisors in orange county is already supporting the trump administration lawsuit and tonight leaders in los alameda s are voting on a proposal to exempt the community from state sanctuary laws. the local government currently supporting the trump administration in this battle over illegal immigration are home to 3.3 million californians. that could double to 6.6 million if the san diego board of supervisors joins the. california s total population is a shade under 40 million. shannon: thank you, our next guest was swept into office in a