Good evening. We start with a growing danger in the sky which threatened nearly two dozen flights last night alone across the country. The fbi is looking for potentially dozens of suspects who lit up the skies with laser pointers in 16 cities. One targeted the helicopter of our nbc station here in new york city which aimed its camera lens at the source catching the alleged culprit in the act. Tom costello now with a rare pilots view of this alarming threat from the ground. It happened 1,500 feet over brooklyn. A bright green laser light suddenly lit up the nbc 4 helicopter cockpit. Dont look, george. Reporter the reporter and his pilot nearly blinded as they hovered above the city. On the ground, a man who appeared to be targeting not only the nbc chopper but nypd chopper, too. We can see him standing outside the building in the back wi the laser in his hand shooting at us. Theres another arrest. Reporter Police Quickly moved in making one arrest. At the same time in dallas three aircr
Veterans day program will pick up an half an hour when Vice President joe barton joe biden will participate in the ceremony at National Arlington cemetery. Later, remarks from john mccain. He has a new book out recounting the lives of the american soldiers who served in complex ranging from the revolutionary war to the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the book is called 13 soldiers. You can watch that life starting at 6 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. On this veterans day, we want to know what your message is to our fighting men and women. Log onto facebook to leave your comments or tweet us. We will try to read some of your messages throughout the day. Cspan veterans day coverage continues tonight at 7 00 eastern with selections from this years white house medal of honor surmise follow that 8 00 by the original wreathlaying ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. After 9 00 him in the annual uso gala featuring joint chiefs of staff chairman general Martin Dempsey also discussions on v
Does not continue to expand and to go to places like senegal and liberia to make sure that this disease is contained and therefore does not become a threat to the homeland. That is what they do. The uso, i hope you did not think we would put you out of work. We are not going to put you out of work. You will have some work to do and we are proud to be partners with you in doing it. I also want to make a special mention tonight to a couple that happened to be here with us and to get, i think im a far less credit than they deserve or what they have done for their country and thats lloyd and Charlene Austin who happen to be sitting at our table tonight. [applause] if you value humility as a character trait, there is not many people i know better as humble as lloyd and Charlene Austin. When you think about the portfolio we have given him and the men and women who served with him, its quite remarkable. Hes got really Big Shoulders but its even remarkable that even he can bear the weight of w
Me and they still do today. I carry pictures in my wallet. The troops give you the respect you never thought you had. After 45 years, i am on the telephone with my 400 troops. That is part of leadership. I cared for them. That is what it is all about. [applause] next, joint chiefs of staff chair general Martin Dempsey speaks at the annual uso Service Members gala. And we hear from world war ii and Vietnam Veterans about their military service. On the next washington journal, Terry Jeffrey discusses how Republican Leaders in congress should handle major policy issues, including immigration and the Affordable Care act. Adam green, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign committee, outlines the legislative agenda of progressive groups. Conable talks about president obamas authorization of additional troops to iraq to train kurdish and iraqi forces. Live atton journal, 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. During a speech in brisbane, australia, president obama continued to strengthen ties wit
While the president is overseas in china. That is here on cspan. We are talking with verna jones, executive director of the American Legion. Here is a tweet guest the legion believes that the a healthcare facility and system is the best for veterans. They have choice cards for veterans that can go out in certain circumstances and they can receive medical care if they cannot get it timely or cannot receive that particular service at the va. The system is set up for veterans so we do not believe there should be privatization of health care. Host canton, ohio, a veteran and republican caller good morning, cspan and good morning america. Im a legion aire. I see a major issue since ive been using the v. A. For about a decade now. It is cultural. Line toad to stand in get travel pay because i have to go up to cleveland. It costs a lot of money when gas prices were higher. I have had to stand in line and wait for an employee to finish their personal phone call. That burned me up. To be seriou