But many pilots who fly the f-35 say it is absolutely worth it. rick leventhal is in yuma, arizona w the details. rick? reporter: the f-35 is the most expensive military weapons system in history with a price tag of roughly $100 million per jet. on top of the nearly 1 trillion are spent on research and development. the air force, navy and marine corps plan to buy nearly 2500 of the aircraft from lockheed martin. the machines favor the f-35b. it stops in midair and lands vertically. i ve been lucky enough to fly some f-18 hornet, superhornet, f-16 during different tours in my career, and this jet is by far just in a different league. reporter: the single seat, single engine stealth fighters can be armed with bombs, missiles and 25 .mm cannons. president donald trump wary of the cost. and it s way, way behind
These was kids at all. we want to begin with breaking news overnight on the arizona mother held in a mexican jail. this morning yanira maldonado is a free woman after being accused of trying to smuggle 12 pounds of marijuana into the u.s. under her bus seat. miguel has been following the story and joins us from arizona w how did this happen and why overnight? reporter: apparently mexican authorities after hearing compelling evidence from the maldonado attorney, the judge reviewed that evidence, it was videotape evidence that showed yanira and her husband walking on to the bus. it showed she had two water bottles in her hand and possibly two small blankets. the point made by their lawyer is that there was no way for her to carry on 12 pounds of marijuana. apparently after reviewing that tape, the judge, the magistrate