The committee will come to order. I want to thank you all for joining us here today as we consider the fiscal year 2015 budget request for the department of the air force. I appreciate our witnesses testimony and their support for our airmen. Joining us today are the honorable Deborah Lee James secretary of the air force and general mark sub to chief of staff of the air force and he has brightened up the room a little bit by inviting his wife that betty and his daughter lives to be with us. Thank you for joining us. I want to especially welcome secretary james the 23rd secretary of the air force as this is her first Posture Hearing before a committee. We are also delighted that she is the former house staff member and in fact we were talking before we came in here and she pointed out to us where one of her offices was in her tenure on the staff. We are happy to have you back. Welcome back. This committee and you general welsh have warned about the consequences of the cuts to our Defens
Arizona. Uranium mining is resuming of the grand canyon, and you have heard of tar sands in alberta, canada. Utah is pushing to expand tar sands mining right here in the United States. Today we look at the winners and losers behind the latest push to extract Natural Resources from the west. Then we remember british parliamentarian and antiwar activist tony benn. He died at the age of 88. You have got to judge a country by whether its needs are met, not just by whether some people make a profit. I never met mr. Dow jones and im sure he works very, very hard with his averages which you get every hour, but i dont think the happiness of civilization is decided by wall street. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The standoff between russia and the west over ukraine is intensifying head of a referendum on secession in ukraines crimea region. Crimea residents are set to vote sunday on whether to secede from ukrai
Facilities. The secretary will meet with the appropriations committee. The house passed a bill looking at the ba secretary, giving him more flexibility at ba facilities. V. A. Facilities. We want to get your reaction in the first 45 minutes. To the actions that took place yesterday and what should be done overall about it. Heres your chance to call and give your thoughts. 202 5853880 four democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. Ndependents, 202 5853882 a special line for veterans to give their thoughts. 202 5853883 you can post on our facebook page. 50 posts so far. Can email us, too. Joining us on the phone to give us the latest concerning the announcements yesterday and what happens Going Forward is leo shane with the military times. Hes a congressional reporter for that publication. Thanks for joining us. Caller thanks for having me back. Host what has been the reaction on capitol hill to the actions late yesterday . D movement heid not folks on capitol hill. They have been critical
Snow s arctic temperatures leaving the nation in a big deep freeze and its not over yet folks. For the winter weary its nothing you want to hear but weve got what you need to hear, the extreme Weather Forecast coming your way shortly. But we begin with this knocks news alert we are hearing that a Minneapolis Police officer has been hospitalized in stable condition at this hour after being shot standing at his car following a burglary call. The Minneapolis Police chief issuing a statement saying a Police Officer was the intended target and this officer happened to be the one who was there. Right now at this hour no one remains this custody an active search of that area is underway. In ukraine the Prime Minister now says quote, there is no ceasefire in the eastern part of his country. It didnt take long, just a week ago ukraines military and russian backed separatists agreed to lay down their weapons. Now the fighting conditions as more heavy weapons pour in from russia. Greg palkot is i
About it. Rudy giuliani, the pres. s news legal eagle speaking out tonight signaling a new aggressive approach to dealing with Robert Muellers russia investigation which is reportedly still focusing on russia collusion and another potential bombshell about the hutch payment to the adult film performer. Every level from personnel to messaging donald trump is signaling he wants his legal team to move quickly to a wartime footing, that message being sent very clearly by the trump attorneys. Rudy giuliani is taking an aggressive stance with Robert Mueller trying to set the terms of a possible interview with the president by saying it will have to be shrunk down because the president is too busy dealing with north korea, iran and all these important issues. Mueller may reject that approach and try to subpoena the president for an interview which is a big reason the white house today brought in seasoned Washington Attorney emmett flood who worked for bill clinton during impeachment so when g