and if the army and air force are showing promise, the police the most troubled security force with a reputation for corruption, incompetence, and insubordination, they lack the most important weapon of all-- the trust of the people. the u.s. has spent more than $6 billion training the afghan police, $26 billion building up the afghan army. a massive investment for the future, one that u.s. officials hope will allow the afghans to stand and deliver when coalition forces stand down. katie couric, cbs news, kabul. . >> after a difficult few days following his divorce, tiger woods is back on familiar turf, not just on the golf course but at the top of the leader board. woods shot a 65 today, six under par, in the first round of the barclays. his best round came with new devotion to the game. woods woke up before 4:00 to make an early tee time. in portland oregon, with 60 police officers inside a department store for a charity event, thieves thought it would event, a pair of thieves apparent thought it would be a perfect time for a little shoplifting. after all, the officers were distract

i bet when navy is playing air force, it's not so cozy. >> we started dating at a navy-air force football game. that was the first time navy beat air force and we haven't lost since. i probably just got myself in trouble. >> stop here, let's stop here. jeff and christine mclean, really fun talking to you. great story. thanks for what you both do. we appreciate it. now here's jenna. >>> lester, thanks. now to the story of oscar, the cat. earlier this year oscar nearly died when a combine harvester ran over him and severed both of his hind legs. miraculously he survived and is on the road to recovery thanks to revolutionary surgery. here's his tale. >> reporter: he looks like an ordinary cat, but oscar is anything but ordinary. he's a bionic cat. his hind legs were severed by a combine harvester as a nearby field last year, so those aren't white paws you see, they're bionic legs. >> i felt he was a fighter. and i felt he wanted to live. he dragged himself all the way home. >> reporter: noel using a vet practice with state-of-the-art equipment. when oscar arrived, his chances were 50/50. >>

a live look at marine one at andrews air force base. president obama getting ready for a three-day fund raising trip. he will start in michigan, then land in los angeles later this afternoon. he is raising money and rallying support for congressional and gubernatorial candidates. >> is 6:30 now. before we get to the opening bell, the school bell, the flight attendant ball on air force one, we will check in with craig herrera for a look at your school stop forecast. >> those three little words, back to school. have fun today, kids. sunshine later this afternoon. fog this morning. you will need your coat. temperatures are still running cooler than average. typically 70s and 80s. but forecasting 60s and 70s, only a couple 80s out there in the warmer spots. i'll have more on the seven-day forecast it is a mild one as we go through the week. details on that in a bit. >>> police are investigating an unfortunate accident in the east bay. somehow a teenager fell off an suv. christie smith is live in danville what do we think happened here? >> r

my dad, air force. retired air force colonel. my beloved father was a tuskeged airman. he was a full colonel. i was the one with the afro puffs. he instilled in me the passion for flying. so, we want to recognize it is air force week. fleet week always gets a lot of attention. tell us your name. and what's this about this week? >> my name is katherine class cortez. i'm currently at the air force academy. >> congratulations. >> we're here to support the air force week in new york city. >> what's that going to entail? >> that's going to entail us being at various venues around new york city. tomorrow, we clean up a park, van courtly park in the bronx. and saturday, we'll have blues, an air force band, made up of various artists performing in new york. so, top blues will be out there. >> top that, fleet week, huh? no. we appreciate all that our services, that they provide for us. and that is so creepy how it can turn its head. the falcon can turn its head. we wanted to recognize it's air force week. you're good-looking. thank you so much. oh. sam? >> by creepy, she means i

. >>> the famed air force thunderbirds kicked off air force week in new york city. smoke billowed from the f-16 fighters as they flew over the aircraft carrier "intrepid" in tight formation. air force weeks are held all over the country, celebrating the men and women serving in the united states air force. >>> and back in california, a high-flying event of a less coordinated style. it's a competition to launch human-powered flight craft off a 30-foot-high ramp and into the water. an all-female team snatched the top prize for a launch that propelled them 98 feet. of course, it wasn't just about distance traveled, but also going down in style. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. apparently a dance competition. >> the coordination, that wins it, with the little rubber ducky suit. >> with a little costume. >> it was hot in long beach, too. we were talking about that yesterday, the heat was returning to california. everyone more than happy to go in the water. this wasn't a m

navy, air force and marine corps. the task was established in august of 2009, one year ago, and today, submitted to the secretary of defense detail in the research and results and recommendations from a year-long review of data, studies, programs and discussions with service members, their families, and caregivers. the intent of this board is through the day -- to the secretary of defense for actionable measures and policies and programs designed to prevent suicide. the task used by the main data. presentations from saddam matter experts, public participation -- from the subject matter experts, public participation, panel participation, and cut information gathered on eyes on a field visit. the task force concluded that current service benefits would benefit from a comprehensive strategy cordoba throughout the department of defense. we arrived at 49 findings and 76 associated recommendations, which are discussed in detail in the full report and a complete list of the recommendations are found in the charts in the last

force and recruit and retain people for the air force to make sure they have the love for the air force. >> but with all the precision involved here, not a single spoken word, how is that done? >> a lot of training. they go through 1,000 hours of training. if they make the team, they train for eight hours a day and perform at air force shoes, sporting events, things like that. >> thank you very much for being with us. air force week. let's talk about the weather. here's how we see it out there. take a look at the big picture. a good portion of the country is going to have a beautiful day today. we have a stalled front down around florida. so wet weather for the gulf coast states, portions of the southeast. out west where i do not see any rain, i do see the possibility for dry thunderstorms. and since your humidity is so low out there, look at those relative humidity levels. 7% in some areas. poke tell la, elko, las vegas, where the gusty winds combine in those weather conditions, be careful with anything. that's a quick look at the national picture. here's a closer look for the weather

to continue mining new aircraft for the air force. planes that were manufactured before the nine hundred ninety s. are gradually being commissioned so one of the. most of the points sukhoi produce will go to the defense ministry. of course so this will add to our instability. help us promote products on the international market as well. just ten years ago. now it's back with a new generation jet market spotlights you know. that. the pride of russia's aviation industry then you wish to change a ration fighter jet fifty was unveiled to the public at the beginning of the year the jets most outstanding characteristics and stealth and its ability to fly at supersonic speeds so that you ration of its flight it said to possess twice the range of its american equivalent and is expected to keep a large part of the market when it comes into service in three years time in this says it wants to buy up to two hundred fifty of these jets and the demand for them is only expected to increase as they're going to be cheaper than those from the u.s. but

force, the merchant marines. the clothes that we wear, these are warrior clothes that they wear, the regalia of the eagle feathers, the buckle. these are the uniforms of our american indian men, the warrior societies, before those service branches of the united states government forces. thank you. you may be seated. thank you very much for standing. a long opening ceremony. we appreciate it. right now we're going to have some exhibitions. why don't we go ahead and post that stamp. do we have a stand for that? ok. you can stand to the side, if would you stand. it won't be long and we'll have it out for us. let's get another round of applause. we're going start with our little once -- ones. our little girls. why don't we have the children, we have a bunch of jingle dress dancers, if you would, come out. we're going to start with the friendship house drum. two starts on the jingle dress dance, if you would. this dance has a very beautiful history. this is a healing dance, a healing dress. one of our elders among the

is his i was just about to ask where the russian defense ministry and the air force are ready to. developed and to become your major customers. the. defense ministry isn't just trading has already become one of our major customers in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine we signed contract to supply on more than a hundred and fifty aircraft to the defense ministry a lot of news to one hundred plus of sukhoi just go and thirty laws make planes some of those who are i believe the defense ministry plans to continue mining new aircraft for the air force mostly the planes that were manufactured before the nine hundred ninety s. are gradually being commissioned so one of the. most of the points sukhoi produce but if you will go to the defense ministry. of course this will add to our instability and help us promote our products on the international market as well. well just ten years ago the russian tree was in a deep crisis now it's back with a new generation jets on the market spotlights you know has more that. the pride of russia's aviation industry then you wish to change a ra

soldiers returned to travis air force base following a year-long >>> here's a nice photo. palace offinee arts. sunshine in palo alto with 72 degrees. 76 in santa clara, with sunny skies and 80 in los gatos with more sunshine expected. daly city 59 degrees. san francisco 61 degrees. we'll have more weather coming up. >>> what a wonderful homecoming. nearly 100 soldiers returning to travis air force base following a year-long tour in iraq. this was their second tour there since the war began. they spent both deployments training iraqi police. most say it was a rewarding experience, but they are glad to be home. >> the simplest of things you miss the most, the ability to get up and take a shower in the morning without having to walk down the street in the mud. >> i like have my dad back. i love him so much. >> this was the last u.s. military police unit to deploy to iraq as the troop drawdown continues. >>> more megapixels means bigger pictures but does it mean better photos? brian cooley of cnet is here with some advice for camera buyers and i'm so glad, right time, right pl

people have a military way of life in the air force. we still have 15%-20% of our young people who will join the service, so they are from birth to adults are making that choice because of the military way of life. by definition, one. in a family has a paid job. -- one person in the family has a paid job. that helps for people who may not have a stable income. they have an opportunity to live in government housing. over the last five or six or eight years, we have been partnering with the civilian sector to have housing that is out in the community private and on a base. that has done something to support services at the base. what are we doing about a sense of community? before, when you walked onto or drove onto a base, if you are contained so you would not have to go out into a housing area papain the people in the community. it is change the way that we are approaching programs on the support side, in trying to reach out not only members who are living the way but since the war since -- the war and 9/11, the guard and reserve have p

it was the department's view to transfer that to the air force where most of the -- instead of demanding them as tribute. so the secretary has told the services they can keep their savings but sort of mandated where he want it is savings to come from. and 4e79s it to be moved over to the operating side to achieve that, because you can't get all your savings from just anywhere you want to. so our hope is to maintain this top line to provide growth in the areas where we think growth is needed. in addition to the deputy secretary, our increase increasing management ability. he's made this point a number of times includeing in public that it's not just to save money and it's not just reducing people too reduce people because you think it looks good to reduce people. we think there's an opportunity make our department more agile and by having a management structure flatter than we have, i would say comp troller is not as big as most, so this is something that we may not have the same view on as everybody else, but there are a lot of layers in some parts of the building. rts of the building. a

the president about to depart from air force one. he will address progress being made for his deadline to withdraw all combat troops by the end of the month. we will carry that live at 830 this morning. >> or tracking acicular on westbound 80 traffic at a standstill due to an injury accident traffic being diverted to the off ramp and the central freeway expect fully enclosures. my green shirt? ♪ that's not really my style, honey. weird, i can't find it. ♪ [ female announcer ] new tide original with acti-lift technology helps remove many dry stains as if they were fresh. hey! you found it. yeah, it must have been hiding in my closet. [ female announcer ] new tide original with acti-lift. style is an option. clean is not. get acti-lift in these tide detergents. welcome back to kron 4 still tracking similar 101 meet seventh street traffic at a crawl being diverted to the ninth street off ramp. full lane closures still 645 this morning more details coming up. >> 7 day forecast former inland upper 80s or far inland but the fog thick a

hugs and kisses all around travis air force base this afternoon. the military brigade say the last five minutes of their flight home after their yearlong deployment was filled with anticipation. >> i was shaking, nervous, excited, everything. >> reporter: the 49th is based here in fairfield and were greeted on the tarmac by governor arnold schwarzenegger. they worked training iraqis take over duties. >> i think it went okay but time is going to show if they will be able to do it themselves. >> reporter: family members say now that this latest tour is over, they can get back to living their lives state side. >> well, he came back in february and proposed to me, so it's been doubly exciting just getting prepared for our wedding and getting our house together. it's been wonderful. it's been hard but it'll be wonderful. >> reporter: isaac lawson was lost in the last tour, this time around, they did not have any casualties or injuries. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the national planned parenthood organization says it will cut its ties to se

travis air force base has already had gusts of pressure. two right there. that triggered the thunderstorm activity. and this is forecast to dip all the way into northern california. which means we're not warming up any time soon. low overcast, drizzle, breezy. then no heat in sight. that is for sure. the fog, low clouds. clears to the coast. highs, 59 to 79. slight warming. we'll lose the low by the end of the week. but follow then -- until then, it stays warm to the end of the week. sunny, breezy. cool to mild. 50s, 60s, and upper 70s. there will be very few low 80s. but you have to go to sacramento county. morning fog and even more so tuesday and wednesday. we could get this to break up. and slightly warmer. but not much, thursday, friday. >> thank you, steve. >>> european markets are trading higher this morning after signs that the recovery there is speeding up a bit. overnight, most market indexes gained ground across asia, as well. with the exception of japan's nikkei. investors worry that slow jobs here in the u.s. will continue to hurt demands for as

hugs and kisses all around travis air force base this afternoon. the military brigade say the last five minutes of their flight home after their yearlong deployment was filled with anticipation. >> i was shaking, nervous, excited, everything. >> reporter: the 49th is based here in fairfield and were greeted on the tarmac by governor arnold schwarzenegger. they worked training iraqis take over duties. >> i think it went okay but time is going to show if they will be able to do it themselves. >> reporter: family members say now that this latest tour is over, they can get back to living their lives state side. >> well, he came back in february and proposed to me, so it's been doubly exciting just getting prepared for our wedding and getting our house together. it's been wonderful. it's been hard but it'll be wonderful. >> reporter: isaac lawson was lost in the last tour, this time around, they did not have any casualties or injuries. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the national planned parenthood organization says it will cut its ties to se

our guard and reserve total force, if you will, in the air force, and that includes air force civilians, all have access to the same things that our active duty people do, as well. your point is well taken, in terms of how we reintegrate those people once they come home. i would tell you that the yellow ribbon reintegration program, that's been a very good part of our guard and reserve, has been very successful at, not only preparing members and families for deployment, but caring for families during deployment, and then giving us the opportunity to reintegrate those guard and reserve members when they return. in my discussions with the commander of the reserve and the director of the guard, they seemed to be very happy. we're happy, at this point, with the results that we're getting. and we're getting the resources to do that. and for that, we appreciate your support. >> senator, for the marine corps, we will deploy almost two types of -- we don't have guard, as you know -- and two types of reserves. we'll deploy what we call a selective marine corps reserve unit, which is a whole-clot

i did that after discussions with the chief of staff of the air force and the u.s. northern command and discussions with admiral mike mullen. they set up a command center right next to the command center that does the defense of north america for norad. we brought a lot of sophisticated resources from the department of technology. i cannot overstate the importance of the national geospatial authority and being able to put out information in a classified environment. while this response took awhile to build up steam, i know there were concerns about the quality and magnitude of the response, i can tell you that there were things done in this response that have never been done before in this country. it will inform how we do response planning in the future. it would be adding a crime to a crime if we did not learn from this and take these lessons and roll them back into future response planning. with that, i would be glad to take any questions you have for me. >> raise your hands and jeff will get to you. >> thank you for coming to the press club today. you talk about

close to 100 soldiers will touch down at travis air force base. this was their second tour in -- second tour in iraq. >>> the remains of john bonnasaille will be buried in colma. he was flying a bombing mission over germany in 1944 when his plane was shot down. his sister contacted german authorities who used dna testing to recently identify his remains. today's burial will be with full military honors and the air force will perform a fly- over in his honor. >>> still ahead -- state officials say they have got millions of dollars in unclaimed cash. we'll tell you who they are trying to get in touch with. >>> the effort to seal off an oil leak in the gulf of mexico is reaching another milestone. we'll have an update. >>> traffic is looking good in the east bay. i just got off the phone with an ac transit spokesman. he has more to say about how the drivers are calling in sick or not. we'll give you an update on that -- coming up. air has no prejudice... ... it does not carry the opinions... ... of a man, faster... ... than those of a woman... it doe

the senator mentioned the fact that the air force is not in the constitution. obviously there is room for judicial interpretation, but where judges take the constitution and expand beyond what the founders intended it to become aware of a dangerous road. what they intended was to limit the central government so that our central government would not infringe upon our individual rights and liberties. they understood that power is a zero sum game. you cannot give more power to the central government without infringing on our power. the problems all stem from the central government that is completely out of control. we have to get back to those moorings. it was a federalist system that gives power to the states. in the state of alaska, we have heard about a year marks and the need for money in the state. but we have to do is get control of our resources. that means federal government out, federalism, we are at a point where that decision can be made. >> now it is time for closing statements. you have one minute. >> this is our opportunity as alaskans to come togeth

carrying for the united states air force. >> and from silicon valley to space, the bay area technology to help u.s. troops. >>> hello again. thanks for hanging out with us this morning. it is 7:30 in the morning, it is saturday, and it is another kind of chilly start to a day in the bay area. thanks for joining us. i'm garvin thomas, he is craig herrera. he has the chilly details. >> you saw the cloud cover in oakland all over the bay area waking up to, taking a while to burn it off. in the 50s, not only the beaches. livermore, fairfield, over to san jose at the airport a 60 there but lots of cloud cover. the wind from the northwest at 7 to 10 miles per hour. looking at fairfield across the tri-valley we have gusty winds getting pulled into the central valley. we're running about the same as this time yesterday and that fog is going to be with us most of this morning through the afternoon. some sunshine, bayside and inland. only 70s and 80s for afternoon highs. we'll enjoy the sunshine if you go to the giants game, a little bit of sunshine. a little breeze going on as well. but that's

to a military base in texas. >>> a live look right now from andrews air force base. the president is getting ready to take off for a military base in el paso, texas. it comes hours before a speech that will announce a change in the mission in iraq. tracie potts has more from washington, d.c. good morning. >> reporter: the president has a busy day. he is headed off to texas where this morning he will -- or in a few hours he will talk to troops and thank them for their service. thousands of them who have come back from iraq and he will also focus on the 4400 who lost their lives in their seven-year war. later today, after he leaves texas, he will come back and have that speech from the oval office tonight where he will talk about not only the mission, but the combat operations ending as of today in iraq. he is also expected to perhaps hit on the economy, which is the issue that the american public wants to hear so much about. he will talk about now turning the focus to afghanistan and dealing with the war there, which is a didn't situation. we will leave 50,000 troops

air force planes as general goole of the pakistani i.s.i. send recent. the u.s. air force planes out of my house in kyrgyzstan fly those opium and heroin shipments directly into russia in sealed airplanes that no russian authorities are allowed to inspect and there's a huge heroin and opium addiction problem in russia and in western europe as a result of this afghan opium supply that's explore easily time times little against us just one last question so as far as you see it what are we likely to witness when this date in twenty leavened comes along a year from now are we likely to see a pullout i see no pullout in the cards from the u.s. military what i see is that the u.s. is getting bogged down like russia did back in the late seventy's into a quagmire that will be analogous to another vietnam for the united states troops forces but they're going to try to spread this indicator to stand in to his back to stand. fund surrogate terrorism in order to justify a broader nato presence and i think the german parliamentarians are signaling that europe is not quite wil

their war force shooting blanks into the air but it still made to reflect amount of noise there were also shooting sound grenades they used tear gas to disperse the crowds the crowd started running with the riot police some members of the army and police force chasing them down the road and they basically pushed them back for around two kilometers detaining some people on the way after a few hours and all the crowds were dispersed on the road has already been opened the roadblocks have been lifted we saw some people being detained in a somewhat unorthodox fashion they were being handcuffed and put into trunks of on market vehicles we can only assume these are police vehicles so far the authorities the official authorities the ministry of internal affairs is saying that all of the issues that the opposition did have with the government have been resolved apparently some later negotiations took place that satisfied both sides and there were there will be no more violence or any rallies taking place either here in the capital or anywhere outside of the opposition however is staying quie

air force passed with defending the aerospace? is there any initiative being discussed to do some kind of multilateral initiative for the tigris euphrates area? thank you. >> water is so sick of the issue throughout the middle east. it actually is a growing issue that the state department is focusing on. -- water is a important issue throughout the middle east. all of these countries are hesitant about multilateral approaches, because they all want to divide the water up themselves and they are concerned the more players there are, the more difficult it will be. we definitely see areas where there could be cooperation. we think this is one of the tools were the iraqis are concerned with the iranians. we will look for multilateral elements. we do know the iraqis have gone to the turks and talk directly to them. there has been a water let go. they are having bilateral negotiations. we will look for ways of supporting that and bringing multilateralism throughout the middle east. >> you are so good at asking questions. i am not really

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this is andrews air force base. he is heading to air force 1 and then on to wisconsin. >> the president leaving the nation's capital at this hour. he is going to tour a renewable energy plant in wisconsin and help raise money for the democratic candidate for governor there. then he flies to los angeles for another fundraiser this evening and get this, the charge per plate, $15,000. >> oh. >> did they fly the helicopter from the white house or just taxi all the way? they have been going for a while there. >>> the president is going to spend the night in los angeles. >>> good morning to you, it is a monday morning. >> it is. bright and early. >> 6:31. >> i'm juliette goodrich in for sydnie kohara. she is off this week. >> and i'm john kessler for myself which is difficult at times. >> you are on this week. >> yeah. elizabeth, what's going on? >> we have -- it's pretty quiet. we are off to a nice start at some of our bridges. i'll step out of the way so you can see three of them. ignore this. this is a shot of oakland

air force. the others will be bought by the u.s. navy. and the marine corps will replace the f-18 and the 88's with it. caller: i have a question. i read an article and it said the this plane could cruise at sound and to use less fuel than other planes that we have that are in full dr. bernard in order to reach the speed of sound. -- in full afterburner in order to reach a speed of sam. is that true? guest: no, sir. with the f 18 and others, you put tanks on there. this one has very clean lines. the stealth is our design. all of the bonds are internal, very accurate bombs. it is a clean airplane with bombs inside and the fuel inside and the weapons inside. the navy airplane goes somewhere between 600 and 700 miles, clean. that is radius. with that said, if you compare apples to apples, with the tanks, is about the same. that is a tremendous capability with range with a clean, sleek airplane. that is necessary to preserve the stealth characteristics of this airplane. host: how fast can it go? guest: it is the largest military motor a roomm

their war force shooting blanks into the air but it still made to reflect amount of noise there were also shooting sound grenades they used tear gas to disperse the crowds the crowd started running with the riot police some members of the army and police force chasing them down the road and they basically pushed them back for around two kilometers detaining some people on the way some of the opposition members and actually hid in a bus that was parked on the side of the road police forces actually tried to pry open the doors and get everybody out who was hiding within the bus they managed to almost get inside the bus when their superiors told them to carry on to carry pushing them and the majority of the crowd back there were some armored vehicles were also engaged in this action and basically after all the people got pushed back for around two kilometers the special police the riot forces started pulling back towards the checkpoint where another crowd tried to force its way through from the other side of the checkpoint from the bishkek side they were also met with the same resistanc

. >> his forc haven't needed to conduct an air strik in more than six months. and an impoant victory against trans-national terror, al-queda and iraq has been largely cut off from its masters abroad. >> there are now about 50,000 u.s. troops in iraq down from a peak of 170,000 during the surge. and those that remain will advise and assist raer than take the lead on missions. in a prime minister addss tonight from the oval office, president obama will talk how a drawdo fulfills a campaign promise. >> the natn as he truly wants to rebuild is the nation that he lives in the united stat of america. >> but there are still things left undone. five months after the last election, iraq politicians haven't been able to form a g. and some leaders worry that al-queda and other militant groups may step into the power vacuum. and american troops will still be in harm's way >> we're still her we've still got a job to do. >> you can watch the president's oval office address live starting at 5 p.m. here on abc 7. and finally on his way to fort bliss today, president obama call

by unanimous vote last night, the retired three-star air force general won approval to oversee the nation's 16 spy agencies. clapper, who has served as the pentagon's chief intelligence official, will be the fourth person in the position since it was created five years ago. he succeeds retired admiral dennis blair, who stepped down under pressure after clashing with other intelligence officials. >>> christina romer, one of president obama's top economic advisers, is resigning. the white house announced yesterday that romer is leaving her position at the beginning of september to return to her teaching job at u.c. berkeley. she is the second high-level aide to leave the obama administration this summer after the resignation of budget director peter orszag. >>> bp is now one step closer to permanently sealing its blown out well in the gulf of mexico. engineers have finished plugging the well with cement from the top. thad allen, who's overseeing the response, says while this is not the end, this virtually assures that no more oil will be leaking. the next step will be to cement the well from

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after two long years of trying to get in, he got in to the air force academy. on memorial day, 2005, police threw his hat of into the air -- he threw his hat up into the air. he said, i did it, mom. on that occasion, he was very proud of keeping that promise to himself. he decided to go into a very elite group called the combat contro. they are called quiet professionals. their model is first to their that others may live -- first there that others may liv they are very few. they are my family. he met his wife to be -- windy. their dreams came true and they have a little boy named logan. when he was 8 months old, on memorial day, 2005, that morning derek was promoted to ptain. he could have cared less if you had told them he was general. he was on a mission. it was for americans and one iraqi. his plane went down. when logan was old enough to understand that his dad was not coming ever again to a game or coming home and his mother explained that the plane had not reached safety, logan went to his bedroom to get his tool kit. he wanted to fix the plane so his da

air force 2 was taking off from the hamptons when the jet sent a small private plane into the air. no one was injured. just last week, two new york city officers got into an accident while escorting bide ton jfk airport. >>> hundreds of influential democrats rallied around embattled charles rangel here in new york last night. the occasion, an 80th birthday party for rangel who was also seen in light of the ethic charges. among those, two new york senators facing re-election in the fall. >>> another longtime congressman who battled ethics charges has died. democrat dan rostenkowski represented the chicago area. dan rostenkowski died yesterday of lung cancer. he was 82 years old. >>> and now the amazing ascent of africa's highest peak. three u.s. veterans with only one real human leg among them the top of tanzania mount kilimanjaro. they reached it last saturday after six days of climbing. the men said the message is you can be active no matter disability. one said reaching the top was totally exhausting but totally exhilarating. well, golf's final tournament of the year of the pga c

or the air force. the key enablers, as we call them in the military -- things like logistics, maintenance, transportation, intelligence -- none of those organizations have yet been built or brought online and connected with the current fielded force. our focus -- this was a coin- centered four-speed we are very infantry-centered. we have elements out there that can operate within the lead. they cannot operate independently because they do not have the enablers that would support them. they still require that from the coalition forces. our intent is, over the next 15 months, to balance this by bringing on all those kind of capabilities. if somebody says when will the security force have this in a particular area, we will not have finished building the entire army until october, next year. it does not mean that in small isolated pockets they cannot have the lead with some coalition supporters enabling them. to say they could do much more before october of next year would be stretching it. we have not fin

the wind at travis air force is about 16 miles per hour. those two science point to a warm up. 38 in tahoe. that system to the north also left some pretty cold air up in the mountains. 50 chilly there. warmer down in southern california. the high builds in today. and then it's out of here. why, because there's one little low that will start to head towards us and then the really strong one sets up two combined to a big cool down on the weekend. fog right on the deck. after it burns off it will be sunny. tomorrow we start that right on down we go. take it into saturday. probably bottom out there even though it will be sunny on sunday it's going to be windy. fog and mist gives way to sunshine and warmer weather especially away from the coast. the breeze still kicks in. not like yesterday but still late in the afternoon. 60s to low 90s. low clouds, breezy, much cooler saturday. breezy on sunday. warmer monday. >>> eight minutes before 8:00. about an hour ago maker announced buying into the security software business. intell will pay $7.7 billi

as the flood waters keep moving, so does the pakistan air force. we joined them today on the first relief flight. tombolo, the relentless waters closing in on more villages -- down below, the relentless water is closing in on more villages. there is a chance of escape for this lone boy. the crew signalled, offering a way out. he climbed down carefully, but he refused to be taken from the waters. like many, he is risking his life to stay close to home. we found -- we keep finding more groups of people stranded in the water. the crew trying to drop as much as they can adds -- as fast as they can. these bags are waterproof and contain a high energy biscuits that do not have to be cooked. beckham for locals to evacuate. people here are bound to their land and their livestock and will live or die with them. further to the south, and new victims of the flood. they wait in quiet desperation by the side of the road. she was born here. his mother told us how she gave birth. it was not -- there was no doctor. he developed a fever. where can i take him? my da

they've got an air force that includes three helicopters and six air tankers. ones that drop the water from the sky. those two working tandem have been very effective. and they think we're going to see more of that today. they're going to go back up with their air force. if you take a look at a live picture now i don't know if you can see this or not but might not be as much contrast on screen as it would be in person. there's heavy heavy smoke right now. we're stuck in the valley where a lot of the smoke is and we'll be here throughout the morning to monitor the situation. just very clearly, matt, you want to come in quickly and give us an update. we've got people watching at home now. a lot of people in this area would want to know. just tell me your name and what you do. >> matt. i'm an information officer with cal fire. >> reporter: what did you find out? >> we've increased the containment of this fire which is 80% which is good progress overnight. >> reporter: what do you contribute that to? slow winds, a lot of people out there? >> exactly. we have a lot

and en low clouds make it to fairfield, travis air force base, that's a cool push. cool air in place. locked in for a while. close to the coast in bailem. windy at times. and you get a difference in pressure grades. starting to get a little difference in temperatures. sunny, but only in the 60s and 70s. almost for everybody across the board. the cloud deck just has lifted up a couple thousand feet. helped along by a very strong low, up in the pacific northwest. that means areas that are far inland. like sacramento. struggle to get into the mid- 80s. right here. that's coming in. any time of year, except right now, we'd probably be saying, well, now, looks like rain. it might be strong enough to chew up this fog bank as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. but today, it's there in full force. very similar temperatures yesterday. i did bump san francisco up two because their low is going about two degrees warmer. 76 today. no change for oakland. san jose, 78. 76. santa rosa. mount tamalpais is at 62. mid-50s, mill valley. sonoma, crockelt vallejo. 52, ukiah. sacrame

. >> his forces haven't needed to conduct an air strike in more than six months. and an important victory against trans-national terror, al-queda and iraq has been largely cut off from its masters abroad. >> there are now about 50,000 u.s. troops in iraq down from a peak of 170,000 during the surge. and those that remain will advise and assist rather than take the lead on missions. in a prime minister address tonight from the oval office, president obama will talk how a drawdown fulfills a campaign promise. >> the nation as he truly wants to rebuild is the nation that he lives in the united states of america. >> but there are still things left undone. five months after the last election, iraqi politicians haven't been able to form a g. and some leaders worry that al-queda and other militant groups may step into the power vacuum. and american troops will still be in harm's way. >> we're still here. we've still got a job to do. >> you can watch the president's oval office address live starting at 5 p.m. here on abc 7. and finally on his way to fort bliss today, pres