show at travis air force base. a live update right after the break. >> party patrols for the cinco de mayo. how police are working to keep this year's festivities safe. >> and the protest against a drinking party. what got these students update. >> download the ktvu app to watch all newscasts live and get traffic, bay area weather and video of breaking news, anytime, anywhere. >>> back 92 abreaking news -- now to breaking news at travis air force base, the air show was canceled after a plane crash killed a pilot. ktvu's cristina rendon has the latest on what happened and who the pilot might be. >> the only people that are being let in are those with official badges. everyone else has been told to leave. the air force base shut shut down. this is from a witness who was that air show. his name is edison carlos. the shows the smoke from the plane. even though travis air force base are not saying who the pilot is we know from the schedule the pilot scheduled to perform was named eddy and he is 74 years old. we are told

air force academy. it could have had a bible verse written on the whiteboard outside his room. i've seen these white wards in the u.s. air force academy. they are about the size of this piece of paper and yet such a small space led to a large controversy. after the cadet he raised the bible verse and outside agitator claimed falsely to have pressured the air force academy to force the erasing of that label verse. we need to have regulations that allow cadets and those in uniform to live out their faith without pressure to stifle or compromise their faith. and let's take away the opportuniopportuni ty of outsiders to interfere in the spiritual lives of our cadets and those in uniform. this amendment mr. chairman requires the department of defense and the air force to rewrite the regulations to clear up confusion, remove ambiguity and protect constitutional rights. air force regulations appear to be more restricted than those of the other service branches so this amendment is focused on air force instruct

happened hat an air force base in montana. air force officials called the drill a failure because security teams could not quickly regain control of the captured nuclear weapon. the air force reportedly called it a critical deficiency. trace gallagher is with us. >> what kind of mistakes did they make? >> we don't know. they're not telling us. they said they gave our enemies too much information on how america operates. the air force did say that the security forces simply were, quoting here, not familiar with a complex scenario exercise, which is very strange considering two years ago this security team was promoted and the air force called it a secret weapon that was expected to perform flawlessly in whatever scenario was thrown their way. apparently in this case, that scenario turned out to be the wrong one and the secret weapon failed. >> if memory serves, there have been a lot of problems with the people who take car of our nukes. >> yes, and the hiss was going. a year ago two nuclear officers were breaking rule because t

your air force is strongly committed to this effort. it is the law. we believe it enhances our readiness. we believe it is an important sign of good financial stewardship. has made thiss one of her top priorities for the air force, and she wrote recently to keep leaders on this and giving some specific directions about things they need to do to help eric our chief of staff has also been a strong supporter and is engaged in many of our leaders who have integrated audit readiness in a way that was not the case years ago. the support of senior leaders is all the more important when asking air men to do difficult things, like the revalidation of housing allowance that i mentioned or like our count of 1.9 million and divisional items in our general equipment inventory, which we have been doing. leadership supports has allowed us to increase financial services eightfold, and partner with an accounting firm. there is still challenges remaining, despite all this progress. t. systems remain our biggest challenges. we have made big strides in fielding the accou

it's what separates us from other air forces. it's where we integrate with the other services and with ground forces and with our allies. we've cut weapons school classes where we develop our ph.d. war fighters. all the things that take us from doing low intensity work to being able to fight a full spectrum fight were affected dramatically. >> i think we saw after that after the grounding of the squadrons that the cost of getting them back to a state of readiness, as well as the equipment was grounded with them exceeds the amount that would have been saved at that time. is that accurate? >> senator, that is accurate. >> yeah, yeah. anybody else? maybe. yes, sir. >> senator, when you and i discussed this in my hearing posture hearing, you were down in norfolk. you talked to our people and they said these long deployments are killing us. >> yes. >> the problem is if somebody's deployed and we need another carrier to deploy due to a contingency, syria, or the issues in europe, those that are out there now have to stand that watch, b

again, air force one in los angeles with its passenger aboard. we will keep track and update you as we need to. >>> still to come, '80s singer morrissey gets lots of love at a san jose concert, maybe too much love. a move by a fan that had the band abruptly ending the show. >> i love you, man! >>> plus, an exclusive look inside the new home of the 49ers, the places that the public has not seen until now. >>> and we actually have triple digit heat in the forecast. next seven days, as a matter of fact. but before we actually hit those highs, we are talking about a storm system moving into the bay area, as we speak. the last cool day before those temperatures soar. take a look at your cloud sky. in san francisco, same cloudy sky in san jose. we're tracking showers and big-time heat when nbc bay area news at 11:00 is back in moments. >>> well, '80s singer morrissey, performed for adoring fans in the south bay last night. maybe a little too adoring. take a look at the video sent to us by a viewer who was at the concert at the national civic auditorium

show crash at travis air force base. it could be months before we know what went wrong. 77 year old edward andreini was killed when his plane crashed. cell phone video shows the plane was flying low and hit the tarmac and caught fire. john sasaki takes a look at air show safety and what happened at travis air force base yesterday. >> reporter: this is eddie andreini three years ago, a man in his element. >> he did air shows through the united states for 35, 40 years. >> obviously something went wrong yesterday when his world war ii plane crashed and burst into flames. >> the number one item is safety first. >> reporter: at the airport, we met the director of the air show. >> we have a thousand foot to 1500-foot deadline from the spectators. >> >> reporter: they are questioning how long it took firefighters to get to the crash site. . >> the response team has to be in a spot where they can get there fast? they are investigating response time. >> it is in the operational factors of the accident. we always -- that's a typic

helicopters and the big "air force one." that's pretty amazing. >>> lets get on the ground, something more basic. don't be surprised if you see a lot more bicycles on the road today. >> that's right. this is the 20th straight bike to work today across nine counties. thousands of riders taking part, many taking advantage of energizer stations, this one at vista point you probably saw coming in on golden gate bridge. >> drivers can grab snacks, something to drink, grab cycling advice. >> a great opportunity for people to connect or reconnect with health y, consistent exercise. >> there's a lot of people out here today. when i ride in during the week, i never see this many people. >> this year's bike to work today is sponsored by 511.org, metropolitan transportation commission and kaiser permanente. >>> up next, a defiant donald sterling. what he's now saying about his racist remarks and selling the l.a. clippers. >>> pictures of hollywood off spring stirring a lot of controversy this morning. saying there's nothing sexual abou

retired air force general craig mckinley, president of the air force association. gentlemen, we thank you for your past svrs. we thank you for your current service to our service members that are retired and their families. i believe that the order that we are calling on you is to first call on general tellelli. thank you for being here, and please give us your statement. >> chairman levin, ranking member. >> i'm sorry. i make -- i apologize for that. i should know better. please carry on. >> members of the senate armed services committee thank you for the opportunity to discuss the 2015 year budget affecting the entire military community. on behalf the over 380,000 members and survivors and retirees of the retired officers association of america, i have the honor and privilege of being here today to represent them. at the heart of the pentagon's budget challenges is the devastating affect the sequestration that we've heard that several times today in the budget control act of 2011. while debt reduction is a national property, we believe that such a disproportionat

it is what separates us from other air forces. it is where we integrate with the other services with ground forces and our allies. all the things that take us from doing low intensity work to being able to fight a full-spectrum fight were affected dramatically. >> we saw that after the grounding of the squadrons, that the cost of getting them ready exceeds the amount that would have been saved at that time, is that accurate? >> that is accurate. >> anybody else? >> senator, when you and i discussed this hearing, you were in norfolk. the problem is, if somebody is deployed and we need another carrier to deploy due to a contingency, syria or the issues in europe, those that are out there now have to stand that watch, because we don't have the response for a contingency that we would normally have. the folks on trained enough to do that. it takes us longer to train them up to deploy. onre kind of deploying just time. we need a better forced to deal with the contingencies today. >> i appreciate that. does anything specific am sure min

it's home to the air force's nuclear weapons center as well as a special operations wing. colonel jeff lanning is commander of the mission support group at the base. >> in this general area, we found fuel coming to the surface and we knew we had a problem at that point. >> reporter: that problem was a leak dating to the 1950's, when rail cars and trucks delivered fuel to pipelines, powering planes at the growing base. >> we found a hole in the pipe. i have a piece of the pipe here, which is where, the hole that we actually discovered. as fuel would sit in this pipe it was able to escape the pipe and drain into the soil and migrate 500 feet down, eventually reaching the water bed. >> reporter: some fuel is mixed with soil near the surface, and much more has headed down where it rests on top of the ground water. tom blaine at new mexico's environment department uses an ant farm to explain. >> so i'm going to inject some dye that will represent the fuel. so you can see the migration of that fuel, how it spreads out and really the uncertainty of where it's going and how it's g

>> >>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil >> air force one scheduled to touchdown in about 20 minutes in mountain view the president will be talking about energy efficiency. >> we are live waiting for air force 1. leanne? >> reporter: the president is running late, and he was expected to arrive here at moffett field at about 3:45 this afternoon. he left about 30 minutes behind schedule, attending a political fund-raiser in a private home in la jolla. house minority leader nancy pelosi was there. before that, wednesday, the president was in los angeles for another fund-raiser. he was with heavy hitters. we know he is considered the super star of the political world. celebrities presented mr. obama with an award. the democrats have relied or counted on it as a way to get the big bucks. silicon valley is trying to outdo hollywood. tonight two big fund-raisers organized by two female ceos of silicon valley companies. we're waiting for the president to arrive, air force one, as soon as it does, we'll go back to you live, >> thank you. >> take a look. this is where the president wil

we're live at travis air force base, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, alex. we have continuing coverage of this weekend's deadly crash at ktvu.com. we've posted the latest information under the top story tab including today's news conference as well as video taken right after the crash. >>> it's all quiet now in morgan hill this noontime after a demonstration that morning. the peaceful rally comes four years after several students wore american flag t-shirts during a cinco de mayo celebration. the students were asked to turn their shirts inside out or go home because the clothing offended other students celebrating cinco de mayo, which is celebrated as a day of mexican heritage and pride. the incident drew national attention and the students' parents sued the school in court. however a judge dismissed the lawsuit citing a history racial turns. more demonstrations are planned today and ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live with that part of the story. >> reporter: good afternoon, in a couple of hours a motorcycle group will be holding a rally

of course, the travis air force base air show is a very popular show. it hasn't been held for the last three years, but people were really looking forward to this event. but around 2:00 the plane went down and the colonel of the air force base describes the maneuver that he was doing. >> he was performing a maneuver, it was the normal schedule for the air expo. he was performing the maneuver where he was inverted, cutting a ribb ribbon. i can't give you the details of how high that ribbon is or was, but i will tell you, it's fairly close to the ground. >> reporter: so the weather conditions here, as you can see, are very windy. that will be part of the investigation to see whether wind was a factor. but the commander insists that it was even windier yesterday and it was a successful air show with no incident yesterday. perhaps today it might not have been a factor but certainly it's so windy people are wondering whether that had been an influence in the crash. now, of course, with this tragic incident, the people, the organizers had to cancel the event.

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steph curry has his thoughts force. >>> want to back to the deadly air show crash at travis air force base. thousands of people watched as the stunt plane crashed to the ground. sergio quintana is live with the latest. reporter: almost immediately after this crash, there were pictures posted on social media from some spectators. let's look at a few of those we did see. you can see some pretty dark plume of smoke on the runway. we talked to few spectators who say the plane was doing what was called a ribbon-cutting maneuver and was upside down, flying just feet above the runaway, when it seemed to get closer and closer to the concrete and then skidded for several feet. white smoke, following that skid, and then it turned to black smoke, and then fire. a lot of witnesses we talked to say it seemed like the fire crews took awhile to get out to that fire. they say that the fire department was stationed behind the audience so they had to drive around them quite some bit before they could get to the scene of the fire. i did ask that of the colonel who just gave a news briefing here just a f

retired air force general craig mckinley, president of the air force association. gentlemen, we thank you for your past svrs. we thank you for your current service to our service members that are retired and their families. i believe that the order that we are calling on you is to first call on general tellelli. thank you for being here, and please give us your statement. >> chairman levin, ranking member. >> i'm sorry. i make -- i apologize for that. i should know better. please carry on. >> members of the senate armed services committee thank you for the opportunity to discuss the 2015 year budget affecting the entire military community. on behalf the over 380,000 members and survivors and retirees of the retired officers association of america, i have the honor and privilege of being here today to represent them. at the heart of the pentagon's budget challenges is the devastating affect the sequestration that we've heard that several times today in the budget control act of 2011. while debt reduction is a national property, we believe that such a disproportionat

, one of the four virtues of the air force -- a former chief of the air force. at the end of the day we walked away saying that the military forces have the opportunity to upgrade significantly more in ] he to each other. and calculation is great, to deal with that friction we must do better to matters that friction. we do not want something like another island incident that happened before. it was a great visit, we got to see a lot of the equipment, and spend a lot of time with their military. it is obvious the nation is doing extremely well. a closey, australia is partner that we fought closely with in world war i. it is an amazing partnership, if you look at what they have for their nation. they have named a new defense chief for the air force of australia. that is good for the united states government have a great relationship with us. many nations were represented, all of our allies, and many of our friends and partners from throughout the region. it was incredibly valuable. those are a set of twins from a guy named flight officer mobs be. he was australian

witnesses say that the air force base had some major winds during the air show. for more on the conditions. here's kron 4's meterologist brian van aken the winds have been strong all weekend long. some of the strongest gusts were at travis air force base. the winds did reach about 40 mi. per hour coming out of the west southwest which is parallel to the runway, actually the favored direction. the gusts were not too bad but that is not out of the question that they may have played a part in the accident. we have more photos of the crash plus more detailed information on our website. just go to kron 4 dot com. a disturbing discovery at a very popular beach after a body was found earlier today. kron-4's scott rates went to stinson beach and shows us the latest in the investigation and how the body was discovered. some tourists from switzerland when the came across a de- composing body, this is the area it was found it wasn't right on the beach, but a little further up, now investigators are trying figure out who it is and how they ended up here here's looked like, y

shore at travis air force base. we have witness video. travis air force bay spokesperson says the pilot died in the accident. the pilot's name has not been released. you can see the thick smoke in this video. it was a biplane and was anything low to at the ground when it crashed. here's more edges from people who witnessed the crash. witness says two air force personnel tried to rescue the pilot. the air show shut down an the crash. the plane that crashed was owned by a well-known pilot. it is unknown if he was pilot thing plane when it crash. we'll have a live report at 6:00. >>> a circus extent in rhode island sent 11 people to the hospital, including one in critical condition. here's a report. a warning, you may find the video disturbing. >> spectators were enjoying a pleasant sunday afternoon at the circus. then, during a perform attendance known as he hair hang it happened. the curtain drop to reveal ache women in mid-air. then the unthinkable. the audience gasped in here ore as out eight acrobatted plunged to

the popular travis air force base thunder. the pilot was 77-year-old eddy andreini. his website says he has been flying since he was 16 years old and a stunt pilot for 25 years. spectators watch as something went wrong. >> several minutes had passed before the flamed started and they started in the rear section and worked forward. and that was that. >> it's really tragic way to end the show. he was doing great up until that point and i know he has been doing it for years. it was a big shock. >> now, andreini was a decorated pilot. inducted him into the hall of fame just last year. a very tragic loss, the show was immediately shut down and cleared the air field for ntsb investigators to go in and take over. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> it's 6:03 streets in san jose shut down today as police prepare for cinco de mayo partiers. last night was a busy one for officers who made 21 arrests and police say they're ready for large crowds today. they certainly stepped up enforcement after what happened back in 2007 when crowds tried to t

the air force was neutered. the russian air force seems to have a low tolerance for casualties to begin with. when the russians come across the water with their tanks and armored vehicles, that they can take them out. both places pitch such a high price on the russian game, that the russians have no chance of getting their people to put up with the casualty rate they are going to incur if they come in there. i would like your comment on that. >> and let me take one more. ir, right over here. >> i am from georgia. my question is on the nato potential contingency in the baltic direction. today russians officially notified the lithuanian side they are suspending weapon information exchange. this was a formal notification they received. i presume there will be some with ment, particularly tactical nukes. my question would be if the future if well see something in one of the baltic countries. article five considers support an armed attack on a member country. would it be considered an armed attack in this potential s

force. >> it's the most versatile weapons delivery system the air force has. high altitude, low altitude. it can deliver missiles. short range, long range. >> the pilots' friends and family members are also watching. >> what the animals look like. yeah. we've got the gang up here. >> among them is teenager pat mcgeehan. his father, lieutenant colonel mark mcgeehan is in the pilot's seat. >> my mother and i, along with my younger brother, brendan, were watching from our front yard. i was waving at the plane thinking maybe my father might be able to see us down there. >> lieutenant colonel arthur "bud" holland is the lead pilot. holland is skilled and experienced with thousands of hours in the b-52. but he's known to take risks in violation of air force safety regulations. >> bud having a reputation of knowing the aircraft very well. i think that that's kind of how he saw the boundaries was if he could, you know, make it do something, it had a new boundary. >> the air show flight plan calls for a complicated serious of low-altitude passes. 60-degree banked turns

the aarp program that the air force -- drp program that the air force canceled -- erp program that the air force canceled, let's talk about it. has anyone done and after scrub of that? have obligations, it will markedly impact auditability. -- if they have complications, it will markedly impact auditability. has there been a review of that? i noticed that we settled at $150 million to the contractor. to me, that says we don't know what we want. we were not managing the contract right, otherwise we should have had the contractor paying us. what have we learned from that? has happened inside in terms of the inspector general's office looking at that? and what does gao see in terms of it being a prime example of how not to do it? done a follow-up strategy on the system you mentioned. is of the lessons learned not to have too big of systems be put out there in one increment. you should implement them in smaller chunks and add various stages that are tried and tested before you move forward. that was one of the key elements -- nine clicks for continuous improvement? >> absolutely. that was

steph curry has his force. >>> want to back to the deadly air show crash at travis air force base. thousands of people watched as the stunt plane crashed to the ground. sergio quintana is live with the latest. reporter: almost immediately after this crash, there were pictures posted on social media from some spectators. let's look at a few of those we did see. you can see some pretty dark plume of smoke on the runway. we talked to few spectators who say the plane was doing what was called a ribbon-cutting maneuver and was upside down, flying just feet above the runaway, when it seemed to get closer and closer to the concrete and then skidded for several feet. white smoke, following that skid, and then it turned to black smoke, and then fire. a lot of witnesses we talked to say it seemed like the fire crews took awhile to get out to that fire. they say that the fire department was stationed behind the audience so they had to drive around them quite some bit before they could get to the scene of the fire. i did ask that of the colonel who just gave a news briefing here just a few min

by the government accountability office the air force has been falling short in its recruiting goals for those pilots and as a result almost half of its current height limits in anti aircraft units have been called a temporary fill in those conditions. here's the catch on thursday. other reports pope with the air force officials who said in general most commanders and find less skilled pilots and less competent officers to rpa squadrons and i mean if the bottom half of pilots when it comes to expertise and money and large been controlling these un manned an awesome day of the vehicles. now the air force said that it no longer transfers pilots from the anti aircraft units rpa programs. instead they say there is a separate career field in which pilots and or string and training requirements i feed you with knowledge they've had any issue recruiting pilots both because of the state must as he did more broadly with the program can be caught as amended me and for some years that's grown significantly in recent years. still ahead here on our team protesters gathered in the scene to give me

bill is a former marine, formerly with the air force, a retired air force colonel who spent much of his life on the very subject of which he is discussing today, credentialing. bill is worth solid llc. i turn the program over to you. thank you. >> thank you for the opportunity to actually speak to such an issue that has been in the works since 1996. it's something that the american legion has actually been working on for quite some time and trying to assess individuals experience his expertise, skill sets, education and how do you transition those particular portable skill sets to allow the individuals to find employment. let me give you some quickly numbers on fy 12 on the unemployed benefits as some people believe it does not impact multiple or broad spectrum's of what's going on. i know a lot of people talk about the military readiness and how do we improve the readiness and one of the things i want to highlight is the 2012 a total of $6.5 million of unemployment insurance benefits are paid at e individuals based on the military records. this was done through the state submitting the

air force. it was combined headquarters run by air force with an army deputy and the mission was very simple, just to coordinate with joint chiefs of staff, to take command of a huge organization we had, to ensure cambodia got resupplied and also take command of whatever has given you for whatever reason, has happened three times, evacuate saigon and find a container ship. when i was appointed deputy commander i had to get up-to-date on the war. the war was still going on and the idea was how did this compare to the north vietnamese. at the time there with two studies, one by the north vietnamese and the other by the d a 0 in saigon. they all said exactly the same thing, south vietnam had much more firepower, tactical mobility, better strategic mobility, much better logistics'. if that is true you wonder how did south vietnam lose the war? that is the story of my book, how they lost the war. the south vietnamese strategy was wired in politics, it is all military strategy, they said they want to

>> reporter: well, travis air force base hasn't had an air snow three years so people were really looking forward to this event. except this year it was cancelled midstream because of a plane crash. the civilian aircraft went down around 2:00 this afternoon, the travis air force base thunder over solano air show let pilots of military and civilian aircraft perform maneuvers over a crowd. the crash was unexpected and horrifyin horrifying. >> saw the performer perform inverted moves and he was flying approximately 40 to 50 feet over the runway and then his plane stair stepped down and impacted the runway in an inverted formation upside down and then after impact his airplane slid for approximately 100 to 150 yards until it dime a stop upside down. >> reporter: now, it's unclear what happened to the pilot but the latest press release just handed to us by the base calls this a tragic incident, a commander, we're told, is going to come out at 5:30 to answer our questions about this crash. meanwhile, people are asking about the winds here. it is very windy but really it is too early to tell whe

the crash happened before 2:00 at the air show at travis air force base. the pilot, eddie andreini, died in the crash. ones say they didn't release the plane was in trouble. crews rushed to try to get to the plane organizers addressed the crowd. i heard them say, if you have children, hide their eyes so i turned to the airfield and there was smoke so i knew it would crash so i got up there and i could see the biplane upside down and it was burning and it was engulfed. >> it seemed like it took too long for crews to get to the burning crew pointing out that the fire trucks were parked huge the crowd. officials say the fire trucks cannot be on the runway when it is in use and they will look into whether they need to change the positioning of their emergency trucks. investigators will be here looking into what happened and trying to figure out why the biplane crashed. >>> happening today, the stars and stripes will be the center of not one but two protests outside a high school having to do with a controversial over the american flag and cinco demayo . matt k

it's $20 billion out of the air force, correct? >> $20 billion from what we had planned on having as late as three years ago. >> and you said there are no easy cuts anymore and we can't have the sky fall. what do you do at this point? >> the key for all is balancing the capability capacity and readiness we need to answer the nation's call today and be able to do it 10 to 20 years from now with the technology that's going to be required to succeed then. it's very tough line we're going to try to walk. requires very difficult choices as we lose that many resources and there are decisions we have to make as a nation in some cases. it's not easy work. >> i know your job doesn't involve using a crystal ball or a ouija board but some of the things you have do is predict the future. when you look ahead, what do you see? what concerned you? >> we still see fantastic young men and women answering our services. >> a lot of women in the air force. >> yes, ma'am. we have a lot of fantastic women in the air force and we need more, by the way. t

tragedy at travis air force base. a pilot dies after crashing his plane with an air show of 85,000 people watching. what investigators looking into that may have played a role in his death. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. new documents reveal missed warning signs before a passr ferry sank off the coast >>> and that old cinco de mayo flag controversy in morgan hill flaring up again. i'm kiet do. we have a live report coming up. >> documents. released warning signs before the south korean ferry coast sank. >> sprinkles and it will be cool, windy. we'll talk about that coming up. >> it's a rough start already for drivers out of tracee. it's a stall. we'll have travel times for that stretch coming up. good morning everyone. it's monday may 5th. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:30. we begin with developing news about a deadly air crash. now under investigation by federal authorities. kpix

this is the first thunder over sola i air expo held here at the air force base in the past three years. and, until this accident, it's been a big success. some 85-thousand people were out here saturday and the air force believes even more were here sunday. for now, the questions into the cause of the crash and whether wind may have played a role or it was the result of human error will not be answered until the ntsb completes it's investigation. at travis afb, pd, k4n. a little more information about the man who lost his life on the airfield today. eddie andreini's been flying since he was 16 years old. this is video from previous air shows - doing inverted maneuvers like the one he performed today. a respected stunt pilot considered one of the greats of aerobatics. he was inducted into the international air show hall of fame. just last year. .it's like a blur. eddie andreini was 77. carving his name into the sky.doing exactly what he loved. we have more photos of the crash plus more detailed information on our website. just go to kron 4 dot com. breaking news in the east bay. a dublin

i also said that the air force has provided close air support with other platforms which has also been successful. >> does it give you comfort to know that the b-1 is one of the replacement ideas that the the air force has put forward presently in afghanistan? that would mean a six-hour flight from its base in a different country, as opposed to a minimum of one hour and those weapons are delivered from very high altitude.

they benefited the veterans hospital at a air force base. they squeeze all of this community work in between emergency calls. >> called out again but this time, they were giving back, in vacaville for abc7 news. >> the first coin from the greatest buried treasure found in the united states was auctioned off, the 1874, $20 double eagle gold got $10,000 more than expected, the first coin to be auctioned off by the couple who found 1,400 coins on their rot last year. the expire find is valued at $10 million. the minute from the auction will go to preserve the historic building on 5th where it was first made. the couple is auctioning off the rest of the coins online and plans to keep the rest of the money. you don't think someone was going around back then hiding money for people to find? >> like today in san jose? someone wants to return to it and never had a chance. >> or they lost the map. >> so those who are searching for the cash? >> temperatures warmer at 80 and a lot sunshine. have fun. six miles is our visibility at half moon bay. a few

. >> why didn't the german air force mount to a sizable defense? the reason is because of a concerted effort of the allies really to destroy any aircraft within the region. >> there were many accounts of germans who were captured in normandy that would be taken back to prison camps in england. they were struck by how scrawney they seemed. >> some of these p.o.w.s didn't even speak german. >> these germans wanted to surrender. cover me. i didn't know exactly what that meant, but that's what john wayne had been using so i figured it had to be good. >> he was part of the invasions of sicily, italy, and the french riviera. >> i looked him right in the eye and said did you ever think you would be taken prisoner by a jew and i turned around to my men and said, take them away. we had so many millions of us that were ready to give up their lives as i was to, not with any enthusiasm, but recognizing this was a distinct possibility. >> they were waiting for us and we surprised them. they didn't think that we would come in the bad weather, but we did. >> hell

fresh details on the pilot of a plane that crashed at travis air force base during an air show. >> good evening. >>> kpix reporter will join us live from fairfield where the officials wrapped up a press conference just moments ago. -- i am sorry, i think we are waiting for a tape -- i think we will go to brian. >> okay. let me tell you about what happened today in fairfield. they were having a show and the plane crashed and the pilot died in that crash. an incident of four years ago, other news now. in the morgan hill community. really did strike a nerve there. you might remember some high school students were sent home after wearing american flag t- shirts on cinco de mayo. our don knapp is getting ready for any trouble this year. hi, don. >> hi, bryan. >> all cas for demonstrations tomorrow. even significant tkpwegzs that a motorcycle group come here and demonstrate. the police were taking no chances, they erected this 500 foot fence in front of the live oak high school in order to make sure whatever happens here tomorrow keeps people out. now, we know members of the patriot group, th

>> well, the air force won't say why it was in the air except to say that it was a routine training mission. this plane was first manufactured back in 1955. we should say that the okay pits have been totally modernized but they're still very active in the air force. the air force has 3 32 of them d they're used in afghanistan to listen in on cell phone conversations and also to pick out bombs, ieds that might effect the troops there. they are still in use but starting to be retired in the next few years. >> live in washington, thank you. >> thank you. >> we've been talking about the report of climate change released by the white house today. it says every corner of the u.s. has benefited where drought is one of the biggest threats to agriculture in decades. paul, how are the ranchers in that area dealing with this drought problem? >> well, michael, as you said we're in elizabeth colorado. we're seven thousand feet high and dry, and it's getting drier. this area, this part of the country has been in the grips of a mega drought. it's been going on for more than a decade. we have spoken to ran

army air force, 1942 was a year of disaster. in the sense that they were growing exponentially by the month. new units were being organized and credited. and harry cain found himself on the west coast with a patrol squadron that had ancient bombers that didn't work well, principalling against the japanese enemy that everyone knew wasn't coming back, and his year started in a year of frustration. the say most of the daytime events of war are boring and you get to the committing ones every now and then. the two of them found themselves coming together by pure chance in july of 1942. the pacific had been in turmoil over the battle of midway in may of that year, but once the american victory in the pacific was pretty well confirmed, the navy and the army air forces relaxed their alert status, and as a result harry cain's squad drop insuring sacramento, california, at the time, what re-deployed to a marine corps air station in north carolina that was still under construction. cherry point naval air station -- marine corps air station

it is signed an air force wife. so the woman may have been moved by the camouflage t- shirts of the firefighters wearing in honor of memorial day. >>> steak, corn, watermelon, all for a barbecue left behind by cosco by vaudeville firefighters. >> they left and when they came back to pay for it, somebody had paid for the basket of food and said thank you firefighters for all that you do. have a good day and it was signed by an air force wife. >> perhaps moved by the shirts firefighters have been wearing in honor of the men and women that sacrificed for our country. >> and i think they are wonderful guys. >> rich wood is a veteran and said attitudes for the military have changed since he served in vietnam. >> it is amazing how many people say thank you and come up to you nowadays. >> the crew at station 74 may never know why the woman covered the bill. >> i wish they knew who had done it so they could thank them but we don't know who it was. hope that person would come forward and let us thank them. >> vaudeville fire

show at travis air force base. ones say the stunt pilot, 77 years old, eddie andreini was flipping the plane and flew close to the ground and the plane veered and slammed into the ground. witnesses say the plane burned on the tarmac for some time before the fire crews could get to it. >> an eternity for first responders. >> why weren't they getting out there? every five seconds it seemed to take forever. >> officials say they will hook into the positioning of fire crews during the show. >> another witness at the show posted video on youtube show the plane on fire with thick smoke coming from the wreckage as first responders arrive. our reporter will have more coming up in a report in 30 minutes. we will have the latest on the air show tragedy and we have updates at

to traffic air force base to watch an air show. instead they witnessed a plane crashing down, killing a pilot. you are about to see dramatic footage of that crash. the plane flew low, near the ground, they noticed the timing was off. upside down and a little early. >> reporter: the pilot went upside down earlier than expected. moments later -- oh. >> you can hear the spectators reaction as the plane glides down an open field. >> everyone stand still, stay right where you are. we had an incident. we are aware of that. >> reporter: the colonel of the air force says the 77-year- old pilot was doing a maneuver he has done many times before. >> he was about perform egg maneuver where he was inverted, cutting a ribbon, i can not give you the details how high that ribbon is or was but i will tell you it is fairly close to the ground when he was flying inverted to cut the ribbon. >> stay right where you are. >> reporter: the plane landed upside down. first it was white smoke, minutes later, black smoke. and flames pouring out of the aircra

. >>> we begin with what the air force describes as a deficiency in security. according to an internal air force review, an armed security team was unable to regain control of a captured nuclear weapon during a take over of a minuteman missile sil um in montana. there's 350 minute-man missiles. each nuclear miss ill is armed ready to launch on the president's demand. this failure is one of a series of self-inflicted wounds that the missile force suffered. from cheating, to high court marshall and the removal of major cary for misbehaviour. i'm joined by brigadier general mark kimmitt, assistant secretary of state for political military affairs and an al jazeera contributor. as always, good to have you with us. the exercise the security team failed was the cap use of a sillo by terrorists. that nuclear war heads could be vulnerable to terrorists is frightening. how serious was the failure? >> i think the words that the air force used was a critical deficiency in the exercise is damming in the business. you have minor defin sighs. when you say critical. that's bo

the ntsb just wrapped up a news conference about travis air force base. cate cauguiran recount it is moments where a stunt went horribly wrong. >> spectators were recording the moment it happened. even the announcer knew something just wasn't right, noting the pilot in the vintage plane went upside earlier than before and then the touchdown, no one expected. >> standstill, stay right where you are. we've had an incident. we are aware of that. >> reporter: the plane glides down the airfield, the crowd watching in disbelief. smoke starts white at first and minutes later, black smoke and flames come pouring out of the aircraft. the investigators at traffic air force base spoke monday morning with an update on the investigation. >> we were focusing strictly on the perishable evidence which is the site of the guard and getting moved. and evaluated. >> military officials say the pilot's 70-year-old eddie andretti had done this maneuver several times. >> if you reference his web site, you can see mr. andretti has been flying since he was 16 years old and perform

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we begin at 4:30wi tens of thousands stunned when a stunt pilot crashed abdied at travis air force base over the weekend. noticed the timing was off. >> down early this time. >> the pilot went upside could be earlier than expected. moments later, you can hear the spectators reactions as the plane glides down an open field. >> stay right where you are. we have had an incident. >> he was performing anserine verted with a ribbon: i can't give you details of how high the ribbon was but it was fairly close to the ground when he was flying. first, white smoke and then black smoke. died at the scene. >> i honestly didn't know what to start thinking. the winds blew at 18 to 19 miles per hour. >> the winds are horrendous. they were changing the patterns and things they were doing in the air. because of the wind. the f.a.a. is here examining the wreckage. in fairfield, i'm diaw lid. >> a well known aviator from half-moon bay. >> eddie andrini has been flying since he was 16 years old and performing in air shows for the past 25 years. >> reporter: his friends say he lived to fly. >> an extraordina

the air force security group commander was replaced. the unit went through retraining and passed the exercise several weeks later. green says standards remain high because there's just no room for failure with the nation's nuclear weapons. >> i mean, a failure can mean missing a required action by a second. it can mean responding to something, you know, a moment or two late. >> in recent months, the air force has been plagued in the nuclear sector with morale problems, disciplinary problems. the issue at hand here, this is a part of the military that operates, perhaps, in the most high-pressure environment. there is no room for failure. wolf? >> disturbing information, indeed, barbara. thank you. >>> also, there's now a new investigation of security at federal government buildings and it reveals that some of the people who guard those facilities haven't received important training including ways to respond to a shooting rampage. our justice correspondent pamela brown has been working this story. what are you learning inlearni? >> threat