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Its been erased like a blackboard, erased and built again. But baseball will mark the time. This field, this game, its a part of our past, ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. Oh, people will come, ray. People will most definitely come. Oh, my goodness. One of the many iconic moments from james Earl Jones died yes age of legacy. Right now, around this set and around homes across america, men are weeping and women next to them are going, i dont get it. Guys walking...

when the accident happened. kentuckys governor rushed to the soldiers duty station, which is called fort campbell and had this to say this morning. today is a tough and a tragic day for kentucky. for the four campbell and for the 101st. the nine individuals. we lost our children of god. they will be mourned and missed by their families. by their communities. weve also heard from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, who said in a statement . my heart goes out to the families of these ...

ban, saying it makes no sense that people can purchase a weapon that fires up to 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and said his powers alone dont go that far. this on a day he also urged our country to unite, honoring sacrifice of our troops. president biden remembering americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in what he called a sacred memorial day ritual. >> we must never betray the lives laid down to make our nation a beacon to the world, a citadel of liberty and justi...

Thats a closed session but its significant for several reasons. First, you mentioned hes the president s personal lawyer. Hes known him for years, they go back in terms of business dealings. This is a person whos been in a lot of private, personal and confidential conversations with the president so it will be very, very interesting to see what kind of information hes going to be able to reveal. And then of course its a sign of a potential escalation or widening in the russia probe given there h...

About how difficult this was for the base here. i would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families of our fallen soldiers. this is a truly tragic loss for our families. our division. and fort campbell. and our number one priority is caring for the families and the soldiers within our combat aviation brigade. you mentioned. the governor was here this morning, offering his support as well as his condolences. alex this is a its a sprawling base . it is full of members of the u. s. milit...

Given some warning that an attack was taking place. but these ballistic missiles travel at thousands of miles per hour. so the warning time would have just been very, very brief. whether or not there was enough time to see these missiles being put up on their launchers and readied for launch, thats going to have to come out after we dissect all of this in the future. >> no doubt. david martin reporting tonight from the pentagon. officials at the pentagon saying that this is a dynamic situation t...

Atlanta. what are we learning now, particular ly about the conditin of the others injured? >> we know there are three others according to a spokesperson there in pensacola who were injured. no details on the exb tent of the injuries. we are expecting in about 30 minutes from now, a joint news conference between the sheriffs office and nas pensacola officials to paint a clearer picture of what happened this morning. the first reports we receive d was in the 8:00 eastern hour that there was an act...

How is it different now than under normal circumstances? >> were busier now than weve ever been. >> you get calls from family, friends -- >> yeah, especially family back home in the states who are seeing kind of whats going on in the media, they all concerns. but for us really our daily operation, our daily job is just to be ready. >> captain drew taylor of newtown, connecticut, who flies the supersonic f-16 fighter jet would be among the first to respond to an attack. he says he can get from hi...

Last training sortie and we may be going to war after that. >> you feel that? >> we do. >> reporter: occasionally, a break from the intensity. every returning u2 pilot gets a hero welcome after the standard grueling ten hour solo missions. how was it? >> great. >> reporter: our conversation interrupted. the pilot off to a confidential debriefing. while across the sprawling base, practically entering enemy territory, constant readiness for whatever theyre called on to do. all right. great repor...

One female. they tell us there was no standoff involved, and the campus lockdown was listed right around 2:30 this morning. base chaplains are providing counseling for those who need it here on base and, heather, we know its been a very devastating week for marines across the country. on monday seven marines were killed in an accident out in nevada, and obviouslythis morning three more dead here at quantico. heather: thank you so much, elizabeth, we appreciate it. bill: those spokespeople talked...