>> osgood: ahead, what's new tom jones?the young lady from california, the speaker of the house, mrs. pelosi. >> osgood: but next >> osgood: nancy pelosi is by no means the only woman of the house, but she is the first woman speaker of the house of representatives, a leader for her supporters and a lightning rod for her kret ickes. our cover story is reported now by rita braver. >> reporter: so you come out here and is this where you think about stuff? >> mostly i'm on the phone. >> reporter: speaker nancy pelosi is all business. whether it's on her morning walk along the potomac.... >> this is the speaker's balconyy which has one of the most spectacular views of washington d.c.. >> reporter: i'll say. ... or showing off the private balconyy outside her capital office. do you ever let yourself relax and just do nothing? loaf a little? >> it sounds like a good idea. i think i may take that up but not until after the election. >> reporter: pelosi has good reason to worry about this election. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speak

>> osgood: ahead, what's new tom jones?the young lady from california, the speaker of the [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. she's against banning assault weapons... and that's reckless and dangerous. she's for risky new oil drilling that could threaten our jobs. fiorina's plan would mean slashing social security and medicare, which would devastate seniors. and she'd make abortion a crime. no wonder fiorina is endorsed by sarah palin. carly fiorina. just too extreme for california. [ boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >> osgood: nancy pelosi is by no means the only woman of the house, but she is the first woman speaker of the house of representatives, a leader for her supporters and a lightning rod for her kret ickes. our cover story is reported now by rita braver. >> reporter: so you come out here and is this where you think about stuff? >> mostly i'm on the phone. >> reporter: speaker nancy pelosi is all business. whether it's on her morning walk along the potomac.... >> this is the speaker's balconyy wh

tom jones. take me there because i have -- i better get to vegas. >> tom jones come up on stage. william shatner, denzel washington. you ever heard of denzel washington? he goes to my church. we make, i make jokes about him coming to church. at my church, if you ever come to los angeles, go to the west angeles church of christ. you'll see magic johnson. he donated $5. million. denzel washington gave $7.5 million. i don't make as much money as they do but i'm blessed as they are. i pledged $1 million. that's what i pledged. >> i see. >> i might send it in and i might not. i could have pledged $10 million. it's going to be $30 a week. stevie wonder goes that. oh, my god, he's a nice man. he loves to tell jokes. he's going to do jokes on my stage. >> do they make it nobody to you that, hey, stevie wonder just walked in? do they sit up front? >> they sit in my booth because i have to pay for their drifshgs. >> you know they're there? do you invite them on the stage? >> for the first time in 25 years

jon: tom jones, we brought you into this discussion because you nasa astronauts get a lot of training on dealing with the crowded conditions, the isolation, the lack of contact. but these men are, you know, rock miners, they didn't get that kind of training in advance. ci imagine it's a lot more difficult for them to have to try to deal with this situation. >> i think, jon, that's right. they didn't get a chance to prepare for this long extended journey away from their families and the stress that landed on both families up top side and on the miners' shoulders, so you're going to see when they come topside and reunite with their families a problem where they were in charge of their lives and fate underground and the families up top were running the family independently for the last 70 days and now there's going to be this question of who's in charge, and i think it's going to be useful for the miners to back off, let their families control things for a while, let them take the responsibility, until they can reintegrate successfully. another problem is going to be the company of the o

doing the tom jones is not unusual. and they are not sure who does it better. or smith.f the lions. but i always enjoyed when carlton did that. apparently that is so. >> yes, apparently. >> all right, well, that's it for 9news now at 6:00. the cbs evening news is next. they will see you at 7:00 for the area's only local newscast. don't forget, wake up early tomorrow morning at 4:25. bye now.

veteran space walker tom jones knows what it is like. >> when you return to earth, the shock of adjusting is really abrupt. you get about an hour of feeling very heavy as if your clothes are literally made of led. >> for astronauts who spend months on the international space station the evenings are much worse. on average astronauts lose nearly 2% of skeletal bone mass for every month they are in zero gravity. >> that's excellent form. >> to minimize the impacts of microgravity. >> it k. we twist it to the side a little bit. >> back on earth nasa scientists work on new ways to keep astronauts while fit while in orbit. >> when you exercise in zero gravity things are going to change. for instance i can't run on a treadmill because i would float away. >> engineers have to develop equipment that takes very little power and very little space. >> what we're trying to do is develop more exercise prescriptions and devices. >> just to pull this bar straight upward. >> nasa also calls oncology students to submit their ideas. this was submitted to austin community college. >> let's say we want to do

veteran spacewalker tom jones knows what it's like. >> when you return to earth the shock of adjustingou get about an hour of feeling very heavy as if your clothes are literally made of led. >> reporter: and for astronauts who spend months on the international space station the affects are much w on average astronauts lose two percent of their skeletal bone mass. for every month never in zero gravity. >> to minimize the impacts of gravity. >> can we twist it toed side a little bit? >> nasa scientists work on new ways to keep astronauts fit while in orbit. >> when you exercise in zero gravity things will change. i can't run on a treadmill because i just float away. >> so engineers design for little to no power or space. >> we are trying to develop more effective exercise devices. >> just to pull this straight upward. >> nasa calls on college students to submit their ideas. this device was designed by students at austin community college. it is supposed to mimic lifting free weights in micro gravity. >> let's say we want to do a 50- pound weight. we can punch in 50 pounds to our computer

jones will be replaced by deputy national security adviser tom donilon. jones agreed but asked to be excused from the obligation after two years. the president added that jones' deputy, tom donilon, has a wealth of experience in natial security that will serve him well in his new role. >>> the supreme court justices sat down for their annual class photo today. led by cef justice john roberts, the group was all smiles for the camera. the nine justices included newly appointed justice elena kagan them gathered in the east coerence room at the urt. it is the first time in history that three women are serving on the court at the same time. the court's new term began on monday. >>> workers are trying to make the u.s. capitol dome picture perfect. crews have been restoring the dome since june. if you look very closely, you can see workers were at it again today. the dome is made of nearly 9 million pounds of cast iron. crews are repainting it and repairing some of the cracked iron work. it is the first time restoration work has been done since 2002. looking good

tom donland has a different background. doesn't have the extensive military experience that general jones had. but he's highly respected, tom donilon, a lot of people like him a lot. this is what the president wants. the president gets to pick. >> he does. he is the president, after all. >>> we were talking about this earlier in our show, the e-mails. the shirley sherrod story in which she was outed at the u.s. agriculture department. we're seeing some of the back and forth between the white house and the ago department. have you had a chance to look at the e-mails and what do you make of them? >> it goes to show you what happens when you rush to judgment and you pannish on the basis of faulty information. you think it's true. and you have to check and check and recheck. it's the same in our business. if the story sounds too good to be true as you know, brooke, it's almost certainly too good to be true. you want to vet it. and before you go ahead and ruin someone's career and fire someone, you really have to be sure you have all of the information and not just some quotes and some -- and some s

jones. also his successor tom donilon. david, this has been expected at some point soon, but when you go back and certainly in bob wo woodwa woodward's reporting, jim jones was never an insider. he was a key adviser and endorsing of barack obama in the campaign and that was a big help with all of his stars, but he never really was an insider. >> he wasn't. and covering this in the bush administration and you covered this, the ins and outs of this every day, looking at the national security team and how this particular team operated, i think it's quite interesting. i don't think we should -- we should underscore how important it was that jim jones and his military background, what he brought to candidate obama. remember, this is a good friend of john mccain's as well. to have him in the administration, to have that relationship with the military mattered at a time when the president wanted to wind down a war in iraq and ramp up a war in afghanistan. >> marine general. >> right. so you had all of that, but almost from the get

general jones will be replaced by obama's top deputy, tom donlan. ion won't take effect for another two weeks after retiring after 40 years of acktive duty, jones says he planned all along to retire after just two years at the white house. >>> next, more companies are stopping foreclosure proceedings over questionable documents. >>> ahead in medical watch, what is leading to the growing number of americans suffering from arthritis. >>> and in lunch break today, the author of top secret restaurant recipes is dishing on how to make some signature dishes from popular restaurants. ( woman ) even with an overactive bladder, i don't always let the worry my pipes might leak compromise what i like to do. i take care with vesicare, because i have better places to visit than just the bathroom. ( announcer ) once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle, and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks, day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take ves

jones, which officials now say is an outdated characterization. i have and have had a very productive and very good working relationship with tom donilon, contrary to what you may have read. >> reporter: sources say the woodward book only increased tension on the national security team. jones attempted to leave on a peaceful note by referring to donilon as an extraordinary ally and recognize his work ethic. >> you have been the man that kept the trains running on time. and your energy and your dedication is without equal. i thank you and wish you the best. >> reporter: in the end, jones is leaving like a marine. >> every time we do something on the national security arena, we think of our troops. our men and women in uniform. and their families. the incredible sacrifice an example they set for us every day around the world. >> a source told friends several weeks ago he was planning to stay until january and planning the president's upcoming overseas travel. aide says jones decided to make the announcement before the election. bret? >> bret: mike emanuel live in the briefing room tonight. thank you. >>> a provincial governor and 19 other people were

adviser, general jim jones is stepping down as of today the president made the announcement in the rose garden. his resignation was big speculation for months. he's replaced by tomo. "hardball" will be right back. how are you getting to a happier place? running there? dancing there? how about eating soup to get there? campbell's soups fill you with good nutrition, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> we're back, another round of talks between israelis and palestinians has come to a roadblock. no surprise there. martin fletcher has take an short break. he went from the lebanon border down to gaza in the south. a personal search for the soul of a nation. i got a lot of respect for you. i'm going to ask you questions that go beyond the walk. that is, is there a center to israel that wants peace? >> there was agreement on the table would sign it on the spot. regardless of what the deal was. >> when is that going to find its way into politics. it takes two to tango. if the palestinians offer something good, in other words f they offer peace, if they offer recognition of israel, will that be eno

jones' resignation was the subject of big speculation for months. will leave his post in just two weeks and is replaced by tomhe obama team from the get-go. clashing axelrod, gibbs and emanuel. to the test for two weeks. the results? i can concentrate on everything i'm doing, not even think about it anymore. since i've been taking it, i've been heartburn free, which is a big relief for me. [ male announcer ] take your 14-day challenge. ♪ prilosec otc. heartburn gone. power on. >>> we're back. another round of talks between israel and the palestinians has come to a roadblock. no surprise there. nbc news foreign correspondent martin fletcher's covered the middle east for three decades. he's taking a short break now and two weeks he walked the entire coast israel which isn't like walking the coast of california, quite. but he went all the way from the lebanon border down to gaza in the south. and it's all in his new book "walking israel: a personal search for the soul of a nation." martin, welcome to the show. thanks for joining us. we've got a lot of respect for you. and so i'm going ask you questions that go b

afternoon in the rose garden, both men will attend the events, the outgoing security adviser james jones and tom donlan, who be taking the position. officials say jones had intended to leave around the two-year mark, he started in january 2009 when the obama took over the whourbgs previously jones spent 40 years in the marine corps, a general, a commandant in the marine corps, he also has been the commander of u.s. and nato forces in europe, he will be replaced by career political adviser and lawyer tom donlan who worked for the state department during the clinton and in this administration he's been the deputy national security adviser, now he'll step into the top job. donlon is close with the biddence, he was senior adviser to joe biden when running for president in 2008, his brother is a legal counselor to the vp and donlon's vive is -- wife is chief of staff to dr. jill biden. this is the second high-profile departure in as many weeks from the obama administration. last week chief of staff rahm emanuel left to run for mayor of chicago. jon: lots of changes at the white house. molly henneberg

jones' top deputy, tom donlan, will become national security adviser. post does not require senate confirmation, but it has a stamp of afrooufl defense secretary robert gates. >> i have thoroughly enjoyed working with general jones, and i have and have had a very productive and very good working relationship with tom donlan, contrary to what you may have read. >> you get the feeling general jones just didn't fit in. maybe he was too tall with all those little advisers scurrying around or something. >> one of the toughest jobs to watch because as national security advisor you're supposed to be essentially the gatekeeper for the president. everybody gives you ideas and ufen they disagree, as we saw in afghanistan, and sometimes you go to the president and give him your advice or say here's what everybody says. in bob woodward's book, he reports that tom donilan didn't have the right respect for the military, didn't treat them with respect. secretary gates saying that's not true, but there's something to it. general jones was here, national security advisor

. >> let's move on to national security adviser james jones stepping down to be replaced by his deputy tom don jil oshilon. all of this routine a couple of years in a presidency, a potential real change in course for this president? david, what say you on the jim jones matter? >> i worked in the west wing of the white house. i can tell you, it was brutal. it was harden my family, it was hard on me. i'm glad i did it. this turnover that you see every two years, you saw it in the bush white house, clinton white house, it's real. i don't think this signal a change. when you see the president take the deputy of the departing person and move that person into the principal slot, that should tell you something. this isn't a directional shift. it's a personnel change. >> i agree on the sense that it's grueling. ronald reagan had six national security advisers. it was true that he was the deputy. we're going from a marine corps general. by the way, their philosophies are different. i think it's likely that he will give b giving president obama advice that's different. in terms of iraq and afghanist

jones. that is tom donellan. >>> this is liu xiaobo, announced today as the 2010 winner of the nobel peace prizehe will not be present to receive the award. why you ask? liu is in prison in china sent there for human rights and embracing democracy. 11 years for inciting sub version of state power. he doesn't know it yet but liu's wife will give him the news when she's escorted in to see him by chinese police. the chinese government not so thrilled with the nobel committee's decision. they call it blasphemy against the peace prize. >>> shirley sherrod, back in the news today. you remember her career, that story, a meltdown because of that piece of videotape. actually several pieces. it was edited together to make it sound as if she was racist. what went on at the white house during that pr crisis. let me tell you, you may be surprised by some of the just-released e. mails that we're looking at. >>> also this. >> what i said or did on a comedy show, you know, over a decade ago, is not relevant to this election. >> candidate christine o'donnell from delaware stopped doing high profile interviews af

jones is stepping down. the president expected to announce that the deputy national security adviser tom donilon will be jones' replacement. that news and what it means. just the lateness a rash of departures we've had. rahm emanuel. christina romer. larry summers, and on it goes. you'll see it here moments away. another fox news alert, the nation's largest bank is now halting foreclosures in all 50 states, all 50 states. and it could have a huge impact on the economy, the housing market, and you the taxpayer. welcome to "america live," everyone on a friday, i'm megyn kelly. this is becoming one of the biggest financial stories since the near total collapse of the u.s. economy, with billions, perhaps trillions on the line the foreclosure process appears to be melting down at this hour. stu varney, anchor of varney & co explains why this is such a big deal. what exactly is bank of america doing, stu. >> reporter: halting all foreclosure proceedings in all 50 states period. calling a halt, that's it stopping it. jenna: not just the -- megyn: not just the 23 states where there were issues with the paperwork. >>

the kind of american leadership that jim jones always stood for and tom and the national security teament on friday thanking national security advisor general jim jones for his service and welcoming his replacement tom donilin. in woodward's book there are references to donilin. he said you have no creditability with the military. you should go overseas. you frequently pop off with absolute decor rations about places you've never been, leaders you've never met or colleagues you work with. he writes this about defense secretary robert gates. "gates felt that donilin did not understand the military or treat the leadership with sufficient respect." he later said donilin would be disaster as national security advisor. there was a different tone friday at the pentagon. >> i have had and have had a productive and good relationship with tom donilin contrary to what you may have read. >> bret: dana, you have been inside a white house. two years, is it time when things change, this seems like a big change. >> is it a big change to make before the election. i would love to see bill o'reilly body

stepping down is the marine corps general jim jones whose tenure was marked at times by discord and stepping up is deputy tome west wing. our white house correspondent dan lothian has details. dan, this did not certainly come as a surprise. >> it was not unexpected, wolf. mr. jones said for quite some time he would leave after two year, but that aside, he also seemed not to gel with the obama's inner circle, and some administration officials didn't think that he had the right management style. well, today in the rose garden, president obama made the announcement official. >> reporter: all president obama had to do was to swivel the chair around in his inner circle to find new national security adviser tom donnelly. >> over the last two years there is not a single critical national security issue that has not crossed tom's desk. >> reporter: he brings a sharp foreign policy mind to the new job and while the leading democrats were quick to heap praise on the president's choice, and bob woodward suggested in the recent book that defense secretary robert gates didn't consider him right for the job, because he di

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jones' plan from the very start. he'll be replaced by his current deputy. tom donilon. that post opened up about a week ago yesterday when rahm emanuel left to run for mayor. he was replaced on at least an interim basis by a little known, but well-railroadsed, peter rouse, and then lawrence summers announced his departure. the chair of the white house council of economic advisers stepped down weeks before that, so there's been a lot of turnover. as i mentioned, the president is due to speak live from the rose garden at any moment. our senior white house correspondent mr. ed henry joins us to tell us about what's going on there. so listen. the stage is set there, ed. what's going on? is this normal for mid terms to have so much turnover? >> it pretty much is, don. what i'm struck by when you lay it out on the wall and what i think our viewers should take away in part is there's been a lot of speculation that maybe when he finds a permanent chief of staff that the president will go outside the circle. i think when you look across that wall, that's not this president's sty

that is the kinds of american leadership that jim jones has always stood for and the kind of leadership tomnd my entire national security team will continue to work for, in the years to come. >> the president on friday, thanking national secure advisor general jim jones for his service. and welcoming his replacement, tom donelon, and in bob woodward's book "obama's wars" there are a number of deferences to him and woodward votes him, saying you have no credibility with the military and should you go overseas and the white house, innings agency byplay, as important as they are, you pop off would you places you have never been and leaders you never met or colleagues you work with and woodward wrote this about robert gates, quote, gates felt that he did not understand the military, or treat the senior leadership with sufficient respect. and the secretary later told jones that donelon would be a disaster as obama's national security advisor and the secretary had a different tone friday at the pentagon. >> i have and have had a very productive and very good working relationship with tom donelon,

report that bob gates said to bob wood ward. >> i stayed bias, i mean i know tom had for a long time and like him. i like jim jonesd jim jones was sort of unique this this white house, national security advisor, judy, is a unique position. cabinet officers represent departments. they have other constituencies besides the president. the only constituency the national security advisor has beyond obviously the mandate on national security is to serve the president and so the relationship does matter deeply how close and how comfortable it is. jim jones didn't want the job, unlike most people in white houses who scheme and dream and plot to get there. he had to be asked to do it. and he, this is the first administration that david can correct me on this since world war ii when neither the president nor vice president has ever worn a military uniform. he was the anomaly in the white house. in 40 years as a marine, come dant of the marine corps, veteran of vietnam. will was a culture, i think, of unease with some. and it began with sniping. there was a lot of sniping at jim jobs and i guess what bothered me the most, i

jones is retiring. sources are saying tom donilon will be his replacement. this comes as no surprise to the white house, as general jones had planned a tenure of only about two years. president obama is expected to announce the change this afternoon in the rose garden. we plan to have that ceremony here on c-span beginning at about 1:00 p.m. eastern. bank of america president and ceo brian moynihan will be at the national press club today. live coverage of that starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. our campaign coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight with a second debate between connecticut's u.s. senate candidates, followed by a debate in a wisconsin between russ feingold ron johnson. at 10:00 p.m., a debate in north dakota, and then president obama at an illinois fund-raiser. tomorrow night, the 31st annual news and documentary emmy awards -- we will have live coverage. presenters include diane sawyer and dan rather. live coverage will begin at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> these are the politicians that nearly bankrupted our country, left a legacy of debt, are still

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. >> reporter: jones will be replaced by his deputy national security adviser tom donlin, though there were rumors of friction, it was not evidence during the brief rose garden ceremony. >> you were the man who kept the train running on time and your energy and your dedication is good -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: donlin is reported to have had friction of his own with defense secretary robert gates during the series of afghanistan war strategy meetings last fault. >> i have and have had a very productive and very good working relationship with tom donelin, contrary to what you may have read. >> reporter: donelin has a more political background having served in three administrations. >> the national security adviser has to have three things under his belt. one, he has to have a commanding knowledge of what is happening in afghanistan. he has to be able to medical task and balance the other issues around the world. >> reporter: the turnover comes as a series of obama aids left the white house, including rahm emmanuel last week and the earlier did partures of larry summers and christ

the national security adviser, retired marine general jim jones is stepping aside, he will be placed by tom donilon. brian? >> savannah guthrie at the white house for us tonight. thanks. >>> a follow-up to the story that began our broadcast last night. the massive foreclosure that's been thrown into turmoil. bank of america is suspending foreclosures in all 50 states. politicians around the country are calling on all the banks to do the same thing now. none of this bothering wall street in the slightest. the dow closing above the 11,000 mark for the first time in five months. >>> if you live anywhere near a hot political contest, then you now political ads are all over the airwaves. candidates are spending a fortune this season, and outside groups are spending even more. some of them take liberties with the truth. some of the ads airing right now contain outright lies. others have more subtle deceptions. our report tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: almost heaven, west virginia, backwoods and hollers just some of the boys at the coffey shop. >> obama is messing things up. >> s

. >> the national security adviser, retired jim jones, stepping aside, replaced by tom donnell lynn.e at the white house for us tonight. thanks. >> what? did that just happen? let's play it one more time. >> samantha guthrie at the white house for us tonight, thanks. >> okay. that's brian call me samantha on live tv, which happens a lot. what can i say? brian does feel bad. he e-mailed me. he had the good graces to send an apology. >> so, savannah you've had your fun, and i gave you a clean shot, and i deserve it. but my defense, in my own defense is, multi-fold, we'll get through this. number one, as i told you, i went to school with a young woman of, shall we say, the other name, which shall no longer be mentioned, and i will endeavor to prevent in the future. fi ly finally i flew overnight from new york to l.a. worse than that, i got on the plane at jfk and there is johnny knoxville, first face i see on the plane. two problems arise. if the plane should go down, god forbid a thousand times the headline reads, jackasss, 200 others die in crash. dog tired. made a mental error, which

about the guy who has now been named to be the national security adviser, tom donilon gates is quoted having told general joneshat donilon didn't understand the military and his appointment would be a disaster, suggestion here jones told you this as well. >> look i carefully -- no. it's carefully reported, i'm certainly not saying, and remember, this is a portrait of the obama national security team over 18 months, and attitudes that might have existed last march may not exist now or they actually may be worse. >> you had had a one-hour interview with president obama for the book. sounded more perfunctory than revealing. >> no, actually it was quite revealing, because he validated a lot of the book. he said i'm not going to get into the specific quotes and say that's the exact quote, but then when i would give him quotes he would say well that may not be exact but that's my attitude, and throughout the book, he did not dispute anything, but what's important in that interview is we talked about the nature of war, and it comes through loud and clear, he does not like war, and he quoted some cliches about war bei

that is the kind of american leadership that jim jones has always stood for and the kind of leadership that tom and my entire national security team will continue to work for in the years to come. >> bret: the president on friday thanking national security advisor general jim jones for his service and welcoming his replacement. in the book obama's war there's are number of references to donlin. he quotes general jones saying "you have no pull with the military, you should go everseas. talk the secretary later told joans that donilon with be a disaster as the national security advisor. he had a different tone at the pentagon. >> i have and have had a very productive and very good working relationship with tom donilon, contrary to what you may have read. >> bret: and we are back with bill, nina, dana and juan. dane you have been inside the white house. two years, is it time. when things change, this seems like a big change. >> it as big change three weeks before the election and i would love to see bill o'reilly's body intercations expert analyze that statement. there is criticism coming out abou

jones will be replaced by his deputy tom donnellin.hough there were rumors of friction between the two it wasn't evident during the brief rose garden ceremony. >> you've been the man that kept the trains running on time and your energy and your dedication is without equal. >> jones' departure comes one week after white house chief of staff rahm emanuel resigned to run for mayor of chicago. high level personnel changes are not unusual after a president's first two years. >>> a chinese dissident won this year's nobel peace prize but likely won't be able to pick up his award. liu xiaobo is serving an 11 year prison sentence in china, his crime writing a paper for free speech. earlier we spoke about the decision to honor liu xiaobo. >> china is the single biggest dictatorship on earth right now. so the fact the award was given this time to an emblematic figure in this country is justice being made on human rights in the world. >> president obama won the nobel peace prize last year. today he called on china to free liu xiaobo. beijing conde

jones is stepping aside. he will be replaced by deputy national security adviser tom donilon. brian? >> savannah guthrie at the white house for us tonight. thanks. >>> a follow-up to the story that started our broadcast last night, the massive foreclosure mess that's thrown the whole real estate market into rmoil. bank of america announced it's freezing foreclosures and sales in all 50 states after a numbe of reports that crucial documents were prepared improperly. politicians are calli on all the banks to do the same thing. none of this apparently bothering wall street. the dow closing above e 11,000 mark for the first time in five months. > if you live anywhere near a hot political contest, then you know political ads are all over the airwaves. candidates are spending a fortune this season, and outside political groups are spending even more money. so of them take liberties with the truth. some of the ads airing right now contain outright lies. others have more subtle deceptions. our port tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: almost heaven, west virginia, backwoods and h

riley here throwing from his own end zone, a great catch by jones but he was hit low. the same thing tom brady had a couple years ago. in the nfl they have outlawed this play. looks like a hyperextension, perhaps attorney ligaments, so that's the end of kevin riley's college career, unfortunately. back to the quizz. 14-0 oregon. up 28-0 at the half. quizz, quizz, quizz, a little more quizz, electric at 5'7". one tall highlight, it's mansion firing to miller down the seam. a 45-yard touchdown but the lone score of the day for the cal bears. they lose 35-7 and are winless on the road this year. elsewhere in the pac-10, arizona traveling to ucla. third quarter, bruins down 19-7. going to air it out. the bomb. ucla down 19-4. the wildcats go with greg who purposes it in. arizona, the victory, agony for san jose state at new mexico state. aggie quarterback matt christian, run this little read option here, and the spartans are totally fooled. diving for pay dirt. 14-3, spartans getting things going. look at rutley. that would be the definition of wide open. that's like bolt running the 100 met

>> rose: there's also this, bob gates says of tom donelan he becomes head of the national security council and jones leaves. what does he say? >> he says it wouldn't work out because... >> rose: the language you use wasn't that it wouldn't work out. >> he said it would be a disaster. now, this was last year. the question is has donelan grown? can... does he have that relationship with the military that you need to have as a national security advisor. >> rose: but let's just stay with the president and how you saw him and his decision making and whether he was the right person to be making this decision in this case at this time. >> look, there's no choice. >> rose: but we're using this to make an assessment of him. you said it. >> exactly. exactly. and one of the things i found when i went down that saturday morning to interview him in the oval office is... >> rose: sort of at the end of the process pretty much. >> at the end of the process, a couple of months ago. he just does not like war. he quotes cliches like "war is hell." his job is to impose order on the chaos. i hand... i mean, this is real