probably not. >> very interesting, barbara starr. thank you so much. >>> coming up next, jack nicholson played in a movie of one of the most notorious gangsters and now we're getting word that a mafia boss is coming forward and who is going to be a star witness. and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. >>> okay. a mafia boss breaks the code of silence. cnn affiliate wcbb reports reputed new england robert deluca will be a witness against james "whitey" bulger. jack nicholson played in a movie called "code of silence". >> when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference? >> he spent 16 years in hiding after being tipped off that he was going to be indicted in 19 mur

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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> let's bring back our panel. too much discussion of covert operations potential by these republican candidates as far as iran is concerned? >> i don't think there is too much discussion of anything. i think the american people need to know. i think we also need to recognize, we don't live in a vacuum. the iranians are listening. our allies are listening. a lot of people are worried about a country that's going to have a nuclear weapon very soon. >> with the exception of ron paul, the other republican candidates basically, correct me if i'm wrong, james, seem to be on the same page as far as iran is concerned including the potential option if necessary of military force. >> i think that's a fair assessment. of course, what makes it tough for these guys is when the next guy puts his hand on the bible, things can be dra mat matically different. >> like what? >> we could have an israeli military strike. quo have a breakout from iran. we could have the iranian government, have another green revolution. so a lot of thi

cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr reports. >> reporter: cnn has learned the head of u.s.ry operations in the middle east will soon brief the obama administration on proposals to increase the number of troops in the persian gulf. for just one reason. iran. >> so you see every where you go you fine iran's hand and the subterfuges of their nuclear program keeps spinning. it's a very difficult situation. >> reporter: increasing troops, war ships and aircraft in the region as a hedge against iran comes just as u.s. troops are leaving iraq. >> what do we do in this region? how do we try to make sense of a region in so much turmoil. >> reporter: president obama has to approve the new deployments and gulf nations have to agree to take the new troops. the u.s. already has 24,000 troops in kuwait. additional 4,500 soldiers leaving iraq are scheduled to remain in kuwait for seven months. there are 7,000 troops in bahrain, another 10,000 in various gulf states. right now up to 30 u.s. war ships are patrolling the region at any one time. they want to increase ground and naval units ac

next, let's go to barbara starr. we are hearing accusations about the handling of military replains replain mains. >> this is not a story thaw want to report but it's important for people to know the air force coming up in public saying that a year-long investigation is concluded into allegations into misconduct, wrong behavior at the mortuary where the remains of the nation's war dead have been returned for so many years. there have been a number of cases that they have detailed in very lengthy reports. calling it gross mismanagement. some of it involved remains of the war dead being misplaced. we are talking about body parts like ankles, dna material, bones, that kind of thing. in example, they cite a marine who is badly damaged, they sawed off one of his arms which was unable to be positioned for viewing by his family. they said his family should have been told about it. these are very delicate issues that involve mortuary affairs that involve funeral directors and most of us really don't want to think about. but

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a cnn pentagon reporter barbara starr reports, tensions on both sides remain high. >> reporter: the death of two dozen pakistani soldiers in a u.s. air strike along the pakistan-afghanistan border is the most serious cross border incident since u.s. troops were sent to afghanistan a decade ago. a senior u.s. official tells cnn the situation with the pakistanis is so sensitive public comments from the administration are limited to announcing an investigation and offering condolences. >> we mourn the brave pakistani service members who lost their lives. >> reporter: with anti-u.s. demonstrations already under way in pakistan, the u.s. military hopes an investigation into what happened may ease pakistan's anger. but that's not likely. >> business as usual will not be there. >> reporter: pakistan holds a vital card, access into landlocked afghanistan. the pakistanis quickly shut down two border crossings, about 30% of the supplies for the war into afghanistan come through the check point. >> if they hold it for more than a week or two to have a notable impact on u.s. operations in both easter

barbara starr, thank you.take, the military stakes and the politics with republican strategist nancy if autenaur and the former state department spokesman, p.j. crowley. p.j., i want to start with you because of your experience in government. if the administration, white house, pentagon are concerned this would happen and the report comes out on tuesday, take us behind the curtain. what is secretary of state, the national security adviser doing now to convince the israelis calm down? >> well, of course, there's been some conjecture around the israelis about whether this is in fact a fact or whether this is just something, it's a rumor that we have heard before. we have had conversations with the israelis about this issue. we've shared the broad concern that the trajectory of iran is very concerning to the united states, to saudi arabia, others in the region. and we have also understood that while military action is a very important and potential course of action, there are significant downsides to this. even t

. >> want to go straight to the pentagon to barbara starr. reports concerning israel and iran? >> well, absolutely, brooke. they watch this kind of thing really around the clock all the time. iran remains a top concern. its nuclear program remains top concern. it is a real target for the reconnaissance, the watching, full, by both the u.s. military and the u.s. intelligence community all the time. and of course they watch israel, because they want to know if israel is making any military movements to try and strike iran. right now, you know, no one wants to see a third war suddenly break out. they are wrapping upper rack. nobody wants to add one to the table. it would be an economic disaster in the region, a disaster for oil shipping out of the middle east, all of it. so, no one wants to see this happen. the u.s. clearly reaching out to the israelis all the time, talking to them, talking to them about their intentions and keeping a very are close eye on iran. next week, we expect to see that report from the international atomic energy agency a

our tremendous job joins us now she's a climate scientist with the national wildlife federation barbara starr welcome thank you for having me thanks for joining us ten storms a billion dollars and we tried this to global warming clear global climate change or global weirding or whatever it's called that it's really been an extraordinary year for extreme weather with these ten weather and climate disasters but the total damages of nearly fifty billion dollars just in the united states and that doesn't even count the flooding in thailand i knew or portis came out last week from the intergovernmental panel on climate change stating that climate change is affecting these weather and climate extremes and that we can expect them to become worse in the future. so and the i.p.c.c. this is. a panel on the change they just released a new study was in title special report on managing the risk of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptations of the my book. the thing that concerns me is the word adaptations because what i'm hearing from some largely republican politicians is well yea

our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, is standing by. she has more on this latest development. barbara, what happened here? >> well, wolf, we went down to ft. bragg, north carolina, to take a look at all of this. it's not quite g.i. jane, but it's as close as it gets. elite special forces, training to assault compound. many are headed to afghanistan. these troops have a new weapon. for the first time, women are joining elite commando units, going on raids into compounds and even living in villages. their job? to do what the men cannot, deal directly with afghan women and children. for the first time ever on television, cnn was given access to their rigorous training. >> a bunch of strong, capable, awesome women, who can take any challenge that's thrown at us. >> captain annie kliman laughingly rejects compare sons to g.i. jane. >> we're not going to be shaving our heads any time soon. >> only half the women who apply are accept. >> these women are a cut above the rest of the army. >> even as they train here at ft. bragg, the women know there are skeptics. >> we'll definitely be

cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr is here with more details on this. barbara?well, you know, fred, the australian defense forces historically have been very close allies of u.s. military troops. they have fought together in iraq, afghanistan, and in many conflicts before that. now, what we're seeing is strengthening of those military ties, indeed. u.s. marines up to 2,500 of them will now start rotating into northern australia. darwin and northern australia conducting exercises, training, working with the australians. but also being that presence, that sort of u.s. military presence that the u.s. would very much like china to take notice of. nobody's looking ats hostilities against china, but china's an expanding military power in the pacific in that region of the world and the u.s. wants to be there to remind china it's there too. so this is a very strategic move sending a message and at the same time working with long time close military allies. >> and, of course, if you think of just particularly natural disasters, all that's happened in that region, this se

senior defense officials told barbara starr the u.s.ves the iranians were missing mixing volatile fuel for a ballistic missile when the explosion happened. 17 people have reportedly been in the explosion. it has been 115 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? right now it looks like we're doing enough for fitch to maintain its rating, but the outlook revised to negative which means we are far from in the clear. there's a better than 50% chance that fitch will downgrade the united states in the next two years. they say $1 in $5 of american tax dollars will be going to pay the interest on our debt alone by 2020. >>> egyptians took to the polls today in the first parliamentary since the democratic uprising which ended the dictator ship of mubaraking in february. peaceful crowds are gathering tonight in cairo's too rear tahrir square. you're looking at live pictures there. a far cry from the violent protests against egypt's interim military leaders. caught up in that were three american students, d

barbara starr is going to stay on the story, the investigation at the pentagon.ou know how i feel about our vets. especially our wounded and fallen warriors. thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. thanks for keeping a spotlight on it. >> always. >>> here is a statement we did get from the air force, issued this on the policy change. quote, in december 2008 the director recommended to the central point mortuary affairs board the services implement a retirement-at-sea option to effect disposition as a more respectful and dignified process. the retirement at sea process was adopted and appropriately respects the dignity of our fallen warriors, end quote. >>> coming up the cnn troop squad. fact check the candidates' claims on last night's republican debate. we will see if mitt romney really knows who is to blame for the nation's mortgage mess. what was it like outside joe paterno's house after he got fired? we are going to talk with one of our own who was right there. for more complete oral care.e ♪ it works in six different

. >> barbara starr, thank you for that. >>> now to a new story. we talked about this yesterday.icago, this judge tosses four murder convictions because the dna is appointmenting to another man. the problem is these four suspects who web to prison years ago as teenagers, they're now grown member. let's bring in sunny hostin. i use this word, the judge vacated the convictions of these four men. what precisely does "vacating" mean here? >> well, it means he tossed out those convictions and they would have to try them again. the government would have to try them again to get a conviction again. it doesn't mean that they're acquitted. it doesn't mean that they go free. but it does mean that they get a new trial. the prosecution will have to now determine whether or not they can prove their case in light of the fact that as you mentioned, there is a man whose dna was found on the victim. he is a convicted murderer. he was shot to death in 2008. get this. he was arrested 83 times, convicted 38 times, charged with murder three times and convicted once. so there is no question that the p

. >> i'm barbara starr at the pentagon and of course veterans day is coming up.t is expected to be the last veteran's day to see u.s. troops at war in iraq. most of them expect to be out of that country by the middle of next month, but four for u.s. veterans it is still a rough road home. unemployment for veterans now at double-digits and in congress still a struggle from both democrats and republicans to pass a long-awaited jobs bill to help american veterans. >> i'm paul stein at the cnn political desk. mitt romney returns to iowa tomorrow. the republican presidential candidate hasn't spent a lot of time stumping in the state that kicks off the primary caucus calendar but he is tied at the top with herman cain. wednesday, the major presidential candidates team up in a cnbc debate in michigan, which will focus on the economy. i'm poppy harlow in new york. coming up this week we will have earnings from gm, disney and cisco and numbers from nordstrom, macy's and kohls and on friday the most recent look at consumer sentiment heading to the shopping season which is

. >> i'm barbara starr at the pentagon and of course, veterans day is coming up and it is the last veterans. troops at war in iraq. most of them are expected to be out of that country by the middle of next month. but for u.s. veterans rans it is a tough road home with unemployment for u.s. veterans at double digits and still a struggle with democrats and republicans to pass a long-awaited jobs bill to help american veterans. >>> i'm paul stein houieinhause cnn political desk. mitt romney has not spent a lot of time stumping in the state that kicks off the party caucus calendar, but he is tied at the top of the polls with businessman herman cain. wednesday they will team up for a political debate. >>> and i'm poppy harlow, we will get earnings from gm, disney and cisco, and we will also get retail numbers nordstrom's and macy's and kohl's and look at the consumer sentiment heading into the all-important shopping holiday which is of course when the retailers want consumers to be confident in the economy and spend money. friday is veterans day, but the stock market will be open, and we will tr

i want to bring in barbara starr live at the pot bring us up to speed who is this guy? >> brooke, details still emerging about this young kentucky soldier serving in a military police battalion. he is in custody today on suspicion of espionage according to the army, his name, specialist william colton mall lakers 22 of owensboro, kentucky, you see him there, arrested friday at his base in alaska.mallay, 22 of owensboro, kentucky, you see him there, arrested friday at his base in alaska. had h mallay has been under investigation by the fbi and army counterintelligence agents. they won't say exactly what the espionage allegations involve but look, as you pointed out this kind of activity is in the spotlight after that very high-profile case involving private first class bradley manning who is suspecteded of leaking classified information to the website wikileaks. the army says this is not related to wikileaks and no transfer of information from computer networks. who they thought he might be committing espionage on behalf of and what the allegations exactly are remains to

senior defense officials told barbara starr the u.s.es the iranians were missing volatile fuel for a ballistic missile when the explosion happened. it has been 115 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? right now it looks like we're doing enough for fitch to maintain its rating, but the outlook revised to negative which means we are far from in the clear. they say $1 in $5 of american tax dollars will be going to pay the interest on our debt alone by 2020. egyptians took to the polls today in the first parliamentary since the democratic uprising which ended the dictator ship of mubaraking in february. peaceful crowds are gathering tonight in cairo's too rear square. a far cry from the violent protests against egypt's interim military leaders. caught up in that were three american students, derek sweeney and 21-year-old luke gates. the three were arrested on the rooftop of an american university building accused of throwing fire bombs and molotov cocktails at security forces dealing with violent

barbara starr's got new information out of the pentagon. also, the latest on herman cain.ill tr there be a joint news conference from some of these women? don, we're all over the news in "the situation room" as we are every day. >> thank you. breaking news, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in turkey. report of a hotel and office building than collapsed in van turkey. live pictures, our chad myers working on it. we're trying assess some of the damage. we're going to talk about it after a quick break. losing your chex mix too easily? time to deploy the chex mix boring potato chip decoy bag. now no one will want to steal the deliciousness. with a variety of tastes and textures, only chex mix is a bag of interesting. >>> an earthquake in turkey, 5.7 in magnitude. these are still live pictures, right? from van turkey, where it hit. chad myers is here, our meteorologist joins us. is that train or what? i can't see from, it's a building. >> i think that might be some type of a steeple on top of the building. >> there are reports of a hotel collapse as well as a bank. a hotel and anothe

military official has told our barbara starr.gence communities have stepped up, quote unquote, watchfulness of both iran and israel. a possible aircraft and missile strike comes as an international agency is set to release a report detailing iran's progress on nuclear weapons. number 3, six days after that rare snowstorm hit the northeast, a chunk of connecticut still without power. a big chunk. connecticut light and power told "outfront" more than likely some customers will still be without power on monday. as of tonight, 1/4 of their customers, 300,000, are still without power. it's unbelievable. new jersey still bad, but only 10,000 outages still remain. number 4, it was a big debut for discount website groupon. the company went public today. shares were priced at $20. they jumped 31% to $26.11. it's the biggest tech ipo since google went public in 2004. we ran the numbers. its current market cap is $16.5 billion. which now makes it more pricey than blackberry maker research in motion and sears holdings, which owns sears and k

military official has told our barbara starr.litary intelligence communities have stepped up, quote unquote, watchfulness of both iran and israel. a possible aircraft and missile strike comes as an international agency is set to release a report detailing iran's progress on nuclear weapons. number 3, six days after that rare snowstorm hit the northeast, a chunk of connecticut still without power. a big chunk. connecticut light and power told "outfront" more than likely some customers will still be without power on monday. as of tonight, 1/4 of their customers, 300,000, are still without power. it's unbelievable. new jersey still bad, but only 10,000 outages still remain. number 4, it was a big debut for discount website groupon. the company went public today. shares were priced at $20. they jumped 31% to $26.11. it's the biggest tech ipo since google went public in 2004. we ran the numbers. its current market cap is $16.5 billion. which now makes it more pricey than blackberry maker research in motion and sears holdings, which ow

barbara starr, cnn, ft. bragg, north carolina. >> somehow i don't think it will.e already involved in combat situations. you know, just technically they're not allowed to take part in certain aspects of fighting, but, i think it's only a matter of time. >> ten years of war later finding out new ways that we're fighting wars,