and i had aassumed that there would be some sort of preliminary report in from the study and then we are hearing that apparently there hasn't been a contract led and i hope to clarify this. and admiral, maybe you can clarify this for me. the navy has halted potentially about $3 billion worth of construction projects on guam as we attempt to sort it all out. is that correct? >> i don't know that that number is correct in halting it. i will have to go back and do the research on. that there are some on hold but the specifics and what they are based on,vy to check it out. >> we are in a freeze, and it is being misunderstood on guam, the situation on okinawa is one of the, probably the top two most volatile domestic political issues in japan. we need to get it going, we know there are continuing talks, we follow them every day in my office. this is a part of it and it's designed to get an independent set of eyeballs on it. >> there are harbor projects, that are proceeding. >> i know that, i came from guam ago and did everything that i could to get the white house to put money into that f

when it comes to planning, senator bloomen thall asked what we are doing and planning, am i wrong to aassume that from your testimony, the president of the united states has not requested military plan regarding engagin? >> no, that's not correct. he -- the president of the united states, through the national security staff, has asked us to begin the commander's estimate, the estimate of the situation. >> that's good. so there is movement and process in dod to provide the president some options. is that correct? >> correct. >> okay. now, when it comes to china and russia, do you believe they will ever change their tune at the u.n., that we'll ever get them on board for a u.n. resolution like we had in libya regarding syria? >> you know, i don't think it's totally out of the question. i think both countries -- >> if you were a betting man -- >> both countries have been embarrassed by the stand. >> they can withstand a lot of embarrassment. >> yeah. so if you were a betting man do you believe they will ever come on board? >> i -- you know, if russia wants to maintain its contacts with syria, m

so the result, aassuming the 59 slots had remained unfilled is an addition of 69 ftes. fourth, many of those ftes will be used to combat the so-called financial fraud cases despite the fact that we now share jurisdiction with the new cfpb. fifth. insofar as the testimony suggest s or indicate s or implies that there are other substantial savings that will be made, i would suggest to you most respectfully that it's penny wise and pound foolish and ma is the statement that i'm going make for the following reasons. first of all of course i think that the big ticket item s are three-fold. the first is the 59 -- 69 ftes, additional ftes, the second is creation of a new miami office. that would stand in stark contrast to the anti-trust's edition proposal to -- ants trust's proposal to close four of its offices at the present time. beyond that it would require taxpayer funds not only now, but in the future indefinitely because i can guarantee you based on our experience from '73 to '75 than we will play havoc trying to do close those offices down the line, or that office down

that going back to military capacity in libya and again, i think the first points is that we have to aassume is seyriabya there seems to be tribal military organizations, i do not get the same impressions that outside the military there's any counter point and that we would have to unless there was a political solution to on force assad off, it would be -- we would have to organize a force and that would take many, many months, is that a -- >> that is the -- that's the current state of on our thinking about how we may do this. if you think of two recent experiences, libya we had tribal forces on the east and west collapsing on the center essentially, we had the northern alliance center. there's no geographic density of opposition to collapse anywhere, they are all intermingled and it's 70% sunni and 30% other groups and those three have been in, you know, the alawites have been in control and protect today the others, on so there's that -- and protected the oth s others. >> you discussed briefly withayn syri syria, i have a article, the title is russia boosts arms sales to syria despite worl

so the contribution was that we should aassume boom and bust tendancies to the economy, instead of self correcting tendencies therefore we are responsible for what happened in the mensky moment, i think we could have done things well before 2008 that, would have dampened it, so i do believe in the power of we the people through the regulatory structure to dampen our own pathology but we clearly didn't. if i have to point one finger, i actually have ten, just given one, it would be the federal reserve, not with monetary policy at all but with regulatory policy. note ably starting in 1994 when the fed was given the right to declare what was and was not an acceptable mortgage to be originated in our country. and mr. green span chose not to use that legislated authority to define,fy may use the term, what is an acceptable mortgage. and capitalism run amuck as we find out how low it could go in the creation of mortgages. and then put them in cdos. so, actually, if there'd been one thing that could have been done different that would have changed history, it would have been if the fed defined

when it comes to planning, senator bloomen thall asked what we are doing and planning, am i wrong to aassume that from your testimony, the president of the united states has not requested military plan regarding engagin? >> no, that's not correct. he -- the president of the united states, through the national security staff, has asked us to begin the commander's estimate, the estimate of the situation. >> that's good. so there is movement and process in dod to provide the president some options. is that correct? >> correct. >> okay. now, when it comes to chi and russia, do you believe they will ever change their tune at the u.n., that we'll ever get them on board for a u.n. resolution like we had in libya regarding syria? >> you know, i don't think it's totally out of the question. i think both countries -- >> if you were a betting man -- >> both countries have been embarrassed by the stand. >> they can withstand a lot of embarrassment. >> yeah. so if you were a betting man do you believe they will ever come on board? >> i -- you know, if russia wants to maintain its contacts with sia mainta

i'm sure -- i mean aassume he was standing there, everyone was standing in the group, there was a largeat question, i was asked it again. and so mitt romney is the worst republican in the country? that's what he said, listen to his words. what speech did you listen to? i was talking about obama care, listen to his words, and i said, what speech did you listen to? i was talking about obama care and romney care and that governor romney's uniquely disqualified to make the case. because he wrote the blueprint for obama care. this is the kind of stuff that we have been seeing from the romney spin machine, their press secretary was out at the back of the room, feeding lies to the national press. i repeatedly battened it down. >> and you did say in the context of health care, you did say that one line he is the worth republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> yon this issue. >> you didn't say on this issue. >> he asked you to clarify that and you ros it. >> it was the third time i was asked to clarify, it was the third time in a matter of two minutes and in this case, he said

that going back to military capacity in libya and again, i think the first pnts is that we have to aassumes seyria is not libya, there seem to be tribal military organizations, i do not get the same impressions that outside the military there's any counter point and that we would have to unless there was a political solution to on rce assad off, it would be -- we would have to organize a force and that would take many, many months, is that a -- >> that is the -- that's the current state of on our thinking about how y do this. if you think of two recent experiences, libya we had tribal forces on the east and west collapsing on the center essentially, we had the northern alliance collapsing on the center. there's no geographic density of opposition to collapse anywhere, they are all intermingled and it's 70% sunni and 30% other groups and those three have been in, you know, the alawites have been in control and protect today the others, on so there's that -- and protected the oth s others. >> you discussed briefly with senator ayotte, russia's role in syri syria, i have a article, the title

that going back to military capacity in libya and again, i think the first points is that we have to aassume is seyria is not libya, there seem to be tribal military organizations, i do not get the same impressions that outside the military there's any counter point and that we would have to unless there was a political solution to on force assad off, it would be -- we would have to organize a force and that would take many, many months, is that a -- >> that is the -- that's the current state of on our thinking about how we may do this. if you think of two recent experiences, libya we had tribal forces on the east and west collapsing on the center essentially, we had the northern alliance collapsing on the center. there's no geographic density of opposition to collapse anywhere, they are all intermingled and it's 70% sunni and 30% other groups and those three have been in, you know, the alawites have been in control and protect today the others, on so there's that -- and protected the oth s others. >> you discussed briefly with senator ayotte, russia's role in syri syria, i have a article, t

you can probably aassume that scalia and alito will go one way but most of the drama is on the right. >> i bet a dollar it goes down, at least the mandate. >> nobody wants to bet. >> even if it's $0.50, i'm not betting on this one. you never know. now to your headlines this morning. we're learning alarming new details of what happened inside the cockpit of that jet blue flight between the captain clayton osbon's mid air meltdown. the jet blue captain told his co-pilot "things just don't matter" and "we need to take a leap of faith. we're not going to vegas." and what passengers had to experience outside of the cockpit even more alarming. osbon ranted about september 11th and yelled "guys, push it to full throttle". the captain is now charged with interfering with flight crew instructions which carries a sentence of 20 years behind bars. plus new allegations in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman's father speaking out for the first time and he says his son was simply keeping an eye on martin when the teen spotted him and attacked him. >> at that point, he was punched in the nose.