ash carter's take next. and international leaders pledge billions to help the victims of syria's civil war, a day after talks to end the war fell apart. >>> a federal grand jury indicted people involved in occupation in a wildlife refuge, ammon bundy and 15 others are face counts of impeding officers of the united states. four suspects in the indictment are at the refuge and refuse to surrender. >> north korea's plan to launch a rocket is causing international outrage. pyongyang says it's trying to put a satellite into space. japan and south korea say it's a missile test and shoot down the rocket if if crosses into territory. as jamie mcintyre explains, the pentagon says the u.s. to not planning a military response. >> reporter: this book defense secretary ash carter cited north korea as number three on the top five list of threats in the united states. causing them a serious concern. carter did not have a plan about what to do about it except to say what was needed is strong deterrence. it's a strong apply

defense secretary ash carter laying out a case to quadruple on troops and training in europe... describing russia as a growing challenge for the u-s. carter says: "we're taking a strong and balanced approach to deter russian aggression - now we haven't had to worry about this for 25 years, and while i wish it were otherwise, now we do." carter wants to spend four times more next year to strengthen eastern europe and counter russian - quote - "aggression." outlining his defense budget for next year... carter calling russia and china more stressing than isis. and, he ranked the top five threats to the u-s in following order: russia, china, north korea, iran, and then isis. carter says: "key to our approach is being able to deter our most advanced competitors." this year the pentagon budgeted nearly eight hundred million dollars to counter russia... next year, carter wants to spend three point four billion. carter saying china and russia are developing advanced military systems that threaten the current u-s advantage. carter says: "we must demonstrate to potential foes that if they

ashe carter offering all jobs in the military open to women, and there's a lot of skepticism even among the senators themselves. dave mcintyre, what's the biggest concern? >> secretary carter has basically settled all of these questions, opening all jobs in the u.s. military to women. but you wouldn't know it by the armed services committee. they seem splint amongst two opinions. of course women will be allowed to serve in any job if they meet the standard. and the other would be lower if you allow them to serve. and that was the tension in this meeting. everyone agrees that the standard is not be lowered, but there's a big debate on whether or not that will happen in reality. and the tone was sent when senator john mccain, the armed services committee chairman opened up the question whether the military was ignoring the evidence of its own test on how women perform in combat situations. >> they demonstrated that biological differences between men and women can have complications when it comes to the sustained physical activities in combat. rather than honestly confront these, some have

s influence, ash carter ruled out any such intervention being led by the u.s. >> so we fully expect that when, which we hope is soon, a government is formed, in libya, it will welcome not just the united states, but the coalition, and i should say here, that italy in particular, being so close, has offered to take lead there. but we have already promised that we will strongly support them. and so i hope that's part of the future there. gls the outbreak of the zika virus last reopened the abortion debate in brazil.

former defense secretary william perry and ash carter argued that the united states should make clear an attention to strike and destroy the missile. adding that the high energy fuel is, itself, explosive. the u.s. air strike would puncture the missile and probably cause it to ex-belowed. when i asked carter about the wisdom of a pre-emptive strike, he made it clear it was not something he wanted to revisit. >> a few years ago, you wrote a comp compelling bid with secretary kerry, advocating that the north korean missile be taken out on a launchpad before it was contested. are you thinking about the change? >> i don't have anything new for you on that. >> it is behaviour and provocations. >> carter ignored by follow up and pointed to another supporter. >> what about the argument about the pre-emptive strike. this week, carter faces the question again. his answer... that was a different circumstance. it was a test launch. my policy was we were not to tolerate it. we were trying to figure out how to not tolerate it. then as now, north korea was teeking to develop the nuclear warhead sma

tonight, secretary of defense ash carter analyzes america's defense posture and threats against america from i.s.i.s. to russia and china, north korea and iran. >> we're going to defeat i.s.i.l. the united states is going to lead the winning side. so everybody in that region who is looking around and wondering, when it's all over, and they're all asking themselves this question, charlie, when -- what's the chess board going to look like when the i.s.i.l piece is gone? and they all need to understand that we'll remember then, because we're going to be on the winning side, we'll remember who contributed and who didn't. >> rose: the secretary of defense for the hour, next. funding for charlie rose is provided by the >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: ash carter has spent more than three decades steeped in the worlds of defense and te

ash carter/ secretary of defense "the campaign plan calls, first and foremost, for the defeat of isil (isis) in syria and iraq because that's the place from which this cancer arose and it needs to be defeated there and significantly the cities of mosul and raqqa need to be recaptured and our operational plan focuses on that." carter also commended germany, turkey and greeceor coming together o oa proposal to expand nato's maritime initiative in the mediterranean hillary clinton and bernie sanders face off in their next debate tonight... and all the candidates have turned their focus toward the next primaries in south carolina. tracie potts is in washington with a look at where they stand. with chris christie and carly fiorina out - it's a smaller field now in south carolina. this next primary could make or break jeb bush and marco rubio. (sot: gov. jeb bush, (r) presidential candidate :11 - :16) "the question for people in south carolina is: what kind of person do you want behind the big desk?" john kasich says he'll try not to go negative: (sot: gov. john kasich, (r) presidential can

ash carter, sec. of defense 1:03 at the same time we're bombing isil's banks as well as oil wells they've taken over... or coerced others into operating on their behalf. we're also using cyber tools to disrupt isil's ability to operate and communicate over the virtual battlefield." 1:17 when it comes to the war in syria -- general dunford said ultimately a political solution is what's needed for any "lasting peace" to take hold. ten at five- thirty - developing news out of ohio -- an eighth grader opens fire on his classmates. the serious charges he's now facing. plus -- he's accused of taking part in the murders of thousands of people. why the trial of a former nazi medic -- may not the suspect accused of shooting and killing a police officer in prince william county - had his first court appearance today. 32 year old ronald hamilton will remain behind bars without bond. investigators say he also killed his wife -- and shot and wounded two other officers. this all happened saturday evening. officers

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((dave courvoisier)) > u-s secretary of defense ash carter visited nellis air force base today during red flag training. carter spoke with service members about the importance of military maintenance personell...beca use they help maintain force readiness. defense budge request which includes around one- billion dollars for additional air force training over the next five years. as for how nellis could be impacted by those funds... carter says the installation is a vital location for the goverment to focus defense dollars. (( us secretary of defense ash carter "this place is incrediably important to our airforce, now and into the future. therefore, you can expect an increase in investments in the quality of the range and the intensity of the training, the number of exercises conducted here.)) ((dave courvoisier)) nellis air force base will be holding four separate red flag training exercises this year which costs a total of 35-million dollars.// ((paula francis)) > backlash for big game hunters. the i-team's george knapp takes a look at the seminars at a safari club international conv

. >>> ash carter is on capitol hill today answering questions about syria before the house appropriationsmittee. he is also being asked about north korea and the president's plan to close the prison at guantanamo bay. that was quite a list there, jamie, but the defense secretary saved some of his most pointed comments about china. >> that's right. they are looking at the pentagon budget and specifically asking whether the pentagon is spending enough money on the kinds of things it needs to counter future threats. the secretary lists out five areas where the thought that there were threats, but he really focussed in on the growing military might and buildup of both moscow and beijing. >> russia and china are our most stressing competitors, as they have both developed and continue toed a vns military systems including anti-access systems that seek to threaten our advantages in specific areas. we saw it last week in the south china sea, and we see it in crimea and syria as well. >> reporter: so in syria, ash carter is talking about, of course the russian intervention in syria, and it's air c

this is a far cry from what ashe carter suggested a decade ago when h he was not at the pentagon. north korea has launched missiles before in 2019, and a less successful attempt three years earlier, and back in 2006, ashe carter knew how to respond to the threat. take it out with a cruise missile while it was still on the launch pad. along with his mentor, defense secretary william perry, carter argued forcefully that the united states should immediately make clear its intention to strike the north korean missile before it can be launched. he added that the multistory thin skinned missile is itself explosive, and it would cause it to explode. but late last time year h. i asked carter about the wisdom of a preemptive strike against a volatile regime, he made it clear that it's not something that he wanted to revisit. >> a few years ago, when you were in office, secretary perry advocated that the north korean missile be taken out on the launch pad before they could test it. are a you thinking about that change? >> where we are on that, we always are discerned about north korean beha

. >>> ash carter said that the u.s. is using cyber bombs. at a news conference carter promising to do more when time comes to push isil out of raqqa and mosul. our national security correspondent is live. tell us what you can about this new cyber strategy. >> part of the u.s. strategy to defeat isil in iraq and syria is to begin to isolate them, force them to be confined to their de facto capitals in mosul and in raqqa and they've been doing that through airstrikes and action on the ground. now the defense secretary tear said they're using another potent weapon. something that he calls cyber tools, or cyber bombs and essentially they're trying to deny isil access to the internet either three overloading their systems, something that we know as denial of service attacks or perhaps infecting their computers and they're trying to do it in a way that isil won't know exactly when and how it's happening. here is the explanation we got from joint chief chairman a short time ago. >> we don't want them to add that information or allow them to adapt o

charlie: i'm not talking about secretary diplomacy i'm talking about ash carter and the russian defenseinister in charge of russian military. sec. carter: we have communication between our two departments. it is very professional. charlie: is it working? sec. carter: it makes sure that our military actions don't conflict and that we don't come into military conflict with one another as the russians do what they are doing which is unfortunately not connected with our campaign against isil. charlie: is some of this action taking the pressure off of russia and the ukraine? sec. carter: it certainly has not from the american point of view. the europeans -- i was just in europe last week, they are all as concerned as they were last year about russian conduct and this is important because you asked me about the budget earlier. for 25 years, charlie, i came up in this business during the cold war. i remember -- i have been dealing with the russians for a very long time. after the soviet union ended, there was a long period of time where, in the department of defense, thinking about russia as a

defense secretary ash carter was participating in defense talks in brussels.fter the discussions, he said he expected saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to provide special operation forces to help syrian opposition fighters battling so-called islamic state. secretary carter sat down exclusively with the bbc. >> what was your reaction to what happened in geneva, this agreement in principle for cessation of hostilities? secretary carter secretary kerry : has done great work to try to ease the suffering, the terrible suffering, of the syrian people and ultimately to put a political end to the civil war in syria. i want to make clear there is no secession of hostilities in the war against isil. all the countries here are agreed to step up their efforts, to accelerate their efforts. we want to get isil defeated, especially initially in iraq and syria, as soon as possible. you had 50 countries there, all saying they would do more, just like the united states. president barack obama has pledged to do more and accelerate the defeat against isil. that goes on at

. >> the head of the defense department ash carter speak agent nato today.and. >> he was trying to get more support from more nato alis -- allies for the fight in syria, and nato agreed to sent an acaws plane, very small contribution, 2/3 of the nato members according to ash carter offered to do more but the bottom line i this its still being funded by the u.s. ash carter was asked about russian air strikes in and around aleppo. >> the movement of a large number of people, very cruel movement of a large number of people, in syria, i have said before and this hasn't changed at all. this is a strategic mistake by the russians. >> secretary kerry tried to hammer out the terms of a cease fire in munich today with this russian counterpart, who has outmaneuvered u.s. diplomats at every turn. >> let's bring in michael singh, former see e send director of the middle east affairs. michael, the proxy war between the u.s. and russia2x=çç spread, becomes more violent, and now we're bringing in more people. >> well, shep, absolutely you see that russian support for the a

ash carter said iran captured sailers. released a controversial video of the sailers being captured, detained and apologizing. >> nicole: let's get you caught up on the global market action overnight. we see economic data out of china. it's weighing not only on the shanghai composite but on commodities and copper. nikkei is still flying on the move from japan cutting rates to negative. >> lauren: in europe this is how the stock markets are trading there. the ftse in london down. >> nicole: u.s. stock market futures still lower but off the lows of the morning. dow futures down 75, nasdaq right now down 21. s&p futures down nearly 10. >> lauren: 33.09 a barrel is the price for crude. fifty-three cents. gold is building to the upside right now at 6.50, one thousands 22 an ounce. >> nicole: world health organization will hold emergency meeting today to discus zika virus outbreak and whether it should be considered a global health emergency. virus is linked to birth defects. the world health organization is stating that zika co

defense secretary ash carter had tough words for russia in our conversation yesterday at the pentagon. carter discussed taking on isis and also known as isil and the fallout for countries that do not help. to our overseas partners. there can't be any free riders here because we are going to be on the winning side. we will remember who contributed and who didn't. and we aren't out to do people favors here and we are not asking for anybody to do us favors either, but people need interests. >> you're saying to whom what? >> that anybody who is on the sidelines who need to get in the game. that's what i was doing in brussels and overwhelmingly people came on behind that. and to the russians and the iranians who are not contributing and are actually causing more problems in the region, that's going to come back and get them. >> reporter: mr. secretary, everybody looks to russia as if they have -- they have -- this has been a win/win for them in syria. they are a player. they have supported assad. assad is in a much better position. people look at what putin has master strategist in the way

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. >>> defense secretary ash carter is raising new concerns about china. we spoke yesterday at the pentagon. carter discussed the growth of chinese military capabilities and whether the united states >> the u.s. -- chinese behavior is having an effect on the united states and we will continue to be, as we have been for years, the pivotal military power there but also having the effect of turning everyone who might otherwise be perfectly willing to work with china in security terms, as we would in principle. it is turning them against china. >> reporter: can our allies be confident take we would come to their side if, in fact, china threatens them? >> if they are treaty allies that they absolutely have that written in to our treaties and we have treaties with a number of countries over there and we have affirmed our commitments there. >> i make a note that i asked him about that before the news about the missiles and the islands had come out, so this was a question generally about chinese behavior which affected the islands and their own sort of buildup of

back in 2006, harvard university professor ash carter knew how to respond to the threat. take out the north korean missile with a crews missile while it was on the launchpad. >> in a washington post op ed along with mentor william perry, carter argued the united states should make clear its intention to trike and destroy the north korean miss ail before it can be -- missile before it can be launched. he added the multi story fuel and they would puncture the missile and cause it to ex-please. late last year, with the wisdom from a preemptive strike, he made it clear that it was not something he wanted to revisit. >> a few years ago, a while back, you wrote a compelling bid with the secretary perry, advocating that north korean missile be taken out on a lunch pad before they can test it. does their thinking about that change, and if so why: i don't have anything knew on that. we are always concerned about north korean behaviour and provocations of all kinds. >> when i pressed the point carter ignored the follow up and pointed to another reporter. >> what about your argument

today the defense department thanks to very hard work by secretary of defense, ash carter, as well as his team working in concert with the office of management and budget, today the department is submitting to congress our plan for finally closing the facility at guantanamo once and for all. it's plan that reflects the hard work of my entire national security team. so i especially want to thank ash and his team at d.o.d.. this plan has my full support. it reflects our best thinking on how to best go after terrorists and deal with those who we may capture. and it is a strategy with four main elements. first, we'll continue to securely and responsibly transfer to other countries the 35 detainees out of the 91 that have already been approved for transfer. keep in mind this process involves extensive and careful coordination across our federal government to ensure that our national security interests are met when an individual is transferred to another country. so, for example, we insist that foreign countries institute strong security measures. and as we move forward, that means that we

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it is quadrupling for a total of 3.4 million in 2017 >>> ash carter wants an increase of $2 billion.t is by guided bombs and rockets, as the u.n. increases air strikes in iraq. 18 iraqi soldiers were killed. when three car bombers attacked a headquarters north of of the provincial capital. we have this report from baghdad. >> reporter: there was shelling in the eastern neighbourhood of ramadi. they clear each house. some 300 i.s.i.l. fighters, according to the u.s. coalition are holed up in the neighbourhood, taking advantage of the urban landscape. i.s.i.l. fighters booby trapped several buildings that slowed the advance, this is the first time they defeated the last remaining packets. iraqis are confident that time it will succeed. deployment units are divided into two parts, clearing the areas and moving to the next one. we are dealing with i.s.i.l. hyde outside by targetting them and to clear and advance to the eastern parts. i.s.i.l. fighters will resupply the eastern corridor, and the group will have 400 fighters in reserve. the group are under pressure, i.s.i.l. fighters fight

the threat facing the united states, what secretary ashe carter is concerned about. >>> detained in iran, his 80-year-old father. and an unusual high number of babies in washington state. apple is officially fighting back, the tech giant went to court to fight the request to hack into a phone that belonged to one of the san bernardino shooters. jacob ward is in san francisco, and it seems that the stakes are high for all involved and for the country. >> reporter: that's right, richelle. absolutely. this is not just a case of being a war of words, but truly, a war in the courtroom. apple finally filing a motion that makes the argument because no one has ever been asked to do this before, their constitutional rights as a company have been violated. in a motion filed a day ahead of the deadline, apple magistrates are asking to reverse the order of the order to hack into the i-phone of one of the san bernardino shooters. they are being asked to build something new, a government ao as much, as well as a forensic facility that could be used to unlock phones in hundreds of other cases. apple ex

secretary of defense ash carter participating in talks. the secretary says he has support for an accelerated campaign plan and received new commitments to intensify the fight against isis. >> 90% of the country's participating in the military campaign has stepped up to do more in the last month and days. >> the u.s. led coalition is made up of 60 countries. secretary of defense ash carter said russia is making a mistake in syria by bombing the wrong targets. fox news. >>> south korea shut down one of the last symbols of cooperation with north korea. it pulled all of the south korean working at a factory in the north. they made the decision after the rocket launch sunday. it is seen as a missile test. intelligence calls the activities a threat to national security. >> continues to produce material and develop a missile. committed to developing a nuclear arm missile that poses a threat to the united states. >> the u.s. senate and house passed added sanks against north korea. >>> -- sanctions against north korea. >>> wall street today. [ bell

. >> ash carter convened the counter parts for more than two dozen ant-coalition partners for talks. this paints a picture about syria with 11.5% having been killed or injured sense fighting began with nearly a half million fatalities and almost 2 million wounded. >> there is a cost for acting. also a cost for inaction. and part of cost of the united states not taking action, we are seeing right now. >> and it's not just republicans calling into question the poly, telling us that it seems as though we're only half hardly going after isis. >> kevin cork in the north lawn. thank you. >> the administration is trying to hit isis in the wallet. the treasury department is sanctioning three leaders of the islamic state who are instrumental in the group's finances and recruitment. the u.s. is trying to disrupt the organization's ability to profit from illicit oil sales in iraq and syria. north korea has ordered the military takeover of a factory park that has been the last major symbol of cooperation with the south. the south korean government had earlier suspended operations and evacuated t

recalling the mayor who is being news on "cbs this morning," we sit down with defense secretary ash carter on the fight against isis in syria and the role of russia. plus cbs news travel editor peter greenberg goes for a ride in a driverless car to show us just how far the technology has come. >> to see where driverless cars are heading. we went for a ride with professor raj where the technology was created over 30 years ago. >> for all of those people who are telling us we are going to be driving in a driverless car tomorrow, you say? >> just wait. the magic all happens in here. >> that's right. keep waiting. because despite all this technology and decades of research, the driverless car still has a long way to go. >>> and actress kate hudson new lifestyle book. that's all ahead on "cbs this morning." that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. we will leave you with james corden and carpool karaoke. >> you can't see the level of jumps i'll i'm doing right now. >> powerful. strange things i'm still breathing i'm still breathing i'm still b

and secretary of defense ash carter says the administration needs congressional approval to close guantanamo bay. what once had bi partisan support now has become an extremely partisan issue. and of course the president can use executive action on this as well. he says closing gitmo could lower costs by 85 million dollars each year. there are only 91 prisoners left35 expected to be transferred overseas so that leaves 40-60 to head to the u-s. but what he pegs as the bigger issue than money is the way our allies feel about guantanamo. take a listen. "when i tlak to other world leaders they bring up the fact the pentagon hasn't recommended a specific site to move prisoners to but many members of congress are frustrated especially those in south carolina, colorado and kansas because their states may possibly be forced take in these prisoners. the race for president has started to shift a bit with hillary clinton winning in nevada and donald trump winning in both nevada and south carolina--- is it possible for a turnaround for the other candidates at this point? specifically on the g-o-p side it

with and dealt with effectively. >> secretary clinton, what do you think of secretary of defense ash carter, he's putting russia above iran and north korea as the chief national security challenge right now. >> i haven't talked to secretary carter, but here's what i think he's planning. we do have the nuclear weapons agreement with iran. that's an enforcement consequence, action for action follow on. we have a plan, we will watch them, we will be vigilanvigilan. we do have to worry about north korea. they continue to develop their nuclear weapons capability and they're working on their ballistic capability. i know some of those plans could lead to a missile that could reach hawaii if not the west coast. we have to try to get the countries in the region to work with us to do everything we can to confine and con strain them, but what secretary carter is looking at is the constant pressure that russia's putting on our european allies. the way that russia is trying to move the boundaries of the post world war two europe, the way that he is trying to set european countries against one another, s

. >>> and defense secretary ash carter assures people that he will not make a decision about guantanamo bay when he visits cuba next month. the plan is to transfer prisoners to u.s. soil but some are saying no way. >>> the u.s. ambassador to the un is sayi security sanction is a great issue against north korea. a vote on the resolution could come over the weekend. >>> washington gas announced a plan to replace gas lines in a community rocked by an explosion. >> up next, metro announces new security measures over a shooting on a metro train. >> the wind chills right now, 30 in gaithersburg. feels like 35 in frederick and 34 in leesburg and 38 in manassas. we'll talk >>> metro police are stepping up patrols days after a man was shot on a green line train. they will extend shifts to now double patrols during the power hour which is about the time that schools are dismissed and the start of the commuter rush. riders will see more police at areas like where a group was involved in a fight last month. >> there is always a thing around here. seems like kids have nothing better to do than hang

defense secretary ash carter announced in december the military would let women serve in all combat roles... it was a historic change greeted with skepticism by many lawmakers on capitol hill... the senate now asking hard questions about how the new rules will be implemented -- and whether standards will be lowered for female applicants to elite units. mabus says: "as long as those standards are not arbitrary, they are operationally relevant, they are job-related, then gender ought to be irrelevant." another big question - whether women should have to register for the program that's who is eligible for the draft. women are currently exempt by law - which only congress can lawmakers are split on the issue. mccaskill says: "asking women to register as we ask men to register would maybe possibly open up more recruits." mccain says: "i'm concerned that the department has gone about things backwards. this consequential decision was made and mandated before the military could study its implications." but the top generals in the army and marines both say they believe women should have to and the

secretary ash carter ordered the upgrades for all 4-million computers at the pentagon. he says the upgrades will happened within the next year. the pentagon is traditionally among the last of microsoft operating system. this gives microsoft time to work out bugs in the system. republican presidential candidate donald trump is returning to the commonwealth. trump will be in virginia beach next week ahead of the march first primary. the g-o-p front runner is set to appear at regent university. ben carson will also be at regent later this month. john kasich is scheduled to host a town hall meeting monday at virginia commonwealth university. new at seven ... the state senate passes a bill that would allow medicinal marijuana to be produced and manufactured in the commonwealth. possession of medical marijuana is legal in virginia but there's no way for patients to obtain it without breaking the law. if passed ... patients have a way to get the drug. virginia is one of 40 states with medical marijuana laws. also new at seven ... a tennessee man pleads guilty to a mis-branding

defense secretary ash carter declared all military rolls will be open to women. the fight in congress, and what two officials said. and video showing how devastating the syrian civil war has become. >> from rural midwest to war-torn mideast. she went for the money and found a greater calling... that could cost her everything. >> this is one of the most important sites in the century. >> proudest moment in my life. >>> syria's army is mounting an offensive cutting off opposition supply lines to the northern city of aleppo, rebels described the push backed by the air strikes as the most intense yet. the targeted area is used by the rebels to bring in supplies by turkey. the offensive came as the u.s. struggles to get most sides to the peace talks. >> homes were once the third-largest city in a thriving industrial center. in 2011 it was known as the capital of the revolution, and became the scene of the heaviest battles. after five years of conflict, homs was reduced to rubble. a deal was made to allow the last of the forces to leave the city in december. >>> today