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. >> it was a sentiment that was echoed by republicans and democrats alike, but there were no assurances whether if or when the c.b.o. will come up with its report. lawmakers are on a dinner break. they plan to work until 10:00 every day this week to get a little ground beneath them. bret: carl cameron live on capitol hill. thanks. well, stocks finished ahead today. the dow added 51. the s&p 500 was up 7. the nasdaq gained 8 1/4. after the break, my interview with the man leading israel through perilous times as iran prepares to go nuclear. >> erltlyer today, president obama met with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the latest effort to start a dialogue between the long time adversaries. following that meeting, i talked with prime minister netanyahu about iran and whether the u.s. has given iran another deadline to come clean about its nuclear program. >> what i hear from president obama is that he doesn't want to have iran just dawdle away the time. he understands. he said that there has to be a clear and finite result within

i can give you absolute assurance there was no deal on oil or anything else. there was no double dealing or conspiracy or no prior agreement or anything. i think we have to put this in one perspective. over the last ten years, we have seen libya try to move to a better position in the international community by renouncing nuclear weapons. at the same time, renouncing any rule in international terrorism. we have to hold libya to the promises. these are the security issues i will continue to raise with libya. no deals, no back room stitch up of any sort and i do assure the american people we would never put them in that position. >> let's talk about afghanistan. in the iraq war, the brits got a violent, long slog in afghanistan british forces have been in heldman province. you have suffered 217 losses there. will we see a substantial dramatic reduction in forces, a reorganization on the british side of this fight? >> let me say, first of all, we have a duty, all of us to prevent terrorism returning to the streets of new york or london. the second thing is the wa

because of one word, america's air dominance for the next forty years is assured. that one word... is how. >>> during his reappointment hearings on capitol hill this week mike mullen chairman of the enjoyment chiefs of staff suggested that more troops maybe needed in afghanistan. but the notion of expanding america's footprint in the country faces strong criticism from top democratic lawmakers who increasingly suggest that the war is president obama's vietnam. this resistance comes as the administration plots its next steps in afghanistan. just as public support for the 8-year-old conflict ends. is the comparison to vietnam fair? are more troops headed to afghanistan? what are the stakes if they don't? >>> thank you for joining us. senior democratic officials are use this label of vietnam, senator kerry was one of the people who applied that label to the iraq war, yet the surge ended up remedying that to a great degree in turning the country around. that is a fair characterization in your view? >> i do not see any comparison or similarities between afghanistan and vietnam. but, the

it is absolutely the case all labs make errors even a and ia, and there have to be quality assurance schemes in place which there are inhe u.k. and as i understood the u.s. has them as well. and in t u.k. epigenetic mabus mixing bowl diagnoses are well in place. i would put the analytical solidity to one side becausit is much easier to deal with. whether the tests are accurately reported and the labs are registered with rightful authorities is the right thing to do. the other thing,he race is whether these steps are facility at all. whether they arelinical utility and ibm afraid the evidence at the moment isn't really there but i think in terms of toynbee's and coronary disease the arguments are less clear becau with diabetes we have been telling people they should have a good diet and exercise. and this is not going to particularly help, and i agree it could even stop people from doing it if they are at low risk and that as harm. but thease for me at least as much clearer for cancer. if you knew not one point threefold, for individuals that may be 1.3 told the risk maybe two or thre

the -- we need to be assured in this country that we will be able to -- everybody will have a chance to pay for his or her healthcare. it's something that preys upon a lot of people and it's just a very important -- it's an important asset going forth as a country to be assured that our country is providing what people actually need. it's not -- to hear people say, if i get -- i might have my benefits cut in order to give other people benefits. that's not america. america is a country where it's not a "i win, you lose." it is a country where we want everyone to have some basic equality in their ability to meet their family needs and healthcare is one of the most important family needs. thank you. >> patricia, with center for medicare advocacy. >> i became a new medicare beneficiary this summer, so i'm -- my employers own client in one sense. i'm also the mother of a 27-year-old who has no health insurance. i have a great deal of personal interest in this legislation, but i've been asked to speak about the medicare aspects and i will do that. the center for medicare advocacy is a nati

o be quality assurance schemes in place which they are in the u.k.nd i think that we have as i understood it in the u.s.a. has them as well. and in the u.k. the genetics lab which makes single gene disorder diagnoses they are well in place. i would put the analytical validity once i because i think it's much easier to deal with. there are, whether the test are accurate reporting in the labs and licensed registered with the right afterwards, that is a much easier thing to do. the thing that you raised, the next thing you raise is whether these snips are really of any validity at all. whether they are utility. and i agree that the evidence is not really there. but i think that in terms of diabetes and coronary disease, the arguments are much less clear because for diabetes we've been telling people they should take a good diet and lots of exercise for years and it either do or don't take the advice. and this is likely to particularly help, and i agree. it could even stop people from doing it if they think they are at risk. and it is a potential. but i

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they have -- right now, they have been coming up with proposals and overtures to assure us back things may not be as bad as we think. we do not know what those are yet, but at the same point, there is a stalemate with the international atomic energy agency. they just cannot get the kind of verification that they need to ensure the world that iran is not involved in a military program. >> do you think there is going to be a unilateral israeli attack on nuclear facilities in iran? >> i do not pretend to know one way or the other. i'd love i -- i think is really -- israel as having that threat in the air, but i do believe the stories surrounding iran and a career with regard to nuclear proliferation will be very quickly eclipsed by what is happening in afghanistan, at least in terms of the news flow and what we will be obsessing over later in the season. we get through this health care debate may be around thanksgiving. afghanistan and pakistan will be the number one story and the number one concern for this white house. we obsess over iran and north korea, but it is hard to dispute that

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we have conducted numerous interviews and i can assure you no lead is going uncovered. again, as vice president stated, our goal is to find annie lee and determine what happened to her. i'll turn it over to chief jim perotti with the yale p.d. >> i'm the chief of police at yale university. let me start by thanking my colleagues. >> perrotti. first let me thank all my colleagues from the other law enforcement agencies that are here today. the state police, f.b.i. we are very fortunate that we have a tremendous relationship with other law enforcement agencies and that they have joined forces with us to investigate this case. one of the things that yale takes very seriously is security on campus. we are fortunate that we have many physical security items in place to help us with this investigation, to include over 70 cameras in the area of the homicide building, card access control and the like. i'd like to end by saying, to remind everyone that there is a $10,000 reward that has been offered by the university and to have the tip line put out there again, and i will give y

if given this power, i will have to get that assurance, personally. thank you.>>"washington journal"is next with the day's news and your calls. the former israeli ambassador to the u.s. talks about the threat posed by a nuclear iran. we will also have live coverage of a forum on japan's elections at 5:00 p.m., eastern. >> we will look at this fall's legislative agenda in congress with michael wilson with americans for democratic action. at 8:15 eastern, the vice president of the news corp. discusses his recent opinion piece on the obama admi

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joe biden assuring iraqi leaders that the u.s. will respect any decision calling for troop withdrawal. the vice president saying that the u.s. will follow any request to have a troop withdrawal prior to 2011. he also made controversial comments about missile defense and iran. we will get to those in a few minutes. in germany, nine students were wounded when a fellow classmate stormed into the school wielding an ax and throwing petrol bombs. one student is in critical condition. at the bottom, fedex reporting first quarter earnings fell 53%. a 53% decline for them. the company cited a slow economy for the slump in all of those boxes that are not arriving these days. let's go over to trace now, who has more for us. trace: parents, the united nations are now reporting that it any time, their 750,000 sexual predators' prowling the internet for kids. they also estimate up to 4 million pornographic web sites featuring minors. the distribution of those images has grown to a multimillion-dollar business. democratic senator max baucus thou

. >> the best assurance that you can give to israelis is when they see that what you're doing... you're doing what you're doing because it is in your best interest and in the best interest of your own people this is the most fundamental source of reassurance or assurance that can be provided. to expect your neighbors to do things and to continue to demonstrate engaging and acting of demonstration of good will toward you can be reassuring for a while, but we need to think more about it and more deeply. you will be... you are much more likely to be assured if you come to the belief that your neighbor is acting in his best interest and in doing so that happens to be consistent with your own interest. >> rose: exactly. >> that's what we're trying to do. >> rose: but you do need donor nations and the world community to understand your economic viability. >> sure. and we do want to be economically viable. we have so far needed a lot of external international support, including from this country which has contributed generously to the cause of the institutional... institution building.

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so that we're trying to assure people the flu is the flu is the flu right now.cdc will continue to test through hospitals and other areas, those who are getting seriously ill so we can monitor the cases, but the testing isn't required. so we have resources to hospitals, we are helping with systems that will put in place additional medical capacity, everybody from the medical reserve corps to additional personnel who we can help with assistance. so we don't think at this point that the presidential advisor's scenario is the most likely scenario to happen. we watched the southern hemisphere very closely and what they have done with surge capacity, and we'll learn a lot from them, but they had no critical emergencies that weren't able to happen without shifting some space. so i think at this point we're doing everything we can to get people ready and provide for some alternative, but part of it is to diminish, hopefully, the strain on hospitals by encouraging people to go to the web site, call their health care provider and urge them to take steps that they would w

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speaker i assure the member opposite we will-- >> thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker liberals and conservatives are responsible for the crisis of medical isotopes. the federal government is responsible for this crisis and has an obligation to compensate the provinces who for many months now have had to deal with the disastrous consequences of successive federal governments. can the government confirm that it is prepared to welcome any demand for financial compensation by the government of quebec? >> the honorable minister. >> in fact i will be meeting with the provincial health ministers this week in winnipeg to discuss this very issue. thank you mr. speaker. [applause] >> sockeye salmon vanished during the migration and dropped with the collapse. nothing less than a

senateas not can you assure no potential modifications to the security agreement will be submitted tohe senate for ratification? >> the issue of the senate ratificaon of my ret but i will take that question to the state department and get you an official answer on that. i can give you my personal opinion at we wou not want to be changing this -- we would not engage in changing this security agreement without considable consultation, but as with e actual relationship between the senate and executive i would like to defer to a wyer at the state department. >> tnk you for that answer and i look forward t further comments on that after you've done that. the recent revelations about the security in the sea continue to have -- to have adequate security do you think you would be preferable to have the military provide security for u.s. embassies in war zones which would insure we have a legally nding commanand control over such psonal? >> you know i believe our military has been tasked with a lot and this@ is one wherehen we talk about security personnel and embassy this is one we ought to t

as recently as wednesday, iran's president assured katie couric he had nothing to hide from inspectors from the international atomic energy agency. >> couric: you claimed you were developing peaceful nuclear energy. if that's the case, why does iran continue to block full inspections of all nuclear facilities? >> (translated): we have not blocked them. the agency has access to our facilities and that, in fact, it has not seen any deviation from the peaceful path with respect to our program. >> reporter: but while he was touring this facility, u.s. intelligence was monitoring the construction of that second underground site at a revolutionary guard base where u.s. officials say uranium could secretly be enriched to bomb-grade levels. is this a smoking gun? >> it's close to a smoking gun. but it's still... it's not enough to say that iran has an active nuclear weapons program and has made a decision to build nuclear weapons. >> reporter: at the very least, says former weapons inspector david albright, the facility was intended to give iran the capability of going nuclear with little warn

. >> how do we absolutely assure that those here illegally would not get the benefit of any of these initiatives? >> house democrats have left open the option to sanction wilson for violating a house rule that prohibits members of congress to accuse the president of lying but signaled to move ahead without further distraction. >> let's not spend time with that. yes, there is a procedure that could have been implemented. i think that the president did the right thing just to continue on from interest and didn't give it any more attention than it deserved. >> and this afternoon -- excuse me, this morning, the president did accept joe wilson's apology and this afternoon, white house spokesman robert gibbs said "president owe bouma will sign no legislation that gives government services to illegal immigrants. " bret: we should point out congressman will wilson will be our guest on "hannity." the president tried to allay the cost of healthcare reform, and said although any legislation he signs will be deficit neutral, chief washington correspondent jim angle reports that that is a tall or

if they do that, it will be the biggest issue in the 2010 election, i can assure you. neil: do you think that republicans are peaking too soon? >> i do not think i got your question. >neil: republicans are scoring very big points, but you might be peaking too soon? >> i might add -- i want to go to a signing ceremony. this is about a very important issue. it is about getting it right. we have to target cost and access, which are the two biggest problems. we do not need the government taking over one sixth of our economy. it is an enormous percentage of our country. neil: hugo chavez spoke before the united nations today. he had some kind words for president obama. he said, come to the socialist side. what do you make of that? >> hugo chavez is outrageous. he is one of the few dictators left in the world. he is one of the biggest troublemakers in south america. i do not pay a whole lot of attention to what he has to say about americans. neil: i think he was referring to the last president. they give him standing ovations. >> i think it is a bad idea to leave and respond

i believe if we can assure the transition is actually happening, our publics will continue to support this mission through to success, but i am convinced that if we do not clearly and completely begin to move towards transition to afghan leader, it will be impossible to sustain public support for this mission over the long term. soon rather than later, transition must begin, but let no one spin this as a run for the exits. it is not. nato will stay for as long as it takes to succeed, and i want to repeat that, as long as it takes. but that cannot mean forever, which means we have to start doing things a little differently. general mcchrystal's top-secret strategic assessment is being studied not only by anyone who reads "the washington post" but by the nato nations and our partners as well. we will discuss it within the alliance, and when the time is right, we will discuss the source aspect, as well. but one thing is already clear. if the afghan security forces are to take the lead, they will need to be better trained, better equipped and likely more numerous, which means we are all g

>> greg, i assure you it is not easy.o assure you that israel has the technology, has the capability, has the range and has the capacity to do it. whether it will or not depends whether all other options have been exhausted. president obama, prime minister brown and the president yesterday opened a new page and said to the iranians come clean. the big question is what happened if they don't? if they don't the three leaders and whole world which is at risk from iran just as much if not more than we are. this is not just about israel this is about the survival of civilization as we know it. those leaders will have to decide whether they are chamberlin in 1935 tried to appease the enemy or churchill who stood up to them. i hope there will be churchills. >> is russia, if it proceed with plans to sell to iran, anti-aircraft missile systems and if those become operational, might that diminish the impact of israel's air strike and is that essentially the other timetable that the israeli government must deal with here? >> i belie

i can assure you it will be the focus of my answers. [laughter] we were doing counter insurgency at the time. i was privileged to work under general galvin. and werle engaged in el salvador, peru and a variety of other places. i remember watching him with the press today and he was done. and i was a special assistant. so you know he'd -- they would ask afterwards, well, what do did you think? well, gosh, seemed super. you got all your points across. but it struck me that you didn't answer any of their questions. >> he said, they didn't ask any of mine. so a couple of slides. again just to set the stage here if i could. next slide. this is central command now. now some of you will remember central command and will remember a world prior to one october last year where there was one less je graphic combatant commander and where central command still had the horn of africa. at the start of the fiscal year there are now six geographic commands to go along with the four other co bat tant commands that have specified functions central command

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can you assure wall street they are accurate? >> i really can't. i have too much respect for jan and her abilities. this was one more speech about the same bad plan. the president basically outlined a plan that has added centerpiece, a government-run insurance program that will set us on a path to government takeover. the minute a public health insurance plan is offered to employers and they're asked to pay 8% in payroll and they don't have to offer health insurance, you're going to see millions of companies in this difficult economy cancel the health insurance plans they have and send people to the federal program. this is going to send us on a pathway toward the government takeover and the idea it will add to the deficit is not creditable. >> the so-called public option has as we know, been a lightening rod for thei critics. the president has said it's not that important in terms of being a centerpiece. how do you provide the kind of competition to the health insurers to ensure costs will come down. >> even if employers were to drop their insuran

we have to take over for the military has done but i want to assure you mr. chairman i want to see the embassy smaller. >> mr. ambassador, you also talked about the issue of reform in iraq, and, you know, we have been sitting on this committee listening to this talk. i can remember secretary rice doud in the low were building of the dirksen testifying in january 3 or 4 years ago we'll always almost dawn. were ready and moving forward on ts and that, etc., etc.. we are at least three or four years later and still those ntentious issues remain contentious. share with us -- it seems to me though is maybe the explosion point alson the absence of an american presence. were you when ur view on that and of resolving these? >> first of all i would like to say i think getng the economy they are operati starting to be pumped out of the ground is essential to the future of that country, and frankly we caot be funding things that should be funded by the iraqis and would be funded if they were able to move on the oil sector. with regard to the hydrocarbon law we, i went o

and i can only assure the community we have the best team there is, and i can assure you that this persond today. an arrest warrant shows that heinze gave police false information about where he was before the killings and also about the circumstances before his 911 call. his father is one of the victims. >>> the ashes of a wildfire near los angeles has become a crime scene now. investigators say it was intentionally set and it killed two firefighters. there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the fire. two firefighters were killed sunday when their fire truck fell off a mountainside. they were trying to escape the flames. and before they died, they saved about 60 members of another fire crew. >>> president obama may be working on a new health care reform bill. congress has been working on one for months without much luck. several sources tell cnn that the president may be ready to unveil his own version sometime next week. yesterday, he had a conference call with some of the most liberal members of the house and they've said they w

would be irresponsible for us not to learn the lessons of what took place and focus our efforts on assuring that our system becomes much less vulnerable to this kind of instability in the future. whatever plausibility the view that the right posture for policy is to not seek to prevent crisis, but simply to respond aggressively after crisis takes place. whatever plausibility that view may once have had, it is much less plausible after the events of the past two years. just as the cuban missile crisis spurred a focus on arms control and a reconsideration of the then prevailing system of mutually assured destruction, the events of the past two years have raised grave concerns about the soundness of current public policies towards the financial system. these concerns are framed often as the need for regulators to do a better job, and they do need to do a better job, but to frame these issues only in terms of the quality of regulators' judgment is, i would submit, to frame the issue too narrowly. consider this -- much financial instability is the result of a simple and natural human phenomenon

the provision of security assurance within europe and is a central part of our foreign policy. our continued commitment to net it does not come without cost. it remains the most promising the vehicle for projecting stability throughout europe and the political fault lines with asia and the middle east. i am hopeful that the new strategic concept in undergird nato's continued success for many decades to come. i think each one of you for your leadership in your concern -- i thank each one of you for your leadership in your concerns capacity -- and your concern. >> thank you hugely, senator. that was what -- exactly what we wanted to launch this forum. understanding but the value and the challenges facing the alliance. there is much to drill down deeper run. let me pick one issue and then i will turn to the audience for questions. missile defense. and also the relationship within europe. approval ratings in the u.s. are 60% and above. does that concern you? and when you talk about books on the ground and exercises, can you be more concrete? what would you have the obama administra

i assure you it does. i was expecting... expecting sawdust and cardboard? i know. i caonly taste... only taste the crunchy clusters, honey, and brown sugar. no madam, i don't have esp. ok. i'll take a box, but you probably already knew that. (announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> mystery, masons and the nation's capital all making for one blockbuster new book. lost symbol hit store shelves yesterday. author dan brown spent time in washington and in virginia researching the mysterious settings and conspiracies for lost symbol putting a secretive spin on some of the buildings and monuments we all see every day. how much is fact and how much of this book is fiction. fox 5's john henrehan takes us inside some mysterious spots. >> reporter: dan brown's new book, if you will follow me for a moment, actually opens here. this is the temple room in the scott under rite temple on 16th street in washington, d.c. it is here that dan brown has the highest ranking members of the mason drinking blood from a human skull. >> it is exciting but he didn't get it right. >> this is the

. >>> in the wake of deadly flooding, president obama assured officials their plea for federal aid is getting immediate attention. homes and an entire community are under water. residents returned to their houses to find personal belongings drenched and in floating water. some were able to save ps. at least ten deaths are blamed on torrential downpours over the weekend. is there relief in sight? >> it's been raining but flood waters are subsiding. it's going to be a long time for recovery. >> for us, we had the warm, southwesterly winds. a bit of humidity out there. our temperature, as we look over a steamy washington, 77 degrees. way above average, but not close to the record. can you imagine, 1895. look at the temperatures around the high temperatures. we were at 87 degrees to the south. it was cool weather. san antonio, today, only 65 degrees. right now, we're at 77 in washington. we'll see a lot of 70s and 80s to the south. the humidity and dew points, it still feels like it's 81 degrees outside. we have a weak weather front coming our way. the circulation is back here in the sout

officials sent a letter with students yesterday, assuring parents they are cleaning the school. clauses are canceled today for previous the scheduled professional day. -- classes are cancelled today. >> we are dealing with some clouds around the area. we will see a little sunshine later this afternoon. there is a thick blanket over us right now. we will dry out this afternoon. the wind will pick up. the northeast wind at 10-15 later. 67 degrees down down right now, 64 degrees in easton. in the 60's at the airport. it will be terribly cloudy, 71- 75 at best today -- invariably cloudy. there's a chance of iran by tomorrow night. cooler weather tomorrow. details later. >> stunning details have rocked the g-20 meeting. iran has been operating a secret nuclear facility. president obama today demanded iran and what is not a peaceful program. -- that iran ebnd what is not a peaceful program. >> iran is operating a secret nuclear plant. >> this is not the first time iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the energy