i think bob gates' book was more balanced instead of the nuggets that were pulled out of it. >> as he said over and over again. >> he's right about that. my book is not just about barack obama. one of the reasons i wrote the book is people think i was somehow born in 2007. i actually had a long life before that. the obama campaign was a culmination of that life and i wanted to reclaim my life. and so, you know, it isn't an obama book per se. i knew it would be evaluated as such by some but i wanted to tell that story. it's been four years since i left the white house. i wanted to tell my story, and there was an interest in having me tell my story, so i took advantage of that, and i'm glad that i did. >> i want to get to some of that but i want to sort of dispatch with the obama administration parts of it. is there stuff you decided, i'm not going to litigate this now, or i'm not going to get into this now while he's in office? >> you know i guess i made subtle judgments as i went along, some of them unconscious judgments. what i tried not to do is settle scores in this book. i tried n

charlie: leon panetta, bob gates, and so many other people that have been on my program over the last -- you've been with the president in this administration, have said the biggest threat to america's national security is dysfunction in washington. if the president had one goal he believed he could create bipartisanship. what happened? dan: let's stipulate, we can always do things better. the president could call more members, we could meet with more people. but the problem here is too larger -- is two larger problems. one is the republicans made a specific strategic decision, famously articulated by mitch mcconnel, that their goal was to not work for the president but do everything they could to oppose him and defeat him. they decided that was in their political interest and they followed through on that the president can do a lot. he can't really decide what the republicans' political interest is for them. that was one. and the second is, which i think exacerbated a growing problem, was the campaign finance decision from the supreme court which gave such sway to billionaires on bot

. >> before shia there was a letter wrote to bob gates i'm strongly considering telling the presidentfor 20% of american casualties during the war. the guy leading the often on the iranian iraqi side the commander of the ciewdz force of the international guard corps. terrorist sanctioned by the united states. enemy of the u.s. and we are completely discombobulated by this. >> we don't have enough people there to direct any kind of military action where the iranians are right across the border. >> right. >> what's really happening and what the president of the united states will not tell the folks is that iraq, which we fought so hard and won. >> yeah. >> okay. has now been given over to iran. it's a sphere of influence of iran. they control it with the exception of the kurds. >> right. and also these now sunni areas are that are now lorded over by isis. this is the concern. say aune yawn ran proxies go in. tikrit is the birthplace of saddam hussein. you are talking about the heart of sunni iraqi. iraq. >> yes. >> if they flush out isis the terrorists that inhabit the city that the so-

obama administration when they were getting some good advice from hillary clinton, leon panetta, bob gates, they were pretty good at imposing tough sanctions on iran. they were squeezing iran. they were gaining benefit from iran from those sanctions. they were getting themselves in a position to negotiate a good deal. but what's happened since then? not only have those people left, but i have talked to people inside the negotiating process who will say they reach an impasse and then there are more people more senior come into the conversation and they say things like, well, how do we solve this problem and they capitulate and they soften the deal. i spoke to a former senior national security official democrat, who said to me just two days ago, at this point in the negotiation, from the school of negotiation in which i was raised, i would be ordering everybody down into the lobby with their luggage and saying we're leaving because only in showing that you don't need the deal do you actually have the leverage you need to achieve the deal that you want. and that right now our body language, a

interests him, this is what he thinks about and enjoys talking about in his off hours with his deputy, bob gates or, you know, after they left office. so i think this really is how he is quite exceptional in that regard and really kind of an extreme case if you will, in terms of social science terms, that he's not representative of most people. i mean, so you have this kind of his background where he's you know, he doesn't really seek material goods, although he's done very well. he doesn't need to be a social player like kissinger is. he's kind of just happy to or you know completely dedicated on the united states and a believer in a way that maybe is a little bit old-fashioned but i think is kind of consistent with growing up in ogden and utah and having this community that came from all over western europe and all over united states and to this area to have a community of believers and reach, you know, a degree of material success. >> control of his ego. >> hi, i'm jawms wilson from the state department. i work on the foreign relations series, so i really enjoyed reading this wonderful book.

bob gates, leon panetta, kathleen sebelius, they'll begin cabinet sectors in the which is to the people who run the tech operations and the general councils and so forth in all departments and this is what the e-mail account, here's how you do it. very standard. when secretary kerry took over right he deals with a lot of sensitive things but he's got a normal state department account as far as we know. it is pretty amazing hillary clinton in a premeditated way decide at the time i'm going to take many nails out of the public domain. that she seems to decide you elaborate which of the e-mails were on government related matters, which is a more private and just deleted apparently private ones which again is so outstanding. they want to just give over the government wants and said i felt the pride once but there's a lawsuit. there's a lawsuit where someone may have to go to the prevalence to make sure they really are private. she seems to try to delete them. >> host: linking this to politics, trey gowdy he says he has no interest in pursuing this well into 2016 to the after election but he

obama administration when they were getting some good advice from hillary clinton, leon panetta, bob gatesthey were pretty good at imposing tough sanctions on iran. they were squeezing iran. they were gaining benefit from iran from those sanctions. they were getting themselves in a position to negotiate a good deal. but what's happened since then? not only have those people left, but i have talked to people inside the negotiating process who will say they reach an impasse and then there

they unanimously concluded that then-secretary of defense bob gates' fiscal year 2012 budget was the proper starting point to analyze our current defense needs for at least two reasons. first, secretary gates had already initiated significant defense cuts and reforms totaling $478 billion. it's hard to say given those efforts, that his 2012 budget had left much fat in the department of defense. secretary, secretary gates and the department submitted this budget in late 2010 and early 2011 or just months before the budget control act with its draconian defense cuts became law. that budget, therefore was the last time the department was able to submit a threat and strategy-based budget instead of the budget-based strategies we've seen over the last four years. this logic is compelling even unassailable. thus i agree that we should spend not merely $611 billion on the base defense budget next year but substantially more than that. after all as we have seen earlier and as the national defense panel noted the world has gotten much more dangerous since 2011. islamic terrorism iranian aggre

he wrote to bob gates defense secretary, saying i'm considering strongly telling the president of united states that we are at war with iran and iraq what whatever the consequences of that entail. >> so you have that component. and then you have the, well, but isis is still the worst thing to be worried about on the ground. they're destroying cultural artifacts. they seem sto be trying to destroy or erase culture. >> i think it's also a campaign as they lose terrain, they want to say that if we can't govern or control this territory, no one can. burning oil fields guess who did that. saddam hussein. they have a background in the bath party or in the saddam hussein regime. military officials, intelligence operatives. they have a very codified system. any works of art, preislamic sculpture, they consider to be worship object. gold coins, these things can be sold for money. i think there's also pragmatic value here. they apparently raised the temple in hat ra. how do you smuggle the temple out of iraq to make a fortune. you just smash it. >> now to russia where authorities formally charged

and my recent predecessors -- some of the most honorable public servants i have ever worked for; bob gatesck hagel, and i see bill cohen here as well mr. secretary -- all of them have blessed us with a remarkable inheritance a more secure country a stronger institution and the world's greatest military. and we owe the same to those who come after us. i will remember that on each of the 686 days between now and the end of president obama's term in office. just as i wake up every day committed to putting in a day of service worthy of our extraordinary men and women in uniform. we have some of our amazing soldiers sailors, airmen marines and coast guardsmen here today. you, you represent the finest fighting force or the world has ever known and a deep line of warriors who have fought in lexington and concord in gettysburg and midway in fallujah and helmand. in the years ahead your country will call on you to continue that tradition. perhaps sending you into harm's way. my greatest obligation will be to help the commander in chief make those decisions with wisdom and care to get you what you n

gate. broad street subway is looking g yes, mike. >> bob kelly, a question from twitter, karen gregly saysr kid school was closed on friday. >> yes. >> children did not get their transpasses then, right. >> yes. >> septa will let you ride free. >> here's the deal. i'm glad you brought that up. typically school children would receive their passes on friday for this coming week. so septa is allowing last weeks pass, to be used for today only through noon time. so the deal is that they can use it for morning rush hour get into school, where in which case they will pick up their new transpasses for the week. so use lance weeks pass for this morning's bus ride into school. >> okay. >> they get passes at school. >> they pick them up at school. >> yes. >> we used to use tokens back in the day. >> yes still do. >>> 6:34. we have this breaking news out of hunt are ton county, new jersey. >> four alarm fire broke out at sergeantsville inn. >> she's here to talk to the mayor. is it pronounced sergeantsville. >> sergeantsville. >> i had a little sergeantsville it is sergeantsville. this is the the may

bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a s

bob are they about right? could it be more than that? >> i mean, it is crazy. neil no fight in history has had a gate above 21 million.. >> that everybody thought was the biggest gate you could have. now we're in the 16,000 seat arena, the gate is scaled for $73 million. and people are begging for tickets. >> i know. i mean all of vegas is sold out. all surrounding hotels. i'm wondering though, you're a great promoter. but do you ever fear that the hype is getting ahead of the event? >> try to hold back the hype. usually -- no, that's the truth. neil: right. >> usually when i promote an event, i go to guys like you neil, can you have me on television because i have to promote the event. not this. i hold back the hype and only go on programs serious programs like yours. neil: now i'm wondering where you see it all going though because the state of boxing is such outside of these guys is certainly zero interested in the heavyweight division. it wasn't like the days of holly and form. and shaver. these guys aren't spring chickens. what comes up after them? >> neil people have to pay attention to what we're doing. (?) las

bob. >>> all right. 6:16 right now, and time to check the microclimate forecast. across the way, you will find the beautiful golden gate bridge, iconic in itself this morning, and the sun is rise ing in the bay area, and making for a beautiful morning, christina >> yes. we will see a lovely weekend, and plans for the outdoors, and lovely celebration, and you will be happy to know that the weather will accommodate that, and basically anything that you want to do and head up to tahoe, and we have quite a bit of snowfall there in the high peak, and that is what came through and more on the way as we get into next week. we are in the 40s and on the way to upper 60s at lunchtime, and you will see it vividly on the outer sunset district, and the temperatures are going to be rising into the upper 70s and the sun is coming up, and rapid warming as we get into the afternoon hours, and high pressure is the reason why of the dominant feature. and this is what happens when you have a downsloping hills, it is going to the push away the marine layer, and that influence is negated, and the downsloping winds that warm up along the way

gate officials consider that move to be a success. >> south bay cafe suddenly closed after law enforcement raids that caught customers by surprise. "today in the bay's" bob redell live there where police say illegal gambling was just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: san jose police and the fbi put a year and a half into investigating south bay vietnamese cafes for alleged illegal gaming before finally making their move last night. last night, law enforcement raided the xingxing cafe behind me, and ten other south vietnamese cafes located in east san jose in what was dubbed operation omni, designed to crack down on illegal gambling and other problems that come with it. officers and agents detained several customers, hands zip-tied together as they were questioned. law enforcement made no arrests at any of the 11 raid locations but they did confiscate what they say were illegal gaming machines. roughly 100 devices in all. police say all those electronic slot machines combined can bring in up to $100,000 per week in illegal gaming revenue. >> we do know that sometimes there is prostitution. there's drugs. and there's violence. and we want to remove that

bob craft. ♪ >> this is the shot we have of the area where a shooting took place after a vehicle tried to ram the gateade forte meade maryland. this is the head quarters of the nsa. the police are on the scene. we are waiting for word on injuries. >> two people injured but no condition. we don't know how many people were in the car or guarding the gate. it happened an hour and 45 minutes ago. we are trying to pick away and see watt the motive. but the injuries are not known. that is a sprawling facility in maryland. jennifer griffin says half of forte meade and nsa took over the other half and we will let you know what happens in this situation as we get more. we met the candidate to obama saying this on the campaign trail and letter when pushing his health care law. >> if you stand with me fight with me give me your vote then i promise compro we will not just win ohio we will win the general election and change the world, and change the nation. we can change the nation and the world. your voice can change the world. >> if it can change the nation it can change the world. >> change the world repeatedl

generations, and my predecessors, some of the most honorable soldiers i have ever worked for -- bob gates, leon panetta, chuck hagel -- all of them have blessed us with a remarkable inheritance. a more secure country, a more secure institution, and the world's greatest military. and we over the same -- we we owe the same for those who come after us. i will remember that until the end of present obama's second term in office. making each day worthy of our extraordinary men and women in uniform. we have some of our amazing soldiers sailors, airmen marines, and coast guardsmen here today. you -- you represent the finest fighting force the world has ever known and a deep line of warriors who have fought in lexington and concord, gettysburg and midway, falluja and helmand -- in the years ahead, your country will calling you to continue that tradition possibly sending you into harms way. my greatest obligation will be to help the commander-in-chief make those decisions with wisdom and care, to get you what you mean to fight and win -- what you need to fight and win and ensure the welfare and di