he goes by the nickname casper. >> the name is casper. i'm going to get a tattoo casper that goes right here. i'm going to get a tattoo. it is going to be really cute. >> this right here amounts to about two weeks of correspondence, even though she lives two cells down from me, these are about two weeks worth of accumulated material here. >> i love him. >> it is always -- they're always nice to get mail in here, even though we don't all get mail from the outside. sometimes some of the best mail you get comes from somebody you care about. >> exactly. >> you know. >> i really love him. i know, it is horrible. but it is going to be -- i don't know because i'm scared of love, you know. and jail love. jail love. this is, you know what i'm saying? you don't want to meet somebody, you know what i'm saying? you want to meet somebody on good terms you know. we're here in jail, we're criminals, you know? i love you, baby. >> do you get to touch at all? >> yeah, sometimes we do. we do all the time. >> when she comes over here, she puts her hand unde

miss casper? >> hair salons, we didn't have it in our transactions, but we did some research on the idea of gym membership and there is a comptroller general decision that says in some circumstances, it is permissible if it's part of some health and welfare program. >> authorized by your employer. >> right. >> rig. >> obviously, it's not -- b. >> let's put that aside for a minute. is it ever permissible to go to a hair salon or your personal gym unrelated to that exemts or purchase gift cards? >> not unless it has a government associated and approved use. >> and are the policies you look at at epa explicit about that prohibition? >> they are not. that was part of the report, they be more explicit about the use of gym memberships. epa is in the process of improving their policies in that area, but have not complete d their policies in that area. >> that doesn't sound complicated. what goes through one's mind, i need groceries tonight. why not just put it on the government card? i'm not saying anyon

casper ware beats the odds. casper ware through it in from where? three quarter court. >> wow. >> oh my goodness, impressive. thank you ducis. >>> meantime diversity was the topic of a luncheon in center city, they gathered at the marriott to focus on multikults youral businesses can help the city, how the conventions can help minority businesses and was city, how the conventions can help minority businesses and was hosted by the mu over the past four years pennsylvania has gone from 9th to 47th in job creation. and now, news about our economy is getting even worse. "pennsylvania's jobless rate is up for the second straight month as employment fell and unemployment rose." "bond rating agency has cut pennsylvania's rating to double a minus because of recurring budget deficits." "the state government is out of cash and is scrambling to make sure school districts and state employees can even be paid." >>> as predicted the clouding up and accuweather has wet news and rain is on the way moving in tomorrow and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that

. >> this alligator is named casper. casper had a white tip to him due to a vitamin deficiency. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: she gets into the water and comes face to face with the wild animal. >> she's pregnant and she's going to get in there swimming with them? that's crazy. >> reporter: finally, martha, for the very first time, goes in even closer for what's called a full frontal. and she seals it with a kiss. a success. >> it was amazing. >> reporter: and one expectant mom riding an adrenaline high. >> it's so much fun. who wouldn't want to is a wrong question. >> reporter: right. plenty of people would not want to. for in unt"nightline," i'm glor riviera in homestead, florida. >>> next, jennifer garner's revealing her new alias. >>> plus, table flips won't fly in prison. so, what's life behind bars going to be like for this real housewife of new jersey? my antidepressant worked hard to help with my depression. but sometimes, i still struggled to get going, even get through the day. so i was honest with my doctor. i

. >>> preseason sixers action last night at the well and check out the shot by casper wear at the even of the third quarter, up, up and away from the three-point line and other even of the court casper puts it in, sixers beat charlotte 106-92. sixers in minnesota tomorrow night. >>> coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news" bitter sweet day for philadelphia a couple whose story has gone viral, jan? >> reporter: disturbing case of vandalism gra the feet i spray painted on the front doors of the girls catholic high school, i'm jane carabao, coming up in center city what was discovered here overnight. >>> plus a big protest on the streets of atlantic city, the move that is upsetting these folks and why a few dozen were arrested. >>> vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together on the three's. we are back in awesome! i've been claritin clear for 8 days. at the first sign of your allergies, doctors recommended taking one claritin every day of your allergy season for continuous relief. 21 days! 14 days of continuous relief. live claritin clear. every day. with to

quÉ tal harÁ el revoltillo casper.eres. a veces salimos con un galÁn y de repente el condenado no nos vuelve a hablar. vamos a hablar del tema y tengo a una chica que ha pasado por eso. >> salÍa con un chico porque siempre ha partido los fines de semana. >> de jueves al lunes por diferentes excusas. >> me dijo que se tenÍa que ir del paÍs... >> me tengo que ir a ver a mi familia. y tu quÉ hacÍas? > > de todo... >> supongo que aprendiste la lecciÓn. >> rompe como dos o tres telÉfono. >> si a usted le pasa eso. >> bÓtalo. >> tenemos palacios cooperadores -- a la psicoterapeuta en el estudio. >> podemos rescatarlo. y antonia lÓpez nos va a dar las claves cuando Él no nos llama. un tema bastante interesante. quÉ debemos hacer si se desaparecer los fines de semana? >> lo primero que tenemos que hacer es controlar nuestro nivel de ansiedad. no le podemos bombardear a mensajes. eso nos aumenta el nerviosismo. una vez que hemos mandado el primer mensaje que dice: estÁs bien, me gustarÍa saber quÉ ha pasado- te tienes que desco

>> like casper? i totally believe in casper. [ laughter ] do you believe in ghosts?re in virginia and that freaked me out as a a little kid. >> jimmy: what was it a ghost of, do you remember? >> i just remember being -- >> jimmy: ha! >> whoa! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: nothing happened. nothing happened. nothing happened. >> that's why i wore a jacket so you couldn't see the sweat coming down. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: nothing happened the rubber band broke. okay. ♪ here we go. ♪ >> the music is just over the top, man. >> jimmy: i know, i know, it's scaring me. >> feel my heartbeat. ♪ >> jimmy: pumpkin time bomb! pumpkin time bomb! [ laughter ] >> this is one stubborn pumpkin. >> jimmy: yeah, we got it from stubborn pumpkin farms. [ laughter ] ♪ oh my gosh. ♪ the music is freaking me out. [ laughter ] ♪ oh! gosh. [ deep breaths ] ♪ oh my god! [ scream ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> we did it! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: let's see that again in slow motion. look at this! [ cheers and applause ] >> woo! woo! >> jimmy: that was awesome! shailene woodley, everybody! [ c

. >> and we're talking to casper smart about his life after j. >> hard to look at you only had that job because you were the boyfriend. >>, now"e.t." with our take on today's headlines. >> hi, everybody, and thanks for joining us. nancy o'dell is off tonight, but we have some big news to end the week with. >> we do, so let's get right to it. this is what we've got for tonight's top story. the reality show "here comes honey boo boo" has just been cancelled. >> just got a phone call this morning from tlc, and as of right now there will be no more production of the show. >> mama june posted this dark camera phone video to facebook this morning addressing the cancellation news and the scandal sparked by this tmz photo of her with a sex offender. >> the statement of me dating a sex offender is toetdly untrue.

. >> sixers traded casper ware to brooklyn in exchange for another and second around pick in 20109. >illies were represented at the world series. jimmy rollings game one of two winners of baseball rab ert owe clementi award given to a player that best transport presents the came in community and royals. we shall say just won the game final in world series 3-2 over giants and they take 2-1 series lead. >> thank you, jamie. a favorite fashion destination is now open in septemberer city, philadelphia, nordstrom rack welcomed shoppers today to new store at 17 and chestnut. there are fly floors of designer kloming >> to reiterate what cecily said it was spooktacular evening for halloween parade in elsmere, delaware the annual event where the kids got to trick or treat all sorts of young gouls and young boys took part from fanciful animal costumes to mini superheros. high school huddle is next on channel 6 followed by "jimmy kimmel live" and "nightline" after 5:30. for jamie apody, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner have a good and the entire "action news" team i

that is like casper the friendly ghost gone for halloween. he's out. >>> and a perfect night for a few last competition. >> and the prime timeline up with everything you need to kick off the weekend starting with "last man standing" at 8:00. >> man, this box is heavy for the average man. >> it looks like he is trying to sweet talk her, she is not having any of it. and the sister's friend think she is the nanny and plenty of laughs. >>> and at 10:00, an all-new "shark tank" and entrepreneurs from malvern. and finding emergency, smart phones and tablets turned into personal sxuecurity systems. >> you download the app and put in the information and it goes back to our monitoring center. >> the shark tank producers received over 35,000 applications for this season alone and just over 112 pitches will actually air like this one. >> your friday prime timeline up with last man standing 8:00. >>> looking at the center city skyline, two local security developers, and an expo say on folks who cheated the system for cash and "action news at 11:00." >>>

. >>> the sixer traded casper ware to brooklyn for a player and a future second round pick.ny pommel, that's sports. we'll be right back. >>> before we leave you tonight, we want to apologize for inappropriate language heard on the air during ted greenberg's report in new york. >> we had no control over that swaying as someone walked up unannounced during the live shot. we certainly regret it happened. >>> for all of us here at nbc 10, thank you for watching. i'm renee chenault-fattah. >>> theç "nbc nightly news" continues with the latest on a deadly school shooting. >>> on our broadcast tonight, school attack. it has happened again, a student pulls a gun in the cafeteria and opens fire. tonight, the very lartest including the toll of dead and wounded. >>> containing the virus. with the first confirmed ebola case in new york, the race is onto get a lid on it. and now there are new rules about who should be quarantined. >>> police now say it was an act of terrorism when a man armed with a hatchet attacked uniformed police officers in a new york city street. >>> and your stor

beware of casper ware, the length of the court and makes it. noel finishing the alley-oop. sixers win 106-92. here's brett brown on his progress. >> i think that the game slowed down for him tonight that let him, you know, play well. you can see signs is of how i can use him better and how he can, you know, slowly just inch along and continue to progress. >> the winner of this week's high school blitz game of the week, thanks to the almost 19,000 people who voted. catch the high school blitz every saturday night 7:00 right here on nbc 10. i'm john clark. we're right back. >>> today kids got a lesson in emergency prptdness. this is mrs. wagner's class in new castle. the kids participating in the pillow case project. it's a red cross program that teaches the kids how to plan and pack for emergencies like a fire or a major storm. >> smart and fun at the same time. those kids will probably have to have a jacket tomorrow morning. >> yes, probably a jacket, especially if you'll be out around 7:00, 7:30, even 8:00 in the morning. temperatures start off in the 40s. jim is shaking h

philadelphia's casper ware, three quarter shot.ts 106-92. 104, memo, you are supposed to go over the hurdle, not through it. as brittany spears once said, i did it again. a huge windmill dunk. griffin is six foot ten and golden is five foot two. >> whoa! >> this nine-year-old belgian has been signed by the italian league af roma. at number one, spurs in germany and a shocker. tim duncan's inbound pass stolen by jamel mclean. that is the winner at the buzzer. spurs go down 94-93 and we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, newscast is tomorrow mornin 4-30. >> david letterman is next with anderson cooper. >> see you tomorrow at 4:30. ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the heart of broadway, broa cross the nation and around the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs and now, hand model for lava soap, david letterman. ( band playing "late show" theme )

is also the fact did then feeding him ahead dash if -- casper after caspar. and i don't know how air-traffic control works with all of us having the ability if we decide that i am sick of this and the flyovers. maybe we're just at the end of the cycle. >> and then to have that previous question, in debt people are claiming we should go there. there are blame on the ledges spinach you ask me if they're able to? >> i don't know. period and it's an just to get a glimpse of it from retired but to know more about billing claims than i do suggest that's if they are hit dead in the eyes at and i had to answer that question it is classified if might answer interested this stage. >> i am the best all so that makes more sense to me but to is where they will have two-for-one as long as they lost no real a grandfather. >> there is plenty. on bass -- that question. >> but also to the future and the horizon for venturing across this. [laughter] [laughter] >> on that note they care very much. [applause] thanks to all of you for being here. those things you for joining us. s

casper at 30. that cold air will completely miss all areas of the west. so the high pressure ridge is in place, all the cool air from canada is missing you and the hot air is going to be with you all weekend long. excessive heat advisories, same as yesterday, right along the coastline of central california, san francisco and san jose included. your friday forecast, 101 today in l.a., 90 in san francisco. we should peak the heat waive a 102 in l.a. see temperatures interior california, well above normal. reno, 74. the heat breaks sunday, monday and next week. slightly cooler. but -- >> slightly. slightly. that works. >> you're a meat and potatoes kind of guy. the story might change your mind. a cripple nme not so well done. this man stole $1200 worth of meat by shoving it down his pants. new york police say the man worked at the supermarket and faces charges of fourth degree grand larceny and that might bring to mind a classic scene from national lampoon's animal house. it is worth noting that they didn't get away with that either. the real question now is

in 1934, the national press club here in washington, casper weinburger -- now, you have to remember the context here. this is after the disasterous mission in lebanon, the bombing of the marine barracks in beirut but it was also after the attack on grenada. so these are wars of choice, not a question of whether or not the united states would use force which our national security interests are at risk. but more ambiguous cases. and it's a fascinating document. it's called the use of military force. you can find it easy enough on the internet. i'm not going to read all of the different passages. i'll just highlight a few. the emphasis is actually in the original. this is a focus on combat troops. the first point. >> these ideas have persisted through the years. it turns out we know the military aide at the time was colon powell. he articulated a similar set of rules when he was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. so these criteria are like them. a few years ago, in my book, the power problem, i borrow liberally from the doctrine and i want to lay those out for you briefly. you'll see c

philadelphia's casper ware, three quarter shot.beat the hornets 106-92. 104, memo, you are supposed to go over the hurdle, not through it. as brittany spears once said, i did it again. a huge windmill dunk. griffin is six foot ten and golden is five foot two. >> whoa! >> this nine-year-old belgian has been signed by the italian league af roma. at number one, spurs in germany and a shocker. tim duncan's inbound pass stolen by jamel mclean. that is the winner at the buzzer. spurs go down 94-93 and we will be right back. newscast is tomorrow mornin 4-30. >> david letterman is next with anderson cooper. >> s,,,,,,,,,,,, ...we need to break up. is it the biting? cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years.

casper wear, check the the shorts for a rabbit's foot. wow. sixers win 106-92. noel says he is feeling more comfortable out there. >> i'm surprised, i still want to continue to keep progressing. i felt a lot more confident tonight, then the other night and i will progress and make sure i keep it up. it feels great to be out here playing for the city of philadelphia every night. we will play as harrahs we can to bring a championship here. >> basketball back, hockey back, eagles are in first place, life is good. >> it is. >> very, i'm busy. >> thanks, ducis. >> you don't look like it. >> i'm sorry. >> lou very busy. >>> finally some young play writes took center stage tonight, oh, boy at temple university, temple's under graduate actors brought to life winning piecees from this years new voices competition. one of the winning plays was written by 11th graders at ben franklin high school about the struggles in their district, nearly a thousand students submit scripts each year. >>> jimmy kimmel levies next, hello, "action news" i'm jim gardner. good night. >> "acti

. >> as you know, casper weinberg and then secretary of powell develop the idea -- secretary thatl develop the idea, might include combat troops. is america ready for combat troops in syria? >> i'm not sure it is ready. i'm not sure they are needed. >> but if it is? >> i don't think we need to create a 100,000 forced to invade iraq and syria. or send the 100 and first he 101ne in -- send te airborne in. we can work to go after them effectively. does that mean the president ought to keep the options on the table? you don't see it because it sends a signal to the enemy? >> the commander-in-chief needs to have the flexibility to do whatever is necessary to confront the threat. >> here's what you have said about the president, talking about his legacy. we are at a point when the jury is still out. i thought he was a strong leader on security issues, including osama bin laden. but in the last two years, i think he has kind of lost his way. a mixed message, ambivalence approaching these issues. he has lost his way? to --hink what happened the first four years when i was there, as cia director an

it's a week before halloween and sixers made casper waer disappear and in second around pick in 20 19e winners of baseball roberto clemente award. it recognizes those that contribute on and off the feel. j-roll was nominated many times and he's now been chosen. >> you want to win and it doesn't happen and you're like man you are let down because you understand the prestige that comes for the award and not for any other reason than to say i did something important in the game that had nothing to do with baseball and everything to do with helping others. >> an award meant for the good guys and jimmy is a good guy. >> philly in the world series tonight. >> timely. >> finally this year. >> been a while. >> missouri couple filed a complaint for front tier airlines they were mistreated because of the crying toddler. leo hasine said his family was on a flight home when 2-year-old sam had a meltdown. he put his son in lap and tried to comfort himch the flight attendant came by and understandably said sam had to be buckled in his own seat forte-off. problem is toddler kept on crying. >> she sa

casper wear, air males this one from the other even of the court, and it goes in. there it goes.ice. sixers beat charlotte hornets 106-nine two. preseason schedule continues tomorrow night in minnesota against timber wolves. >>> get prime time football tonight on cbs-3, indianapolis colts take on the texans on thursday night football, the teams are tied for top spot in the afc south, pregame coverage begins at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. >>> well, jay-z may think that everybody knows who he is but there are still some people who don't recognize hip-hop mogul coming up see how he reacts when he gets d ised in paris. >>> plus there is no way to arrest the suspect in the horrific incident that is claiming a man's life at this house, officials say there is still a threat to neighbors, but still in arrest though, we will have details coming up next. >>> katie, good morning. >> good morning. we have a nice day today with high pressure briefly settling in and key worries that it is briefly settling in. so if you want to get in outdoor plans i highly suggest today is the day. by thomas we

here's casper. >> jimmy: super fun, man. >> steve: yeah. boo. >> jimmy: yeah. steve: boom. boo. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, pajamas, for sounding like you were named by bob marley. ♪ pajama i hope you like pajamas too ♪ ♪ pajama pajama pajama pajama pajama pajama pajama pajama ♪ ♪ i hope you like pajamas too ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, people on "antiques road show" for patiently listening to the appraiser's long-winded stories while secretly thinking, "cut the bs and tell me what this shiz is worth." [ laughter and applause ] come on. is it anything? well, i got it at a garage sale. >> steve: that's interesting. well, let me tell you a little bit about this. this device was made in 1 1823 by the firm of wembley and jacobson, and see this scratch here? if this wasn't scratched in this way, it would be worth a a whole lot more, but right now if you look at the bottom, you would see -- $75. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: ain't that a bitch? [ laughter ] >> steve: joe biden! >> jimmy: joe biden, nice to meet you. >> steve: he's not dirty. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, bird nest, for b

one second to go in the third quarter casper wear, check his shorts for rabbit's foot.-nine two. noel feeling more comfortable out there. >> you know, i still want to keep progressing and i feel a lot more confident men then the other night and i will progress and make sure i keep it up. it feels great to be playing for the the city of philadelphia every night. we will play as harrahs we can to bring a championship here. >> basketball is back, hockey is back, eagles in first place. >> it is a good time good ducis, thank you. >>> more than just winning on the mind of students at bonner prendie tonight. prendie pandas took the field wearing specially design uniforms in support of awe advertise am wear necessary. effort was organized by the school's newly formed paws for clause club and featured information and sign up sheets clause club and featured information and sign up sheets for other awareness mmm! ring ring! progresso! i forgive you. you do? it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology acce

. >> as you know, casper weinberg then secretary powell to go to thes idea american people and use allf the force necessary and more, and that would include, probably, combat troops. is america ready for combat troops on the ground in syria? >> i do not think america is ready for that. i'm not sure it is ready. i'm not sure they are needed. >> but if it is? >> i don't think we need to create a 100,000 fours or 150,000 force to invade iraq and syria. or send the 101st airborne in. into those countries. i think we can do this, you know, using the capabilities we have an working with the other coalitions that are part of it to be able to go after them effectively. now does that mean the president , ought to keep the options on the table? yes. >> so you don't see it because it sends a signal to the enemy? president needs to keep all of his options on the table. i think the commander-in-chief needs to have the flexibility to do whatever is necessary to confront the threat. >> here's what you have said about the president, talking about his legacy. we are at a point when the jury is still ou

. >>> preseason basketball here and great shot by sixers casper wear, he uncorks the the long ball from the other even of the court and it is in there. wow. great shop. it happened as time expired in the third quarter last night begins charlotte hornets at the well. sixers won 106-92. tomorrow night they will play timber wolves in minnesota. >>> eagles and giants in prime time this sunday night at the link. birds are four-one tied at the top of the nfc east, but at this point eagles offense has struggled a bit this season. we will see if nick foles and shady mccoy can get it going this weekend. also linebackers michael kendricks and demeco ryans the sat out yesterday's practice, they were hurt in last weeks win over the rams. >>> is there prime time football coming your way, tonight on our sister station cbs-3. the indianapolis colts take on the the houston texans on thursday night football. it is first place in the afc south on the line here, coverage start tonight at 7:30 on our sister station cbs-3. >>> a new documentary meantime on the life of the legendary boxers mohammed ali is se

. >> casper had a white tint to him from a vitamin deficiency. >> she gets into the water and comes facemal. >> she's pregnant and she's going to get in there and swim with them? that's crazy. >> finally, martha, for the very first time, goes in even closer for what's called a full frontal. and she seals it with a kiss. a success. tourists happy. >> it was amazing. >> reporter: and one expectant mom riding an adrenaline high. >> plenty of people who would not want to. >> reporter: i'm gloria riviera in homestead, florida. >> wow. and i thought running on a treadmill while pregnant was crazy. >> doctors warn women about all kinds of things. even about how much caffeine. really? this isn't funny. >> i am surprised. apparently there was another wrestler who had the alligator locked on to their shoulders for three minutes before someone could come help. >> i do believe while running on the treadmill while pregnant. why do my glasses and dishes sometimes come out with spots? well, those spots are actually leftover food or detergent residue. can we help prevent this? yes, use finish jet dry. i

casper, you testified -- you testified that over half the sample purchases, there was something wrong. is that correct? >> yes. testimony,s, in your you just testified that you found about 35% of the purchases with a credit card were abusive. or noncompliance. >> that was just with a prepaid debit cards. estimate on credit cards? >> the issues with the credit themselvesavel cards were actually cases where they should've been using the cards and were not. so we lost government airfare. we lost $400,000. abuse, even with a new law in the epa. debit cards or credit cards, at least 35% in your review. you have forwarded $39 million. -- $439 million. you did not speak to what you found as a percentage of abuse. is it possible to kindly that? -- calculate that? >> in 2013, we did a risk assessment. it was a follow-up from work we had published earlier. we didn't test individual transactions. i cannot at this time estimate any numbers of purchases that would have been inappropriate. again, we are sorting through some of those figures. almost $.5 billion. you had how many credit cards issued?

than the 64 degrees in omaha, the 07 in witch tai, 41 degrees this morning, in colorado springs, casper, wyoming, 37. so that's the air mass that's headed our way, for sunday morning, temperatures are in the 50's, 60s right now, 63 in philadelphia, 58 in millville, 58 in dover. over the past five days, we've certainly seen a bit of a roller coaster ride, so warm over the weekend, it will be so chilly, in comparison, once we get to sunday, so, here we are with seasonable temperatures, today and tomorrow. our transitional day saturday, our high of 63, on sunday, and look at the morning temperature only 46 degrees. it will be a cold one. that's your wet you are authority forecast. now we get to the roads, and we start off on your thursday morning, new jersey turnpike, 322, construction there with the right lane blocked. that's going to be in effect until about 2:00 this afternoon on cheltenham, in cheltenham, ogontz at shoppers lane, an accident, and finally in pottstown, laurel street at south evans street, reports of a vehicle fire around there. alex? >> thanks, sue. well, we all noah in

casper, you were saying even within epa, there was broad discretion about that guidance -- if i understood per. ms. kas >> i'm not aware of guidance as to who can get it or how it can be distributed. >> you would agree with that? >> same here. we are currently looking at the utilization of these cards because we know some people have them and do not use them. >> evidently they do not need them. >> we are also looking at it, and it is a matter of in the department of homeland security because we are geographically widely dispersed. you would want to have a card available at a location, but you may not need to cards, so that's one of the ways we are looking at it, in order to minimize the number of cards out there. >> that is always a challenge for us, too. you do not want to codify things like guidance and unwittingly make it, if possible, to achieve the savings and efficiencies such cards can provide. on the other hand, the access of any guidance does allow for even within an agency a mary at of standards that can lead to misuse, deliberate and not deliberate -- even within an agency a mar

host: susan, casper, wyoming. independents line. what is your take on election 2014?aller: i have no hope. i think which you are hearing from the majority of callers is that the ordinary, common person has lost any kind of voice in this country. it is bought and sold by the wealthy. there is no hope. i don't know why we should even vote. host: what are the issues important to you? caller: the wage gap, health , police bertelli -- brutality. -- massrceration incarceration of our people. just the basic things that make life worth living. they don't seem to exist like they did back in the 50's or 60's. one wage earner cannot support eight children and still go on vacation. and have a pension and health care, and go to church on sunday. it is just too hard. it is just too difficult. to survive incult this world today, in this country. and it is a shame. died,cestors fought and and struggled to come and build this marvelous place that we call home. and we are letting ago. -- it go. it is disappearing. in the "washington post," anticipated, gop's easy wins turn into nailbit

questions, again, if they don't like the criteria that i've come up with or similar criterias, those of casper weinberger and colin powell, that's fine, they can come up with their own. but these seem to be obvious questions, and i would hope we would hear those questions in a thorough-going debate in congress over the wars in iraq and syria. with that, happy to take questions. of course, it's not just me, but gene, and thank you for your attention and next. thank you. [applause] >> we do have time for some questions. anyone -- yes. in the back. i don't think we have mics, so if you could just raise your voice. >> [inaudible] i'd like to ask if you see us in a -- are we currently in a perpetual war, and if so, is there a doctrine or a strategy? i mean, has this gone beyond -- [inaudible] so is the new american strategy? >> well, i think chris could probably speak to the strategy better than i could, but i think the, the way in which two successive administrations have stretched the post-9/11 aumf does threaten to permanently change the default setting of the united states from peace to war. as