pre-emptive effort to slow the nuclear weapons processing capability of iran. >> you mentioned a charlie miller, and mr. miller is in st. louis, joining us today. mr. miller, what was your goal in breaking into the iphone? >> well, and the particular case, it was for a contest, like robert mentioned. they have this contest every year. hackers across the world enter it. they have various devices. if you break into the devices, you win some cash it and devices also. i want contests earlier in my career. it was more about showing things like the iphone or desktops running apple software are vulnerable, because it was not really believed it was. now it is just i have shown vulnerabilities in the iphone, have shown a tax where i could send a text message to the iphone and taken over. these are all fixed now. part of the contest is all of these areas are fixed. it is a fun way to show what skills and everybody gets protected by the attacks we come up with. >> how long did it take you to break into the iphone and from where did you do it? an office, where? >> the iphone attack, at the contest it only

effort the slow the nuclear weapons processing capability of iran. >> host: well, you mentioned charlie miller, and mr. miller is in st. louis, and he joins us today on "the communicators." mr. miller, what was your, what was your goal in breaking into the iphone? >> guest: well, in that particular case it was for a contest, like robert mentioned. they have this contest every year, hackers across the world enter it, and they have various devices. if you can break into the devices, you win some cash and the device itself. so that was my goal. i won that contest a few times. earlier in my career it was more about showing that things like iphones or, you know, desktops running apple software were vulnerable because it wasn't believed that it was, but now it's just, you know, i've shown vulnerables in iphone, i've found attacks where i can take over an iphone in the past. all these are fixed now because part of the contest is that all these vulnerables get fixed after the contest. it's a fun way to show off your skills and still everyone is protected by the attacks that you come up with. >> host:

charlie miller charlie miller who is a former government hacker who worked on the good side is now a security specialist. the great hackers of the world. he last year decided to explore vulnerabilities and he found a vulnerability in the iphone that's when he deployed it the right way, this was for a contest, enabled him to take over a portion of that iphone. industrial control computers run water systems and electric grids and so on. last year, a disgruntled hacker of broad went into a water system and in south houston, in texas and got control of those computers. the list goes on and on. there are hacks of google and rsa. there are millions of attacks, literally millions of attacks around the world and intrusions on computer systems every day in the world. probably the most phenomenal attack involved a warm called stuxnet and in that case, the united states government i think working with israel that the united states government developed a computer worm that went into the nuclear process facilities in iran and disrupted the centrifuges. >> host: so it was developed by the u.s. gov

we have two hour mores of the "stephanie miller show." charlieovernor tomorrow night. she is awesome. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." [♪ theme music ♪] >> this is the "stephanie miller show." as you can tell i am not stephanie miller. i don't even look like stephanie miller. stephanie miller called in sick this morning. she has strep throat so we are holding down the fort. i am chris lavoie. that is jacki schechner. that is jim ward. we're going to be with you for the next two hours talking about hurricane sandy. we have charlie pierce coming up. he has written some great stuff at esquire.com saying that mitt romney wanted to get rid of fema and now he is say, well maybe not. >> he flip flopped? >> yes. and we'll hear from john fugelsang calling from manhattan. but first the top of the hour news from jacki schechner. >> look at that, i just happened to be here. mayor bloomberg is going to give an update any time now. you can watch it online and nyc.gov, and hopefully if we can turn around some sound on that we will. mitt romne

if you would like to read it for yourself and charlie miller is computer security researcher and twitter employee, also known as a good guy hacker. he has been joining us from st. louis. mr. o'harrow thank you for being on on the camp -- "the communicators." >> guest: thanks for having me. >> you can either embrace the kind of approach that congress woman wilson has embraced. she signed a pledge to support the cut, cap and balance program. that is a tea party approach to balancing the budget. it has no new revenues for even the wealthiest of americans and is so draconian that it would require deep cuts in social security and medicare over time. we can embrace a balanced approach. that is what i support. i think we can go back to the kind of tax rates we had under the clinton administration when those upper income earners were doing well and the entire economy was growing. we are going to have to make some tough choices and a balanced approach is the only approach i believe will get us there. >> heather, your rebuttal? >> it's amazing to me congressman heinrich that you can stand here hav

charlie pierce of esquire.com next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ show that's truly liberal. >> stephaniepresidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> so keep on tweeting and maybe you'll have your voice be part of this democracy and see your tweets up on our screen. >>now that's politically direct. >> sounds to me like that jezebel is giving up all kinds of trouble. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: ain't it the truth. 34 minutes after the hour. our favorite time of the week tuesday. there's only one man now that understands -- the author of video in america. ♪ peerz ♪ ? good morning charlie pierce. >> milk yes jezebel is now my new nickname. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i have to say -- and you and i may disagree on this. i thought a lot of the punned dentistry was overwrought. >> yeah and the one i didn't understand and this has been backed up by the ppp poll is the complete evaporation of the support by women.

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john miller from lapd deputy commission certificate here. >> charlie just when you think this story can'ttranger, it does. brian mulligan is a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment business. a former chief financial officer of seagrams. the former chairman of fox television now financing movies for deutsche bank in hollywood. this case is fairly low rent. it centers on allegations that mulligan may have been high on bath salts when he had his run in with lapd. that may be a lie and we have uncovered new information. this is what prominent investment banker brian mulligan looked like last may after his violent encounter with los angeles police officers. his lawyer at the time claimed the assault was unprovoked. >> here's a guy that was unarmed, that had committed to crimes, and why they are using this kind of force to take him into custody is just absolutely mind-boggling. >> mulligan's story was a wild one. he said he had three strange encounters with police that night. and that they were hunting him in the streets. the lapd says mulligan seemed out of sorts and they went as far

simple switch that could slash crime, john miller reveals what phone companies are not doing to decrease iphone thefts. we'll be tuning in. thank you charlie. >>> now breaking news out 6 forest glenn -- of forest glenn, maryland. montgomery county police say they were responding to the home of a man making threats. >> kristen fisher joins us live with more on this developing situation. what is the latest here? >> reporter: this all started with a very bizarre phone call to montgomery county police around 3:15 this morning. a man called police and said he wanted to harm him he feel and possibly others. his girlfriend's home was just at the intersection of woodlawn and fawn na lane. the man was outside the home in a back stairwell. inside a woman, possibly his girlfriend and two children. police were able to get the woman and kids inside and at some point the man came up the back stairwell and started to engage the officers. now i'm not quite sure exactly what engage means. montgomery county police weren't able to say if the man shot at police officers or if he possibly threatened him with a firearm. that is all part of this ongoing investig

senior correspondent john miller is gathering new information from his sources inside the investigation. we'll see you at 7:00. >> charlie, we'll be watching. thank you. >>> their trial isn't over yet but two college park police officers can breathe just a little easier this morning. >> that's because the most serious charge they were facing in an altercation with a maryland student has now been dropped. 9news now reporter kristin fisher is live in college park with the story this morning. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. officer james harrison is going to be taking the stand when court resumes a little bit later today. his codefendant officer reginald baker testified yesterday. he said the reason that he hit this student, then 21-year-old john mckenna was because mckenna had approached the officers with his fists clenched. officer baker said that he asked mckenna to open his hand. he was worried about what might be inside. but when mckenna refused and did not open his hand, that is when officer baker says he took action hitting him several times with his baton which was all caught on tape and shown in c

charlie rose joins us from new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank and michelle. a simple switch that could slash crime. john miller what phone companies are not doing that could decrease iphone thefts. plus candid admissions from president nixon newly released tapes revealing how debate mistakes have a lasting impact. that and more at 7:00. >> sounds interesting. "cbs this morning" starts at 7:00. >> time for the weather now here at 6:51. >>> i think it should be a great day. we are going to see changes and clouds starting to move in across the skies. out the door, mostly cloudy at the coast. couple of patches of clouds inside the bay. otherwise a little cool in some of the valleys. increasing clouds tonight, no delays. heading across the country not a bad travel day into houston about 73 degrees there. we are looking at showers in new york at 58 degrees. low pressure off the coastline spinning around that. will slowly work towards the coast and bring with it at least a slight chance of showers late tonight early tomorrow morning. and then maybe into wednesday, as well. but for today enjoy the sunshine and a coupl

cnn correspondent john miller and former fbi director joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what are we finding out about that security and are we getting the answers that we need? >> well we're going to be learning more. what we're learning now is that there were a drumbeat of incidents, about 13 security threats either directly to the embassy, to the consulate, a handful of those. but incidents in the surrounding area against british red cross and so on. and this was building up. >> why did ambassador stevens go to benghazi? and did they appreciate the danger and did they in fact, have enough security for him? >> this is a fascinating question. this is where our story forks off in two directions. i've been at embassies all over the world and seen how security works. when it comes to the ambassador whether he is going to make a trip, make that call, in the embassy, the ambassador is king. that is his call, whether he is going to go. the things that go along with that, the security of the facility he's going to the security provided to him on the road a lot of those deci

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charlie, do you have any extra ties? >> i don't think axelrod needs a tie. i like him casual. >> you know john millerear a tie, he wears a time. axelrod doesn't have to wear a tie. look at what he did on that piece. >> if i had miller's tie, i wouldn't wear one. >> nice. >> take that, miller. >> all right, axelrod, thank you. >>> ikea is getting criticism for some of its ads. there's something missing from them. we'll show you why these are different from the ones we see on "cbs this morning." can we talk about toilet paper? when it comes to toilet paper, there's no such thing as too soft. as long as it still gets the job done. i know what i like. i like feeling both clean and pampered. why should i compromise? not only is quilted northern ultra plush® the only bath tissue with plushquilts®, it has the innerlux layer. three levels of softness and the gentle clean you want. clean comes first. and really soft is really important. quilted northern ultra plush®. for a comfortable, confident clean, or your money back. ♪ i woke up to a feeling ♪ every little thing has meaning ♪ ♪ i woke up to a light bulb

miller. ♪ nah, nah, nah, nah ♪ >> stephanie: 24 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. charlieming up from esquire.com, he just wrote a piece from new hampshire which apparently is a battleground state, however, president obama is up 54%. not very battlegroundy. and elizabeth warren did very well last night in the debate. did you see the senator told. they are like who is your favorite supreme court justice, he is not scalia? [ booing ] >> stephanie: i was looking for dr. flornharn. >> justice chastro. >> stephanie: i don't even really know who they are. but "politico" wrote a piece the parallel universe that now mitt romney leads all of the polls. because the polls are all wrong. >> of course. >> stephanie: lee in mississippi. hi, lee. >> caller: hi stephanie. i listen to you on occasion but just was curious about what your response was -- or would be to president obama's response to the attack that occurred on american embassy, and his decision to go on television that night basically as -- i think his comment was, i'm just here for eye candy. and was that appropriate? your o

miller is a former assistant director of national intelligence. good morning. >> good morning. >> why this resurgence? >> you know, there's something ironic here, charlie, which is watch out what you wish for. or the victim of your own success. regions in pakistan have become so dangerous for al qaeda because of the drone strikes and the intelligence ability to locate them and take them out, a lot of al qaeda members, because there is very little command and control left within the organization, have found their way back to afghanistan and to the taliban who can put them to work. as we just heard from lara logan's taliban interviewee. they're doing that. >> they're bringing skills that they don't have, she suggested. >> that's right. at a much higher level. honed after years of practice. >> john, we've got the attacks over the weekend and again this morning. you know, the white house, john brennan, the head of counterterrorism there at the white house has said as recently as april that al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. morale is low. in the past al qaeda has been decimated in afghanistan. is that true? >> it's all true. one of the problems we ha

miller is here. good morning. why this resurgence? >> you know there's something ironic here, charlie which is you have to watch out what you watch for. events in pakistan have become so dangerous in al qaeda because of the drone strikes and the ability to locate them and take them out. a lot of al qaeda members because there's very little command and control left within the organization have found their way back to afghanistan and to the taliban who can put them to work and as we just heard from lara logan's taliban interviewee, they are doing that. >> and bringing skills they don't have. >> that's right. at a much higher level, honed after years of practice. >> we had these attacks over the weekend and again this morning. at the white house, john brennan who is the head of the counterterrorism said as recently as april al qaeda is a shadow of itself, morale is low. al qaeda was decimated in afghanistan. does that still hold true? >> it's all true. and i think one of the problems we have is we want all the lines to be neat. we want the taliban to be in their box and al qaeda to be in

charlie is that no one was seriously injured here. 111 homes burned to the ground. 20 more heavily damaged. and what is being called one of the worst fires in new york city history. >> michelle miller, thank you. just as the storm seemed to be ending tuesday, two new jersey towns were hit by massive flooding. hundreds of people had to evacuate. elaine quijano is in moonachie, new jersey. >> here in moonachie, the floodwaters have receded quite a bit, but there is still plenty of standing water that remains. interestingly, residents here were actually not told to evacuate because it's several miles inland. but now they have a long ordeal ahead. >> we'll be able to get you. we have to go here first and then there. >> reporter: throughout new jersey, first responders were heading towards emergencies to those who couldn't help themselves and those who didn't see it coming. like residents of moonachie and little ferry miles inland. and submerged by more than five feet of water in just 45 minutes. after a tidal surge from superstorm sandy pushed the hackensack river over its banks. floodwaters destroyed moonachie's only firehouse. teams from surrounding towns joined national guard troops

charlie. it's a huge city in terms of its combined operations. and they have got a lot of equipment and resources and they feel they have done everything they can do to be ready. >> john millerve documented today and in this west coast edition what is really an anxious time. >> yeah. >> they use terms like historic they have used terms like monster. >> worst storm to possibly make landfall in the united states. usually all the weather disasters are on the west coast and now the east coast is getting slammed today. >> ferocious, not to play with. hurricane sandy already has a twitter account. nobody is going to be laughing later today, but she says if you're having weather problems i feel bad for you. i have 99 mile per hour winds i'll give you some. by tomorrow nobody would be laughing about it. - >> where are you going to be? >> i'm going to hunker down on the westside. i'm worried about getting here. >> we'll be here in new york city. >> we're anxious in new york city. >> we will be here. >> it's going to be something that will provide a lot of anxiety. the president -- president obama's statement on hurricane sandy will be coming up later this morning at 9:45. hurricane c