david martin shows us how the u.s. military plans to defend the country against an ever- changing enemy. >> american soldiers are hit by a roadside bomb. something as simple as a homemade booby trap americans plan for a quick and easy victory. the report card is written in blood and treasure. 5300 are dead. but 6000 more are wounded. more than 950 amputees. more than half have left family behind and some have served five tours. 480,000 are now in the va system. the soldiers that made the sacrifices are compared to those that pay the bills. the problem is there for all to see. the most powerful and sophisticated military force in history is stretched almost to the breaking point. shock and awe turned out to be a myth. >> they commissioned a series and asked for ideas. i, along with the producer, submitted a proposal that said that the question is not if we are ready to fight, but can we adapt to whatever the next unexpected event is? he immediately locked onto that and said that that was a great idea. so, that is when y

>> this week, >> our guest today is david martin. he is the national security correspondent for cbs news. he was a researcher for cbs news in new york. he was a news writer with the ap why do you do what you do? >> because i like it. i really do. >> you can really just run free. the base is in the united states. there are many places to go in the military. the bases in the united states. the war is overseas. it is just an exciting job. you're playing for all of the marbles. it is life and death. you can never feel blase about what you are dealing with. you are dealing with young men and women. they are putting it all on the line. >> your father was in the cia for 23 years. what impact did that have on you? >> i did not think much. -- not much. i did not know what he was doing. when i was making all of my early career decisions -- in fact, i was in high school at the time of the cuban missile crisis. he did not come home for several days. i knew i know about what was -- i knew enough about what was going on in the news. many years lat

david martin gives us a firsthand look as the military brings back an old tactic to reduce civilian casualties in afghanistan. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> rodriguez: good evening, katie is off tonight. since the passage of health care reform, more americans are telling us they approve it. we'll have the latest on our cbs news poll in a moment. first, some opponents of reform are making their feelings known a very ugly way, phoning anonymous threats to members of the house who voted for it and vandalizing their offices, like congresswoman gabrielle gifford's in tucson, arizona. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill tonight. nancy, law enforcement is taking these threats very seriously. >> reporter: that's right, maggie, the f.b.i. is even investigating and democratic leaders tell us at least ten of their members have received serious threats. >> you will rue the day you did this, mr. stupak. >> reporter: death threats from pro-life callers started pouring into the office of m

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david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> in germany, they're known as the pensioner gangsters. two men and two women between the ages of 61 and 80 kidnapped their financial adviser in an attempt to recover more than $3 million in lost savings. they held him in a basement for days. the banker used a remittance order to get a message to police. the two men were sentenced tuesday to six and four years in jail. the women got suspended sentences. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks in asia rallied this morning. emily smith is here with that and more. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. japan's nikkei finished about half a percent higher, the hang seng also advanced slightly. today wall street gets another check on real estate. with a report on new home sales. tuesday the dow jumped 103 points. the biggest gain in more than two weeks. while the nasdaq added 20. >>> president obama's mortgage assistance program may be doing more harm than good. that's according to a new government watchdog report which found that the program, designed to help homeowners, is falling far short of its go

david martin reports. >> reporter: a low level run firing six inch bullets instead of 1 hourks poundsye was a common tactic in world war ii. but it gave way to the shock and awe of more destructive precision guided weapons. now with the urgent need to reduce civilian casualties in afghanistan, streaking is making a 21st century combat. >> since general mcchrystal took over in afghanistan, we've devoted significant more training to strief. >> reporter: the captain's squadrons are preparing for their next tour over afghanistan. cbs news spent two days flying with them. hundreds of bullets are loaded into the nose, turning lieutenant commander jason gust ten's $60 million jet into a flying machine gun. >> we expect the bullets to come out of the gun to be b. within about 30 feet from where we point the muzzle on the i don't understand. >> reporter: that's about the same accuracy as laser or satellite guided bomb. but look at the difference between the blast effects of a bomb and a striefing run in afghanistan. gustin noses in to the dive. that helmet he's wearing has a computer which pro

david martin climbs into the cockpit to show you in this exclusive "eye on the military." >> reporter a navy jet pitchs into a dive on a strafing run at a training range in north carolina. short bursts and a hail of bullets. the pilot pulls out of his dive at 2,000 feet. a sharp turn creating a force six times that of gravity. pilots call it pulling gs. to me in the backseat, it feels like being crushed. but the worst of it only lasts for about five seconds. >> it mashes you pretty good but it beats the alternative, which is running into the ground. strafing, a low-level run firing six-inch bullets instead of dropping one thousand pound bombs from on high-- was a common tactic in world war ii and in movies like "empire of the sun." but it gave way to the shock and awe of more destructive precision-guided weapons. now, with the urgent need to reduce civilian casualties in afghanistan, strafing is making a 21st century come back. >> since general mcchrystal took over in afghanistan, we've devoted significant more training to strafe. >> reporter: captain ken whitesell's f-18 squadron is

. >> reporter: passenger david martin was documenting virgin america flight 404 on his iphone. the flight from los angeles to new york on saturday, scheduled to last 5 and a half hours, ultimately took 16. >> reporter: heavy winds diverted the plane to stewart, new york. passengers say it sat for at least 6 1/2 hours. >> thanks for your patience again. >> reporter: but things weren't great. passengers said there was little food available and that flight attendants snapped at them. jet blue ultimately came to the rescue. taking passengers by bus to jfk. while in a letter to marriage -- passengers, virnin -- virgin america's ceo apologized. tarmacs must deplane all planes in under 3 hours or face steep fines. the case of virgin america flight 404, the incident could have meant a fine of $3 million. >> under the new rules, virgin america would have been fined $27,000 for each person trapped on the flight. >>> banks of the mississippi river and red river are expected to crest sometime this week. the water level is expected to rise to 19 feet, a full two feet higher than major flood

. >> the guy whose face was david martin. he and other passengers were on a virgin america flight over the weekend. had to land 90 miles from jfk because of weather. they were eventually bussed to jfk but they say they finally got there 16 hours after their flight took off. here's what martin told hln's mike galanos on "prime news." >> passengers did eventually get off the plane after you know we had to go through a lot of arguments with the supervisor of the international airport. >> how long did that take? >> several hours. >> several? >> the first five passengers got off, they wouldn't let any more off and another 16 or so passengers or so off the plane. they said no one else is getting off you're stuck here, not moving. >> virgin america's ceo apologized but the airline says the aircraft was held at stewart airport for four and a half hours. the aircraft's bathrooms were operable throughout the hold and a total of five additional cases of water was delivered to the aircraft. food was limited and we did run out onboard at

. >> cbs news national security correspondent david martin on covering the military in the u.s. and iraq in afghanistan, it 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a". >> tuesday, president obama signed the health care bill into law. democratic lawmakers gathered in the east room. the president and vice president spoke before an audience in the interior department. this is about 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of united states and vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you, all. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, all. [chanting] >> thank you. mr. president, i think we have a happy room here. [laughter] it seems ridiculous to say, thank you all for being here. ladies and gentleman, to state the obvious, this is an historic day. [applause] and our visit, -- business, we use that phrase a lot, but i cannot think of the day that i have -- that is more properly stated. this is an historic day. history is not merely what is printed in textbooks. it does not begin or end with the stroke of a pen. entry is made. it is made when men and women decide -- hist

. >> reporter: passenger david martin was documenting virgin america flight 404 on his iphone. flight from los angeles to new york on saturday, scheduled to last 5 1/2 hours, ultimately took 16. >> i'll give you an update in about 15 to 20 minutes. >> reporter: heavy winds diverted the plane to stewart airport, in upstate new york, where a passenger say it sat for at least 6 1/2 hours. >> thanks for your patience. >> reporter: but things weren't great. passengers said there was little food available and that flight attend apts snapped at them. -- attendants snapped at them. while in a letter to passengers, virgin america ceos apologized. the incident came as new rules go into effect. they must deplane in three hours. in the light of the new rules, the fine could have been $3 million. >> she said in a statement, virgin flight 404 is something i hope to never experience again. >>> breaking news right now, out of kingsville, sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene of an accident. captain mike, what's going on? >> hello, kai. we are? kingsville. this is bel air road. just above fork a

. >>> i'm david martin at oceana naval air station.here the old-fashioned tactic is making a comeback. we'll tell you about it tonight on the cbs eaching news with katie couric. >>> and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. running from the repoe man. how one woman uses her child to save her car. >>> and an up-close look at a volcano like you've never seen before. >>> bob turk in the first warning weather center. more changes headed our way. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> first, here's a look at today's report from wall street. ,, ñ i'm a broke college student. doesn't mean i have to eat like one. right now any pizza from pizza hut is just $10. any size, any crust, any toppings! so we can get a supreme pan pizza or a meat lover's... any one we want for just 10 bucks. now, i don't have to ask my parents for money all the time. so do you need extra money this week? i'm good. you get yourself something nice. that freaked them out. [ male announcer ] right now, any pizza at pizza hut is just $10. any

joining me right now is one of those passengers, david martin who is the ceo of the social networkings good to have you here. i know you believe social networking is the story what happened on this plane. >> right. >> back me up a little bit. i guess first you filmed all of this, right? >> right. me and some of the people that were with me that work in the same company. >> so at what point did you think hey, it's time to pull out the camera here? >> definitely i already had the camera from minute one when we came out the gate. when we took off from l.a.x., and showing everyone look at the l.a.x. grid down there, even coming in over chicago, was as i went on contain.com. and then we got a announcement saying hey, listen, folks, we're going to circle around here for a while, and we might be rung out of fuel short slowly. we have to divert over to stewart international. >> okay. so when did you think okay, i need to start filming for other reasons than this? >> all right. so for the more nasty reasons, what happened is when we landed in stewart international, a bumpy landing, we had pass

after that, david martin, and later, on one minister's questions, gordon brown answers questions concerning dozen british air with -- concerning the british airways strike and the economy. but the party rally was held saturday in nevada, the home town of senate majority leader harry reid. it is the first of four rallies being held across the country by tea party activists. sarah palin is one of the speakers. >> she loves her family, her god, and her country, and she is determined together we will like a searchlight. thus her forever, a governor sera -- bless her forever, gov. sarah palin. [applause] [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much. should i hold it? thank you so much, nevada. it is so good to be here. thank you so much. [applause] if you love your freedom, think about that very good all of those who have served in the past or are serving presently, raise your hands. god bless you, and god bless the united states military. it is nice and warm and sunny. my husband, todd, is here. i was going to have thought if i could borrow his sunglasses very and i would have to take --

at 11:00 p.m., it is david martin from cbs news on this week's "q&a." and then another chance to see gordon brown with the british house of commons. >> a tea party rally was held saturday in nevada, the hometown as senate majority leader harry reid. it is one of 44 rallies being held around the country by tea party activists. former alaska governor sarah palin was one of the speakers. >> she loves her family, her god, and her country, and she is determined together we will like a searchlight. bless her forever, gov. sarah palin. [applause] [applause] ♪ i have been sitting around waiting too long, trying to figure you out ♪ >> thank you so much. thank you so much. should i hold it? thank you so much, nevada. it is so good to be here. thank you so much. [applause] whoo! do you love your freedom? if you love your freedom, think about that very good all of those who have served in the past or are serving presently, in the united states military, raise your hands. we are going to salute you. god bless you, and god bless the united states military. it is nice

after that, q&a with david martin. >> monday, a discussion on reaction to the federal communications commission the just released a national broadbent plan. that is on c-span2. now, members of the federal communications committee testified about plans for broadbent. the fcc wants to connect 100 million households lacking broadband today. the plan is part of an economic stimulus package that passed last february. rick d trend in the telecommunications sector is for development of advanced technologies and increased competition. deregulation has successfully promoted investment, innovation, and more competition, benefiting consumers. 95% of americans now have broadband and more than one choice of carrier. that statistic, along with more than $100 billion recently invested in infrastructure, speaks for itself. as mr. barton said, if it ain't broken, don't fix it. if it works, let's not break it. it is clear that as the level of competition increases the amount of regulation should decrease. i hope we all can agree that markets have done a better job of protecting consumers than the regu

joining us, david martin, a passenger, he took the video that we're about to see on this flight. david, describe what it was like in there. >> it was pretty hectic, at times, and at times it was really fun. it was like a roller-coaster for the 13, 16 hours stuck in the plane. >> you said fun? trying to make the best of it. >> trying to make the best of it. we had a couple of passengers a that were pretty in good spirits, we are socializing, updating our social networks that contained twitter and facebook and we wanted to make sure that we put a positive spin on what was a pretty negative situation. >> okay let's watch. again, you took this video. we've got about a 40-second clip. kind of give us a feel what it was like in there. let's watch it. >> at this point the captain has told me that the jfk is currently closed. winds gusting over 60 miles an hour on the runways so there is nothing going in or leaving new york. >> land area here where we will not be able to get off the airplane. they're going to mustair stair up to give us the paperwork. the weather here through new york i h

cbs news national security correspondent david martin joins us with the latest. >> reporter: the cia has killed one of the key operatives in that suicide bombing of the cia base in afghanistan which left seven americans dead. his name is hussein al yemeni who hired his services out to al qaeda and other terrorist groups. he was killed last week by a cia drone strike on his bomb making factory in the pakistani town close to the border with afghanistan. al yemeni provided the suicide vests worn by the double agent who talked his way on to the ca pace with claims key pinpoint the location of al qaeda's number two. the suicide operation which killed the base chief and six other cia employees was ork straighted by the leader of the pakistan taliban. he is believed to have been killed by an earlier drone strike. that means the two key operatives behind that deadly bombing are now dead. cea director leon panetta said yesterday that the recent campaign against al qaeda has driven osama bin laden and other top leaders deeper into hiding and made them less capable of planning major operations.

. >> tonight, cbs news national security correspondent, david martin, on covering the military in the u.s. in iraq and afghanistan. that's tonight at 8:00. >> a look now at some of the foreign policy challenges facing the united states. you will hear remarks from a former state department spokesman and a former homeland security adviser. this is about 90 minutes. thank you for joining me in this 13th annual panetta institute lecture series. as you know, this year, we are exploring the second decade, 2010-2020 and we are asking what is next for america? earlier this month, we heard candid analysis about the state of our economy. our speakers told us the road to recovery was going to be a bumpy one and that everyone from the government to banks to all of us need to make more responsible decisions about how we spend and how we save. tonight, we turned our attention to foreign policy and national security. both are challenging areas for america. here in monterey, our community is particularly into to the need of global perspective. leon and i are both proud of the institutions we have her

. >> tonight, david martin, uncovering a military in the u.s.nd iraq and afghanistan. >> what i hear president obama said that he is president of all-america, i say absolutely. first, black people have made you president of all of america. >> monday night, the black agenda forum with it tavis smiley. 8:30 eastern, c-span 2. >> this weekend on "book tv," the national book critics circle awards ceremony. bill bennett examines america at the end of the 20th-century, interviewed by walter isaacson, the former managing editor at time magazine. the entire schedule is online. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from new york, former vermont gov., howard dean. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me on. host: what did you what -- what do you think of the new health care bill legislation? guest: essentially it is an extension of the existing system. after what mitt romney and the democrats did in massachusetts five years ago. there are certainly good things in it. i would have voted for it after some examination and soul-

. >> sunday, national security correspondent david martin on covering the american military here in theand in afghanistan. >> in the coffee party, a movement founded in response to the tea party movement held several meetings across the country this weekend. one of the advance was held here in washington and was attended by one of the coffee party's co- rounders. -- cofounders. >> i wanted to start out by thinking our host. -- a thinking -- thanking our host. we are thankful to be here. we have two special guests for today. this is unusual. we normally get together and break up into smaller groups. but today, we will introduce our focus, which is how to improve the legislative process. how to have better representation in government and how to make our democracy better along those lines. that is the beginning of starting the movement. many of you know that i and the crazy person that created the web page. two months later, here we are. i sought a very dysfunctional government. after spending one you're watching the health care debates, which looked like a legislative train wreck, i said

. >> cbs news national security correspondent david martin on covering the military here in the u.s.,iraq, and in afghanistan. the coffee party, a movement founded in response to the tea party movement, held meetings across the country this weekend to talk about civic engagement for changing the american political process. one event was held in washington and attended by one of the parties cofounders. this lasts about one hour 25 minutes. >> i wanted to start out by thanking our host, andy. he is the owner. [applause] thanks for the great coffee. we are really excited to be here. i have two special guests for today. this is unusual. normally, we get together and break up into smaller groups and discuss our efforts. today, we have some guests who will introduce our focus right now, which is how to improve our legislative process -- how to have better representation in government. how to make our democracy better. . . that is the beginning of starting the movement. many of you know that i and the crazy person that created the web page. two months later, here we are. i sought a very dysf

. >> sunday cbs news national security correspondent david martin uncovering the military in the u.s. and and iraq and afghanistan at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span is q&a. >> since president, the economic stimulus bill into law last year making $787 billion available, the federal government has committed almost three and a $53 billion to states for stimulus projects. now to london where british prime minister gordon brown spoke on challenges to the global economy before taking questions from foreign press association members, the permanent topics, national security, israeli-palestinian relations and the upcoming british elections expected may 6th. >> this is the third time i have been here and i enjoyed our impromptu is and i just should tell you this should be my final visit to before i come next monday as well. [laughter] six months ago speaking at the united nations general assembly, i describe the five great global challenges of our time. two cement a global recovery, to hold climate change, to fight terrorism, to reduce nuclear proliferation and to determine the tide ag

martin. march 15th david axelrod state of the president doesn't believe state only notes or the president doesot believe the state only votes should not be in the bill the president said special deals should come out so please allow mr. barton's amendments to be made in order they will help the president keep his word and save taxpayers billions. the first louisiana purchase, the amount is to remove the provision commonly referred to as the louisiana purchase which provides an extra $300 million to louisianans medicaid program. the second is speed 07. it would remove the provision referred to as the you, amendment that provides funds for a medical facility in connecticut. eccr 06 to remove a provision that allows hospitals in michigan and connecticut to benefit from a special wage index classification if it means higher medicare payments in other words hospitals and those states would be able to shift into a higher wage indexing area giving them more medicare dollars than other hospitals and other areas in the area a bit of their employees. if you don't want to stick to pay for hospitals and m

david walker's a former u.s. controller of the united states. now president of the peterson foundation. and i've got on my immediate right, norm augustine, the former chairman and ceo of lockheed martin. to my left, carla hills. she was hud secretary if memory serves and when i covered her, u.s. trade representative. and then to her left is fred birkson the president of the peterson institution ol international economics and former assistant secretary of the treasury and the carter administration. so david, if you would start. >> sure. thank you, carl. first, as president and ceo i want to say we were very pleased to be the primary sponsor of the strengthening america's. it was for a call of greatness issued in january of 2008. it's important that you understand that this is a non-partisan effort. we have republicans, democrats and independents. and in fact, a conscious decision was made to have a republican, democrat and independent co-chair. because we wanted to come up with non-partisan solution that is hopefully could achieve broad based, bipartisan support and i was pleased to serve. leon pi net that was going to be a co-chair but he was called to the cia and roy step in ably to

david martin gives us a firsthand look as the military brings back an old tactic to reduce civilian casualties in afghanistan. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> rodriguez: good evening, katie is off tonight. since the passage of health care reform, more americans are telling us they approve it.