david petraeus, captain petraeus writing to the general jack galvin and talking about in the 1970's or 79 this is how the military needs to balance heavy and light forces flexible. after he visited in central america he writes that the only way to change the army is to change his doctrine and i will do that someday. in fact the case more competition going between the two come and as brad deluded, the "m," mystique, general galvin was the big "m" and general petraeus was little "m." so you know what they are talking about. the letters that the exchange were very candid and trace the development of his thinking about the organization of the military, about the grand strategy in the u.s. foreign policy. not all of that made it into the book as those that ended up on the cutting room floor but maybe in the dissertation. in any case of thing we took some of the tops and included them in the books and you could see at the various points in his life when he was thinking back at a certain point and then think back to afghanistan to see how it was playing out. so, in the summer of june, 2010, w

the two candidates are tied among men. >>> general david petraeus is denying a report that mitt romneynsidering him for his running mate. the drudge report sparked speculation this week. a spokesman for -- for petraeus said he would not seek elected office saying he's happy as head of the cia. president obama appointed petraeus to that position after he led u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. >>> if you are not careful and you are not good at math, you may be getting tricked by clever marketing. >> you are so good at math. >>> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with that and why stocks are lower this morning. >>> good morning. we should pay -- lower start here on wall street, we've been on a winning streak, three straight days of s, good ones last friday. blame it on disappointing results, including those from walt disney reporting weaker than expected sales. disney owns abc. mcdonalds weaker sales for july setting the tone. right now with the dow and s&p and everything trading lower dow down about 20 points or so, well off of the lows of the session we started o

including an online report that president obama had said he's convinced romney will pick cia director david petraeusan say with absolute confidence that such an assertion has never been uttered by the president. >> reporter: trust us, it's not going to be petraeus. the final list, the solid and safe choices of rob portman and former governor tim pawlenty or the bolder and riskier choices of paul ryan or marco rubio. there's just not much time left, george. this is today. the republican convention started in less than three weeks. and the 29th, that's the day that's reserved for the vice presidential candidate to speak. so we know romney has to make his decision by then. but we suspect it's going to be quite a few days before that. >> but there may be time for a few more wild rumors. jon karl, thanks very much. >>> now to an abc news exclusive exclusive. against one of the most deadly diseases, ebola. experts from disease control have rushed in, and abc's dr. richard besser, a former head of the cbc reports from uganda tonight. >> reporter: it's the 8,000-mile tour into the hot zone as we travel with

jump the rails today with this rumor from the drudge report that romney wants to name general david petraeus as his runningmate. late this afternoon the cia director general petraeus declared he is not a candidate. the real short list appears to be down to three, ohio senator rob portman, tim pawlenty the former governor of minnesota and wisconsin congressman paul ryan who may be higher on this list than washington insiders realize. >> we can at least say we'll know in a matter of days. chuck todd in our d.c. newsroom tonight, thanks. >>> now to the summer olympic games here in london. you know the spoiler alert drill. we hope by now if you don't want to know what happened, look away from your screen. we'll tell you when it's safe to look back. the u.s. women's gymnastics were back for their final individual competitions in each event, two americans competed in the floor exercise. the results there on your screen, and you can see from the expression on her face how things went on the balance beam for gabby douglas. aly raisman also took her turn on the beam. there are the medal results in th

. >>> david petraeus has no candidates to become a candidate for vice president.esman says he will not seek elected office. >>> the huffington post reports new york city mayor michael bloomberg is urging president obama to let all the bush era tax cuts expire at the end of the year. billionaire bloomberg says that would outfox the republicans and lead to an obama landslide in november. >>> are you ready for another george bush candidate? yahoo! reports george prescott bush, the son of jeb and nephew of george w. says he may run for office in the future but has no specific plans yet. >>> basketball legend michael jordan is among an impressive team of hoop stars who will participate in what the president's campaign is calling the obama classic. politico says other supporters on the court will be carmelo anthony and patrick ewing. >>> a psychic adviser named tony leggett has done political palm readings. he says president obama's shows he's flexibility, multitalented, and could be a very successful president. and he says mitt romney is clever with lots of ideas and h

. >>> cia director david petraeus is shutting down rumors he might be romney's running mate. the spokesperson for petraeus says he feels privileged to serve the country in his current position and will not seek elected office. >>> republicans in missouri have selected their candidate to face off against senator clair mccaskill come november. todd akin edged out businessman john brunner and sarah steelman, who was backed by sarah palin. akin highlighted his conservative credentials, a distinction senator mccaskill hopes to use to her advantage.n million on ads portraying akin far to the right. hoping it would alienate moderates in the general election. the missouri race is one of several key battles that will help determine control of isn't that senate. >>> in syria secretary of state hillary clinton is suggesting collapse of president assad's regime is just a matter of time. she says the fall of the government there is not a question if, but of when. >> the intensity of the fighting in aleppo, the defections, really point out how imperative it is that we come together and wor

troops when the director of the c.i.a., david petraeus, met today with his counter-part from pakistan. the united states wants pakistan to crack down on terrorists who use safe havens in pakistan to attack americans in afghanistan. tonight, we have a rare look at a terrorist safe haven in action. david martin has obtained video of a terror group launching a trike two months ago against a u.s. base. >> reporter: if you ever wondered what goes on in those safe havens in pakistan, look at this. terrorists built a scale model of an american base just across the border in afghanistan and used it to, along with a satellite photo taken off the internet, to plan a spectacular attack. they may look like rambo wanna-bees, but this was a well-planned operation, down to the american and afghan army uniforms they wore. the attack was led by this man, the driver of a truckloaded with an estimated 2,000 pounds of homemade explosives. this bomb was covered only by a tarp. yet, he apparently had no difficulty droifg across the border and right up to forward operating base salerno. the driver detonated

general david petraeus is denying rumors that he might be mitt romney of running mate. drug report through his name in the mixed yesterday but a spokesman released a statement saying he will not seek elective office and that he is happy with his current role in the cia >> a suspect has been identified in the murder of a rich and high-school football player. police are trying to find 27 year-old matthew john cabana. he has a history of crimes including domestic violence and is wanted for the murder of a 16 year-old sunday night. another suspect was arrested running from the scene. there is a meeting tomorrow morning to decide whether to expand the west county jail in contra costa county. reports say richmond police chief chris magnus wants more information before he approves that project. >> san jose's newest casino is now in business. patrick is inside the casino matrix where the official celebration is less than two hours away. the opening is a little bit late. >> their opening today on august 8th and eight is considered a lucky number in many asian countries. casino m

you know, so tomorrow he'll announce it's david petraeus. but i don't think so. >> they're doing very well at not leaking this, aren't they? >> yes. i truly think -- i was out at the romney headquarter a couple of weeks ago, and i came away convinced then that nobody but beth myers, who is running the search and his closest aide really knows that. mrs. romney might have an idea. >> finally, this. the significance of are you better off four years -- are you better off after four years of oama than you were is a significant successful campaign tool of ronald reagan. will it be successful for mitt romney? >> well, he's going to certainly ask the question. i mean, that's going to be -- that is one of the great lines in american politics. and you're right, charlie. it was ronald reagan who asked that simple question, and it worked for him. i think you're going to hear mitt romney talk about that a lot, yeah. >> all right. bob schieffer, always great to see you at the table. >> great to see you. >>> today at the olympics, there's going to be an al

>> we've heard david petraeus, martinez from mexico.the smartest choice for mitt romney would be mike huckabee. i think the weakest ticket for the g.o.p. is romney-romney. i'm almost hoping it is paul ryan. i would love to see a national referendum on this medicare scheme paul ryan is pushing. number two, if paul ryan is the vice presidential nominee you will see eddie munster on twitter every day till election day. >> paul ryan would be good for democrats because it will frame the intellectual debate where it needs to be. we need a healthy debate. we would win and it would put to light the bad idiocy they are spewing into our political world. >> i agree. >> mike huckabee -- >> he's never going to do it. they despise each other. >> why? >> the 2008 campaign. they did not like each other. >> i didn't think mike huckabee disliked anybody. >> i think he dislikes quite a few people. but he's a likable guy. you get mike huckabee, you get chuck norris, man. it's a package deal! >> all right. >> but i'm hoping it's pa

the drum report had everyone buzzing when it reported when it state mitt romney wants david petraeusat's a game of telephone. reporters spoke to jay carney on it. >> i could say with absolute confidence that such an assertion has never been uttered by the president. and again be mindful of your sources. >> jennifer: knock it down even putter in, the c.i.a. spokesman released a statement saying, director petraeus feels very privileged to be able to continue to serve our country in his current position, and as he has stated clearly numerous times before he will not seek elected office. that's one person we can scratch off romney's presidential short list and another reason not to believe drudge. here is donnie fowler, craig crawford political commentator. guys, i don't know why drudge would have done this, but petraeus is off the list right? >> off the list. >> i think he's trying to stir up dust, create excitement about the announcement once it comes. >> exactly right. >> it's nuts. petraeus is no dwight eisenhower. i think he would be more in the line of wesley clark or al haig. >> h

director david petraeus. >> i can say with absolute confidence that such an assertion has never been he president. >> reporter: trust us, it is not going to be petraeus. the final list seems to be down to this -- solid, safe choices of rob portman and former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty, or bolder, riskier choices of wisconsin congressman paul ryan or marco rubio. there is not much time left, the vice presidential candidate will speak in three weeks. romney has to make his move before then. we suspect it will come sooner than that. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> it would just be nice for the speculation to be over. >> the guessing game. i know, i know. >> let's do it already. convention coming up at the end of the month. should be interesting, too. a lot of folks think he is going to go with the safer, anti-palin choice. may if with portman, one because of portman's roots there. could determine the election. seems like a logical choice. portman is strong on foreign policy. such a calculation. you have to wonder which way they'll go. they kept it -- did a beautiful job kee

general david petraeus came in with a recommendation on how to recover the surge forces. his recommendation was very low in terms of what those forces should be. he wanted to keep most of those forces in place through 2013. that recommendation was rejected and all those forces were coming out by next month. those of the three major recommendations our generals have made in the last three years and here comes another one by general allyn. he will lay out -- these other missions but we want to do and the tasks supporting those missions and a number of forces it takes to accomplish that. i believe the national security team will do what it can to reduce that number and they will fight over it and hopefully allyn wins this argument but it will be the first time one of our senior generals has won an argument like this. general cote day. wait for the microphon . wait for the microphone. >> you didn't talk about the other force that is in there. i go back to the sustained -- we have almost 80% equivalent in contractors over there that have reached back to the defense industrial

director david petraeus. on tuesday rom it was reported that romney was asking petraeus to run as his vice presidential candidate. the army general says he will not seek elected office. >>> 6:15 this wednesday morning. howard is here. same old same old but there is light at the end of the tunnel. >> this can't last forever. >> thank goodness. >> this weekend once we get past saturday morning looks drier and cooler with highs in the 80s. unfortunately it's awfully sticky once again this morning. it's going to be hot and humid this afternoon with the isolated heavy shower or thunderstorm in a couple of spots. check out the allergy update before we get to the day planner. this came in yesterday. if you've been sniffling or sneezing or scratchy eyes, this is why. grass pollen high and mold spores high. the ragweed season is starting. that's in the moderate category as well. day planner, well, we start out partly to mostly cloudy. a little more sun this afternoon with highs in the low 90s. there will be the isolat

the drudge report report that romney wants to name general david petraeus as his vp. however, the white house and the cia both deny petraeus would join the republican ticket. chuck todd reports there are three people left on the short list now. among them, ohio senator rob portman, former governor of minnesota, tim pawlenty and paul ryan. >>> mitt romney won't be bringing a medal to the white house in november. the family's horse will not move on to the finals tomorrow. it was likely his only chance for an olympic medal. the 15-year-old mare is only expected to compete for a few more years. however, team usa will pick up some medals today on the beach and likely at the track. danella sealock is at the super screen now with a preview of today's big events. >>> history today with an all-american women's beach volleyball final. misty may-treanor and kerri walsh-jennings will go for a record third consecutive gold medal. they on a remarkable run, only losing one set in their entire olympic career. they will face april ross and jen kessy. kessy is making her olympic debut

responding to a report that claims the president thinks his gop rival may tap four-star general david petraeus. >> i will say with absolute confidence that such an assertion has never been uttered by the president. >> reporter: an upcoming bus tour continues to fuel speculations, but romney is keeping quiet. >> all i can tell you is that by the third night of the republican convention, i will have made a decision. >> reporter: romney implied an interview with fox news that those on the convention speakers' lists have not necessarily been ruled out as perspective running mates n. washington, nicole collins, fox news. >>> there is promising news about the economy. the labor department said that openings were up to 32.8 million layoffs in june. despite posting the openings, employers are slow to hire and adding 163,000 people in july. >>> and now nformation, the retirees are the first to pay more into social security. an analysis found a married couple making average wages paid $42,000 more than they will get back. most low-income workers will still receive back more than they put in. >>> the tal

his father had high standards and david petraeus could never please him.e was driive to all the do better and deliver resulted whether it was winning a newspaper delivery contest in school or playing on the soccer team and ski team. he was driven to please his father and probably all of us can relate to that in some sense. okay. >> i understand you're donating a portion of your proceeds for wounded warriors. i was wondering if you could tell us about that. >> i would love to. thank you. they are called team red, white, and blue. it was founded by a west pointer named mike irwin. he's a major and teaches in the behavior sciences and leadership in west point. and my mike was an intelligence officer but he served with a special operation tour and had several tours. he started the group to help wounded warriors to find the new -- through fitness. but the other idea was to give wounded warriors something to belong to that they left when they left the corp. of the military. anyone who served. you know what a family the military becomes. it becomes even more so w

fund-raiser this week that he believes gop presidential hopeful mitt romney wants to name general david petraeusquickly knocked down any speculation this afternoon in a statement from his spokeswoman. "director petraeus feels very privileged to be able to continue to serve his country in his current position, and as he has stated clearly numerous times before, he will not seek elected office." but it turns out, as everyone in the world speculates and waits with bated breath for the announcement, wikipedia, as usual, may have the answer first. in 2008, sarah palin's wiki page was updated 68 times in the days before she was announced to be the vice presidential nominee. joe biden page was updated 40 times the day before obama announced him as his running mate. so who is in the wiki lead today? chris christie page was updated twice. tim pawlenty's, four times. paul ryan, seven times. marco rubio, 22 times. and rob portman's time was updated at least a whopping 103 times. joining me now, one of the most respected number crunchers in the country, nate silver, author of "the new york times" political

a little later, the authors of all in discuss the life and for a general david petraeus. >> spend a weekend in ohio's state capitol columbus, as booktv, american history tv and c-span local content vehicles look behind the scenes at the history and literary life of ohio's largest city on booktv on c-span2 rows the rare book collections at ohio state university. >> published between 1918 and december 1920 in an american periodical called the little review. we have copies of all those as well. the reason i brought this out today is not too sure this first edition, but they showed a later addition that is extremely rare. 1921 the american government declared ulysses obscene and pornographic. and the book was banned. people still wanted to read it, however, and we actually have a copy of one of the pirated issues. if you notice the spine, alice in wonderland, and the little minister. >> throughout the week and and saturday noon eastern, let of his life in columbus, ohio, with booktv and c-span local content vehicles on c-span2. >> up next to trick a author christopher hitchens who passed away o

paula broadwell will speak on her book, "all in: the education of general david petraeus." mrs. broadwell is a west point graduate who was embedded in general petraeus' staff in afghanistan. she draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with general petraeus and his top officers and soldiers to tell the inside story of this commander's development and leadership in the war from every vantage point. the event starts, as it is this evening, at 6 p.m. so that's 6 p.m. this coming wednesday. lastly, you've got question cards, um, on each of your seats, and i would encourage you to make use of these blue question cards early on as questions pop up in your mind. that's how we'll handle the q&a tonight. um, and, please, hand them in to the staff once you've noted your question, and the staff will be mingling amongst you. audience questions then will be posed to dr. wright by me during the second half of the program based on your questions. it's now my great pleasure to introduce this evening's distinguished guest, dr. jim wright. dr. wright is the son of a world war ii veteran

director, general david petraeus. a fund-raiser who president obama told privately at some sort of function that he he believed tht petraeus was going to be picked. that's the only source and jay carney has shut that down. >> steve: plus the c.i.a.'s come out and said that petraeus has no plans to become a candidate for any elected office. >> brian: i won't believe it until i see it on wikileaks. >> steve: carl cameron sat down with mitt romney yesterday and talked about the importance of the guy or gal he's going to choose to be number two. >> we find out jeb bush and condoleeza rice and rick santorum, your former rival, have been given speaking engagements of the rnc convention. so they're off your long list? >> you don't think we would be so silly as to not provide from time to time the capacity to throw people off, do you? the fact that someone is speaking at the convention doesn't mean that they wouldn't necessarily find their speaking slot changed from one time to another. >> are you closer to a decision? >> yes

one, there's a direct report about david petraeus being on romney's wish list. do you think that has substance? >> the only place that i've heard that and heard anybody talk about it seriously is on the drudge report. i have not heard that from anybody close to either campaign. tomorrow he'll announce it, but today petraeus, i don't think so. >> they're good at not looking this, aren't they? >> i truly think, i was out at the romney headquarters a couple of weeks ago and i came away convinced then that nobody but mitt myers who is running this search and his closest aide -- >> those who know don't talk. >> the significance of are you better off after four years of obama than you were is a significant successful campaign tool of ronald reagan. will it be successful for mitt romney? >> well, he's going to certainly ask the question. i mean, that's going -- that is one of the great lines in american politics. you're right, charlie, who asked that simple question and it worked for him. i think you'll hear mitt romney talk about that a lot, yeah. >> all right. bob sc

. >>> cia director david petraeus shooting down vice presidential talk this morning.hat buzz started after a story surfaced yesterday on the drudge report saying president obama was overheard whispering that mitt romney might pluck the retired four-star general from his administration. a cia spokesman for petraeus says the director feels privileged to serve in his current position and will not seek elected office. >>> j lo suing her former driver for 20 million bucks. accusing him of trying to blackmail her for nearly $3 million. that dispute began back in april when the driver sued lopez and her management for breach of contract when they dropped him from providing security for a video shoot. >>> it is 20 minutes past the hour. we're getting an early read on local news making national headlines. the faa is now imposing stricter rums on airline traffic after the really scary near collision at reagan national airport. that was last week. we told you all about it. this is coming to us via "the washington post." what they're doing here is the faa is temporarily banning a

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speaking of campaign baloney, there was an item in the drunk report that he may pick david petraeus asent petraeus is staying put. romney is in iowa for a campaign event tomorrow morning. not to be outdone, the president is headed to iowa early next week for a three day trip through the state. it happens at the same time romney is on the high profile bus tour up and down the east coast when everybody is watching to see whether he announces his vice presidential running mate. the pace is certainly picking up out here, wolf. >> i suspect he will be announcing his running mate as early as next week. let's take a closer look, kate, as what may be the harshest political ad so far of this political season. >> i think that's a good estimation, wolf. what we are talking about was put out by priorities usa action. the ad ties mitt romney and his work at bain capital to the death of a woman, tries to tie his work to the death of a woman. the wife of a former steel worker. here is part of that spot. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant, i lost my health care, and my family lost their hea

that's why in the last week you heard a lot of word about david petraeus a head fake and smoke screenlearly is not going to be an issue. budget reform. long term entitlement spending mitt romney was doubling down on the economy and entitlement reform and saying forget about bain capital and taxes this is about the serious issue of are we going to be solving as a nation going forward. is he making a big bet. >> thanks for coming in with your expertise. fun to get history lesson at this hour. >> two teens ticketed for drawing on the street with chalk. how could that be a crime? peter? >> and ever get an email from a considering that annoys you? we are taking a look at the top he email mistakes sure to irritate clients, friends, families, all of your communicants. >> i do all of them. ♪ you'll inevitably find yourself on aolate highway in your jeep grand cherokee. and when you do, you'll be grateful for the adaptive cruise control that automatically adjusts your speed when approaching slower traffic. and for the blind spot monitoring that helps remind you that the highway might not be as