and the department of defense is different than any other department in our government. we have the responsibility to provide offensive capabilities and to defend this nation. so we have to train our folks differently. when you look at what the book teaches you on it, one of the things it talks about is the first step is no your adversary. this is like the art of war. know your enemy. somebody might say you ought to know yourself too. we will come back to that. know your enemy. what does the adversaries network look like? how do you do reconnaissance? they teach you things from google to all the things you can do to look up and find the i.p. addresses. i am ashley practicing this myself. i set -- actually practicing this myself. i set it up on my system. i had to set up two virtual site so i do not get in trouble. rare for me. we practice canning. you practice reconnaissance, scanning the second set. in this offer that you can download free off the internet, there are about 830 exploits. you can get windows service pack two, there is an exploit their. you can penetrate t

the defense department has already cut a deal with defense industry to create voluntary cyber security standards at least as strong as would have been in this bill and have put it in place without legislation. that's a model to all look at going forward. >> you say watered-down but some people say not watered- down. internet service providers would have had the chance to look into e-mails to screen them and i think that on a large ground you lose democratic votes just on that civil liberties sort of issue. >> but they do that now. i mean -- >> but you were saying it in law and that's a whole different thing. >> isn't it better to be in law than in a clandestine fashion through intelligence services? >> i think that's not the political answer. >> the real problem is that thank goodness that the defense department is doing this on their own and president obama is end kates he's going to take more action through executive authority. the problem is now it sets congress up to only deal with this after a major crisis. the american people how vulnerable we really are and when congress reacts

reasons that they say publicly but because it's involves money remember people investing in the defense department have enjoyed enormous profits over the last ten years the defense establishment itself. you know is part of it but it's really these defense contractors the industries are making a profit margin or have a profit margin of about thirty to thirty five percent at this point everyone knows the defense budget is going to be cut so this is a last desperate effort to secure as much cash as possible from the existing budget before everything tanks and remember you know thirty to thirty five percent profit margin is enormous if they're going to be driven back to about fifteen to twenty percent profit margins which is certainly much more reasonable given the work they do for the american people but that's next year and the year beyond that. i mean i guess let's talk specifically about the question itself we've heard the word devastating used by secretary of state leon panetta we've heard manufacturers come out and talk about the tens of thousands of jobs that will be lost talk about the real wi

we've got to ask the defense department to share in the cuts. their budget has doubled since since 2001. we could certainly find savings there, and they have to share in the cuts. and we need to boost jobs. we need to grow ourselves out of the economy, not just through austerity. it's based on these four basic principles that any deal must include. >> eliot: i think those are four principles that i think--i don't want to speak for anyone else, but i'm certainly in sync with those principles. how much can you tell us exactly or the order of magnitude what cuts are appropriate in the defense department, and what is the republican position on this? >> i think we ought to be able to get a $500 billion budget, i don't see why we should spend more than that. since i've been in congress it has been as high as $709 billion, i think we can get $500 billion and lower than that. retiring of cold war weapons systems, things like that, we can get down there. we had a rup hearing, which is an informal hearing where we had a number of experts who just came tog

to your point about the defense budget, the defense department agreed to take $487 billion cut. over ten years, that is another year's worth of budget. whether it comes out 10% a year or wipe out a line item, it has the same effect. now, people argue that we've taken cuts like this in the past and been fine. those at unique points in history when our forces were adequately reexpect a analyzed how coming off of two wars, we have to recapitalize our force. fighters are coming to the end of their service life. bombers, people will be flying bombers, 80 and hundred years old. tankers are older than the pilots who are flying them. we're at a unique pointed where we need to recapitalize and invest in the future. at that very timer we're cutting it. >> neil: you could say, we give $600 billion for defense, i'm for a strong defense. we're not talking about cutting things, slowing the racist growth over the decade much as we are in the other efforts. isn't cuts a misnomer? >> actually i don't know that is technically correct. talking about a cut back of 10%. if you take out the programs

here now with some insight, mike barrett, a former intelligence officer for the department of defense and former director of strategy for the white house security council. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. patti ann: so the state department yesterday released its annual report on terrorism. this one for 2011. and it says the death of bin laden and the deaths of other key members of al qaeda have quote, put the network on a path of decline that will be difficult to reverse. on the other hand they say affiliates like al qaeda on the arabian peninsula are getting stronger. you say that is a distinction without a difference? >> yeah, i think it is. at the end of the day we talk about core al qaeda as though somehow tremendously different than the branches and sequels it has. to understand they might have some more local interest. for example the group in yemen has a specific modus operandi. as an entity al qaeda has the same global ambitions and different tactics. the one in yemen is the homeland of bin laden's family. a lot of original al qaeda folks came from yemen and saudi arabi

so in the book i tried to take one thing the defense department has to decide.how much aircraft carriers are enough? so congress in the wisdom has told the pentagon they have to have 11 aircraft carriers. they have a special permission to have 10 for awhile while building a new one. they want to replace each of the aircraft it has over one over every five years for the rest of my life. each -- these new aircraft carriers, which are huge, the navy calls them 4.5 acres of moble search territory. they cost $11 billion. it is the same amount that medicare will spend on all the hip, knee, and shoulder surgery on 700,000 medicare beneficiary. when you do the scale, one aircraft carrier 700,000 joint replacement. that's not the worse of it. when they take one of these things out of commission, it costs $2 billion. aircraft carriers are intensive even in death. each one has two nuclear reactor. disassembling that is expensive. we have decisions to make on how big defense budget we want to . brad mentioned a couple of misconsumptions people have. another one is all the m

the defense department spends some $400 billion a year on goods and services. and when things go wrong, they tend to go wrong big and end up costing many billions of dollars. plus, given dod's actions can spell successor failure for contractors and you communities, lawmakers have a watchful eye to protect programs and people and facilities. each administration has added new layers of regulations, guidance and requirements, to keep from repeating past mistakes. all of which adds up. and dan guran of the lexington institute estimates all that costs between 50 and $100 billion a year without adding all too much to national security. others say the number is not that high and without tight regulations and oversight the governments costs would be higher. for their part, dod leaders recognize their government should improve and the government gets the best value from suppliers. as the defense spending drops, pressure to get the most out of every dollar rises and so there this is a

the fbi and department of defense created new information sharing agreements regarding counterterrorism investigations of military personnel. this agreement made sure that senior pentagon officials as well as the department of defense task force officers on jttf's the fbi continued to work closely with the military in these matters and have clear policies in place to make sure that information sharing continues. turning to operational policy. the commission recommended there be clear policies covering all counter-terrorism lead and for resolving disputes as they relate to those leads. we will get into that more as the questions come up. the internal review found similar issues with the policy. as a result the fbi has set new time limits and reinforced our existing policy and responsibility for every one of the leads and provided additional guidance to make clear that any disputes must be pushed up to the supervisor level both in the field office and at headquarters. lastly, the fbi has provided enhanced analytical investigative resources for strategically significant investigations to m

in the book i try to take just one thing the defense department inside. how many aircraft carriers are enough? congress in its infinite wisdom told the pentagon they have to have 11 aircraft carriers. they have special permission to have 10 for a while. and each aircraft carrier over one aircraft carrier every five years for the rest of my life. these aircraft carriers which are enormous, 4 acres of mobile sovereign territory cost $11 billion. eleven billion dollars is the same amount medicare will spend on the knee and shoulder surgery on 700,000 medicare beneficiaries. when you do your scale one aircraft carrier, 7,000 joint replacements. and it costs $2 billion. each one has two nuclear reactors. we have decisions to make on how big a defense budget we want to have. brad mentioned the couple misconceptions people have, and it goes to spend bureaucrats. most don't do a good job. 4.4 million people. most in the defense department and military or civilian are various homeland security apparatus. if they fired every single one of them from president obama'

zients and i will focus on the impact of sequestration and the department of defense. let me begin by thanking you for your continuing support to our department and service members and military families. not only in afghanistan but everywhere around the world. it is much appreciated. i just returned on friday from a ten day trip around the pacific theater. i have an opportunity to meet with troops in hawaii and guam and the republic of korea, japan. for 70 is the presence of our service men and women has been the character of free peace and prosperity in the asia-pacific region. in the peace and stability created by the military presence first japan, and south corey and southeast asia and china and india and we intend to remain a pacific power for decades to come because we believe this region is where an important part of the future lies. our new defense strategy calls for exactly that and that is one of many reasons it is important to all of us. i would like to ask my full statement be submitted for the record and are will continue with -- >> no objections. the award.

but the reality is there's a government team that is bigger than the defense department. includes the department of homeland security, fbi and others but the key players, homelanded security, fbi, nfa and cybercommand they are the key players. they have to get out there the with rules and responsibility. that's the government team. they can have about 10%. industry is the big player in cyberspace. so we have to have a construct for industry and government to work together. a way of sharing information especially on malicious software in a way that doesn't giveaway some of our most important secrets. and we have to have a way to leverage industries capability on what they see to defend government networks. we have to bring in academia and that is important to bring in our alis. and cyberspace if you look at the eastern sea board, there are roughly 18 cables coming into the eastern sea board today. you can have a map that lays out roughly 12 comes in from the united nations, three from france, two from denmark, from spain. if you want defense indepth, the united nations, fr

defense. i will focus on the impact on the department of defense. the acting directors testimony makes clear the effects on non- defense agencies will be equally devastating. he has described the mechanics by which sequestration would work and i would refer it to my prepared statement for a more detailed treatment of the mechanics of sequestration as they would apply to the department of defense. i will briefly highlight some of the impacts of sequestration that are specific to dot but much of what i say could be echoed by non-defense government managers and by industry managers who furnished critical goods and services to the federal government. well i can describe many of sequestration's impact on dot, it is not possible to devise a plan to implement it that some house eliminates these consequences or even mitigates them. substantially. the intent of sequester was to use the threat of a mutually agreeable cuts to both the fans and non-defense programs implemented in -- and flexibly and mindlessly to force congress to enact a compromise decker -- d

cybercommand dod team, the reality is that there is a government team that is bigger than the defense department. that includes the department of homeland security, the fbi and others. but the key players, the homeland security, the fbi, nsa and cybercommand, they are the key players in cyberspace and they are the ones that we have to get out there with rules and responsibilities. we have to have a concept for industry and government to work together. the way of sharing information, especially on malicious software, in a way that doesn't give away some of our most important secrets. and we have to have a way to leverage industry's capability and what they see to defend the government networks. if you look at the eastern seaboard, they're roughly 18 cables coming in. roughly 12 coming in from the united kingdom red free from france, two from denmark, one from spain. so if you want defense in depth, the united kingdom, france, denmark and spain, immediately they come to mind. that is where the partnership is so important here. when you bring that up to our partners in the united kingdom, they say

the reality is there's a government team that is bigger than the defense department including the departmentf homeland security and others but the key players, homeland security and fbi and cybercommand are the key players that we have got to get out the rules and responsibilities. that is the government team. they can hit about 10%. industry is the big player in cyberspace. we need to have a construct for industry and government to work together. a way of sharing information especially on malicious software in a way that doesn't give away our most important secrets and we have got to have a way to leverage industry's capability on what they see defend government that works. we have got to bring in academia and it is important to bring in our allies. in cyberspace if you look at the eastern seaboard there are roughly 18 cables coming into the eastern seaboard today. roughly 12 coming in from the united kingdom. three from france and two from denmark and one from spain. if you want defense in depth, the united kingdom, france, denmark and spain immediately come to mind. that is where the part

those automatic cuts are $1.2 trillion for the defense department, it's about half a trillion dollarsans over ten years, for all program purposes you wipe one year's budget for those ten years. if you are in a business that is to some extent dependent on the ffs budget you have to look over those ten years, in one of those years you will have no revenues and profits from the defense sector. >> neil: i know what you are saying. 10% cut doesn't mean one year, it could average out to be the equivalent. many argue the defense establishment has a lot of money and everybody has to take their licks and defense industry is part of it, as well. republicans agreed to that when they came up with sequestration, what do you say? >> that is an interesting point. sequestration by design was supposeded to be so horrible that no rational person would choose it. unfortunately it's become the law of the land. to your point about the defense budget, the defense agreed to take $487 billion cut. again looking over ten years, that is another year's worth of budget. whether it comes out 10% a year or wipe ou

now the department of defense is threatening to sue this guy.alyst. there are some chewy legal issues on this one. let's start with what barbara starr said. she said he didn't submit this book to the department of defense for review because he had his own guy review it and thought there was nothing classified in there. is that enough? >> he took a very dangerous road. the rules are very clear. if you're in possession of classified documents as a navy seal would be, you sign a nondisclosure agreement and that agreement says basically if you write a book, any kind of book, fiction, nonfiction, and you use information that might be even derived from classified information, you got to get preclearance from the pentagon. and apparently he didn't do that. >> you must get free clearance. >> absolutely. he is coming in i suppose, this stuff is so clearly unclassified i don't have a problem. >> and you have to assume he is a reasonable person. >> i guess. we have to assume he consulted a lawyer who should know the law in this area but somebody is going t

here in the department of defense. that is all there are some predictable hazards outs there like new madrid we need to make sure we have enormous flexibility so when we are taking by surprise we have the ability to have capabilities that can be brought to bear no matter what. and that kind of automate prescripted approach will only get you so far. it's useful for the minnesota evacuatessings as they march to the undefeated super bowl. here in the department of defense, we need to not only be prepared for predictable event but also strategic surprise. >> has anybody ever told you hope is not a plan. [laughter] >> certainly. >> [inaudible] from the fema perspective in terms of -- [inaudible] >> i think there's two things pop to mind. first was in logistics. in logistics the fema approach used to be metal mountain. how much stuff can you spend somewhere? it didn't matter who was was sending stuff we found for example whether water, rice, we could be competing with other providers and how can we all go to the same sources

department to issthe memo? there was heat from the defense industry on the labor department? using this as leverage to try to get the obama administration and capitol hill to make decisions? >> yeah. there has been a lot of heat on the hill and from the industry. the industry studies say there could be a million defense jobs lost if sequestration goes into effect. lockheed martin threat nick, and the republicans are cuz accusing -- are accusing the obama administration of not preparing and telling the industry how the cuts are going to take effect. >> greta: who wins? >> that's a question. democrats say republicans are playing politics on this. you had obama last week saying republicans are protecting millionaires over the military. republicans say it's the other way around and it's democrats insisting on tax increases at the expense of the military. >> greta: are all the defense contractors acting in unison, or a select few? >> there has been division. others have been hesitant because it puts them in a vulnerable position businesswise with shareholders. lockheed plater and

as i say, it is the defense department documents that will be more revelatory, if we ever see them, on dark side of our policy. u.s. cable traffic on venezuela shows the number of important things. it chose the u.s. was certainly engaged in "democracy programs," funding opposition groups, some of which has been in the papers, but you get more details on of these cables. >> peter, finally, you have investigated u.s. policy in latin america for decades, particularly in places like she lay -- chile. you know well that it is hard to get information. these secret documents, now in one fell swoop we see hundreds of thousands of cables. ultimately, more than a million documents. you have to read assange in the ecuadorean embassy in london trying to get political asylum in ecuador to avoid going to sweden because he is afraid the u.s. will have him extradited to the u.s.. you have bradley manning, who allegedly released the documents to wikileaks, who has been held for close to two years, in conditions close to torture, according to many. he could face the rest of his life in prison. talk abou

you said sequestration will apply to unobligated balances of the department of defense. if the school district has not spent all the money why is that not an unobligated balance? >> unobligated balances outside of the department of defense are not subject to sequestration. add the ended the day, the department of education has the same across the board cuts -- it has to reduce its spending in fiscal year 2013 by that amount. by funding the school year that is about to begin, it will have a big impact in the following school year. the department of education has to hit that number. it would have a devastating impact on kids and education across the country. >> you made that clear. what i do not understand completely is whether omb has discretion for whether those cuts will occur. can they occur on february 2? september 2? depending on their discretion -- in the case of schools, it will be several months after. >> there are so many different types of programs across the federal government. some are seasonal, so more spending might be up front, in which case you need to save

i don't know what is in it and would refer you to the defense department since it's apparently supposedly written by someone in the military or retired. >> reporter: a spokesperson for dutton publishing said if the work was vetted by the former special operations attorney provided by the author, he is planning a first run print of the book, 300,000 copies. interestingly, this will go on sale next month on september 11th. >> very interesting and what could happen to this author if classified secrets are spilld? >> it depends, laura, on what is contained in the book. if it sticks to the author's personal thoughts and opinions about the job and mission, he could face no problems at all; however, pentagon officials say the regulations are clear on this and state retired personnel, former employees, non-active duty members, the reserves -- they are not allowed to douse dod security processes and they have to submit this information first before publicly releasing any information to make sure it doesn't compromise national security. and if any classified information is revealed, the pentagon sa

. >>> and the defense department sent a letter to the former navy seal regarding the book he is about to publish regarding the raid in pakistan. the military is considering legal action. >>> and a cheating scandal at harvard university as dozens of students are being investigated for possibly copying answers on a take-home final exam. now if found guilty, they face a reprimand or suspension. >>> now, here is your first look at the morning's dish of scrambled politics. former florida governor jeb bush among the speakers on the final night of the republican national convention in tampa. he told voters to stop blaming his brother, george w. bush, at this gop convention. >>> and the former vp says it is time to eliminate the electoral college and have the popular vote to decide who will be president. >>> and the nielsen tv ratings for the speech showing a relatively low audience of almost 22 million people, compared to 40 million watching sarah palin four years ago. meanwhile, sarah palin's complaints about being bumped off fox news when ryan spoke, reveals a rocky relationship with the n

>> the department of defense played an important role in support of the department of, and security, which is the federal lead for ensuring that businesses get the support they need for protection a critical infrastructure against attacks. it is an important support role that we played. we will welcome an opportunity to extend the support in the future. while i have you, let me thank the entire emergency management community for everything that emergency managers are doing and this nation to help answer the question steve first to give us, to be better prepared. i am looking forward to the convention in seattle. i will be going out to the convention for the national guard association of the united states. when you talk about who deserves praise for strengthening our preparedness, the national guard is at the top of the list. >> thank you. this is directed to paul but also perhaps to admiral johnson. catastrophes are not going to stop the national borders. we have potential partners and canada and mexico. where are we in the disaster catastrophe management planning relationships with

defense department officials say the americans were marine special operations forces, and this is the third attack on coalition forces by the afghan military they're trying to help in the last week. >>> a memorial prayer service was held today for the victims of the sikh temple shooting. hundreds of mourners packed into a high school gym to remember the six people shot and killed last sunday. the bodies of the victims lay in open caskets at the front of the room while family members thanked the community for its support. and attorney general eric holder commended the sikh community for its resiel defense. -- >> resilience. >> this community witnessed the very worst of human kind, but for every minute, every hour, and every day since then, you have exemplified and you have inspired the very best in who we are. >> the shooter, 40-year-old wade michael page, took his own life during a shootout with the police. worshipers cleaned and repaired the inside of the temple but interestingly, they left one bullet hole in the doorjamb. it's a memorial to the victims they tell us. >>> turning now

here's what it would be for the defense department. the smallest navy since 1914. you'd go from 285 ships to 232, the smallest army since 1940, the smallest air force in history. we're working with carl levin and some other democrats to find a way to avoid this for four months from january to may using the bowles-simpson formula. no one's talking -- >> bowles-simpson, for those who don't know, was a deficit reduction plan. >> exactly. it rejects raising tax rates. we'd go into the tax code and generate revenue, taking welling deductions away from welling captains, suspend the corporate jet deduction for a time so we could buy fighter jets. we'd have other cuts in the budget, mandatory spending cuts, a balanced approach to offset sequestration for four months. here's what sequestration -- >> are there enough -- can i just ask you, are there enough of those loophole -- whatever you want to call them -- these tax increases or these tax loopholes that you want to -- >> special deals. >> special deals for people, are there enough of those to balance out the cuts that wo

. >>> in the face of billions of dollars in cuts, the defense department is hoping congress can head off its plans for sequestration. if the mandatory cuts take effect, they could add up to hundreds of thousands of jobs in our area and more than a million nationwide. >> the problems are determining how to deal with our deficit, how to address it, what to cut, what revenue to raise, are so serious and there's so much difference that we can, in fact, go through even something as bad as sequestration rather than find the solution. >> the only question now is whether senate democrats will work with us and follow us to remove these two giant threats that face the american people and frankly, our economy. >> speaker boehner says the other big threat right now is not extending tax cuts for small businesses. >>> the man accused of threatening people at his soon to be former employer was formally charged today. >> reporter: i'm scott broom at the courthouse in prince george's county where neil prescott, the man who threatened a colorado style mass shooting in maryland will face only a misdeme

the funding comes from the department of defense. and there's a middle ground between those two and has become important middle ground, title 32 status. in title 32, the funding for title 32 status comes from the department of defense. the law that applies is generally not federal law, but command and control remains vested in the hands of the governor of that individual state. so it really is the best of both worlds from the vantage point of the state. the training, equipment, the funding comes from the department of defense of command-and-control. president.h the d title 32 status, national guard forces are not covered by 1878 statute that forbids the use of military personnel for law enforcement-related activities. under command-and-control of the governor in title 32, the national guard may be used for law enforcement-related functions. during operation liberty shield, which was the term we had in 2003 in the federal interagency to describe are prepared this domestically for any repercussions associated with a possible war that we

palace and suicide bomber came up and exploded the device, which killed him and three of the defense department officials who were with him. >> reporter: donaldsteinberg is deputy administrator of u.s. ii -- aid. the lead agency for foreign assistance in developing countries and conflict areas. >> he died a hero to produce a better life for the afghan people and for the american people as well. >> reporter: he leaves behind two sons, 12-year-old ali and 15-year-old omar. >> he was very, very nice. he enjoyed helping people and there was also a smile on his face at work, even though it was long hours and things like. that that is what i liked about him. >> he was a curious person, open to new experiences, and coming to america was a great experience for him, i think, also, because of the promise it hill for his children. >> reporter: abdafada was working on a ph.d on ng at virg angela said after his remains are returned to the u.s. through dover air force base, her husband will be buried in egypt. >> paul barnard tonight. >> a disturbing trend in afghanistan. the murders of u.s. troops by suspec

panelists including the defense department assistant secretary for homeland defense, paul stockton discussedow the department can help civilian authorities in natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires. from heritage foundation this is an hour and a half.ng. >> good morning, welcome to the heritage foundation and to our lewis letterman on touring. wele we, of course, will impose a choice on all of these occasions honor heritage.org website.re p we are pleased to welcome those who are also joining us via mospan this morning. we would ask everyone and has to make sure that your cell phones have been turned off as we prepared to begin for everyone's benefit. will post the program r heritage website within 24 hours. our internet viewers are always welcome to send questions throughout our proceedings. the mailing us at speaker@heritage.org. our speaker today is steven bucci. he focuses on special operations and cybersecurity as well as defense support to civil authorities. he served america for three decades as a top pentagon official, has led special forces in the ponds to east africa and t

still waiting for the defense department to release the nachls of the victims. >>> in northwest washington, firefighters on the scene of an apartment fire. this started about an hour ago at 16th and new hampshire avenues. news 4's melissa mollet is there live. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: well, good morning, aaron. just a couple of minutes ago the tenants were all out here waiting to be allowed back in, were allowed to go back inside. let me step out of the way. you can see firefighters still on the scene but they are wrapping things up. at this point we know one tenant was taken to the hospital but we do not know the extent of that person's injuries. take a look at the video. the fire broke out just after 3:00 this morning here at the hampton courts apartments at one apartment on the third floor in the rear of the building. now, a couple of apartments around that one were damaged. firefighters say they had to evacuate several apartments there and even their tenants above the third floor were allowed to stay inside. you can see some of them looking out windows, maybe on cellphones wh

the funding comes from the department of defense. and there's a middle ground between those two and has become important middle ground, title 32 status. in title 32, the funding for title 32 status comes from the department of defense. the law that applies is generally not federal law, but command and control remains vested in the hands of the governor of that individual state. so it really is the best of both worlds from the vantage point of the state. the training, equipment, the funding comes from the department of defense of command-and-control. is not with the president. title 32 status, national guard forces are not covered by 1878 statute that forbids the use of military personnel for law enforcement-related activities. under command-and-control of the governor in title 32, the national guard may be used for law enforcement-related functions. during operation liberty shield, which was the term we had in 2003 in the federal interagency to describe are prepared this domestically for any repercussions associated with a possible wa

and b., we haven't been able to get it from the defense department. yesterday, or the day before the labor department kicks in and says don't send out those notices. the notices are required by law. >> right. >> and here we've got a department of federal government saying don't send them out. >> here's part of that statement. they said to employees of federal contractors, including the defense industry, is not required 60 days in advance of january 2nd, 2013 and it would be inappropriate given the lack of certainty about how the budget cuts will be implemented and the possibility the sequester will be avoided before then. will it be avoided? what can congress do and more importantly, what can the president do to stop this? >> the house has already acted. we passed a bill that pays for the first year of sequestration, which would move the debate back out of a politically-charged atmosphere of the election. the senate hasn't acted. the president hasn't provided any leadership. he is the commander in chief. it's in conceivable to me that the commander in

&a" -- walter pinkus talks about his various jobs as a journalist, and his criticism of the defense department. >> and they build a facility. and it's goots separate rooms for everybody. he wants to vienna the program for future generations. this is about 35 minutes. >> and now, ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure and a privilege to introduce to you, united states congressman from the state of wisconsin, and the next vice president of the united states, ladies and gentlemen, congressman paul ryan. >> hey, everybody. hey, everybody, how are you? oh, wow. i want to introduce to you my mom. this is my mom, betty. she's why i'm here. she and her grand kids are why i'm here. say hi to my mom, betty. thanks, mom. have a seat, mom. friends, we have a big choice to make. this is no ordinary election. it's not an ordinary time. we have a choice. we can stay on the path we are on, the one president obama has put us on. it's a nation deeper in debt. it's a nation further in doubt. it's a nation in decline. or we can elect a leader, a leader who will make the tough decisions, who will apply our foundi

the defense department awarded montgomery county maryland a $40 million grant to help ease congestion. plans include a bicycle and pedestrian path under wisconsin avenue connecting the medical center and metro. no. 1, a heads up if you left your bike at a metro station. to cla today metro officers dozens of abed and unwanted -- abandoned and unwanted bikes at the dupont circle train station. metro it giving owners 10 days to claim those tagged bikes. of that they may be sent to auction and that's tonight -- after that they may be sent to auction and that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >> got out a few minute tonight and it seemed like -- i don't know the dew points -- but it felt like it wasn't as muggy. is that it wasn't for a time. the dew points have come -- >> it wasn't for a time. the dew points have come back up. the higher the dew point, the muggier is feels no matter what. >> and theorizing. >> because the front kind of came -- and they'res and rising. >> because the front kind -- they're rising. >> because the front kind of went north today. national is 93 degrees, next couple d

>> the department of defense played an important role in support of the department of, and security, which is the federal lead for ensuring that businesses get the support they need for protection a critical infrastructure against attacks. it is an important support role that we played. we will welcome an opportunity to extend the support in the future. while i have you, let me thank the entire emergency management community for everything that emergency managers are doing and this nation to help answer the question steve first to give us, to be better prepared. i am looking forward to the convention in seattle. i will be going out to the convention for the national guard association of the united states. when you talk about who deserves praise for strengthening our preparedness, the national guard is at the top of the list. >> thank you. this is directed to paul but also perhaps to admiral johnson. catastrophes are not going to stop the national borders. we have potential partners and canada and mexico. where are we in the disaster catastrophe management planning relationships with