it's a it's quite incredible i mean it's a it's an aggressive response but i had a news conference dianne feinstein that basically began before from the house intelligence committee and the senate intelligence committee holding a news conference basically calling for. an investigation saying that they want to stiffen the laws that would allow them to go after certain whistleblowers or i'm not sure i would categorize them as whistleblowers but to just basically go after the individuals that are leaking this information and it's it's interesting because john kerry you know weighed in on this and he weighed in in a way that is curious you know he was saying that the new york times and the various reporters probably should have reported the story and the story being you know whether it's the kill list or the stuxnet virus so. it's this response sort of sends a chill. you know out there in terms of the way the media will is covering future stories and i think it's not just for the stories that have been written but it's for investigative type stories going forward because this this administrat

everybody's chimey and it's a bipartisan effort everybody from lindsey graham to carl levin and even dianne feinstein people are placed in danger and american lives are lost because of it and people just talk too much and this didn't used to be the case but suddenly it's like it's a spreadable disease if they're painting this president right before his election is a strong leader on national security they're doing in a way that our allies will help us in the future they're putting people at risk i've got a new communication strategy for you. should watch out and you should shut the f. up now the white house's response to all of this has been kind of a hold up you should respect the office of the president and don't you dare question the white house on something like this but what do we think about the entire thing and the selective leaking what does it say about the relationship between the white house and the press and of course the obama administration's aggressive war on whistleblowers while they do simultaneously leak here discuss it with me is jason leopold investigative reporter with

. >> hello, dianne.his is where more than a record of training in most cases will come to a head where some dreams will come true and others will fall apart. inside, if workers were busy transforming for the u.s. olympic gymnastic trials. more than two dozen will be widled down to ten. five men, five women who will become the u.s. olympic team. >> we just have some very talent ed athletes in the world. i think what you're going to see here in san jose are medal winning performances on both sides. >> two of the men go to school in the bay area. he has to remind himself that he's close, but not there yet, which motivates him to push through to work out. >> thinking about it and your dream your whole life and then you think about it your whole life. >> he grew up in southern california saying having family and friends on the stands will be both nerve-wracking and inspiring. >> they're not intrusive, so they don't really question anything. they just show up and support me. that's all i can ask for. making it

the senate democratic chair woman, dianne feinstein, says she is not sure. she thinks it would take too long. that could take years. we don't have years. the fbi is clearly investigating now. there was a flurry of activity here on capitol hill about this, not just press conference but a briefing from the director of national intelligence and the fbi director. dianne feinstein came out and told our ted barrett that the u.s. attorney in d.c. is voilthing at least one of these cases. it is going on. there is a debate about whether or not it needs to be done in a more aggressive way outside the and in a more independent way outside the fbi. >> i have a feeling we are going to hear a lot more about this one. thanks so much, dana. >>> to continue along these lines, we are joined now by cnn national security contributor, fran townsend, a member of the external advisory committees for the cia and homeland security department. she also served as president george w. bush's homeland security adviser. hi, fran. >> hi, jessica. >> i am going to ask you something a little

presumably, dianne feinstein came in with a good shot at being one of the top two finishers here.s 23 other people on the ballot. one of them has to be on the ballot with her in a general election? it could be a general election between the democratic ", senator feinstein versus one of the peace and freedom party people or it could be dianne feinstein, the democrat versus some other democrat in the general election. the thing is, none of the other 23 people on if ballot have made a statewide splash. one of them has to end up on the ballot and none of them have any name recognition at all. the closest anything any of them have to name recognition is, oh, my god, orly taitz. she's famous for being the -- spent is whole obama presidency leading the charge on the birth certain cal charge. because of that sideshow reputation she happens to be the only person on the ballot in california, other than dianne feinstein with any name recognition at all. and with this new "everyone at once" primary that they're trying out in california, that means, as "the san francisco chronicle" said -- pol

that is where we met dianne feinstein. she was on our board of directors and has been as chairman of our clinic ever sense. i just happen to see her a month ago. anybody who has been through it remembers it. i came up to dianne, very prominent now. she said oh high david. this is ben nibert -- my neighborhood for 52 years. i started in keys are, watching the games on the roof. my story when david asked us to share with you, it's 1967. it is a world that he just described. the neighborhood was totally crazy. i am a graduate of you see med center. [inaudible] coming down here with sick sign of career failure. it was total insanity. and what happened, we were built on rock 'n roll. the concerts, and that is how you survived. and all the celebrities came to visit us. of course i would try to get a donation from them. that is how we did it. one of which was making a movie. so, we were totally on volunteers and another line of david's book that is so good is the hell's angels ran a daycare center or something like that. only at

. >> we'll have senator dianne feinstein, the chair of the intelligence committee.she's here in the next hour and we'll talk about that concern. let's talk about taxes and the economic policy right now. remember vividly? you were at that debate and you raised your hand when the moderator asked if all of the republican presidential candidate would support $10 in spending cuts and only one dollar in potential tax increases and you said no. all of you said no. jon huntsman said since then it was a mistake. you would accept $10 in federal spending cuts for $1 of increased taxes for rich people? >> i would stand by that for this reason. if you're asking are the revenues coming into the government growing fast enough? absolutely. you have to ask to do what? to accomplish what end? to accomplish what goal and most of the answer is so we can keep things the way they are. the answer isn't bring in more revenue so we can keep current. >> so you wouldn't -- you still think that was a great idea? >> we have to draw a line in the sand. >> it looks like you're not ready to compro

let's hear dianne feinstein and what she had to say.deo clip] >> when people say they don't want to work with the u.s. because they cannot trust us to keep a secret, that is scary. when allies become concerned and when an asset's life is in jeopardy or his family is in jeopardy, that's a problem. the plight of intelligence is to be able to know what might happen to protect this country. we cannot do that if the intelligence is no longer kept with strict scrutiny, with in the number of people that need to have it. host: 1 happens after that? the national intelligence director spoke about the leaks and what can be done about them. and the white house response to the call for a special prosecutor. where do you see this all going? guest: there certainly will be hearings. the fact that dianne feinstein, was a democrat and chairs the intelligence committee has said she is outraged by what she has seen and it's the worst is ever seen in terms of leaks, means it will lead to something. as of now, we have the white house appearing to reject call

extend a special welcome to the members of the chu -- muni centennial and honorary committee that dianne feinstein has graciously agreed to share. i will be introducing and recognizing members of the committee shortly along with the lady with two hats right here. nice to have you here. absolutely. always part of the day. we also have some very special guests and extend them greetings. from district four, supervisor carmen chu. [applause] district 8, supervisors got wiener -- supervisor scott wiener. district 10 supervisor malia cohen. district 11 supervisor john avalos, and city treasurer jose cisneros. [applause] front and center. well done. very happy 100th to muni. since its first days of operation on december 28, 1912, this unique public transportation system has attracted and intrigue and amazed and served people from the city and untold visitors from all around the world. at to was the first major publicly owned transportation system in the nation and today is the seventh largest, carrying more than 200 million people a year. muni was part of the rebuilding after the 1900 sixth ear

dianne feinstein -- >> it is not unbelievable. it always happens. >> because it always happens, you think it is meaningless? >> no, i don't. i am sensitive to people who think that leaks harmed national security, because they do, but this has been going on forever and that is just the way it works. >> not just any leak -- >> the girl wants to speak. >> meant to burnish the credentials of a president for campaign, and that makes it a scandal. >> there are serious issues here about what should not be classified and what we should be discussing about drone attacks and stuff like that. having worked on these stories and done a few scoops of my own, you put it together, and usually nobody thinks he or she is entirely responsible for the leak, and in fact, they are not. look at a bob woodward book. it has a lot of this stuff in it. i did not see republicans having a fit -- >> i could not believe it reading about the guy buried with al qaeda -- >> that was bad. >> that was a bad leak, but nina raises an important point. how did we know w

some in congress want to know more about what the cia is doing the l a times reported today that sen dianne feinstein chairman chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee has worked to allow congress to keep closer tabs on our drone war the article details how staffers from the house and senate intelligence committees go to cia headquarters once a month to review the latest strikes usually taking place in pakistan and yemen not only do they get to see the strikes clearly but they're also privy to intelligence used to justify them telephone intercepts and cia assessment forms well because this information is highly classified these congressional aides are given top level security clearances access material only president obama his aides and a number of high ranking cia officials get to see so does this seem a little odd to anyone else they live to l.a. times raise questions about the qualifications of these staffers while some have come from defense and intelligence fields others are inexperienced saxby chambliss is intelligence committee staffer whose background is in agriculture one se

dianne feinstein said, it's an avalanche of leaks. i don't know if any time in our history, where so much has been leaked, so much devastating information has been leaked at one time and it comes from people close to the president. if you believe the noirk times, which this one time, i will do, this comes from people in the white house, the president's closest advisers? this is important. you wrote a piece in the new york daily news and you said, it had to come from the white house because it described the president on tuesdays, talking about specific kill lists and drone strikes where he would make the final decision. so it had to be somebody in that room -- >> in the oeral office and meetings in the situation room, in the white house. it talks about national security council meetings. everyone know who is is at these meetings. this is the inner circle of the president. the president says he's outraged. the fact is, he didn't say a word until john mccain raised it on the senate form and dianne feinstein went after him. until a month

just moments ago, wolf blitzer asked dianne feinstein if she knows of any incidents where there were leaks. >> yes, i can tell you where lives have been in danger. >> has anyone been killed as a result? >> not to my knowledge. >> do you want to go into specifics? >> no, i do not. >> brianna keilar joins us now. how does the white house answer what a pretty serious allegation for both democrats and republicans? >> i spoke with one senior administration official, john, who insisted that these leaks drive us crazy. that's what i was told. when you look at a lot of these stories, certainly there are many details that raise questions. if some of them are not coming from the white house, they coming from the administration when you talking about some of the classified details. that seems obvious even if they are not coming from the white house. this is a white house that has made a big deal about clamping down on leaks. at this point in time, when you ask, how will you cooperate with these hearings that we know are going to happen certainly on the senate side of the hill, this fbi investig

are seeing and it's comments like those that leave more questions than answers it seems that are dianne feinstein and the rest of the intelligence committees want the public to know that they're looking into these contentious drone strikes the only information we can get comes from anonymous staffers because of course the drone program is classified that congressional officials claim that having more sets of eyes reviewing these strikes will make the cia more careful i'm not so sure nobody has proven that this review process will hold our intelligence officials more accountable and sound as if even pointed out that their hands are usually tied when trying to challenge these cia decisions so what's really going to be accomplished good question and kudos to the l a times for its reporting and raising these important points. what can really change though if our own lawmakers seem too busy to hold the president and the cia accountable and can anything really be done when questions are raised after the attacks have happened after the casualties have been counted and the damage is already don

he and dianne feinstein, the democratic chair of the senate intelligence committee, are considering a joint hearing on the issue. feinstein weighed in on "the situation room with wolf blitzer" on wednesday. i think what we're seeing, wolf, is an anch-, an avalanche of leaks aad it's very, very disturbing. you know, it's dismayed our allies and puts american lives in jeopardy, it puts our nation's security in jeopardy. i don't belieev any of ttis came directly ut of the top ranks of the white problems is information is ot closely eld sufficiennly. i'm andrew spencer reporting. the house and senate intelligence committees are expected to add anti-leak provisionss o the intelligence authorization bill for the next fiscal year. we're learning more today... child sexual abuse trial... for former penn state assistant football coach, jerry sandusky.a jury of 7 women... and 5 men will hear the case.among them... roughll to penn state.letters written by sandusky to ne of the alleged victims are expected toobe entered into evidence plead not guilty to the charges. opening statementss begin mond

dianne feinstein is the chief sponsor in the senate. it was introduced last set at -- session but it never got anywhere. there is growing support and it will not stop until it passes.

democratic senator dianne feinstein said her heart dropped when she read the story. third, the kill list somebody told the "times" that president obama has an actual terrorist death list and the leaks were designed to make the president look like a tough guy. the one thing all these leaks have in common is the "new york times." now attorney general eric holder has assigned two justice department officials to investigate if national security was compromised. the problem is many people don't believe holder will do anything that might embarrass his close friend barack obama. this needs a special counsel. someone entirely independent of the justice department. i have grace respect for the two individuals that were appointed but this if is and it certainly is the most egregious breach of intelligence in anybody's memory. >> bill: wow. now for his part the president is satisfied that his close friend eric holder can find the leakers. >> we have mechanisms in place where if we can root out folks who have leaked they will suffer consequences. the notion that my white house w

this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainable communities, people think they are discovering this at this time. this one was done in georgia. this is one in maryland green belt outside of washington d.c. this is right outside of the co-op. and then urban roads like this in the los angeles river and this is being built. this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oak

dianne feinstein has said it threatens american lives and the national security.with the a lice. makes it almost impossible we can recruit anybody who work with us after looking at how we leak stuff. pew the question is nobody will doubt seriousness. the question is: is there going to be pressure to speed up the investigation, because it could go really slow inside justice until after election day, which is what obama wants to do with everything. punt everything to november. >> you know, chuck, you were saying this might not be, even involved the classified information. we are talking about the program, people didn't know, the u.s. and israel was working on going after iran bay computer weapon. >> no. what i'm saying is it's possible some of it was declassified. >> by the president. >> by the president or somebody else before it was leaked. we don't know that. i assume they will be investigating those kind of things. just to be clear here, i repeat there is a difference between something that is bad, risky, dangerous, et cetera, and something that is a crime, righ

>> bret: democrat, dianne feinstein, and ruggersburger as engaged as you are? >> absolutely. dianne is as furious as she could be. >> bret: i want to ask about another topic we haven't spent a lot of time on. swatting. that is basically -- well, explain it and why it's a problem. you have sent a letter to eric holder. >> what has happened in three instances we know about, in three different part of the country, it happens that the conservative bloggers, the conservative news reporters have received calls -- excuse me, the 9/1 911 calls in law enforcement offices have gone out to explain they are the individual blogger themselves. either somebody in their house has been shot, or there is some act of violence taking place. we need you to send your swat teams in right now. what is happening is law enforcement agencies have gone in and when these individuals receive a knock at the door, they open their door thinking it's just some neighbor or whoever, and all of a sudden there are swat teams with helicopters and guns drawn. thank goodness to this point in time, nobody has been hu

dianne feinstein, her comments are startling. they want president obama to be re-elected. it goes beyond politics. she has been on the committee for eleven years and she said, quote, i have never seen it worse. >> chris: i have to say i have never seen it worse. the "new york times" two weeks in a row had a huge incredibly two-full page detailed story about the drone operation and then the next week about the cyber warfare. i guess everybody kind of suspected the u.s. and israel were behind it. in this was name, chapter, verse operation name of the israeli name. it's extraordinary. >> i have to say, i'm a journalist, i have two minds about these things, on the drone strike story there is a lot of information, albeit classified that is important. for the public to know about so there is a tradeoff. one thing i really wanted to know is whether the obama administration pushed back prior to publication, when they were asked for comment or they knew the stories were coming because in past cases, you know from the "washington post" and other newspapers, administrations have said

. >> i am the principal of dianne feinstein school of dark side campus. i want to thank them for putting this fourth of the board, he was an amazing person. he did so much to help us grow into the community that we are, and when he passed away last year, i brought it to the pta and said that i really think that because of the work he did in getting the school built and the work that he did with children before that in the work he continued to do, everything from bringing cookies to taking pictures to helping with art in our school, i felt his marriage should live on in some way. i put it forth to the school site council and they voted unanimously to dedicate the room to him, he was also a member of the pta and he did not have any children in our school. he is an amazing man and wanted to give him this memory of being in the school, keeping it alive for ever. >> i was there for the dedication, and i was at -- i was talking to quite a few people including wives and relatives. when i heard the stories and the fact that there was a dedication, i asked the que

is but a look that was -- this body looked at was not only the church that was next door, but also dianne feinstein. this goal we are looking at is -- the school we are looking at is longfellow elementary. they walked up mission street. in the afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.. i would not let my children walked on mission street to school. that is the way it is. they go to the park. they are building a new park. i hope you will keep that in consideration. the other thing said that the day care centers were not licensed. they are. i have contacted all 11 of them. one has a senior center. 5199, also has a senior center and a senior committee day care centers. i hope it will take that into consideration. the one other issue, i know it was mentioned that the police department is not opposing this. i am the new co-chair of the community police advisory board. i spoke to the captain. he says, we are not going to oppose it. they stated at the planning commission. what the captain said is that we are concerned. we are concerned about three mcd's. we have been told there are two more of plan.

. >> now you have dianne feinstein, senator running potentially in the general election against a screwball will have spoken. this is something where voters like this because it gives them a choice. this is like okay, if there is the two best people are democrats, fine. >> if not, it's going to be a good iq test to find her name on a list of candidates. >> dianne feinstein. >> in the middle of the pack. >> all right. 23 challengers. if she gets above 50%, will she have to -- she will have to regardless. >> doesn't matter, it goes no matter what. unbelievable. we have one minute left. nancy pelosi says she wants to 25 seats to be able to control congress. a chuck here in california even though california is not relevant in the presidential race. it certainly will be relevant in congress. joe, you cover this all the time. is it likely? >> steve israel said he could get as many as 8. now, most analysts say he is dreaming. it might be three or four around there. five top. maybe six. >> yeah. they don't get it because of the demographic shift not because of the open primary. >> i am interested i