it may cause issues with the fifa service modee. can you discuss your statement on the center for medicare invasion? >> i would agree, mr. green, the $10 billion funding is substantial, a huge increase come teared to what c.m.s. has had historically for this activity. and so, i don't mean to be critical of that at all. i think it's a big step forward. i do thiik it's important for congress to be sensitive to the complex task that c.m.s. now faces. there are a lot of potential candidates for new projects. and, these new projects are still going to take time to set up operation, get running. it will take time to get results. so even with $10 billion, this isn't going to happen with a snap of the finger. and then there is, as i said, still the issue about let's assume the best case that we have successful demos. we still need resources and c.m.s. to operationalize. so it's a good step, but we need to be realistic. we've got problems still to solve. >> mr. chairman, i have other questions, i know i've run out of time even without giving

the world governing body for soccer fifa will consider using video technology including instant replay after all. the announcement today followed a storm of criticism on sunday a referee disallowed a goal by england that was clearly inside the net. hours later an or general tine a player scored a goal even though he was clearly in front of his mexican opponents making him off side. the president of fifa apologized today but also urged patience. >> when you see the evidence , the mistakes, but i have to come back. this is not the end. the end of the competition. it's not the end of football. >> sreenivasan: later soccer officials announced the two referees who made the blown calls will not be working any more games in this world cup. those are some of the day's major stories now. back to gwen. >> ifill: the senate armed services committee today endorsed the president's choice of general david petraeus to lead u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. the nomination goes now to the full senate. today's vote, however, followed a hearing that focused more on war policy than on war personnel. pr

today at the fifa world cup viewinging area on the famed copacabana beach, it was all about the leather ball. thousands thronged to watch brazil's green and yellow canrinos battle portugal, the tiny european country that colonized this vast one centuries ago. after two earlier victories, brazil has already nailed a spot in the next world cup round, so today's match was just for brag rights. still, the crowd roared and growned at each pass, each foul, each corner kick and save. >> for brazilians, every match matters. >> 22-year-old marine felipe nascimento and his sister, who san awouldn't have missed it. >> reporter: dirceu carlini felt just as intensely. >> ( translated ): we're born with a soccer ball between our feet like american are born with a basketball. >> reporter: brazilians have an enduring love affair with sockers, playing in streets and alleys, fields and beaches and their passion has produced an unmatched five world cup crowns over past half century. where this once desperately poor latin-american company, soccer was one of the few national adheemptz made the world take no

. -- fifa president., i saw joe biden watching the met -- guest: i saw joe biden watching the match. he seemed interested. i think there is soccer diplomacy. i think it is significant that the obama administration sent joseph biden to show that we get the significance. you can argue that it is part and parcel to their broader engagement strategy. host: have passed the administration's done this -- administration's done this? guest: i think that they have, but i am not entirely sure. host: what are you looking for in the political frame? what are you expecting? guest: i am really interested in how south africa is able to pull this off. that question looms over all of these other questions. last week, there was a stampede that was held in a friendly match outside of johannesburg. that is really the biggest thing. there are other little subplots. north korea has a team that is plain. they have not had a team for several decades. du can see how they are put -- you can see how they are played it at home and ab