defense secretary gates calls for an in-depth review of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, joint chiefs chair mullen tells congress lifting the ban is the right thing to do. margaret warner reports. >> lehrer: then, a debate over the president's proposals to pull the plug on human space flight; >> ifill: an update from haiti on some of the earthquake's youngest victims; plus a tom bearden report on how haitian orphans are adapting to life with their adoptive parents in colorado. >> he's gone through an earthquake. he's on basically planet mars. he's ready to smile at any moment. it's amazing. >> lehrer: and paul solman talks to the c.e.o. of the bank of new york. >> no bank should be too big to fail. that is my view, and that is our industry's view. capitalism works. darwinism works. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: pacific life. bank of america this is the power of human energy. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve soc

secretary gates. >> mr. chairman, last week during the state of the union address the president announced he will work with congress this year to repeal the law known as don't ask, don't tell. he subsequently direct it had department of defense to begin the preparations necessary for a repeal of the current law and policy. i fully support the president's decision. the question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change burks how we must, how we best prepare for it. we received our orders from the commander in chief, and we are moving out accordingly. however, we can also take this process only so far as the ultimate decision rests with you, the congress. i am mindful of the fact, as are you, that unlike the last time this issue was considered by the congress, more than 15 years ago, our military is engaged in two wars that have put troops and their families under considerable stress and strain. i am mindful as well that attitudes toward homosexuality may have changed considerably, bot

secretary gates? i think they have, and i frankly thought that they had already been provide to the committee and i'll check on it after the hearing. >> okay. thank you. could you talk a little bit about some of the areas of measurement that would be in these measures of progress? >> well, i think a couple that are pretty obvious are the afghans meeting their recruitment goals for the afghan national security forces. are they meeting their goals in terms of limiting fruition? how many are they meeting the number of units being fielded that are in the plan? are they benchmarks -- there are benchmarks associated with their training. so i think those are the kinds of things, at least with respect to the security forces that we're talking about. >> do we have anything that we might relate to our measures of progress with respect to our particular efforts? >> well, i think in some respects the president's made some, made his expectations pretty clear. he has some clear expectations and is benchmarking us o

secretary gates?think they have, and i frankly thought that they had already been provide to the committee and i'll check on it after the hearing. >> okay. thank you. could you talk a little bit about some of the areas of measurement that would be in these measures of progress? >> well, i think a couple that are pretty obvious are the afghans meeting their recruitment goals for the afghan national security forces. are they meeting their goals in terms of limiting fruition? how many are they meeting the number of units being fielded that are in the plan? are they benchmarks -- there are benchmarks associated with their training. so i think those are the kinds of things, at least with respect to the security forces that we're talking about. >> do we have anything that we might relate to our measures of progress with respect to our particular efforts? >> well, i think in some respects the president's made some, made his expectations pretty clear. he has some clear expectations and is benchmarking us on h

gates wants to take his time and study it.ullen was speaking of it as a moral imperative. >> that's one of the things about gates. there's two sides to him. the careful side is what i think we saw with this issue. he isn't going to get out there and make a big moral statement. he's going to go methodically through the steps to see what the causes -- what the effects are going to be and he -- i don't think he was originally a champion of repealing the law. but i think his commander in chief wants to, and he's going to follow that through and do it slowly. he also likes to point out it's up to congress to actually repeal the law. >> thanks so much, elizabeth rubin. great cover story in "time" magazine. just this quick point, i wanted to point out that our friends over at huff post did first break that story that politic ol fronted today, that axelrod had challenged -- that actixelrod w challenged by al franken at that meeting. we just want to give credit where credit is due, to the huffington post. >>> we have two words for you,

secretary gates expected to launch a year-long study.he review is to be co-chaired by a pentagon official and a uniformed officer. it will look into the impact of lifting the ban, what that would do to the troops in the field. also the secretary is expected to give details on plans to loosen standards for enforce thing existing rules while that study is underway. our mike emanuel is live from the pentagon with the latest. all right, mike, first off, what do we know about this review of don't ask, don't tell? >> reporter: well, we expect defense secretary gates to announce two names, the senior defense official, also the senior military official who are going to look into all the issues involved with the idea of changing the controversial don't ask, don't tell policy. he's going to give them until the end of the calendar year to look into these issues and to make sure it doesn't impact the force. there are great concerns about with our military serving in wars in afghanistan and iraq and being asked to do so much around the world, great s

gorbachev, open this gate.and howard baker what early opposed the assertion of the next six words, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall, heard reagan deliver them, he knew at once he had been wrong to oppose it. he later told me that i was glad not to be right about this. it would take another two years for the wall to come down. so what was the ultimate significance of reagan's berlin wall speech? very few presidential speeches, even the most famous one in our history, produce immediate change or inspired listeners to take action. but the ones that stand the test of time do so because of the ideas they represent. and that explains why the words tear down this wall remained so resonant today. the speech was on the right side of history. it expressed reagan's core belief that people could overcome their differences, that the world need not remain divided and that change was possible. that's the vision he was working with gorbachev to realize during all those years when he was president. and my book, i quoted georg

>> well, you know, i think gates is going to address that, in fact.ing to say that he wants to look in to all of the issues. there are issues with housing, with working and living in close quarters? are the regulations enough to govern any problems someone might have? a lot of people say that, you know, the existing regulations governing any sort of public behavior apply to everybody, whether they're heterosexual, homosexual or whatever, you know? that the regulations govern your personal behavior and this shouldn't be a problem. but gates knows there are still many people who are very sensitive to this issue, and he's got to present a case, a very thorough, comprehensive case, that he's looked at housing, that he's looked at the workplace, that he's looked at all of the regulations and the law and that the congress can move ahead on trying to repeal this, betty. >> yeah, there's a lot on the table here. and i've just learned that they're taking a little five-minute recess, and when they resume, they will be discussing don't ask, don't tell, and, of c

secretary gates. >> mr. chairman, last week during the state of the union address the president announced he will work with congress this year to repeal the law known as "don't ask, don't tell." he subsequently directed the department of defense to begin the preparations necessary for a repeal of the current law and policy. i fully support the president's decision. the question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we must -- how we best prepare it for it. we have received our orders from the commander in chief, and we are moving out accordingly. however we can also take this process only so far as the ultimate decision rests with you, the congress. i am mindful of the fact, as are you, that unlike the last time this issue was considered by the congress more than 15 years ago, our military is engaged in two wars that have put troops and their families under considerable stress and strain. i am mindful as well that attitudes toward homosexuality may have changed considera

gates is also testifying. this is before a senate committee today. these are the live pictures coming to us right now. gates will end his plans for the current don't ask, don't tell policy. the pentagon review could take more than a year. so in the meantime, gates reportedly intends to revise the rules on discharging gay and lesbian service members. he'll place a heavier burden of proof on a commander who wants to force someone out of the arm armed forces. >>> a former army intelligence officer is applauding the move. alex nicholson was discharged in 2002 after members of his unit discovered he was gay. >> i knew i was gay going in. i knew about don't ask, don't tell. it sounds very reasonable. it sounds like nobody will inquiry to sexual orientation as long as you don't throw it in anyone's face, you won't have a problem. after i got in, i realized it is much more all inclusive. it was more don't ask don't tell, don't happen to be found out any time, anyplace, in any way. so after about a year, i was outed within my unit. a couple people started fin

chairman. >> secretary gates? >> mr. chairman, last week during the state of the union address, the president announced he will work with congress this year to repeal the law known as don't ask, don't tell. he subsequently directed the department of defense to begin the preparations necessary for a repeal of the current law and policy. i fully support the president's decision. the question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we best prepare it, for it. we received our orders from the commander-in-chief, and we are out accordingly. however, we can also take this prospect only so far as the ultimate decision rests with you, the congress. i am mindful of the fact, as are you, that unlike the last time this issue was considered by the congress, more than 15 years ago, our militaries engaged in two wars that have put troops and their families under considerable stress and strain. i am mindful as well that attitudes towards homosexuality may have changed considerably, both in society gen

gates will appoint experts to study the issue for another year. why?e the biggest hurdle ahead. >> the president made his intentions clear. >> this year, i will work with congress and the military to get rid of don't ask don't tell. >> a senior pentagon official tells cnn the chiefs are expected to support the president, but they will tell him to what extent they believe allowing gays to openly serve will hurt morale and readiness of the force. the official says of the chiefs, all they want is time to come up with their ideas on how to implement a change in the law if it's approved by congress. as a first step, defense secretary robert gates is expected to call for no longer discharging people who are outed by others. over the last 12 years, nearly 11,000 people have been discharged from the military for being gay. defense officials say the appetite to inform the law is declining, and the debate is now how to live with the change. >> existing regulations governing sexual behavior may be with concerns about living in close quarters. >> we can be fairly

the gated close, we go over the gates, we go over the fence if the fence is too high, but we will get health care reform passed for the american people. for their own personal health and economic security. she knows better than the american people because who is building the fence. the american people. they decided they will possibly use side-car legislation, i'm sure this is what the founders had in mind. i told you for months "do not allow anything to pass from this congress or this administration." they are building something. i don't know what they're building but they are putting pieces of whatever it is they're building in all of these bills and we don't know it. again, we see it coming through. here they go. it doesn't work in one bill so they will break it up. health care, they break that bill up and pass it this different bills. i don't know what "fundamental transformation is," and what the president is shooting for, since the president said in the past the constitution is "fundamentally flawed," since this president is surrounding himself with radicals. some socialists. one

>> bill gates, you wanted to answer that?> one of the big food buyers in the world is the world food program. they do a great job. donors have often forced them to take the food from the rich countries instead of donating money and allowing the crops in nearby african countries to be purchased and increased in the capacity there and having lower transport costs. there's been some progress in reforming this so the countries give more money. and there's been some evert. we've given a lot of money to world food programs so they're working with the local farmers so they can qualify for those purchase programs. so africa needs to open up trade within africa. there's still quite a few barriers, whether it's policies or infrastructure, that prevent that from working well. >> i think in addition to all of that, we have to look beyond aid. i don't think, you know, aid can solve these problems. we have to really encouragement investment. ok? so if the private sector, if we can't get the subsidies down, it's going to take time -- as the

i'm just curious, we at secretary gates announced a major 316 fort -- they're not turning back towards the for poor performance on jss piercing day, david got the mda had kind of a tirade about luck would've quality and the products that mda is receiving from its contractors. do you think those issues are issues that are indicative of industrial-based dispatcher feed? are they bad business models on the part of the pentagon or the part of the contractors? is it just for contracting? does that have anything to do this industrial-based issue? >> i'd say no, nope and nope. next. [laughter] no, i'm not qualified to talk to that point. that is dr. carter who has been following this issue closely. but i can't say is that the department has been working closely with the contractor.

. >> that is robert gates, preceded by dennis blair, director of national intelligence. they and others testified this week that the possibility of an attempted attack on the united states and the next six months is virtually certain. any additional insight on that, evan? >> i think it is more logic and intelligence. -- logic than intelligence. and this new twist that there are americans fighting for the other side. "the new york times" at a fascinating story about this kid from alabama, very bright kid, and a very scary guy. >> we could spend all my on what motivates people to do that. on the other hand, the question about the threat. you hear that kind of testimony and it makes people anxious. >> you had the leadership of the intelligence community saying that is concerned, but you also ought is a phenomenon we are coming to grips with, the notion of homegrown terrorists. that is where i think the real concern is, that is going to come from within. it is going to come at us in an area where he might be most -- you might be most vulnerable, like the metro center, or tra

for one thing, gates wants a year to study. >> what the men and women in our armed forces really thinkut this. >> reporter: for another, "don't ask, don't tell" is a law enacted by congress. >> i'm happy to say that we still have a congress of the united states that would have to pass a law to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." >> reporter: right now, with the military fighting two wars, there are not enough votes to repeal. >> the presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would very likely create an unacceptable risk. >> reporter: until the law is changed, gates says he will try to make enforcement of "don't ask, don't tell" more lenient. katie? >> couric: david martin reporting from the pentagon tonight. meanwhile, it was just about a year ago when 50 people were4-ae crashed near buffalo, new york. today, investigators from the n.t.s.b. pinned most of the blame on the two pilots and insufficient training. soon after that crash, federal regulators promised to put tough new rules in place, but as nancy cordes tells us, litt

. >> reporter: today defense secretary gates says he supports the president, but indicated it could take two years to implement the change. >> the question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we best prepare for it. >> reporter: that drew a blistering review from republican senator john mccain, suggesting gates was playing politics. >> it requires the agreement of congress in order to repeal it, and so your statement, obviously is one which is clearly biased. >> reporter: there is an estimated 65,000 gays and lesbians in the military and 69% of americans believe they have the right to serve. gay rights advocates claim the shift in public opinion is generational. >> the majority of service members today are between 18 and 34, and they have no trouble, no problems serving with gays and lesbians every day. >> reporter: for now, secretary gates would like to loosen up on enforcement, to permit more gays to remain in the military while don't ask-don't tell is still the law. jim miklazewski, nbc news, the pentagon. >>> we turn our focus now to haiti. fir

defense secretary robert gates and admiral mike mullen voiced their opposition to the ban and suggested that officials take a year of studying the ban on the policy before scheduling a vote. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly. now matter how i look at this issue, i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are to defend fellow citizens. >> there is another side to the issue. what are some of the concerns that people in the military have. >> the biggest concern that people use to oppose the policy is the breakdown of discipline within military units, especially smaller military units as you come down the chain of command it is absurd, but that is the excuse they use. >> there is also a budget impact. once you go down the road, you have to consider whether you give benefits to partners. that's a huge consideration, isn't it? >> it's a huge consideration, when you think of the military or the budget perspective. my view about the budget perspective is we don't have e

the gates open at 3:00 a.m. i'm not joking when i read on their instruction sheet, no alcoholic beverages allowed. all though, there's a section where the families can go and the section where the adults only can go. if you don't want kids and don't want to be around them, you don't have to be. >> there's a pg section. >> i suppose. >>> a haitian toddler is starting his new life far from the earthquake damage. he's the son of a california couple. they arrived home yesterday. the couple started the adoption process almost a year ago. when the quake struck, they did not know whether christopher was alive or dead. >> figure out what he needs to eat that's not going to make his belly all upset. just get him on a schedule, find a place where he feels safe to sleep and he's certainly not sleeping as much as he should be now. >> the parents learned creole phrases to comfort their son. >>> a shelter in wisconsin gave about 100 guests free passes for a day of fun. some say it was a good treat, especially for the kids. >>

>> rhyme -- i'm right at the border waiting for the gate to open tomorrow morning. unfortunately, i too late to the border to cross over. >> greta: at this point you can't cross over into haiti? >> no, because they close at the gate at 7:00 at night. >> greta: do you know what your clients intended to do with those children? to bring them to the dominican republic or the united states? >> there was not intention to bring them to the united states. they were only trying to take them to a temporary facility so they can be taken care of. a lot of these kids don't know that their parents have died. they need psychological help. it doesn't make any sense when at the border they are not asking for papers. haitians cross over to the dominican republic and the dominican government is not asking for id or passports to cross over. >> greta: where did they find these children? how did they get these children? >> there was an orphanage that collapsed in haiti it was called friends of the orphans of haiti. there bass somebody that told them -- there was somebody that told them t

secretary of defense robert gates told a senate committee he is launching a year-long study. joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen said it is time to end the policy. that didn't sit well with several republican senators. >> i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> at this moment of immense hardship for our armed services, we should not be seeking to overturn the don't ask, don't tell policy. >> congress would need to approve the repeal and that is not expected to happen soon. for now the pentagon plans to ease up on enforcing the policy. >>> seven months after michael jackson's death, prosecutors in los angeles are set to file charges against the superstar's physician. dr. conrad murray is expected to be charged with involuntary manslaughter. he could possibly surrender to police as early as today. legal experts say the probable case against murray rests on whether the prosecution can prove he acted recklessly. >> certainly the district

gates announced this year-long study on how it is going to be implemented.s that necessary in your opinion? >> no. we have a rand study done back in 1993. they concluded after extensive research that this was not a threat to the morale. this had is part -- there are some people in the military and outside the military who aren't comfortable with this because it's different, it's threatening and they can explain why they're so threatened themselves. but another thing we need to be aware of i think, ed, that hasn't been discussed in this context is that women who represent 15% of the military represent 50% of the people who are being discharged because of the "don't ask don't tell" rule. i think it's a way that some male officers are dealing with something they never wanted to accept which is women in the military. these things need to change. the next generation doesn't care about this issue. they know it's not a substantive reason to exclude somebody when you need them in the military. but there are some just hold-overs that simply ought not be directing our

the bill gates says we should think innovation. i agree.on is not only in the area of production but also innovation in the area of financial instruments that could be used to help farmers and countries manage their liabilities. i think we need to think about that. we have been working at the world bank and did a small scheme in malawi to help them manage the risk of drought and floods. whereby there is an authority. they can get some pavement back, which they can then use to help the farmers. we must think of those kinds of instruments. even in haiti today we should have something. an assurance that can be used to help farmers. >> how do you compensate farmers for the high risk for the bad monsoon or drought? the riskiness of farming? >> in vietnam the farmers are given the land certificate and they can use that to secure a bank loan. when we suffer losses in the crops, they will then get subsidies from the government. assistance from the government. to increase the yield of the food in the world, one important issue is international commu

the woman on the right is melinda gates, the richest woman on earth.magine what that conversation is like. klaus schwab told us that davos is where melinda's husband, bill gates, first met the world health organization and got the idea to give away billions for immunizations. >> schwab: they became aware of the need to act, particularly in this field. scott, i have to rush down to... korean president. >> pelley: the korean president? busy, busy. >> schwab: i have to introduce him, so... >> pelley: off you go. >> schwab: see you later. >> pelley: see you later. >> schwab: thank you. >> pelley: how did schwab pull this together? >> sorrell: well, i think he had the vision. i mean, like everything in life, you know, he had a strong vision. >> pelley: but he didn't exactly pull this together with the force of his charisma. >> sorrell: i think that's a little bit unfair. ( laughter ) >> pelley: you know what i mean. >> sorrell: if he'd been a larger-than-life character or personality, which is the sort of thing you are getting at, maybe he wouldn't have bee

the gates go out of a city and gates enter into the city.are also places in which people spend even a short period of time. but they do that day by day, those who who commute into the station. so, indeed, in my opinion, according to our experience, they are very, very important. >> rose: tell me what the driving vision was when i look at this image. >> well, the driving image was... vision was that if you need 30 minutes to go from one city to another as it happens here, the distance clean colon and liege or brussels and liege and in two hours you are almost in london it means you see the station has to be very open. it has to be very welcoming and it has to be seize city to use and accessible for everybody. >> rose: should it remind me of anything when i see that from an image standpoint? >> well, it's a gate, it's also a lupl us in place. >> rose: okay. the next slide. what's the material? >> the material is steel and the big canopy you are seeing is important because belgium and this part of the world is very rainy. so it's a way you can

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panelists include microsoft chairman bill gates. this is an hour. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you very much for joining us today. we're going to talk about -- rethink that issue. we know that a billion people today suffer from malnutrition. 80% of those are in the agricultural sector. so it is probably the single most important issue that faces the world today and at the same time, it is probably the single most neglected issue at forums like this so it is very good to see the world economic forum paying so much attention to food production and organizing a special world food program. it is a big change and i think it is about time that happened. today we have a panel of experts who can guide us toward stating the problem, exactly what is it and then we plan to do what are possible solutions like innovation, technology, trade, etc. and then we plan to end with what are certain goals that we should aim at? big goals? two or three big goals that we should aim at? the format of the next one hour will be at each stage, when we take up a topic, after we have talked about that

bush, let's remember and secretary gates also appointed by george w. bush and soekt gates also up appointed by george w. bush, both supported this today. what we haven't heard from the other chiefs that what you're going to find is the u.s. army and the air force and the november november are comfortable with moving ahead with getting rid of this don't ask don't tell as moving on. >> the u.s. marine corps is a dirch stoert. back whether bill clinton was president, the u.s. marine corps and general mundy as a con dot are se resistant. mike's testimony today wassed u.s. marines were arguing back in the early 90s. being game is immobile. tomorrow my mike mullen seems back that high ground and says no, no, no. to serve in effect and playboy with a situation where you're next lying to your life. that is a lack of integrity, and he put it back on the high groind and gave more information to the idea of getting rid of this policy. >> appreciate it. thank you. join the live chings at 360? just ahead, but not giving up hope. i'll show you what i found there tod

go like a pro. >>> defense secretary robert gates on capitol hill.y are talking about lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military. would repealing the ban actually save taxpayer's money or cost them more? cnn's carol costello looks at the bottom line. >> republicans say it's not exactly primetime to revisit such a divisive issue. >> at a time when americans are asking where are the jobs, why do we want to get in this debate? >> those that support repealing don't ask don't tell say now is the time. if americans want physical responsibility in government, then -- >> repealing the ban would save money in the long run, absolutely. >> since 1994, they have discharged troops because of don't ask don't tell. the government's general accountability office says that costed taxpayers more than $190 million, and california put the price tag closer to $303 million when you take into account discharging troops after training. $363 million is a drop in the bucket. >> the discharge of 13,000 or so people is small in comparison to what the military pays e

it is an honor to be introduced by bob gates.ecretary gates and shoe, general cartwright, and vice admiral and members of the armed services, students -- thank you all for coming. frankly, this speech was a collaborative document. bob gates could deliver this speech. general cartwright could deliver this speech. they could probably do it better than i will. the fact of the matter is that at its founding, the former secretary of war gave this address. he said it was not to promote war but to preserve peace by intelligent and adequate preparation. that is what this is all about. that is what i think the speeches about. for more than a century, you and your predecessors have heeded that col. there are fewer contributions that could be greater -- that any citizen could make -- than to aspire to meet the goal of this university. many statesmen have walked to this campus and pronounced states meant better than i have -- statesmen better than i have. [laughter] i told you but could give this speech better. you taught them well. a schola

secretary gates and chairman mullen will be talking about that.ressed it in his state of the union. >> this year, i will work with congress and military to repeal the law that denies gays from serving the country that they love because of who they are. it is the right thing to do. [applause] host: rick maze, you wrote about that. what is in the president's mind? how willing is the secretary and chairman to carry this out? guest: a willingness is not a question when it comes to serve the president. they are willing to try. they have dozens of questions about implementation, how it cannot be done quickly, how this is not the right time to do it, but in the end, they are ready to start on the course to get it done. certainly not as fast as people in the gay rights community may want, and it is a long road, and it is not a sure thing. host: how much support does this have fromxd officers? why do they have to go to congress to implement this decision? guest: the law is clear. homosexual melanie is not conducive to -- homosexuality is not conducive to s

second of defense robert gates, said the chairman of the joint cheer, admiral mark mullin said men and women in uniform should not be forced to lie. they want time for the ranks to absorb what this means but martha raddatz said it was a dramatic day on capitol hill. martha. >>. >> reporter: it was diane. this will be dramatic debated for years to come but what we heard on capitol hill today was truly historic. it was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, highest ranking military officer in the nation, who said today, what no one in his position has ever said before. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> reporter: admiral mullin's statement ran into stiff opposition from republican senators. >> person whose demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would very likely create an unacceptable risk to those high standards

. >>> plus, the controversy over the straw gates.er wizard who is getting chewed out for chewing. 9news sports after this. m÷ >>> you wouldn't call the nationals speed merchants. stealing 73 bases last season, a third of them came from morgan, and only played here for 49 games. the good news is morgan will play the full time this season. morgan working out in vierra today. he came over mid season with the trade from the pirates. giving them a speedy leadoff hitter, making everyone else in the lineup more dangerous. >> you know, i have always been in this role, especially since t-ball. and i always felt comfortable in that role and i would love to get the party started. >> it would be a big plus for us. i think that we'll definitely have the lineup to compete. >> with the sunglasses in holding the microphone like that. very much a lounge singer for them. and if they threw the third bullpen for the season this way, punching 100 miles an hour despite throwing into the 30 miles an hour winds. the full squad workout beginning tomorrow. it

on capitol hill today, defense secretary robert gates announced he is working on a plan to end the policy that bars openly gay people from serving in the military. take a listen. >> the question is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we best prepare for it. >> the joint chiefs chairman, admiral mike mullen, says lifting the ban is a matter of integrity and, quote, the right thing to do. >> we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> admiral mullen's statement ran into stiff opposition from republican senators. >> the armed forces must maintain policies that exclude people whose presence in the armed forces would create an unnecessary risk to the high standards, morale and discipline of a unit co heegs. >> in this moment, immense hardship for our forces, we should not be seeking toef turn the don't ask, don't tell policy. >> until the law is changed, gates said he would try to make enforcement of don't ask, don't tell more lenient. >> secretary gates says it will take at least a

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>> bill gates, you want to answer that? of the big food buyers in the world is the food program and a great job. the donors often force them to take the food from the rich countries instead of donating money and allowing the crops in the nearby african countries to be purchased and increase the capacity and having the lower transport costs. there's been some progress in reforming this so the countries give more money and there's been some eckert -- we've given a lot of money to the world food programs so they are working with local farmers so they can qualify for those purchased programs. so africa needs to open up trade within africa. there's still quite a few barriers but it is policies or infrastructure that prevent them from working well. >> i think in addition to all of that we have to look beyond the aid. i don't think that aid can solve these problems, and then we have to really encourage investment. so if the private sector come if we can't get the subsidies down and it's going to take time as the prime minister of

in the event that after a full study, i think secretary gates called for a study, let's say six months or a year down the road they conclude from the military leaders in theater who are fighting these wars say we can get away -- do away with don't ask don't tell. would you then be in favor of doing it? it is a decision made here not at the white house, right? >> we will have a number of hearings. we had many hearings before the policy of don't ask don't tell was adopted. we will have many hearings, hear from our military leaders. i believe the system, present policy is working. if they can show me the evidence that it needs to be changed, obviously, then i would give that serious consideration. that has been my consistent policy. but i do believe that the policy in effect today is working. >> the economy, got a big fat suggested budget dropped on your doorstep here on capitol hill. what is your thought on the president's budget and the effect on the deficit and what are you gonna do with it? >> i think it is horrific. i think this incredible deficit and debt is going to -- act of gener

this is a time where carl levin is on the opposite side of gates. that area. host: is there anything specific in defense spending that puzzles you? caller: all of it. i don't agree with the war, period. i don't agree with spending a lot of money to kill people. under the republican administration and the last eight years we spent a lot of money doing that. and it is unnecessary. this country, in the u.s., we are out of work and we are sitting at home and we are more concerned about plane -- bombs, it is ridiculous. host: will the secretary make the case that by dealing with the weapon systems and by putting this money in the defense budget that it will somewhere down the line create jobs? guest: at the defense industry tried to make the argument, if you are buying whenever, blank, it will create blank number of jobs and that is why we need to do it. but the defense budget is not an efficient job creating told. the sentiment the caller had is probably not what we will hear today but probably this year because of the defense budget is one of the few a

in less than an hour, defense secretary robert gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff take reporters' questions on proposed defense spending. after that, the budget briefing at the state department. . . >> good morning, everybody. this morning, i sent a budget to congress for the coming year. it is a budget that faces the challenges of the country. we are at war. our economy has lost 7 million jobs over the last two years, and our country is deeply in debt after of what can only be described as a decade of profligacy. over the past 10 years, the previous administration created an expensive new drug program, created tax breaks for the wealthy, and started sioux wars. when i first walked through -- started two wars. when i first walked through the door, there was a projected deficit of eight trillion dollars for the next decade. if we had taken office in ordinary times, we would have started bringing it down immediately, but our country is in crisis. the economy was in free fall, and the financial system was near collapse. many feared another great depression, so we initiated

professional leader in the military. >> i am a huge admirer of secretary gates.m among several who was hoping that he would stay on and be invited to stay on and continue to serve. he has done an extraordinary job for our country as the secretary. the truth is that he has been a professional all of his life. he has worked under five presidents, from different parties. he was the deputy director at one time of the cia and then the director before retiring. by then, he had also done the other great leadership, such as texas a&m. but for military individuals, i would like to think that is easier. at the end of the day, he was appointed by a political figure in what is termed a political appointment. we have to be apolitical. we must try hard to do that. when a particular president mentioned your name 80 times, you were in a special position. çóbut that was a fairly unique position. i do try to remind people of something that i had done that was a private act in 2002. i had decided that was going to stop voting. it was something that i did alone. i did not mention it

she says if she can be in the starting gate, she is going to be there to win. brian?memade cure of her works, look at a run on cheese at a store near you. kevin tibbles in vancouver. >>> there was a celebration in washington at the white house last night. president obama welcomed legends of american music to perform songs at the civil rights moveme. the audience, including some senators and member of congress -- yes, that's the president on t microphone -- heard a message that still resonates today. ♪ some senators and congressman please heed the call ♪ ♪ don't stand in the doorwa ♪ don't block up the hall >> bob dylan 68 years old singing "the times they are a-changing" a song he wrote back in '63 when he was a lad of 22. dylan told nbc news today he was honored to play at the show last night saying, "the civil rights movement meant a lot to me, and still does." ."'ll take another break. l take another break. dad, here, look at this. your p.a.d. isn't just poor circulation in your legs causing you pain. ok. what is it? dad, it more than doubles your risk of a heart a

>> secretary gates spoke to this. he said we're no longer going to have third parties come forward and be allowed to out gays and lesbians in the military. since 1994, 13,000 servicemen and woman have been forced to leave under don't ask don't tell. 80% were those that came forward on their own. the secretary is trying to address the remaining 20%. it's trying to get at the main intent. if you're a gay or lesbian military person and you don't want to serve, you don't have to, but we don't want a climate where people are persecuted, witch hunts going on searching for gays and lesbians and forced them out. gwen: they stopped enforcing them for quite some time. >> at the peak in 2001, it was 1,273. eight years later and two wars later, we're down to 428 in 2009. >> a year. gwen: a year. >> why does it take a law, if it was originally a presidential policy? >> don't ask, don't tell is an instruction sheet on how to implement the law on the books that says gays and lesbians can't serve. so you have to get rid of the law, w

a bottom line uestion right out of the gate from senator diane feinstein. >> what is the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months, high r low, director blair? >> an attempted attack the priority is certain i would say. >> mr. panetta. >> i would agree with that. >> reporter: the rest of the panel agreed. the senior leaders outlined potential threats that al-qaeda is evolving and militants are harding to stop before they strike >> the biggest threat is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/11. i think the greatest threat is that al-qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect. >> identifying individual terrorists, small groups with short histories using new attack methods is a new technology. we did not identify mr. abdulmutallab and we should have. we are working to improve so we can. >> reporter: changes since that at ack will allow intelligence official to identify and stop someone like abdulmutallab but blair warned a more skilled terrorist might not be detected. intell

diane, after the gate crashing incident, white house sources say it was made clear to rogers that she should start exploring other opportunities. her likely replacement is julianna smoot, w is known for being discreet and very competent. diane? >> and at the white house tonight, that's jake tapper. >>> also in washington tonight, one of the most powerful men in congress felt the heat today. democrat charles rangel of new york, who said he will not step down as chairman of the powerful ways and means committee. he was cited by the house ethics committee for trips for the caribbean paid for by corporations. rangel faces more ethics allegations, raising concern among democrats who have already seen their big majority in congress shrinking. >>> and less than a week after he announced his bid for a full term, new york's goverr david paterson is dropping up. paterson, who is blind, reportedly became entangled in sue pressing a domestic violence incident involving was of his top aides. encouraged him to end his obama campaign. >>> and now to the economy. there is more concern tonight that th