i join you in welcoming president clinton and bill gates. we appreciate especially the efforts that both of you have made to change your schedules to be with us today. in numerous locations around the world, the bill and melinda gates foundation and the clinton foundation rival our government as visible representatives of the united states of america. even as these foundations focus on helping individuals they are playing an increasing role in the public sector in lending policy assistance to governments. their actions have influenced public opinion and catalyzed international action. most importantly, they have been vital partners with the united states government in the fight against hiv/aids, malaria, and tuberculosis. the share in successes our country has achieved in these areas. according to the office of the global aids coordinator, the president's emergency plan for aids relief is directly supporting life-saving anti- viral treatment for more than 2.4 million men, women, and children. they represent more than half of the estimated 4

i also want to thank you for the chance to be here with bill gates. i think he and melinda and his father and the people at the gates foundation have not only amassed more money for health advances but actually spent the money better and promoted more innovation and saved more lives than anyone could have imagined. i count it a privilege to work with the gates foundation in many areas. i will mention a couple of them today because i think they reflect how you should consider the global health initiative in the administration. i want to thank both of you for your bipartisan support of large increases in health care investments. the malaria initiative, which began under president bush, was literally an order of magnitude beyond anything our country had been able to do before. in my second term, we were contributing 25% of the total the world was spending on hiv and aids, and my last budget was something like $300 million a year. the biggest thing we did was the millennium debt relief initiative because all of those savings have to be spent on health car

gates. you have presented a compelling case about why the united states must continue in global health initiatives. i have seen the tremendous good will generate bide our leadership in global health. i have seen americans of all ages, and many from my own state of wisconsin, who have been involved in health work abroad. in 1999 when you were still president, mr. president, one of my most moving trips to africa was with your united nations ambassador richard holbrooke. i saw first hand the devastating and destabilizing impact of h.i.v.-aids then. he said then it was thought just a health issue, but a diplomatic and a security issue. this is true today not only of aids, but ma larry ya, t.b., child and maternal health and more. our global health plays an important role in advancing our over-arching national security goals. you both talked about building strong health infrastructure earlier. as you obviously both know, many doctors and nurses in the developing world emigrate to europe and north

gates is being a little too modest to. we had 12 dozen people show up because we were given the medicine that worked -- 12,000 people that showed up because of the gates foundation funding it. this madison was selling between $8 and " $10 a dose -- this medicine was telling between $8.10 dollars a dose. we are not at the volume levels now, given the cost of the component parts, to have the market take it. without the gates subsidy, we could not do it. now we are in 11 countries in africa, doing this, thanks to the gates foundation. huge numbers of people will live. other people are still taking this old madison. it is like taking aspirin for a headache. pretty soon you are sick again, and people died. this is one dilemma you are going to face here with this whole global fund issue and the present malaria initiative issue. we can get these malaria drugs down in price, but to do it, we have to figure out how to get enough of the compound and how to get the volumes up so that you can get the prices down, the way we did before

. >> thank you very much, secretary gates. let me begin by thanking you for your leadership in this effort and for the collaboration that persisted throughout. the nuclear posture review represents a milestone in the transformation of our nuclear forces and the way we approach nuclear issues. we are we celebrating our priorities to prevent nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. we are reducing the role and number of weapons in our arsenal, while maintaining a safe, secure, and effective deterrent to protect our nation, allies, and partners. this npr provides a foundation on which we and our allies can build a more secure future. this review is important, not only for what it says, but also the way in which it was conducted. i believe it is the first unclassified npr in its totality. secretary gates was responsible for making this the most inclusive nuclear posture review in history. admiral mullen, the joint chiefs, have been instrumental in working through a lot of the issues that have been erased. the department of ene

gates? >> members of the committee, i want to thank you for having me here today. >> is the microphone on? can you pull it closer to you? >> i want to thank you for having me here today, and i want to thank you for your commitment over the years to investing in the health of the world's poorest people and for holding this hearing today. i would especially like to acknowledge senators kerry and luke are for their longstanding leadership and commitment to america's investment. i also want to acknowledge the crucial contribution and partnership that we have with president clinton, who is a tireless champion for this cause. i am grateful for the opportunity to discuss the success of past investments and the opportunity to make more progress. i will try to make my comments brief. i have additional material in the written testimony that i submitted. this is my first chance to testify in congress since i stepped down from my full-time work and microsoft and began full-time as co-chairman of the gat

and the "bill gates dancers!" >> he started out as a shy, computer obsessed teenager >>> please welcome bill gates and the bill gates dancers. >> he started out as a shy, computer-obsessed teenager and ended up the richest man in the world. >> lifestyles of the rich and famous. that's never been bill gates. you get this sense that the money is almost an annoyance to him. >> william henry gates iii. most people just call him bill gates, has built an empire by thinking way outside the box. >> i have no doubt that 100 years from now, he will be talked about in the same way that rockefeller and carnegie and ford are talked about as people who transformed an era. >> now after leading the digital revolution and facing several government anti-trust battles, bill gates is a different man than he was just a few years ago. he's a devoted father and an avid golfer who just happens to have a portfolio worth $50 billion. he could rest on his laurels, but that's not the bill gates style. >> what makes gates so competitive is th

gates to ascertain that. we do not have a coherent policy. that's pretty obvious. >> reporter: what is obvious to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is the need to organize a coalition to impose crippling sanctions on tehran. >> if you stop them from importing, find petroleum, a fancy word for gasoline, then iran doesn't have the refining capacity and this regime comes to a halt. >> reporter: netanyahu and mccain are among those who do not believe china and russia will agree to tough new sanctions. if there are new sanctions and they do not work, gates and mull listen be responsible on advising the president on how best to contain what will likely be a nuclear iran. bret? >> bret: mike emanuel live at the pentagon tonight. thanks. the senate homeland security committee continued investigation in the fort hood shooting from the obama administration. lieberman and collins want to know what they call the warning signs of maj major hasa extremism were not recognized. we have look at what congress wants to do ahead of the mid-term elections

gates, as well. as we were reviewing these issues, i was thinking about the impact you have on the world on a whole host of issues relying to global health. in one sense it is incalculable , and in another sense very measurable. two among many numbers jumped out at me. reducing malnutrition among more than 42 million children, and provided access to safe drinking water to three million people in asia. those are important results. it is important to focus on results. there are so many ways to document the problem, so many ways to specify the nature and the gravity of the threat to human life, but the american people more and more look to us and look to non-governmental entities for results. i wanted to focus on two areas. one is on maternal and child deaths, and two, on food scute. let me cite two memos from the -- two numbers from the staff memos. subsharon -- sub-saharan africa-asia, accounted for 94% of alma ternl deaths in 2005. chilling numbers. the question i have is two-fold. one is we know thi

secretary gates, is the notion of iran becoming a nuclear power inevitable at this point? is the strategy of the u.s. government becoming more and more containment? >> no, we have not -- we have not made that -- drawn that conclusion at all. in fact, we're doing everything we can to try and keep iran from developing nuclear weapons. we have -- we're probably going to get another un security council resolution. that's really -- it's important. but in its own right in terms of isolating iran, but it's also important in terms of a legal platform for organizations like the eu and individual countries to take even more stringent actions against iran. at the end of the day, what has to happen is the iranian government has to decide that its own security is better served by not having nuclear weapons than by having them. it's a combination of economic pressures. it's a combination of more missile defense and cooperation in the gulf to show them that any attack -- we can defend against and react against. i think it's a combination of all of these different options in terms of tryi

they need to understand what trooper gate was all about. i don't think very many people know what that's all about. and i think if you read this book, you know, if you read this book you will once and for all understand what that was all about. what was that drivers license initiative? do you remember, what the hell was that all about? this book will explain what that was all about. the budget, you know, people upset. i think it was clemens though that said when making laws is like making sausages. making a budget, especially in new york, is like making scrapple for people up into the pennsylvania dutch country which is measured and sausage that we make around a hundred $25 billion worth of scrapple every year in the state of new york. is explained how that scrapple is made. remember that controller election when alan pleaded guilty to a crime and had to be replaced? what was that all about? this book explains what that was really all about. the ongoing nightmare in the state of the failure to properly compensate both judges and legislators

. >> in a few moments, a briefing on nuclear weapons policy with defense secretary gates and separate -- and secretary of state clinton. and a little more than an hour, a preview of next week's summit on a clear weapons. after that, a look anti- government extremist groups. and then the intelligence community. on all but washington journal," we will look get the administration's plans for nuclear weapons with kingston reif. pollsters discuss this year's elections and will talk about efforts to increase senses' participation in the hispanic community. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. first lady michelle obama is focusing on fighting childhood obesity. it was the subject of a studentcam winner matthew shimura. live on c-span tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern. defense secretary robert gates says that the united states must maintain a nuclear first right option because of worldwide threats. he outlined the policy in the nuclear policy review, mandated by congress. he was joined by secretary of state hillary clinton, the joint chiefs chairman mike

that may thank secretary gates, secretary chu and admiral mollullin. i just want to thank everybody who helped work on this because it took a lot of meetings and effort but we believe this represents the best interest for the u.s. and our partners and allies around the world. >> let me begin by thanking secretary gates, secretary clinton and admiral mullin. this was say multi-agency review. it reflects the important expertise of the state department and the energy department and the department of defense. this report reflects the understanding that the effort to reduce nuclear dangers requires an -- an all-out government approach. as the president said, we will sustain a safe and secure effective arsenal as long as weapons exist. this review reflects the commitment and puts the nation on a path to grab the research required to make that possible. it defines specific steps, accelerates the securing of nuclear materials worldwide. it is based on several key principles that will guide future u.s. decisions on stockpile management. the u.s. will not conduc

. >> and secretary of defense robert gates. >> did you change your mind. >> clinton and gates on nuclears afghanistan and tension was israel. plus analysis and debate on all of the week's politic s on the "roundtable." with george will. aryana huffington, cokie robertson and sam donaldson. and as always the sunday funnies. >> did you all watch tiger -- i got to at mitt. wasn't it great seeing tiger swing a golf club again instead of dodging one? thought that was -- >>> from the heart of the nation's capital "this week" with abc white house correspondent jake tapper live from the newseum on pennsylvania avenue. >>> good morning, everyone. we start with the announcement supreme court justice john paul stevens is retiring, longest sitting justice on the court. stevens in firmly in the liberal block, now the president has his second supreme court appointment. coming into a polarized atmosphere and election year. the nation's capital will likely have a long, hot summer. joining me this morning, democrat chuck schumer and jon kyl, both members of the senate judiciary committee. thanks for joini

gates was convicted in part on the testimony of an f.b.i. agent who claimed hair found on the body of the victim was an exact match to gates, evidence that turned out to be untrue. >> but i do think it's very, very important that we take a look at the testimony. there's testimony that's also at issue in that case. and to see what sort of impact that testimony could have had on various cases in the past. we put together a task force that is looking at all the potential cases where those examiners whose testimony has been called into question may have testified. >> reporter: machen has been on the job for six weeks, a job he's wanted since the late '90s. one of his goals, he says, will be to work a little harder on solving cold cases. >> cold cases are critical because i think when you solve a cold case, you really send a message that as a prosecution team and as a city, you're not going to give up on that crime. and d.n.a. is critical to doing those sort of cases. >> reporter: ron machen grew up in michigan, played football at stanford univer

i have known bob gates for 35 years. is he a great patriot. have done something like this if he -- >> bill: say he was mischaracterized. >> he has to say that after the fact. >> bill: i know he has to say it but you are not saying he is a liar do you. >> no. three page memo national security advisor the way the white house and system works you have got an issue, come up with a plan b and plan c. statement way, cia, defense department. you don't have the secretary of defense send a three page memo saying hey, guys what's the plan. that's what he has done. >> bill: basically saying to national security we don't have a plan here. >> let's get one. >> bill: at the pentagon we need one. >> we f. we need to have a military option we need to -- >> bill: start it now. is that your understanding too, colonel that basically gates is telling these guys they better get on the stick because he is not going to be able to deliver anything and the clock is ticking? >> yeah. absolutely. and, again, he has got to give the president's choices to. do iran militar

>> this is vintage secretary gates. an insider. he knows how to play this game. he was former head of cia. this memo was leaked. what is extraordinary about it, as senator mccain said, i don't need three-page classified member know tell me we don't have a well conceived iran policy. >> fit was leaked by someone close to him, what does he get out of it? >> distance from a failed policy it reminds me what rumsfeld did in 2003. he said oh gosh, are we making things worse in iraq? that ended up in the paper too. >> up next, newsroom drama at nbc. why all the anchor angst at club peacock? >> he's suspended. he's suspended. and nobody really likes him. are peacock news anchors out of control? that's next on news watch. ♪ [ male announcer ] let's kick our excuses to the curb. cover 'em up with an extra bag of lch. let's get our handsa lit. our dollars a little stroer. and our thinking a little greener. let's grab all the bags all the plants and all the latest tools out there. so we caturn all these savings into more colorful shades of doing. more saving. more doing. tha

secretary gates is responsible for making this the most inclusive nuclear posture review in history. ,, >> i am very proud of the role that the state department played in making the policy and we will be working with our allies and partners to explain it and implement it. it truly was a collaborative effort in keeping with the agenda and the goals set by president obama. the consultations that supported this process included more than 30 of our allies and partners. for generations, the u.s. nuclear deterrent has helped prevent proliferation by providing our non-nuclear allies with reassurance and security. the policies outlined in this review allow us to continue that stabilizing role. this review also makes it clear that we will cooperate with partners worldwide to prevent nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. under president obama's leadership, we work to advance that agenda beginning with the u.n. security council summit and the president's speech in prague. thursday, the president will be back in prague signing a historic start treaty with russia and next week, president o

secretary of defense robert gates late today confirmed reports that he sent a memo to the white house earlier this year concerning u.s. strategy dealing with iran's nuclear program. in washington wyatt andrews has more. what's the latest? >> reporter: russ, good evening. "the new york times" reported today and we confirmed that in jab secretary of defense gates sent a three-page secret memo to the white house in which he essentially said the straight had no effective strategy for dealing with the possibility that iran might be capable of building a nuclear weapon. today gates took the unusual step of denying that he meant to shake anything up at the white house, that he was trying to issue a wake-up call, that this was a memo that came in the normal course of business as the white house was going about new contingency planning, new planning for pressure on what would happen in the event that iran got to the point of having all the components for a nuclear weapon but had not yet put one together. >> >> mitchell: wyatt, has there been republican reaction to this news yet? >> reporter: w

we pay for it at the fob gate. i don't know how you got here, i don't care how you got here, that's your problem, i'm buying by the ga gallon at the fob gate and the truck shows up from the independent contractors and we test the fuel and then accept the fuel. that system is run by isaf in the south. in the north, we do it ourselv ourselves, it's a logistics agency task. down at bastion leather neck and the bits, work and in hand, try to -- brits, work and in hand, try to share our logistics and do, and we do it with all of our other coalition partners whenever we can. >> mr. secretary, mike mitchell with lockheed armin. counter-i.e.d. as well as logistics capability, in the sense that a number of firms are developing unmanned helicopter capability that could fulfill niche resupply missions, it would take truck convoys off the road, and in hand area whereas you've cited, there's limited road infrastructure in the first place, to get to areas, so i'm interested in kind of where the department's thinking abandon if t

bill gates foundation and i have been involved. i am just as guilty as the next person. we were so proud when we cut the price of aids drugs. then we did something on malaria. presume we realize that the impact of all this is being drastically truncated in places where there were no health care systems, where people would also show up and get maternal and child health or whatever. >> i want to add my thanks to everyone else on the panel to both of you for being here today and for all the work you have done. thank you both very much. for the last year, along with senator snowe, i have served on the smart local help commission of csis. we are getting ready to produce a report that will come out next week. reinforces so much of what other you have said today. many of your friends and colleagues have served on that commission with me. i would like to ask unanimous consent if we can submit in the report and advanced copy of the csis report. one of the things that is talked about in that report is exactly what you both said about building a system that can deliver results, and

fans lined up as early as three hours before the gate opened. they are filing in now. some have paid as much as $1,500 from scalpers. they're from all over the world. i met people from france, canada, eastern europe, asia, you name it. it is figuring to be a very good tournament. tiger is right in the hunt heading into the final round with some of his best iggest ri including phil mickelson. tiger's wife and kids are not here but his mother is here. phil's wife, amy is here, which is significant because she's battling breast cancer. the fans want to make sure that tiger knows he's supported here. the fans think of this as not only a win but a moral or symbolic victory for tiger as well. either way, we're not sure when we may see him on the golf course after this. we're here in augusta all afternoon, rafer weigel, hln. >>> on friday afternoon, an 11 year old went for a bike ride near her florida home but she never returned. bloom's disappearance triggered a massive search. >> reporter: searchers are looking for any sign of nadia bloom. >> you wan

we will hear from secretary gates next on c-span. on this morning's "washington journal" topics include derivatives regulations and iraq and afghanistan. it begins at the top of the hour. >> all this month, see the winners of c-span's studentcam documentary competition. middle and high school students from 45 states submitted videos on one of the country's strength or a challenge the country is facing. watch the top winning videos every morning on c-span at 6:50 a.m. eastern just before "washington journal" and get a 30 a.m., meet the students who need them. -- and at 8:30 a.m., meet the students who made them. >> defense secretary robert gates said the u.s. will begin updating of -- export control systems to keep sensitive technology out of the hands of terrorists and other adversaries. be unveiled this plan at this event hosted by the group -- he unveiled his plan at this event hosted by the group business executives. >> good afternoon, my name is monte meigs and i am the president and ceo of menaker at -- of an organization called

gates, we are very appreciative. i will turn to my colleagues in a moment and see if they have any comments. 20 million-9 million is a reduction of proportion. these are extraordinary efforts of those of you have made. that both of you have made. together, i think you have created a unique team and have had a unique impact which has served the country and humanity in extraordinary ways. i am reminded that america is great because americans are good and he was referring to the natural charity that took place in america that help people take care of each other and how we reached out and built communities. he found it quite extraordinary. i think, in the best of ways, the 2 w 0 -- be two of you are representing us in an extraordinary way. words do not adequately describe it. we thank you. it is really an extraordinary story. do any of my colleagues have anything else? >> if not, we are grateful to you. it did you very much we stand adjourned. -- thank you very much. we stand adjourned. >> coming up next on c-span, presi

>> i think what gates is saying is we have got to get serious here.er in sanctions, the idea that sanctions or negotiations are going to do anything in the absence of a credible stick, a credible threat is nonsense. and this administration has sort of almost ostentatiously stayed away from a discussion of any kind of military attack. the implication is they are not even considering it. when you get the secretary of defense saying we do not have a plan and, remember, he is in charge of the military. what he is saying is we have to have a contingency. we have to have something. obviously they have nothing right now. >> bill: they don't have it. but the bush administration didn't have it either. >> i think they are h. contingencies. and, in fact, there was a time when people really worried. i'm sure there were a lot of iranians who worried that if the bush administration were pushed, it might attack. now it didn't. but there was uncertainty. the problem is that the obama administration has left no uncertainty. they are not even interested in this. that's

last january 5th, it was, that secretary gates offered me this job -- and one of the things he said to me at that time he had said publicly many times which is, ash, the troops are at war and the pentagon is not. and especially at & l. and i took that on board. and i've tried to make it a priority of at & l to support the wars. and i'd like to share with you the ways in which we are trying to do that. first with rapid and responsive acquisition support to the war fighter. secondly, with management of contractors on the battlefield, contingency contracting. third, the special case of countering improvised explosive devices, ieds. and then fourth and for most of what i have to say, the topic of this day's conference, which is logistics. but let me say something about rapid acquisition and contingency contracting. and counter-ied first. i'll start with the question that secretary gates posed in his foreign affairs article about a year and a half ago. that jack gansler had posed before that in a very important science board study on the same subject. and that was, why is it necessary to by

some of whom got here three hours before the gates opened and paid as much as 1,500 for a scalped ticket. many here to see tiger woods. the crowds have been mobs that have been following tiger. nine and ten people cheering him like they've never cheered him in the past. he's rewarded them. he's right there in the hunt starting the fourth and final round. battling his biggest rival, phil mickelson. tiger's wife and kids are not here. his mom is here. phil's life, amy is here. she has been battling breast cancer. the personal lives of these men adding a layer too the story line as the drama unfolds on the course, while they have others battle for golf's prestigious prize. >>> on friday afternoon 11-year-old nadya bloom went for a bike ride near her florida home, but she never returned. as lewis boldin with our affiliate wkmg tells us, bloom's disappearance has triggered a massive search. >> more than 100 searchers spent all day scouring for any sign of 11-year-old nadia bloom. >> frustrating for everybody. we want to help. you want to do something, but right now i guess all we can do is ju

secretary of defense gates outlined the u.s. nonnuclear response to a biological or bot conditions are memet. >> if any state eligible for this assurance were to use chemical or biological weapons against the united states for its allies or partners, it would face the pros secretary of a devastating conventional military response. >> reporter: secretary gates also isolated north korea and iran as exempt from the assurance of a nonnuclear response. >> we essentially carve out states like iran and north korea that are not in compliance with mpt and basically, all options are on the table when it comes to countries in that category. >> question. how much of a policy shift is this, pat buchanan? >> it is a major shift and foolish lawyerly shift. before the iraq war, "desert storm," james baker called outta reek aziz and says if you use biological or chemical weapons on our troops, we will use everything on you, and they didn't use those particular weapons. secondly, eisenhower, 1953 sent word to the chinese, you stop the war in kore

gates open at noon. game time is 3:05 and we're all ready. we're live at camden yards, linda sow, abc2 news. >>> coverage leading up to the game is here on abc2news.com. all the festivities you need to know about for the home opener for the orioles. also send in your pictures. take temperatures of your family at the game or how about your kids all dressed newspaper orioles gear. mail it to newsroom at wmar.com. now the orioles got their first win of the season last night. mattis was the key to last night's victory. smacked a home run. the orioles win 5-4. we come back today at 3:05. >>> news time is 6:51. a northeast baltimore night club that was the scene of a triple shooting last month shut down. the bank gets control of the building next tuesday and will sell the building in the next couple months. they hope new owners do not turn it into a club or bar. >>> baltimore county will allow wood lawn roller skating rink to open another week while the county code enforcement officer decides whether to close its license. tying up traffic, violatin

. >>> defense secretary robert gates warned the white house that the u.s. doesn't have a nimble, long-term plan to handle iran's nuclear program. that is according to "the new york times" which reports gates wrote the three-page memo in january. that memo reportedly set off efforts in the pentagon, white house and intelligence agencies to come up with new options. a white house official told the associated press those efforts have been under way for many months. >>> news of secretary robert gates' memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. iran's president and other officials warned representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons. but iran is denying this, saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes like power generation. >>> there was a tense standoff when some white supremacists held a rally in downtown los

into the professor gates' mess. is barack obama barack obama trying to avoid the danger zone? welcome to the show. norah o'donnell, chief white house correspondent. chuck todd is co-host of "the daily run down." helene cooper from the "new york times" and david ignasheyuss, a columnist. -- ignasheyuss. president obama moved to the center, those moves toward the center may not be motivated but they have a political upside. they preempt republican attacks when he runs for re-election. first, offshore drilling pro text obama. he favors the environment in the way that george bush ridiculed jal gore. >> this guy is so faur off on the environmental extremes we will be up to our neck in outlines and out of -- owls and

secretary of defense robert gates is disputing disputing the contents of a memo. government sources say the memo prompted a scramble to come up with new options but gates says he was merely laying out an orderly and timely decision- making process. >>> did you see it? an incredible performance above charleston, south carolina this weekend. the navy's blue angels flight squadron performed two air shows. the aerial acrobatics took place over both charleston harbor and cooper river. thousands of spectators came out to enjoy the amazing scene, including a famous politician. >> for an old navy guy like me, i wouldn't miss today. the blue angels, a lot of patriotism. it's beautiful to be back on this beautiful spring day. >> i'm like a kid at christmas. i'd never seen the blue angels. >> it's amazing stuff. it's great. >> the performances ended charleston's navy week. >>> coming up on the edge, the gang from "glee" is already a big hit with viewers. we've got the buzz on the latest. >>> it's bundle up time tonight. throw an extra blanket on the bed. the temperatures are

. >>> microsoft co-founder bill gates has given away billions of dollars through his foundation. today he announced a new initiative designed to help the world's hungriest people learn to feed themselves. it launches a $900 million fund to help the world's poorest farmers. >> we are investing in small farmers is an incredibly infective way to fight hunger and poverty. >> gates and u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner says it's time for other countries to make good on the bank pledges of $22 million for global security which was made last year by g8 and g20 summit. a quarter of a billion people who live in extreme poverty depend on agriculture for a living. the gates foundation is chipping in about $30 million. >>> ben franklin is back, he's rested and he has a new look and armed and ready to fight new crime as well. how new crime fighting cash is targeting crooks. >>> and two friends are not only growing old together, they are kind of growing out together. wow. meet the newest contestants hitting the scale for the brickover challenge. >>> currently at pioneer ridge elementary

secretary gates and the white house say the memo was not a wake-up call to the president.d claimed "the new york times" mischaracterized the memo. john bolton joins us live. i guess there are two issues. one, who would leak this? and the second is the substance of the memo. let's start with the leak. what's your suspicious -- on why now, three months later? >> i think it was leaked by someone who thought they were doing a favor to secretary of defense gates. the theory was he did write this member know january. i think waits a classic bureaucratic cya member movement after three months of floating around the system it could be leaked without much fear that the leaker could be identified. i think it may indicate that secretary gates getting ready to leave the administration he wanted it on the record he said i told you so before iran went nuclear. >> greta: what do you think that ahmadinejad in iran hearing about the content of the memo, to the extent of what we know, what do you think ahmadinejad thought about the memo that the u.s. might not have a strategy for the nuclea

>> we rely on both, bob, and i think that's the point secretary gates is making. we've maintained a strong, robust nuclear deterrent as set forth in the nuclear posture review. but we have also in this administration moved toward a global strike capability to enhance our conventional response. and we have an enormous amount of firepower conventionally. and it is also clear that this is putting everybody on notice. >> you did make an exception to north korea and iran. explain to me what that means. >> well, because they're not in compliance with the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. so for them, all bets are off. all the options are on the table. >> "this week" with abc's senior white house correspondent jake tapper. >> senator kyl, you are concerned about president obama

that was a gates memo leaked a couple days ago.now this report says they were wrong about how soon a missile, iranian missile could reach the united states. of course, charles said that was the basbasis, basis for their policy of saying the two missile sites in poland and the czech republican were unnecessary. it's clear now that engagement and even sanctions have not worked at all. if anything, since obama came in, the iranians speeded up efforts to have nuclear weapons and undermined america in the america in mast and afghanistan. >> bret: charles, what do you say to folks who say listen we heard intelligence reports before, in lead up to iraq that were not accurate. why believe this one? >> we have long list of intelligence reports inaccurate, but one exclusion is they underestimated the speed of iraq nukes. underestimated russia in the late '40s, underestimated in china, india, pakistan. always under estimate. in the gulf war in 1991, we had no idea that saddam had active nuke programs and we discovered it after the war to our

so the 80% solution as secretary gates says is something one has to learn to manage to in the case of support to rapid acquisitions. the third is, well, we could get this. but is this something we want in the long run? is it something that fits into the long range vision of the army table, the long-range of the marine corp table of equipment? maybe not. maybe it's just for this fight. which if we win the fight, it'll be worth having something that doesn't quite fit in to the long-range future. and the last of course is how do we get money quickly? congress provides the money. congress appropriately keeps a close eye. doesn't give us open- funds, ano forth. so there's a constant interaction with the congress to explain what we're doing, explain the urgency of what we're doing, and when we are able to do that, we usually get their support. nobody wants to hold up the delivery to the war fighter. an example i give you of getting over the four catch 22s, which again every day this is blocking and tackling. i'd say my job is 90 -- i guess thomas edison said of his job 90 % perspiration, an

gates to acertain that. we do not have a coherent policy, i think that is pretty obvious. >> i think the administration must understand its policy is failing and that it either concludes it will have to accept a nuclear iran or doesn't understand what it is up to and neither of those conclusions is very appealing, i must say. >> the memo was sent in january after iran blew past the deadline set by the president for official talks. the memo says it is a wakeup call and advises for other policies to be considered but the white house says they have been considering other alternatives long before january. the secretary believes the president and his national security team has spent an extraordinary amount of time and effort considering and preparing for the full range of con teupbgs -- con teupbgs for a nuclear iran. and speaking on afghanistan, he says leaving is a request, not an honor. >>> the funeral for the polish president and his wife is occurring this morning. the ash cloud has kept many world leaders aw

of the first amendment's. -- gates of the first amendment. i wrote an article in which i took issue with most of the assessments. i pointed out that it did not seem that the first amendment had gone away all of this time. you could make an argument that in some ways it had expanded. also, some of the regulations that he decried had actually been eliminated. a lot of content regulation had been diminished or disappeared. if i was to write that article again today, i might have to reconsider some of my arguments and conceded that the arguments might have been better than i give credit for. we have seen efforts to revive otheother forms of regulation. localism, if there was ever a trojan horse for regulation, that is it. we have seen a revival of decency regulation. the fact of the matter is that regulation has not disappeared and it might actually been increasing. one thing i could not have been considered in 1993 was the internet. today, any test of the thesis would have to come to grips with the internet. in contrast to other electronic media

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but gates says it only identifies steps that should be taken in defense planning. after the white house increase pressure on iran -- he says that no one to think that iran can get to washington off guard. >>> two leaders are dead, killed in a nighttime raid. the u.s. military has confirmed. a top u.s. general says the deaths be the biggest blow to the terrorist group since the insurgency began. the recall of toyota have a are because the automaker millions in lost revenue, but now will pay even more in a civil fine. the nhtsa has issued a $16.4 million fine. it is the maximum allowed under law. they found concerns in september but waited until january to notify. >> clearly, they have taken a fall here. i think the other automakers will pay a lot more attention to any issues. >> toyota has recalled 6 million vehicles. >>> astronauts aboard the shuttle discovery are spending a 15 stay in space. the poor weather in florida forced nasa to scrap the plan to lend it this morning. it will circle the world and try again for cape canaveral on tuesday. >>> it is time for a l

we all remember it for the gates' incident. he was getting a lot of criticism at the time of that press conference that he had too many, overexposed. and when you go back and replay that press conference, you see it was a lot of just in the weeds' stuff. it goss boring. chris: i think he was tired. >> no president has gone this long in the past decade. but nine months is a long time. this president favors the one-on-one interview. i think he doesn't like the press conference and in some way the journalists in prime time have more control. chris: don't you think chuck is tough at the white house? >> of course they're tough. i think it is in some ways about control. the president feels more comfortable. chris: pinata? >> more of a pinata for the press. one on one, he has more control. >> i can tell you what they think, number one, they feel oddly constricted. the president likes to give long answers. he hates the short form ats in general. a prime-time conference, you make the networks mad if you go outside of an hour. already, h

. >>> defense secretary robert gates is disputing the new york times characterization of a memo he sent over america's long-term strategy for dealing with the growth of iran's nuclear program. in the story, a source calls the memo a, quote, wake-up call to the white house. gates insists that's not the case, saying he simply laid out steps to be taken as various agencies work together in making policy on iran in the months ahead. >>> on sunday's "meet the press" on nbc, timothy geithner said the economy is growing faster than the obama administration expected and is on the way to sustained job creation. geithner also expressed confidence congress would approve a financial reform package that will protect taxpayers from having to pay for future bailouts. >>> and he may have his problems here at home, but a bbc poll suggests that president obama is a hit abroad. in 2007 the poll of 28 nations found only 28% felt america's influence in a world that was positive. this year for the first time since the poll began, more viewed its influence positively than negatively. >>> and now here's an ear

. >> in october 2008, secretary gates said, "there's no way we can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce the number of weapons in our stockpile without either testing or pursuing a modernization program." this report says there will be no new testing. what has changed? why is it ok not to test now? can we maintain it without testing? >> i always agree with the boss. the context here is that for the foreseeable future, there are numerous people in the government that certify every year the stockpile is safe and secure, and there's no requirement for additional testing. we continue to certify that. we do not know what five years from now will bring. there's always the potential. nobody has ever removed from the commander or anyone else in that chain and the ability to stand up and say, "i am uncomfortable, or i believe we will have to test." that has not been removed. what has been removed -- in the reality of what we know today, we see no requirement for any additional testing. we feel very comfortable staying in an environment and a protocol of not doing nuclear testing, as it is