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>> couric: meanwhile, david, what kind of defense is gibbs' legal team mounting? >> reporter: well, gibbs' attorney says these were all legitimate combat operations and this those statements by those soldiers are going to... not going to stand up under cross-examination. >> couric: david, let's talk about the other big story at the pentagon, that mysterious sight over the pacific ocean captured by a kcbs helicopter last night. was it a missile and what are officials at the pentagon saying about it? >> reporter: experts have spent the entire day trying to figure out what it was. the department of defense spends billions billions of dollars each year to make sure it's never surprised by a missile launch, so this had everybody's attention. they have determined that it did not travel fast enough or have a big enough exhaust plume to be a military missile fired either by the u.s. or some other country. they now believe it was either an airplane or an amateur rocket. >> couric: all right. well, keep us posted on that. david martin. david, thanks so much. now turning to

at that time, staff sergeant gibbs had a cloth. he opened it and dropped it and three human body fingers fell out on the floor -- the ground. >> reporter: and yes, there are pictures of soldiers posing with the bodies of their victims. the army is doing everything it can to keep those photos from becoming public. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> just ahead on the morning news, can you be fired from your job for what you post on facebook? >>> plus, the popular alcoholic energy drink may be headed for a state-wide band. first katie couric with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> if you need a kidney transplant, where you live could determine how long you have to wait but now kidney chains are changing that and saving thousands of lives all across the country. we'll have that story and more tonight only on the "cbs evening news." ng pain everywhere... and i wondered what it was. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought t

. >> and-- that was robert gibbs in india on monday fighting to get his eight pool reporters as they'rebetween president obama and the indian prime minister. reporters there said gibbs threatened to pull president obama out of the meeting if his demands weren't met. it wasn't a press conference, eem, does the press secretary have the right to be throwing around the president? >> well, you know, i've been on a lot of those trips and never seen a display like that and we've only seen part of that. but, this is an administration so concerned with what their image is overseas and here he is the quintessential ugly american pushing the indians around over what, the distance between five people going in for 60 seconds or eight people going in for 60 seconds. >> did he overstep his bounds? >> oh, yes. >> a free speech medal. and finally-- >> oh. >> these guys spent most of their career keeping us out of stuff. >> i'm with gibbs on this one, that's his job. >> ugly americans. >> and who are you going to say-- he's not going to pull that. >> we're out of here. >> sucking up to the white house pr

>> i think talking of robert gibbs we need a new press secretary. >> i could not agree more. there is absolutely no utility in keeping what has become a pretty contentious relationship with the press going with him. he has a lot of value and the president's ear. he probably belongs in the west wing where he can do more good and usher in a new era of communication. this administration is having one huge communication problem after another. he is flying home to see grandma this week. you know about another. >> let's pause for station added vacation. we are for our listeners on sirius xm radio. you are listening to me, llewellyn king. i am joined by steve holland, a reporter as reuters and longtime white house correspondent, and ginnie once seen. you can watch this program on the internet at whchron icle.com, and you can also read my columns there if you have the fortitude. you were saying, sir? >> i think with regard to -- >> at your modesty is false. >> i would never say that. it is inevitable that robert gibbs will move into the oval office. >> usually, we thought that's mike

and house 18 with jack space running against bob gibbs and in house 15 mary jo killroy. it's amazing. eve one of these races are races in which incull bents a tipping point districts are in trouble. >> yeah. ohio is clearly a problem for democrats. as somebody told me recently that ohio is the new michigan in terms of the economic problems. and this problem is hitting all these democrats. now killroy won very narrowly. this is a repeat. it was a squeaker two years ago. given how the environment changes, it has changed, you can see how she's in big trouble. but jack space wasn't expected to be in a difficult race. bob gibbs was a late recruit by the republicans. he only represents his legislative district. only represents a very small sliver of the congressional district. republicans almost wrote him off because he wasn't a great fund-raiser. they're not writing him off anymore. >> ifill: john boehner was in his home state helping to campaign for bob gibbs only last week. how important is it that this is john boehner's own state. >> he did campaign in a lot of ohio distri

playing nice is really can do any good at this point we're now hearing from press secretary robert gibbs that the obama administration is considering a discussion about extending those bush era tax cuts for the rich and idea that they were so vehemently opposed to in previous months so after huge pete's defeat they're still planning on more compromise it makes us wonder if they care about their liberal base at all maybe they just haven't understood that some already giving up altogether more earlier today i caught up with markos moulitsas the founder of the daily coast but before getting into obama i first wanted to ask who himself was banned from the cable network m s n b c what he thought of today's news that keith olbermann had been indefinitely suspended without pay once the network found out that he donated to three democratic candidates this election cycle without seeking approval from the higher ups at the network. well you know i mustn't be so you have a history of coddling joe scarborough their conservative morning host yes three hours in the morning. i got in a twitter fight wi

which typically as robert gibbs was pointing out gets 80, 90 votes bipartisan votes.reaty. mitch mcconnell gave a speech to a conservative group, why significant? today was the day mitch mcconnell said he was too busy to meet with obama for the slurpe summit. are the republicans testing him we don't need to white. we don't need to pass this treaty. you have to wonder whether this president is being tested by the republicans. >> we'll follow that closely. good to see you always. ed henry right outside of the white house. eating sushi each day may keep the cardiologist away. what sanjay gupta learned from a cardiologist in japan. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, not the mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping. shipping's a hassle. i'll go to the mall. hey. hi. you know, holiday shipping's easy with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. yea, i know. oh, you're good. good luck! priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $4.90 only from the postal service.

that's when gibbs put his foot down. >> they're going this because they're going in with me. the whole group is going in with me. all of them go in. all of my guys go in. okay? >> no problem. >> that's the new agreement. >> and eventually all eight journalists were allowed in. >> at one point he put his foot in the door. >>> michael bloomberg says he didn't say it. he did not call president obama the most arrogant man he'd ever met. according to rupert murdoch bloomberg made the comment after playing a round of golf with the president over the summer is. bloomberg says he doesn't remember the conversation that way and he doesn't think president obama is arrogant. >>> well, folks in the northeast might be wondering what the heck happened to fall. the weather seemed to go right from summer to winter. the northeast picking up this morning after a nasty, windy storm. gusts hit 65 miles an hour in maine. more than enough to knock down trees, knock down power lines, and leave people cold without electricity this morning. >> and the new york city area got sleet and snow. long island

a special congratulations to the gibbs family. ew nding time with their nw bundle of joy.ur precious one is -- yuou can upload to wbaltv.com. >> showers continue to move across the state. temperatures have been going up. with this warm air, the possibility of thunderstorms. there have been some strong storms in parts of central virginia. do not be surprised if you hear some thunder in the next few hours. look at the lighting display. those lightning strikes covering a good part of northern virginia. working up to the potomac and parts of western maryland. the possibility will be there for an overnight thunderstorm as the strong storm system is centered over ohio and heads for new england. the almanac is -- these are not an outrageous amounts of rain. 0.5 of an inch in spots. 61 degrees at the airport. 62 at the inner harbor. this is the current number outside. 62 at the inner harbor. 60 at the nail -- naval academy. even the western part of the state warming up into the 50's. this warm and humid air mass has the potential for severe storms. these counties are where severe

a full measure of confidence, robert gibbs says that they have the votes, it will come up this year and it's going to pass this year. another influential voice, been around for a while on foreign policy issues, has been the ranking member of the foreign relations committee in the senate, richard lugar of indiana. he wants to see this thing passed. the problem is i told you the numbers the way they stand right now. to ratify a treaty in the senate takes 2/3 of the senate. that's 67 votes. so a lot of people today are questioning where that confidence that robert gibbs expressed today is coming from. so very much up in the air at this point. >> that's interesting and good news. that means the white house is going to push forward on this regardless. if they take the vote, they might win it. i don't think that confidence is misplaced. luger has always been right on this issue. the fact that he's on their side, it could help if there are any moderate republicans left. let's go to the second issue. they're not going to show up for a meeting. >> yeah. >> it looks like a slap in a face, right?

. >> white house press secretary robert gibbs was asked today if democrats have the 67 votes needed to ratify the treaty during the lame duck session i said, quote, we think we do or we think we will get them. i think this is gonna be a test to the degree to which both sides can work together on things that are of common interest to the american people. >> even if star is not ratified experts point out it won't necessarily be critical to u.s.-russia regulations since the two sides agreed to sign it they can also agree to mutually abide by its terms. >> bret: made first appearance in court victor bout is accused of fueling some of the last decade's deadliest third world conflicts including charges he supported terrorists trying to overthrow the columbian government. the plans of the obama that administration and republican leaders to meet halfway has hit a temporary snag. as white house correspondent wendell goler reports, the hopes of bipartisanship are still very much alive. >> it was a day of mixed messages from the white house, capitol hill in the business community on the prospect

ashton gibbs nails the three topping off an 11-2 panther run and pittsburgh led 42-39. terps respond now down by three. tucker finds the 6' 10 200- pound dutchman who gets the end one. he hit the free-throw and tied at it 46, but pitt was too much down the stretch. gilbert brown puts the panthers up eight. terps didn't help their own cause converting just 14 of 30 free-throws. maryland drops its first game of the season 79-70 the final. >>> george mason patriots playing against charlotte in the charleston classic. luke hancock, the alley-oop to mike morrison, patriots leading 30-24 at the half. early 2nd half mason leading by 9, great ball movement by the patriots and the result, a jonathan arlidge slam and up 11 and wouldn't look back. brian hancock finished with the dunk and a career high 18. mason rolls 78-56. john thompson and georgetown in the charleston classic facing south carolina. 1st half georgetown drilled eight three pointers and finished with 14 for the game. jason clark hit five and had a team high 23. austin freeman had four three's. georgetown led 32-26

number 5 pittsburgh got 24 points from ashton gibbs and got out to a big lead for an easy win againstnois-chicago. the final, panthers 97, 54 over the flames. >>> number 13 illinois also had an easy night against toledo. they led by 29 points at halftime. and improved on that in the second half. illinois beat toledo, 84-45. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and anarchy in the uk. a student protest that got way out of hand. protest that got way out of hand. ,,,,,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. light snow accumulations will build up in several cities in the rocky mountains and showers and storms are moving through the plain states. all thanks to a storm system approaching texas. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. the disabled cruise ship the carnival "splendor" could be towed into the port of san diego as early as this morning. an engine room fire sent the giant ship adrift. there are 4500 passengers and crew aboard. >>> a white house commission on cutting the nation's deficit proposes deep cuts in soc

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at the white house, robert gibbs condemned the leaks as a crime. >> the president was, as an understatement, not pleased with -- with this information becoming public. >> reporter: citing significant damage to our national security, the white house today directed government agencies to start restricting access to classified information. but it is too late to stop the torrent of leaks about friends and adversaries alike. the cables disclosed that saudi arabia and other gulf states secretly urged the u.s. to attack iran's nuclear program. at a meeting with general petraeus in april of 2008, king abdula told you to cut off the head of the snake. a comment that could fuel radical opposition to the king at home. another cable this year says iran obtained 19 advanced missiles from north korea that could, for the first time, reach into western europe or moscow. iran's president today accused the u.s. of organizing the leaks to create mischief in the region. the cables disclose a u.s. plan to safeguard pakistan's nuclear arsenal failed because pakistan was afraid their media would portray it as the

press secretary robert gibbs says the united states strongly condemns this attack calling on pyongyang to hold its belligerent action and fully abide by the armistice agreement. a national security advisor woke up president obama just before 4:00 a.m. to brief him on the confrontation. the u.s. has more than 28,000 troops stationed in the south. on a visit to seoul earl whyer this month, president obama reaffirmed his support. >> the united states will never waiver in our commitment to the security of the republic of korea. >> reporter: skirmishes flair up between the two koreas from time to time. but this escalation comes amid growing tensions over north korea's claim it has a new highly sophisticated nuclear facility. joel brown, cbs news, the white house. >> well, the busiest travel week of the year is colliding head-on with a nationwide protest that is urging fliers to boycott airport security protocols. christian fisher has more now on what is shaping up to be the perfect recipe for a travel nightmare for the holiday coming up. >>> so far so good here at reagan. the lines at secur

number 5 pittsburgh got 24 points from ashton gibbs and got out it a big lead for an easy win againstnois-chicago. the final, panthers 97, 54 over the flames. >>> number 13 illinois also had an easy night against toledo. they led by 29 points at halftime. and improved on that in the second half. illinois beat toledo, 84-45. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and anarchy in the uk. a student protest that got way out of hand. [ female announcer ] why is travel these days about what you give up, and not what you get? like electricity for gadget power at your seat. room to stretch your legs, and your wingspan. food when you're hungry, and taking off your shoes only if you feel like it. these aren't luxuries, they're basics. get them back, on acela. [ male announcer ] acela's turning 10. celebrate with up to 10,000 amtrak guest rewards points. details at amtrak.com. >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. light snow accumulations will build up in several cities in the rocky mountains and showers and storms are moving through the plain st

in the meantime, white house spokesperson robert gibbs says they will listen to public input as passengers go through security. in the meantime, there is a grassroots protest called national opt out day that is being organized over the internet encouraging passengers to opt out of the full body scanners. instead, that would trigger the time-intensive patdowns. at this point, the security secretary napolitano is saying that is counter productive. so it will be interesting to see what happens this coming wednesday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> parts of the white house grounds had to be evacuated because of a security breach i'm student pilot and n. a small cessna crossed into restricted air pace near d.c. and was quickly met by two f-16 fighter jets. they forced the small plane to land at the manassas airport. air traffic controllers say they weren't able to contact the pilot before he crossed into restricted air space. >> aqat promising death by a thousand cuts. the terror group based in yemen says the goal is not mass casualties but to bleed u.s. resources with inexpensive small scale at

gibbs is attacking on jobs in the unemployment rate. that is the major issue, although this is not a republican district. he is using immigration to his advantage in accusing bob gibbs of being for, i guess, worker programs. you might see it come from a republican but he is using that issue to his advantage. he is hitting dibs on a immigration. guinness is definitely going -- definitely trying to tie space to nancy pelosi. he did not start out -- he started the race, president obama in an unpopular position. he is less popular here. that is an easy attack for gibbs. he is benefiting from that. he wou be in thee, otherwise. he is not as strong a candidate to be in the race without the national tide. republicans -- national republicans have got involved and getting involved -- hitting him for his ties to nancy pelosi. democrats are coming on the other side and hitting trade, the economy. supporting tax cuts for the upper income groups. we're not really seeing anything different. on the micro side as we are seeing in most other districts.

in a white house statement robert gibbs warns such disclosures put at risk our diplomats and intelligence professionals and people around the world. admiral mike mullen said it threatens the lives of americans abroad. >> i think it's a very, very dangerous precedent. >> reporter: the prime suspect in these massive leaks remains 23-year-old army intelligence analyst pfc bradley manning who remains in military custody tonight. the intriguing issue tonight is wikileaks claims they can't post them themselves because somebody hacked into their website. a senior defense official tells us tonight if that's true, we don't know anything about if, natalie. >> is this just the beginning of the leaks from the state department? >> reporter: well, i think it's important to point out here that many of those 250,000 cables have multiple pages, which state department officials say could run into the millions. this tonight may be just the tip of the iceberg. >> thank you, jim. andrea mitchell joins us now. the state department worked feverishly to stop leaks including secretary of state hillary clinton. wh

white house press secretary gibbs said the document release reckless and dangerous and noted that fieldreporting like this is candid and often incomplete information. diplomats from every government sent home unflattering observations about their principles in foreign governments. this isn't a surprise, it's just that they never expect it to become public. and u.s. officials say that they are taking steps to make sure that doesn't happen again. they say that they've made it much more difficult to download information from government computers. russ. >> mitchell: bill plante at the white house. thanks a lot. for more on the possible diplomatic fallout from the document release, we are joined by richard hass of the council of foreign relations and former national security agent for first president bush. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> mitchell: on the diplomatic disaster where do the leaks fall. bad, not so bad. somewhere in the middle. in many cases we knew these things. we knew for example that the afghan government is corrupt. we knew that the prime minister or president of ita

. >> reporter: at the white house, press secretary robert gibbs went even further, finding wikileaks guilty before charges have even been filed. >> wikileaks and people that disseminate information to people like this are criminals. >> reporter: wikileaks' founder julian assange has not revealed who gave him the documents but officials believe it was army private bradley manning. he's in a military prison in virginia charged with leaking other classified information that investigators believe he downloaded while serving as a u.s. intelligence officer in iraq. on capitol hill, some republicans are calling on the justice department to put assange behind bars too, under the charge of espionage. but that won't be easy. for starters, he is an australian citizen whose whereabouts are currently unknown, and the espionage laws are outdated. written during world war i. >> those were designed for a different era, a different kind of espionage threat. they talk about sketches, and code books and signal books. they weren't designed to deal with a mass leak on the internet. >> reporter: the white

. >> reporter: at the white house, press secretary robert gibbs went even further, finding wikileaks guilty before charges have even been filed. >> wikileaks and people that disseminate information to people like this are criminals. >> reporter: wikileaks founder julian assange has not revealed who gaye him the documents, but officials believe it was army private bradley manning. he's in a military prison in virginia charged with leaking other classified information that investigators believe he downloaded while serving as a u.s. intelligence officer in iraq. on capitol hill, some republicans are calling on the justice department to put assange behind bars, too, under the charge of espionage. but that won't be easy. for starters, assange is an australian citizen whose whereabouts are currently unknown and the espionage laws are outdated, written during world war i. >> those were designed for a different era, a different kind of espionage threat. they talk about sketches and code books and signal books. they weren't designed to deal with a mass leak on the internet >> reporter: the wh

after that, today's white house briefing with press secretary robert gibbs. he was asked about new airport security screening procedures. later, we will reach air an american enterprise institute forum on the future of the new health-care law. >> several live events to tell you about tomorrow. the american association for budget and program analysis will hear from the comptroller of the federal financial management office. that's at 8:45 eastern. later, the reform on the history and budget process. here on c-span, the national academy of social insurance hosts a panel on the free -- and the future of social security and how the system has been affected by reforms implemented in the early 1980's. that is at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> here are some programs c-span is airing on thursday. jeff bridges talks about his work to reduce youth hundred. jane goodall on her love of nature and animals. the chief justice on the role of the supreme court. lawyers discuss the impact of john paul stevens retiring. former president bill clinton presents the liberty award metal to t

economy is too uncertain also they want to hear the fate of these tax cuts and now we hear from robert gibbs obama's press secretary that the administration might be going against their original word and they might actually be extending tax cuts for the top two percent of the population from the bush era so i mean does it feel like like republicans like business has the obama administration hostage here. well it takes two to tango i mean let's be honest if these tax cuts expire they won't be looked at as tax cuts expiring they'll be looking at looked at as tax hikes and the obama administration doesn't want to be cast as raising taxes you know they don't want that so it seems like that's kind of behind what some of this maybe compromising is about an analysts say you know it's good for the obama administration if it looks like he's making compromises and working together with the republicans that's what they want to you know so it's hard to say you know who's wagging the dog here but the tail that's wagging the dog or whatever that phrase is but it does sound you know like clearly politics a

here is what robert gibbs had to say about the controversy yesterday afternoon. >> our charge is to do all we can to protect those that travel, but also to do so in a way that is minimally invasive. that is a balance that we will continue to search for. >> reporter: now, i want to talk more about the protests that are being organized. it is a grass roots internet campaign. it is difficult to gauge how much support it has. it certainly is all over the media. here is the official web site. it is national opt out day. what they are saying is, you can see one day until national opt out day. they are doing this because the day is needed because many people do not understand what they consent to when they choose to fly. you know, this really has the possibility to be, as i said, a true travel nightmare for people. we all know how backed up these security lines can get during the holidays. >> it will be interesting. i have a family. i don't want to deal with all of these people. i wonder if many will opt out and protest. do we know anything about that? >> reporter: it is tough to gauge. that

the united states white house press secretary robert gibbs called on north korea to "halt its belligerent action," and said the u.s. is "firmly committed" to south korea's defense, and to the "maintenance of regional peace and stability." >> and we're just getting this now. from south korea president they're saying that the senate will release an enormous retaliation it should north korea attack again. to the back and forth continues this morning. >> in the meantime present are up, has been giving at early morning briefing. he was open up at 4:00 this morning by his national security adviser and he gets more updates throughout his intelligence briefing before going to indiana and about a speech before the economy. >> we will be back with more in just a minute. and were back of the time is 617 live look at the interstate i went to getting more from there on the rain coming down is affecting everyone. >> we have been seen scattered showers all morning james. right now eyeshot of downtown san francisco and we're actually seeing a few raindrops this morning through san francisco. cold nights

>> robert gibbs made it clear that the top priority is talking about the economy and taxes.all lot of people are speculating that the paper used was away for the president to get the jump on the way -- the pay freeze was a way for the president to get a jump proving he is serious about the budget. >> let's look at the numbers in terms of federal employees. and 2009 the average salary is just over 74,000 for a federal worker compared to close to 62,000 in 2005. there are 4.4 million government employees. the pay freeze would include 2.2 million employees. >> of the white house is saying you have to start somewhere. you have to show you are serious about reining in spending if you want to cut down the deficit. what this has done is really infuriates the president's liberal allies, including the labor unions who say the president has and barelunfairlyd the federal workers as a whipping boy. >> obama calling for a new way forward with the gop and the 112th congress. this is at the same time the president's that commission will come forth with its debt recommendations. we are lik

white house spokesman robert gibbs said the u.s. would not rule out taking action against wikileaks. attorney general eric holder said the administration prosecute vote if violations of federal law are found in an ongoing criminal investigation. reporters asked mr. gibbs about the online publication of thousands of state department e- mails. mails. >> this would have been sometime last week when after we became aware of the upcoming release, the president was briefed in his daily intelligence briefing on the size and scope of the information that was to become public. and the secretary of state in state department at the foreign minister level have been very active in discussions with our allies and our partners around the world. about what is in these documents. i think it is safe to say that i think it is safe to say that the president was not pleased, as an understatement, with this information becoming public. as he saw during the presidential campaign and during his time in the white house, open and transparent government is so

gibbs pulls up for a three. final 97 to 54. >>> a battle of brothers in the nfl. browns and jets.tor has a look there. when his bother showed up for a news conference they had some fun with a big and pillow to imitate his brother. >> it's what you see in lake forest. >>> are you kidding. >> i would be okay. >>> photos as we leave you thanks for joining us. ♪[music] ♪ >> bringing everyone interest soldiers to show everyone that what you are doing for us was a big thing. we wanted to thank them. come on, kids, come inside. the droid 2. a lightning-fast keyboard, a turbo-texting, web-jetting super you. the droid x. a 4.3-inch screen. summon movies and games at your command. now buy a droid 2 by motorola for $149.99 and get any phone free. fifteen percent or more on car insurance? does a former drill sergeant make a terrible therapist? patient: and that's why yellow makes me sad. i think. sarge: that's interesting. you know what makes me sad? you do! maybe we should chug on over to mambie pambie land where maybe we can find some self-confidence for you. ya jackwagon! tissue? crybaby.

take a listen to what white house press secretary robert gibbs had to say about the controversy yesterday afternoon. >> our charge is to do all that we can to protect those that travel, but also to do so in a way that, as i said, minimally invasive. that is a balance that we will continue to search for. >> reporter: the big question now is how many people are actually going to boycott these body scans? it is difficult to tell. there is no one list of people signed up to protest. if you go by social networking sites, the national opt out day has 1,000 followers on twitter. 8,000 followers on facebook. that is an unofficial tally. i want to point out that this protest is really a grass roots organization. it is being fueled by a lot of internet chatter. you will find a lot of web sites like this one. the official site nationaloptoutday.com. there are sites like wewon'tfly.com. if you zoom in, you will see what they are asking people to do. stop flying. opt out of the scanners. protest the gropes creatively. then demand the tsa use fresh gloves. you know, it goes to show you some of the thin

. >> and on the phone from rome is susan gibbs, the director for commune casing of the afternoon diocese of washington. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> our very own formally archbishop donald whirl, one of the prince's of the church as they're called, the cardinals and the ceremony is taking place in rome and set the scene for us. i understand a huge delegation came from d.c. and set the scene of what happened today. >> reporter: it was amazing. there were over 400 people with our group and i walked in to saint petary square an hour and a half and ran into tons of people i knew. the square was packed and there was a line tripled around the square and that map -- and people trying to get in. not everyone trying to get in and it was packed and there were people from all over the world. >> right. >> and there are 203 an bishops elevated, right? >> there were 24 elevated today. >> i see. >> and they're coming from the united states, south americaing, africa, europe. there were 10 italians, a large contemperaturent from italy. some of the rowdiest groups. >> yeah, yeah. >> and a wonderfu

the white house press secretary robert gibbs issuing the following statement this morning stating the united states is firmly committed to the defense of our -- of our ally, the republic of korea and to the maintenance of regional peace and stability. for its part, north korea is blaming south korea for the skirmish, that according to reuters which reports north korea says the south fired the first shot but the white house states very clearly that north korea conducted an artillery attack against the south korean island, the attack prompted south korea to return fire. and scramble fighter jets. two people, we're understanding how on the island are reportedly dead. we know it's confirmed that one soldier is dead there. as a result of the artillery barrage, the conflict comes amid tension over north korea's claim it has a new uranium enrichment facility. you'll recall a month ago, the north korean leader named his youngest son as his successor. u.s. military meantime is keeping a close eye on the situation while the white house remains in close contact with he south korea. >> thanks ver

the united states white house press secretary robert gibbs called on north korea to "halt its belligerention," and said the u.s. is "firmly committed" to south korea's defense, and to the "maintenance of regional peace and stability." north. can i to say " it will continue to launch relentless attacks ". >> the stories today weather and traffic. george. >> that is right, we are taking a look at a new problem on the san mateo bridge it looks like a california highway patrol stop or a stall. just past the toll plaza there and the left and center divider it is slowing things coming over from the toll plaza process that it will be good ride across the san mateo bridge. coming up.complete trafc check on the kron 4 morning news returns. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. time to talk to gary kate morning. >> explain the whole broad thing to me is it red far for him? >> it's probably both, it started for people who don't know brett was going to retire, his children said i think we need him back. he went to his home town, i

and white house spokesman robert gibbs says the u.s.rikes south korean soil. dozens of mortars impacted on tiny yeonpyeong island, within view of the most militarized border on earth, setting homes and hills on fire and leaving at least two south korean soldiers dead. dozens were wounded including civilians. south korea's president called for "enormous retaliation." >> we risk real escalation on the peninsula and the possibility of an artillery barrage against the capital of south korea, seoul. >> reporter: those shells half a world away left washington stunned. in an exclusive interview with abc's barbara walters, president obama addressed the crisis. >> south korea is our ally. it has been since the korean war. and we strongly affirm our commitment to defend south korea as part of that alliance. >> reporter: the attack occurred days after three stanford university scientists toured a north korean nuclear facility and returned saying they saw surprising, dramatic advances. >> we walked over to the window and we were suddenly stunned. t

his brother sterling gibbs committed to maryland earlier this week. gary's gang kept coming back. cliff tucker that's pass to dino gregory. slams it down. four-point game but the other way pitt kept their poise and kept the lead. great pass right here. 50-foot bounce pass. brown slams it down. jordan williams 14 points, nine rebounds despite first half foul trouble. pitt wins. terps are 3-1 and play illinois tonight. ravens back on the practice field finishing up their preparation for the panthers. the panthers decimated by injuries and will start brian st. pier st. pierre. he looked stunned there because just couple of days ago he was changing diaperdiapers. his 18 month old son. he played for the ravens in 2005 third string quarterback. thrown five passes in eight years. he gets to start over tony pike. he was out of football taking care of his 18-month-old son. he replaces jimmy clausen at quarterback. ray lewis says it doesn't matter. ravens won't take them for granted. >> you watch enough of their games they have been in every game. they are figh

>> reporter: press secretary robert gibbs making it clear the white house is in touch, tony, with southng this attack and calling on north korea to, quote, stop its belligerent actions. also he said in a written statement, the united states is firmly committed to the defense of our ally, the republic of korea and to the maintenance of regional peace and stability. that said, we're hearing from pentagon sources that there's no expectation of the u.s. getting involved here in any sort of military action. and tony, it's really interesting to note that while you see -- we just heard from bill burton, spokesman from the white house as he was on his way to indiana on air force one, president obama heading there today. he said the president is expected to make a call to president lee, but will you see press secretary robert gibbs putting a statement out there today, burton told us not to expect that from president obama, tony. >> it's interesting. you wonder in what way the administration will support south korea's president's call for enormous retaliation. i suppose we'll just wait and see. b

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white house press secretary robert gibbs says when the bombs were set to go off is still under investigation>> qantas airlines grounds its fleet of airbus 380 planes. the decision comes after a flight blew an engine and had to make an emergency landing. the destroyed engine rained large chunks of metal over a residential area in western indonesia yesterday. the plane landed safely in singapore and none of the 459 passengers aboard were injured. qantas says there was no explosion but passengers and people on the ground say they heard blasts. qantas officials say the planes will be grounded until they are confident all safety requirements have been met. >> erupting again today sending hot ash 20,000 feet into the sky. the volcano has produced more than a dozen powerful blasts since it came to life nine days ago. so far 44 people have been killed. latest eruption forced drivers in cities 20 miles away to use headlights in broad daylight. soldiers helped thousands of frightened villagers seek shelter. >>> haiti is still recovering from last winters devastating earthquake and now it's under a hur

time the polls closed on november 2nd, the white house has let it be know from the podium and robert gibbsd now this interview with top counselor david axelrod and the huffington post that they would be open to perhaps a temporary extension of the tax cuts for the wealthy. you remember in the time leading up to the election the president campaigning time and time again, hitting republicans on wanting to extend the bush era tax cuts. they expire on december 31st. wanting to extend them for everyone including couples making more than $250,000 a year and individuals making more than $200,000 a year. well, the republicans all along. and since the election administration officials have hinted they would be open to a temporary increase. the question becomes will the republicans in the house be willing to deal on the issue and both sides from the republican side of the aisle is they are going to draw a hard line, they feel they have the advantage politically and tactically after the november 2nd elections. this is something that they campaigned on, on keeping taxes low. they don't want to see the