hadley, this paul ryan, he went out and met with reporters.ns are in the retreat down in williamsburg, virginia. maybe they'll use a short term increase in the debt ceiling maybe three months or six months. is that the point? how does that inform you? does that get to the heart of the matter? >> it certainly doesn't get to the heart of the matter. if we remember back in 2006 then senate obama said raising the debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. since he has been in office we have raised it six times. i believe we'll do it again. but it's spending cuts, we have to have responsible reductions in spending as soon as possible. >> you know, karen, welcome back. according to the cbo today the debt level went from -- i'm going to use round numbers, a little under $15 trillion to a little over $16 trillion. that's 2012 over 2011. this will make the fourth straight trillion dollar budget deficit and the largest increase in debt. it's not being talked about right now. but it is all on president obama's watch at some point he's going to be culpab

stephen hadley served under president george w. bush. he's currently a senior adviser at the united states institute of peace. welcome to both of you. first, zbigniew brzezinski, your thoughts on john kerry as nominee for secretary oftate? >> i think he's an absolutely top-notch choice. very good. experienced, solid, energetic with a broad vision and with a strong focus on trying to stabilize those parts of the world that are especially dangerous. i think he's practical, intelligent, well informed. >> brown: stephen hadley? >> he's in a way spent his whole life preparing for this job and it's good he did because he takes in the a very challenging time and i think he's going to have a lot ochallens bere him. i thk onef the is to prioritize where he's going to put his time. >> brown: well, you know, he spoke about the economy, getting the economy right first and foremost. he said "more than ever foreign policy is economic policy." did that sound right to you? >> i think that's right and i think this is a man who's grown up, really, in the

stephen hadley served under president george w. bush. he's currently a senior adviser at the united states institute of peace. welcome to both of you. first zbigniew brzezinski your thoughts on john kerry as nominee for secretary of state? >> i think he's an absolutely top-notch choice. very good. experienced, solid energetic with a broad vision and with a strong focus on trying to stabilize those parts of the world that are especially dangerous. i think he's practical intelligent well informed. >> brown: stephen hadley? >> he's in a way spent his whole life preparing for this job and it's good he did because he takes in the a very challenging time and i think he's going to have a lot of challenges before him. i think one of them is to prioritize where he's going to put his time. >> brown: well you know he spoke about the economy getting the economy right first and foremost. he said "more than ever foreign policy is economic policy." did that sound right to you? >> i think that's right and i think this is a man who's grown up really, in

hadley it helped plan the attack and videotape targets for the gunman.but agreed to cooperate and pleaded guilty to avoid a life sentence. headley also now secured a promise not to be extradited to india. india is now pressuring for hadley to face trial there. >> federal transf transportation investigation it investigators are trying to as figure out the cause of the electrical problems which are ground a boeing 787 dream liner fleet around the world. the national transportation safety board has worked with manufacturers and arizona. and running a series of new tests on airlines' battery systems. investigators say a short circuit in an uncontrolled chemical reaction apparently took place in the boeing 787 battery before that battery caught fire earlier this month in boston. there's still unsure why it happened. we are learning new information as morning about a runaway incident. two united airplanes scraped their wings at the old international airport in virginia. the wing tip from a flight from brussels made contact with a wingtip of the second plane th

stephen hadley is our special guest this hour. ashley: energy companies facing off against a formidable opponent. they are losing. ashley: do not mess with the chicken. that is all i will say. especially with the prairie chicken. time for stocks now as we do every 15 minutes. nicole petallides. nicole: we are not to far off the unchanged line. you sneeze and you are in the positive territory. intel has been weighing on the dow jones industrials. that has been one of the things holding them back. the s&p 500 right around the five year highs but pulling back as well. we have had earnings. you have morgan stanley moving to a 52 week high and seeing profits rising in the future. that was some positive comments there from morgan stanley. it is up 7.7%. that is nothing to sneeze about. a winner. general electric has been a name that has been helping the dow. that is the big picture. as far as looking at the stock market and here we are, i am going to hand it back to you in positive territory. we are up for the week. seven out of nine we

hearings begin for secretary of state nominee john kerry, two former national security advisers stephen hadley and zbigniew brzezinski weigh in. >> brown: paul solman looks at china's fast growing economy and asks, is it headed for a crash? >> wages are rising for the burgeoning middle class, but for hardscrabble factory workers: mounting protests against unlivable wages and working conditions. >> ifill: and vice president joe biden hangs out with hari sreenivasan on google plus to talk about gun violence. >> make your voices heard. this town listens when people rise up and speak. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour."

hadley's letter to the judge expressed his sincere remorse it was very clear and he did explain in thatthis and how sorry he was six of them were americans she says that she misses her son every day and makes it clear that while 35 years is not enough even a 100 year prison sentence would not bring it back. even the former u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald testified today saying that early forthcoming cooperation over the years is unusual in nature and they indicate that it needed to be rewarded for the sake of future terrorist cases. the number of cooperators you get is vanishingly small the object of this exercise at least for us here in chicago was to try to balance the horrific nature of the crime and the few future investigations will be conducting about other acts of terrorism. as for the indian community both here and overseas today's sentence doesn't make sense to them. it's hard for them to understand what goes on in the united states the fact that deals are made by prosecutors to seek cooperation from those who have information about terrorist links and networks. after three ye

hadley heath and ron myers and michael linden are here now.ou say that the spending is other people's money. >> that's right, they are spending all of our money. they prayed that the country has a funnel, so all that money is falling down to them. it has become a boomtown. they are the wealthiest counties in america. the top three countries in america for wealth are right here around the district. the fact of the matter it is exactly that. many need to be creating jobs. the fact of the matter is that politicians are taking our money, our hard-earned dollars, and we are spending a record pace. we just had another tax hike. >> i just don't see it in the numbers. federal spending is actually down over the last three years. the number of federal employees are down over the last three years. in that time, the budget has gone from the rest of the black and it's not about the federal government. funneling money into the district. it's about this district rates of taxes. it also cut spending and a lot of people are moving into the district. that doesn

>> i'm hadley. >> you've got a smile that lights up the whole chamber. >> thank you. >> hey, mom, how are you? i'm joe biden. [laughter] >> did you like cheney? laugh. [inaudible conversations] >> and by the way, there's a baseball field in seattle called cheney park. that's how i -- i've been there. how are you? hello. >> hello. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> i'm fine, thank you. >> hey, man. now, how do you want us to split? [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> never seen a woman older than any man. it's a rule. she always says, joey! [inaudible conversations] come on, mom, let's destroy your reputation here. [laughter] >> is that better? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> would you take a picture of this quickly? [laughter] now i got evidence. [laughter] now i got evidence! thank you, mom. >> i'm 90 years old. [laughter] >> i tell you what, 20 years from now when i show my kids this picture, you have to come and sign it. god love you. [inaudible conversations] >> yeah, i agree. [laughter] >> good to see you guys. great to meet you, honey. >> nice to

cnbc's hadley campbell spoke to the chairman and asked him to explain the recent naming. >> it's a habitorld economic forum to choose a theme where you first have to reflect on what it really means. now to explain this move, we have to look at the last year. the world was caught in -- we all spoke about management. now i think it's time to look again much more at the future. to move out to a more constructive vision of a policy. and here, on the other hand, were in a world which is very much interrelated, interconnected, very complex. we have systemic risks. and the risks will not go away. so how can we combine the preparation to deal with future risks, with more? that's the idea. so we could say there's dynaism, but we could speak about dynamic resilience. but we want to be people coming out more optimistic, but at the same time, more resilient against future risks. >> interesting discussion there. plenty more to come on the show. first we just want to mention what's happening with deutsche bank shares. they are a weak performs on the xetra dax index. that index down .75%. deutsche down

crowley, steve hadley, and i don't think walter isakson is here. brian michael jenkins, names you all know. phil mudd, eric olson, dan, guy swan, evan wolf, it's an amazing list. you know, it is a tribute to you, my friend, because all these people care about homeland security and value the opportunity to help advise. that's great. questions? right here. red jacket. please identify yourself. >> hi, rachel oswald, global security news wire. secretary, can you tell us how close your department is to meeting congress' mandate that 100% of foreign cargo be scanned when it comes into the country? you're operating under extension due up, i believe, to close in summer 2014, and, also, could you tell us about any projects at the dndo office is working on? any new nuclear technology? >> i looked into the issue thoroughly, as did my predecessor, secretary chertoff. it's one of those things as we learn to manage risk, mandates like that sound good, but in point of fact, are extrouter their -- extraordinarily expensive when there's better and more efficient wa

. >> i did not want to out him, but steve hadley is here and he remembers the discipline when that bill failed. your predecessor was one of the point person on it and how to sit addendas cabin by himself after it failed, he was so discouraged. but it is a big deal and affect our whole country. i am hopeful we make real progress. you have been working with the mexican government on creating a 21st century border, one based on the application of the latest technology. please update us on how that is going. >> it is going well. mexico is one of our leading trading partners. we need a port and the structure that allows commerce to flow smoothly. we are working like product line -- working on projects like ore-inspection -- like pre- inspection. we are working on trusted programs.and shppeipper i think that border, the most frequently traversed border in the world, can and will serve as a model for how you manage a long, complex border to the economic advantage of both sides. >> we also have those issues on the canadian border and at our ports. one of the things i am proud of for my service