the hearing in virginia took place ahead of the trial of former cia officer jeffrey sterling, who is accused of giving risen classified information, which revealed a botched cia plot to disrupt iran's nuclear program. risen has waged a seven-year legal battle against the obama administration's attempts to subpoena him and force him to reveal his source. it's unclear if risen will be forced to testify at sterling's trial. james risen's hearing comes as the administration has backed off on a threat to subpoena another journalist, "60 minutes producer" richard bonin, at a trial over bombings by al-qaeda. "the new york times" reports the u.s. attorney in manhattan preet bharara, has withdrawn his recommendation to subpoena bonin over interactions with al-qaeda's press office during a bid to interview osama bin laden in 1998.

the hearing in virginia took place ahead of the trial of former cia officer jeffrey sterling, who is sed of giving risen classified information which revealed a botched cia plot to disrupt iran's nuclear program. it is unclear yet if risen will be called to testify at sterling's trial. without more information from risen, sterling's defense attorney argues the case should be dismissed. >> in a minute, we'll get an update from "new york times" reporter matt apuzzo, who was in the courtroom when risen testified. but first, this is a clip of a speech apuzzo cites in his news account of the hearing of risen in his own words, speaking about press freedom under obama as he accepted the lovejoy award at colby college. >> by launching criminal investigations of stories that are outside the mainstream coverage, they are trying to and affect build a pathway on which journalism can be conducted. stay on interstate highway of conventional wisdom with your journalism, and you will have no problems. try to get often challenge basic assumptions, and you will face punishment. journalists have no choi

jeffrey sterling was convicted on nine counts yesterday. he told the new york times reporter about an operation that attempted to derail iran's nuclear program. the case was delayed for years while the justice department tried and failed to force the reporter james rye sin, to reveal his sources. >>> we need to get an update on the forecast. we've had varying amounts of snow throughout the region. still flurries this morning. >> at lot of closures and new closures this morning for school districts, tom, and lot of places got several inches of snow. glst it a smari s it was not going to be over in one day. it was going to go on overnight. it's snowing here. we have a weather alert day which means frupdates. looking at radar every few minutes. because it is changing minute by minute. you can see the brighter white colors on the radar. that's where the snow is coming down a little bit harder now. it is coming down a little bit harder around fredericksburg west of there and southwest to culpepper. thers anoth band of some light 20 moderate snow

jeffrey sterling leaked classified information while he was telling a new york times reporter about a secret operation to disrupt a program. sterling is going to be sentenced in april. >>> isis is calling on muslims living in western countries to carry out more attacks. it says any loyalist who has an opportunity to shed a drop of blood, it should do so. isis praised recent terror attacks in france belgium, and australia. >>> the fbi wants to know is the same person who threatened three separate commercial flights over the weekend two of the planes were evacuated. a third was diverted to dallas. nobody was hurt. but law enforcement says the public was never at risk. >>> former redskins coach joe gibbs is weighing in on the deflated football controversy. gibbs says he's as shocked as everyone else to learn that the nfl is investigating. gibbs says he's never heard of anything comparable to that happening when he coached the redskins. he does expect the nfl to now change the way it oversees footballs before the game. fox sports is reporting nfl investigators are apparently investigating

jeffrey sterling leaked classified information while telling a new york times reporter about a secret operation to disrupt iran's nuclear program. prosecutors say this leak put lives at risk. >>> we would like to clarify a story we reported last night at 11:00 in referencing former d.c. fire chief ken ellerbe. we said he resigned when, in fact, he retailerred which is a whole different thing -- retired which is a whole different thing and we regret that. >>> coming up the parents that sparked a local debate about parenting meets with child protective services. >> up next a first of its kind study finds more differences than similarities in the genes of siblings with autism. . >> we've got heavy sn >>> new research suggests the gentlemen nettings of autism are more -- the genetics of autism are more complicated than previously thought. it's found most siblings with autism have different autism risk genes. the droewings two sons sam and max have autism. >> it was really devastating having them both diagnosed at the same time. it was more devastating knowing our youngest son really was o

a federal jury in virginia found jeffrey sterling guilty on all nine counts against him monday.cutors say he leaked details of a covert mission to derail iran's nuclear program to a "new york times" reporter. the conviction is a major victory for the obama administration and its unprecedented crackdown on government leaks. >>> on the cbs moneywatch," social media hits a snag, and the government reportedly spying on drivers. jill wagner's at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. asian markets mostly higher ahead of the fed's first policy meeting of the year. tokyo's nikkei added 1.5%. hong kong's hang seng lost 0.5%. >>> here on wall street, the new york stock exchange plans to run on a normal schedule today, but many people could be home from work. the dow gained 6 points on monday. the s&p was up 5. the nasdaq rose 13 points. >>> facebook was hit with an outage this morning. social media sites including facebook and instagram were down in the united states, europe, asia and australia. the widespread outage aff

jeffrey sterling leaked information to journalist james risen. "the new york times" reporter used details in a book but never revealed his source. prosecutors say that sterling leaked the information because he was mad about being fired from the agency but all of the evidence presented at trial, circumstantial at best. sterling will be sentenced in april and faces years in prison. >>> it is now 19 minutes after the top of the hour. still ahead, we continue our live coverage following the extreme weather. millions of you are waking up to your yards covered. we're on the ground with the latest. >>> "american sniper" keeps breaking records but the left is spewing hate saying only angry tea partiers want to see the movie. >> there's a lot of anger in the country. the people who see the movie are angry. >> the movie maker that's making howard dean eat his words. 6 . >>> welcome back. a new threat for the secret service. we are learning that the drone that crash landed at the white house was too small to be detected by a radar. the secret service says

jeffrey sterling is the man in question. guest: it is important for a number of reasons.isclosure that sterling was convicted of occurred in 2003, during a run-up to the war in iraq. jeffrey sterling approached the senate intelligence committee and said he had real concerns about a covert operation going on in which the united states is slipping plans for nuclear components to iran. the scheme is that the plants are supposed to be intentionally flawed and delay the iranian nuclear program. he was raising questions that the flaws are easily findable and that they may be advancing the nuclear program. soon after that, my now colleague, jim risen, began acting -- asking questions about that. risen included details about that operation in his book "data of four" in 2006. this investigation has been going on for a decade. they have been fighting to try to get risen to reveal his sources. when that did not pan out, they went to trial against sterling. they had a largely circumstantial case, but a fairly strong case and one that the jury agreed with, where they convicted him of

m jeffrey sterling was found guilty on all nine counts against him.cutors say sterling gave the information to times journalist to get back at the cia for perceived mistreatment. >>> not all of the gop presidential hopefuls were here in iowa. some were in california at a summit of their own. >>> first the u.s. and its allies threaten russia with more sanctions over bad behavior in the ukraine. (melodic, calm music) don't miss the princess cruises 50th anniversary sale. our biggest sale ever, across all destinations. save up to $500 per person. everywhere we sail. all around the world. enjoy up to two hundre d dollars free onboard spending money. and a free specialty restaurant dinner for two. call your travel consultant or 1-888-book-now. don't miss our 50th anniversary sale. our biggest sale ever. princess cruises. come back new. >>> kurdish fighters have almost entirely driven islamic fighters out of the town of kobani tonight. this is a major defeat for the terror group and represents a major win for the kurds. >>> russia is pushing back hard on th

during the trial of jeffrey sterling, the former national security advisor condoleezza rice revealed thursday she personally pushed "the new york times" to kill a news article about a secret operation to disrupt iran's nuclear program. sterling's discharge with revealing classified information to new york times reporter james risen. rice told the court the white house relies on two main ways to block publication of news articles. they can essentially confirm the report but are gearing it is too important to national security to be published or they can say the reporter has it wrong. amnesty international is reporting saudi arabia has postponed the scheduled flogging of jailed activist raif badawi. badawi was arrested in 2012 after setting up a website for political and social debate. he was sentenced to 1,000 lashes -- 20 batches of 50 lashings each after friday prayers. today's lashings were reportedly postponed for medical reasons. after he was lashed last friday. the united nations is calling on israel to unlock $127 million in taxes owed to the palestinian authority that were wit

former cia officer jeffrey sterling was just found guilty of leaking details about a classified operation to a "new york times" reporter. the operation involved an attempt to derail iran's nuclear program. the case was delayed for years while the justice department tried and failed to force reporter james ricin to reveal his sources. sterling was convicted of all nine counts against him just a few hours ago the judge ordered jurors to keep trying when they said they couldn't reach a unanimous decisin charge. >>> it's an app that police say amounts to cheating. the steps they're taking to take it o >>> a live look this afternoon at times square. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. see the difference for yourself. get a fios triple play online at an amazi

be willing to answer if he is forced to testify next week at the trial of former cia officer jeffrey sterling. sterling is accused of leaking classified information to risen for a book he wrote in 2006 called "state of war." today on the stand, risen refused to answer any questions that might help prosecutors identify his sources. >>> the new congress convenes tomorrow with republicans in control of the house and senate. house speaker john boehner is expected to win re-election to his leadership post and he will command the largest republican majority in congress in 84 years. president obama can expect challenges on his health care law, recent immigration actions and new sanctions on iran. he has vowed, though to make more use of his veto pin. he's only used that power twice in six years. >>> cheers and applause inside a miami courtroom today as florida becomes the 36th state to legalize same-sex marriage. the judge found florida's ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional. the county clerk began issuing marriage licenses immediately, and the first couples got married in miami this afte

a federal jury found 47-year- old jeffrey sterling guilty for leaking classified details of an operation to thwart aan's nuclear program -- iran's nuclear program to a "new york times" reporter. he will be sentenced in april. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonnell can remain a free man while he appeals his corruption convicts. a federal court approved the request yesterday. he was sentenced for to years in prison for illegally taking gifts and loans while he was virginia's governor. he was scheduled to begin prison in two weeks. a hearing on his appeal is set for may 12. >>> a bill which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is now headed for the full virginia state senate. the bill would apply to senate and local government employees. similar measures had cleared the senate before in the past but they were killed in the house of delegates. >>> 6:12. here's another look at the question of the morning. when trying to get out of being issued a ticket, 59% of drivers tell officers, a, they're lost. b, they didn't see the sign, or c, they st

prosecutors say jeffrey sterling gave the information to "new york times" journalist james risen who then wrote a book about it in 2006. sterling will remain free on bond depending on sentencing set for april. >> a federal appeals court says virginia's former governor can remain a free man while he appeals the verdict in that corruption case. the fourth u.s. circuit court of appeals in richmond issued its ruling in the bob mcdonnell case this afternoon. the justices say the appeal raises substantial questions of law or fact that could result in a new trial. mcdonnell's lawyers have said the appeals process could take as long as their client's 24-month sentence. >> how much time new parents get when their children are born depends on where they work. still ahead, a look at the congressional plan for parental leave on the heels of what the president called for in his state of the union. >> plus a robber takes on a 74-year-old woman at a gas station. and it's all caught on camera. >> a little bit later the search is on for a missing couple after they responded to a craig's list ad. >> w

jeffrey sterling is accused of leaking details about a botched c.i.a. operation in iran to a "new york times" journalist. prosecutors say he leaked that to a reporter to get back at the agency for perceived mistreatment. sterling denies the charge. >> we're moving on now to this. the national football league investigating exactly what happened to the footballs during last weekend's game between the patriots and the colts. >> today, the patriots coach and quarterback are talking about those claims. robert burton is here now with what bill belichick had to say. >> and knowing belichick, you'd think he'd get up at the podium and say this is all nonsense. he didn't do that today. controversy and bill belichick aren't exactly strangers. they met again this week and controversy comes in the form of deflategate. today, bill and controversy had a little breakfast this morning. >> i don't have an explanation for what happened. >> with deflate gate getting deeper, patriots coach bill belichick tried to clear the air. >> to tell you that in my entire coaching care

a federal jury in virginian has convicted former cia officer jeffrey sterling of nine felony counts, including, espionage. prosecutors accused sterling of leaking classified information about a secret operation to disrupt iran's nuclear program to journalist james risen of the new york times. risen later revealed how the risky operation could have inadvertently aided the iranian nuclear program. supporters of sterling described him as a whistleblower but prosecutors claimed he leaked the information to settle a score with the agency. sterling is scheduled to be sentenced in he faces a maximum april. possible sentence of decades in prison. in election news, the washington post reports a network of conservative advocacy groups backed by the koch brothers aims to spend a staggering nearly $900 million in advance of the 2016 white house election. the amount is more than double the $400 million that 17 allied groups in the network raised during the 2012 campaign. over the weekend, three potential republican presidential candidates -- senator marco rubio, senator rand paul and senator ted

a federal jury in virginia found jeffrey sterling guilty of espionage.s accused of giving details about a mission to undermine iran's nuclear program to "new york times" reporter james risen. sterling denied leaking anything, saying risen found out from senate staffers who'd been briefed on the operation. stocks on wall street inched ahead a bit today, the dow jones industrial average gained six points to close above 17,678; the nasdaq rose more than 13 points to close above 4,771; and the s&p 500 added five points to close at 2,057. still to come on the newshour. president obama seeks new limits on drilling for oil in alaska. taking violent action in the name of religion in europe. the diary of a guantanamo detainee. republicans queue up early for a chance at 2016. and, transforming the cinematic for a virtual world. >> woodruff: the president is pushing for major new areas of protection in alaska's arctic refuge, and getting set for a big battle in the decades-long debate over oil drilling and production there. currently about seven million areas of th

the government says jeffrey sterling leaked the information, a charge he denies. >> woodruff: president obama opened a new push today for giving paid sick leave to parents and others. he signed a memorandum directing federal agencies to provide up to six weeks of sick leave to care for newborn children or ill relatives. and, he followed up later, in baltimore. >> there are 43 million americans who don't get paid sick leave, which when you think about it, is a pretty astonishing statistic. and that means no matter how sick they are or how sick a family member is, they may find themselves having to choose to be able to buy groceries or pay the rent or look after themselves or their children. >> woodruff: the president will raise the issue again in his state of the union address, next tuesday. republicans announced today that freshman senator joni ernst of iowa will give the g.o.p. response. >> ifill: and wall street, weak earning at big banks pushed stocks lower again. the dow jones industrial average lost 106 points to close at 17,320; the nesdaq fell 68 points to close at 4,570; and the

jeffrey sterling, whose trial is set to open today, is accused of giving risen secret information that revealed a botched cia plot to disrupt iran's nuclear program. risen had risked jail time as part of a seven-year legal battle with the administration in a case that came to symbolize its crackdown on whistleblowers. the obama administration has pursued more leak cases than all its predecessors combined. hackers claiming allegiance to the islamic state have penetrated the social media accounts of the u.s. military's central command, which oversees the u.s. strikes in iraq and syria. central command shut down its youtube and twitter accounts after a series of posts sympathetic to isis. white house press secretary josh earnest downplayed comparisons between monday's hack and the earlier data breach against sony pictures, which the administration blames on north korea. >> i can tell you this is something we're looking into an something we take seriously. however, a note of caution to folks as they are covering this story, it is a significant different between -- difference between what i

this article from politico former cia officer jeffrey sterling was found guilty by a federal court onine felony charges for leaking classified cia information to a "new york times" reporter. term is sterling will remain free on bond until his sentencing. james ricin published an account of a cia operation in his book "state of war" prompting a federal investigation. sterling faces up to 100 years in prison but will most likely receive a much shorter term. >> so "usa today" disgraced lance armstrong says if he were to go back in time to 1995 he would probably use performance-enhancing drugs again. in his first interview since his admission of drug use, armstrong blamed the culture of cycle as his reason behind his choice to dope dope. he would not use the drugs now because the climate of the sport is different. after admitting to using drug, he was stripped of all seven of his tour de france titles as well as his bronze medal from the sydney olympics. what do you make of that? >> he's a man i continue to be -- i just don't get. i have never really gotten lance armstrong. i have never g

said during her nearly 45-minute stint thursday afternoon at the trial of an and-cia officer jeffrey sterlingn alexandria, virginia. i suddenly understood the implications of the white house asking the new york times not to publish a story. that's why talkers to the president about whether we should even do so," rice added. she was greatly concerned when she heard the times had gone wind of the closely guarded cia program -- caller: had you know sugar and is outside of -- anyway. i will tell you what makes me an independent. i have basically been a republican my whole life. my family has a small business since 1960. my grandparents are survivors of the armenian genocide which cames to four -- which came before the holocaust. they had to go into hiding very similar to and frank -- anne frank. they love this country more than anything else. they came here not knowing how to speak english, had to teach themselves. i think everyone knows this story. but as i have grown up, and i'm about 51 years old now, i have seen how our whole political system has become more republican-democrat left-right, in

jeffrey a. sterling. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i understand there is a bill at the desk and i ask its second reading. first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: h.r. 240 an act making appropriations for the department of homeland security for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015 and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: i ask for a second preegd and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard the bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. mr. mcconnell: so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the presiding officer of the senate be authorized to appoint a committee on t