. >> john harper. general cartwright, to what extent do you think merging u.s. cyber capabilities will offset the need for defense spending in other areas. also, i was wondering if you think, just reporting about olympic games and other u.s. cyber operations against eye ron that actually enhanced the u.s. deterrence posture. you talked about cyber capabilities, versus defensive ones. and senator levin wants to comment on that. that would be great. >> the emergence of cyber capabilities, both defensive and offensive, part of what we're trying to make -- what i had, at least advocated for was that like missile defense, like the conventional capabilities that this nation has in the kinetic sense. that the balance and the utility of those activities and how they're put together and integrated in a way against the problems we actually have. not the ones we aspy to have or wish to have are critical. to ignore the emergence of the capabilities of missile defense. to ignore the emergence of the capabilities and defenses associated with cyber, and to continue to do every

harper. and here. laroche takes daisuke matsuzaka deep. welcome back from tommy johnse gets a grounds rule double. harper will score. it 2-0 nats. rick ankiel pulls one down the first baseline, clearly a fair ball. the ball does not know. he leans over and picks the ball. it's in play. he finally reaized it. he got caught. sorry, friend >>> so far, those four runs are enough for gio gonzalez. he would get kelly shoppach here to end the 5th. right now, it's 4-2. >>> orioles hosting the phillies. the o's get some help him. tied up again at 3 but matt wieters comes through with a base hit to center. j.j. hardy comes in to score and the o's get the lead. right now we are tied at 4 in the 8th. >> chris cooley back and healthy for his 9th season for with the redskins. during his time, he has played with seven different past tors including patrick ramsey, jason campbell and donovan mcnabb. even though cooley is impressed with robert griffin iii, he knows he can't do that alone. yes, he does have the ability to be a successful quarterback but like cooley says, the team has to

harpers ferry and railroad communications with the west would be imperilled. a complicating but generally overlooked factor when considering the reaffects lincoln and stanton were troubling telegrams from john geary who commanded a small force between front royal and men as is. geary essentially became unhinged for no good reason, on the basis of tales told by run away slaves, he reported a huge confederate command was bearing down on him east of blue ridge, not jackson in the valley, but a huge command, unknowing command east of the blue ridge. well, until jackson's strength could be ascertained and the confederate threat east of the valley confirmed or not, lincoln could not rule out a southern dash on the nation's capital. the timing couldn't have been worse for the union. mcclellan at long last had gotten over the slows, concluded his plans for a final push against richmond, and general joe johnston's army of northern virginia, plan was quite simple, mcdowell at fredericksburg was -- received permission, lincoln gave permission to take bank to mcdowell, use bank to mcdowell to move south for fredericksburg with 40,000 men, while mcclellan who was only ten miles east of the capital attac

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john tower another tweeter e-mail for us? >> rolando writes why am i awake so early, that's a clown question, bro. >> can't get enough of that harry reid bite, can you, ripping off bryce harper. harry reid. >> that's a clown question, bro. >> "morning joe" starts right now. >>> where you can send your kid to a decent school, knowing if they do well they have a chance to go to college and if they have that chance knowing you have a chance to get them there, that's what being a middle-class person is. that's not asking too much. that's who we are. that's what we believe. that's what you're about. that's what you built. i just described you, you're the ones who make that possible. we owe you. you shouldn't be vilified. you provide the safe neighborhoods. you provide the good schools. you provide the school lunch program. you provide the day care centers. you provide the hospitals. you provide the road. you provide the ability of people to live a decent middle-class life. >> happy wednesday. it's june 20th. with us on set in washington, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports" andrea mitchell. we have the washington executive editor for