i don't think that leon panetta things cheney wants the country blown up.is, everyone will look like they are infering something. bill: today for lunch, i had two hebrew national hot dogs, ok? they were delicious. they were the best. but, i go home and then the cancer project is telling me they are going to file a lawsuit on behalf of some jersey people saying that hot dogs cause cancer and they have to be labeled like cigarettes. hot dogs. at the ball game, and get your frank here. could cause cancer here. i don't know if the hand sanitizers enough. you know what i am saying? >> you need more than purel. you need to buy those hot dogs with isotope arms. i know they are crap. that is what i did about them. i do not need a warning label. people do smoke cigarettes, i did not see you warning label. if you do not know cancer is bad for you, you are lying through a hole in your trachea. i do not want to stay alive forever to deal with these nimrod's. who is the wiener here? >> ♪ i want to be an oscar meyer wiener ♪ bill: coming up, miller and i chat about this

according to the cia director, leon panetta. cia also under fire for not sharing intelligence the proper way, not prioritizing the information. they've promised to get information out within 48 hours. president obama was not inclined to fire anyone for these failures. the fact that this bombing came in the wake of the christmas bombing plot made it, it would have devastated morale in the agency had he removed anybody in the cia. >> a new book coming out this week about the 2008 presidential race. some comments from the senate democratic leader, harry reed getting a lot of attention. they quote him as saying he could do well as a candidate because he was light skinned and didn't speak with a negro dialect unless he wanted to have one. reid's apologized for the comments. the president said the book is closed on this. is it? >> reid was in trouble already. he's up for re-election and behind both possible opponents. he's got a 52% unfavorable rating in the state of nevada. this was a private conversation. meant to be private with th

leon panetta said the doctor was about to receive a pat down search when he detonated the explosion. >>> a man pled not guilty to charges he received training from al qaeda. he is accused of lying to pakistan to get military training. he was arrested yesterday in queens in connection with the investigation into the airport driver who pled not guilty last year. >>> investigators are trying to look for the man who tried to firebomb last month. the man through a molotov cocktail. the clerk protected by bulletproof glass was not hurt. it was supposed to be revenge for the arrest of two teenagers who were arrested for trying to rob the gas station in 2007. >>> how long will the big chill stick around? steve rudin has the forecast. >> some changes of for speed camera plants in one county. >>> prince george's county stop installing speed cameras in dozens of school zones. breanne carter has the details. >> instead of putting in permit cameras, the county executive has decided to use mobile cameras. he says this will be better for the county and residents. 30 years, mary has lived in prince

what is leon panetta saying now?he's trying to defend the actions of the agents on the ground in afghanistan. as you mention they've taken criticism because he was allowed to drive through the gate before a patdown and washington post calls meeting an asset like that bad trade craft. but in an op-ed panetta writes about comments like that, that's like saying that marine who die in a fire fight brought it upon themselves because they have poor war fighting skills. panetta says the bomber was about to be searched when he detonated his explosives. in the past year we've done exceptionally heavy damage to al-qaeda and their associates and that's why extremists hit back. >> what a great loss for the cia, some of the best and brightest, this was a top tier assignment. they were really providing a lot of intel from this particular source, this informant had actually turned over some lower level al-qaeda members and taliban members, if my recollection is correct, and now, for his family to be speaking out, really applauding

leon panetta said, "in the past year, we have done exceptionally heavy damage to cut and the associates. that is why the extremists it backed." >>> funerals today for some of the cia officers who were killed. harold brown jr. was remembered during a service in massachusetts. the father of three lived in fairfax county. >> i will love you now and forever. >> flags were lowered to half staff at the cia and the seven new stars joined the others on a wall of honor at the cia office in langley. >>> a man with suspected ties to terrorism pled not guilty today on charges he was training for al qaeda. he was accused of lying to pakistan to get military training. he is one of two men arrested yesterday in connection with the investigation. the colorado airport driver pled not guilty last year to supporting terrorism. >>> president barack obama accepted an apology tonight. one of his chief allies in the senate, -- accepted an apology tonight from one of his chief allies in the senate, senator harry reid. harry reid had said america was ready to elect a light skinned african-american. today, harry

but bean leon panetta, the cia director and protect his turf, and admiral blair and his mandates for the director of national intelligence. i mean i think that's something that only the president can resolve. >> lehrer: my -- >> my point is that expert infew significance actually quite powerful. somebody who really knows the field, they just have a feel for something. we have a process that minimizes the role for expert intuition. because it has to go through all these different channels. and that bleeds away a lot of the oh, i think, i have a hunch, you just can't do that. >> lehrer: richard clarke, former white house guy for both george w. bush and before that bill clinton said on this program last night that software could -- that works, that makes all of these pieces of data matched is also not -- is also apparently not up to speed. >> no, that is exactly -- that and that surprised me that that -- that eight years later. >> lehrer: but david, you are saying forget software. go -- go with the human mind. >> the human brain is a lot more complicated than any software program. and p

director leon panetta lashed out at critics who say those who gave their lives somehow brought it bottom then selves -- it upon themselves. he said the man was about to be searched when he detonated the explosives unlike what was reported earlier. in washington, fox news. >>> one of the victims of the bombing was 37-year-old harold brown, jr., of fairfax station. he worked or the state department and had three children. >>> the senate majority leader is apologizing tonight for a controversial comments he made about president obama during the campaign n. a private consideration senator senator reid commented that president obama was a light skinned african-american with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one. senator reid said he's sincerely responding for offending any and all americans, especially african- americans for my improper comment. the. has accepted the apology. >>> what's the best way to give an underprivileged child an edge? i'm going to introduce you to a young man who comes from nearly nothing and show you how he's making something of his life. >>> plus, the trouble

i think leon panetta is right. the reality is, 27 years after the first attack wiped out almost an entire cia station, the united states should have known better. this is a counterintelligence failure. >> robin wright, thank you. >>> meantime, the families of the fallen cia officers are now laying their loved ones to rest. in many cases these families had no idea the men and women they lost were working the front lines for cia. here's david kerley. >> reporter: it is a sight seldom seen. harold brown jr., a father of three young children, killed in that suicide bombing in afghanistan. >> a wonderful life. i love you now and forever. >> reporter: even brown's parents never knew their son was a spy. this attack has been exception. we have learned some of their names. elizabeth hanson. scott roberson. david's wife said good-bye near >> i love you with all my heart. >> reporter: flags are at half-staff at the cia. here 90 stars mark the 90 officers lost in the agency's history. but 35 of their names aren't even listed.

director leon panetta who says no one ignored the potential danger in dealing with this man.t was supposed to be working with us. caroline shively has details from washington. >> reporter: in a video released tape, a jordanian doctor says revenge is why he killed the c.i.a. operatives, because the c.i.a. had killed a pakinstani taliban leader with a missile strike in august. he also says he turned down millions of dollars from the u.s. and jordan who wanted him to spy on militants. the father of him says it's his son. he taped the video shortly before he went on a u.s. base and blew up seven c.i.a. agents and himself in afghanistan. he says on the tape, we will never forget the blood of our emir, referring to the dead taliban leader. saying it's their duty to go after other american targets. >> the "washington post" reports that just before the blast, his vehicle sped through checkpoints on base and when he stepped out to be checked by security guard, he quickly detonated the bomb, sending pelllets through him and others. they called meeting an asset like that, bad trade craf

. >> in a letter to the washington post today cia director leon panetta defended the agents for letting the man in, he said the individual was about to be searched by our security officers, a distance away from other intelligence personnel, when he set off his explosives. critics contend they trusted and risked too much. >> one of the officers killed had nearly 15 years experience doing nothing but al qaeda. he is referring to the base's station sheet, a member of the clandestine service, former agents tell me in loss is going to have a chilling effect on the risks that agents on the ground are allowed to fake jeff. >> glor: kimber dozier, thank you. since the attempted christmas airline attack, international attention has focused on yemen, which claims to be taking action against al qaeda there. but it is hampered by a civil conflict that could bring even more chaos to an already troubled country and potentially even more trouble for the u.s. terry mccarthy is in the yemeni capital tonight. >> reporter: yemen is fighting a war on three fronts, washington wants it to take on al qaeda he

done you feel safe with this guy and leon panetta both being in charge of the intelligence community?> tomorrow a not so happy anniversary for christina roamer claiming if the obama stimulus plan was implemented unemployment would remain below 8%. as know too well that is not how things turned out. earlier today the department of labor delivered more bad news on-the-job front in december alone 85,000 more americans lost their jobs. which is far more than economists expected. the unemployment rate remains in double digits. what did the 787 billion dollar spending spree accomplish? besides bankrupting your kids? we are waiting for an answer, mr. president. calls torture bow tax cheat tim geithner's resignation heating up thanks to new e-mails regarding his role in the bailout of aig. e-mails written by the federal reserve bank of new york while er in was president there isa believers the e-mails could prove during the bailout government officials encouraged aig to withhold vital information from you and the american people. issa and grassley are preparing to investigate these very serio

according to the "washington post," cia director leon panetta is saying the al qaeda double agent was about to be searched when he blew himself up. the cia was working with the bomber to get information about osama bin laden's right-hand man. this weekend, al jazeera aired video of him vowing for revenge for the killing of a taliban leader. one of the cia workers killed in that attack was laid to rest in massachusetts yesterday. harold brown jr. lived in northern virginia for the past several years. the 37-year-old leaves behind his wife and threeoung children. >>> this new year has been a challenging one for president obama. he's prodding congressional democrats to finish up a health care bill. his first state of the union address is weeks away and he's been forced to address sho shortcomings in national security. all of this comes as his majority party fights to stay that way in this year's midterm elections. brian mooar reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: a day after getting more bad news on jobs and the economy, president obama is touting health care reform as a way to help st

well, on tuesday his first full day back at the white house, he's already called in the cia chief leon panetta. other top intelligence chiefs. the attorney general, the homeland security secretary, for a big meeting in the white house situation room. a chance, perhaps, to call some of these officials on t s on tht for what went wrong but he wants to get a sense of what was learned from that incident, what was missed where the cia had an inkling that this eventual suspect had ties to extremists, why wasn't that shared with other intelligence agencies? it sort of hearkens back to before 9/11. all of this was supposed to be fixed post- 9/11. so i think the most important thing about this tuesday meeting at the white house is going to be, what have they learned so they can fix some things to prevent future attacks, don? >> you know the president, before he came into office, he said he didn't want to run the country on fear, based on fear, he they wouldn't call it the war on terror. what i'm wondering is could this terror threat at least play a big role in the midterm elections? it seems like econo

tuesday, his first full day at the white house, the president's calling in the head of the cia, leon panetta, other intelligence chiefs, the attorney general and others, to basically, you know, call them on the carpet, what went wrong and more important pointing at things so they can fix it and prevent future attacks. that's the point of all of this, brooke. >> do me favor, stand by. i want to bring in another voice in the conversation here. the director of the south asia center of the atlantic council of the united states. he also penned a book titled "crossswords, pakistan, its army and the war within." mr. navez, thank you for joining me from washington. my question to you, i want to hit this point home, the fact this suicide attack happened in a bustling area during this volleyball match. this has to hit pakistans differently, perhaps closer to home. we're talking about presumably una unarmed, ordinary pakistani civilians. my question is might this attack bring about a more concerted effort to root out possibly the taliban and al qaeda in pakistan? >> absolutely. i think one has to under

leon panetta lashed out at critics who say those who gave their lives somehow brought is on themselves. the bomber was about to be searched when he detonated his explosives unlike earlier reports. the father says he blames america for turning the bomber's wife into a widow and his sons into orphans. >>> dane perisi was remembered in washington state. he took action to save other lives during the attack. >>> a 25-year-old queens college grad is facing charges of conspiring to commit murder and receiving training from al qaeda. the indictment unsealed todayages he went to pakistan back in 2008 with the denver airport shuttle bus driver identified as najibullah zazi. investigators believe they plotted an attack in new york city. he pleaded not guilty. >>> meanwhile a 28-year-old student will be charged with trespassing for touching off a security scare that shut down an entire terminal at newark liberty airport last week. he crossed over a secure point so he could walk with his girlfriend to the gate. that is what he's telling police. but the seemingly innocent move forced flight delays t

but today the rector leon panetta did release me informatio what was he ab to say about ese people and what their mission was, if any? >> it seemed like a very personalessage because this is agency that has beenocked by problems, by -we've seen the last few weeks estions about whether or not they were ing a job and tried to prent terrorist attacks. they'vhad a very difficult few months. i think was a message to y to reach out to them and say we're good priots. we are putting our lives o the line and we are ing good work here. it seemed to sort of boost morale tkeep these guy s going. >> suare will we ever know who thespeople were and what ty were doing in southeast afghanistan? >> in someases we probably n't. beuse these people work often undercover their names arconfidential th work in areas where it is very remote. very little contact with family members andost of them are mdle-aged and older and do have famili back he and they can't ten talk to them for mohs at a time. and so tse people do a great service r the cotry and some really will be uung heroes who will have a star on the wa

>> well, i work very closely with leon panetta and admiral blair. think, i think they're doing the best job they can. the problem with the director of national intelligence denny blair, he has all of the responsibility and not enough authority. i voted against the bill because he does not have the ability to control all the elements of the i.c. i have not worked with secretary napolitano, but when she said that the terrorist act should be called a man-caused disaster, or when she said recently the system worked perfectly, i think it raised a lot of eyebrows, but those statements, misstatements are certainly not grounds to relieve her. i think we need to find out what really happened. >> chris: finally, i want to talk with you as i did with mr. brennan about politics. former vice president cheney and a number of top republicans have really gone after this administration for its response after christmas day and suggested this is another example of democrats being soft on terror. let's go through the record if we can. it took president bush six days to

changes in the wake of flight to 253 bombing, the president is standing by his two directors, leon panetta, and the director of national intelligence. california. go ahead. caller: we need to look at the end product of the philosophy. it is a risk where you decide who can come into your country and everybody else is excluded. that is the only way we will truly be said. host: we will have more calls tomorrow morning on "washington journal", and you will have a chance to see the president's comments spurred we will show them again at 8:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. the house was in session today, the start of the second session. no real business today. that will resume all week from today on january 12. live coverage of the house on c- span. the senate comes back by january 20. that on c-span to. -2. the british house of commons has come back from their break. gordon brown taking questions, that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we spoke to an expert on al qaeda and yemen about the presence of al qaeda in that country and what is ahead. here is a look. host: richard fontaine joins us from the

with this is a program that director leon panetta went to congress and told them, "you up and out ofller: how are you this morning? host: to win well. what is your question? caller: not really a question. i want to pick up on where the money is coming for the government. sorry for jumping off topic. but it comes from the ability of the federal reserve to create money out of the air -- host: sorry, we are going to stay on topic, and for those of you interested, the pakistan president writes in an opinion piece in "the washington post," "pakistan on the verge of greatness," you are interested in reading that. next call. caller: sorry, hard hearing you, my phone is messed up. host: well, we can hear you. caller: i'm sorry, i am just tired today. i got a few hours ago. what is the government doing for a possible north korean launching of missiles? guest: north korea has come over the last few years, periodically has tried to test its long-range i1Ñmissiles. they've not been particularly successful. the longest range missile which is successful could hit parts of the united states. the bu

gates, janet napolitano, the home security department, eric holder, steven chu, dennis blair, leon panetta as i said, stephen shoot that secretary of energy will be at the meeting. -- steven chu, the secretary of energy will be at the meeting. they are supposed to go agency by agency over reduce that each one of them was to conduct over how it was that the nigerian man who tried to blow up the northwest airliner on the way to detroit, how he got onto the plane and what they are going to do from here. the president will be speaking at 4:00. we are expecting him to make an announcement. there has been a big drum roll up to the meeting. we do expect something of substance to come out of it. >> and the klan -- any inkling as to what the substance will be? >> the ts sa has been implementing new methods of screening. we think it will be broader than that. we think it will be something of about bolstering the central dni. >> how likely is it that personnel changes will happen or resignation will be part of the fallout? >> we have and got no indication from the west that heads will fall at this. -

and leon panetta, the former chairman of the house budget committee, and the former chief of staff of president clinton, now the director of the c.i.a., said this in testimony before the senate budget committee. in response to the question shouldn't we rely on just the regular order, the normal committee process. his answer, it will never happen. the committees of jurisdiction will never take on the kind of challenges that are involved in this kind of effort. if you just leave them under their own jurisdiction, that will never happen. mr. president, it hasn't happened and i'm chairman of one of the committees. i accept that the normal process is not going to deal with the threat of this magnitude. it is going to take all of us, democrats, republicans, congress, the administration working together to fashion a plan that deals with the long-term debt threat. that also deals with the short-term need to restore jobs, to restore economic growth and to build the economy. these things are not contradictory. they, in fact, are complementary. we must do both. we must restore economic growth an

and leon panetta, former chief of staff of president clinton, said this: it will never happen. the committees of jurisdiction will never take on the kind of challenges that are involved in this kind of them under their own jurisdictions, that will never happen. mr. president, senator gregg, the ranking republican on the committee, and i came to the same conclusion. two years ago we started an effort to come up with a process that could assure a vote on a series of recommendations to meet the debt threat. all task force members are directly accountable to the american people. they're all elected members of the congress or, in the case of the secretary of the treasury, the representative of the administration. there are 18 members: ten democrats, two from the administration. and eight republicans. they are currently serving in the congress and the treasury secretary and one administration official who i assume would be the office of management and budget. mr. president, the bipartisan fiscal task force has broad coverage. everything is on the table. spending and revenues. mr. pre

steven chu from the secretary of energy, dennis miller the director of national intelligence, leon panettart miller from the fbi. and national counterterrorism center is going to be there. basically, anybody who might have anything to do with terrorism. i mean, as i said, steven chu, the secretary of energy will be at this meet. >> and the bottom line is what is he going to hear from all these folks because they are supposed to go agency by agency over reviews that each one of them was supposed to conduct on how it was that mr. abdul, farouk abdulmutallab, the young nigerian man who tried to blow up that northwest airline on the way to detroit, how that guy got onto that plane and what they're going to do from here. the president will be speaking before, and we are asked beckoned him to make some announcements. there's been a drum roll up to this meeting that we do expect something of substance to come out of expect any inkling on what that substance baby and those comments this afternoon? >> you know, the tsa, transportation safety administration, has been unveiling a lot of different new