for me to introduce the director of the central intelligence agency and distinguish california, leon panetta, who was nominated by president obama on april 28 to be the 23rd secretary of defense. as members of this committee will know, it is 47 years of public service, director panetta has held positions of congressman, chairman of the house budget committee, director of the office of management and budget, chief of staff to the white house, co-director with his wife of the leon and sylvia panetta institute for public policy, which i've had the pleasure of speaking before, a member of the iraq study group, a secondof the caia, and first lt. as an intelligence officer. trusted adviser to the president and respected member of his national security team. in the course of two years, he has mastered the intelligence field, led the cia three very tumultuous time, restored badly damaged relationships with congress, and with the director of national intelligence, and carry out president obama's personal instruction to him to find osama bin laden. i have no doubt that his past experience and is capab

. >> leon panetta testifies. he was asked about military operations in iraq, afghanistan, and libya and talked about the budget. he has served as rector since 2009. senator carl levin will join the hearing in a minute. we will also hear interjections from dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. leon panetta served in the united states congress from 1977 to 1994. this hearing is 3.5 hours. >> the morning. this morning the committee meets to consider the nomination of leon panetta as secretary of defense. he is no stranger to testify before congress. over the course of his career, we welcome you to the committee today. the thank you for your dedicated service to our nation. nd your willingness to enter the call once again. we know your wife is not able to be here with you today. she has made her own sacrifices over the last 50 years, supported your efforts in the public and private sectors. i know that i speak for the committee when i say that we love to think her in person for the sacrifices that she has made. please

the hearing, with statements from opening members -- opening statements from members and from leon panetta. >> good morning, everybody. -- overmittee meets to so the course of this long and distinguished career in public- service, we welcome you to the committee today and we thank you, mr. panetta for your decades of dedicated service to our nation and your willingness to enter the call once again. we know your wife is not able to be here with you today. she has made her own sacrifices over the last 50 years, supported your efforts in the public and private sectors. i know that i speak for the committee when i say that we love to think her in person for the sacrifices that she has made. please let your wife know of the committees gratitude for her support and your sacrifice. if confirmed, director panetta will replace secretary robert gates at the helm of the department of defense. he was asked to stay on. it provided a welcome continuity in our defense leadership. director panetta's nomination represent change and brings an impressive level of continuity as well. the next secretary of def

leon panetta said no. he does not know of anyone speaking of troops on the ground. >> michael shear speaking of the confirmation hearing of leon panetta. >> the confirmation hearing of leon panetta for

of that job description are to get as far as he's gotten you know let through comparison here leon panetta who has replaced thing when he first came on he was pretty open about his views on torture coming out staunchly against it you know saying we cannot and we must not use torture under any circumstances and i say the dismay i think of the bush administration i wondering though these kind of comments i mean do you think general petraeus being an outspoken about this or other things you know i really don't but you know what here's what i've also seen is we've seen leon panetta and others hold back from those very same arguments right i mean the use the rhetoric of saying they don't stand for this and yet at the same time they turn around soon but i blindly support the people at the agency for what they've done wait a second my response as a former cia officer is i will support those who have done the right things for those who failed to do the right things or for those who potentially may have committed a crime let's find out because that's what i'm standing for so we have seen a shift un

department of defense be next on the spending chopping block a lobbyist seem to think so a cia director leon panetta takes the helm so just what will happen with the g.o.p. when fresh blood takes control. and just because we're asking all the hard hitting questions are t. labeled as anti-american but is it really anti-american to tell the truth so why then the war on r.t. . good afternoon it's thursday june ninth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. now this meeting brings together public and private leaders from the united states and other world democracies but it's a secret informal meeting and critics and activists allege it is anything but democratic it's called the builder group and the european union and the euro currency were reported to be its brainchild now this group is made up of heads of global companies big banks together with heads of state and leaders of nato and they're getting together right now for their meeting in the swiss resort town of st moritz now arches or and it is there and i asked her about the invite list and the agenda is here what

other things you know i really don't but you know what here's what i've also seen is we've seen leon panetta at others hold back from those very same arguments right i mean you write a report saying that they don't stand for this and yet at the same time they turn around stand but i blindly support the people of egypt or what the if the wait a second my response as a former cia officer is i will support those moved on the right things for those who have failed to do the right things or produce more tension he may have committed a crime let's find out because that's what i'm standing or so we've seen a shift under the ground of leon panetta and frankly the president of the united states president obama. it's not shocking that you're going to see a share of the likes of general petraeus when he moves over to the agency and obviously he will when he moves over to the agency we'll see a shift in how we approach this maybe but generally speaking it's rhetorical it's more in words rather than deeds and us thinking before about this blurring of lines and they train the cia and pentagon i want to go

frame the debate that leone panetta is stepping into. is everyone agreed that some steps are necessary so it's how much and how to do it. >> i think almost everybody now believes we are at the edge of a builddown in defense. and the question is going to be how fast do you go, what things do you choose to make a priority. what period of time do you cover with it. i don't think anybody at this point is really arguing we eier can or ough to increase the defense budget. and frankly with the end of the wars and with attention on definite fit-- deficits and things like that in the general public, looking at defense as part of the equation we have to deal with to solve the debt and deficit problem is clearly where much of the congress is at, where the administration is at, and where the american people are. >> brown: can we get an agreement on this part? and how would you frame where things are at? >> well, i would say though that we're almost there. president obama when he laid out his deficit reduction goals in his speech in april said 400 bi

now if they all take a look at leon panetta and how he'll handle being the new secretary of defense i'll speak with a journalist who was brutally arrested in wisconsin for filming to police and we'll find out if one for hackers really are f.b.i. informants but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has as decided to spend their time on well missing the more important stories. we've been doing a lot of media bashing for their relentless coverage of the wiener gate scandal and bashing that is well deserved but it's a little odd when you see those same people that have been covering it nonstop and treating it like real news suddenly act like they're above it all here's rachel maddow on david letterman last night. if he resigns it is something in the fact that people are demanding that he resign while other people who have confessed to much worse things in terms of sex scandals are not being forced to resign or are having in getting the resignations call for that makes it news but him screwing up his marriage in itself i think is more gossip than news. you know i actually have

for leon panetta. so they will be weighing in on this question, but one more factor might be the general fatigue with war. we just saw the house on friday issue a nonbiden rebuke, essentially of the president's policy in libya. as you know, tragically five troops were just killed in iraq, so a lot of questions in just about an hour. >> you do have a sense that the republican parties having the same fatigue that the democrats had a couple years ago. >>> developing news out of the central iraq, where the military says five american troops were killed earlier today. iraqi officials say they were killed when rockets struck their living quarters in eastern baghdad. the single largest loss of life for the u.s. forces in iraq in two years. >>> syrian police are keeping demonstrators away from the border, trying to prevent a repeat of sunday's clashes. stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: for a second time in less than a month, unarmed palestinians and supporters challenged the israeli military. when they tri

behavior. >>> senate confirmation hearings are under way in the nomination of monterey native leon panetta as the new secretary of defense. in his opening statement panetta told the senate armed service committee that the most important duty of a defense secretary is to be "a tireless advocate for the troops and their families" and to protect the country. panetta, who would replace robert gates, says his priorities if confirmed would include prevailing in the current conflicts in iraq and afghanistan and also in the fight against al qaeda. >> we are no longer in the cold war. this is more like the blizzard war. the blizzard of challenges that draws speed and intensity from terrorism, from rapidly developing technologies and the rising number of powers on the world stage. >> as the current director of the cia, senate confirmation for panetta is expected to come quickly. >>> well, the man whose office panetta will be moving into is also in the news tonight. >> the outgoing secretary of defense, robert gates, tops our look at stories making headlines around the world. gates today made his las

into the afghan lion's depp for the president's choice as defense secretary leon panetta, from a key wants more troops out faster. >> director panetta, do you agree the u.s. troop reductions from afghanistan beginning in july should be significant? >> i agree with the president's statement. >> reporter: to a top republican trying to pin him down. >> would you agree with secretary gates' repeated statements that withdraws in july should be "modest"? >> i agree they should be conditions-base and i'm going to leave it up to secretary gates and general petraeus and the president to decide what that number should be. >> reporter: at his confirmation hearing before the senate armed services committee, the popular cia chief finds himself in a tough balancing act on mr. obama's unpopular war. the current defense secretary weighs in from brussels. >> there will be no rush to the exits on our part and we expect the same from our allies. >> i think it's not inappropriate for you to answer when i ask you if you agree with secretary gates' assessment that the withdrawal should be modest. >> i hav

jim miklaszewski has more. >> reporter: cia director leon panetta who took the lead in u.s. efforts to take out osama bin laden warned today even without its leader, al qaeda remains a serious threat. >> yes, i think it has weakened them, but they still remain dangerous, and we still have to go after them. >> reporter: and then he confirmed u.s. special operations forces on the ground in yemen are coordinating air strikes against al qaeda targets. those attacks from american jets and unarmed drones armed with missiles have increased over the past month as they have had a lack in government. >> it's obviously a dangerous and uncertain situation, but we continue to work with elements there to try to develop counterterrorism. >> the obama administration is the instability in yemen will leads to a civil war and give al qaeda a greater safe haven they they have now. >> reporter: pennetta also agreed that it's a growing threat in iraq. >> i have to tell you that a thousand al qaeda are still in iraq. >> reporter: and with a recent spike in iraqi violence, pennetta suggested that a

in the job but with three ongoing wars involving america his replacement former cia director leon panetta is expected to make dramatic changes to pentagon policies can has the story. whoever's in the white house in the pentagon it's business as usual robert gates was secretary of defense to two different presidents obama was elected on a promise to end the wars of his predecessor george w. bush but america's worst continued and one more was even added to the plate of the inconclusive campaign levy when administrations change or change between parties there really isn't a great deal of change in the pentagon under robert gates his watch america's annual defense spending approach the trillion dollars rising at the pace of about five percent a year but statements from his office were often contradictory fan spending that nearly doubled the base budget over the last decade the gusher has been turned off and will stay off the u.s. is supposed to leave iraq by the end of the year but it seems that there's line is not final he gives all kinds of contradictory statements for instance not long ago

cia has been at the forefront of america's undeclared wars and with a new secretary of defense leon panetta who was the head of the cia the trend is on life we can change i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. yes it's a former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko husband frozen by prosecutors she stands accused of abuses of power the extrem here is accused of stealing highly unprofitable gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine these are said to have constant crane around four hundred million dollars investigators claim she had no authority to sign such contracts and did not secure cabinet approval to a psycho claims the case has been fabricated by her political rival president victor going to call which if not guilty to most could face up to ten years in jail . a look at the world news in brief for you this hour and egyptian court has ordered a probe into the case against two policemen accused of brutally killing a man whose death helped trigger egypt's uprising the slow pace of legal action against the police riot in cairo earlier this week which left over

. >> hopefully there will be a smooth transition when leon panetta goes to defense. >> leon panetta's nomination will now go to the full senate. >> the pakistan army is denying one of the majors was arrested for giving information to the cia. the new york times said they arrested five pakistani informants including a major who copeped the license plates of cars that went visiting. that encluded the owner of a safe house to keep an eye on bin laden's compound. the aircraft carrier for which osama bin laden was buried at sea arrived in the uss karl vin cent. they docked in the san diego naval base. the crew was ordered not to discuss bin laden's burial. >> amtrak is stepping up security after someone tried to derail a train in iowa. they have beenist shoulding the tracks and rigging them to derail a train. the raid on osama bin laden's compound revealed that al-qaida was plotting attacks on the american rail system. >> it served as a stark reminder that the threats are viable and a new twist was added that terrorist are considering derailing the trains. amtrak is focusing on securing th

for me to introduce the director of the central intelligence agency and distinguish california, leon panetta, who was nomined by president obama on april 28 to be the 23rd secretary of defense. as members of this committee will know, it is 47 years of public service, director panetta ha held positions of congressman, chairman of the house budget comttee, director of the office of management and budget, chief of staff to the white house, co-director with his wife of th leon and sylvia panetta institute for public policy, which i've had the pleasure of speaking before, a member of the iraq study group, a secondof the caia, and first lt. as an intelligence officer. trusted adviser to the president and respected member of his national security team. in the course of two years, he has mastered the intelligence field, led the cia three very tumultuous time, restored badly maged relationships with congress, and wit the director of national intelligence, and carry out president obama's personal instruction to him to find osama bin laden. i have no doubt that his past experience and is capabilities p

a doctor in misrata says 1,000 people have been killed, nearly 700 of them civilians. >> leon panettaent obama's nominee to replace defense chief robert gates. gates is retiring at the end of the month. panetta is expected to be confirmed without much opposition. >>> it is only getting worse for congressman anthony wiener. a new fallout in that sexting scandal. "the new york times" is reporting that his wife, huma ab dean is pregnant. they also said congressman wiener called former president clinton to express his regret. >> an explicit photo of anthony wiener's anatomy is now there. he passed it around the studio as proof that it existed. opie explains how that went down on his youtube page. >> one of the video cameras that was on during the show today captured what was on andrew breitbart's phone as it was making its way around the room. it was ray to see who could tweet the picture the fastest. i think andrew breitbart is not too happy with us right now. >> yes, that's true. breitbart is ensifting that he wasn't in on is and had no intention on releasing the photo. he showed it, be

now as always thanks for your responses and here is our next topic for you we just discussed leon panetta taking over the job of secretary. defense now as a former own b. guy a lot of people think the president is going to take on the defense budget but is it really that easy so i want to know what you think with leon panetta as secretary of defense will we see any real cuts at the pentagon you can respond to us on facebook twitter and you tube and who knows the response just might make it on air . is. the line come down. so last you liar is going to be singing. oh. well tonight we have a glimmer of hope that's right it seems like a few lawmakers are putting their foot down against warrantless g.p.s. traffic to track you see here on the show we brought you several stories about individuals who discovered strange devices attached to the underside of their cars usually in the shape of a pipe bomb and it turns out they're often g.p.s. trackers even by law enforcement or even the f.b.i. to keep tabs on quote suspicious individuals the worst part here is that in most cases a warrant isn't requ

all right it's time for show and tell on tonight's program last time we discussed leon panetta is shift to become the secretary of defense and we want to know if you thought his leadership would lead to any real cuts coming from the pentagon let's go to producer for truth in a sense to find out what our viewers to say. the defense representing house of all federal discretionary spending it looks like an overweight sitting duck for budget cutters we want to know if you felt leon panetta might really succeed at cutting pentagon costs and actually not surprisingly regardie of our viewers believe nothing will change i new to blue told us the pentagon will only show cuts with the right hand while holding more in the left tom barrett called it smoke and mirrors he said panetta would never be considered if this mission was to cut spending morgan said any real cuts at the pentagon it can't be serious then there's hourly reason to believe there will be in just enough cuts to fake a campaign with well think about this there's no way the u.s. can continue to fight wars on multiple fronts and do it

so it is serious. >> your friend the cia director and the soon-to-be defense secretary leon panetta was on capitol hill today for his confirmation hearing. as he moves over to the defense department, we are right now at day 83 since the nato operations started in libya. i want you to listen to director panetta, soon to be secretary panetta's assessment of the situation on the ground in libya. >> we have seen the opposition make gains both in the east and the west. i think there are some signs that if we continue the pressure, if we stick with it, that ultimately gadhafi will step down. >> senator, you hear leon panetta there say ultimately gadhafi will step down. you have this remarkable situation in which nato, with the united states blessing, is accelerating air strikes and everybody now publicly is saying they will keep bombing until gadhafi leaves. when the united nations resolution that authorized these military strikes says regime change is not the goal. >> well, i'm not going to get into that because gadhafi is the beginning of all of this and he's also the end of it. there is no

for me to introduce the director of the central intelligence agency and distinguish california, leon panetta, who was nominated by president obama on april 28 to be the 23rd secretary of defense. as members of this committee will know, it is 47 years of public service, director panetta has held positions of congressman, chairman of the house budget committee, director of the office of management and budget, chief of staff to the white house, co-director with his wife of the leon and sylvia panetta institute for public policy, which i've had the pleasure of speaking before, a member of the iraq study group, a secondof the caia, and first lt. as an intelligence officer. trusted adviser to the president and respected member of his national security team. in the course of two years, he has mastered the intelligence field, led the cia three very tumultuous time, restored badly damaged relationships with congress, and with the director of national intelligence, and carry out president obama's personal instruction to him to find osama bin laden. i have no doubt that his past experience and is capab

. >> ahead of his confirmation hearing, leon panetta has news on the defense program. gigi has more from new york. >> good morning. president obama's nominee to succeed robert gates expects difficult sources will have to be made when it comes to reducing defense spending and the federal deficit. in advance of his confirmation hearing, he was asked about the f35 don't strike fighter. he says he supports reducing the aircraft's sustainment costs. a consulting firm predicts far more companies will drop insurance coverage than congressional democrats suspected when it passed the overall last year. nearly one-third of employers are likely to stop providing health care coverage for their workers in 2014. that's when the subsidies will be available for people to produce individual policies. we closed the books on five straight days of losses on the market. utricle lower ahead of the opening bell. anne's protesters go after barbie at mattel offices-- and greenpeace protesters go after barbie. more on that later. >> we will check back with you. >>> 70 degrees outside right now,

chambliss: i rise to support the nomination of leon panetta to be the secretary of defense. he has a long history of government and private-sector service an experience, including service in the united states army. director panetta served ably for eight terms for the u.s. house of representatives, rising to be chairman of the house budget committee. he left that committee to be president clinton's director of the office of management an director and later served 2 1/2 years as president clinton's chief of staff which is where i got to know him well. he then spent 10 years co-directing a foundation with his wife that seeks to instill in young men and women the virtues and values of public service. knowing director panetta this comes as no surprise. in february of 2009, he became the 19th director of the central intelligence agency and it is in this capacity where i've had the opportunity to work very closely with him over the last several years an consider new hampshire close friend. -- consider him a close friend. he has been an outstanding leader of the central intelligence

he retires at the end of the month and leon panetta will be taking his place. >>> embattled libyan leader gadhafi claims he will stay place. low-flying aircraft attacked the capital and they were rare daytime attacks to increase pressure to leave power. in a nine-minute speech, he said he will never leave power. >>> businesses posted your job openings in april and hiring for jobs is that a standstill. 71,000 teenagers were hired between april and may and although that number is encouraging, it is below the 125,000 youth jobs usually added in may. >>> still have to come in the plans to keep bus passengers say the new details about the operator investigation for last week's deadly crash. >> record-breaking heat on the doorstep. what could end up being a miserable midweek forecast. >> major league baseball comes down hard and it. golf fans really disappointed on that tiger woods announcement. [ male announcer ] want a better way to track what you spend? pnc virtual wallet now comes with spending zone. it organizes all your spending including your pnc debit card credit card, and your bills. s

let me ask you about something else involving leon panetta.ow hearing that he's in pakistan, that he flew overnight and now he's in islamabad. what is going on. >> well, pam has learned that leon panetta is on the ground inside pakistan. this is his first face-to-face meeting with the counterparts since the raid on osama's compound. he's had telephone communications with them and he's on the ground for a face-to-face meeting to talk about progress and cooperation in the counterterrorism relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. it's a bit of interesting timing. he only has another two or three weeks on the job as cia director, expected to be confirmed as the pentagon chief. and once he takes on that job, you'll see him going back to pakistan again and again, i suspect, wolf. >> yeah, that issue not going away. >>> turning now to the violent political turmoil and in north africa, key dictators have managed to maintain a firm grip on power. brianed to is here working this story for us. for a lot of the dictators and it's all about keeping it i

he's being replaced by leon panetta. we also expect that david petraeus will be confirmed by the senate to take over as cia director. secretary gates is one of those people who has the respect of republicans, of democrats, men, women, civilians, soldiers, yin, yang, whatever. he's about as good as it gets when it comes to being secretary of defense. we expect there will be emotion when the pros has a few remarks around 10:00 this morning. >> gates has shown emotion in the past. he's a guy that seems connected to the work that he does. we were showing late-night laughs. stephen colbert from comedy central is going before the federal election commission today. tell us why. >> the truthyness train rolls into town today in washington, d.c. essentially he was kidding around about starting a super pact, one of those groups that can raise as much money as it wants. he was trying to pull via cocom his parent company into it. it gets into in-kind donations. is he going to actually be in front of the federal elections commission t

we had a chance to speak, leon panetta. i'm delighted to see that a former omb director can make something of himself. you have done a great job as director. i know you've had the opportunity today to answer tough questions, but the tone has been appreciative and respectful. i am most concerned, as you know, on the budget front, particularly with regard to our major programs and the cost of growth, the time delays have been troubling to me on this committee. over the last four or five months, we've heard a lot of testimony. this is at the same time, of course, we are talking about not just restraining spending, but putting everything on the table to deal with our historic deficits, the debt overhang that is affecting our economy so directly and affecting our future. i also think, for natural -- for national security to our men and women need the best equipment and a need it in a timely matter. the cost overruns annually are over $300 billion per year. this is compared to a decade ago when it was average $40 billion per year

. >>> and here in washington, as the senate just today unanimously confirmed leon panetta as the new defense secretary, president obama is preparing to reveal some important news tomorrow night. the details of american troop withdrawals from afghanistan. a primetime speech tomorrow evening, but tonight, already our chief white house correspondent chuck todd, already has some details of his own. he's with us from across town at the white house, chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. in primetime tomorrow night the president will detail and fulfill a pledge he made in december of 2009, that some troop withdrawals would begin in july of 2011. july starts next week. so here's what the president is going to lay out. there were three measures of success that he laid out in december of 2009. to deny al qaeda a safe haven. to reverse the taliban's momentum and stand up to afghanistan forces. the president will say progress has been made on all three fronts and go as far as to say the operational capability of al qaeda is now been defeated or destroyed. essentially victory ove

. >>> and leon panetta is meeting with military and intelligence officials trying to repair relations strained after the unilateral u.s. mission to take out osama bin laden in that country. panetta is urging pakistani officials to step up the hunt for militants operating there. >>> well, the focus today in casey anthony's murder trial, evidence collected near her daughter's remaining and in casey anthony's car. a bug expert said larvae and flies found in casey anthony's car fit the theory that a body was in the trunk but don't show proof she was driving. >> outrage over anthony weiner's sexting scandal is growing. weiner recently admitted to sending lewd messages to several women online, photographs also. today he also admitted sending twitter messages to a teenage girl in delaware. weiner says there's nothing indecent or inappropriate about those messages. senior political editor mark preston joins us from manchester, new hampshire, and we hear you have new information. what's the latest, mark? >> yes, deborah. >> reporter: what we've seen today is three officials, house democratic l

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. >>> leon panetta will become the new secretary of defense. >> the yeas are 100 and the nays are zero. >> he is the current cia director to he will replace robert gates. as defense secretary, he will oversee the troop withdrawal from afghanistan and will implement a new policy to allow gays to serve in the military. >>> david petraeus will succeed panetta in his duties. >>> tomorrow night president obama will address the nation to outline his troop withdrawal plan in afghanistan. an official says 5000 troops will come home this summer and another 5000 by the end of this year. 30,000 were part of the surge in 2093 he will reveal his plan to thousand nine. can see it live at 5:00 p.m. to view the live stream online, head over to our website at ktvu.com. >>> the national park service celebrated the first day of summer by offering free admission. they offer about 20 free entrance days during the course of the year. all other fees remain in place and normal park fees resume tomorrow. >>> as the oakland city council needs, some are questioning a pay raise for council members. a meeting to d

leon panetta is about to be confirmed as the next defense secretary. what he'll face once he gets on the job. >>> if you are a green lantern fan, the movie comes out next week. we have something cool for you, even if you are not a fan. coming up. >> thanks, laura. mike has a look at the roads. >> we are looking for the green cars. it's a smooth drive past southbound 680. there's a disabled truck there. the report hasn't changed over the last half hour. watch the slow lane. i haven't seen slowing, updates or problems. there you go. it would be an issue. 680 further south, running smoothly. without delay and the san mateo bridge moving over the water. the taillights are heading from the peninsula to the east bay. no major windy conditions there. also, it's a clear view. that's good news. >> okay. thank you, mike. >>> turns out willie nelson's marijuana charges won't have his blue eyes crying in the rain after all. i'm not going to sing. his wallet won't take too much of a hit, either. he has to pay a texas court $787 to settle the marijuana charges. an a

in iraq and afghanistan, military operation in libya, that's likely the top of the agenda at leon panetta'sng. panetta is described as one of the smartest experienced people around. he's a picture of his background. army intelligence officer, congressman from california. currently the director of cia. >> the apple is known as being the head of the curve, now the latest idea is for new headquarters that actually look like a spaceship. ceo steve jobs actually went to a city council meeting to pitch the plan himself. how did that go? >> probably a lot of shocked people in the room. >> jobs wasn't scheduled to be there. it was a big surprise when he walked in. he's looking to build new apple headquarters near where the headquarters is right now. what happened, so many employees have been added to apple, that they really outgrew their current building in cupertino. they rented extra offices, take a look at this building. it's round, looks like a donut, but if you ask jobs, he said it looks like a spaceship. he wants to build this building that doesn't look boring like these other office parks. j

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leon panetta. as the new secretary of defense. he's an outstanding public servant, he's been tremendous in every role he's held. with that being said, i rise to speak on the war in afghanistan. very soon our nation, this esteemed body, and particularly the president of the united states will address o -- address two of the greatest challenges. the first is afghanistan. the second issue is raising the debt sealing -- debt ceiling and the spending and debt. afghanistan and raising the debt ceils may seem unrelated. they with whereby in fact, directly related. they are directly related to the hard fiscal and strategic choices our nation must make to remain safe and security in the coming decades. with respect to raising the debt ceiling, the budget realities that we face are striking and frightening. mr. president, while some may choose to ignore the threat, mere words cannot give wait to the fiscal peril our nation faces. only numbers can. since 1992, we have raised the debt ceiling 16 times. in 1992, our national debt stood at 4.1

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. >> tomorrow, leon panetta will take over as defense secretary. travers, abc news, washington. >>> texas governor rick perry is visiting california and planning to meet with supporters in sacramento. he is expected to speak with dozens of republicans who want him to run for president. they include business leaders and members of the legislature. there is growing speculation he may enter the race this summer. he has b candidate in full campaign mode. aide's say perry is still in the deciding process. >> all right, it was raining earlier this week. freezing cold. today, gorgeous. >> yeah. >> it looks nice. you like sunshine, light humidity and light winds? that's what we have today. the heat is on over the next couple of days. find ways to keep cool. talk about how hot it will get. >> thanks a lot. shocking assault on french president nicolas sarkozy. caught on video. while he greeting a crowd. >> and what is the greenest city in north america? you may be surprised by the answer.  >>> french president nicolas sarkozy was bri

leon panetta did not say how many of the troops stationed there would be a bald.ewt gingrich had all of his members of senior campaign staff resigned. mr. gingrich's a former senior of the house -- a former speaker of the house of representatives. in pakistan, they have ordered an inquiry into the killing of a young man by paramilitary. it took place in karachi, was caught on camera, and the image is being broadcast across the country. >> after weeks of uncertainty, it has been confirmed that the rescheduled bahrain grand prix will not go ahead after all. it was postponing fed during because of political unrest. every one objected when the race was rescheduled for october. >> the organizers have put out a statement this evening saying that they respected the view of the formula one teams association. the governing bodies said the race could take place, be rescheduled for the 13th of october. but logistically, it was not practical. they could not make arrangements. they had already booked india. it was not fair on the fans that had bought tickets. they have already

you are a different nominee then leon panetta was. leon brought streetsmarts with respect to the administration and with respect to the house, with respect to how government works. this is really a unique situation i think, where your experiences can hopefully improve the gathering of intelligence. do you agree with this, and if so, how do you think this can be realized? >> well, i would certainly hope that will be the case. as was noted earlier, i don't think there have been any more avid consumers of intelligence and battlefield commands then i have been. we have worked very closely together to integrate all elements of military forces and intelligence elements for common objectives. clearly i've got an enormous amount to learn about the agency as an institution and in organizations and its processes and so forth but again i would like to think that the experiences that i have had will prove of value at the helm of this organization if confirmed, and i can assure you i will also have the sense to listen to people like mike morel and

this is cia director leon panetta testifying before a senate committee last week. >> i've often saidong likelihood that the next pearl harbor we confront could very well be a cyber attack that criminpples our pow systems, our grid, our security systems, our financial systems, our governmental systems. this is a real possibility in today's world. >> joining me is mark rash, a cyber security expert and director of csc, a security and privacy consulting group. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> amazing. we were working on this story because the senate had been hacked into twice in the past week, again today. all of a sudden the cia.gov web site goes down. same group claiming responsibility, director panetta saying this is a serious problem, the cyber warfare. you investigate these things. how serious is it? well, these particular attacks are examples of what we call hacktivism, trying to make a political statement by taking down a public web site, kind of like spray-painting the cia's wall. it's serious they were able to get in and shut it down, but it didn't impact the core functi

gates will be replaced by a familiar face leon panetta. >>> let's look outside.e'll see a really good shot of the marine layer working its way over the forecast region. it's a thin marine layer. that has to do with that high pressure ridge that's compressing all that saturated air so it's going to mix out rather quickly. and it's going to pave the way to mostly clear skies and then clearer skies by tonight. if you are going out the door, temperatures ranging from the low 50s to high 50s along with patchy fog. then warmer temperatures along the way. sunshine, 50s to 80s, and it's going to get warmer thanks to the high pressure building up nicely making its way over the region. this warming trend will hold for the next several days. the expected high for today, 75 for san mateo. sunnyvale 77. 78 for santa clara. so definitely seeing those highs climbing nicely. we have richmond at 67, brentwood, antioch and pittsburg into the 80s. so we are seeing the warming trend on the way and then possibly seeing triple digits. sonoma 79 along with napa. fairfield 83. sausalito