contractor lockheed martin as its new air defense fighter the u.s. is pleased meanwhile japan reportedly mole's buying chinese debt to improve ties with that country so which shows more love in scores more diplomatic points buying debt or buying weapons we'll examine also today the bipolar markets rally reportedly as euro zone tensions ease how is this going for easing though greece's .

so they claim to protect national security by preventing cyber threats but somehow one of lockheed's drones ended up here in the hands of iran the country claims to have hijacked the drone by being technologically savvy hacking into its g.p.s. system and telling its own land exactly where they wanted it to and they apparently did such a good job the aircraft appears to be in pristine condition so how can the most militarily advanced country be vulnerable to such a cyber failure while to dig deeper into this earlier tonight i was joined by ivan eland senior fellow at the independent institute i asked him how can the u.s. invest so much under arms that can so easily be taken down here as this takes us always has it has a gold plated military and it gets in with technical fixes and gee whiz things whereas countries like iran or china that don't have as much money what they tend to do is try to focus on what the military calls asymmetrical threats in other words they don't they want to get our expensive systems and they want to find some easy way to get into them hack into them using cyb

that it as it was flying over the country at the drone which iran says they intercepted was made by lockheed martin one of the world's largest defense contractors the company advertises being the best when it comes to combat and cyber threats take a look at their app. so they claim to protect national security by preventing cyber threats but somehow one of lock here lockheed's a drones ended up here in the hands of iran the country claims to have hijacked the drone by being technologically savvy hacking into its g.p.s. system and telling it to land exactly where they wanted it to and apparently they did such a good job the aircraft appears to be in pristine condition so how can the most militarily advanced country be vulnerable to such a cyber failure let's dig deeper into this earlier tonight i was joined by ivan eland senior fellow at the independent institute i asked him how can the u.s. invest so much on drones that can be so easily taken down here's his take. well the u.s. always says it has a gold plated military and it gets an inanimate with technical fixes and gee whiz things whereas

it's the most precise way to measure the moon's gravity explains stu spaeth of lockheed. moon starts pulling on one? does the other sense it? >> that is exactly correct. >> reporter: spaeth and his team of support engineers will be on duty this weekend making sure the preloaded orbit commands are carried out as planned. >> we're all excited and optimistic of the results. >> reporter: the data collection for grail begins in march and lasts only three months, but when it's finished, amazingly nasa will have a better understanding of the moon's gravity than the earth's. at the campus for lockheed martin, paul day, cbs 4 news. >>> preparations are under way for the biggest new year's eve celebration of all. the one right here in new york city. yesterday, they held a test run. confetti was tossed onto the streets at times square from eight stories above. at midnight on saturday night, one ton of confetti will fall on as many as 1 million expected revelers. >>> this morning, on "the early show," the biggest entertainment stories of the year. i'm whit johnson and this is the "cb

. >> reporter: called grail, the spacecraft were built in colorado by lockheed martin.in september, grail will take more than three months to reach the moon when astronauts needed just three days back in 1969. why? going slow means grail can be put into lunar orbit with a smaller fuel-saving rocket and using twin satellites allows for triangulation with the earth. it's the most precise way to measure the moon's gravity explains stu spaeth of lockheed. maybe the moon starts pulling on one? does the other sense it? >> that is exactly correct. >> reporter: spaeth and his team of support engineers will be on duty this weekend making sure the preloaded orbit commands are carried out as planned. >> we're all excited and optimistic of the results. >> reporter: the data collection for grail begins in march and lasts only three months but when it's finished amazingly nasa will have a better understanding of the moon's gravity than the earth's. at the campus for lockheed martin, paul day, cbs 4 news. >>> prepgs under way for the biggest new year's eve celebration of all. the one

so they claim to protect national security by preventing cyber threats but somehow one of lockheed's drones as it up here in the hands of iran the country claims to have hijacked the drone by being technologically savvy hacking into its g.p.s. system and telling it to land exactly where it where they wanted it to land and apparently they did such a good job the aircraft appears to be in pristine condition so how can the most militarily advanced country be vulnerable to such a cyber failure to dig deeper into this i want to bring in dr paul craig roberts columnist economist and former reagan and ministration official welcome paul so how can the u.s. invest so much on your own that can so easily be taken down well perhaps we had to outsource charge ford and maybe china made the parts force perhaps they don't want it to be so effective united states has lost so much of its manufacturing capability that it can no longer produce all of its weapons systems it has to. go abroad for parts for its own weapon systems that may have something to do with this so you're saying the parts aren't up

manufacturer lockheed martin told nhk it has not received any notification about the purchase from the defense ministry. the company says the plane fulfills all requirements to be japan's next fighter jet and suggested discovery delays and price blowouts are unlikely. >>> we talked to nhk world to get perspective on this story. especial lih e specializes in japanese. >> translator: f-35 is the latest fighter with stealth capability. it can launch an attack before it's discovered by the enemy. out of the three candidates, f-35 is the only jet with stealth capability. japan's neighbors, namely china and russia, developing the stealth jets. that's the largest concern is a possible schedule delay, ministry of defense takes f-35 success with f-4 fighters which were deployed about 40 years ago. the majority of them are to be retired by 2021. defense ministry believes the delivery should be made by the end of 2016 to allow enough time for pilot's training. however, defects of f-35 were discovered during the test, leading to development delay. some are concerned about missing the delivery date

lockheed martin and partners in eight other countries built the f-35. it has stealth capabilities allowing it to evade radar. a consortium of companies from britain, germany, italy and spain have the eurofighter typhoon. they used it this year in military operations in libya. a team from the japanese defense ministry is considering the price. maems want to find out what what extent japanese companies can participate in production and maintenance of the aircraft. the japanese government is expected to announce its decision friday. >>> a former pakistani chief says north korea tried to bribe him in the 1990s. he claims a korean military official offered a half million dollars to collaborate on missile development. he was head of pakistan's intelligence agency in the 1990s. in charge of procuring weapons for the military. he told a pakistan tv channel a north korean officer visited his office and dropped a bag with $500,000 in cash. >> translator: the north korean government ordered the officer to establish relations with pakistan by giving the cash to a k

manufacturer lockheed martin told nhk, it has not receive ed any notification about the purchase from the defense ministry. the company says the plane fulfills all requirements to be japan's next fighter jet, and suggested delivery delays and price blowouts are unlikely. >> joining us now, nhk world's daisuke miyashita, who specializes in military affairs. we're going to speak in japanese with simultaneous english translation. >> translator: why has japan chosen f-35 as its next generation fighter jet? >> translator: to make a selection weight is given to the performance. f-35 is the latest rating radar-evading fighter with stealth capability. a stealth fighter is launch an attack before its discovered by the enemy. out of the three candidates, f-35 is the only jet with stealth capability. japan's neighbors, namely china and russia, are developing the stealth jets. air defense in japan has been requesting f-35. >> translator: but it seems there are some challenges regarding the f-35. >> translator: yes, the largest concern is a possible schedule delay. ministry of defense takes f-35 a

some discrepancy over lockheed martin's early warning satellite system. there is an overrun and a yearlong launch delay. the overrun is part of the missile defense and is closer to $52 million. the champagne industry is on track to hit a record amount of bottles shipped back in 2007. the industry took a big hit during the recession. tons of grapes were left rotting in the field during harvest. i'm jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thank you, jane. we will see you at 6:15 for your next report. >> 5:23. 27 degrees on tv hill. we follow breaking news overnight. how city authorities handily clear out of occupy baltimore. >> at holiday special event featuring a raven and an or featuring a raven and an or [ female announcer ] during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers help you rise to every occasion. ♪ from delectable to amazing. there are over 20 affordable safeway select appetizers ♪ to make all of your gatherings just as merry as can be. ♪ only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> ray rice and brian r

i'd like to point out during this period of time the manufacturer, lockheed martin, has continued to make record profits. in fact, they just announced their third quarter profits to be $700 million. here's the manufacturer that was supposed to build an aircraft which was going to cost $233 billion. it's now estimated closer to $383 billion. a $150 billion increase. and we all know now there will be significant cost increases to follow in light of the production manager admiral vinlet's remarks. in 2001, ten years ago, the department of defense told congress that the joint strike fighter would cost about $69 million per aircraft. but according to the general accounting office' report from april, the cost of each f-35 aircraft has now risen to about $133 million per plane, including the cost of research, development and tefgs -- testing across the program the unit cost goes up to $156 million. in inflation-adjusted dollars, that's about double the original 2001 estimate. unfortunately, we know that the estimate will go up substantially when the pentagon releases its late projections wi

lockheed marker will supply a joint strikers. this was short listed against boeing's super hornet.ee in five workers have got themselves yelling at their computer out of sheer frustration. nearly one in five say they have wanted to quit their jobs over all that frustration. i'm ellen braitman with bloomberg news reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> i don't know if you are done with your holiday shopping. some americans are not done. >> i did a mad dash yesterday. i was not alone. free wifi in the sky from skype. >> thank you. 51 degrees on tv hill. nick markakis makes the holiday brighter. and all expenses paid shopping spree. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what are your memories and reflections in light of the passing of ron smith? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> nick markakis need the holidays brighter for one family. he took them on a shopping spree at the target store in cockeysville, complete with a snazzy limo ride to the store.

. >>> lockheed martin was awarded a $2 billion contract to maintain support infrastructure for antarctic research. >>> yesterday "the new york times" thought it sent an e-mail to a few hundred subscribers who recently canceled offer the paper at half price for 16 weeks. well, instead, the offer went to 8.6 million addresses. initially "the times" honored the discount but stopped by early afternoon. the paper won't say how much the e-mail gaffe will cost the company. wouldn't want to be the guy that sent that e-mail. >>> coming up, last-minute college football bowl drama. late nba thrills between the bobcats and the heat. >>> plus, in college hoop action, michigan state looks to knock off unbeaten indiana. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> a shot of cold air moved into new england. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." ♪ ...there are no sick days. ♪ vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. [ snoring ] [ indistinct talking on tv ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching

this morning japan ordered 42 lockheed martin fighter jets in a deal worth billions. standing by her man has earned the wife of dominique strauss-khan the title of france's woman of the year in a nationwide poll. >>> coming up, a top 20 college basketball upset. last-minute nhl excitement on the ice. plus, national embarrassment for san francisco as the lights go out on monday night football. twice. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our central plains blizzard is coming to an end. now that rain is heading east. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, normally in san francisco's candlestick park it's the wind and the weather. well, last night on monday night football, it was the lights. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, good morning. 49ers and steelers. an electric match-up on monday night football. but the electricity didn't hold up. power outage in san francisco just before kickoff, a transformer ble

so lockheed martin officials say even though they have stopped manufacturing of the f-22, it's going -- on jobs at this facility, shep. >> shepard: jonathan serrie live marietta georgia tonight. five people reported dead and more than 120 injured after a gun and hand grenade attack on a street full of children at a christmas market. a witness later described the chaos. listen. >> i saw people running, screaming, i drive my -- from the market all the people lying down, bleeding. >> shepard: among the dead, two teenagers and a 75-year-old woman. several of the injured said to be critical now. we're told the suspect had a history of drugs and weapons offenses investigators say it does not appear the attack in any way was terror related. >> the republic race for the presidency heating up just ahead of the first in the nation iowa caucuses. and key debate there just two days away. it will be here on america's election headquarters. a look how it is playing out in the hawkeye state that's next. [cheers] >> shepard: just in time for the holidays. very unexpected reunion between a soldier an

performed on this prarnlg the air force penalized lockheed martin by reducing its award fee under the contract by $15 million. one space acquisition program is the evolved expendable launch program. the connection with the amendment i offer would enhance congressional oversight largely because of lack of competition and the department's reliance on a sole incumbent provider. the costs may increase by more than 50% over the next 50 years. i don't want to overlook the army. among all services, the army has had the poorest record of bumping billions of dollars into weapons systems that were never deployed. a recent army study indicated that since 1995, almost 40% of research dollars that the army spent did not result in the procurement of any product. the army spent at least $32 billion on development testing and evaluation of 22 weapons programs that were later canceled. almost a third of its budget for creating new weapons. every year since 1995, the army spent $1 billion on doomed programs. since 2004, canceled army programs have consumed between $3.3 billion and $3.8 billion. this re

and reconnaissance and we have developed, tested and fielded the platform with our partner from lockheed. i think that's the limit of what i'd like to address today. >> some suggest that the aircraft lost its signal due to ground based hacker or something like that. is that the case? was the loss of signal something that was done externally? >> again, i would just indicate that we have had success with the operation of the airplane and and prefer not to go further than that. >> let me ask you, the iranians are showing an aircraft that looks like what the rt 170 looks like. can it be used against the united states? >> there is, there is the potential for reverse engineering clearly. and ideally, one would want to maintain the american advantage here. that certainly is in our minds. >> but there's not really much we can do about it at this point? >> if in fact this comes in to the possession of a sophisticated adversary, that's correct. >> let me take you to the washington post article discussing the dover mortuary affairs unit, the post-reported the remains of 274 service members that wer

companies including lockheed martin nintendo and facebook all fell prey to online attacks. in june citigroup announced 200,000 accounts were compromised. and hackers breached sony's playstation network accesss the personal information of 70 million use earnings. some mega mergers and buy-outs had mergers. microsoft bought skype for $8.5 billion. google she would out 12.5 billion nor motorola cell phone business. at&t hoped to create the largest wireless company in a merger with t-mobil but the justice department filed to block the merger. millions of blackberry users had to make do without e-mail or text during a three day outage in october that spread to nearly every continent. blackberry maker research in motion offered customers $100 worth of free apps as a consolation. >> the worldwide outages we experienced this week were unfortunate. we restored full service as quickly as we could. >> reporter: netflix lost hundreds of thousands of subscribers after raising prices and attempting to rename its dvd name. it must now get clear consent from users before sharing material.

this morning japan ordered 42 lockheed martin fighter jets in a deal worth billions. standing by her man has earned the wife of dominique strauss-khan the title of france's woman of the year in a nationwide poll. we'll let you decide how feel about that one. >>> coming up, a top 20 college basketball upset. last-minute nhl excitement on the ice. plus, national embarrassment for san francisco as the lights go out on monday night football. twice. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our central plains blizzard is coming to an end. now that rain is heading east. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, normally in san francisco's candlestick park it's the wind and the weather. well, last night on monday night football, it was the lights. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, good morning. 49ers and steelers. an electric match-up on monday night football. but the electricity didn't hold up. power outage in san fr

company lockheed martin and partners from eight countries developed the fighter jet. >>> the japanese government will pay to decontaminate more than 100 municipalities in eastern japan. but the plan is causing concerns in the communities. the environment ministry says it will clean up to 102 municipalities in eight prefectures with radiation levels above one millisievert per year. iwate prefecture, cattle farmers say they're worried that consumers will avoid all beef produced from those designated areas. >> in fukushima prefecture, a city is worried its tourism will be hurt if it's listed as a contaminated area. residents in other areas of the city with less than one millisievert per year says it's unfair they cannot receive funds for decontamination work. >>> time to check the latest in sports now with hiro morita. >>> welcome into the sports report. in 2011, i had the opportunity to travel around the country east to west watching athletes do what they do best. some of them even let me in on the action. now that the year's drawing to a close, i've been thinking again about those peop

manufacturer lockheed martin told nhk, it has not receive ed any notification about the purchase from the defense ministry. the company says the plane fulfills all requirements to be japan's next fighter jet, and suggested delivery delays and price blowouts are unlikely. >> joining us now, nhk world's dice kay mishita, who specializes in military affairs. we're going to speak in japanese with simultaneous english translation. >> translator: why has japan chosen f-35 as its next generation fighter jet? >> translator: to make a selection weight is given to the performance. f-35 is the latest rating fighter with stealth capability. a stealth fighter is launch an attack before its discovered by the enemy. out of the three candidates, f-35 is the only jet with stealth capability. japan's neighbors, namely china and russia, are developing the stealth jets. air defense in japan has been requesting f-35. >> translator: but it seems there are some challenges regarding the f-35. >> translator: yes, the largest concern is a possible schedule delay. ministry of defense takes f-35 as a successor t

we do know it's made by lockheed martin and said to be equipped with stealth technology. >> this is a super secret stealth drone. it exists to make sure that adversaries don't know this thing is there. >> reporter: this follows a week of growing tensions between iran and the west over iran's nuclear program. just last tuesday, a group of young hard liners stormed the british embassy if tehran to protest british banking sessions. in response, britain shut down the iranian embassy in london and expelled his diplomats. >>> wikileaks founder is back in court. two lower courts have ruled against him. today, he'll ask britain's supreme court to hear his says. asang says the allegations against him are politically motivated. >>> washington, d.c. police are making sure dozens of protesters stay out of mcpherson state park this morning. more than 30 were arrested overnight after refusing to leave. police had to use a cherry picker to grab some protesters at the top of a wooden structure they built. the structure was later torn down. >>> some unusual early snow in the southwest today. a winter

the kind of aircraft that iran says it has recovered is made by lockheed-martin. the aircraft was reportedly used to spy on osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. now iran says it's recovered the aircraft. the claim was made on iranian state television that iran shot down and captured an unmanned u.s. spy plane in the eastern part of the country. they say it was the rq-170. a secret drone that can presumably go without detection. they have lied about such things in the past. but if true, it could be a significant capture. >> important secrets can be lost by looking at the kind of material on the skin or looking at the kinds of shapes employed. >> reporter: the u.s. military acknowledges that a reconnaissance plane crashed. official says it was not shot down. a senior u.s. military official tells abc news that the military is quote assuming iran has something. there are provisions built into drones. informs -- information can be erased if the plane is lost. if this is a stealth drone, it could help the iranians better understand the vulnerabilities of the u.s. >>

reporter: statfor provides political, military and economic intelligence with top tier clients like lockheed martin and bank of america. some didn't think it would be possible to hack into the high profile think tank. >> this is a pretty serious invasion. someplace like statfor which is the sort of super secret community around the world is getting hacked into, then you kind of wonder is anything safe? reporter: one hacker says the goal is to steal $1 million from victims' accounts citing on an internet blog. that person says hackers want to distribute that cash to organizations like save the children and the american red cross. doug mckelway, fox news. >>> up next on the news edge did you get great card to of a store you don't like this year? we'll -- a gift cashed to a store you don't like this year? -- gift card to a store you don't like this year? we'll tell you how to cash it in. thththththththis is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it h

elsewhere, the national science foundation awarded lockheed martin a $2 billion contract to maintainrt infrastructure for antarctic research. >>> and finally, yesterday, "the new york times" thought it sent an e-mail to a few hundred subscribers who recently canceled, offering the paper at half price for 16 weeks. well, instead, the offer went to 8.6 million addresses. initially, the "times" honored the discount but stopped that by early afternoon. the paper won't say how much the e-mail gaffe will cost the company. how would you like to be that guy that hit the send button? >>> in health news, according to a new study, older people with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins b, c and d in their blood do better on cognitive tests than those with lower levels. on the other hand, transfats were found to be bad for older brain power. and according to the study's author, that was the most consistent finding in the study. for more information on this and other health stories, you can check out the health page at msnbc.com. >>> well, coming up, last-minute college football bowl dr

. >>> this morning, japan ordered 42 lockheed martin f-35 fighter jets in a deal worth billions. >>> and finally, standing by her man has earned the wife of the philandering former imf chief, dominique strauss-kahn, the title of france's woman of the year in a nationwide poll. really, france? really? >>> a top 20 college basketball upset is coming up, and last-minute nhl excitement on the ice. plus, national embarrassment for san francisco, as the lights go out on "monday night football," twice. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] now there's a mileage card that offers special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. what's your secret? ♪ [ male announcer ] the new united mileageplus explorer card. get it and you're in. >>> welc

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we do know it's made by lockheed martin. it is said to be equipped with stealth technology. spencer ackerman writes about high-tech security for wired magazine. >> this is a supersecret stealth drone. it exists to make sure that adversaries with advanced anti-aircraft capabilities don't know this thing's there. >> this all follows a week of growing tensions between iran and the west over iran's nuclear program. just last tuesday a group of young hard-liners stormed the british embassy in tehran to protest british banking sanctions. in response britain shut down the iranian embassy in london and expelled its diplomats. experts say that the spy plane was most likely being used to keep an eye on iran's nuclear facilities because the west believes iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb. iran says any violation of its airspace will not be tolerated. russ? >> reporter: seth doane, thanks. exit polls in today's parliamentary elections in russia show prime minister putin's party in first place. but with just 48.5% of the vote, that's down from 64% four years ago. opposition party

the kind of airplane is made by lockheed martin and is the kind of drone that was reportedly used to spy on osama bin laden's hiding out in pakistan. iran shut down and captured an unmanned u.s. spy plane. a secret plan that can presumably operate without detection. the u.s. military says that it's a reconnaissance airplane crashed but that it was not shut down -- not shot down. this could make the u.s. vulnerable. >> there are important secrets that could be lost peter by looking at the kind of material used on the outside of the airplane or looking at the shapes employed. >> during an government does not release any pictures of the recovered aircraft. reporting live in northwest washington, to tahman bradley abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. >>> former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is speaking out again in an interview this time with the new york times. he did not give a straight answer again when asked whether he is sexually attracted to younger boys. >> if i say no, i'm not attracted to boys, that is not the truth, because i am attracted to younger peopl

thirty five they have announced from the united states from the contractor lockheed martin so which is the better weapon is it debt which has been compared to death or is it actual weapon soft power or hard power we want to look at debt in that context to bring it back in to the conversation we want to bring in associate professor at the university of western sydney also author steve keen now professor came before we move on to debt and this what's been sense i want to go back to the financial sector debt that we were talking about before the break because i want to bring up the u.k. and when you look at their financial sector debt you put it in with their other debt it reaches a thousand close to one thousand percent of g.d.p. i mean it's higher compared to all the other g ten countries so more curious that this is an example where the financial sector could be completely destabilizing for the economy in the way that it was for iceland or yeah i'm simply staggered by those numbers because i was look this is working again american debt level with the financial sector that we got a two

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now starting today data will collect bids from some of the world's top defense companies that is lockheed martin northrop grumman or some that were cited to expand the alliance's cyber security abilities now the article pointed out wall street journal that forty two million dollars is the contract ok valued at less than the price of one jet fighter but hey more lucrative contract will be sure to follow so is it just you know and one mission q one other for the military industrial complex world the nations that are part of nato you know in the military as they get together with these these contractors with these military companies if you drink to decide you know what are we going to work under reagan invade next and what weapons there were nearly three former you know roughing up if you dream i'm going to have your out who they're going to go to war with hey if there's no one on the roster we need a new threads i really think it's as if there's nobody on the roster who we put on the roster and how we maximize the amount of what we get no big contracts so we can build weapons and bomb peopl

i mean this is a disaster you can't have your high quality lockheed martin drones dropping in the iranian sky there you have it that's all we have time for we'll leave you with that bit of wisdom from dmitri kofi anna because it's all we have time for thanks so much for tuning in from everyone here at the capital account have a great night and we will see you again tomorrow. sure is that so much as i would like to you know really be with us. continuity and change united russia is long gone when it's over the countries of coral politics is said to undergo significant transformation once. you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is. welcome to the big picture. the lead mission and free accreditation free zones for judges free arrangements free. three stooges free. the old free blog loaded video for your media projects and free media. tom. mock. me is he.

work in this realm is done by defense contract jerseys means you probably would recognize, like lockheed martin, general dynamics, owing, saic, the really big defense contractors who saw in 9/11 -- quickly saw how the world was going to change from one where steel and hardware we conquer the enemy to where information was what you need it and how you move information around the world quickly would really win the day. and so all of those companies refashion themselves quickly to become -- to serve that purpose. and they did it so fast and so affect really that they were far ahead of the government. and so they could get into this realm. the drone strikes, for instance, do you blog with so much about, that have killed a lucky, that have killed hundreds of terrorists or suspected terrorists around the world, including in countries where nowhere with, those drones could not fly without contractors. they are dealt, maintained, operated. the information they did is transmitted back all in the hands of contract years. a mob as contractors -- most of them sit in the united states or to please to

companies including lockheed martin.. nintendo.. and facebook all fell prey to online attacks.ople and by the people. in september... people upset over what they perceived to be corporate excess marched on wall street. a rally became an occupation... and soon "occupy" movements spread to cities across the country. they called themselves the 99-percent.... and targeted the top one percent of wage earners in the country. clashed with police. in new york... hundreds were arrested and several officers were hurt. yir-19 we're very angry at wall street, it's part of capitalism, of american capitalism especially, and thht's why we'reeher today at wall street. most cities eventually moved the occupiers out, but the frustration with the economy remains. the cost of living continues to grow.... from gas prices abover 4--ollars per gallon in some places... to i sslect the food r-19 items that are noo brand names and just made a few changes in the way iibuy things. &p home values continued to plummet in 2011... thousands were forced into foreclosure. signiiicant improvement in home values

among their clients, bank of america, lockheed martin, and the u.s.l and calling the new military rulers thugs and no better than the old regime. he was released nearly two months after his arrest. he still faces charges related to anti-government demonstrations earlier this year. >>> the man who tackled the so-called underwear bomber on a plane on christmas day two years ago is now suing two airlines for $10 million for letting him get onboard. he claims that he suffered physical and psychological injuries during the incident, including permanent numbness in his hands. delta airlines and air france are named in the suit. both have declined to comment. the underwear bomber is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty for trying to blow up the plane. >>> one activist said snipers are shooting at anything and everything. the slaughter continues in syria this morning as arab league observers arrive to try and end the bloodshed. the opposition says at least 18 more people were killed yesterday, and the situation is dire in the city where the uprising star

. >>> bethesda based defense contractor lockheed martin is about to sign a multi-billion dollar dealjapan. several sources are reporting the japanese government is reporting the stealth fighter for its airforce. japan is reported to be interested in 50 jets. >>> amazon's new kendall fire is about to undergo upgrades. users have been complaining of bugs including a slow web browser which doesn't display pages correctly and an imprecise touch screen. amazon says a software upgrade will be sent wirelessly to them in the coming weeks. >>> a well-known oriole has been shown the door. luke scott became a free agent after the team declined to offer him a contract. he was hobbled with a shoulder injury last season but had been voted the most valuable player in 2010. >>> the monday night football game that was almost over as soon as it began. rookie doug baldwin blocked a first quarter punt putting the seahawks up early on and that lead was never threatened, marshon lynch ran 23 times as the seahawks put them away 30- 13. >>> joe flacco is about to welcome a new edition to his wife. his wife

jon: jonathan serrie, reporting from georgia for that. >>> lockheed martin tells us there will be nofs as a result of the end of this program. most of the f-22 workers have either retired or found other jobs within the company. jenna: right now winter storm warning in northern arizona of all places. folks in flagstaff enduring cold temperatures and strong winds. they could get up to 14 inches of snow. they normally get snow but seems unfair, janice dean, arizona has the snow and the east coast, not really. >> have you got your fancy boots out yet? jenna: not yet. not until 20 degrees and lower. we haven't been close to that. that is my indicator. >> kind of ground hog day across the west. they keep getting hit with the storms. here on the east coast we've seen above average temperatures. that trend will kind of continue. rain moving into portions of southern california and snow flying across arizona and the four corners. mainly rain across the plains although we're seeing a wintry mix. that is the area concerned with overnight tonight into tomorrow. let's look at snow totals around t