>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> the mclaughlin group is brought to you by seamans. every day, seamans answers are helping build a future of america. seamans, answers. >> check and make sure we are on schedule. >>> the first technology of its kind is now providing answers families need. seamans, answers. >> issue one, ukraine peace deal. signed a peace deal with president victor on friday to end the violent standoff that left some 80 dead and scores injured. announced early presidential elections and promised to bring opposition members into the ukrainian government. european foreign minister stayed up all night in fear of negotiating this end to the standoff. here's a short background. ukraine is a strategic cross roads between east and west. it has been caught in a diplomatic tug of war between russia and the east and europe in the west. the former soviet republic obtained independence in 1991, they tried to woo ukraine westward while eastwa

>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group, the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one. old europe still with us. >> standing together and using our freedom to improve the lives of not only our citizens but people around the world is what makes france not only america's oldest ally but also one of our closest allies. >> france and the united states are two countries which, due to their history, their place in history, but also do to their seat as permanent numbers of the u.n. security councils, can act on security throughout the world for freedom, democracy, the rule of law. >> president obama hosted french president francois hollande this week. the two leaders stressed the vital points of the franco- american relationship. what are they? one, iran. both france and the u.s. are vigorously pushing iran to limit its nuclear program. >> we agree that next week's talks will be an opportunity for iran to show it's serious about a -- that it's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. >

>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> issue one, phillip seymour hoffman,r.i.p. >> hollywood and the world lost an actor genius this past sunday. phillip seymour hoffman, age 46. he died of an apparent drug overdose. police found mr. hoffman on the floor of his apartment in new york city with a needle in his arm. some of those bags have tested positive for heroin. hoffman was an admitted drug addict. he told cbs 60 minutes eight years ago that he had been hooked on drugs by the age of 22. >> anything i could get my hands on, yeah, i liked it all. yeah. >> and why did you decide to stop? >> you get panicked. you get panicked. i was 22 and i got panicked for my life. >> hoffman did stop for more than two decades. last year he checked himself into rehab to no avail, unfortunately. at the time of his death, hoffman had appeared in more than 50 films. was a four-time academy award nominee and won the best actor oscar. >> you have decided on a title for

don't forget "the mclaughlin group" has its own website. you can watch this program or earlier programs on the web at anytime from anywhere in the world at mclock license.com. is the prevailing zeitgeist in america today best described as neoisolationism . >>> issue two, neoisolationism. >> we have allies around the world who are beginning it to question america's commitment to the principles upon which this nation is founded and they look to america for. >> in a major address on monday, house republican majority leader eric cantor called for an assert i have u.s. foreign policy to take the place of what he terms president obama's quote isolationisecretaryment, unquote. majority leader cantor cited his visit to a nazi death camp, auschwitz, on the 69th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. cantor warned of the effects of neoisolationism. >> standing there as the frigid wind swept through the eerily quiet ruins of the camps, i could not help but regret that american action in world war ii came too late to save countless millions ofen i

(scott-mclaughlin) in the prisons, they would sing songs.and you'd have to ask yourself what was this thing about, why were they singing these songs as they're being beaten? and the reason why they sang the songs was just like when the priest chanted gregorian chants or when a buddhist has a mantra. or when you say, "hail mary mother of god" in the catholic religion. it was a means of going inside of yourself to find the strength within to deal with the outside world. one of my mentors was bill kunseler. there was one scene he told me about when he was in birmingham where he was representing dr. martin luther king. and they had come from a demonstration or rally, and king had been told that there were men looking to kill him that night. and they drove up to a house, and bill and king were staying in the house together with a group of other people. bill told the story that people were petrified that night. i mean, they thought that the house was going to be bombed, and they darkened the house so there were no lights at all. and he was afraid

mclaughlin, the on ramp is moving and no on or off ramps affected as far as i know. this is the surface street issue. here for the tri-valley a smooth easy drive westbound 580 starting to pick up the volume. a look at the traffic flow. more headlights through the area. we'll stick with the maps then. we'll look to the backup as we have a smoother backup as the crash at east first has cleared from the road. all of these let up and getting over to the scene a. smoother flow and the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on. there you are. back to you. >> thank you very much. it's 6:11. still ahead, a bay area olympian heads back to school. coming up we'll tell you if polina edmunds is caught up on her homework. >>> here's a look at today's top stories. investigators trying to figure out the cause after deadly house fire in san jose overnight. it happened in a small cottage on south willard avenue not far from meridian avenue. crews managed to douse the flames but found a body badly burned inside. >> the biggest water provider in the south bay will again ask peo

. >> don't forget "the mclaughlin group" has its own website. you can watch this program or earlier programs on the web anytime from anywhere in the world. death row reprieve, should more governors commute capital punishment sentences? that's after the break. . >>> issue two, death row, the governor of washington state announced this week that he is suspending all executions in his state as long as he remains in office. currently there are nine prisoners in washington state who are on death row. they will not go free but they will not be executed at least as long as governor inslee is in office. making his decision the governor cited problems with the capital punishment system including the inconsistency as it to how it is applied. the governor pointed out that washington state's current capital punishment system was put in place in 1981, 32 years ago. since then more than a half of the state's 32 imposed death sentences have been overturned. the governor of washington says this, quote, when the ultimate decision is death, there is too much at s

. >> reporter: jim mclaughlin is from hayward, wisconsin.rd that describes this place for you? >> awesome. awesome. >> reporter: the 1-billion-year-old sandstone is full of cracks. lake water seeped in and froze on the walls and ceilings. james fuchs came here twice from shoreview, minnesota. >> it's so unique to see water in so much different forms and different colors and the way it's sculpted, it's just incredible. and you couldn't dream this up. you couldn't have a mind's eye to almost create this. you have to come and see it. you have to come and see it. >> reporter: winter access to the cave is only possible when the ice is thick enough to safely walk on it. conditions haven't been right for this to happen in five years. some fear this unusual event could become even more rare. although it's been a brutal winter, a study of the great lakes ice facts in over 30 years it decreased by 70%. park superintendent bob krumenaker points to climate change. >> we are referring to the ice cave experience as a truly endangered national park experie

. >> reporter: jim mclaughlin is from hayward, wisconsin.ne word that describe this is place for you. >> awesome. awesome. >> reporter: the one billion- year-old sandstone is full of cracks. lake water seeped in and froze on the walls and ceilings. james fuchs has come here twice from shoreview, minnesota. s it's so unique to see water in so many different forms and different colors and the way it's sculpted and it's just incredible and you couldn't dream this up. you could haven't a mind's eye to almost create this. you have to come and see it. you have to come and see it. >> reporter: winter access to the caves is only possible when the ice is thick enough to safely walk on. conditions haven't been right for this to happen in five years. some fear this unusual event could become even more rare. although it's been a brutal winter, a study of the great lakes ice pack found over 30 years it decreased by 70%. park superintendent bob krumenaker refers to climate change. >> we're referring to it as an endangered national park experience because

at richmond city hall, mayor gale mclaughlin says she remains confident in the housing authority's executiveirector. >> i have always found mr. jones to be extremely responsive. and every time i bring something to his attention, he's rights there. so i'll continue to work with him. >> the problem, says the mayor, a long-time green party leader, is not tim jones but the federal government and misplaced priorities. >> i'm working hard to do what i can. but don't -- don't lay the -- at the feet of richmond that we're not working hard enough when we have a president who is putting money into war and a president who has bailed out the banks to the tune of $29 trillion. >> in richmond, the decision to hire or fire the executive director of housing primarily rest with the city. but hud's top official in the western u.s., ophelia bascol, says there are other options. >> there's a provision if we get to a point where we believe the authority is totally mismanaged, where we can step in and take over the authority. sort of the -- you know, the nuclear kind of option that we come to at the very end. >>

gail mclaughlin is the mayor of richmond.st elected in 2004 as a green party member she has up ended politics as usual by confronting chevron head on. >> it is a case of environmental injustice. it is a case of environmental racism. we see how chef ran operates in nigeria. we see how chevron operates in ecuador. they see communities that are not empowered enough to fight back. >> last fall chevron agreed to pay $2 million in fines and pled no contest to six charges including failing to protect employees from potential harm. many residents here insist the 2012 fire is emblematic to a fill full negligence -- to a willful negligence. employees can't afford to leave. according to a 2009 report, people who plif within a mile of the refinery are people of color, living below the poverty line. courtney cummings has called richmond home for the past 30 years. she is proud of her community with one glaring exception: chevron, the oil giant whose refinery dominates the landscape. >> i like it here. richmond's my home. but at the same t

i listen to sara mclaughlin. i know a lot of conservatives who don't listen to country music and listen to music my this centers onp. generalization. to buy this, you need do listen to generalizations. >> we willed dit the part -- will edit the part where you don't like generalizations. do you buy this and a follow-up question, do you buy this? >> do i buy this? >> this? >> this. actually i do largely buy this. can i say dis? you said buy this and then buy dis. i am confused. i am not keeping up with you. >> i am about to start over. >> no, it is an obvious point. of course toby keith fans will be conservative. it is rural areas and places in the country. what we big city folk would call flyover country. on jedediah's point, when your musical tastes don't lineup with your politics, i love bands like arcade fire. the last thing i want when i am listening to one of them is a move on ad for al frankin to come on because it will take me out of the chill zone. >> you should call it the will zone. >> that's something e

i thought that having sarah mclaughlin in it was the icing on the cake, especially considering she doess for aspca. i thought that was really, really funny. >> i thought it was a a cute element, but it reminded me of a vision of the body snatcher. one of the pods gone wild. kids are going to have nightmares over that thing. >> my kids were cracking up. you paid attention to it because you couldn't figure out how that head could be that big and that body could be that small. >> the only problem with that commercial is i remember more about doberuaua than who the commercial was for. >> very true. audi is like an afterthought. charles, you liked the one -- and i tweeted about this when it was happening. the budweiser puppy. let's watch it. ♪ what's not to love about that adorable dog and the horse? >> yeah, i mean, listen -- by the way, the clydesdales were out here friday. the only problem was everybody was waiting for it. they were waiting and waiting. >> didn't they do a patriotic ad? i loved that one. >> by the way, the soldier was at the game. it worked out very well. >> it was really

police sources tell me officers were able to track down the other suspect at a home near capital and mclaughlin. that's about 6 miles away. now, he was injured from the shooting and taken to the hospital. sources say this doesn't appear to be a random shooting. they say the initial home break- in, they believe was targeted. homicide detectives have been conducting interviews and collecting evidence to try to piece this all together. we just got in touch with a police spokesman who is trying to give us an update. we hope to have that for you in the next hour on mornings on 2. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 7:05. the investigation goes on into an early morning house fire in san leandro. it starts a about 4:00 a.m. at alvarado and castro streets. it was huge. you can see the flames from blocks away. it was a vacant house. no one was hurt. investigators say the fire started in the attic but it's not clear how the fire started. there are several other questions about that. ktvu's alex savage is there. he will have more from the fire scene coming up

sources tell me officers were able to track down the other suspect at a home near capital and mclaughlin. he was injured from the shooting and taken to the hospital and is supposed to survive. homicide detectives have been connecting interviews and collecting evidence to help with their investigation. at this point we don't know the relationship between the man that lives here and the intruders and why this home was targeted. the identity of the man who died is not being released. we will continue to update you on this story and try to get in touch with the homeowner to see what he has to say. reporting live from san jose janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 6:03. new this morning the san leandro investigation goes on into an early morning house fire. this started shortly before 4:00 a.m. at an abandoned house. the flames were huge. the fire gutted that old victorian house. no one was hurt. investigators say the fire started in the attic but it's still not clear how it started. there are several other questions about this investigation. ktvu alex savidge is there. he will t

i asked erin mclaughlin who was there what he said. >> he may not exactly be dr. he sure can draw a crowd on valentine's day. some 10,000 couples from around 28 countries registered to attend a special audience with pope francis. there was music and comedy. i even saw smooching is going on in st. peter an's square before pope francis arrived. he fielded three questions from some of the couples in the audience. one asked him about the secret to a successful marriage. he said the answer lies in three words. permission, thanks, and forgiveness. he also had some advice for couple who's might get into an argument. he said, even if you throw a plate, never end a day without being at peace with each other. so there you go. some love advice from pope francis himself. erin? >> and that was very wise advice, but it brings us to our outfront outtake which is the valentine ideas a day is here. and love is in the air. all day long we spotted people on the nasty streets with all of the snow. they were carrying flowers and candy. social media users for once were not being snarky

successful in making the country safer or did we give the dni tremendously more of a to-do list as john mclaughlin likes to say the former acting director of the cia, did we give the dni all the responsibility but not enough new authority to make a decisive difference in the overall cohesive management of the american intelligence enterprise and the intelligence agencies that reside around u.s. government. so peter with that i will leave it at that and we welcome your questions. >> thank you very much mike. that was a great overview of the themes of your book. so just jumping off where you left it, as the director of national intelligence, the dni and i shouldn't use too many acronyms for c-span audience. is the director of national intelligence basically a figurehead with no authority because he or she doesn't have the budget and assorted in this coordinating position or has this job somewhat a fault so that although its general clapper or some future dni director of national intelligence he or she actually can move the intelligence community in a particular direction so surging on an issue like

i've got ed mclaughlin with mastercard here.ing announcements here about in-app purchase capabilities, but i want to start with something else, and that is security. the target breach over the holidays really woke a lot of people up. any technology you've got in the near-term to prevent that sort of thing from happening again? >> that's exactly what we are working on. we are working with merchants and issuers to bring around emv, which is the ability to provide a key for every transaction that's out there. you make sure it can never be used out of context, that's what we are doing with chip cards. and we are also we're making sure every device the consumer wants to use, pc, through masterpass we can supply the same type of security with that. >> let's talk about masterpass. inside apps now you'll be able to use your payment system. it will stretch across different apps. tell me about the benefits that a consumer or an appmaker mate see for that. >> absolutely. this is one of the things consumers have been asking for. whether i'm

my house was there in george's house was there and john mclaughlin's house was there. he was like that's interesting in the big question was how do i break this to my wife? i think this is our tough balance here. people ask how do you teach intelligence in a public university? easy, i don't talk secret stuff. of course you all watched jeopardy last night and he won again. he is a textbook out on intelligence and we do it -- this was pre-reviewed by nsa. i think there has to be more systematic and less episodic. you've got to be out there with a stronger public message. you guys were acting without supervision. you are creating a new body of love. there's his thing called the foreign intelligence surveillance court. nothing in this they did barring some mistakes but nothing generally they did was done without the foreign intelligence surveillance court approving it. and it is not as a major newspaper keeps referring to it as a secretive corey. it's not a secretive court. secretive is about behavior. it's secret by legislation that created it. it's a tough issue but i th

. >> i'm sarah mclaughlin. precise. >> we're always one step ahead. >> there's a certain style. >> here we should explain that that first commercial for audi, it's a hybrid between a chihuahua and something else, and they're -- >> doberman. >> and they're making a point about combining things. it's a little creepy. >> it's a little creepy, but they are making the point that their a-3 is not sort of a takeoff on other cars. they actually made it from the ground up, and they're using humor. last year they used humor. remember the prom stop where the kid gets punched in the eye. a little bitty humor. jaguar, their first time in, has a cinematic aspect to it, using tom hooper, the famous director, using some big stars. that's the spectrum. we have nine cars advertising in the super bowl and they're all somewhere in between there using different techniques to get the attention. it is a huge day for auto manufacturers. i mean, this is a day where they can make or break. and they know it. and they know that this platf

john mclaughlin's house was there. it's like that's interesting. and the big question is, how do i break this to my wife? but we do this. [inaudible] >> that's right. they wouldn't touch it. but i think this is our tough balance. people have actually, how do you teach intelligence in a public university? easy. i don't talk of secret stuff. my friend mark, you all watched jeopardy last night, as a textbook out on intelligence. we do it through -- this was reviewed by nsa. i think there's got to be more systematic and less episodic. you've got together with a stronger public message. you guys were acting without supervision. you are creating a new body of law. there's this thing called the foreign surveillance intelligence court. nothing nsa did and barring some mistakes but nothing in general and as they did was done without the foreign intelligence surveillance court approving it. and it is not as a major newspaper, i will stop saying his name, is referring to a secretive court. it is not a secretive court. secretive is about behavior. it's secret

here is erin mclaughlin. >> kyra, 10,000 couples showed up for a special audience with pope francis. i even saw some smoochinging going on in the crowd of st. peter's square. pope francis arrived after all of that, of course, and answered around three questions from some of the couples in the crowd. they were scripted questions. he explained that he wanted to prepare thorough answers. one of the couples asked him about what makes a successful marriage. and he said it comes down to three things. permission, thank you, and forgiveness. he also had this advice for couples who get in fights. take a listen at what he had to say. >> it is often the case that husbands and wives argue but if it was an argument, you got upset, even if you throw a plate or dish, please remember this. never end a single day without being at peace with each other. never, never. >> so some love advice from pope francis. some are saying this is part of his effort to trigger a sort of marriage renaissance within the catholic church. today he had the crowd to show for it. kyra? >> thank you, erin. >>> love can find

successful in making the country safer or did we give the dni tremendously more of a to-do list as john mclaughlin likes to say the former acting director of the cia, did we give the dni all the responsibility but not enough new authority to make a decisive difference in the overall cohesive management of the american intelligence enterprise and the intelligence agencies that reside around u.s. government. so peter with that i will leave it at that and we welcome your questions. >> thank you very much mike. that was a great overview of the themes of your book. so just jumping off where you left it, as the director of national intelligence, the dni and i shouldn't use too many acronyms for c-span audience. is the director of national intelligence basically a figurehead with no authority because he or she doesn't have the budget and assorted in this coordinating position or has this job somewhat a fault so that although its general clapper or some future dni director of national intelligence he or she actually can move the intelligence community in a particular direction so surging on an issue like

erin mclaughlin is outside the courthouse in florence.stating week for amanda knox and raffaele sollecito. convicted again of the murder of meredith kercher. courts clearly sided with the prosecution's version of events we won't fully understand until they issue the written decision expected in 90 days. from there, the defense has 90 days to appeal the decision to italy's supreme court. the very supreme court that overturned the 2011 acquittal. things are not looking good for amanda knox and raffaele sollecito. >>> we want to go to london now where a scandalous hollywood encounter is now part of a major court case. the bridge tabloid is charged with hacking to get a scoop. >> the actress, sienna miller testifying here from a video link from new orleans in what has been a particularly salacious chapter in this long-running trial. the last few days are focused on an alleged affair between sienna miller and 007 tar daniel krig. he said he got the story by hacking daniel craig's phone and recording an intimate message left by sienna miller, m

erin mclaughlin has the latest. >> reporter: it's all about love on valentine's day. 10,000 couples around special audience from pope francis. he answer three questions from some of the couples in that audience. one of them asked them the secret to a successful marriage. he said the answer lies in three words, permission, thanks and forgiveness. he also said for cubs who might find themselves in an argument, even if you throw a plate or dish, never end the day without being at peace with each other. you there go, love advice from pope francis, christi. >> erin. thank you. >>> let's head to north korea. they're showing the athletic side. they're marking the debut of its first ski resort. paula hancocks has the story from seoul. >> reporter: christi, north korea may not have any athletes competing at the sochi olympics but they can start train something at home. we have fresh footage of a ski resort which the vast majority of north koreans could never hope to visit. a sign of opulence. at least one u.s.-based tour group has slates to the area. >> victor, boy, what's going wouldn't the weathe

we want to go to the ceremony and go to cnn's erin mclaughlin for them. >> reporter: 16 of them are underpart of the exclusive club responsible for selecting the next pope. the group includes a group from haiti, on helping the poor marl marginal size. this is the first time that the conclave has been invited to rome. one of the most buzzed about topics, whether divorced and remarried catholics should be allows to take communion. nothing concrete has been decided so far. the meeting is meant to get people talking. back to you, christi. >> we want to go to south korea now where families divided by the korean war six decades ago were allowed to reunite. this is under a new agreement between north and south korea it could be a sign of better things to come. cnn's paula hancocks is in seoul. good morning. >> reporter: christi, just three days of getting reacquainted, divided families have to say good-bye. sending a total of 11 hours together for the first time in 60 years, the families note they are likely never to see each other again. a second group will be reunited sunday paper real sign of