mcnamara the next day. so that just shows you that the fall of 1966 was sort of the beginning of a cusp, which really -- the '60s, as in the anti-war sense, really didn't erupt until '67, '68. it sort of started in '66 and after that i worked for the quincy patriot ledger as a reporter and for the... c-span: talking about quincy. >> guest: quincy, mass. c-span: quincy, massachusetts. quincy. >> guest: quincy, you have to say. is that where you're from? c-span: no, no, i'm from the midwest. >> guest: you don't sound like you're from quincy. and then for the mit technology review. so i went straight from college into journalism and covered the anti-war movement, actually, up there in cambridge. and i felt very well-placed as a journalist. i felt no temptation to demonstrate. i was not where bill clinton was at. i was worried about my country and i was worried about government. but i was not even doing what bill clinton was doing. i was sitting there puzzling about it, and when the whole clinton service thing

vietnam was mcnamara's war in many ways. like his boss lbj, it fixed his reputation, just as it dominated his last years in office. for most of those years, drea writes, mcnamara powerful filled the off-role of deputy commander in chief to the president. he played a key part in the decisions to go to war, on how the war would be fought, he oversaw the day-to-day conduct of the war. in drea's view, the fundamental flaw of mcnamara and johnson's management of the war was the absence of a coherent strategy to achieve the nation's aims. preeminently concerned about gaining a congressional support for his great society, lbj hoped to contain the deteriorating situation in south vietnam without mobilizing the nation for war, without provoking a larger conflict. this measure essentially political approach also reflected theories of limited war currently in vogue among academic defense analysis. they produced, according to drea, a balancing act that failed completely to take into account the unyielding, unremitting determination to p

think about mcnamara. in january 1968, the north koreans seized the uss pueblo naval vessel on the high seas. they in effect held a naval crew hostage for more than a year before releasing them. though the pueblo is a mere footnote to the tumultuous events of 1968. robert mcnamara was involved as a major participant. we all know that. but what's remarkable is that mr. mcnamara knew the details, he knew the specifics of what was going on. in an interview once, i asked him how he could keep all of this turmoil straight in his mind. he looked at me as if i were mildly deranged, and he said, well, it's -- actually, it's quite simple. you just compartmentalize things and then just deal with them individually. i wonder now if dealing with these multitudinous crises individually affected his view of the interrelationship to the whole of u.s. policy. i don't know the answer, but i just wonder about it these days. both secretary brown and professor herring alluded to clark clifford. clifford saw his major role as c

mcnamara was good at cultivating people. how successful, of course, depends on what you think of those who he cultivated. he certainly groomed me and others for higher office later on. cy vance, who started as general counsel, became successively army secretary, deputy defense secretary, and later secretary of defense. paul minsa went through a later process, and so did i. i'd like to say a few things, just briefly about vietnam, which those who come after me will be addressing more directly. bob became skeptical of the vietnam war well before he stopped saying how great it was going. one thing that i remember is from early on, he was very dubious about reports from the field, even though he insisted on quantifying them and encouraged the systems analysis people to quantify what in the end was not really quantifiable. he turned to the cia, for example, for separate inputs into what the situation was, and increasingly he believed those. he tried to find other ways to limit the war, and to make it more successful. one notable

secretary mcnamara thought we needed to increase. >> kennedy sided with mcnamara and pushed the americans and russians to the brink of war. soviet leader nikita krushchev agreed to remove the missiles. secretly kennedy promised to withdraw u.s. jupiter missiles from turkey. >> mcmcnamara came out emboldened but the deal to betray u.s. missiles in turkey is what was really decisive. >> he applied a increase of forces to another looming crisis vietnam. a little over two months after the missile crisis, three american advisors were killed at battle, a hamlet 30 miles south of saigon. in february 196340-year-old advisor robert net from new haven, connecticut arrived. he was a medal of honor recipient served in korea. by the end of 196316,000 advisors were serving in south vietnam. >> how much combat were they seeing at that point? >> i would say three to four months a year. >> they were up against who? >> i felt they were well-prepared because they had our equipment. they were being trained by us. they were getting a taste of combat. >> oliver: the north vietnamese regular army. and then ther

secretary mcnamara thought we needed to increase. >> kennedy sided with mcnamara and pushed the americans and russians to the brink of war. soviet leader nikita krushchev agreed to remove the missiles. secretly kennedy promised to withdraw u.s. jupiter missiles from turkey. >> mcmcnamara came out emboldened but the deal to betray u.s. missiles in turkey is what was really decisive. >> he applied a increase of forces to another looming crisis vietnam. a little over two months after the missile crisis, three american advisors were killed at battle, a hamlet 30 miles south of saigon. in february 196340-year-old advisor robert net from new haven, connecticut arrived. he was a medal of honor recipient served in korea. by the end of 196316,000 advisors were serving in south vietnam. >> how much combat were they seeing at that point? >> i would say three to four months a year. >> they were up against who? >> i felt they were well-prepared because they had our equipment. they were being trained by us. they were getting a taste of combat. >> oliver: the north vietnamese regular army. and then ther

norstad stressed the negative impact on nato of what mcnamara was proposing. we must keep in mind the fact that our nato strategy must be generally acceptable to our allies if they are to have the will to face up to possible military operations or the inclination to build up their forces. any policy which might appear to suggest trading large areas of europe for war with the united states may be hard going. at the ambassadorial group in washington, secretary general sticker confirmed this was not a needle-steering group and the council had not given it any power. a number of nations expressed strong dissatisfaction about the lack of information they were receiving about berlin planning, about the ambassadorial group giving instructions and about the way that the allied powers were presenting papers to nato committees on a take it or leave it basis. the canadian ambassador said if the allies are to be committed in war, they should be informed in peace. the belgian ambassador added, since they're all in danger of war, they should all take part in the planning. t

. >> robert mcnamara and joint chiefs of staff knew that was very likely that a second incident in the gulf of tonkin did not occur but they were anxious to support the president in getting this resolution through congress and avoiding a debate on vietnam. >> the gulf of kontin resolution would allow lbj to use forces without declaring war but mcnamara would have to answer tough questions in closed door hearings. >> he brings with him. chairman of the chief of staffs and they lie about the a.m. but guitsz surrounding the second attack. >> he briefed lbj on the hearings. >> i think the hearings are very satisfactory. it was just near unanimous supported. >> congress overwhelmingly passed the gulf of tonkin resolution. it gave lbj the power to take, quote, all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the united states and prevent further aggression. it was basically a blank check. it would be cashed in vietnam. >> when america bombs north vietnam, it's not understood that they will respond by increasing infiltration into south vietnam. >> viet cong were growing

>> sir, there's a whole study that was done for mcnamara and then carried on after mcnamara left by clifford and the peacenicks over there. this is a devastating security breach. >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 fm, chant 119 and at c-span radio.org. >>> the marine corps university hosted a discussion looking at the historical origins and future of terrorist organizations, specifically the taliban in afghanistan and the united national peoples movement in nepal. this is part of a conference examining how terrorist organizations have evolved over time on a regional and global scale. >>> we're pleased to have such an interesting and distinguished set of panelists here to discuss first the taliban in afghanistan and then the nepali maoists in nepal. to be going after such a dynamic speaker, we're going to have to step up our game, i think. first i just -- i would like to introduce dr. amin tarzi, he is truly an expert on afghanistan, pakistan, he's written several books and numerous articles and so forth on the subject. and dr. tom marks has been doing a lot of work on special operations,

. >> it will study was done for mcnamara and carried on after mcnamara by clifford and the peaceniksr there. this is a devastating security breach. >> listen at 90.1 fm on pacs than chattel 119 and c-spanradio.org. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. weeknights watch key public policy events endeavour weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. past programs and get schedule on our web site and join in and social media sites. >> bills to reform the federal reserve by congressman ron paul that would do away with the federal reserve system entirely. he chairs the house financial services subcommittee hearing. this is just over an hour. >> this hearing will come to order. all members opening statements will be made part of the record. chair notes some members may have additional questions for these two panels which they may wish to submit in writing. without objection the hearing record will remain open 30 days for members to submit written questions to these witnesses and place their responses

mcnamara's feat was served by the folks at guinness.ll be live on "good morning america" later today. braver than i. >>> now, for a look at your morning road conditions. flooding across south and west texas on parts of i-10, 20 and 35. heavy rain drenches i-25 in southern new mexico. it will be wet in the northeast on stretches of i-95, 91 and 90. and showers dampen i-75 and 95 in south florida. >>> if you're flying, delays are possible in boston, and miami. >>> a authorities believe that adam mayes has the two little girls with him. a relative says mayes believed he might be the girls' biological father. >>> jury deliberations are set to ve sum this morning in the triple-murder trial of jennifer hudson's former brother-in-law. william balfour is accused of killing hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew as an act of vengeance against his former wife. >>> prosecutors in the john edwards corruption trial are expected to wrap up their case today without putting rielle hunter on the stand. edwards' former mistress is on the defense'

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>> sir, there was a whole stud they was done for mcnamara and they carried on after mcnamara left by clifford and the peaceniks over there. this is a devastating security breach. >> in washington, d.c., listen at 90.1 fm on xm channel 119 and at c-span radio dot org. >>> u.s. border patrol chief michael fisher testified before a house homeland security subcommittee today saying better technology improved border security and he answered questions about the al qaeda plot to bomb a u.s. airliner recently foiled by the cia. this is about ten minutes of that hearing. >> you know, and i also was taking some notes as were you talking then in looking at your new strategic plan here a bit, and as you mentioned, information, integration and rapid response and also about the amount of things ms. gam bler mentioned over $4 billion that the congress and american taxpayers invested in technology and these kind of things. you know, with all the technology we do need to utilize and obviously for all of our boarders, sometimes there's really no second for human intel. really. as i mentioned at the ou

>> sir, there's a whole study done for mcnamara and carried on after mcnamara left by clifford. this is a devastating security breach. >> listen at 90.1 f.m., on xm channel 119 and at c-span radio. >>> robert zoellick cautioned against a top down approach when it comes to international development work, and he called on the u.s. to get its fiscal house in order. he was speaking at a conference hosted by the group interaction, an alliance of u.s.-based international relief ngos. mr. zoellick completes his five-year term in june and will be succeeded by dartmouth president kim. >>> it is a great pleasure to welcome to the interaction forum, mr. bob zoellick. i think it is telling that during his tenure, and i think i'll address you as bob since we've known each other for a while. bob has not only led one of the institutions in the world but has done so in a manner that has been based for significant recognition not only of the role of civil society but civil society as a fundamental partner and critical player in the development space. as you all know bob zoellick tame from the pr

>> sir, a whole study that was done for mcnamara and carried on after mcnamara left by clifford and the peace nicks over there. this is a devastating security breach. >> in washington, d.c., listen at 90.1 fm, on xm 119 and c-span radio.org. >> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules, and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> congress gavels in at 2:00 p.m. eastern after a week-long break. the house will consider a number of bills today allowing the capital grounds to be used for several upcoming events and also a measure to clear the way for development of the washington, d.c. waterfront. on the other side of the capitol the senate considers a bill to keep student loan rates from doubling in july. a couple of judicial nominations. you can see the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. we're live in the canon building on capitol hill for a meeting of the house budget

mcnamara off the coast of nazar pa port gull.n underwater canon creates some of the biggest waves on the planet. frightening looking, isn't it? >> i would do a lot of things, wouldn't do that. >>> coming up at 11:00, forget mother's day weekend. one mom throws her own daughter in jail for taking the family car out for a joyride. also, a vicious beating over a beer can. that happened in the corridor in the middle of the afternoon. and we'll take you inside the big fund-raiser last night. the one at george clooney's house. >>> final check. >> final check. looking good again for the weekend. no matter what you are going to be doing out this there this weekend, a great one. tomorrow, the better of the two days, even though sunday, of course, is mother's day, but sunday, we'll have more cloud cover. 79 tomorrow. 80 sunday. more clouds for the afternoon. monday and tuesday, a good chance for rain. and we need to see more rain and it may stick around. this little storm may stick around monday, tuesday, and wednesday. but temperatures re

>> ir, it was a whole study that was done for mcnamara and then carried on after mcnamara left by clifford and the peacenikings over there. this is a devastating security breach. >> in washington, d.c., listen at 90.1 fm, and at c-spanradio.org. >>> the british home affairs committee recently looked at the country's policies on illegal drug use. comedian and actor russell brand testified. he said drug use should be treated as a health issue, not a

mcnamara breaks the record set in 2008 by just one foot. >> that is epic.ne to go out and do that? >> the adrenaline rush. >> it must be. what i thought was interesting was he was out the day before and the waves were bigger than that. and he also said that he never even thought about going out and surfing the wave the day that happened. >> he's nutty. that's a big wave. >> the cameras were there so i'm sure he had

. >>> garrett mcnamara surfed what could be considered the largest wave ever.he wave is estimated to be about 90 feet tall. >>> the federal government does something that hasn't been done since 2008. what's happening and why celebrate. >>> we're going to share mother's day apps with you, just ahead. there's lauren with her mom and sisters. gorgeous family. >>> thank you. headed out to the beltway, inner loop at 795, traffic starting to pick up in the area. 9 minutes 95 moving up. watch out for the construction near 28th street. more traffic coming up. this is good morning maryland. you know what's exciting? graduation. when i look up into my students faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. >>> now the latest on a man hunt for a man accused of taking two tennessee girl an killing the

that is garrett mcthat mare radio, mcnamara, surfing a 90- foot wave in portugal. would you ever do that? impressive but we'll watch it from afar. you know what else to watch? beautiful weather today. >>> plenty of sunshine, and we're going to take a look around the nation because we have some areas of unsettled weather. look at the storms coming into texas right now. also across the dakotas, they will get some. texas could have tornadoes and flooding in the area. nothing to talk about here, not even any clouds out there. mainly clear skies that will translate to lots of sunshine today. check out temperatures now on the cool side, churchville 48 degrees. let's get a check of our time saver traffic with lauren. >>> good morning. watch out for all the construction, both directions of 28th street with construction. mchenry tunnel, no delays whatsoever. 95 and white marsh looking good, everything up to speed on york road as well at 895. nice and clear. that's a look at your time saver traffic. >>> 4:42 right now. imagining bones in your body shattering without any warn

this is surfer gar its mcnamara. he rode a wave larger than anyone did. guiness world record verifies this wave off the coast of portugal last november was 7 # feet in top to bottom. look at this thing. >> that is incredible. look at that. hold on. he was honored for the feat in a ceremony last week. again, garrett mcnamara rocking it out in portugal. back in a moment. a moment. homicide of young people in a moment. america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. if you want to make a difference, you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig, i'm committed to making a difference and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. i love when i get to do a morning talk show. as a fashion blogger, i'm always talking about t.j.maxx. i tell people how to look like a million bucks without spending it. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. t.j

garrett mcnamara reemerged from the tube after the 78-foot wave crashed down over him.ara said his friends urged him to go out on a day he was not feeling quite right and that's what happened. that's a nightmare to me. >>> summer is rapidly approaching and for many people that means heading outdoors to camp. whether you are a luxury motor home kind of person or you like to rough it in the tent, mike gwendolyn has outdoor apps for you to navigate your outdoor adventu adventure. >> reporter: this is the we camp here app. click to get detailed campground information. you can read and write reviews, call for reservations and view the campground website and get turn by turn driving directions to get you to the campground. looking for a flee place to spend the night in your r.v.? well, try a walmart parking lot. this free app for the iphone android shows you which walmarts in your area let you spend the night. it also lists which amenities are nearby. what would a camping trip be without some great food? the cullman camping cookbook is a great free app that features a meal pl

,,,,,,,, >> he has won his share of surfing awards and out a guinness world record goes to gerry mcnamara is writing a 70 ft. high waves off the coast of portugal. it is the largest wave ever served on record and a new world record. >> good evening. today we had highs from 65 degrees in half moon bay to 91 degrees in concord. bright lights of double and where currently we have air temperatures in the sixties compared with san francisco with fog and 53 degrees. this is very interesting, watched the fog deck, it rolls up the coast and in northerly direction from the south and this is what we are experiencing now. for whether headline suggests that the fog is so thick we will have condensation in the form of drizzle. it will pan out to be a sunny and warmer day. 45 mi. inland we have the extension of the low cloud deck but then it retreats and then pushes back on short into mother's day. we start off gray on mother's day but we warm up to 87 degrees. the pollen count is on the high side and temperatures into the low 90s to the south, 92 degrees to the east. low 90s toward sonoma and extended

. >> he has many surfing words to his name and now a guinness world record goes to gear it mcnamara. he rode the 70 ft. high waves off of the coast of portugal in november. that is officially the highest wave on record ever surfaced. he had to be towed into the monster wave from a jet ski. >> brand in is making when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> the giants placed right ontario on the injured list with an elbow injury. a relief pitcher was called up. the giants have now lost nine straight in arizona. all told schmidt hit his first home run since opening day. brandon hits his fourth home run in five games, a three run shot. he has already driven in 19 rounds was signing with oakland. the a's win 11-4. tiger switch to a new pair of shoes and a few holes later he caught fire. he makes the cut and is six strokes behind leader.

you're looking at garrett mcnamara riding a ginormous mountain of water.wave surfed ever. it was 78 feet high. that's as tall as a seven-story building. mcnamara's feat was officially certified by "guinness," and he'll be live on "gma" later this morning. >> that takes some nerve. >> that really -- look at the size of that thing. >> i'm nervous just looking at him. >> i've never even seen a wave that size. you know what i mean? i get nervous in the tub. i don't know how this dude pulls it off. congratulations. see you on "gma." >>> here's your thursday forecast, everybody. it will be drying out in the northeast after some morning rain. also some showers down in south florida. texas gets some much-needed downpours, but it also brings flooding and gusty winds from corpus christi over to el paso. also wet in southern new mexico and some showers in montana and idaho. >> 63 in boise. 74 in albuquerque. and 85 in colorado springs. near 80 in fargo. 77 in kansas city, and 84 in dallas. mostly 60s from boston to baltimore. >>> we have some nail-biting moments at t

in addition to the record, mcnamara wased $15,000 for the big ride.ing on vacation. wow. that was glorious. >>> all right. it's been 281 days since this country lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? good news today. consumer sentiment rose to its highest level since january of 2008. >>> all right. facebook. analysis and advice coming up. we're in the countdown noor. >>> the fourth story frnt, the ha manhunt is over. what led authorities to adam mayes. three people in custody in connection with the kidnappings and murder of jo ann bain and her oldest daughter adrienne. mayes was on the run with alexandra bain and her sister ka kyliyah. >> what's the latest? >> reporter: even after the death of the alleged suspect the investigation is continuing. three people pulled in for aiding ting one giving false statements to the police and the other for providing the weapon adam mayes would news to take his own life. standing in his small town in albein, mississippi is where this ordale ca deal came to an . where the fbi was led by a tip l

garrett mcnamara got his name in the books for surfing a 78 foot wave off the coast of portugal. mcnamara breaks the world record set in 2008 by just one foot. >> he's got a camera on the board too getting his reaction. >> that must be such a rush. >> you lose perspective how big the waves are until you see the speck of the surfer on the wave. >> and it's amazing when they emerge. >> that is a tube i wouldn't want to find my way out of. good for him though. >> good day for us too. >> we're sitting in the sweet spot for today. no doubt about it. you've played just enough golf to know when you hit the ball, and off it goes. that's the way today eess weather is going to feel. just right. sunshine today and plenty of it as well. now, tomorrow, mother's day not looking as pretty. but still i like your chances that you're going to enjoy both days this weekend. outside right now with a beautiful blue sky over washington. hardly a cloud to be found out there. i spotted one cloud yesterday, we might spot two today. that's going to be just about it for a knock on your saturday weather. mos

look at garrett mcnamara. the folks at gin guess have certified the wave is 78 feet tall.agt of a seven-story building. >>> and how many of us remember this pioneer? >> you don't look good, we don't look good. >> he was one of the first celebrity hair stylists-turned big mogul. vidal sassoon died today. his styles liberated american women from bee hives to hot rollers and his promotions earned him a fortune. he was 84. >>> coming up, that janitor at the ivy league college who outsmarted the students and he going to graduate with them. what's with you? trouble with a car insurance claim. [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. ♪ [ acou[ barks ]ar: slow ]dy ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] beneful playful life is made with energy-packed wholesome grains... and real beef and egg. to help you put more play in your day. last season was the gulf's best tourism season in years. in florida we had more suntans... in alabama we had more beautiful bloo

that little tiny dot practically on the screen, that is a big wave surfer, garrett mcnamara and he's on this 75 foot monster wave off the coast of portugal. i could watch that all day. it's amazing. >> they say surfers like weathermen have to be a little bit crazy to be effective and i think that holds true for this fella, what an amazing thing. taller than most buildings. >> a big debate whether or not it the tallest wave ever surfed and apparently it is. you might have to try your hand. >> have to give eight shot. >> one day. >> you got it. >> have you ever won the lottery? >> i never won anything. >> not a few dollars? i won $8. >> a handful, five dollars at a time. nothing too expansive. >> this guy will teach us something. in phoenix a guy one the million dollar lottery six times. >>> what? >> i would love to know what his trick is, apparently a handful of other players have won big by buying multiple tickets with the same numbers. six times the million dollar lottery. >> i think we have a new mutual best friend. we need to hang out with this guy. >> if he still has all that cas

general norstad was skeptical of such plans and informed robert mcnamara, quote, a large probe, one of several divisions, could be stopped almost as easily as a small one. he also warned that nothing would impress the soviets less than wasting in the corridor the forces that are known to be essential to our overall defense. this was the great dilemma of larger contingency plans for berlin. they endangered the overall defense of the nato area by placing substantial forces in a position that was completely untenable from a military point of view. for the kennedy administration, the only way out of this dilemma, which otherwise would have the use of nuclear weapons, would be those of nato forces but also those of allies in europe. secretary of state dean rusk addressed the north atlantic council and called for a buildup of forces. second, norstad strongly approved this request and on august 11th proposed a series of measures that each of the nations could take to improve their readiness. two days later -- i have a heavy hand on the mouse there. two days later on august 13th, as you've hea

a new guinness world record for 44-year-old garrett mcnamara of where else, hawaii. though everybody admits measuring a moving body of water is something less than exact science, we know that was a big wave. >>> for aviation history buffs, what a discovery this is. an expedition team in the sahara came across this kitty hawk p-40 made by curtis aircraft. flown by the raf in world war ii. no sign of any pilot remains, but it was still loaded with its guns and ammo, since removed. it's in remarkable shape. it has remained in the desert as a time capsule. a specimen from the campaign in north africa likely from a british air base in north egypt. >>> every american kid who grew up loving cars lost a giant today. for some of us hard core car guys, he was a hero. his name was carroll shelby. he knew cars, engines and how to put them together and make them go really fast. he lived just as fast. married seven times. as a race car driver, he was fearless. he once drove in a 200 mile race while taking nitroglycerin pills because he thought he was having a heart attack at the w

this is frank mcnamara who was a rich new yorker, lived in manhattan, and out with thinks friends realized that when we pay a bill in a restaurant, it sort of uncouth. we pull our money out, look around for dollar bills, fumble with change. isn't there some way our restaurant can give us credit and we can pay that off? and then he had a bigger idea. why don't we get a network of these restaurants to join in, in a card, in a diner's club card. a diner's club. where if you qualify, you could get that card and pay it off every month. and that is the beginning, as the rest as we say in this class, is history. as credit cards proliferate. mastercard, visa, american express. take off. which say critics a down side. americans are more and more in debt because it's easy to pay with the credit card, isn't it. it's easy to pay and put it off. and you can see the indebtedness by the end of the decade. it sky rockets. how many of you have credit cards. isn't that amazing. why? why? one of you brave enough to tell me why you have a credit card? to rent cars. okay. because it's easy. to spend. it's safe

read problem mcnamara's accounts. even with very rational actors and even with 500,000 troops and even with embassies and all these contacts, the chances of miscalculation were very high. and here we don't have any of the prerequisite infrastructure. and that to me says when there's not that communication, then the chances of miscalculations go through the roof. moreover in the middle east, we have local triggers for conflict with proxy groups that get funding from iran that we didn't have during the cold war. moreover, we didn't have a caves the soviet union saying we'll wife the country off the face of the earth. and certainly none of these things exist between tehran and jerusalem. so i think it's a more dangerous situation and i think it's important therefore that the president spoke with containment not being a viable option. and by really saying that it's america's issue, he says we have to solve. and he talked about israel's right to defend itself by itself. and the fact panetta spoke more about the military op

record also acknowledged him as conquering the biggest surfing wave ever forty four year old garrett mcnamara wasn't on home sees however he did this last november in portugal it's taken since then to have his amazing achievement confirmed the huge weight you're seeing right here measured over twenty three meters that's almost almost a metre higher than the previous record. now obesity is a ballooning problem in the west but so too it appears in the very description of some claiming the word obese is offensive was now raging over whether use of a medical term is fine or falls fall of political correctness. went to the streets of new york to chew the fat with the big people. the u.k.'s national institute for health and clinical excellence has issued a guidance suggesting that the word obese might be too upsetting and derogatory to use is this a case of political correctness gone mad this week let's talk about that last forty pounds is that when you were still heavy and someone called you obese with that offend you. have been called worse you know what's worse calling someone obese or calling s

records acknowledged him for conquering the biggest surfing wave ever forty four year old garrett mcnamara wasn't on home sees however he set the record in portugal it happened last november but it's taken since then to have his amazing achievement in the huge way if you look measured over twenty three meters a good chunk more than the previous record made four years ago. now obesity has become a growing problem in the west but now a debate is raging over its very description with some claiming the world obese is offensive many are now questioning whether using the medical term was politically incorrect as it went to the streets of new york to chew the fat with the people in the big apple. the u.k.'s national institute for health and clinical excellence has issued a guidance suggesting that the word obese might be too upsetting and derogatory to use is this a case of political correctness gone mad this week let's talk about that last forty pounds is that when you were still heavy and someone called you obese with that offend you. been called worse you know what's worse calling someone obes