air force general michael hayden. i'm the only one without a military title this morning. i want to start out with chuck hagel because he's what's top on the minds of the pentagon. from what you know of chuck hagel, and he would be the first enlisted man ever to run the pentagon. the first vietnam vet, from what you know, what sort of reception would he get from the military? >> i think it would be fine. i know senator hagel, he was on my oversight committee when i was in the intelligence community. he was a member, and this is not a universal condition, he was a member that you could talk to, have an honest dialogue, not necessarily disagree. you can always speak with him and frankly given my time in uniform, that's a tremendous attribute. i actually think this will work out well. >> you wrote in your book, about the trust deficit that happens when the military gets used to a new person. you were talking about the president at the time. i wonder if having a pentagon chief with the credit accident shalls of having fought in a war is a prerequisite. >> you'll build relation

we'll ask retired general stanley mckristol and michael hayden. >>> then, assault weapons. the public may not want them, so why is banning them unlikely? we'll ask senator dianne feinstein. >>> plus, does the republican road to recovery begin outside the washington. with governor mcdonnell, mia love, scott walker, and carlos gutierrez. i'm candy crowley. this is "state of the union." fire up the hot seat. former senator chuck hagel, the president's choice of secretary of defense will face many former colleagues at this week's confirmation hearings. republican hagel has taken a variety of votes that some see as too quick to suggest cuts at the pentagon and too conciliatory to israel. and president o joining me now retired u.s. army general stanley mcchrystal. author of "my share of the task" and retired u.s. air force general michael hayden. i'm the only one without a military title here today. thank you, all, for joining us. i want to start out with chuck hagel. he is top on the minds at the pentagon i think. from what you know of chuck hagel and he would be the first enlis

air force general michael hayden. i'm the only one without a military title here today. thank you, all, for joining us. i want to start out with chuck hagel. he is top on the minds at the pentagon i think. from what you know of chuck hagel and he would be the first enlisted man ever to run the pentagon, the first vietnam vet, from what you know, what sort of reception would he get from the military? >> i think it would be fine. i know senator haggel. he was a member -- and not a universal condition -- he was a member you could talk to, but on a personal base have a candid exchange of views. you could always speak with him and frankly given my time in uniform, that's a tremendous attribu attribute. i think will work out well. >> you wrote in your book about the trust deficit that happens when the military gets used to a new person. you were talking about the president at the time. but i wonder if having a pentagon chief with the credentials of having fought in a war, sort of helps with the trust deficit? >> i don't think u.s. a prerequisite, i think it's helpful. and he'l

. >> the person who uses the phrase "we steal secrets" is michael hayden. the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, features prominently in the film. he remains holed up in the ecuadorean embassy in london where he sought refuge last year in order to avoid extradition to sweden and ultimately the u.s. meanwhile, a bradley manning, the individual accused of leaking documents to wikileaks, will be on trial next week. the colonel saito talk more aboe are joined here at the sundance film festival by the director alex gibney, the oscar-award winning filmmaker. his other films include "mea maxima culpa : silence in the house of god," "enron: the smartest guys in the room." "taxi to the dark side" focuses on a taxi driver in afghanistan. you were awarded the academy award for that film. it is good to have you with us. tell us why you decided to do this film "we steal secrets: the story of wikileaks." >> originally when i was brought into this -- i got a call from universal to take it on. i took it on because i thought it was the ultimate david and goliath story. j

stanley mcchrystal and michael hayden both say hagel is a fine choice. hagel earned two purple hearts in the vietnam war, his confirmation hearing is set to begin thursday. >>> japan has launched two surveillance satellites to help keep an eye on north korea. defense officials are threatening to carry out a nuclear test and more long range rocket launches. the u.s. security council expanded sanctions against north korea this week and condemned the country for last month's launch. >>> 233 people killed in a nightclub fire in southeast brazil. some burned to dea, some were trampled, some overcome by smoke. it happened when the jam packed nightclub suddenly caught fire aeb many of these victims didn't stand a chance. on the scene right now, rescuers are still picking through the burned rubble, cnn's shasta darlington. >> reporter: smoke filled the air when the first firefighters entered the nightclub. where shirtless men were already trying to rescue some of the injured. emergency vehicles arrived not realizing the extent of the tragedy they faced. chaos an

first took office, he was briefed on this by the then director or outgoing director of the cia, michael haydenthey had developed this policy called signature strikes. if an individual had contact with certain other individuals, traveling a certain area, as certain times, gathering with a certain number of people there was a presumption they must be up to no good, that they are suspected militants or terrorists in the u.s. could take pre-emptive action against those people. and by that i mean, killing them with a missile. there was authorization to do that. in some cases the president has pre-cleared the cia to authorize these strikes without being directly notified. my understanding from sources, president obama has released sort of micromanaged this process. brennan is basically the hit man of this administration except he really never has to do the hitting himself. he orders missile strikes and other strikes to hit in somalia and yemen, pakistan. we're looking right now at a reality that president obama essentially has extended the very policies that many of his supporters once the post unde

among those participating, general michael hayden. >> good morning.elcome to aei and this morning's panel, separating fact from fiction. i am a fellow at the american enterprise institute and member of the task force on detention and interrogation policy. kathryn piccolos recent film depicting the operation that killed osama bin laden sparked controversy. -- kathryn bigelow. for the most part of rage of the film has been coming from the left and directed at her. if you were a conservative like me, when you see the hollywood left and washington left, your temptation is to sit back, pop the popcorn and watch the fight. to some extent that is why many of the defenders and supporters stayed out of the debate. why interrupt why they are -- well they are fighting it out? the fact is, culture matters. many will form their opinions based on what they see on the silver screen. it is important for those who know the truth to set the record straight. today we have a distinguished panel to help us do just that. three veterans of the cia who are directly involved

former cia director and four star general michael hayden explains what it means for the requirementsces. listen to this. >> there are two kinds of standards. one set have to do with personal health. just raw physical fitness for members of the armed forces, how much pushups, sit ups, how fast you run a mile. those standards are different because men and women are different. these kinds of standards cannot be different. they have to do with accomplishing the job. therefore if the standard is here and only a small percentage of women can match that standard for reasons that are biological, the standard has to stay there, otherwise you are risking mission success. >> all right. joining me now two american vets, former marine and msnbc contributor goldie taylor and retired army captain wes moore. goldie, let me start with you and i want your reaction to what you heard hayden say. what's your reaction to that? >> i think he is right. we have to be ready to move at a moment's notice and i don't believe the standards ought to be relaxed. when i came out of boot camp, just after i came out o

>> i spoke with former cia director michael hayden to the film.he torture scenes inflated the abuses at guantanamo and abu graib with what went down at the cia black sites. there have been other criticisms. kathryn big low and mark bull, her screenwriter and a journalist himself stand by the reporting. >> any politics, her own politics? some republicans coming out and saying it's opposed to show this in a better light or show this. she's not endorsing but she's trying to make some kind of a political statement about torture and the way we went about things, the u.s. goes about its business. did she say any of her personal politics creep into this movie at all? >> she calls herself a pacifist. she says that torture is reprehensible. she has a very matter of fact dispassionate film making style. she doesn't make message movies. she's not going to underline or italicize. i think she leaves a lot of space for the viewer to make up her own mind. i think that space is what has allowed so much controversy to leak into the frame. i mean, every film is in

in the piece, jessica talked to former cia director michael hayden. she talked to other people.anetta had sent to john mccain ash around the time that all of this history was unfolding. there's a lot of different opinion even within that community about what happened, what didn't happen, what led to what. that's something we try to lay out in the piece. >> did you talk to her at all about her role now as kind of the poet laureate of the wars of the 21st century? she's now arguably the most important -- >> "hurt locker." >> "hurt locker" and now this? >> she's embracing that role. this is not the last time we will be discussing a controversial film by kathryn bigelow. >> also in time, "from chads to riches." the piece on al gore who we're going to have on next wednesday, by the way. tell us about it. >> it's about his new book which i'm sure he'll tell you about next wednesday so i'm not going to spoil it for you except that it's about the future and apparently there's lots of drawings. >> i should disclose, i edited the book. >> you did? >> oh. >> and in my impartial way, i thin

and attorney general michael hayden. >> one can count the times that americans say that we are the bestntry in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say. of all the countries in the world, people think their country is pretty good. why do we have to believe we are the best? what does that mean? and why do we have to assert it all the time? and what does it mean to other people who consume it? american products go around the world and information products go around the world. they are observed by people in every corner of the world. if and we teach them not to like us. gratuitously. >> author and activist randall robinson king your calls and tweets live, sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2. >> now a discussion of president obama's use of executive power. this is 45 minutes. >> a george washington university professor joins us to discuss his views on president obama as use of executive power as he begins a second term in the white house let's start with your take on obama's inaugural address last week and what you described as the difference between civil rights and civil liberties

intelligence officials who participated in the hunt for osama bin laden, including retired general michael keaton. -- hayden>> if we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces which are bringing about this suffering. >> the white house is a bully pulpit, and you ought to take advantage of it. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. >> i had little antennas that pointed up and told me when somebody had their own agenda. >> there is a much influence in the office. it would be a shame to waste it. >> i think they serve as a window on the past to what was going on with american women. >> she becomes the chief confidante. she is in a way the only person in the world he can trust. >> many of the first ladies, they were writers. journalists, they wrote books. >> they are in many cases more interesting as human being than their husbands. if because they are not first and foremost defined and limited by political ambition. >> dolly was both socially adept and politically savvy. >> dolly madison loved every minute of it. mrs. monroe hit. absolutely hated it

kaylie hayden showing off this homage to a michael crabtree catch. you go, kaylie. we know that you have some fan photos out there so send them to us at news@kpix.com or upload them to cbssf.com. >> and what's cool about your school? you can mountain is your submit your nomination at our website. we would love to hear from you. we might end up at your school. we'll be right back. year-old rapper from ohio... and she is a huge colin kaepernick n. she's rapp >>> more super bowl coverage now. there's a 5-year-old rapper from ohio and she is a huge colin kaepernick fan in a big way. she rapped about the quarterback before and now has a new rap called kaep for mia. here she is. [ rapping ] >> she's great. that's sarah from dayton, ohio. her rap on kaepernick you can see on youtube the latest sensation. last year her video on the quarterback went viral, as well. kaepernick even tweeted about it. >> she is ridiculously cute. cbs 5 is going to be covering all things super bowl in the big easy over the next week and a half. in fact, we are sending a team of reporters to cove