i also want to thank michael morrell, who has earned the admiration of all of us who worked with him across government and here in the white house. in moments of transition, he has guided the cia with a steady hand as acting director, not once but twice. he is a consequence mat professional, as i said. everybody in the white house who works with him. everybody across agencies who works with him considers him truly to be one of our most outstanding national security team members, and so michael, on behalf of all of us and mary beth for your continued service. as these leaders know, the work of protecting our nation is never done. we've still got much to do. ending the war in afghanistan and caring for those who have born the battle. preparing for the full range of threats from the unconventional to the conventional, including things like cyber security and within our military continuing to insure that our men and women in uniform can serve the country they love no matter who they love. to help meet the challenges of our time, i'm prude to announce my choice for two key members of my n

. >> he never asked for that material. 12,347 michael morrell called the film a dramaization saying thatt creates the strong impression that the interrogation was key to finding bin-laden. that impression is false. >> cenk: that's the acting director of the c.i.a. saying that it was false but he did say that some information came from detainees subject to. and many think hey wait a minute we just did thousands of pages of reports. we looked at over 6 million pieces of paper on this issue and we did not find any evidence that interrogation led to--enhanced torture led to finding bin-laden. if you know something we don't c.i.a. you're supposed to legally share it with us, and what did you share with the filmmakers. this is what the finding said, the c.i.a. is it not first learn about the existence of the ubl courier from c.i.a. detainees subjected to the coercive instead, the c.i.a. learned of the existence of the courier. >> joy: has true name, through meanings unrelate to the c.i.a. detention and interrogation program. basically, they're asking the c.i.a. what do you know that we don't k

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cia chief michael morrell has been asked for all of the information the agency gave to filmmakers. movie implies waterboarding helped identify the courier that led to osama bin laden. a recent report says the agency did not learn about the courier that way. >> venezuelan president hugo chavez battling respiratory failure as he fights a severe lung infection. in a televised statement, he describes his complication as "respiratory inefficiency." chavez has been in a cuban hospital since having cancer surgery more than three weeks ago. the administration minister did not give information about his treatment or prognosis. he has not been seen publicly since his surgery. >>> coast guard investigators from new orleans are headed to alaska to investigate a shell oil drilling rig. the rig is upright and stable and that there is no visible evidence of a spill. no word yet on when it could be moved. it's holding more than 150,000 gallons of diesel and oil. >>> also, same-sex marriage bills are making news of two more states here, first in illinois, a state senate committee held a bill to leg

very much a preemptive strike having leon panetta and michael morrell who is the deputy director, endorseese nominations. president obama himself if you read his remarks carefully you'll see defenses to the things that may be raised against both of these guys. >> bill: he mentioned with chuck hagel without mentioning israel by name he recognizes the importance of america's alliances. >> exactly. >> bill: i thought leon panetta carried the day. i'm sure you appreciated it, when he talked about it. you talk about a great public servant. leon panetta joined the military enlisted, served in the military, served in the corn representing -- congress representing monterey carmel. he went back to carmel to his walnut farm and started a great institute where i've spoken a couple of times with his wife, sylvia at the monterey bay college. then he came back to be director of the c.i.a. and then back to be director of defense secretary of defense and yesterday, finally says i'm going home this time for good. here's leon panetta. >> the time has come for me to return to my wife sylvia, our three sons,

i am proud to stand here today with such patriots as a leon panetta, chuck hagel, and michael morrell. i very much the forward to the opportunity to serve with another of america's great patriot, a chuck hagel. i am especially proud and has to be able to stand here today with a close friend and colleague michael morrell which epitomizes what it is to be a defense professional. he has been nothing short of exemplary. i very much look forward to working with you in weeks and years ahead. i also look forward to working with congress. and-security rests on the ability of the legislative branches of our government to work as our team. while the profession often times demand secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives although i consider myself neither a republican or democrat i look forward to working closely on both sides of the aisle. most importantly, my wife cathy to my children kyle, to my parents in new jersey, a shout out. owen who is 92. i can not be where i am today without their l

and at the cia, john brennan and acting cia director, michael morrell, remain on the short list, according. history shows most presidents get the nominees they want, but in this political environment, there's no guarantee. >> it used to just be supreme court justices who inspired these sort of partisan free-for-alls. now it's bleeding down into a president's cabinet picks as well. >> reporter: now, we do know one of the picks the president has made for secretary of state. that is senator john kerry. his confirmation expected to be a smooth one. now, i did talk to a senior administration official to find out if the president had already settled on names, but just not made them public. this official told me, quote, no decision is final. kate? >> we are watching and waiting la along with you. dan lothian in beautiful honolulu tonight. thanks, dan. >>> a very different story we're following, including iran. it has thousands of secret agent who is the u.s. government now says are plotting attacks across the globe and here in the united states, while hurting people right at home. we have details

we saw the acting cia director, michael morrell walking in.ohn brennan, coming in. watching what's going on. this year, you can also be part of cmn's coverage of this president a coverage of the inauguration. explain away. >> reporter: everybody here hold up your phones. this crowd has phones. this is the first time we have had a presidential inauguration with instagram. the most socially connected political event ever because of these. so we here at cnn are asking you because this is about you. this is about the community. we want to you take a picture of yourself watching inauguration, watching the swearing-in, on capitol hill, today. we want you to upload it to instagram. this is about you sharing your view of history with us. include a caption. why is this for for you to be watching this historic occasion here on this monday in washington. we have already gotten a couple of photos that we shared a few with you. you might recognize this first guy. country music legend willie nelson actually watching our coverage last night honoring our nati

likely the accuracy of "zero dark 30" could well become a confirmation issue if morrell is nominated to run the cia, michael> let's check in with craig melvin to see what he has coming up in 20 minutes. hey to you. >> hey, alex witt. it's a whole new congress and a whole new day for reform in washington or is it? i'll be joined by several congressmen this afternoon and veteran lawmakers what next on the agenda including prospects for new immigration reform this month. >>> and plus barney frank, is he headed back to washington? all the latest on his change of heart. you can catch me 2:00 to 5:00 eastern, up next, alex witt. >> yep, park it for craig melvin, thank you very much. >>> next for the big three, can washington get its act together and save the nation from default? is the nation looking at another eleventh hour nail-biter? [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't

the accuracy of "zero dark thirty" could become a confirmation issue if morrell is nominated to run the cia. for "today," michael issikoff, nbc news, washington. >>> we'll check on weather with dylan. >> good morning. we have lynn lou here, your first trip. what do you think? >> this is my first time. we're from cleveland. >> love cleveland, too. a nice morning in new york city. there's not that much wind, that makes it so much better. for januari, this is a nice thing to see. >>> a good saturday morning to you. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. our city camera view shows the early morning light bouncing directly off the southeast and east facing of the u.s. capital building there. beautiful way to get your weekend started this morning. it's chilly outside. temperatures in the low to mid-30s with a little bit of a northwesterly breeze. little bit of a bundle-up factor for you today. temperatures will reach in the low 40s under dry conditions. dry for the redskins tomorrow. >> we're celebrating a 13th birthday. what's your name? >> julie. >> from minneapolis? >> right. >> happy birthday to you. lester? >

the accuracy of "zero dark thirty" could become a confirmation issue if morrell is nominated to run the cia. for "today," michaelikoff, nbc news, washington. >>> we'll check on weather with dylan. >> good morning. we have lynn lou here, your first trip. what do you think? >> this is my first time. we're from cleveland. >> love cleveland, too. a nice morning in new york city. there's not that much wind, that makes it so much better. for januari, this is a nice thing to see. above normal temperatures this month. below normal from the pacific northwest into california. most of the country does look like we'll be enjoying temperatures well above average. as for precipitation for january, snow up through the dakotas, dry out west, and we will see some rain and heavy rain at that, falling across the gulf coast states possible this january. today that rain is already falling down into louisiana, it will spread eastward into the panhandle of florida through today. in the great lakes region, we are looking for a few light snow showers, i'd say less than an inch across chicago. that will spread eastward into tomorrow. the