mr. fiorile. dr. cooper? >> thank you, mr.airman and members of the community to offer a public interest analysis of a merger unique in the history of the video market and will go a long way towards determining whether or not the future of video viewing in america is more competitive and consumer friendly than the past. there is another side to the story. comcast straddles the dominant video distribution platform of the 20th century as the nation's large ef largest cable service provider. in its cable franchise service territories the market share of comcast in these two vital distribution platforms exceeds 50%. allowing it to acquire one of the nation's premiere video content producers will radically alter the structure of the video marketplace. triggering a bevy of anti-competitive effects that will result in higher prices and fewer choices for consumers. allowing comcast to acquire nbc will increase the likelihood that the ugly business model of the cable cartel will be strengthened and extended to the internet. there are h

mr. fiorile. dr. cooper? >> thank you, mr.irman and members of the community to offer a public interest analysis of a merger unique in the history of the video market and will go a long way towards determining whether or not the future of video viewing in america is more competitive and consumer friendly than the past. there is another side to the story. comcast straddles the dominant video distribution platform of the 20th century as the nation's large ef largest cable service provider. in its cable franchise service territories the market share of comcast in these two vital distribution platforms exceeds 50%. allowing it to acquire one of the nation's premiere video content producers will radically alter the structure of the video marketplace. triggering a bevy of anti-competitive effects that will result in higher prices and fewer choices for consumers. allowing comcast to acquire nbc will increase the likelihood that the ugly business model of the cable cartel will be strengthened and extended to the internet. there are hu

mr. mark cooper.how'd you see the proposed joint venture between comcast and and and nbc universal -- between comcast and nbc universal as affecting the video market? >> we see it as an effort to extend the market division agreement that has existed between cable operators in physical space into cyberspace. that is the explicit intention of tv everywhere. the statement that they will not use nbc properties to reinforce that does not answer our concern that nbc will stop developing -- >> i am going to ask ms. colleen abdoulah to give her comments. >> we have had a recent experience where we have not been granted the rights for on- line product. i am concerned that the current video model, where it is a take- it-or-leave-it, here is the high price you are going to pay, gets extended to the online broadband customer base as well. >> mr. roberts, you have a comment. >> i think the internet is a nascent market. i think tv everywhere, to be really clear, is meant to say -- if your subscribing to time warner

underwear bomber suspect is still cooperating with investigators and giving them useful intelligence. two fbi officials flew to nigeria on new year's day, to meet with mrabdulmutallab's family. a few of his family members flew back to the u.s. with the fbi. they convinced the man to cooperate with authorities, the official says that standard fbi interrogation practices were used in the interrogation of mr. abdulmutallab they say that richard reid the shoe bomber was myr mirandised within the first five minutes of his detention. mr. abdulmutallab is apparently still talking to and cooperating with authorities. the attempted politicization of his arrest seems to be misfiring. >>> next up, a snapshot of today's republican party, i don't mean republican leadership in congress or michael steele, i mean, average every day self-identifying republicans, joe the republicans if you will, polled coast-to-coast by research 2000, this poll was commissioned by daily coast, now, daily coast is an influential liberal website, the polling firm that did the survey is a nonpartisan mainstream polling organization, and this is what they found out about today's republican

mr. fiorile. dr. cooper? >> thank you, mr.airman and members of the community to offer a public interest analysis of a merger unique in the history of the video market and will go a long way towards determining whether or not the future of video viewing in america is more competitive and consumer friendly than the past. there is another side to the story. comcast straddles the dominant video distribution platform of the 20th century as the nation's large ef largest cable service provider. in its cable franchise service territories the market share of comcast in these two vital distribution platforms exceeds 50%. allowing it to acquire one of the nation's premiere video content producers will radically alter the structure of the video marketplace. triggering a bevy of anti-competitive effects that will result in higher prices and fewer choices for consumers. allowing comcast to acquire nbc will increase the likelihood that the ugly business model of the cable cartel will be strengthened and extended to the internet. there are h

mr. abdulmutallab is apparently still talking to and cooperating with authorities.iticization of his arrest at least so far seems to be misfiring. >>> next up, a snapshot of today's republican party, i don't mean republican leadership in congress or every democrat's favorite republican, michael steele. i mean average everyday self-identifying republicans, joe the republicans if you will, polled coast-to-coast by research 2000, this poll was commissioned by daily coast, daily kos is an influential liberal website. but the polling firm that did the survey is a nonpartisan mainstream polling organization, and this is what they found out about today's republican party. not just its base, but the party. you ready? the number of rank and file republicans who think president obama should be impeached for something? is 39%. the number of rank and file republicans who think president obama is a socialist? more than 60%. the number of rank and file republicans who think the president was not born in this country or are not sure, almost 65%. the proportion of republicans who t

mr. president, why the sudden cooperation by him would be broadcast publicly to the need ya in detail. >> there's been criticism from the attorney general. he's written back to a number of senators complaining about the complaints against the fbi are unwarranted, and the attorney wrote -- >> there's a lot of tit for tat. a lot of shooting back and forth from both sides of pennsylvania avenue here. >> let's me explain something for you and your viewers. number one, when we were briefed on the fact that abdullatabah was cooperating on monday, we were told it should not be leaked. director muller told me, please do not bring this up in an open hearing because if we -- if our enemies know that he's cooperating, it will drive our leads away and we can't get after this. at the same time we were being briefed in an open session, the administration apparently was developing a whole media strategy to show how great they were by what he was doing. that ruined the advantage we had when the information was secret, not to mention the fact that abdul ma's family are in great risk in nigeria from terror

mr. toyoda? [ speaking japanese ] >> translator: we would like to extend full cooperation. >> so we'll take that s a yes? >> translator: yes. >> thank you. five minutes to the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i represent the san antonio area down through the valley where we have a toyota plant. currently right now there's 2,500 hardworking americans in the san antonio area plant where their jobs and family livelihood. i see jay here, which i visited, a couple of other folks here. so we're asking you to put toyota back on track so americans jobs are not put in jeopardy and of course the american drivers that are at risk is what we have to address. it is my hope you move swiftly to fix the safety problems, rebuild the reputation talking about and restore the toyota legacy which employs americans here at home. american drivers and american workers are watching and waiting. toyota has a glowing legacy in this country for decades for the sake of safety and for the sake of jobs, we need to get that back. you all need to get that back. in this country we have american made toyotas made

mr. roberts, you might want to comment on her comment or dr. cooper's. >> first of all, the content will be made available to our competitors. in the last two years, comcast has lost about 1.5 million customers wellstone, satellite, and others have added over 7 million. the largest-two leaders are to satellite companies. there is a very competitive market. we see the value of the content growing. i agree that we will be well served to make the content available to all the players in the marketplace. i think this will ultimately lead to more innovation, more content creation. we see it as a growing business. we will talk about the intellectual property and how to protect it. we are focused on that same issue. recognize this is a very competitive video distribution market place and this is an opportunity to participate. as the internet grows, we want to see the content available because that is where the consumer wants to beat. >> it is not just about withholding content. it is also about putting restrictions and conditions on how we offer that content. t

mr. roberts, you might want to comment on her comment or dr. coopers? >> well, i go back to the principle here. first of all, the content is going to be made available to our competitors. is available today. in the last two years comcast has lost nationally over about a million and a half customers while phone and satellite and the wide open west of the country have added over 7 million. the distributorses in the multichannels today is two separate companies. it's a very competitive market. one of the reasons we want to get more invested in content is we see the value of that content growing. and i think the premise of the way you phrased the question i agree with which is we will be well served to make that content available to all the growing players in the marketplace. so i think this will ultimately lead to more innovation, more content creation. we see it as a growing business. i'm sure somewhere we'll talk about the intellectual property and how to protect it. we are very much focused on that same issue. and i think we recognize that this is a ver

mr. roberts, you might want to comment on either her comments were dr. cooper's? >> i go back to the principle here. first of all, content is going to be made available to competitors and is available today. the last two years comcast loss nationally and over about a million and have customers wow satellite and a wide open west have added over 7 million. in crack the second and third largest distributors in today are two satellite companies. so there is a very competitive market. one of the reasons we want to get more invested in content is we see the value of that growing and i think the premise of the way you phrase the question i agree with witches will be well served to make that content available to all the growing players in the marketplace. so this will ultimately lead to more innovation, more content creation, we see it as a growing business and i'm sure we will talk about the intellectual property and how to protect it. we're very much focused on the same issue and i think we recognize this is a very competitive video distribution market place and this is

cooperating with investigators. the fbi says umar farouk abdulmutallab is talking. >> mr. dulmutallab has provided valuable information, that is correct. >> yes. >> and that the interrogation continues despite the fact that he has been mirandized? >> yes. >> abdulmutallab's cooperation could be a national security victory for the president would has been under fire from lawmakers who contend the administration botched the case by giving him the right to remain silent. >> i think the balance struck in the abdulmutallab case was an understandable balance. we got god intelligence. >> enemy combatants must be questioned to the fullest by the intelligence community before -- if they are mirandized before they are given mirandized and begin an attorney. >> reporter: fbi agents were successful in per wading abdulmutallab's family to help even flying them back to the u.s. all have proven vital in getting the suspect to open up. >> saturday's snows still causing some problems. yet at richmond city hall a huge sheet of ice fell on it a glass canopy. nobody was hurt. >> what's up? >>

role to convince pakistan that it ought to play an active, cooperative role in facilitating reconciliation is important. >> warner: mrsemple, with the... with president obama having set a july 2011, at least deadline, to begin drawing down the surge of troops, do you think... does it appear to you that the united states at least also has an interest in some kind of political settlement here? >> i think that, first of all, even if the united states goes ahead with you know, starting to draw down its troops in 2011, there will be an enduring commitment to afghanistan. there will be a troops present, perhaps reduced, for quite a while, but there will be other forms of assistance. yeah, the u.s. is going to continue to be engaged in afghanistan. therefore, it clearly has an interest in getting some kind of political deal. one of the reasons it has an interest is that everybody who has looked at the issue of reconciliation realizes that at the core of any political deal with the taliban would be a clear break between the taliban and al quaeda. if credible guarantees from the taliban that they will help prevent the use of

with whom i've had the pleasure of working this year and i thank him very much for his cooperation on all matters. mr. vice chairman? >> madam chair, let me welcome our witnesses and thank you you are the generous to you and your staff have worked with the minority. we believe that this is the way we can achieve what we're supposed to achieve bipartisan, nonpartisan oversight of the critically important intelligence community. this hearing today comes at a time where the importance of the national security threats are currently highlighted by recent events. from that terror plots disrupted this fall via the fbi to the deadly attacks at four dead and little quirk wolverton station to the failed attack on christmas day. we have seen an alarming of terroristic threats. in particular, within and against the homeland being carried out. members and witnesses are where this will be our last annual worldwide ride here in, as i intend to depart from the senate upon the completion of the 111th congress. no applause, please. ironically, i believe we find ourselves day in the same place we were in when i first j

mr. obama addressed house republicans. he warned again today he'll confront those who refuse to cooperate. >> when i start hearing that we should accept republican ideas, let's be clear, we have. what hasn't happened is the other side accepting our ideas. and i told them i want to work together when we can and i meant it. i believe that's the best way to get things done for the american people but i also made it clear that we'll call them out when they say they want to work with us and we extend a hand and get a fist in return. >> sreenivasan: republicans could gain their 41st vote in the senate sooner than expected. senator-elect scott brown of massachusetts has moved up his timetable and asked to be sworn in tomorrow. democratic leaders say they will comply. the field has narrowed in the race for the senate seat once held by president obama. on tuesday, illinois state treasurer alexi giannoulias won the democratic nod to face off against five-term republican congressman mark kirk. the outcome of the state's gubernatorial primaries remained in doubt. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the prog

mr. toyota today at his news conference about that and he said we always try to cooperate 100% from thisoint forward. but there are questions whether his predecessor led the company down the wrong road, they raced for profits to be number one in the world and perhaps less attention on quality. >> charlie: has there been anything in terms of what decisions have been made in the last couple years because of the economic crises that might have affected this. >> well it's hard to know. they were struggling to keep their profits high, to ride through the recession. they did become the number one car maker in the world. they are critical of the economy of japan and all this now has come back to really, to hurt them, a boomerang effect here because by expanding and using the same parts everywhere, if one of those parts goes bad, then the problem is everywhere. >> charlie: do you feel like that somehow, that there's a case to be made for toyota that's not being made in any way? that somehow they are being accused of something that's not accurate? >> oh yeah, i absolutely believe that. because wh

mr. toyoda? [ speaking japanese ] >> translator: we would like to extend full cooperation. >> so we'll take that a yes? >> translator: yes. >> thank you. five minutes to the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i represent the san antonio area down through the valley where we have a toyota plant. currently right now there's 2,500 hardworking americans in the san antonio area plant where their jobs and family livelihood. i see jay here, which i visited, a couple of other folks here. so we're asking you to put toyota back on track so americans jobs are not put in jeopardy and of course the american drivers that are at risk is what we have to address. it is my hope you move swiftly to fix the safety problems, rebuild the reputation talking about and restore the toyota legacy which employs americans here at home. american drivers and american workers are watching and waiting. toyota has a glowing legacy in this country for decades for the sake of safety and for the sake of jobs, we need to get that back. you all need to get that back. in this country we have american made toyotas made by

whom i have had the pleasure of working this year, and i thank him very much for his cooperation on all matters. mr. vice chairman? >> madam chair be let me welcome our witnesses and thank you for the very open and generous way that you and your staff have worked with the minority. we believe that this is the way we can achieve what we're supposed to achieve, bipartisan, nonpartisan oversight of the critically important intelligence community. this hearing today comes at a time where the importance of the national security threats are currently highlighted by recent events. from the terror plots disrupted this fall by the fbi, to the deadly attacks at ft. hood and the little rock recruiting station to the failed attack on christmas day, we have seen an alarming number of terrorist threats in particular within and against the homeland and their being carried out. as members and witnesses are aware, this will be my last annual worldwide threat hearing as i intend to depart from the senate upon the completion of the 111th congress. no applause, please. ironically, i believe we find ourselves today in

mr. lentz, thank you for your testimony. your cooperation with this committee's investigation.n a happy time for your company or for your customers. people have been very anxious about what appears to be a rare situation, but it is a very scary and possibly fatal situation if a car has a sudden acceleration and the car seems to be out of control. for the future, you're suggesting that you're going to put in a system where the brake will override the gas pedal. >> yes, 2011 model year vehicle. with the exception of one vehicle by the end of this calendar year, most of the vehicles that come into the u.s. will have a standard equipment the brake override system. >> that will be helpful, but let me ask you about the cars that are already on the road. people have these vehicles. you're not planning to do any retro fit of the brake over the gas pedal in those cars? >> there are seven of those vehicles currently on the road that we are retrofitting. >> seven models. >> camry, avalon -- >> you're going to rhett fit all the vehicles. >> those that are technically possible we're rhett f

mr. lentz, thank you for your testimony. your cooperation with this committee's investigation.these past few months have not been a happy time for your company or for your customers. people have been very anxious about what appears to be a rare situation, but it is a very scary and possibly fatal situation if a car has a sudden acceleration and the car seems to be out of control. for the future, you're suggesting that you're going to put in a system where the brake will override the gas pedal. >> yes, 2011 model year vehicle. with the exception of one vehicle by the end of this calendar year, most of the vehicles that come into the u.s. will have a standard equipment the brake override system. >> that will be helpful, but let me ask you about the cars that are already on the road. people have these vehicles. you're not planning to do any retro fit of the brake over the gas pedal in those cars? >> there are seven of those vehicles currently on the road that we are retrofitting. >> seven models. >> camry, avalon -- >> you're going to rhett fit all the vehicles. >> those that are

mr. walden of oregon and they've been very cooperative.e worked well on this and we may have future hearings. thanks for your efforts on this hearing. >> thank you peery i appreciate your holding this hearing and the work that both sides have done on this issue. i first want to mention that i, also scheduled to be on a telecommunications subcommittee markup session that's going on right now. we are actually voting on a couple of bills so i may have to step out and go to that committee and then i will return. i want to extend a warm welcome to the cirigliano family. we are -- we feel awful about the loss that you have suffered. it is unthinkable and less than any parent wants to go through. so you have our deepest condolences and sympathy. thank you for troubling and for telling your story. we look forward to your testimony and admire your courage and willingness to speak up and make difference in public policy. u.s. consumer product safety commission is charged as you heard from a colleague with protecting the public from unreasonable risk

cooperation. when he spoke, there wasn't a single republican on the floor to listen to him. that said it all. >> well, mr. mcconnell was out jumping a shark which we'll get to in a moment. howard fineman of msnbc and "newsweek", many thanks. >> thank you, keith. >>> if mr. brown, massachusetts, has not yet heard from wall street he should keep his phone on. new york state attorney general andrew cuomo today filing civil fraud charges against bank of america, its former ceo ken lewis, and other executives saying the bank purposely misled investors about more than $15 billion in losses at merrill lynch not to mention huge bonuses in order to complete its purchase of that firm in late 2008. that wall street might still need reform in the wake of the near collapse of the u.s. economy, republicans now actively seeking donations from wall street by making the case they would be antireform. "the wall street journal" reporting that house minority leader boehner has been courting jp morgan chase, chief executive james dimon until now a big democratic contributor telling him congressional republicans have stood up

whom i have had the pleasure of working this year, and i thank him very much for his cooperation on all matters. mrairman? >> madam chair be let me welcome our witnesses and thank you for the very open and generous way that you and your staff have worked with the minority. we believe that this is the way we can achieve what we're supposed to achieve, bipartisan, nonpartisan oversight of the critically important intelligence community. this hearing today comes at a time where the importance of the national security threats are currently highlighted by recent events. from the terror plots disrupted this fall by the fbi, to the deadly attacks at ft. hood and the little rock recruiting station to the failed attack on christmas day, we have seen an alarming number of terrorist threats in particular within and against the homeland and their being carried out. as members and witnesses are aware, this will be my last annual worldwide threat hearing as i intend to depart from the senate upon the completion of the 111th congress. no applause, please. ironically, i believe we find ourselves today in the same

we look forward to cooperating with and participating in this review to the maximum extent possible and we applaud this selection of mr. johnson and general hand to lead it. both are men of great integrity, great experience and have our complete trust and conference. mr. chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. no matter how i look at this issue, i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. for me, personally, it comes down to integrity. there is is individuals, and ours as an institution. i also believe that the great young men and women of our military can and would accommodate such a change. i never underestimate their ability to adapt. but i do not know this for a fact, nor do i know for a fact how we would best make such a major policy change in a time of two wars. that there will be some disruption in the force, i cannot deny. that there will be legal, social and perhaps even

mr. panetta? >> i would agree that. >> mr.ñrçó ñrmoehler? >> agree. >> there's news about christmas-day bombing suspect. they've already gotten useful intelligence about him and his family persuaded him to cooperateave been critical of the decision to keep the suspect in the civilian court system rather than treat him as an enemy combatant. >>> iranian officials say they've launched a new research rocket into space today. iran's president, mahmoud ahamadinejad says that iran can defeat the west in the battle of technology. there have been concerns that the techlogy developed for iran's space program could be used to launch long-range missiles and warheads. according to iran's state tv, the rocket carried a mouse, two turtles and some worms. there does not appear to be a scientific reason to launch those animals into space. if the goal is to test the life support system that humans could use, a better choice would have been to send a monkey. >> all right. >>> "news4 at 4" is just getting started. fiery rescue. >> up next at 4:15, how three children now fighting for their lives managed to escape an early-morning apartment fire in southeast. >>> then at 4:30, police make an arrest and file charges i

mr. holder and the administration started to feel the heat the white house leaked to the world that all of a sudden the christmas day bomber is once again cooperating with the fbi. how convenient. deputy white house press secretary bill burton was asked about this coincidence earlier today. >> ideally this information would not have necessarily come out. but in order for the american people to know that we are doing everything possible to keep them safe and in order for our continued success in this effort we made a determination that it was a good idea to make sure that people knew that our sources and our methods here were working. >> sean: politics and public opinion trump national security for this administration. this concern appeared to have been voiced by senator mccain yesterday. he noted that the decisions relating to the war on terror are being made by law enforcement officials, the attorney general, eric holder not the department of defense. here's what senator mccain had to say to secretary of defense robert gates. >> i hope you will come to a conclusion, as to how enemy combatants should be treated, as far as their trials are concerned

it we can get cooperation from the other side to do that we will be a stronger country for it. that is why we will continue to have a dialogue with mrbaker and others. -- mr. boehner and others. >> it was an unusual format. >> i thought it was a very good afternoon. we want to have a dialogue and we're glad that the president accepted. i thought our members were honest and i thought the president was honest. i don't think that we agree on everything but the american people sent us there to do what we can to solve the problems for our country. >> it was quite an afternoon -- an extraordinary meeting between the president and house gop leaders. it was an unscripted session for the public. most of the discussion was about partisanship. my question to you -- in this town at this time, is bipartisanship possible? or have we reached the point where the parties are so divided? >> i do not -- i hope not. i invited them to come to meetings foreign issues conference here in town. we had a good exchange. it was respectful and the way that we should do things. president obama decided to go to the republican caucus and i did not get a chance to

mr. pinetta? >> i would agree with that. >> meantime the nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an airline is cooperating with investigators, providing the fbi with fresh intelligence. >>> now to other stories topping headline this is morning. aig is about to hand out $1 million in bonuses. the washington post says employees in the same department that agreed to a pay cut will get their checks today. if the same branch that -- it's the same branch that came close to bankrupting aig but aig says they are required. >>> toyota was being called a safety death. toyota recalled vehies because of a gas pedal. two other crashes that resulted in injuries, and so far there have been no recalls there >>> the military's don't ask don't tell policy under the microscope on capitol hill. the president is calling on congress to repeal the policy. and the defense secretary supports a change after a panel spent a year studying the impact on the troops. the chairman of the board says gays should be allowed to openly serve in the military. hearings will resume next week. >>> and he expects plenty of heavy hearts today at the national zoo. >>

cooperate on a host of issues. he met with leaders of both parties at the white house. it was the first time republican leaders had been there in two months. later, mr. obama said he's ready to do his part-- on health care, for instance. >> i'm going to be starting from scratch in the sense that i will be open to any ideas that help promote these goals. what i will not do, what i don't think makes sense-- and i don't think the american people want to see-- would be another year of partisan wrangling around these issues. >> sreenivasan: republicans sounded skeptical. house minority leader john boehner said democrats are still wedded to their health care legislation. >> it's going to be very difficult to have a bipartisan conversation with regard to a 2,700-page health care bill that the democrat majority in the house and the democrat majority in the senate can't pass. so why are we going to talk about a bill that can't pass? it really is time to scrap the bill and start over. >> sreenivasan: there might be more room for compromise on a jobs bill. the president said getting agreement on aiding small business could build momentum for larger steps. and

mr. duke and her staff and those individuals we reacted with for study of cooperation and recognize that time point* from a dhs is still just seven years old and was even younger than. with a number of entities pulled together and the mission what it was, maybe not a excusable but understandable how the travel situation got to be the way that it is with the initiative of october 20008 guidance from a we believe dhs is on the right track to recovering in preventing the future occurrences of the same source of things identified in the report. >> will be interested in a couple of years. mr. bilirakis. >> thank you mr. cheer i appreciate it for grander stand for january 1st through september 30 last year the committee stage a home is securities and $73,000 on travel related expenditures and this amount spending exceeds travel expenditures of all other house committees with the exception of the appropriations committee the past august 14 the committee staffers traveled to australia and thailand while i am sure there may benefits to the staff travel we must ask ourselves the same question that

we look forward to cooperating with and participating in this review to the maximum extent possible and applaud the selection of mrit. >> you can see this entire learing -- hearing here on c-span after the house is out tonight. the house is coming back in for votes now on issues debated earlier today. research, development and technical standards and for and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on house administration be discharged from further consideration of house resolution 1050 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1050, resolution providing further amounts for the the expenses of the committee on official conduct in the 111th congress. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. is there objection to the consideration of the resolution? without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsid

mr. chairman, i'm sure it won't surprise you but i do believe my amendment will enhance this bill by enhancing communication, collaboration and cooperation between the public and private sectors. the amendment does so by requiring the director of national science foundation to establish a national center of excellence for cybersecurity. this center would be awarded on a merit-based comprehensive bay sainsd would support the initiatives put forward by the underlying legislation to ensure the safety of our digital communications infrastructure. this national center would be a partnership model involving government, private corporations and academic institutions that will consolidate and coordinate our national cybersecurity resources. as a the -- as the cybersecurity industry grows, there is an increase need of workers to fill these jobs. the center will not only be a clearing-house but train individuals in the skills needed to protect the economy, bolster our national security and protect americans from cybercriminals. mr. chairman, i want to take a brief moment also to express my support for an amendment that was heard previously offered

mr. panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> the official also said the suspect in the christmas day bombing attempt on a detroit bound airliner umar farouk abdulmutallab, is cooperating which also injured some 70 others including dozens of school girls. the soldiers were training afghan forces to better fight al qaeda and the taliban. >>. >> this morning nato announcing two u.s. service members died in afghanistan yesterday. they were also killed in a bomb attack. >>> the u.s. government is considering civil penalties against toyota for the handling of the sticking gas pedal issue. transportation secretary ray lahood said they were sales deaf. the company recalled millions of cars last month. one expert says toyota has opposed regulation. >> i think toyota has been very secretive and it does not like to recall vehicles and i think it did everything it could to delay this issue. >> meantime this morning, more problems for the car maker. more than 100 complaints about brake issues on the new model of the popular hybrid the prius. >>> four people were hurt in the collapse of a stage outside of the stadium where the super bowl will be played. that accident happened yeste

mr. chairman. chairman, i thought energy say you have the authority@@@@@@@@@ was the company not cooperates in that ref call, but when it said six weeks, it's not really -- i mean, it's -- >> is it six weeks? >> there were other things going on in that period of time? >> what other things were going? >> ok, i can give you the recall notification process. . recalled. psc us to do this or the company? >> the commission has to do this. it's a two-page longer three-page long document of everything that has to occur before you can recall a case. and you've got to make sure the 800 number and website are operational. you have to test the kids. the company has to manufacture the care. >> these are required by your rules? >> these are required to have a successful recall. >> these are drop cpsc rules wee talking about? and you can control the procedures? >> consumer product safety commission, yes. we control it but we also have to make sure the recall is done appropriately. >> i fully concur with that but with that but i'm just turn to get this issue by took six weeks to get a press release out. >> this wa

cooperation. they add details about the family being flown in from nigeria to get th it all to hap. >> the information was released that clearly showed that mrindeed talking again to interrogators. for those of you that participated in the background briefing, that was not something that was timed purposely. soon after that media reported -- we felt it important to context you'llize because many of you were emails what this testimony meant. >> he went on to say that bond owes an apology to intelligence officials for politicalizing this whole thing with this letter. it's getting messy. but it's interesting the white house is saying they neat to put in context what happened in a hearing. the fbi director saying this guy is talking. megyn: we just got this in our urgent cue. the respond from kit bond. the nor saying of gibbs, he keeps shoveling no matter what happens on this because they are talking about an -- they are taking an unwarranted indefensible position. there is going to be a question about whether they had a political motivation for disclosing the fact that abdulmutallab was talking because the administration was taking such critici

we look forward to cooperating with and participating in this re view to the maximum extent possible and we applaud the selection of mr. johnson and general hamm to lead it. both are men of great integrity, great experience, and have our complete trust and confidence. mr. chairman, speaking for myself, and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. no matter how i look atthis issue, i cannot escape by being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. for me, personally, it comes down to integrity. theirs as individuals and ours as an institution. i also believe that the great young men and women of our military can and would accommodate such a change. i never underestimate their ability to adapt. but i do not know this for a fact. nor do i know for a fact how we would best make such a major policy change in a time of two wars. there will be some disruption in the force, i cannot deny. that there will be legal, social, and perhaps even in

cooperation. china is ready to join in germany, the common effort to elevate our partnership of global responsibility to a higher level. mrman literary giant once said what eckert man least hold the deals with the individual is not enough. society remains the highest of any honest and as we enter the second decade of the 21st century we are heralding the dawn of a new era of hope and challenges. united actions and cooperation the present the call of the day for the only viable pathway to security and development for all. china will work with other countries to devise a common security and build a future of prosperity and progress. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you. >> as i was able to see the minister's speech, the minister has agreed to take a couple of questions. now is the time to ask them. francois maybe we can start with? >> thank you for a broad ranging and extremely thoughtful speech. but the question i would want to ask you is about an issue you hardly touched upon and that is american and chinese relations relating to taiwan. china has taken announced measures after the united states has announ

cooperation to do the reconstruction. >> we have to move out of that area. >> mr. chilcot would like to a question. >> he assured you you would be given military options. when was that? i didn't get the date. >> it was september. >> september of 2002? >> there was a meeting on the 20 third of july 2002 when these options were discussed? >> he told me in mozambique that i haven't had a presentation. what are the military options? hadn't had a presentation, i will come back to you. there have been many missing things. >> will you give them a presentation of military options? >> the military came to my office -- check couldn't remember them -- about the air targets and how it would be careful targeting and taking out a point about the fragility of the sewage water and electricity. we had that but no presentation or military options but that is the reassurance on the possibility that has destroyed the infrastructure that happened in another way. >> if you just follow up on that trip to mozambique. this is what alastair campbell recalls, the idea of the production of th

mr. chairman. chairman, i thought energy say you have the authority at cpsc to you even around very. was the company not cooperatingt they were cooperating once we told him we were going to do the recall. but when it said six weeks, if it's not really -- i mean, there were other things going on in that period of time. >> what other things are going on? >> i can give you the process. i mean, first of all, you have to determine the scope of the product to be recalled. >> cpsc us to do this or the company? >> the commission has to do this. it's a two-page longer three-page long document of everything that has to occur before you can recall a case. and you've got to make sure the 800 number and website are operational. you have to test the kids. the company has to manufacture the care. >> these are required by your rules? >> these are required to have a successful recall. >> these are drop cpsc rules wee talking about? and you can control the procedures? >> consumer product safety commission, yes. we control it but we also have to make sure the recall is done appropriately. >> i fully concur with that but with that but

we look forward to cooperating with and participating in this review to the maximum extent possible, and we applaud this selection of mr. johnson and general hamm to lead it. both are men of great integrity, great experience, and have our complete trust and confidence. mr. chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. no matter how i look at this issue, i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. for me, personally, it comes down to integrity. theirs as individuals and ours as an institution. i also believe that the great young men and women of our military can and would accommodate such a change. i never underestimate their ability to adapt. but i do not know this for a fact, nor do i know for a fact how we would best make such a major policy change in a time of two wars. if there will be some disruption in the force, i cannot deny. if there will be legal, social and perhaps even infra

cooperation. china is ready to join germany in common effort to elevate our partnership of global responsibility to a higher level. mrs with the individual is not enough. society remains the highest needs of any honest man. as we enter the second deck kate of the 2 -- decade of the 21st century, we are holding the dawn of a new era, full of hope and challenges, united actions and win-win cooperation represent the call of the day and offer think only viable way to benefit all. china will work with others to advance security and build a splendid future of prosperity and progress. thank you very much. [applause] thank you >> as i was able to say before the minister's speech, the foreign minister has agreed to take a couple of questions. now is the time to ask them. francois, maybe we can start with francois. from paris. here's the microphone. >> thank you, minister, for a broad-ranging and extremely thoughtful speech. the question i would want to ask you is about an issue you hardly touched upon, that is american-chinese relations, relating to taiwan. china has taken pronounced measures after the united states has annou

mr. muller? >> agree. >> reporter: sources say abdulmutallab started talking about his training and contacts in yemen after fbi agents brought family members from nigeria to the u.s. from his arraignment they persuaded the suspect to cooperate facing criticism the fbi missed chances for information sooner by reading abdulmutallab his right to remain silent. fbi director bob muller said not true. >> the interrogation continues despite the fact he's been mirandized? >> yes. >> reporter: also today iran launched a rocket capable of carrying satellites into space. it's technology that could be used to launch warheads u.s. officials say an ongoing concern. >> tehran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons. >> reporter: iran says it has no plans to do so. as for terror suspects, gop critics are mounting an effort to bar funding for civilian trials. the white house says the bush team showed that terror suspects can be fairly convicted in u.s. courts. among them, shoe bomber richard reid. eun and kim back to you. >>> it is bone nas day at aig. according to "the washington post" the insurance giant will pay about $100 million in bonuses today. aig came under fire last year forgiving out bonuses when a taxpayer bailout

mr. chairman. chairman, i thought energy say you have the authority at cpsc to you even around very. was the company not cooperating enough process? >> the company was at that point they were cooperating once we told him we were going to do the recall. but when it said six weeks, if it's not really -- i mean, there were other things going on in that period of time. >> what other things are going on? >> i can give you the process. i mean, first of all, you have to determine the scope of the product to be recalled. >> cpsc us to do this or the company? >> the commission has to do this. it's a two-page longer three-page long document of everything that has to occur before you can recall a case. and you've got to make sure the 800 number and website are operational. you have to test the kids. the company has to manufacture the care. >> these are required by your rules? >> these are required to have a successful recall. >> these are drop cpsc rules wee talking about? and you can control the procedures? >> consumer product safety commission, yes. we control it but we also have to make sure the recall is done appropriatel