as david bag noe tells us mrs. obamag back against lawmakers who say the guidelines are too restrictive. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama responded to critic os testify school nutrition program calling for efforts to roll back the effostandards unacceptable. >> the last thing we can afford to do now is play politics with our child's health. >> reporter: it requires schools to provide more foods and whole grains and limit sodas, sugars, and fats. mrs. obama met with officials tuesday and said the guidelines are working. >> we sometimes have to take fruits and vegetables off their tray because they have them so piled up. they would wave guidelines if they lost it for six months. >> they will be given nutritious mea meals. >> reporter: 650,000 kids in los angeles get all three of their weekday meals at school. >> i don't see how feeding our kids better food could have any impact effort. >> reporter: the first lady said efforts should be helped to help struggling schools make changes. david bagnell for cbs news, los an

mr. obama said he would leave some u.s. forces in afghanistan after 2014. some of the white house had been advising the president to pull out all 32,000 u.s. military personnel from afghanistan by the end of this year. that is the so-called zero option. top white house officials tell us that is now effectively off the table. mr. obama must now decide how many forces he wants to keep in afghanistan to help train the afghan army and police and assist in counter-terrorism operations. estimates range from 5,000 to 10,000 and projected cost of between $5 billion and $10 billion a year. jeff, mr. obama is expected to explain more about his thoughts on afghanistan at a commencement speech wednesday at the place where he announced his troop surge in afghanistan in 2009, the u.s. military academy at west point. >> glor: major garrett at the white house, thank you very much. pope francis today invited palestinian president mahmoud abbas and israeli president shimon peres to the vatican next month to pray

mr. obama meantime talked to the troops about what they have achieved in afghanistan and what the future may hold. >> and once afghanistan has sworn in its new president, i'm hopeful we'll sign a bilateral security agreement to move forward. and with that bilateral security agreement, assuming it is signed, we can plan for a limited military presence in

rk. >> reporter: mr. obama sites ukraine as an example. and mr. obama pledged more openness citing two controversies that have plagued their administration. had drone strikes and nsa spying. >> but when we cannot explain our efforts clearly and publicly, we face terrorist propaganda and international suspicion. we are avoid legitimacy with our partners and our people and we reduce accountability in our own government. >> reporter: mike viqueria, al jazeera, washington. >> heather it's good tow to see you. >> john gm to be back. >> what is your reaction to this speech? >> this speech points out something the american people have been asking for since this president was elected which is a foreign policy that is effective without sending americans abroad to die. in recent months as we've seen crises in ukraine and south china sea and syria and africa that they haven't been hearing much about so the president goes out and gives a speech which is really trying to restates something that is pretty intuitivelintuitively obvious. you have a great hammer no

limbaugh, what are you doing, at least mrs. obama cares, at least they are trying to get them back. >> jon: he seems nice. you know what though, rush, you're right. sometimes the world has to choose sides. let's hear our choices. uh-huh, so that's mu lalaious aef expressing solidarity with the victims. what is our other choice, all right, that is-- so that's our choice, mulala or rush, the quivering rage heap who is app parently desperately trying to ding -- distinguish any remaining molecule of humanity that mate still remain in the chernobyl superesq cleanup site that was his soul (applause) >> jon: who should we go with. who should we choose, i don't know why don't we tweet our votes to #[bleep #[bleep]yourush. but now-- but now that boko haram-- maas plaus. >> jon: let's go to the real villain boko haram. now that boko haram has the world's attention, what is your message? >> stephen: so more proceeds than poetry, really. (laughter) sounds like a punk bajd. all right, you guys are trying to so hard to convince everybody that you

but it was the "the washington post" that really stepped up to help mr. obama.ent of wrongdoing is unclear. it doesn't seem to matter much to those more interested in scoring political points. how else to explain the knee jerk calls mainly by republicans in the house and the senate for the ouster of veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki, it's important that the current problems be addressed but they also ought to be kept in context and veterans not made as the president put it into another political football, unquote. that is misguided in the extreme and the "the washington post" editorial board should know it there are allegations that the veterans died in phoenix because of bad v.a. policy and that was covered up. those allegations from doctors, from whistle blowers inside. that's not a political football. that's a disgrace. now looking forward, talking points congratulates cnn for breaking the story and that network has been aggressive in covering the v.a. the far left zealots at msnbc simply don't care. but the national media in general has to report on t

mr. obama's foreign policy. 39.5% approve. so the president is stepping in to west point here with the white house filling as a rebuttal to mr. obama's critics what they call the obama doctrine as they ridicule as weakness. they don't think that the president's response has been robust enough. >> live in washington, thank you. coming up at 4:30 we'll take a closer look at the implications of the president's announcemen announcements. the white house said president obama will meet with ukraine's president. the announcement comes amid new violence. the mayor of doneskt said that 40 people have been killed at the airport. we have more from doneskt. warning that the report contains graphic images. >> reporter: the route shows signs of a fierce battle. perhaps not something that the pro-russian gunmen expected when enthey tried to seize the airport. they could not with stand the power that the ukrainian forces used this time around. many of the fighters were part of the military arm of the people's doneskt republic. among them figh

mr. obama is waiting for reports from him and from secretary shinseki. for his decision to wait, dana milbank who has often defended mr. obama has labeled him president passive. bret? >> live on the north lawn, thank you. >>> new insight this evening on the reasons behind the decision for democrats to participate in the house select committee on benghazi. t mike emanuel reports. >> reporter: a day after naming five house democrats to participate in the men gauzy select committee, nancy pelosi sounded like she's in a rush to wrap up the panel's work. >> been there. done that. what's the purpose? what's the time line? what rt milestones of success that we should be looking for? that's why we send people to that committee. not to validate it. >> reporter: two melt formally today for the fist time to discuss hiring up to 40 staffers, many of whom need to have security clearances or acquire them. the essential building blocks for the probe. john bic bainer says the select committee isn't likely to produce headlines soon. >> they'll have to have time to go thr

. >> reporter: it's rare territory for mrs. obamaaging a political fight against efforts backed by republicans and pushed by the food industry that would exempt some districts from federal rules requiring more whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables in school lunches. >> it's unacceptable to me not just as first lady but as a mother. >> reporter: but some critics including school officials say schools can't afford to keep serving what kids won't eat. >> the students aren't accepting the meals that we serve. we'll see waste and participation going down. and across the country that's what we're seeing. >> reporter: a new documentary is fueling the debate. >> the government is subsidizing the obesity epidemic. >> fed up subsidies from the sugar industry and argues the let's move campaign misses the point. the first lady's nutrition policy adviser disputes that. >> i think we got to work together, particularly with companies that are trying to do the best by american families and put pressure on the other ones to follow suit. >> report

mrs. obama's "let's move" campaign. it's not all fun though.ere given the flexibility to back out of the lunch rules backed by mrs. obama. it would above a temporary waiver to nutrition standards if schools operate at a loss over six months. earlier this week the first lady said she finds the grant for waivers unacceptable. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," recalls by ford and gm and reading rain beau is a hit at kickstarter. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, marlie. ford is recalling more than a million vehicles because of power steering failures. the recall includes 2008 to 2011 ford escapes and mercury mariners. also explores from 2011 to 2013. the company says the government has received several reports of crashes linked to the problem. >>> another controversy over a general motors recall. gm recalled some pontiac gm mid size cars to fix a faultyrake light system back in 2009 but the company waited more than five years to call back over 2 million newer cars with the same system

. >> reporter: mr. obama spoke before an enthusiastic crowd, punctuating the moment with a poignant reminder. >> i saw a picture of the twin towers in the operation room nearby. so i know you don't forget. >> reporter: this is the president's fourth trip to afghanistan, and it comes at a pivotal moment. the u.s. is preparing to officially end combat operations in afghanistan at the end of 2014, but the key question, how many of the more than 30,000 troops will remain after that. today a hint. >> once afghanistan has sworn in its new president, i'm hopeful we'll sign a bilateral security agreement. assuming it is signed, we can plan for a limited military presence. >> reporter: and while the president didn't define what he meant by limited, he did meet with his top commanders, where they discussed options for a future american presence. >> we'll probably be announcing some decisions fairly shortly. >> reporter: mr. obama didn't talk specifically about the v.a. scandal, but he emphasized the country's obligatio

mr. obama's struggling to secure an agreement regarding the number of u.s. troops to remain in afghanistan after 2014, and as he's facing a growing scandal here at home over the treatment of our veterans at v.a. hospitals across the nation. we're live at the white house with details. hi, wendall. >> reporter: hi, shannon. the president wanted to addres

mr. obama informed outgoing afghanistan president ahmed car karz karzai. senators condemned the timetable calling it a monument mistake and then a triumph of politics over strategy. timetables have helped afghanistan military meet its goals, but critics suspect by making the timetable public the president is really talking to his political supporters and yet mr. obama said is how wars end in the 21st century. >> afghanistan will not be a perfect place and it is not america's responsibility to make it one. the future of afghanistan must be decided by afghans. >> reporter: the president will outline america's post war foreign policy at a commencement address at west point on wednesday. he wants to use all the tools in america's arsenal without overreaching, but his critic say he's reluctant to the tools that he has. >> you can add senator mccain calling for the justice department to investigate the va scandal. >> we have an obligation to the veterans who are living and that obligation is not being fulfilled today by our veterans administration. >> the head o

but the president had harsh words for mr. obama in the white house effectively criticizing mr. bama's comments saying that the russian president was on the wrong side of historyÑi over th ukrainian crisis. >> who is he to judge, seriously? he wants to judge people. why don't he get a job and work somewhere? >> i asked president putin about his view on the sanctions that had been imposed on russia. he again very unhappy with the sanctions and said that they had had an impact on the russian economy. >> these sanctions are absolutely illegal, unlawful. and of course, they decrease -- they make our relations worse. we are now hearing about the third package of sanctions and i have a question. in that regard, why? >> the message that will come out of the president's comments today that he will respect the choice of the people when it comes to the presidential elections on sunday in the ukraine. this is jeff cutmore for "nightly business report" in st. petersburg. >>> and still ahead, the price is wrong. what one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers is doing to get drug makers to

. >> reporter: mr. obama cites ukraine. he said international pressure is isolated russia and forcing it to rethink their position. and iran and it's nuclear program, and mr. obama pledged more openness citing two controversies that have plagued his administration, drone strikes and c.i.a. spice. >> we face international suspension, we rehe'd legitimacy with our partners and our people, and we reduce accountability in our own government. >> reporter: mike viqueira, al jazeera, washington. >> president obama outlined a number of proposal in his overall vision. libby casey joins us from washington, d.c. walk us through some of these proposals. >> reporter: tony, the white house saying let's let other countries take the lead. we'll help them control terrorism in their own borders. another looking for human dignity and human rights not just for the moral causes but because it will help the united states. president obama used today's speech to focus and shift his gaze to what will happen in his last two years in office. the two

reporter: they say mr. obama could do more but his reluctance to do so or to take a covers band in syria or elsewhere has emboldened them. the demonstration is under pressure to add the group to the un's al qaeda sanctions list. the state department hasn't yet said if it will do so. lou: thank you. president obama at a fundraiser blaming republicans for a spiral of dysfunction in washington, urging his donors to focus on the midterm election. saying that we are not going to make good choices unless we break out of the cycle in which this breeds cynicism and we have to break out of it. and that does not happen during presidential election. here now, we have real estate magnet mort zuckerman, it's greato have you. >> thank you. lou: let me just ask you what did he mean? >> i think he was basically trying to say that those people who run for the presidency or who our -- those who are the president, you cannot engage in this. lou: one is not able to talk abt the malfunction of this demonstration. but to act as though

mr. obama spoke after a meeting with secretary eric she know secondy whom he declined to fire. the president said he wants a report from him on the scope of the problem by next week. also in the meeting, deputy chief of staff rob neighbors. mr. obama sent him to phoenix where reports first surfaced about managers hiding the time it took for vets to get medical care. there are now 26 facilities under investigation for wait times and other problems, and republicans think the issue demands a bigger response. >> he sent one person down to phoenix and if you compare that to the website rollout fiasco, the president spent hundreds of millions of dollars, called for all hands on the deck. >> reporter: committee chairman jeff miller says the v.a. rewards poor performance rather than punish it. >> it is easier to get a bonus or a promotion than get some type of a disciplinary action. >> reporter: miller has a bill that would make it easier to fire about 400 senior v.a. managers, but the white house is r

the president and mrs. obama participated in a recent-laying wreath-laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. this is 50 minutes. >> halt. present arms. ["the star-spangled banner" plays] >> ladies and gentlemen, present arms. [drum roll] plays] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the invitation and the national anthem. >> the chaplain, national captioning will -- national capital region, and the military district of washington, major general geoffrey buchanan, military district of washington, executive director your army national military cemetery, general martin dempsey, chairman, joint chiefs of staff, the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. the chief" ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain. let us join together in prayer. god, we ask that your presence be upon us this day, a day in which we as a nation come us to honor these men and women who gave all they had for our freedom. lord, never let us forget the sacrifice and their willingne

today" reports mr. obama not know the nsa was spying on german leader merkel until the story broke. and the president seemed to be caught by surprise about the obamacare web site problems. so there is a pattern here, is there not? seems the president of the united states and his advisors are the last to know about major problems. this v.a. thing is huge. we can't have wounded warriors dying from lack of medical care. my pal jon stewart put it this way. >> here's what discusses me, somehow, we as a country, were able to shift 300,000 troops half way across the world in just a few months to fight a war that cost us $2 trillion. yet, for some reason, it takes longer than that to get someone hurt in that war needed medical care or reimbursement. all while we process undying love for their service. >> but mr. stuart makes a mistake. the problem is not we, it's with the obama administration which apparently did little to hold the v.a. accountable. so the question then becomes is the president even paying attention?

mr. obamace one at moffett field. he was greeted by the mayors of mountain view and sunnyvale also on hand the director of nasa ames. the president greeted dozens of people including two babies. we have team coverage on president obama's bay area visit. len reports from downtown san jose where the president is headed. len ramirez reports. >> reporter: much of downtown has been blocked off. market street is one of the major routes off of town with a roadblock on it. it will be this way throughout the rest of the evening as president obama ends his visit here at the fairmont by sleeping over for the night in downtown san jose. mr. obama will be attending an event for the democratic national committee at a private residence in los altos. it's an intimate tech roundtable where 25 donors paid $32,400 apiece for time sp with the president and a public fundraiser hosted by two businesspeople held at the fairmont in san jose. tickets for that event started at $1,000 and also up to $32,000. $5,000 for a

i think mr. obama made a mistake at that point.was an understandable mistake, but look what we have. two more years of conflict. assad is winning. al qaeda is rising. we have to take a new approach. we have to be more helpful to the resistance. it doesn't mean american boots on the ground. >> final question, can america maintain the most powerful country on the globe in the path of we will fund you and provide military intelligence, but the burden is on you. >> i think we are doing just fine. we don't take that idea too far. we don't make that the only concept. in the asia pacific, it is american military power that is reinvigorated not with the intention of fighting china, of course, but condition china as it rises and to make sure any kind of chinese role in the region is peaceful because we will push back if need be with forces. not just through the help we provide to allies. >> thank you so much for being here. i appreciate your expertise. >> thanks, mike. >> here is the headline. u.s. troops to leave afghanistan by the end of

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now, the a.p., what he'll say to mr. obama when the president visits poland next month, quote, i will say either you want to be a super power and guide us or you should give the super power to poland and we will know what to do with it. amen. those are pretty strong statements. very bold, provocative statement, in fact, from poland. how do you see this? welcome to the program. >> thank you. i'm going to be in poland with the president on that trip and i think clearly, the stakes are set big time for him tomorrow at west point here in new york. he's giving a speech at the commencement address and the stakes are high for him. part of the reason he's talking tomorrow is that when i asked him that question in manila in april about what is the obama doctrine, he said we don't want a lot of singles and doubles. i'm not the president of the yat. you have to aim higher. so i think he's been on defense. he sees this as an opportunity to go on offense. >> i would say this. i read the tic-toc on the president's agenda this past weekend.

mr. obama wants to build up a solar work force, provide innovative financing for solar, invest in energy upgrades to federal buildings and improve appliance efficiency. the white house chose walmart to announce these actions because the giant retailer will commit to double the number of on-site solar projects at u.s. stores, sam's clubs and distribution centers by the year 2020. the president is also expected to highlight other major businesses that have made the similar commitments as walmart has, but mr. obama will be greeted by protesters, labor groups and some walmart employees don't understand why he chose the chain for this visit. they say walmart is known for its low wages and high profits. not exactly a model when democrats are fighting to raise the minimum wage. but the white house says this stop is not about wages, it's about renewable energy. a security sweep is expected to take place shortly and clear the way for the president's arrival and his speech is expected to begin at 9:55. w

mr. obama has strike dealt the biggest part of the withdrawal for two years. and now wants to leave more troops there and tell the end of 2016. his promise to end the war would be honored until he's out of office''. mr. obama reminded the cadets that terrorism remains the greatest threat to our nation. >> for the foreseeable future the most direct threat to america at home and abroad remains terrorism. but the strategy involves invading every country with terrorist networks is the band and sustainable. lou: we will take this up in moments talking to retired major general and west point graduate and also tonight the president has ordered from a security to delay an important to review of deportations until the end of this summer. to of the best political analysts in the country will be taking up the amnesty agenda. and the battle six other candidates from georgia we're joined by jack kingston who tells us why the tea party failed in georgia and why he will win the runoff. president obama did not

mr. obama's struggling to secure an agreement regarding the number of u.s. troops to remain in afghanistan after 2014, and as he's facing a growing scandal here at home over the treatment of our veterans at v.a. hospitals across the nation. we're live at the white house with details. hi, wendall. >> reporter: hi, shannon. the president wanted to address the troops and express his gratitude. this is his fourth visit here since taking office. folks have gotten pretty good at sneaking him out of the white house, something they did shortly before midnight last night with something they say didn't really look like a presidential motorcade. mr. obama will not meet with outgoing afghan president hamid karzai who has backed out of an agreement to keep a limited number of u.s. servicemen and women in afghanistan after the end of the year as trainers and for counterterrorism missions. the folks here say that's important to keep the taliban from regaining control. afghanistan is holding a runoff election

celebrities presented mr. obama with an award. the democrats have relied or counted on it as a way to get the big bucks. silicon valley is trying to outdo hollywood. tonight two big fund-raisers organized by two female ceos of silicon valley companies. we're waiting for the president to arrive, air force one, as soon as it does, we'll go back to you live, >> thank you. >> take a look. this is where the president will be headed once he lands. home of 23 and me founder, also estranged wife of sergy brin of google. a group of people paid $30,000 a piece to attend. abc7 news is live at 5:00. >> the negative affect in the upcoming election. at 6:00 we'll take you live to the fund-raiser in san jose. >> breaking following news out of san francisco sunset district. a truck got hit by a car. a pedestrian has been taken to san francisco general hospital. you may recall that intersection is where a 78-year-old was hit and killed on february 4th. police arrest that had driver on charges of manslaughter and failing to yield. >> a bill to put

then another chance to see president and mrs. obama ceremony for the 9/ memorial in new york city. >> on the next "washington journal," bloomberg news reporter ian katz talks about the legacy of treasury secretary gethner. hen a discussion with dennis kelleher and stephen moore. djerjian on ed card a discussion of syria and chemical weapons. "washington journal," live at :00 a.m. >> can you recall who encouraged you to just think about government? father. my mother and i put it in a book called 17 traditions, how they raised people. it was conversation around the dinner table. there was no looking at tv or listening to radio or looking like this. we talked. and they challenged us in a nice way and asked us questions and needled us and joked with us. and the bottom line was, freedom requires civic responsibility. you can't just say that doesn't mean they are free. and that is it. you have to engage in democracy. if you don't use your rights you will lose your rights. discusses immelman his recent travels where public spaces have become

we will tidy why mr. obamaading to the place of late sports greats. ♪ x be sure to check out the late -- >> be sure to check out the latest of bloomberg businessweek. it hits the stands and tablets today. spotifyreaming service has announced it has reached 10 million subscribers. the country was founded in 2006 at a time when the music industry was still adjusting to the advent of itunes. charlie rose spoke with its founder, 31-year-old daniel at. think prettyme, i much every single person told me that getting into the music industry was the purse -- worst possible thing i could do. this was an industry that was a $45 billion industry. and now it is probably about $15 billion. it is one third of the size it was a decade ago. obviously, if you are in it for the money, it's not the right thing to be going into. for me, it's just all passionate about music and technology and trying to marry both of them. >> before we ask you about spotify as regards to music, let's ask the question -- what the spotify do? >> it ta

dozens of employees will get to meet mr. obama. he'll be speaking at the walmart in mountainview. after that, he'll make his way back where he's scheduled to leave at approximately 11:00 a.m. >>> this is president obama's 17th official trip to the bay area since taking office. critics say all of these trips prove that the bay area is essentially an atm, a big money pla she machine for the democratic party. coming up at 6:30, sam brock exposes the numbers. >> figuring out how to fight back against a difficult situation. looking live now at senora where you can see how dry and yes, ma'am low those hillsides are. these are the ones fire fighters are talking about. already this year, there have been twice the numbers of fires in california. we're learning relief could be on the way in the way of e el nino. we learned today that federal scientists are now predicting a four in five chance. what does this mean for us? >> it's increasing comforts. that's alwal we can say. back in the beginning of april, it was about a 66% chance of el nino developing. now, it is a 7 8% clans of el nino dev

mr. obama is mad add hell about va hospital scandal, we learned that from his chief of staff, dennis mcdonough. this badg administration now seo be following a scandal playbook, step one, say you learned about it through news reports, press secretary jay carney today. >> that i think were reported first by your network out of phoenix, i believe. we learned about them through the reports. i will double check. that is when we learned about them. that is when secretary shinseki learned about them. lou: here is the president last may talking about the irs targeting of conservative groups. >> i can assure you that i certainly did not know anything about the ig report before it had been leaked through press. lou: step two, say you are angry, yesterday white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough said that the president is quote, mader than hell, not just mad. mr. obama spoke out about the irs scandal last may, said quote, americans have a righ rio be angry, and i'm angry about it. step three, in the s

. >> mr. obama announced executive actions and corporate commitments he says will have the impact of taking 80 million cars off the street by increasing energy efficiency in buildings and appliances and increasing the use of renewable energy. his comments come in the wake of a gao report that the air force spent $150 a gallon on algibased jet fuel. in light of the pentagon's budget cuts, lawmakers were critical. >> we ought to be as efficient as we can and to spend extra money on buying fuel just to brag we fly our jets. >> the fuel experiment was a drop in the bucket compared to the government's half billion bet on solyndra. >> reporter: the president's choice of walmart as a speech site derived criticism from a former secretary. walmart workers qualify for food stamps. he says the government effectively subsidized them. in fact, early in his bid for the democratic nomination, mr. obama told a union group he wouldn't spend money at a walmart. >> i won't shop there. >> the president recently contras

putin sent in his troops and tanks tony have a ukraine, mr. obamag to the rescue, you may recall this they treated this picture state department spokeswoman holding a sign that reads, hash tag, united for ukraine. the power of twitter. today in face of demand to do more than send a team of 20 support forces, to help almost 300 kidnapped girls in nigeria, first lady michelle obama took to twitter. frowning concern first lady, started a hash tag bring back our girls campaign. vice president biden tweeting his own similar message moments ago. obama presidency is often effective in its messageing and seizing of public moment but usually moments at a time, they seem to not comprehend that americans and the world expect pafar more than pretense, public relations and so-called soft power. i fear we have at long last come to understand what the obama doctrine stands for. mr. obama has established the doctrine of passivety, and lost purpose, he has become the message. time for a few of your comments. we have a book to offer those authors of those e-mails, an

rhodes urged mr. obama to withdraw three decades' of support of egypt. few months later, mr. rhodes was among those agitating for the resident to back a nature -- to-backed slaughter of gaddafi. further down in the article, it says that the white house, mr. rhodes first came to prominence after he wrote mr. obama's landmark address to the muslim world in cairo in june, 2009. the speech was notable for mr. obama's assertion that government should reflect the world of the people people in dealing with gaddafi. another article from march of 2011 by rick moran, starts out in a reference to alice wonderland when he says a war is a war is a war, right? not if you live in the rabbit hole and have to answer to alice , but byron york is quoted -- and i take this was an article in byron york and inserted in the possible, last few days, obama administration officials have faced the question, is the fighting in libya a war for military to the president himself, the answer is no. but leaves the question, but what is it? on a briefing on board air force one, deputy national security ben rh

mr. obama dragged out biggest part of afghanistan for two years. now wants to leave more troops there until the end of 2016, his promise to end of war will not be honored until he is out of office. mr. obama. >> most direct threat to america at home and abrad remains terrorism. strategy that involves invadeing every country that harbors terrorist networks is naive, and unstaunsustainunsustain basebal. >> president ordered home depot to delay a review of deporting until the end of the summer. won williams, and ed rollins will take up the amnesty agenda. >> he battled 6 other candidates in senate primary in georgia, jack wing ston, telling us why the taoer tea party failed in ga and why he will win the july 22 run off, president obama did not mention veterans affair scandal in his westpoint speech. despite the fashion he was talking to those who will rely on the v.a. healthcare. many of them. they are holding a rare nighttime hearing with 3 top v.a. officials, scheduleed to begin within this hour. we will go to it live. tonight's hearing just hours a

mrs. obama's initiative is now a critic.ted to make sure you could hear me. help make it clear for our viewers. are you totally against mrs. obama's initiative or is there a little wiggle room between the two sides? >> the school nutrition association and all of our 55,000 members are not opposed to healthy changes to school meals. we support many of the requirements under the new standards including the increased quantities of fruits and vegetables, the requirementses for certain subgroups of healthy vegetables, but many districts around the country are struggling with these requirements. we experienced a lot more food waste and we feel like our members need some time to adjust to these changes. get their students onboard before they move forward. >> so you want to spend time teaching children to like their vegetables? >> yes. there are many districts already including my own where children select a variety of fruits and vegetables and we're very happy that they do so. even in my own district, we've experienced considerable

and they want to roll back the regulations, and mrs. obama says that's a bad idea. >> parents across the country finally have peace of mind about what their kids are eating during the school day. but you went fortunately, despite these successes, we're now seeing efforts in congress to roll back these new standards, and undo the hard work that all of you, all of us have done on behalf of our kids. and you know, this is unacceptable. >> house republicans want to allow some schools to opt out of the healthy meals if they're losing money. if. >> nigeria's schoolgirls, we'll talk about what the rescue mission might look like. >>> and writer in exile. the prominent syrian. r >> hi, everyone. this is aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. coming up, the new in syria, dozens of security forces are dead. >>> stoned to it death in pakistan, a 25-year-old woman murdered by her own family for marrying the man she loved. and saying no to the coup. the very public arrest of a cabinet minister in thailand. >> we begin with a new attack in n

and mrs. obama from our home. thank you. [applause] [applause] [inaudible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] >> you have been watching live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner. here is president obama's speech from the dinner followed by inner tenor joel mchale. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much, everybody, please have a seat. have a seat. we geti get started, can the new presidential set up out here? it has worked before. that is more like it. back and what be a year. i usually start these dinners with a few self-deprecating jokes. 2013, whatellar could i possibly top with that? i admit it. last year was rough. yeesh. at one point things got so bad, the 47 % called mid-to apologize. romney to apologize. of course we rolled out healthc are.gov. that could've gone better. in 2008 my slogan was yes we can. in 2013 my slogan was control alt delete. side, it

president, thank you, mrs. obama. thank you white house correspondent dinner and thank you, c-span viewer. good night, everybody. thank you. all right. >> that was joel mchale delivering as the feature entertainer at the white house correspondent dinner. earlier president obama delivered a number of one liners himself. it's become the one night of the year where the president and journalist who's cover him try to find something nice and funny to say about each other. there are some recurring hot topics in the jokes. those including the roll out of health care.gov, united states relationship with vladimir putin, and also, recent controversy surrounding l.a. clippers coach donald sterling. during one joke about health care.governor outgoing health and human secretary made a brief appearance on stage. some journalists are also honored for their coverage. in addition to attracting a number of journalists and politicians, the black tie event draws many celebrities and entertainers among this year's attendees were robert de

while mr. obama conceded today that the affiliates cannot be left uncheck at the same time he minimized the domestic threat. >> this lessens the possibility of large scale attacks like 9/11 against the homeland but it heightens the dangers overseas. >> it's creating the ungoverned space where al qaeda's followers can plot locally than globally. >> the threat from al qaeda is greater today than it is when president obama took office. it has led to this increased risk from al qaeda in america today. >> the president's strategy is to help build regional forces with american backing. many governments are too weak to carry out the mission or simply lack the will. >>> stocks were down today. the dow lost 42, the s&p 500 fell back two, the nasdaq 12. >>> the marine who landed in a mexican jail. >>> fox 25 in boston with the murder arraignment of former new england patriot start aaron hernandez. he is awaiting trial on another murder trial. >>> in miami, with a release on bond of a broward county judge arres