director mueller was frustrated. his agents resorted to a technique rarely used by the fbi-- calling in bloodhounds. >> and their secret weapon has been a three-member team of bloodhounds. >> just stand still. don't move, please. >> many people in the fbi would say this was probably one of the low points. >> the team includes this dog, named lucy, from the long beach california police department, and two others from california, tinkerbell and knight. >> narrator: the anthrax letters had an unusual scent. the fbi said the dogs picked up that scent at the exact same place-- steven hatfill's apartment. >> ...former u.s. government scientist, steven hatfill... >> to the people who saw him as a viable suspect, the dogs were just one more piece of a matrix of circumstantial evidence. >> narrator: then, after a tip, the fbi thought the bloodhounds had found the location of hatfill's bio-weapons lab, supposedly hidden near a pond in the maryland woods. >> it seemed a bit of a stretch that you could track an odor or a smell t

mueller spoke to the commonwealth club in san francisco yesterday. he took the helm of the fbi a week before the 9/11 attacks. the taxes forced the fbi to set new priorities catching terrorists spies and cyber criminals. >> if we in the fbi fail to recognize how the world is changing, the consequences can be devastating. lives can be lost. our national security can be threatened. and the balance of power can tip toward our adversaries. >> a a coalition of groups protested outside they claim the fbi fights terror with racial and religious profiling. >>> a department mourns the loss of a veteran vallejo police officer gunned down while chasing a bank robbery suspect. one person arrested. is there another suspect on the loose? >>> move by congress that could leave california's high speed rail system stopped in its tracks.

. >> smith: today, under another former university of phoenix executive, brian mueller, the school is flourishing. there's a business school with a brand new building. >> it's looking right at you. >> smith: the nursing program has state-of-the-art facilities. the basketball team is competitive. and the baseball team has a new diamond. some 40,000 students are now enrolled at grand canyon. that's a 400% increase in just a few years. but you won't find the majority of those students here. i hear it. instead, most of them are here. ah, yeah. 90% of grand canyon students are logging in online from across the country. these servers alone represent 35,000 of them. this is an online university. this is what it looks like. >> this is where... other than the people involved-- the instructors and the students-- this is where they all come together electronically. >> smith: online education is incredibly profitable. and how much capacity do you have built in here? how... how big can you go? it allows schools to tap into a wellspring of new students and expand rapidly at the flick of a switch. >

director robert mueller and his experts have warned about as american military and intelligence agenciesave eroded large scale attacks. authorities have no evidence that pimentel was working with anyone else. police have one person in custody after three people were stabbed in a parking lot. officers arrive in the sunset beach bar and grill at pulaski highway. the third victim ran from the scene. a small plane crashed in calvert county injuring two people. it happened around 6:30 at the chessa peek airport. it overshot the runway. police say the injuries are not live threatening. the federal aviation administrati is set to investigation. >> the first trial against trevers and tremaine ended in a hung jury. the twins are accused of torturing and setting the pit bull on fire. the dog was so badly injured she had to be euthanized. a ceremony for members of the transgender community. dozens gathered downtown for the 13th annual event to honor murder victims. tonight's ceremony included a reading of the name. the event came after organizers introduced an anti-violence public service announcem

ç director mueller had the paperwork on his desk to fire me.grassley to back me up. we don't know what happened to mr. mcqueary. we don't know what threats were leveled against him. we don't know his story at this point. he could have taken it a lot higher. he did not have senator leahy or senator grassley to protect him, obviously. they're known as whistle-blowers. we see this phenomenon taking its course at the national whistle-blower center. only 2% of employees blow the whistle on misconduct. and do you know why that is, thomas? >> why? >> because 98% see what happens to a whistle-blower. they get destroyed. in my case, i was run out of the bureau. and every day i thought, at some point somebody's going to walk in and say, you did a good job, you did a fabulous job, you exposed this, you protected these indian children in indian country. and you know what, thomas? it never happened. it never happened. they were more interested in protecting the reputation of the fbi. >> well, i think that we're seeing something like this -- the same scenari

they are refusing to comment on abuse abiders law suit mr brodsky police there is simply still very mueller to be accept people who may be tortured with renia twice as bad as it could be but i think the responsible officials from the united states and from. including george w. bush should be brought to international hague tribunal for crimes against humanity against prisoners it may take months for the by this lawsuit to bring any results but even at this early stage it has highly explosive potential say experts as it may trigger actions in other european countries poland macedonia and romania along with lithuania have all been accused of having cia prisons on their territory but it's the first time that their former detainee has decided to file a lawsuit against the country and experts are now speculating what the possible consequences of this case may be. the r.t. reporting from vilnius in lithuania coming up our debate show cross talk looks at how the middle east by the arab spring runs its course here business news if you're . that scary a very warm welcome to the business program russi

director robert mueller and his experts have warned about. >>> now to the bay area occupy most of the time. tonight we begin in san francisco where police moved in on the smaller camp at the federal reserve early this morning. >> lilian kim is live with the latest? >> we're at the federal reserve bank, protestors started gathering here this afternoon. they have been standing in the middle of market street to voice their opposition to what happened here this morning. >> hundreds gathered in front of 101 market street, site of federal reserve bank. you could hear in the early morning hours where san francisco police raided an encampment. it was relatively small one, about a dozen tents. even so occupiers are upset. >> this is our heart and soul. any part of the movement that gets taken out is a part of everyone. we are here unified and hold together. >> the early morning raid came three days after the city officially warned the protestors they were camping illegally. they arrested six people for trying to interfere with the raid but most protestors left their tents peacefully. >> they w

director robert mueller has stepped in and said that this might hurt some of their investigations going on here at home but is it more about just wanting to have unchecked powers. not sure marcy can hear me right now marcy can you hear me. all right so we lost her for a minute but we're going to try to get her back in just a second and as i said this is something that we discussed with colonel morris davis here on the show the other day who is the former chief prosecutor at guantanamo bay and there has been in my opinion not enough discussion about this if you look at the mainstream media i mean the idea that the military would now be in charge of all detentions oh i think that we've got marci back there marcy can you hear me actually now i can hear now you can hear me now i can hear you. all right so let's get back into it we're running out of time unfortunate little bit here but tell me what it is that you think the obama administration really means when they issue this veto threat. well one of the things that's been going on since about two thousand and four is the both administratio

listen to what director mueller wrote. he notes, and i quote -- "the legislation introduces a substantial element of uncertainty as to what procedures are to be followed at perhaps the most critical time in the development of an investigation." now, i understand that the chairman and ranking member of the armed services committee have included a waiver and have required that the administration issue procedures to lay out how the mandatory military custody provision will be carried out, but the administration is telling us with a unanimous voice from all its senior counterterrorism officials that this provision is harmful and unnecessary, but we say we know better. i don't believe we do know better, and i think not to listen to those who are really responsible to carry out these missions in what is a very difficult field today based on a careful assessment of intelligence is really a mistake. the administration has threatened to veto this bill and said, and i quote -- "it strongly objects to the military custody provision o

notified, though the mayor was very careful and very dip plo mattic to mention the fbi director robert mueller while he was giving this press conference. doesn't mean they knew but he certainly gave a nod to their authority in this kind of case. you know, and as peter has mentioned, you know, this is something that was with alaki raises the stakes and the gr gravitas of this case. >> everyone, thank you very much. i'm don lemon in atlanta. much more on this story tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. 10:00 p.m. eastern. meantime, we want to go to "gerry-r "gerry-rigged" in its entirety begins right now. >>> this is independence hall, the birthplace of our american form of government. and for us, the starting point for our journey in to why so often that government is failing us now. going to do a report on gerry-rig. what do you think about it? >> i think gerrymandering is a great guy. >> they're lined up to see the liberty bell. >> what do you think about gerrymand gerrymandering? >> i don't know him. >> how about you? >> i never heard of him. >> it's actually the way politicians draw up congression

he represents exactly the kind of threat fbi director robert mueller and his experts have warned about and intelligence agencies have eroded al qaeda's ability to launch large-scale attacks. this case is also reminiscent of another lone wolf plot in 2004, in which two new yorkers, angry over the treatment of prisoners in iraq, plotted the bomb in the herold square subway station. like the current case, the harold square plot was uncovered by the nypd intelligence division. and as with still another case earlier this year, in which a lone wolf plotted to attack a large synagogue, the nypd teamed up with the manhattan's district attorney office to prosecute pimentell under statutes. al qaeda or al qaeda affiliates, there have been at least 13 previous terror attacks since 9/11 targeting new york city. this would be the 14th. because of such repeat eed threats, the nypd remains focused on preventing another terrorist attack. we assign a thousand police officers to counterterrorism duties every single day, and this is just another case where our precautions paid off. now let me ask commiss

ed mayor was very, very careful last night to mention fbi director robert mueller by name and his theory on terrorism and how you stop it, but it appears that the feds were really shut out of this entire operation. so whether the nypd simply wanted to do it on their own, go it alone and sort of present it to the public. i'm sure we'll hear more about that today. >> i'm sure we will. deb feyerick, thank you. >>> the sounds of surrender. it appears the super committee, oh, yeah, charged with finding ways to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal budget, and they have all but failed in their mission. with a wednesday deadline looming, their focus is putting the most positive spin on what they could not accomplish. cnn congressional correspondent kate bolduan is following developments and is live in washington. i was going to say, do you know how angry voters are? they're probably resigned because they probably expected this. >> reporter: this seems to be one more bit of evidence that washington, if you want to say, or congress, specifically, is just broken. barring an 11th-hour breakthrough of

, i have to reflect on the fact that director mueller was appointed by president george w. bush and reappointed by president barack obama. i respect him very much. he has warned this senate, do not pass this provision in the defense authorization bill. it may adversely impact -- and i quote -- "our ability to continue ongoing international terrorism investigation." if this provision had been offered by a democrat under republican george w. bush, the critics would have document floor and said how could you possibly tie the hands of the president when he is trying to keep america safe? the director of the federal bureau of investigation has made it clear that the passage of this provision in this bill will limit the flexibility of the administration to combat terrorism. it will create uncertainty for law enforcement, intelligence, and defense officials regarding how to handle suspected terrorists and raise serious constitutional concerns. listen. all of those things are worthy of debate. were it not for the record that for ten years america has been safe, it has been safe bec

, i have to reflect on the fact that director mueller was appointed by president george w. bush and reappointed by president barack obama. i respect him very much. he has warned this senate, do not pass this provision in the defense authorization bill. it may adversely impact -- and i quote -- "our ability to continue ongoing international terrorism investigation." if this provision had been offered by a democrat under republican george w. bush, the critics would have document floor and said how could you possibly tie the hands of the president when he is trying to keep america safe? the director of the federal bureau of investigation has made it clear that the passage of this provision in this bill will limit the flexibility of the administration to combat terrorism. it will create uncertainty for law enforcement, intelligence, and defense officials regarding how to handle suspected terrorists and raise serious constitutional concerns. listen. all of those things are worthy of debate. were it not for the record that for ten years america has been safe, it has been safe bec

he represent exactly the kind of threat fbi director robert mueller and his experts warned about. >>ederal law enforcement source tells cnn federal prosecutors and fbi agents were aware of the nypd's 2 1/2 year investigation. in the end, it was decided charges should be pursued at state level, stating there wasn't enough to make it a federal case. >> key to the investigation was a confidential informant who grew so close to the pipe bomber, the two went out and purchased some of the bomb component together. informant also offering his apartment to build the devices. holes were being drills, which was apparently the last mechanical step to complete the device. >> so to be sure, the fbi didn't think they should take charge even though u.s. soldiers, who are federal, and they were target that wasn't big enough for the fbi? >> it was a question and when this all started to pli out, was that in fact, federal authorities had no indication that in fact nypd was involved in this investigation. it was a 2 1/2 year long investigation. today we learn they were aware. they were monitoring it as

he represents exactly the kind of threat fbi director robert mueller and his experts have warned aboutorter: now the nypd had this plan man on radar for about 2 1/2 years. investigators did use a confidential informant who got so close to the defendant that the two of them actually went out and bought some of the material together and the defendant was actually building the device in the informant's apartment. the defendant has pleaded not guilty to the five tricherroris charges against him. federal authorities and the fbi were aware of what was going on. they had been alerted and they were monitoring to see what kind of information the nypd developed on this man. in the end it was decided that he would be charged on a state level, not on a federal level. >> sounds like some great investigative work went into this arrest. deb, getting back to the conversation that was had with some others, it sounds like that perhaps you didn't have much to say -- the mother, anything else we can take from what she said about her son? >> he was really in shock. he had been living in manhattan. he went

our director, robert mueller, has seen the largest transition of the agency in maybe ever, but certainly in modern times. a transformation from a traditional crime-fighting organization into an intelligence-driven, threat-focused law enforcement organization and a full member of the u.s. intelligence community since 9/11. now, you know, a lot of people are going to say, well, gosh, why would you increase the f.b.i.? well, because they are a part of our national security today. they're no longer just a domestic crime-fighting, very important but nevertheless smaller function. they are part of our u.s. intelligence agencies that are helping us fight terrorism all over the world, and we funded them, and i'm glad we did. we have also included language to encourage the department of justice to maintain its f.y. 2011 current level of funding that focuses on the southwest border. mr. president, this is so important. we read the atrocities that are happening in mexico on our border, some of which have begun to spread across the border. drug cartels are becoming increasingly involved in it. i was

at the letter that was sent to us by the director of the federal bureauhf of investigation, robert mueller, i have to reflect on the fact that director muellerto was appointedr by presidentdent george w. bush and reappointed by president barack obama. i respect him very much. he has warned the senate, do not pass this provision in the defense authorization bill.e it a may adversely impact, and i quote, our ability to continue ongoing international terrorism investigations. if this provision had been offered by a democrat under republican george w. bush, the critics would have come to the floor and said how could you possibly tie the hands of the president when he is trying to s keep america safe. the director of the federal dir bureau of investigation has mada it clear that the passage of this provision inhe this bill wi limit the flexibility of thelimi administration to combat terrorism. it'll create uncertainty for law enforcement, intelligence and defense, officials regarding how to handle suspected terrorists and raise serious constitutionai concerns. listen, all of those things are wo

sebastion, carlos, juris and david mueller, welcome to our show again, actually.e. >> first off, david, as the american, have they given you a hard time as you try to gel as a group? >> no. no. i think i had to play translator a lot. >> right. >> because we use english as our main mode of communication. so that was difficult in the beginning. much easier now, though. >> we're still trying. >> the way i understand, carlos, you were put together separately. simon cowell said i'm going to put together this group. this is my image but he auditioned everyone separately and you had two days before you made your first record. >> yeah, it was quite difficult. we went to the studio the first time we don't know each other and there was an audition about 17 countries and he was looking for some guys who were singing some opera style and then we just did this. >> and sebastian, here's the thing, when you get together like a lot of times in sports, you hear about superstars and superstars get together on the same team, they don't win. so you all can sing. when did you realize

difficult to protect america, and opposed by the federal bureau of investigation, a letter from director mueller in the record yesterday as well as the department of justice -- you have to ask yo yourself, if awfl these agencies of government which work day in, day out to keep us safe, tell us not to pass these provisions because it doesn't make america safer, it jeejeopardizes our security, why are we doing it? let us try to maintain some of the basic constitutional values here. i think we can. i hope that my colleagues will take care before they vote against feinstein, despite the respect which i share an may have for our armed services committee and its leadership, this is a matter of constitutional importance and gravity and it is important for us to take care and not to change our basic values in the course of debating a defense authorization bill. let's keep america safe. but let's also respect the basic principle that american citizens are entitled to constitutional rights and the indefinite detefntion an american citizen accused -- accused, not convicted -- accused of terrorist activity,