let me thank secretary gates, secretary chu, and admiral mullen. you'll be hearing from four of the experts who worked on this so hard under secretary tauscher. from the defense department, jim miller. and from the joint chiefs, general cartwright. i want to thank everyone who worked on this. as secretary gates said, it took a lot of meetings, but we believe this represents the best interest for the united states and our partners and allies around the world. >> let me begin by thanking secretary gates, secretary clinton, and admiral mullen. this was a truly multi agency review that reflected the expertise of the state department, the energy department, and the department of defense. this report reflects the administration's understanding that the effort to reduce nuclear dangers will require an all-out government approach. it also reflects the president's commitment. as the president said in prague, we will sustain a safe, secure and effective nuclear arsenal as long as nuclear weapons exist. this nuclear posture review reflects the commitment and

>> i just came back from afghanistan and i was traveling with admiral mullen. you see military victories. marja which is an agricultural town, a big area for the taliban. the marines have come in and cleared it. sat in the middle of town with the people and admiral mullen. the place is different. the tough stuff is ahead, especially in kandahar. it's the place where osama bin laden came. the toughest nut to crack because the problem in kandahar is not the taliban. the problem is corruption. and that's the hardest thing for the strategy to deal with. and i heard so many of the top generals, the commanders of this war, really saying, where will we be in december when the president has to look at this and are we on target for july, 2011 timetable. chris: will the benefit from the strong stand in afghanistan or will he just as soon or just as well get out of afghanistan politically? >> you could make the argument that he could have gotten out of it. i don't think there is a political plus or minus in afghanistan, it is a net neutral thing. with republicans, you kno

he was joined by secretary of state hillary clinton, the joint chiefs chairman mike mullen, an energy secretary steven chu. this hourlong event includes a review by a state department and pentagon officials. >> thank you for being with us today. today we wrote releasing the nuclear posture review, outlining a balanced and comprehensive approach to deal with nuclear weapons in the america's national security. i am pleased to have secretary clinton and secretary chu joining us to make this announcement. this is indicative of the issues and the significant interagency cooperation that this review enjoyed. both secretary clinton and secretary chu as well as admiral mullen will make brief comments in a moment. and then we will take three or four questions limited to the npr and start. the npr provides a road map to implement president obama is the agenda for reducing nuclear risk to the united states, our allies and partners, and the international community. this review describes how the u.s. will reduce the role and numbers of nuclear weapons with a long-term goal of the nuclear- free wor

as mark mullen explains that's got apple as red as it can get. >> reporter: at first this apple engineer mistakenly left this super prototype at a bar sounded sketchy. >> probably had a few too many to drink then left it. >> then we started seeing the specifics of the product. >> reporter: they procured it and thoroughly examined it. >> it is the next iphone. it will be announced in about two months. >> reporter: gi. zmodo published a review showing new features and the flash of low light in a thinner, more angular design. >> the person who found it found it working and apple shut it off remotely. >> reporter: gizmodo published a letter it received from apple asking for its device back. mac now on the attack. >> apple is probably the most secure companies you can ever imagine. >> reporter: with trade secrets guarded carefully and steve jobs launching all new major products himself. where does that leave the guy who gizmodo says lost the phone? >> their world cannot be happy right now. >> reporter: this may not be bad news for the company. with news of the super secret iphone going viral

mark mullen wandered into the san diego zoo toake a closer look. >> reporter: who says a tiger cheatsn the animakingdom, tigers usually choose one partner. though they hook up just days before mating. and the females aren't so picky. >> there's no pair bonding. i'm ready to go. putting the flag up for whoever's a willing receptor. >> reporter:o to the famed san diego zoo, wild animal park and all manner of animal relationships is on display. take the red cheek gibben, who may be a swinger, but not when it comes to mates. they stick with one partner for life. gibbons are the flipside of their cousins, who prefer to spread their charm. dominant male gorillas will live and mate with up to 30 females. a fact that sparked a friendly debate between a young married couple at the park. >> the men animals keep the girls in the group. and, you know, do their business with all the ladies. i don't know if they have that option. >> reporter: sometimes they do. elephant herds are ruled by a female, who prefer multiple partners. >> it goes back to the lover versus provider. >> wait a second. >> the

let me thank secretary gates, secretary chu and admiral mullen.be hearing from the experts who worked so hard on this from the state department. you'll hear from the energy department, the defense department and also from the joint chiefs. i just want to thank everyone who helped work on this, because as secretary gates said, it took a lot of the meetings, a lot of effort, but we believe it represents the best interests of the united states and our partners and allies around the world. >> let me begin by first thinking secretary gates, secretary clinton and admiral mullen. well as the defense department led the effort, this was truly an interagency effort. this report reflects the administration's understanding that the effort to reduce nuclear dangers will require an all-out government approach. the president is addressing these issues in a way that improves security for americans and our friends and allies around the world. as the president said in a prague, we will maintain a safe, secure nuclear arsenal. this reflects that commitment and put t

admiral mike mullen emphasized there has been a great deal of focus on the iraq issue. >> we in the pentagon plan for contingencies all the time. so certainly, that, you know, that there are options which exist shouldn't surprise anybody. >> reporter: on "fox news sunday," john mccain said the secretary's concerns did not surprise him. >> i didn't need a secret memo from mr. gates to ascertain that. we do not have a coherent policy. that's pretty obvious. >> reporter: what is obvious to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is the need to organize a coalition to impose crippling sanctions on tehran. >> if you stop them from importing, find petroleum, a fancy word for gasoline, then iran doesn't have the refining capacity and this regime comes to a halt. >> reporter: netanyahu and mccain are among those who do not believe china and russia will agree to tough new sanctions. if there are new sanctions and they do not work, gates and mull listen be responsible on advising the president on how best to contain what will likely be a nuclear iran. bret? >> bret: mike emanuel live at the pentagon

these are e-mails -- this is from donald sparks to donald mullen. there are some people working on timberwolf, blank has continued to work. blank sails person feels there's a decent chance, but it will be a week out as they are traveling. if we get strong bids, can't we hit them? and then the response back from don mullen to daniel sparks -- i doubt they will sell over the weekend and harvey is concerned about the representations we may be making to clients as well, how we will price assets once we sell them to clients. i think we need to sort things out before we make sales. then the next one is from harvey schwartz to daniel sparks and donald mullen -- don't think we should slow or delay discussions. however, we need to huddle quickly before hitting bids, i think. this was all in may. then the next e-mail says, from donald sparks -- sounds fine. then the next e-mail is from tom moan tag to daniel sparks and others -- of course we should, but this is how we find value by showing asset and see where bid comes. they don't look to us for guidance, the

sherrita mullen found his missing xtera parked in the back of her home. her mother called police. >> i think it's really shocking that they would pull in the back of ourage you know because it just seems like it would be unrelated. but it's just, you know, the violence is so widespread. >> place say betts' xtera had been missing since he was found in his bedroom. sherrita mullen says she actually saw the suv here about 1:00 friday afternoon. >> did you see anything peculiar about it beyond the fact that it was there? >> just that it was there. nothing peculiar about it. it didn't look like there was anything messed up on it. >> police say they believe betts may have known his killer but many are at a loss to explain why this popular principal of shaw middle school in d.c. would be murdered. >> he was very open and very giving. and you know, but he wasn't stupid either. that's what's kind of strange about it because he wasn't the type of person to leave the door unlocked and things like this. betts had also been assistant principal and magnet coordinator i

but when admirable mullen came in, he terminated him. and as the pittsburgh "post-gazette" quoted and i wrote it down. these are not my words. the pittsburgh "post-gazette" on april 5th said a current admiral said that sestak had quote a tyrannical leadership style. he would command by fear and intimidation. and that was why he was terminated. because of his poor command climate. listen, those aren't my words, those are the reports in the army "times," the navy "times" and currently-serving admiral. >> let me ask you about his whole military record. you said something relatively positive about most of his military record. he served, he's an annapolis guy, he graduated second in his class, he's the highest-ranking former military offerser ever elected to the u.s. congress. he served for 3 is years in the navy he retired as a three-star admiral and at one point he led an aircraft carrier battle group in afghanistan and he also was with the navy's deep blue anti-terror team after 9/11. he has had a long record. do you think it's fair on you

brian still in the 1st to travis mullen, his first of the playoffs. 2-0 montreal after one period of playoff hockey. four minutes into the 2nd, caps now atabbing. mike knuble on the doorstep. can't quite get the puck. but alex ovechkin pokes it in. canadiens up 2-1 after two. montreal on the power play. we've got five on five hockey. ov and nick backstrom right there on the doorstep but a great save again and again. the caps fall 2-1. there will be a game six montreal on monday. that's when the caps will have to try to close this thing out. >> got to give them credit by coming in here -- [ inaudible ] we're looking forward to the challenge. >> you feel like you let one slip away here, a chance to close this out? >> of course. what do you think? we let it slip away. we have game five in our building and we play like crap for the first ten minutes and the game's over. >> bruce boudreau obviously upset with his team's effort today. everyone saw that they looked a little flat. they now have to go to montreal once again monday and try and close this thing out. they lead 3-2. >>> big news

mark mullen for abc news. >> regarding the priest in minnesota, the prosecutor for northern minnesotage him with two counts of first degree criminal sexual assault, if convicted he could face up to 30 years in prison. so a pretty serious case working out of there. >> it certainly is. this is really a landmark appointment for all the hispanic catholics out there. a lot of people are saying this could be a significant step for the church's position on really changing immigration reform. so this really has a big effect on things in the future. if you've taken your sleep aid and you're still fighting to sleep in the middle of the night, why would you go one more round using it ? you don't need a rematch-- but a re-think-- with lunesta. lunesta is different. it keys into receptors that support sleep, setting your sleep process in motion. lunesta helps you get the restful sleep you need. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving or engaging in other activities while asleep without remembering it the next day have been reported

looking at admiral mullen, things different between then and now, it for of congress, he said he had always served alongside gays and lesbians in the military. as most soldiers, especially sailers, will always tell you -- [laughter] -- not to denigrate the air force or marines, heaven knows not the marines. [laughter] but now we understood it was a violation that they have to lie about who they are because our society has evolved to the point where these people are not actually closeted themselves in their real lives, just have to pretend to be someone else with the military. this is an enormous and cruel imposition upon these people. because society has evolved to such extent of these people's lives are very obvious, other people sometimes for malicious reasons, about them and their careers are over. this is not an honorable thing to happen. the honor of the united states military and the integrity, which was the word he used, of the american soldier will no longer allow this conservatism to remain. you will also notice that the closet politician is becoming rare or more ridiculous.

. -- by admiral mullen and others. >> all this month, see the video documentary winners. middle school students from 45 states submitted videos on the restraints or challenges of our country. what should just before "washington journal." and meet the students who made them, and for a preview of all winners, this is the website. now a conference on media regulation and the first a moment. we will hear discussions on new technology. the bar association hosted the event. it is one hour, 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. i am was president, executive director of the first amendment center. we're pleased to present a program today i think is extremely significant. welcome to the conference center at the newseum. on behalf of my colleagues, welcome to this building. we hope this and other conferences will engender discussion, and perhaps solutions concerning all five of freedoms and effect today. the topic today is the news media. the freedom forum is non- partisan, founded in 1935. it is the principal founder and builder of the newseum here in washington. there are three initiati

jeannie mullen arrived at 5:00 a.m. >> i wanted to would be one of the first people to get it in their experience it. i didn't want to wait for ups. >> can't apple invent something that will wait in line for me? >> reporter: david letterman got in a few comedic licks last night, literally. as did steven colbert. >> you've got the e-mail, the web browsing, music video, you can shield your eyes from the sun. and just look how quickly it makes delicious salsa. bam! >> reporter: and in the mother of product placements, the latest "modern family" episode revolved around the ad as a birthday gift. >> not so hard, but touch it. touch it, but don't touch it. >> reporter: starting at 500 bucks, the ipad is not a heavy-duty computer. there are a lot of tasks it won't do. if your thing is web surfing, getting e-mails, playing music, video or games, many tech writers say it's perfect. >> i'm really impressed by it. i haven't let it out of my hands the entire time. >> reporter: when i look at the electronic gadgets i carry in the course of the day, laptop, cell phone, blackberry, various blue tooth

and you see it in statements from admiral mullen and others. clearly the generals have a sense a bombing would not put the u.s. in a better position over the ensuing years and i haven't read anything that makes me think that i'm not right. and raffi question the status of the u.s. if iran gets nuclear weapons. that's a great question and greg and i both agree it's not good. you have to evaluate that against the status -- if the u.s. took other actions. so in other words, a bombing campaign, how does that leave the u.s. status internationally. and i don't know the answer to that question. it could be better. but i think that's the way to address that question. on your question, ma'am, which i thought was a great question. and this is something that conpounds -- i mean, i know it confounds u.s. diplomats when you talk to countries and their leaders privately they talk about how very, very concerned they are and how much they don't want iran to have nuclear weapon capability and publicly why doesn't your government go out and make expressions of t

mark mullen reports on the international legal challenge. >> reporter: even with italian prosecutors moving to extend amanda knox's murder sentence from 26 years to life in prison for showing no remorse, knox's lawyers have filed a 200-page appeal with the italian court which they say should win her release. >> and given the sad and tragic and violent nature of this murder, one would think some evidence of amanda would be found in that room or on her person but it was not. >> reporter: with her italian boyfriend and another man, amanda knox was convicted of the stabbing murder and cover-up of knox's roommate, meredith kercher. though prosecutors conceded amanda knox did not plan the murder. >> amanda has veer wroe history of violence at all ever. your first crime is not a murder, it just doesn't happen. >> reporter: backed by a supportive family knox is fighting her conviction first by challenging the conconfession the family contends was forced. >> she was smacked in the back of the head, she was threatened, she was screamed at. >> reporter: defense lawyers also say they will challe

the debit card from 2003 to 2006 was responsible for more than half of the growth in the mullen cash payment system so that is another way to look at how influential the debit card has been in the recent past. now just to step back a little bit more to take a longer view of the transformation of the payment system since the checks and cash were the predominant kind of way of making payments this chart sows from 1970 and on each more represents when we have done a comprehensive study of how many payments were being made in the economy during those years. so what you see there is the orange far portion of the bar is checked by volume per capita in the united states and to see that it shows it peaks around 1995 and has declined a person's. in the meantime, you see that electronic payments have grown and by 2006 electronic payments by a member are about two-thirds of non-cash payments. so much of the credit card growth and debit card growth and automated clearing house growth has been driven by the replacement checks during this time but there are other affects you can see going on in th

. >> we see more passion from admiral mullen than from the white house. >> i think they're being veryrate as a political strategy. i think when the president says, we're going to do this, he means they're going to get it done. we'll see whether that strategy is born out in the end. >> we look forward to the documentary monday night, two hours on msnbc, and to your program tonight and every night at 9:00. >>> and does charlie crist's veto of a bill in florida signal that he is leaving the republican party? this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. we know why we're here. to give our war fighters every advantage. to deliver technologies that anticipate the future, today. and help protect america everywhere... from the battlespace to cyberspace. around the globe, the people of boeing are working together, to give our best for america's best. that's why we're here. ♪ you've got things to do. we've got the tools and hardware to get 'em done. and with new, lower prices all through the store. so you can do more fixing... replacing... fastening... and updating... for less. more saving.

admirable mullen and joint chiefs have been instrumental in working through a lot of issues that havebeen raised. the department of energy has brought its expertise to the table and i'm very proud of the role that the state department played in helping to set the policy and we'll be working with our allies and partners to explain and implement it, so it truly was a collaborative effort in keeping with the agenda and goals set by president obama. the consultations that supported this process included more than 30 of our allies and partners. it has helped prevent proliferation by providing al allies with reassurance and security. this policy allows us to continue that stabilizing role. this also makes it clear we will cooperate with partners worldwide to prevent nuclear terrorism. under president obama's leadership, we work to and advance that agenda. thursday, the president will be back in prague to sign a historic new treaty with russia and next week, president obama will host more than 40 heads of state and government to tackle the threat of nuclear terrorism. this nuclear revie prov

elizabeth mullen was the defense attorney in the case. tell me your reaction to the verdict. >> i'm afraid we are not allowed. i have no comment. we are pleased with the verdict. >> reporter: stanton, killed after a man fired shots to the front door of her home in northeast. the prosecutors said the man was angry because her mother would not make him a hamburger. the government's key witness, 9 year old boy, who said he knew the shooter, saw him pull the gun and fired the shot. the defense argued the boy was mistaken and that the police arrested the wrong man. after the verdict, members of stan top's family left the courthouse in tears. yvonne stanton is tanjanika's sister. >> i'm probably in shock right now. really just in shock. just in shock. can't believe it. >> reporter: not guilty, not guilty, not guilty. >> yeah. when i was in there listening, i was just -- i'm not hearing what i'm hearing. not hearing what i'm hearing. that's the verdict. >> reporter: what do you do now? >> well, other than to prau and be in praur, really nothing.

still in the 1st, to travis mullen. his first of the playoffs. 2-1 and the visitors are fired up. four minutes into the second. caps attacking. mike knuble on the doorstep. canadiens up 2-1 after 2. in the 3rd period, the caps had their chances, specifically on the power play. great looks by alexander semin from point blank range. both stopped. now final ten seconds, caps still down 2-1. montreal is on a power play. so it's five on five hockey. a great save again. the caps fall 2-1. the series is now 3-2 washington. there will be a game six monday in montreal. after the game, a very disappointed captain alex ovechkin. >> again, we want to win the game [ inaudible ] >> reporter: so the team seemed a little flat tonight. and ov's frustration i think sort of related to that. there will be a game six once again monday back in montreal where the caps will once again try to eliminate the montreal canadiens. brian, let's go back to you. it didn't work out the way the caps fans wanted but they're still in good shape up 3-2. >>> the redskins draft pick, our lindsay murphy talked one on one

donald mullen wrote sounds like we will make some serious money.ue michael swing son responded yes we are well positioned. the company denies betting against its own clients but one memo shows the ceo seemed okay with shorting the market. in november '07 lloyd blank fine writes of course we didn't dodge the mortgage mess and then made more than we lost because of shorts. the e-mails aren't going over well with the obama administration. >> these e-mails that are released, goad man is not going to win any popularity contests over a period that ordinary americans, pensions, houses, et cetera, were collapsing in value they were actually making significant money off of it. >> reporter: goldman as released its own e-mails to support the company's claim that it didn't know where the market was headed. one executive wrote the subprime investments he sold were like franken stein turning against the inventor. some lawmen thinks goldman deserves the chance to defend itself. >> instruments are set up on wall street. people take either side of t there are confl

been very unhappy that the comments by the american villa terry leaders, secretary gates and admiral mullen and by the way this is not a criticism of the obama administration. this happened in 2008 as well. i have been very critical of their saying what a catastrophe would be if military force were used against iran. i don't understand that as a negotiating tactic. even if they believe that i don't understand why they would say it, and thereby reduce the pressure for negotiated settlement that the people running iran would logically feel. now, more recently general petraeus, most recently general petraeus made a kind of countervailing statement in which he said you know we have plans for everything and we can carry out those plans when it comes to iran. that is a much more sensible message to be sending publicly to the ayatollahs. third, syria and lebanon, a subject very close to just's hard as it is to lee's and mine. the policy is not 100% clear to me again sitting on the outside or go there is i think a great deal of continuity here. it isn't necessarily, that is not meant to be a heart

captures this whole conundrum that i think secretary gates and others have been quite -- and chairman mullen have explained that, again, the second, third, fourth-order effects of a strike could be quite significant. needless to say, to the global economy and a whole host of other activities and yet on the other hand you've got to stop that program, and certainly, you know, rightly, there was every effort last year to advance the effort diplomatally to stretch out an open hand, iran did not take advantage of that, if anything they rebuffed it or worse. >> charlie: they had an election that was -- >> the hijacking of the election, people were not fooled, even as narrow as the confines of an election were in iran, at the end of the day the iranians hijacked the election for fear that ahmadinejad wouldn't win -- the really hamhanded way that was done -- the people -- so obvious to the people, and that created outrage so you have internal strive and demonstrations and so forth -- internal strife and demonstrations that led to a greater role for the kuds force because the supreme leader had to re

looking at admiral mullen, seeing the difference between then and now, admiral mullen in front of the he always served alongside of gays and lesbians in the military. as most soldiers and especially sailors will always tell you. [laughter] >> not to denigrate the air force or the marines. [laughter] >> heaven knows not the marines. [laughter] >> but that now he understood it was a violation of integrity of these soldiers that they have to lie about who they are. because our society has evolved to the point where these people are not closeted in their real lives. they just have to pretend to be someone else within the military. and this is an enormous and cruel imposition upon these people. and, in fact, because the society has evolved to such an extent of these people's lives are very obvious, other people, sometimes for malicious reasons out them and their careers are over. and this is not an honorable thing to happen. and the honor of the united states military and the integrity which is the word that he used of the american soldier will no longer allow this conservatism to remain.

one of these rumors took on strong force when mullen omar -- mullah omar's #two had been arrested. it is true, and that messages were sent between the two, but there were no arrests. usually, there is a kernel of truth, but the rumor is often exaggerated. i think we have allowed to go before there is the possibility to talk with any senior taliban leaders. there is one man who is close to the taliban who may be able to be bought into the afghan political system. whether or not that is a good thing is another question. he had committed terrific crimes in the 1990's, and was unfortunately backed by u.s. and saudi arabian money. that is another story. the bottom line is, there is a long way to go, and it is not clear if the afghan leader will be talking directly to the top taliban leaders. host: a mark on the democrat's line. las vegas, nevada. caller: i am not up to speed on this really. i get thdisgusted waters some of these things. i think talking is very good. i do not know how much you can trust those leaders, but i do not know how much we can trust our own as well. host: after c

i like mullen has some -- mike mullen has some inherent authority because it is -- because he is the joint chiefs of staff. . -- >> one thing we did not want to do was rebuilt the department of all land security. -- the department of homeland security. the new form has proved to cause a number of digestion problems, not just there, but certainly in congress. those of us considering what to do wanted something much simpler. we used models that had been suggested by the joint commission, the 9/11 commissioned, and others. it seemed to me to be sort of, kind of right. he has a certain advantage that i don't have. i continue to believe that the joint command idea, the orchestra conductor idea was a simpler way to leverage agencies. it is not just the cia/dni relationship. while there is amazing technology that we use. the one-off's we are able to produce will hopefully never be able to be produced anywhere else on the planet. leveraging the assets so that everybody wins, not just an agency has ownership over them was a big piece of what we had in mind. i think our concept is fine, and i

jeanne mullen arrived at 5:00 p.m. >> those people who are waiting in line for the ipad, can't applenvent something that will wait in line for me? >> reporter: david letterman got in a few comedic licks, literally. as did stephen colbert. >> you got the e-mail, you got the web browsing, music video, you can shield your eyes from the sun. and, just look, how quickly it makes delicious salsa. mmmm. >> reporter: and in the mother of product placements, the ipad resolved around a birthday gift. starting at $400 the ipad is not a heavy duty computer, and there are a lot of tasks that it just won't do. many tech writers say it's perfect. >> i'm really impressed with it. i haven't let it out of my hands pretty much for the entire time. >> reporter: when i look at the electronic gadgets i carry in the course of a day, lap top, cell phone, blackberry, various blue tooth headsets, cameras, do i really need the ipad? i do not really need the ipad. do i want the ipad? yes. just like all those people lined up this morning, for today, george lewis, nbc news, santa monica. >> i like that, george. a

bill: two more points, first of all, mike mullen was in new york yesterday, he was making a speech at columbia university, he was asked about this topic, here's how he reacted. >> from from my perspective, that's the last option is to strike iran. and i think i was very clear about the decision space here, to not much decision space, because of the two outcomes, having a weapon and striking generate unintended consequences that are difficult to predict. bill: i don't know if was prepared to answer that but in all likelihood he didn't think the memo would get out. >> when you're in the administration, you think everything is possible to leak so you have to take that into consideration. bill: people in washington are telling you this administration has resigned itself to iran going nuclear. >> there are some within the administration that have resigned themselves to iran going nuclear so what they want to do is say how do we prevent a nuclear arms race, one approach is to squeeze israel, which is what you're seeing, squeeze israel to have a peace agreement with the palestinians and ther

and admiral mike mullens comments coming minutes ago at columbia university, here in new york and theyword today from the president of iran himself, mahmoud ahmadinejad, saying in a speech, that iran's military is so powerful, that no one would dare attack his country and the president making those remarks, during a parade, celebrating national army day. >> gregg: another "fox news alert." after days of groundings and disruptions from the massive volcano, eruption, in iceland, european union officials are saying that half of the continent's formally scheduled airline flights could resume tomorrow. several european carriers, conducting test flights, today without any incident. now, this combined with better wind patterns, predicted for tomorrow, now emboldening safety officials though the volcano shows no sign of letting up. the airlines have been exerting serious pressure to get back to business and the international air transport association says the industry is losing more than $200 million a day. worldwide. thousands of stranded passengers, also pushing hard, to get back home. globa

admiral mike mullen says nearly half of the 30,000 troops are already in theater gearing up for what'seing called the cornerstone of the surge effort. that's the battle for kandahar. oliver north is streaming live in afghanistan. colonel north, what is the very latest in the operation? >> reporter: shannon, they're shaping the battlefield. what's happening, of course, and you can hear the noise of jets over top of me, but they're shaping the battlefield for what is expected to be the last major effort in this campaign against the narco terrorists, the taliban. shannon, right now we're embedded with a u.s. dea special operations task force here in kandahar, one of the dea things they bring to this fight against the taliban opium networks is the ability to strike quickly from the air. you may be surprised at the aircraft they're flying. this is an mi-17 russian helicopter. twenty-five years i practiced on how to shoot them down. now, in a surreal experience, we go to war on them. sean is an american. he's trained by the u.s. army, but he's flying a russian aircraft. sean, tell our viewer

they are, as named here, ashley long, sharon valesquez and flannery mullens, they were the ones in juvenile court today, arraigned on charges of civil rights and stalking. of course the case deals with stalking, harassment, all the way to statutory rape, with a total of six kids who have been charged, but these three now stepping up in court today with their attorneys to say they had nothing to do with this, by pleading not guilty. of course, phoebie prince committed suicide, her sister found her hanging inside their nome massachusetts a couple of weeks ago. the prosecutor in this case, saying this is a first step in a very long process. the attorney is also saying that again we're taking an initial step here, the attorneys for the defense, we're taking an initial step here as we move towards some kind of closure in this case. but three young 16-year-olds, pleading not guilty. their attorneys on their behalf. the young girls, by the way, were not in court this morning. back to you. jon: harris, thank you. jane: exactly two hours from now, 1:42 eastern, tiger woods will be teeing off at the

we do expect that secretary of defense gates, admiral mike mullen, will be among the headliners here at the pentagon, also secretary of state hillary clinton will come over here. they will make opening statements about the new vision for the nuclear policy for the nation and then we expect an expert to come up about half an hour later, about 12:30 or so eastern time to explain some of the technical details of the agreement but we do not expect to hear from the president today on nuclear weapons. he's going to save that for later this week when he goes to prague to sign a treaty with the russians. martha: very important issues, how to keep our country safe, at the same time while you've got the growing threats out there. mike emanuel, thank you very much, always good to see you mike. bill: nine minutes past the hour. back to west virginia when wegy the headlines. the u.s.-mexico border, what about the multi billion dollar border fence meant to kept the illegals out? some say it's simply not happening. we ask why and others argue send men, not fences. also, there's this. >> she was goi

travis mullen takes a closer look. oh, that's a birdie. canadiens wouldn't you know. up 2-nil.f you had had to finish one guy on the roster, it would be that man. right in front of the net, it's ovechkin. fourth straight game with a goal for alex o. and it's a 2-1 deficit. still plenty of time here till we go to the third. under ten seconds to play. can't get it to go. canadiens force the power play. >> time now, dodgers-nationals, manny ramirez on the 15-day d.l. with that strained calf muscle. bottom of the fourth, adam dunn, on oh, boy. he's got a big bat. second of the year. boy, that's a big bat, i really meant it. crushing that one. bottom six, dunn not done yet. second of the game for him. he's a big boy. it's his 25th career multi home run game. and the nationals go on to win 9-8 this season. dodgers now won five of the last six road games. and matt kempp was 0 for 4 with a strikeout. second time he's held hitless in 16 games this season. that means he's been pretty good so far this season, just not that good in this game. >> braves and mets went final couple moments ag

admiral mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs, spoke at columbia university yesterday. the picture from wired.com. i will pull this off to read some of the a cop -- some of the comments reported on abc. reading from this report from reuters last night. new york city. good morning to donald on our democrat's line. you are on the air. caller: for the obama administration, i don't think sanctions are good enough to stop iran. the only way to stop iran is to go to war with iran. i do think they are producing nuclear weapons. host: back to the front pages for a second. "the wall street journal," we showed you a headline early appeared possible the senate this week will take a financial regulations bill. this one in particular -- sec investigating other soured deals. now arlington, new jersey. mark, independent line. caller: i can't believe how naive the first three callers are. it is the fact that iran poses a direct threat to the continental u.s., which they probably could. but the more important point is they will bully the entire region if they have nuclear- weapons, and

there's no question that mike mullen works for bob gates. okay?aid, mike mullen has some inherit authority and things that we can do because he is chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it's very rough. it probably breaks down at some point. but i think that might actually by transferable. but goldwater-nick holes is not. -- goldwater-nichols is not. >> we considered a number. 22 agencies put together in the new form has proof to cause a number of digestion problems. those of us considering what to do wanted something much schismer. and we used models that had been suggested by as i mention, the joint commission and the 9/11 commission and others. this seemed to be sort of kind of right. obviously mike's experience in the military gives him a certain advance that i don't have. in understanding how goldwater-nichols worked there. i continue to believe that the joint command idea, the orchestra conductor idea was a simpler way to leverage the straints of a number of agencies. it's not just the cia-dni relationship. we were very mindful and i am mind

michael mullen, the admiral -- chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, says i, the vice chairman and the joint chiefs, as well as our combatant commanders around the world, stand solidly behind this new treaty, having had the opportunity to provide our counsel, to make recommendations, and to help shape our final agreements." so the chairman of the joint chiefs says they are satisfied with this treaty, believe it's a good treaty. linton brooks says something very important. former nnsa, national security advisor, 2003-2007. he says -- "start is a good idea on its own merits, but i think for those who think it's only a good idea if you have strong weapons, this budget ought to take care of it." he says to make sure that the nuclear stockpile is up to date. "coupled with the out-year projections, it taxi care of the concerns about the complex and it does very good things about the stockpile and it should keep the labs healthy. i would have killed for this kind of budget." the reason i'm mentioning this is we have people coming to the floor of the senate now and in public discussion -- doug

by a guy named eric mullen.e cynicism but the government's filing of a civil suit rather than criminal charges against goldman sachs seems like a political and public relations stunt meant to embarrass republican leadership and mull fi a justifiably outraged public. after watching the bush and obama teams funnel hundreds of billions of taxpayer funds to the bank prodded on by the goldman sachs apostles within their administerings, on the pretense of stabilizing the economy, how are we supposed to take this lightweight action seriously? andy, you want to try that one? >> should there be criminal charges? >> you can -- they could file criminal charges. i think they'd have a difficult time succeeding. you see people talking already that even the civil suit is by to means a slam dunk. i mean, i think one thing they should have considered, and i know this may not be tenable, but was a temporary tax on these wall street firms that got bailouts because, you know, they're supposed to make a lot of money. they did get he

[applause] >> ret lane mullens. [applause] >> thank you. now i would ask you to please remain standing for the posting of the tellers and the singing of our national anthem. ♪oh say can use the by the dawn's early light, ♪ what so proudly we hail at the twilights cleaning? ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, ♪ or the ramparts we watch, were so gallantly streaming? ♪ and the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air ♪ the proof through the land that our flag was still there. ♪ oh say, does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ orlando the free and the home of the brave? [cheers and applause] [applause] >> we ask that you remain standing for prayer. we noticed that, when the dignitaries came in, everyone stood. when the families came in, everyone stood appropriately. but there is another presence in the building here today. and that sweet, sweet presence is the presence of the lord. [applause] today, appropriately, it is the lord's day. many of you have come from the lord's house, where she knew -- were ship

last april, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, recognized silver star families of america for their support of service -- of the service members and those who have earned the silver star. madam speaker, i thank the committee for bringing this to the floor. i ask my colleagues to join me in support of house resolution 855, which, of course, is a resolution in support of those service people and their families who have earned this recognition, who fly this -- who show this banner, who understand the implications of the silver star flag and the silver star banner, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. speier: i reserve the balance of my time, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. flake: if the gentlelady has no additional speakers, i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: madam speaker, it's important for us to take a moment to extend our gratitude for the loved one

. >> it has been reported that admiral mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff traveled to israeldo not try to mousetrap us, the united states into this war. is this true and are you concerned that israel will try to mousetrap and what did he mean by mousetrap? [laughter] i think he is the example of the uss liberty -- >> yes, it was brought up a couple times. >> and you can help too -- and do you fear that israel, who i understand has been trying to get us to attack iran will attack iran and then have problems as a hopeless, lpless, helpless. what will the consequences of a war with iraq be? >> yeah, everybody has an opinion on this issue. the beach assertively that as simply as i can. not only can israel cannot afford to attack iran without the simplest of america's support, which may come. it may come. but it has to do so for two reasons. one is american ships in order to refuel on the way back and also it has to go over iraqi airspace, which is controlled by the united states and augusto had and quote the new big recipe that friend or foe, you do not violate american airspace.

. >> it has been reported that admiral mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff traveled to israel down, if you attack iran, do not try to mousetrap us, the united states into this war. is this true and are you concerned that israel will try to mousetrap and what did he mean by mousetrap? [laughter] i think he is the example of the uss liberty -- >> yes, it was brought up a couple@@@ @0e when israel wants you dead, you just die. [laughter] they don't talk about it, they don't mention it. one day you're asleep in the next week you know, you're dead. and the fact the we have seen this ratcheting up of rhetoric about an impending attack against iran is probably the best proof that there is that there is a military attack coming. as far as the consequences, everybody knows the consequences. iran cannot israel in any conventional sense. iran is a third world country. and finally as a joke. it's weapon system belongs in the 20th century. but it has to proxy armies in the region, hezbollah and hamas, both of whom who have proven that they can do significant damage to israel and both of wh