do you agree with that, admiral mullen? is better to capture someone than to kill them in a lot of cases, is that correct? it's hard to capture someone if you don't have a jail. and all of those on the other side you want to stop revision, we need to come up with an american jail is the only alternative is to go to renditions. i hope, mr. chairman, that sometime this year, republicans and democrats can have a breakthrough on this issue to help our men and women fighting this war because it is a very tough spot for special operators in. our cia doesn't interrogate our cia doesn't interrogate terrorist suspects any longer. these are things we need to talk about and get an answer to. afghanistan. not only is it miraculously general caldwell has done. it is stunning to me that we are in 2009 and 30% of the nco corps and afghanistan to reach. when he took over, he tested the afghan army for literacy. on paper, every nco should read up a third-grade level. when they tested the nco corps, 70% could not reach the third-grade level

didn't think so but i just can't thank you enough for what you have done for the country and admiral mullen. i just want to say something about this administration here. i know we have our differences but when it comes to iraq and afghanistan i think the policies you have created and the policies the president has supported have been very sound and we are about to reap the benefits of operations that have been tough, difficult, sometimes mismanage but that's the nature of war and we are very close in iraq. i just want to build on what senator reed said. i would like for you to put in writing to me and senator leahy what you said about this account. let's give a real-world example.

mullen says the u.s. military stands ready to provide any support egypt may need. >>> the u.s. embassy in cairo is bringing in charter flights as needed to evacuate american citizens from egypt. more americans are trying to leave cairo as the anti-american sentiment grows. so far the u.s. has flown out some 2,200 u.s. citizens. >> it got kind of violent yesterday with the demonstrations and our apartment, our hospital, is right next to the river. so we decided it would be a lot safer and our parents were really worried about us. >> we were warned to stay away from the protest because we could become targets as americans. >> the u.s. embassy is saying anyone who wants to leave now should get out now. the united nations began evacuating its staff on thursday. >>> back home that massive winter storm that covered a huge portion of the country has been replaced by bitter cold. windchills plunged to 30 below in some places. another storm system is making its way from the gulf of mexico to the northeast. it's causing some trouble this morning in east texas. this system is more of a ra

. >> former warers great chris mullen has been named one of 12 finalists.e is a list of finalists, mullen played in celebrity all star game but was virtually invisible so this man is tweeting, beiber kicks it out to a.c. green then, it's beiber from deep and he can shoot. and i've become a beiber believer, his street cred is off the charts after this game. and he can do no wrong. final score 54-49. his world, we're just breathing his oxygen. we did a profile ease lent -- recently. and there is some raised eye brows because of balco mastermind victor condy. >> there is surprising power. he says strength increased since he started working with victor conti last year. >> we measure what is called a memory belt. so there is a bench of other things we keep track of in terms of improvement. >> and conti was at the center of the balco steroids scandal. >> i said victor conti they said you're signing yourself to the devil. and. >> i think they're very open. a lot of people, i think have been unable to find it to their hearts toing forrive me. >> he vows he left ste

mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. i look forward to continuing an open dialogue with you on these issues. now, i will turn to my colleague and good friend. [inaudible] >> i want to begin by echoing the chairman's last comment about the needs to pass a 2011 defense appropriations bill. you will have done an excellent job of explaining to us just how hamstrung you wire by having to live with the cr for the last i think it has been almost five months now. the impact that has and i would urge all members here to talk with folks at the department of defense to get a full understanding of just how that undermines our ability to carry out our national security requirements and how it even reaches over into potentially impacting what our troops are doing in afghanistan and iraq. on this budget i want to congratulate secretary and department of defense again and making sure that they provide are troops with equipment and the support they need to do the missions we all have asked them to do and complements to this committee as

to discuss the global unemployment problem and what it might mean for the future next admiral mike mullen is revising the military's agenda he's released a twenty one page document which changes from beginning to end on what needs to be changed to protect the u.s. well we can just summarize it into words i think global we'll talk with paul mccleary about the changing focus of the u.s. military and d.c. is becoming part of the primetime lineup a new show set in georgetown will show off the lives of the young rich affluent people of the d.c. neighborhood so could this combo of sex and politics be able to succeed where other shows based around d.c. have failed karen janabi will discuss with me at the end of the program but now. let's move on to our top story. it's day fifty mm for protests in egypt and i saw no clear leader to replace hosni mubarak at least from the people's perspective about hasn't stopped newly appointed vice president omar suleiman from taking charge artie's paul's lawyer tells us more about this man and sheds light on his relationship with us. horton to support the trans

secretary of state hillary clinton introduces chairman mullen. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon everyone, and i love the volume of conversation that is occurring. it is one of the ancillary benefits that we hoped would occur because of the opportunity for people to come together and share ideas and catch up with each other. we are really fortunate today to have someone who really understands what civilian power means, although he has committed his life to serving our country in the united states navy. he is someone who grasps in a very deep and profound way a vision of integrated american power and is one of the state department and usaid's strongest advocates and champions. i have personally really appreciated the opportunity to get to know admiral mullen, to work with him. before i had this job, i did not know how many hours i would spend in the situation room. usually sitting across from secretary gaetz and the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mullen, so we have spent many quality hours together. talking through some thorny difficult

>> no, sir, i didn't. >> to chew, admiral mullen?ties have been reduced dramatically, but i think it's also obvious that the iraqi military doesn't have a lot of the technological capability that they need to combat this kind of insurgency that is still out there. it also, if they want to have an air force county seems to me they need that kind of technical assistance. a number of other areas of modernization of their forces. and it is necessary -- we are not talking about continued combat operations on the part of the united states, but they do need to kind of take both a sense that they will need to maintain their security. do you agree with? >> yes, sir. >> so are there any discussions going on with the iraqi government concerning the future role of the united states in iraq besides the fact we are now scheduled to leave by the end of the year? >> there've been a number of informal conversations with the iraqis about this. our concern, as i indicated yesterday's print the plea in three areas. intelligence fusion, which is that som

chris mullen edges closer to the hall of fame.s "today in the bay's" justin allen with sports. >> everyone has made it to the desert as the giants have their first full practice. miguel tejada made his first entrance. he has spent time with three different teams, as the departure with the as in 2003. he says he's most happy about being on a championship caliber team. as mentioned, first full squad practice for the club, catcher buster posy and pitcher madison bum gardner both have the -- counted on as one of the big bats in the lineup. >> if you can put your head down at night and say that you did everything possible to have success then that's really all you can do. >> just got to keep making adjustments to what the hitters are doing. they're going to make adjustments to you, we got to make adjustments to them, that's the way it's going to be throughout our careers. one topic of conversation thus far, trying to replicate what the giants did last season. the as think they have the bats and the pitching staff to be a team that can

we have heard some kind of praise almost from admiral mike mullen, the chief of staff. he seems to think that the army was behaving very well because of its calls to protesters not to lose, because of its recognition of what it called the disagreement of protesters -- calls to protesters not to loot, but the more the protests continue, the more there is a fear of continued chaos, and the tension could rise. the situation could change korea quickly on the ground. there is, of course, the fear of the sort of consequences this could have across the region, particularly when it comes to other american allies in the region, like the king of jordan and the king of saudi arabia. there was a condemnation of the protests in egypt, and they will look to see how they are handling this. if washington comes up too quickly for the departure of president mubarak, that would not have gone daunt -- down well with the king of jordan and others. it is really a complicated game that washington has to play here, and it does not seem that there is any way to satisfy everyone, the allies in t

among the 12 hall of fame finists, mullen one of the great shooters in nba history.won two olympic gold medal. the final 12, the only coach to lead the warriors to an nba title. and tara, one of six women to win 800 games. so she also scrowled a chance. they will announce the new members of the hall of fame on april 4, but you have a number of bay area folks. the sharks are outstanding. show this guy fighting and cut the tape out. what is so funny about that? you know this guy, ian white. he is an enforcer, right? >> he has a killer mustache. >> he is a new shark and he'll be known as an enforcer. >> with the mustache. >> three mustaches out of there. >> good night, everybody. have a good weekend. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched Ñi entertainment news magazine in the world. >> i was scared. i started crying. right away. [ indiscernible ] >> the reporter whose live, on air stumble went viral. what really went wrong on grammy night. [ indiscernible ] >> how long did it take you to get your speech back? >> serene branson comes to "e.t.." >> are you afr

among the 12 hall of fame finists, mullen one of the great shooters in nba history.so won two olympic gold medal. the final 12, the only coach to lead the warriors to an nba title. and tara, one of six women to win 800 games. so she also scrowled a chance. they will announce the new members of the hall of fame on april 4, but you have a number of bay area folks. the sharks are outstanding. show this guy fighting and cut the tape out. what is so funny about that? you know this guy, ian white. he is an enforcer, right? >> he has a killer mustache. >> he is a new shark and he'll be known as an enforcer. >> with the must it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows

we hope to see more of you, stick to the gates and admiral mullen. we love to have you here and know that you don't have too many more physics, but again, we hope and know that all of them will be as helpful as this one was this morning. secretary, thank you. we stand adjourned. [inaudible conversations] >> senator levin, michigan, thousands going right now when you can't brief the pentagon budget. >> i have a question for ed oral mullen, you want to know why they beef up in pakistan because or drones keep killing innocent or drones keep killing innocent people. >> and socialist military freeloaders. this welfare state of the military. >> at drives our country by the continuing war in afghanistan that can't be won and the american people do not support. >> and the welfare state of the military. >> i think secretary defense gates was not telling the truth when he talked about how much money we are spending on the military. it is 56% of the treasury funds. it is a lower military budget and we spent more on the military than the rest of the world combin

that was chris mullen, he was named one of 12 finalists for the basketball hall of fame. >>> they are doing the acting stuff because the game is going to be on sunday in l.a. so it's acting. >> it's pretty neat. >> yeah. >>> we will see you.

. >> lehrer: defense secretary robert gates and the joint chiefs chairman, admiral mike mullen, went before the armed services committee. they agreed on the need for belt-tightening, but not at the risk of u.s. strategic interests. >> refrench. brought about by shortsighted cuts could well lead to costlyer and more tragic consequences later. indeed, as they always have in the past. >> lehrer: president obama's military budget for the coming fiscal year includes more than $550 billion. it seeks another $118 billion to cover the costs of war operations. in a major cost-saving move, it calls for reducing the size of the army and marine corps, starting in 2015. that last item did not sit well with committee chairman buck mckeon, a republican from california. >> the savings apraerz to be generated with reductions to army and marine corps in the 2015 to 2016 time frame. the decision to reduce strength seems premature given the uncertainty in predicting the full range of force and manpower requirements in afghanistan after 2014. >> just three years ago we had 190,000 troops combined in iraq

so we are very fortunate to have mike mullen here today. he has graciously offered to make some remarks, but then he wants to answer questions. and when he finishes his remarks, we will have the press leave, so you can ask him anything. [laughter] if that isn't inviting enough, we will think of something else. [laughter] please join me in welcoming the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen. [applause] >> thank you, madame secretary. i certainly appreciate that kind introduction, i just the introduction alone says a lot about the time wwe have spent together, and certainly not just myself and bob gates, but so many in this room who worked so closely with those of us in the pentagon. i would hope to leave the several messages today, but first of all, one of them would be just to say thanks. thanks for what you do, thanks for what you for our country, and thanks for what you do for people around the world. certainly, as someone who grew up in the navy, i was trained very early part of the world how important the country team was, a

bob gates to his counterpart, mike mullen to his, constant communication. the military was the best hope for transition in egypt and we will find out if it is not up to the task. >> although -- if it is up to the task. >> all those weapons say "made in the united states," colby. >> they are key to the transition. they can provide the stability. but the question is greater than egypt now. you can imagine in riyadh, kuwait, the gulf states, >> this week on "inside washington-- rif states, -- riyad, kuwait, gulf states, tel aviv. >> i think they're glad it turned out peacefully so far. one thing that strikes me about the whole experience, for three weeks or so these people have been in the streets. really you had one bloody day. given the number people down there, it is remarkable that more were not killed. this is our first glimpse of the egyptian people. we don't really know them. i think they have shown remarkable tenacity, smarts, patients. >> encourage. -- and that courage. >> and that courage, yes. we don't know what is going to happen. but this is basic

senators john mccain, carl levin and jack reed, even joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen. >> what was the intent? were there any regulations violated? if there was, there has to be suitable punishment for violations. >> but when holmes objected he was shocked by the response from one commander. >> he screamed at me literally. he screamed at me in front of witnesses and said if i tell you to do it, it's not illegal anymore. it was just crazy. it was surreal. >> reporter: intelligence experts agree. >> you've got people trained in propaganda whose job it is to bamboozle the enemy apparently attempting to bamboozle senators. >> reporter: pentagon officials say it's not clear there was ever any intent to manipulate anyone. to make sure, general david petraeus has ordered a three-star general to conduct a full investigation. jim miklaszewski, nbc news, the pentagon. >>> big story out of texas tonight. a college student from saudi arabia under arrest, accused of planning to build and set off bombs in terrorist attacks around the united states. the fbi says this case broke open only beca

officer gates, admiral mullen, secretary failed, i want to thank you for your service. i appreciate the excellent job you have done leading the military. i want to thank the great men and women in the armed forces for their service. i have applauded the steps taken to care for service members. i believe that taking care of those defending the nation is their responsibility and not a choice. accounting for families as well. i am interested in hearing your thoughts on the progress the department is making in helping families as a whole as they work through the challenges of pst and other stress inducing situations for families. >> thank you, senator. i know that you have focused on these issues. i think that we are in a better position than from a few years ago. increasingly, and i will speak specifically to families first, earlier on there was a great deal of focus on some houses. in terms of the stress they have undergone, what i have seen over the last couple of years is an increasing awareness and understanding of the need to address the whole thing. as they have been

admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs, will meet with jordan's king abdullah and prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel to reassure them of u.s. support. >>> and a program note. david gregory will have much more on the revolution in egypt tomorrow on "meet the press," and as congress prepares to take on major legislation, a sunday exclusive with house speaker john boehner. that's tomorrow morning here on nbc. >>> when "nightly news" continues this saturday evening, a deadly explosion raises new questions about the safety of america's gas pipelines. we'll be right back. >>> there are new questions about the safety of this country's gas pipelines, millions of miles of them, after a series of explosions this week, including one in pennsylvania that left five people dead. nbc's tom costello has more tonight. >> oh, my god. this is beyond belief. >> reporter: the gas line explosion late thursday night shook the town of hanoverton, ohio, and sent residents fleeing. while no one was injured, it followed a horrific scene in allentown, p.a., wednesday. >> i heard an awful bang and i

ever since the days of chris mullen -- i'm getting old -- hosting pitt.he three for the lead. lavin puts the ball in the best player's hand. reds storm back in front. 1.2 ticks left. not going to make that shot. st. john's, big win, 60-59 they upset pittsburgh. >> a white out in tucson arizona, the caps hosting washington. terrible finish if you're born and raised a huskie fan like i was. under 30 seconds left. look at this. right to hill. caps by one. two second left. uw for the win. williams you can take that weak stuff back to seattle gant. that's what one of my arizona friends told me to say. great game though. >> alan: the giants looking good. how is the panda looking? >> he has shed some weight. shu talked to him today. and hopefully for his sake, that weight that comes off is going to make him a better player this year. >> alan: faster, leaner panda. a dog who turned up 7 milesdan: i had a biopsy and i had high-risk prostate cancer. i was depressed. i was shocked. sometimes cancer makes you feel very lonely. the doctors can do their best to cure th

>> no, sir, did not. >> to do, admiral mullen?>> no. >> on the issue of our continued presence in iraq, obviously, the casualties have been reduced dramatically. but i think it is also obvious that the iraqi military does not have a lot of the technological capability that they need to combat this kind of insurgency that is still out there. also, if they want to have an air force, it seems to me they need that kind of technical assistance. and number of other areas of modernization of their forces as well. it is necessary -- we're not talking about continued combat operations on the part of the united states. but they do need the kind of technical assistance that they will need to maintain their security. do you agree with that? >> yes, sir. >> is there any discussions that you know of going on with the iraqi government concerning the future role of the united states interact besides the fact that we are now scheduled to leave by the end of the year? >> there have been in number of informal conversations with the iraqis about this

. >> admiral mike mullen said he was assured it would not fire on their own people. >> the army would lose its status as the one institution that is universally respected. the army and has the prestige of having to lead a resolution against the monarchy in 1952 and the success of the october war in 1973 and the restoration of the egyptian pride. it carries the hopes and the respect of the country. the problem is this -- the most organized a political institution in the country, partly as a result of the mubarak repression, is the muslim brotherhood. they are not democrats, i can assure you of that. and as, for example, is the palestinian a week -- hamas, for example, is the palestinian wing of the brotherhood. unless there is a transition to democrats who are disorganized and this united to coalesce and prepare for elections, the brother road winds, and then you get what you have in iran. >> president mubarak told christiane amanpour of abc news that if he resigns now, there will be chaos and he is afraid that the muslim brotherhood will take over. >> before you get to the malls and o

defense secretary robert gates, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen and other u.smilitary officials at all levels are contacting their egyptian counterparts. the egyptian army's moves are being closely watched amid the deepening confrontation between mubarak supporters and opponents. the u.s. government provides more than $1.2 million in annual aid and helped to train senior officers for more than three decades. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

until two thousand and fourteen or twenty fifteen and so when the secretary gates and when admiral mullen the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff talk about these defense cuts in two thousand and fifteen they're really depending on the military leadership congressional leadership and the leadership that's in the white house at that point in time to follow through on these promises and we're going to have some changes obviously we'll have a congressional election coming up in two years so it's really not clear at this point whether those so-called culture are actually going to materialize over the long term do you agree that the money does need to be there for the u.s. for example to support the likes of iraq and afghanistan once the troops are withdrawn from those countries you still need to spend a lot of money for the transition process and did the military's in the governments in those countries need the support from the u.s. so that's going to cost an awful lot of money isn't it. absolutely and i think it's fair to say that we need to fund the pentagon in a level that allows us to m

now you know paul so let's let's say a little bit into mike mullen who released a new military strategy today for the first time in seven years and basically he was saying that we have to think global we can't just focus on iraq and afghanistan anymore you know we have to start moving on but i'm confused because i thought we were already i thought that we already have thousands of military bases around the world and that. you know that we were waging shadow wars in countries like yemen and what's so different about this documents like this. are worth the kind of are worthwhile in that they kind of reset the debate but they don't really do much i mean they don't say this talking doesn't give any specific steps that we're going to take next and says you know we need to think globally as you said but i think what they mean by that is not sending special ops forces all over the world to take people out and what they mean is. training and advising local police forces local military local coastguard that's a big thing for a kind of piracy that's i'm doing a lot of especially in africa with af

i mentioned admiral mullen. i would mention bob gates, secretary of defense. we worked together in the jimmy carter administration. i would also recommend -- recognize hillary clinton. we are not going to hear much about this looming crisis tonight. i hope we don't feel. it is going to give the things we put in place a chance to work and i am hopeful that come next year, 50 years after the cuban missile crisis that president obama will deal equally well with the crisis that he faces. thank you very much. [applause] are there questions? i hope so. >> i am a freshman. you enumerated many similarities between kennedy and obama but there seems to be one big difference how kennedy was deal with the cuban missile crisis. he had a specific enemy and representative who he could call up and send a letter and crucial of controlled the opposition. and in afghanistan and pakistan, how does that difference influence how obama can deal with this situation? >> wonderful point and right on the button. it is what makes the question of dealing with radical islam so difficult. t

admiral mullen, your written testimony discusses the resources. that is about as much as we have. you both have testified about the need to define defense activities. can you talk a little bit more about this idea and when we can expect to see actual language? >> from my perspective, i think what has worked between state and the department of defense is called dual-key capabilities that assigns responsibilities to the secretary of defense and secretary of state that we will spend money in a certain way. it gets focused on iraq and to some degree afghanistan, but it is really about preventive action. the investment ahead of time so we are not in conflict. special forces, for example, is one area, but we cannot do it all. in terms of the level of detail in the proposal, i think we can get that to you relatively quickly. the language is there right now. it is a $50 million with the language that would allow us to reprogram an additional 450 and out of our own money as the need emerges. we need to do it now as these emerged as opposed to taking months or even a year. >> do you envisio

heck of a player too, chris mullen following that up is one of the greatest shooters warriors have had and tara van der beer. finalists must receive 18 votes from 24 members. those elected will be introduced on april 3. we leave you with this, jim harbaugh quoted today saying he really likes quarterback alex smith. people say "he needs a fresh new start, why can't that be with the 49ers." you can ruminate on that over the weekend. in the meantime, that's the sporting life for a friday night. >> that is interesting. >> yeah. he may not leave after all, but of course, you have to consider the fact maybe alex doesn't want to come back here where fans booed him every time he tushed the -- touched the ball. maybe it's not jim harbaugh wanting him. >> it's a former quarterback talking here. maybe jim harbaugh knows morning singletary. >> maybe he sees something others don't. >> be sure to join ktvu beginning at 7:00 a.m. for the latest on the weather and the chinese new year parade. >> our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. thanks for joining us. have a great weekend, everyone. good night.

heck of a player too, chris mullen following that up is one of the greatest shooters warriors have had and tara van der beer. finalists must receive 18 votes from 24 members. those elected will be introduced on april 3. we leave you with this, jim harbaugh quoted today saying he really likes quarterback alex smith. people say "he needs a fresh new start, why can't that be with the 49ers." you can ruminate on that over the weekend. in the meantime, that's the sporting life for a friday night. >> that is interesting. >> yeah. he may not leave after all, but of course, you have to consider the fact maybe alex doesn't want to come back here where fans booed him every time he tushed the -- touched the ball. maybe it's not jim harbaugh wanting him. >> it's a former quarterback talking here. maybe jim harbaugh knows morning singletary. >> maybe he sees something others don't. >> be sure to join ktvu beginning at 7:00 a.m. for the latest on the weather and the chinese new year parade. >> our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. thanks for joining us. have

that along with obama's decision to send mike mullen to jordan and israel where he will attempt to reassure two of america's closest allies. we'll get the latest in a moment. >>> we're also following other stories back here at home including one from texas that has a lot of people talking. this teenaged beauty queen says she was stripped of her title because she gained too much weight. she says pageant officials scolded her about it and even told her to, quote, get off the tacos. but pageant officials are telling a very different side. we'll talk to the beauty queen live. >>> also we're beginning a new series on unexplained mysteries. we'll start off with one of the most famous claims of alien abduction on record, where a group of men swear they had a close encounter with alien life and they all passed lie did he te detector tests. >> and today our weekend with the one and only joan rivers.li detector tests. >> and today our weekend with the one and only joan rivers.ie detector tests. >> and today our weekend with the one and only joan rivers. l it until you see her apartmenter and even her

we're going to talk live to chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen. he's live in our studio for a "gma" exclusive. >>> but what does this mean for the u.s. and our relationships more importantly in the middle east. >> let's get right away to cairo, and christiane amanpour in that exclusive interview with president mubarak. christiane? >> reporter: good morning, george. and indeed, today, as those huge crowds come out to give yet another massive signal to president mubarak the army is taking a more proactive role to keep the two sides apart. it was, if you like, an accidental interview i had. i went for a meeting with the new vice president. and i was taken to see president mubarak, without a camera. we did speak for 20 to 30 minutes. we took some still pictures. he said i could report what we had talked about. and this is how it went. within minutes, i was whisked in a stately reception room where i came face to face with the man at the center of this storm, egyptian president, hosni mubarak. the president greeted me warmly. and i asked how he was. he

or southern italy where the states seem to be filthy rich industrialists from the triangle of mullen and turin. and of course in it and do flossy and in the box of parcel one of the anarchists terribly important. to understand the mentality i am going to tell you a quick story and it is a pretty good story. it's a true story from the 1890's, and it's about an anarchist country old anarchist who is dying and meeting to a fairly religious family and he is dying and one part of the room is the family who wished he would make peace with god and the other side is his family to hate religion, hate them all. and so when somebody from his wife's family says wouldn't you like to call a lawyer, a lawyer? wouldn't you like to call a lawyer to make your will? somebody else's wouldn't you like to call a priest to hear you've been a good man but at a few weak moments in your life? and he finally says yes, bring me a lawyer, yes, bring me a priest. joy on one side, consternation on the other. the priest and a lawyer comes up, he has a lawyer kit that shows up and he leans down and says you have not

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admiral mike mullen, the president's top military adviser appeared on "the daily show" with jon stewart. this is what he said. >> i think actually it's taken not just us but many people by surprise. >> how is that possible, senator? after 9/11 with our intelligence focused on the region that the administration could be surprised by what has turned out to be a revolution sweeping the middle east? >> i will tell you easily. i don't think there is a mystery in it, david. there is no surprise that there was pent-up demand. no surprise that we needed to have reform. the fact is a year ago i gave a speech in which i laid out much of what needed to be done in the region. secretary of state clinton, only three weeks ago, made a very dramatic, tough statement in which she said, unless there is reform, unless arab leaders move to deal with the problems this is an area that's sinking into the sand. it was a very dramatic statement. what happened in tunisia is what triggered this. what happened on facebook and twitter is what drove it. frankly, the muslim brotherhood was taken by surprise. everybod

so i think you know secretary gates, admiral mullen, people up and down the line have been on the phone talking to their egyptian counterparts and friends. it was telling that the defence minister was out today in the square among the crowd. reassuring them on precisely the issue that michele is talking about. that the army is not trying to bring in these pro mubarak thugs to beat you up. that we are here as protectors of the nation. they were forming a kind of security. i think that is the moment in which a lot of people breathed a sigh of relief. that the army was to you going to be the guarantor of some process. and we're still trying to see exactly what it looks like. >> rose: do you think this stops at egypt or does it go somewhere else? >> look, i do think a process of change is under way in the arab world. i'm not necessarily predicting that domino affect of revolution but these grievances that we saw in tunisia and egypt, these uprisings are widely shared. there were big demonstrations in yem ken just today. there have been demonstrations in algeria, in jordan. now some of these

greater problem than this debt and this deficit issue and i don't care whether you listen to admiral mullen... chairman of the joint chiefs or anybody from an economist standpoint talk about this or talk about the issues that are facing us. the number-one issue is debt and the deficit. so we're just trying to do the right things which why people sent us here. >> woodruff: let's talk about some specifics. senator warner, is this mainly a matter of turning the recommendations of the simpson-bowles deficit reduction commission, turning that into legislation? >> well, it's turning that into legislation or having that become the consequences if we don't act. because in certain ways, if there is... as saxby said, we won't do this alone, we need the white house, the house, the senate, both parties and if there's a better way to both get to these deficit reduction numbers, if there's a better try actually make sure that our tax code keeps american business competitive in the 21st century and lowers rates for individuals but takes on the tax expenditures then we in congress ought to find that. but i