it was my book about herr mÜller.re was a woman who used to work as a volunteer in his programs back in the 50's or 60's. and her husband was one of karol wojtyla best friends and karol wojtyla of course became pope john paul ii. and when i wrote about the book of herr mÜller she shared it she sent a copy to her, she showed her husband and he said oh, this is great. we've got to invite this guy to this annual thing that we have where we invite people to -- it's an ecumenical words. you know, they'd bring protestant and catholics and people of other religions together for to listen to a concert and there's about 30 or 40 people who get to have what's called a private audience its really a photo op. and a few short words with the pope and i was sitting about 30 feet away from him through the concert. and behind him was this 9 foot statue of peter, you know, with keys to the kingdom and a book. and suddenly it occurred to me that, this is the man who with a dozen or twodozen words could bring war to the planet and other

this let's us say, as fbi director muller did, that our system works. there is no fundamental clash between national security and our values, and that's the message the president has been trying to deliver since his inaugural address, and was reinforced tonight. >> you said the republican heat would have continued. obviously pete king and hoekstra and giuliani are not going to say we were wrong, the system does work. we're sorry. >> yeah. >> even though that last poll said 62% specifically approved the way obama had handled the detroit case before this development, where gosh the system works and cooperation with the family, turns out to be more valuable than trying to drown the man, they've been selling obama's soft on terror. which push back will they offer and from which orifice will they pull it. >> i'm not going to hazard a guess on the last one. >> we can all guess the second one. >> i think they're in a place now where they just want to hurt obama. and what they don't get, i wish they would look into their souls a little bit, if they convey over

that's what director muller told me. he urged us not to ask a question. sgr . >> didn't the director of national intelligence make this public during the threat assessment testimony? >> he was -- there was one question asked. it was asked of fbi director muller. i tried to stop that question from being asked. the fbi director at the time may be operating under new instructions answersed yes he was cooperating. that's all that was said. had he really wanted to keep it secret, the simple answer is any questioning should be something we'll discuss with you in a classified hearing, but then the white house went out and talked all about his family coming over and the fact that he had been talking for about three days. that is the information they told us, the intelligence committee could not afford to have it out because it will destroy their opportunities to pursue information he gave them. >> just very briefly, senator, in the time that's remaining, everyone was very taken aback by the answer to senator feinstein's question about whether they anticipated ano

muller? >> agree. >> general burgess? >> yes, ma'am. agree. >> mr. dinger?>> yes. >> what do you think? just listening to it is a little bit chilling. when you hear them say, yes, it's happening. >> it is chilling. i think we have to point out to people that when they said it was certain, they were saying it's certain there will be an attempt. and so, i mean, may i remind people it's in that context, but even so, having spent almost five years at the white house in one of those positions, i can't imagine the circumstance that would have led me to say publicly i was certain it was going to happen. this may be a good abjekt lesson of answer the question. he was asked whether the attempt was high or low. he would have been just fine saying "high" rather than frightening everybody. >> cards on the table. shouldn't we be planning for the worst-case scenario, especially given what we learned on christmas? >> that's right, but we learned from the senior official after the day's testimony was closed, there is no information of a coming attack, so they're back-pedall

muller? >> agree. >> peneta says the biggest threat are from operatives in the united states. al-qaida is using more recruits with little training and more devices. >>> police rushed to the cherry hill rail stop after a fight broke out. we don't have word yet on what sparked that fight. >>> some terrifying moments for a window washer, found himself dangling 12 stories. weijia jiang reports on his efforts to save his life. >> in the hearts of harbor east. >> it's definitely a sight to see. >> reporter: heartbeats were racing. >> we train in high angle rescues. >> reporter: where a harness malfunction left a window washer dangling for nearly an hour. he was somehow separated from this chair. >> the mechanism that allows him to go up and down to wash windows lost power. >> he just had no means to getting down to the roof. >> they go all the way up to the top -- >> reporter: millly owens is an office worker who sees window washers every day, but not like this. >> we were hoping that they would get him down quickly, because it's so cold. >> reporter: somehow the victim maintained h

muller >> agree. >> reporter: what is being done to this wart these plans is one of the questions lawmakersk this morning when they testify at more hearings. yesterday heads of ci a fbi and national defense said al qaeda has deployed shaller groups with little history -- smaller groups with little history and simpler will forms of attack. >> the biggest threat i see is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/11, i think the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: abc news has learned some intelligence has come from the accused christmas day bomber. in the past week the he has been co-operating. >> this new information is welcomed by the obama administration. >>> the oscar nominations are out and charm city well represented. blind side we have all heard the story of reigns line man michael or and precious featuring monique won best picture nomination. blind side also earned sandra bullock a best actress nomination and monique nominated for best supporting actress. patrick wright head of mica vid

muller? >> agree. >> reporter: what is being done to thwart these plans. the head of the cia, the fbi and national defense said, al qaeda has deployed smaller groups with little history. and simpler methods of attack. the cia chief said trying to stay ahead of the terrorists before they act keeps him up at night. >> the biggest threat i see is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/11. i think the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting their methods, in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: abc news has learned some of the intelligence has come from the accused christmas day bomber. the past week, umar farouk abdulmutallab has provided questioners with useful and actionable intelligence. this comes after the fbi sxretly flew family members from nigeria to the u.s. to convince him to cooperate. and this new revelation is welcomed for the obama situation, which was criticized for reading the christmas bomber his miranda rights after his arrest. >> back to the terror threat. are the leaders talking about a large-sc

muller? >> agree. >> general burgess?nation's top military officer is calling for an end to don't ask, don't tell, the policy that prohibits openly gay americans from serving in the armed services. defense secretary robert gates is ordering a review on how to lift the 17-year-old policy, something admiral mike mullen described as a question of integrity. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbian to serve openly would be the right thing to do. no matter how i look at this issue, i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about how they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> officials say three american soldiers were killed in pakistan this morning in a roadside bombing in the northwest part of that country. pakistan's army says the soldiers were in the region on a mission to train paramilitary forces to better combat militant fighters. if confirmed by the u.s. military, the little-publicized mission will draw new attention to

muller?>> agree. >> reporter: sources say abdulmutallab started talking about his training and contacts in yemen after fbi agents brought family members from nigeria to the u.s. from his arraignment they persuaded the suspect to cooperate. facing criticism the fbi missed chances for information sooner by reading abdulmutallab his right to remain silent. fbi director bob muller said not true. >> the interrogation continues despite the fact he's been mirandized? >> yes. >> reporter: also today iran launched a rocket capable of carrying satellites into space. it's technology that could be used to launch warheads u.s. officials say an ongoing concern. >> tehran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons. >> reporter: iran says it has no plans to do so. as for terror suspects, gop critics are mounting an effort to bar funding for civilian trials. the white house says the bush team showed that terror suspects can be fairly convicted in u.s. courts. among them, shoe bomber richard reid. e

director muller told me, please do not bring this up in an open hearing.ime we were being briefed in an open session. the administration apparently was developing a whole media strategy to show how great they were by what abdulmutallab was doing. >> now, the white house press isn't, robert gibbs, fired back. >> i would suggest that somebody that alleges that, when they know it doesn't happen, owe people an apology. any briefing that's done here in order to ensure that the information that's in the public is correct, is done in conjunction with many agencies, and done so so that information that is classified and shouldn't be released, isn't released. >> all this, of course, as attorney general eric holder now says that he made the decision to try the man as a civilian rather than in a military system, in consultation with the intelligence community. he also called it consistent with strategy used during the bush administration. an example of the attempted shoe bomber richard reid was read his miranda rights and convicted inside of the federal court system.

for more information sooner by reading abdulmutallab his right to remain silent, fbi director bob muller said, not true. >> the interrogation continues despite the fact that he has been mirandaized? >> yes. >> reporter: also today, iran launched a rocket capable of carrying satellites into space. it's tecology that could be used to launch warheads. u.s. officials say an ongoing concern. >> tehran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons. >> reporter: iran says it has no plans to do so. as for terror suspects, gop critics here are mounting an effort to bar funding for civilian trials. the white house says the bush team showed that terror suspects can be fairly convicted in u.s. courts. among them, shoe bomber richard reid. in washington, brook hart, nbc news. >> meanwhile, some lawmakers are preparing to challenge the obama administration's decision to try the 9/11 suspects in federal court. the bipartisan group introduced legislation that would force the white house to use military tribunals instead. >>> well, it's been a very busy year for president obama, but it's also bee

muller. >> agreed. >> jon: cia director leon panetta, national intelligence, robert blair and agreeingn attack in the next months. >> there's a line we have to walk, we want to keep them apprised and report analysis like we just heard, but we need to remind people, don't panic, nobody really knows for sure, it seems likely at some point something will happen, but a lot of this is still guesswork and we need to impart that. >> it's more like a don't ask-don't tell policy for the media i want to know if there's going to be an attack, likely to come from an invading army or already in the united states from some of the mosques, who are the people? if they think there's going to be an attack they must know where it's likely to come from. why aren't we getting reports on that? why koent we get o'keefe or somebody like him to invade some of these places and record what's going on there. >> and we've got the reports, for example, the report about the underwear bomber is now happily talking now that he's been mirandized and he is in fact talking. hats off to mark finkle stein, news buster, mak

muller? >> thank you chairwoman, director blair and panetta pointed to the global nature of many of the threats we face from international terrorism in pakistan, yemen and elsewhere to cyber attacks to computer crime committed by international criminal enterprises. and what is striking is how many of these overseas threats reach directly into the united states. the events outside the united states often have immediate impact on our security here at home. as i discuss our mission in the overall threat assessment, i do want to highlight how quickly these threats are evolving and how globalization has often led to the integration of these foreign and domestic threats. over the past decade, the focus of strategic terrorism threats has been south asia. the heartland of al qaeda. but now as director panetta pointed out, al qaeda trainers see the tribal areas of pakistan as less secure and this is led al qaeda to franchise into regional components in places such as north africa and the arabian penin

muller? you chairwoman, director blair and panetta pointed to the global nature of many of the threats we face from international terrorism in pakistan, yemen and elsewhere to cyber attacks to computer crime committed by international criminal enterprises. and what is striking is how many of these overseas threats reach directly into the united states. the events outside the united states often have immediate impact on our security here at home. as i discuss our mission in the overall threat assessment, i do want to highlight how quickly these threats are evolving and how globalization has often led to the integration of these foreign and domestic threats. over the past decade, the focus of strategic terrorism threats has been south asia. the heartland of al qaeda. but now as director panetta pointed out, al qaeda trainers see the tribal areas of pakistan as less secure and this is led al qaeda to franchise into regional components in places such as north africa and the arabian peninsula. thi

rich walsh and robin muller, take it away.ado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com - @!@%@$ cameron indoor stadium. it is alive and jumping, but virginia a young team, number 21 in the country, the images from haiti are heart-breaking-- homes, hospitals, and schools destroyed; defense and duke will keep the possession. the blue devils have a chance tonight to nail down the acc regular season championship. but, virginia, monica wright, one of nation's top defensive players with a steal and a layen and virginia is up 6-3. >> robyn: one of the things that monica wright does so well, reading the ball, reading the offense, reading the defense. that one she picked off in mid air and she is beat players down the floor. >> rich: she is great offensively and she might be even better defensively and one of the players she is guarding with the ball right now, jasmine thomas. two of the top players in the acc. the shot clock is running down. i jasmine thomas misses the 3. virginia has the basketball. >> robyn: one of the

muller has said repeatedly that a lot of the gears being deployed now to iraq and afghanistan, the safetys have been elevated directly as a result of the efforts by congress and other people. but he was part of the process. >> the congressman had quite an extensive career in the military. at a first vietnam veteran elected to congress, left college because he felt obligated to serve at that time, so, yes, absolutely. decorated, he was injured in vietnam. minor injuries, daddy-decorated. that is -- minor injuries, decorated. he is really connected to the military, spent a lot of time at walter reed military hospital. his trips travel lost to afghanistan to go to iraq, the battlefield, and he got right in with the troops and told him what they are experiencing. >> that is certainly what we talk about leaving behind. >> obviously that is the area where, you know, the funding developed for things like military research, development of weapons. vehicles that can be handled remotely like -- by computer so that exposures are not exposed to the air and potential fire that might come from around h

. >> rich wall, along with robin muller. rich walsh. tournament projection. coaches and players say we don't pay any attention. i think both teams know exactly where they sit right now. >> with four games left they have worked out every scenario in how they fit into the standings. boston college potentially with some help they win here, georgia tech loss, they have catapulted into fourth place or at least a tie. great position to be in. nc state with a win for them. they are right in the thick of things. middle of the pack and certainly would help their standings as well. >> right now there are ten teams in the acc that have a legitimate shot and boston college has a great shot because of one kaare lin swords. >> force to be reckoned with. other side is stefanie murphy on that and that's what i think makes carolyn swords so good. together they are very difficult to stop. >> this was supposed to be a rebuilding here in raleigh. nc state is in a spot with a couple of wins. they might be tournament worthy. one reason why a fabulous freshman. >> she is a very imp

muller? >> agree. >> reporter: much of the urgent concern about another attack is fueled by the near-miss bombing attempt on christmas day. and there is a steady stream o new intelligence showing al qaeda continues to target the homeland. abc news has learned the fbi has been looking at travel records from africa, trying to determine if operatives trained in yemen have already made their way into the united states. some of the intelligence has come from suspected christmas day bomber abdulmutallab, who is providing useful information to the fbi. mutallab's family was critical in convincing him to cooperate. the fbi flew members of his family from nigeria to the u.s. to talk to him. news about the breakthrough came as republicans in congress hammered the obama administration, for initially telling mutallab, he had the right to remain silent, after 50 minutes of interrogation. >> it makes no sense to capture someone fresh off the battlefield. and within 50 minutes read them their miranda rights

director blair, director panet panetta, director muller o muele fib firks the head of the intelligence agency, the head of the i.n.r., the intelligence agency of the state department, ambassador finger, every one of them said the threat is high, and yet we department get confirmed two top people whose job is to see that the analysis of this intelligence is correct. let me speak for a moment about karen wagner. she's had a distinguished career in public and private service that has prepared her for under secretary of homeland security for intelligence and analysis. now, we just had a christmas eve attack on the homeland. this is the top person of that department to deal with the intelligence related to exactly this: protection of the homela homeland. and the obama administration has been in office for a year now and we cannot get this nominee confirmed. now, you might think, well, is there a problem with the nominee? and the answer to that is no. she's currently an instructor in intelligence resource management for the intelligence and security academy. she retired from the house perman

muller? >> agree. >> general burgess? >> yes, ma'am, agree. >> mr.s talk about this and more with our national security contributor fran townsend. she was the homeland security adviser to president bush. the next three to six months certain they say an attempted terrorist attack against the united states. that's chilling. >> it's not only chilling, wolf. it's unprecedented. how many times can we recall since 9/11 seeing intelligence and law enforcement officials up there saying it's certain? that doesn't happen. although in some respects when you look at the attempted bombing on christmas day, you've seen john brennan come out, the president's homeland security advise he shall, and said al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is the closest affiliate to al qaeda core, we've seen an attempt on the chief with an underwear bomber in saudi arabia. we've seen the british come out and they've raised their terrorist alert system. they're loathe to do that, i can tell from you experience. when you see all of these things happening, i think americans understand tha

and my parents worked hard to send us to parochial schools, the nine boys to muller high school, of alluniversity and i got a great education. must have been one of those dayton people over there. we have a couple of musketeers here. i did get a good education but i learned to be a straight shooter. i learned that honesty is the best policy and i learned to listen, whether it was in school, whether it was a lecture, whether i was being scolded. but i was a salesman. people think that the best atry bulet for a good salesman is the ability to speak. i would argue that the best attribute of a good salesman is the ability to listen and the willingness to listen. and so too often our elected officials in this country really do get a -- get it backwards thelft think it's their job to speak all the time. they think their job is to be the lecturer, not the listener. "politico" a an article recently titled "obama the scold." i don't know if you saw it. but voters thought they were electing a commander in chief in 2008. instead they got a professor who offers finger-waving lectures on buying ener

my impression is that blair and muller that let the information be known. >> there's a lot of information getting out there from all corners. there was importance in some of that information that was out there from the white house. but i don't agree with your characterization of their testimony. but we do feel like we did a good job of letting folks know what we are up to. >> similar characterization. is that all right? well, the other question i have has to do with the statement that president obama made last week when speaking to the republican retreat, the house republican conference. he's referring to the stray cats and dogs in the health care legislation. he said, as example, he said, quote, we said from the start it was going to be important for us to be consistent and saying to people if you want to keep the health care you have, you can keep it. you're not going to have anybody between you and your doctor. some of that might have violated the pledge. you were process of eliminating those provisions. >> i'm not sure. i'll have to get back to you. chuck? >> a couple of questions. fi