quarter of a billion but instead of addressing daunting poverty issues beijing is having to buy new weaponry and investing billions into producing its own you have a large army this is now the second largest in the world hundred six billion dollars this is an enormous expenditure of wealth. that could make a real impact. on poverty and it's also happening at a time when there is a moment slowdown that is happening. throughout asia the same applies to india which last year was the world's leading weapon importer including an eye watering twenty billion dollars worth of french fighter jets this is why washington's return to asia policy from selling weapons to holding joint war games in the region is deeply troubling countries here especially china the u.s. wants full spectrum dominance in the region in what it wants to project its military power to everyone concerned specially china i think the u.s. may not be headed for a direct military confrontation with china at the moment but the u.s. wants to china wants to encircle china and keep it subservient to us that this situation draws historic p

already are approaching the time where we want to turn to our audience questions, but technology, new weaponry, i think lincoln gets a great deal of credit for it, monitor the most obvious thing. i don't know if davis gets as much credit as he actually deserves. he

want to go to chief justice correspondent, pete williams, in a minute, who has new information regarding some of the weaponrydo we have pete? pete, give us the latest, if you will. >> reporter: well, we're told he had four weapons that he took with him. now, the aurora police say he took three of them into the theater, two of them were hand guns, made by glock, a hand gun manufacturer. one was a .40 caliber weapon. i don't know what the caliber was on the other. the second was a shotgun, a remington model 870 shotgun, one of the most popular shotguns ever made. it's a single barrel pump action shotgun. then he had a smith and wesson ar 15 type weapon, somewhat people call an assault weapon. it can fire a large number of rounds and can accommodate large ammunition clips. we don't know from the authorities on the scene what sort of magazines or ammunition clips were recovered at the scene and how many rounds he had. but you know, the point is he obviously entered the theater with a considerable amount of fire power. now, authorities are still tracing when and where these weapons were purchased. all of them, yo

last night speaking to the national urban league in new orleans, the president tried to strike a balance between the right to bear arms and weaponry he sees having no place in society. >> i also believe and a lot of gun owners would agree that ak-47s belong in the hands of soldier, not in the hands of criminals. >> earlier in the day in an interview with nbc's brian williams republican presidential candidate mitt romney had a different take on the issue. >> i don't happen to believe that america needs new gun laws. a lot of what this young man did was clearly against the law, but the fact that it was against the law did not prevent it from happening. >>> well, elsewhere in politics the senate held two key votes involving the extension of the bush era tax cuts but the battle will likely continue until the oerchd the year as remain one of keyishes in the presidential race. nbc's jennifer johnson has that story from washington. >> the senate passing a democratic bill extending tax cuts for the majority of americans but not the very wealthy. earlier giving a cut to everyone failed. a victory for president obama but the democrats' plan

new violence in damascus after fighting in aleppo. >> the government will be trying to press its superior manpower and weaponry. >> taking over a station in aleppo. it is a small victory as they prepare for what is likely to be a massive ground and air assault from the syrian army. the rebels are allemande and outgunned. -- outmanned and outgunned. the u.s. -- the u.n. secretary- general ban ki-moon expressed frustration that diplomatic relations had failed to stop the fighting. >> action, meaningful action, will take the place of the efforts of the international community. without unity, there will be more bloodshed. more death. >> meanwhile, the head of the u.n. observer mission held talks in damascus with syrian's foreign minister to discuss the conflict. the un has also reduced the number of its observers in syria because the fighting has become more intense. as the fighting rages, arab nations planned to ask the u.n. general assembly to approve a u.n. resolution that calls for political transition in syria and the creation of a democratic government. >> along those lines, up to 15 members of the syrian opposition are reportedly wo

. >> and we are also getting some new information about the weaponry. we have learned this. the number of guns has now been upgraded to four guns found, shotgun being the additional gun. we heard again sort of conflicting reports from eyewitnesss which makes sense now that there are four guns. one is an a.k. type rifle, an assault weapon. one is the shotgun. and two handguns. police were able to recover one gun in the theater, and that is the shooter was heavily armed. and eyewitnesss said that they saw the shooter carrying the rifle, the a.k. type weapon, and then also a shotgun as well. so that brings the number to four guns that law enforcement officials are now saying was part of this terrible tragedy. >>> we want to get to dan austin, a retired nypd detective. dan, thank you for joining us. the shooter has not been named by authorities yet, but we know that he is 24 years old, according to police, that he was wearing a bulletproof vest, heavily armed. i just described some of that weaponry. describe for me what kind of damage that a.k. type rifle could do in a crowded t

night, while speaking to the national urban league in new orleans, the president tried to strike a balance between the right to bear arms and weaponry he sees having no place in society. >> i also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that ak-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals. >> earlier, mitt romney had a different take on the issue. >> i don't happen to believe that america needs new gun laws. a lot of what this young man did was clearly against the law. but the fact that it was against the law did not prevent it from happening. >>> the senate held two key votes involving the extension of the bush tax cuts. the battle will likely continue next year, and it's going to remain one of the key presidential issues in the race. nbc's jennifer johnson has that story from washington. >>> the bill is passed. >> reporter: the senate passing a democratic bill extending tax cuts for the majority of americans, but not the very wealthy. earlier the republican plan, giving the cuts to everyone failed. a victory for president obama, but the democrats' plan is considered dead on arrival in the republican-cont

new and exciting technology in the defense business. i have some of the most sophisticated systems in the world in terms of weaponry and in terms of technologylligence world we now have some of the most exciting new technologies that are being developed. but let me tell you something. none of that, none of that, would be worth a damn were it not for the good people and the good leaders who understand, not only how to use that technology but are dedicated to defending this country. may god bless them, may god bless this agency, and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the director of the defense intelligence agency, lt. general michael t. flynn. [applause] >> mr. secretary before i get going with some remarks, my irish mother always uses choice words as well and i know as she talked about she was being reminded about how many hats i was supposed to be wearing in this job, she says well they will keep his head warm. [laughter] to begin i want to say welcome to everyone for attending today's great ceremony. as the secretary reminded us the men and women of dia are an extraordinary group of i

weaponry. he is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 and midnight showing of the new batman movie. not far from the theater people are writing messages and leaving flowers at makeshift memorial. >> i don't know anyone here personally but i just wanted to show that people can still care. >> the youngest victim was six years old braun a composer whose mother has been in intensive care >> their whole life is changed or what? she still does not know her daughter is gone >> witnesses say 27 year-old max mcqueen died a hero. when the shooting started he jumped on top of his girlfriend shielding her from the gunfire. seven victims remain hospitalized and a prayer vigil is scheduled for sunday night at city hall. holmes has been appointed a public defender. he is in solitary confinement for his own safety. he is expected in court on monday. >> cbs news is learning new informational this morning. sources say that they plan to analyze a computer and other instruments they found in the apartment. michele will be back reporting tomorrow morning on cbs five eyewitness news starting at 4:30 a.m.

new york times." he is the war correspondent's war correspondent. he is known for his courage, resourcefulness on the battlefield, knowledge of tactics and strategy and finally for his expertise in weaponry, in particular the ubiquitous ak-47 of which he has written a definitive biography, a fascinating and important book called simply "the gun." chris comes from a military family after graduating -- excuse me, i'm getting a cold. after graduating from cornell, he joined the marine corps serving in the gulf war. he was gulf war. he was honorably discharged as a captain in 1994. went to columbia graduate school of journalism, and worked at the providence journal in rhode island and joined "the times" in 1999, where he was promptly assigned to cover the cops. part of his legend at the "times" is that on 9/111, he sprinted from police headquarters to ground zero, remaining at that site day in, day out for two weeks. abroad, he has had numerous assignments including a four-year stint as a moscow correspondent and a specialist in war zones. to chris' left is sarah ganum and at age 24, she has won acclaim about the penn state sexual abuse case involving assistant head coach jerry sandusky and

its arsenal of chemical weaponry has also contributed to keeping all prices afloat there are also high expectations that the federal reserve was to my way to the economy with a new round of quantitative easing but all of these could be outweighed by the eurozone shivers the day to watch what i. he would have been looking for is going to be or was twenty when greece is going to pay three point three billion euros in debt payments my feeling that we're going to see negative news coming out of this we have downside risk to our place so i guess i am fortunate believe that we're going to see further pressure and all price in the southern direction opinions differ on whether another crisis could force for sure to use its substantial international reserves some forecasts trasher will have to resort to them already in the second half of two thousand and twelve well under reset confident the russian budget will weather an anticipated economic storm on its own the central bank has recently shown its commitment to fully trained its currency by awakening the rubles trading band and moved it forward to use pressure on russia's international reserves which surely it should be

when we have new planes or submarine, we'll show their most senior leadership, you know, sensitive information that's, you know, and weaponry that's being developed. and this is supposed to be a, you know, officer exchange. you know, they take us over there and show our generals, like, their cafeteria and stuff like that, and we show them our new stealth fighters. i mean, i think in general america needs to be serious again, and i don't think we are. if you look at our debt and our defense policies, i think, um, it's just a -- i think we're getting a wake-up call, and we have an election. we need to address everything, basically, across the board. >> i'd like to ask you a question. um, i think your book's very important and very readable. how do you explain that our political candidates are simply not talking about china? i don't think they've read your book. i don't think they address it as an issue, and it is an important issue. >> yeah, that's a great question. i think the answer is kind of like the answer anytime anyone asks why something is or is not addressed in washington, it's all about money. so political candidate

news is reporting. if that psychiatrist had reported him as the psychiatrist should have, if it's true, to the authorities, and then he bought weaponryave cross-referenceed and seen that. >> the fbi has plenty on its plate. the fact is the psychiatrist and the psychologists in this country are not meeting any obligation of duty to society when they refuse to report people who are deeply troubled. >> bill: stay on the guns. >> i'm not going to stay on the guns because this goes well beyond guns. >> bill: do you object to this law in the border states? >> i think it's absurd. >> bill: do you think the law is absurd. >> absolutely absurd. the reason it was put in effect. regulation by the alcohol tobacco and firearms because. >> bill: the border war. >> no. because attorney general eric holder contemporaneously was trying to run a p.r. campaign about american guns in mexico as the mexican government was watching the slaughter of 55,000 -- no, no. let me use this number and put it in context. >> right. >> bill: 55,000 people murdered since 2006 in mexico. >> in mexico. >> because of the drug cartel violence. >> bill: you don't want any r

new and exciting technology in the defense business. i have some of the most sophisticated systems in the world. in terms of weaponryrld, we now have some of the most exciting new technology shoes that are being developed. but let me tell you some things. none of that -- none of that would be worth a word not for the good people at that good leaders who understand not only had he used that technology but are dedicated to defending this country. may god bless them may god bless his agency and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general michael t. flynn. [applause] >> mr. secretary, before a gig on to some remarks, the irish mother always uses choice words as well. i know she talked about him was reminded about how many hats i was supposed to be wearing in this job she said it'll keep your head warm. [laughter] to begin, i also want to say welcome to everyone for attending today's great ceremony. as a secretary man says the men and women at dia are extraordinary group of intelligent professionals is to re

news agency opposition activists they say the syrian forces and government militia men fired automatic weapons at people as they entered the mosques for ramadan evening prayers. activists also say thousands of syrian troops with heavy weaponryaded for strong hold. we can't independently confirm any of this. russia today slammed damascus for its recent threats to use chemical weapons against a possible foreign attack. a statement out of moscow reminded the syrian regime that it has vowed to never use chemical weapons and that russia expects syria to honor that commitment. criminal charges tonight in the united kingdom a phone hacking scandal. british prosecutors say they are charging the former news of the world editors carlson and rebekah brooks conspiring to intercept thousands of communications. they could get two years in prison. six other people including news of the world staffers are also facing charges. news international, owned by news corporation, which is the parent company of fox news channel, shut down the tabloid last summer and apologized for the hacking. lawmakers are one step closer to making us pay more to shop online. today a house committee held a hearing on a bill that would allow every state in the nati

new and exciting technology in the defense business. i have some of the most sophisticated systems in the world in terms of weaponry and in terms of technologyen in the intelligence world, we now have some of the most exciting new technologies that are being developed. but let me tell you something. none of that would be worth a damn were not for the good people and the good leaders who understand not only how to use that technology, but are dedicated to defending this country. may god bless them. may god bless this agency. and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the director of the intelligence agency, lt. michael t. flynn. [applause] >> before i get going with some remarks, my irish mother always uses choice words as well. when she was reminded about how many hats i was supposed to be wearing in this job, she said, well they will keep his head warm. [laughter] to begin, i want to say welcome to everyone for attending this great ceremony. the men and women of d.o.a. are an extraordinary group of intelligence professionals. as we recognize the accomplishments of a great leader in ron bur

weaponry and air defenses and so forth. i worry that if you took the approach of this is now out our new geopolitical follow once again, you would lose a lot of that cooperation that is really important to american interests. >> did you think that it is possible that we will see in russia, under president putin, the rise of an arab spring-like popular uprising? there has been an authoritarian drift in russia during the last 3.5 years. ironically, if you look at the ambassador's writing at stanford at the end of the bush administration saying bush was too soft, it would have to be magnified if you applied the same standard today. european observers were unwilling to say was a free and fair election of putin. a new law passed in the last 10 days. you have a law that tries to outlaw independent political parties in the provinces. you have russia, with all due respect, who has been a lifeline in both syria and recalcitrant on iran. when i was special envoy to sudan, there were things we could not get it through the un security council on sanctions. we put together a coalition of europeans and others, over 20 countries that put

weaponry. these things matter. i worry if you took the approach that this is our new geopolitical foe you is this a lot of the cooperatione a lot of the cooperation. >> do you think we will see tin the rise of an arab spring like uprising? >> if you look at the ambassador's writing what he was at stanford, saying bush was too soft and he did not get enough. it has to be magnified if you apply the same standard. not only do you have a drift, you have a new ngo law that further it squeezes civil society. the eu had a lot that tries to outlaw -- you had a law that tries to outlaw political parties. this has been a lifeline in both syria [inaudible] without the special envoy to sudan, and there were things we cannot get through the council on sanctions because china got six% of the oil. we put together a coalition of the europeans and others that the sanctions -- put sanctions. you have russia against missile defense deployments. you have russia using their oil and energy to intimidate. be honest. you talk about it. i have dealt with some less unpleasant guys. saying you are not doing good things never surprises them. they k

against the united states and to develop our own weaponry, had what appeared to be a harmless email sent to the employees saying explanation of your new health care benefits, just click below. it turned out that click brought in the hackers into the system. so what we're talking about here has consequences that go far beyond the harassment of some teenage hacker who is trying to get into some company computer or even the school's computer. i was on a plane yesterday with a gentleman who is working for the national institutes of health and i asked him about cybersecurity. he said we think about it every day. every day because hackers are trying to get into the national institutes of health technology and computer system. i said what for? well, some of them are in there for insidious reasons. but some of them are childish hackers and i said what do they do? well, they'll come in, for example, and change our accomplished list of antidotes to certain poisons so we always have to keep an eye on it to make sure they haven't changed what people, doctors should use across america. think about it. think about all the possibilities and what we'

new york times"" simply put, he is the war correspondent's war correspondent. he is known for his courage, resourcefulness on the battlefield, knowledge of tactics and strategy and finally for his expertise in weaponry, in particular, ubiquitous ak47 about which he has written a definitive biography. a fascinating book called simply, "the gun." he comes from a military family. excuse me. i am getting a cold. after graduating from cornell university, he joined the marinehe was honorably discharged as captain in 1994, went to columbia graduate school of journalism, worked at the providence journal in rhode island and joined the "new york times" in 1999. where he was promptly assigned to cover the cubs. part of his legend there is that on september 11, he sprinted from police headquarters to ground zero, remaining at the site day in and day out for two weeks. abroad, he has had numerous assignments, including a four year stint as a moscow correspondent. and a specialist in war zones. to his left, sara ganim. at the age of 24, she won acclaim for breaking the story of the penn state sex abuse case revolving around assistant football coach jerry sandusy. and for staying ahead when the story spiraled into

supplying its most sophisticated weaponry on the air defense and so forth, so these things matter and these kinds of cooperation my worry if you took this approach this is now our newgeopolitical foe once again that he would lose a lot of that cooperation that's important to american interests. >> i would like to ask a question of both of you starting with rich. do you think it is possible that we will see in russia under president putin the rise of the arab spurring popular a proxy? >> well, there's been an authoritarian drift in russia during the last three and a half years. i ron ackley if you look at ambassador mccaul's writings when he was at stanford near the end of the bush administration saying bush was too soft and didn't get enough, it has to be magnified if you apply the same standard today. not only the of the authoritarian drift with a european or unwilling to say it was a free and fair election you have an ngo law that passed the last ten days that for the squeezes civil society. you have had a law that tries to out all independent political parties and provinces. you've got russia with all due respect who has been a lifeline in both syria and in iran

weaponry and air defenses and so forth. i worry that if you took the approach of this is now out our new geopolitical follow once again, you would lose a lot of that cooperation that is really important to american interests. >> did you think that it is possible that we will see in russia, under president putin, the rise of an arab spring-like popular uprising? there has been an authoritarian drift in russia during the last 3.5 years. ironically, if you look at the ambassador's writing at stanford at the end of the bush administration saying bush was too soft, it would have to be magnified if you applied the same standard today. european observers were unwilling to say was a free and fair election of putin. a new law passed in the last 10 days. you have a law that tries to outlaw independent political parties in the provinces. you have russia, with all due respect, who has been a lifeline in both syria and recalcitrant on iran. when i was special envoy to sudan, there were things we could not get it through the un security council on sanctions. we put together a coalition of europeans and others, over 20 countries that put