bottom line is the drones are being used to kill al-qaeda or al-qaeda affiliated terrorists in northern pakistan and yemen but nowhere else. that there is a justice department memo laying out the legal justification for the drone attacks. it's not clear to me why the obama administration felt they had to keep that memo secret. it was going to come out eventually anyway but they do have a justification. that the drone attacks are being run by john brennan. >> paul: it coast goes back to the congressional authorization to use military force in the wake of 9/11 and succeeding national defense acts patched by congress. so dorothy, the left really does however, dislike this program or the way it is operated because there was a big assault on brennan in the hearing? >> there was. if the administration had lent townhall and announced the justification, it would still have not diffused the left. >> paul: they want to kill this program? >> they have forever distorted the meaning of due process and accusing the administration and war on terror of violating all due process when in fact due process is elast

further north, we have some nasty downpours in the north of the country and this spinning out of northern pakistan could be bringing some lively weather over the higher ground. for the air arabian peninsula, dry, warm, and sunny. >> hello again. the top stories. opposition groups in india are blaming the government for failing to prevent the deaths of 16 people after a bomb attacks in hyderabad. twin blast went off thursday evening. prosecutors and defense lawyers in the oscar pistorious. on hearing have finished and the magistrate will decide whether the sprinter star will be granted bail in just over one hour. thousands of sunni muslims are protesting calling on the prime minister to step down. many of them feel the shia- dominated government is discriminating against them. for around $2 and protesters are in the streets with many palestinian youths throwing stones as the israeli troops. is are the live pictures here from he brawn. the demonstrations are against the israeli closure of one of the main streets 18 years ago. livinghas palestinians in the middle of it. >> this used to be a busy pale

. >> families and children killed, especially in northern pakistan but families and children of terrorists. and so, you know, i don't know that it's gotten much farther beyond that. >> brennan was asked this week about -- by senator wideman. what do we do if we make a mistake? and the c.i.a. director was quick to respond and said, we need to make that public, unlike -- >> i think the real problem here is that this has been an executive branch operation. what they're now doing is opening it up to the appropriate people in the congress because the more eyeballs you have on the policy, maybe there should be a court, as dianne feinstein suggests but you demystify it. chris: when you're commander in chief, you have three options, start a war, put in an army to get the bad guys or use an elite team, a seal team, for example, to go in at a great risk to them and aggravation to the host country like pakistan or use the drones? how many opposites you -- how many options you got here? >> you put your finger on the biggest problem. the drones have become an addictive way for the united states to proj

new this morning, at least five people are dead after militants stormed a government office in northern pakistance say four militants stormed the compound and three detonated their suicide vests. investigators believe the men were disguised as policemen which allowed them access inside the compound. so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. >>> a university of maryland eastern shore student died from a stabbing on campus. maryland state police are looking for his killers. 2-year-old edmond sinclair was stabbed saturday night. police say he was a passenger in a car when three or four people were walking on the street and approached them. a fight broke out. sinclair was stabbed and died. his girlfriend, chelsea joseph tells news 4 by phone he and his brother borrowed her car to get something to eat. she saw him 15 minutes before the stabbing. he always had a smile. was never no complaints. he loved life to the fullest. he loved his family. >> friends tell news 4 sinclair was a popular d.j. on campus. he posted several videos on you-tube. he attended high point and laurel h

>>> five people are dead and several injured after militants attacked a government office in northern pakistan. police say four militants stormed the compound and three of them detonated their suicide vests. the they were dressed as policemen which is how they got inside. so far no group is claiming responsibility. it is suspected the pakistani taliban is behind this attack. meantime, republicans are warning president obama not to move forward with his own immigration reform plan. they are furious the white house is drafting legislation even if lawmakers try to hammer out proposals of their own. nbc's tracie potts has more from capitol hill. >> i'm happy with the with president. he's given us the space. i'm optimistic we can get something done. >> reporter: other lawmakers here are warning president obama to back off after someone leaked a white house proposal that would immediately protect 11 million illegal immigrants and allow them to become citizens within eight years. it does not guarantee what republicans want -- border security first. >> that tells us he's looking for a partisan advanta

crews demolished the compound in northern pakistan where he hid for six years before his death. the park is expected to open in five years. >>> all right will, guys. a very good reason to not sit in front of tv after work tonight. >>> plus, what investigators saw that helped make the difficult decision to raid an underground bunker where a little boy was held hostage. >> a little break from the bitter cold. weather and traffic on the 1s ahead. >>> if it wasn't impressive enough, new information approximate this jump from the edge of space. that make us whoe ken jeong: it's not just what's on the outside yvette nicole brown: it's what's inside that really counts alison sweeney: so get to know the people around you ann curry: you'll see all they have to offer al roker: the more you know >>> turns out daredevil felix baumgartner was going faster than he thought during his space jump last year. the official numbers are in and he reached speeds of 843 miles per hour. that's 1.25 times the speed of sound. originally, it was thought he only fell 834 miles per hour. >> is that all? >> y

eight people are dead after a bombing at a market in northern pakistan and 12 people killed in shootings at two health centers in nigeria. apparently several of them are dead. the gunman opened fire on women waiting with their children outside a clinic. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >>> the man who wrote the movie lincoln admits to revising history. why he says he had to do that. >>> plus, a winter storm is wearing down on the northeast. ahead, we'll go live to boston where they're bracing for a direct hit. at 6:30 why the storm is giving a lot of people unpleasant flashbacks. >>> we'll let you know how this is affecting our morning commute. weather and traffic on the 1s af good morning. i'm tom kierein. radar showing mostly rain throughout the region. the areas in pink and white a little bit of wet snow. some reports of accumulation of a few inches in fauquier county, culpeper into northwest of leesburg. all the areas should be changing to all rain as the morning progresses the next couple of hours. around the metro, in the low and mid-30s. we're going to have more rain into

crews already demolished the compound in northern pakistan where he hid for six years before his deathat amusement park is expected to open in pief years. >>> as the boy scouts board prepares o vote whether to allow homosexuals. the coalition includes 33 counsel sims and represents more than 500 scouts across the country. it says this decision "can't be undone." . the family research council, a conservative group is chiming in. it's encouraged people to call and e-mail scout leaders urging them to keep the ba n in place. >>> harvard researchers found young men who watched 20 or more hours of firefighter a wetv a w sperm count than those who didn't watch tv at all. men who exercised at least 15 hours a week had a 73% higher sperm count than those who didn't exercise. >> just no real benefits for sitting in front of the tv all day. >> none. >> unless you want to have a lower sperm count. >> good morning. >> temperatures into the 20s to near 30 degrees. in washington right now in the mid-30s. that snow, well it brushed by us overnight. quickly moving through. no accumulation from it. gein

pakistan let's get into it head first now with the r.t. world update an assault on an army outpost in the northern part of pakistan has left thirty five dead including twelve attackers the pakistan taliban was quick to claim responsibility ten civilians all from the same family and thirteen soldiers were among those killed a spokesman for the armed group said it was retaliate for a drone strike on two taliban commanders last month just another blast yesterday just about sixty kilometers to the north left twenty six dead. the spanish prime minister being forced to deny he received more than two hundred fifty thousand euros worth of secret payments over a ten year period speaking in front of his conservative party and said he will post his tax declarations online to prove the allegations are false the scandal erupted last thursday when a national spanish newspaper published records allegedly showing prominent members of the ruling party taking a hit in donations. and a quarter of a million twitter users have had their accounts hacked and the company's information security director admitted to user names e-mails and other data had been stolen

pakistan let's get into it head first now with the r.t. world update in a solved on an army outpost in the northern part of pakistan has left thirty five dead including twelve attackers the pakistan taliban was quick to claim responsibility and ten civilians all from the same family and thirteen soldiers were among those killed a spokesman for the armed group said it was retaliate for a drone strike on two taliban commanders last month just another blast yesterday just about sixty kilometers to the north left twenty six dead. the spanish prime minister being forced to deny he received more than two hundred fifty thousand euros worth of secret payments over a ten year period speaking in front of his conservative party not here not a whole said he will post his tax declarations online to prove the allegations are false the scandal erupted last thursday when a national spanish newspaper published records allegedly showing prominent members of the ruling party taking a hit in donations. and a quarter of a million twitter users have had their accounts hacked and the company's information security director admitted to user names e-mails and other

pakistan. well two potential suicide bombers have reportedly been arrested in northern mali as they approacheda security checkpoint on the outskirts of gal it comes a day after an attacker blew himself up in the same city making it the second suicide bombing attempt since the french army came to mali to fight islam as extremists in the north france is now preparing to leave the region in a seeking to hand over their mission to a un peacekeeping force. new year's festivities picked up in beijing on saturday with a vast fireworks display of trying to mark the beginning of the new cycle in the lunar calendar it's seen as the most important holiday in much of asia a dragon dance opened fair and celebration at beijing's temple of the earth in the chinese zodiac two thousand and thirteen is the year of the snake taking over from the dragon in twenty twelve. ukrainian feminist group femen made it to the berlin film festival but only as far as the red carpet but a joyous act. vests or stated to staging a topless protest against female circumcision the police acted quickly to remove the half naked wome

pakistan. well two potential suicide bombers have reportedly been arrested in northern mali as they approached a security checkpoint on the outskirts of gal it comes a day after an attacker blew himself up in the same city making it the second suicide bombing attempt since the french army came to mali to fight islam as extremists in the north france is now preparing to leave the region in a seeking to hand over their mission to a un peacekeeping force. new year's festivities kicked off in beijing on saturday with a vast fireworks display and try to mark the beginning of the new cycle in the lunar calendar it's seen as the most important holiday in much of asia a dragon dance opened fire and celebration at beijing's temple of the earth in the chinese zodiac two thousand and thirteen is the year of the snake taking over from the dragon in twenty twelve. ukrainian feminist group femen have made it to the berlin film festival but only as far as the red carpet that a tourist activists were stated to staging a topless protest against female circumcision but police acted quickly to remove the half na

. >> over many parts of pakistan there's been a lot of wet weather recently and that has been affecting northern parts of india and in afghanistan. in the last three days we have seen 191 millimeters of rain. that's well above the monthly average. the average is just 18 millimeters. plenty of rain recently. but it does look like the worst is now over. all of the wet weather gradually moving towards the east and then fizzling out. by the time we get to thursday, there's not a great deal showing up. many of us will get away with a dry day. towards the west and farther south, more clout spirit in the southwest, there's a chance of one or two hours. in doha it has been fresh. but now the wind is changing again. there will no longer come from the north, so things will get a little warmer to the next few days. 24 degrees will be the maximum on thursday and 75 different types. farther north, clear, dry weather extends towards kabul. farther west, a little more and0 p.m. pacific, 9:00 eastern on l -- link tv. >> good to have you with us. the top stories. hundreds of people are rallying informationsia's

pakistan, its commercial capital, karachi. plus, reining in the opposition. ♪ >> hello again. for many of us across the northernarts of india, it has been very cold over the last few days. this is the picture we are now seeing out of the north. you can see just how much snow is on the ground and it looks like it will stay there for the next few days, we have another system currently edging its way towards us. still on the satellite picture we can see the clouds that gave us our recent snow, but there is another system gradually moving towards us. through monday that is still going to give us some heavy snow over parts of afghanistan, but eventually over the next couple of days it will head eastward. there is a fair amount of cloudiness with us currently. as we head to the next few days into monday, it should be fine and dry. top temperature around 23 degrees with a strong breeze as well, making things feel a bit cooler than they actually are. further towards the north is the weather system that affects parts of afghanistan. generally fine and linktv. >> top stories on al jazeera, thousands have gathered at the

northern parts of the middle east. clouds and rain making their way area and rain for beirut. jazeera, aies on our regional government accusing the pakistan government for not protecting the people following the deaths of 84 people. a man in charge of international forces in afghanistan's as reducing civilian casualty is paramount. general dunford reacting to karzai's decision to ban the army and calling in foreign bourses to conduct air strikes in residential areas. a few minutes ago, the pope arrived for his penultimate sunday mass. it does called hundreds of thousands of people into st. peter's square. he says, i beg you to continue praying for me and the next pope. he thanked the faithful for their prayers and support. 150,000 people in vatican city today to see the pope. the chinese prime minister has demanded an explanation from malaysia. we have more. he was in the fact-finding mission in malaysia before the elections. he was denied entry on orders of the malaysian and government. in australia he spoke to us from adelaide. is in government is trying to downplay the importance of his own visit. >> let's clear this up. the is a line

that is where the threat to the greatest threat to the homeland presides in western pakistan and in some cases northern afghanistan. so those are direct threats to the homeland. it's afghanistan, but happens to be where the threat is. so, as the threat migrates and changes, we reprioritization get to your point about the sequestration, yes you will see a definite degradation if we have to absorb both the magnitude and the sequestration. >> just to be clear, i suggested that other reports have indicated that there may have been under resource so i didn't mean to make that accusation just to raise it as a question. thank you very much. >> thank you, senator. senator likely. >> thank you mr. chairman and both of you for being here today and for your service and all you do for the country. i certainly appreciate and respect the fact as you acknowledged in your opening statement, it is impossible for you to be all things to all people. it's not impossible for you to be anywhere in the world within notice of only a few minutes. and we need to keep that in mind as we look at this unfortunate situation. we als

pakistan. asked the women of northern mali who live in fear and can no longer go to school. asked. asked the women of the eastern, who endured grape as a weapon of war. and that is the final lever that i want to highlight briefly because the jury is then, the evidence is absolutely indisputable. if women and girls everywhere were treated as equal to men and rights, dignity and opportunity, we would see political and economic progress everywhere. says this is not only a moral issue, which of course it is -- it is an economic issue in the security issue and it is unfinished business of the 21st century. it therefore must be central to u.s. foreign policy. one of the first things i did the secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues under the first ambassador at large and i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making bad office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women and keep them security building worldwide and we have s

just ask young mullah love from pakistan and as the women of northern mali who no longer go to school and the women of the eastern, who and/or rape as a weapon of war. that is the final lever i want to highlight briefly because the jury is in. the evidence is absolutely indisputable. if women and girls everywhere were treated as equal to men in a rights dignity and opportunity we would see political and economic progress everywhere. so this is not only a moral issue which of course it is, it is an economic issue and a security issue and it is the unfinished business of the 21st century. it therefore must be central to u.s. foreign-policy. one of the first things i did as secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues and the first ambassador at large. i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making that office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women incorporated key security building worldwide and we have seen successes in pla

trying to destabilize pakistan through sectarianism think they have a plan, not only now, but for the last two years. >> gunmen have kidnapped at least seven foreign workers in northern nigeria. based dorm the housing complex have a lebanese construction company. the hostages include for -- four a bruiton.and >> police have launched a massive manhunt for kidnappers of construction workers. earlier, unknown gunmen attacked a police station but were killed by security forces. they burned cars. they had the aim of incapacitating the police not to respond to an emergency. then they launched an attack on the compound of a foreign construction company. they killed the night watchman and took hostages and fled into the night. this place has seen its fair share of violence following the outbreak in the northeast of nigeria. nobody has claimed responsibility for the recent attack. the town lies close to the border of troubled states where the insurgents has been fighting security forces and individuals and businesses. security forces warned that criminal elements in the north are cashing in on the lack of authority in northern nigeria to perpetuate activities in the region. >

northern israel. a lot of people are talking about drones. a lot of people are talking about the effects of drones, george. as you know, i've been in all the places they're used, in yemen, in pakistan there do not like them. john brennan is able to say, look, it's very effective and it's certainly been effective taking out core leadership, but when you talk to people on the street, you wonder what the long-term strategy is. >> well, but let me press you on that, but you're right, there has been a lot of discomfort on the ground with these drone strikes. on the other hand, it does appear the number of civilian casualties has been going down since 2008, and certainly there are less casualties than caused by massive bombings. >> i think one of the things is that, yes, i think they become much more careful. i think john brennan is probably very careful. no one wants to kill civilians and yet the american public doesn't really know much about this. i interviewed stan mcchrystal a few weeks ago, the former head of the joint operations command who ran a drone strike program. what general mcchrystal said is, look, what concerns him is they're now going after midlevel al qaeda and midlevel