president obama bush's for health-care reform and the senate committee knocks down one option. the details are next. here is a live look at the belt way >> top of this morning to you. it is the middle of the week. it feels like octomom. it is september 30. we will see some sunshine -- it feels like autumn. it is september 30. we will see some sunshine today. partly cloudy. there may be a sprinkel this afternoon. mid 60's -- there may be a sprinkle this afternoon. ms. 60's. >> the top general in iraq plans to announce in a hearing today about troops. many will return home by october. this is another step to pull back from the war. a public health insurance option is having a tough time gaining acceptance on capitol hill. the senate finance committee voted against having a government run option in the bill. republicans say it would be first set to a complete government takeover to the health-care industry. democrats say it would give people and other choice in make insurers become competitive. coming up, baltimore city schools are being praised for their efforts to help kids stay

do we want the government to run out of control as it has under george bush and barack obama? bush economic policies have been a disaster for this country, $9 trillion we cannot pay back. host: the jimmy carter speech will be running tonight on c- span. eleanor, democratic line. caller: i am a dentist here in tennessee. thank you for this program, it has been very interesting. one of the issues we are facing in this state and across the country, there has been a great deal of talk about medical issues in this country, but very little talk of the dental care costs in this country. i am the founder of the dental aid society in chattanooga. one of the reasons why this organization was founded was because there has been a great deal of staff in the united states -- death in the united states due to lack of coverage for dental. when will we be talking about these issues? we have invited the president to come to chattanooga to address the issue of access to care in the area of dental. all over the country we have seen deplorable health [no audio] host: are you still there? we got the poi

obama? >> my relationship with president bush, of which i'm very happy, which i value. spect for president obama. whose's began somehow to come to a resolution in the united states in terms of new thinking. i'd logicald idaho i'd logically we'll have the common sense of freeing the world from terror. >> what's the big difference in dealing with president bush and president obama in dealing with you? >> one would be personally engaging, and now the president is just into office for a short time now, and we were to aproper -- and there was this tension between us that afghanistan and the united states of the issue of civilian casualties and the issue of conducting of operations, that strained relations exactly at the time of the transition of power from the republican administration to the democratic administration. now that is, i hope, as far as afghanistan is concerned, behind us. we're looking forward to, and when i'm confirmed as the president, to the next five years of consecutive relationship that there's agreements reached through mutual dialogue and consensus in wh

do we want the government to run out of control as it has under george bush and barack obama? bush economic policies have been a disaster for this country, $9 trillion we cannot pay back. host: the jimmy carter speech will be running tonight on c- span. eleanor, democratic line. caller: i am a dentist here in tennessee. thank you for this program, it has been very interesting. one of the issues we are facing in this state and across the country, there has been a great deal of talk about medical issues in this country, but very little talk of the dental care costs in this country. i am the founder of the dental aid society in chattanooga. one of the reasons why this organization was founded was because there has been a great deal of staff in the united states -- death in the united states due to lack of coverage for dental. when will we be talking about these issues? we have invited the president to come to chattanooga to address the issue of access to care in the area of dental. all over the country we have seen deplorable health [no audio] host: are you still there? we got the poi

bill: people trying to destroy barack obama, but obama does not philosophically handle it the way that president bushs. it looks to me like obama is taking no prisoners and taking names and saying that. am i wrong? >> it does surprise me that the president himself, he president obama himself, in stages rather than letting other people in the white house engaged -- the president himself, president obama himself, engages. some people may think he has a little bit of a glass jaw when it comes to criticism. president bush had an ability to let it go and focus, and i think that really drove people on the left crazy. bill: did president bush know the hateful attacks that were being lodged against him? >> he did not spend a lot of time watching tv and did not even know what "dancing with the stars" was until we had to tell him a little bit more about it, but he was aware, and people would tell him, and, of course, you can imagine, and he would say, and his dad said, it is harder to be the son of a president or the father of a president than to be the president, so you are right. when the media was attacking

. >> political analysts say the speech was clearly meant to distinguish president obama from former president bush. >> he spoke to the united nations in a confrontational way, president obama came to them challenging them to come behind american leadership and to support them to solve global problems. >> other analysts say the president failed to establish clear priorities for other nations to follow. >> i thought he was trying to tell the other member states what they wanted to hear. >> thursday, the president shares the meaning -- shares the meeting with the security council. the white house says the u.s. is aiming for tougher new sanctions against iran over its nuclear program and is hoping to convince russia to support the move. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> temperatures are quite warm, humidity is sticking around. there is a cold front gradually working in this direction that will bring the temperature back down. sprinkles of light showers up to the north and west of us and in southern pennsylvania. in western maryland, some showers and a couple of lightn

president obama is abandoning a bush-era missile defense plan in poland and the czech republic. the administration's policy comes as the international atomic energy agency, concluded in a recent report, that iran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb. >> iran is developing nuclear capacity. at a fairly rapid clip. they have been doing so for quite some time. >> reporter: instead of focusing on long-range missiles that could strike the u.s., the obama administration is now focused on shorter-range missiles that could strike u.s. allies. the new policy marks a reversal of a bush administration policy that irked russia. >> in russia, it will be seen as a victory. it will be seen as a russian victory in poland. >> reporter: ship-based and mobile land missiles will replace those intended for eastern europe. but republicans call it a cave-in to russian pressure. >> this ill-advised decision, does little more than power russia. and iran, at the expense of our european allies. >> reporter: some worried that the threat of iranian missiles striking the u.s. could still be very real. >> h

bush. -- the day after. they turned the students into props." front page. >> they could have said the same thing about obamaned was democrats were in control of congress, and democrats were upset. they actually started an investigation by the general accounting office, and they held hearings on it, as well. greta: on president bush's speech? >> we do not know what the obama speech cost. it certainly cost something. and representative by the name of william ford, head of the education and labor committee in the house, he held a long hearing -- a representative held a hearing. he was called up to explain what the president was doing spending all of this money. basically, richard gephardt, who was a top democrat in the house, he said this was a paid political event for president bush, and they had no business doing it in an era of scarce resources. greta: as appalling as it is, when both parties showed their hypocrisy, whether it is republicans going after democrats or democrats going after republicans, when i read your article, the thing i found most offensive about it -- because i guess i expect the parties

on the newshour this thursda the lead sry is president obama shels a bush-era missile dense program aimed at iran. then, we have the her news of the y: kwame holmanooks at the health care debate rough the eyes of the ung, the uninsured and seemingly invincible; jeffrey brn talks to house minority leader john boehner about health care d more; the last in ray suarez's sers from tanzania; plus, a conversationith ted kennedy, jr., about his faer's memoir, "trucompass." and rememberg the ringing voice of folk lend mary travers of peter, paul and my. major fuing for the newshour with jim lehrer is provideby: >> what the world needs now energy. thenergy to get the economy humminagain. the engy to tackle challenge like climate change. at is that energy came from energy company? eryday, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas- seeking, teachin building. fueling growthround the world to move us all ahe. this ithe power of human energy. chevron. this is the engine that connects abundant graifrom the americaneartland to haran's best selling wheat, while keeping 60 billionounds of carbon o of

obama's predecessors, bush and clinton, were godsends for late neat but as jay leno said making fun of obama is a challenge. >> barack obama is not easy to do jokes about. he doesn't give you a lot to go on. this is why god gave us joe biden. [laughter] chris: but along with obama's drop in the polls, he's looking more vulnerable to the comics. most of them are lefties of course and so they're starting to see -- starting to see them zing obama for being too cautious. too prudent. here's dana carvey on "the tonight show." >> i'm worried about, you know, that the economy kind of had a heart attack but barack still wants to work on the knee. "we are going to fix ts knee." should we do c.p.r.? we can do c.p.r. when it's efficient and cost effective. but right now, we're going to work on the meniscus. chris: that's really good. and as for john stewart he's looking back, not so fondly at the way obama's handled health care strategy. >> i'm confident that both the house and the senate are going to produce a bill before the august recess. >> before the august recess? you are adorable. the simp

bush, 40. president obama? 124.here was only one television network where the president didn't appear today, fox news. that was the only network that didn't air the president's speech last week. coincidence? not likely. a white house spokesperson told abc news, quote, we figured fox would rather show "so you think you can dance." >> how dare you! >> reporter: the president is facing increasingly vocal opposition, which some say leaves him little choice. >> what happens if he doesn't talk? then that space to diskugsz the issue is going to fall to his critics. >> reporter: overexposed? maybe. but in this debate that's complicated, and emotional, underexposure could be just as risky. rachel martin, abc news, washington. >>> one of the president's five stops on his tour today was "this week with george stephanopoulos." and george is here now with more on their conversation. >> reporter: dan, we did have a chance to cover a lot of ground. the president addressing concerns from the democrats saying this health care bill w

bush and president obama. let me remind you of the key distinctions. isten, if you would, to george w. bush in a consolidation of some of his rhetoric relative to iran. >> iran is, today, the world's leading state sponsor of terror. iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere. so the united states is strengthening our long-standing security commitments with our friends in the gulf and rallying friends around the world to confront this danger before it's too late. our strategy is this. we will fight them over there so we do not have to face them in the united states of america. >> and now president obama on iran. >> we will extend a hand, if you are willing to unclench your fist. my administration is now committed to diplomacy that addresses the full range of issues before us and to pursuing constructive ties among the united states, iran, and the international community. i have said before and i will repeat, i am committed to diplomacy that opens a path to greater prosperity and more secure peace for both nations, if they live up to their

bush look like a piker. >> that is not correct. we need to spend a moment thinking how we got the big deficit, and only 7% to 10% is obama. the rest is bush is crazy war in iraq, misfwoidguided financial m and things like the medicare drug spending bill. obama inherited this. he is doing his best. if you like the review, on friday barney frank said he will back ron paul's investigation. federal reserve and how they spend. it is not what obama is doing. david: i'm thinking of the trillion dollar programs. the stimulus was close to a trillion. medical close to a trolling. global warming. this is on a scale that we have not seen before. >> and it does surpass bush's spending. and unfortunately bush did spend a lot of money and i like what steve has said. the government has been spending like drunken sailors and when have you said that but the issue is -- sailors spend their own money. >> that was my punch line. but you are right. we have fallen through the looking glass. what i like is how the president is saying he's spending to create or save 3.5 million jobs. i think we hired 25,000 government workers recently just to trac

sherry ly, fox 5 news. >>> another big story we are following this morning, the obama administration scrapping a bush administration plan to protect eastern europe from iranian missiles. president obama says it is in response to the changing nature of the threat and the move is not coming without criticism. we have a report. >> reporter: president obama is scrapping bush administration plans for a missile defense shield in the czech republic and poland, one that was designed but never built to counter russian and iranian rockets. instead sensors and interceptors will be deployed. >> iran's pliic is missile program pose as a significant threat and i am committed to deploying strong missile defense systems which are adaptable to the threats of the 21st century. >> reporter: the decision comes as the us. looks to improve relations with moscow. republicans are questioning the new strategy. >> why western europe isn't lining up with us and saying we've got to have those two sites, they are at ones that are naked now. >> those who say we are vanning missile defense in europe are either misinformed or misre

short-range missiles. >> the idea of the bush plan was that they would target long-range missile -- long-range nuclear missiles iran doesn't actually have. the obamarget the type of missiles that iran already has but has successfully tested. >> exactly. president bush was promoting a technology that doesn't work against a threat that doesn't exist. obama is replacing nothing with something. instead of building indefinitely for a system that might defend against a system that the iranians might field 10 or 15 years from now, he'll put more hardware on target quicker in the next two years against the iranian missile threat that exists, defending more countries in europe than the bush plan would have. >> joe, in addition to mitt romney coming out about this, calling it dangerous and alarming today, and then later in his statement calling it alarming and dangerous, which i thought was a big escalation, a lot of neoconservatives, what's left of them, came out and criticized this today. people like joe lieberman, john mccain, not thought of a neoconservative, but taking the nec-con line on this. why have they been very whetted to the idea of the bush sy

khalid sheik mohammed is now comparing president obama to president bush. details? just a short time ago these court documents were released to us. basically what we have read is just one rant after another aimed at the obama administration. these bizarre statements, as the clock since president obama signed the order to close guantanamo within a year, less than one dozen nations have taken detainee's. former detainee's in bermuda are considering opening a restaurant. 90% are still at military prison camps. there are only four months left. the white house insist -- >s -- >> the president will keep his commitment. >> a questionable track record. with congress still tinkering with the the revision of the military commissions act for detainees that cannot be tried in criminal court, it appears that reaching the deadline is out of reach. >> the obama administration has tweaked many of the bush counter-terrorism policies, like keeping military commissions. he is going to ask for a long detention. guantanamo will be open next year. despite the urging that it be closed now

blames her for planting the idea of assassination in people's heads. >>> and criticizing obama at any cost. bush czars are good, obama czars are bad. the republican distraction ahead on "countdown." what are these? healthy choice knows if they can get people to try just one little bite they'll love it. so they're doing an online coupon promotion. so what is the little box for? i tell them "they want you to be their spokesperson, "think bigger. take millions of these little bite boxes "full of food, put them up in a hot air balloon, and drop them on people!" that's so stupid! they should just stick to the online coupon. it's just an idea. that looks like more than just an idea to me. you see the balloon, huh? yeaa... >>> half a show still ahead of us tonight on "countdown." remember on tuesday when the gop criticized the effort to officially reprimand congressman wilson because there were more pressing matters of national importance? what do they think is important? phony attacks on president obama's advisers. the dnc calls that silliness dancing with the czars. >>> fox news attacks speaker pelos

moving quickly and that is a culture shock for a lot of folks. >> particularly if you look at the bush/obamahe auto system were instituted under george bush, which means if you believe obama is a socialist for his banking and automotive bailout policies, by desks, george bush is the socialist who created the socialist policies that obama, if nothing else, is guilty of perpetuating although he didn't create any of them. is there irony there? how could one guy be a socialist and -- >> the irony here there is a real backlash against this president. >> but it's made up. >> well, it's this issue of a culture shock. it is absolutely grand in this great country of ours that we have a president who happens to be black. i don't think people have digested that of yet and because they have not, he is moving very quickly, as i said earlier. so for them to be able to deal with a black president and one who is moving to change policies in such a quick way and such a broad way, i think is very difficult for people to deal with and i think we have to look at it in that way. >> you're saying you think people

this is the one bush left for obama. "it was all cheney's fault. don't put me in jale" -- j-a-l-e. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] don't laugh. don't laugh. he worked eight years on that. this is pretty cool. cnn is selling t-shirts with headlines from the news on it. you can go to cnn.com, and you can buy a t-shirt with a headline from something that happened that week. here's one of the more popular ones -- "obama wins!" [ cheers and applause ] that's right. and one of the less popular ones -- "peanut butter kills elderly couple." and, finally, the oscar nominations were announced this week. i think the biggest surprise for me was this one right here. check this out. >> for best performance by an actor in a supporting role, the nominees are... robert downey jr. in "tropic thunder." >> all right, robert downey jr. for "tropic thunder"? really? he gets nominated for playing a white actor playing a black man in a movie about making a film? [ laughter ] right? and then it got weirder. look at this. >> philip seymour hoffman in "doubt." >> it's the dail

if president obama - president bush had done that, they would beigated. but he did that and liberal press said it is okay if he does that. i say they are taking away god's first gift to man. our free will. [applause] and no man, no matter, if he is president of the united states has the concent of god to decide he is god. >> you said manage to me earlier that i thought was powerful. you quoted tomas soeul who is one of the most brilliant minds in america. ah. you have. >> it is powerful. >> it appears. >> some people said to me. you are getting on the old side. when i was in transformers the director said we are going to run 50 feet to one of the vehicles to escape from a transformer and he said jon, he was sensitive to me, you think you can dodo this? oh, my god. i am not that bad. and people say to me. how can you read. i write big. but anyway, i will want to read this quote and this is what the great man, one of the wisest of our fellowses has said. the africa-american writer. >> what they are trying to do is create an america very unlike the america t

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i can do a joke about president obama and president bush. that's what they are. just jokes. s: there are two shows. you mentioned president obama. you did the show for 17 years. opposite ends of the spectrum. two of the biggies that come to mind. the hugh grant moment. >> ok. >> tavis: and the barack obama moment. the first sitting president to sit on a late night show. what is bigger than that and can you justify those two? >> i think president obama is a lot bigger than hugh grant. hugh grant did not get enough credit there. he came in. no publicist. no support. he said look, i was stupid. ask me whatever you want and he was very open and honest. nowadays you have -- i can't remember, we had some ice skater on. she had been famous like seven or eight years ago and she was naked in playboy. we put her on. america's sweetheart. then in the dressing room. hi, nice to see you. thanks for coming. we are not discussing playboy or me being naked. why don't you take your client home? your client hasn't said anything. they called us because she was naked. you say don't mention it. o

. >> couric: tonight, president obama scraps the bush plan to build a missile shield in eastern europe. russia is relieved, but what protection will he provide against potential threats like iran? i'm katie couric in washington. also tonight, an arrest in the yale murder. technician raymond clark is charged with killing yale grad student annie le in the lab where they both worked. we'll hear from one of their coworkers. top insurance executives get grilled why it's so difficult for patients like sidney to get treatment. >> that's one of her seizure events she's having right now. >> couric: and she was the heart of the most popular folk group of the 19 60s, remembering mary travers of peter, paul, and mary. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. we're beginning tonight with a major change in our national security policy. the bush administration was planning a missile defense system to be based in poland and the czech republic to protect europe from an iranian attack. but today president obama cancel that in favor

. >> it worked for obama against bush. >> i don't believe that people will say that but i don't think the end of the day, i think obama was an articulate, incredibly well spoken, measured in humané-h being and presenteds ideas well. i was sitting there the night he gave the talk in chicago and i had tears coming to my eyes. look at the way he presented his ideas the way he believes in them. i think he was the better candidate. i might disagree with his ideas but at the end of the day, politics is about ideas and they are bigger than human beings. the republican party is not me and i am not the republican party. i have been called different things like libertarians. i don't think that what happens in the next election will be based on the golan mark sanford. >> we will do it more tomorrow. governor mark sanford on wvoc, thanks for listening. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> i don't know if it is your pleasure or not. >> not you guys, but you understand my position very >> can you take a picture over here will >>? brighter year against this wall. thank you, sir. here we go. >> the supreme

obama. you cannot blame bush, it is under obama. host: kansas, independent line, are we safer than we were eight years ago? caller: when a lot of people need to understand is that intelligence is very important, but right now we are dealing with a country that, i mean, alexander the great tried to make his way in there, because it is historically known as being a difficult country. but what is more important is hearts and minds. since we had bush and cheney and rumsfeld and all those guys, you know, running our country for the past eight years, now that we have brought the same obama -- barack hussain obama in the white house, i believe we are much more safe now because we are more concerned with hearts and minds that we are with intelligence. what i would like to see is a lot more callers from new york to call from new york city and manhattan, because what i want to know from them is, after eight years -- eight years -- you guys still have to drive by ground zero and still see a hole in the ground. that is what i want to know about

president obama skracrapped the bush administration's plans for the missile defense in the czech republic, focusing instead on land and sea-based intersectors, saying that would be more effective against the short-range missiles from iran. >> there is no substitute for iran complying with its international obligations regarding its nuclear program, but this new ballistic missile defense program will best address the threat posed by iran's ongoing ballistic missile defense program. >> but republicans say the move will embolden iran and russia while endangering the united states' relationship with its allies in eastern europe. >>> also today, making a hard sell, president obama campaigned for health care reform once again at a rowdy rally at the university of maryland today. and back in washington, looking for the magic number 60. 60 senate votes. senate finance chairman max baucus tries to sell his plan to republicans and members of his own party. president obama was greeted by a ruckus crowd at the university of maryland today, continuing his campaign-style push for health care reform. th

>> yes or no. >> yes, it started with bush and it's continued at record speed under barack obama. >> robert re kri h? yes or no. >> i agree with half of that. it it started under bush. juj deaf fits flat wages. i think obama is trying to get us out of the staal created by george w. bush. >> bob re kri h will tell us that obama is silently for small government, limited government. coming right back on kudlow. >>> so did 9/11 launch the era of big government? robert reich and steve moore. bob reich, it sounded like you were going to make the case that president obama will return us to the economic boom time era of small government in the '80s and '90s, or did i misunderstand? >> well, i can't tell you that, larry, but so far what obama has done so far, t.a.r.p., a stimulus package and health care are all responses of a failure that occurred over the previous eight years where we had spending on anything. we had a run-up in the deficit such as we have not had in this country and also a failure in regulation where the treasury, bush's treasury and also sec, securities and exchange commiss

obama saying limiting malpractice suits can help fix health care. we're going to talk to top lawyers who say the president has it all wrong. >>> also tonight, former president bushnplugged. a speechwriter recall the opinions of president obama and why sarah palin wasn't ready for national office. any car in th. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously, you choose. go national. go like a pro. okay. seriously, you choose. how to get rich, by america's health insurance companies. health insurance premiums 4 times faster than wages. million dollars a year. deny payment for 1 out of every 5 treatments doctors prescribe. if the insurance companies win, you lose. tell congress to rewrite the story. we want good health care we can afford with the choice of a public health insurance option. >>> police searched the property of jaycee dugard's abductor. ken simon joins us from california. what's the latest? >> reporter: anderson, when this case first broke last month, police were going to look at philip and nancy garrido in suspects as other high profile crimes in this area. today police were back out at the house looking for evidence that might tie them to a

as i said repeatedly, president bush planted the seeds. and all president obama did is come along with a sack of fertilizer and a bottle of water to make it flourish. and then surround himself with these whack nuts, these czar nuts that he's got around him. >> mark, here's the difference. >> they are bound and intent to do what they can to disrespect the people that pay the bills. >> here's the difference. when we speak about the issue, it's amazing. when i get the e-mails from people, we can talk about the president picking who should win the super bowl and then race is injected. race oftentimes is attached to this president. not just in terms of people out there speaking. you begin to read blogs -- >> where did you see this? where did you see this? >> mark, mark, mark, one second. i often -- i get tons of e-mail every day. i respond to people and say wait a minute, how did you jump to the issue of race? >> you're better than al sharpton and jesse jackson. >> mark, excuse me. i'm making a broader point. i'm not in denial about race in america. just because we el

president obama shelved the bush plan a major irritant with russia.ision was based on a determines that iran's long-range missile program has not progressed as rapidly as estimated in 2006. the president also insisted a redesigned defense system will be cheaper and more effective than the threat from iranian missiles. >> our new approach will therefore deploy technologies that are proven and cost effective and to counter the current threat and do so sooner than the previous program. because our approach will be phased and adaptive, we will retain the flexibility to adjust and enhance our defenses at the threat and technology continue to evolve. >> president bush planned to build a missile defense system in poland and the czech republic as recommended by robert gates, defense secretary. gates stayed on as president obama's defense secretary, gave details of the new system. >> in the initial stage, we will deploy aegis ships equipped with sm-3 intercepters which provide the flexibility to move intercepters from one region to another as needed. the secon

bush is not in office anymore, barack obama is, and that's why i wrote the book. >> host: let me ask you specificly about a couple of the photographs, first this with the former governor of illinois, the mayor of chicago, and president obama. >> guest: yeah. i think it was important to set the stage for the atmosphere, the culture, the political machine that barack obama grew out of, and there is a section in the book specifically on the episode involving barack obama, valerie jarrett, his senior white house adviser and con ciglyier from chicago, and the connections to the rod blagojevich scandal. and i go into great detail, also, about the service employees international union which was involved somehow, was roped into blagojevich's ploy to try and trade favors for that senate seat. >> host: you also write about michelle obama, quote, beneath the cultured pearls, sleeveless designer dresses, false eyelashes applied by her full-time makeup artist, michelle robinson obama is a hardball chicago politico. the first lady long ago shows a willingness to employ accusations of racial op pre

enter president obama is who is emerging as a divisive leader, much like bill clinton and george w. bush were. the problem with analyzing president obama is that many of you don't like him. and don't want to hear much good about him. in fact, some folks get angry if you say positive things about mr. obama. that can complicate matters. let's take the european missile deal for example. here is what barack obama told me last september. >> the russians are playing a game when they pretend that this missile shield is directed against all their -- bill: it's ridiculous. it's a defensive thing. >> it's a defensive thing. bill: you are going to keep it there then. >> given what has happened in georgia, i think we have to send a clear signal that poland and other countries in that region are not going to be subject to intimidation and aggression. bill: i want to get this on the record. you are elected president you keep the missile shield in poland. >> i believe it's appropriate. i want to make sure it works though. bill: now the president has changed his mind and move defensive missiles away fro

the obama white house scraps bush administration plans to build a controversial missile defense system in europe. >>> zeroing in. police in connecticut say they are on the verge of an arrest in connection with the murder of a yale university graduate student. >>> and justice mambo. the nation's newest supreme court member shows off some the nation's newest supreme court member shows off some moves on the dance floor. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm christina brown. >>> today we begin with reassessing the threat. according to this morning's wall street journal, the obama administration is putting off plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern europe. in a sharp reversal of the bush administration, the decision reflects new findings that indicate iran's military technology is developing more slowly than anticipated. although experts disagree as to the maturity of the iranian program, analysts also say the threat posed to the u.s. and europe by that program may not be as significant as once estimated. the move will likely be chaired by

bush administration officials briefed then president-elect obama during the transition. his administration has continue it had bush policy of keeping it secret while intelligence was gathered to make an airtight case -z that has the purpose was nuclear weapons not nuclear power. the president decideed to go public today after it became clear iran had learned u.s. intelligence was on to them. today a defiant iranian president ahmadinejad said the president was misinformed. >> (translated): it seems to me that what was done was a really big mistake. i'm sure they'll definitely feel sorry about their move. >> reporter: the president was joined by prime minister gordon brown of great britain and president nicolas sarkozy of france whose intelligence agencies assist it had united states in uncovering the iranian plan. >> confronted by the serial deception of many years, the international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand. >> reporter: sarkozy said the deadline is december for iran to comply with international demands to end their nuclear weapons prog

. >>> today president obama shelved the controversial bush administration plan to base a missile defense shield in eastern europe. he says the pentagon now has a better and cheaper way to guard against missile attacks. steve handelsman has our report on that. >> our new missile deent architecture in europe will provide stronger, smarter and swifter defenses. >> reporter: with that today, commander in chief obama blew up the old plan. george w. bush's, to base u.s. radars and missiles in eastern europe to detect and shoot down long-range missiles shot from iran. u.s. intelligence now believes iran's leaders are building many more shorter and medium-ran missiles. that means u.s. spy satellites and u.s. navy cruisers could use their radars to spot enemy launches. navy interceptors could shoot the missiles down with help from army patriot missiles. pentagon systems already in use. >> our new approach will deploy technologies that are proven and cost effective. and to counter the current threat and do so sooner than the previous program. >> reporter: the new plan would please the russians who

obama legitimized anti-bush sentiments. >> part of this was due to opposition to specific policies, and a belief that on certain critical issues america had acted unilaterally without regard for the interests are of others. >> then mr. obama appealed for new diplomatic cooperation based on his moves to ban torture, reduce greenhouse gases, p pursue middle east peace and address world hunger. >> those who used to chastise america now stand by and wait for america to solve the world's problems. >> >> the world must stand together 0 to demonstrate international law is not an empty promise and the treaties will be enforced. we must insist that the future does not belong to fear. >> mr. obama met with russian president dimitry medvedev who opened the door to what the u.s. has long sought, a new layer of sanctions against iran. >> sanctions rarely lead to productive results, but in some cases, sanctions are rinnestible. >> the president said talks will continue, but if iran does not change course, a confrontation looms. >> we will have to take additional actions and that colingsz r sanctions

the obama and bush administration is worried about this network.re seeing predator uav attacks inside pakistan. then, there's the bigger picture. over the long term, how you insure the recruitment to join al qaeda or adhere to its philosophy. it comes down to iraq and how we deal with the war in afghanistan. what the battle of ideals is. president obama is going the right direction. it could be a decades long fight. >> okay. thank you both. appreciate it. >> you bet. >>> the economy may be showing signs of making a comeback. a top advisor says the pink slip blues may be around for a long time. how long? >>> the prince approaches a milestone birthday. in the north of england to my new job at the refinery in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, liners of tires, plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies that could increase fuel efficiency by up to 80%. (announcer) what are you going

. >> but i don't look into every action of any president whether it was president obama or bush or clintonis comment. >> i've been doing this journalism thing my entire life. i always look for the ankle. you think he just said what everybody else is thinking black or white. >> sure. i've had instances of interviewing politicians where you're talking about things that are not related to the subject and frankly you're not going to report elsewhere, and the there is a part of the give and take. >> let me talk about something else now. two stories about racism i want to tell you about now, both in the news. one is the macro version, the big picture. the other is the micro version, a more focused first. first the macro. former president jimmy carter saying opposition to president obama and congressman joe wilson's outburst by saying you lie -- the president says it's -- don't run this sound bite here, dan, is based on racism. now move up, prompter. some would argue that the president has jumped the gun, that he may be wrong, that some people are really just concerned about the president's polic

bush started the bailouts. he did. my question to president obama would be is this bush's third term? is just continuing all of his policies? is there anyone out there that wanted that? anyone who voted for president obama should be asking themselves, gee, did i misunderstand the president, because i thought he believed in change, or was it that he misunderstood me? we should have seen this coming before his first day in office when he said this -- >> we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the united states of america. >> right. one reason you might want to have an interview with the president is, oh, to give you the sense of the man. i don't feel america has really ever gotten that sense for him. people really don't know who he is. i mean, first he was j.f.k. and then f.d.r. and then lincoln. while the media is so eagerly putting images of others in front of us to compare him with, i wonder if it's because somebody is uncomfortable with who he really is. look, i don't know, but i know you are a sum, not entirely, but you are ra sum of his experiences. his dad was a rad