president obama jets to afghanistan to rally the troops, sign an agreement, and to give his re-election campaign a boost. president barack obama says his country has traveled more than a decade under the dark cloud of war, but that's changing. he spoke just a short time ago from bagram air base outside kabul. obama is on a surprise visit to afghanistan. he promised 23,000 american troops will leave the country by the end of the summer, and he also signed an agreement that outlines the u.s. role there once all combat soldiers go in 2014. >> today i signed an historic agreement between the united states and afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries. a future in which afghans are responsible for the security of their nation, and we build an equal partnership between two sovereign states. >> ahead of the speech, he and afghan president hamid karzai signed a strategic partnership agreement. the deal cements u.s. commitment to afghanistan after 2014. that's when american combat troops are scheduled to leave the country. the agreement allows u.s. forces to train

. >> and now another matchup that could put you head to head with president obama: no jet you are quiteve some footage of you playing in a tournament, basketball charity tournament at georgetown, and we will watch use drain one. if you and president obama went one-on-one, who would win? >>guest: well, i think the president has a pretty good game, but, frankly, i'm still waiting for my invitation to play with him. i have not received it yet. and i don't think that's coming any time soon, but, would welcome the opportunity, as always to place 'em up and obviously be a great privilege to play with the president of the united states. >> keep us posted, senator thune. >> president's position on gay marriage completes the revolution what does it mean for the political prospects in the political prospects in november today, we stand against the tyranny of single mile credirds. battle speech right? may i? [ horse neighs ] or too long, people have settled for single miles. with the capital one venture card, you'll earn doubleiles on every purchase, every day! [ visigoths cheer ] hawaii, here we

the jet summit, president obama is hosting world leaders at camp david outside d.c.n rural maryland. the sheriff's office is bracing for protests and is telling people to prepare for lots of traffic congestion. usually, there are years of preparations for these kind of world summits but president obama only moved it from chicago a couple of months ago. authorities have not had a lot of time to prepare. >>> we also have new information in an alleged murder for hire plot in woodbridge, virginia. police have arrested a second man, ralph justice. he was a jail guard in prince will item county. investigators say he con pierd to harm michael rucinak's stepson. the plan was to have the stepson arrest and put in jail where he could be sexually assaulted. police say rucinak later hatched a murder for hire plot against the stepson. >>> a man accused after salting two women is still on the run this morning. police say the first incident happened friday night about 11:00. a woman was walking home when she noticed a man standing at the bottom of her driveway. she ran inside, call

military scramble a pair of fighter jets today as president obama was aboard air force one leaving thebay area. >> san francisco cop who could have retired years ago finally calls it quits. find out about his dirty harry connection. stay with us. 7 news at 9:00 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride. ride it at universal studios hollywood. the. >> this is the sailboat that wound up on the rock at the fair lon islands last month. 5 lives lost coast guard slapped a moratorium on yacht racing. in time for the long holiday weekend the racing restriction now lifted. that came today. mark has more on that story. >>reporter: gary told me after the april 14 accident that saw the yacht low speed chase washed up on the farallons with 5 crew dead, u.s. sailing investigators began interviewing surviving crew members and race committee and other race ors about what went wrong. >> narrowed it down to how do we make this common sense easy to understand but effective and that's how they came up with these recommendations. >>reporter: first recommendation? enhance tra

jets. >>> president obama will award the nations highest military honor to a pennsylvania soldier killed during the vietnam war, four decades ago. he died protecting his conrads from an ambush in cambodia in 1970 this is a picture of him and his wife on their wedding day. he was shipped to war 30 days later. his unit recommended him for the medal of honor but wasn't until recently a researcher discovered files about this military person, and earlier, oversight was corrected. his widow and brother are expected to attend today's white house ceremony. >>> time 7:25 a.m. on wednesday. coming up recap of yesterday's weather day, at nats park. watch tucker throw out the first pitch coming up next. >> plus the race to the white house heats up attack ads popping up in key battleground states. and the rest of the we can's big political headlines,. >>> as we head to break, a live lookout side the latest weather and traffic from julie and tucker next >> that is is great. >> nice wind up. >> there you go. okay [ applause ] >> a little high but i will give it to you >> high on the outside. >> i am no

the star of the evening, president barack obama arrived at l.a.x. in his private jet, air force one, then choppered off to join hthe $40,000 a plat fund-raiser. rob reiner was one of the in attendance. he says hollywood progressives who put mr. obama in the white house grew disillusioned with him for too often buckling under republican pressure but turned off by the hard right rhetoric of republican mitt romney and turned on by the president's endorsement of same-sex marriage, hollywood's excitement has been rekipdled. >> you're talking about people putting out $40,000 a person and raising here now up to $15 million. that's pretty enthusiastic. >> reporter: among the high rollers, steven spielberg, ronny downey jr., barbara streisand, studio chief jeffrey katzenberg. dan s this. hnerr. >> four years ago barack obama was able to raise a lot of money from hollywood, from silicon valley and from wall street. this year wall street's not that excited about barack obama. so, raising money from the entertainment industry becomes even more important to the re-election campaig

jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. >>> this morning on "early today," turning the page. president obama ushers in a new kind reeflation ship with afghanistan. >>> may day, melee activists breathe light in their movement. >>> dangerous driving. a florida couple arrested for towing a car with their granddaughter inside. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> i'm lynn berry. today we begin with unexpected visit. anniversary of osama bin laden's death, president obama showed up in afghanistan on a surprise visit yesterday, to mark what he calls the light of a new day. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: president obama spoke at the base where seal team 6 took off to kill osama bin laden on the president's orders. >> the goal i set to defeat act and deny it a chance to rebuild is within our reach. >> reporter: he met with troops and gave them credit along with his drone campaign for killing 20 of bin laden's top 30 commanders. >> we have been able to decimate the ranks of al qaeda, and a year ago we were able to finally bring osama bin laden to justice. >> reporter: the p

obama left los angeles this morning. the north american aerospace command says it scrambled two f- 16 fighter jets shortly after these pictures were taken. a small plane violated the restricted airspace at the airport. the jet filed the piper 28 for five minutes until it landed just before 10:00 a.m. secret service questioned the pie lot and let him go. >>> he was the only american on the russian airliner that crashed in indonesia killing everybody on board. that man would have been at home in oakley tonight preparing to celebrate his son's 18th birthday. >> >> reporter: randy is lost. her husband, peter, was killed in the indonesian plane crash on wednesday. >> i don't know how to react. we have been together since we were 16 years old. >> reporter: the plane was showing buyers on a demonstration flight when it crashed into a volcano 20 minutes after take off. possibly because of human error. the family is working with the state department to have his body recovered. >> i want him home with us. >> reporter: the 55-year-old was working at a consultant for an indonesian airplane. everyone died. the search crews found 10 bodies

jets hovering about washington d.c. to provide security in fact the security measures during obama's obama's inauguration were so serious that special service almost a year to prepare themselves for the process over for the ceremony of integration the same basically security measures apply to all the g. eight and g. twenty summits across the world just points is the latest g. twenty summit in france more than ten thousand policemen were securing the particular point and five thousand cameras installed and twenty million euros invested into the security at this during this event so the measures security measures moscow are certainly unprecedented but on the general scale nothing unusual at all now straight after his inauguration president putin signed on to force some of his promised reforms a new decree is designed to make the government apparatus more effective and transparent artist peter oliver has more. putin has hit the ground running in his as president of the russian federation he's signed strategic orders this will hopefully see the improvements to the services provided by both federal and local government now o

jets hovering about washington d.c. to provide security in fact the security measures during obama's obama's inauguration were so serious that special service almost a year to prepare themselves for for the process over for the ceremony of integration the same basically security measures apply to all the g. eight and g. twenty summits across the world just points is the latest g. twenty summit in france more than ten thousand policemen were securing the particular point and five thousand cameras installed and twenty million euros invested into the security at this during this event so the measures security measures moscow are certainly unprecedented but on the general scale nothing unusual at all. meanwhile the russian opposition has launched limitless street festivities in the center of moscow around one thousand accidents have gathered and press has to have been detained including the prominent opposition leaders sergei within itself and alexei navalny. they sollars mass protests held in the capital ahead of persons integration where around three hundred people were arrested an investigation has been no action to sund

the jet liner crashed on wednesday during a demonstration fight. >>> president obama wakes up in southernifornia after a big fundraising event at george clooney's place. now the guests paid $40,000 each to be there. we are looking from helicopter shot of the area. but most of the $15 million that was raised through an online raffle was for a chance to attend that celebrity dinner. two women won. they attended the dinner with their husbands. >>> vice president joe biden has apologized to president obama for up staging him on the big same sex marriage issue. coming up at 5:45 how president obama responded to the vice president's apology. >> celebrities always have a lot of big trees. you can't really see their house. >> yeah i think that is bedesign if if glut you are -- we have something toty you about. the they are doing a police investigation if you want to get on a bart train you have to go to glen park or 16th street in that area. you cannot go to 24th street. let's go out and take a look at the east shore freeway. on the east shore freeway itself traffic is moving well. train delayed

jets hovering about washington d.c. to. provide security in fact the security measures during obama's obama's inauguration were so serious that you took special service almost a year to prepare themselves for for the process of for the ceremony of integration the same basically security measures apply to all the g. eight and g. twenty summits across the world just points is the latest g twenty summit in france more than ten thousand policemen were securing the particular point five thousand cameras installed and twenty million euros invested into the security at this during this event so the measures security measures moscow was certainly unprecedented but on the general scale nothing unusual at all. well i was. right after his inauguration president putin signed into force some of the promised reform and details now from our correspondent. live outside the kremlin good to see you as we know we promise to make russia stronger and more united lost the game. but to me a putin certainly hit the ground running when he starts his well as he starts his third term as president he's already signed into play several key strategic. alt

the star of the evening, president barack obama arrived at lax in his private jet, air force one and then choppered off to join his group of $40,000 a plate fund-raiser. actor, producer, director rob reiner was one of 150 paying guests. >> the person i want to be president of the united states is barack obama. >> reporter: he says hollywood prague gr progressives buckled under republican pressure but turn off by the heart right rhetoric of republican mitt romney and turned on by the president's endorsement of same-sex marriage, hollywood's excitement has been rekindled. >> you talk about people putting out $40,000 a person and we're raising here now up to $15 million, that's pretty enthusiastic. >> among high rollers, steven spielberg, robert downey, jr., barbra streisand, mr. obama needs hollywood's enthusiasm and money. former gop strategist and now usc political scientist. >> four years ago he raised a lot of money from hollywood and from silicon valley and from wall street. this year wall street is not that excited about obama. so raising money from the entertainment industry bec

obama was set to leave l.a.. the pilot of a small airplane strayed into restricted air freight space and was escorted away by two f-16 jetswhen the pilot landed he was interviewed and cleared. the fund-raiser at actor george clunies home set a record, the president rankin $15 million. nurses on the cutting edge of cancer screening. how they're saving lives and money,,,,,,,,,,,, >> this photograph has sparked discussed, support, and a lot of talking. it features a mother with bay area ridge too is now the new face of attachment parenting. in a cbs five exclusive her parents explain this is a way of parenting >> , and marge telephones rang off the hook, their daughter 26 rolled janney has become an overnight crusaders >> she has really really gain confidence in herself and what she's doing >> fresh off the press this morning, the time magazine cover is getting a second and third look but her parents say it is time for people to turn the page >> the photo is great because of the reason it will bring people to look at what jamie is trying to bring to light. as i said, it has been milked enough >> to articles about attachment

they say the obama administration should not have granted a visa to a high level representative of the castro rei jetm. >>> ktvu has learn -- castro rei jet stream. >>> the u.s. coast guard says it plans to lift a ban in time for friday's spinnicker cup race. five were killed when a monster wave struck their boat and swept them overboard. a safety zone for boats during the golden gate bridge fireworks celebration this sunday night. boats will be kept out of that area from 8:30 p.m. until 10:15 p.m. on sunday night. it's needed to accommodate the set up, and then transportation of the firework barges. scheduled for 9:30. >>> it was a windy day. it's been a windy past few days. the winds are still out there. blowing at stinson beach. let's take a look at some of the live buoy readings. it's windy up there. one of the windiest spots in the state. gusting to 36 miles per hour. the golden gate bridge right now, winds are gusting to 22. the winds have really been the story. as we mentioned earlier, wind gusts to 50 miles an hour at the san francisco airport. winds could top out at 40 tomorrow. more of the

all those security measures during obama's inauguration they were fearing some attack probably not only helicopters were holding about washington d.c. but also fighter jets and snipers in every rooftop so basically the security measures in moscow are still well let's say short of what was happening in the united states and european states during the inauguration but clearly the security measures were and that and hopefully in six years' time when we'll see you integration we'll see security measures as stuff as this because well clearly this is such a ceremony which has to be which has to have security measures tough security measures especially inside the kremlin where several cordons were set up for us to get in and indeed as you say the point worth noting is that you said in six years' time we'll see because this is the first time ever the russian president can sit for six years and will get reelected again we'll just have to wait and see. thank you. for now let's get some more perspective on of lot of imprudence return to the political mainstage i'm joined by gary hart of mine got a political science professor at the university of innsbruck thank you

they say the obama administration should not have granted a visa to a high level representative of the castro rei jetas learn -- castro rei jet stream. >>> the u.s. coast guard says it plans to lift a ban in time for friday's spinnicker cup race. five were killed when a monster wave struck their boat and swept them overboard. a safety zone for boats during the golden gate bridge fireworks celebration this sunday night. boats will be kept out of that area from 8:30 p.m. until 10:15 p.m. on sunday night. it's needed to accommodate the set up, and then transportation of the firework barges. scheduled for 9:30. >>> it was a windy day. it's been a windy past few days. the winds are still out there. blowing at stinson beach. let's take a look at some of the live buoy readings. it's windy up there. one of the windiest spots in the state. gusting to 36 miles per hour. the golden gate bridge right now, winds are gusting to 22. the winds have really been the story. as we mentioned earlier, wind gusts to 50 miles an hour at the san francisco airport. winds could top out at 40 tomorrow. more of the same. the rea

jet engines. yet as lesley stahl reported in october 2011, when president obama was looking for someone to help get americans back to work, he recruited a most unlikely candidate: the republican ceo of general electric, jeff immelt. >> the mood is dark. people are pissed. why not try to do better? >> jeff immelt talked about his czarship at a gathering of g.e. managers. >> you know, i grew up in cincinnati, ohio, and my parents are really right-wingers. my dad watches, like, five or six hours of fox news every day and stuff like that. so i called home and said, "hey, just to give you a heads-up, you know, i'm gonna be with the president, and he's asked me to lead this jobs council." and my mother said, "well, you said no, of course, didn't you?" [laughing] i said, "no, mom, that's not what i said." [cheers and applause] thank you. >> when you were chosen, there was a lot of criticism. >> yeah. >> i saw a headline that said, "the job czar from hell." >> mm-hmm. >> because of how many jobs g.e. has outside the united states. >> i've taken heat from the right and heat from the left, and it's been unco

obama says he will pull 23,000 troops out of that country by 2014. >>> security tests continue in london ahead of the summer olympics. four fighter jetsing used to intercept any rogue planes that fly across. it reaches heights of about 55,000 feet. it is the first time that these planes have been deploy since the second world war. >>> it's decision day in the case of two brothers accused of beating a black teen on patrol for a jewish neighborhood watch. i'm linda so. when the judge is expected to hand down the decision. >>> they left annapolis without a budget andless than two weeks lawmakers headed back. details on that on this thursday morning. good morning and thank you for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. let's head right over to the check of the forecast because you need to know how we need to dress getting ready for this thursday. lynette? >> all right charlie, you can take a hind jacket with you but also take the rain gear. that's more important because

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obama is practically begging mitt romney to disavow the place of birth movement. he's afraid of it, and for good reason. for romney, who arrived in las vegas this afternoon, with trump's personal jet over his shoulder, the timing is awkward at the least. the two men are scheduled to appear together at a private fund-raiser tonight. >> thank you, donald. >> reporter: romney, who courted trump before getting his endorsement, is soliciting supporters withage offer to dine with the donald. on monday night he said he didn't agree with everything his supporters say. >> but i need to get 51% or more, and i'm appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people. >> reporter: the obama campaign lashed out with this new web video, attacking romney for failing to condemn extreme voices in his party, like john mccain did four years ago. >> i have read about him. he's an arab? >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen, that i just happen to have disagreements with. >> reporter: and brian, don't forget, it was more than a year ago -- last april, to be exact -- that president obama released his long form birth certificate from hawaii, in part due to pressure from trump himself,

obama. gingrich won just two states and 130 delegates. the f.a.a. is investigating whether air traffic controllers in honolulu covered up a close call in the air. it happened in january. two jetsan airlines 767 and a u.p.s. m.d. 11, were coming in for a landing when they were mistakenly put on a collision course. listen, now, as the tower instructs them to separate. the planes were less than two miles apart when they separated. officials in honolulu did not initially report the incident to federal authorities. the manager of the honolulu office retired after the f.a.a. began investigating. we got our first good look today at a deadly boat accident that happened two years ago. new video shows the moment a barge slammed into a tour boat in philadelphia. the larger vessel drove right over it, as you see there. two tourists from hungry were killed. their families released the video. they are now suing the companies that were involved. a world-famous work of art, and now one of the most expensive. putting a price on "the scream," coming up. what's with you? trouble with a car insurance claim. [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ fore

so well against obama in the west virginia primary that's right folks the man you're looking at right now a man named keith judd is actually giving the president a run for his money jet is currently serving a seventeen and a half year prison sentence at a federal correct correctional institution that isn't even in west virginia for making threats at the university of mexico new mexico in one thousand nine hundred nine for many of the people who voted against the president in this primary it wasn't even about getting a felon elected it was about sending a message to the president that they're willing to take almost anyone over him and that he better shape up or ship out to take a look at the breakdown for these votes for the democratic primary president obama won fifty nine percent of the vote while judd took a whopping forty one percent of the of last night's primary that's enough to earn him multiple delegates and democratic national convention but no one has registered to be a judge delegate yet west virginia is a democratic state but it's voters voted against obama obama and his protest of coal policy which they feel impede the industry's growth in the state but w

obama's and first lady michelle bauman will honor 13 people of the medal of freedom today among the honorees is legendary women's basketball coach pat summits and today's white house ceremony includes base jet bob dylan and offered to morrison. chosen as to not the politicians iraq and roller coat and author very good company. >>> time now is 552 it protect against aids and pains and aspirin may help skin cancer. aspirin may help skin cancer. did we call accident, on,,,,,,,, pull on those gardening gloves. aspirin may help skin cancer. did we call accident, on,,,,,,,, and let's see how colorful an afternoon can be. with the home depot certified advice to help us expand our palette... ...and prices that keep our budgets firmly rooted... ...we can mix the right soil with the right ideas. ...and bring even more color to any garden. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, ortho home defense max is just $4.88. i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself, and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna to do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. nothing c

obama in january, i think is the reason he's there. it's not like he landed on an aircraft carrier in a jet wearing a flight suit. it's not as bad as it could have been. i sort of disliked the increasingly ceremonial role of the presidency and becoming sort of this general attitude toward what we think the president is primarily or in large extent a military leader. i'm uncomfortable with these kind of triumphant overseas shows and all the rest of that sort of thing. but, you know, it's what's is to be expected because it works because voters are suckers. >> all right. why today? and is this more president obama politicizing the bin laden killing as is charged by his critics? or is there substantive work he's doing in afghanistan to deal with his mission? >> i think there is substantive work. i was on a call just before your show, larry, with senior administration officials describing a month's lead up to this agreement and the fact they are still talking to the taliban, this is a natural time to go on the soil of this sovereign nation they want to continue to prop up to handle its own security. there was very li

it is clearly the case that obama's life story is much better suited to a century in which a jet is verymportant and that cast of characters as change. obama has had it very hard to navigate that stage. >> i want to open it up to the audience. there is a microphone somewhere. if you could identify yourself and speak clearly into your becker frier. we have a lot of recording going on. we want to keep this focused on the presidential election city's -- since these gentlemen can talk about others. keep it focused on mitt romney and barack obama. >> i want to pose the question in the form of a hypothesis. it comes directly from right down the line, if you think bruce's axle paper about the u.s. being a majority shareholder in the liberal democratic quarter. important point about the extent to which the electoral process itself, getting us to the first tuesday, has not only seemed, but makes government more difficult than ever. and to the point about the need to form new alliances, and then you jump to the question of given all that, which president, romney or obama, can we predict what they

jet was carrying 48 people, most of them journalists or potential buyers. >>> well, this morning, strong reaction from both sides, republicans and democrats. now that president obama'seen the very first sitting u.s. president to endorse gay marriage. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning. and of course, plenty of speculation that this may prove a little risky. >> it could, but it could help him raise more money, especially in california. he's got a fundraiser next month with the gay community in los angeles and organizers say they've already started to see interest pick up there. but in terms of this decision, it comes after two prominent members of his administration, including the vice president came out just a few days ago supporting same-sex marriage, and the president in this interview with abc's robin roberts said he affirms, he wants to go ahead and affirm that same-sex couples should be married. after saying for a long time his views had been evolving. what does this mean politically? well, mitt romney very quickly came out and said i think the opposite. i think marriage should be only between one man and one woman. analysts

before the break here here is from and i quote these in "the obama hate machine," my latest book, plug plug time magazine described ryan, he has jetand a touch of eagle scout to him. the "new york times" wrote that he's described him as the congress man from wisconsin quote with the piercing blue eyes. love for heavy metal on his ipod and a reputation among democrats including president obama as a republican who has put forward budget ideas that are thoughtful and serious. give me a break. >> i take it you don't like the guy. the piercing blue eyes have had no affect on you -- effect on you. >> the jet black hair. >> stlaping upper body physique. >> this document is bogus. liz calling from fort washington washington, maryland. hello, liz. >> hey, bill. how are you? con congratulations on the show. >> how about it? >> you are. >> you are welcome. i used to listen to you on the way to work on serious and i am so happy that i don't have to suffer through morning joe any more, that i can turn you on and get some real news. >> now you have more billing there you go. >> i got full-court press. >> all right. thank you. >> i love it. >> t

obama saying in october of 2007 john edwards called her to his hotel room where elizabeth edwards was questioning why they took former campaign photographer on a shopping trip and flew her on a private jetshe testified "she was saying you is to hold your friends close and your enemies closer," she was a loose cannon and we doesn't know what she would say. >>shepard: john edwards former speech writer return to the stand. did she say anything to the prosecution case? >>jonathan: well, her testimony was a mixed blessing for the prosecution testifying that when john edwards discussed the financial arrangements for the mistress and child "he said he had known that bret was taking care of things," but did not acknowledge assistance from bunny mellon until long after the 2008 presidential campaign. according to him, only used the phrase he "just listened," about bunny mellon. >>shepard: thank you, jonathan. and new to our panel, arthur aidala, and criminal defense attorney, randy zelin. >>arthur: well, what is said is devastating. this is the candidate's wife, right? his whole defense using this money to keep it from her not to keep it from the american people and now the witness who works for

obama wanted to do this now. i think he did want to do it before the election, but this entire campaign so far, when you talk about tax breaks for private jets, when you talk about the buffett rule, when you're talking about gay marriage, when you're talking about a student loan bill that saves people seven bucks. you're basically taking as many bright, shiny objects and holding them up and saying, hey, look at this. >> do distract a child. but what were the top issues? >> the top issues were the economy, the jobs, and the budget deficit. >> that's really shocker. okay, so this -- he may not remember, obama may not remember how bad the recession was, but a lot of people remember how anemic the recovery is, right? we're at 2% recovery. we've got 23 million people either unemployed, underemployed, or left work all together. middle class income is actually falling, not rising. >> the president wants to talk about socially liberal issues, talk about going to hollywood. but the real thing people are forgetting this election is the failed stimulus. he tried to stimulate the economy with chunks of cash, it didn't work. romney has to hammer that as