panetta -- let me call on mr. panetta. thank you again for your service to correct thinking, chairman -- think you for your service. >> thank you. i am deeply honored and humbled e as the e at new-paragraph hers president's nominee. i thank my fellow californians who are dear friends and it dear colleagues for the role of secretary of defense, without question, it involves a very large responsibility in size alone. still, in a very basic way, it is the similar to the role of the cia director in that our first and foremost mission is to protect the country. if confirmed, my number one job will be to insure that america continues to have the best trained, the best equipped, and the strongest military and the world. in order to make sure that we protect our country. as many of you know, i had devoted my career to public service. it began a long time ago when i served as an intelligence officer in the united states army. i was proud to wear the uniform of our country. my respect and admiration for our nation's armed forces has

panetta -- let me call on mr. panetta. thank you again for your service to correct thinking, chairman -- think you for your service. >> thank you. i am deeply honored and humbled e as the e at new-paragraph hers president's nominee. i thank my fellow californians who are dear friends and it dear colleagues for the role of secretary of defense, without question, it involves

panetta -- let me call on mr. panetta. thank you again for your service to correct thinking, chairman -- think you for your service. >> thank you. i am deeply honored and humbled e as the e at new-paragraph hers president's nominee. i thank my fellow californians who are dear friends and it dear colleagues for the role of secretary of defense, without question, it involves a very large responsibility in size alone. still, in a very basic way, it is the similar to the role of the cia director in that our first and foremost mission is to protect the country. if confirmed, my number one job will be to insure that america continues to have the best trained, the best equipped, and the strongest military and the world. in order to make sure that we protect our country. as many of you know, i had devoted my career to public service. it began a long time ago when i served as an intelligence officer in the united states army. i was proud to wear the uniform of our country. my respect and admiration for our nation's armed forces has

panetta -- let me call on mr. panetta. thank you again for your service to correct thinking, chairman -- think you for your service. >> thank you. i am deeply honored and humbled e as the e at new-paragraph hers president's nominee. i thank my fellow californians who are dear friends and it dear colleagues for the role of secretary of defense, without question, it involves a very large responsibility in size alone. still, in a very basic way, it is the similar to the role of the cia director in that our first and foremost mission is to protect the country. if confirmed, my number one job will be to insure that america continues to have the best trained, the best equipped, and the strongest military and the world. in order to make sure that we protect our country. as many of you know, i had devoted my career to public service. it began a long time ago when i served as an intelligence officer in the united states army. i was proud to wear the uniform of our country. my respect and admiration for our nation's armed forces has

in his opening statement panetta told the senate armed service committee that the most important duty of a defense secretary is to be "a tireless advocate for the troops and their families" and to protect the country. panetta, who would replace robert gates, says his priorities if confirmed would include prevailing in the current conflicts in iraq and afghanistan and also in the fight against al qaeda. >> we are no longer in the cold war. this is more like the blizzard war. the blizzard of challenges that draws speed and intensity from terrorism, from rapidly developing technologies and the rising number of powers on the world stage. >> as the current director of the cia, senate confirmation for panetta is expected to come quickly. >>> well, the man whose office panetta will be moving into is also in the news tonight. >> the outgoing secretary of defense, robert gates, tops our look at stories making headlines around the world. gates today made his last visit to nato headquarters. he shared his views on nato's afghanistan strategy, the u.s. relationship with pakistan, and the fallout

frame the debate that leone panetta is stepping into. is everyone agreed that some steps are necessary so it's how much and how to do it. >> i think almost everybody now believes we are at the edge of a builddown in defense. and the question is going to be how fast do you go, what things do you choose to make a priority. what period of time do you cover with it. i don't think anybody at this point is really arguing we eier can or ough to increase the defense budget. and frankly with the end of the wars and with attention on definite fit-- deficits and things like that in the general public, looking at defense as part of the equation we have to deal with to solve the debt and deficit problem is clearly where much of the congress is at, where the administration is at, and where the american people are. >> brown: can we get an agreement on this part? and how would you frame where things are at? >> well, i would say though that we're almost there. president obama when he laid out his deficit reduction goals in his speech in april said 400 bi

panetta -- let me call on mr. panetta. thank you again for your service to correct thinking, chairman -- think you for your service. >> thank you. i am deeply honored and humbled e as the e at new-paragraph hers president's nominee. i thank my fellow californians who are dear friends and it dear colleagues for the role of secretary of defense, without question, it involves a very large responsibility in size alone. still, in a very basic way, it is the similar to the role of the cia director in that our first and foremost mission is to protect the country. if confirmed, my number one job will be to insure that america continues to have the best trained, the best equipped, and the strongest military and the world. in order to make sure that we protect our country. as many of you know, i had devoted my career to public service. it began a long time ago when i served as an intelligence officer in the united states army. i was proud to wear the uniform of our country. my respect and admiration for our nation's armed forces has

now if they all take a look at leon panetta and how he'll handle being the new secretary of defense i'll speak with a journalist who was brutally arrested in wisconsin for filming to police and we'll find out if one for hackers really are f.b.i. informants but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has as decided to spend their time on well missing the more important stories. we've been doing a lot of media bashing for their relentless coverage of the wiener gate scandal and bashing that is well deserved but it's a little odd when you see those same people that have been covering it nonstop and treating it like real news suddenly act like they're above it all here's rachel maddow on david letterman last night. if he resigns it is something in the fact that people are demanding that he resign while other people who have confessed to much worse things in terms of sex scandals are not being forced to resign or are having in getting the resignations call for that makes it news but him screwing up his marriage in itself i think is more gossip than news. you know i actually have

. >>> the man in line to replace gates, leon panetta, currently running the cia, testified yesterday at a senate confirmation hearing. as defense secretary panetta will inherit two wars he made it very clear he'll resist pressure to end them too quickly. here's david martin. >> reporter: with americans still coming home in flag-draped caskets from iraq, cia director panetta revealed a surprising and to many, no doubt, confusing fact. now there are a thousand al qaeda still in haerk. iraq. it, too, continues to be fragile. >> that's right. 1,000 left in iraq where the u.s. has 50,000 troops left. in afghanistan, there are twice as many american troops intelligence estimates put al qaeda at no more than 100. those lop-sided numbers plus the killing of bin laden are behind the political pressure on president obama to accelerate the pullout from afghanistan starting next month. a cinch to be the next secretary of defense, panetta will have to live with whatever decision the president makes but refused to say how many troops he thinks should come home. the president says a big chunk of th

of defense be next on the spending chopping block a lobbyist seem to think so a cia director leon panetta takes the helm so just what will happen with the g.o.p. when fresh blood takes control. and just because we're asking all the hard hitting questions are t. labeled as anti-american but is it really anti-american to tell the truth so why then the war on r.t. . good afternoon it's thursday june ninth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. now this meeting brings together public and private leaders from the united states and other world democracies but it's a secret informal meeting and critics and activists allege it is anything but democratic it's called the builder group and the european union and the euro currency were reported to be its brainchild now this group is made up of heads of global companies big banks together with heads of state and leaders of nato and they're getting together right now for their meeting in the swiss resort town of st moritz now arches or and it is there and i asked her about the invite list and the agenda is here what

i want you to listen to director panetta, soon to be secretary panetta's assessment of the situation on the ground in libya. >> we have seen the opposition make gains both in the east and the west. i think there are some signs that if we continue the pressure, if we stick with it, that ultimately gadhafi will step down. >> senator, you hear leon panetta there say ultimately gadhafi will step down. you have this remarkable situation in which nato, with the united states blessing, is accelerating air strikes and everybody now publicly is saying they will keep bombing until gadhafi leaves. when the united nations resolution that authorized these military strikes says regime change is not the goal. >> well, i'm not going to get into that because gadhafi is the beginning of all of this and he's also the end of it. there is no alternative other than gadhafi leaving office. this is a bad man. he has not been good for his country. and i think he ought to go. and the president has very strongly said he ought to go. so i think efforts that are aimed at moving mr. gadhafi out of the country and

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david martin tells us why panetta thinks u.s. troops may stay in iraq. >> reporter: with americans still coming home in flag-draped caskets from iraq, c.i.a. director panetta revealed a surprising and, to many no doubt confusing, fact. >> there are a thousand al qaeda that are still in iraq. it, too, continues to be a fragile situation. >> reporter: that's right. 1,000 al qaeda in iraq where the u.s. has less than 50,000 troops. in afghanistan, where there are twice as many american troops, intelligence estimates put al qaeda at no more than 100. those lopsided numbers, plus the killing of bin laden, are two factors behind the political pressure on president obama to accelerate the pullout from afghanistan starting next month. a cinch to be the next secretary of defense, panetta will have to live with whatever decision the president makes but he refused to say how many troops he thinks should come home. >> that decision really does rest with general petraeus and secretary gates and the president. >> reporter: the president says a

. >>> panetta faced lawmakers today. >> i will do everything i can to keep america secure so that itcan be free. i will do that if i am confirmed as secretary of defense. >> panetta has been nominated by president obama to become the next secretary of defense. he told u.s. senators that he would be a watchdog for pentagon spending. the president has proposed $400 billion in national security cuts. panetta is a former congressman from monterey and would replace robert gates. >>> congresswoman eshoo is recovering today after surgery. she t he congresswoman is now back home and will be working from there for the rest of the week. >>> this is a beautiful creek that runs through san jose. we'll tell you why the city wants to pay homeless people to work here. that story coming up in three minutes. >>> a nice warm up across most of the bay area for today. coming up we'll take a look at our updated forecast model. we'll track the fog for our overnight hours. we'll also show you the temperatures you can expect for this weekend. >>> an independent arbitrator med with muni and union leaders. th

. >> senate armed services committee is wrapping up hearing on leon panetta for defense secretary. that is president obama's cloyce to replace robert gates. senators sought out panetta's view on a number of topics most notable afghanistan. >> we have made progress with security in that country all be it fragile and reversible. i nevertheless believe progress is made and trying to advance security. >> panetta refused to say how completely they should with draw from afghanistan. along with being the sy director he is a former congressman from the mont a bay area and served in the clinton white house as budget director and chief-of-staff. general petraeus is nominated to take over for panetta at the sy. >> president obama accused mortgage lenders of doing too little to help people with their homes. they have failed to help people lower mortgage payments. it is now pulling the incentives. only a third of the people who applied to have mortgages modified were successful . another measure of how bad things are. home equity. americans own a smaller portion of their homes. in 2001 american

we had a chance to speak, leon panetta. i'm delighted to see that a former omb director can make something of himself. you have done a great job as director. i know you've had the opportunity today to answer tough questions, but the tone has been appreciative and respectful. i am most concerned, as you know, on the budget front, particularly with regard to our major programs and the cost of growth, the time delays have been troubling to me on this committee. over the last four or five months, we've heard a lot of testimony. this is at the same time, of course, we are talking about not just restraining spending, but putting everything on the table to deal with our historic deficits, the debt overhang that is affecting our economy so directly and affecting our future. i also think, for natural -- for national security to our men and women need the best equipment and a need it in a timely matter. the cost overruns annually are over $300 billion per year. this is compared to a decade ago when it was average $40 billion per year

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defense secretary robert gates when he retires it's expected at the end of the month now for one panetta is known to be a cost cutter according to analysts so we want to find out what this means for military contractors who lobby hard for the status poll when it comes to defense spending well earlier i spoke to a former cia analyst ray mcgovern he is actually one of several who prepared the president's daily brief during the first bush bush administration and he told me why he feels that the public should actually be more concerned with panetta stance on afghanistan rather than with potential defense such as why. they are professionally nervous about these things as i say there's lots of fact that can be cut but i'm more interested in what he said about afghanistan what he said about iraq because two wars going on there right now afghanistan he said that yes we can't lose we will be able to prevail if we get the up to stein nice to close the borders or stop the infiltration now that's very disingenuous i mean it's true in the face of it but he knows that there was a formal nation with ca

panetta has already said that yemen is a very major concern.t al qaeda and yemen as having the immediate threat. look for panetta in the next hour or two hours during this testimony to be asked a lot of questions about how he plans to cope with this entire menu of problems, kyra. >> indeed. entire menu, indeed. thank you so much. >>> cnn listens to the voice of the nevada voters. we are going to tell you what they are saying next. >>> this week, cnn is on a listening tour hearing what earn us are motivating voters with the 2012 presidential election now 17 months away. today, we are zeroing in on nevada. casey wian in the hot place of las vegas. good morning, casey. >> reporter: good morning, kyra. we are just southeast of las vegas in the second largest city in nevada, henderson. this is the place behind me, las vegas strip is where all the tourists go. places like this where the voters live, they will be very key in the 2012 presidential race. given what's happened here, unemployment rate, around 12% now. it has been as high as 14%, 15% in ne

the 72-year-old panetta is a washington insider.hite house chief of staff. he's currently serving as cia director. >>> two high rollers won more than $11 million at the tropicana casino in atlantic city, new jersey. the first came back in april when a blackjack winner won 5.8 million. then a different gambler won 5.3 million last week. >>> ahead on "american morning" -- cam newton, national champion auburn tigers were in the house, right? but all eyes were on the son of president obama's former press secretary robert gibbs. it was really cute. we'll show you what happened. >>> also the question of the day. what would you do if you were congressman weiner's wife as new allegations and an unfortunate new photo come out all as the "new york times" reports she's expecting the couple's first child. let us know what you think. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and ho

panetta, you will inherit two wars. you will be passed -- tasked with reshaping the department of defense and taking care of military families. with respect to afghanistan, there has been quite a bit of discussion about the need for benchmarks to do assessments for where we are in the transition to the afghanistan capability of defending itself so that it can govern itself going forward. i have been a prime supporter of the benchmarks with regard to iraq and with respect to afghanistan as well. i am introducing legislation today that will require benchmarks to evaluate progress being made toward the transition, security responsibilities to the government of afghanistan. the bill would call for benchmarks on transition to be included as part of the already established provisions for afghanistan. i think it was being -- was the 1230 and 1231 reports. i am impressed with your support of evaluation methods so that we are not in a gray area with regard to whether we are winning or losing. this is an opportunity to describe w

knowing director panetta this comes as no surprise. in february of 2009, he became the 19th director of the central intelligence agency and it is in this capacity where i've had the opportunity to work very closely with him over the last several years an consider new hampshire close friend. -- consider him a close friend. he has been an outstanding leader of the central intelligence agency and it is bittersweet to see him leave. he is a true leader in every sense of the word. he understands how capitol hill works since he served in congress for 16 years. he showed the senate select committee on intelligence which is the committee that oversees his organization the right kind of deference and responded to our questions and concerns promptly and directly. although he leaves the c.i.a. as not leaving the administration, and i am quite pleased that i will have the opportunity to work with him as secretary of defense. i think he has the right qualifications for his new job. he understands budgets, and in this time of economic austerity, we

all right it's time for show and tell on tonight's program last time we discussed leon panetta is shift to become the secretary of defense we want to know if you thought his leadership would lead to any real cuts coming from the pentagon let's go to producer richardson essentially to find out what our viewers have to say. we defense representing half of all federal discretionary spending it looks like an overweight sitting duck for budget cutters we wanted to know if you felt leon panetta might really succeed at cutting pentagon costs and actually not surprisingly regardie of our viewers believe nothing will change i knew two blue low told us the pentagon will only show cuts with the right hand holding more of the left tom barrett called it smoke and mirrors he said panetta would never be considered if this mission was to cut spending first morgan said any real cuts at the pentagon you can't be serious then there's hourly riza who believes there will be in just enough cuts to fake a campaign move well think about this there's no way the u.s. can continue to fight wars on multiple fronts

. >>> leon panetta will become the new secretary of defense. >> the yeas are 100 and the nays are zero. >> he is the current cia director to he will replace robert gates. as defense secretary, he will oversee the troop withdrawal from afghanistan and will implement a new policy to allow gays to serve in the military. >>> david petraeus will succeed panetta in his duties. >>> tomorrow night president obama will address the nation to outline his troop withdrawal plan in afghanistan. an official says 5000 troops will come home this summer and another 5000 by the end of this year. 30,000 were part of the surge in 2093 he will reveal his plan to thousand nine. can see it live at 5:00 p.m. to view the live stream online, head over to our website at ktvu.com. >>> the national park service celebrated the first day of summer by offering free admission. they offer about 20 free entrance days during the course of the year. all other fees remain in place and normal park fees resume tomorrow. >>> as the oakland city council needs, some are questioning a pay raise for council members. a meeting to d

leon panetta said no. he does not know of anyone speaking of troops on the ground. >> michael shear speaking of the confirmation hearing of leon panetta. >> the confirmation hearing of leon panetta for

of that job description are to get as far as he's gotten you know let through comparison here leon panetta who has replaced thing when he first came on he was pretty open about his views on torture coming out staunchly against it you know saying we cannot and we must not use torture under any circumstances and i say the dismay i think of the bush administration i wondering though these kind of comments i mean do you think general petraeus being an outspoken about this or other things you know i really don't but you know what here's what i've also seen is we've seen leon panetta and others hold back from those very same arguments right i mean the use the rhetoric of saying they don't stand for this and yet at the same time they turn around soon but i blindly support the people at the agency for what they've done wait a second my response as a former cia officer is i will support those who have done the right things for those who failed to do the right things or for those who potentially may have committed a crime let's find out because that's what i'm standing for so we have seen a shift un

this is cia director leon panetta testifying before a senate committee last week. >> i've often saidong likelihood that the next pearl harbor we confront could very well be a cyber attack that criminpples our pow systems, our grid, our security systems, our financial systems, our governmental systems. this is a real possibility in today's world. >> joining me is mark rash, a cyber security expert and director of csc, a security and privacy consulting group. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> amazing. we were working on this story because the senate had been hacked into twice in the past week, again today. all of a sudden the cia.gov web site goes down. same group claiming responsibility, director panetta saying this is a serious problem, the cyber warfare. you investigate these things. how serious is it? well, these particular attacks are examples of what we call hacktivism, trying to make a political statement by taking down a public web site, kind of like spray-painting the cia's wall. it's serious they were able to get in and shut it down, but it didn't impact the core functi

house confirmed panetta. panetta will replace gates. he is expected to implement the new policy to let gays serve openly in the military. >>> and nancy pelosi released a statement, she says, in every job he has held he has served with distinction. and i am confident he is the right person to lead the defense department in these challenging times. >>> pa >>> tomorrow the senate intelligence committee will open confirmation meetings for patreaus. >>> sarah shourd was released last year on bail and is refusing to return for that trial. >>> and the battle against -- heated up today. protesters marched outside the state capital in albany as legislators continued their closed door negotiations inside. republicans want to include a provision to safeguard religious institutions. legislators say the senate could take a final vote tomorrow. >>> a new report out today finds home sales dropped last month to their lowest level of the year. according to the national association of realtors, sales of existing single family homes fell 3.8% in may. the

you are a different nominee then leon panetta was. leon brought streetsmarts with respect to the administration and with respect to the house, with respect to how government works. this is really a unique situation i think, where your experiences can hopefully improve the gathering of intelligence. do you agree with this, and if so, how do you think this can be realized? >> well, i would certainly hope that will be the case. as was noted earlier, i don't think there have been any more avid consumers of intelligence and battlefield commands then i have been. we have worked very closely together to integrate all elements of military forces and intelligence elements for common objectives. clearly i've got an enormous amount to learn about the agency as an institution and in organizations and its processes and so forth but again i would like to think that the experiences that i have had will prove of value at the helm of this organization if confirmed, and i can assure you i will also have the sense to listen to people like mike morel and

panetta is expected to become the next secretary of defense. he spoke to military leaders to track down targets. the u.s. is reaching out after the unilateral operation. american officials say pakistan is crucial in the fight against al-qaida and u.s. efforts to withdraw troops from afghanistan. >>> a conservative legal group has failed suit over the death photos of osama bin laden. the obama administration has refused to release pictures after he was killed. the group is now going to court to try and get them released. >>> so many firefighters wanted to attend today's funeral, there wasn't room for all of them. we'll tell you where they went. >>> over flowing with grief. thousands of people come out today to pay their final respects to two fallen san francisco firefighters. so many people wanted to attend that they had to open up a near by gym and even then initially they did not have enough chairs. even firefighters from out of state were on hand today. >> reporter: as large as st. mary's cathedral is, everyone it couldn't hold all the firefi

panetta says he's honored by the nomination and the strong vote of approval. he takes over for robert gates who is retiring at the end of the month. panetta will have a full plate with libya, and iraq and afghanistan. >>> it's been reported that about 10,000 forces will return home to the u.s. in less than a year. some 5,000 service members are expected to be recalled this summer and another 5,000 by winter or next spring. there are currently some 100,000 american forces in afghanistan. >>> and the president will outline his plan during a live address at 5:00 tomorrow night. and we'll bring you that speech live during ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. it will also stream live on ktvu.com. >>> a quiet night at a fraternity turned into a wild morning as more than 2,000 kappa sig members ran out of their home. over 2,000 students are now looking for new places to sleep. >> reporter: an orange glow lit up the early morning sky as flames devoured the kappa sigma house. firefighters poured 2,000- gallons of water a minute on the fire. as sun rose, the exat the present ex

i know that is the trajectory on which lynn panetta -- leon panetta has the agency and that is what we want to continue to do. >> a hope that you will agree that on a case-by-case basis -- i hope you agree that on the case-by-cases, there are times when the committee needs the raw information to make a judgment on the accuracy of the product we are provided. on 9/11, the relationship between our intelligence committee -- community and the house and senate intelligence committees changed. it became much more transparent, a much more open line of communication, and we had a common goal. i believe that this committee should and has been notified as fully as possible on a very quick basis on anything that was significant, especially as it related to changes and threats. do you agree that this committee should have this information in a very timely fashion, and that he will provide it? >> i do. >> thank you. last thing -- we continue to be played with the process of leaks -- plagued with a process of leaks. some of that may need to change in clearances. staff and contractors at the cia must

for leon panetta. so they will be weighing in on this question, but one more factor might be the general fatigue with war. we just saw the house on friday issue a nonbiden rebuke, essentially of the president's policy in libya. as you know, tragically five troops were just killed in iraq, so a lot of questions in just about an hour. >> you do have a sense that the republican parties having the same fatigue that the democrats had a couple years ago. >>> developing news out of the central iraq, where the military says five american troops were killed earlier today. iraqi officials say they were killed when rockets struck their living quarters in eastern baghdad. the single largest loss of life for the u.s. forces in iraq in two years. >>> syrian police are keeping demonstrators away from the border, trying to prevent a repeat of sunday's clashes. stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: for a second time in less than a month, unarmed palestinians and supporters challenged the israeli military. when they tri

panetta says he's honored by the nomination and the strong vote of approval.takes over for robert gates who is retiring at the end of the month. panetta will have a full plate with libya, and iraq and afghanistan. >>> it's been reported that about 10,000 forces will return home to the u.s. in less than a year. some 5,000 service members are expected to be recalled this summer and another 5,000 by winter or next spring. there are currently some 100,000 american forces in afghanistan. >>> and the president will outline his plan during a live address at 5:00 tomorrow night. and we'll bring you that speech live during ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. it will also stream live on ktvu.com. >>> a quiet night at a fraternity turned into a wild morning as more than 2,000 kappa sig members ran out of their home. over 2,000 students are now looking for new places to sleep. >> reporter: an orange glow lit up the early morning sky as flames devoured the kappa sigma house. firefighters poured 2,000- gallons of water a minute on the fire. as sun rose, the exat the present extent

jim miklaszewski has more. >> reporter: cia director leon panetta who took the lead in u.s. efforts to take out osama bin laden warned today even without its leader, al qaeda remains a serious threat. >> yes, i think it has weakened them, but they still remain dangerous, and we still have to go after them. >> reporter: and then he confirmed u.s. special operations forces on the ground in yemen are coordinating air strikes against al qaeda targets. those attacks from american jets and unarmed drones armed with missiles have increased over the past month as they have had a lack in government. >> it's obviously a dangerous and uncertain situation, but we continue to work with elements there to try to develop counterterrorism. >> the obama administration is the instability in yemen will leads to a civil war and give al qaeda a greater safe haven they they have now. >> reporter: pennetta also agreed that it's a growing threat in iraq. >> i have to tell you that a thousand al qaeda are still in iraq. >> reporter: and with a recent spike in iraqi violence, pennetta suggested that a

. >>> and leon panetta is meeting with military and intelligence officials trying to repair relations strained after the unilateral u.s. mission to take out osama bin laden in that country. panetta is urging pakistani officials to step up the hunt for militants operating there. >>> well, the focus today in casey anthony's murder trial, evidence collected near her daughter's remaining and in casey anthony's car. a bug expert said larvae and flies found in casey anthony's car fit the theory that a body was in the trunk but don't show proof she was driving. >> outrage over anthony weiner's sexting scandal is growing. weiner recently admitted to sending lewd messages to several women online, photographs also. today he also admitted sending twitter messages to a teenage girl in delaware. weiner says there's nothing indecent or inappropriate about those messages. senior political editor mark preston joins us from manchester, new hampshire, and we hear you have new information. what's the latest, mark? >> yes, deborah. >> reporter: what we've seen today is three officials, house democratic l

panetta even indicated this week that both the cia and u.s. military covert operatives are very much at work on the problem of al qaeda in somalia. deborah? >> all right. barbara starr, thank you very much. clearly nobody wants to see both of those organizations linking up together making them stronger. hopefully this undermines that effort. barbara starr, thanks so much. >>> the month of may turned out to be the most dangerous and deadly for afghan civilians in four years. a report shows 368 afghan civilians were killed last month by extremist attacks or other world violence. several nato members also died last month. >>> this story is just in to cnn. top democratic leaders are now calling on congressman anthony weiner to resign. he recently admitted to sending lewd suggestive messages to several women and admitted to twittering with a teen age girl in delaware. dana bash is on the phone. dana, it has now been stepped up a notch. what's going on? >> it has been stepped up several notches. we have been reporting that there's been great unhappi

but with three ongoing wars involving america his replacement former cia director and the out of panetta is expected to make dramatic changes to pentagon policies can has the story. clutters in the white house in the pentagon it's business as usual robert gates was secretary of defense to two different presidents obama was elected on a promise to end the wars of his predecessor george w. bush but america's worse continued and one more was even edits to the plate of inconclusive campaign aides leave the one administrator strange or change between parties there really isn't a great deal of training in the pentagon under robert gates his watch america's annual defense spending approach that really in dollars rising at the pace of about five percent a year the statements from his office were often contradictory fence bending that nearly doubled the base budget over the last decade the gusher has been turned off and will stay off the u.s. is supposed to leave iraq by the end of the year but it seems that headline is not final he gives all kinds of contradictory statements for instance not lon

. >> hopefully there will be a smooth transition when leon panetta goes to defense. >> leon panetta's nomination will now go to the full senate. >> the pakistan army is denying one of the majors was arrested for giving information to the cia. the new york times said they arrested five pakistani informants including a major who copeped the license plates of cars that went visiting. that encluded the owner of a safe house to keep an eye on bin laden's compound. the aircraft carrier for which osama bin laden was buried at sea arrived in the uss karl vin cent. they docked in the san diego naval base. the crew was ordered not to discuss bin laden's burial. >> amtrak is stepping up security after someone tried to derail a train in iowa. they have beenist shoulding the tracks and rigging them to derail a train. the raid on osama bin laden's compound revealed that al-qaida was plotting attacks on the american rail system. >> it served as a stark reminder that the threats are viable and a new twist was added that terrorist are considering derailing the trains. amtrak is focusing on securing th

on the job but with three ongoing wars involving america his replacement former cia director leon panetta isn't expected to make dramatic changes to pentagon policies a retired u.s. army general steven anderson says the new person in charge should do a better job managing finances. well i don't think we're going to see any major changes in pentagon policies i'm hoping though that he will do something about the a tremendous energy expenditure is that the united states army's expand the iraq and afghanistan we have a tremendously inefficient energy base over there and we need to do something about it i'm hoping that it will bring about some change of the money should be using united states to work domestic programs i mean we're essentially bankrupt a lot of elements of our nation in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan from what my point is that we can be expending energy there are much much smarter than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness then you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money