what is the pentagon saying now. >> so far the pentagon is quiet about this issue.d to a few people on the hill and inside of boeing who both said they're assuring lawmakers they are going to bid. i think the top executive at boeing is saying that it is irresponsible not to weigh all the options. i think they will bid. they assured the lawmakers they will bid especially considering it was boeing's protest that got us here the last time. >> obviously northrup grumman and eads won it the last time around. congress is looking at the subsidies issue as well and proposed legislation. where do we stand on this? >> the house armed services committee inserted into their market the authorization bill, defense authorization bill yesterday. it has to move to the senate right now. that bill essentially says that the department of defense must take these subsidies into account for the competition. they must weigh how ever many dollars eads receives per airplane in the competition. >> effort to increase the eads airplane depending upon how you look at it, fairly or unfairly for t

he had a couple of pentagon posts. the controversy comes from his last job in the pentagon. he was the deputy chief of naval operations for warfare requirements, i believe it is called. it is a position that plans strategy for warfare and helps set the size of the fleet. he performed that job and a new chief of naval operations, admiral mullen, on the first day, demoted him from that position. there were reports -- this was in 2005 -- that he had created a poor command climate and he -- other people have confirmed to us that he was quite the driven boss, shall we say. even in the type environment of the pentagon, he was toward the right. that has followed him since. that is what specter attacked. that is what specter attacked. sestak has not been able to refute that factually. he will not disclose any documents from the navy, such as performance reviews. however, the way the ad is worded, in excess sound -- and makes it sound that he was kicked out of the navy entirely or maybe he was drunk and ran a ship aground. host: how has he responded in his ads then to mr. specter? gu

pentagon. it is now referred to as the puzzle palace. soon after the war, he made a mistake of trying to find his office by himself and got very lost. "one had to give the building is grudging admiration. it had been defined to confuse any any that might infiltrates it -- any enemy that might infiltrate it." he was not alone in this. one woman rushed up to a pentagon guards as saying she was in labor and needed help to get to a hospital. the guard said, madam, u should not have come in here in that condition. she answered, i was not in this condition when i came in here. [laughter] the occasion that brings us together this afternoon is the 65th anniversary of the allied victory in europe. it was an achievement that would not have been possible without ike's strategic visionnd a remarkable skill at managing the personalities of his top generals. one top historian said, eisenhower had to deal with as fractious and dysfunctional a group egomaniacs as anyone had .ver seen -- he was focused on to wi

and then for the national day of prayer who has always been invited to the pentagon, and for them tot surprised because i saw what they did in afghanistan in not allowing me to speak to the troops in battle, but you know, they'll take cheerleaders like the dallas cowboy cheerleaders and if you want to talk about something that's offensive to muslims is to have women scantily dressed, shaking and wiggling everything. this is offensive to the muslims. the fact that i believe that jesus christ is the way the truth and life and i don't believe anybody can get to heaven through muhammad, the muslims are okay with that because they disagree with them. >> mike: they don't think you're going to make it either. so, i get that, that's the whole point. if faith means everything, it doesn't mean anything. people sometimes think because i'm a believer i'm supposed to oh, well, everybody is equally the same. the point is religion by its nature tends to be divisive, doesn't have to be angry and bitter and cut people's heads off, but it's by its nature says, i believe this and it's somewhat within a

. >> the secret between the president and pentagon practices. joe biden wanted people fired in the pentagon. >> what was the issue? >> the issue was talking out of school and jamming the president and boxing him and manipulating him. when i interviewed him i asked him about it, he sd,ai i'll neither confirm or deny i was jammed by the pentagon. pretty much a confirmation. chris: i had lunch with teddy kennedy, he's impressive. >> will the president eventually get the lion's share of the blame on the oil spi?ll chris: this book's big question. will obama eventually get blamed personally for slow action on the oil spill? >> personally. no. >> sure. >> i don't think it'll be personal but blamed. >> it'll be up to him. >> yeah, becseau we didn't respond very fast. chris: who -- >> on his watch and they'll both share blame. >> and norah o'donnell, thanks for sitting in for me last week. you were too good. and kathleen parker and congratulations on your great book. and that's the show, thanks for watching. where is it written that the old way is the r

and the national day of prayer, i've always been invited to the pentagon and to disinvite it because'm involved, i wasn't surprised and saw what they did in afghanistan in not allowing me to speak to the troops in battle. and you know, they'll take cheerleaders bike the dallas cowboy cheerleaders and talk pow something offensive to muslims, it is to have women, scantily dressed, shaking and wiggling everything and this is offensive to them, and the fact that i believe jesus christ this is way, truth and life and i don't believe anybody can get to heaven through mohammed, the muslims are okay with that. they disagree ---ed . >> they don't think you'll make it, either, that is the whole point and faith means everything or doesn't mean everything and people think because i'm a believer i'm supposed, to everybody is equal the same, the point is, religion by its nature tends to be divisive and doesn't have to be angry and bitter and cut people's heads off but by its nature says, i believe this and it is somewhat within a system. >> as a christian i want afternoon to know god's love and go

guest: from the pentagon's budget. -- caller: from the pentagon's budget.onald rumsfeld announced that there was money missing, they were trying to find out where the money went. guest: the bottom line is that the pentagon has admitted before several congressional committees that they do not know where all of their taxpayer dollars are going. they have been promising reform since i was a little boy and did not -- has not happened. now, i do not think that it is a -- that they are black hearted, evil maen. i think it is terribly complex, but still out rages when you are a taxpayer. host: republican line, good morning. caller: as i understand it we have over 60 military bases. if we were to close them around the world, with that not solve the problem? over in great britain they had an inquiry a while back on how did they expand -- can be the same thing against bush, rumsfeld, dick cheney? like the previous caller said, can we bring indictments to find out how this happened? trying to close some of the bases. guest: i do not think they are talking about indict

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it could end up being the most expensive contract ever awarded by the pentagon. new jets would begin in november. >> tom: general motors may be on a bumpy road over claims made in recent ads. a conservative think tank accuses g.m. of misleading consumers. in the commercials, g.m. says it repaid government bailout loans "in full, with interest, five years ahead of schedule." but the competitive enterprise institute says that's wrong, because that loan was repaid with another government loan. the group complained to the federal trade commission. neither the f.t.c. nor g.m. has commented. >> susie: social networking is changing the face of corporate marketing and bringing more voices into the mix. tonight's commentator explains. she's jessica faye carter, c.e.o. of nette media. >> from pepsi to state farm, and lexus to the nba, more companies than ever are using social media to connect with multicultural consumers, and little wonder. with spending power of approximately $2 trillion and a population equaling 34% of u.s. residents, diverse consumers are an attractive,

i sat down with general stanley mcchrystal at the pentagon this afternoon. general mcchrystal, welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: as we sit here now, is the u.s. along with its allies winning the war in afghanistan? >> well, i think that in the last year we've made a lot of progress. i think i'd be prepared to say nobody is winning at this point. where the insurgents, i think, felt that they had momentum a year ago, felt that they were making clear progress, i think that's stopped. >> brown: what was what is your assessment of the insurgency. there was a pentagon report that looked back at the last six months that said things were getting better but it's still alive and even stronger in some areas of the country. what's your assessment? >> i think this insurgency is serious and it's serious because it has a relative reach around the country and it's got a fair number of fighters involve sod it can bring a lot of violence on the afghan people. it's also not popular. it's not popular with afghans, we see that in polling and i certainly see that as i speak with a

pentagon. to as the puzzle palace. soon after the war, he made a mistake of trying to find his office by himself and got very lost. "one had to give the building is grudging admiration. it had been defined to confuse any any that might infiltrates it -- any enemy that might infiltrate it." he was not alone in this. one woman rushed up to a pentagon guardas saying she was in labor and needed help to get to a hospital. the guard said, madam, you should not have come in here in that condition. she answered, i was not in this condition when i came in here. [laughter] the occasion that brings us together this afternoon is the 65th anniversary of the allied victory in europe. it was an achievement that would not have been possible without ike's strategic vision and a remaable skill at managing the personalies of his top generals. one top historian said, eisenhower had to deal with as fractious and dysfunctional a group egomaniacs as anyone had .ver seen -- he was focused on to win the nazis and not e

the pentagon sees him as trustworthy. yet, in his past job, he was ahead of the pakistani intelligence agency. officers are temporarily stationed there. then, they go back to the regular army. it has definitely supported elements of the taliban fighting in afghanistan and based in pakistan since september 11. the recent death of the individual that i mentioned was killed last friday, here is a former officer who was seen as a nexus between the intelligence agencies and the military. yet, this guy was just wacked by the pakistani taliban. even the hard-core militants see a isi as doing the bidding of the united states. the dynamic that existed there is beginning to fray. host: florida. kelly on our independent line -- caller: yu said the new generation is changing, which means that we cannot control the middle east and what they are doing. our main purpose was to get osama bin laden. if we wanted him, we would that had him. meanwhile, our borders are open for what ever, and every day we have to worry about a lunch box unde

that does not look bad up to the pentagon.anassas, slowing in centreville and again at 50. let's look at the beltway near college park. looks great. alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> new bicycle lanes on pennsylvania avenue are not ready for bike to work day. that is today. some are already using those lanes, but some changes are needed. there will be a bicycle rally at freedom plaza in d.c. from 8:00 to 9:00 this morning. 85 and hundred people are expected to take part in bike >> denied it 5:00, gordon peterson reports on -- tonight at 5:00, the school in washington d.c., and urban boarding school having miraculously success. that's tonight on abc 7 news at 5. >> you are watching abc 7's good morning washington. with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, and lisa baden with traffic. this is good morning washington, on your side. >> good morning. our top story, investigators are trying to piece together a mysterious death in southeast d.c. a woman's body was found inside an apartment after her adul

defazio: today the house will finally turn from naming a sports team'accomplishments to the pentagon budget. a budg that's top heavy with more generals and admals than wehad at the height of world war ii. a broken procurement system that's gold plating dysfunctional weapons systems while our troops lack basics. but today congress will finally answer a question that is a puzzle perhaps only in side the washington, d.c., beltway. how manyngines does a single engine jet fighter need? now, where i come from it's pretty simple. the answer is one, but you got to tune in later today to find out the judgment of congress because some think you need two engines for a single engine jet fighter that will only cost another $15 billion or20 billion the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. mr. speaker, each memorial day americans pause to remember the tremendous commitment and sacrifice made by our men and women in our armed force

army, uninvited to a prayer service at the pentagon.n graham is going to be coming to us live in a few moments from north carolina. we'll ask him his side of the story and try to find out what really happened there and what he believes about the religion of islam. back in a moment. ♪ we created our college of business and management... after collaborating with business leaders. we wanted our curriculum to match market needs, preparing you for today's most sought-after careers. in fact, we have not one but five specialized colleges, offering you bachelor's degree programs that... are both relevant and highly maetable. devry university. discover education working at devry.edu. like, why are my numbers too low? are you looking for answers? the accu-chek aviva system now has new tools to help you discover what your numbers mean and how the things you do are connected to your blood sugar patterns. [ sarah ] with this tool i can see how food affects my numbers. i discovered what i can eat and how much. [ male annocer ] discor e accu-chek aviv

the planes have gone into the towers and into the pentagon and crashed in pennsylvania.ho do you turn to? there is a pre-existing philosophy. they're right down the hall. you go talk to them. it became the real impetus and philosophy of the u.s. government until it failed. i think the turning point was george bush, the decision to put the defense department and the hands of bob gates. i liggett gates. i was in beirut at the time. sitting with some americans. i said everything is different from here on out. understands the uses of diplomacy. the first thing he did is he went to iraq. i think his taking over the defense department be coupled with the opening to the insurgency really made the huge difference in our foreign policy in the region. he does not want to stay in the defense department. i hope he stays forever. i am a big fan of his. he is a good student of history. now his political views and sense of history in the region and trying to get it right are really a help to this country. >> host: one of the of the themes i found fascinating, the point it makes committ

moving in an orderly fashion all the way to the pentagon. now to brian van de graaff. >> the humidity is down. temperatures down as well. numbers in the 50's. in wallington, 48. 35 and winchester. -- 45 in winchester. its 50 in leesburg. it's not just the temperatures. the air is a lot drier and the humidity is down. it will be a comfortable start to the day. the next couple days will feel a lot better than the last couple days because of the change in the pattern. the weekend will stay fairly comfortable. by the weekend we will see the potential for some colder air. temperatures will be dropping into the 60's by sunday. we still have a light southerly wind that will bring milder air. it will still be in the low 80's today. but the air is not quite as moist, meaning temperatures are comfortable. this is still well above average, but it will feel nicer. 82 degrees this afternoon. with the lights of the wind. the average is 72. tonight will be comfortable in the 50's. looking beyond, isolated chance of a shower tomorrow. friday looks pretty ni

the pentagon goes a top intelligence official -- the other candidate is reportedly mike vickers. >>> new estimates put the oil lake at up to 130 million gallons. this weekend, a procedure will should have the mud into the well to try to stop the week -- leak. the epa found one-quarter of all organisms died when the dispersant was used. the wildlife administration pledges to keep on top of the cleanup. president obama ordered federal agencies to create national fuel efficiency standards for big rig and work trucks. the president outlined the plan at the rose garden today. agencies have already brought out standards for light cars and trucks 2012 through 2016 models. they'll begin work on a the stronger rules for 2017. >> getting around the metro area is going to be challenging this weekend. problems will make it tough for drivers. >> in the inner loop lanes near the telegraph road interchange are a mess. they -- vdot has been patching it for months. if your play dead for prince george's county into alexandria and down south, officials say will face massive delays if you take the wilso

i watched him when i was in the pentagon.he focused primarily on national-security issues, i was quite taken by how he always did the right thing, regardless of how it might impact him. i strongly believe that what has really harmed the senate -- which actually needs reform, not the united states of america -- is were principle is subordinated for politics -- where principle is subordinated for politics. it is sad when it is whatever needs to get you elected that is most important. we have lacked leadership down there. from integration to climate change -- to where we see challenges and actually address them, regardless of what might hurt us. i saw that in some water -- in some wonderful leaders in the united states navy. i saw it from my father, who we just addressed in the arlington. -- laid to rest in arlington. i believe we have to regain that approach in washington. for too long, and i have only been there three years, i am running against the democratic establishment. i do admire and respect, but totally disagree with i

by the way, we now know how many of hillary clinton announced, the pentagon announced last week on anited states had at the height of the cold war and how many we have today. it's like 33,000 nuclear weapons at the height of the cold war and like 5100 today. but the soviet union stopped at the theory of mutual insurance instruction, too. so with that mutual. we both said you can't hit nuclear weapons because if you do will blow up the world. you should try to apply that theory in cyberspace that breaks down for a lot of reasons. one, you don't really know sometimes who's attacking you in cyberspace. it's not with high confidence initially because you can, you can make it look like someone is attacking, when it's actually somebody else. number one. number two, and mad unit with a nuclear weapon would do. it would when your whole day. there were 20,000 -- is that right -- no, there were 2200 nuclear explosions in the atmosphere during the testing period. and so, everybody got to see what clear weapons could do. and our nuclear weapons and china and russia and england, they'll do the sa

. >> reporter: april 2007, a series of cybe government agsz including the pentagon. wiping out more data than what is stored in the library of congress. 1.8 billion attacks a month, according to the sergeant at arm's office. the government is looking for defense. >> i'm nervous. but i think it would be a pretty good thing to take on. i got into computers at a pretty young age. >> reporter: he might be the future of cyber security in the u.s. >> i would like to take down the people that actually create problems. >> reporter: he's only 17 years old. >> i bought a book in fourth grade and taught myself how to can we eight websites. >> reporter: he entered and won the first ever u.s. cyber challenge by doing something no one else had. he handicapped the point system. >> i found a vulnerability in the scoring serving so i was able to add points. >> reporter: clever and brilliant, exactly the kind of person the cyber challenge hopes to find. >> the key weapons in the next war are going to be people. >> reporter: the goal is to find young whiz kids who can become the top gu

. >> one of the leading candidates to replace blair is james clapper, a pentagon official who heads up the military intelligence gathering operations. >>> more information about the removal of a jet blue pilot from his flight. after confusion about whether the pilot had a medical issue or was a threat to himself and others. mary is live in the news room with what is being said. >> reporter: vick, investigators said the pilot was due to a medical emergency. later a police source said a flight attendant would used to date the pilot had received an email indicating he was distraught. investigators say the pilot had threatened to harm himself in a spectacular fashion. prior to the flight a weapon was taken to the pilot. police did not charge the still unnamed pilot with illegal possession of a firearm. action suggests he may be part of a group of pilots allowed to carry weapons on board. back to you. >> jet blue officials say at no point did passengers face any threats. the report was reportedly hospitalized. >>> a maryland second grader who earlier this week got a visit from the first lad

back in the days of the pentagon hero or trader? guest: trader. host: if you were the ninth vote on the supreme court who will determine whether the paramedics woulde allowed to be published would you have voted to allow them to come out or have restricted the publication? guest: restricted. national security documents that involved the united states one way or another should be decided by the congress and the president. how can you set a precedence for some well meaning person without proper credentials and proper understanding of the system can randomly decide what to release? when pollack did that we decided he was a spy. as a result, he has served in jail and is still in jell and will probably end his life in jail because we decided the documents he sole were so dangerous to the security of the united states. now, who was ellsworth to decide that he personally had the moral authority to overrule the president of the united states and overrule the chairman of the joint chiefs and joseph rule the united states congress and he would decide what d

the pentagon should not be rewarding bad behavior or u.s. taxpayers shouldn't be asked to create a job creation program for the european areao industry. stand up for american workers and basic fairness in tanker competition. the chair: the gentledy's time has expired. mr. bonner: if were to ask unanimous consent to reclaim my time, is there any time on this side of the argument? the chair: the gentleman has 1 1/4. mr. bonner: i ask unanimous consent to rlaim my time. the chair: you have not yielded the time. you still have 75 seconds. mr. boer: i would like to respond briefly to the gentlelady from connecticut, our friend and distinguished lleague, to set the record raight. when eads wins the competition this time as they dithe previous time, ey in tend to create 4000 in the united states which will be many my district in alabama but in all 50 states. this is not a comtition between ameran jobs and european jobs, this is american jobs throughout the country in between two greacompetitors. i reserve the time. the chair: the gentlem reserves t

mike emanuel is at the pentagon tonight.ike, this seems to bolster america's case that iran is a threat. >> well, shep, it does. and america's top diplomat is using it to make her case with some off our allies. here is more from secretary of state hillary clinton. >> i have told my counterparts in many capitals around the world that i believe that we will not get any serious response out of the iranians until after the security council acts. >> appearing there with the british foreign secretary, secretary clinton says she believes the world is uniting around a fourth round of sanctions against the regime in tehran, shep. >> shepard: are getting indications, mike being that russia may be supportive of punishing iran. >> that's right. dmitry medvedev, the russian president, today went with the news today that iran may be able to produce more with less. essentially said that we're heading for last chance for the regime before the u.n. security council acts. the question, of course, we always ask is how far will russia and china

and there are a lot of people at the pentagon and down in tampa at centcom today who are worrying very seriously about the fact that we could go to war with iran in the next year or two. despite the economic interdependence and globalization that has occurred. i understand your argument and i appreciated. you may be right, but i don't think it is

they honored the victims at the pentagon memorial. this is part of the ride to colorado. when they get to colorado, the bikers will race five flags from scenes of conflict signaling the beginning of the games which run through the 10th through 14th. >>> lending a helping hand to keep soldiers this their homes. that's the purpose of a new bill to provide billions in support of families. president obama said it's the country's moral obligation to take care of veterans. >> keeping faith with our veterans and their families is work that is never truly finished. as a nation, as beneficiaries of their service, there is always more that we can and must do. >> the bill will give caregivers health care and a monthly stipend. it also provides post-delivery care to female veterans newborns, a child care program and homeless programs. $3.7billion is the cost over five years. >>> the schedule on metro's oldest and busiest rail line isn't cut it. it's been about six years that the schedule was changed on a line that keeps grow. monday the proposed chains, running eight car trains on th

he's the pentagon's top official. >>> they now know what sparked a cockpit fire. the plane made an emergency landing at dulles as it headed from new york to los angeles and window heating equipment is being blamed for the fire. passengers say that they could see the flames when the pilot opened the the door. >>> federal agents took a gun before he boarded a flight in boston last night. investigators say they confronted the pilot after he threatened to, quote, harm himself in a spectacular fashion. the pilot was taken to the hospital for evaluation and charged with illegal possession of a firearm suggesting he might be a member of the federal flight deck officer program. >>> next here at 6, landing a new job in a tough economy. a trump dishes out what you can do to get hired.  >> more people in our area are working, according to new economic numbers. take a look. the unemployment rate approved the last month n. maryland, the first drop since december 2007, when the recession started. virginia got bitter by a full percent. d.c. has a high unemployment

i just hope the review the pentagon does is a serious review. because that is an open question to me of what the long-term affects are. >> a majority of the country opposed gays serving in the military 17 years ago. >> lehrer: 17 years ago. >> 17 years ago in 1993. today we're talking over by 3 to 1 margin. there was some democratic self-interest in this vote, let's be very can dad-- can date about it. more than 80% of women favor gays being accepted openly. 80% of the people under the age of 30, both target group force democrats. and there is a fear the democrat kos lose seats in november and not have the numbers necessary to pass it. i think it does sort of short circuit the military chiefs. i really do. i think it preordains the results somewhat but it is a sea change of a more tolerant nation. >> lehrer: david, mark. thank you both. >> thank you. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: president obama surveyed oil damage along the louisiana coast as b.p. labored again to plug a deep-sea well; gunmen killed 80 people at two mosqu

the pentagon said that. and those i think probably shaped motherhood policy at all those issues with women in iraq today. >> is interesting, the director of the army women's museum once said to me the army has never changed its policy towards women because it wanted to, but only because it was forced to. and i think we're seeing that today, just as in vietnam. >> laura, i wanted to ask you, since you do this research and doing the interviews we have seen a shift in focus from iraq to afghanistan. i don't know what to expect, i expect you're still talking to her interviewees. we have heard these reports of women deploying and being used for intelligence, talking to afghan women and villages who sort of know everything there is to know about the taliban and insurgents. i'm just wondering, have you talked to them about how that shift in focus is changing things? >> i haven't talked to anyone, to afghanistan recently. but struck by recent front-page vote in the "new york times," which showed a whole group of fem

>> it was in the pentagon report -- press report. the exact wording was, "neither he nor mike mullen would go as far as characterizing that attack as an act of war." that was the wording. >> you are talking about secretary gates? >> yes. >> as we have made clear, this was a clear and compelling violation of the existing armistices. it was without doubt a hostile and provocative act, unwarranted. i think our characterization's are broadly consistent. we will be evaluating -- i think our characterization is broadly consistent. we will be evaluating this with our regional partners. there will clearly be consequences to north korea. >> just to clarify -- does the state department see this as an act of war or not? >> the statement that we put out before called it an act of aggression. everyone has their particular term. "act of war" -- it was or torpedo fired by one military vessel against another. no one knows what the intent of north korea was. but it was unwarranted and unnecessary. it killed 46 south korean sailors. we will be working

. >> the pentagon is pitching a war on capitol hill against car dealerships. stunning numbers on what pentagon officials says is one of the biggest problems for young military families. >> gregg: but we began with a looming primary battles in four different states. this the final weekend before voters head to the polls, in arkansas and kentucky and oregon. big question, keep in them in or kick them out. some are in the fight of their political lives. julie, how significant is this coming tuesday? >> it's no surprise this election year could be tough on incumbents. we've already seen that in utah. tuesday is a chance to see how angry voters really are. there are close races, in pennsylvania, arkansas and kentucky. there is also a special election in pennsylvania, the house seat after murtha's death. that could give a clue to republican prospects for capturing control of the house in november. both parties there spending big bucks. scott brown for the republican house race and bill clinton campaigned today for the democrat there in southwest pennsylvania. all th

we are moving at speed from the capital beltway to the pentagon and beyond. and finally some construction to watch for on the outer and inner loop stretching between braddock and 66. all of this should be clearing in the next 10 to 15 minutes. andrea, back to you. >>> we have bad news for drivers who are planning to take the chain bridge to work today. our weekend rain prevented crews from completing the work on the bridge. that means traffic will be limited to one lane each direction. >>> the grace period for getting caught on a speed camera is over in bowie, maryland. they were installed last month near north view elementary school and until now drivers were issued warnings but drivers caught speeding now will get a $40 ticket. police say drivers can expect more speed cameras in school zones in the near future. >>> taking a look at the living well headlines, sudden cardiac arrest is a silent killer, which can take the younger of children and adults in the prime of life. but as sandra hughs tells us, one family is fighting back and making medical history boo

confirm or deny that i was jammed by the pentagon, which i thought was interesting. spoke to the vice-president at length and i did speak to all of the president's top people in the white house. the only ones that i named it that i talked to are the big four -- rahm emanuel, valerie jarrett, david axelrod -- but a number of others are quoted as well. and there are quite a number of others that spoke to me but were a little gun shy and not want their names attached. i did it try to be careful that when i quoted as somebody directly on the record, i did go back to them because these conversations were all on background, and check to them that it was accurate. host: use through out a name that people might not be familiar with, pete rauss. guest: he is a 30-year veteran of capitol hill, he is often called the 101st senator, he was tom daschle's chief of staff and when the barack obama arrived in 2005 in the senate, he became obama's chief of staff. in the senate. pete is kind of shy. on the inauguration, for instance, instead of sitting in the front row, he watched it o

keeping you moving and taking you to 395 no delays to report past the pentagon. 66 you are good from centreville past 50 toward inside the beltway. the outer loop in maryland looks like we are moving at speed. a few drivers on the road. light traffic between route 1 college park and 270 and end with a map. a look at route 4, branch avenue and crane highway. all of these roads are a go. >>> a rail service company scheduled to take control of virginia railway express operations next month says it won't be ready to make the transmission. they have asked amtrak to continue to operate vre for several weeks beyond the june 28th transition date. the president bush has not been provided. -- the reason has not been provided. >>> a group of 11 states including maryland wants federal officials to develop a plan to improve high-speed rail service over the next four decades. they want the federal railroad administration to begin a three- year, $18 million study to find ways to expand and improve amtrak and commuter rail service along the northeast corridor from boston to washington, d.c. >>> on j

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what would the military or pentagon's role be and what would the white house's role? >> so who's in charge of the u.s. government? that's the president. so the president is ultimately and would coordinate the cross-government response for example through the national security staff. and on the national security staff, howard schmidt the cyber security coordinator is the lead. for the response to domestic incidents, the secretary of homeland security is in charge and would execute her will through things like cyber security and communications. the so under hspd 5 and 7 -- sorry throwing gentlemanner gone out. homeland security presidential directive 5 and 7, one of which deals with incident management, the ordeals with critical infrastructure, those responsibilities are given to her. so she would be driving the response, the domestic response to the incident. in a thing like the power grid, obviously other key agencies like the department of enaur are going to be involved. and on hospitals, health and human services. so we'll have a cross-government response plan proce

and then during the time of the pentagon papers case, you remember, and right before watergate, i took a survey course in journalism. and i realized, 'here's a profession where they pay you money to go around the world and indulge all of your -- your interests, kind of like a graduate student. and all you have to do is write something about it that's interesting.' and i thought that was a great career. c-span: where'd you start then? >> guest: i started at the two county seat weekly newspapers in the swamp country of south carolina called the allendale county citizen and the hampton county guardian. and i was the editor at the te -- tender age of 20, 21 years old. and i did that for a year, and i really learned courthouse politics, general sessions court, land transactions, all the things that are available in local government and school boards, city council. learned all of those issues at the grass roots, and it -- and it -- and it continues to serve me today. c-span: how many years did you spend with the washington post? >> guest: i came to the post in 1979, and -- and i was there al

even by the pentagon's own new numbers, it's a 50-50 deal as to whether the current value of dollars,it will cost to maintain two engines and the value of competition. it comes out to be a wash. i think even by their own numbers, we think their numbers are very conservative, slanting towards their position, which is not to have a second engine. but even by their own assessment, it is at least a 50-50 deal to have it. so i've always favored this for competitive reasons, and i think it is, from my perspective, good that the house adopted the funding yesterday. >> senator levin, i assume that prison in illinois was the one that the obama administration wanted to transfer the detainees from guantanamo to. how much money was struck, and will there be an attempt to put that back on the floor? >> i don't know if there will be an attempt to put the money back on the floor. i think it makes a lot of sense to close guantanamo, so i opposed the reduction of that money. but it was obviously going to be the pass, so it was the reduction or the ending of that funding in this year's budget. it was a

on april 29 the pentagon released its biepbl report to congress on afghanistan. by all accounts it was sobering. the report portrays an afghan government with limited credibility among its people. in 92 districts assessed for their support of the afghan government or their antagonism to it, not one supported the government. not one in 92. now, i realize sometimes when a report comes out as dated, that it may be -- improvements may have been made over the last couple of months. but the most recent report was not good in terms of support for the afghan government. again, our strategy will not be successful unless the afghan government can improve those numbers of support from its own people. this -- this is an important issue that president karzai and the rest of the government must continue to address. i think they're taking steps to do that, but much more needs to be done. the pentagon report highlights one positive development, the taliban are seen by 52% of afghans as the chief cause of instability. so the message is getting out to the people about -- about des

time contrary to all apparent evidence we continue to get the same spin and happy talk from the pentagon. after the report was delivered to congress last week, one senior defense official said, we have the beginning of the potential for real change. madam speaker, it's long past the moment that we should be talking about, the beginning of the potential for real change. i think 8 1/2 years is plenty of time for real change. and not just the beginning of its potential. we have been patient, we have seen more than 1,000 of our fellow americans killed. we have seen about $270 billion in taxpayer money fly out of the treasury. and after all that, afghanistan is still a terrifying, dangerous place that can't stand on its own two feet, unable to handle its own security, with an incompetent government that enjoys little confidence or credibility. the whole point of our counteru.s. is strategy was to get the people -- counterinsurgency strategy was to get the people on the side of our government and military forces. but, madam speaker, continued instability is instead driving the civilian populat

between dale city and the pentagon, nothing complicated to report. the dulles greenway, dulles toll road, 28 near tysons, things running in our favor. normal travel times in baltimore. >> don't be surprised if we see a lot of cyclists. its national bike to work day. 8500 people in our metro area are expected to take part. a bicycle rally will be held at d.c. freedom plaza from 8:00 until 9:00 a.m. stations have been set up throughout the d.c. area. >> 58 degrees in rosslyn. >>> one city is planning major changes to their daily paper. >>>> if you work in the district but live elsewhere, it could cost you more now. >> you are watching abc 7's good morning washinton, with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, and lisa baden with traffic. this is good morning washinton, on your side. >> the senate has approved a sweeping overhaul on how the government regulates banks and wall street. it's aimed at preventing a repeat of the financial crisis that plunged the s&country into recession. they hope to wrap up a final bill by the fou

and according to the pentagon, al qaeda is in financial ruin. know what broke them? health insurance premiums. you know the monthly premium for suicide bomber? do you have any idea what it is? if you took all the money republicans spent trying to stop healthcare, all the money democrats have spent trying to get healthcare, you know something? we could have had healthcare. we could have had it a couple of years ago. now, supporters of this bill say american people will now get the same health benefits that members of congress get. of course, that's great. how about some of the other free travel, envelopes with cash in them? how about some of that? get out of jail free card. why can't we get that? you have to give a lot of credit to nancy pelosi for the way she sold it to the american people. the way she sold it, she went to the new media. she went to youtube. here, take a look. >> quality, affordable healthcare for all americans, it is essential that everyone participate when they are well. and not just join in when they are sick. so it's all better quality, lower cos

[laughter] >> and according to the pentagon, al qaeda is in financial ruin.now what broke them? health insurance preliminary yummings? you know the monthly premium for a suicide bomber is? do you have any idea? if you took all the money republicans spent trying to stop health care and what democrats spent trying to get health care, we could have had it couple of years ago. supporters say that the american people will now get the same health benefits that members of congress get. and of course, that's great. how about some of the other perks? get out of jail free card. mr. president, you did a great job but you have to give a lot of credit to nancy pelosi for the way she sold it to the american people, she went to the new media, she went to youtube. here, take a look. >> in order to have quality, affordable health care for all americans, it is essential that everyone participate when they are well and not just join in when they are sick. so it's all better quality, lower cost, more access if everyone is mandated. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> you have to