peter brooks, thanks so much for coming on the show. >> thanks for having me.sa: 32 people confirmed dead following a blast in mexico city. an explosion rocked the head quarters of pemex, the state oil giant, yesterday afternoon. crews are still scrambling to find survivors in the rubble. officials are unsure what specifically caused the explosion. steven chu is stepping down, served since the beginning of the first obama administration. she -- he says he'll stay in office past the end of the month to help the white house find his successor. oil futures climbed, and strong u.s. manufacturing data, crude fell to $97.77 for the week and rose 2%. all right. coming up, states across the u.s. pushing to hike minimum wage, but businesses could slash payrolls to return the favor. breaking it down in the number crunch. plus, another nightmare looming for boeing. 23,000 of the engineers could be going on strike on top of the dreamliner fiasco. can it avoid a financial crash landing? we got the details. can you ever have too much "money"? ♪ melissa: okay. on to the alway

later this hour we'll talk to peter brooks, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for his take on the latest attack on u.s. interests in that region. >>> well, rebels reportedly capturing a key area in war-torn syria. activists say that opposition fighters now have control of a strategic neighborhood in a northern city, and that's near the international airport. putting rebels in control of a road that regime forces loyal to president assad had used as a supply route. rebels and government troops have been locked in a deadly stale mate in the area since last summer. >>> in egypt now the country's prime minister is warning that chaos is threatening the nation's ailing economy. street violence there and political unrest engulfing egypt for more than a week. all of this coming a day after angry mobs hurled fire bombs at the presidential palace in cairo. egypt's foreign currency reserves have been cut in half now by more than since 2011 uprising that ousted the president, hosni mubarak and the value of currency has plummeted there. >>> big developments on the u.s. policy in iran. v

peter brooks, former assistant deputy secretary of defense in the bush administration and rosa brooks, former assistant secretary of defense in the obama administration, pretty perfect, guys. rosa, i want to start with you on this issue of language and what this country calls a terror attack and what it doesn't. obviously it appears after benghazi it was not as clear as it was today. i wanted to play an exchange that happened between state department spokesperson victoria nuland and a reporter a week after the attack on the american consulate in benghazi. >> does the united states government regard what happened in benghazi as an act of terror? >> again, i'm not going to put labels on this until we have a complete investigation. okay? >> you don't regard it as an act of terrorism? >> i don't think we know enough. i don't think we know enough. >> all right, here, rosa, is what jay carney said today about the attack in turkey. >> a suicide bombing on the perimeter of an embassy is by definition an act of terror, it is a terrorist attack. >> it seems like that's a pretty direct reaction

former cia officer and senior fellow for national security affairs at the heritage foundation, peter brookes terrorists are born here, educated here, born here. why are they being radicalized? why? >> that is very difficult to understand. the thing we really look at jenna, how they're being radicalized. of course the fbi will tell you that their biggest concern is the lone wolf, self-radicalized, homegrown terrorist. we have seen many cases. the heritage foundation came up with a number of exceeding 50 of the number of terrorist plots we've had in the united states since 9/11. that is very, very troubling. it doesn't seem to be, it doesn't seem to be dying off. if you listen to what usama bin laden said, what he talked about, he talked about targeting people who are already in place. whether it was the united states or anyplace else. people who don't have to go through customs. don't have to come through portals such as airports and that are already in place and can undertake these terrible act. >> peter, in your opinion, what is so powerful about the ideology of al qaeda that we have not de

peter singer from the brookings institute said that right now, the u.s. every dollar of military spending on earth and that if the sequester kicks in, it will drop to 38 cents. peter deucey, fox news. >>> after weeks of anxiety, two american women have custody over their adopted russian children. they arrived in russia mid- january and expecting to leave with their children. during the visit, a ban became law and the two mothers saw themselves in a legal battle. they obtained a supreme court order directing a lower court to issue a decree for the a dongs and they say they mean that their miguel help future parents looking to adopt. >> and makes you hopeful that they will do the right thing and allow them to bring home the children. they have been vetted to the smallest degree and the largest degree. they have been approved by russia to adopt the children and they want to give the stamp of approval. >> reporter: both mothers plan to leave with the children on tuesday. >>> a followup on the jerry sandusky sex scandal. the wife of joe paterno is breaking her

peter singer from the brookings institute said right now the u.s. cents of every dal dollar of military spending on earth and if the sequester kicks in, that would drop to 38 cents. peter duty deucey, fox news. >>> all new tonight, a celestial close call. talking about the 2012da asteroid that will pass earth. it will some so close into the earth, it will come into orbit with some of our communication satellites. there is no reason to worry. joining us now to talk about this is the assistant director for science of communications at nasa goddard space flight center. thank you for being with us. appreciate it. >> and thank you, laura, good to be here. >> will there be any indication to us? what will we be able to see if anything? >> reporter: this is completelyp visible to the naked eye. for two reasons, one, it's a tiny, faint object and happened at 2:00 in the afternoon eastern standard time. >> uh. >> that is in the middle of the day. we're facing the wrong way. >> and we talked about it being in the orbit with our communication serves. any disrupt

. >> thank you, peter, retired from brookings. you mentioned in your opening remarks that about more than a million u.s. service men have served in iraq and afghanistan. and that's a very small percentage of the total american population, and so a very small percentage of you and your colleagues have borne this cost, the battle. my question is, what about national service? is that a potential solution to addressing some of your personnel cuts and having the wider country share the national burdens? >> yeah. well, i think a lot of different views on this issue, and you know, my believe -- so when i first came into the army, i came into the army that was mostly built on the draft and we just moved to starting to move to an all volunteer army. i think there's huge advantages to an all volunteer army. you get people who really want to be there and do this, that helps them to be able to become experts at what they do, they're not there for just one -- it's very difficult to stay at a level of proficiency, if you don't have enough peopl

peter, retired from brookings. you mentioned in your opening remarks that more than a million u.s. servicemen have served in iraq and afghanistan, and that's a very small percentage of the total american population. and so a very small percentage of you and your colleagues have borne this cost, the battle. .. >> see this discussion began at c-span.org, look at the video library. we'll leave it at this point for live coverage of the u.s. senate. senators holding a brief pro forma session. no legislative discussion will be held. now live to th

. >> reporter: peter singer is a senior fellow at the brookings institution. >> it's allowed us to disconnect things that used to go hand in hand in war. the destructive side but also the risk of sending people into action. now you're able to separate them. and not have a huge impact. >> reporter: and here's something you may not know. the vast majority of the 8,000 or so drones in use by the u.s. military don't look like this. they're more likely to look like glorified model airplanes equipped not with missiles but cameras. together with high-flying surveillance drones they alert troops when they're in danger. >> in afghanistan, you have soldiers that will write letters back and say you know our patrol was saved today because you were doing overwatch on it. >> reporter: now droans are headed off the battlefield. they're already coming your way. >> a little less than three pounds. >> reporter: the california company that sells the military something like 85% of its fleet is marketing them now to public safety agencies. >> flying behind us is the cube system. it's a small unmanned aircraft tha

peter shankman in new york. i'm, like, whoo, this is on tv. >> how are you doing, brooke? >> i'm all right. i'm all right.lein and super bowl. they have never done a super bowl ad before. so why now? >> well, there are a couple of reasons. first of all, women tend to buy men's underwear for their guys. underwear is purchased by women. secondly, look who is headlining the halftime show, beyonce. you'll get a huge spike in the number of women watching the super bowl this year if for no other reason just for that. and third, it is an interesting commercial because super bowl has been primarily men watching hot women. and this is a really nice turn of play. it is going to be interesting to see what the critics are saying the next morning when they're critiquing all the commercials because it shuts down this is so sexist, the commercials are sexist toward women -- >> a little equity. >> and i would kill for those abs, come on. >> this isn't your body double, peter shankman? get out of here. there is a new go daddy ad, the lip locking session featuring a supermodel getting a little cozy with a nerd. watch the c

peter on. the main contender to angola merkel in this year's general election the social democrat party's peacetime brooke has said this his vision for how to deal with the greek problem is to give greece a little bit more time and for everybody else around the world to be essentially willing to spend a little bit more money now that includes germany of course this goes up against what has been angola merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit not that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. . jump on this is because essentially they smell blood he said himself after the most recent local elections which took place last month that's change was possible this year and in order and one of the reasons he can say that is his party is absolutely killing angle merkel's coalition when it comes to domestic issues if you speak to the german people one thing they will all tell you th

peter on. the main contender to angola merkel in this year's general election the social democrat party's peacetime brooke has said this his vision for how to deal with the greek problem is to give greece a little bit more time and for everybody else around the world to be essentially willing to spend a little bit more money now that includes germany of course this goes up against what has been angola merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit. that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. to jump on this is because essentially they smell blood he said himself after the most recent local elections which took place last month that's change was possible this year and in order and one of the reasons he can say that is his party is absolutely killing angle merkel's coalition when it comes to domestic issues if you speak to the german people one thing they will all tell you what

and i saw the asteroids raining down in russia and i thought i need to be in brooke's arms when the species comes to an end. peterme on this? species coming to an end, i'll jump into brooke's arms, i knew she was here, i had to run in here. >> that will be me in your arms. okay. thank you for that, by the way. much love to you. all right, guys, totally switching tones here. this is a tough one. this is a disturbing story, involving a gun, a knife, a plot to kill a little girl. all involving fifth graders. this was the scene in washington. this was last friday. look at it -- can't see the faces, juveniles, shackled, two fifth grade boys, 10 and 11 years of age, being led into court, facing a judge after police allege they conspired to commit murder after bringing a gun and a knife to school. according to the spokesman review in court documents, the incident all started when a classmate saw one of the boys playing with a knife on the bus. when he was headed to school last week. the boy then spoke up, told a teacher, who then searched the backpack, found a knife with a three inch blade and a .45 caliber handgun insi

>> reporter: well, look, brooke, here we are standing in front of st. peter's, right there, the heart of the vatican. as you say, they are in damage control and they really did not expect that the last few days of the pope's reign were going to be swirling around these kinds of scandals and allegations. so today the pope accepted the resignation of the scottish cardinal keith o'brien. that is because of these allegations, because of all of these sexual allegations that have now been leveled against him and publicized by the observer newspaper in england. it has to be said that o'brien has denied that. he denies that this ever happened, and he seems to be taking some legal counsel. but what he has said is that he's not coming here for the election of the next pope, for the conclave. in a statement, he said he did not want the spotlight to be on himself, but to be on the pope. so what does it mean? it means there will be one less cardinal actually here in the electoral roles, whenever that takes place. today, the pope said, yes, the cardinals could move up the da

brooks institution. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everyone. i'm mike o'hanlon, and on behalf of peterger and myself and everyone here at brookings and our center for 21st century security intelligence, welcome. we're honored today to have the chief of staff of the u.s. army, general raymond odierno, to speak in what could not be a more important week for american defense-policy making. you're aware of the challenges of the federal budget process and how these can affect our men and women in uniform and our future military planning, as well as current operations. no one could be more a distinguished and more thoughtful person to discuss these matters than general odierno, who i've had the great honor to know for about a dozen years now. he's been a friend of brookings and a friend of the broader defense community for a very long time, and of course he's been a distinguished servant in our nation's military and in our nation's defense throughout that period. he took the 4th infantry division to iraq and presided over its operations, directed its operations in the first year of the iraq

brooks brothers today. >> very nice. >> i'm wearing joseph a. bank. >> i'm wearing lane bryant. [ laughter ] >> it is very comfortable. >> it fits me. >> bill: his wife's sweater. peterckert on the phones and cyprian bowlding who we never see -- >> we see him. we don't hear him. >> bill: okay. and yesterday, before we get into all of the news of the day a sad note, he had a great life, made a great contribution to this country. i'm talking about former surgeon general c. everett koop passed away yesterday at the age of 96. he is a man we can thank for raising the warnings about cigarettes and getting in the face of the tobacco companies and saying you are lying when saying they don't cause lung cancer. they do. c. everett koop, in the last few years of his life, maybe five years ago or so, he sat down with ali g. he actually agreed to an interview. ali g. raises the most important -- well, the final issue we all have to face. here is a little bit of that. >> let's talk about a big thing. death. i'm talking about the thing that happens to you you know, a few weeks after you was alive. that's bad isn't it? >> you don't spell it that way. it is d-e-a-t-h. >> bill: no se

peter bynehart who said i do not see what the president sees in him. what about the "washington post"? hagel has been shaky thus far. the brookings institute, this is a tough job in government. he needs to be better. senator rubio says he's not going to get my vote. i don't know what he does today to change thing. >>gretchen: probably going to be a close vote. many people speculating he will be able to pass through but not with a lot of criticism and confusion about the choice. you maybe have to look at the political landscape as to why the president would pick somebody. keep in mind, this was a republican. so was this more about politics than anything else? let's hear from liz cheney. she was on sean hannity's show last night. >> i think this is the worst performance, frankly, i can recall not just by a senior nominee, but by any nominee up for confirmation. across the board. senator hagel came into this today with a lot of very concerning policy views that have been well aired, that raise legitimate concerns. but after watching the performance, he's left real questions about had i competence. it was embarrassing because you had