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. >> good morning petraeus of the assistant director of the office of contract administration bigger story here to talk about the fuel contract with western state. it is for gasoline, diesel, biofuels, and that began on september 1, 2009, and it is in its third year. the city's been approximately $25 million a year on the term contract to last year, the city spent about $27 million a year. the increase was due to increase in fuel prices across all types. we anticipate this year's fuel usage will be on par with last year and have requested a small contingency in the event that fuel prices continued increase. we concur with the report and recommendations we are requesting approval for the court to increase the total contract amount to $75,580,000 to cover fuel spent during the option time. these expenditures have already been approved in the department budgets, and what we are requesting today is the purchasing authority for this contract. supervisor chu: thank you very much. these items have already been allocated to departments in the budget, correct? >> yes. supervisor chu: you ment

chief, david petraeus and joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. the line-up was a clear sign that washington is determined to get its message across. >>> more space junk is hurtling our way. the german aerospace center says nearly two tons of debris from a dead satellite is falling towards the atmosphere, it may reach the surface of the earth in the next few days. the aerospace center projects the satellite known as rosat will re-enter the atmosphere between october 22 and 23, utc. it says it cannot predict the precise time and locations of re-entry. rosat was used for research on black holes and neutron stars and its imaging telescope is the first all-sky survey of x-ray sources. germany launched the satellite in 1990 and ended operations in 1999. the german aerospace center says most parts of the 2.4-ton telescope will burn up on re-entry. but it says up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1.7 tons could crash into the earth. the largest piece of rosat that could reach the ground is the telescope's heat-resistant mirror. the japan aerospace expl

war in a way similar to what general westmoreland dead and then we change commanders general david petraeus came in and i think distributor mark abrams like understanding of the nature of the war and how it should be conduct it. many of you know that when he came back in the period between his service in iraq and service in a guinness and, general petraeus was in for a leavenworth and was tasked with writing a counterinsurgency than although it then be issued by both the army and marine corps. it's a well-done document. if you read it, you'll be amazed at the parallels between prescriptions they are and what general abrams did they later took command. you asked a very fundamental question and i thank you for that. i don't know of us about that. i'll just hang myself with endurance. i can't do that. thank you. other questions? yes, please. >> which you comment on what happened after westmoreland appeared on the cover of time says the man is here because i was out vietnam in 67 and there was a lot of talk going on about westmoreland running for president and is coming out at mcafee. i don't k

know that when he came back in the period between service in iraq and afghanistan, general david petraeus was in fort leavenworth task with writing a counterinsurgency manual that would be issued by the army and marine corps. it is a well done document and if you read it you will be amazed at the parallels between the prescription there and the program's study and what general abrams did when he took command. that is a long answer but you ask the fundamental question. i thank you for that. i don't know enough about that. i would hang myself with ignorance. i can't do that. other questions? >> would you, and on what happened after westmoreland appeared on the cover of time as man of the year? i was out in vietnam in 67. there was a lot of talk going are round about westmoreland running for president and was coming out -- i don't know if that is in your book or not but it seems to me in retrospect that that may have added a great deal to his ego. >> that is a good question. there is a little input from this. the question has to do with -- time magazine cover and the first issue of 1966 gene

the associated press reports david petraeus will be among high level officials with clinton when she >> adrian:s in pakistan for talks. >>> in athens, a protest meant to be peaceful got out of control yesterday. thousands were demonstrating against new austerity measures when clashes erupted sending tourists fleeing for safety. >>> the airline industry is expected to bank $32.5 billion in fees for checked bags, on-board entertainment, other extras this year, up a staggering 44 % from just last year. >>> yesterday french first lady, carla bruni sarkozy gave birth to a baby girl, reportedly named dahlia. president sarkozy missed the birth because he was involved in talks on the euro crisis. the child is the first born to a sitting president of modern day france. >>> new research confirms the finding of a shark with just one eye. the rare shark was discovered by a mexican fisherman who cut open his catch to find the fetus who probably would not have survived. >>> here's your early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,504 after losing 72 points yesterday. th

. >>> retired general david petraeus will be ceremonially sworn in as director of the cia. vice president joe biden will preside over the ceremony. petraeus took over last month after serving 37 years in the army. >>> this week marks one year since a successful rescue of 33 miners in chile. you'll remember trashings and today a special ceremony here in d.c. will celebrate that occasion. two of those miners will speak at a program at the chilean embassy later this hour. luis ur zhu ua helped the group survive by keeping them calm and esteban rojas proposed to his now wife after making it up to the ground. both toured the national history museum and a new exhibit there featured their rescue last year. ♪ don't rock the jukebox >> earthquake victims in mineral, virginia are getting a dose of good news. a free concert put one country star alan jackson, he's offering to do that free concert for them. just last week the city was denied money from fema to help pay for the damage caused by last month's 5.8 magnitude quake. at this time no date has been set for the alan jackson conce

the associated press reports cia chief david petraeus will be among an army of high-level officials with her when she arrives in pakistan for talks. >>> in athens a protest meant to be peaceful got out of control yesterday. thousands were demonstrating against new austerity measures when clashes erupted. >>> the airline industry is expected to bank 32$32.5 billio in fees for checked bags, on board entertainment and other extras this year. that's up a staggering 44% from just last year. >>> yesterday french first lady carla bruni sarkozy gave birth to dahlia. the president millsed the birth because he was in talks on the euro crisis. it's the first born to a sitting president of modern-day france. >>> new research confirms the finding of a shark with just one eye. that's right. it's real. the rare cyclops shark was discovered by a mexican michelermen who cut his catch open. found the fetus and experts say it probably would not have survived. ooh. and now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,504 after losing 72 and the s&p fell 15 and oversea

chief, david petraeus and joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. it was a clear sign that washington is determined to get its message across. >>> more space junk is hurtling our way. the german aerospace center says nearly two tons of debris from a dead satellite is falling towards the atmosphere. it may reach the surface of the earth in the next few days. the aerospace center projects the satellite known as rosat will re-enter the atmosphere between october 22 and 23rd, utc. it ss i cannot predict the precise time and locationsf the re-ery rosat was used for research on black holes and knew tran stars, its telescope performed the first all-sky survey of x-ray sources. germany launched the satellite in 1990 and ended operations in 1999. the german aerospace center says most parts of the telescope will burn up on re-entry. but it says, up to 30 fragments, weighing a total of 1.7 tons could crash into the earth. the largest piece of the satellite that could reach the ground is the telescope's heat-resistant mirror. the japan aerospace exploration age

if the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general petraeus, and the secretary of state cannot deliver the message, i am not sure what can be done. >> no administration seems to be able to figure out what to do about this. >> the latest republican debate. >> we went to the company and said, look, you cannot have illegals working for the company. i am running for office, for pete's sake. >> i think that is an uh-oh moment, mitt romney responded to rick perry's claim that romney knowingly hired is the wrong people to work on his home in massachusetts. the democratic national committee is already running with this. >> this is a crack in an otherwise amazingly smooth passat in these debates. -- smooth facade in these debates. pieplant tactics -- fitby blu -- by blunt tactics, perry got under his skin just enough to do damage. >> if perry were smart, he would come back and say, "oh, you were running for office and that was the only reason?" he is not smart about this kind of thing. i did think that watching it, a damaged mitt romney, but it also damaged the whole franchise. there is nobody

with a high level of military officials including head of the cia david petraeus and they will be there to deliver the message they want to boost cooperation with pakistan. and they want their help. cooperation with pakistan and they want pakistan to do more as these attacks continue from the haqqani network. that is a militant network based in pakistan that is allied with the taliban. the u.s. is trying to demand that the pakistanis perhaps lost their own offensive against the haqqanis and show some kind of cooperation. the bottom line is the u.s. wants to make a show of wanting a deeper relationship with pakistan but want to stress their concerns about this haqqani network and those attacks and that these goals are important enough to set up this trip. >> susan mcginnis in washington for us this morning, thank you. >>> take you now to greece where parliament is due to take a final vote on a hugely unpopular austerity budget. in the streets of athens, angry workers are staging a two-day general strike and there have been some ugly clashes with police. rioting broke out yesterday when m

on pakistan, you had the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general petraeus, and the heads of the cia and the secretary of state -- if they cannot deliver the message, i don't know what is going to be done. >> india and pakistan can go to war at any time. no administration seems to be able to figure out what to do about this. >> the latest republican debate. >> we went to the company and said, "you cannot have illegals working for the company. i am running for office, for heaven's sake." we fired them. >> i think that is an uh-oh moment. mitt romney responding to rick perry's claim that romney had knowingly hired the wrong people. "i am running for office but was the democratic committee is already running with this. >> this is a crack in his amazingly smith was saw in these debates. -- smooth facade in those debates. there was nothing charming or attractive about rick perry's approach, by crude tactics he not under his skin in have to do some damage. >> if perry were smart, he would have come back and said, "oh, you were running for office?" he is not smart about these things in

and i deployed, i volunteered, my first deployment was with general petraeus. came back from that deployment. that was 2002. then there was the ramp-up in 2003, as you know, to the iraq war. and i remember being back home on our soil, on active duty thinking to myself, as a young captain, why are we going to iraq? we're not -- we haven't brought bin laden to justice. and next thing you know, i shipped out with the 82nd airborne division, and unfortunately, 19 of my fellow paratroopers never made it home. and i saw firsthand in baghdad in 2003 and 2004 how shorthanded we were and how it was not the right war. and i came home and i stood up for that. for my beliefs and what i saw. and i tell you, it was not easy, and you know that, chris. it was serving in a republican district, and sometimes you get your patriotism questioned. but what is important is that you do the right thing for the right reasons. and that's what barack obama has done since day one. he was very clear to the american public that we will focus on bin laden, we will bring our troops home from i

and i deployed, i volunteered, my first deployment was with general petraeus. came back from that deployment. that was 2002. then there was the ramp-up in 2003, as you know, to the iraq war. and i remember being back home on our soil, on active duty thinking to myself, as a young captain, why are we going to iraq? we're not -- we haven't brought bin laden to justice. and next thing you know, i shipped out with the 82nd airborne division, and unfortunately, 19 of my fellow paratroopers never made it home. and i saw firsthand in baghdad in 2003 and 2004 how shorthanded we were and how it was not the right war. and i came home and i stood up for that. for my beliefs and what i saw. and i tell you, it was not easy, and you know that, chris. it was serving in a republican district, and sometimes you get your patriotism questioned. but what is important is that you do the right thing for the right reasons. and that's what barack obama has done since day one. he was very clear to the american public that we will focus on bin laden, we will bring our troops home from i

is in islamabad, pakistan, visiting her third country in the arab world, joined by general david petraeus, delivering a stark warning to pakistan saying the u.s. will act unilaterally if necessary to combat terrorism as it did in the killing of osama bin laden. in a town hall meeting today, speaking the a group of pakistani young people, clinton pushed for the government there to use its influence to bring the terrorist that canny network to the negotiating table. earlier secretary clinton spoke on america's strategic relationship with pakistan. >> we're trying to increase our efforts on the afghan side of the border and we're working with our pakistani partners to explore the ways that we can squeeze them. we think that we can do more to appeal to the pakistani people to report suspicious activity, to work with their law enforcement personnel so that we can begin to deny safe haven on both sides of the border. that is our mutual goal. >> pakistani foreign minister responded saying militant safe havens exist on both sides of the border. >>> late last night republicans and democrats both f

it seems like the cia is doing its job under petraeus followed by the work of leon panetta. >> it is in the cia, but you have to have leadership there. what the president has got in john brennan is someone with the authority and focus to follow there. there's been an effort in the white house to demolish these leaders as they emerge to use unprecedented drone attacks and it's been successful. you can see that in the intelligence they picked up around bin laden. they were trying to keep low cover. not coming out into the open. it hampered them operationally and led them to their demise, not just around the al qaeda leadership its, but the splinter groups. look at what the president said he would do to get elected. it fits that. people can say whether they like his policy on israel or not. at least he said what he was going to do with al qaeda. >> thank you as always for excellent commentary on a big, good day for america. it's always better to win when you are against bad guys. >>> most americans blame the bad economy on bush. it's good for president obama. bush is probably not going

protect public safety from dangerous gas transmission lines, and i negotiated the shutdown of the petraeus power plant, the filthiest in california -- the potrero power plant. i am proud to have been called the best city attorney in the nation. that is the leadership i will deliver as your mayor. it the view that it's as city attorney, police commission president, clinton administration appointee and business owner, my record of effective, independent leadership is unmatched. i have a plan to create jobs, fix muni, protect planners, after schools, protect the homeless, and fix our neighborhoods, but it will take strong leadership with the vision to see our full potential and a proven track

protect public safety from dangerous gas transmission lines, and i negotiated the shutdown of the petraeus power plant, the filthiest in california -- the potrero power plant. i am proud to have been called the best city attorney in the nation. that is the leadership i will deliver as your mayor. it the view that it's as city attorney, police commission president, clinton administration appointee and business owner, my record of effective, independent leadership is unmatched. i have a plan to create jobs, fix muni, protect planners, after schools, protect the homeless, and fix our neighborhoods, but it will take strong leadership with the vision to see our full potential and a proven track record to accomplishment. i have never been afraid to stand up to powerful interests to protect regular san franciscans. i will be the mayor san francisco needs with no strings attached. i am dennis herrera, and i hope i can earn your vote for mayor of san francisco. that election day is november 8, 2011. that is the last day to vote in person and the deadline for receipt of vote by mail ballots. >> i am

like to admit it's wrong you have leader after leader make their their name in this even general petraeus has left and i think quietly so because they have not achieved any any of their own stated objectives the pentagon to say it said several times that they stop the momentum of the tali one well that's just not true it's false and frankly it would never never be possible until we actually deal with the root of instability which is pakistan so ever it's like the weather everybody talks about it nobody can do nothing about it the issue is how we decide we're going to get serious this is really pakistan the afghan government knows that we know that i don't know and finally admitted within the last two weeks that the i ok pakistani intelligence service has been helping the taliban frankly my book was censored. why the pentagon last year at this time because they did want to. talk about a new trail so basically you have a pin to go in which is committed to a field course and they are not only building down other tripling down on things that they know they cannot win but that now people are t

allen's popular predecessor, david petraeus, had 100,000 troops to work with. by this time next year, allen will have 40% fewer forces. the american public now looks at this war, the economy is faltering. and a lot of them are saying, "is this worth it?" >> it is, martha. it is. >> reporter: osama bin laden is dead. al qaeda is decimated. so what are we still doing here? >> we came to this region for two reasons. one was, of course, to go after al qaeda, but the reason we're in afghanistan is so that the taliban don't unseat this government and don't return to power. >> reporter: whatever you think about this war and the tough fight general allen has ahead of him, he knows well the terrible pain these ten long years of war have brought. >> whenever i hear of someone who's been killed, my first thought is that there's a family at home asleep that doesn't know yet that their loved one is gone or will never be the same again. and then, of course, writing the letters, and when i address those letters to the children, those are the toughest letters to write. >> repo