you think petraeus is good. in any case, the challenge -- i hadn't written anything like this, i hadn't even finished my dissertation. it's very hard to write something like this. so having someone that is so season did accomplished is helpful for designing the art of the narrative and finding a mate in the biographical and relate them to the story, but i'm sure if you are all familiar. was building an aircraft while getting shot at literally because we didn't know which characters were developed, we didn't know how the world would change and how it would impact operations and so forth, so there was - tempo for us to keep the ground and report them and then meet our deadline so we showed up in afghanistan and said general petraeus and note helping with my dissertation thinking the doctoral student nobody is going to read the dissertation it's not a big deal. he didn't realize it was turning into a book until my fourth visit or so when i send an e-mail from the pakistan border and showed my odd sense of adventure

petraeus suggested the cia position as we write in the book.nd gates embraced it in november and december. didn't talk to obama about it in until january. the first time obama and petraeus speak about the potential for the position is in march. and the.really had been, you know, just mulling it over. i never got the sense from him from the president from petraeus or anyone on the national security counsel that they thought let's put him there to militarize the agency. lou how we're drawing down. how the defense department is shying wie from the large scale boots on the ground operation. and as secretary gates said the next leader who decide toss commitment to one of the -- we want to avote void a large scale operation. petraeus is thinking even as he goes to the agency that's the kind of future of warfare. so are i would be speculating for i guess that the president had an intention of turning the agency in to an oss again. but they're coping up the drone attacks and, you know, they have shown some effectivenesses. and then of course, you know,

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and petraeus -- >> look, we lost continuity. >> rose: right. >> we also lost -- and i detail this in my book, you know, stan mcchrystal by the time he was firedly,, fired, sortly before that began to come to the view you couldn't kill every last taliban. >> rose: you said that. >> you couldn't -- and you did a fascinating interview with him when he was the commander. >> rose: right. >> that you couldn't be et to your sort of traditional notion of victory, you had to have some degree of negotiation, some degree of a peace deal, and in this degree, he and richard holbrook, the late veteran diplomat who was then the state department's point man for afghanistan and pakistan, they were kin drilled spirit on this and they didn't fully agree, but they were getting closer, the problem was, holbrook wasn't listened to by the white house and stan mcchrystal was fired, and so when petraeus came in, and this is a remarkable scene i recount a few months later, holbrook tries to go to petraeus and talked to him about the importance of rec stiltion and getting into a vehicle in kabul and says, dave

and petraeus -- >> look, we lost continuity. >> rose: right. >> we also lost -- and i detail this in my book, you know, stan mcchrystal by the time he was firedly,, fired, sortly before that began to come to the view you couldn't kill every last taliban. >> rose: you said that. >> you couldn't -- and you did a fascinating interview with him when he was the commander. >> rose: right. >> that you couldn't be et to your sort of traditional notion of victory, you had to have some degree of negotiation, some degree of a peace deal, and in this degree, he and richard holbrook, the late veteran diplomat who was then the state department's point man for afghanistan and pakistan, they were kin drilled spirit on this and they didn't fully agree, but they were getting closer, the problem was, holbrook wasn't listened to by the white house and stan mcchrystal was fired, and so when petraeus came in, and this is a remarkable scene i recount a few months later, holbrook tries to go to petraeus and talked to him about the importance of rec stiltion and getting into a vehicle in kabul and says, dave

president obama appointed petraeus to that position after he led u.s.s in iraq and afghanistan. >>> if you are not careful and you are not good at math, you may be getting tricked by clever marketing. >> you are so good at math. >>> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with that and why stocks are lower this morning. >>> good morning. we should pay -- lower start here on wall street, we've been on a winning streak, three straight days of s, good ones last friday. blame it on disappointing results, including those from walt disney reporting weaker than expected sales. disney owns abc. mcdonalds weaker sales for july setting the tone. right now with the dow and s&p and everything trading lower dow down about 20 points or so, well off of the lows of the session we started off down 50, 60. bloomberg index squeaking out a slightly positive day. facebook out with new tool to boost sales of ads. users who click on ads on facebook pages will be linked to an online store where they can purchase the application as facebook struggles to boost a

petraeus is no dwight eisenhower.e in the line of wesley clark or al haig. >> hey, i like wesley clark. >> jennifer: i like wesley clark, too. but this is drudge's second effort to chin up excitement, the first pick was condoleezza rice. >> when the girls are not going to take you to the prom. you start to go to others to take to the prom. >> that's so true. when he picks rob portman, it's going to look really boring. >> jennifer: that's what i was saying to donnie during the break, craig. i wonder if drudge was getting this information sideways from the democratic side. after they do pick the republicans it's going to be a big letdown. craig, tell us failure prediction. >> rob portman. a day or two after the olympics. mitt romney is not a risktaker. this is not a man who is going to take a risk. i just can't believe it. and you look at history the risky running mate choices very seldom work in the end. it's usually the safe choices. >> jennifer: wait a minute craig, you say portman a day or two after next monday, tue

petraeus. headline talking about how romney might want petraeus as v.p.e-mail from well over a year ago where they're saying the big guys want petraeus. funny how the world works. all right when we come back, some anti-gay groups are targeting general mills. why? and why are they lighting the place on fire? this is one of the funniest protest videos you'll ever see. what an utter fail. >> get out here, guys. hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's the 9th inning and your hair still looks amazing. well, it starts with a healthy scalp. that's why i use head and shoulders for men. they're four shampoos for game-winning scalp protection and great looking hair... with seven benefits in every bottle, head and shoulders for men washes out flakes, itch and dryness. and washes in... confidence. yeah it does. [ male announcer ] up to 100% flake free scalp and hair with head & shoulders for men. lysol knows the soft places we love could be home to thousands of bacteria. so use lysol disinfectant spray on soft surfaces everyday when you're cl

>> well, look, i am a gig fan of general petraeus. he did in terms of the surge in iscprak in -- iraq and afghanistan, he was the architect of some of our most successful military operations in recent history. i think that one reason the obama administration put him in the cia was to put him out of command. i don't think they wanted to listen to his advice, which in many instances, asked for more troops than he was willing to give in order to secure victory. i have a lot of respect for him. i see that general petraeus came out and said, absolutely not. he is not going to run for elective office. but, look, i think we have many, many young people on the republican side. you know, we have a really deep edge. i think it's a terrific time to be eye republican. you look at the people who have been announced, speaking at it is convention, governor halley, governor martinez, a lot of really impressive, new-generation folks. i think that governor romney has a tough decision to make because he has such a large bench to choose from. >> sean: we

guest: there is no question that petraeus wanted to keep a larger force in afghanistan. that is absolutely true. he wanted to keep that forster what he called the next fighting season -- forced their through what he called the next fight in season. there was the difference between petraeus and obama, but they did it live together on the same page in the same place with afghanistan. petraeus new and knows very well that you do not pick yourself up and simply dictate in afghanistan what will happen. the difference was that petraeus felt that first you have to bloody their nose badly of the enemy, then they would come on board and negotiate. obama thought, bloody than at the cost level that the u.s. can manage, and we can not do it in the old way. in that sense, petraeus, who is an extraordinary general, a very bright man, he and obama, another very bright man, disagreed on the issue. that does not mean you ignore what the military is saying. you listen, you have a discussion -- you are the president. you got elected to make a decision. host: now he is the director of the c

an online report that president obama had said he's convinced romney will pick cia director david petraeusan say with absolute confidence that such an assertion has never been uttered by the president. >> reporter: trust us, it's not going to be petraeus. the final list, the solid and safe choices of rob portman and former governor tim pawlenty or the bolder and riskier choices of paul ryan or marco rubio. there's just not much time left, george. this is today. the republican convention started in less than three weeks. and the 29th, that's the day that's reserved for the vice presidential candidate to speak. so we know romney has to make his decision by then. but we suspect it's going to be quite a few days before that. >> but there may be time for a few more wild rumors. jon karl, thanks very much. >>> now to an abc news exclusive exclusive. against one of the most deadly diseases, ebola. experts from disease control have rushed in, and abc's dr. richard besser, a former head of the cbc reports from uganda tonight. >> reporter: it's the 8,000-mile tour into the hot zone as we travel with

late this afternoon the cia director general petraeus declared he is not a candidate. the real short list appears to be down to three, ohio senator rob portman, tim pawlenty the former governor of minnesota and wisconsin congressman paul ryan who may be higher on this list than washington insiders realize. >> we can at least say we'll know in a matter of days. chuck todd in our d.c. newsroom tonight, thanks. >>> now to the summer olympic games here in london. you know the spoiler alert drill. we hope by now if you don't want to know what happened, look away from your screen. we'll tell you when it's safe to look back. the u.s. women's gymnastics were back for their final individual competitions in each event, two americans competed in the floor exercise. the results there on your screen, and you can see from the expression on her face how things went on the balance beam for gabby douglas. aly raisman also took her turn on the beam. there are the medal results in that event. here is a quick look at the top medal count now for the top five nations at these olympic games.

. >>> cia director david petraeus is shutting down rumors he might be romney's running mate. the spokesperson for petraeus says he feels privileged to serve the country in his current position and will not seek elected office. >>> republicans in missouri have selected their candidate to face off against senator clair mccaskill come november. todd akin edged out businessman john brunner and sarah steelman, who was backed by sarah palin. akin highlighted his conservative credentials, a distinction senator mccaskill hopes to use to her advantage.n million on ads portraying akin far to the right. hoping it would alienate moderates in the general election. the missouri race is one of several key battles that will help determine control of isn't that senate. >>> in syria secretary of state hillary clinton is suggesting collapse of president assad's regime is just a matter of time. she says the fall of the government there is not a question if, but of when. >> the intensity of the fighting in aleppo, the defections, really point out how imperative it is that we come together and wor

hours later a spokesman issued a statement saying petraeus is not seeking office. >>> martell has been named the new chief of police. he worked for the antioch police department and was a military police officer in the army. martell has 28 years of law enforcement experience. >>> new photos from mars. plus a warning about candy that can be dangerous and what one the group is doing to get them recalled. >> just how hot we expect to get and how long it will last coming up. >> a first new video as the circus's biggest acts come to town why they were greeted by protesters. >>> new video tonight of the circus arriving in town. wringling bros staged their elephant watch. activists were also standing by shooting video as the animals walked into the coliseum. for the next several days the circus animals will call oracle arena home. >>> nasa's curiousty rover has sent back several images. now we're getting a look at color images and more evidence why mars is calledded the red plant. >>> nasa today released these images from the crater where the camera landed. curiosity is also e equipmented wit

hours later a spokesman issued a statement saying petraeus is not seeking office. >>> martell has been the new chief of police. he worked for the antioch police department and was a military police officer in the army. martell has 28 years of law enforcement experience. >>> new photos from mars. plus a warning about candy that can be dangerous and what one the group is doing to get them recalled. >> just how hot we expect to get and how long it will last coming up. ♪ here we go! ♪ ♪ you're not doing what i think you're doing? yeah, i am. ♪ [ male announcer ] "the expendables 2." rated r. in theaters august 17th. >>> new video tonight of the circus arriving in town. wringling bros staged their elephant watch. activists were also standing by shooting video as the animals walked into the coliseum. for the next several days the circus animals will call oracle arena home. >>> nasa's curiousty rover has sent back several images. now we're getting a look at color images and more evidence why mars is calledded the red plant. >>> nasa today released these images from the crater where the camera

general petraeus quickly knocked down any speculation this afternoon in a statement from his spokeswomanivileged to be able to continue to serve his country in his current position, and as he has stated clearly numerous times before, he will not seek elected office." but it turns out, as everyone in the world speculates and waits with bated breath for the announcement, wikipedia, as usual, may have the answer first. in 2008, sarah palin's wiki page was updated 68 times in the days before she was announced to be the vice presidential nominee. joe biden page was updated 40 times the day before obama announced him as his running mate. so who is in the wiki lead today? chris christie page was updated twice. tim pawlenty's, four times. paul ryan, seven times. marco rubio, 22 times. and rob portman's time was updated at least a whopping 103 times. joining me now, one of the most respected number crunchers in the country, nate silver, author of "the new york times" political blog, 538.com. a pleasure to have you on set, nate. >> thank you. >> how much stock can we put into an open source like w

broadwell is a west point graduate who was embedded in general petraeus' staff in afghanistan. she draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with general petraeus and his top officers and soldiers to tell the inside story of this commander's development and leadership in the war from every vantage point. the event starts, as it is this evening, at 6 p.m. so that's 6 p.m. this coming wednesday. lastly, you've got question cards, um, on each of your seats, and i would encourage you to make use of these blue question cards early on as questions pop up in your mind. that's how we'll handle the q&a tonight. um, and, please, hand them in to the staff once you've noted your question, and the staff will be mingling amongst you. audience questions then will be posed to dr. wright by me during the second half of the program based on your questions. it's now my great pleasure to introduce this evening's distinguished guest, dr. jim wright. dr. wright is the son of a world war ii veteran, and dr. wright himself joined the marine corps at the age of 17. he's from galena, illinois,

director, general david petraeus.m a fund-raiser who president obama told privately at some sort of function that he he believed tht petraeus was going to be picked. that's the only source and jay carney has shut that down. >> steve: plus the c.i.a.'s come out and said that petraeus has no plans to become a candidate for any elected office. >> brian: i won't believe it until i see it on wikileaks. >> steve: carl cameron sat down with mitt romney yesterday and talked about the importance of the guy or gal he's going to choose to be number two. >> we find out jeb bush and condoleeza rice and rick santorum, your former rival, have been given speaking engagements of the rnc convention. so they're off your long list? >> you don't think we would be so silly as to not provide from time to time the capacity to throw people off, do you? the fact that someone is speaking at the convention doesn't mean that they wouldn't necessarily find their speaking slot changed from one time to another. >> are you closer to a decision? >> ye

general petraeus struck down rumors that he was a potential candidate. this came after mitt romney took the president's stance on welfare. who can work ought to have the opportunity for a good job. we will end a culture of restore a culture of good, hard work. >> romney was in chicago for a fund-raiser. they were said plainly this honest. >> this administration oppose a itll strengthen -- people get off welfare job.nto a after mitt romney have both accepted an invitation. among 40iocese is the president for his mandate that employers insurance that cover birth control. aside from the campaign, the obama administration has -- thed the problem department of agriculture to helpde $30 million to the areasproducers in hit by the drought. the spending does not require approval and the been has already allocated. the worst in the u.s. and 25 years. coming up, a major crack down on drinking and driving in the region. behind one of the toughest new laws in the country. facebook's big gamble to make more money. new high stakes game. there's a lot more going on her

uttered by the president. >> reporter: trust us, it is not going to be petraeus.ist seems to be down to this -- solid, safe choices of rob portman and former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty, or bolder, riskier choices of wisconsin congressman paul ryan or marco rubio. there is not much time left, the vice presidential candidate will speak in three weeks. romney has to make his move before then. we suspect it will come sooner than that. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> it would just be nice for the speculation to be over. >> the guessing game. i know, i know. >> let's do it already. convention coming up at the end of the month. should be interesting, too. a lot of folks think he is going to go with the safer, anti-palin choice. may if with portman, one because of portman's roots there. could determine the election. seems like a logical choice. portman is strong on foreign policy. such a calculation. you have to wonder which way they'll go. they kept it -- did a beautiful job keeping it secret. >> i think portman makes a lot of sense. >> it does. that would

director david petraeus. on tuesday rom it was reported that romney was asking petraeus to run as his vice presidential candidate. the army general says he will not seek elected office. >>> 6:15 this wednesday morning. howard is here. same old same old but there is light at the end of the tunnel. >> this can't last forever. >> thank goodness. >> this weekend once we get past saturday morning looks drier and cooler with highs in the 80s. unfortunately it's awfully sticky once again this morning. it's going to be hot and humid this afternoon with the isolated heavy shower or thunderstorm in a couple of spots. check out the allergy update before we get to the day planner. this came in yesterday. if you've been sniffling or sneezing or scratchy eyes, this is why. grass pollen high and mold spores high. the ragweed season is starting. that's in the moderate category as well. day planner, well, we start out partly to mostly cloudy. a little more sun this afternoon with highs in the low 90s. there will be the isolat

the drudge report report that romney wants to name general david petraeus as his vp. however, the white house and the cia both deny petraeus would join the republican ticket. chuck todd reports there are three people left on the short list now. among them, ohio senator rob portman, former governor of minnesota, tim pawlenty and paul ryan. >>> mitt romney won't be bringing a medal to the white house in november. the family's horse will not move on to the finals tomorrow. it was likely his only chance for an olympic medal. the 15-year-old mare is only expected to compete for a few more years. however, team usa will pick up some medals today on the beach and likely at the track. danella sealock is at the super screen now with a preview of today's big events. >>> history today with an all-american women's beach volleyball final. misty may-treanor and kerri walsh-jennings will go for a record third consecutive gold medal. they on a remarkable run, only losing one set in their entire olympic career. they will face april ross and jen kessy. kessy is making her olympic debut

petraeus "sent back a picture of the red planet. in just a few hours, there will be sending back a song titled reach for the stars. >> it will come during an educational event. scientists will explain the science behind sending radio waves to earth. he just got bragging rights. >> the hurricane center had a little update. they have upgraded isaac to a hurricane. >> finally. >> thay have increased the wind speed by 6 miles per hour president clinton: this election to me is about which... candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. thisa s a clear choice. ththe republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from... the ground up, investing in innovation, education... and job training. it only works if there is a strong middle class. that's what happened when i was president. we need to keep going with his plan. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message.

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. >> warner: and petraeus gave a statement, did he not. >> it was a carefully considered statement. was more forward in announcing that no charges were filed last year in the other 100 cases. petraeus praised people for cooperating with the investigation. >> warner: after the fact. >> yeah. >> warner: ken dilanian, from its "los angeles times"s, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: and we come back to politics. last friday, newshour economics correspondent paul solman looked at how mitt romney's policies could affect the economy, as seen by business people in tampa. tonight, he visits the host city for the democratic national convention for some perspective on the president's record. our story is part of paul's ongoing reporting, "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: 575 highway miles due north of tampa, florida, and the republicans-- charlotte, north carolina, a hub of the "new south"-- very new. and in this self-dubbed world center on monday, the democrats will convene. vice president joe biden's first economic advisor, jared bernstein, joined us here. so that