now petraeus has reentered the public stage and is reported to be talking to employers. >> general petraeus is a gifted and talented guy. he had a great career. he can have a great career going forward. he's got to navigate through this the right way. he's starting in the right direction. >> reporter: i know i can never fully asage the pain inflicted on those closest to me and on a number of others. i can, however, move forward and as best as possible make amends to those i have hurt. >> chief among them, his wife holly, who did not attend petraeus' speech. the event was sponsored by usc, which has a longstanding tradition of close ties to the military and is comfortably located an entire continent away from the pentagon. i should point out reporters were kept far away from general petraeus and were not allowed to ask him any questions. >> casey, thank you. coming up, cnn military analyst general spider marks will talk about petraeus' future plans. >>> game changer for gay rights. in a few hours, a historic legal battle shifts focus. from prop 8, california's same-sex marriage, to doma. dom

obviously petraeus is a coin guy. he's about counter insurgency, so there, you know, the ministry of interior was kind of the hub of all this, where the special police units were based out of. they were highly trained squads. they weren't, you know, the normal foot soldiers and police. it was kind of they were having to deal with in 2004. these were highly trained guys there before sadaam and after sadaam. they needed these guys to take control. it was a let's take control policy that came about. that comes through in the cabled and logs that we look at, and even rumsfeld's memos. cenk: it's bizarre because they didn't really take control, they had a tremendous chaos if the time that they were there. i don't know that they got lucky at the end and it stablized or that's what they do, blood letting, kill hundreds of thousands of people and say aha we won. you quote a medic based in is samara: cenk: so, now these soldiers on the ground, obviously know, but do you know that colonel steele and colonel coffman were aware o

, the general, petraeus the cia director, and petraeus the man who made a mistake.on. >> lee, you attended the speech he gave -- or dinner i guess he was attending the night before, and you had an opportunity to talk to him, because you know him personally. what did you talk about? did he give you insight into his future? >> yeah, he really hosted a dinner for all of the rotc staff at university of southern california. and his focus, he really opened it up to us, if we had questions for him. you know, as part of the military profession, he knows he's had some great experiences and he wants us to -- really gave us the floor to ask questions. but the focus really was on the military profession, on moving forward and some questions looking back at the war their rack and about his work with counterinsurgency and how he led the american forces through the surge. that was really the focus of our discussions. >> lee reynolds, assistant professor for the rotc program. thank you for talking with us. it will be interested to see the next chapter of his life. thank you, apprec

i think the whole petraeus flap up was just that.y. a lot of people have found the forgiveness for him and looking for better things down the road. he was well-received and an important first step on the road. he is someone to look at whether behind the scenes or in front of the scenes. >> still ahead, hiring our heroes. today's jobs fair for veterans and military spouses in new york city. how this program helped put nearly 100,000 americans back to work. you can bring a pocket knife on the plane, but don't think about an ipad or kindle during take off. we will ask about the tsa and faa's priorities when it comes to passenger safety. we will look at the forecast. hey, bill. >> beating the drum on the cold weather and how bad the march has been. we will talk about what hasn't been happening. severe storms. not a lot of severe weather outbreaks. we have the number of tornados we get to and may is the peak of the season. 257. march is when we begin our season. about 85 across the country. we only had this many. 14. that is it. we had 42

now petraeus has re-entered the public stage and reportedly talking to employers. >> general petraeus. had a great career. he's going to navigate this the right way. >> i know that i can never fully assuage the pain that i afflicted on me and those of others. i can, however, try to move forward and as best possible make amends to those i have hurt. >> reporter: chief among them, his wife holly who did not attend petraeus' speech. the event was sponsored by usc that has longstanding ties to the military yet is located across the continent from the cia and pentagon. journalists attending the event were kept nearly as far away from the general. casey wian, cnn, los angeles. >>> coming up next, "talk back," thousands descend on washington as the u.s. supreme court tackles same-sex marriage. will this be an historic step forward? or are the justices looking for a way out? could they punt? we'll talk. need a new game. ♪ that'll save the day. ♪ so will bounty select-a-size. it's the smaller powerful sheet. the only one with trap + lock technology. look! one select-a-size sheet of bounty is 5

whether petraeus misused information. the c.i.a.othing to add except to say its ongoing. >> thank you. >>> the jodi arias murder trial now. we may still have to wait quite a while before her case goes to the jury. this trial started back on the second day of this year. now defense attorneys called their last witness but, after that, the trial moves to rebuttal phase which is means prosecutors call over witnesses, a process that could stretch on for days or weeks. the court canceled trial proceedings today with reports jodi arias is sick. the latest defense witness is a domestic violence expert. jodi arias testified as her relationship with the ex-boyfriend fell apart, he pushed and kicked her and broke her finger and choked her until she lost consciousness but they've presented no evidence to any of that, nothing physical and not much circumstance shall the. she stabbed him 27 times and slit his throat but those things she can't remember. >>> two brothers, two murder trials. next, details from inside the courtroom as oscar pistorius

. >>> also new this morning, a return to the spotlight for david petraeus. the former head of the cia has not been seen much since he stepped down after admitting to an extramarital affair, but now he's issued his first public apology. here's abc's brandi hitt in los angeles. >> reporter: he was greeted with applause and a standing ovation. >> i join you keenly aware that i am regarded in a different light now than i was a year ago. >> reporter: and in his first public appearance since the scandal that ended his career, a humble david petraeus offered this apology. >> i'm also keenly aware that the reason for my recent journey was my own doing, so please allow me to begin my remarks by reiterating this evening how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends, and supporters. >> reporter: a highly decorated four-star general, petraeus fell from grace last november after it was revealed he had an affair with his biographer, paula broadwell. the affair was discovered by t

right now on first look, david petraeus speaks out about his extramarital affair. >>> emotions run high across the country as we approach day two on the supreme court's hearing on gay marriage. >>> north dakota is the ground zero in the fight against abortion rights and political war chests are filling in preparation for battle. >>> plus, could you be chosen to test the hottest new tech toy? proeb uses his head and meet a hero bus driver with amazing instincts. >>> good morning. strong passion on both sides after a contentious day of hearings in the supreme court over same sex marriage. two gay couples challenged the ban on prop 8. pete williams has all the details. >> reporter: arguing their case, ted olson who joined with david boys, one foes over the 2011 election in florida. >> this is not a democratic issue or republican issue or conservative or liberal. this is an issue of american constitutional rights. >> reporter: defenders of prop 8 say because only opposite sex couples can produce children, it makes sense to limit marriage to them. >> it is impossible to know with any certain

much as petraeus with' e-mails became public. and what if we got rid of george washington? so neither -- bill clinton's not the first and not the worst, petraeus is not the first and not the worst. been there, done that, there's a long history of it. in fact, it pains me to say that even abraham lincoln visited a prostitute. i know, say it isn't so, right? but it happened. now, there's -- the details on it are sketchy. this is not a lot of letters written about this, but here is what we can piece together. lincoln's best friend was joshua speed, and speed was perhaps as dashing and as handsome and as, i guess, quote-unquote lucky with the ladies as lincoln was allegedly homely and awkward and unlucky in romance. speed felt sorry for lincoln, and speed invited lincoln to work at his general store for employment. and then speed didn't have a mace to stay, so lincoln let him stay upstairs at the general store. and during their friendship speed was using the services of a professional woman. and you imagine lincoln upstairs, you know, with a pillow over his head trying to mind

general david petraeus is sent to fort leavenworth. a lot of people in the army didn't really like general david petraeus. they don't like officers who are too bookish or stood out too much and general david petraeus was guilty on both accounts so he is sent to fort leavenworth, kan.. a lot of people were thinking that is great. the fare haired boy, sending him to pasture, literally. he goes to fort leavenworth and realizes something, he realizes this is actually the intellectual center of the army. they form the curriculum of the general staff college and organize the national training centers and through a loop through these together, the lessons from one affects the lessons of the other which affects the patterns of the next and he says to himself, what kind of powers he potentially has. he says holy cow, jeepers, super, he says holy cow, they put an insurgent in charge of the engine of change. he views himself as an insurgent. meanwhile, meanwhile, there are a lot of meanwhiles, meanwhile there is a professor at the school of advan

as the motto says. >> our story today, david petraeus took the stage a few hours ago.appearance since the scandal in just a moment. >> also ahead, we're going to talk about the heartbreaking legal setback for amanda knox. why the italian justice system wants to put her on trial for murder yet again. find out her reaction and what the victim's family had to say. >> consider the outrage after a preschool teacher is accused of putting sleeping medicine in kids' sippy cups. her court appearance and angry comments from parents. >>> later this half-hour, following the footsteps, the young son of a cop who never knew his dad enters the police force with an inspiring story and attitude, as well. >>> but first this -- david petraeus avoided the public eye since he suddenly quit as head of the cia. >> late last night before a receptive audience, the former general started his come back. abc's brandi hitt from los angeles. >> reporter: he was greeted with applause and a standing ovation. >> i join you keenly aware i am regarded in a different light now than a year ago. >> reporte

i think petraeus could definitely come back. i don't think people feel that way about john edwards.'m not sure why. maybe all of the circumstances around that. but he might just be in the dust bin -- >> yeah. what weiner did is fund manically different and something most americans wouldn't do as far as sexting pictures to girls. >> that was weird. >> he wasn't well liked. >> even though his thing was weird and people were creeped o out and he did not hand tell well, i think he could come back. with edwards, there is a limit. his wife was dying of cancer. he asked his best friend to lie. it was everything. there is a limit. you have to on some level be able to convince yourself that this is a good person who did a bad thing. and john edwards doesn't past muster there. but ultimately if petraeus did decide to o go into politics and go into public office, i don't think this would hold him back. and i think that's a great thing. it shouldn't hold him back. i think it is great the american public is so forgiving. they understand there's a human there, a fallible human. >> i don't think i

petraeus was a keynote speaker at usc's dinner for veterans and students. the four-star general spoke candidly about his affair with his biographer, paula broadwell, and apologized. >> i know i can never apologize for the pain i inflicted on those closest to me and a number of others. i can, however, try to move forward in a manor that is consistent to the values to which i subscribed before slipping my moorings and, as best possible. >> new invention helping you keep the kidmobile clean. >>> plus new video out this morning of a major quake in taiwan. we'll show you some of the other images just coming in to our newsroom. >>> that was amazing. looking over here to the san mateo bridge, easy flow across the bay. a new incident on the east side of the bay. you'll want to watch for this major interchange. >>> we take you live to our nation's capital. people are lining up already outside the u.s. supreme court. yesterday, the court heard arguments for and against california's prop 8. today it's all about the defense of marriage act. no decision by either are ex

people associate petraeus and the surge, and was a petraeus counterinsurgency manual and doctrine are coming to the top, ma or was it the search and petraeus was the right man for the job, which came first? >> guest: that's a question i'm not sure i can answer. but what i would say is it's important to remember that the army is a thinking and adapting institution. and our armed forces at the senior level, mid grade levels and even at the senior levels understood that it was not in iraq over the course by 2006. >> host: you mentioned is for the first time, and understandable, the search is much more than it increase in troops but a change in strategy. a name, the search, do you like it being characterized as the surge? or you think is history just captured it such a vessel we will deal with because it is much more? >> guest: i'm afraid we're stuck with the surge. i'm extra stuck with it now that i've made it the title of the book your so it was a change in strategy. it was reflected in military thinking and was implemented really for the first time, beginning in january 2007 timeframe.

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. >>> former cia director david petraeus took his first step back into the public spotlight last night. petraeus kept a low profile since admitting to an extra marital affair with his biographer paula broadwell. last night at a usc dinner honoring veterans and rotc generals delivered a speech that offered his first public apology for the sex scandal that led to his resignation from the cia last november. >> so please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters. >> petraeus also told the group of about 600 he hopes his experience serves as a lesson to others who stumble or fall that life must and can go on. >>> north dakota governor jack dalrymple has approved the most restrictive abortion law in the country. hundreds of protesters rallied against this new law which bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detectible as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. legal scholars say the law violates findings from roe v. wade. acc

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enter david petraeus. last night he publicly apologized for the extramarital affair that ended his career. he offered this statement in a crowd of 600 at an rotc dinner in los angeles. >> so please allow me to begin my remarks by reiterating how deeply and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends, and supporters. that has obviously been a very difficult episode for us. but perhaps my experience can be instructive to others who stumble or fall as far as i did. one learns that life doesn't stop with such a mistake. it must go on. >> public life will certainly go on for the commander. petraeus is, it must be said, admirably trying help veterans find jobs when they return home. but the path is not as easy for the woman he had the affair with. paula broadwell was an overachiever with all the makings of a superstar. that all fell apart when her affair became public. broadwell isn't a victim in this story. she chose to have the affair and

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plus david petraeus talks publicly for the first time since stepping down. find out what he had to say about the affair that ended his career. >> from abby road in london, england, march 27th, 2013 and this is "the daily rundown." here's chuck todd. >> chuck todd getting love from across the pond. what a guy. i'm luke russert in for the goatee man. that reading was inspired. with passions on both sides running high, they will run the second day of oral arguments on same-sex marriage. the issue before the high court, the constitutionality of the 17-year-old defense of a marriage act and whether congress can withhold benefits from legally wed gay couples. doma was signed into law by president clinton. an 83-year-old former computer programmer from new york named edie windsor is the person bringing the case forward. doma barbie irs from recognizing her marriage to another woman. it sent her inheritance tax when her spouse died. >> i couldn't believe they were making a stranger of this person i loved for 43 something years. >> nine states permit same-sex marriag

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. >>> former cia director david petraeus took time to publicly apologize for the extramarital affair that led to his resignation. >> please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for. the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters. >> petraeus admitted to the affair with his biographer paula broadwell. >>> a federal bankruptcy judge today signed off on the merger deal between american airlines and u.s. airways. the $11 billion agreement must still clear the justice department's anti-trust department. that's expected to take until this fall. once the deal is done, the merged company will form the world's largest airlines. >>> the stale of california filed a case for anyone for voter approved bond. the lawsuit which centers around $8.6 billion in voter approved bonds is being described as a preemptive strike. its goal is to sure its legal for the state to issue some of the bonds needed to begin construction on the bullet train this summer. where and when the case ta

. >> retired general general petraeus -- david petraeus apologize for marital infidelities. "washington journal" starts at the top of the hour at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we will have live coverage of the aviation summit. >> when they first moved here, he spent a lot of time at home. the primary people who would have visited prior to the war of 1812 would have largely been friends and relations from the area. she was acknowledged to be a pretty nice hostess. during his fame after the battle lotsw orleans, they have and lots of company. they have many parties and dinners at here. -- dennis year. they were entertaining people looking to find things in the city. she had a very nice things. of higher as a country lady, she was not that exactly. i think it was more about her comfort in the big cities than it was about her actual appearance. conversation with historians about rachel jackson is available on our web site. former ciaay, director and army general david petraeus address the universe to southern california in los angeles. general petraeus apologize for the extramarital affair

a computing factor was the petraeus affair about for which this event is case. it seems like in the case, the fbi did have warrant. the investigation made people realize that e-mails were not that private. privacy advocates took advantage of that moment to put forth the concerns they had talked about for years. two other things that happened over the last year, which have privacy at the center agenda -- one is the decision of the u.s. supreme court in the jones case where the court found attaching a gps device to a car for tracking movement for months was not like following someone on the public highways. we have seen articles in the press about the eyes in the skies, surveillance drones hovering over cities that zoom from 20,000 feet to a six-inch object on the ground. these issues are part of the public debate these days. back to e-mails and cell phones -- we have an accomplished panel to discuss these issues. i will introduce him in the order in which they will speak. we have judged danny boggs of the sixth circuit court of appeals. he is the author of the de

like petraeus, she was a west point graduate, who made about a half dozen extended trips with petraeus when he was the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan and wrote a book about the four-star general. petraeus has insisted, however, the affair did not begun until after he left the military. >> there's often a view that because an individual was a great soldier he or she will naturally do well in the civilian world. in reality, the transition from military service to civilian pursuits often is quite challenging. >> reporter: can petraeus ever recover? >> can he go on and have an incredibly productive career? yes. can he go on as if nothing ever happened and become president and get people to forget paula broadwell? no. >> reporter: now, sounding again like the commanding general, petraeus vowed to fight on. >> life doesn't stop with such a mistake. it can and must go on. >> reporter: it's not clear where general -- former general david petraeus goes from here. a book is probably in the works. but his broad base of supporters insist don't count him out, matt. >> all right, jim miklas

last year petraeus -- >>> oakland wants to limit the computation of its new police department. they appointed thomas frazier to the position this month. frazier's base salary is $270,000. he could also convert $18,000 in medical care and executive leave to cash. the dispute is over retirement benefits. the city said he should receive another $200,000 as a part-time worker. >>> california could soon change its laws about flame retar dents used in furniture. the chemicals have been required in furniture since the 1970s. firefighters support a change that would allow furniture makers to not use those retar dents if their products pass a test of a smoldering fire. the final decision will be up to the governor. >>> environmental group wants yosemite national park to stop selling bottled water. the group wants the parks to encourage people to use tap water instead. 14 national parks have already banned the sell of bottled water. later they will hold an event to try to get support from the park superintendent. >>> samsung will stay in san jose after the city offered it a deal worth $7

last year petraeus -- >>> oakland wants to limit the computation of its new police department. they appointed thomas frazier to the position this month. frazier's base salary is $270,000. he could also convert $18,000 in medical care and executive leave to cash. the dispute is over retirement benefits. the city said he should receive another $200,000 as a part-time worker. >>> california could soon change its laws about flame retar dents used in furniture. the chemicals have been required in furniture since the 1970s. firefighters support a change that would allow furniture makers to not use those retar dents if their products pass a test of a smoldering fire. the final decision will be up to the governor. >>> environmental group wants yosemite national park to stop selling bottled water. the group wants the parks to encourage people to use tap water instead. 14 national parks have already banned the sell of bottled water. later they will hold an event to try to get support from the park superintendent. >>> samsung will stay in san jose after the city offered it a deal worth $7

before leaving the cia, petraeus directed troops in iraq and afghanistan. he apologized for the affair he had with his biographer paula broadwell. >> i join you keenly aware that i am regarded in a different light now than i was a year ago. i'm also keenly aware the reason for my recent journey was my own doing. so please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends, and supporters. >> president obama has appointed julia pierson as the first woman ever to lead the secret service, an agency charged with protecting the president, his family, and other officials. she's a longtime secret service agent who previously served as a police officer in orlando, florida. she takes over from mark sullivan whose tenure was marked by scandal after was revealed agents had hired sex workers during a presidential trip to colombia. a group of five countries say they have reached a deal to challenge the u.s. dominated world ban

first up, the former head of the cia, four-star general here, david petraeus. turn out to be the latest example of how scandal and second chances often go hand and hand. retired general committed to speak at the university of southern california before his undoing and did not cancel. instead, he said this. >> i'm also keenly aware that the reason for my recent journey was my own doing. so please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters. >> you remember the story, he stepped down, back in november, after admitting an extramarital affair with his biographer paula bro broadwell. could this be the beginning of his relaunch. joining me now, political science professor mark lamont hill, cultural and political critic makayla angela davis, michael reagan, president of the reagan legacy foundation, and psychologist paula bloom. so, welcome, all of you. makayla, let me hear from you. just in hearing gen

. >>> retired general david petraeus acknowledging the affair that ended his military career. the remarks he made in his first public appearance since he stepped down. >>> good morning. westbound 24 the traffic looks pretty good here. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and bay weather. >>> good morning. lots of partly cloudy skies or partly sunny skies. 50s and 60s coast and bay. >>> welcome back. good morning, to you. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following for you right few at 5:44. san francisco firefighters still cleaning up from this early morning fire in the bay view district. two apartment buildings burned and then a gas line made the fire hard to control. at least two dozen people are now displaced. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. >>> bay area transit officials will hold a very special meeting today. they will be talking about a big bolt problem on the new bay bridge. cal tran tells ktvu news 31 giant bolts on the new east bay span have snapped. however, they are saying the problem is not expected to delay the scheduled openi

. >>> retired general david petraeus acknowledging the affair that ended his military career. the remarks he made in his first public appearance since he stepped down. >>> good morning. westbound 24 the traffic looks pretty good here. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and bay weather. >>> good morning. lots of partly cloudy skies or partly sunny skies. 50s and 60s coast and bay. >>> welcome back. good morning, to you. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following for you right few at 5:44. san francisco firefighters still cleaning up from this early morning fire in the bay view district. two apartment buildings burned and then a gas line made the fire hard to control. at least two dozen people are now displaced. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. >>> bay area transit officials will hold a very special meeting today. they will be talking about a big bolt problem on the new bay bridge. cal tran tells ktvu news 31 giant bolts on the new east bay span have snapped. however, they are saying the problem is not expected to delay the scheduled openi

whatever happened later in general petraeus' career doesn't change that.nd you can count the tens of thousands of iraqis alive today because the country didn't keep zooming off towards civil war the way it was heading when petraeus came in. >> you know, richard engel a couple of years ago, i asked him what was going on in iraq and asked him what they thought about george w. bush. and he said not much. not much. but they would put statues of david petraeus up on every square if they had a chance. >> well, richard haas, we have this from daniel dunby. who writes in part, turkey is the economic winner of the iraq war. the americans won the war, the iranians won the peace and the turks won the contracts. with iraq's kurdish region seeking to reduce the dependence on baghdad, the relationship with turkey may soon move to another level. tensions are increasing over turkey's plans to invest in the northern iraqi energy sector. maliki said such an agreement would be unconstitutional. so, look at the winners and losers overall. and looking back, i mean, how do we a

david petraeus was paid by us, the tapes.with the public trust, but all of us at risk because he could have been-- >> compromised. >> exactly. tiger woods is a private citizen. the difference here, he created this image for himself that was family oriented and loved his children, his wife and wholesome, all american and found out when it blew up, that was not in fact true. >> megyn: and we got the details, more details than we wanted from the porn stars talking about length, how their relationship went and what the relationship did. i know too much. >> and never be able to erase that from your mind, megyn. this nike ad, i don't fault nike at all. they're in business to sell a product and a provocative ad like this has us talking. that quote "winning takes care of everything" and said in a tour championship in a different context. it's a double entendre here. does it take care of everything? and in america we're a very f forgiving society and an athlete losing since the scandal broke to win, and i think in a lot of people's mi

. >> david petraeus. and i guess this is the beginning of david petraeus's apology tour. >> please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family friends and supporters. >> bill: you know what? i have sinned against you, 0 lord. >> jimmie swag art he is not. who caresgart, he is not. who cares. just shut up. shut up and stop talking about it. it's hardly the first man in public life who has had an affair t affair. you know, i think the difference between him and a lot of politicians in washington is this may be the one and only for him. but he promises i'll never, never, never, never do it again. and you can learn from my mistakes. >> perhaps my experience can be instructive to others who stumble or, indeed fall as far as i did. one learns after all that life doesn't stop with such a mistake. it can and must go on. >> bill: >> bill: god, i can just see it now. you kn

petraeus was the keynote speaker last night at usc's annual dinner for veterans and rotc students.ired four-star general spoke candidly about his affair with his biographer paula broadwell, and apologized. >> i know that i can never fully assuage the pain inflicted on those closest to me and a number of others. i can, however, try to move forward in a manor that is consistent to the values with which i -- to which i subscribed before slipping my moorings and, as best possible, to make amends to those i have hurt. >> petraeus said he hopes others can learn from his experience. >>> google has announced some of the winners of its google glass cone test. >> this is pretty cool. san francisco's zookeeper will be one of the first to wear that device, using it to videotape penguins. >> one of five people google says will get the google glass early. still has to pay for it, though. heads up display that should be available to the rest of us later this year or early next. google offered a contest. you tweet the company, telling what you would do with the device. here is the video or rather

last night petraeus opened a rare public appearance with a very personal apology. >> i know that i canain that i inflicted on those closest to me and on a number of others. i can, however, try to move forward and as best possible to make amends to those i have hurt. >> petraeus speaking at a dinner honoring the military at the university of southern california. >>> now to north korea. leaders threatening south korea with words as well as actions. today, north korea announced that it is cutting off a key communication line with south korea. now, this is a hotline that both countries use to monitor traffic at a shared industrial complex. it was just yesterday the north said it is going to make military units that are now charged with targeting u.s. bases combat ready. our candy crowley is joining us from washington. candy, obviously people paying very close attention to this and specifically the obama administration looking at these threats trying to figure out whether or not they should take this seriously. what are they assessing? >> sure. well, they are looking at any number of things

general petraeus was speaking at usc in los angeles.p of rotc, vets and supporters and laughed when he joked about the usc-ucla rivalry and applauded when he talked about protecting the post 9/11 generation of veterans. toward the end of his speech he thanked everyone for their support and he wants his story to be a cautionary tale. >> perhaps my experience can be truct tiff to others who stumble or indeed fall as far as i did. one learns after all that life doesn't stop with such a mistake. it can and must go on. and the effort to move forward over the rocky path of one's own making is vital, inescapable and ultimately worth it. >> reporter: general petraeus was not just on campus to give a speech. he said he joined rotc cadets for some physical training earlier in the dave and he says he ran four sets of stairs at the l.a. coliseum. bill? bill: that's what he does. that guy runs and runs. thank you, peter. peter doocy. alisyn. alisyn: three people were arrested in southern france in connection with a deadly terror attack in the city o

petraeus said he knows he can never un-do the pain he caused. but he said, he's trying to move forward. >> this has obviously been a very difficult episode for us. but perhaps my experience can be instructive to those who stumble or indeed fall as far as i did. one learns, after all, that life doesn't stop with such a mistake. it can and must go on. >> sreenivasan: petraeus is a retired, four-star general. he called for better treatment of soldiers and veterans, saying "we can and must do more." a federal bankruptcy court today approved the merger of american airlines and united airways. the combined company will form the world's largest airline, under the american name. and on wall street, stocks struggled to hold their ground, amid lingering concerns about the economic stability of cyprus and italy. the dow jones industrial average lost 33 points to close at 14,526. the nasdaq rose four points to close at 3,256. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we return to today's supreme court arguments involving

jenna: general petraeus is apologizing for the a fair that forced him to step down at cia director.de his first public appearance last night since that sex scandal. it was at a dinner honoring veterans and rotc members. catherine herridge is live in washington with more. >> reporter: thank you, good morning. never directly mentioning the affair or his biographer he gave a speech to veterans in california, he addressed his resignation from the agency, reading from prepared remarks david petraeus said he was sorry. >> please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia on caused such pain for my family, friend and supporters. >> reporter: in this letter to the cia workforce released november 9th then director petraeus explained that he had gone to the president asking to resign from his post for personal reasons. it reads in part quote after being married for 37 years i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable a, both as

petraeus, with his family. he's sorry. >>gretchen: out to colorado where it is said there seems to be a controversy brewing over sherrifs' stance over gun control. they claim some of the lawmakers in colorado who want to pass more stringent holding upth regard to gun the pay rises for these sherrifs unless they change their tune and fall in line and want stricter gun control as well. the democrats who are in favor of these gun control measures say, look, this is all about the economy. that is why we're not doing these pay raises. this plan has been in effect for the last couple of years but the sherrifs aren't so sure about that. >>steve: el paso county sheriff says let me get this straight. we're not getting our pay raises. i have heard, he says, from other lawmakers and other sherrifs that it's clearly one of those quid procash things where unless we go along with what they are doing in the statehouse we're not going to get our money. there's a quotation. he says senate democrats made it known sherrifs, obey or not -- ra