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he's been in jail now for about 25 years, jonathan pollard. a panel to assess what's going on in "the situation room." one congressman, democrat of new york has teamed up with conservative republican chris smith of new jersey. they're circulating a letter to the president saying go ahead and release pollard, 25 years is enough. we've got elliot eng l in the situation room, the former u.s. attorney in washington, d.c. who is the chief prosecutor of jonathan pollard, and bill hollow, he worked with george tenant when tenant told bill clinton if you release pollard, i will resign in protest. so we're going to discuss what's going on. it will be a good thorough discussion on a very sensitive subject right now that will come up at the white house in the next few hours. >> wolf, we'll look forward to it. see you in five minutes. thank you. day three here in the trial that many blame for damaging the name, the reputation of penn state. hear what allegedly happened to one victim, an alleged victim, after he rejected sandusky's advances. we're live out

. >> this is alice pollard. alice pollard is the v.p. of finance. >> nice to meet you, steve smith. >> reporter: smith is a wealth manager at u.b.s. the bank is partnering with the chicagoland chamber of commerce to mentor ten small minority- owned businesses so they can grow and hopefully add jobs. >> i might be able to provide some feedback in terms of business structure, in terms of where they're trying to go. >> reporter: u.b.s. launched its small business advisory program last year in new york as a pilot. it was a way for the bank to give back to the communities it serves, sort of a philanthropic project for commerce. >> this will be a model that every bank of any size in america should adopt as part of its business model. >> reporter: last week, former president bill clinton gave the program a shout-out at his economic conference in chicago, where the c.e.o. of u.b.s. group americas joined him on stage. bob mccann says u.b.s. wants to make good businesses better, and that doesn't necessarily mean loaning them money. >> you can have

. >> and the other, the case of the convicted spy jonathan pollard?xpect president peres to bring it up to ask the president to consider clemency who is a man who was in the u.s. navy back in the '80s and convicted of giving classified information over to the israelis and convicted with a life sentence, and we expect president peres to ask president obama for clemency, and there is support from some members of capitol hill and members of congress who says that this sentence should be commuted to time served, because of the health issues that pollard is experiencing, and i asked white house secretary jay carney about this. >> our position has not changed and will not change today. i would simply remind you that mr. pollard was convicted of extremely serious crimes. >> there you heard jay carney say that. we don't know if we should read too much into the word today, but we will have to wait to see what comes out of the meeting, fredricka. >> what more can you tell me about the honor that will be given to shimon peres later on? >> the metal of freedom is

stay to myself most of the time, you know. >> pollard's greatest hope is that he will one day reunitee family he lost. >> i've got a daughter. man, i ain't never told her i love her. she's 27 years old. i've got five grandkids. i ain't never told her i love her. i can't do it. i've made a lot of mistakes and lost a lot of my life that i can't get back, but i thank god that i'm still living. >>> next on "lockup," women behind bars. >> women's detention center is the nicest of all the facilities, if you can call any of them nice, but jail is hell. ♪ it was the best day ♪ [ whooping ] ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ 'cause of you ♪ we make a great pair. huh? progressive and the great outdoors! we make a great pair. right, totally. that's what i was thinking. all kinds of vehicles, all kinds of savings. multi-policy discounts from progressive. call or click today. ♪ surf's up everybody get your boards and your wetsuits ♪ free-credit-score-dot-com's gonna direct you ♪ ♪ to check your credit score before it gets too late ♪ ♪ and you end up strapped

nasa and noaa have been partners for over 40 years in developing the nation's pollard and geo synchronous weather satellites. with the president's direction in 2010, nasa and noaa returned to the successful partnership for jpss. since that time, the nasa program management office was established and is nearly fully staffed. in addition, noaa and nasa have established joint councils to oversee the portfolio of satellites and have integrated their decision-making processes to efficiently and effectively manage this cooperative activity. over the last two years, the nasa and noaa teams have strengthened their working relationship. i am pleased to report that the nasa/noaa team completed a development of npp and it was successfully launched on october 28th, 2011. activation and initial checkout are now complete, and the jpss program has assumed operational control of the satellite now renamed the sumi national polar orbiting partnership. while it was not intended to be used as an operational asset, know washington will be using npp data in its weather forecasting models. as a measure of how w

. >> bret: president peres will have a are request for release of jonathan pollard.urned american agent everyone ising life sentence for passing classified information to israel. he has served 27 years so far. >> i am not asking for pardon. i'm asking for clemency. >> bret: the petition says we urge you to use your exceptional diplomatic position to work for release of jonathan before receiving a medal to make a mockery of israel. strong words. >> people feel very strongly about it. i understand their sentn't. i am -- sentiment. i'm not doing it as diplomat but as a human being. he >> bret: for the rule of law in the u.s. that says he needs to serve -- >> i respect the rule of law for the united states. i'm not going to appeal or question. his help is demanding. i think these are the main reasons. >> bret: despite the turmoil in egypt, perez sees some promise in the arab spring, saying it will take time but eventually the region will turn to the positive. >> they starred -- started that. already some successes. it brought an end to dictatorship. i don't recommend a p

our viewers will remember jonathan pollard. every year it seems israeli leaders ask for his return to israel. he spied against the united states when he was in the navy for israel. the answer is always been no across republican and democrat administrations. and this will be no different. look, the troubling part about this, candy, is that what -- in the speech the president-elect suggested his views were a legitimate political ideology. >> right. he called him a political prisoner. >> exactly. i mean, when you look at that and you take that together with his earlier statements after the election results about wanting to strengthen egypt's relationship with iran, you can understand how there will be grave concerns not only in israel and in the region, but here in the united states about what exactly the views of the president-elect of egypt are going to be. and his relationship with the muslim brotherhood, what that portends for our relationship. >> often when we hear these sorts of speeches, if we put them in a local context, i