general richard myers is going to be our guest here in a minute.ngton, d.c., boating is a way of life. you can see boats all over that waterway. megyn: the host of "special report," says that it is standard practice that if a boat is not responding, warning shots could be fired at a boat by the coast guard. the report out of reuters is that the coast guard fired on a suspicious boat. the suspicious boat was fired on by the coast guard. however, it is very early. we are not getting confirmed details of the authorities. it is possible that warning shots were fired firsthand that is what is being reported. we just do not know at this point. by the way, we're watching as president obama took the memorial bridge to and from the pentagon. we're watching the memorial bridge in the foreground and the 14th street bridge. president obama was on that memorial bridge this morning as he made remarks at pentagon has. when exactly does incident with the boat and the coast guard took place, we do not know. the wire report came across just moments ago. exactly what

richard myers: there probably wasn't any other event that made us understand as a nation that we're allked in so many different ways... that we all play a role in our security, in our well-being, in the well-being of e owthblicpu. >> well, 9/11 drove home the point that we are part of the world and can't separate ourselves from it by our oceans, that we have to be engaged in the world, hopefully smartly, not just militarily, although we must be strong. but also we must be wise, we must engage with others. >> sen. joseph lieberman: on 9/11/01 america changed, obviously. we lost about 3,000 of our fellow americans, but we also, in some sense, lost our innocence. >> i think what changed on september 11 for so many americans was the fact that it was brought home, and we realized the vulnerability that we face. but the purpose of terror, of course, is not to necessarily kill people, although that's part of it; it's to terrorize. the purpose of terrorism is to alter people's behavior, and therefore the most vulnerable people in the world are free peopl >> bush: we recognized with absolute cla

general richard myers chairman of the chief on fox news earlier today saying nothing was done wrong or untoward here. this is the way it works. there is a chain of command. bush was accused of of going over the heads of chains of command and talking too much to generals. bill: so you are the president of the united states, and you have got a situation in afghanistan that's going south. all right? >> yeah. bill: you don't pick up the phone once a week and get your guy on and say hey. >> assuming you are getting good information and you trust the chain of command you trust the people that work with for you. bill: almost like the olympics, you can do both. you can go over to copenhagen and deal. do the chain of command. >> doesn't mean he is not doing the job. bill: what it means is, colmes, it doesn't look good, ok? so that's why monica brought it up. i brought up the -- >> was myers wrong to say this is the way it's done? bill: not a matter of right or wrong. it's what's best and what's better, ok? it's best that barack obama be pier perceived as being engaged on a daily basis over ther

we will be joined by the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general richard myers, so stay tuned for that. jane: in the meantime, a bit of breaking news coming to us courtesy of the associated press. united nations officials telling them that iran has notified an intermediary of the swiss government that the american government can have access to these three young americans who have been detained in iran. they were hiking in july, and according to their families, it looks like they were hiding in iraq and strayed over the border and they were arrested in iran. families say it was an accident, and they have been begging for word on their condition. now, it looks like the american government is being told they will get some access to these three. interesting timing, you might want it. this coming just two days before iran is due to meet about their nuclear program. we will bring you details on that as soon as we get it. we are also learning more about iran's secret nuclear sites, which is now a secret no more. the head of the program in that country is now claiming the plant