>> also at noon, defense secretary robert gates, the fencsecretary clinton, and othes will talk about the u.s. nuclear policies for the next 10 years. they have been working on a report for the past year. we will find out more today live on c-span at noon. also, beginning at 6:30 p.m. this evening, johnson, the author of "13 bankers" talks about it. after that, former treasury secretary henry paulson on his memoir. then, at a 30 p.m. georgian congressman john lewis on this book "race and reconciliation." -- that is at 8:30 p.m. >> we are in unique position to go to war. we need to develop a roadmap so that we can get it done. >> something about energy policy that you would like to talk about on your blog-you can search it, watch it, and share it at the c-span video library. every c-span program since 1987. it is the latest get from cable to america.>> earlier today, gon announced parliamentary elections will be may 6. his labor party is in a tight race against the conservatives. in the british system of prime minister traditionally meets with the queen to request an election. he did t

"defense secretary robert gates warned in memorandum to top officials that the united states does not have an effective long-range policy for dealing with iran steady progress of nuclear capability, according to government officials familiar with the document." gates released a statement today saying it was not meant to be a wake-up call, it was a private give-and-take between the national security advisors on the way forward. what about this? we're back with the panel. bill? >> i love the press secretary robert gibbs response, that three-page memo from the secretary of defense to the national security advisor saying we have no coherent and successful policy on the most important national security threat facing the country and his response is hey, there are hundreds of memos written in the government. many in the defense department are writing memos whether we should procure 852 or 865 humvees, and this is just the same. it shows the leak wounded the administration because it told the truth. it's evident that the first wave of their iran policy is floundering. for admiral mullen to sa

. >>> defense secretary robert gates warned the white house that the u.s. doesn't have a nimble, long-term plan to handle iran's nuclear program. that is according to "the new york times" which reports gates wrote the three-page memo in january. that memo reportedly set off efforts in the pentagon, white house and intelligence agencies to come up with new options. a white house official told the associated press those efforts have been under way for many months. >>> news of secretary robert gates' memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. iran's president and other officials warned representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons. but iran is denying this, saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes like power generation. >>> there was a tense standoff when some white supremacists held a rally in downtown los

our conversation with secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gates. >>> finally the roundtable takes on the growing left-right divide over the president's leadership, the congressional elections and the politics of the court. columnist for "the new york times" david brooks, chief washington correspondent for "the new york times" david sanger, syndicated "washington post" columnist kathleen parker and former democratic congressman from tennessee and chair of the democratic leadership council, harold ford, junior. >>> first, the politics of the supreme court. the president has another big decision to make, the second court vacancy in two years. how are the white house and republicans weighing the confirmation battle ahead? joining us to talk about that exclusively, two members at the heart of the debate, senate judiciary committee, chairman patrick leahy of vermont and ranking member jeff sessions of alabama. welcome both of you back to "meet the press." >> thank you, good to be here. >> thank you. >> senator leahy, you conferred with temperature, with the white ho

press secretary robert gates said -- robert gibbs said that hamid karzai's recent comments are untrue and troublesome. he was scheduled to visit the white house may 12. gibbs said his comments will be monitored to see whether the meeting will take place. >>> an arrest in washington state. federal agents have arrested charles wilson for making death threats against a u.s. senator. he voted in favor of health-care reform. wilson had allegedly been leading harassing messages for months. escalated to death threats after the health care vote. >>> a man accused of threatening erick kanter has been sent to a hospital. he was arrested after posting a threatening video on youtube. prosecutors say he has multiple personality disorder and believes he is the son of the guyenoch. he is being -- son of the goddess enoch. >>> a water main break in tysons corner is continuing to cause problems. construction crews accidentally broke the line about 4:30 this morning. we are live with more on the traffic problems and when things could get back to normal. >> this is a doozy. it could not have happened in

secretary of defense robert gates is disputing disputing the contents of a memo. government sources say the memo prompted a scramble to come up with new options but gates says he was merely laying out an orderly and timely decision- making process. >>> did you see it? an incredible performance above charleston, south carolina this weekend. the navy's blue angels flight squadron performed two air shows. the aerial acrobatics took place over both charleston harbor and cooper river. thousands of spectators came out to enjoy the amazing scene, including a famous politician. >> for an old navy guy like me, i wouldn't miss today. the blue angels, a lot of patriotism. it's beautiful to be back on this beautiful spring day. >> i'm like a kid at christmas. i'd never seen the blue angels. >> it's amazing stuff. it's great. >> the performances ended charleston's navy week. >>> coming up on the edge, the gang from "glee" is already a big hit with viewers. we've got the buzz on the latest. >>> it's bundle up time tonight. throw an extra blanket on the bed. the temperatures are

news of secretary robert gates' memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran.sident and other officials warned representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama didn't invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian peculiar program as a cover to develop weapons, but iran denies this, saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes, like power generation. >>> pope benedict xvi said today that the priest who sexually abused children will be punished. the pope met with eight men who say that they were abused by priests in malta. the vatican says he prayed with them and told them that the priests responsible would be brought to justice. the men were reportedly abused when they were children living at an orphanage. >>> nearly a year ago, 17-year-old brittany drexel here went on spring break and never came back. the new york teen hasn't been seen since april 25th of last year when she was spotted near a south carolina hotel where she was staying

the defense secretary robert gates has a memo that he wrote, says it was not a week a call to the white house. the january memo set off a scramble within the obama administration. but gates says it only identifies steps that should be taken in defense planning. after the white house increase pressure on iran -- he says that no one to think that iran can get to washington off guard. >>> two leaders are dead, killed in a nighttime raid. the u.s. military has confirmed. a top u.s. general says the deaths be the biggest blow to the terrorist group since the insurgency began. the recall of toyota have a are because the automaker millions in lost revenue, but now will pay even more in a civil fine. the nhtsa has issued a $16.4 million fine. it is the maximum allowed under law. they found concerns in september but waited until january to notify. >> clearly, they have taken a fall here. i think the other automakers will pay a lot more attention to any issues. >> toyota has recalled 6 million vehicles. >>> astronauts aboard the shuttle discovery are spending a 15 stay in space. the poor weather

. >> defense secretary robert gates said the u.s. will begin updating of -- export control systems to keep sensitive technology out of the hands of terrorists and other adversaries. be unveiled this plan at this event hosted by the group -- he unveiled his plan at this event hosted by the group business executives. >> good afternoon, my name is monte meigs and i am the president and ceo of menaker at -- of an organization called business executives for security. 400 very patriotic businessmen and women who do everything we can to do bring best business practices to homeland security. and where we are asked, we do the work at no cost to the government. we are us this afternoon to honor secretary of defense robert gates to speak about issues he has supported, as well as weak, since the early 1990's. -- as well as we, sincerely 1990's. because over the last few decades many businesses have struggled with the complexities of the current system, many in the industry welcome this announcement. the process one important factor is different

. >>> defense secretary robert gates is disputing the new york times characterization of a memo he sent over america's long-term strategy for dealing with the growth of iran's nuclear program. in the story, a source calls the memo a, quote, wake-up call to the white house. gates insists that's not the case, saying he simply laid out steps to be taken as various agencies work together in making policy on iran in the months ahead. >>> on sunday's "meet the press" on nbc, timothy geithner said the economy is growing faster than the obama administration expected and is on the way to sustained job creation. geithner also expressed confidence congress would approve a financial reform package that will protect taxpayers from having to pay for future bailouts. >>> and he may have his problems here at home, but a bbc poll suggests that president obama is a hit abroad. in 2007 the poll of 28 nations found only 28% felt america's influence in a world that was positive. this year for the first time since the poll began, more viewed its influence positively than negatively. >>> and now here's an ear

. >> robert gates outline the policy of the nuclear posture review, a report mandated by congress. he was joined by secretary of state hillary clinton, joint chiefs chairman mike mullin and stephen chu. this includes a detailed review of the report by pentagon and state department officials. ,, >> i am pleased to have secretary clinton and secretary chu joining us to make this announcement. their presence is indicative of the importance of the issues and the significant interagency cooperation that the review enjoyed. but secretary clinton and chu and the admiral will make brief comments in a moment. we will take a few questions after that limited to the npr. the npr creates a road map for president obama's agenda for producing nuclear weapons in the international community. this review describes how the u.s. will reduce the role and numbers of nuclear weapons with a long-term goal of the nuclear- free world. driven by the changing nature of the security environment, the npr opuses on five key objectives. preventing nuclear proliferation and terrorism. reducing the role of u.s. nuc

. >> and secretary of defense robert gates. >> did you change your mind. >> clinton and gates on nuclears afghanistan and tension was israel. plus analysis and debate on all of the week's politic s on the "roundtable." with george will. aryana huffington, cokie robertson and sam donaldson. and as always the sunday funnies. >> did you all watch tiger -- i got to at mitt. wasn't it great seeing tiger swing a golf club again instead of dodging one? thought that was -- >>> from the heart of the nation's capital "this week" with abc white house correspondent jake tapper live from the newseum on pennsylvania avenue. >>> good morning, everyone. we start with the announcement supreme court justice john paul stevens is retiring, longest sitting justice on the court. stevens in firmly in the liberal block, now the president has his second supreme court appointment. coming into a polarized atmosphere and election year. the nation's capital will likely have a long, hot summer. joining me this morning, democrat chuck schumer and jon kyl, both members of the senate judiciary committee. thanks for joini

defense secretary robert gates says that the united states must maintain a nuclear first right option because of worldwide threats. he outlined the policy in the nuclear policy review, mandated by congress. he was joined by secretary of state hillary clinton, the joint chiefs chairman mike mullen, an energy secretary steven chu. this hourlong event includes a review by a state department and pentagon officials. >> thank you for being with us today. today we wrote releasing the nuclear posture review, outlining a balanced and comprehensive approach to deal with nuclear weapons in the america's national security. i am pleased to have secretary clinton and secretary chu joining us to make this announcement. this is indicative of the issues and the significant interagency cooperation that this review enjoyed. both secretary clinton and secretary chu as well as admiral mullen will make brief comments in a moment. and then we will take three or four questions limited to the npr and start. the npr provides a road map to implement president obama is the agenda for reducing nuclear risk to the

robert gates said today that potential threats to maintain -- require the u.s. to maintain for strike options for nuclear weapons. the nuclear posture review is a report mandated by congress. he is joined by a hillary clinton and stephen chu. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you for being with us today. the department of defense is releasing the nuclear posture review, if reports that outline a balanced and comprehensive approach to dealing with the role of nuclear weapons in our national security. i am pleased to have secretary clinton and secretary chu joining us to make this announcement this is indicative of the importance of the issues and the significant of interagency cooperation. both secretaries and the admiral will make brief comments. we will take three or four questions. the npr provides a road map for implementing the agenda to reduce nuclear risk to the u.s., our allies and partners and the international community. this review describes how the u.s. will reduce the role and numbers of nuclear weapons with a long-term goal of a nuclear- free world

secretary of defense robert gates late today confirmed reports that he sent a memo to the white house earlier this year concerning u.s. strategy dealing with iran's nuclear program. in washington wyatt andrews has more. what's the latest? >> reporter: russ, good evening. "the new york times" reported today and we confirmed that in jab secretary of defense gates sent a three-page secret memo to the white house in which he essentially said the straight had no effective strategy for dealing with the possibility that iran might be capable of building a nuclear weapon. today gates took the unusual step of denying that he meant to shake anything up at the white house, that he was trying to issue a wake-up call, that this was a memo that came in the normal course of business as the white house was going about new contingency planning, new planning for pressure on what would happen in the event that iran got to the point of having all the components for a nuclear weapon but had not yet put one together. >> >> mitchell: wyatt, has there been republican reaction to this news yet? >> reporter: w

he'll also be talking with secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary robert gates. meanwhile, justice stevens wasn't the only man in washington announcing his retirement today. congressman bart stupak, a michigan democrat, said he will not run for reelection. congressional correspondent nancy cordes reports his decision came just weeks after he cast a pivotal and controversial vote on health care. >> reporter: despite a personal appeal from the president, congressman bart stupak announced today he's retiring after 18 years. >> it's just came to the point where i said i've accomplished what i want to do, either i run again and i'll be there forever or time to make the break. >> reporter: the michigan democrat garnered national attention during the health care debate when he vowed to vote against the bill unless it included tough antiabortion provisions. >> even if it's close? even if it could sink the bill? >> even if it's close. >> reporter: but when stupak struck an 11th hour deal with the white house, an angry republican colleague called him a baby killer. >> baby

issued a secret memo to the white house issuing a stark wake-up call on iran, now robert gates is firing back. bill: also a war of words between president clinton and rush limbaugh, have you seen this. >> i'm in a state right now, if there is a future incident such as oklahoma city, the blame is squarely on the shoulders of bill clinton and barack obama. >> after that, bill clinton was asked about it eve the -- over the weekend. you'll hear what he said about it, how the comments about antigovernment sentiment sparked this debate. march minister they say spare the rod and spoil the killed. why one school district wants to bring back the paddle. we're serious. next. martha: news alert out of cape can after value, florida, this crossing -- canaveral, nasa is postponing the discovery's return to earth until tuesday, they're dealing with bad weather in cape canaveral, they're expected to leave at 7:23 tomorrow morning, that's the scheduled time. we'll keep you posted. bill: something tells me those guys enjoy the rides! >>> he said, she said, brewing over iran as report of a secret

after that, a briefing on nuclear weapons policy with robert gates and of hillary clinton. later, remarks by the director of national intelligence, dennis blair. >> it is the auto maker's responsibility to make sure they comply with federal safety standards. that is their responsibility. we are not branding these cars safe. it is our job to enforce and to please the marketplace -- to police the market place, which we do. the automakers have to uphold their obligation to not only comply with our standards but the state of the art. it is my job to make sure they called to the standards. this agency will hold the line. >> david strickland, head of the nhtsa, testifying before congress in his agency's role in auto safety. the agency follow those words with an announcement that it will seek a fine against toyota of $16 million for failing to notify officials about the sticky pedals on its cars. we will talk about the role of nhtsa with several guests. we will include your phone calls and your twitter messages. we are going to hear from two former safety administration officials,

. >>> new today, a memo from defense secretary robert gates warned the united states lacks a long-term plan to curb iran's nuclear program. the "new york times" reports the secret memo was sent to the white house back in january and reportly set off a search for new options including military alternatives that could be considered if sanctions planned for this year fail. the white house disagrees with the report saying the memo did not force a reassessment. the pentagon says the white house has reviewed many options for dealing with iran's nuclear program. >>> it's shaping up to be another busy week in washington today and tomorrow. the u.s. is hosting the major economies forum to advance talks on a global deal to fight climate change. some analysts think this forum could be an important step? climate negotiations because december's u.n. conference in copenhagen ended without a legally binding pact. the forum includes 17 countries which account for roughly 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. >>> tomorrow protesters will gather at the washington monument for the gun reitz second

only 18 months ago, it was defense secretary robert gates said the u.s.uclear arsenal worked as a threat against saddam hussein's possible use of chemical and biological weapons during the first gulf war. >> we later learned that this veiled threat had the intended deterrent effect as iraq considered its options. >> reporter: so, he now disagrees with that? >> if we see that a country greatly expands its biological or chemical weapons capability, the posture review calls for the the ability to re-evaluate any assurances that have been given. >> reporter: less controversial, the new policy is intended as a signal to iran and north korea. >> there is a message for iran and north korea here. it is, if you're not going to play by the rules, if you're going to be a proliferator, then all options are on the table in terms how we deal with you. >> reporter: and diane this announcement comes just two days before the president sign as nuclear disarmament treaty with russia and a week before he hosts a summit here in washington, d.c. the president believes his argu

. >> robert gates was an inmate of the state's pre release -- robert case was an inmate of the state's pre release program. he has been found guilty of the theft and sale of two police pistols. and the heart can't -- a howard county man was sentenced to 20 years for abusing his 2-year-old niece. he was convicted on charges of child abuse, assault, and leaving a child unattended. in 2008, he admitted to leaving his knees in what he says was lukewarm water after she filled her diaper. but he returned to find her screaming, immersed in scalding hot water. she suffered second and third degree burns. cuts so far this week, it has felt like -- >> so far this week it has felt like summertime. you can see streets of lightning coming across western maryland and there are showers assisted with this cold front making their way into the state. thunder is also occurring, as you can see, over the next two hours. this is all associated with a pretty decent cold front that strides through our region -- strikes through our region. expect a big temperature dropped and a couple claps of thunder as this f

. >>> there was a memo from robert gates that sent the obama administration scrambling. said it identified steps that the administration should take regarding the iranian nuclear program. >> we have news about toyota. the auto maker is expected to pay a record fine over its handling of defective gas pedals. officials tell the associated press toyota will not confess a $16.4 million fine -- contest. the government fined the company because it knew about gas pedals in september but did not issue a recall until january. the question of how to prevent another financial meltdown is sparking a battle right here in washington. if the obama administration says it is confident financial reform will pass soon, even with some republican support. >> i believe that we are very close on this, that we agree on the vast bulk of the things necessary to protect taxpayers in the future. that is one reason i'm so confident. >> the democratic plan includes a $15 million failure fund to be paid for by banks in case one of them need a bailout. if a consumer protection office would look out for

. >>> last january, defense secretary robert gates warned the white house in a memo that the u.s. does not have an effective long-term plan for dealing with iran's nuclear program. caroline joins us with details here in washington. >> iran could have their nuclear program finished in a year and a bomb in five years and secretary gates says there is no effective plan to stop them. his memo says they need to layout a set of circumstances if iran fails to break a timeline. some are not surprised by the memo. >> i didn't have to read the memo from mr. gates to acertain that. we do not have a coherent policy, i think that is pretty obvious. >> i think the administration must understand its policy is failing and that it either concludes it will have to accept a nuclear iran or doesn't understand what it is up to and neither of those conclusions is very appealing, i must say. >> the memo was sent in january after iran blew past the deadline set by the president for official talks. the memo says it is a wakeup call and advises for other policies to be considered but the white house says t

and we know robert gates who was then deputy director of the central intelligence agency has written that he believed gorbachev was a protege of andropov and protege of slusof and we shouldn't consider him a gary hart and lee iococa. and, of course, it captured some of the early mood and the excitement on the streets. it also said gorbachev was stylistic different. definitely a new suit. not a brezhnev but would there be real reform. radical reform? the cia expressed some doubt but the director of the cia bill casey sent this report to president reagan with a cover note and on the cover note he said gorbachev and the people around him are, quote, not reformers and liberalizers either in soviet domestic or foreign policy. casey was wrong. at that time the united states was also claiming repeatedly that the soviet union was developing its own missile defense program. its own strategic defense initiative. there was a speech given in july saying of the soviets clearly they see the potential applications for advanced defensive technologies; otherwise, they would not be advancing so much e

my praises not donald cates -- robert gates are donald rumsfeld it is their helpers talking to the insurgency. >> host: the businessman from texas who wanted an agricultural growth and anbar a schoolteacher in california who was a reserve colonel and the marines and pat molloy who has retired retired, people that you and i would never have heard of who would not even have appeared in the history books except as a footnote, a good solid americans who want to do the right thing. this is a real. i hate to wax eloquent barbie emotional but these are solid americans and it gave me great help and gives me great hope there are so many. wrestling with everyday problems on the ground. how we help the school and anbar? what about a job for this juvenile delinquent? can we have more factories? what about the retail shops? that is a hard tough work of the war on terrorism and it is what makes me confident that the end of the day we will probably win this purpose it will take a while. >> on the iraqi side you have an unknown heroes a book and businessman from anbar from the political wing of the insurgenc

robert gates said he thinks they could have a nuclear weapon within a year what does that mean?ely they are going to have a nuclear weapon within a year. also likely you are going to end up with some kind of armed confrontation. maybe not be americans it may be the israelis. we willç be blamed. what is really important is, we could have stopped this. we could have -- >> sean: how? >> simply. any company that does any kind of business with iranian -- excuse me islamic revolutionary guard corp or any leadership there that company cannot do business in america. >> sean: last week the administration said islamic radicalism does not economist. >> guess what -- does not exist. >> guess what -- >> sean: all right, three quarters of the united states senators signed ledtim rebuking president and his treatment of benjamin netanyahu and our closest ally in the mideast, israel. what is happening there? are we emboldening the enemies of the united states? this is a harsh indictment. do you think barack obama is-&fh emboldening america's enemies? do you think he's showing weakness? >> cert

. >>> new today, a memo from defense secretary robert gates warned the united states lacks a long-term plan to curb iran's nuclear program. the new york times reports the secret memo was sent to the white house back in january reportedly sending off a search for new options including military alternatives that could be considered in the diplomacy and sanctions planned for this year fail. the white house disagrees with the report saying the memo did not force a reassessment. the pentagon says the white house has reviewed many options for dealing with iran's nuclear program. >>> president obama says it is time for new rules of the road on wall street and want to prevent future market meltdowns and if investors make bad gambles, the president insists taxpayers shouldn't be left holding the bag. ta seems like that plan might be an easy sell but in this atmosphere there's plenty of pushback. brian mooar has the story. >> after winning the bitter year-long fight over health care reform, taking on wall street seemed like a safe political move for president obama. >> we're going to put in plac

robert gates says the conference is one of the most meaningful ever. he calls it the first real concerted international effort to confron

defense secretary robert gates says the u.s.keeping a close eye on how that could destabilize the area. >> from our vantage point, syria and iran are providing hezbollah with rockets and missiles of ever increasing capability. and we are at a point now when hezbollah, where hezbollah has far more rockets and missiles than most governments in the world. >> scud missiles, proxies like hezbollah are the threat now, the potential nuclear option obviously there is what is the big worry a few years down the road, wolf. >> did secretary gates formally confirm with the israelis are saying that the syrian have provided scud missiles with a range of about 400, 450 miles to hezbollah in lebanon? >> secretary gates did not confirm that, but a senior israeli official says that is now their belief, that the syrians have transferred missiles with that capability to hezbollah. >> chris lawrence is working the story at the pentagon. thanks, chris. >>> president obama is trying to stay focused today on america's bottom line. he flew to iowa to ta

our conversation with secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gates all comingess." and that's going to do it for us on this sunday morning. janice huff. i was surprised i wasn't involved in the meat cutting aspect. >> we did give you the meet the press part. >> see you later on "nbc nightly news." so long, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> a nation in mourning. poland is grieving after a horrific plane crash, the president along with the top military and church leaders all killed. what's next for a country suddenly in a leadership vacuum? >> it could be some of the worst traffic d.c. has ever seen. the nuclear summit is coming to town, and it will make things difficult on the roads and on the rails. welcome to "news4 today." i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly is off today. it's suns april 11th, 2010. first the day's forecast. meteorologist justin drabick is standing in for chuck bell with the details. >> good in

the memo written by defense secretary robert gates allegedly criticizes the white house for not havingitary option if negotiations fail. now, secretary gates denies that criticism but does admit to sending something to the national security advisor. with us now fox news security analyst k.t. mcfarland former defense department official whos that known secretary gates for 35 years. with us now wrath peters author of the book "endless war, middle eastern islam vs. western civilization." it is the colonel's birthday today. i can't be too tough on him. but, do you believe that the obama administration has any kind of military work-up, military strategy to deal with iran if the negotiations don't work? >> well, i will tell you, bill, from what i hear, from my friends at the worker bee level and higher levels, no, we do not have a expensive, current, detailed plan that would give the president a light, middle, and heavyweight option for doing. this and, really what secretary gates, who is a great american, has become, is not just a our secretary of defense. is he our national damage control

secretary of defense robert gates. good lineup. >>> coming up on "news4 at 5:00," what's ahead for your weekend weather. we will check in for the 7-day with tom. >> one month left to see the georgia o'keefe exhibit at the phillips collection. i will show you why this is one you don't want to miss. >>> how's the weekend, tom? we flood it. >> looking good. things have certainly cooled down today. overnight tonight, now we are in the 50s but will bottom out in the upper 30s tomorrow morning around the metro area. and maybe even frost in the shenandoah valley. very early tomorrow morning. sunny on saturday. all around the region. highs should reach low and mid 60s. sunday a bit maileder. low 70s. partly cloudy. monday and tuesday morning lows in the 40s, afternoon highs into the 60s. looks reich this pattern continues all the way through next week. we should have noon highs in the 60s. morning lows in the 40s. and on wednesday, thursday, it my hit 70 on friday with "world news tonight sunday" shine, morning lows in the 40s

inç february, defense secretary robert gates fired the f-35's program manager. >> the progress and performancehas not been what it should. >> reporter: in march, the pentagon increased the budget and extended the schedule for the f-35, for the fourth time since the program began. billions more will go to improved softe software and to flight test more plans and to target the number of f-35s to be delivered in the next five years will be reduced by a quarter. testifying before the house appropriations subcommittee, defense secretary gates says the cost estimates for the f-35 long have been too optmistic. >> part of the program we have faced in this program is overly rosy forecast. >> reporter: officials say a new independent team put in place next year now is providing more realistic estimates.ç >> your band of uncertainty decreases over time as you mature the weapons system. >> reporter: the acting program officer of the f-35 says the new cost estimates are likely to be more accurate than previous ones. >> i would say that 10 years ago we had a pretty wide band of uncertainty, cost, schedule,

but defense secretary robert gates insists that, quote, all options are on the table when it comes to nations like iran and north korea. richard wolffe is msnbc political analyst. it's interesting, our first political team at msnbc says this is typical president obama, trying to be in the middle when it comes to this policy. >> reporter: kind of. he's also trying to spin this policy in another direction. so it's not just about defense, but it's about rewarding countries who keep up with the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that will limit the spread of nukes for many decades now. it's him delivering on this speech he gave a year ago in pr prague. this week he's also going to be signing this new treaty with the russians. next week he's got this big conference with all heads of state coming to washington to talk about loose nukes. there are a lot of different pieces that are part of this long-term dream that he has. he's trying to direct it in more than just a sort of -- he's trying to shape something new. >> richard wolffe live for us at the white house. appreciate it. >>> new unemploym

as we reported yesterday, defense department memo issued by secretary robert gates says the obama administration strategy to keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon. that memo was leaked to the "new york times," embarrassing the president. joining us from washington fox news political analyst charles krauthammer with the inside story. all right. so many of us, including you, for almost a year, maybe even longer, have said, look, the united states has got to have a plan b if the sanctions don't work. and the sanctions aren't going to work, i don't think. so, gates is basically at the end of his rope? do you think that's what this was? >> i think what gates is saying is we have got to get serious here. even if you are a believer in sanctions, the idea that sanctions or negotiations are going to do anything in the absence of a credible stick, a credible threat is nonsense. and this administration has sort of almost ostentatiously stayed away from a discussion of any kind of military attack. the implication is they are not even considering it. when you get the secretary of defense saying we do not h

today is the deadline for eric holder and robert gates to turn over documents related to last november'sooting spree. the documents were subpoenaed by homeland security last week and government affairs committee chairman senator joe lieberman and ranking republican susan collins. they're investigating whether government officials could have prevented the shooting rampage that left 13 people dead. ed inial hasan is now awaiting court-martial. senator lieberman said he is willing to address the obama administration's main concern that the release of the data could compromise the prosecution of major hasan. we expect a news conference at 4:00 p.m. eastern time today on the offshore oil rig explosion that triggered a massive ongoing oil leak into the gulf of mexico. 11 oil rig workers are missing and presumed dead after tuesday's explosion off the louisiana coast. right now authorities are monitoring the growing oil slick from the air and under water crews are using robotic submarines to try and stop the leak. nbc's anne thompson is in new orleans with more. >> reporter: 50 miles off the coa

first defense secretary robert gates has written a classified memo to the white house outlining what he believes are a number of decisions that he says need to be made in the weeks and months ahead now that the white house is on this so-called tough track with iran, trying to step up the pressure for sanctions, to give up the nukes, but still gates saying in a statement issued just tonight by the pentagon, saying that the u.s. is prepared to act across a broad range of contingencies if it has to. and that takes us to the second part, updating those military options. the joint chiefs of staff, the u.s. central command, sources tell us across the board, the u.s. military looking again at iran's suspected nuclear sites and updating their options, how they would attack them, what information they would present to the president if he was to ever say, i want to go ahead with a military strike. >> pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >>> it is a day no american will ever forget. >> her whole left side was just a piece of raw meat. >> we are talking to the youngest survivors of the oklahoma

it comes after robert gates wrote a classified memo to the white house in january on whether the u.s.e, ahmadinejad says iran is so strong, no country would thing of attacking it. >>> toyota is expected to agree a record $16.4 million fine for not reporting sticky gas pedals when it should have. the automaker waited four months to report accelerator problems in some of its vehicles. by law they have five business days to report any kind of potential problem or defect. officials will not say that the fine shields toyota from criminal or civil suits. >>> janet thit is the deadliest domestic terror attack in u.s. history, very sad anniversary there for the folks in oklahoma city. >> it's amazing, it's been 15 years since that happened. thanks so much, jim. 32 minutes past the hour. all eyes are on the fate of goldman sachs. after the got filed civil charges against the bank accusing it of fraud, goldman has been the target of public outrage after getting a bailout then turning a profit a year later. diane brady and william cohen, contributor at the daily beast.com. thanks to both of you

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. >> coming up straight ahead, defense secretary robert gates bustin lea mememo he wrote about iran's nuclear abilities but was it really a leak or was it revealed on purpose? could it have been the secretary himself? that story is next. >> and residents in one community told they can't fly american flags on their own property. is that legal? in that state, it might not be. >> this fox news alert. we thought the space shuttle was going to be landing about an hour and 15 minutes from right now but it looks as if they are putting off the orbital burn and so it looks as well as if they're going to delay it a second day. stand by and we'll have more news from the space place shortly. meanwhile, iran may be able to build a missile capable of hitting the united states. iran could by 2015. this according to an unclassified defense department report on iran's military so the defense secretary robert gates purposely have his memo to the white house about the future of iran relations leaked on purpose? >> we're joined right now by fox news contributor judith miller who knows a lot about coverin

access to high-speed broadband networks and later a congressional panel examines defense secretary robert gates israeli defense minister edhud barak. this is just over ten minutes. >> both in our bilateral defense relationship and around the region. i appreciate as always the candor and forthrightness and i look forward to continuing the discussions over the coming months. as president obama has affirmed united states commitment to israel's security is on shippable and a defense relationship is stronger than ever to the mutual benefit of both nations. the united states and our allies share many of the same security challenges from, but in terms of to confronting the threat posed by iran's nuclear weapons program. for years, the united states and israel have worked together to prepare armed forces to meet these and other challenges. a recent major the sample being the juniper exercise held last october. i work together on missile defense technology is on going and the united states will continue to ensure that israel maintains its qualitative military edge. again i thank the minister barak for b

. >> my pleasure to read some of defense secretary robert gates says the u.s. will soon begin updating its export control system. to better keep sensitive technology out of the hands of terrorists and other adversaries. sicced rebates made the remark of this event hosted by the business executives for national security. sprick good afternoon. i am the president and ceo of an organization called business executives for national security for a very patriotic businessmen and women who do everything they can to try to bring best business practice to the work of the department of defense and homeland security when asked. when we are asked we do the work at no cost to the government. we are honored this afternoon to welcome secretary of defense robert gates to become a topic that we as well as he had supported as far back as the early 90's at eating and reforming the the i united states export control system. last august president obama announced his intention to pursue export control reform initiative. because of the last few decades many businesses have struggled w

robert gates says that the move is to avoid jeopardizing the suspect's prosecution and says the pentagont hiding anything. the senate homeland security committee is accusing the obama administration of stone walling its probe by failing to make officials available for interviews or to provide access to intelligence files. secretary gates says this prosecution of the suspect, major nidal malik hasan, is a primary importance to the defense department. he's charged with killing 13 people in the fort hood massacre last november. he could face the death penalty. >> gregg: the crew of discovery now home ward bound following a successful mission to the international space station. discovery's due to land on monday morning. after that, three flights left before the shuttle program is retired. this week, a big one for nasa as the president also outlined his goals for the space agency's future. but his message has some lawmakers in texas deeply worried. the president never mentioned houston's johnson space center and now members of the texas delegation are vow to go fight for the space center. >>

. >> juliet: i'm july yet hid, robert gates slamming "the new york times" over a leaked memo on iranischaracterized the memo as a wake-up call over a lack of strategy to stop iran's nuclear program. >> gregg: let's go to the statement he released a short time ago. quoting: the memo was not intended that's a wake-up call, he writes or received as such, by the president's national security team. instead, or rather, it presented a number of questions, and proposals intended to contribute to an orderly and timely decision-making process. there should be no confusion, by our allies, and adversaries, that the u.s. is properly and energetically focused on this question an prepared to act across a broad range of contingencies in support of our interests. >> juliet: our top military commander said military options exist, to delay iran's nuclear ambitions, though as a last option. and admiral mike mullens comments coming minutes ago at columbia university, here in new york and they come after a provocative word today from the president of iran himself, mahmoud ahmadinejad, saying in a speech,

. >> reporter: we did hear from secretary of state hillary clinton and robert gates.hey both say that intelligence shows that this is a real serious threat, that world leaders have to deal with. so the bottom line in the summit is to try to get the world leaders together to sign on to a document and a communokay, if you will, saying, look, we are going to go ahead and fry to secure these loose nukes within the next four years that are around the globe. that is the goal. >> this isn't even a legal binding document. so does it really is any teeth? >> reporter: that's an excellent point. it is not a legal document. it doesn't have teeth. it is a political document. a statement of intentions by these world leaders. what we are going to hear that's important, kyra, is that some of the world leaders are going to say, look, we have some ideas on the table, how to secure these loose nukes in our own countries. chile says he with have highly enriched uranium. we don't know how to secure it. you guys deal with it. other countries are saying, we will have third parties deal with

. >> last week, defense secretary robert gates said that defense threats around the world require theintain the defensive posture in regards to nuclear weapons. he is joined by secretary of state hillary clinton, secretary to, and admiral mullen. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you all for being with us today. today the department of defense is releasing a nuclear posture review, a balanced approach to dealing with nuclear weapons and america's national security. i am pleased to have secretary clinton and secretary to joining us to make this announcement -- secretary chu joining us to make this announcement. both they and admiral mullen will make brief comments in a moment. then we will take your questions in regards to the npr. npr provides a road map for implementing president barack obama's agenda for reducing nuclear threat to the international community. this tribute will reduce the role and numbers of nuclear weapons, with a long term goal of a nuclear-free world. the changing nature of the security environment causes of the npr to focus on five objectives. reducing the role