. >> robert gates about afghanistan. >> they were both right and kennedy took the lesson, and mcnamara has drawn up the plan, called talking a thousand troops out before the end of 14-9d 63 and all the u.s. troops out by 1965, and mcnamara said, what if the ute is losing? and he said we would have taken them out anyway. that was our plan. we have a lot of people -- kennedy mentioned to a lot of people in 1963 this was his planment he said i can't do it out in, or else there will be a right wing rebellion and we'll lose the election. so he says after the election i'm going to do it he said it to tip o'neill -- >> i'm sure you grew up on the pentagon papers, the secret history of the war, represent by daniel elsburg, is it true the papers were about vietnam was gaining territory. so perhaps by the '64 election this would have been major issue for kennedy, and he would have had to coming on more hawkish, again. >> counterfactual. we think kennedy had a certain kind of self-confidence. kennedy said at one opinion if somebody argues to me about unemployment, i can refute him. i have no prob

from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: robert gates is here, hhe has had a distinguished career in public service spanning six decades and served under eight presidents from lyndon johnson to barack obama. >> he took the top job in 1991 under george h.w. bush, president of texas a & m university from 2002 to 2006 when president george w. bush appointed him secretary of defense. president obama asked him to stay at the pentagon making him the first defense secretary to serve in both a republican and the democratic administration, he left his post in june, 2011. at his farewell ceremony president obama awarded him the presidential award of freedom. >> the highest honor. >> this is a man i have come to know and respect. a humble american patriot. a man of common sense and decency. quite simply one of our nation's finest public servants. >> rose: today the united states face as wave of foreign policy challenges, including the pressing question of how to respond to the potential use of chemical weapons by the assad government in syria, the government warned him o

in 2008 robert gates says he was not conscious wihen his body smoothered a grenade in iraq.d video shows his actions were intentional. they are sticking with the original decision. the national counter-terrorism center is working under new rules and is raising a whole lot of eyebrows over your right to privacy. the agency can now check out government files of any ordinary american for possible criminal behavior even if there is no reason to suspect them. this is a major departure from past practice and we will hear a lot about this one. >> i am sure we will. >> he has been serving up lunch in lansing michigan for five years. the gentlemen took minutes for union workers protesting the right to work law to smash clinton harbor famous hot dog stand. they are part of the group who tore down americans for prosperity tent on the capitol lawn. now they are reimbursing him for his destroyed cart. so far they have raced 14,000 dollar. >> going cold turkey after all of these years? kicking santa's smoking habits. this is the new version of twaus the night before christmas. they decide

of the foreign policy team, robert gates up to his eyeballs most of the bad things the country has done for decades. >> but he promised he would pull troops out of iraq so he falls through on his promise. >> so they do not take it seriously enough. we think it has been a big mistake. one thing he said is that cut back on the bush secrecy and has not followed through. with the espionage act was passed three people were indicted we were critical of many things but with the treatment of bradley manning it was very problematic but in some ways with bush and cheney for the war crimes committed so if you commit war crimes you walk free? if you expose then you are sentenced to jail? his policy is problematic. and with the case like yemen and then if it backfires the times square bombers. >> we have one minute left. >> not only as factual but what form policy should we have? what would you do? >> impassioned and a love of mankind and a purpose a century of the common man because the world can cooperate and has as a bigger shark but cooperating. >> if we have the richest 300 people more than the

. >> secretary of defense robert gates recommended an air strike with no forces inserted on the ground. cia director panetta supported aa raid by special forces. so did secretary of state clinton. vice president biden wanted to wait on further proof that bin laden was indeed there. how contentious did it get among members of your team? there was not consensus. >> it was never contentious because i think everybody understood both the pros and the cons of action. there were doubts that were voiced inside the situation room, but they weren't doubts that weren't going through my own head. people advocating action understood that if this did not work, if we proved to be wrong, there would be severe geopolitical consequences and we might put our brave navy s.e.a.l.s in danger. >> at the meeting the president did not indicate which way he was leaning. >> as we were walking out and walked up together as we walked out of the room, he said, you know, it's time to make a decision. i know it sounds trite. the president's all alone. all alone. >> the president said he'd have an answer for the team

street people that were brought into the policies or not depriving it of a foreign policy team robert gates has been up to his eyeballs in things the country has done for decades. >> this was promised to the campaign 2008 that he pulls us out of iraq so in some ways he is just following through on his promise. >> he has supported him strongly and if they do they were not taken seriously enough and then it would take us in a big mistake. the work on a number of fronts. he said it would be the transparency president of that he is going to cut back on all of push's secrecy. and in much ways he hasn't followed through. between 1917 and three people were indicted in to the act and they've invited six. they are very critical to a lot of things. but one is the treatment for example of bradley manning who has campaigned against assange heuvel released the documents that's very problematic but they refuse to go after bush and cheney and manning is being incarcerated for exposing the war crimes so if you comment coming you walk free and if you expose them you get sent to jail in this administration.

but remember robert gates and afghanistan?they were both right to but mcnamara had blown up the plan to take the battle troops out before 1963 and all of them by 1965. but what of the 90th statia -- yet is states was losing? to take them out anyway. kennedy mentioned i cannot do it now so we will lose the election after i am elected i will do it he said tip o'neill and others. >> the list could be the war that when those in vietnam where the territory? perhaps by the election it would have been a major issue. >> it could be counterfactual but kennedy said to argue is me about unemployment he can refuse to me but with that intelligence community i used to assume they had a special knowledge and then said i will tell my successor not to trust the military station military or joint chiefs. >> and then had the generals a pressing him on afghanistan. >> has the foreign policy change? and has been more than 20 years. and does the u.s. still see the world doesn't oyster to be cracked open? >> you and your own question. [laughter] i w

robert gates said north korea was within five years of being able to strike the continental united statesthe white house condemns the missil launch calling it a highly provocative act that could impact stability in the region. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> pope benedict really 16 is now part of the -- pope benedict is now part of the twitter nation. he already has more than 1 million followers who will read miss messages in english, arabic, polish and four other languages. >>> 8:16. pavi shankar has died at the age of 92. boy. he was good. he was known as the good father the world music. in fact -- known as the godfather of world music. in fact, the beatles gave him that name. he continued to perform until last year, last thursday, he underwent surge heart surgery -- heart surgery but did in the recover. >>> walnut creek police are still searching for clues at the smash-and-grab grocery at the macy's store. police say the alarm went off at 3:15 a.m. but the police were not called until 4:28. police also says macy's still has not handed over surveillance video. a nearby jewelry st

at the time, then-defense secretary robert gates determined he was already brain dead when he fell onenade and as such, he decided to award him posthumously with the navy cross. that's one level down, instead of the military's highest award, the medal of honor. and while defense secretary leon panetta recently agreed with that assessment, one lawmaker and former combat marines says he will not stop fighting for him. republican congressman duncan hunter of california is a member of the house armed services committee and is a former combat marine who served this country in iraq and afghanistan. sir, welcome. >> hey, thank you for having me. megyn: and thank you for your incredible service as i read up on your background before you came on today. really impressive and wonderful, and i want to ask you about this fallen marine because it's so extraordinary to have this disparity between the marines and the navy seals who are he deserves the medal of honor, and the department of defense brass -- first robert dates and now leon panetta -- saying, no, he doesn't. what is the essence of the di

. >>> in an interview on tuesday, i asked former defense secretary robert gates about the worsening situation in syria and the possibility of the government using chemical weapons against the rebels. >> what should we do in syria if they attempt to move the chemical weapons? >> well, i think that based on what the president has said, we would have no alternative to some kind of military response. and then there are a range of possibilities, but i think -- the one thing about when -- we use this expression more than once. when the president of the united states cocks the pistol, he better be ready to fire it. so a warning of that kind must have consequences if something happens with those chemical weapons. but he has a wide range, i think, of options in that event. >> based on everything you know about this president, is he prepared? >> oh, yeah. no, i think -- one of the things about president obama, he is very tough minded. and i think his decision to go after bin laden, his decisions on afghanistan in terms of the troop buildups, this is a guy actually who relishes making decisions. and it

awarding the medal of honor, i cannot in good conscience change the recommendation of secretary robert gatesut this? >> the family is very upset because the family believes the marines that were there, the ones that were actually inside the house on that day, november 15th, 2004. and forensic evidence and second guessing will never change their views on what happened that day. >> this is a second time that peralta has been denied the medal of honor. >> we marines believe in honor. as long as there is a marine corps, there will be a marine fighting for sergeant peralta and right now a former marine is the one leading the fight for him. >> do you think it's important that the defense department is trying to uphold a standard for the medal of honor? >> the department of defense always says that the standard has never changed. they are absolutely right about that. but what has changed is the procedures to get to that standard. in world war ii it took months. today it takes years to award a medal of honor. >> four of the witnesses apparently give a mostly consistent account of what happened. so w

caller: robert gates seems to be on the way out as secretary of defense.ever comes in next will need to make the cuts. how about colin powell coming back as secretary of defense? guest: that is an interesting thought. i do not know how the republicans would react. i think some are upset he has endorsed president obama twice. general powell is in his late 60's. i do not think he is interested in coming back to the government. there are going to be budget cuts in the pentagon. part of the fiscal cliff deal is that there are heavy pentagon cuts in the sequester. the budget is the reason i think president obama would like to have leon panetta told on for a least another year. he is an experienced public official. he was budget director at one time. he has good relations on capitol hill, particularly with republicans. i think the administration would just as soon see him hang in there. he is at the age where he may want to return to california. host: stevens writes in on twitter that he would like to see howard dean offered a position. is there any talk about t

even robert gates said we could cut it significantly. last week, we did not hear any whining in 2006 when the republicans passed the free- trade deal with china that lost millions of jobs. you sound like you work for the defense department or something, or defense contractors. host: sorry about that. guest: you made a lot of good points. if you look at this, the defense industry has been a huge lobbyist on capitol hill. companies like lockheed martin been contributed -- contiguous to representatives. -- being contributors to representatives. i do not think anybody is arguing that there should not be cuts to defense or the pentagon. most people who serve on the house or senate armed services committee are about getting rid of these inefficiencies. the real question is, how do you do it in a safe, responsible way as opposed to having this trigger at the first of the year of the forces and across the broad -- across the board cut that does not have any discretion. there are potential issues that could be on the chopping block. host: market

department michelle floronoy said president obama wanted to appoint her as defense secretary when robert gateslt he couldn't have. this is such inside washington. development we love this. >> waiting for someone to mention sam nun's name the obligatory sam nun mention. >> talk about bride's maid but wanted to nominate her. felt like he couldn't have one at state and one at defense in his first term. but now he can do anything he wants. >> gloves off >> bill: so he could have susan rice and michelle flornory or chuck hagle. i like chuck hagle a lot. i remember when we thought he was going to run for president. >> uh-huh. >> then he had that news come friends. come on. yeah. do you think these -- timing we will know before the end of the year? >> yeah i think it will start leaking out pretty soon. it's got to. yeah. but president obama's so locked into having a big legacy a big meaningful legacy action i think he will go with flornoy. what a gesture that would be female defense secretary. something to leave to posterity. >> bill: in the press corps that you used to be part of? >> i am still. >>

robert gates says we can take $80 billion a year out of the military budget. we're not going to do that. but are we going to do something meaningful? those are the issues. all we seem to have done, even if we pull it out in the last week, we kick the can down the road on the very important long-term issues. >> so if this is really a blown opportunity, to borrow your phrase, how does the campaign to fix the debt's mission change? or does it stay constant as we kick this and move it into the new year? >> we're constant. we're back there banging on everybody january 2nd. to do this up against the debt ceiling is embarrassing. it's embarrassing for us as a country. it's embarrassing, it should be embarrassing for us in front of the whole world. let's do it because it's the right thing to do. we know we've got to do it. and because as the rolling stones say and the president said a couple of days ago, you can't always get what you want. but if you try hard, you'll get what you need. >> wow. jagger, you, they're almost the same. governor. >> and president obama. >>

even robert gates said we could cut it significantly. last week, we did not hear any whining in 2006 when the republicans passed the free- trade deal with china that lost millions of jobs. you sound like you work for the defense department or something, or defense contractors. host: sorry about that. guest: you made a lot of good points. if you look at this, the defense industry has been a huge lobbyist on capitol hill. companies like lockheed martin been contributed -- contiguous to representatives. -- being contributors to representatives. i do not think anybody is arguing that there should not be cuts to defense or the pentagon. most people who serve on the house or senate armed services committee are about getting rid of these inefficiencies. the real question is, how do you do it in a safe, responsible way as opposed to having this trigger at the first of the year of the forces and across the broad -- across the board cut that does not have any discretion. there are potential issues that could be on the chopping block. host: market

bill gates sr. robertin abigail disney, and richard rockefeller, one of the heirs to the rockefeller fortune. bush lowered the estate tax. how much did that cough us? $536 billion over 10 years. where did that money go? to the richest .3%. they got an extra $536 billion. what does president obama do? of course, as always, he splits the baby. the state tax used to a ply for families above $2 million. he said let's move it to $7.5 million. bush wanted to move it to $10 million. the rate used to be at high at 55%, now president obama wants to make it 45%. what happens? we save some of the money that bush cost us, but still leave $256 billion going to the richest .3%. some of the people in that richest .3% say we shouldn't do that. we should make estate taxes even higher than obama's proposing because we need the money for the rest of the programs that this country desperately needs and rich have enough. to back up their point the forbes top 400 richest people in the country net worth in 1982 of $213 billion,

benefit from the balance provided in the first term by figures such as hillary rodham clinton and robert m. gates took a more skeptical view of engagement and favored steps such as the surge of troops in afghanistan." richard haass, i mean, i can't square that up with john kerry where john kerry's coming from. >> i can't square up that editorial. the surge in afghanistan seems to me to be one of the more ill-advised things the united states has done over the last few years. plus engagement is fine to try. we ought to, for example, try a negotiated approach to iran right now on the nuclear issue. it's often important to check that box. either you get a successful diplomatic outcome or then you move on. but engagement can give you clarity. there's nothing wrong in trying that. you've also just got to know when it's time to move on. and by the way, you want your secretary of state to do. he is the person who ought to be taking the lead in diplomacy. quite honestly, i don't understand that editorial. >> i haven't read that editorial, honestly, but the idea that you'd frown upon a secretary of state w

i thought bill gates and chief justice roberts were powerful.e makes the other guys look like crash dummies. we're on the cusp of an economic boom in this country. but we have politicians that would rather create a recession, a mandated economic collapse, let's create a bear market versus rising above. and guess what? these enemies of wealth and job creation may get their way and win. yes, to borrow a phrase from my own rant last time we were on the brink of a washington-inspired financial disaster, they know nothing. shawn in illinois. shawn? >> caller: hello, jim. >> what's up, chief? >> caller: booyah from chicago land. >> done. speak to me. >> caller: i've been watching blizzard for some time now, and i just heard a report that their sales revenue from call of duty black ops 2 has topped $1 billion in 15 days. and for the entire "call of duty" franchise has surpassed even "star wars." that's huge, and my question is, they've been trading sideways for a few years now. is this the catalyst we've been looking for to see some growth? >> no. here

gate bridge. san francisco board of appeals by a 5 to 0 vote reversed a planning commission -- reversed a planning commission vote against the fourth floor rooftop addition by david and andrea ross en. robert feldman, director of the board said, there's no way to build anything in san francisco without blocking views, and the board reiterated last night its often stated position that neither california courts nor the statutes protect views." >> any additional commissioner comments or questions? okay, next item, please. >> commissioners, it will place you under the director's report. item 10, director's announcements. >> no announcements that i'm aware of today that i've received from john who is currently out of town representing the department elsewhere. sorry, i'm jeff, director of [speaker not understood] standing in for john. there is a director's report in your package that identifies it. a couple matters. one, milestone achievements, those being recognition of staff that have been here for long, dedicate and had contributory periods, a number for five years. davidal enbecause, 15 years. lulu wong, remarkable 30 years. there is also a description of two grants that will department has

robert c. scott at ucs sf, academic dean keith c. wingate, assistant academic dean seana marshall, legal counsel -- leop adviser jan jamison and mammoth -- a circumcised foreign student from instandbull turkey at golden gate university. between november 2008 and december 2012, was it these hands? was it alcohol? was it drinking alcohol? was it brewing alcohol? or was it tobacco? i would like to use the rest of my time to pay tribute to the fallen. >> supervisor elsbernd: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> hey, ron austin, executive haven't -- workers union, it's been a long day. we're here to say a few words for the record to the board we received correspondence from sf mta for a service reduction on the day before christmas and the week after, and subsequently that week in between new year's and christmas. and we didn't know if the board or the city knew. and this is something that was attempted a couple of weeks back with the thanksgiving week, in which we disapproved because the level of ridership that happens after or before the holiday actually is increased with increased shopping and commerce in the union square area, also with people still have to go to work. we've been kind of forced int

issue moving violations in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news >>catherine: of the bay bridge is pretty jammed. the westbound moving slowly. the golden gateg piece and in both directions and the san mateo bridge is also a decent. stay with us . one of hottest the deal came as his sundepbook for the bundle pack to practice spells on your system as players intaerat www.kron4.com code for the " enter to win and could block. good luck >>catherine: it's the bay area's favorite way to ring in the new year. kron four will be bringing you the best parties and fireworks. they'll be on kron four's 'new year's live' show. i'll be hosting along with gary radnich. see you on 'new year's live'. oh, you have a keurig vue brewer? oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee that's stronger and bigger... and even hotter! actually, i just press this button. brew the coffee you love -- stronger, bigger, or hotter -- with the keurig vue. >> coming up, police looking for a man in a car who made an appro

out it will help us all get to chp stanley roberts kron 4 news >>jacqueline: we can this is >>jacqueline: this is going to continue to press to the golden gatel totals will see very similar totals to what we saw today. three-7 in. in the total amount for the hills and the mountains. this is expected to stall with gusting winds to contend with. as we take a look at our extended forecast heavy rainfall for the afternoon now. a great monday, thankfully before it looks like the thunderstorms move in. we will keep you posted as if it gets closer. >> the supreme court did not take any action on the same-sex marriage. that includes the california proposition 8 the supporters had appealed to the higher court. if they decide not to her proposition 8 the same-sex marriage could resume in california of. if it does hear the case arguments would begin in the spring. they are all racing the issue of gays and lesbians have the constitutional right to marry. >> george w. borscht is in a stable condition. george h.-w. bush. -- of the 88 year-old former president is doing better. he could even be released this weekend. >> this new jersey train derailment caus

roberts. >> where is my invitation josh? problem with josh [ talking over each other ] >> we'll be back with five things to know before you go. >>> abc7 morning news returns in >>> 6:51, live look at the golden gatetraffic moving along fine beautiful shot on this clear monday morning, december 10th. >>> as we get ready to hand off to "good morning america" here are five things to know before you go: number one, big rig caught fire after getting tangled up in high voltage power lines, the two jumped out safely. pg&e came to turn the power off. >> number two, san francisco police hoping the public can help after a man and woman were found bound, gagged and unconscious in the bay view the man died the woman has life-threatening injuries. >> number three, the union city woman who killed nursing student michelle le finds out today how long she will go to prison. giselle esteban is expected to be sentenced to at least 25 years. >> number four, millions are mourning the death of the wildly popular singer jenni rivera. a small jet carrying the superstar and six others crashed in northern mexico yesterday. investigators trying to determine why the plane vanished from radar after taking off. >>> number fiv

robert borks role can't be defined by the failed nomination or water gate. for a different reason. the dean of the university us. >> steve: his contributions were great to america? >> that's right. rather than just picking up going home and going in isolation after the defeat, he started a new career . he became one of our leading public intellectual and commentary . his book is a classic. so his insight in terms of our culture was very important >> steve: when you were dean and putting together the ave maria law school. scalia said hey, you need somebody big. try to get bork and you asked him four types and he said no, no, no . until he said yes. that made a difference for you. >> you have it presoycely right . fourth time he said yes was when tom mon on han was founder and funder of the law school were driving to a press conference and we decided to try the judge one more time, and we did and he said yes . the rest was history for us. >> steve: and the great thing about having him as a part of history teaching the law stune in ave maria. he can recount thi

the golden gate is moving these in north bound, southbound, no problems and the san mateo is also moving right along. we will be back. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts people behaving badly. >> the rain hits the bay it's not uncommon for traffic to back up like here on the 880 this driver chose to follow behind a tow truck. the only problem with that she was driving on the shoulder >> ford pickup, pull over when it rains in the bay common sence pretty goes out the window. the driver of the pickup claimed she had an emergency, at her >> the driver in this white car was spotted weaving in and out of the carpool lane in the rain and get this he was a solo driver it's hard enough to navigate the roads whrn the weather is dry it's even more difficult when visibility is limited >> pull forward >> after officer hunter from the hayward office of the chp had a talk with him it was my turn >> i was impatient , when i was in the right lane the car in front of me was going entirely too slow and i said let me go around over here and when i saw you all back there i said oh my goodness im going to get pulled over i can count on one hand just how many times drivers

the golden gate bridge, things are pretty quiet and it looks like traffic is moving smoothly there. it is so sunny in san francisco. >> (male announcer) stanley robertsle behaving badly... you are looking at a $1,000 navigation/stereo receiver sitting in the rear seat of his car in downtown san the sale. and the front center column is the wide-screen cbs and plainview and yet another box containing who knows what. in fact if you look at cars parked in downtown san mateo you might be surprised at what you might find. this mercedes has nothing in plain view but look at the door, it is not locked. >> luckily i have a police officer a year so he saw me but you have to ashley lock your door of to be saved. >> and as far i've found an old school tie by charging in the front seat and plenty of navigation systems good for redrafting. you may not know this but it only takes six and to break a window and steal your belongings. some people think that if they put it in the trunk everything is safe. the bad guys are watching what you putting your fraud. they will go in and steal it after you leave. san mateo police have put out an alert that there have been burgl