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. >>> retired general stanley mcchrystal will teach a gruam near at yale university on leadership. he was fired in july because of disparaging comments he and his aides made about their bosses. >> looks like san francisco may be below average again? >> even with the sunshine out there and probably be the warmest day, we'll be a littl shy of average. look at sfo whe the sky is starti to clear and l the flight arrival delays are ov. we'll talk about how warm it will be and how much we're going to drop. >> and a critical repair astronauts finished today on the international space station. >> and zsa-zsa gabor's health is getting wors we all know hti was hit by a devastating earthquake. tens of thousands of haitians have died, and that number isising. we don't have time to sit around and talk about what we can do to help. you can help by dating today.und >>> to astronauts installed a new pump today finishing some urgent cooli system repairs. it was the third spacewalk in ten days. they hooked up power cables. the lab has been operating on half of it's cooling capabilities after ins the

troops in afghanistan after his "rolling stone" article led to the firing of general stanley mcchrystaland an exclusive interview with a man accused of facebook bigamy. >>> and now, keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today, on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

mcchrystal and the debate about that but the other thing to remember is michael hastings didn't get stanley mcchrystal fired stan mcchrystal got in and fought hard because of the things that he did and whether or not they were supposed to be off the record or on background or were free for reporting it was those actions that ended his career not michael hastings really quickly let me just ask you this which do you think has a bigger maybe the opportunity for objectivity to be compromised having military active military duty officers in a newsroom or having journalists embedded with military officers where do you think journalists would lose their objectivity or have a propensity for as i said we bring military officers into the newsroom they tend to under get a much better understanding of what we do as journalists and and it fosters a better relationship between the military in the media and i think the same thing happens when you send you know reporters of the criticism of reporters who are embedded that their stories are sharp enough is because a lot of times they understand a little more what's go

yale university said today it's hired general stanley mcchrystal to teach a graduate level course on leadership. mcchrystal was relieved of his command in june for disparaging comments he and his aides made about their civilian bosses. right next door to afghanistan, the humanitarian crisis in pakistan is getting worse by the day. monsoon rains have flooded a fifth of the country, at least 1,500 people have died and anger is growing. yesterday, people in punjab province burned tires to protest the government's slow response. in swat valley, the floodwaters have receded but richard roth reports many towns are still cut off from the help they need. >> reporter: for a sick little girl in northwest pakistan, the only way to the doctor is across the swat river and with hundreds of bridges destroyed by the flood, there's risk in each improvised replacement. where the road stops outside the town of mingora, a human traffic jam starts. the only relief supplies moving to a million people cut off in this valley move on the backs of men. >> the mud is up to your knees so older people, children,

. >>> meanwhile, retired general stanley mcchrystal plans to teach at yale university.ly, mcchrystal was fired from his post as commander of the war in afghanistan after making disparaging remarks about president obama in a "rolling stone" magazine interview. >>> now to the stimulus bill. it was signed by president obama exactly 18 months ago. today the bill is designed to jump-start the economy and create jobs, but today millions remain unspent. nancy cordes takes a closer look. >> reporter: by the end of next month, the federal government will have awarded nearly all of its stimulus fund, $862 billion worth, to local governments around the country. but it's in those states and cities that the money is running into road blocks. >> sure, i'm frustrated with that. >> reporter: that's democratic congressman james clyburn, a supporter of the stimulus. complaining about the slow pace of stimulus spending in his home state of south carolina. >> there is a big difference in what we do here in washington and how it gets where the rubber meets the road out in these communities.

>> well, there's some information in there about stanley mcchrystal. tion in it. i wrote the book, came out in 2008, and i indicate that mcchrystal was involved in, you know, orchestrating -- i think, orchestrating the cover-up. he falsified the silver star. he was very aware that pat was killed by friendlies. and then when he was going to be promoted to the head commander in afghanistan, i had contacted president obama, i e-mailed him and written a letter and contacted members of congress, just trying to remind them that this man needed to be scrutinized very carefully. and in the end, it turned out that he was pretty much meant for that position. he was a shoo-in. of course, he was promoted. and, that is, you know, part of the foreword. >> you talk about that, about the concerns you raised with president obama, with senator mccain and others. you say when this "rolling stone" article came out just this spring, which led to the end of his post there and his military career, you say you felt validated when you read that article about general mcchrystal.

thousand and eleven deadline for a supposed sort of start to the drawdown of the the surge that stanley mcchrystal supervised general petraeus who is now in charge of operation in afghanistan has been quite clear in the media recently about moving back from that deadline simply because the situation is not moving forward as predicted the kandahar offensive has been stalled the last few months have seen the heaviest fighting for nato troops since the invasion of the country said the first thing to remember is that the u.s. might be there for a lot longer the second thing is while any large power has exerted difficulty in finding employment in afghanistan and it's mainly the competition between pakistan and india in the south of afghanistan i think that will really kind of prove the crux of who really is the kingmaker there in the future can we talk about the drug situation that's certainly having a negative impact on russia in profits from the drugs trade and of course to fund terrorism there but the u.s. military actually says that it doesn't see that country drug traffickers as part of its missio

strategy in that war torn country well i think that they've succeeded here in fact retired general stanley mcchrystal once made a very snarky comment saying that when we understand this slide we'll have won the war but colonel sellon wrote in at the ground on these diagrams explaining how absolutely pointless these presentations really are when it comes to military success he claims of the daily meetings are just a way to spoon feed generals with information and any mistake in a slide could even leave a top official very confused selling goes on to say that these daily conferences even consist of a roll call for the failings of officers to make sure that they're actually attending every time even claims of the briefings are carried out by a briefer and a very monotonous tone bueller. beeler are what are we in school now this isn't safe the reason that these military officers are graduated and gotten this far in their careers is because they're supposed to be able to think on their feet especially in tough situations but these high school style setting seems like anything but free thinking to me now s

the rolling stone writer whose article ended the military career of general stanley mcchrystal is not allowed back with the troops. the pentagon rejected michael hastings request to join u.s. troops fighting in afghanistan. this comes as the pentagon ramps up into an investigation of the material he used in his article. this morning hastings sits down with meredith on the "today" show. he said he stands by his article and is troubled by the military's decision. >> i've been doing this for five years. gone on dozens of embeds with troops, been on many combat missions, traveled with senior military officials and never had an issue. >> you can catch the rest of that issue coming up on the "today" show. >> want to check in with mike and a look at the morning commute. >> i will give an update on that motorcycle accident on the skyway in san francisco. the car involved has been taken away. there was a car reportedly hit by one of those motorcycles. the two motorcycles still clearing from the highway. some tow trucks coming from the san francisco side. about the same amount of slowing we saw

retired general stanley mcchrystal has accepted a position as lecturer at yale. teach a graduate course in leadership at the jackson institute for global affairs. mcchrystal was forced to retire after comments he and his staff made about the white house appeared in "rolling stone magazine." >>> michael douglas is being treated for a tumor in his throat. he will undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. the 65-year-old says he is optimistic. his spokesman told "people" magazine that doctors expect him to make a full recovery. douglar stars in a wall street seek welcoming out this far. >>> lady gaga fans who paid as much as 200 bucks per ticket to her show will finally cash them in tonight. ♪ this is home video we found just posted of her show last night a. the artist shot straight up the music charts with songs like "poker face" and "bad romance." fans turn out in their best lady gaga outfits. this is my second one. she's one of the best? no. she is the best entertainer out there, like. her show, she goes full out. full out. >> yes. >> i cannot wait to se

general david petraeus like general stanley mcchrystal before limb has said working with the worldwide muslim community is probably the best way to win america's war. >>> another layer of protection is in place this morning for credit card users. no credit card rules include no more inactivity fees for not using your card enough. a cap on $25 for late payment fees and a fee for going over your credit card limit cannot exceed the amount of spending. a bank cannot arbitrary raise your interest rates. the rules are why a lot of people started checking their credit cards. >>> their attitudes have changed by closing some of their credit cards and they are consolidated them and aren't using them as frequently. >> people in atlanta have the highest monthly balance and san franciscans have the lowest monthly balance. balances are down 53% from what they were three years ago. >>> the 489ers don't have to travel far for their next game. san francisco hosted the vikings and brett farve yesterday. long enough for, check this out, patrick willis gets the sack. last year's third spring quarterback.

today, president obama fired general stanley mcchrystal, saying mcchrystal showed poor judgment in hisrolling stone" interview. yeah. it turns out when it comes to criticizing the white house, the general's policy is "just ask, and i'll tell." [ laughter ] this is kind of cool. on monday, a vintage wall street sign sold for $116,000 in new york. yeah. you can tell it's very old because the words "wall street" are written in english and not chinese. [ laughter ] it's very old. [ applause ] rare. this is a funny story. "harry potter" star daniel radcliffe said that the first time he heard justin bieber singing, he thought it was a woman. [ laughter ] then justin bieber responded, "ha, ha, that's so funny. by the way, i slept with hermione." [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] last night, in connecticut, passengers on a virgin atlantic flight had a nightmare situation where they were kept on a hot plane without food or water for more than four hours. or as they call that on delta, a flight. [ laughter ] oh, i like delta. [ cheers and applause ] check this out. researchers in france have d

the former commanding general of the war in afghanistan, stanley mcchrystal, has accepted a new position in connecticut. an announcement later today is expected to say that yale university will welcome the former general as a lecturer, teaching graduate students, of course, on leadership. iran has announced that it lance to begin construction of 10 uranium enrichment centers across the country by next year and that work on one of the centers will be started by march of 20 is 1. over the weekend, iran and russia confirmed that russians will start loading a nuclear reactor with fuel next week. and this from the justice department, former house majority leader tom delay learned last week that the government has ended a six-year investigation of his ties to former lobbyist jack abramoff. it lasted through two presidents and four attorneys general. and those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i think it's important that every floridian know that i am a person that's stood up for the principles of the people of the state of florida. >> i'm not going to be part of this culture

the obama administration fired stanley mcchrystal because of critical comments he made.raeus has said he wants to do a range of things, come all militias in afghanistan. karzai opposed it. he wants military population moving in. even hearts and minds, they said that is not for americans to do. afghans will win afghan hearts and minds. these are major concern, but the fact that the last ditch american general with any credibility is being rebuffed again and again is a bigger concern. host: if the story continues to take traction, how much more difficult will it be for general petraeus to achieve his michigan in afghanistan? guest: people who know internal karzai say that he is a deeply paranoid man. he very rarely leaves his compound. he is always worried about foreign spies. if he believed that all of this advisers are on the cia payroll, you can imagine he will become even more host: yochi dreazen is here to talk about u.s. foreign policy, afghanistan, pakistan. elsewhere, the conversation continues with christian, arlington, virginia. caller: christopher. thank you for

commander took over after a controversial "rolling stone" article led to the end of general stanley mcchrystal'sitary career. now the pentagon is refusing to let that report and the reporter who wrote it embed with another unit in afghanistan. we're going to talk about that with michael hastings in a moment. but first jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon >> good morning. it's been a couple of months since the story that forced general mcchrystal out of the army. but the fallout in media relations is far from over. on his last day as a soldier general stan mcchrystal managed to joke about the article that ended his career. with a word of warning to his fellow soldiers. >> i have stories on all of you. photos on many. and i know a "rolling stone" reporter. >> reporter: that reporter is michael hastings. in an interview on "today" in june, hastings explained how he landed that "rolling stone" scoop. >> actually, it was almost a throwback to the old days of fly on the wall reporting, where, nowadays, it's almost so controlled, it's always very so controlled. so it was very rare to get this kind of ac