move ahead 12 years, the pentagon plan is 2443 plants, and $397.1 billion. e design and production, $84 billion has already been spent. what happened? >> the price has almost doubled. we are getting fewer planes for much money. we have spent an enormous amount of money and the plane is only about 17% tested. the software code is to be written. the marine version still having engineering challenges. what that slide tells you is the sheer amount of money -- the growth of this program in terms of the initial estimate was so different from the reality. this reflects the technical challenges. what critics will tell you is that this is a program that has run amok. it has run aground. it has run out of control. >> more video of the marine version, trying to work for your article showing how these planes. here is the marine video. >> ?-- ♪ ♪ >> helicopter landing ship, not a regular carrier. why do they need that? >> the marines have 11 of those types of ships. they have short? where they can fly planes like that and helicopters. the marines want to continue to have

trade center and the pentagon, yes, the pentagon. by the time you get past the half of the country that believe climate clang is an outright hoax, how do you do the rational thing about something like gun safety? that's our problem, that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. ♪ >>> today was a huge news day in the ongoing political fight against gun violence in this country. the white house threw its most precious and powerful resource, the time and attention of the president of the united states, behind the issue today. the president traveled to denver, colorado, where he was introduced by the local police chief and planked by law enforcement officers to draw washington's attention, again, to gun safety. >> we need parents, we need teachers, we need police officers, we need pastors, we need hunters and sportsmen, americans of every background, to say, we've suffered too much pain and care too much about our children to allow this to continue. we're not going to just wait for the n

i feel like being the head of the pentagon is like being the pope.like when there's a new -- when there's a vacancy, well, this next one's really going to have to deal with reforming the institution. they need reform inside the curiam. there's a lot of rot in there. then you go in, and guess what, you get coopted by the institution. what is your feeling about where chuck hagel will fit into that trajectory? >> there's a joke among defense reporters -- >> my favorite genre of joke. >> naturally. outside of papacy jokes. a joke that in order to be defense secretary, you have to give this speech that hagel gave, that you come in, you're going to make sure acquisitions are going to get cleaned up, personnel policies are going to be aligned with what's actually in the national interest, costs are going to come under control. you also can't get out of the pentagon before you renege on all of that and the building has ground you down into a fine powder. in terms of everything hagel said today, there's a lot for reformers to get excited about. implementation

the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. of congress were pushing a second engine built by the arrival contractor in large political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other country in the world have this set up? >> no. no other country spends nearly what we do on this. >> is it good or bad that congress -- >> it is hopeful that congress acts as a check on some of these runaway programs. in many cases, congress is trying to sh the pentagon to do it staff that it does not want to do. members of congress wanted for their own interest. we continued to build tanks and ohio. why do we do that? members of the ohio delegation want the jobs. the army does not think it needs any more tanks. >> there is a " in your article about the marine corps is ability to get what it wants.

here at home the pentagon saying it postponed its own planned missile test from california's air force base. that delay they hope may help diffuse the situation on the korean peninsula. but north korea does not appear to be willing to drop the defenses any time soon. this video from the state showing pictures of attacking the defense minister. another video supervising a series of drills using an unmanned combat plan. the leading u.s. military commander in south korea to delay a trip to washington. he says he will remain in seoul for quote a prudent measure. steve centanni following from the nation's capital and streaming live from the south korean capital. david? >> it is looking increasingly likely north korea is going to conduct the text. >> the government. should be back where it starts from the embassies by that day. suet k south korea has been following the missiles to the east coast of north korea. it was 1800 miles. north korea has threatened the attack. the u.s. tried to make sure is it doesn't do anything to make the situation worse here. the pentagon postponed a test of ball

the pentagon has postponed a planned ballistic missile. fearing it could be interpreted. and general james thurmon, the forces in korea to washington has been delayed because of the crisis. now, if any country has influence on north korea, it's china. it provides the majority of pyongyang's food and fuel. and china's president implied in a speech today, without naming north korea, the region shouldn't be disrupted by one country and australian prime minister warned that conflict here would be disastrous for the region. >> all countries in the region share a deep interest in strategic stability. but the consequences of conflict are ever more severe for us all. this is nowhere no clear than on the korean peninsula. there are any aggression is a threat to interest to every country in the region. >> reporter: secretary of state kerry will be meeting leaders from south korea, japan, and most importantly, the chinese leadership. back to you, harris. >> harris: david piper, thank you very much. in washington, north korea's growing antagonism is growing concern from the white hous

most quote physical weakness with least evidence of bruising but the pentagon admits is hiding hundreds of photos of u.s. torture even worse according to senator ron wyden take the worst case multiply it several times over there are u.s. soldiers raping iraq he will be in close quote every indecency and abuse abu ghraib victims instead of those in the white washed official report first reuters this the result is clinton finds reaction to the must've told to cover up still going all. during tool sure and instills this solmes blasted at deafening levels the cloke one f.b.i. office that describes the us tool just sessions. i entered interview rooms to find the detainees chained hand and foot in the fetal position on the floor with no chair food or water most times they had urinated or desiccated on themselves and had been left there for eighteen twenty four hours or more interrogators the day before had made the temperature in the room well over one hundred degrees the detainee was almost unconscious on the floor with a pile of hair next to him he had apparently been literally pulling his

he's now also brain damage he called recognize his mother's face but the pentagon photo is good it takes a toll to supporters just ten seconds to say waterboarding is both medieval and produces unreliable. everything completely goes all the way you know. you can't think about it in these mature waterboarding in the media they're not even getting near where waterboarding story they're just getting in the water in their sinuses it's when the water starts to push down and you start to gasp for air and when you take that gas. that's when it overrides your your cause will start pouring into your lungs and you start feeling it right about here and that's when you start to panic and you start to struggle and as you start to struggle you start pushing on your bike and then if you know if you've got to you start kicking your feet together and then you start violently spasming when the senate found tortured to produce no useful intelligence whatsoever cia counterterrorism boss jose rodriguez and his assistant panicked they rushed to an industrial shredder destroying knowing t two tapes of zayn and

let's get to jennifer griffin at the pentagon. ifer, any indication that the president has ordered the pentagon to begin positioning troops anywhere? >> no, not as of yet. the president again called the use of chemical weapons in syria a game-changer but there's still no indication the pentagon has been asked to act. >> as early as last year, i asked the pentagon, our military, intelligence officials to prepare for me what options might be available. and i won't go into he details of what those options might be, but it will clearly -- that would be an escalation. >> options are ready, and if it becomes -- either if it becomes clear to me or i'm ordered to too so, we'll act. but at this point that hasn't occurred. >> dempsey went on to say that in essence, no-fly zone may not achieve what some on capitol hill would like it to achieve, so there are a lot of caveats to the plans that have been presented to president obama. also, remember, there's still currently only one aircraft carrier in the region in the persian gulf. they would h

barbara starr is at the pentagon with details on the report and the caveats. kyung lah is in seoul. retired general james "spider" marks is an expert on military weapons of mass destruction and he joins us. we will talk to the congressman you just heard from in just a few moments. barbara, let me start with you. the portion of the d.i.a. report that the congressman read today, many people understandably alarmed by it. what are you hearing about it, the validity of the information? >> well, what he read was accurate, anderson. that is what the d.i.a. has said, no question about it. but what's the d.i.a. really talking about here? why should all of us be so concerned? what they're saying is that north korea has made significant progress in nuclear weapons. this is broad scale, this is not a nuclear warhead. that's what the pentagon came back and talked about just later today. the pentagon says we're not talking about a nuclear warhead fine-tuned miniaturized highly technical warhead that can be put on a missile and delivered overseas perhaps to the united states. we're talking about n

the pentagon is pushing back. >> what is the rationale for opposing this legislation?y saying that our position has not changed. this is a matter that is pending before a court. i'm not going to get into it. >> reporter: cnn obtained the pentagon position paper which does. in it officials argue awarding the purple heart would taint the case against the alleged shooter major hasan. quote, this provision would be viewed as setting the stage for a formal declaration that major hasan is a terrorist. such a situation would fundamentally compromise the fairness and due process of the pending trial. >> that argument is total rubbish. >> neil share is an attorney for the victims and says it is absurd to think that high ranking officers who make up the jury will be swayed by an award and he argues hasan is a terrorist. >> as he was firing mercilessly on his victims, he was yelling, god is great. he was getting advice from al awlaki who was i believe in yemen. >> hasan corresponded with al qaeda leader awlaki a dozen times in the months leading up to the incident. but the pentag

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. have we crossed the readline?he letter from the white house to congress suggests a small out of sarin gas was likely used. this is blazed on fit rolling cal evidence or blood or tissue samples from the victims. the white house wants more evidence. the letter from the white house says the intelligence community assesses, quote, with dearth degrees of confidence the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale. chuck hagel appeared to be surprised when he left israel where there were initial reports that chemical weapons had been used. he was asked today about the report that chemical weapons had been used and the letter sent from the white house to congress. here's what he said. >> what was the evidence? >> i don't know the specific evidence. i haven't seen it. >> that's a pretty big caveat. he says he hasn't seen the intelligence suggesting chemicals weapons have been used. is this a redline? u.s. military forces say 20 people were victims of the alleged sarin attack. more than 70,000 have been killed

yes the pentagon is is is the pentagon general kelly from the southern command went on the record and said that look this is frustration because the president broke his promise that's unprecedented in our society to have a general tell the president that look this is what's causing it it's not about the qur'an it's about the frustration that is kuantan so look at a very small level the people running the prison are making huge mistakes and they are without logic and they're playing chicken as i said before but but the real issue here is at the foot of the president it's whether or not this president who said guantanamo is weighs on his conscious those were his words apparently it doesn't weigh on his conscience any more because he's been totally silent on it and we've heard nothing but for one or two comments in a briefing that that he remains committed to guantanamo we're just asking that he step up reaffirm it i want to hear it from his mouth just briefly in front of the we've got people here clearly you know being held without charge for a crime also we don't know how long they're

jennifer griffin on fox top story live at the pentagon tonight. stunning, jennifer. >> it's a pretty big revelation, shep. until now, the defense secretary and other pentagon officials had always said that the north koreans had not yet miniaturized device allowing it to be weapon niced. this is a huge step in the world of nuclear proliferation. here is what douglas lamb bourn of colorado revealed today on capitol hill. >> quoting from the unclassified portion which i believe has not yet been made public, they say, quote: dia assesses with moderate confidence the north currently has nuclear weapons currently of delivery by ballistic missiles however the reliability will be low. >> however the pentagon report indicates even if the north koreans have figured this out, their nukes probably aren't very reliable so they might not work. and there is no indication we're told that there are any nuclear weapons on the backs of these missiles that we are watching right now. waiting for the north koreans to possibly launch, shep? >> shepard: it seems that most

that's some comfort to officials at the pentagon. hether they are moving this to cullly carry out some attack or for another test launch, that's anybody's guess. we talked about april 15th, the 101st first of the norse of the berth of kim il-sung, the do it officials are looking at around which kim jong-un might decide he wants to take in sort of action. >> shepard: secretary of state john kerry is headed to the region next week. right? >> yes. this is all part of the message to south korea. you don't need to act or react. we've got your back. secretary kerry will hold talks with the president. president park is fairly new in office and may be feeling under some pressure to actually act. so the u.s., along with all the military movement we've seen, wants to send a clear message of support to its allies in the region. here's state department spokesman victoria knewland. >> we are taking the appropriate steps in terms of defense of the united states, in terms of defense of our aye -- allies, both the republic of korea and japan. we're m

that's not going to happen. >> want to bring in our barbara starr from the pentagon. barbara, we heard bill richardson say it would be suicidal for north korea to go through with its threats. he's a diplomat. how does the military see it? >> right now what they're focused on suzanne and michael, is the possibility of that north korean ballistic missile launch in the next few days. we have fresh information that's come to us in just the last few minutes. a u.s. official telling us that u.s. intelligence now has noticed in the last few days north korea has moved missile components to its east coast. and these are consistent with a mobile missile that is of such concern because it can be launched from a mobile launcher. and look at that map. if it goes off the east coast of north korea where that equipment is right now, it will by definition fly over japan. and that certainly will upset the japanese. the problem of course with the mobile missile launch, you get very little warning that it would be about to happen. so the u.s. now very much watching the east coast of north

they have been working with the pentagon. it is more of a collaborative efforts. i think they're going to push hard to have some ambitious legislation. as far as afghanistan, it depends on the summer. they have indicated that they will wait and see it before making any recommendation. the hill at least will look to see with the military leaders have to say. , there wasfghanistan a recommendation for 13,600 after 2014. the demonstration has not made a decision on it yet. made athing day decision. they're pushing this often a little bit. the afghans are getting look very concerned about this lack of clarity on the future. it is causing them all to head a little bit. ae fear of abandonment is real concern. at some point the administration will have to come up with their plan for post-2014. it is 18 months away. aboutis is still debate the numbers. the size is important. it will tell what they can do. terrorism a counter- force they're able to go after al qaeda targets. >>

kind of action are we talking about will the national defense magazine said that the option for the pentagon would be to subsidize domestic suppliers if their products are seen as essential however the ongoing cuts of government spending might make a bailout of weapon manufacturers a tough sell the taxpayers want to know the story of close up. news can become global in an instant especially with the help of video images and will there is a place for your news and video needs our t. has a sister station roughly which launched today it's a video service committed to capturing important moments as they happen but if you watch our t.v. regularly you are right you've already seen roughly video in our broadcasts from the t.s.a. breaking that twenty thousand dollar boat world renowned cellist alvin gearhart the b.b.c. employee strike rock roughly was there capturing it all be sure to check out their new website now up and running to see the news before it hits the mainstream let's going to do it for now for more on these stories we cover go to youtube dot com slash r t america will be.

maybe the pentagon is right. have gotten better recently the eight indonesia soldiers were killed by the local insurgency there. which is very small and innocuous in many respect but still has some lethal capacity. and we expected them to go nuts. that's what they have done in the past. they didn't. but as i said some folks at osd a few weeks ago that one can say a they have reform, there's evidence -- we have evidence that a lot of impunity if things get bloody enough there could be more abuses. neither of us has the evidence to say we are right and the other is wrong. we are both sort of arguing with each other with ante-dote and we don't have a lot to go with. there are places like cambodia where i know we're right. the pentagon has a big problem. there's -- you find a couple of navy unit. a couple of young officers who aren't involved in any political activity. we can train them maritime security or something. navy although there's no maritime security in afghanistan. but for the most part, you have a whole e

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channels and newspapers the country wide that it shall never be repeated again the pentagon instead wants to blow another forty nine million dollars expanding it even if you are one of the types of things that american gulags are super cool and awesome do you realize that it takes over one million dollars per year per prisoner to keep the place open are you sure you don't want that money to go toward something else like your children's education the thing that burns me up about this the most is that obama promised if elected to close guantanamo bay and as commander in chief of the armed forces he could do this whatever he wanted no amount of filibustering by the republicans could stop him obama you promised hundreds of millions of people to do something very simple start the paper work tomorrow buddy make the nation look better that's your job but that's just my opinion. that's how our life was. east and west. and. i'm a little boy they won't hurt me. yes it does it's. the jews chased us. and everywhere we went the jews would chase us to hear. from the.

and other bombers that it sent to the region for the ongoing military exercises with south korea the pentagon is now deploying an advanced missile defense system to guam a major u.s. military base in asia north korea the north korean army has announced that it has the final approval for a nuclear attack on the u.s. as they tell us north korean rockets can't really reach the u.s. mainland but they can potentially attack u.s. bases in the region there are twenty thousand u.s. troops just across the border in south korea so could we see the worst nuclear standoff since the cuban missile crisis between the soviet union and the u.s. even though the rhetoric is probably as hostile as it's ever been no one really believes that north korea is actually going to carry out an attack north korea itself knows that if it didn't attack or for that attack the united states it would be committing national suicide the united states would retaliate in a tremendous fashion north korea does not want to commit suicide i believe north korea is doing all this so it can get to a point to actually negotiate some kind

the pentagon made the announcement today.he laser gun still a prototype officials say it uses extremely focused beam of light to hit its target. they say it's not advanced enough to hit a missile but that it can down drones or sink small boats. jennifer griffin with the news from the pentagon tonight. where does the pentagon plan to send these new weapons? >> well, shepard, this new weapon could can be operational off the coast of iran as early as next year. this video released by the navy shows the laser locked on to a slow moving target in this case an unmanned drone which burst a flame in mid flight. the laser prototype will be mounted to the and sent out to the persian gulf where iran operates small summers drones and revolutionary guard is known for swarming and harassing u.s. navy ships with small armored speed boats, shep. >> shepard: this thing is, i don't know, relatively speaking mighty cheap to use. >> that's right. one of its major advantages the navy proudly says is its relatively low cost to operate. >> this dir

the warning came as the pentagon moves to deploy defense systems in the asia pacific amid fears its response to pyongyang's aggressive rhetoric is disproportionate and could trigger a military standoff. and fierce clashes in the west bank turned deadly as rita falls as killer police scene and teenage protest are feuding tensions pond by the death of a former high ranking palestinian security officer and israeli trainer. and you saw russia and around the world this is the with me. hello and welcome to the program north korea's military says it's now officially or surprised to wage a nuclear attack against the u.s. to counter what it calls washington's aggression young young warns an explosion is imminent and war could break out today or tomorrow and soon all the latest in a series of threats let's now go live to seoul where we're joined live by south korean based journalist joseph came as of good morning to you nice to see you so is north korea really ready to carry out this threat are they even capable of doing such. well if we look at this doubt that they have just given the united states w

>> jennifer griffin at the pentagon. weeks of bombastic threats about going nuclear leaders are taking a different approach. up set about joint south korean military exercises. today the economically strapped north severed one of its only reliable economic lifelines to the much wealthier south. reporter david piper has details from seoul. >> the south korean government says its neighbor to the north continues to keep tensions high here by doing something dramatic almost every day in order to capture the world's attention. today's headline grabbing move pulling its 50,000 workers out of a joint industrial plant with the south. >> as south korea and the united states insult the country's dignity and make the industrial zone a starting point of war, the complex will be halted from now on. >> north korea had already barred south korean workers from entering the zone when which is based just across the border. the industrial complex also had the last direct communication link between the two -- after pyongyang cut the emergenc

. >> shifting to the budget, the defense budget, the pentagon is looking at a cut of 487 billion dollars in projected spending over 10 years, perhaps billions more if the sequester isn't reversed. one of the things a secretary hegel and the administration have proposed is an increase in tri-care fees. they have also talked about another round of base closings in 2015. what is the chance of congress going along those two steps and have you gotten any sense of any pressure from the pentagon in pushing for these kinds of changes and increases? >> those of the two steps we need to take. if we are going to be shrinking the force, it will be shut even without sequestration. it is it -- base closing is a tool that the military needs to do to vertically align its base and salacious. commerce is not fond of base closing. but we are making this tribe -- but when we are making this type of transition to international security, it actually has to happen. i've spoken to many veterans groups about this. number one, people who serve in the military, people who have served in our military should have th

the pentagon has a big problem. the can find a couple of navy units cannot involved in any political activities. you can train them maritime security or something. maybe. there's the maritime security in afghanistan. no maritime security in afghanistan. the whole entity is messed up to the core. there is very little to do. what do you do then with those countries? either cut them off or be very tough with them. that is where we are with cambodia and sri lanka. give them a road map like we're doing with burma. give them a road map. this is what you need to do. things will get better for you. >> the question here in the front. i do not know if we are including central asia in this discussion. if we are, can both give you [inaudible] >> central asia touches on what i was trying to indicate with the tactical and political agencies. we have something called the northern distribution network that is a vital and might become even more vital. we have concerns with the human rights record. thatve a base in kurdistan is proble

new center tonight it's not just stuff to eleven pm here in moscow and our top story the pentagon is sounding the alarm over the french troops withdrawal from mali saying local forces are unfit to take over paris pulled the first contingent out of the volatile state on choose day they plan to withdraw three quarters of their force by the end of the year two but i've also sanctioned a thousand strong permanent deployment there france intervened in mali in january to drive islamist rebels out of the country and this test reports next a lot's changed for paris since the start of the mission. they say though that they still plan on continuing the induction of the four thousand strong military personnel currently on the ground and keeping these a one thousand troops they say will be part of a future un a peacekeeping mission however this is in stark contrast to what french foreign minister had said in january. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of weakness later on if you come as barca but we have no intention of staying forever. now the french have gone into mali a

nbc news is reporting heightened security at the pentagon. here outside the u.s. capitol we are seeing increased presence patrolling the area. the actions for visitors in the area have been normal, but for those who call austin home, there is perhaps an even greater sense of sadness and shot. -- who call boston home. >> a little afraid, hoping people we know who ran in the race are ok. outside the capital, motorcycle officers patrol the grounds as a precaution, while visitors continued familiar note routines of strolling in taking pictures. outside the white house, action, as police closed down pedestrian traffic as a safety measure. to department shifted heightened alert moments after the explosions in boston and will remain there for the time being. >> i cannot dwell on it. >> did you feel safe right now inside the capitol? >> pretty much. >> shocked and saddened by the news of boston, but there faith back home is unshaken. >> we will come out stronger in the end. >> metro transit police have increased security during tonight's rush hour and that will have offic

jennifer griffin at the pentagon for us. k exchange here as we shift to the markets and fickle, merck and fiez we are this diabetes drug, good news today. >> as we watched the nice on diabetes and obesity and all of that, this is important news. merck down slightly at 47.86. we'll take you over to pfizer as well but the two companies together, both of which are dow components and two leaders in the pharmaceutical industry are working together to develop jointly an experimental type two diabetes drug. and with this, late stage trials will start later this year. here's a look at pfizer, though. that's good news there, up 1.25%. pfizer has received $60 million up front for the milestones and will continue to receive money as this goes along. the revenue and the costs are going to share these both good news, the revenue and the cost as well. it will be used in combination with other diabetes drugs but merck will continue to retain the rights to the products. it's interesting news and obviously great news for americans and people

the pentagon moved a missile defense system to guam, a u.s. territory that could be in the crosshairs. "the fox report's" correspondent jonathan hunt live at the united nations. jonathan, what do we know about these missile movements? >> well, john, south korean officials say and many experts agree with their assessment that the missile most likely being moved is called a mosadan. it's ballistic missile maximum range carrying a war head about 2.5000 miles that would put guam into reach. that is one of the reasons why that missile defense system is being moved there by the pentagon the pentagon has musadun missiles. one of the concerns about the musudan is that it can be launched from a mobile truck. that would give the u.s. and others much less time to react than if they had to mount it on a launch tower. that is one of the major concerns tonight, jon. >> jon: and there is a date coming up that could be significant in all of this? >> very significant date. april 15th. a week monday that will be the 101st anniversary of the birth of the founder

david martin reports from the pentagon that the air force will be flying combat aircraft over bostonto make sure that the airspace is clear the nypd in new york as it always does during a terrorist attack anywhere in the world has stepped up its security in the nation's largest city. and that is ongoing now there is no indication that any other attack is eminent, if indeed this was an attack. we don't have any indication of that whatsoever at this point but security is going up in various places all around the country. the explosions happened a little after 2:00 eastern time, 2:10 at the finish line of the boston marathon of the first unexplosion and about 15 seconds later there was another. that is the smoke clearing from the first explosion and as the company ra plan pans to the left you see the second explosion down the street, about a block away. boston police are telling us two dead, 23 wounded. we've seen men, women and children being taken to ambulances, being taken away in wheelchairs and we are expecting a news conference from the boston news department later this afternoon,

the pentagon confirms the north koreans moved to missile launchers into position and expect more thanaunch at any time. this is the first time north korea has tested this kind of missile on a mobile launcher adding to concerns about where it might land to japan deployed to tokyo because the missile could fly over japan and reach guam. >> shepard: the president released its budget proposal, is there a sense how that would impact it? >> the pentagon went out of their way to make sure north korean doesn't miss understand. >> given what's going on i don't want to leave the impression in the minds of our potential add very adversaries this is an opportunity for them, it's not the. >> president budget cuts missile defense by $550 million at a time the military and nation made need missile defense more than ever. >> thank you. now the bloody battle to overtake syria and the complicated situation got more complicated when it comes to the question, who are the opposition forces fighting to tom the leader. one of the rebel groups joined with a branch of al-qaeda. according to an audio recording

today we learned that the pentagon's intelligence arm has assessed with "moderate confidence" that north korea has the ability to fire nuclear weapons delivered by ballistic missiles. chris lawrence is working his sources at the pentagon tonight. we have a reporter in seoul. of course, it's tomorrow morning there. chris, we have known for a while that north korea had nuclear capabilities and we knew that they had missiles. but what we didn't know was that they could actually put those two things together. what are you learning? >> i can tell you that the announcement of this potential capability came as a complete shock to folks in the pentagon who were shocked to hear this mention in an open hearing on capitol hill today, erin. basically, congressman referenced this intelligence assessment that said that with a moderate degree of certainty, they felt that north korea had developed a capability to develop nuclear weapons with the capability to deliver them via ballistic missiles. what we have just learned is that the administration will be releasing a statement very shortly clarifying so

national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. again, why the administration decided doknst designating tsarnaev an enemy combatant. catherine herridge here in washington the on the fbi's contact. with tamerlan tsarnaev who died on friday night. boston seven days after the attack. but we begin with chief washington correspondent james rosen and stunning news of another planned attack of terror. good evening, james. >> bret, good evening. canadian officials announced today they arrested two men this afternoon and charged them with plotting with the aid of al qaeda to blow up a passenger train traveling from new york to the greater torrent area. the alleged terrorist are age 30 and are raheed of toronto. they worked with canadian intelligence and u.s. national security and law enforcement officers to interrupt this alleged plot in an 8 month investigation code named project smooth. they said the plot was detected early on and neither american nor canadian citizens faced any imminent threat as a result. u.s. officials told fox news th

body that we have caused any individual at any time to come to harm in the past four years. >> the pentagond that they've gone through all of these documents and they found the names of 300 people. >> well, that's new public information to us. it's possible that there are 300 names in the publicly released afghan material. we don't pretend that that process is absolutely perfect. we did hold back one in five documents for extra harm minimization review and we also improved our process. so when iraq came around, there was not even a single name in it. >> i mean, there have been reports of people quoting taliban leaders, saying that they had the names of these people and that they were going to take retribution. >> the taliban is not a coherent outfit. but we don't say that it is absolutely impossible that anything we ever publish will ever result in harm. we cannot say that. >> there's a perception on the part of some people who believe that your agenda right now is anti-american. >> not at all. in fact, our founding values are those of the u.s. revolution. they are those of people like jeff

jennifer griffin in the pentagon with the latest on what the u.s. military is doing to prepare for kim jong-un a threat. we begin with greg in south korea. you think tensions are rising in washington, they are at a fever pitch. there is already a new corn this friday morning there. >> hello, greg? >> hey, bret. a u.s. official confirmed to fox news that north korea raised a launcher with a dangerous new missile in a firing position and later lowered that. but experts say north korea is meaning business and that is sending a chill in the korean peninsula. >> area separating north and south korea is tense. constant talk of war from pyongyang has people on edge. this man fled across the peninsula in 1950. >> i am concerned. toric is getting stronger and i am worried about war. >> north korea fed coordinates in targets in missiles. they are reportedly shifting around and launched any time. >> nearby japan will shoot down any missile that threatens it. i think it is regrettable that north korea is taking acts. north koreans are barred from entering a bus

what did you hear there from the chairman of the threats that we're facing in this country, and the pentagon strategy overall? >> it is a remarkable time in washington, in that every day, we have new headlines, new stories about north korea, syria, iran, afghanistan, about all these missions or potential missions facing the u.s. military. we unseemly parts of the world. at the same time every day, we have pretty much chaos when it comes to how to fund these operations, fund the pentagon, with the cut in military spending. congress and the white house are completely far apart. even within congress they can't agree on how to pay for all of this, and this is really affecting the pentagon in this day and age, whether you think there should be more or less money devote to military spending, the uncertain is he it is -- the uncertainty is a problem. >> he talks in one voice about red lines and we need not to back off of red lines, but then in the next breath he was saying i don't want to get involved anywhere because we're not in the position to get involved in all of these places. and when you ta

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon for us tonight. is it the sense that exactly what's happening here, jennifer? it's a bit confusing. >> well, shepard, the president again called the use of chemical weapons in syria a game changer. but they there is still no indication the pentagon has been asked to act. >> as early as last year, i asked the pentagon, our military, our intelligence officials to prepare for me what options might be available. and i won't go into the details of what those options might be. you know, clearly, that would be an escalation. >> options are yesterdayy. and if it becomes either if it becomes clear to me or if i'm ordered to do so, we will act. but at this point, that hasn't occurred. >> the caveat the president says is that the u.s. still doesn't know who used the chemical weapons in syria and on whom. the intelligence simply confirms sara ran was found in blood, tissue and hair samples of some of the victims at the united nations just a short time ago earlier today, the syrian representative indicated the ass