here's the white house press corps ten years later, 1924. te house correspondence association says this is the white house press corps in the 1950s. did you notice something different here? look, a lady. we found one. the white house press corps, which is the american people's line to the white house, has long been mostly dudes. in the 1940s the first female was the photographer who broke part of the glass ceiling when she followed harry truman around the world. in 1960 helen thomas was the first female reporter to cover the white house. and over the years, more and more pioneering women have ascended to that journalistic height. but president obama, from time to time, has put his own presidential spotlight in women in the white house press corps. the first time was the past september when he did a press conference in wales. he made a statement and then he ended up taking four questions from the traveling american press. >> i'll start with julie from the associated press. >> angela king. >> julie davis. >> is the goal to -- >> one last questi

and to see him in the united states much less the white house, would truly be historic, wolf. >> it's an amazing statement from the white house pressretary. who would have thought they're not necessarily ruling out the possibility of inviting raul castro the president of cuba to come to the white house for a meeting of the president of the united states. alina is joining us from little havana in miami. i take it there's been some mixed reaction over there as well? a lot of cuban-americans live in that part of miami? >> yeah. wolf, we've seen very strong reactions on both sides of the issue. on one hand, we have the younger generation of cubans who say, change is a good thing. on the other hand, we have people who came in the '50s and '60s who went through tremendous amount of hardship when they arrived and they strongly oppose any change without a change in the government of cuba, specifically, the castro government. i spoke with one woman in particular who says her parents sent her to the u.s. in the '60s and on one of those peter pan flights. i want you to listen to what she had to say. >> it hurts me. my family, my country, went

the motorcade. either white house staffers or the press corp. l there is earn c these untrained drivers could get in the way during an emergency. >> he got the volunteer gig of his life through a friend with white house connections. he was selected to drive around the white house press corp. in the van several areas were behind the commander-in-chief. >> we ran stoplights and stop signs and go to this crazy operation. >> but some are questioning the decade's long practice. the volunteer drivers go through a background check and that's about it. no training. just a briefing the day of. >> i think the selection process for the drivers is sub par. it has been sub par for a longtime. >> it begins with local police who block intersections followed by the secret service. and then the presidential limo is followed bay more secret service and white house staff. the press corp van is ahead of the ambulance and tail police. the concern is that the untrained driver could cause an accident or delay in an emergency. he was surprised by how things were done, b

the white house. i told andy card that that was the smart thing to do. said, do not push all of the white house press off of the plane. it would be the wrong message to show the president disappearing into the wild blue yonder. you needed voices to get his message out. >> how did things change after 9/11? >> i do not think that 9/11 changed anything in the way that i do things. a the next two years, it had significant effect in how we covered national security. where we gaveme tremendous latitude to the president, the pentagon, to those writing the patriot act on civil liberties, to the congress, which justified moving did.e direction's is it we were asked to keep things for guidance and not make them open to the public. 's schedule used to be published and public exact times when the president would be where. they would have more planning q and weanistan and ira gave them leeway to keep much of that off of the record. maybe too much. >> here you are with president obama. it was 64 days into his presidency. he called on you in a press conference. >> ann compton. hey, ann. you sound surprised. >> i am

the press when he had to. he understood the value of the human and kinder touch. the relationship between the whited the press corps which covers it must always be an adverserial one. jim brady proved that this adversarial relationship could be an amicable one. i'm going to collect up for distinguished people who can speak to that. first the me read a letter we have received for this occasion. "i wish i could be there to celebrate jim's courageous life of service. jim was blessed with a unique combination of wit intelligence, tenacity that made him an effective and often entertaining white house press secretary. perhaps there is no greater testament to his abilities or to the mutual respect he shared with journalists than his successful effort to convince the white house press corps to abandon tradition and begin raising their hands one of they wanted to ask a question. when an assassin's bullet changed everything at the pinnacle of his career, he could've lived up the rest of his life in private regret. instead, he chose to publicly embrace what he could still accomplish with his mind and heart. h

the press when he had to. he understood the value of the human and kinder touch. the relationship between the whites corps which covers it must always be an and the serial one. jim brady proved that this adversarial relationship could be an amicable one. i'm going to collect up for distinguished people who can speak to that. first the me read a letter we have received for this occasion. " i wish i could be there to celebrate jim's courageous life of service. jim was blessed with a unique combination of wit intelligence, tenacity that made him an effective and often entertaining white house press secretary. perhaps there is no greater testament to his abilities or to the mutual respect he shared with journalists than his successful effort to convince the white house press corps to abandon tradition and begin raising their hands one of they wanted to ask a question. when an assassin's bullet changed everything at the pinnacle of his career, he could've lived up the rest of his life in private regret. instead, he chose to publicly embrace what he could still accomplish with his mind and heart. he tran

the motorcade. either white house staffers or the press corp. still there is earn c these untrained drivers could get in the way during an emergency. >> he got the volunteer gig of his life through a friend with white house connections. he was selected to drive around the white house press corp. in the van several areas were behind the commander-in-chief. >> we ran stoplights and stop signs and go to this crazy operation. >> but some are questioning the decade's long practice. the volunteer drivers go through a background check and that's about it. no training. just a briefing the day of. >> i think the selection process for the drivers is sub par. it has been sub par for a longtime. >> it begins with local police who block intersections followed by the secret service. and then the presidential limo is followed bay more secret service and white house staff. the press corp van is ahead of the ambulance and tail police. the concern is that the untrained driver could cause an accident or delay in an emergency. he was surprised by how things were don

the motorcade. either white house staffers or the press corp. still there is earn c these untrained drivers could get in the way during an emergency. >> hegot the volunteer gig of his life through a friend with white house connections. he was selected to drive around the white house press corp. in the van several areas were behind the commander-in-chief. >> we ran stoplights and stop signs and go to this crazy operation. >> but some are questioning the decade's long practice. the volunteer drivers go through a background check and that's about it. no training. just a briefing the day of. >> i think the selection process for the drivers is sub par. it has been sub par for a longtime. >> it begins with local police who block intersections followed by the secret service. and then the presidential limo is followed bay more secret service and white house staff. the press corp van is ahead of the ambulance and tail police. the concern is that the untrained driver could cause an accident or delay in an emergency. he was surprised by how things were done

at least thankfully not yet. >> barbara, josh ernest the white house press secretary is beginning his briefing right now. he's going over scheduling and administrative issues. the minute he starts talking substance about the report we'll go back to him. let me sneak in one more question to you if i can. this report is about the cia which is a different entity than the military, than the pentagon, than the defense establishment. i'm wondering if you've had a chance to get reaction from the soldiers in the field who could be affected by this report. >> the united states military has its own history on this subject with this notorious events at the abu ghraib prison in iraq a number of years ago. what it all has led to is the u.s. government now has the standard. it obeys something called the army field manual. there are international norms, rules and regulations for how interrogations are conducted and you guys just pointed to the key reason for all of this. it's because the u.s. follows these you would be told. it's because it's always concerned. if u.s. troops were captured overseas,

so as this case gets sensationalized, as the white press is arguing, this is what we can expect, now that african-americans are free from slavery, over 10,000 move from the plantations into the cities. now that there's black policemen on the street who they suspect will wink and not when black people commit crimes against white people, the newspapers will start to demand that the reconstruction governor solve this crime. in particular, they're going to listen to the calls that this crime be solved by the elite white women of new orleans, the wives of the most prominent financiers in the city who are going to adopt the digby case as their own and travel to the back of town bringing baked goods to the house and a neighborhood they normally would never go. they would be in the frefrm qua french quarter townhouse and marching to the home of the reconstruction governor demanding that he solve the crime. i just want to read you a paragraph from the book. a short reading from the book to give you some sense of how the book is written about these activities by elite women and why i found it s

he was there at the white house, he did that little bit for the white house press corps dinner, and we saw him in 2008 during the campaign. it's also spoofing and part of the political world as well. >> i wonder how much he's going to bring to the show on cbs, we'll have to see. >> he's a fun guy. >> he is. >> thanks for starting your morning with us. >> all right. >>> president obama heads to hawaii for christmas. one last take on 2014. >> i am energized, i'm excited about the prospects for the next couple of years. and i'm certainly not going to be stopping for a minute in the effort to make life better for ordinary americans. >> stunning decision to normalize relations with cuba as most republicans furious. >> this president is the single worst negotiator we have had in the white house in my lifetime. >> plus 2016 via flashback to 1992. >> we can stand up together and say, yes, black

listen to the white house press secretary. >> obviously the key question today, we're expecting the cia torture report to come out this week, how well prepared does the president think that u.s. embassies according to installations are and the potential reaction? >> well, we have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow. the timing of the release of the report is something that's always been up to the committee and this decision that they have made. the administration has been, for months, preparing for the release of this report. there are some indications that this -- that the release of the report could lead to a greater risk that is posed to u.s. facilities and individuals all around the world. so the administration has taken the prudent steps to ensure that the proper security precautions are in place at u.s. facilities around the globe. but that said, and this is the last key part, that said, the administration strongly supports the release of this declassified summary of the report. the president on his first or second day in office took the ste

white house response to the discussion? >> there was. this came up in the next day. the white house press secretary said to quote home, something that made everybody cringe. they weren't going to way in on the executives but the white house has been confronted with these issues. but they try and spin this as a way to say this wasn't a good idea and this is recognition of something that needs to change. try to turn it into a positive way. >> thank you very much. now, this is obviously a major victory for the north korean hackers. the first time that any hackers have successfully canceled the release of a major film. sony's decision to pull "the interview" has the financial and creative consequences, losses north of $200 million and the creative community up in arms about the decision. what will sony do next? we have a security strategist and an entertainment expert. katherine, let me ask you, has the response been uniform? is everyone booing sony for giving in to these terrorist demands? >> everybody is up in arms. this is hitting us exactly where america stands from a cultural perspective

the job being press secretary. most of the job is to represent the president and the white house to the press. other part of your job is, as he explained, is represent the press to the white house and the president. and having come out of the press, i felt that particularly. >> sir? >> hi. i'm adam armstrong. i was just curious, you guys have had very exclusive access to the president. of that you guys are outside the white house and you guys are reading newspaper clippings, is kthe, what do you thin media can be doing to be doing a better job to help serve the general public? >> next question. i'm sorry. [laughter] sure, why not? go ahead. thinkl, you know, i journalism has changed. since i was a journalist or since i doubt with journalists. to journalismk after i left the white house, but i think what has happened is, you know, when you only had the huntley brickley show on nbc morningkite on cbs and newspapers. .m.y all had a 6:30 p deadline. if you covered the white house briefing and it was over by noon or something like that, you had the whole rest of the afternoon to call up other source

so as this case gets sensationalized, as the white press is arguing, this is what we can expect, now that african-americans are free from slavery, over 10,000 move from the plantations into the cities. now that there's black policemen on the street who they suspect will wink and not when black people commit crimes against white people, the newspapers will start to demand that the reconstruction governor solve this crime. in particular, they're going to listen to the calls that this crime be solved by the elite white women of new orleans, the wives of the most prominent financiers in the city who are going to adopt the digby case as their own and travel to the back of town bringing baked goods to the house and a neighborhood they normally would never go. they would be in the frefrm qua french quarter townhouse and marching to the home of the reconstruction governor demanding that he solve the crime. i just want to read you a paragraph from the book. a short reading from the book to give you some sense of how the book is written about these activities by elite women and why i found it s

and johnson then has the white house press office issue a statement to the white house press corps announcing that the commission has been formed and that richard russell is on it, even if he doesn't want to be. >> i hate to bother you again, but i want you to know that i made an announcement. >> announcement of what? >> of this special commission. >> oh, you have already? >> yes. and i got -- may i read it to you? >> yes. >> the president announced he's appointing a special commission to study and report upon all the facts and circumstances relating to the assassination of the late president john f. kennedy and the subsequent violent deft man charged with the assassination. the president stated that the majority and minority leadership of the senate and house have been consulted with respect to full special commission. the members of the special commission are chief justice earl warren, chairman. senator richard russell, georgia. senator john keeper, kentucky. representative gerald ford, michigan. honorable alan dulles, washington. john j. mccloi, new york. the special commission is instruct

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. >>> the white house press secretary josh earnest moments ago speak offering there at the white houseiefing announcing southeast steps the president is taking right now to deal with the serious issues, long standing issues not simply resulting from the ferguson, missouri grand jury decision. much more on this story coming up as we monitor the protests across the country right now. elsewhere here in washington, on the docket of the u.s. supreme court today is what could be a landmark freedom of speech case. it's the first free speech case that the justices have heard since social media became such a major part of every day life. at issue is the conviction of anthony ilonas over a facebook post to his estranged wife. a lower court ruled there were threats and not protected by the first amendment. here are a couple of those quotes. i'm not going to rest until your body is a mess. soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts. then he posted this after his wife got a protestive order. quote, fold up your pfa and put it in your pocket. is it thick enough to stop a bullet? let's bring

probably the biggest thing is that today hhs and also the white house put out a press release. identifying 35 current hospitals there called a bowling ebola treatment centers. three of them are in the bay area which is kaiser, open kaiser sacramento not bay area but closed in nus your cfs and the other hospitals will come on board we know that you have [inaudible] in california will become ebola treatment centers. they also denied a second category of hospital that the calling ebola assessment centers. the idea there is that the truth is that the only people who are really concerned about coming down with ebola are the people we are monitoring. basically were capturing every. coming back. so we know who's been potentially exposed and the people who would become sick would come out of that group of people. so the idea is that if they develop any symptoms and some of them will, they would go to and ebola assessment center, and if they test positive they would go to a treatment center. that's the general plan for the us. the way they would are going to do it in california, would pr

the administrations of this white house, of the george w. bush white house, the clinton white house, of all the white houses you have covered would say just as josh earnest the democratic pressecretary said, you sold it straight, you sold it straight every day. it's not an easy thing to do. they will twist you. >> well you're very kind, shepherd. i've always tried to sell it straight. i've been doing this since ronald reagan was president. i'm very grateful for the ride. it's just an incredible thing to be witness to history, to be witness to great people doing great things, and i've seen some. and it's also a tremendous honor to be able to relay that to the american people. and that's been a great joy for me, shepard. >> sarah courtney, are you kidding me? wendell goler today is your last day at the white house? you didn't tell anyone until today. no no no. ed henry, best wishes to wendell goler in retirement with lots of golf. mark knoller writes wendell goler and i go back to our days at ap radiop. he's a great reporter, friend and colleague. the white house press corps is poorer for his departure. major garpts at cbs, to those asking, @wendell goler has made it no, he is

at the white house, press secretary josh earnest, without directly naming north korea, called the attacka serious national security matter. >> there has been destructive activity with malicious intent, and the administration believes that that activity merits an appropriate response from the united states. >> reporter: it's not clear what options the u.s. might have to respond. north korea is already under heavy sanctions over its nuclear program. and criminal prosecutions seem unlikely if not impossible, even if suspects are identified, they're well beyond the reach of the u.s. government. scott? >> pelley: bob, thanks very much. now, critics of sony's decision to pull the movie say it sets a dangerous precedent. giving in to threats could have a chilling effect on hollywood. here's john blackstone. >> reporter: by canceling showings of the interview, theater chains and sony have angered and disappointed moviegoers and those who make movies. >> look at this. >> kim jong-un wants to do an interview? >> on hollywood boulevard, film fans condemned the decision. >> we should be able to view

the white house, thank you. the white house describing the cyberattack on sony as a national security matter and a response is certainly coming. the white house press secretary josh earnest declined to specify whether a foreign government is behind the hacking and the toughest rhetoric to date on this swalituation, he describede attack on movie theaters destructive with ma lesh shous intent and that the exact tea merits further action. tonight, we're also learning more about the secret nerve center for north korea cyberterror, known as bureau 121. hundreds may be working on attacks right now. cnn's kyung lah is in seoul, south korea. what are you learning? >> reporter: this is known as bureau 121 out of north korea and it's concerned the government of south korea for some time. and now there is this new wrinkle, the idea of going overseas. these hackers spread around the world, we're learning, with one sole mission to hack and cripple western interests. north korean soldiers, a parading force against the west. on state-run television, a mere ridiculous bravado of the military. but there are unseen soldiers in kim jong-un's cyberwar against the west

the choice. plus, ed henry, you can could say he is our griller in chief, doing what he does best. pressing the white house press secretaries during the daily briefing wrshz what a tough job that is. he will tell us what he thinks were the defining moments of the obama administration in 2014. >> why is it not -- >> hey, we don't know. we're investigating. >> why would one of the parts of the law suggest you were misleading people? >> i'm not sure, ed. >> are we winning? >> let me answer the question, ed. >>> the state department doubling down on allegations that north korea was, in fact, behind that huge cyber attack on sony. well this comes after the fbi dismisses reports that the leak may have been an inside job. >>> a deadly plane crash near denver. police say that a small plane crashed just feet away from a home instantly killing the pilot. the cause of that is under investigation. >>> a u.s. airways flight making an emergency landing in philadelphia after experiencing engine failure. some passengers say that they heard a large boom and then saw flames shooting from that plane. no one was hurt. >

the white house press secretary josh ernst confirmed that sony previously sought freedback from the administration and officials about the movie "the interview." >> administration officials were consulted prior to the release at the request of officials from the company producing the movie. >> but i'm saying you had an involvement months ago in this. did the administration under estimate the impact it was going to have? >> no. we wouldn't have been in a position dictating an outcome or dictating changes to a film. we did so at the request of the company. so, again, you had this private company that had come to the administration officials seeking their input, and that was presumably that input was shared. >>> as for the interview, sony could lose up to $75 million on the film including $30 million in marketing costs. there was a lot of temporary confusion when a new trailer for the interview was published on sony's youtube page on sunday. that was quickly pulled down. and paramount, banned theaters intending to show team america world police instead of the interview. right. they're not going to sh

also in the middle of the pack roll the white house press corps van driven by well just about northbound. the volunteer picked by the white house who screened for a clean criminal and driving record. untrained drivers like 2 24-year-old natalie tyson identified by the "new york times"today as the volunteer press driver in san francisco this fall. she posted her picture next to the president limo. >> i think the selection process for the drivers on the white house end is sub par. it has been sub par for a long time. >>reporter: is it more than that? in embarrassing year for the secret service when this man made it inside the white house front door. is it safe to have a novice driving among the professionals and so close to the president the? motorcade generally looks like this. local motorcycle police in front to block intersections followed by secret service then the presidential limo followed by more secret service and white house staff van and here's the critical part. often the press van follows the staff in front of the local ambulance and tale police. concern is the untrained driver

also in the middle of the pack, rolls the lowly white house press corps van. driven by, well, just about anybody. a volunteer picked by the white house, who is screened for a record. 24 year-old natalie tyson identified by the "new york times" today as the volunteer press driver in san francisco this fall. she posted her picture next to the president's limo. >> i think the selection process for the drivers on the white house end is subpar. i think it's been for a long time. >> reporter: but is it more than that? in an embarrassing year for the secret service when this man made it inside the white house front door, is it safe to have a novice driving among the professionals, and so close to the president? the concern is that the untrained driver could be in the way. >>> let's head to pakistan with a development in the killing last week. the taliban storming a school. this officer, amid the rubble. tonight, word of the alleged mastermind of the attack has been killed in a remote area near the border of afghanistan. >>> and tonight, prayers along the beaches once

. >> reporter: the white house press secretary says the weakening of school lunch rules may not be what the white house wants but "that's the nature of bipartisan compromise." jim. >> axelrod: mark albert in our washington newsroom. thank you, mark. the ebola outbreak in west africa has now killed more than 6,500 people, according to the world health organization, that out of more than 18,000 who have been stricken so far. the rising toll is forcing drastic action in sierra leone, a largely muslim country, where nonetheless christmas celebrations are common-- or at least were common. debora patta has more. ♪ how can they know it's christmastime at all ♪ >> reporter: bob geldof's latest star-studded rendition of band aid was aimed at raising funds to stop the spread of ebola. ♪ let them know it's christmastime ♪ >> reporter: now, ironically, instead of good cheer and the joy of the christmas spirit, soldiers will be deployed on to the streets. the government has banned all public christmas and new year festivities. the military will be forcing people venturing out into the streets back i

the truth is, there are a lot of strong, powerful, and incredibly talented women in the white house press corps so it's hardly an unusual thing to have them ask questions of the president. but what's interesting, of course, is the president is coming off a period where he's supposed to be in lame duck mode, having lost rather decisively the midterm elections. instead he cut a climate deal with china. he issued an immigration order that is pretty sweeping and the dig diplomatic opening with cuba. he wants to show he's not a lame duck and we'll see how far he can take it. >> sreenivasan: what are the calculations, at least from the white house, that you're hearing that went into this? clearly it wasn't a surprise that he had all these things lined up, and was it dependent on how the midterm elections turned out? >> each of these, of course, is a different thing. he had a trip to china scheduled for after the election, regardless of how the election turned out, and they've been negotiating the climate deal for quite a while. this cuba deal has been in the works for 18 months. i don't think i

at the white house press secretary josh earnest suggested whether the program produced actionable intelligence was besides the point. >> even if this information did yield important national security information, the damage that it did to our moral authority in the mind of this president means that those interrogation techniques should not have been implemented in the first place. >> for more on the senate intelligence committee report i'm joined by washington, d.c. by former cia director ambassador r. james wolsey, currently the chairman of the defense for american democracy. ambassador it's a pleasure to have you as always. your colleagues the three former cia directors say that a balanced study was important but that this committee report was anything but, it was a partisan attack. do you agree with them? >> basically yes. i think what's really indicative here is they dealt with no one, such as these three directors of central intelligence, who had been responsible for making the decisions about the program and correcting some of the early mistakes that were made. they didn't talk to a soul

rescue plan for somers was approved by the president 48 hours after the white house received it. and the white house press secretary today said there was no unnecessary delay. >> once there was concrete information and a plan in place, the president promptly authorized this mission. >> reporter: late today, somers' brother jordan and mother paula posted this heartbreaking message to al qaeda on youtube. >> please show mercy and give us an opportunity to see our luke again. he is all that we have. >> reporter: somers, who grew up in sacramento, california, is now the fourth american to be threatened with execution by terrorists unless the u.s. agrees to negotiate. >> so tough to hear from his family. brian, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to dramatic pictures here at home tonight. the quick-thinking school bus driver, saving dozens of young lives. abc's matt gutman with the pictures. >> reporter: you're not seeing double. these are two school buses, burned into husks. one in texas with ten kids aboard and this one in polk county, florida. >> 911, emergency? >> reporter: that florida inferno video ca

pointing to north korea and possibly some of its allies, the white house so far stopping short of blaming the rogue nation. here's the white house's pressretary, josh earnest. >> this is something that's being treated as a serious national security matter. there is evidence to indicate that we have seen destructive activity with malicious intent that was initiated by a sophisticated actor. and it is being treated by those investigative agencies, both at the fbi and the department of justice, as seriously as you would expect. >> in the meantime, ambassador john bolton says the u.s. is woefully unprepared to deal with cyber warfare, and it's a blessing in disguise that hackers chose to target the entertainment industry rather than defense. >> i think we have simply not paid enough attention to the threat that the cyber attacks pose for the government, for our business community. if we can conclude it was north korea, we need to put them back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, we need to put all the economic sanctions back in place. this regime never should have been let out of international sanctions, and i think we're paying for

leslie, colleen and juliette. >> well, sarah, when you were at the -- in the white house there, how gender diverse was the white house pressn today? >> it's more gender diverse. the difference is that the bush white house was also more gender diverse than -- >> a plug there. it was. it was a diverse white house. i think it was a neat thing there for josh earnest. good for him. that's all for today. happy hanukkah, merry christmas. we will be back next week, because we're not taking a holiday break, because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> "nbc 10@issues" starts now. >>> not everyone feels good sick. people who don't get[c÷ pa time. now philadelphia city councilman has written a prescription for changing that. we will tell you how the business community feels. >>> a book about the man who created the popular museum. >>> and why a high school hockey team thinks pink5.n is the per color for their jerseys. >> good morning. weé< begin with philadelphia

leslie, colleen and juliette. >> well, sarah, when you were at the -- in the white house there, how gender diverse was the white house pressn today? >> it's more gender diverse. the difference is that the bush white house was also more gender diverse than -- >> a plug there. it was. it was a diverse white house. i think it was a neat thing there for josh earnest. good for him. that's all for today. happy hanukkah, merry christmas. we will be back next week, because we're not taking a holiday break, because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> press here is sponsored in part by barracuda network. citi national bank, providing lines of credit to help northern california businesses grow. >> a former apple designer takes us inside the mind of one infinite loop, jason green says he's not impressed with a billion dollar company, he wants $10 billion companies, and spud hilton uses social media to shame space greedy air passengers. our reporters, kristina far of reuters, and john of usa today, this week on

considering sanctions againsts settleme settlements, as specifically, three, four times today, the white house pressey're not going to move forward with sanctions against israel. the president announcing his new defense secretary nominee, if he gets through and he's expected to, ashton carter, former deputy, the senate secretary has a lot of respect on both sides of the aisle on capitol hill. a big hug for susan rice, the national security advisor there. how much the inner circle at the white house will be active in the pentagon decisions. steve hayes, emily walker, and the author of "invisible front." really great read on that. thoughts on this israel thing. >> it's befuddling. this is not press that you can dismiss immediately. this began with one of the biggest and most respected papers in israel. this isn't a fringe website that this popping up from. but the idea that you can push through any kind of sanctions package with israel, no matter u how weak, no matter how small it is, while you're saying don't do anything with iran, you'll blow up the talk. it's strange that they could not hammer it d