we kept something of value, namely the existing vandenberg converted silos. we cleared up a source of con tending with the russians, and we kept our missile defenses out of the new start regime, ensuring that they are not subject to intrusive inspection by the russians. in exchange, we agreed to ban something again that we were never going to do, further convert silos, because that would be unwise in the first place. in other words, article 5 is a good reason to support the treaty. but i think the deepest concern of those who have raised questions about missile defense go to the treaty's other reference to missile defense in the preamble, together with the unilateral statement russia issued on its own on the subject and the so-called withdrawal clause in the treaty. the treaty's preamble recognizes -- quote -- "the existence of the interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms, that this interrelationship will become more important as strategic nuclear arms are reduced, and that current strategic defense arms do not undermine

ground base interceptor rocket was launched yesterday from vandenberg air force base in california and a target missile from the ronald reagan test site in the pacific ocean. the lawn was successful but the intercept did not happen. the$100billion program is the only long-range missile defense system in the u.s. and it is the second failure this year oust two tries. the agency says it now plans to do an extensive investigation to find out why it failed. >>> we should find out more about the incoming mayoral administering in the district. some more appointments set to be announced. >>> today's top story is the weather. tucker has that on the other side of the break and we have some school closings and delays.  ♪ i must have the wrong house. sister? we missed you so much. they waited up all night for you, you know. it's a long way from west africa. ahh...coffee. [ inhales deeply ] ♪ he's here. i brought you something from far away. [ chuckles ] really? ♪ aww. ♪ [ chuckles ] what are you doing? you're my present this year. ♪ ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ is folger

say hi to sonia from vandenberg air base in california. good morning, sonia. did you get a good night sleep last night? >> not so much. >> okay what is your question for dr. nancy? >> hi, soap ya. >> hi, how are you? my question for you is i have two young children and time to actually go to sleep at night, i find myself really struggling to fall asleep. is there anything that can i can eat during the day to fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer? >> you are in the sleep fragmented category of any young mother. you duke a mother just delivered to one who still has children who may sometimes go to sleep willingly and other times i not so willingly, you are going to find it is a little bit more of a challenge. a couple of things, a power nap in the afternoon when the kids are asleep might actually help you get into the evening. and then really start to fix fixed times for your children and make sure that you sort of set the time shortly thereafter. a couple thing for the bedroom, get the tv out of your bedroom, get the computer away from yourself, all that wo

secrecy has landed in california the x37b similar to a small space shuttle actually touched down at vandenberg air force base overnight after more than 7 months in orbit on a classified mission. the military is hinting the program could lead to development of a new tool to attack enemy satellites. >> it's like a videogame. >> looks like a new app. once again. now ro in the house! >> in the house. >> the director is just saying, ro, where are you? i'm talking to our guests from chicago! and i was saying to them, did you hear the chicago white sox just signed adam dunn? he was saying, uhm, no, because i'm a cubs fan. i'm sorry! >> then you said do still look young? >> considering i have been here 14 years. >> 40 or 14? [ laughter ] >> boy, between you and dana... >> you will never work the 6:00 newscast again. >> we are getting the wrap. >> go. >> when! >> weather! >>> tonight mostly cloudy skies across the bay area. a stray shower still possible as we look out towards the transamerica building. today highs from 52 very cool in concord to 61 in half moon bay and a few hud dreadths of an inch of

the air force's x-37b space plane land at vandenberg air force base in santa barbara county.s launched by rocket from cape canaveral seven months ago. it was originally a nasa project before being taken over by the military. the air force says the primary purpose of the mission was to check out how the craft worked. >> looks pretty futuristic. >> yes, it does. >> well, speaking of the future, jeff ranieri can peer into it and tell us what the weather is. >> your mystic crystal ball. >> i was going to say i was checking it out just before i came out here, and you know, we're on the better side of things for sunday as we head into our san jose holiday parade. i'm going to timeline the rain fowl for you coming up. right now we're finding a few showers to the north bay. it's mainly dry. today once again some spotty showers throughout highway 101. we'll zoom in and show you more of that coming up later on in the show. today's highs 58 in redwood city, 58 in los gatos, 57 gilroy, 54 in livermore, and temperatures in the low to mid 50s throughout the north bay, right where we should

the bush administration converted five icbm test silos at vandenberg air force base for missile defense interceptors and these have been grandfathered under the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. beyond this, every program advocated during the bush and obama administration has involved construction of new silos dedicated to defense on land. exactly what the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty permits. general o'reilly said in the silo conversion it would be a major setback for our missile defense program. addressing whether there would be utility in converting any existing launch tubes to a launcher of defensive missiles, the commander of u.s. strategic command stated, quote, the missile tubes that we have are valuable in the sense that they provide strategic deterrent. i would not want to trade how powerful it is and its ability to the turf for a single missile defense interceptor. essentially our military commanders are st. converting silos to missile defense purposes would never make sense for our efforts to build the best missile defense possible. a third argument involving mr. defense centers on russia's un

and they don't want it because the conversion cost of the last icbm launcher in vandenberg into a missile defense intercept launcher cost about $55 million. the average cost for a new hardened missile defense interceptor silo in a new missile field is $36 million. so -- and the reason for that is because the missile defense agency has developed a smaller, more effective special purpose silo to meet its needs. the annual operating cost for a separate converted silo, for a converted silo, which is what our colleagues are complaining about is actually $2 million higher per silo, and it's $2 million higher than a silo which they -- the military thinks is more effective and less expensive to maintain. the strategic command general chilton noted, we also don't want to force russia to make a split-second-guess as to whether a missile that's flying out of the u.s. silo field is either a missile defense interceptor or which may be aimed at a rogue missile or is it a nuclear-tipped missile aimed at moscow. that confusion is impossible to distinguish between unless you have a completely separate sil

it was senator vandenberg, a republican from michigan, who once famously said -- quote -- "to me, bipartisan foreign policy means a mutual effort to unite our official voice at the water's edge." he went on to say -- quote -- "it does not invoke the remotest surrender of free debate in determining our position. in a word, it simply seeks national security ahead of partisan advantage." sadly, mr. president, i believe the efforts by some to derail start are politically motivated, putting partisan advantage ahead of national security. nothing that protects us from the spread of nuclear weapons should be politically motivated, not in this brave, new world. let's be clear. this treaty does not in any way diminish our commitment to keeping this nation safe and strong. it imposes no limits on current or planned ballistic missile defense programs by the united states. in fact, the president has committed -- committed -- to a $10-year, $80 billion plan to modernize our nuclear infrastructure, which represents a 15% increase over current spending levels. the truth is that the united states retains ove