this hour my exclusive interview with admiral william mcraven. standby. >>> also the olympic torch getting a royal welcome from william, kathrine and harry. and a public relations nightmare unfolding right now over chick-fil-a. the issue, same sex marriage. i'm wolf blitzer in aspen, colorado. you're in "the situation room." >>> they're not the headlines mitt romney's campaign was hoping to see as the candidate met britain's prime minister today. romney sparked an uproar with remas about london's readiness for the olympic games and promptedprompt ed pointed rebuke against himself. jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. what's going on with the republican candidate? what happened? >> reporter: wolf, earlier today mitt romney told british leaders he's hoping to take in an olympic swimming event during his time here in london. but with no pool in sight he's making some waves of his own. as mitt romney chatted up the olympics in meeting after meeting with former and current british leaders, the london media were already off to the ra

navy admiral william mcraven.g about it for the first time here at the aspen institute national security forum co-sponsored with cnn and the "new york times." we're also spending some time talking with admiral mcraven on other critical issues including afghanistan. in this part of my discussion with admiral mcraven, i asked him about those night raids in afghanistan and the thousands of troops risking their lives for a country that doesn't always seem to appreciate the u.s. and nato effort. how do you deal with that? when you're dealing with someone, you have a mission to do and the host country occasionally not only says bad things but isn't necessarily all that receptive to what you're trying to do? >> well, it is a sovereign country. we absolutely respect the sovereignty. i don't conduct in my role that's the per view of general alan. general jim mad is and his controls report to the secretary and the president. so what i can tell you is that on the night raids in the course of our operations in afghanistan we

my "the situation room" interview with admiral william mcraven. >>> some olympic athletes didn't getage that they're supposed to be on their best behavior. nearly a dozen already have been suspended or expelled. you'll find out what they did wrong. that's coming up next. >>> and a judge makes a big decision about michael jackson's three children and his mother. >>> a police chase near niagra falls takes a deadly turn. kate bolduan is monitoring that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. kate, what's the latest? >> hey there, wolf. a police officer was running after a man when they both jumped over a low wall by the side of the road. what you don't see from this angle is what's on the other side. it's a sheer drop into the deep rocky gorge that's just down river from niagra falls. the officer survived and was pull today safety. the man he was chasing died at the scene. >>> new twist in the jackson family saga. a los angeles judge suspended katherine jackson as the guardian of michael jackson's three children. tj jackson, the 34-year-old son of tito jacks

this hour my exclusive interview with admiral william mcraven. c torch getting a royal welcome from william, kathrine and harry. and a public relations nightmare unfolding right now over chick-fil-a. the issue, same sex marriage. i'm wolf blitzer in aspen, colorado. you're in "the situation room." >>> they're not the headlines mitt romney's campaign was hoping to see as the candidate met britain's prime minister today. romney sparked an uproar with remarks about london's readiness for the olympic games and promptedprompt ed pointed rebuke against himself. jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. what's going on with the republican candidate? what happened? >> reporter: wolf, earlier today mitt romney told british leaders he's hoping to take in an olympic swimming event during his time here in london. but with no pool in sight he's making some waves of his own. as mitt romney chatted up the olympics in meeting after meeting with former and current british leaders, the london media were already off to the

rare interview with admiral william mcraven. tomorrow, 4:00 p.m. eastern, only on cnn. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, playing chicken with the fiscal cliff. today, the senate hit the gas and headed towards the edge. >>> and u.s. and russia at odds over whether officials have the right to confront some americans in their own homes. >>> new details are coming about the young man who police say shot and killed 12 people inside a colorado movie theater. >>> plus, one of the victims who was shot three times has just been released from the hospital and he's "outfront" tonight. >>> i'm john avlon in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, playing chicken with the fiscal cliff. today the senate appeared to take action on extending the bush era tax cuts. appeared being the keyword. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell announced he would not filibuster the measure. instead he allowed a straight up-or-down majority wins vote. the republican plan, extend the tax cuts for everyone. an

admiral william mcraven said earlier this week the leaks put american lives at risk. speaker of the house john boehner told fox's greta van susteren last night he agrees with that. >> this is not something that came from some underling somewhere. and so there is great concern on my part as to where these leaks came from and, why they were leaked. and i would hope that the administration would cooperate with the special counsels that have been appointed so we can get to the bottom of this. this is a very serious problem. >> reporter: senior advisor to the obama campaign, david axelrod told nbc's joe scarborough, quote, i can tell you the president of the united states did not leak classified information. the call mitigations are a diversion. axelrod said romney's charges are a bunch of bellicose bloviating. house minority leader nancy pelosi is also dismissing the leaks. >> there has been a shift in the whole approach to intelligence since 9/11 that people are much more aware, both people in this room who write about it and the american people who consume your news. i

jon: also an admission from admiral william mcraven, the guy who is our nation's top special operator that he once wanted to be a journalism student. he was going to major in journalism before heading for the navy. bret, maybe there is time for you and me to change careers. >> i don't know if there's time. i think we're stuck. jon: i'm a little old. you can catch bret baier, 6:00 p.m. eastern time when he anchors "special report" on fox news channel. jenna: lucky for us you both will stick around, i'm just saying. right now when we're concentrating on our budget and so many are stretched thin and there is premium for fresh, healthy food. the usda saying the prices for staples like corn, so i and wheat because of the drought hitting the country. doug, every now and then you hear the word drought but put this drought in particular in perspective for us. >> reporter: yeah, there is every indication, jenna that this drought affect the midwestern states right now could be the worse in 50 years. the immediate effect is on farmers especially corn growers. vegetable and fruit crops are highly