david bowie to mention a few two years ago he recorded and then to woodward a famous british soprano song bright now in the sun he was busy performing at concerts in russia for several months already today he's in spotlight to tell what inspires him in this country so much he just cannot stop saying. how alexander fellow very much very much for being for being with. me here well first of all i'm not asking you what's your favorite food. my favorite. city you. see what about what about italian football on the world cup and. what happens. was everything about. maybe the guys was that almost the same. ones that work out for you. is normal you have to change. to be competitive every every four years you know maybe they should have taken more plays from c.n.n. . something as my son is the founder of dentists and he says they should have taken more people from japan. was very bad. everything is changing and life so maybe it. has to change there to renew with the younger younger food but but there anyway we wish you good luck with. good football but not shows. you know not as good as italy

you did not mention the bob woodward leak on the stand in a crystal work in september. -- ast on theanley mcchrtystal report which was classified. it was typical of what you want to avoid for the silence is deafening. >> i was never convinced that it leaked out of this building. >> what steps did you take to track that down? >> i have all lot of experience with leak investigation over a lot of years [laughter] . very cautious for calling for a leak investigations especially when lots of people have access to the document. >> to what extent did you know the actual controversial content of that article in a "rolling before hand? >> i think you have to address questions of appropriateness. those are areas where i certainly depend on the advice of people will have been in the public affairs business and know these different publications and i think frankly this is a world that has got more complicated with a lot more free-lance journalist, a lot moreblogs and a lot more of everything. people who have full-time day jobs doing something else are not going to be familiar with many of these entit

>> extraordinary morning, two young men, you might call them boys, waiting for the woodward streetcar to get them downtown. yes, they're tired. they're also dirty and happy. happy 'cause they finished a short workweek and if they're not rich, they're as close to rich as they'll ever be in this town. >> over the decades philip levine has written about many subjects and he writes as he titled his most recent book, the news of the world. >> started off talking about your life in the factories. many years later, you have made a life as a poet. does that surprise you? >> oh, god, yeah. i mean, i'm stunned. one of the things that made it happen were pure luck. on my 26th birthday, i met my present wife. and how many women could stay with a guy who has no prospects and wants to write poetry? and stay with him now 55 years? sometimes she worked so i could sit home and scribble and she honors what i'm doing. and i think that is the most crucial thing, to be honored as a poet. even if -- not by a nation, because a nation is an abstraction. but just to be honored by this person or that person or

officer who misspoke overseas and all these other media- military foibles -- you didn't mention bob woodward's leak, the mcchrystal report that he got in september. there was no leak investigation convened here. there was no threat to prosecute. there was a deafening silence. why did you not go after that at the time, sir? because that was classified, every page. that was typical of what you want to avoid. but the silence was deafening here. and why -- i just want to know why not -- why didn't -- >> because i was never convinced that it leaked out of this building. >> what steps did you take to track that down? >> i've got a lot of experience with leak investigations over a lot of years. and i was very cautious in calling for leak investigations, especially when lots of people have access to documents. >> and, mr. secretary, on the rolling stone interview specifically, to what extent did you know the actual controversial content of that article beforehand? and if you did -- do you wish you had? and you said you -- the idea is not to try to shut off the interview. would you have tried to shut o

officer who misspoke overseas and all these other media- military foibles -- you didn't mention bob woodward's leak, the mcchrystal report that he got in september. there was no leak investigation convened here. there was no threat to prosecute. there was a deafening silence. why did you not go after that at the time, sir? because that was classified, every page. that was typical of what you want to avoid. but the silence was deafening here. and why -- i just want to know why not -- why didn't -- >> because i was never convinced that it leaked out of this building. >> what steps did you take to track that down? >> i've got a lot of experience with leak investigations over a lot of years. and i was very cautious in calling for leak investigations, especially when lots of people have access to documents. >> and, mr. secretary, on the rolling stone interview specifically, to what extent did you know the actual controversial content of that article beforehand? and if you did -- do you wish you had? and you said you -- the idea is not to try to shut off the interview. would you have tried to shut o

frustrations you have talked about, about officer that misspoke overseas, you did not speak about bob woodward. that was typical of what you want to avoid. the silence is deafening. >> i was never convinced that it leaked out of this building. >> what steps did you take to track that down? >> i have a lot of experience with leak investigations for a lot of years. [laughter] i am very cautious and calling for leak investigations. especially when lots of people have access to documents. to what exte>> to what extent dw the controversial comments in that article. the idea is not to shut off the interview, would you have tried to shut off that interview? >> i think there is a question of i think you do have to address questions of appropriateness. those are areas where i certainly depend on the advice of the people that have been in the public affairs business, and frankly i think this is a world that has gone a lot more complicated with a lot more free-lance journalist, a lot more blogs, a lot more of everything. so people who have full-time day jobs doing something else are not going to be famil