secretary to friends robert gates is in saudi arabia today meeting with king abdullah supposedly the main topic of discussion will be iran fota both nations whom they suspect has been playing a role in trying to exploit the unrest in the region to their advantage and that's according to pentagon spokesman geoff morrell we have to wonder if there are some tensions in this relationship the administration turning on yemen sali long time al a should make the saudis question how deep a friendship with the u.s. can really go and perhaps libya has shown as the perfect example these days but not even being oil rich can save you joining me to discuss that is jack rice criminal defense attorney and former cia officer jack thanks so much for joining us tonight . now for starters the pentagon spokesman described the relationship between robert gates and of doula as excellent that's kind of similar to when we heard hillary clinton last years saying that she had a very close relationship with no hosni mubarak as well so do you think if you were the saudis you'd be a little bit skeptical here sayin

now for starters the pentagon spokesman described the relationship between robert gates and of doula as excellent that's kind of similar to when we heard hillary clinton last year saying that she had a very close relationship with no hosni mubarak as well so do you think if you were the saudis you'd be a little bit skeptical here seeing if the u.s. has now turned its back on mubarak saying that they've also now turned their back on solid a and even oil didn't help gadhafi out. oh those are worried questions and i agree there is going to be a lot of attention to exploit that right now i don't care how much they want to shine this of i mean i think about as secretary of defense robert gates was actually my boss for periods when i was working at cia but he was the head of the agency at sony and i look at where he is right now i mean here's the probably keep marriage really have is there sort of a skid support equation ship it america has with much of the middle east and even other parts of the world we talk about the need for democracy and it's arson or in places like egypt or where we

defense secretary robert gates, who plans to leave this summer, will be replaced as the top man at the pentagon by current cia director leon panetta. panetta will be replaced by the top u.s. general in afghanistan, david petraeus. general john allen will take petraeus' place. >>> it was an unprecedented move. the president of the united states producing a detailed birth certificate to prove he was born in the united states. the president says it's time to move on. but the issue is still not resolved for some so-called birthers. susan mcginnis is in washington

secretary robert gates traveled to riyadh, saudi arabia for talks on the spreading unrest in the region. japanese engineers turned their focus today to preventing new explosions at the destroyed fukushima dai-ichi nuclear plant. they began injecting nitrogen near the reactor to prevent more hydrogen explosions like the ones that happened after a tsunami hit last month. that came as the new york times reported the united states nuclear regulatory commission sees a host of new threats at the plant, including explosions and growing stresses on containment structures. portugal has become the third eurozone country to request an international financial bailout. the prime minister said portugal needs the extra help to tackle skyrocketing debts amid recent political instability. he said the fact that parliament rejected austerity measures last month made the request for aid inevitable. greece and ireland have already asked for financial assistance. on wall street, stocks closed higher today as the dow neared a three-year high. the dow jones industrial average

gates has said this is war and we could be there for a long time. you know we did not bring business about it was brought by the people and in fact all going to people who wanted a change of regime and then beijing acted very brutally i'm like oh goes on like in asia and egypt where there is you does not respond not to our own there are people in this block of the internet you have got to start if we are going to see a change in that brutal regime all right well certainly you have a lot of knowledge and experience former senior intelligence officer with the cia dr milne aka les also author of a necessary engagement and a lawsuit and considers arming the rebels and broadening the military mission isn't ready for the potential blowback arcade i just a conference a look at the ghost of wars past the international community a primitive intervention in libya to protect city man from colonel qaddafi but washington wants to go further than that and is considering arming the rebels while officially denying that toppling khadafi is the objective of its invol

chaie: secretary robert gate taing with the president today. joining me now is ryan lizza, he is the washington correspondent for the "new york" magazine. his piece in the current issue is called the consequentialist how the arab spring remade obama's foreign policy. i'm pleased to have ryan on this program for the first time many welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> charlie: what do you make of this? what does this appoint, these appointments to defense and petraeus to cia, crocker to afghista >> t fir thi is when he becomes comfortable with people, he likes to figure out a way to reassign them and keep them on his team. he does this on other relevant's besides foreign policy. the other thing to say robert gates leaving is significant because there you had the sort of purest realest on the tame. someone who is the deputy national security advisers in the first bush administration. that voice, i don't know who is going to take up that position now. it all has implications for hillary clinton and robert gates on a lot of issue over the last coup

gates saying that it's not the business of the united states to intervene in the internal affairs of yemen the fact is that the united states has been waging a covert war inside of yemen for the past ten years and it has been ratcheted up dramatically by the obama administration in december of two thousand and nine president obama authorized two very deadly airstrikes against yemen. in tomahawk cruise missiles with cluster bombs that can shred human beings and the alleged target of those air strikes in december of zero nine were members of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in reality though one of the strikes killed twenty one children and scores of others civilians and another strike the u.s. did killed an important tribal leader in yemen who in fact was trying to work out a mediation program with the members of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula so as long as ali abdullah saleh the president of yemen allows the united states to his country to kill people inside of yemen and he himself will take responsibility for those actions as has been revealed by the wiki leaks cables showing th

you know you're absolutely right i mean if you think about it robert gates again former boss of cia for part of the time that i was there what we saw from your bio administration in general was a continuation in some ways of what we've seen from the bush administration and if we think about this so-called shake up you're absolutely correct that you really isn't changing very much it really is the same of voices the same faces the same approach and so we should simply shipping some of these people around and i think one of the benefits that the president has right now and again our of our other guests here is absolutely correct that they don't really have to deal with the problems with congress here because both of these men have power he essentially been anointed so nobody is going to turn around now and say well you were fine when you were commanding all the troops in afghanistan or you were fine when you were controlling the cia now we're going to shift you about and all of a sudden they're going to have problems and know that part of the reason they're doing this is because they are

in the run-up to the retirement of robert gates, secretary of defense. at a press conference in washington, he named c.i.a. director leon panetta as the next defense secretary. you see him right there. army general david petraeus will be panetta's successor at the c.i.a. petraeus is currently the commander of nato forces in afghanistan. germany's defense minister has asked the u.s. not to bring home too many troops from afghanistan when the drawdown planned for this summer begins. he conveyed germany's concerns that talks in washington with his u.s. counterpart, robert gates. german troops in northern afghanistan rely had heavily on u.s. army support. he said that a rapid pullout of u.s. personnel could undermine blic support in europe for the mission there. in the united states, more than 200 people are dead after a monster storm unleashed tornadoes across much of the south. the death toll is the highest from tornadoes in the country in almost half a century. neighborhoods, businesses were flattened in states stretching from arkansas to virginia. the wi

with robert gates leaving the defense department, c.i.a. chief leon panetta heads to the pentagon. while general david petraeus leaves afghanistan to take over in langley. lieutenant general john allen takes petraeus's place in afghanistan, and former ambassador to the iraq ryan crockers joins him there as the top u.s. diplomat. each man has a different career and a different relationship with the white house that can tell us much about how obama policy and about how wars themselves have changed. isn't that right, mark? >> yeah, there's a lot of familiar faces changing jobs. one way to look at it is that there is not going to be a significant change in the policy in the war on afghanistan agent. general petraeus will continue to do his job at c.i.a. and lenient will carry out the counterinsurgencyy policy though he's been somewhat of a skeptic of that poifments the bigger issue is there is a certain interchangeability between the pentagon an the c.i.a. these days. the c.i.a. is in the military business, dropping bombs in pakistan and the military is fanned -- expanding its intellig

gates is actually the most honest voice in this debate right now within the discussions taking place at the white house. meanwhile some say the policy of double standards and play into the hands of criminals while leaders around the world continue to the. vents of the past that sometimes you just can't escape the crimes they commit. and israeli. civilians. and we see jail for bribery they use case was corrupted by the government to avoid a pay day. almost a million views on you tube in less than a week the fairy tale of the three little pigs come back turned into a cartoon russian illustrated animation sensitizes the rest of course. things. which make house of stone. it's a cartoon parody starring. birds and r t possibly the best and shortest explanation summarizing the uprisings in tunisia egypt and libya. three big pigs was created by russian illustrator igor's who are twenty six year old motivated by technology and politics wanted to do. i want to do but. i just looked at. one of my favorite games that we can. afford. for to play. for. my shop the students in this three little pig

and defense secretary robert gates announced today that u.s. unmanned drones will now be allowed to fire on gaddafi's forces. but the deadly standoff in misrata continues. two photo journalists including oscar nominee tim heatherington were killed covering the front lines. where does this leave foreign policy -- our u.s. foreign policy in the region, martha or as some people like to think nonpolicy? >> i think a lot of people are saying nonpolicy. the policy is basically we'll help the civilian population. we'll help the opposition. but the u.s. role on -- in early april, the u.s. basically turned over control to nato. gwen: right. >> and a lot of those air strikes have not been as effective. the rebels are in desperate shape. and you've got john mccain who's going in there now and saying you rebels are my heroes. let's see what we can do. you got $25 million of aid that the u.s. is now promising. gwen: nonlethal. >> nonlethal aid. but we're talking about body armor. we're talking about transportation trucks. we're talking about equipment. we'r

defense secretary robert gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen faced a grilling in front of congress over the libyan campaign gates said washington shouldn't assisted living in group homes and should instead be even nation building to other countries. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressmen were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were so confusing about the u.s. is ending i think a policy success would be the removal of the khadafi regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into and of those who have risen against each element has its own agenda. and whether the us will arm them discuss our plans if you any regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting better but swift but it's in mind pass the buck and that one differing to the white house or if there was a qaeda decided to bristle in there and we would clearly have a problem but that how long the

defense secretary robert gates chairman of the joint chiefs of staff placed a grilling front of congress over the meantime kate said that washington shouldn't assist the rebels and should instead build them to other countries. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressmen were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were still confusion about the u.s. is the end game i think a policy success would be the removal of the khadafi regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels that we don't have much visibility into and of those who have risen against each element has its own agenda. and whether the u.s. will arm them discuss our plans if you need regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting their butts whipped but keep in mind pass the buck that one differing to the white house but if it was ok to decided to pursue this story would clearly have a problem about how long the u.s. will stay the bottom line is no one can predi

defense secretary robert gates chairman of the joint chiefs of staff faced a grilling in front of congress over the campaign gates served washington shouldn't since the rules and should instead the nation building to other countries. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressmen were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff there were still confusion about the u.s. is engaged i think a policy success would be the removal of the qaddafi regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into into those who have risen against gadhafi and each element has its own agenda. and whether the us will arm them discuss our plans if any regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting their butts whipped but gates and mullen passed the buck on that one deferring to the white house but it was ok to decided to bristle and there are bits that we would clearly have a problem with that how long the u.s. will stay a bot

gates president obama has now authorized the use of armed drones in libya so we call it a war yet mr president as well as that will have anthony randolph though on the show for a brand new installment of happy hour and the meantime don't forget to become a fan of me a lot of show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of tonight's show or any other nights you can always catch it all the you tube dot com slash show or replace the interviews as well as the show in its entirety coming up next is adam is the name. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future of coverage wealthy british style. market finance scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our key. more news today in harlem says once again flared up.

gates said again yesterday that the u.s. would be willing to extend the u.s. military presence in the country if the iraqis ask for it it's a plan obama has already approved and gates is now flying to pressure the request needs to come soon but politically can either iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki or barack obama afford to keep those troops there they're discussing with me is jim hansen retired special operations master sergeant and military blogger for black five dot net jim thanks so much for being here tonight you know this is one of the things that. obama promised when he was campaigning when it comes to foreign policy closing guantanamo bay obviously that hasn't happened yet but really number one what helped him so much you know to push back against the bush regime was that he was going to end the iraq war has that going not going so well so now if he decides to keep troops past this deadline how bad is that going to look for what i think at this point he's perfected the art of forgetting grech obama the candidate

defense secretary robert gates and the chairman of joint chiefs of staff mike mullen have faced a grilling in front of congress over the libyan campaign old struggle to answer vital questions as to what the exit strategy is or how to cover the costs are to scale in fort has more. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressmen were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were still confusion about the u.s. is the end game i think a policy success would be the removal of the khadafi regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into and of those who have risen against gadhafi each element has its own agenda. and whether the u.s. will arm them discuss our plans if you need regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting their butts whipped but gates in mind passed the buck on that one deferring to the white house what if there was a qaeda decided to bristol and there we would clearly have the p

defense secretary robert gates chairman of the joint chiefs of staff well and faced a grilling in front of congress over the b.n. campaign kate said washington shouldn't a sister there shouldn't the nation building to other countries. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressmen were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff there is still confusion about the u.s. is ending i think a policy success would be the removal of the could after regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into into those who have risen against each element has its own agenda. and whether the u.s. well armed them plans. arming the rebels they seem to be getting it but it gets in mind past that line defraying to the white house but it was a cater to. it would clearly have a problem about how long the u.s. will stay a bottom line is no one can predict for you how long it will take. for that to happen and whether the u.s. i

earlier today secretary of defense robert gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen went before congress for the first time since the attack on libya they addressed lawmakers who are desperate for answers about america's latest war parties came forward was there. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressman were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were still confusion about the u.s. is ending i think a policy success would be the removal of. the khadafi regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into and of those who have risen against gadhafi each element has its own agenda. it's pretty much a pickup ball game at this point and whether the u.s. will arm them discuss our plans if you need regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting but but it's in mind pass the buck on that one deferring to the white house but that was ok that side of the missi

gates president obama has now authorized the use of armed drones in libya so we call it a war yet mr president as well that will have anthony rand on the show for a brand new installment of happy hour and the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the a lot of show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of the night's show or any other nights you can always catch all the you tube dot com slash repos the interviews as well as the show its entirety next is adam vs the man . we're a russian republic glynnis historic diversity with the economic diversification oil drilling industry clutches for tomorrow's petrochemical products traditionally the tsunami focuses on one pilot rooms and the government security credit crisis by going online to understand at the heart of russian innovation on technology update we've dumped the future coverage. wealthy british style. but on the title of. the. market why not come to find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report

gates himself despite saying that he wants defense cuts to happen hasn't been incredibly successful on that measure no he has never tried to cut defense budgets he slowed the growth of this is different we're talking about real cuts and i think it all be part of a deal with which the congress of the administration is going to put everything on the table and defense has to be part of it the advantage of having prevented bulis he understands how to deal with projects in an era of constrained resources and he brings that skill to the two to the job the other thing is having served in the pentagon they like people but in the service he's been in the in the military so i think he brings brings that to the table as well which i think is very very important and one of the most important appointments he. it is ryan crocker terry colbert for general i can bear you know afghanistan because if there's a leak of bob woodward's book people go oh that i could very didn't think of cars i you know and ryan crocker husband ambassador to pakistan he knows the area and how he's worked with the militar

gates. that announcement is expected sometime this week. gates had already said he will step down sometime later this year. another change. general david petreaus currently running the war in afghanistan will take the cia chief's job. the changes will probably take effect this summer. >>> yusef bey iv got into it with a judge in his murder trial in oakland. the former head of "your black muslim bakery" complained that the judge, quote, isn't being fair to him. the exchange came as the judge decided to allow taped comments from bey's ex-girlfriend that indicated bey wanted oakland journalist chauncey bailey dead. the "chauncey bailey project" reports that tape may be played in court today. >>> 6:11. there is a new name for the oakland coliseum. the website it will be named after. >>> the royal cars and troops on horseback take part in a predawn dress rehearsal for the royal wedding. i'm charlie d'agata in london. we'll have the story coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, california should be proud. we

gates. gates said he will retire in june. panetta will be replaced by general david petraeus, the top commander of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. panetta grew up in monterey and graduated from santa clara university. >>> with president bush now having provided his full birth certificate, his opponents are trying to shift attention to his school records. the white house releasing a copy of the president's original birth certificate showing he was born in honolulu. but that's not satisfying everyone. donald trump who pushed for release of the certificate now wants to see the president's university records. last night in the bay area, senator dianne feinstein took aim at trump. >> i think this is really reaching the point of ridiculousness. with all the problems in the world, and if mr. trump wants to run for president, why doesn't he talk about what he would do to solve some of these problems instead of -- i think everybody that has ever heard barack obama knows he is a very smart man. >> t

changes will likely take effect in summer that is when the robert gates is stepping down. >> president obama came out today against those that he was not born in the united states. he produced new evidence that his birth in hawaii. he a choice words for his detractors. >> president produced his long form birth certificate and took the so-called birthers to task for dwelling on this issue. he pulled no punches. >> we do not have time for this. we have better stuff to do. >> that coincided with the release of another document. long form birth certificate showing he was born in honolulu, exactly the same information the president released three years ago on the standard short form birth certificate. measure obama said what motivated him came a couple weeks ago when he as he talked about budget, education, infrastructure and social security the media did not pay attention. >> during that entire week, the dominant news story wasn't about these huge monitor utility al choices we have to make it was about my birth certificate. >> many people are going to look at it. we'll have many people loo

. >> testifying on the hill, robert gates says there will be no u.s. forces on the ground in libya. many worry about a stalemate in the embattled country. >> at a time when the gaddafi forces have routed the anti- khaddafi forces, that is when we announced that the united states is announcing its leadership role and removing some of the most valuable assets. >> the opposition group will accept a ceasefire only if muammar gaddafi allows libyans to protest peacefully. so far, he is not making any concessions. >> >>> word that u.s. highways are getting safer. the transportation department says highway deaths have fallen to the lowest level in 60 years. that is a 3% drop from 2009. the reason for the drop inclusive for vehicles and more people wearing their seat belts. >>> on capitol hill, there are just eight days before a possible government shutdown. the gop is putting on the pressure to get the budget passed. >> we are going to continue to fight for the largest spending cuts that we can get. >> the house passed its version of the budget in february with a $61 million in cuts. the se

robert gates suggested libyan le leader hip self is in danger since according to gates, libyan milt command centers where ever we find them are legitimate targets for air attacks. excitement is building in london and around the world ahead of kate middleton's big day. tra tracy good morning. >> reporter: good morning from buckingham palace. thousands came for one last look. as of today, westminster abbey is closed for rehearsals. the dean admits the couple may be nervous. >> nerves aren't a problem. nervousness and excitement are very close to each other. >> reporter: 20-foot trees are barricades are being set up and the carriage being shined and polished. 140 tons of trash. >> we'll have over 100 sweepers out in the day to pick up rubbish. in wails where the couple lives, residents are excited. >> you know, yeah, over the moon is fabulous. absolutely fabulous. >> i think she's our next lady di. >> reporter: one of the most closely guarded secrets is what will kate wear? there are rumors that she may borrow the queen's tiara, but insiders are mum on what her dress will look like. >> at the

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gates. now, this is coming from a source close to the administration. general david petraeus currently in charge of the war in afghanistan would then become chief of the cia. these changes will likely take effect this summer. >>> 5:05. let's check the traffic and weather. you know, mr. good humor man lawrence has nothing but good news for us today. in fact, no rain for a long time i guess. >> i don't see any rain. and i just haven't been able to say that in almost all spring long. we have been looking forward to getting some sunshine in here. looks like we're going to do it again today. more clouds will move in but looking like a nice day. mostly clear this morning, 40s and 50s out the door right now. so cool still in some of the valleys. now, by the afternoon, we are going to see a few clouds moving across our skies and here they are. they are starting to race in toward the west coast but not going to ruin your day. we'll sneak in some nice temperatures. i think by the afternoon some of the

changes will likely take effect in summer that is when the robert gates is stepping down. >> president obama came out today against those that he was not born in the united states. he produced new evidence that his birth in hawaii. he a choice words for his detractors. >> president produced his long form birth certificate and took the so-called birthers to task for dwelling on this issue. he pulled no punches. >> we do not have time for this. we have better stuff to do. >> that coincided with the release of another document. long form birth certificate showing he was born in honolulu, exactly the same information the president released three years ago on the standard short form birth certificate. measure obama said what motivated him came a couple weeks ago when he as he talked about budget, education, infrastructure and social security the media did not pay attention. >> during that entire week, the dominant news story wasn't about these huge monitor utility al choices we have to make it was about my birth certificate. >> many people are going to look at it. we'll have many people loo

senators on both sides of the aisle hammered defense secretary robert gates and admiral mike mullen on whether gadhafi should be a target. and as far as arming and training the rebels gates told congress someone else, not the u.s. can do that. here's how it all played out on the airwaves today. >> as of early this morning, nato pursued command of the entire military mission over libya. >> the pressure on gadhafi is intense. the people around him are realizing the days of this regime are numbered. >> clearly, a lot of people across libya that are ready to rise up against this guy. >> the biggest development of this uprising so far and that's the defection of moussa koussa. this is a huge loss to the regime. i don't know how goat out of there but he is a storehouse of intelligence. >> we cannot afford to assume that time is on our side against gadhafi. >> i'm worried that we may have started something that we're -- that nato is not going to be in a position to finish. >> there are a number of different alternative outcomes here. only one of which is some sort of proto democracy. i think

robert gates was skeptical of further action in the middle east. whenever he thinks about the arab spring, he sees a deep cut to the military and their capabilities. >> we make the hard decisions that are needed to reduce the debt of america. we cannot compromise the ability to defend our nation around the world. >> the issues about where the united states may use intervention again in the middle east is multi-dimensional. the crisis is multiplying and a question about whether each case is suitable is very different. >> it is understood that there are distinct limitations on what the west can do now in the arab world. if they are military or diplomatic or economic. it may turn out that khadafi may be involved in attracting direct military intervention. >> the desire to limit military commitment has been shown in libya. after the initial attack, they scaled back. the rest of nato cannot match this. >> i am concerned that the united states is showing reluctance till -- use of the efforts at its disposal. when you are trying to correct -- protect civi

defense secretary robert gates told american troops in iraq that they may stay longer than the agreed withdrawal date if they are needed. he was speaking during an unannounced visit to iraq. mr. gates said the u.s. will need to act quickly if troops are required to stay. authorities in northern mexico said they found 59 bodies in a total of eight mass graves. investigators are trying to establish whether the remains of bus passengers abducted two weeks ago by suspected drug gangs. a rivalry is developing over italy and france over what to do with migrants. hitly is granting temporary visas. these allow them to travel in most of the european union but the french government says they won't be allowed to stay in france and could be sent back to italy. the european central bank raised their interest rates for the first time since 2008. the bank said it was necessary because of troisk price staket. after portugal asked for emergency aid to cope with large debts spain said they won't need a similar international bail dellt out. they said their economy was larger and more productive than tha

role to aid the opposition groups in libya appeared defense secretary robert gates and admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, testified before the house committee today. gates denied cia activities in libya. but he said that rebels are getting -- that its troubles are getting ammunition and aid other countries are doing it. >>> emergency crews are using an underwater camera to help them locate exactly where radiation is coming from. groundwater near the fukushima plant is now testing at 10,000 times acceptable levels. nearly 100 types of food and drinks have shown greater activity. >>> police have captured in 0 bank robber who wears a mask the president obama. the obama robber was apprehended after his sixth are embry. he is german and is behind some of the most notorious bank heists of 2008. here's a lee wore a mask resuming an old man before switching to the obama -- he or originally wore a mask resembling an old man before switching to the obama mask. >>> more studies are recommended to determine whether there is a connection between food coloring and attention

president barack obama is sending people to the pentagon to replace robert gates. he is replacing him at the spy agency with the high profile commander with the afghanistan and iraq war. gabrielle gifford said to watch the launch of the shuttle endeavor, it's been demanded by her husband. this was her arrival in florida, they're shielding her. the doctors gave their ok for her to travel to the kennedy space center from houston. that is where she is recovering after being shot in the head. please recover the body of of this in new england woman from a pond. about a quarter mile from where her car was found in the ski area. 20 year- old was last seen last friday her baby daughter was sleeping in the back seat of the car when the car was found. her family is offering a $3,000 reward for information in that case. >>jacqueline: live lookout side, this evening a few clouds streaming over especially offshore. we will see if you high clouds this evening. here's a look at tonight into tomorrow. breezy out there now, those high clouds into tomorrow morning mostly clear skies

he is said to point the current cia director to replace robert gates as defense secretary. gates plans to retire this year. david petraeus will become the head of the cia. an official announcement is expected on thursday. this will require senate confirmation. the white house has released a detailed birth certificate for president obama in a bid to silence critics to maintain that he was born abroad. obama had initially released a short form of the document during the 2008 campaign but there was claims that persisted that he was actually born in kenya. obama told reporters that he was taking the steps to put the issue to rest and let washington get back to the serious issues facing the country. u.s. politics and birth certificates. i hope we can put that aside for a while. let's talk about something more important like money. >> exactly. >ben bernanke held a news conference and answered questions on monetary policy. this has long been at this as is usual for the european central bank but this was never part of the u.s. fed pause culture until now. >> the world's most powerf