Dday our tom brokaw is with us and he will have a fascinating report on how the battlefield experience shaped the vision of one of hollywoods most iconic directors. From nbc news in washington meet the press with david gregory. Good morning. On a particularly busy sunday morning, Bowe Bergdahl was transferred immediatelyhgk afghanistan to a u. S. Medical center in germany. Earlier i was joined exclusively from afghanistan by defense secretary chuck hagel, but first our chief pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski has the remarkable story of Sergeant Bergdahls capture, detention, and release. Reporter in the white house rose garden with president obama late saturday, Bowe Bergdahls parents sounded totally overwhelmed by the news. We will continue to stay strong for bowe while he recovers. Thank you. Thank you so much. We just cant communicate the words this morning when we heard from the president. Reporter five years ago in june 2009, private Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his combat
Searching for this individual, couldnt find him. He was really far off into the woods. Some five miles or so. And during the course of that investigation, they determined who the individual was, they contacted the family, and determined that this person had a or was suffering from post Traumatic Stress disorder and as a result of minor conflict would simply run away. The next day the troopers went off on a snowmobile and made contact with the person. And the engagement was simple this, the trooper himself, being a former marine, contacted the personified. And identified him by his name and said semp er fi soldier. And it immediately made a connection and there were no issues whatsoever. Unfortunately that same individual had lengthy issues of conflict with Law Enforcement. But, by slowing down and making this kind of contact, connecting with the person which we are teaching our folks how to do, how to connect. My name is mikal, i am not commander ali when i am having this level of cont
Our clerk and erica and we are staffed by the sfgtv and could you share with us your announcements . Please, make sure to silence all cell phones and complete the speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk, the items acted upon will appear on the january 13th, 2013, agenda unless otherwise stated. Could you call items. Hearing to review the San Francisco Police Department and general orders related to tasers including the departments plan to equipment the officers and the Crisis Intervention Team with tasers. Thank you, madam clerk. We are just joined by supervisor eric mar, this is a hearing that i called forward in the context of having years dialogue about the use of tasers or electronic controlled weapons in San Francisco. This is something that has been taken up in this time, by the Police Commission, but since, it is discussion that is happening ongoing, with many of our committees across San Francisco, i wanted to bring it
This is where the great buying power of america should be in the bottom 99 , really the bottom 50 or 60 . I thank you for raising the tax policy in the ryan budget. The rest, because of the elimination of the debt actions, are going to see a stalling of their income. Ms. Norton he does get balance within 10 years and look how he gets it. You still do not have like anything like a contribution, a real contribution, from those who have benefited the most from the tax cuts built on that chart. You are talking about it continues to come from the lowest part of the income stream income groups in the United States. I dont know when people will let the Congress Know they arent going to take it anymore. The time has come. I was encouraged and i hope this pans out that the president has reached out to some senators to see there is somebody somewhere, at perhaps we could get to a greater balance by bringing more people into the equation. The republicans are fond of saying, you cant spend yoursel
United states has demonstrated capabilities that threaten the United States. We believe north korea has taken steps towards fielding a system although remains untested. They used a launch vehicle to a satellite into orbit. These developments have been accompanied with a crest of public rhetoric was the United States. Iran continues to develop Technical Expertise in areas including Nuclear Reactors and Ballistic Missiles from which it can draw Nuclear Weapons. These advancements strengthen our assessment that tehran has a scientific and industrial capacity to produce Nuclear Weapons. This makes the issue its political will to do so. Such a decision will reside with the Supreme Leader and we do not know if he will decide to build Nuclear Weapons. The United States and our allies are tracking syrias stockpiles, particularly its chemical and biological warfare components. Its advanced Chemical Weapons Program has the potential to inflict mass casualty is. Casauualties. It adds are concerne