but today the military awarded him a posthumous silver star for valor in the face of the enemy. at at the height of the cold war, ladies and gentlemen, the nation called upon extraordinary men like captain powers to undertake the most sensitive and dangerous missions. captain powers earned this silver star. shepard: and his family was there to receive it today. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us. jennifer? shepard, there is a little known fact about the gary powers u 2 spy plane incident. his plane took off from inside pakistan from a secret cia base near pa shower. its discovery at the time created all sorts of problems for the u.s. and pakistan. pakistani leaders then shut down the base. that was 50 years ago. this was the height of the cold war. the u 2 spy planes were launched from pakistan to the so the cia could keep an eye on the soviet unions missile
and wants to get rid of it. our question of the morning coming your way. goats on a roof. need i say more? news room begins right now. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. this morning we begin with a question both chilling and deadly serious. is someone putting politics ahead of your safety? the fbi is investigating the leaks of classified information and whether the white house is behind them. even leaders of the president s own party are voicing grave concerns about the amount of secret information now being made public. avalanche och leaks and it is very, very disturbing. it has dismayed our allies. it puts american lives in jeopardy and puts our nation s security in jeopardy. if you look at terrorism intelligence is fundamental to knowing what is going to happen and prevent it from happening in the first place. some of the information is coming from recent articles in the new york times which details the drones and cyber attacks. paper is defending itself th
on this holocaust remembrance day, the president gave a powerful speech at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum right near in washington, d.c. speaking of government slaughter in syria which has now claimed more than 11,000 lives. jill dougherty is joining us with the latest details. at the museum, president obama referred to the unhappy record of the state department during the holocaust in world war ii. now he says preventing mass atrocities is no only a moral responsibility, it s a key security issue of the united states. reporter: barack obama shook hands with people who survived the death camp more than 60 years ago. he found new meaning in the phrase never again. never again is a challenge to nations. it s a bitter truth. too often the world has failed to prevent the killing of innocents on a massive scale and we are haunted by the lives we did not save. we are seeing the the killings in bosnia, the killings in darfur. they shock our conscience, but they are t
failed. i think you will find 500 to a thousand americans may die this summer, more wounded trying to get back into the south and east and kandahar. we saw the australians pull out today. they have land terrain that u.s. will have to use. how does that make the united states safer other than spending trillions of dollars. we saw it with the raid on bin landen s compound. he was terrified of the drone wars going on inside pakistan. so we ve had some success at going after terrorist networks. now, you know, i think that s the key point in military doctrine. we want to know what is achievable and what can be successful. we have to focus on the people who want it attack this country. this administration had success with drones in pakistan. taking out bin laden. i think it is more difficult with what the troops will do. i don t know if we will ever have real engagement in pakistan. but we need to strike them. it is counter insurgency in afghanistan that s the failing part of the plane.
tony, you were saying something quickly? i no, i understand pl slugging it out with the taliban is not in our interest. pakistan is, we need to focus on that. thank you. we always enjoy learning from you and sharing your analysis and views in public. thank, gentlemen. coming up on the dr show. in 2004 or excuse me, 2012 s presidential race. is it just me or are we getting a little deja vu here on the old lesser of two evils thing. plus, the truth of beneath the surface nearly two years after the gulf oil spill pl a husband and wife film making team giving all of us a rather disturbing look at what has, and more importantly, has not changed when it comes to off-shore drilling. but next, the mega panel. first your employers asking for your facebook pass word. now the police checking your cell phone records. feel safe?