inside the agency; that is to say was there somebody else in nsa who had access to a lot of this stuff and passed it to him? reporter: and mr. cheney s critical of the president saying mr. obama should stand up and say these intelligence efforts are good programs, have saved american lives and be he supports them. jon? jon: mike emanuel in washington. interestingly enough, edward snowden is holding a live chat right now. we re going to be talking about that a little later on in the program. mike, thank you. reporter: thank you, jon. we re going to provide the [inaudible] whereby guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. but make no mistake, we will close guantanamo prison which has damaged our national security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for al-qaeda. we have succeeded on delivering a lot of campaign promises that we made.
$205 million. one former lawmaker says the u.s. enemies are looking to exploit any holes in america s national security. people are out there looking for the opportunities, gaffes and weakness. we should have continued to have a defense shield and show peace through strength which is what ronald reagan promote ned that speech back 30 years ago as a deterrent. reporter: the administration had planned to beef up inch centers to 44 but president obama stopped the deployment when he took office in 2009. jon: mike emanuel in washington. thank you. coming up later in the hour general jack keane joins us with his take on the growing threat from north korea and the pentagon s efforts to ramp up security. jenna: the president wrapping up three davis visits to capitol hill meeting with top republican lawmakers and trying to urge them to compromise on the nation s budget problems. even after all the face-to-face meetings one of the questions that remains is do either side see eye to eye.
layoff notices days before the election, and if they get sued for ignoring the law the government will pay their expenses and lockheed martin says it will honor the request and hold off telling its worker but in a letter republican senators graham and john mccain warn 15 major defense contractors, writing, quote, it is our fear, should you rely on the guidance and fail to comply with the warren act requirements, you will be setting your company up for serious legal and financial repercussions, and, graham calls the situation disturbing. not only did it cut the warn act, it says a president, a president of the united states a precedent the executive branch of government, through the president s actions, can set aside existing statutes. reporter: administration officials insist their guidance is legal. and, consistent with all federal contracting laws, and, regulations. rick? rick: mike emanuel in washington, thanks. arthel: fox news alert alert on the deadly meningitis
reporter: it is not clear if the chinese government s tone will change after secretary clinton leaves. she says u.s. officials will stay in touch with him as this process moves forward. jon. jon: mike emanuel in washington on that story. mike, thank you. harris: fox news is america s election headquarters. today two former rifles meeting behind closed doors. mitt romney and rick santorum getting together in pittsburgh after a hard-fought primary campaign. the former pennsylvania senator expected to endorse romney but not quite yet. the chief political correspondent carl cameron is live from washington. reporter: romney may in fact be meeting with santorum as we speak. the two have been saying there were no plans for them to a pier together today and no public announcement of that endorsement but santorum has long said eventually he would endorse whoever the republican nominee is, including mitt romney. he wants romney s assurances that not only will obamacare be