Those teams have some great capabilities. It gives you a great starting point. And i think that our first thought in 2010 was lets set up with the initial structure, set it up in terms of offense and defense and teams that could do offensive actions to defend the country. Anyone have anything to add to that . Yes, sir . Dr. Singer . Just two things. The first is the idea of assuming that our response would have to be limited just to cyber means. If someone carries out an act of war against us using cyber means we are not and should not be limited in our response to use other means, and thats why were seeing that kind of deterrence hold. The second though is as general alexander said weve built up great capabilities. There are many things mr. Snowden did but one of the other things he did was reveal we have very potent cyber offense capability capability. I would add to those who believe building up more will deliver deterrence. The question, why has not not delivered deterrence yet . T
Reporter meanwhile, Public Officials also here in puerto rico criticized his policy of avoiding off topic questions. Theres no such thing as an off topic question. Reporter are you taking off topic questions today . I take any questions from you that you want to ask. Thank you very much. Im going to refer them to the governor of puerto rico. [ laughter ] ill take any question you ask. Reporter well, i asked mayor de blasio if he planned to change tactics and actually answer questions from the press. Well, that story will be coming up at 6 00. Live from san juan, im Marcia Kramer, cbs 2 news. A line of parked cars ended up smashed early this morning in brooklyn and police are still looking for the driver who did this. Cbs 2s alice gainer has the story now from sheepshead bay. Reporter these photos capture the worst of it, an suv clearly hit with such force that it was pushed right up on another car. The car underneath now on the sidewalk. Six cars in total were struck but by whom . Whoe
Drunk driving crime. A california woman driving 2 miles with a dying man on her car. An ice storm moving to the southeast. An ice storm that could cripple an entire region in the country. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. Well get to the stories in a moment. First, afghan president harz has been holding hamid karzai has been Holding Secret talks with the taliban in dubai. It is likely to strain tense relations with the u. S. Ill bring in jane ferguson, in kabul. What are we hearing from President Hamid karzais office. The palace here in kabul are not commenting on the reports of secret peace talks. Its worth mentioning the at all times have been going on, with the taliban, for years, and not just with the americans, with their nato allies and pak sustain. It wont be news to people in kabul to find their president has been trying to have uniry lateral talks. At this point in the war, 13 years on, any peace talks with the taliban are pursued from kab all, including with a
Agencies. The threats they are monitoring days before the opening ceremony. People didnt believe you could be psychologically coerced to confess to a crime you didnt commit. Free at last after years behind bars, what is behind the number of overturned convictions in america. Millions of americans are waking up to another winter headache this morning. A major snow and ice storm that hammered the midwest on tuesday is beating up the northeast. Several states issued Winter Weather alerts and warnings in kansas and new jersey are under states of emergency. Good morning, welcome to al jazeera. Omstephanie sy. Americans have been busy digging their way out of mondays storms, their shovels will not get a rest. Thomas drayton tells us how it impacts the country. The alltoo familiar sound and sight is back. This year is terrible. I cant remember it being so cold for swiften. Another blast of snow slamming two dozen states. With kansas and missouri taking the brunt, and the storm taking aim at t
Up the court and taking on the big kids. We begin tonight with the u. S. Military under fire. Several branches of the services hit by scandal. The army is taking heat for what a senator says is one of the worst scandals in history. National guard soldiers accused of scamming the program that paid them to enlist new soldiers, and the navy is investigating yet another cheating scandal involving soldiers training at a nuclear reactor. John is here at capitol hill. Reporter john, depressing is the scandal with the National Guard on capitol hill today. But its just one of a barrel load of trouble ahead, featuring all three services that the pentagon is going to have to try to fix. On tuesday, the senate was doing a recruiting program that cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Even one case of fraud would have been too many. And instead, we now know that thousands of service members, their families and friends, may have participated in schemes to defraud the government they served and the taxp