retirement benefits it s bankrupting cities across the country. chris becker works hard, lives for the day he can retire and collect his pension, all of it. that was the whole reason i took the job, was the security and the benefits. reporter: about that pension, some say mr. becker ought to enjoy the dream while he can. there s an all-out war on union negotiated taxpayer funded pensions from new york to california. we have cities that are on the verge of bankruptcy, cannot make that pension payment. we have to do something. reporter: in california the two larger pension systems are $165 billion in the red. here s why. you re looking at the 100 k club, a list of retired government workers compiled by the citizen activist group for fiscal responsibility and change. each person gets a pension of at least $100,000 a year.
director blair? an attempted attack, the priority is certain. i would say. mr. panetta? i would agree with that. mr. muller? agree. general? yes, ma am, agree. mr. denger? yes. homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve joins us live now from washington. boy, when you hear that consensus, it s a scary thing. but is there right now a specific credible threat from al qaeda that we know about? well, kiran, we ve been told repeatedly since christmas day that concerns have intensified, that there is credible information that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is planning additional attacks, that the group is probing, that it s innovating trying to find new ways to strike. in recent weeks, sources have even said the government has identified viable operatives. but, intelligence officials have also said that other specifics are lacking, though obviously, kiran, there s been particular concern about aviation where we ve seen security ramped up
happens next. he says it s clear the group was kidnapping the children, something the americans deny. a world expert on adoptions casting doubts on the group s efforts. the first impression was that it was something was obviously illegal and almost be wildering as to how they could bring children across the border without documentation. federal investigators are look into whether toyota s fix for the sticking gas pedal problems involves electrical issues. toyota says that is not the case and considering civil penalties for the lawmakers as toyota sales tumbled 16% from a year ago. u.s. automakers are trying to take advantage of toyota as pain, ford soared 24% and gm up 14%. the investigation into
it s not clear they i would would have paid for the orphanage and not registered as an international adoption agency. in meridian, idaho, asked leaders about all of this. reporter: we ve been looking at both the group and plan and it s fair to say some questions have arisen about her capability to run the orphanage. it s a 500 member church seemingly in the middle of nowhere. the church leaders like pastor clint henry says the members have traveled around the globe performing good deeds. our faith calls us to reach out to people in need. we saw an opportunity to do this and that the love of christ is what compels us to do things like this. he s talking about the trip to haiti. members were stopped with a bus load of haitian children at the border with the dominican republic said they planned to build an orphanage in the neighboring country. reporter: the idea came from two church members who established an organization called the new life children s
coming up now, 12 minutes after the hour, a check on what s new this morning. the military s top man in uniform says it is time to let gays serve openly in the military. testified before the senate arms services committee, mike mullen told lawmakers he believes the policy forces people to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. robert gates also supports repealing the law, wants at least a year to review issues. u.s. official says it is up to haiti to decide whether or not to prosecute ten americans arrested for trying to take 33 haitian children out of the country. a judge will question five men from the group. the women were questioned yesterday we re learning more about this church group and their experience with orphans. they have no experience running an orphanage and not registered as a non-profit organization and