the u.s. military asked the times not to publish the photos, but the paper s editor defends the move saying, quote, after careful consideration, we decided that publishing a small but representative selection of the photos would fulfill our obligation to readers to report vigorously and impartially on all aspects of the american mission in afghanistan, including the allegation that the images reflect a breakdown in unit discipline that was endangering u.s. troops. chris lawrence, who is joining us live from the pentagon. chris, first of all, how are the military reacting at this point? reporter: strongly, suzanne, in a word. defense secretary leon panetta thought this was serious enough to have to address it during a nato meeting overseas. he said bluntly, this is war. it is very violent. young people caught up in the moment will make foolish decisions. he also again strongly condemned the paper for releasing the photo saying that the military had urged them not to. he said
there in florida? yep. i m here in florida, yep. this is your beat for many, many years as you watch this, as you re kind of going over in your head how many times you have you have interviewed the crews, when s going through your mind? what are you thinking about as we start to watch the craft land? you know, i think like so many people here think and of course, you know, my opinion is certainly somewhat skewed that, you know, it had a lot of flights left in them. all of the vehicles could have flown more except for planning that didn t go perhaps the way it should have. you know, nasa deciding to go away from the space shuttles and go to the constellation program and then killed by the curre administration and now a gap and shuttle could be flying if it wasn t for some political decisions made that a lot of people probably wish and i know they wish could be taken back today. that s the sad point. a lot of people out of work and a lot of people are even at this very ha
and one wife blames the other for giving up a hiding spot in pakistan. also today we hear the government has charged all three of bin laden s widows with illegally entering the country. the head of the un emergency relief mission finally got to see for herself the shattered neighborhood in the syrian homes. that s where 47 people were killed just today. one argument on capitol hill today, should the united states get involved in syria militarily? i understand the strain on american military. i understand the sacrifices made by american families. but i also understand the proudest part of americans history is when we have tried to help other people achieve the same goal that we so passiona passionately articulated when we declared our independence. the united states can t jump up and say let s go drop some bombs on the syrian tanks. stay right here. fran townsend will be here in a couple of minutes. she s the national security contributor. we ll talk more about military op
at least for the moment. stocks bounced back in early trading today, after monday s 634-point plunge. right now, dow blue chips are up by 201 points. investors are psyched over today s fed meeting, and there s speculation it might announce a new stimulus. to boost the economy. president obama sits down with treasury secretary timothy geithner. that s happening this afternoon. they re going to size out the new market turmoil that is fearing that is fully feeding fear of double-dip recession. the president is promising to help a special congressional commission find a long-term fix for the finances. i intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks, on how we should proceed. and that committee will have this administration s full cooperation. and i assure you, we will stay on it until we get the job done. so, congress has to appoint the commission by next tuesday. that is just a week from today. the six democrats, and six republicans will have until novem