admiral michael mullens. gates writing in his memoir, and i ll quote, mullen and i repeatedly discussed with the infuriated president what he regarded as military pressure on him. is it a lack of respect for me? obama asked us. are petraeus, crystal and mullen trying to box me in? i ve tried to create an environment where all points of view can be discussed and have robust debate, i m devoted to it. what is wrong? is it the process? are they suspicious of my politics? do they resent i never served in the military? do they think because i m young that i don t see what they re doing? joining me now democratic political consultant, advisory to hillary clinton s 2008 presidential campaign. good to see you both. when you listen to this, especially the last couple of lines that i just read and assuming that gates has it
0 major data breach in retailers recent weeks. target also says hackers, get this, may have stolen the information of as many as 70 million more customers than they previously reported including their names, phone numbers and addresses. get out your calculator, that means roughly 110 million americans affected by that security breach at target. oh, boy. well, following months of complaints and controversy over the botched rollout of obama care, we re now learning that the white house is dropping cgi federal, that s the i.t. contractor who built the glitch-ridden healthcare.gov website. the white house is saying it wasn t effective enough in fixing the complex computer system. the maintenance contract worth about $90 million will reportedly now go to a technology management and consulting company. some extreme weather to tell temperatures 50s and 60s across the eastern seaboard. by monday this system is out of there. the temperatures drop somewhat, but we re still relatively warm. i
there was so much discussion over whether or not there should be anything built there at all and you feel that it is truly a rising of the entire downtown area of manhattan and it is a fighting-back and there is a definite sort of glorified feeling about looking out through the windows and seeing the huge american flags hanging from the gleaming buildings, and it does strike you, the significance of how much it means to this part of the country and to, you know, americans across the country, to have this very special place and to also, have it be a thriving workplace, once again. bill: we re two minutes away from 9:03 a.m., eastern time, the moment united airlines flight 175 struck the south tower and there will be a moment of silence for that and president george bush who is here in new york will also deliver a reading and we ll hear from yo-yo ma and the names will continue, after that. i think it should be remarked, to let the rest of the country and world know how diffe
bill: it will be 1776 feet tall. 1776, intentional in the design, clearly. martha: one of the things that strikes you when you are down here is that there is a feeling of comfort, and hopefulness, when you look at these towers and as bill said, there was so much discussion over whether or not there should be anything built there at all and you feel that it is truly a rising of the entire downtown area of manhattan and it is a fighting-back and there is a definite sort of glorified feeling about looking out through the windows and seeing the huge american flags hanging from the gleaming buildings, and it does strike you, the significance of how much it means to this part of the country and to, you know, americans across the country, to have this very special place and to also, have it be a thriving workplace, once again. bill: we re two minutes away from 9:03 a.m., eastern time, the moment united airlines flight 175 struck the south tower and there will be a moment of si
minneapolis into fargo. some places up to eight or ten inches of deep. chicago, probably missing out on the snow but, again, we are talking early in the season. that will soon change. a quick look at the forecast. a lot more to share with you coast to coast. that s moments away. don, back to you. thank you. today could be a pivotal day in the battle over the military s don t ask, don t tell policy. this hour, the senate armed services committee taking up the issue and hearing from two of the military s top leaders. defense secretary gates and chief michael mullens. our senior congressional krontd dana bash on capitol hill right now. good morning to you. reporter: good morning. do we have a sense of what could happen right now? reporter: this is a very important hearing. first of two. the pentagon came out with the very important report this week. this is the first time to hear members of the united states