harold brown jr. was laid to rest in massachusetts yesterday. the 37-year-old was one of seven agents killed in the attack. brown lived in northern virginia for the past several years. he leaves behind his wife and three young children. >>> a handful of protesters marched in northwest washington yesterday taking a stand against violence. the group, in-put hosted the event in front of the d.c. superior court. their goal is to bring awareness of violence spreading in communities due to stress brought on by the economic downturn. an oregon man faces federal charges after disrupting a hawaiian islands flight. joe johnson is accused of interfering with the performance and duties of a flight crew. investigators say before the maui bound flight took off johnson refused to store his carry on bag and then later in the flight the 56-year-old handed a comment card to a

in massachusetts for 37-year- old harold brown, jr. brown and his family lived in fairfax station. he was one of 7 victims of a suicide bombing in afghanistan on a c.i.a. base. his wife and three children stood together at the service along with massachusetts governor deval patrick. brown was killed in a patrick carried out by a suicide bomber. there is new video of the bomber moments before he struck. as caroline shively reports, the man said american intelligence officials tried to get him to spy for them. >> reporter: in a just-released videotape before his death, a doctor says revenge is why he killed the c.i.a. operatives in afghanistan because the c.i.a. had killed a pakistani leader with a missile strike in august. he said he turned down millions of dollars for the u.s. and jordan who wanted him to spy. he taped the video shortly before he went on a u.s. base and blew up 7 c.i.a. employees and himself in

family, friends, colleagues gathered in massachusetts to honor 37-year-old harrell brown, jr. -- harold brown, jr. he lived in fairfax station with his beautiful family here. he was one of seven victims killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. his wife and three children stood together at the service along with asrick. >> the kids will miss him. but i think in the years they had him, they did more than manpeople ever do in their whole lives. >> the attack is considered one ever the worst attacks on u.s. intelligence per knell in more than 20 years. >>> the coast of northern california rattled by an earthquake. we're everywhere at 11:00 tonight. the u.s. geological survey says a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit 27 miles from the coastal city of eureka this evening shaking buildings and knocking out power. four after shocks followed within minutes, the biggest registering 3.8. officials say there is no threat of the quake generating a tsunami. the san francisco bay area was struck by two light earthquakes on thursday and friday. parking in d.c. is going to cost you more. the city is extend

harold brown jr. was remembered during a service in massachusetts. the father of three lived in fairfax county. >> i will love you now and forever. >> flags were lowered to half staff at the cia and the seven new stars joined the others on a wall of honor at the cia office in langley. >>> a man with suspected ties to terrorism pled not guilty today on charges he was training for al qaeda. he was accused of lying to pakistan to get military training. he is one of two men arrested yesterday in connection with the investigation. the colorado airport driver pled not guilty last year to supporting terrorism. >>> president barack obama accepted an apology tonight. one of his chief allies in the senate, -- accepted an apology tonight from one of his chief allies in the senate, senator harry reid. harry reid had said america was ready to elect a light skinned african-american. today, harry reid issued a statement, saying he sincerely apologize for offending any and all americans, especially african-americans. it >>> people in northern california are a bit sh

. >>> one of the victims of the bombing was 37-year-old harold brown, jr., of fairfax station. he worked or the state department and had three children. >>> the senate majority leader is apologizing tonight for a controversial comments he made about president obama during the campaign n. a private consideration senator senator reid commented that president obama was a light skinned african-american with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one. senator reid said he's sincerely responding for offending any and all americans, especially african- americans for my improper comment. the. has accepted the apology. >>> what's the best way to give an underprivileged child an edge? i'm going to introduce you to a young man who comes from nearly nothing and show you how he's making something of his life. >>> plus, the trouble with traffic lights, energy saving bulbs causing problems in the winter weather. what you need to know to stay safe. >>> and what's up with the big -- [ indiscernible ] stick around. we're coming back in just 90 seconds.  >>> every year t

harold brown jr., a father of three young children, killed in that suicide bombing in afghanistan. >> a wonderful life. i love you now and forever. >> reporter: even brown's parents never knew their son was a spy. this attack has been exception. we have learned some of their names. elizabeth hanson. scott roberson. david's wife said good-bye near >> i love you with all my heart. >> reporter: flags are at half-staff at the cia. here 90 stars mark the 90 officers lost in the agency's history. but 35 of their names aren't even listed. it will be harder for the agency to keep its losses secret. in fact, we learned about these officers from family members who posted pictures on social media sites. >> in the old days, it could deny history. they could not do that in the world today. there's simply too many eyes and cameras and lenses and websites. >> reporter: this spring, more stars will be chiseled into the rock at the cia's headquarters. in a letter to be printed tomorrow the cia director says, we honor them in part by pushing forward the work they did. work to which, they were absolutel

. >> reporter: family and friends gathered in massachusetts today to remember harold brown, one of seven cia employees killed by a suicide bombing in afghanistan on december 30th. with rare openness, the central intelligence agency has allowed five of the victims to be mourned publicly, a decision that angered some former officers like michael sawyer, i always think it is better not to tell a very intelligent, very observant enemy much of anything. >> others identified include security contractor dane bressy, agent employee elizabeth hanson, security officer and former policeman scott roberson and cia security officer and former navy seal, jeremy weiss. they have been gathered at forward operating base chapman on the afghan border to meet a spy. they thought he would provide information on top al qaeda and taliban leaders, today the taliban released video of the alleged bomber jordanian dr. umar farouk abdulmutallab with the head of the pakistan taliban. >> in a letter to the washington post today cia director leon panetta defended the agents for letting the man in, he said the individua

harold brown's parents thought their son worked for the state department, not cia. >> he was, by all accounts, an american hero. >> reporter: near portland, one of the contract security guards was mourned. >> those left behind are forbidden from speaking about the mission, the sacrifice. >> reporter: at cia headquarters, 90 stars represent officers killed. more stars will be carved this spring. this time, we know some of their names and their sacrifice. the director of the cia promises that the fight will continue. in that letter this morning, he writes, we honor them by pushing forward the work they did, the work to which they were absolutely devoted. kate? >> let's get the bottom line on that story and more. the host of "this week" and the cohost of "good morning america" george stephanopoulos is with us. good morning, george. let's start with leon panetta. he's defending the agency. the cia is under fire for this and lapses of intelligence leading for the christmas bomber as well. how tough is it for him right now? >> pretty tough. some of calling this bombing in afghanistan the m

harold brown jr. was laido rest in massachusetts yesterday. the 37-year-old lived in northern virginia for the past several years. he leaves behind his wife and three young children. >>> bitter cold continues to grip our area but the freezing conditionsid not stop people from hitting the streets. people braved the cold to jog, ride their segways or play a game of football. >>> welcome back to "viewpoint." again our guest this morning, d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. let's move on to this battle that continues. we fought it last year and been fighting it for years in the district for d.c. voting rights and home rule. where do we stand now, of course, we've got a democratic house, a democratic senate, and a white house, president obama all on board. some said if we didn't get it done last year what has changed. why would we get it done this year >> we're on point where we want to be. last year was the year of one set of big three and next year is to be the year of the second set. we got for the first time in history or at least in memo

. >>> a memorial service was held in massachusetts for 37-year- old harold brown, jr. brown and his family lived in fairfax station. he was one of 7 victims of a suicide bombing in afghanistan on a c.i.a. base. his wife and three children stood together at the service along with massachusetts governor deval patrick. brown was killed in a patrick carried out by a suicide bomber. there is new video of the bomber moments before he struck. as caroline shively reports, the man said american intelligence officials tried to get him to spy for them. >> reporter: in a just-released videotape before his death, a doctor says revenge is why he killed the c.i.a. operatives in afghanistan because the c.i.a. had killed a pakistani leader with a missile strike in august. he said he turned down millions of dollars for the u.s. and jordan who wanted him to spy. he taped the video shortly before he went on a u.s. base and blew up 7 c.i.a. employees and himself in afghanistan. he says on the tape, we will never forget the blood of our appear, referring to the dead taliban leader. they sai

harold brown jr. lived in northern virginia for the past several years. the 37-year-old leaves behind his wife and threeoung children. >>> this new year has been a challenging one for president obama. he's prodding congressional democrats to finish up a health care bill. his first state of the union address is weeks away and he's been forced to address sho shortcomings in national security. all of this comes as his majority party fights to stay that way in this year's midterm elections. brian mooar reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: a day after getting more bad news on jobs and the economy, president obama is touting health care reform as a way to help struggling americans. >> we're fixing our broken health insurance system that's crushing families, eating away at workers' take-home pay, and nailing small businesses with double digit premium increases. >> reporter: he's hoping to sign a bill in a few weeks before his state of the union address, but house democrats say they won't just rubber stamp the bill passed by the senate. if they demand too many

. >>> a memorial service held today in massachusetts for 37- year-old harold brown, jr. brown and his family lived in fairfax station. he was one of sevevictims of a suicide bombing in afghanistan on a c.i.a. base. his wife and three children stood together at the service along with massachusetts governor duval patrick. brown was killed in an attack carried out by suicide bomber. tonight there is new video of the bomber just moments before he struck. the man said american intelligence officials tried to get them to spy for him. >> reporter: a jordanian doctor says revenge is why he killed the c.i.a. operatives in afghanistan because the c.i.a. had killed a pakistani taliban lead we are a missile strike in us a. he also said he turned down millions of dollars from the u.s. and jordan who wanted him to spy on militants. the father of the bomber said it is his son. he stated the video shortly before he went on base. he says on the tape, we will never forget the blood of our ramir referring to the dead taliban leader. he tells other jihaddists it's their duty to go after oth

brown junior orinally from massachusetts leaves behind a wifend three ildren. his concern was to make the wod a better and safer place for evyone who lived here. i think that fled his own commitment to the litary and to ourountry and indeed to the people that he was tryg to he. >> ifill: remy wise was a 35- year-old former navy sl who worked as a securityontractor. frnds have already set up a memorial on fabook, including is entry: "he wadoing what he wanted to ." and 39-year-old scotmichael robersonas working as a security officer. he leaves a wife who was eht mohs pregnant. ey will each receive a star re on the agency's memorial wall at the headarters in langley, virginia, commemorang those who haveied in the line of serce. an eighth viim identified as a jordanian spy was also killein the attack captain sharif a bin zeid was a member of throyal family, and received a ste funeral on saturday. he reportey recruited a top informant, humamhalil abu- mulal -balawi, the alleged double agent working for a qaeda. th32-year old was a doctor from zarqa, jordan, also th

brown junior originally from massachusetts leaves behind a wife and three children. >> his concern was to make the world a better and safer place for everyone who lived here. i think that fueled his own commitment to the military and to our country and indeed to the people that he was trying to help. >> ifill: jeremy wise was a 35- year-old former navy seal who worked as a security contractor. friends have already set up a memorial on facebook, including this entry: "he was doing what he wanted to do." and 39-year-old scott michael roberson was working as a security officer. he leaves a wife who was eight months pregnant. they will each receive a star here on the agency's memorial wall at the headquarters in langley, virginia, commemorating those who have died in the line of service. an eighth victim identified as a jordanian spy was also killed in the attack. captain sharif ali bin zeid was a member of the royal family, and received a state funeral on saturday. he reportedly recruited a top informant, humam khalil abu- mulal al-balawi, the alleged double agent working for al- qaeda. t

one of those kled has been idenfied by his father as harold brown junior of frfax, virginia. cia spokesman orge little said day, "there is much about th attack that isn'yet known, but th much is clear: the cia's resolve to pursue agessive counterterrism operations is greater than ever". for the cia and the u.s. military, the dual claims of involvement in wedsday's attack higight the complexity of a war in which insuent groupsre able to operate along the afghan-pakistan bord and easi move back and forth between the countries. for more on the creasing taliban olence in pakistan and ghanistan, we go to: thomasohnson, a research profesr at the naval postgraduate school in montey, california, whe he focuses on afghistan and central asia. d christine fair, an associate professor at gegetown university. both have traved and written tensively about the region. profsor fair, let me start with you. the attack on the amican base in av gabtand and now on the sporting evenin pakist are just to either side of troubled border, nothat far away from each other. are they this anyw relate >> th

services for harold brown were held in massachusetts, the security contractor in washington state and in ohio for scott robertson. president obama says he has accepted senator harry reid's apology for remarks the majority leader made about him. in a new book from authors mark halpern and john hilman reed is quoted as saying, quote, obama was able to become the first african- american president because he's light-skinned and, quote, has no negro dialect. the authors are interviewed tonight on "60 minutes." the inventor of the gumby, that green pop culture artifact of the 1950s has died. animateor's creation made its way into toy shops and on to tv. he was 88 years old. last night tennessee's wild card game the cowboys dominated the eagles 34-14. it was the first play-off victory for the cowboys since 1996. earlier in the afc match-up rookie quarterback mark sanchez led the new york jets to a 24-14 win over the cincinatti bengals. play-off action continues later today when the baltimore rains tangle with the new england patriots here on cbs. in a later game the green bay packers will ta

so on behalf of a grateful nation, our profound gratitude goes to the families of harold brown, elizabeth hanson, dane, scott and jeremy wise and to those of two others whose names are not disclosed. we also salute those who were wounded in the attack and their families. madam speaker, accurate, actionable and timely intelligence is america's first line of defense, the so-called stip of the speer. these intelligence professionals died in the effort to penetrate the top leadership of al qaeda. i believe that the best way to honor them is by supporting their colleges who continue to put their -- supporting their colleges. let us do so this afternoon. by supporting this bipartisan resolution. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, is recognized. mr. thornberry: thank you, madam speaker. just to emphasize the point made earlier by the gentleman from new york, mr. king, as we come today to honor those who sacrificed their lives and their families for their sacrifice, as we come today to honor and express our appreciation for thos

evans and tina brown. we in the embassy are delighted to be participating in the launch of harry's book, my paperchase. the book covers and i've started reading it, the book covers a huge amount of ground from harry's childhood in the north of england and for a time, you won't know this, you are living and ankles a few hundred yards from where julia later grew up. then on to his professional career as a journalist and editor, publisher and author. but this isn't just another autobiography. this is also a biography of the newspaper industry over many, many significant decades. and the book describes that almost industrial process of producing a newspaper over really the best part of the last century. now all that has and one vanished with the book, is a slightly not an obituary from print journalism. mark twain said, i'm not an editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that god will not make me one. [laughter] >> harold evans is 14 year tenure as the editor of the sunday times, a

tina brown. we at the embassy are delighted to be participating in the launch of harry's book. the book covers -- and i started reading it. the book covers a huge amount of ground from harry's childhood north of england and for a time -- you won't know this, you were living? in eckels a few hundred yards where julia lived. then on to his professional career as a journalist, editor, publisher and author. but this isn't just another autobiography. this is also a biography of the newspaper industry over many, many significant decades. and the book describes that almost industrial process of producing a newspaper over really the best part of the last century. now, all that in one way vanished but the book is decidedly not an obituary for print journalism. mark twain said i'm not an editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that god will not make me one. [laughter] harold evans is 14-year tenure as the editor of the sunday times and for a year as the editor of the daily tim

and tina brown. we at the embassy are delighted to be participating in the launch of harry's book, "my paper chase" true stories of vanished times. the book covers, and i started reading it, the book covers a huge amount of ground from harry's childhood in the north of england in for a time, you will know this, you were living in eckels the few hundred yards from where juliet lathrem corrupt. then on to his professional career as a journalist, editor publisher and author, but this isn't just another autobiography. this is also a biography of the newspaper industry over many many significant decades in the book describes that almost industrial process of producing a newspaper over really the best part of the last century. now all of that is decidedly not an obituary for print journalism. mark twain said i'm not an editor of the newspaper angela always try to do right in the good so god will not make the one. [laughter] harold evans 14 ten-year ten year as the editor is "the sunday times" in year as th