the majority has rejected the pentagon's plan. >> you keep saying that. they vote this afternoon i miss it? >> the number of congressional staffers of said the plan did not get one location. quite awhat event not provide congress with a concrete and specific plan? >> again, there are design criteria that we still need to get detail on. this will present congress with the opportunity to weigh in on critical issues. remote location, existing facilities, critical issues. it's hard for us to present a final recommendation. this will be an ongoing process. we've come back with a plan that we think represents a path forward to the next administration which is something both republicans and democrats would support and this gives them a fair shot to be able to do that. the secretary feels confident that they have presented something. >> the chinese foreign minister was supposed to come to the pentagon. >> he suggested a piece treaty with the united states and north korea. >> if it is a treaty question i strongly recommend you check with my colleagues. i will do f

literally that bad at the pentagon. i am happy that the pentagon exists. they do a wonderful job protecting national security. they need to figure out where this money is going because it affects their budget. if they don't know where the money is, they tend to ask for things he don't need. brian: why wouldn't the congress want an audit of the pentagon? thomas: they have been saying it for years. they put it in the defense authorization act. they have been pushing it, bipartisan effort, pushing it for years. every time a secretary of defense comes about the budget, they ask for a clean audit. brian: a famous conservative economist that thinks all of this is a waste of time. i want to show you milton friedman. [video clip] >> they complain about waste. i don't. do you people -- would you like the people -- would you like the irs to be spending its money efficiently? obviously, in general we don't the waste but one of effects of this is that government does not have as much control as you think it would. you and the other businessmen, a hundredu have million

jamie mcintire, al jazeera, the pentagon. >> correspondent jamie mcintire joins us now from the pentagon. jamie, the u.s. is portraying this as a big victory for diplomacy, is it? >> the u.s. is focusing on the humanitarian aid aspect of this. the fact that even before they conclude any sort of cessation of hostilities agreement the lines of humanitarian aid is supposed to open up both from the air and also from the ground. and there are areas of syria that are very -- in very, very desperate straits where people are -- they don't have food, they don't have medicine. and that the aid is supposed to go to these places right away. and they say look, if we can get this cessation of hostilities agreement, which is less than a ceasefire, that could lead to a ceasefire, maybe we could actually get the talks going, it is a step in the right direction and anything that provides relief to the syrian people it is a good thing. that's the way they are spinning it. also, they are saying this is not going to affect the u.s. he anti-i.s.i.l. campaign. >> the al qaeda affiliate, el nusra, until i.s.i.l

one of the things we saw in the pentagon is manage health and health care delivery. we have better pharmacy programs, we have perspective payment systems, we have a number of management's strategies. it is the combination of things that have led to a reduction in health care costs. there is a cautionary note here. recession, we are experiencing a rise in health care inflation. we will have to see how this goes. vago: there could be a rise in the future. speaking of the military health care, the administration in the budget request is proposing tri-care to basically go into 2 plans could one would be the health maintenance organization-type program for folks near bases, then that would be the preferred writer program for folks -- preferred provider program for folks away from bases. dr. woodson: in revising the plan we listen to the beneficiaries. beneficiaries want more chores. -- watch more choice. the preferred provider plan allows them to see the physicians they want, when they want, and gives them much more latitude in self managing care. some wanted to be in the

it is literally that bad at the pentagon. i am happy that the pentagon exists. they do a wonderful job protecting national security. they need to figure out where this money is going because it affects their budget. if they don't know where the money is, they tend to ask for things he don't need. brian: why wouldn't the congress want an audit of the pentagon? thomas: they have been saying it for years. they put it in the defense authorization act. they have been pushing it, bipartisan effort, pushing it for years. every time a secretary of defense comes about the budget, they ask for a clean audit. brian: a famous conservative economist that thinks all of this is a waste of time. i want to show you milton friedman. [video clip] >> they complain about waste. i don't. would you like the irs to be spending its money efficiently? obviously, in general we don't like waste but one of the effects of this is that government does not have as much control as you think it would. you and the other businessmen, you say you have a hundred million bureaucrats and 200 million p

the pentagon says this shows the u.s. us retains the ability to strike against isil wherever it sees a target of opportunity. for months u.s. planes have been conducting surveillance over libya to look for potential ilz targets as well as social forces on the ground gathering intelligence. this comes as there's a debate about whether the pebt gone should be expanding its bombing campaign against isil from just iraq and syria and into libya as well. president obama indicated this week that he is not in favor of a wider campaign, but he did say the u.s. would continue to conduct these kinds of targeted strikes against high-value targets. meanwhile the u.s. is hoping that a fledgling unity government will come together in libya, providing a framework to unite fighters in libya to take on isil, but until that point, the u.s. feels it doesn't have a partner on the ground that can go against isil, so it is limited to these sorts of high-value, high-profile strikes. >>> well, president obama has signed off on an expanded sanctio

it is literally that bad at the pentagon. i am happy that the pentagon exists. they do a wonderful job protecting national security. but they need to figure out where this money is going because it affects their budget. if they don't know where the money is, they tend to ask for things he don't need. brian: why wouldn't the congress want an audit of the pentagon? thomas: they have been saying it for years. they put it in the defense authorization act. give us a clean on it. but they don't say we are going to cut off your money if you don't. that would be a way to get somebody to pay attention to the issue. they have been pushing it, bipartisan effort, pushing it for years. every time a secretary of defense comes about the budget, they ask for a clean audit. and they say what secretary gets said -- we are working on it. -- what secretary gates said -- we are working on it. brian: a famous conservative economist that thinks all of this is a waste of time. i want to show you milton friedman. [video clip] >> they complain about waste. i don't. tell me would you like

the last opportunity to shape pentagon priorities. defense secretary carter previewed the 580 3 billion dollar budget request that includes 700 billion dollars for research and development, as well as funding to fight isis, deter russia, field cruise missiles, press ahead with bomber, fighter, submarine and other fighter programs key to u.s. global capabilities. it also includes programs to give to the pentagon's -- to remain ahead of potential adversaries. congress also expect a request for 59 billion dollars to cover wartime operations and other costs. joining us for a preview of this budget and what to expect next week is our very own pentagon reporter aaron mehta. what should we be expecting from this massive spending package? watching a secretary carter previewed this budget, he made a couple of different speeches. one of the things that emerged munitions, taking tomahawk missiles and updating them. and that is the standard anti-air missile system. and it can be modified to provide new capabilities in the area of anti-access to a

jamie mcintyre is live for us at the pentagon. so jamie, the pentagon is saying that it expects this attack to have an immediate impact on isil's capacity in libya. is the strike that big of an accomplishment? and why now? >> reporter: well, you know, the pentagon and the u.s. military has been flying reconnaissance flights over libya for months now, and they have had some people on the ground gathering intelligence, and this is the kind of strike that president obama earlier this week said the u.s. would be willing to take to carry out if it had the approach intelligence. this was a group of people, and the initial reports indicate several dozen people were killed along with the intended target, who as you said is considered to be behind two deadly attacks in tunisia, one against a museum, and one at a beachside resort. this is a group that the pentagon believes was gathering in libya, and conducting cross-border attacks into tunisia, and the area where this attack took place is west of tripoli, not far from the tunisia border. s

. >>> pentagon says it might have killed an i.s.i.l. commander after taking the group into libya. >>> prosecutors are asking a judge to force apple to unlock a phone used by one of the gunmen in the san bernardino attack. >> the pentagon says u.s. war planes hit an i.s.i.l. camp in libya. and killed the man who was responsible for deadly attacks in tunisia. jamie mcintire reports from the pentagon. >> antonio, the all out expansion into libya, this was simply a target of opportunity. a chance to take out a major i.s.i.l. player and dozens of recruits in a single blow. this is all that was left of a farmhouse and other structures in a rural area of libya after a pair of u.s. air force f-15s floang out o15sflown out of a b, along with drones, attacked what the pentagon described as an i.s.i.l. training camp. friday morning. the camp had been under surveillance for weeks and was targeted based on surveillance suggesting the fighters there were planning external attacks on the west and other regions. >> we believe this group and this traini

we are expecting to hear from peter cook at the pentagon in the next hour. we do understand, though, from pentagon sources that the air strikes were carried out by two f-15e, air force fighter jets flying out of the united kingdom, and they carried out the strikes and apparently have returned to base without any harm to the jets and to the crew. we don't know again, how many people were killed, but the pentagon is saying that this was a significant strike against isil which has been trying to establish a beach head of sorts inside libya, and peter cook did say earlier in a statement that the u.s. is committed to going after isil where it is. the u.s. has been very concerned about isil expanding his territorial control beyond parts of iraq and syria. >> what do we know about any cooperation there may be been with libya authorities? or was it without their knowledge? >> reporter: we don't know whether or not the in-coming government approved of this. we do know u.s. officials have been very, very cautious about launching these sorts of strikes, because of the

jennifer griffin has more from the pentagon. tensions remaining high throughout the south pacific.... where china is pushing back hard against international criticism... following its deployment of an advanced surface- to-air missile system on a disputed island chain claimed by six nations. secretary of state out - the move chinese president's vow not to militarize the islands. kerry says: "there is every evidence, every day that there has been an increased militarization of another." the chinese say the weapons are defensive, not offensive... and, they're just looking to protect chinese troops islands. yi says: (translated) self-defense islands and reefs where chinese troops are with the right of self-defense." but, the hq-9 missiles can shoot down military and civilian aircraft from 125 miles away... raising serious concerns among u-s partners throughout the region. lacierda says: "it will not be in the interest of any nation considering that a large percentage of trade happens in our seas." suga says: (translated) "japan has

now the pentagon has decided it's more in their interest to shut isil done. they're doing that in a number of ways. they're overloading the isil systems denial of service attacks and they're also trying to get in and sabotag sabotage and force them into lower tech means of communications, and as you heard, things they could listen to more civilly. all part of a broodser plan to put the squeeze on isil, isolate them and cut them off from their lines of supply and support. >> jamie, besides the cyber strategy, did you get a clue what else the defense department might be doing? >> they're promising to do a lot more, especially in iraq where iraqi forces are beginning to get in position to retake mosul. something that might or might not happen this year. and you may recall that when the iraqi forces went into ramadi the u.s. offered a patchy attack helicopters, who said no thank you we don't need those. but secretary carter believes that because of the scale of mosul, the iraqi government will accept more of that help. which could include u.s. advisers closer to

pentagon courses have told al jazeera that two u.s. air force f15-e's screaming eagle fighter jets left the u.k. and carried out these air strikes west of the capitol tripoli. there are multiple reports indicating that at least 30 at this training camp were killed, perhaps as many as 50 people. we may get more incite from peter cook in the next few minutes about the success of these air strikes. however, it is important to stress, david, that the u.s. has long been concerned about isil establishing a toehold inside libya, especially given the ongoing political instability there, and it has said, and peter cook said in a statement earlier on friday, that the u.s. is prepared to go after isil to prevent it from doing just that. >> yes, it is defense department, not state department, we're expecting to hear from. but what do you know about the cooperation of the libyan authorities in this? libyan authorities as they are, because it's a pretty fractured country. >> reporter: well, we don't know whether the libyan government, the in coming

and he says the pentagon is taking a "strong" approach to deter moscow. doug mckelway reports from washington, d.c. defense secretary ash carter laying out a case to quadruple on troops and training in europe... describing russia as a growing challenge for the u-s. carter says: "we're taking a strong and balanced approach to deter russian aggression - now we haven't had to worry about this for 25 years, and while i wish it were otherwise, now we do." carter wants to spend four times more next year to strengthen eastern europe and counter russian - quote - "aggression." outlining his defense budget for next year... carter calling russia and china more stressing than isis. and, he ranked the top five threats to the u-s in following order: russia, china, north korea, iran, and then isis. carter says: "key to our approach is being able to deter our most advanced competitors." this year the pentagon budgeted nearly eight hundred million dollars to counter russia... next year, carter wants to spend three point four billion. carter saying china and russia are de

are jamie mcintire is at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: antonio, the pentagon says the overnight strikes do not represent an expansion of the all out war against i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria into libya as well. this officials say was simply a target of opportunity a chance to take out a major i.s.i.l. player and dozens of recruits in a single blow. this is all that was left of a farmhouse and other structural in a rural area of libya after a pair of u.s. air force f-15s flown out of a british air base northeast of london along with unmanned drones from the region attacked what the pentagon described as an i.s.i.l. training camp in the early hours of friday morning. pentagon says the camp was und undersurveillance for weeks, suggesting the fighters were planning external attacks on u.s. and other western interests in the region. >> it's fair to say we believe this group and this training facility posed a threat in the region and perhaps beyond in the short term and as a result, we wanted to move quickly. >> pentagon sources the u.s. believes the primary target, a tunisian named nord

we met last week with the pentagon comptroller and i asked him why the 2016 request was relevant and whether it charts a course of the followed by future administrations. .> i think it does i would list of the major move ,n this with respect to russia and that is within the secretary's of trying to really have us reorient a little bit so that we are thinking across the spectrum from now to 20 years from now. the fight against isil, of course, and the taliban and afghanistan. he is trying to focus us is well on competitors like russia and what we are doing with europe in particular on these so-called reasserted initiative is the biggest muscle move in the budget but it is also the mental framing to think about the highest competitors as well as the here and now. no secretary is ever going to escape the demands of the here and now. what is happening today in europe and the middle east. to think ahead is where secretary carter is trying to push us and the thing across the spectrum, and all that remains going from air, sea, land, and to think about the contested environment and to think

the committee critical of the pentagon claiming, saying, alleging, that the pentagon gave them false information about the relocation of an intelligence center so contractors would be kept happy because they'd be working close to london and not in another much more remote location. so besides all the threats out there, isis, north korea, everything, russia, a lot of anxie anxiety, a lot of tension between the committee and the pentagon this morning, jake. >> all right, barbara starr at the pentagon. >>> one of the top issues, the battle between the fbi and apple computers. as the company fighting a request to unlock the iphone used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. the director today explaining the judge's order. >> the federal judge has ordered the maker of the phone to do two things. that is disable the auto erase function on the phone so that if the fbi is trying to guess the pass code to the phone it doesn't automatically delete the contents essentially aft effort tenth try. and second, to disable the delay between tries function. if we're going to try to guess the code, i

as jamie mcintyre explains, the pentagon says the u.s. to not planning a military response. >> reporter: this book defense secretary ash carter cited north korea as number three on the top five list of threats in the united states. causing them a serious concern. carter did not have a plan about what to do about it except to say what was needed is strong deterrence. it's a strong apply from what ash carter advocated a decade ago at the pentagon. >> north korea launched tests before. back then in 2006, harvard professor ash carter knew how to respond to the threat. take out the north korean missile with a sea launch missile while on the launch pad. writing in a 'washington post' op ed, kart area argued that: when i asked carter about the wisdom of a pre-emptive strike, he made it clear it was not something he wanted to revisit. a few years ago, when you were in public office, you wrote a compelling bid with secretary kerry, advocating that the north korean missile be taken out on a launchpad before it was contested. are you thinking about

jamie mcintyre reports from the pentagon. with north korea defying u.n. resolutions and ignoring crippling sanctions, the u.s. is making prudent military moves to counter the threat that north korea may threaten its enemies with nuclear tipped missiles. the pentagon says the north korean space launch was a bust insofar as putting a working earth observation satellite in orbit. the satellite dubbed loan star is said to be tumbling out of control. as for north korea's rocket science, the launch was a success. the second time since 2012 pyongyang demonstrated that it has developed ballistic missiles that could in theory reach the united states. in response, the u.s. korean commander asked for additional expenses, as soon as details can be worked out with seoul. a request president obama approved. >> we are consulting with the south koreans for the first time about more missile defense facilities to prevent possibilities that north korea could reach the facilities or population. it is called that. therm nal high altitude defense. a radar missile designed to s

jamie mcintyre great wrap up there at the pentagon. thank you. >>> the fighting in syria has had a profound humanitarian impact. the red cross says at least 50,000 syrians have now fled the fighting in aleppo, and at least 500 people have been killed since the syrian government began its offensive there. >> reporter: many in the opposition are welcoming any deal, really, that can relieve the suffering on the ground. the offensive in aleppo has displaced 50,000 people according to the united nations, many are living out in the open. they left their homes with nothing, and they cannot survive without aid. they are also welcoming any deal that would bring in aid supplies to besieged areas across the country. at the same time they are skeptical. they don't believe that this deal will -- will really take effect on the ground, because they -- they -- they point to the fact that over the past five years, ceasefires have been agreed upon, but never really implemented on the ground. they have little faith in the syrian government and itself bac

so right now the pentagon is monitoring the situation. the u.s. has a lot of censors that can track this. we expect expect that they will file some update in an hour >>> this is a missile and not as north korea claims a rocket launch to test satellite technology. we are looking at images, the installation of the missile interceptors that you were referring to. no question that's a missile, correct? >> the terminology between a rocket and missile can be the same thing. to put a satellite into space you need a multi-stage rocket or missile. a missile refers to the fact - a ballistic missile goes into space and comes down. a rocket is just something that lunches something into space. they both perform the same function. it depends on what sort of pay load you have to them. it is a difference without not too much of a distinction when it comes to the strategic value of this technology >>> also to point out, the north koreans have already proven that they can reach the territory of the hawaiin islands, america. >> that's one of the things that they wil

. >>> the pentagon puts out its plan to move guantanamo bay detainees to the u.s. congress is saying no. >>> donald trump looks for his third win in a row as ted cruz and mar rob a try to break his momentum. >>> the city of flint, michigan, the officials say neither side is taking action. >> this is al jazeera live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. in about an hour, president obama will make his case for closing the guantanamo bay detention center. that ho long been a promise made during his first campaign eight years ago. the plan presented to congress today will likely call for transferring some detainees to u.s. soil, sure to provoke a fight with lawmakers who oppose that move. some lawmakers are already speaking out against the plan. they did so yesterday. how difficult will it be for the administration to convince congress? >> almost impossible. the obama administration says it's going to try. they say look, congress asked for this plan, and so they're submitting it on the deadline that it's supposed to be submitted. they hope it will start a conversation

the pentagon says the operation hit an isil training camp and was aimed at killing a senior tunisian operative. he is accused of helping organize deadly attacks on a museum in tunis and a beach resort in the town of zeus last year. >> this was a facilitate we had had our eye on for sometime, and we had determined that there were isil fighters and folks in training at this facility, and specifically that he was associated with this facility in particular. and we believed that they posed a threat. >> rosiland jordan joins us live from washington, d.c. what more do we know about the target, and the impact of these air strikes in libya? >> well, even those peter cook briefed us for about 45 minutes, we don't know much more than that, other than this training camp was being used to orchestrate potential attacks on the u.s. or in u.s. interests overseas. we also don't know, even though pentagon officials have said on background that two f-15 fighter jets that were based in the u.k., were taking part in the strikes on this camp. we also don't know whether or not the pentagon has confirmed t

named ronald hamilton, a man assigned to the pentagon, in jail tonight. he opened fire on prince william police officers as they responded to a home for a domestic dispute call. rookie officer ashley guindon later died from her injuries. >> this morning yesterday and her shift, this was their first day working, so the whole thing is just tragic. >> reporter: when more officers arrived on scene, hamilton allegedly surrendered to police and then authorities found his wife, 29-year-old gunshot wounds -- hamilton dead, from gunshot wounds. >> hamilton has been charged at this point with capital murder of a police officer, first degree murder involving his life. >> reporter: officer begin done was a marine with -- guindon was a marine with florida ties and this was her second time entering police training. the county police chief said when she returned, it was obvious she was driven, passionate and exceedingly intelligent. >> we were struck by her passion to do this job. >> reporter: just hours after officer ashley guindon was gunned down police and firefighte

he's the one who leaks this to the press. >> i was the lead reporter in the pentagon papers. ellsberg turned against the war, and he copied these papers with the hope that eventually they would be used to embarrass an awful lot of people and which would show that we had made a terrible mistake. fighting this war in vietnam. >> starting with the ellsberg story front page. >> i think kissinger was obsessed with secrecy and so was nixon. my first three articles were published. and the nixon administration then wanted to stop the whole thing. >> my argument inside was, if you want to make the case against the pentagon papers, get up and charge "the new york times" with publishing national security secrets, gross irresponsibility, and sabotaging the war in vietnam. >> the justice department went to court in new york today and got a temporary order restraining the "times" from publishing the next and last two installments. >> attorneys for "the new york times" claim the protection of the first amendment which embodies the concept of the freedom of the press as sufficient to protect

let's get to barbara starr live at the pentagon. barbara, how significant an escalation of force is this? >> reporter: it is significant, jake. these are troops that have the ability to operate covertly, and if it all works, what the pentagon hopes is they will score significant gains against isis. in secret locations across northern iraq the army's elite delta force is now conducting its first operations cnn has learned. today at the pentagon defense secretary ash carter outlining what delta and the expeditionary targeting force, etf, has been ordered to do. >> seizing places, freeing people, hostages, prisoners of isil, making it such that isil has to fear that anywhere, any time it may be struck. and the only thing i'll say is the etf is in position. >> reporter: the timing and location of all operations remains classified. there are about 200 troops in northern iraq. they have been setting up safe houses, establishing and paying off informant networks, and gathering intelligence. the plan, attack compounds, not just to capture o

microsoft announces it's upgrading the pentagon's computers to windows 10. secretary ash carter ordered the upgrades for all 4-million computers at the pentagon. he says the upgrades will happened within the next year. the pentagon is traditionally among the last of microsoft operating system. this gives microsoft time to work out bugs in the system. republican presidential candidate donald trump is returning to the commonwealth. trump will be in virginia beach next week ahead of the march first primary. the g-o-p front runner is set to appear at regent university. ben carson will also be at regent later this month. john kasich is scheduled to host a town hall meeting monday at virginia commonwealth university. new at seven ... the state senate passes a bill that would allow medicinal marijuana to be produced and manufactured in the commonwealth. possession of medical marijuana is legal in virginia but there's no way for patients to obtain it without breaking the law. if passed ... patients have a way to get the drug. virginia is one of 40 states with medica

sorts for they of pentagon, but still far less than the pentagon had been planning for. year oft every single the obama administration, the president obama has requested a defense spending higher than what they have allowed. it has been a give-and-take and a back-and-forth between the administration and congress over defense spending. host: up first on our independent line, we have john from orange, texas. you are on. caller: thank you. a slightly more technical question. know we have not declared war on anyone since world war ii, so i am wondering about the definition of war. for budget terms. secondly, i know the amount for the entitlement of veterans, veterans begich -- benefits, also in the budget amount. i wonder if you could address that amount and explain why it is separated. it is a great question and it has that the to do with whether or not we declare work there is it is something congress and the administration get to define what else. technically in budget terms, the were related budget is called emergency supplemental funding. to the process it goes through

the administration will attempt to convince lawmakers to allow the pentagon to move nearly 60 detainees to the u.s. to a facility that will cost up to $475 million to construct, but could save as much as $180 million a costs, the administration says. the plan provides few specifics and risks, and is likely to face tough opposition from members of congress who have repeatedly passed legislation banning any effort to move detainees to the u.s. rep. mac thornberry, r- texas, chairman of house armed services committee, has said that his panel would hold a hearing on a closure plan. but he sent a letter to obama warning that congress has made clear what details must be included in any plan and that anything less than that would be unacceptable. the u.s. officials say the plan considers 13 different locations in the u.s., including seven existing prison facilities in colorado, south carolina and kansas, as well as six other locations on current military bases. they say the plan doesn't recommend a preferred site and the cost estimates are meant to provide a starting point for a conversation w

we cannot build the pentagon. the pentagon was built in less than two years, with 6 million square feet under roof, in a swamp in 1941. it would take 15 years to get a permit to start construction. we cannot launch a man to the moon. we cannot lead the world if we were starting where we are today. regulations. our tax code is creating this bizarre relocation of capital outside our country. we have $2 trillion overseas because we are the only country that has worldwide taxation. no other country has that. if we went to territorial taxation and allow for this $2 trillion to be repatriated, you would see massive rebuilding of our infrastructure and at our industrial capacity to allow us to be competitive. if we allowed full expensing, lowering the tax corporate rate, a simple code where you expense capital investing, you would allow for us to be competitive. if we brought job training into the 21st century instead of having us mid-20th century system of job training, you would be more competitive. if our education sy

the pentagon spokesman said that the u.s. would continue to attack the group wherever it reared it's head. russia has brought forward a draft resolution calling for syria's sovereignty to be protected. moscow said that it feared that annikthat ankara would interfere. and the author of ""to kill a mocking bird"" has died at the age 89. >>> to news outside of brussels where britain's prime minister is trying to change the terms of the membership to the e. you want. emma, what are you hearing? >> we think that a deal may have been done. they're tweeting that there is you knack must support for the deal. so now what they're doing is looking at the draft text. we think like yesterday when we were looking at the draft text there were problems with the proposal for various leaders. they are now no brackets which means that there is unanimous support and we'll hopefully get an announcement quite soon that the deal is done. >> and how important is this for david cameron's position particularly at home ahead of a referendum in just a c

the pentagon is expected to deliver the plan to congress today. the proposal involves transferring the remaining detainees to a facility in the u-s. military officials say it will cost 475- million-dollars, but save ar in operating costs. president obama previously promised to close the prison. he says terrorists use guantanamo bay as a recruiting tool. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: cloudy with rain this morning becoming scattered showers for the rest of the day. highs will be in the low 50s. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. scattered showers. lows will be in the mid 40s. winds var. 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly cloudy. scattered showers in the morning. then late day showers and storms. some could be strong to severe. highs will be near 70. winds south 10-20mph with gusts up to 25mph. today we have rain expected. it will become more scattered later this morning through the for rain will continue. high temps will be in the low 50s. a warm front will lift through the region tonight. so tomorrow we will be very warm. highs will be nea

the pentagon is expected to deliver the plan to congress today. the proposal involves transferring the remaining detainees to a facility in the u-s. military officials say it will cost 475- million-dollars, but save year in operating costs. president obama previously promised to close the prison. he says terrorists use guantanamo bay as a recruiting tool. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: cloudy with rain this morning becoming scattered showers for the rest of the day. highs will be in the low 50s. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. scattered showers. lows will be in the mid 40s. winds var. 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly cloudy. scattered showers in the morning. then late day showers and storms. some could be strong to severe. highs will be near 70. winds south 10-20mph with gusts up to 25mph. today we have rain expected. it will become more scattered later this morning through the for rain will continue. high temps will be in the low 50s. a warm front will lift through the region tonight. so tomorrow we will be very warm. highs will be n

jamie mcintyre is at the pentagon with details. >> reporter: with north korea defying u.n. resolutions, and ignoring crippling sanctions, the u.s. is making prudent military moves to counter the threat that north korea may soon be able to threaten its enemies with nuclear-tipped missiles. pentagon sources say the satellite subbed lodestar is said to be tumbling out of control as it circles the earth. but as for north korea's rocket science the sunday launch was a clear success. the second time since 2012 pyongyang has demonstrated its has developed a missile that could in theory reach the itself. the u.s. korean commander has asked for additional missile defenses for south korea. >> what we're also doing is consulting with the south koreans for the first time about more missile defense capabilities to prevent any possibility that north korea could reach u.s. facilities or u.s. populations. >> reporter: the system in question is called thad, missiles designed to shoot down short or intermediate range missiles. >> we have feel confident our posture right now is adequate to th

they are looking at the pentagon budget and specifically asking whether the pentagon is spending enough money on the kinds of things it needs to counter future threats. the secretary lists out five areas where the thought that there were threats, but he really focussed in on the growing military might and buildup of both moscow and beijing. >> russia and china are our most stressing competitors, as they have both developed and continue toed a vns military systems including anti-access systems that seek to threaten our advantages in specific areas. we saw it last week in the south china sea, and we see it in crimea and syria as well. >> reporter: so in syria, ash carter is talking about, of course the russian intervention in syria, and it's air campaign, as well as its takeover of crimea, and the insertion and backing of troops in ukraine. but a lot of the discussion focused on china, and it's growing militarization. it's placement of missiles on islands in the south china sea, and trying to increase its influence there. that's something you may have heard the secretary refer to as somet

eastern time. >>> the pentagon may miss its deadline for its plan to defeat the islamic state. colonel ralph peters joining me to respond. >>> also a global terror warning from director of national intelligence. >> director clapper? >> you testified last year that in your 45 years of public service, this was the worst global threat environment you had ever seen, is that correct? >> yes, sir. deirdre: an isis chemical weapon report you will want to hear what's in it. >>> also iran testing missiles and publishing the images of our arrested soldiers. now they are mocking them in a parade on the streets. we have a lot to talk about with colonel ralph peters. stay with us. >> also want to thank the iranian authorities for their cooperation and quick response. these are always situations which, as everybody here knows, is an ability, if not properly guided to get out of control. and i'm appreciative for the quick and appropriate response of the iranian authorities. t young company around but if we want to keep the soda pop flowing we need fresh ideas! >>got it. we slow, we die. >>wha

jamie mcintyre reports from the pentagon. the latest video posted on social media shows the syrian army's advance on aleppo, once a rebel stronghold and syria's largest city, before five years of fighting drove much of the population away. overhead a russian jet appears to drop cluster bombs, and unguided munition condemned by the u.s. for urban combat, because it can cause wide-spread indiscriminate casualties. the u.s. also accuses russia of bombing a doctors without borders hospital in northern syria, reducing it to a pile of rubble. killing at least seven doctors and patients. no coalition or u.s. planes were operating in the area at the time.

. >> the suspect is 32-year-old army staff sergeant ronald hamilton assigned to the pentagon. the investigators say that his wife was found dead inside the home. his 11-year-old son also home but not hurt. she was rushed to the hospital where she died. >> when news came that she passed, it definitely hit us. we weren't expecting it. >> her history with the department goes back to 2011 when she started out as an intern. she spent six years as a marine corp reservist and earned a bachelors degree in aeronautics and a masters degree in science. >> she had a passion that went beyond. >> her patrol car is draped in black and covered in flowers. the other two officers shot is expected to recover. >> police say they're not going to release the body camera footage after they fatally shot a 17-year-old. witnesses say it happened late saturday night. the teen was reportedly attacking someone who was homeless and who had been drinking. he had a metal stick and he was using it as a weapon. his identity has not been released. >> a college student has confessed to breaking the law. >> on th

this is stuff the pentagon is talking about. the goal is to let everyone else in the world no that the u.s. has this capability, and we have the ability to strike back or strike first if we need to. the is the idea of deterrent, the main argument for keeping the nuclear weapons, that the u.s. is the biggest role in the block and you cannot step to the u.s. without getting responded to. the other aspect is letting people know where things are. that is the point of the air fleet, that you would not know where these things are. you do not know where the stealthy summary and is, or the plane, at any given time until it appears and you unfortunately find out. governmentoes the determine when the missile has to go online -- offline? they are in charge of looking at the weapons and doing a time check and making sure everything is working properly. a lot of it is aging out. in terms of actual protocols, it is a number of fancy calculations and algorithms they do not tell me about. there are people whose jobs are to check every day and s

leland vittert live at the pentagon. leland, secretary carter with some interesting comments about isis. what do you think the headline here is so far? reporter: the headline is how skeptical the press corps, for that matter everybody is on the pentagon's spin on the fight against isis. past 24, 48 hours, isis shown ability to strike inside of iraq. three coordinated attacks inside of baghdad killing scores of people. yet when you listen to the pentagon talk, hey, the fight against isis, especially in iraq is going really well. take a listen. >> because of our strategy and our determination to accelerate our campaign, momentum is now on our side and not on isil's. our partners on the ground in iraq have retaken ramadi and making begins in anbar while at the same time we're making operationally significant strides in our campaign to dismantle isil in syria. reporter: obviously when it comes to the numbers on the ground, be it isis inside of syria where they remained largely same side, fighting since all the airstrikes beg

the pentagon has tried to pool large purchases of the aircraft together-- to push the cost down. the report cautions-- these efforts have created a situation, in which the u-s could be committed to getting up to 270 u-s aircraft, before "operational testing is complete." ### it's a legal windfall for a northern nevada company. it took apple to court and won. and now, it could take- in over half a billion dollars. and, caught on camera. through a high school classroom. plus, chief meteorologist jeff thompson has your forecast. "you're watching kolo 8 news now at 5:00 with sarah johns, noah bond, weather with meteorologist jeff thompson, and sports with josh little. this is kolo 8 news now at 5:00." amanda super bowl sunday is almost here. dave we'll leave it to josh little in our sports department to break down the game for you... take a look at the big ads that are slated to hopefully grab your attention during the big game. dave join us for good morning renafter several tornadoes touched down across the southeast in crockett county tennessee, the surveillance camera at a local h

the pentagon is only saying u.s. forces in syria are consistently looking for ways to increase efficiency. clarisa ward is the first journalist to visit aairfield amid a deepening relationship between the u.s. and its kurdish al allies. she joins us live from erbil with this cnn exclusive. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, christine. as the u.s. ratchets up its military presence inside syria with at least 50 u.s. special forces troops on the ground, it is also exploring military ways to pursue the fight against isis beyond just airstrikes. now, we managed to find this small agricultural airstrip in a remote corner of northeastern syria. when we arrived on the scene, it was clear that works were ongoing. there was a large berm of freshly dug-up earth that was clearly intended to obscure what was going on behind it. but we could see the runway quite clearly. we saw a tractor. we saw workers on the scene,

he worked in the pentagon. but he told officials they could look in the records, and soon as he got an attorney that consent was withdrawn. they will now have to it file a subpeona. >> does that typically happen? >> as a defense attorney i want to know everything first. if jenna or joanna said we set and i want to know those things before the prosecutor knows them. and we don't know if if he is deployed. when they are mentioned in the we don't know at all. but i am curious how the military service will be used and here you have a defense who worked in the pentagon. and the prosecution said the other was a reservist. >> in fairness they have to look at the military history. i agree with try, the defense attorney wants to do that first. and we don't know what is in there. we don't know how it will be relevant just yet. this seems that a personñr withn inkú theñr house personñr withn kills his wife and then tries to kyle three officers. if he walked in and said i want you to defend me. >> the 11-year-old was s

the pentagon says we have spent more than 5.3 billion dollars since the operations began in august of 2014. that comes out to about 11 million dollars a day. it is a lot of money. americans are wondering what all the money has accomplished. let's this by this in terms-- about this in terms of the targets have been and how successful they've been. >> i don't think to tell you that war is an expensive business. an aircraft carrier, when it is not aat war, costs about a million yob i don't know dollars a da day to operate. very expensive. much is going to the operations, ammunitions? of the aid on the ground. they they have had 8,000 coalition air strikes since they started. they become more and more effective with more intelligence. we see more strikes against the i.s.i.l. oil operations, not just the fuel trucks, but also some of the transfer points for oil to try and cut off the flow of funds. also these air strikes have been very effective in enabling the local forces on the ground to move. in many cases they're the only reason that the local forces have been able to make progress. y

the counter you hear from the pentagon or congress to support this action is essentially, russia and china both said they will continue to invest in their arsenal. if we don't do the same, we will fall behind and be held at this asymmetric advantage. frankly, your argument falls down on where you believe whether nuclear weapons should never be used again or not. guest: aside from russia -- host: aside from russia and china, who is the next biggest threat? guest: threat wise, those are the existential threats, several u.s. allies have nuclear weapons. north korea is the big wildcard in all of this. exactly what capabilities they have is unclear, at least to the public. they have demonstrated in the last couple of months a willingness to show that they have these weapons and of a have some capabilities. it is unclear if they could really strike the u.s. or not, but a good certainly strike u.s. allies in the region. in thoses iran change it -- in that list because of the agreements that have been made? guest: according to the agreement, they will not have nuclear weapons, that was the w

doug mcculley with the pentagon with more. >> the pentagon within the past hour released the official plan. it does not endorse any specific facility but it does consider 13 different locations to house gitmo detainees including seven existing prison facilities. to fort leavenworth kansas locations, also the naval brig in charleston south carolina and four different places in colorado including the medium and super max prison. just a short time ago, the president defended his decision to try to close guantanamo bay. >> keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. it undermines our standing in the world. it is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standards of rule of law. >> reporter: the decision is meeting with stiff gop resistance. jerry moran said this morning that the president to move goes down as at all unlawful pack to close the facility is a reckless decision, especially after numerous department of defense officials and his own attorney general confirmed it is against the law. also, this week from senator tim scott of south carolina. the p

jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon. syria and russia are essentially saying they will continue fighting when there is supposed to be this cause that seems so promising. is the pentagon concerned that this entire thing is going to fall apart? >> reporter: well, i think the real key gets back to the old saying, one man's terrorism is another man's freedom fighter. a couple of key parts of this agreement, one is that they are immediately supposed to be opening up channels of humanitarian aid to besieged cities in syria where people are starving and in need of food and medical supplies. then over the course of this vehicle, the u.s. and russia is supposed to sit down to a task force and decide who the legitimate targets would be. they have identified isil and the al-nusra front as legitimate targets. russia has broadly defined terrorists as the people for instance holding the -- the rebels holding control of aleppo. that's clearly not the definition that the united states is looking for. so the question of whether or not th