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>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, riveting new details, the rough draft about president obamas jobs speech. what were learning about the plan he unveiled tomorrow night and whether he has new ideas that will sound either bold or timid. also, rick perrys first test on the presidential debate stage. he got a late ride into this race, but hes moving very quickly right now at the start of his presidential campaign. tonight, he has something, of course, to prove. plus, one o...

Were hearing it here in briefings, over at the white house where they say they have utter confidence in natos ability to carry this out. in the same breath, you have the statement coming from secretary clinton, who by the way, is in germany at yet another nato meeting, and she is describing exactly what you were talking about, a horrible -- as ben was talking about, a horrible situation in misurata. people, she said, deliberate attempt to starve people out. so if the mission is going well, as th...

Gadhafi military and the gadhafi forces being a learning enemy, that they are learning -- theyve adapted their tactics. the same cannot be said for the opposition forces. they do not seem to be a learning force. >> reporter: no, no, not at all. in fact, they seem to be learning almost nothing. certainly compared to the gadhafi forces who have changed their tactics completely. initially they were using tanks and heavy weaponry. now theyre running around in the desert in pickup trucks, almost indi...

>> cuts of that dimension would certainly harm security. >> how so? >> well, we have an agile learning enemy in al qaeda. let me use terrorism as the prime example here. al qaeda changes. al qaeda adapts. we have to adapt as well. we rely on resources to do that. reducing resources beyond a certain point will make us less able to adapt as our enemy adapts. so i would be cautious about that. >> let me talk about homegrown terrorism which weve seen a lot of, it seems like, over the past several mo...

Ji eesh muhammad, he spent time with shahzad when the times square suspect was in pakistan, although the revelation marks a time a specific group has been linked with this case. sources adding it does not necessarily mean the group engineered the plot. on this network this morning, saying shahzad is a new kind of terrorist. >> this learning enemy is now adjusting to the fact that if he does something very complicated that takes a long period of time, by in large well detect it and disrupt it. so...

Literally, army of mohammed. he spent time with shahzad when the times square suspect was in pakistan, although the revelation marks a time a specific group has been linked with this case. sources adding it does not necessarily mean the group engineered the plot. on this network this morning, saying shahzad is a new kind of terrorist. >> this learning enemy is now adjusting to the fact that if he does something very complicated that takes a long period of time, by in large well detect it and dis...

Shahzads training. what if the would-be bomber were affiliated with a different terror group. the "los angeles times" reporting one of the men being held is a member of ji eesh muhammad, he spent time with shahzad when the times square suspect was in pakistan, although the revelation marks a time a specific group has been linked with this case. sources adding it does not necessarily mean the group engineered the plot. on this network this morning, the former director of the cia tells savannah go...

Yesterday if this represents an attempt by the pakistani taliban to hit a target in the u.s., this would be the first time. >> the first time they have tried to project a threat to the homeland. that is a different problem than what weve had up to this point. the bottom line is because he admitted to being trained in waziristan, thats not an outward bound camp adventure. that is the real deal. either he got pore poor training or evers a bad student. it was the real deal. >> you may have heard ge...

Main, al qaeda central, careful planning, complex plots. a lot of things going on. always shooting for the spectacular. frankly, weve become quite good at detecting and dismembering those kinds of plots. this is a learning enemy. and this enemy is now adjust together fact that if he does something very complicate tad takes a long period of time, by and large, well detect it and disrupt it. so what happened in times square this past weekend, what happened on christmas day is a new model. folks, w...

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