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15-foot waves and the storm surge in eastern mass. we've got power outages we'll deal with, two to three feet of snow in eastern mass. mika, that's the historic portion of the storm. do not expect an historically top ten storm in some areas like new york city, but it will still be high impact, nonetheless. >> bill karins, thanks very much. to our other top story which were the hearings on capitol hill, we're going to bring in from washington, former national security adviser for president carter, dr. zbigniew brzezinski, the author of "strategic vision: america and the crisis of global power."...

>> i think that's a really important point. and i'm very uncomfortable with the cia becoming an operational war-making entity. it should be an intelligence agency, and we've got a large thing called the department of defense that's designed to make war and go after our enemies. i agree. i think there's a real problem with the cia becoming essentially a war-making entity as opposed to an intelligence agency. >> and let me go to david gregory for final thoughts on this because the big unknown here is how many in terms of drones killing civilians as opposed to other approaches, special ops and ot...

And beyond that, there is the further question, what do we do when those who are planning to attack us are using foreign territory? the drones are reasonably precise. they're much more precise than fighter bombers or heavy bombers or even helicopters. so they are a weapon that actually addresses the problem of how do you respond to aggression from foreign territory. >> isn't the question, then, doctor, how do we define who actually is a member of al qaeda? that we can -- >> that's a fair question. and i would think -- >> how do we define what imminent threat is, and what do we define as a batt...

Pressing the button on special forces, yet when we are more concerned on human list drones, why are we setting up a different level of criteria there? >> well, i think that's a really good question. and to be honest, i believe that drones are a lot more civilized than what we used to do, you know, when sherman shelled atlanta or when the allies firebombed dresden in world war ii, it was all collateral damage. it was virtually all civilians. and that's the way -- that was the way of war until very recently. the drones, although there is some collateral damage, basically is a very smart artiller...

American. he would be merely authorizing activities which have that result because of what the others are planning against america. >> it's really hard to interrupt my dad. eugene robinson. >> you do it all the time at dinner, i expect. >> eugene robinson, go ahead. >> i think one reason why the president might be involved in these decisions right now is that the drones do give us some fine capabilities that we haven't exactly had before to track individuals. you can keep drones in the air over a target in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in a way that you can't with piloted aircraft. and so we c...