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We landed at Dulles and are now headed to DC Bureau. I was told that DC is getting more snow tomorrow...but it looks pretty well under control right now.
Tonight we air part of our interview with Secretary Gates. He rarely gives interviews so we were delighted to get to question him about the many serious issues facing America / us.
We did a show when the new World War II Memorial was unveiled on the mall in Washington, DC....we took ON THE RECORD at 10pm down the street to the monument. Senator Bob Dole joined us that night. I remember thinking as I was interviewing WWII hero Senator Bob Dole how bad it was that it was his generation that had to raise the money to build this memorial. My generation should have done it. His generation fought and saved the world...and we should have been the ones to raise the money to honor and give thanks. That would have been the least we could have done.
Incidentally, if you come to DC, you should see this monument. I usually have zero interest in new monuments (prefer the old) but this one is very different.
I am sure you have seen her pictures here on GretaWire....and even watched her on our daily internet show GretaLiveWire at 9:45pm ....where has Elizabeth been?
Here are some pics from our walk around the Spanish Steps in Rome (and tune in 10pm eastern for our special ON THE RECORD at 10pm interview with Secretary of Defense Gates):
Secretary of Defense Gates was very gracious with his time with us this weekend in Rome....you will see the interview tonight at 10pm ON THE RECORD, but here is a quick list of topics I asked him about:
...'don't ask, don't tell,' Iran's latest announcement about uranium enrichment, sanctions on Iran and China's dragging of their feet about sanctions, whether sanctions work, Afghanistan and our new arrangement to work with (and paying) low level Taliban in Afghanistan, Iraq and whether we are on schedule to leave Iraq, India, Pakistan and whether he believes its nuclear weapons are secure, Pakistan's army and its cooperation with USA, Yemen and what we are doing about Yemen's training of terrorists, Osama Bin Laden, Zawahiri, whether our military has been "politically correct" and thus the inability to see Ft. Hood massacre coming, Christmas Day bomber and the decision to charge in civilian court, when he was first brought into the discussion about the Christmas Day bomber, working for President Obama and President Bush 43, China and its influence on North Korea, North Korea and nuclear weapons, whether the 1950 war between North Korea and South Korea (and United Nations) will ever officially end, getting North Korea back to the 6 party talks, the recent sale of /or agreement to sell weapons to Taiwan that China is fiercely upset about, Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan and the historic lesson we have all learned from it, Mexico's current internal drug war (the Mexican military is fighting drug cartels) right on our border, China's enormous influence on North Korea and whether China is fully working with us or not, his working with Secretary of State Clinton, the historic tension between State Department and the Department of Defense, sending soldiers to war...and more.
I don't know what will air Monday night (or whether we will break the interview into several segments over several nights.) That decision will be made by my executive producer as I fly back to the USA to get back in time for ON THE RECORD at 10pm/Monday. We fed the tape (about an hour) on Sunday to New York so my executive producer now has it.
I do know that the entire interview will be posted this week here on GretaWire. This is particularly important because not only is the interview extensive but the Secretary rarely gives interviews. This may be his first on cable news.
Our First Lady Michelle Obama appears in this video talking about a very important topic. She personalizes the problem...and she gives you tips -- painless tips that relate to life and death issues. These are tips I think we all should consider. This video is long but grab a cup of coffee and watch it (actually, you should probably grab a glass of water!)
