but karzai is not forever. the islamists and the pakistanis are going to be there for a very long time. and the president has to make a decision not based on karzai and not based on emotion or personal resentment but is it strategic for the yooirlunited states to maintain a force in afghanistan? if the answer is yes, he has to put away his feelings and decide that we're going to do it. if the answer is no, then it shouldn't matter what's going on inside his head. >> you'll remember that the status of forces agreement negotiations with iraq also took a turn for the worst with nuri al maliki and that ended up in a quicker u.s. withdrawal of troops in iraq as well. here's how the president described the teleconference about staying on through 2014 with karzai, between the president and the president of afghanistan. >> i wouldn't say that they were frustrated. we continue to work through issues. we realize that there are going to be points of congress tension from time to time. that's natural of any partnership. bu

>> karzai's point of view. he's frustrated with president obama and the americans is his suspicions that the americans want to negotiate a separate peace with the taliban. our interests are not same as his at this point. the american interest is to disengage and to get out. and the taliban is no longer viewed necessarily in the same way as al qaeda, as a threat to the united states. if the taliban wants to parts tonight in government the united states is saying fine there could be some accommodation. karzai has to stay there in kabul and his successor after next year's election and live with whatever result comes out of it. they have very different points of view, president obama and president karzai, for good reasons. >> go ahead, andrea. one of the big tests now is whether karzai will permit the first freely handed over afghan government. it's not clear. he says he will. but we don't see what's going to happen in terms of the candidates and another leader emerging. that's one issue. the other issue is is that

>> karzai's point of view. he's frustrated with president obama and the americans is his suspicions that the americans want to negotiate a separate peace with the taliban. our interests are not same as his at this point. the american interest is to disengage and to get out. and the taliban is no longer viewed necessarily in the same way as al qaeda, as a threat to the united states. if the taliban wants to parts tonight in government the united states is saying fine there could be some accommodation. karzai has to stay there in kabul and his successor after next year's electi and live with whatever result comes out of it. they have very different points of view, president obama and president karzai, for good reasons. >> go ahead, andrea. one of the big tests now is whether karzai will permit the first freely handed over afghan government. it's not clear. he says he will. but we don't see what's going to happen in terms of the candidates and another leader emerging. that's one issue. the other issue is is that k

>> karzai's point of view. he's frustrated with president obama and the americans is his suspicions that the americans want to negotiate a separate peace with the taliban. our interests are not same as his at this point. the american interest is to disengage and to get out. and the taliban is no longer viewed necessarily in the same way as al qaeda, as a threat to the united states. if the taliban wants to parts tonight in government the united states is sayingg fine there could be some accommodation. karzai has to stay there in kabul and his successor after next year's election and live with whatever result comes out of it. they have very differentnts of view, president obama and president karzai, for good reasons. >> go ahead, andrea. one of the big tests now is whether karzai will permit the first freely handed over afghan government. it's not clear. he says he will. but we don't see what's going to happen in terms of the candidates and another leader emerging. that's one issue. the other issue is is that ka

of plotting taliban leaders to divide the country and as a result karzai suspended negotiations to keep u.s. troops there beyond two thousand and fourteen karzai allegations are putting added strain on the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan as well officials in pakistan stressed that peace and security in their country is contingent on peace and security in afghanistan which prompted the pakistani government to send an envoy to help open peace talks so is a regional peace. given the heightened tensions and what will the future hold for afghans we discuss all this and more i'm joined now by matt southworth legislative associate at the friends committee on national legislation sorry thank you for joining me thank you for having me so matt you served in the army in iraq and then also have been to afghanistan multiple times what you experience so that moving from being a soldier to a peace lobbyist yeah it was quite the transition and i can't say that i had a moment but became really clear to me after serving my tour in iraq that the reasons we had been given for initially invadi

th president is very upset at the karzai attitude in the fracturing relationship but he wants to say he still has the option to pull out the american rug from underneath him. >> that videoconference between the president and karzai would tip the balance civic i was told it was the unmitigated disaster. both presidents went after each other with karzai traing to cut off relations with the united states because we talked to the taliban and the president tries to get his agenda through to karzai if he is not liening. >> it also reminds people how the forces left iraq after they could not negotiate an agreement to allow any troops tuesdaas a stabilizing force. in m alone 1,000 iraqis were killed in sectarian violence making it the most by the month in iraq since the surge in 2007. >> they're not any similarities between iraq and afghanistan. >> but the office has been closed in protest after president karzai said it is setting up a governme-in-exile. lou: jennifer griffin chief national security corrpondent. with theolitic instability in egypt the muslim brotherhood rejected the plan to

of plotting taliban leaders to divide the country and as a result karzai suspended negotiations to keep u.s. troops there beyond two thousand and fourteen karzai is allegations are putting added strain on the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan as well officials in pakistan stressed that peace and security in their country is contingent on peace and security in afghanistan which prompted the pakistani government to send an envoy to help open peace talks so there is a regional peace. heightened tensions and what will the future hold for afghans to discuss all this and more i'm joined now by matt southworth legislative associate at the friends committee on national legislation sorry thank you for joining me thank you for having me so matt you served in the army in iraq and then also have been to afghanistan multiple times what did you experience there that moved from being a soldier to a peace lobbyist it was quite the transition and i can't say that i had a moment but became really clear to me after serving my tour in iraq that the reasons we had been given for initially invadi

of plotting taliban leaders to divide the country as a result karzai is to spend a negotiation to keep u.s. troops there beyond two thousand and fourteen karzai is allegations are putting added strain on the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan as well officials in pakistan stressed that peace and security in their country is contingent on peace and security in afghanistan which prompted the pakistani government to send an envoy to help open peace talks so is a regional peace. on the heightened tensions and what will the future hold for afghans we discuss all this and more i'm joined now by matt self-worth legislative associate at the friends committee on national the legislation sorry thank you for joining me thank you for having me so that you served in the army in iraq and then also have been to afghanistan multiple times what you experience so that moving from being a soldier to a peace lobbyist yeah it was quite the transition and i can't say that i had a moment but we came really clear to me after serving my tour in iraq that the reasons we had been given for initially i

afghan president hamid karzai is now accusing the u.s. of plotting taliban leaders to divide the country and as a result karzai suspended negotiations to keep u.s. troops there beyond two thousand and fourteen karzai allegations are putting added strain on the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan as well officials in pakistan stressed that peace and security in their country is contingent on peace and security in afghanistan which prompted the pakistani government to send an envoy to help open peace talks so is a regional peace. but given the heightened tensions and what will the future hold for afghans to discuss all this and more i'm joined now by matt southworth legislative associate at the friends committee on national legislation sorry thank you for joining me thank you for having me so matt you served in the army in iraq and then also have been to afghanistan multiple times what you experience there that moved from being a soldier to a peace lobbyist it was quite the transition and i can't say that i had a moment but became

troops there beyond twenty fourteen karzai is allegations are putting added strain on the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan as well officials in pakistan stressed that peace and security in their country is contingent on peace and security in afghanistan which prompted the pakistani government to send an envoy to help open peace talks so is a regional power here. yes. given the heightened tensions and what will the future hold for afghans to discuss all this and more i'm joined now by matt southworth legislative associate at the friends committee on national legislation sorry thank you for joining me thank you for having me so matt you served in the army in iraq and then also have been to afghanistan multiple times what you experience there that moved from being a soldier to a peace lobbyist it was quite the transition and i can't say that i had a moment but it became really clear to me after serving my tour in iraq that the reasons we had been given for initially invading iraq were very far from far afield from the experiences we were having on the ground what it really ca

the president is very upset at the karzai attitude in the fracturing relationship but he wants to say he still has the option to pull out the american rug from underneath him. >> that videoconference between the president and karzai would tip the balance civic i was told it was the unmitigated disaster. both presidents went after each other with karzai training to cut off relations with the united states because we talked to the taliban and the president tries to get his agenda through to karzai if he is not listening. >> it also reminds people how the forces left iraq after they could not negotiate an agreement to allow any troops tuesday as a stabilizing force. in may alone 1,000 iraqis were killed in sectarian violence making it the most by the month in iraq since the surge in 2007. >> they're not any similarities between iraq and afghanistan. >> but the office has been closed in protest after president karzai said it is setting up a government-in-exile. lou: jennifer griffin chief national security correspondent. with the political instability in egypt the muslim brotherhood rejec

they are angry that officials there took down their flag and their sign after president karzai balked that the taliban were setting up a government in exile, shep. >> jennifer griffin at the pentagon. more than a dozen women and children died today when a roadside bombs hit the wrong target. local militants were trying to kill government troops. but the blast hit a cartful of villagers instead. officials said an afghan soldier opened fire on nato forces at a base in kandahar killing one slovakian soldier and wounding six others. jury selection started today in the case of the u.s. army psychiatrist who says he gunned down american soldiers to defend the taliban. major nidal hasan is charged with killing 13 people, wounding dozens more of fort hood in texas back in november of 2009. it it was the worse mass shooting at the u.s. military facility ever. he is acting as his own lawyer, which means he can question survivors of the massacre. they have waited almost four years to testify, and they say they are fed up with the delays. one set back when hasan grew a beard which against militar

america's poorly arranged peace talks with the taliban last month afghan president hamid karzai is now accusing the u.s. of plotting taliban leaders to divide the country and as a result karzai suspended negotiations to keep u.s. troops there beyond two thousand and fourteen karzai is allegations are putting added strain on the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan as well officials in pakistan stressed that peace and security in their country is contingent on peace and security in afghanistan which prompted the pakistani government to send an envoy to help open peace talks so is a regional peace. given the heightened tensions and what will the future hold for afghans and discuss all this and more i'm joined now by matt southworth legislative associate at the friends committee on national legislation sorry thank you for joining me thank you for having me so matt you served in the army in iraq and then also have been to afghanistan multiple times what did you experience there that moved from being a soldier to a peace lobbyist it was quite the transition and i can't say that i h

the president is very upset at the karzai attitude in the fracturing relationship but he wants to say he still has the option to pull out the americ rug from underneath him. >> that videoconference between the president and karzai would tip the balance civic i was told it was the unmitigated disaster. both presidents wentfter each other with karzai training to cut off relations with the united states because we talked to the taliban and the president tries to get his agenda through to krzai if he is not listening. >> it also reminds people how theorces left iraq afr they could not negotiate an agreement to allow any troops tuesday as a stabilizing force. in may alone 1,000 iraqis were killed in sectarian violence making it the most by the month in iraq since the surge in 2007. >> they're not any similarities between iraq and afghanistan. >> but the office has been closed in protest after president karzai said it is setting up a government-in-exile. lou: jennifer iffin chief national security correspondent. with the political instability in egypt the muslim brotherhood rejeed the plan

troops will be withdrawn by the end of next year, coming as there is disagreement with hamid karzai. we have more from washington. >> in the middle of what has been tense negotiations with the government of afghanistan, they are telling newspapers president barack obama has become increasingly frustrated with afghan president hamid karzai and is now giving greater weight to pull in all troops out of afghanistan by 2014, an idea that j kearney is not out right dismissing. ey is not out right dismissing. >> this may be met by a residual force of u.s. troops in afghanistan, or they may be through other means. there are other ways, and there are other ways, obviously, to continue our efforts against remnants of al qaeda. >> he went on to say that president obama is not going to make the decision anytime soon, and that leaves the story out there, perhaps putting even more pressure on president karzai. >> the fledgling air force could face major problems if the u.s. withdraws completely. jennifer reports from kabul. >> afghanistan once had the strongest airforce in the region, and now, it'

car ziz not a reliable -- karzai is not a reliable partner. they were going out saying the right words but none believed it. >> there were so many different reasons in terms of why it wasn't going to work and like egypt, it was a lot of different bad options that president obama was facing when he took it on. this is eugene's latest column entitled "egypt's dark future." you write in part this, what's happening in egypt is not a second revolution or a correctionion to the first. it's a cue de ta that puts the military in command during it was during the reign of hosni mubarak. so much for the arab spring in the region's most populace country. and judging by the reaction in washington and other capitals the prevailing sentiment about egypt seems to be that some people just can't be allowed to govern themselves. but plenty of historical evidence suggests that the military's values probably derived from self-interest and that its vision of the future closely resembles the autocratic past. the multitudes of tahrir square should try ousting the gen

a lot of people are angry with karzai. you can see that among american elites particularly in the way he's been behaving as of late. go back to iraq when in fact the president ultimately decided to withdraw completely and won't leave anything behind pretty much. it was over this disagreement over the agreement. and obviously he used that as an excuse to explain why he has to do -- pull out more rapidly than originally anticipated he might be doing the same thing in afghanistan. >> john: one thing is clear this is the summer of barack obama's discontent, where edward snowden appears to be the least of his worries. thank you very much. ari ratner, state department appointee and principal of the truman project. and shibley telhami professor for peace and development at the university of maryland, college park and senior fellow with the brookings institution saban center. thank you for coming on "viewpoint." hope to you have again because it seems like it will be a long, hot summer and it will only get more complicated. >> tha

i am asking this administration -- to look beyond karzai. and do the things that we need to do as a nation to support these outstanding men and women in uniform that have sacrificed life and limb, the taxpayers that have sacrificed precious dollars, and move on with this. withvery, very frustrated this administration and its lack of ability to lead on this issue and to provide clarity. usope your testimony helps with that. i look forward to working with you. i thank you for being public servants. i know it is a frustrating job, but it is time to move on. thee have jim dobbins and acting secretary of defense for asian affairs. let me know that while the ambassador has only been on this particular job for two months, he was the first senior american civilian into afghanistan back in 2001, so he is no stranger to the region. i look forward to your testimony. i will ask you to summarize it in about five minutes or so so we can have a question and answer session. your entire statement will be included in the record. >> thank you very much, mr. ch

that's also what they're negotiating now with hamid karzai. jessica yellin, thank you so much. >> in egypt tensions are still high. 50 people died in clasheses protesters and the military yesterday. they are trying to pave a new way to democracy. >> reporter: jake, there doesn't seem to be an end in sight to this conflict where on one side you have the liberals, the moderates and even supporters of the military who seem to be winning and gaining momentum, pushing forth to establish a new transitional government. then you have the side that seems increasingly cornered, the muslim brotherhood, crying out for their president to be reinstated and crying out for deadly clashes that killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds. it's still not clear what happened in these clashes yesterday, who started it. security forces saying it was an armed group of terrorist who is opened fire on the troops. protesters saying, no, it was the security forces who opened fire on protesters. today there were a number of funeral services put together for some of t

with hamid karzai and to say we could pull the mall out. the problem is the multiple audience problem and it is made the rest of the country and cause a loss of confidence and that was a terrible mistake. i think he is using the bilateral security agreement and that is why my suggestion is to make a clear commitment of a specific substantial number, say this is what we are going to do to reassure the rest of the country and then say to hamid karzai we would love to negotiate with you but if we can't negotiate with you we will with the folks to come in after the election. that takes the stick away from him and take the leverage away from him and the combination of those two things at the end of the they will lead him to come to the table and negotiate an agreement because i think he wants that to be part of his legacy. i don't think he wants to leave it to the next government so that is what i would try but it is a frustrating situation but that is what i would try. >> i have to go in just a minute. i will second that. i wouldn't say maybe w

ahmed wali karzai accused the u.s. of leaving him out of peace talks with the taliban and now they could cancel plans to leave behind residual forces to train afghan security and personnel. just how many troops in afghanistan right now and when we expect to hear from the white house on all of this when i see you next. ktvu channel 2 morning news kyla campbell . and court marshaled arm manipulate psychiatrist charged in the shooting rampage. nadal hasaan has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 others. he will defend himself and will be questioning the wounded survivors. hasaan faces possibly the death penalty if convicted. >>> a student who was asked to stop wearing across from around her neck will leave the school. she was told she could not wear the cross while representing the school. sonoma state officials apologized to her yesterday and say they hope she enrolls in the fall. >>> it could take penalty tats and they will charge 50% more and that's one of several delays as the overall moves closer to t

>> put pressure on president karzai and to encourage all aspects put pressure on karzai and the parliament to get this legislation enacted and to get the people appointed. we have to make it clear this election is a top priority. a lot of afghans thought reconciliation with the taliban was our top priority. this should be our top priority and it is. we have not made that clear. there, i would agree, the election needs to be part of a broad-based reconciliation they largely feel alienated. that is what the selection can do. it will empower the afghan government. at that point, after the government -- after the elections, an empowered government supported by its people having international support backing up an army that is willing to fight for that government and then you can have about thoseation were willing to come out of the fight and give up the violence and let the afghan army deal with

when we put outh the taliban and karzai felt like he had been left out and huffed his way out of the room. that has left us in a difficult positio position. >> absolutely. karzai is a mercurial leader for sure who probably doesn't have the emotional intelligence and temperament to deal with a fledgling democracy which afghanistan truly is and has a raging in psychologistcy going on, fighting for it's very survival. this relationship has been bombastic every single year since we've been there. i sort of side with karzai here because i sense and agree with his frustration about yuny lateral discussions with the taliban thinking we can negotiate some kind of agreement with them and the bungling way we opened up the office, they opened up the office in qatar, which looked more like a government in exile. we know how mer ck mercurial ka and this drove him to the brink and the tension comes from that occurrence. >> i guess you have to dance with the one who brung you in some of this circumstance. we need the best possible outcome for the lives that have already been lost. so much treasure,

soldier as the relationship breaks down with president hamid karzai. also, the situation remains on the brink in egypt. the muslim brotherhood and military square-off in what could be another deadly day. back at home, a media circus here in new york city. eliot spitzer kicks off his campaign for kromp trocomptroll he wasn't joining enough headlines. eliot spitzer joins us on set. anthony weiner's main rival, christine quinn. we'll be here to break down the day's top stories. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead on "way too early," your next career move for rick perry. we've got good ones. two minutes we'll have them for you. (announcer) born with a natural energy cycle... cats. they were born to play. to eat. then rest. to fuel the metabolic cycle they were born to have, purina one created new healthy metabolism wet and dry. with purina one and the right activity, we're turning feeding into a true nature experience. join us at purinaone.com and then another. and another. and if you do it. and your friends do it. and their friends do it.

troops home from afghanistan earlier than expected because he's unhappy with afghan president karzai. >>> and we're seeing them for the first time in two months. the three women at the center of that cleveland home imprisonment case together. posting a video on youtube, thanking the public for their well wishes and support. >>> looking at today's weather. showers in the desert southwest. thunderstorms along the gulf coast. hail and gusty winds in the midwest. pop-up thunderstorms for the ohio valley and also some of those pop-up thunderstorms here in the east coast. >>> all right. rocker jon bon jovi giving a helping hand to his hometown. >> joining governor chris christie of sayerville. a flood-prone town still recovering from sandy. he had a $1 million check from his band to help storm survivors. he called the donation a drop in the bucket. >>> great britain is in the grips of baby fever. any moment now, a brand-new, royal baby is going to be born. we don't know the name or the sex yet. but we're learning this morning that the baby's title will be prince or princess of cambridge. >>

so the president's decision is not based on the bio rhythms of hamid karzai. there are plenty of other reasons other than karzai's mer kerral response to things. that is part of what has the white house so angry at him. there are other things going on. marginal gains, the continued loss of life. the difficulty still ongoing with pakistan. the idea that the operation for other reasons is not going as well as planned. >> as you know, eliot spitzer was here yesterday talking about his decision to run for controller. the decision he made over the weekend. you said he wants new yorkers to give him the one thing he has never shown anyone else forgiveness. he said that's what he wanted. >> he said he wants forgiveness. if you look at his career he calls himself the steamroller. that's not a piece of equipment associated with mercy. when he is running for office he is saying look at bhawhat i did as attorney general. that was hard-charging, relentless. voters don't need to forgive him. they need not to care. he has skills and talents for this job as comptroller more i

in large part because he has grown frustrated with afghan president hamid karzai. they attended a video conference to smooth things over but it did not go well, according to reports, with

>> i don't have a lot of good things to say about hamid karzai. that's utterly irrelevant to what america's interests are. we are not there for hamid karzai, we are not there for the afghans we are there for us. we are there to protect at a distance against the terrorist threat posed by the taliban and al qaeda. if you have got a bad relationship with the president of a country like that you grit your teeth, smile and behave professionally and ask yourself, what do we need to do to protect tear can interests in. if the president is piqued with hamid karzai that's an even worse reason to withdraw. gregg: thank you. martha: an explosion rock a hezbollah stronghold in the lebanese capital. 53 people were you are in the this blast targeting the shiite militant group fighting alongside bashar al-asaad. it's the worst explosion to hit beruit in years. none of those hurt were seriously injured but it is a volatile situation that we are watching. gregg: nsa leader edward snowden could be heading to europe. snowden is living in the transit area of moscow's

karzai accused of u.s. of learning him out of peace talks with the taliban. we expect to hear more on the developing story from the white house in a scheduled press conference three hours from now. when one california gets her say on the situation, when i see you next. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jury selection begins today in the court marshal of the army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 fort hood, texas shooting rampage. major nidal hassan is charged with killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 hours. he will defend himself and even question the wounded survivors. hassan is facing the death penalty if convicted. >>> happening now in sanford, florida. system in the george zimmerman trial. this is live video from the courtroom. it looked like there was some movement in there. today, the jury could hear about trayvon martin's use of marijuana and see a computer animation of the shooting. yesterday, the defense called martin's father to the stand, he testified it's his son's voice on 911 calls begging for help. two sanford police officers testif

obama is frustrated with the country's president hamid karzai. according to the "new york times" the relation is unraveling. >>> egypt's interim leader mansour ordering an investigation into the killing of dozens of mohamed morsi supporters at the republican guard compound. state media also reporting mansour issued a constitutional declaration giving himself limited power to make laws and outlined a timetable for parliamentary and presidential elections. >>> venezuela's government says it has received a formal request of asylum from nsa leaker edward snowden and has made an offer. it is waiting to hear back from him. the country's foreign minister did caution russia also has to weigh in on the request if he accepts. snowden also has offers from bolivia and nicaragua for asylum. >>> the defense of accused wikileaker private first class bradley manning beginning to lay out its case and asked the judge to throw out most of the severe charges. the judge said she would review the request later in the week after the prosecution responds and his defense

president hamid karzai's whereabouts were not immediately known. he was due to attend a press event at the palace after 9:00 a.m. reporters had been gathering at the palace when the attack began . heavy explosions were sounded, and the gunfire intensified. schoolchildren walking to classes nearby were also caught in the exchanges. >> the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and the text message to kabul reporters. the area on a hotel is known to house the reporters of the intelligence agency in afghanistan, which was also attacked. it includes the most important buildings in kabul, including the headquarters of the nato-led headquarters in afghanistan, the afghan defense ministry, and cia's afghan station. >> it took 19 minutes to bring the siege to an end. officials said all five attackers were killed and two afghan guards. the attack happened just a day after the arrival of the u.s. envoy, appointed to help peace efforts between the u.s. government and the taliban. >> unfortunately due to the increase of different operations, perhaps pro

other reasons, based on karzai's response to thinking. blowing up negotiations with the taliban going on is part of what has the white house so angry at him. there are other things going on which is marginal gains with his life. and the difficulty going on with pakistan. >> and eliot spitzer was here yesterday talking about his decision to run for comptroller, a decision he made over the weekend. you wrote about it in your piece. you said he wants new yorkers to give him what he has never shown anyone else. which is forgiveness. >> that's right. on the show he said he wants forgiveness. he calls himself a steamroller, that's not a piece of equipment associated. but running for office he says look what i did as attorney generl that is hard-charging no mercy, relentless. and basically, voters they don't need to forgive him. they need to just not care. they need to think that he has skills as comptroller that are more important than anything that happened in his personal life. >> you don't just write down quotes -- >> it say quote a minute.

what do you say to this with mccain and graham next to karzai? >> i applaud the fact that mccain and graham are there on this holiday to support the troops. i did a piece for msnbc.com saying we have 60,000 troops still in afghanistan. it's less than 1% of america that serveses in the military. but the 60,000 troops there now, i think they feel forgotten. they feel like people are just onto different things. we have lost 70 troops just this year in afghanistan. i disagree with mccain. a lot of times his views on syria and china get a no-fly zone. the fact he's in afghanistan is critically important. >> we'll let you get out of there so you can enjoy the shorts you claim you have on. >> i do. >> great to see you. thank you, sir. >> thank you, thomas. >> we want to turn the conversation back to policy and what's taking place off celebrating the holiday. it's been a sleepy week in politics with the obama administration saying they will delay a major component of the health care law and the fierce battle over texas's abortion bill. joining me now rep

month senator bob corker question the obama administration over alleged cash transfers to president karzai of afghanistan earlier i spoke with william bergman director of research for the truth in accounting and he was actually a former federal reserve economist i asked him about the tens of billions of dollars in cash payments abroad and his role at the federal reserve. well i started working there in one nine hundred ninety as an economist doing current economic analysis for about five or six years or so and i wrote the chicago contribution to the federal reserve's beige book during that time frame in the last five years while i was working at the fed i was in the very interesting area of financial markets and payment system risk looking at the plumbing in the financial system it's interesting it or bank and wholesale banking arrangements and payment systems was very dry stuff on the surface but interesting underneath my my last project going well it's around in august two thousand and one i had developed a paper that was about eighty percent complete examining the relationships between

isn't talking better than not talking talking is better than not talking i agree with that but even karzai isn't exactly thrilled with the idea of talking to the taliban you know in another country so even tell you know. i know that i don't have a solution but i sure am suspicious and i do fear that in our zeal to get out of there and i don't want to be at war i don't want to be there forever been able to get out of there are we going to forget the women we promised them we wouldn't and say can we just throw in the towel just to get out of there the obama relationship with karzai of you turn you loose i think so i think it's tenuous but i think every president it's been you know ups and downs this president bush forty three was said have a good relationship with him but then you had others who said. that cars i was very difficult to deal with and i think that that was code for that he's unpredictable why you want to second terms so difficult. maybe clinton bounce back was to fly well you know in this interview in the cynical view is that the second term you begin thinking about legacy and

the report cites obama's apparent frustration afghan president hamid karzai. their ties apparently reached a new low after karzai objected to peace talks last month between the u.s. and taliban. the journalist and media activist sputnik columbia has died at age of 55 after a battle with liver cancer. she was often the only woman reporting from war zones. she was known as a mentor from other journalists. she worked for more than a decade at radio france international and her voice was regularly heard as a correspondent for free speech radio news, which she helped to found. she helped to expose sexual trafficking in the balkans. suggest more than 700,000 people are traffic across the borders worldwide. almost one-third of this figure concerns the balkans, which has become a major transit and destination point. one reason for this is the huge international presence in the region. >> sputnik kilambi also worked with the detonation to establish media outlets and trained journalists. she worked most recently in rwanda hoping to create the country's first independent

guest: as part as president karzai -- as far as president karzai, he will do what he thinks is best for his country. host: on the republican line, good morning. -- we are being forced to do something political. leaders are saying we have to show that we trust them. even make a military decision concerning what is best for these trips. -- what is best for these troops. sorte trying to put some of looks good, looks better trust situation out there, if you understand what i am is saying. i can tell you we are trying to get the mission done at the minimum cost. we are working closely with the afghans. we have security procedures in place. they want the same thing. as i told myiers, soldiers, we are going to come on of the corner fighting with afghan fists. there are times we need to be there to observe, to assist. we need to provide systems for them, whether it is intelligence support systems, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, helicopters or attack helicopters in some cases. also, just good advice on how to do things better. here, they need to have enough over-match to defeat the tal