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The war in iraq has reached a milestone. right now there are less than 100,000 american troops in iraq. thats the first time the u.s. troop presence has been that low in iraq since the u.s.-led invasion back in 2003. but could fewer troops spell trouble if violence flares when iraq votes in a critical upcoming election? joining us is the u.s. ambassador in iraq, chris hill. welcome back to washington. youre just here for a few days. >> just for a few days and back to baghdad. under 100,000 u.s...

You know, people sort of roiling the -- >> bill: but what im talking about are historic elections when the earth shakers happened, that was much more than 94 than 2006 or 2008. continue. >> i just meant the transition from republican control to democratic control and now potentially going back to republican control in the senate. i dont think the house is going to shift, the margin there being larger. but whats really telling to me at this moment is the number of people who are retiring. if you ...

Point of paralysis. they cant get anything done on big issues. you think about the big issues in american life, you mentioned jobs, health care, immigration, nothing, zero, they dont do anything, they talk, they point fingers, they play blame games, and i think lots of people just feel like this is some kind of dance, but its not a very purposeful one if you want to have a sense of accomplishing something in your political life. this is not the place to be. bill bill asking not popular, but i th...

To 15% chance. but its in play in the senate. >> chuck, as a political analyst, what is your take? how did we get there? from where we were last year where the president was a transformational candidate to now were the democratic majority in the senate and the house are in danger a year later. how did that happen? >> you know, joe, its weird. if you said, okay, if i told you, hey, all of a sudden the democrats had 60 seats. now they have 59. and theyre in danger of losing another eight, maybe te...

Terrorism charges, or even terrorism-related charges, every single one has been handled as a civilian criminal. every single one. and of the years that have elapsed since 9/11. lets see, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, what came next? oh, yeah, 08, then there was 09. after all of the years that have elapsed since 2001, after all of those years, in which every single person arrested in this country on terrorism charges was handled as a civilian criminal, in all but one of those years, dick cheney was the...

Now hes got a primary challenger. a primary challenger in the form of j.d. hayworth former congressman and radio talk show host. >> today i announce my candidacy for the united states senate for the great state of arizona. >> j.d. hey worth indicated in interviews today hed like to harness the power of the tea party movement even though hes technically not running as a tea party if candidate. it all must be awkward with senator mccain. announcing his tea party inspired run for your job. makes mc...

Mainstay of the party, a big leader for the republicans, or at least he used to be, and now hes got a primary challenger. a primary challenger, in the former of j.d. hayworth, former congressman and radio talk show host. >> today i announce my candidacy for the united states senate for the great state of arizona! >> j.d. hayworth indicated in interviews today that he would like to harness the power of the tea party movement, even though hes not technically running as a tea party candidate. which...

Came in with her number. these are only three of the many voice mails. the cackle at the end of the breathing is the same cackle that she did on a voice mail left in january of 08. so her voice mails targeting me, at first i didnt understand. but then it became clear to me that she really knew the truth and she was angry at me for going along with the story. >> its like shes taunting you in these e-mails. when i first read the book, i was kind of shocked at how elizabeth edwards came off in the ...

These are only three of the many voice mails. the cackle at the end of the breathing is the same cackle that she did on a voice mail left in january of 08. so her voice mails targeting me, at first i didnt understand. but then it became clear to me that she really knew the truth and she was angry at me for going along with the story. >> its like shes taunting you in these e-mails. when i first read the book, i was kind of shocked at how elizabeth edwards came off in the book as we discussed the ...

>> some of the phone calls came in with her number. these are only three of the many voice mails. the cabbing el at the end of the breathing is the same cabbing el that she did on a voice mail left in january of 08. her voice mails targeting me at first i didnt understand. but thin it became clear to me that she really knew the truth. she was angry at me for going along with the story. >> it is like she is taunting you in the e-mails. when i read the book i was shocked how elizabeth edwards came...