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High pressure systems to the north. What it is doing is putting the squeeze on the Hawaiian Islands and allowing those winds out of the east to gust. We just checked, over 40 Miles Per Hour in some of those locations. That is going to complicate fire efforts. Look at the aerial video that you are seeing on your screens right now. This is imperative. The fire that impacted the west side of maui, the location, the economic hub of hawaii where all the resorts and businesses are generally located, w...

Funding childhood cancer studies, when it comes to child nutrition, when it comes to day care, and on and on. i do not quite understand why it -- honestly, i know democrats are more in favor of social program spending than republicans in general but this problem does not go away when democrats control all three branches. it consistently goes on. as you noted in your op-ed, the united states is 33rd out of 37 and spends 13 billion on childcare compared to 712 billion on defense. why? >> yes. you ...

taxpayers have been unfairly labeled as lazy. >> and the criminaled cruise line is pushed -- finally pulled into port. were live in the seychelles for that. first up, lets get straight to the european stock market action. these markets have been open for the best part of just over an hour. this is how the indices are performing. a little die cot many between the two eurozone markets. the cac is trading down about .25%. ftse 100 up. what has got their attention. ben bernankes comments a...

President obama and the first lady paid tribute to them at ft. bragg. the commander in chief has spent a week saying a long good-bye to the war he once described as dumb. >> iraq is not a perfect place. it has many challenges ahead. but we are leaving behind a sovereign, stable, self reliant iraq. >> reporter: during the nearly ten-year conflict, the u.s. lost more than 4,400 troops, over 32,000 were injured. by the end of the year the total price tag will exceed $712 billion. >> hopefully the n...

And over 32,000 have been wounded. all at a cost of more than $712 billion to american taxpayers. its a war that many of us warned would be a horrible tragic mistake. a war that was packaged and sold to the american people with lies and fear. >> we dont want the smoking gun to an mushroom cloud. >> the czechs alleged that the lead attacker met in producing with a senior iraqi official five months before the attack. >> saddam hussein recently sought significant quantities satisfy cap about. >> we...

We will not be adding more to the national debt. >> and the truthometer says what, bill? >> false on the truthometer on politifact for that one. >> oh, sound effects! >> yeah. he is ignoring that the debt is going to increase because of interest payments. so thats some spin and the white house was very consistent yesterday in saying that -- >> keeping the spin. >> yes, in keeping the spin going. but he gets a false for that one. >> so his argument is, the spending doesnt exceed revenues, but the...

Court. we couldnt tolerate that in iraq. we got a bad record. that blackwater incident inflamed passions in iraq. again, i think at the end of the day we had 36,000 killed and wounded there. they have a national police. they have an army. they have got an operating democratic government of sorts. now its time for us to come out and maintain contact. we will have a massive contact or presence. they have a huge embassy and there will be a couple hundred military officers in the embassy to monitor ...

A normal relationship between sovereign nations and based on mutual interest and respect. >> operation iraqi freedom has been at considerable cost to the nation. over 4,400 u.s. military kill and 32,000 wounded, including over 1,000 amputees, all at a cost of american taxpayers of $712 billion. in his remarks the president made it clear he intends to end involvement in afghanistan in the not too distant future. >> the united states is moving forward from a position of strength. the war in iraq w...