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Were a fraction of what they are today. now you have 350,000 afghan troops and police, a formidable force, and time and again, we have seen them dealing quickly and competently with complex attacks. >> no surprise that he is praising the afghan security forces. if you talk to a lot of officials here, they say theyve made a lot of improvements over the past few years, but you also have the critics who say this is a poorly trained army, that theres no way that theyre ready to do the job on their o...

Taken by government? they cant build one mile of highway and come in on budget. they couldnt build a parking center for the kennedy center to come in budget. all of these things, the big dig, whatever, theyre all like 100, 200, a thousand percent overbudget. toby talks about the extra costs. brenda, we havent seen the tip of the iceberg yet. >> john layfield, what would happen to the economy if we were to get rid of this law? >> look, i think it helps the economy. we look at some people who simp...

Did not know. [ beep ] about the people of boston. nothing these terrorists do is going to shake them. for petes sake, boston was founded by the pilgrims. a people so tough they had to buckle their hats on! it is the cradle of the american revolution! a city that with stood 86-year losing streak, a city that made it through the big dig, a construction project that backed up traffic for 16 years! i mean there are commuters just getting home now! >> as a native boss tone itonia relate. the heroism...

Like every other government program, whether its built in a parking lot at the kennedy center or the big dig, the cost overruns are massive. they always underestimate it. theres so much red tape and inefficiency and government. people think that were going be to be saving money with health care, it might bankrupt of country and all of those people uncovered, theyll still be uncovered. >> the thing though, tobin, it tackled the problems and theyre all still there. right? >> and weve railed on oba...

Youve got to open with a big cocktail. >> thats right. all right. thanks to both. and now to the big dig. right now, major winter storm is bearing down on the east coast, which is why youve got to give some of those guys in washington credit. at least theyre going to a dinner. a lot of people arent going anywhere in d.c. the storm is targeting the mid-atlantic and northeast. virginia has been hit the hardest. some areas could get up to 20 inches. snow covered roads and highways are littered wi...

Boehner and mcconnell and others that hes tried to negotiate with is that hes shattered the trust by moving the goalpost, by playing politics with these issues. the president doesnt do policy. the president does politics. the reason why hes forced to deal right now is because hes in a tight spot and cant get anything passed. >> will the chips were on the table, when the agreement was agreed to, the speaker couldnt deliver his members. >> that was then, this is now. >> let me just hope this is no...

People are stuck without power. it will be there throughout the weekend. on monday a dramatic warm up and high temperatures in the 40s and entire area and that will produce a rapid snow melts and well stee rain on monday from storm system and that will speed up the melting process and produce isolated flooding ins of new england . harris, another warm one in stoir for us. >> warming centers opening up and cold temperatures that we are about to face tonight. i am sharis falk harris falker thanks ...

Rand paul is departing from that, trying to make himself more acceptable, i think, to mainstream republicans. >> so you think well have another paul on the ballot in 2016. is rand paul remotely electable, nia-malika henderson? >> im not really sure. >> nationally. >> if you look at what happens, the republicans as much as we can talk about how they have moved to the right, the last candidates that have come out of these primaries have been moderates. you think about mitt romney, john mccain. is ...

Infrastructure spending in the surplus spend. guess how much highways got? a big, fat zero. in new jersey it was sent on highway ramps to nowhere. >> dave: there are road to nowheres in new hampshire. >> that one ended up in a concrete wall. the scan village, population less than 200, they got a $15 million airport. why not newark or las vegas. its a big pork barrel project where the states spend the money and they get to a monopoly on this money. >> dave: i am thinking of the big dig in boston ...

Without power state-wide. to the weather channels eric fisher. hes in boston for us. it was snowing just a little short while ago. i see a couple little flakes there. yes, its there. but the worst of the storm is over, right? so whats the big concern now? >> reporter: well, the big concern now is just trying to get back to normal. boston famous for the big dig. now we mean that in the snow sense. weve got 21.8 inches of snow at last check. well measure again at 1:00 p.m. well find out where this...