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Or what an undertaking it would be or how big a problem it was going to be for that long. specifically, there in that clip that we just showed, that was paul wolfowitz trying to shut up then chief of staff, eric shinseki, who had said publicly, we would probably need a much larger force to try to hold iraq together than the bush administration wanted to say that we would have to send. iraq did descend into chaos and then into sectarian and regional civil war, as soon as saddam hussein was ousted...

Produced so much bloodshed and permanent scars in bosnia. we have no idea what kind of ethnic strife might appear in the future. although, as ive noted, it has not been the history of iraqs recent past. >> those kind of things never happen in iraq, other than, you know, saddam gassing the kurds, and the shia rebellion, and the government and the army all running a despotic tyranny over the other groups in the country and the other groups in the country resisting with all they had. other than tha...

And i saved over $5,000. >> with a 5-year-old running around. >> the first time hi to do this in new york because the new york has the highest individual insurance premiums in the country. it took me days going website by website and comparing apples and oranges and trying to make this work. one of the key things here is im in a state where the government did not sort of as part of what governor dean was talking about trying to sabotage the law by proxy by saying we are not going to take respons...

Trial. but i dont think theres any big national takeaway from the story. >> when it comes to gun crimes specifically, weve been through a series of gun crimes, en masse gun crimes over the last couple of years that have shaken people to their core. and im talking sbifl newto-- specifically about newtown which came after aurora which came after the -- i think it was the sikh temple shooting in wisconsin where you saw lot of people being killed in gun violence. i think thats why you see the americ...

>> yes. thats all i know about basketball, taller players are better. because, why you, someone of my stature should never play basketball. were looking at a foggy day. you can tell when temperatures are in the mid to upper southwest at night. it is very uncomfortable and that humidity will help fuel more storms later on today especially in the northeast. and the southeast. and everywhere else in between. were looking at a lot of areas today where we could see stronger storms. biggest threat wil...

Afghanistan or elsewhere on it right now. i think its that measured kind of concern. the real concern, shannon, is the "los angeles times" editor. its two years old. it was perishable. it will have no impact and they put it out there, because i believe politically, they want to send a signal that they are not satisfied with our afghanistan policy of the barack obamas afghanistan policy. whether thats true or not, they -- it was clearly irresponsible for them to do that. >> shannon: right. genera...

He is here with a preview. hello. >> eric: hi, shannon. right, you know, some people say that voter fraud is a myth treally doesnt happen and election fraud isnt out there. but watch this hour. a lot of these cases are local, but they do have national implications. think about what happened in minnesota, 2008. remember al franken, versus norm coleman? al franken ginn is declared the winner. but felons voted illegally in that race. 175 convictions so far, 60 more to go and a conservative watchdog...

And i have not heard reports. i would be very interested in hearing what the feds have and asked them to share the information so we address any problems. they have yet to respond. bill: there is u.s. attorney in your state by the james of joyce vance, federal prosecutor for 31 counties northern alabama. they say significant problem for the cops, enforcing state law and trying to track down criminal immigrants. youre say you have no information on that or you have not heard evidence of that? >> ...

Stock trades and make money but the appearance of this is a real problem and i think that, the securities & exchange commission is going to say in testimony submitted to our committee today they feel under existing law they could prosecute members of congress guilty of using insider information to make money but i think weve got to go beyond that in congress and because, you know, in public life perception matters. martha: right. >> if the public thinks that members of congress can use their pub...

Like the rest of us on information that they get. heres some sound from john boehner and nancy pelosi when they were questioned about this. lets listen to this. >> good. >> i have not made any decisions on day-to-day trading activities on my account and havent for years. i do not do it. havent done it and wouldnt do it. >> i guess what im asking do you think it is all right for a speaker to accept very preferential favorable stock -- >> but we didnt. that isnt the case. martha: how big a problem...