refused to enforce the immigration laws. i actually agree with sarah palin on that point. as for the economy palin says it s idiotic to consider letting the bush tax cuts for wealthier americans expire in the current economic climate. here s the question. are sarah palin s low approval ratings the media s fault? go to cnn.com/cafferty file and post a comment on my blog. it s like getting an early christmas present. come back from vacation and find out sarah palin said something else that s worth noting. i know. i knew you would enjoy that. have you seen that aflac commercial? where the duck comes out of the barber shop? yes i have. good stuff. yeah. all right. stand by, jack. other news, the iranian president, get this, mahmoud ahmadinejad, will be in new york in september to attend the united nations general assembly. usually comes for that. it is now raising some speculation about a possible meeting with president obama. in fact, ahmadinejad says he wants to meet one-on-o
ready to meet one-on-one in new york with president obama. does this put president obama in an awkward position given what he said at that cnn youtube debate three years ago? not at all, wolf. three years ago the president was hopeful that there might be progress by reaching out to iran, having talks, you know. here we are almost three years later. there s been no progress through the talks. we ve had to slap on new sanctions. there is a real question of whether those are going to work. i don t think he needs to sit down with the president ahmadinejad. what the last thing we need right now, are more theatrics and talking with iranians. what we need is action on their part to convince us they re serious about not building a nuclear weapon. i do think, wolf, he might talk to a couple other things, though. i think he needs to talk to americans about what s coming so that they re prepared for some very tough choices. when you say what s coming, what s coming where? well, it s pretty
challenging them and n regions where they had free reign and training afghan national security forces. because in this region and beyond, we will tolerate no safe haven for al qaeda and their extremist allies. we will disrupt, we will dismantle, and we will ultimately defeat al qaeda. 66 american troops died in afghanistan last month. a new record for the war. and the growing u.s. commitment has meant a growing toll of wounded. cnn was given an exclusive opportunity to join a u.s. evacuation mission as it flew into afghanistan, pick up the wounded and took them out of harm s way. here s cnn correspondent barbara starr. it s before dawn in the trauma bay at bagram air base in afghanist afghanistan. another shoulder wounded in the fighting down south. surgeons, nurses doing everything they can. one, two, three. reporter: the journey home starts here.
aboard the flight. the national transportation safety board is investigating the cause of the accident. the cnn affiliate is reporting that five of six sky divers are out of the hospital after surviving this plane crash in new york state. the plane, which was carrying members of a sky diving club, crashed shortly after takeoff yesterday. most of those hospitalized sustained minor injuries. one passenger, though, remains in critical condition. and if you are in the market for a condo, well, it could be the perfect time to buy especially with some now going for less than the cost of a new car. the national association of realtors estimates condo prices have fallen about 25% since 2007 due to the housing bust. as a result, cities across the country have started listing dozens of homes for as little as $25,000. so now is the time to snatch up those bargains, wolf. but always check the monthly fee. how much the condo association wants to stay there because that could be expensive. y
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