that he wasn t like the senators that were unequivocal supporters of israel. there ace conversion going on now, it s not kred afpblt he shoulcredible. he should be what he is and he would not be a good secretary of defense. chuck knows that war is not a distraction. he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that is something we only do when it s absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared towards the guy at the bottom who is doing the fighting, and the dying. martha: what is your reaction to that, bill? i think that s the right frame of reference. i trust that that was bob gates frame of reference and leon panetta s frame of reference, president obama s two previous defense secretaries.
16 people have already died since thursday when triple digit temperatures unleashed the deadly storms leaving millions without power. you see all of these states in yellow? these are the states suffering in ohio, 425,000 customers without power as of 10:00 last night. same story in virginia, same story in maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are waiting, waiting for that electricity to flip back on. there is still really no let up in sight this morning. 20 states under heat advisories and there s a state of emergency in maryland, ohio, west virginia and virginia. athena jones is live this mother. what s the situation, it sounds dire. reporter: it is, we re standing at an intersection where a traffic signal just got the power back not too long ago. there are several i can see down the road that don t have power. that s a big issue as people head back to work on this monday morning. we did get an update. the utility companies say the workers are out in full force w
he came on the factor, i don t know, two months ago. he didn t do well with the foreign policy business. he just didn t have the frame of reference. and i think people understand that is he not a foreign policy guy. the letters i get from cain supporters are saying he can hire guys out. he can get experts around him to bring him up to speed. yeah. bill: what troubles me about that is that is the same thing we heard from barack obama. wasn t earns examined. didn t have a lot of executive experience. you had it in arkansas. he didn t have any. look what has happened to an inexperienced guy like president obama. but the experience that herman cain does have is executive experience. bringing people together. bill: in the business realm. it is in the business realm. there is a big difference a lot of people think if you can run a business you can run a government. the difference is if you are the ceo of a business and people aren t doing what you want you fire them. bill: you ca
he came on the factor, i don t know, two months ago. he didn t do well with the foreign policy business. he just didn t have the frame of reference. and i think people understand that is he not a foreign policy guy. the letters i get from cain supporters are saying he can hire guys out. he can get experts around him to bring him up to speed. yeah. bill: what troubles me about that is that is the same thing we heard from barack obama. wasn t earns examined. didn t have a lot of executive experience. you had it in arkansas. he didn t have any. look what has happened to an inexperienced guy like president obama. but the experience that herman cain does have is executive experience. bringing people together. bill: in the business realm. it is in the business realm. there is a big difference a lot of people think if you can run a business you can run a government. the difference is if you are the ceo of a business and people aren t doing what you want you fire them. bill: you ca
spiritual mood, set the right frame of reference. tomorrow is a beatification. now, it will be a great celebration, but i think it s intended to say we re coming together as church, so we come together in joyful memory, but primarily in prayer. after a few hours, the holy father will be formally named blessed john paul ii. back to you. heather: thank you very much. we appreciate it. gregg: and thousands of americans in need of help right now. coming up, we ll go live to the disaster zone, jamie colby and john roberts. john is on the scene will take over now and we ll see you tomorrow once again at 4:00 p.m. eastern. have a great weekend, everybody.