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possible iranian nuclear weapon. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." hes made a fortune stoking conservative passions while poking and proding at liberals and rush limbaugh has seen his share of controversies but this time its different. the outrage he sparked when he called a conception advocate a slut and a prostitute has snowballed, one after the other and major advertisers are pulling their ads from his radio show and theres no sign that the uproar is dying down. l...

Heritage foundation. thanks for being with us. are the requirements to get on the ballot in virginia, so strict, so o onerous they prevent them from getting on the ballot and diseven franchising the voters who also have a constitutional right to vote? >> that is an unanswered question. this is a murky area of the law. when youre a candidate you dont want to be forging new ground. the perry campaign is basing its lawsuit on a 1999 supreme court decision. in that case the supreme court said that r...

>> if he wants to grow slowly, couldnt he go to trade shows? >> sure. i have a lot of friends that own franchises. there are things like press, ways of getting yourself out there. if you are back in the mom and pop setting. its not about getting someone else to do the work for you. its thinking strategically. where you see the vision of the company and growing in accordance to that. >> in franchising, like many other businesses, a lot of people would love to take your money. be careful and slow....

Slowly, couldnt you go to certain trade shows? >> yeah, i have a lot of friends that own franchise, and there are things like press, ways of getting yourself out there, if you are just back in the mom and pop setting again. its not about getting somebody else to do the work for you, and its about thinking strategically. and its growing in accordance to that. >> but in franchising, like many other businesses, there are a lot of people who would love to take your money, so be careful and slow. >> ...

Just made is whats great about franchising is that youre in business for yourself, but not by yourself. and if you look at the demonstrable 40% growth of franchising over the past decade and think of the support you get from the franchiser in terms of marketing, advertising, operations and leveraging the supply chain efficiencies, it really gives you a leg up as opposed to non-franchise businesses. >> so i would ask you guys here on the set, then, whats a red flag? if you see something, keep awa...

Under 25 is 22%. >> wow. >> a really high number. if youre one of those vets and want to start a business you know, how do you do so without taking a huge risk? one of the ideas, start franchise. the idea with a franchise, somebodys already worked out the kinks in the system. theyve made the mistakes, figured out a system that works. if you do the system, youll get the results. thats very military kind of thinking. that might be different from what youre thinking. do your research on franchising...

>> wow. >> a really high number. if youre one of those vets and want to start a business you know, how do you do so without taking a huge risk? one of the ideas, start franchise. the idea with a franchise, somebodys already worked out the kinks in the system. theyve made the mistakes, figured out a system that works. if you do the system, youll get the results. very military kind of thinking. that might be different from what youre thinking. do your research on franchising, you will know, theyre...

By yourself. and if you look at the demonstrable 40% growth of franchising over the past decade and think of the support you get from the franchiser in terms of marketing, advertising, operations and leveraging the supply chain efficiencies, it really gives you a leg up as opposed to non-franchise businesses. >> so i would ask you guys here on the set, then, whats a red flag? if you see something, keep away? >> research is so important. talk to current franchisees. if i was look foorg franchise,...

The individual goes by the online name assad alghaid2. joining us now is tony shaffer. he has been deployed to afghanistan a number of times. tony, just in terms of the big picture how does osama bin ladens death change in any way our military approach if at all. >> this is like halftime. i think we are going to clearly see the game change. al-qaida has been successful in franchising itself and fox has been at the forefront of reporting on anwar al-awlaki. youll see a lot more franchising at a l...

What about the muslim brotherhood? >> he was asked about whether hes concerned that the muslim brotherhood could be using unrest in egypt to gain a foothold, whether it is a danger. what he said is that, the muslim brotherhood is prominent and whats going on in egypt but that it is an umbrella term around the world for a variety of movements. in egypt, he said, it tends to be a relatively heterogenius group, largely secular, which has a assuaged violence as a perversion of islam. he believes it ...