open-ended. mr. obama announced in 2011 surge troops would be back by the fall of this year. romney blamed it on politics and promised a different course. i will order a review of the transition to military and secure sovereignty from the taliban. but poll showed dwindling support for longest war in history. in a surprise visit to afghanistan this month, mr. obama made clear he will stick with the timetable. this time of war began in afghanistan and this is where it will end. one of the foreign policy advisors says the agreement to bring home troops will be better based on bench mark than base. it would require trust that doesn t exist between the countries now. bret: thank you. first in the series. activist cheng says the chinese government quietly promise him it will investigate abuses he says he
launched which might be the first yellow ribbon initiative for a city to welcome home our troops and our effort is to ensure that every tree, every building, every place would have a yellow ribbon indicating that we are welcoming home our troops with the words welcome home troops. a job well-done. our message is we don t want to have a silent america, a silent neighborhood or block when our troops come home. let s welcome them all home, and let s say thank you. a job well-done. i hope the members of the united states congress will get back to work in the name of the american people. congresswoman sheila jackson-lee, here here to that and thank you very much for joining us. thank you for your kindness, happy holiday. thank you. the same to you, ma am. the week s top lines are coming up. if newt gingrich were elected president, he d find a way to cheat on the country.
krist kristof. and mysterious markings in the chinese desert. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. after a widespread man hunt, a suspect has now been arrested in the white house shooting incident. that comes five days after shots rang out and a day after bullets were found outside the presidential mansion. one stop by bulletproof glass. let s get the latest from athena jones at the white house. what is the latest? hi, wolf. the suspect, he had been known to have visited the area around indiana, pennsylvania, and so after distributing some flirs to hotels in the area, authorities got a tip. pennsylvania state police arrested oscar ortega hernandez in hampton, indiana, about 65 miles outside pittsburgh on wednesday afternoon. he is suspected of firing at the white house around 9:00 friday night from constitution avenue, about 700 to 800 yards away while the president was traveling. the secret service says two bullets were found on the south side of the white hou
the nation s debt ceiling is fueling hopes the government won t run out of money on august 2nd. obama saying the deadline drawing close and congressional leaders need to talk turkey in today s meetings. most of the central heat under a heat alert. some areas feel as hot as 126 degrees. . the taliban blaming u.s. hackers for a text that announced the death of mullah omar. the taliban says, no, he is alive and well. one day after rupert murdoch tried to repel the british assault on his empire, it s the prime minister s turn to face parliament. david cameron tainted by claims that he was too cozy with the media giant and drew raucous responses in his appearance before the special session. what is the public expects is not petty political point scoring but a what what they want, what they deserve is concerted action to rise to the level of events and pledge to work together to sort this issue out once and for all and it is in that spirit that i commend this statement
shepard: organirs expected today s event to draw some 1500 vets applying to forever jobs at 150 companies. analysts says the housing market is still the weakest part of the u.s. economy. now we know sales of new homes fell yet again last month. the commerce department reporting today new home sales were off 2.1% in may. a glimmer of good news, the median price of a new home went up 2.6% to more than $220,000. president obama catching new criticism over his plan for bringing home troops in afghanistan. coming up, we will hear why a top military man who says the president s proposal is not what he recommended. plus, arrests in the murders of four people at a pharmacy. these victims were going about their every day business, going to work, running errands when they were senselessly killed. shepard: now the accused killer in custody. i m so glad they got him. shepard: but he apparently