it is a much tougher problem set than iraq. we ll see. we need to learn the lessons of the iraq insurgency. general david petraeus is the man that can make it happen, if it can happen. larry: michael, we re running out of time. first, i salute you, as everyone agrees, it s a brilliantly written article, very well done. how long you going to stay there? i m probably going to be heading out pretty soon after this trip. but thanks very much for your kind words. larry: what s your next article about? i have an article coming up about helicopter pilots and i also have an article that will be upcoming about what we won or didn t win in iraq. i spent a number of months in iraq as well recently. larry: thank you so much. michael hastings. the article will be out friday. and ari fleisher, pete hegseth, peter beinart and john soltz, we thank them all. when we come back, soledad o brien. we re going to talk about her new special about the evolving american family.
conflict than the one in iraq. a different problem set and just because you take the same general who had a brilliant general, no doubt, but who had one particular strategy that worked in iraq might not work here. and general petraeus is fully aware of that. in iraq, a civil war was under way. general petraeus was able to create a local resistance movement to fight al qaeda. here, the taliban has a different dynamic and no indications that a local militia would be able to be formed to fight the taliban. taliban is more popular domestically than al qaeda was in iraq. richard engel, thank you. coming up this sunday, richard will bring us the story of the nine members of chosen company who lost their lives defending a tiny outpost in eastern afghanistan. the very special dateline airs this sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 central. you don t want to miss that. this sunday on meet the press an interview with john mccain
and a show of force the u.s. hopes will add backbone to international efforts including sanctions and diplomatic isolation to convince iran to give up its nuclear weapons program. i think the nations of the region, the gulf, take comfort in the fact that we are here. that the 5th fleet is here, and, that the security relationship with the united states, is long and strong. reporter: in addition to the nuclear question iran s biggest threat to regional security and prosperity is blockading the strait of hormuz through which roughly 40% of the world s oil travels. keeping the gulf shipping lanes open is among the 5th fleet s key responsibilities. it is a very serious threat, certainly one that we take seriously. i d say a lot of thought and planning and has been given to this problem set. and, we re confident that we can manage it. reporter: the 5th fleet s commander is more unequivocal
going through in the current and the visibility and water, it may be that diving operations will become impossible. for now, family and friends who have been waiting for joe are their loved ones are alive. when you think about such a problem set when the outcomes could have been far worse and to have such a miracle story, i don t see how you couldn t be believing in humanity. for now rescue teams continue to pump out water from the caves to keep the boys alive and to keep hope alive that this miracle story ends up well. jon: greg palkot, thanks. a former i.t. aid to congressional democrats has pleaded guilty to bank fraud. pleaded guilty to making a false statement on an application for a home equity loan. once worked for congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz among other lawmakers and was investigated for possible cyber breach. investigators determine federal
about targeting the chemical weapons infrastructure of al-assad. if there were any chemical weapons or agents in those facilities that you targeted, i assume they would create health has in the region or no? yeah. we don t believe we did very close analysis, as the chairman pointed out. we did everything we could in our intelligence assessment and our planning to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties. we are very much aware this is difficult to do in a situation like this, especially when the poison gas that assad assured the world he had gotten rid of obviously still exists. so it is a challenging problem set, and we had the right military officers dealing with it. and you can confirm there s going to be no leak into the air? of course not.