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In kandahar. now, if theyre leaking this months out, whats that about? why are they doing that? >> well, it could be deception. maybe theyre going to try to surprise them. they will fall back and get out of the way. the army and marines will go in there. there wont be a lot of fighting and casualties and it will look very good in a runup to the elections but its a little bit like dwight eisenhower calling rahmo and saying hey, its february. were going to invade you in june. its a little -- ive a...

Ratification. do you think this will be ratified? it is strongly supported by the ranking republican on the foreign service committee -- im sorry -- foreign relations committee, dick luger. >> i think well have to look and see what it says. i dont think anybody knows what it says right now but once we look tat, naturally, a lot of us would like to have arms control and have it work. >> do you think from the runup to this that it did eliminate the chance that the russians were hoping for of getti...

Close was the runup to the iraq war and the votes that were taking place in 2002 and 2003, as troops were getting ready to start the invasion of iraq. thats the only thing that comes close and it was very similar. it was coming from the other direction, of course, mostly, but there was so much rage, there was so much anger out there from i think we should point out a very small percentage of the electorate but it was palpable just as it is now. jon: democrats have accused republicans of fanning ...

General electric leading the dow higher today, after teaming up with the chinese appliancemaker to bring ges wares to that part of the country. a two-day runup from citigroup came to a screeching halt today. down more than 5% on the speculation the treasury department could sell the bailout shares of the company as early as next week. thats it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." im blanche lyndon, and i want to show you what its like in washington these days. ta...

Program. but facts are important. some of my notebook item today, id like to settle a dispute over facts that came up this week. caved corn and brad blakeman got into an argument about the discussion in the runup to the iraq war. >> he brought us into the war because saddam hussein failed to allow inspections of the sites that the u.n. demanded -- >> youre absolutely wrong. the inspectors were in. they were in for months before the war. >> come on, david. >> right now, $1,000, the inspectors wer...

Leak of the role of the cia operative also told roves lawyer he was considering indicting rove, too. and that rove cried when fitzgerald decided not to. rove takes the fall for political missteps like his bosss flyover of new orleans after katrina, but when it comes to iraq the only blame he places on himself is for not pushing back harder when democrats criticized the administration for lying about wmd. did bush lie us into war, rove writes? quote, absolutely not. of course, they peddled multip...

Per y so far senator hutchison has struggled to turn her popularity into congress to a candidate. perry is gaining traction and painting hutchison as a d.c. insider. carl cameron is live in driftwood, texas. what are perrys chances? >> theyre strong. the polls suggest the runup you had a strong lead and hovering in the mid 40s. it is likely he will be the big vote getter on the republican side. hutchison is at least 15 points behind. the question is whether or not perry can meet the 50% threshol...

Height in way wi. doesnt mean there will be nine meters of runup in hawaii. but it is showing that you the tsunami -- >> nine meters in english is -- >> about 27 feet. >> 27 feet. >> so were seeing a 27-foot drop in that area right there. >> thats right. and so this is recorded by a pressure censor on the bottom of the ocean that is attached to a bouie. so that pressure as the wave comes through, it sends a signal to this bouie which relays it to satellite. >> wouldnt it follow that -- follow th...

Its a winter storm for the record books. extremely heavy snowfall, fierce winds and treacherous conditions across the northeast. its the second major storm to hit the region in the last week. reynolds wolf is joining us from the national mall in national. you have seen a lot of bad weather, how does this compare? >> this is like nothing i have seen. i covered a blizzard in nevada two years ago and this blows it away. we have been out here from unup to sun down. the wind, still very strong. ky te...

Moments ago transit police and antiterrorism units swarming the heart of the nations capitol railway system, part of a training exercise in d.c. at union station. police say there is no threat or elevated alert level. operations will mimic attacks like the ones on the madrid train of 2004, the one underground in july july 2005. its a runup to a learnlger series that involves hundreds of officers from around the region. that will take place today. >> we simply cannot afford a nuclear arms race in...