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Made mistakes doing and which could have been done if we left troops into iraq and especially if we stopped the syrian civil war from getting out of control. i dont know with the syria war metasizing into iraq, kurdistans not a problem. independent, semi independent, defacto independent. the problem be al qaeda stan, the isis or isil controlled territory to the north or west of iraq and iran controls shia south. that is a terrible security situation for the united states, a terrible geopolitical...

Time and the needs are only increasing. >> reporter: iraq can meanwhile looking to embattled prime minister maliki to form an inclusive government wu friday there was no sign of any changes. he told the faithful to be patient while a new government forms. and that patience is clearly something that he perhaps himself, sus stan any and his spoking man are indicating that they are beginning to run out of with maliki. the very fact that theyve waded into this deeply political issue and laid a very ...

Were assessing the situation. look, we cannot reunify iraq. that cant be done. it has to be done by the iraqis and as i suggested its not a high probability shot. if that fails we have to consult our own interests. how do we deal with that sunni, fanatic state that is going to exist in western iraq and eastern syria? and there, there we might have to act on our own. will it me be slightly overdramatic here, erin. we may have to treat the sunnistan the way we have been forced to treat we jeer sta...

Supposed to incorporate them, either give them jobs -- >> they stopped paying them off. >> -- bring them into the military, stopped paying them off, stopped giving them jobs, and they turned against the government. >> an excellent article you wrote in the new yorker magazine. the modern iraqi state may not hold. neighboring syria is already shattered. the middle east map may be withdrawn. globally, the jihadist threat has never been greater. all of those artificial states created after world war...

This. james rosen has been way out in front. good morning to you. you put together a detailed timeline of bergdahls five years in captivity and from that timeline what have you learned about it? >> reporter: bill, good morning. these are real time dispatches from a pentagon subcontractor called the eclipse group a private intelligence firm previously retained for example by "the new york times" to help find a "times" reporter held hostage in pack stage. thesesy reps offer our east detailed view ...

He visited there last sunday. im sure well ha hear more and hell be asked about this and this idea and will have to respond to this question of did you negotiate with terrorists, randi. >> erin mcpike, thank you very much. nic robertson, hes in london. we learned over the years berg stall was moved back and forth between afghanistan and pakistan. our sources are currently works in those countries, but is that in keeping with what officials believed all along. is that how this particular taliban ...

On the phone with me now, peter bergen. this is certainly an important day for the troops and for sergeant bergdahls family. not every taliban hostage end this well, right? not every hostage taking goes this way. do you think the fact that hes military made him a different caliber of captive? >> reporter: no doubt. there are numerous cases where the u.s. government has not negotiated with groups that it deems to be terrorists where the captive is, you know, just an ordinary civilian. an example ...

>> they are saying boo to 2022. this squeak -- this week poland withdrew its bid. and in january another finalist, sweden pulled out after deciding it was pointless to pay hundreds of millions for facilities only used for two weeks. the only two cities really still in the running are in cad swrik swrik -- cad swrik stan and beijing, china. after all of the problems russia had in sochi, why would any country volunteer for the same disaster? >> i blame bob costas pink eye. when it went double, nob...

Those insurance companies that do better than those that do poorly and the administration announced they intend to take some money out of existing health programs to help pay for it. their argument would be there is no net new money being put into this program. martha: as i understood it, if the insurance companies who are supposedly doing better are not doing better, then it would kick over to the taxpayer. is that right? >> ultimately somebody has to pay the bill. premiums will go up unless yo...

Here in any capacity. we know that they are a vast organization with millions of members. theyve got a sophisticated lobbying arm. of indicated campaign techniques here. and a lot of money behind them just like bloombergs organization. we will see these two organizations meeting go head to head and a lot of money behind both of them. fred? >> he also has a whole television network, among other things. its going to be quite the face-off. a new law in georgia allows guns in bars, churches, and s...