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From national security analyst peter birgen writing at cnn.com. whoever prevails is hardly going to be an ally of the u.s. it's an ungodly mess. in short, a problem from hell. on that note, let me introduce mike baker. he's a former cia agent, "time magazine" editor at large and gloria borger. mike, i want to start with you. one of the things we're waiting for before president obama makes his final decision is this intelligence assessment. how quickly are we expecting this. is this something that's perfunctory or does this at this point lead his decision making? >> well, hopefully it will lead...

Satellite of iran and why they are of such a strategic importance. but mike, really quickly, what do you think? i mean, we've -- the red line has been crossed. we went into bosnia and kosovo for fewer deaths. samantha powers was talking about a problem from hell. no, that paled compared to what's happened to syria. samantha powers now there. over 100,000 deaths. chemical weapons being used. can she sit back and say nothing? can the u.n. ambassador really sit back and say nothing? can assad really get away with this? >> it's a nearly impossible situation for the president of the united states. ...

Block her if she was nominated and the president decided to go in a different direction, nominating john kerry instead, but national security adviser, well, that position does not require confirmation. the woman nominated to take rice's place is samantha power. she covered the bosnian war in the 1990s. she was a national security adviser for barack obama's first run, until hillary clinton beat obama in ohio in 2008. power called clinton a monster in a newspaper interview promping her to quit the campaign, but she came back to serve as a special assistant and she and clinton ended up working to...

It was so self-eft what happened that day, i would have to question her judgment. and the president loves the book "lincoln's team of rivals kwaetsz and it seems to me what he's doing is rewarding her and he's putting in a team of loyalists. she can't get senate confirmation so he's going to surround himself with loyalists. he has so many problem on his plate to deal with. why would he create another problem? this will be a big problem, not just with ms. rice, but i think the confirmation of ms. powers as u.n. ambassador is going to raise a lot of questions in the senate. >> do you think, this...

it is $5.8 billion and counting. that's how much the nation's biggest bank said it lost so far from a complex trading scheme that was supposed to hedge against risk. the updated figures came in as the ceo jamie dimon personally briefed analysts on second quarter earnings which still managed to beat expectations. team coverage this morning, alison kosik live at the new york stock exchange to explain how this could impact all of our wallets. let's start with felicia taylor. you're at jpmorgan chase headquarters in new york. we have a healthy bank, o do we have a healthy bank i guess ju...