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Question is what they're trying to define. what does eminent mean? >> let's look at hindsight as was done on bill maher's show. here's what would have happened. democrats would have been a lot tougher on george bush, even calling for his impeachment over something similar. do you agree? >> there's no question. as we're learning about the different types of war fare, this is a different type of war in a different type of time. we're learning more on a different time scale. 15, 20 years ago, there were no drone strikes. 10 years ago, there were no drone strikes. this is uniquely for president ob...

Tragedy to talk about public and private compromise, democratic compromise. you'll see the themes on tuesday that will pick up on themes from his earlier ones. it's sprg to see how he'll frame it. gabby giffords framed one. end of the iraq war framed one. what exactly is going to frame this speech on tuesday is a good question to consider. >> dugdouglas, can i ask you, i this typically his third state of the union and not the fourth? is the first speech addressing a joint session of congress? >> i think i consider it a state of the union any time after you come in. i just mentioned lyndon john...

Massachusetts. let's go to boston and weather channel meteorologist eric fisher. eric, how much of the community is able to get back to normal today? >> it's a slow, slow process, alex, no question. however, with the nice fresh snow the kids have been enjoying this weekend, they get another day to enjoy the snow. boston public schools closed during the day tomorrow. too many clogged roads and too much of an issue to get everyone to school safely. they get another snow day. that's two this year. they didn't get any last year. i'm sure some of the kids are smiling in beantown. notice the type of...

We will not have achieved what we said initially was our objective in afghanistan, and that's to destroy the taliban. >> so then should we not be leaving? >> we shouldn't be leaving if we want to accomplish an issue. we should be leaving if we're not willing to allocate the resources necessary in order to accomplish that mission. >> so back to my original question, when we leave, will we have won? >> if the objective is to destroy the taliban and make sure they don't come back, no, the answer is we will not have won. and people will tell you that. military people will tell you that right now. ...

To protect ourselves against imminent threats? what does imminent mean? is it wartime? is it immediate threat? we give them the power to make a game time decision of whether to kill someone. these are people's lives we're talking about. the question is do we allow the military and the intelligencent ic -- entities to actually make that game time decision? or is this something we need to bring to congress and have oversight on before we make that immediate strike? >> so should we? >> i think that's what's trying to be hopefully debated is are there specific circumstances where absolutely, you m...