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Iraq himself over the years. all right, so, bret, the fact that iraqi forces did apparently take the lead and, you know, in all the press releases the u.s. is taking great pains to say this was an iraqi operation with u.s. support, that's a pretty good sign, isn't it? >> reporter: that's the big deal, jon. iraqi special forces have come a long way in recent months, in the past few years. i went on a mission with iraqi special forces a couple of years ago, and they were in the infancy of really taking control. now working with u.s. special forces they say that they have led this raid that led t...

It right. unfortunately, we've seen politics have started to intervene as much as substance. jon: nina, i'm reminded of reagan's warning one of the biggest lies ever told was i'm from the federal government, and i'm here to help. [laughter] if the folks in the senate are writing the rules for wall street, i don't know, is that going to be, is that going to go over well with that organization, with that batch of people? >> keep in mind big financial firms are already regulated, banks are already regulated. this is nothing new. but this idea as you pointed out before of not letting financial ins...

Tonight's dinner. jon: so what are the campaign issues there? >> reporter: well, without a doubt she's campaigning on employment and the environment, and boxer really believes the two go hand in hand with the creation of those green jobs. and we're not talking about just green jobs in california, but around the rest of the country for that matter. take a listen. >> she's great on the environment, a lot of new technology jobs. are people going to buy it? you're an incumbent, you've been in power, what have you done for us, and what are you doing now? >> reporter: and this junior senator admits ...

Federal government coming in and saying, well, this is a race conclude practice -- risky practice, do we want bureaucrats telling us how businesses should run their business? that said, we do need to protect taxpayers from bailing out these firms again, and we do need to protect the u.s. economy. i think what we're finding now, though, is that in this case the white house unlike health care, i think, in this case they are showing some willingness to compromise, and there are some senate republicans, i think, that are moving in that direction. but the senate republican leadership wants to make ...

Heading to california later today to try to raise money for senator barbara boxer. for the three-term senator, winning a fourth term is proving to be an uphill bat. she is facing a tough re-election fight. casey steegal is live in our l.a. bureau with more. how is she doing in the polls right now? >> reporter: she's barely ahead which is one of the reasons why tonight's fund raiser is so important for her campaign even though she has already raised far more money than her republican opponents like former hewlett-packard ceo carly my arena, chuck devore and former state congressman tom campbell...