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we lavished on that country. the taliban are not on back, they are defeating the afghan national army and we have to repeatedly bail them out with air support and special operators. you will hear all sorts of excuses, but the taliban don't have that wealth. the taliban don't have our weapons. they do have a constituency and they believe in what they are doing. it's ugly. i don't like the situation. but the people who have the greatest commitment, who are willing to die for their causes and keep on dying and keep on fighting are the ones who tend to win. vietnam, we lavished wealth on a poor country and corrupted it. we did the same thing with afghanistan. martha: the taliban has a will to fight in a way the afghan national forces we tried to
they arrived on camels with gifts for pope francis at ceremonies today. martha: enrique marquez faces charge of supplying the guns in the san bernardino attacks. police say they can't account for at least 18 minutes of movement by farook and malik on that day and this is something they have much want to nail down. what's expected in the courtroom there today? reporter: we may hear enrique marquez, the childhood friend of syed farook enter a plea. this will be marquez' first court appearance since the indictment was hand but by the grand jury last week.
he spies on israel and cut a deal with iran. his plan after the attack in san bernardino? take away our guns. while isis is beheading people and burning them in cages he says climate change is our greatest threat. martha: a little bit of that. mike warren joins us now, staff writer for "the weekly standard." mike, good morning. good to have you here. >> morning martha. martha: your evaluation of, obviously this is becoming very heated and intense between marco rubio, ted cruz, chris christie and donald trump at this point primary in the top two big first states. what do you make of the strategy with this particular ad from marco rubio? >> yeah, it is an tact. going after president obama and hillary clinton the democratic nominee. like a election ad. why would rubio do this. he hasn't won nomination? not leading in any early primary states yet? i think it is interesting. i was in iowa this week. i saw hillary clinton quite a
the iphone accounts for 2/3 of their sales. bill: it seems to me it's pressure outside the country, not at home. reporter: things inside our borders aren't great. if things are slowing down in emerging nations and in europe, there is no real good corner. it's a world of hurt right now and the nearkts are reflecting it. the truth hurts sometimes. martha: the critics are calling out president obama after american special forces came under attack in afghanistan. one was killed and others were injured in a firefight in the southern province of helmand.
aftermath, what they felt was the cause of this, what did anybody try and do. what did individual top people, how were they involved in trying to deal with it. there is so much we don't know. they are still trying to uncover facts and interview key people. that's the big takeaway from the petraeus and panetta testimony. there are still people who know a lot that haven't had their chance to shed some light on this. that's why i don't think this is going away anytime soon. martha: when people see this movie, i think the question you just raised is what will be top of mind for them. the way it's depicted in the movie. places where the pentagon was mobilizing people. people are in their uniforms and climbing into airplanes yet nobody comes.
train efforts in marja. a gunship was sent to fly cover for the u.s. troops while they were trapped in that compound. martha: how long were they trapped there? >> a number of hours. by the afternoon the pentagon press secretary could not confirm the americans had been evacuated. >> there is fighting on the ground as we speak. everything is being done to secure the safety of those forces and the afghan forces they were coupled. >> they took shelter in an area surrounded by a sea of taliban compounds. martha: we have questions about what u.s. troops were doing in
is willing to -- willing to levl with the american people and say this is worth fighting. martha: they are in a vulnerable situation there. we saw it with joshua wheeler in iraq. we are seeing it with the person lost yesterday. either you have a goal and a mission to carry out. that mission must be understood by the american people. it sounds to knee reading through your notes, you think this is a lost cause. the question is should we have no one there if that's the case? >> i think we need to ask fundamental questions. the strategic prize is iraq. in afghanistan there is value in fighting terrorism. but we have to look at situation objectively after all the wealth
martha: it was a close call for a fisherman off the coast of australia. that man nearly impaled by the marlin as he was being reeled in by the other fishermen. fortunately that did not happen and he was able to duck in time. and no one was hurt. but they will always have the video. bill: it's not just a fish story. they called it holy mackerel. here is trump. >> if i run against hillary it will be the largest voter turnout in the history our country, and many of those extra people, people who never voted before will be voting for trump. i think a lot of people who feel disenfranchised, including