And then dry them out the cia succeeded. That it didnt see the global jihad was coming i think is in retrospect a clear failure. Thats looking backwards. Thats a little unfair to the people at the time to make those decisions. And in just a couple of minutes i would like to open this up to questions. Looking out amongst the group, i see a number of people who are deeply knowledgeable and well get some good and even perhaps tough questions. I shouldve mentioned in introducing bruce something that many of you know, and that is that president obama asked bruce to chair a policy review on afghanistan and pakistan. So if you could kind of leave over this story to the Lessons Learned and maybe some lessons that were not learned in our own engagement in afghanistan. I think theres a lot of lessons. First thing i would say though is we are not fighting the soviets more. We did not invade afghanistan unprovoked. We did not go in and kill the communist leader of the country which we have helped
Tensions rising in houston. Thousands marching after the executionstyle murder of the sheriffs deputy. The suspect in court this morning. Details ahead. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im alison kosik. Im john berman. Happy birthday, mom. 5 00 a. M. In the east. First, the rise of the antiestablishment candidates. Bernie sanders making a big move in iowa. Now within striking distance of Hillary Clinton. On the republican side, donald trump is out in front. Dr. Ben carson surging into second place. Lets get more on the new poll numbers and what they all mean. Cnn correspondent polo sandoval. Reporter good morning, john. The state of iowa is re vealing democratic and Republican Voters are turning away the establishment. The democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton lost onethird of support since may. She leads with 37 of likely Democratic Caucus goers support her. And you have Bernie Sanders receiving 30 . Vice President Joe Biden is weighing whether or not to get in the race is getti
Sheriffs deputy. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im alison kosik. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Dos sant Bernie Sanders making a big move in the hawkeye state. For more on the poll numbers and what they mean, here is polo sandoval. Reporter both democratic and republicans are moving away from the establishment. Hillary clinton lost a third of her support since may. 30 of caucus goers support her. Vice President Joe Biden is still weighing whether or not to get in the race is getting 14 . Sanders credited his pushing for the wealthy to pay more and the College Affordable for his rise of support. I believe we should lift the cap on taxable income. That is not Hillary Clintons position. We should raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour. I voted against the war in iraq. Hillary clinton voted for it. Reporter clinton ramped up her attacks on the gop has a commanding lead. On to the republicans. Donald trump is a frontrunner in iowa and nationally. 23 of likely caucus goers
About working there. Chief white house responded john roberts was at todays briefing and joins us from the north lawn. Quite a curtain, no question. General john kelly, chief of staff, latest subject of palace intrigue stories of the white house where some reports suggest he is not long for the job. This is the secretary of state Rex Tillerson did last week, john kelly himself came up to say youve got it wrong. It was a surprise move in the daily briefing. White house chief of staff john kelly meeting the White House Press corps on the record for the first time to say reports of his demise are greatly exaggerated. I am not quitting today. I dont believe, and i just talked to the president , i dont think im being fired today. When im not so frustrated in this job that im thinking of leaving. Kelly, long known in military circles as a no b. S. Straight shooter, acknowledge the chief of staff is the hardest jobs ever have but disputed the notion certain aspects of it are getting to him. R
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