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Way they're targeted and that gets back to president karzai. >> what do you think about the state department suggesting that the department of state will look at this? really. are you going to shut down -- >> you want to be honest? what else can they say? they're diplomats. they've got to make this look somehow reasonable or doable without being insulting. the truth is, there is no way they could continue their current mission at the level it's at in afghanistan without their private security contractors. remember, the department of state, before iraq, was not real keen on working in war zone ...

In four months he wants them all out of afghanistan. let's go live to jill dougherty in kabul for what this means. jill, is this a surprise, and what's the impact of it? >> well, you know, in a way, it's not a surprise, because the president has been talking about doing something like this for quite a long time. but the announcement that all of a sudden, by a spokesman today, that they will be shut down, or at least it appears that way, within four months, is pretty much a surprise. and he did not give any details, but ali, we're expecting that tomorrow morning, tuesday morning, we're going to...

Suddenly that this formal requirement by the president ordered by the president is going to be issued. he did not give a lot of details. he said essentially, as you said, within four months, all of these private contractors in afghanistan are going to have to shut down. now, we're expecting that that announcement -- and we want to take a good look at it -- will be coming out tuesday morning. but it is, according to the spokesman, necessary because he says that these private security companies have become kind of a power unto themselves. i can tell you, ali, they're all over the place. and ther...

Atia abawi. atia, tell us what has happened? >> well, ali, what happened today is something that frustrates all afghans. apparently, there was some contractors who were leaving the u.s. embassy. there were security contractors, and they were weaving out of the lanes on airport road. airport road is a very main road for the afghan people themselves. and actually, it's a long road connecting the airport and the u.s. embassy. as they were speeding down this road, they had a head-on collision with afghan civilians. two died, one man, one woman, four in that car also injured. this obviously enraged...

Contractors. not security contractors you have read about in iraq. it is about how embedded they've become in every aspect of intelligence and how the government is definitely dependent maybe in an unhealthy way. we have interviews with secretary gates and cia director panetta who both say this is a problem. dane dan and john negroponte will be on this morning talking about this. thanks. >> next, comedienne kathy griffin rips senator brown's daughters. the ladies of the view are they laughing? fan out. >> looks like alvin greene is going to run. we didn't see it coming. but women have made ola...