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Switionz bank accounts and the bank of india, according to the weekly standard. and the daily caller points out that nancy pelosi has investments in an llc company, their singular focus -- investing in asia. >> that's right. and they are lecturing romney and outsourcing. i have some free advice for these democrat operatives. they shouldn't cast these class warfare stones if they themselves have housed their own money overseas. you would have thought that they would have done this due diligence. i think it's a credit to the mainstream organizations, but more credit to the conservative media out...

for you. good morning to you, welcome to "early start" on this monday morning. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm ashlee. >> it's the kind of heat that makes it hard to breathe and it is still threatening millions of americans all the way from the midwest to the northeast this morning. >> about 16 people have now died from this heat since thursday when triple-digit temperatures unleashed killer storms that have now left millions of people without power this morning. it's incredible, but look how many states are now dealing with miserable conditions in ohio, 425,000 people are now witho...

Team in, new ambassador in and putting a winning hand in our troops and turning that war around, actually in less than a year in 2007 was absolutely extraordinary. those were all good things. >> shannon: you were one of the co-authors of a strategy advocating for the surge in iraq. do you think we got the job done there? should we still be there? what do you think comes next? >> largely the insurgency was defeated by 2009. the level of violence had been brought down 90% from where it had been and well within the capability of the iraqi security force. what happened to us, unfortunately, is the...

President's overall afghanistan strategy, and that will be played out here at the white house tomorrow. chris? >> chris: major garrett reporting from the white house. thanks for that. general mcchrystal is hardly the first commander to cross swords with a commander in chief. mcchrystal took over in afghanistan a little more than a year ago and national correspondent steve centanni reports, it's not been a smooth ride for him or those around him. >> reporter: at the pentagon, general mcchrystal is known to be tough and outspoken, the reaction was swift. robert gates talked to mcchrystal by phon...

Statement early today. he said that i believe general mcchrystal has made a significant mistake and exercised poor judgment in this case. our singular focus, he goes on to say, must be on supporting our troops and succeeding in afghanistan without such distractions. and, many others around this building just seemed to be baffled. they are scratching their heads. they don't understand how the general could have done something like this. they chock it up to a phenomenal blunder showing poor judgment. they don't think he had a any alternative motive. he just made that dumb mistake. shep? >> shepa...