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But are more troops actually making a difference? this here with our brand new series titled america s third war, casey steegal live in arizona. so how effective is the military presence, casey? reporter: well, jon, the boots on the ground have only been here since, oh, the beginning of october, so at this point it s difficult to measure any failures or successes. but one thing we know, history does tell us that a strong military presence along the southwest border is a good deterrent because back in 2006 a lot of people might remember when president bush ordered roughly 6,000 troops to the southwest border under operation jump-start, and over that two-year period the number of illegal immigrant arrests went down by more than 20%. the other thing that we re already noticing, we re seeing an immediate effect according to officials, the bad guys already taking note of the hundreds of armed soldiers at work out here. we re an additional part of ....
Order to separate insurgents from the population. president karzai s spokesman said today it was not a criticism of this strategy, but many u.s. officials and and western officials see it as a direct criticism of this strategy. now, it comes at a time as general petraeus is trying to sell the success of the surge, not only to americans, but to the international community. and u.s. officials feel president karzai s comments are undercutting general petraeus ability to sell the success of the surge and press for more time. there is a growing disagreement here between what the future of the surge and the future of the u.s. strategy should look like in terms of what the international community thinks it should look like and what afghan president hamid karzai thinks it should look like. jon: i know the white house and pentagon are reviewing the current surge strategy, so when karzai comes out and says something like that, what s the impact? reporter: well, president karzais has made comm ....
Jon: a jury continuing deliberations today for the first gitmo detainee facing a civilian trial. iowa med ghailani is accused of attacking the united states. david lee miller, what s the latest from this jury today, david? is. reporter: jon, just moments ago i got word of what could be a significant and curious new development in this trial. the jury began meeting at 9:30 this morn, and just a few moments ago u.s. marshals brought into the jury a note. not clear at this time who wrote the note or what the note says, but as we know this is the first note going in to the jury. ....
Lawmakers are going through orientation. six house races are still officially undecided. of the 94 incoming freshman, 85 are republicans, nine democrats, and at least 24 of the newcomers were backed by the tea party. and the tea party is gearing up for action when the new congress convenes in january. tea party leaders plan to flex their muscles on some key conservative issues like a move to ban earmarks. so how much influence will they actually have once they get to capitol hill? let s talk about it with bret baier. he, of course, is the anchor of special report. it seems like they are going to have more than the usual amount of influence, bret. would you agree? reporter: yes, jon, no doubt about it. it s already changing the environment up on capitol hill. as you see these incoming freshman arrive and, of course, as you mentioned, they won t be sworn in until after the first of the year. but the fact that republicans are going to vote on banning earmarks for the next congress and ....
The punishment is if he s convicted. and secondly, he has known about this trial date for months and months. the evidence against him was presented as a courtesy to him under the rules back in june. here we are in the second half of november. right now the case is going forward without anyone challenging the evidence, without anyone presenting congressman rangel s view. and they re not going to try this twice. so this is either a stunt or one of the most ill-guided maneuvers in a courtroom that i ve ever seen. jon: but it could, i mean, he could go to trial under, presumably, the gavel of a speaker boehner, right? if this thing gets dragged out? no. i think they will finish it this week whether he s there with his lawyers, whether he s there alone or whether he leaves. jon: interesting. judge andrew napolitano. pleasure. jon: check hit out tonight on from on freedom watch 8:00 this evening, and you ll hear the answer to that question. ....