with you, and if you have to go, you have to go, and i totally get that. i expect that someone will ask the president a question, what did you think when you heard some of the statements made by president karzai, particularly president karzai telling tribal leaders that it would rpt take place against the taliban until you, the tribal leaders say it can move forward. does the president really believe he has a partner in hamid karzai? >> reporter: well, there are a couple of things that the obama administration officials believe in and we've kind of heard this. we heard it from secretary of state hillary clinton. i heard it from valerie jaret yesterday when i interviewed her and we've heard it from the president which is that they are trying to publicly acknowledge that hamid karzai has a lot of pressure from his own government and there's a real question about the legitimacy of his government since the troubled elections.