national elections. imagine this in the united states, one party, let's say the democrats had been able to force out 145 of the top republican candidates. i don't think that would go down very well here and in iraq they're struggling to find a unified identity and this is potentially very explosive, potentially a very big setback and president obama has been absent without leave on this. he hasn't been engaged. >> we will see how history exactly will be written on march 17th as you say the big election coming up and see how that results. lt. colonel ralph peters, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> taxpayers coughing up hundreds of millions to keep state jobs open that nobody is filling? instead the money is going to fattening wallets. and-- ♪ cupid please hear my cry . >> alisyn. >> i'm enjoying valentine's day, and somebody is ruining it. >> surprise your loved one