a candidate. so we ll see. the fact of the matter is that the democrats don t have much bench strength. we re talking about the same names. who is there on a field team here? who do we talk about as far as dark horse candidates that we re not even talking about that may not be on the scope for now that somewhere down the road in 2015 why weren t we talking about them and watching them earlier in the year. who are those names? there s a pawn shop operator in des moines iowa who we haven t been talking about so far. you know you have names like martin o malley who would like to be want to be but they are underdogs. well said as always. thank you for the perspective. up next flu season is well under way and now the cdc warns the disease has reached epidemic
company is fine, it has nothing to do with it. if he is going to be out, and be distracted, we have bench strength to take care of it. this is the steve jobs concept with apple, we have a bench that can take care of things no matter what happens to the c.e.o. shepard: we expect a determination of cause of death or at least manner of death from the police because they are doing some sort of testing in the next few days. nice to see you again. word lawmakers could be close to a deal on our debt limit. time is running out if they do not reach an agreement in the next 11 or 12 days, the federal reserve chairman says the effects would be catastrophic, but you don t believe that, or a last you don t believe that. the space shuttle is history after 30 years, it has made the final stop. shepard: we still and not make audio sound right from the
him as this firm and say, look, talk to me of your past marriages, about all the worst things that anybody could bring up and give me the answers and then i can represent you publicly with confidence. shepard: there must be two goals going on, a personal and a business goal because the business goal has shareholders involved. guest: right, very good point. and this is the new york stock exchange company, 700 employees, and the stock was hammered when first announced. it has come back. the company is represented separately with public relations, and you have to reassure investors that the company is fine, it has nothing to do with it. if he is going to be out, and be distracted, we have bench strength to take care of it. this is the steve jobs concept with apple, we have a bench that can take care of things no matter what happens to the c.e.o. shepard: we expect a determination of cause of death
family and his fiancee as they receive this difficult news and are preparing to bring chris back to his family and friends in the united states. he will be sorely missed. coming up in 25 minutes we ll be speaking to free lance journalist greg campbell. he traveled to libya with chris hondros. he s been friends with him since they were teenagers. dangerous incidents involving air traffic controller. the faa firing two for sleeping on the job. one worked at the miami air traffic center. the other was caught sleeping while on duty at mcghee tyson airport in knoxville, tennessee, back in february. five other cases of sleeping controllers are being investigated. michael goldfarb told cnn the system is stressed beyond its limits. it remains the safest system in the world, but that does little justice to the kinds of problems we re seeing. the system is under enormous stress. the controllers are fatigued. there s not enough bench strength. they don t have the reserves to
asleep. what s happened you do believe? absolutely. they were asleep. iraq and afghanistan has drained the cia completely. it wasn t focusing on cairo, tunisia, even libya. it s the bench strength is not deep. have you spoken to any of your former colleagues? i do from time to time. the pentagon and state department, they are confused. they can ask me my opinions. they do not know what to do. another thing you talk about in your book is the romance and the fact that the lady that you were dating, you didn t know her real name. we we were in sarajevo, six months, i knew her as riley. it wasn t until we got back to langley she told me it was dane fla. it s funny. so even as cia agent can be duped. compartmented. we didn t ask. that was the culture. it s an intelligence service,