nato forces and afghan forces. besides all that, marines on the ground say it appears resistance from the taliban is gaining more disorganization than in previous case. conor powell, embedded with the u.s. marines, streaming live outside the town of marjah. we re fortunate enough to get the signal established now. conor, what s the latest from overnight last night, what you saw earlier today? reporter: well, bill, marine commanders here in marjah are upbeat about the progress they ve made in the past 24 hours. it had been very slow going into marjah the past three or four days, it was a combination of fierce taliban resistance and a lot of ieds that had been spread around the city and also bad weather that had really hampered logistics in getting supplies to the troops and marines that they were trying to push into the city, but that is beginning to change. what we are hearing is that over the past 24 hours, that the taliban resistance has started to break down a bit. but i can tell
religion somehow. is that possible? one high school in the south is trying t. and as you can imagine, not everyone is happy. we have a fair and balanced report for you. bill: also check it out, alisyn, a pile of mud rog right toward you and your home. alisyn: yikes. bill the frantic moments, plu the incredible pictures that you will see here on america s newsroom , in minutes.
of the blocks that came out of the igloo, and, that is 8x12 and we have a fire out there. alisyn: and jimmie, i have to stop you, you say you have all of the great accommodations, surround sound and cable and a guest room, do you get many visitors? caller: actually. . a lot of the neighborhood people come over and friends come over now and again, i had a super bowl party there and watched the super bowl. and, the race, you know, out there for a little bit of the race. and the nascar race. bill: hey, jimmie, you got a girlfriend. caller: no, i do not. bill: do you think you ll get one now? caller: hey, you never know, man! bill: i hear you. your plasma screen, how do you keep it dry. caller: on the back of the tv i put a hoody, like a a sweatshirt. bill: you are a builder, aren t you. caller: no, i m not, i took
they would probably try to long-line him or land and get him on board and out of there quickly if. quickly. if they have to go on ground, they would have a stretcher and drag him out with a tobaggan. alisyn: thank you for your insight. bill: would love to hear that whistle again, that s the best clue to locating this guy. when the sun comes up let s hope the winds aren t too strong. alisyn: it s amazing they could hike in and get in a stretcher. obviously they couldn t hike in all the way without falling. bill: stay tuned, we ll be in touch with the folks in washington. we heard juan williams talking about the issues with congress. a former top obama adviser say the administration is way off course when it comes to health care. we ll debate that, fair and balanced. also, there is this: alisyn: the fighting from marjah continues, the taliban is embedded with
looking into his crystal ball the director of the center for politics, university of virginia and also wrote the book the year of obama and welcome back to our program here, good morning to you. i was on your web site, earlier today and this is what you project as of today. republicans gain seven seats in the senate and republicans gain 27 seats in the house, republicans get six governor positions, and this will be a republican election as you point out, i think the question is, by how much? your sense? that is exactly right, bill. and those numbers have increased since last summer. look, it is always a question of whether the wind is at your front or at your back. the democrats had the wind at their back from 2005 to mid 2009. the wind shifted. in the summer of 2009. the republicans have had the wind at their backs since the summer of 2009. i think the momentum is accelerating, rather than