iraq s future. listen to what he said. liberated iraq. can show the power of freedom. to transform that vital region by bringing hope and progress into the lives of millions. america s interests in security and america s belief in liberty both lead in the same direction to a free and peaceful iraq. that was the hope, bobby. i remember when i was in palusia in mosul back in 2005 even then i was there with the central commander. there were a lot of concerns at the time that this was not necessarily going to work out as so many had hoped. yes, i was in baghdad and watching that speech on television with a number of iraqi friends. and colleagues. and there was a brief moment for
maybe the summer of 2003 when that hope existed, but it was then put out very quickly by some very poor decisions by the bush administration and then beyond that after the american withdrawal by a series of incredibly poor decisions by nuri al maliki, the prime minister then. so there are no iraqis left i m pretty sure who are holding on to that hope anymore. those hopes have clearly faded. bob bobby, jim sciutto. still ahead, eric cantor on his shocking primary defeat and next move. plus, we ll meet the man who toppled the most powerful republican in the house of representatives. we re going live to brazil for the latest on the preparations for the world cup. fans there are eagerly awaiting the opening match that begins just hours from now.
of, this arrangement helps alleviate their fears. so hopefully the obama administration can communicate that clearly. just quickly, ian, before i talk about afghanistan here, what are your concerns as relates to iran as you see this as a strong deal, logical deal. not everyone obviously is as certain as you seem to be that iran is a reasonable partner in this and honest, trust worthy partner in this. i don t think there s any reason to assume they are not a trust worthy partner in this but as was pointed out earlier, it includes daily inspections of nuclear sites. you can t do much secret science if there s daily inspections in your laboratory. let me transition to afghanistan. bobby, you ve got national security adviser susan rice meeting with hamid karzai after this weekend, surprise with karzai said he would not sign this bilateral security agreement even though the tribal leaders that he wanted to confer
here at the table. we begin a look at today s eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. you made a terrible egregiousness mistake. i think we need less. the fact of the matter is dodd lsh fra dodd/frank didn t work. this could lead us back to 2008. i think the president took six or seven states he carried in 2008 and put them in play. the vice president outed him and he was on his way to george clooney with an open purse. if the white house were trying to leak something successfully they would not hand it off to joe biden to do that. presidents are always riding me! i m an adult. hey, hey, i ve been there. i used to catch grief all the time from president cheney. uh-huh. john edwards begin his defense today at his trial in north. search for a missing fbi agent who disappeared on thursday. his family is worried he is possibly suicidal. crews in northern arizona battling three wildfires. one fire came to prescott so close that residents forced to plea.
he s a governor i would love to he in more political settings and who knows, maybe he will get in and would be fun if he does. joining me now former speaker of the house dennis hastert. do you think it would be fun if chris christie got in? array of candidates, newt gingrich brings ideas. michele bachmann certainly has lit up the more conservative part of the party, overtaking the people that did ron paul the last time. you know, romney has been a steady voice, a steady person out there. and i think that republicans are getting more and more used to him and more and more comfortable with him. you know, mitt romney was described in the new york times today as an eat your vegetables candidate which i take to mean you don t like him even though he may be good for you. is there something wrong with him? why can t the parties seem to get very excited about mitt romney? you know, i you have to look at it this way. what does romney bring to the party? first of all, you know, he