for his country through the year 2030 to go along with the military backing he says he ll need for another decade. the united states will resume annual payments of $650 million to $700 mill million to the afghanistan reconstruction trust fund. payments to the fund were suspended in june because of scandal at the country s largest bank. the congress research service analyzing data estimates the u.s. spent $443 billion on the war in afghanistan since the attacks of september 11th. enough of the real news, let s huddle up around the water cooler to hold the wake for herman cain s presidential campaign. as you know, he recited the lyrics to the theme song from pokemon 2000. he did this at his good-bye press conference on saturday. the tributes began pouring in last night beginning with one from jon stewart. herman cain saying the
greatest nine words ever spoken by an american politician. i believe these words came from the pokemon movie. [ cheers and applause ] herman cain s farewell address, words of wisdom to his followers and supporters. the final moments of his campaign are from the closing credits of the pokemon movie. the thing they play to get you the [ bleep ] out of the theater. first of all, it s not even the most inspirational quote from the pokemon movie. i see now that the circumstances of one s birth are irrelevant. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are. well said. well said magic japanese cat monster who was created as the result of a genetic experiment
it s batted around, gets himself a first down. that set up a touchdown. going to the second quarter, san diego up three, rivers again this time deep, 35 yards to vincent jackson, nice extension and nice grab on the catch. 24-14 chargers at the half. ryan matthews takes it to the 30, going to break it out to the sideline and he is gone. touchdown san diego. they win 38-14. they snap a six sdsh game losing streak, they re now 5-7. the jags who were purchased this week fall to 3-9. coming up on morning joe, newt gingrich hangs with the donald as he picks up steam opening a double-digit lead in iowa. we ll discuss that with our crew when we come back here we ll huddle up around the water cooler to watch jon stewart break down herman cain s