some associated with al qaeda, could be to blame. after days of trying a convoy arrived in a town to find it almost deserted with buildings burned down, shops abandoned and a body lying in the street. shepard: thank you, gregg jarrett. and now former defense secretary during the clinton administration, and currently the chairman of the business consulting firm. secretary, where are we? guest: well, we are not very far along in dealing with the russians who seem to be going back to the future. acting more like the former soviet union than a new russia. president obama when he meets with president putin really has to come to a conclusion here if this continues to go on without resolve, we will see escalation on both sides, weapons are going to be flowing in to the resistance, it will be, in addition to a civil war, more like a proxy war, with the sunni
al qaeda leader. he was indicted in 198. we want to get you back to our top story last hour which is a new fallout from a bombshell report. powerful democrats are challenging mckenzie and company which is a top business consulting firm. they are angry, these deputy rats about a study from that con substituting group that showed up to 30% of american companies say they may drop their employee healthcare coverage in the coming years as they get ready for obama-care to kick in. the lawmakers demanding answers from mckenzie. they want to know, how did you get these numbers? how is the survey done? we talked to chris stirewalt. how these democrats can go on investigating this, what about mckenzie s take on this? in economic terms this is the
banking scare that was only brought out from a bailout. had we had had the bailout, god knows where we d be now. martha: hopefully you re right, it did work and we are on the way back, as a nation. we all can be completely on the same page on that. chip and mike, thank you very much. good to talk to you guys. okay martha. martha: well, there is a startling report that is sure to stir up once again the debate over health care in this country. it s a max kentuckyie report, well respected business consulting firm, says one in three american companies could drop health care coverage for their employees when this new law kicks in, meaning there could be less than two years left of health care coverage from these companies. the white house is responding to this in a very strong way. that is just ahead. plus, there is a desperate search going on right for you for yet another right now for yet another college student, missing for four days. what police are saying about a person of intere
priority. jonathan: but these issues are related. iranian beligerence, the syrian crackdown and russia s support for both of those nations is a very serious situation developing with those throw as this unholy alliance. shepard: and in simple solutions or no good answers. jonathan: and big issues to deal with and difficult to find a solution. shepard: thank you, jonathan, chatting this up online. foxnews.com/shep. and now bringing in the former defense secretary during the clinton administration, william cohen currently the chairman and c.e.o. of the cohen business consulting firm. sir, i ve not been able to find anybody who has what sounds like a solution here. do you have any thoughts? guest: there is no one solution. what is taking place at the state department and the defense