kandus. and that will factor into a longer-term assessment of the conditions on the ground, which will influence a longer-term policy decision that the president will have to make. reporter: has the president received those recommendations from commanders in any kind of a formal way as of this time? i don t have an update in terms of the kind of communication between the commander and chief and the commanders on the ground. but as you know, josh, the president does receive regular briefings and regular updates from his military commanders through the chain of command. and that certainly will continue. reporter: and in the united nations today, the prime minister abbas said he s no longer bound by agreements with israel. they are going to start pursuing legal means to pursue palestinian statehood and are basically abandoning the direct negotiations approach that has been your position for a very long time now. so what is the u.s. response to the palestinians dismissing t
we re sitting here talking about what happened overnight. yeah. it s pretty shocking stuff. we re not going to talk about soccer for the next we re not? okay. i was getting ready. i have been relateding all morning. fifa. fifa there you go. the most corruption organization on the it s fascinating. they operate like they re gangsters out of the 1920s. they do. everybody knows, they have rigged the bidding processes for the 2010 world cup. which brings in billions and billions of dollars and, of course with russia wing an 18 qatar giving the world cup. that blew the lid off this. billions of dollars, loretta lynch, there you go. usa, usa! people usa, usa! loretta lynch. people have been calling for there to happen for years a. lot of people waking up this morning stunned. it s loretta lynch and the using, they should have done it. it s the right thing to do. there were indictments and arrests this morning. we will have all the details where officials went in
actors to take a really hard look at the significance of the upcoming elections and the political transition and what that means for afghanistan s future and the unity of the country and the body politic. we are already working on that in consultations with the international community and with afghans across the political and civil society spectrum. it is something that i regard as a key element and a key task for all of us who are interested in afghanistan s future, in getting the concept right that the way forward in afghanistan has to be one of a political process, including hopefully in due course, the taliban or elements thereof. and yetit cannot be future the resorts to internal conflict or based on conflict between various arm conflict. do we have sufficient leverage that we could increase our initiatives in that regard? or are we locked in because of the drawdown? our leverage is quite potential. substantial. i think the logic is there. afghans see that there is
right and comment on politics, education, and african american history. this sunday, your questions and calls for the author of a new book. live at noon eastern on c-span2. the national security branch executive assistant director said he agrees with the independent report on the fort hood shootings that the agency could have better handled intelligence related to the accused army major, nidal hassan. the report accuses the fbi of poor information sharing and disagreements between field offices. major nidal malik hasan is awaiting a court martial set to begin august 20. the subcommittee hearing is over 2 hours. those that worked with judge webster on the commission. i also want to thank the men and women of the fbi who over the years have done an outstanding job in so many areas and also the purpose of the hearing is to do what we can to make sure that we prevent this from ever taking again. i am disappointed the director could not be here. this would be an appropriate hearin
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