states, in essence, flowing up to mexico. chris, know the two largest drug cartels. one called the federation and the other called the golf cartel, just those two cartels in mexico alone can count 100,000 soldiers. chris, the entire mexican soldier only has 130,000 soldiers. so, if those two cartels ever stop fighting each other and combine to take on the mexican army, i mean, this number of 6,000 murders in mexico, 500 kidnappings a month near the u.s. border could even get greater. so, i think what we re seeing here, as richard pointed out, is this is just the small epicenter that reflects the drug trafficking and how much it s worth to the mexican drug cartels to keep those traffic lanes open. the other thing about this, brad, maybe i m just reading about the most horrific incidents, but since this happened i have been doing
out what happened here? well, we ve just sent 1,200 troops down to the border. i think we re reluctant or not, we need to do something down there and, also, keep in mind, there are concrete pillars that mark the kind of, the dividing line between mexico and the united states in these waters. these folks crossed over, apparently, they were on the mexican side. this is a serious issue. we have to take this seriously all across our border. we have americans being killed and i don t know if it s president obama, secretary of state hillary clinton. something needs to be done and i tell you the one group that we should be looking at stepping things up are the mexicans themselves. this is their problem, their backyard and they need to be doing more than they are doing. then on our side, very simple. stay on this side of those beacons. those 14 beacons. one thing i think they said is there hasn t been a real problem in the last month or two so they felt it was safe. probably not the best
you know, they re just upset that what the geese have been doing for two cycles the gander is now doing and they don t like it. the same set of rules that they all play by and if folks are looked into, look into the left and the right because they play by the same set of rules. let me get your assessment of this because we do have this interesting dynamic in the republican party. on one hand, you have $18 million going just into cro crossroads. on the other hand, you have all of this anger and enthusiasm fueling the tea party, this grassroots movement that really seems not to want to have one leader, doesn t want to be one cohesive party. is this a problem for the republicans? i mean, i know what he did in some of the races. it took what might have been stronger republican candidates out of the running in some of the primaries, but where do you assess the state of the gop to be right now? well, let me just two parts of your comments here, chris. first, in terms of the outside
of people out there. i don t want my stomach showing. they said they ve already reordered new uniforms. they re trying to make the girls happy, but they can wear black body suits underneath it to hide their skin. that s going to do it for me. see you back here tomorrow. contessa brewer picks it up from here. i think you meant 10:00 a.m. chris, thank you very much. hillary clinton s responding to questions about whether she will replace joe biden. we re watching for facebook s major announcement. hundreds of millions of friends using facebook. and the hottest thing on the web right now, why everyone is searching for cigar guy. i m done with airline credit cards
just like us. you other folks who aren t like me, ivy leaguers, nothing against ivy leaguers, but you haven t done so well. so, maybe, maybe i can bring something fresh, i can bring a different perspective, i dealt with these problems, i know what you re dealing with. is there a point, though, of sort of critical mass when you make so many statements? chris, i think that is exactly right. there is a sense that the government is not us. that it is a group of elites who think they know more than we do, who tell us how to get our health care and tell us how to lead our lives and we re tired of that. that s what joy-a ann was saying trying to reclaim the government from those that think they re so much smarter and know so much more than we do. but there is a point where you not only have to be angry and unhappy with the government, but have to be able to articulate alternatives to the policies put in place by this administration and that s where sometimes the