bar province in iraq, about a third of the war, and now al qaeda apparently controlled those cities. what does it mean and what does it mean for the future of the region? it is symbolic of american retreat from iraq and from the region as a whole. and i think it s ironic that it s the new york times that is now talking about a post american void in the middle east. unfortunately, it s accurate. i think it s correctable, but i think the reality we face is that we have had not just five years of this misguided policy, but really add in the last several years of the bush administration and three more to go. so that the decline in american influence that we see now, it s palpable from all across north africa and the middle east, is only going to get worse. what went wrong, and what can we do right if we can do anything? well, i think in both the end of the bush administration and throughout the entire obama administration, there s been an
than that long list of presidents. what do we say to the families of the troops killed in fallujah now that al qaeda has taken control? it s a tragedy for them to see that their loved ones sacrifices are going to turnl out to be in vein. i do think it s correctable, but i m not sure after three more years of the same mistaken policies that we ll be in such a deep hole that it will be very difficult to get out of. it is worrisome and troubling news. ambassador john bolton, thank you for your analysis this morning. thanks so much, eric. health coverage has begun for more than 2 million of you who managed to sign up for obamacare. how are the policies going to work out? we ll hear from forming republican presidential nominee mitt romney as he offers his take, straight ahead for you. and a dramatic emergency landing on a major highway in new york city. how cool heads may have prevented this from getting even worse. we ll get right back. oh!
court needs more oversight oversight in general. you know, a lot of really smart people have looked at this and pointed out that the most effective way to make sure that the executive branch that buts these things into place actually does its job and actually makes sure this program is to know that it itself is politically responsible when things go wrong and it doesn t work. one of the problems with putting an advocate in or having the responsibility. you are layering on and layering on all the people who are involved in this to the point where it all goes badly everyone gets to point their fingers sand say oh now we need a commission to point out what went wrong and why it isn t working. some of these things are correctable. typographical errors entering the wrong area code for a phone number. surely we can do more than that 70% of them involve a foreign cell phone brought by someone into the united states and apparently the system isn t able to differentiate that the technicians n
public advocate or the court needs more oversight oversight in general. you know, a lot of really smart people have looked at this and pointed out that the most effective way to make sure that the executive branch that buts these things into place actually does its job and actually makes sure this program is to know that it itself is politically responsible when things go wrong and it doesn t work. one of the problems with putting an advocate in or having the responsibility. you are layering on and layering on all the people who are involved in this to the point where it all goes badly everyone gets to point their fingers sand say oh now we need a commission to point out what went wrong and why it isn t working. some of these things are correctable. typographical errors entering the wrong area code for a phone number. surely we can do more than that 70% of them involve a foreign cell phone brought by someone into the united states and apparently the system isn t able to differentiate
times for people who aren t rich players or owners. take san antonio. the spurs are the only major pro sports team. some 4,000 people depend on them for a living. and then cities like sacramento, orlando, portland, salt lake city, the nba is the only major pro sport in that town. we ll see the economic impact there for sure in those cities. so, let s talk more about this with mike pesca from mpr. mike, it s a complicated money dispute, no doubt. what is the main sticking point at 9:01 eastern time on this tuesday? money. lots and lots of money. the players get 57% of all basketball relate under come and the owners get 43% and the owners are saying just not a high enough percent for us to have this be a viable business. inowners are saying 22 of the 30 teams don t make a profit. they re willing or at least publicly saying they re willing to blow up this system. nba players are very well paid. the best in professional sports in the world. their average salary is between $5 mi