every jihadi group including al qaeda, which is closely aligned with the taliban, to use this as a home base. and we ve seen this movie before. we certainly have. yesterday the former defense secretary was sitting in this seat right here. he said we should brace for a blood bath in afghanistan. are you that worried? yeah. i think there s going to be a very nasty civil war that makes the present conflict look like a croquet match. there was a very advanced civil war in the early to mid- 90s where hundreds of thousands of people were killed. that s the situation i think we re going to see. and if the taliban takes over, the girls and the women, they re going to be in for an awful situation. yeah. there was a lot of wishful thinking about the taliban. the taliban will take over not necessarily the whole country, but we can guarantee the rights of women is not going to be high on their agenda when they take over. peter bergen, author, thank you very much. we will continue our
through, big time. painkiller prescription. oxcontrin makers planning to test their drug on children as young as 6 years old. the cash behind the candidate as big corporations give millions to obama and romney. cnn digs into who s raking in the most green. will the election be decided by wall street and not main street? and home of the beret. the u.s. olympic team in french hats and blue blazers. do these guys look ready for the olympics or a croquet match in the hamptons? good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. we begin this morning with a terrifying airline flight into miami. this morning, we are learning just how bad it was. flight 1780 was en route from aruba when it slammed into turbulence on its initial descent about 30 minutes before landing. pilots landed without major incident but a dozen people were injured, five of them taken to the hospital. i never felt something like that in the past. basically, we didn t know anythin