there were two important things. he was trying to be realistic because he knows it won t be an easy go. it has not been an easy go. troops are there and clearly we have men in the field, women in the field as well. also he had to send an important message to democrats. democrats want the withdrawal. you know what he said? you know, it s a very tender base up there on capitol hill. they don t want to be there in perpetuity. obviously, a lot of folks picked obama because they were sick of the war in iraq. they were unhappy how things were going in the region. trying to send a signal to democrats in particular that he was not yet wavering on the timeline. glenn: charl bret: charles? if you speakspeak, the afgha hear it. they say the americans are coming in summer. they will be in charge for about a year then they will leave and we will be here. if you give them any intelligence over the next year, take you and your
westerly flow. we should have this cutoff low down here. once we get everything going like it should, which is more west to east, that would drive everything more towards xands naf ya. that doesn t look like it wants to happen for a good couple of days. the forecast doesn t look to be clearing up any time real soon. maybe a couple of days from now. until then a lot of red on the map. if you are traveling to europe, it s not going to be an easy go. maybe do it the old school way and get on a boat and take your time. john and alina, back to you. bookings now being taken for the queen mary. you know what s fascinating? a lot of people think it s the advice ibility is the big problem. the ash can get into the engines and cause engine failure in these planes. there s been a couple of examples, one over indonesia and over mt. redoubt, planes were
president, he won, you heard, chavez has won another term. this time he didn t have too much of an easy go. what it means for the united statess standing in latin america. i mentioned gas prices. some parts of california have hit the $5 a gallon mark. they wish it were still $5. see that right there at $5.81.