it s been six years if you can believe that since elite navy seal squad took out al qaeda leader usama bin laden. how far have we come since then in that fight against terror? let s bring in the best-selling author of the killing school former navy seal himself brian webb deployed to afghanistan soon after 9/11 and he joins us now business thoughts. brandon, good to see you this morning. good morning. clayton: hard to believe it s been six years. you talk about do being deployed to afghanistan. your son was born shortly after you were deployed to afghanistan. he has only known this war on terror. are we winning this? i think we have come a long way since 9/11. but part of the strategy, i think that s missing is the united states special operations commands has become really really effective at killing terrorists around the globe. it doesn t matter where you hide, how long it takes us, which in bin laden s case took us 10 years to find and kill him. but, they will get you no matter
now to political grapevine. within hours of the resignation bookmakers have odds on who the next pope might be. the length of the papal conclave. or what the papal name might be. the early favorite cardinal peter turksin of ghana with 3:1 odds. cardinal timothy dolan is now at 25:1. longshot, bono. yes, that bono with 1,000: 1 odds. one person you can safely bet against, vice president joe biden. when asked about the pope s resignation today he told reporters, i m not running. the man claiming to be the seal team six member who killed usama bin laden left the military and says he lost all of his mention and pension. elite navy seal who is not being identified tells esquire magazine he left the military three years shy of
a member of the elite navy s.e.a.l. team that took out osama bin laden has written a book about it. in the famously secret community, that alone is causing controversy. it was not vetted by government officials. the operation is still classified. joining me now former navy s.e.a.l. captain dib couch, also a new york times best-selling author. this book was not cleared by the defense department, the white house, the cia has not reviewed it, though a spokesperson for the publisher says it was vetted by a former special ops attorney. aren t s.e.a.l.s or special ops generally required to sign a nondisclosure agreement and what about the fact this is still classified? sfwlr security concerns there, and yes, special operators, as i understand it,
forgiveness is a beautiful thing. we re going to steak suggestions for our free for all friday music so you can tweet me at soledad, underscore, o brien and we ll get that on the air. i guess i could introduce the panel. will cain is back with us and maria cardona is back as well and the congressman joins us here. polls are just opening in the state of florida. florida you remember is a 50-delegate winner take allstate. 600,000 ballots have already been cast in the two candidates at the very toprolly have literally been ripping into each other right to the bitter end. listen. i don t believe the republican party is going to nominate a liberal who is pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rights. the republican party base does not want to nominate somebody who represents the establishment of wall street in new york. romney refused to allow catholic hospitals to have conscience in their dealing with certain circumstances. romney cut off kosher food for elder
them, has apparently crashed. six peace-keeping troops were aboard and have died and the taliban is claiming responsibility by sending a text message to cnn. and last night s debate. newt gingrich calls out the media, specifically john king, and he calls his ex-wife a liar. we re going to play all sorts of stuff for you this morning, get all sorts of answers and let people weigh in. talk about political heat. unbelievable stuff. and, also, and the story we ve been watching, the italian cruise ship where the rescue operations have been on and off is teetering eight feet from an underwater ledge that could drop that ship 200 feet down. and rough weather is moving in, so this is a bad combination. the italian authorities are trying to stop any kind of environmental disaster because of the fuel that s on board. an anonymous strikes again. a notorious group is claiming responsibility for shutting down the internet or actually some web sites. what could be the largest coord