then pakistan which had its own mini-scandal a year ago leading to the ouster of its famous ambassador to washington. we have the first exclusive interview with ambassador akani since then. he will tell us what happened to him and what s happening in pakistan. also, why in the world has immigration from mexico to the united states stopped in its tracks? we ll take a look. next up, the american elder statesman brent scowcroft on syria, iran, and the middle east, and how he feels today about the republican party which he served for decades. do you prost krast nature, waste money, over indulge. what to do with your bad hakts and how transforming them could help you, your company, your country. first, here s my take. after months of meander,ing it seems that president barack obama s re-election campaign has settled on a theme. the problem is it s the wrong one. the buffett rule tax on millionaires has become obama s bumper sticker. the proposal is reasonable, but it does not de
about what it all means. then pakistan which had its own mini-scandal a year ago leading to the ouster of its famous ambassador to washington. we have the first exclusive interview with ambassador haqqani since then. he will tell us what happened to him and what s happening in pakistan. also, why in the world has immigration from mexico to the united states stopped in its tracks? we ll take a look. next up, the american elder statesman brent scowcroft on syria, iran, the middle east, and how he feels today about the republican party which he served for decades. finally, do you procrastinate, waste money, over indulge. what to do with your bad hakts habits and how transforming them could help you, your company, your country. first, here s my take. after months of meandering, it seems that president barack obama s re-election campaign has settled on a theme. the problem is it s the wrong one. the buffett rule tax on millionaires has become obama s bumper sticker. the
nations, john bolton, who s a fox news contributor. ambassador, now we have general james jones, jim jones, saying in an interview with the washington times saying that the president, the united states does not need the apologize for anything to israel. is that true? well, with all due respect to general jones, this shows just how wide the gap is between the u.s. and israel in current circumstances because this administration has been more hostile to the state of israel than any other administration since israel was born in 1948 on issue after issue, particularly on iran where for the last three-plus years little or nothing has been done to slow down iran s progress. megyn: but in what way? the administration says they have these incredibly tough economic sanctions on iran, and not only that, they talk about the weapons support we ve given to israel and other support and aid that we have provided to israel over the past three years. well, i think this is a case of political spin ra
20 minutes until top of the hour. 20 minutes until state of the union with candy crowley. good morning to you, as always. a couple of big things on the plate. budget battle. something has to happen this week, but libya still on the table. let s start with libya this morning. well, we have general jim jones, retired general who used to be the president s national security adviser, to try and walk us through, if he can, the administration s thinking on getting involved in libya, because by the end of the week, as you know, we have the defense secretary saying, okay, we re no longer going to fly sorties over libya. we ll leave that to the coalition. we re no longer going to send those tomahawk missiles into libya. we ll leave that to the coalition. we were all in, and pulled back. we want an explanation for that, and what the real endgame is
we are back with former national security adviser general james jones. let me ask you about other places in the region. in particular, yemen. poor country, than most of those than others that are seeing uprisings. there are thoughts in articles i ve read and reports coming across cnn, al qaeda is more of a threat here. here is a guy we ve paid money to, president salah to help combat al qaeda. what happens there? does he seem, a, like a goner there? and, b, what does it mean to u.s. national security? i think yemen is very worry some, and the administration is watching this carefully with great concern. the trend lines are not terribly positive. we ll have to wait and see. salah has been able to get himself out of similar fixes in the past, but this one is with the defection of his generals is