we are told general stanley mcchrystal is ready to offer his resignation. but will he accept it. bill: steve centanni leads our coverage at the pentagon. whats is happening at the moment? reporter: general mcchrystal is in the pentagon in anticipation of a meeting at 9:30 with robert gates, the defense secretary. in advance of going over to the white house to talk again about the situation with the president. secretary gates says general mcchrystal made a significant mistake. we understand he may have been bringing with him a letter of resignation. that has been done in situations like this in the past. he may be offering the president that option of accepting or rejecting his letter of resignation. but that will happen this morning around 11:00 that white house in the oval office and then in a meeting on the situation in afghanistan with the nag stall securit the fal security advisors. bill: are they waiting on this issue or holding back. reporter: they say they are al
gresham barrett. haley fell just short of the 50% needed to avoid a run-off. the winner tonight will face the democratic state senator vincent shaheen in the race to replace this man, the love gov, mark sanford. our chief political correspondent carl cameron is in columbia, south carolina. polls are now closed. what s the sense there tonight. very strong sense that nikki haley will be the republican nominee tonight. as you say she fell short at 49.5% in the primary a couple weeks ago shvment she was almost double what her opponent got so in this run off tonight it was widely expected that he would find that 27 point deficit very hard to surmount in just two short weeks. nikki haley has taken a lot of abuse in this case. allegations of infell delegates two separate men. allegations about christian faith she was raised a sikh
afghanistan, gave an interview to a magazine. and in it, he and his aides took aim at everyone from the president to the vice president to senators and diplomats. the general has been summoned to the white house by president obama, who now faces a mind boggling choice. does he fire the man central to the war right before a major battle? jake tapper takes us inside a stunned and furious white house. reporter: white house sources tell abc news that president obama was livid when he read the rolling stone article last night. but he wants to meet with the general before he makes any final decisions about his fate. late this afternoon, president obama criticized general mcchrystal for participating in a magazine story that belittled the administration. i think it s clear that the article in which he and his team appeared showed a poor showed poor judgment. reporter: but the president also said this. whatever decision that i make with respect to general mcchrystal is de
the vice president. the reaction strategy delay. plus other opinions on important people. the comments in rolling stone are inappropriate. those are comments that is he going to have to deal with. shepard: tonight, fallout in afghanistan and general dissatisfaction in d.c. plus, get set to fire up those deep water drills. a federal judge rules the obama administration six months time out. but the white house says not so fast. and will struggling families really have to pay taxes on their bp relief checks? tonight, outrage in the gulf south. first from, fox on this day for the history books, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is apparently about to resign, sources tell fox news general stanley mcchrystal will most likely submit his resignation to the commander and chief tomorrow at the white house. president obama has ordered general mcchrystal back to washington to explain as the white house puts it, what in the world he was thinking. the general and his advisors bl
[unintelligible] and its budget, and use this opportunity to invite him to malvern to open our brand new community hospital some time at his convenience this autumn? can i thank the honorable lady? don t be don t be so order. it is not against the rules of the house for a government back bencher to support the government. it is not that odd. [laughter] mr. prime minister. mr. speaker, we all remember you doing that very well. [laughter] the honorable lady makes a very kind invitation. and i would say that the commitment that we have made to maintain health spending is very important. i want to see community hospitals and district general hospitals thrive under this government. mr. david lammy. can i invite the prime minister next season to take a trip with me from seven sisters tube station up to the spurs ground at white hart lane? on that journey he will see a proliferation of betting shops. will he give local authorities the power to deal with the saturation