numbers of others. in countries throughout that region. let me make clear to them and to anybody else that america will maintain a presence in that part of the world. reporter: and for the first time, we are hearing concerns from iraqi leaders. we heard from the speaker of parliament, he said today, quote: reporter: the parliament speaker who himself is a sunni muslim was referring to iran, again, it s the first time we ve heard some concerns from iraqi leadership since the announcement that all troops would be coming home. jon: on top of all this, there s that new report out suggesting that u.s. money has been, essentially, wasted in training the iraqi police, and the police were supposed to bring stability to that country, right? reporter: that s right. the u.s. has spent about $8
so-called accident, she appeared to be gravely ill. he would have gotten out of the jeep if it was an accident. he called family members and they said, get out. he fled leaving his daughter dying on the sidewalk. nothing american about that, megyn. megyn: wendy murphy, thank you. you bet. megyn: we ll bring you an update as soon as it s in. the president will try to persuade americans that he s a centrist. dick morris will join me live to see whether or not that s true. a police chase stretches on for hours and did not end well. we re hearing concerns from small towns that thousands of post offices could soon be closed for good. you may not go there often, but it s nice to know it s there when you need it, isn t it? the where and the why, after this.
gergen. he is here in the situation room and, you know, david, you keep hearing concerns. petraeus may be back in afghanistan. a lot of people have confidence in general petraeus but now richard luger the ranking republican on the foreign relations committee, even newt gingrich the former speaker. they re wondering, is this going to be successful when all the dust settles? their words are very well grounded and general petraeus knows he only has a very short time to shore this thing up and turn it around. i think what is impressive is he has hit the ground running in afghanistan. we just learned today that he s gotten an agreement from president karzai who was opposing this idea, mcchrystal proposed it earlier, to establish community policing, in effect local village defense forces on the ground trained and equipped by u.s. special forces, some 10,000. general petraeus thinks that is very necessary to win over the hearts and minds and to establish and get rid of lawlessness. the am
cases. now that is going to be in various forms no doubt the key line of questioning we re going to hear from senators today on the republican side, senators saying that they believe that president obama is putting her on the court as a rubber stamp for the policies that he s pushing. that will no doubt come before the court, like health care reform. on the democratic side you are hearing concerns about her view on issues like executive power. we certainly expect those issues to be pressed. the question is whether she is answer those questions to satisfy these senators. dana bash for us this morning, thanks so much. day two will also be a chance for elena kagan to answer republican criticism that she may put politics ahead of impartiality if confirmed. our cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin has known kagan for 30 years. he joins us from washington now with some perspective and inside scoop. jeff, when you take a look at what she said yesterday regarding her philosophy, she said,
death for american women. but up to 1/3 of breast cancer cases in western nations could be preventible. with a healthier diet and more exercise. that is the word tonight from experts at the european breast cancer conference in bars barcelona spain. he is throw general can fuel breast cancer. since estrogen can fuel. overweight women are more likely to develop the disease. some experts say that conclusion should inspire healthier and more active lifestyles. we are hearing concerns that it could lead to blaming the victims. women have a roughly one in eight chance of getting breast cancer. last year in the united states, there were more than 190,000 new cases of breast cancer and 40,000 deaths. well, federal health experts want new warnings on tanning beds. calling for a possible tanning bed ban for anyone under the age of 18. whether from the sun or the tanning booth. study have shown that