difficult position than the military is, they have said the road appears longer to the intelligence officials, to some in the intelligence community, according to a recent estimate, than it does to the military. so the taliban, routed into certain areas and along the border in pakistan where they re hanging out in those tribal areas and pakistan has not made a firm enough commitment to root them out of there. also hamid karzai, the president of afghanistan, is he a relyiable partner, an effective partner, is he going to root out corruption in his government, these are big questions that remain big trouble areas ahead down the road in afghanistan, rick. rick: steve centanni live at the pentagon this morning, ahead of the review, the release of that review, and as we mentioned, just about half an hour from now, president obama set to speak live about the afghan war review. we ll bring you his comments live as soon as it happens. jenna: a man hunt underway for a fifth suspect in the murde
jenna: thank you, catherine, and great points made there. we ll be back with catherine as news develops. good of you to join u. i m jeanne lee. rick: aim rick folbaum in for jon scott. a whole lot of drama on capitol hill as the house takes up the controversial tax cut compromise that was worked out between president president and congressional republicans. debate is expected to get a little heated on this, with liberal democrats pushing for changes to the estate tax provision. jenna: it seems the change is minute by minute here. conservatives republicans also objecting to the deal, some because it s temporary, others like congressman mike pence you re seeing on your screen say it will do little to create jobs. rick: later, more high stakes action on the hill. a little foggy there today, the senate getting ready to tackle a spending bill, republicans are promising to block this because it contains billions of dollars of pork, some of which was inserted by republican lawmakers, but if t
why do you think it s worth the money? i ll put it this way. our constitution says that members of congress have to run every two years. by the very nature, i think we re closer to the people than the other parts of the federal government. therefore, we know what the needs are, we talk to folks and i d rather have, quite honestly with all due respect to the administration, i think i can do a better job represent of my district than some bureaucrat in washington, d.c. this is what the local communities have requested and this is what i m trying to help them with. jenna: so some of your fellow congressmen are looking for funds as well, $400,000 for solar parking canopies in kansas, for example or $277,000 for a potato pest management in wisconsin. when you are both looking at what you need for your own communities, what do you say to your critics who say hey listen, we don t need that bridge in your district, we re going to need something for a potato pest management in wisconsin,
jenna: how are you going to do that? how do you think it s going to be achieved? i must admit i can t say yet, but look we have two alternatives, one is to essentially pass a new budget for the rest of the fiscal year, until next september 30th, the other is a continuing resolution, which is what we re operating under now, which continues the government at the levels of spending for last year, with a few slight alterations. so in any case, i imagine if there s a breakdown in the process, people in both parties will get together and agree to pass a resolution, perhaps to continue the government to at least a week or two, but maybe on into next year. that s possible, too. jenna: as an independent, who do you think is to blame for what s going on in d.c., is it the republicans fault for slowing down this bill passing through the senate or is it the democrats fault for trying to force through spending initiatives before they lose power?
and the safety of the american people. so with that, vice president biden and myself will depart and i m going to turn it over to secretary clinton, gates, as well as vice chair man cartwright and they will answer your questions and give you a more detailed version. thank you very much. jenna: that was the president was review, as he mentioned, an annual review, highlighting a few key parts saying it was, quote, a difficult endeavor but on track to achieve goals, that s our mission there, he also said in pursuit of goals we are laying out, we are making progress, the few points he went after, our troops have been able to go after al-qaeda, key members, in fact, and really put the terrorists on the run. he also talked about the focus of training afghani forces themselves to make sure they re able to take responsibility for execute of their country and deem emphasis on the relationship between united states and pakistan, the president