role in gaza. hamas will not be entirely eradicated. there will still be hundreds, if not thousands, of gunmen wandering around. there will have to be some sort of international force. i think we can rule out the un after the sort of anaemic, feckless role that they have played in lebanon, allowing hezbollah to rearm intervention of un security council resolution 1701. i don t think israel would deign to accept the un. let s get a bit of analysis and length if he were we are and what happens next. we can bring in the panel for the first time. leigh ann caldwell, washington post live anchor. tim montgomerie, founder of the political website conservative home. looking to you both. things are coming on the programme. let s start with the us playing a key role clearly. the language from the us seems to be shifting slightly. what is your take? it seems to be shifting slightly. what is your take? is your take? it has shifted slightly- is your take? it has shifted slightly. the
tornado outbreaks brings damage and devastation to the south. joey: max gordon joins us from rougeses rogers, arkansas wih the latest. reporter: good morning. we just got on the ground moments ago. you can smell natural gas on the ground in rogers, arkansas and many buildings are damaged after yous suspected tornado ripped through this community. a county judge here says at least one person here is dead, no idea yet on how many people are injured. but just looking from the devastation behind me, there are likely going to be some that are injured here in rogers, arkansas. now, this was a part of a tornado outbreak among 20 tornadoes reported across oklahoma, texas and here in arkansas. in texas, the cook county sheriff says that five are now confirmed dead after a suspected tornado hilt a mobile home park there. the sheriff says the number of dead could rise. dozens were injured in a travel center to the north in mays county, oklahoma, emergency managers say two people are
find out what went down inside the courtroom just a short time ago. former vermont governor and presidential candidate howard dean takes a hit during a radio interview in montreal. and when we say hit, we mean hit literally. listen. discussing geographic boundaries and talking about drawing lines there was a car, sorry. i m going to have to go. what happened? we just got hit by a car. are you okay? yeah, everybody is fine. talk about breaking news. howard dean did call back an t 20 minutes later and actually finished up the interview. talk about commitment. four major wildfires still burning out of control in arizona. and officials are bleeding with residents, get out of your homes, get out of them now, don t stop to pick things up, move it. the fires scorched 17,000 acres. and firefighters say one of the fires could still hit crown king, an historic mining town. the larchest fire has tripled in size. a family in mississippi calling for the public s help to find
costly conference in las vegas. we re learning about numerous lavish trips by an agency that s supposed to keep federal cost down. we want to welcome our viewers. you re in the situation room. two of the highest members of president obama s war team. secretary of state hillary clinton and leon panetta traveled. i went and they joined me for an exclusive joint interview. we talked about some of the biggest global challenges as well as politics right here in the u.s. madam secretary, mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. glad to be here. let s talk about afghan san. $2 billion a week in u.s. tax dollars being spent to maintain the assistance of the afghan people. is this money well spent right now, a hundred billion dollars a year for another two and a half years. first of all, wolf, we are in a transition. as we do, the afghan security forces are stepping up to protect their own people. as we saw over the weekend with the horrible attacks, luckily they were not su
supermarket. lots of injuries, but amazingly, no one killed. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s begin with breaking news just coming into the situation room right now out of afghanistan. word of a military crash. let s go straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i know there are casualties. what are you hearing? wolf, a u.s. official tells us a u.s. army black hawk helicopter has crashed in southern afghanistan. at this point they believe it crashed during bad weather, but the official tells us they cannot yet rule out enemy action in this incident. sadly, they do believe all four crew members onboard perished in this helicopter crash. there were a number of soldiers on the ground at a combat outpost waiting to be picked up by the helicopter, transported to another area and they report seeing the helicopter go down. so it could have been significantly worse, but the m