me about the criticism of obama for being committed to getting people the troops out of afghanistan. first of all, obama, as andrew just said, promised to get us out of afghanistan. and second, most americans want us out of afghanistan. so why is that sort of politically inflammatory. isn t that praise? you saw in the book, as andrew said, he did say that the president got many of these calls right. he also praises the president s decision making in a number of places in the book, saying that he made decisions that were opposed by advisers and by the democratic base. he also calls the decision to launch the raid that killed osama bin laden in his words, the most courageous political decision he s seen during his time in the white house serving half a dozen presidents and a call that gates admits he wasn t willing to make. so there are contradictory parts of his story.
basketball diplomacy, for this so-called cultural exchange to happen, perhaps it can introduce the north koreans to a more positive side. and perhaps yield something fruitful. that s what i can hope. because this exchange is going to happen. the idea that the north koreans think the americans or dennis rodman is that s that s a caricature. also speaking out more coherently than dennis rodman is former defense secretary robert gates. he s written a scathing memoir about congress, hillary clinton, joe biden and president obama. we ll tell you about that ahead. talking about afghanistan, he writes, as i sate there, i thought the president doesn t trust his commander, doesn t believe in his own strategy and doesn t consider the war to be his. for him, gates writes, it is all about getting out. mr. obama s management style comes in for criticism.
frozen in just a little bit of time. so still cold enough to freeze your shirt off of you if that s your thing. and how long is this bad expected there? reporter: it s starting to warm up. by thursday, it s supposed to be a whole 20 degrees. never thought that would sound hot. that sounds hot. so they re going to be fine by the end of the week, above freezing by the end of the week. now we turn to dennis rodman. we have to talk about him, unfortunately. alleged friend of north korea s dictator, kim jong-un. americans in jail, american citizen in jail, kenneth bay. dennis rodman, that s his friend apparently. the former nba great in north
now. thank you very much. shannon: a judge in haiti ruled that ten americans being held on child trafficking charges should be released. it s been several days and that still hasn t happened. making matters worse, the family of one says he wasn t even involved in that whole child adoption business to begin with. lisa allen s husband, jim, is being held in haiti. she joins us from dallas with her attorney. thanks to you both for joining us today. thanks for having us. shannon: lisa, let me start by asking you. how did jim get caught up in this group if this isn t something he normally would be involved with? no. he had wanted to go and help seeing the devastation that hay day was you know, after the earthquake and all. he had a cousin that contacted him and knew that there was a group going, and he wanted to go and help. shannon: eventually. so he got caught up with the other nine who are being held there. we ve heard a judge say they should be released. hiram, why hasn t
if these other groups join in, you ll see clashes like this probably daily here in vancouver. all right, dan springer live in vancouver. thanks for keeping us updated. well, a judge in haiti says the ten americans being held on child trafficking charges should be released, but he said that a week ago, so why aren t they back home? we re going to talk to the wife of one of those jailed americans coming up. valentine s day has brought in plenty of sweet business for some retailers in the past. is that still the case in the down economy? this is lieutenant column cl michael wise. i want to wish a happen valentine s happy valentine s day to my mom in saginaw, michigan. thanks for all your support. look forward to seeing you in a few months. [ man ] i ve seen beautiful things.