without the dog, we wouldn t have got anything out of it, period. reporter: and there are about 70 drug dogs working in washington state right now, and they are, these four-legged cops are now sniffing in uncharted territory, jon. jon: dan springer, thank you. jenna: on the opposite end of the country in florida, new developments in a critical phase of the george zimmerman murder trial. for the very first time, zimmerman s defense team is zeroing in on a select group of men and women who could decide whether their client is convicted of murder. dry mouth definitely affected my self confidence. it s debilitating when you try to talk, when you re trying to eat, when you re trying to sleep. i m constantly licking my lips. water would address the symptoms for just a few minutes. the hygienist recommended biotene. it s clean and refreshing, i feel like i have plenty of fluid in my mouth. i brush with the biotene toothpaste and i use the mouthwash every morning.
conflicting reports about whether afghan president hamid karzai will join the peace talks which, of course, we also have a role in. kt mcfarlane joining us, former deputy assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration, has been to afghanistan in part-times. let s start many times. let s start first with this potential swap. what should we do? it wreaks your heart. i think it s probably one of the most difficult decisions any leader makes because if you do the prisoner swap, what happens next? well, the taliban realizes, let s go snag a couple more americans. it ll give us the kind of leverage we need, the currency we need. i know in the reagan administration one of the men i worked with, a marine lieutenant colonel, rich higgins, was taken prisoner, kidnapped by hezbollah in lebanon. he ultimately was tortured and died, but it s the greatest tragedy you have because you bleed for those families. you want that person back, but you know if you make the trade, all you
doesn t know what to make of it. reporter: some analysts now think the fed could start pulling back on stimulus at its next policy meeting at the end of july. jon? jon: all right. we will keep an eye on the markets until then and beyond. peter barnes in washington, thank you. jenna: well, from monetary drunk driving, as that analyst put it, to brand new numbers on the jobs front. 354,000 americans filed for unemployment in the latest week, that s up slightly from the week earlier but overall, you know, that s sort of around the number that we want to see. in the meantime, some businesses are managing to survive in this tough business environment, and for some it s about to get even harder when it comes to some of the new regulations, so we wanted to talk a little bit about that with the ceo and chef at city sandwich here in new york city. it s great to talk to small business owner, mike, but i ve got to ask you the most pressing question, which is of anything in the entire world, why
sanctions we ve had on iran to try to get iran to stop its nuclear program, they have actually within very effective in kind of enclosing iran and caselating it from the world k34eubg community. they haven t been successful in stopping the program, and, in fact, there s a lot of indication they re speeding up on that. what s happened is for the people of iran who went to the polls this week and elected the most reformist-minded of the candidates, one of the reasons i think they voted for him was because he said i m going to fix the economy. jenna: we help georgia. russia was trying to invade georgia, and now they re not helping us. what do we do? those countries most affected by american withdrawal from the region are looking around and saying we ve got to cut our own separate deal. you may have helped us before in georgia, in afghanistan, but you know what? you re on your way out, so we ve got to cut our own deal. we have to live in this neighborhood long after you ve lived. jenna:
did misspeak at the congressional testimony. there was never a jury trial in this case, and the suspects pled guilty to lesser charges that were not connected to the specific plot that was cited, jenna. jenna: interesting context for us, as always, catherine. thank you. reporter:e. jon: well, the nsa leak controversy just one of the growing number of scandals rocking the white house from benghazi to the irs targeting story to the nsa. it might all be taking a toll on the president and leading to an early case of second term doldrums. the hill writing today: jon: a.b. stoddard even naming names, writing, quote.