is alert, mentally competent, and lucid. he is aware of the nature of the proceedings. okay? so that is the basis for the discussion. joined by retired superior court judge isaac borenstein in boston. he s done hospital visits over his 22 years as a judge. let us begin with the idea, confusion and frustration about miranda rights. give them right away, if you don t give them, then this prosecution is astray. what is the basic understanding of leeway with mirandizing a suspect? any suspect, including the suspect in this case, is entitled to miranda rights under the 5th amendment of the united states constitution, the right against self-imcrimination, everybody is who in is custody and entear gated by law enforcement. the legal process, contrary to what newspapers said today the legal process began yesterday, the legal process began when he
it is already making plans for new contract talks. martha: big story today, a spike in deadly attacks by afghans against the nato forces over there training them has put america s involvement there in a whole new light. four u.s. soldiers were killed at a check-point in a province on sunday by afghan police officers who they were training with. just a few days after two u.s. marines were killed in an attack on nato s calm bastion, that base on friday. there are the two sites on the map. that attack, the one on the end there left one soldier dead after insurgents wearing u.s. army uniforms stormed the base, also killed in that attack sergeant bradley atwell. the attack raises serious questions as to how the situation in afghanistan got to this point. joined by retired major general
destroy afghanistan s long-term future in order to restrict the rights of women and girls. human rights protection for religious and ethnic minorities are also still fragile. the u.s. hopes to build on hard-fought progress, including elements of a democratic government, schools where children have access to education and human rights. a symbol of that, chris, the first presidential candidate to come forward is a woman. and no one would have thought that possible, not so long ago. thank you so much, richard lui. i m joined by retired army general wesley clark and adviser for the obama campaign and by joe conson, editor and chief of nationalmemo.com. gentlemen, good morning. general, let me start with you. how do these high-profile incendiary incidents complicate the withdrawal plan in your view? anything like this that gets out and inflames opinion among