defense. and he s proposed a solution to this. the ball is in congress court. they have got to take action to delay sequester. i want to move on to some of the hot spots. we ll start in north africa. a lot of news this week. here is the a.p. headline. u.s. limited in fight against north african militants. the united states is struggling to confront an uptick in threats in the newest hot spot with limited intelligence and few partners to help as the obama administration weighs who you to keep islamic extremists from jeopardizing national security without launching war. we want to put up a map here. and explain to people where this is. egypt, libya, algeria, mali, niger. when i read about the idea that we don t have enough intelligence, we ve known about al qaeda in north africa since before 9/11. this is the original safe haven of osama bin laden, was north africa. did we drop the ball? you know, when al qaeda attacked the united states on
the ball is in congress court. they have got to take action to delay sequester. i want to move on to some of the hot spots. we ll start in north africa. a lot of news this week. here is the a.p. headline. u.s. limited in fight against north african militants. the united states is struggling to confront an uptick in threats in the newest hot spot with limited intelligence and few partners to help as the obama administration weighs who you to keep islamic extremists from jeopardizing national security without launching war. we want to put up a map here. and explain to people where this is. egypt, libya, algeria, mali, niger. when i read about the idea that we don t have enough intelligence, we ve known about al qaeda in north africa since before 9/11. this is the original safe haven of osama bin laden, was north africa. did we drop the ball? you know, when al qaeda attacked the united states on 9/11, and it became clear that we had to go to war on terrorism
my life, in order to deal with the deficit problem, you ve got to deal with entitlements. you have to deal with revenues. and you have to deal with discretionary. all of it has to be part of a package. is he doing enough? i think he s pushing as hard as he can. should he be more public? well, look. the president of the united states has indicated the concern about sequester. he s indicated his concern about maintaining a strong national defense. and he s proposed a solution to this. the ball is in congress court. they have got to take action to delay sequester. i want to move on to some of the hot spots. we ll start in north africa. a lot of news this week. here is the a.p. headline. u.s. limited in fight against north african militants. the united states is struggling to confront an uptick in threats in the newest hot spot with limited intelligence and few partners to help as the obama administration weighs who you to keep islamic extremists from jeopardizing national secur
what i can comment on is the fact that all decent folks can agree that the remarks that were made don t have any place in the public discourse. that was the president responding to a question regarding rush limbaugh losing sponsors. he is bleeding companies by the day as a result of his controversial comments about sandra fluke and two stations have dropped his show altogether. four more sponsors pulled their advertising just today including sensa weight loss and bare essentials. the numbers keep changes very fast. there s reports that 28 businesses have pulled their spots. let ea let s bring in our news nation panel. before we start up again, i want to play what rush limbaugh said regarding this war on women some believe is happening. let s play it.
this whole motion of a war on women, it s so contrived. it s so forced. it feels so unnatural. there is no war on women. what there is, is war on freedom. obviously, a.b., leading up to, i think what rush limbaugh is trying to present himself as a victim to his people, so they can come out on the other side and maybe counter the heat that he s getting from women and men regarding this remark. i want to be clear that a lot of people think it s just women and women organizations that are demanding that sponsors pull out. it s men as well here. yes, it is. i think that rush limbaugh got caught in his apology by trying to isolate these two horrible names that he called mr eed mis and he didn t apologize for the whole context of his remarks. the sentiment behind his remark, i think beyond those name, the worse thing he did was say that sandra fluke should take videos of herself engaged in sexual