so we are intent on doing both. that is standing up for our people when they re attacked while at the same time working every single day to prevent the conflict from growing and spreading. that s secretary of state antony blinken laying out the priorities of the biden administration in the middle east which is becoming more volatile by the day following a deadly strike on three u.s. service members. and on capitol hill we ll bring you new details about the bipartisan border deal in the senate that are starting to leak out. we ll go through what s in the bill and the response from lawmakers. and meanwhile, the republican controlled house continues to focus on grievance over government as it moves forward with a possible impeachment of the homeland security secretary. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 30th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the defense department, which has identified th
i m out. tonight i want to take a moment to congratulate time magazine on the excellent selection of mark zuckerberg as person of the year. discovering facebook only weeks after your grandmother. always on the cutting edge. that s pretty good. 20 past the hour. time to take a look at the morning papers. los angles times obama has strong first half finish despite his image as a deal maker and his next two years are likely to be tougher. google tv faces delays amid poor reviews. this is a fascinating story. google asked maimers of a new tv set to delay introduction to refine software and google is backing out of the consumer electronic show next month in vegas. i was really looking forward to seeing what google tv was. it really seemed like a bridge to the future. usa today new jersey governor bill richardson says he s received new mexico.
they were in there helping afghans. they were dentists eye doctors and surgeons and they were taking medical aid to the area where it is impossible to get medical aid. the taliban focuses on aid workers educators and teachers. they focus on the government officials that we are trying to build the capacity with. soft targets so they can neuter the effort of what we are trying to do there. that s the capacity that has to be built. here s the thing general. that s what terrorists do so well. they are cowardly be headers of women, maimers of children, attackers of aid workers. we can t watch the entire 25 million population of afghanistan with a personal body guard that is our vulnerability. we will beat them on the battlefield as we did in 2001 and 2002, but if they drive the