0 branch. his name is nasser al wuhayshi.when you have the leader of a big organization, al qaeda central, calling his most dangerous assassin and telling him to do something big, not only is it a big problem for the united states and one that should be taken seriously but it also shows the linkages that still do exist between the al qaeda organization in pakistan, bin laden s old organization, and some of the key players that are spread across the organization, across the regional affiliates, if you will. nasr al wahayshi, who was ordered to carry out this big attack at one stage was considered a possible successor to bin laden. he fought himself in tora bora. he considered himself an equal to bin laden, not just someone who was subservant to him. they have a long history and he runs a branch, but he runs a very powerful branch. let me go to ebben coleman for your analysis as well. give me your sense of what this tells us, the fact that al qaeda so the answer is yes, they do have a
according to the players association. i mean, how do you read how do you read a-rod s statement? is this like say it ain t so, joe? he s saying it ain t. is he saying it ain t so or just saying i m disappointed. what the heck does that mean? i m disappointed by the verdict. does that mean i didn t do it? it s not a matter of whether or not he did it or not. there is the link to biogenesis and tony bosch. it s whether or not he was treated fairly through the process. ryan braun was suspended 65 games. it will cost him $3.25 million. the other 12 players were all suspended 50 games. alex rodriguez is suspended 211 games costing him about $34 million. he can still be owed $61 million when he comes back in 2015. and there has been a conjecture feeling that there s been a softening among the major league players and the players association. by no means was that softening there for the statement from michael wiener, the head of the
0 let me go to ebben coleman for your analysis as well. give me your sense of what this tells us, the fact that al qaeda central still is central in pakistan where we killed bin laden. here s the successor to bin lad laden giving order to the guys in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula saying i want some action. i think it s important to focus here on something that rich just said which is that this relationship is not a new one. nasr fought in afghanistan. he was a personal aide to bin laden. this is someone who s had a personal relationship with the senior al qaeda leadership in afghanistan and pakistan for years. so he s exactly the kind of person that al qaeda central leadership would call upon to do something like this. the question is whether or not aqap has the resources to carry out an attack and what kind of attack that is. they ve tried twice now to strike at the united states homeland. both times they came close but they failed. so i guess the thinking is now that they re
all you can do is have a world-class program and do the best you can. the joint testing agreement, i agree. it s really quite impressive. what does this say about the effectiveness of that program if in fact there was cheating going on while it was happening and does the leaking of these names to a reporter, almost certainly coming from major league baseball itself undermine the trust that has been built up to make this testing agreement work? you know, my impression, chris, is that the player s association, which for years has fought testing, is now walking in concert with the owners that they want this stuff out and as michael wiener toured camps this spring, he heard time and again from players, look, a 50-game suspension has not been a deterrent enough and the players i know best, like lance berkman and matt holliday and chris carpenter, people like that, they are furious that guys are still trying to cut corners. again, in a competitive sport when you have competitive people,
bloomberg has stopped and frisked more black men than there are black men in new york city. institutional racial discrimination is alive and well in the united states. a former baltimore police officer, current professor of college of criminal justice and author of the book cop in the hood, which is a great read. and political analyst at georgetown university, great to have you all. michael, what is your i think the wilkins story is so incredible and that quote and i m a warrior, and then to see him, what does that say to you that the president has made that appointment? here s a guy who understands what it feels like for the average american but especially in this case african-american male who s been subjected to the arbitrary exercise of power of the state against a vulnerable citizen, and now he occupies the second highest court, or will, should he be successful, the