as we speak. he is getting here this morning. he has a meeting with secretary gates at the pentagon and then comes over to the white house and have this private meeting with obama. by the way, just so you know, we are talking about how a lot of the military people don t fear wrm barack obama. when you just said he has a meeting with bob gates, meacham and i both wince at the same time. i guarantee you mcchrystal is more frightened of that meeting with bob gates. that is going to be ugier than he is the commander in chief. that is going to be ugly. i mean, for mcchrystal this basically one day unpleasantness tour. the outcome is completely in suspect suspense. hi a senior aide say to me this morning, they believe the president likely was leaning towards replacing mcchrystal. however this has been emphasized to me by many sources this is not something