who of the candidates in iowa has done the best job of trying to appeal to the evangelical vote? if you talk in terms of people who have spent the most time here, it s probably rick santorum. i still wouldn t underestimate his ability to do much bert on caucus day than some people might expect him to do. he spent a lot of time here. he connects well with people. so, you know, he possibly could be a sleeper in this race in iowa on january 3rd. all right. steve scheffler, one of the powerbrokers, one of the most in touch when it comes to the political power of the evangelical vote. thanks for coming on this morning. thank you. capital crunch time. president obama is putting the pressure on republicans to get a deal done on payroll tax cuts. we have the ex-senator here, blanche lincoln, democrat john sununu, republican. they ll give us their take on whether congress will be able to get anything done before the end
america bashing from claiming we control the entire world to killing bin laden to cover-up 9/11. the u.s. ahmadinejad reaching out to americans proposing a hotline like the one established between washington and moscow during the cold war. we have always announced and maintained that freedom, fairness and justice, the right to choose, mutual respect is the right of all countries of all nations. shannon: reaching out has now put him on the outs with the powerbrokers in tehran. he s got to answer for that. we are working on getting an interview and some technical things ironed out with the deputy knesset speaker in israel. we will hear from both sides today. that interview coming up first.
i think she s stuck with the network because of the attacks. we ll is more in the next hour. live from studio 7, i m drew griffin in for suzanne, who s on assignment in dangerous conditions in afghanistan. let s get you up to data on this tuesday, september 13. taliban fighters attacking the u.s. embassy with rocket-propelled grenades and guns. u.s. troops trying to flush these guys out. they re in an abandoned building where the attack was launched. fewer than ten taliban are believed to be involved. republic saying two americans could be released in days. that is if the men s families pay bail of $1 billion. josh fattal and shane bauer have been in custody since they went on that hike in 2009. iran sentenced them to eight years for spying and illegal entry. the americans say they were just hiking in iraq, accidently straying into iran. texas governor rick perry may feel like he is a punching bag this morning. seven republicans who trailed perry in the polls, they roug
insurgency that our u.s. troops are facing here on the ground. it s more of a fraction nalized, decentralized insurgency who answer to different leaders. this isn t someone that s taking control of the whole operation here in afghanistan. you have different groups throughout the country trying to gain control and at the same time fighting both u.s. and nato forces. savannah? and atia, what impact will this death of osama bin laden have on the fight there in afghanistan? you know, this is just one man, and he was an evil man, a man who started the war in afghanistan, and if america would have got their man back in 2001 it may have had a different effect in afghanistan. we would have seen a transformation in this country sooner than we re seeing right now. we re about ten years on in the war and that s because it s not really al qaeda anymore. you re finding different powerbrokers, different parts of
just the semi-far right, his party, he got enough seats in the knesset and the parliament to probably, according to the exit polls win by maybe one seat. that gives him a little more momentum. it s not an american-style election. the issue is who can put together a coalition. that will depend on the king makers, the powerbrokers from other parties, and which way they go. the most important one is a man almost nobody in the united states has heard of named moshi colon, he used to be with netanyahu, but they quarrelled and had a big falling out. when he was in the government he reduced the cell phone bills of israelis by about 80%. he became popular, and he got a lot of votes today. so he s holding a lot of cards. whichever of the two main candidates he goes with will be the next prime minister. the only question and this is somewhat of a oversimplification very complicated.