the path to peace is now set before them. sean: as terrorists return to the battlefield, the head of the senate intelligence committee is warning about the strength of taliban. they believe the taliban will not come back. i m not so sure. the taliban has a shadow system of governors in many provinces. they ve gone up north, they ve gone to the east, attacks are up. i think we can say what we found is the taliban is stronger. sean: joining me now is reaction is pam geller and also michael gauss. you and i have been at odds about a lot of things. i was right about the muslim brotherhood and i was right about them and even the presidential candidates they want to describe not only israel
september 11th attacks. time to look who is talking. this morning a frightening morning from leaders at the house and senate intelligence committee. the tihaied has turned fine stein representative mike rogers say they believe the taliban has grown stronger. i think we both say what we found is the taliban is stronger. president karzai believes the taliban will not come back. i am not so sure. the taliban has a shadow system of governors of many providences. they have gone up to the north to the east. attacks are up. this is a huge problem. what we found is maybe the policies of the announced data withdrawal negotiations of the taliban have worked against what our end game is here. listen war is when one side wins
a track worker found dead in a barn at the world famous track. new clues and new questions as we are expecting to hear from police this morning. and middle class talkback. today we kick off a series built around you. your concerns. your issues. your questions to the candidates. today, we connect you to them and get answers. newsroom starts right now. this morning, we begin with a man s desperate plea for president obama to save his life on a videotaped just replease by al qaeda we hear from 70-year-old warren weinstein, the american who was snatched from his home in pakistan back in august. he begs president obama, make a deal with the terrorists or they will kill me. cnn s reza sayah is in pakistan. what is the latest? reporter: eight months we weren t sure about warren weinstein s condition but when you look at this video, it looks like he is in relatively good condition. he speaks coherently and he doesn t seem to have any visible injuries. now, we should note that w
visit to kabul. and saying the same thing, democratic senator diane feinstein and republican congressman mike rogers both agreeing, the taliban strength and resolve are growing despite the u.s. troop surge and our continued presence there. the taliban has a shadow system of governors in many provinces, they ve gone up north, they ve gone to the east, attacks are up. this is a huge problem and what we have found is maybe the policies of the announced date of withdrawal and have worked against our end-game here and we ought to have a hard discussion, listen, war is when one side wins and one side loses. harris: a few days ago the president bounced the tide had turned and we broke the taliban s momentum, end quote.
intelligence committees, democrat dianne feinstein and republican mike rogers. plus, the anemic recovery and the election with the national journal s major garrett and janice rivlin. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. republican leaders and former rivals are gathering around mitt romney s candidacy, but the coalescing lacks a certain warm and fuzzy feature. compared to barack obama? i would trust mitt romney 100 times over. he s the guy. he called and i called him back. we kind of traded some voicemails. he s the person that is going to go up against barack obama. it s pretty clear. and we need to win this race. i am joined by the latest candidate to exit the race, former house speaker newt gingrich. thanks for being here this morning. good to be here. so my question is these have not been warm embraces. it was a tough campaign, and i get that that s a tough step to take, but do you think that it s time now to try to bring those who would fo