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militant group that may be as big a threat to the united states in afghanistan as al qaeda or the taliban. the obama administration appears ready to formally call the haqqani network what so many people believe it is, a terrorist organization. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department, she s been digging on this story. what are you learning? wolf your know, the political pressure here in the united states has been building to put the haqqani network on that list of terrorist organizations. but what really put force behind the argument is a violent action by the group itself. reporter: violent attacks in afghanistan, american blood spilled. haqqani operatives planned and conducted that truck bomb attack as well as the assaults on our embassy. reporter: now u.s. officials tell cnn, secretary of state hillary clinton is on the verge of designating the al qaeda linked haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization. one official ....
Released just in time to make ahmadinejad look stupid. jenna: and when would that be exactly? well if i had to bet, i bet right after he speaks on friday but who knows. the iranian system is even better than that of the u.s. senate for giving anybody an opportunity to block progress. so it could take longer. jenna: even better than the u.s. senate. that is an interesting comparison. as we take a look at some of the politics behind the scenes here, does ahmadinejad have any power as far as releasing these hikers? and what does that tell us about his power overall in the country? he s not the man who is really in charge. the supreme leader s title might give you a hint who actually controls thing. ahmadinejad runs economic policy but not a whole lot else. and he claims to run much more. that gets him into trouble with the supreme leader, with the judiciary which are really in control of the hikers fate. jenna: is that tension good for us in the united states? to explain that a little ....
you re a democrat or a republican, maybe not so sure. it s a good opportunity for you to hear from these candidates in extended form as they offer a presentation, answer some questions. the republican congresswoman, michele bachmann of minnesota is here. the georgia businessman herman cain, the former speaker of the house, newt gingrich. the texas congressman and libertarian ron paul and the former massachusetts governor, mitt romney all appearing at senator demint s at this forum in south carolina. missing, the texas governor, rick perry. at the last minute he decided to go home because of wildfires affecting his state. we ll get straight live to the event in just a moment. first, let s get a preview in a sense of how much this matters in a very busy september. this event here today, three presidential debates. including a tea party debate presented by cnn on october 12th, tampa, florida. yes labor day 2011 but a big impact had month on the presidential race for 2012. ....
Receive will weeks as there was thought that indeed rebels might have success about this transitional national council. and it s leaders. what we have heard from them tonight is that they have captured gadhafi s son. but not a whole lot else. what do you know about this transitional national council or its leader, general? well, it s pretty incoherent. we have people on the ground. both intelligence services, french, brits, u.s. is in there. the arabs played a modest but supportive role. i think there is a great deal that we do know about these transitional leaders. the problem is, chris, obviously, it s a collection of tribal factions. there s a giant besh berber ....
The g-8 is absolute. the only reason we expanded the g-7, the western industrial democracy to add russia was in yeltsin days we thought to coax them to democratic alliance in putin, not highly industrial society and it exports oil, gas, caviar and not a lot else. it isn t a democracy for sure. why do we have a g-8? a going through motions. that is all that this is will amount to. bret: there is a lot of apprehension in europe about not only the euro but the status of their economy. and that will factor in heavily in the next couple days. i m sure there is worry about american debt. clearly, we are being rather reckless. europe is a way the see in to our future, what is going to happen. we are not acting irresponsible. at least the party in power is not exploiting the issues. not looking seriously in debt. ....