Independently of reagan. he would explore things with others. and one more thing, john. this decision about holding back money was a big deal. that s why so many people like bolton were in revoeld against it, the whole nsc opposed it. the chief of staff is not going to make a decision absent presidential direction of such weight and so controversial without taking it to the boss to start with. and so i think of course he got the information or he got the direction from the president. i just don t think there can be any doubt that ultimately he did that. and by the way, if he didn t, if he was a rogue player out there, he d be gone by now. he d be the scapegoat about all of this. we wouldn t be in all these hearings. i m not sure this was necessary or you think this was necessary to prove, but you see
afghanistan. they won t say whether it s the type that contains highly classified information. security experts say if it is that drone, the u.s. military has lost a lot. the important point to take away here is that the iranians now have a very sensitive piece of american military technology in their hands. i hope that there s a self-destruct button attached to it. after months of bloody crack jouns against protesters, syria now says it will let observers into the country to monitor what is going on but only if the arab league agrees to drop sanctions against syria. the u.n. says more than 4,000 people have died in sirrian protests this year. once again, southern california is bracing for powerful, dangerous santa ana winds. we re talking gusts hitting 60 miles an hour in the mountains. that s happening today. 50 miles an hour in los angeles, ventura counties. what has it been like to deal with santa ana over the past week? cold, number one. scary and going to bed re