when resolving the deficit and the debt. on the other hand, republicans can t say that defense spending is off the table. the fact of the matter what would be left? i ll tell you what would be left, education, health care, job training, infrastructure and transportation investment. our roads are crumble. our airports our ports need investments. we need to put people back to work. these people are talk and identified on the head of a pin everything that makes them different they re not helping to put people back to work. what did the president say to you? the president and vice president were there for nearly an hour. they were taking notice. they were edge gauged. they understand it. we have to make investments particularly in transportation and infrastructure that we can t allow the full faith and credit of the united states of america to go into default.
imt i m tamron hall coming up on news nation , we now know president obama is scheduled to address this nation tomorrow night from the white house about the withdrawal of troops in afghanistan. u.s. troops have been in that country for ten years now. 100,000 of them on the ground. we ll have reaction from the member of the vets. more trouble for newt gingrich as two more members of his team leave. newt calls it reorganization. but what s really going on behind the scenes. andç a man robs a bank for1 because he says he wants to go to jail so that he can get free health care in prison. hear this go s own words next. and we ve been following the story of collin bower for several months now. a boston man who has been fighting for the return of his
president karzai as the recipient of all of the support. i would say to your point, look, this is why governing is hard, and this is why being a president and getting re-elected is hard. you can stand on the outside if you are not the president of the united states and do the thing that isç clearly more politicay expedient and much harder to do that when you are the person making the decisions with the military of commander suggesting that the political expediency course is not the correct course. so leon panetta is sworn in and right away, he has to deal with a huge challenge as defense secretary. thank you, chris cillizza. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what is coming up next on newsnation. thank you, andrea. new details of the announcement tomorrow night by the president from the white house. a withdrawn of troops from afghanistan, and we have sources with numbers, and plus the
three sets. and she s on to the second round. which political story will be making headlines? contributing and managing editor of politico.com chris joins us. now, we wait for tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. as the president will speak about the drawdown of troops. we are hearing that 10,000 and 5,000 now and 5,000 by the end of the year. and perhaps a redeployment of the 20,000 from the surge that still remain. right. where does this put the president, assuming some sort of middle range decision? well, you know, politically, andrea, at least in the short term, a little bit of a boost for the president, if there is a troop drawdown and we expect it will be. interesting number that came out of the pew research center
but what it does is it diverts attention to the substance. is substantive issue here is what do you do with regard to libya. so i must say i feel a little frustration to see this rather arcane legal argument between the white house and the congress both of whom have their set talking points. and all the while while they re engaging in that, they are not discussing the really the key issue. what is what? what should the united states do in libya? that s a question. it s a substantiative question fundamentally and not a process question. what do you think the united states should do inç libya, congressman? i think first of all we should protect people as the u.n. resolution said. i would work towards a cease fire. i think it s a mistake to make a precondition that gadhafi must go. i would work toward that goal