have a great weekend, everybody. hello, everybody, and we begin with a story that once again put florida's stand your ground law in the national spotlight. jury deliberations continue in the highly charged case of a white man accused of killing a black teen over loud music. michael dunn says he was simply acting in self-defense when he shot 17-year-old jordan davis. prosecutors are saying dunn's defense doesn't add up. steve harrigan is joining us live from miami with the very latest on this story, steve? >> reporter: more questions today to the judge from the 12-person jury indicating the jury is still struggling as to whether or not they believe michael dunn's claim of self-defense in this 2012 shooting in which dunn fired ten shots into an suv killing

17-year-old african-american. the judge has told the jury that each of these charges has to be considered separately. dunn faces charges not only of first-degree murder which could put him in prison for life but also attempted murder. the other three passengers in the vehicle those charges carry at least 20 years. throughout this case the defense has said that dunn acted in self-defense, he claims he saw a shotgun pointed at him despite the fact that police never found any such weapon. the prosecution has alleged that dunn acted with premeditation that he fired ten shots into that vehicle attempting to kill and that he never informed police that he saw any weapon pointed at him until much later on. never even informed police about the shooting. right now the courtroom is clear. we are awaiting to see whether or not this jury of eight whites, two blacks, one hispanic and one asian can come up with a verdict in this first-degree murder trial. back to you. >> steve, thank you very much. judge alex ferrere who is the

host of "judge alex" and an expert on stand your ground law is joining us. thank you for being here today. >> it's great to be here. >> davis called it self-defense after he claimed the teen threatened to kill him with a shotgun but no shotgun was ever found and no one to corroborate seeing the weapon, the defense claimed, though, the scene wasn't searched for a few days and that the other teens in the vehicle could have disposed of that gun. isn't it really difficult to prove a stand your ground case in this situation? >> well, let's make one distinction here, stand your ground really is a very tiny component of the self-defense law when we say the florida stand your ground law it's because there's been so many cases about stand your ground in florida specifically the zimmerman case, but the majority of the states across the country have the stand your ground law, we miss that point all the time. in this case it really turns on

self-defense, that's what it's about. the reason the police didn't search the area is simple because mr. dunn did what nobody would do, he left the scene after he allegedly was threatened and had a shotgun pointed at him. he left. never called the police. never told his fiance there was a shotgun and in my opinion the reason is quite simple because there wasn't a shotgun. he realized he had fired on a car full of teens with no justifiable reason he was not going to stick around for the police and he left. it was only after the next day when the police contacted him that he went and gave a statement and came up with the theory of the shotgun. that being said the jury obviously has to consider whether they believe him when he says it was a shotgun or not and it seems that's what they are struggling over based on the question. don't interpret their question about self-defense indicating the entire jury is agreeing on self-defense. there only needs to be one or two people who say, i don't know, maybe it was justified. they can convict him of the other four counts three of which

are attempted murder on the other passengers in the shot, because he shot, even though supposedly in fear of this guy, he shoots at the car as it's leaving instead of staying in the safety of his car, he continued to empty his gun at it and fires a total of ten rounds. >> you are saying based on what we've seen from this jury particularly the fact that they sent a judge note asking if it was possible not to reach a verdict on one count and reach a verdict others, the judge saying, of course, that it was possible. what does that do to the deliberations at this point, then? >> well, what it does is it leaves us with an option. they could still come back guilty of all counts or not guilty of all counts but it shows us that they think that they're reaching an agreement on multiple counts and are hung on one count and they wanted to know if that was okay. our thinking or i think the conventional wisdom on that is they probably are not sure about the count of first-degree murder because there was some aggression from the victim and some of the people in the jury room may be thinking maybe he was afraid and maybe it was justifiable.

i'll give them that. there may be one or two that believe or maybe more than that, but they may have decided there was no reasonab for him to continue shooting into the car as it drove away and that might lead them to find him guilty of three counts of attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a vehicle. all of these charges carrying hefty, hefty sentences, so if he gets convicted of any of them, he's looking at a lot of prison time. his only win would basically be an acquittal. >> i know are awaiting a verdict once we are and we'll check back with you once the verdict is in. thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. turning to a story that is putting the brakes on big labor, autoworkers at a volkswagen plant in tennessee are voting no to joining the united autoworkers. this news comes as a stinging political defeat for the uaw and its critical drive to make inroads in the south. brian is joining us now with more on this story. brian? >> reporter: after three days of secret balloting, workers at the

volkswagen plant in chattanooga voted 712-626 against joining the united autoworkers union. the vote is a devastating blow for the uaw and organized labor in the south. the chattanooga volkswagen plant opened in 2011 and is volkswagen's only u.s. plant. it would have been the uaw's first successful effort to unionize workers in the south and a first step to expanding outside of detroit's big three. even uaw president bob king has publicly admitted that the union has no long-term future if they cannot begin to organize in the south, where there are about 14 foreign automaker assembly plants. but friday night's vote is a major win for republicans like senator bob corker of tennessee who say unions just would push away auto manufacturers. corker has been the most vocal opponent and was crucial in bringing volkswagen to chattanooga. >> how many companies from south korea or japan or germany, how

many of them you think make a stop in detroit to look at locating there? none. not a one. and it's because of the culture that the uaw's largely contributed. >> corker releasing this statement after last night's vote, quote, needless to say, i am thrilled for the employees at volkswagen and for our community and its future. the debate got a little messy and heated, politicians threatened to cut off state incentives for the volkswagen plant to expand if the union was approved sending fears that volkswagen would choose a mexican plant over chattanooga for a new midsized suv it's planning to build for the u.s. market. now, if you look at this, this is the uaw's statement, while we certainly would have liked a victory for workers here, we deeply respect the volkswagen global group work council, volkswagen management and its ig for doing their best to create a free and open atmosphere for workers to exercise their basic

human right to form a union. right now volkswagen says it hopes to bring a german-style work council to the chattanooga plant. unfortunately, though, under u.s. law for them anyway, under u.s. law you need to have a union to do that. ultimately friday night's vote means the uaw fails to expand outside of detroit at least for now. now, expect the union to target mercedes, honda and bmw plants in the future. uma? >> all right, brian, thank you very much. shifting gears and heading out to the western part of the country, it's the state with a major water problem and now that month-old emergency drought declaration in california is prompting action from the feds. the white house now pledging millions in aid to farmers and ranchers. the president who is in california at the moment also announcing he's ramping up his pledge to tackle climate change. mr. obama is setting aside a 1 billion fund to help communities across the country to research climate change. joining us now for more reaction to this california's democratic

congressman john garamendi, welcome, great to have you here today. >> also good to be with you. >> for folks living outside of your state, give us a sense of just how bad the drought has been and why the federal government is now stepping in to offer millions in aid. >> well, we have a really, really serious problem. this is the worst drought california's ever experienced since the 1840s when we began to bring in the european culture. it is serious. our reservoirs are down 20% of norm -- 20%, not normal, just 20% of water in them. we have a very, very serious problem for the far north of california all the way to the southern imperial county on the mexican border. and this extends beyond california, it's also nevada, arizona, new mexico, and west texas. so, it's a western problem, it needs federal assistance. a lot of things need to be done. you mentioned direct help to the farmers, yes, but communities are also running out of water, so we need to dig deeper wells

and bring water from other areas and we're going to need to be very, very aware that this is going to occur into the future in part because of climate change, in part because of the variation we've always had in the weather patterns here on the west coast. >> you know, the house recently voted to temporarily roll back some environmental protections and export water from one community to the next and you opposed this move saying this won't help. why? >> there's no water. there's no water. you can roll back all the regulations but there's no water. and there are other people that have a right to that water also. including the environment. so, you just can't, you know, pass a law and expect it to water to suddenly appear, it doesn't happen that way. so, what we need to do is to build now for the immediate a c conservation is extremely important all across the state. it's mandatory in some areas. all across the west. and we're going to see more of that. that's essential. that's also ongoing into the future, but we need to recycle water. the fifth biggest river on the

west coast of the western hemisphere from alaska to chile are the sanitation plants in southern california. they are taking water 500, 600 miles away, cleaning it, use it once, clean it to a higher standard than the day it arrives and dump it in the ocean, so we're going to see recycling, we'll see desalinization and we have to have storage. you've got to have new reservoirs, offstream and om onstream and we need to make better use of the aquifers and let's make it clear that southern california, the metropolitan water district is really way ahead of the rest of the state. they began storing water years ago. they have about two years of water supply in southern california. even with this severe drought. the rest of the state, large parts of the state, didn't do that and they're in a world of hurt. >> yeah, you're dealing with a very tough situation there. turning now to a little political news and the continuing concerns over obamacare. we're seeing more democrats distancing themselves from the white house recently over the president's extension of the employer mandate extension and

saying they are not comfortable with the executive decisions which makes an end run around the congress and the constitution. your reaction? >> well, i'm not sure about the constitution. i don't think that's the case at all. the president can only act within the law itself. and apparently the law does give him authority and discretion in administering the law. if somebody wants to take that to court and say that, no, the employers should provide insurance beginning immediately rather than waiting a year, i haven't seen anybody that wants to file that lawsuit. but basically the president always has to act within the constraints of the laws that have been passed. apparently he's doing that. i don't see anybody providing a lawsuit saying he's not. and frankly, i think it makes sense. this is a big law. it involves every -- every person in the united states. but we also need to remember that some 13 million people have received insurance either private insurance or the government medicaid program or have been able to stay on their parents' policies as a result of

the law. so, progress is being made. it is slow. it's a bumpy road. it is a big, new law. and implementation is always, always difficult as we saw with the drug program for medicare back in the mid-2005 period. >> but when you look at the bigger picture, do you think that executive overreach can set a troubling precedent that will be built on by future presidents of both parties? this is being brought up by legal scholars on both sides of the aisles. are you not concerned that this could lead to authoritarianism which is what the founders of the constitution fought against? >> no, i don't think so. this is an ongoing issue, you remember, what was it president jackson and his national bank and the big brouhaha that came over that. lincoln and his powers during the civil war. you can certainly talk about roosevelt the first and the second roosevelt, teddy and fdr, it's an ongoing issue, even eisenhower faced this issue. there's a constant tension in

our system between the executive branch, the legislative branch, the senate and the house, and the courts. it was set up for that kind of tension. over time it's worked. not without difficulties, not without a lot of dustups, but it's worked. and we have remained over these many, many years the most advanced country in the world, the strongest economically and militarily even with all of these issues. so, this is nothing new. it goes back -- actually it goes back to george washington and thomas jefferson and hamilton, they were fighting it out. part of the system. it was set up to have this kind of tension between the three branches of government, and there's tension now for sure. >> indeed. >> and there will be in the future. >> all right, congressman, thank you very much for joining us with your insights. we appreciate it. >> thank you. well, what a week it's been for millions of people whose lives have been severely disrupted by several snowstorms this week, and believe it or not, folks, it's still not over. there's more snow ahead for the winter-weary regions and let's bring in janice dean now for a

quick look at what we can expect today. janice? >> hi, uma, unfortunately the northeast is getting socked again and this will be quite a troublemaker for new england but we're already seeing snow in new york city. a lot of folks with daggers coming out of their eyes here in new york city looking at me, but, yes, we'll see a period of snow for the next several hours. philadelphia, light rain for you. light rain reported in d.c., we could get a couple of inches before all is said and done and then this storm will wind up along the coast and bring us a very significant storm to parts of new england and even canada where we could get well over a foot of snow and wind gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour, so we have blizzard warnings in effect for parts of coastal massachusetts as well as coastal maine up towards the canadian maritimes. as you can see wind gusts in excess of 50, 60 miles per hour as finally this storm will exit sunday, monday and then behind this one, uma, another one quick-moving storm for monday and tuesday for the northeast. >> oh, my gosh.

>> i know. >> it just goes on and on. >> i know. i feel like -- i feel like bill murray in "groundhog day." >> we still love you, janice. >> thank you. >> thanks very much for your update. and still to come -- >> if the afghan traditional authorities decide to release a prisoner, it is of no concern to the u.s. >> well, that public rebuff against the u.s. from afghanistan's president hamid karzai this week is raising big concerns here in the u.s. why is this happening now? we'll ask for thoughts. and juan williams is in the house and we'll take a look at the growing concerns over gop charges that the white house is in the midst of a major power grab. and with more changes to obamacare, more charges that the president is overreaching without congressional approval, will the gop actually do anything to top it? congressman trey gowdy will be weighing in with his thoughts. that story and much more ahead

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pre-existing conditions, many of them could find themselves paying big bucks for their meds thanks to obamacare, they are precisely the target audience that the controversial health care law promised to help, but when generic prescriptions are not available, the patient is forced to pay out of pocket. the cost also won't count toward deductibles or out-of-pocket limits. news that the president is delaying the employer mandate for the nation's controversial affordable health care act is once again creating an uproar with gop lawmakers who continue to say it's an abuse of power anytime the president makes an end run around congress. joining us now congressman trey gowdy, welcome, congressman, nice to have you here today. >> thank you for having me. >> you know, you're not alone in the chorus of lawmakers who have been charging that the president has been engaging in, quote, in their words lawless behavior by going around congress and making changes to existing laws like obamacare. apart from impeaching the president, though, what can congress really do to take action to stop this? >> well, there are three things

we can do, uma, number one, there are three clowns up for ambassadorships in the senate, so it would be nice if our senate colleagues would say -- advice and consent clause of the constitution to the executive branch. the house is getting ready to go through the appropriations process. if you think the executive branch is overreaching, then you need to cut the money. that's not complicated. that's not deep constitutional law. that's practical. if you think the executive branch is overreaching, which they are, then the legislative branch needs to fight back. we can fight in court. we are about to pursue a standing law where we have institutional standing based on vote nullification. and then most importantly in november, hopefully our fellow citizens will say, you know what, this isn't the way it was set up to be. this isn't the right way to run government. so, we're going to throw out the group that we think is engaging in constitutional overreach. so, those are four different ways that we can fight back even between now and november.

>> there's a perception in the public, though, that this congress has been very passive when it comes to these types of issues. and let's take a look at a recent fox news poll which ises the question about executive orders to bypass congress. is this how government is supposed to work? we put up on the screen there, we can take a look at the numbers, and you can see 23% say yes, but a whopping 74% say no. so, the public does agree that executive overreach is something we need to be concerned about, and yet there's also perception that the gop and other lawmakers are being somewhat passive in addressing and being aggressive apart from the rhetoric of saying over and over again that the president is allegedly acting in a lawless manner. we're not seeing much that's being done apart from what -- you're proposing a few things but really in terms of definitive action, is it in place yet at this point? >> yeah, it's more than a perception. it is a reality.

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welcome back, everybody. a quick look now at some of those stories making news at this hour in our fox news flash. in florida the deliberations continue as we await the verdict in the trial of michael dunn, who is accused of killing a teen over an argument over loud music. this is the fourth day of deliberations and we'll bring you the verdict as soon as it happens. a rare 4.1 magnitude earthquake hitting south carolina yesterday. the u.s. army corps of engineers plans a thorough review on two dams on the susanna river there. the obama administration releasing guidelines to help banks do limited businesses with marijuana sellers. the move is a victory for the growing pot industry that runs cash-only operations. treasury department saying the guidance will increase the visibility of financial services for legal marijuana businesses. well, you could say he's a prisoner of love. one arizona inmate back behind bars after a daring jail escape

all to spend time with his valentine's sweetheart. police catching the inmate a few hours after waiting for his girlfriend in the town of coolidge. he now faces an escape charge adding to all the other problems that he must be facing right now in jail. and that's a quick look at the top stories makining news today. rewarding donors with coveted u.s. ambassadorships is heating. an embarrassing number of gaffes from appointees raising questions about the qualifications needed to serve in the political assignments or can somebody simply buy the position? we have more on this nearly centuries old debate. >> since the senate majority harry reid exercised the so-called nuclear option the minority's power of advice and consent is diminished leading to an array of unqualified nominees for ambassadorships are sailing right on through the confirmation process. george sunus who is the

president's pick for ambassador to norway said in testimony that he'd never been to that country. he also said that norway is a constitutional democracy. it's, in fact, a constitutional monarchy. he also said that norway's progress party was a fringe party. it's actually part of norway's ruling coalition. >> the government has defoundationed them. the coalition government, part of the coalition government. >> i would say, do you know what, i stand corrected. i stand corrected. >> the nominee for ambassador to hungary, colleen bell, is a soap opera producer who raised $800,000 for the obama campaign. in a halting, stammering delivery she appeared to know very little about that country in recent testimony. but even former senator max baucus recently testified that i'm no real expert on china where he'll be the next ambassador. the states department spokesman defended the president's picks s say they are in line with the previous administration. >> the approach has continued to

be a 70/30 balance of career employees, people who have been working through the foreign service and serving around the world, building that level of experience and then about 30% from outside the private sector. >> senator mccain has called several of the president's picks truly alarming. the former foreign service officer james bruno agrees with that assessment. >> they have no more qualifications to be an ambassador or a diplomat than i do to produce tv soap operas or to run a hotel empire. they come to these positions thinking that they -- programs they think all they need to do is go to cocktail parties. >> ambassador nominees sunus' complete with embarrassing gaffe has apparently gone viral, not in the united states but in norway. uma, pack to you. >> imagine what the norway folks are saying there. all right, thanks, doug, appreciate it.

well, as we've been telling you the president's administration has announced they are delaying the implementation of the employer mandate of the health care law. it's the part of the law that requires the employer to provide insurance to their employees and some republican lawmakers are saying the president is selectively delaying the parts of the law to avoid negative consequences. earlier this week i spoke with republican senator from wyoming and doctor as well, john barrasso, here's what he had to say about it -- >> this delay of the employer mandate doesn't get at the fundamental most offensive part of the health care law which is the individual mandate, so even though businesses may not have to supply that insurance now, individuals still have to prove to the irs that they have health insurance. >> but are these unilateral and multiple delays to the law by the president an abuse of power. that's what some are charging. i asked senator barrasso if anything could be done about it. >> there's clearly an abuse of

power by the president, since there are 55 democrats in the senate who happen to agree with the president, it's hard to prosecute that case certainly in the united states senate. sure, people can sue. it takes a long time to get through the courts. >> at this week's democratic retreat in maryland, president obama is promising to continue using his executive authority to, quote, get things done, but he says he wants to work with congress. >> across the board we're moving. but, as i said at the state of the union, and i want to repeat today, we can get a whole lot more done if we've got congress working with us. >> this as vice president joe biden saying there, quote, isn't a republican party anymore. fox news political analyst juan williams is joining us to weigh in on this and some other stories around capitol hill making news. good to see you. >> nice to be with you. >> joe biden says there isn't a republican party around anymore. what is he meaning by that specifically? >> the split within the

republican party. and biden went on to talk about critical issues where you see the american people side with the democrats over the republicans. but i think in part what he's saying it's hard to negotiate when you have such a split within the republican ranks that makes it difficult. i think we saw some of that about the deficit, debt ceiling increase this week where you had some republicans buck the tea party caucus, the tea party caucus saying they didn't want to raise the debt ceiling under any circumstances. >> we're hearing a loud chorus continue over these concerns that the president is, quote, acting in a lawless manner in use of his executive privilege to make changes to the existing obamacare law, for example, and other issues. there are those who say that this is something that has to stop, but in essence, it's happened on both sides of the aisle with past presidents. yet, in this situation they are saying, for example, with obamacare, changes have been made 29 times. and that fact alone is what setting folks, you know, on edge about this whole thing.

sift through this a little bit for us, and give us a sense about what really is at play here. >> well, i think you have anger on the republican side with obamacare. you look at the polling. the polling is overwhelming, republicans 80% disapprove of president obama and obamacare right now. it's just -- it's just a -- if you're talking about exciting the republican base, use the term obamacare and you can get them -- get them rankled. >> there's another fox news poll that says if you knew back in 2009 what we know today, would congress have passed obamacare. >> right. >> if we can put that one up, 28% say yes with a whopping 64% saying, no, not at all. >> what you see there is a reflection of a tremendous political divide. overwhelmingly republicans opposed to obamacare and democrats more divided but generally if you ask them, more supportive. this is clear even if you just ask the general public right now obamacare is in disfavor. but if you ask them as "the wall street journal" did i guess now

a week or two ago, what do you want done, most say it's the law, let's try to fix it. let's have some repair. this morning "the washington post" had an editorial about the proposal, the first republican alternative proposal being done by another doctor, you interviewed barrasso, but tom coburn, and warren hatch and others have been trying to create some kind of asslternati. it indicates there is a possibility the parties could work together to repair some of the flaws in obamacare. and the one last thing i'd say to you, uma, on this if you look back historically on social security, medicare, all those programs had fixes done by the bureaucrats in washington without getting the congress involved in every step of the way. but in the current polarized political environment where you have one side saying we want nothing to do with this law, and the other side dealing with the flawed rollout, you have them in a position where one side's saying, well, we're trying to just fix it as quickly as we can and looking like they are caught

on a treadmill and kind of chaotic, and the other side saying na-na, we told you this wouldn't work. >> we just heard the president say he wants to work with congress, and at the same time he's saying i'm going to keep close -- you know, have the pen and the phone available at my disposal, threatening to do that anytime congress doesn't support his initiatives. this is such an impasse that i don't it changing anytime soon and what does it do to the polarization up until the midterm, for example? >> beyond. you're exactly right. right now the political landscape going into the midterms strongly favors republic republicans. i don't think there's anybody around town in terms of the political class who will say, oh, yeah, it looks to me like democrats have a chance to gain the 17 seats and regain control majority of the house. so, the house is there and that's going to be there under speaker boehner or some other speaker. you may have some changes after the attacks on speaker boehner in the last week. but on the senate side, the democrats -- i'm sorry, the republicans would need six seats in order to gain control. and it's possible that they

would get those six seats. you can see it as a possibility. >> that would be huge. >> even if you do, you would still have president obama in the white house vetoing anything that came through. it might change the political dynamic going towards '16, but in terms of the executive orders, this is what you were saying earlier, you look historically, obama hasn't excused executive orders in his time in office half as much as president clinton and just about half as much as president bush, and it's republicans and democrats and they've used executive orders more. but in the polarized political environment that we are in the moment that you were talking about, uma, what we are seeing is people are very sensitive to the idea that president obama would do anything on his own and not -- and not -- go through the congress that has been obstructing and blocking his actions because they don't want anything that comes out of this white house. >> then in the end the people that are losers are the people because nothing is getting done. >> well, you see that in the polls. >> and that's why you see it in the polls congress is so low in the ratings and the perception is that nothing gets done and why bother.

>> yeah, people are really angry at the political class and specifically at washington, and they see it as ineffective and, you know, the number one issue in the country, jobs, the economy. let's get the economy going, let's take the steps necessary, let's get government out of the way of business so we can get going as america should. and, you know, really be the number one place to invest in the world. and americans don't see it. all they see is the bickering. >> that's all they see. >> that's all they see, and they'll see more of it as we head towards the midterm elections particularly. thank you, juan, good as always to see you. >> my pleasure, thank you for inviting. more deterioration between washington and afghanistan, afghanistan frees several terror suspects and tells the united states mind your own business. we'll talk to tom mcinerney about what it means for america and our troops. ole garden's st 2 for $25 yet is endinsoon!

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afghanistan, as 65 prisoners are freed from prison to help appease the taliban. several detainees are tied to attacks on americans and officials are worried that it will free terrorists to attack once again. and joining with his keen insight is lieutenant general tom mcinerney and we've not heard anything from the white house about the news that afghan has chosen to make this move and publically rebuke the u.s. for even offering concerns about these prisoners who are tied to attacks on americans to releasing them. >> uma, this reaches a low point in our relations with afghanistan in the long period that we have been there fighting. it disrespects the american people. the white house hasn't said anything. it now sets up collusion with the afghan troops see their president colluding with the taliban, so are they going to try to attack the taliban and rid them of that?

no. this is probably the most deleterious decision and statement that we have seen in this war, and it has huge implications to afghanistan going right back to the taliban. it's very, very troubling. >> we went there to get rid -- help get rid of the taliban and now karzai this week calling them some of them -- referring to them as his brothers and sisters. >> yes. and that's what -- we've still got 38,000 troops there. i think bill o'reilly really said it better than anybody else when he said we ought to try them for corruption and put in our own special forces to take out those 65. we know that 23 of those people had ied, explosive residue on their hands, and so they were directly involved. i happen to think that and know that all 65 were involved with killing at least 32 americans, probably more. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. >> and this catch-and-release policy -- >> and no one is held accountable for this. >> and no one is held

accountable and we're just not seeing anything about it. i think we should do something about it. >> the administration's position is karzai will be out of office are biding their time when they see that he leaves and hope for the best when somebody else takes over. >> what does that leave us? it's rippling through the whole afghan society, they are saying the americans are not doing anything about it. they're accepting it. and so the catch-and-release strategy, policy, is going to be a failure for us. we turned over that prison with the -- that it would be mutually that both the u.s. and the after gan government would have to agree as to who was released and they completely ignored it, so i think it's having a huge impact on our strategy going forward. >> what about the concerns to our troops who remain there? >> well, the 38,000 troops that we have got there, i can assure you, from personal conversations with certain people, that they are furious about it. the pentagon is furious about it. the military.

i'm talking about the people in uniform, and yet we haven't seen any response from the administration on it publically. it really ought to come out of the white house. >> do you expect to hear anything? i mean, are you hearing that people are saying to the president, you got to go out there and say something about this? because this really, you know, in a way just steps on the sacrifices that have been made by men and women from this country who have fought and died over there. to protect them. >> we have lost 2,000 people since this surge strategy and the president came in, put it out as well as 32,000 that have been wounded in action. and the american people expect, i believe, the administration to say something and to do something. and i think there are different degrees of what can be done. i'm a lot more tougher on what should be done, and i'd make sure that we took them out. because we know where they are. and the fact is, is the american people are expecting this. but we've not heard a peep out

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welcome back, everybody. turning to another high profile story that generates headlines around the world. the olympic hero fighting for his freedom in a south african courtroom. oscar pistorius goes on trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend. >> oscar pistorius will soon be back in court. two weeks before the start of the trial, the paraolympian accused of killing his girlfriend one year ago. some calling it the trial of the century.

>> saying he felt sorrow for the death. "no words could adequately capture my feelings about the devastating accident that has caused such heartache and everyone who truly loved and continue to love reeva." he claims there was an intruder in the house when he fired four shots into a bathroom where reeva was. the prosecution is calling 107 witnesses all to prove ultimately the killing was thought out following an argument, premeditated murder that. crime carries with it a sentence of 25 years to life in south africa. there are no juries in south africa. in a country where the crime rate is high fostering a culture of guns, south africa is seen by some as being on trial.

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