adrienne, give one line to allen here to convince him. give him the sell on why you should move some of that cyclical money from technology over to your stuff? >> i don't know that i'm tempting to move his money into consumer, but what i would say is, we've seen this before. post-the 2001 recession. you saw kind of an anticipatory surge in consumer discretionary, that was before the fundamentals even turned. then they pulled back. that was the time to be accumulating over the, what i think will be the next six months, next two quarters, for the real surge in the fundamentals. our sector has not even turned to what we call sustainable comp trends. we still have that as a big catalyst ahead of us. >> you heard her, allen. we'll see. thank you so much. >>> we've got about 35 minutes before the closing bell. the dow jones industrial average finding it in positive territory. 9503. nasdaq also negative. bob? >> michelle, as jpmorgan's ceo jamie diamond lining up his eventual successor, charlie gasparino tells us what he's hearing. >>> jamie dia

. >> adrienne, some reporting today this particular outpost was supposed to be closed down weeks ago but not because of delays. any new reporting as to what caused those delays? >> there have been logistical issues to get equipment and supports and move the troops out also reports that president karzai's government here in kabul does not want the soldiers to leave because they are worried if they do, these areas will fall right away into the insurgents' hands. >> adrienne mong in kabul. thanks for the report. we appreciate it. >>> in the bigger picture, the white house says leaving afghanistan is not an option, this comes on the heels of the fierce debate over the obama administration's strategy in that war zone. are more troops needed to, in fact, win the war? in less than an hour, president obama will meet with secretary of defense robert gates, the first of two meetings this week on the direction of the war. despite the divide, even within the administration what to do next in afghanistan, secretary gates says the military will do whatever president obama decides. he also says tha

joining us for the political roundtable, delegate adrienne jones and delegate james king, thank you both for being with us. where would you say the citizens should be pleased or displeased with the product of the legislature this year? >> in terms of the bills passed october 1st, i think they should be pleased that those who are environmental buffs in terms of what we have done

. >> adrienne, thank you so much for bringing us up to date. i know there is some speculation as well about whether the insurgents attacked because, specifically, they had been forewarned that the outposts were being shut down. my big questions today on afghanistan, are politics motivating decisions on military strategy? the death toll rising, are the insurgents getting smarter and more effective? and what was general mcchrystal hoping to accomplish with his speech in london last week when he criticized an alternative strategy known as "chaos "istan." gregg jefferie joins me to talk about this a correspondent with the "washington post." good to see you. >> good see you. >> general mcchrystal, all his public statements what the strategy should be, what the dangers are what the pitfalls are, what is his angle here? >> i think he wants to pursue a population focus of insurgency strategy, controlling the major cities, population centers and villages with as many troops as he can. >> given the fact that most insiders who come back from afghanistan h

i have two young daughters, adrienne and monica. and i want them to go to school knowing that they will be safe. and we're going to do everything we can and i want to thank you and we need to have a larger conversation about this. >> okay. charles, wendy, we appreciate it. thanks, guys. >>> coming up -- former alabama judge herman thomas accused of spanking inmates. we'll tell you what happened in that case coming up. d d d d d d >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. we are continuing our conference about a judge in alabama, herman thomas. he was accused of some horrific crimes. the charges, sexual abuse, attempted sod bomy. inmates claimed the judge would check them out of jail and among other things spank them and perform sex acts. those were some of the charges. he's been acquitted. going over this case with his attorney, bob clark. also with us a criminal defense attorney. bob, correct me if i'm wrong, one of the alleged victims -- and if kids are in the room, forgive me for your parents out there -- one of the inmate's semen