they think they can work with ahmad chalabi.roblem is, as you remember, he was in charge of the debathification process. there's still a lot of resentment. >> so the u.s. has bad memories. iraqis don't blame him for the invasion? >> not particularly. they have to solve the problems that are in their path right now. >> in that country, if you can find a unifying politician, it sounds like even the americans would accept that. >> possibly. we'll see how that goes. >> all right. >> they are going to take it with kid gloves and watch what they say. >> thank you very much to brian todd. >>> coming up next, we're going to be live in southern california where a group of 140 migrants are about to arrive. why they have been sent there by the u.s. border patrol. you hoped she wouldn't pass. the thought of your baby girl driving around all by herself was... you just weren't ready. but she did pass. 'cause she's your baby girl. and now you're proud. a bundle of nerves proud. but proud. get a discount when you add a newly-licensed teen to yo

brian todd is here with more on the very controversial return of ahmad chalabi. more about this. >> many analysts say what iraq needs is a nelson mandela to can bring political enemies together. is chalabi iraq's nelson mandela? many have grave doubts. right now he's considered one of the top contenders to come in and unite iraq in one of its worst crises. he had president bush's ear, was a guest at the state of the union address and relentlessly campaigned for americaing to throw saddam hussein out under the premises iraq had the deadliest weapons. >> i believe the u.s. will find iraqi weapons of mass destruction. they found the software. we're talking to many of the scientists who were involved in these programs and they confirm the manufacture of those weapons. >> ahmaad chally by's pronouncements and intelligence he fed to officials influenced the bush administration's decision to invade. and the information was spectacularly bogus. now, chalabi is being talked about as a serious contender 0 replace nuri al maliki as prime minister. the very idea brings back

one name that's been floated is ahmad chalabi.say viewed very cynically over the past several years. he's not only been accused of all sorts of fraud while in iraq but also accused of selling the united states essentially a bill of goods on chemical weapons in iraq prior to the u.s. invasion. what he told the u.s. simply or the bush administration simply bolstered their cause, which clearly they already wanted to pursue, but their cause for going into iraq in the first place back in 2003. so he has a very, very mixed past, but the very fact that his name is being floated shows you the desperation at this particular moment in trying to get someone, anyone who can perhaps maybe have some kind of political resolution at least for the short term. >> you're absolutely right. christiane, great to see you. thank you so much. >>> an important note for all of you watch christiane's show on cnn international weekdays 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> great to have christiane with us as always. >>> next up on "new day," crazy video of a fo