in this war you remember charlie wilson right here is the congressman from texas who arm twisted congress to approve billions of dollars in military support back in the one nine hundred eighty s. for the afghan mujahedeen in their fight against the soviet union hollywood made a movie about wilson and how all that military aid helped the mujahideen when it started tom hanks and julia roberts and of course we know how this movie ended or at least we know how the larger story ended and real life the mujahideen won in the united states walked away from afghanistan no longer caring about what impact the billions of dollars in new weapons may have on the country in the years to come and then about a decade later a lot of those same forces we armed and trained in afghanistan produced this september eleventh two thousand and one. charlie wilson later said he felt guilty that congress had not stuck around to help the afghans after a decade of war as those sprinkling a bit of nation building on top of a heap of guns could lead to a sustainable peace. but really what charlie wilson and othe

. >> charlie wilson's war became osama bin laden's war. with the same weapons. >> absolutely. the idea of a no-fly zone also is full of problems. look at when we were in iraq, we were there in a no-fly zone for over five years and took a another ten-year war to get saddam hussein out of power. the idea a no-fly zone is going to be decisive in any rapid way in changing the dynamics on the ground, adding to pressure on president bashar al assad is vulnerable. there's no quick fix. that's the problem. >> richard haass. fwraet to have you on the show. we'll talk about your book in a moment. it seems like it's groundhog's day. every time we get up in the morning bill kristol, john mccain and lindsay graham have a war they want us to start. i'm making it light and sarcastic because i am sarcastic about this. they always want us to go in. once we go in, it's never clear how the hell we ever get out. we're just in. your thoughts? >> robin wright said, chris, there's no quick fix to the syrian problem. i'm not even sure there's a slow fix. i actually don't think there's necessarily a f

what are these boards doing, providing these multimillion dollar packages to ceos charlie wilson at generalotors, others throughout the country, they all believe in what they called stakeholder capitalism, that is sharing the prosperity and the growth in the process. the owners and shareholders. managers, the executors, the creditors, the banks, the money. they believed it was wrong for ceos to profit on inside knowledge about the stock of the company. what happened since then is the focus of the board and the focus of the ceos. what that means is, we are making the ceo get the highest possible return with the shareholders and owners. many capital gains go to the top 10% and about 85% go to the others. even other people have 401ks. the median balance is $18,000. you're not getting much return error. so that whole pay, paying the ceo and the executives with stock, giving them stock options. it shocked the top ceo not into just a 1%, but the top 0.1% in america. the top three or 4000 families. that is it. so the change was enormous from the attitude of share the wealth and by the way, it was

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wilson bridge. back to you. >>> time to see what our partners at cbs this morning are covering. >> charlie rose standing by in new york. good morning, charlie. >> good morning, mike and andrea. we like being your partners. ahead terror on the streets of london. we'll hear from the hero mother who confronted the bloody attackers of a british soldier. plus, after a decade of losses, airlines are making a comeback. gas prices are dropping. so why are you still paying all those fees? we'll ask delta c.e.o. richard anderson. regis philbin is back on morning television and will be in studio 57. the news is back in the morning and we'll see you at 7:00. >> charlie, have a great morning. >>> the united states government is now confirming what was already widely reported. attorney general eric holder admitted that four american citizens abroad, including a 16- year-old boy were targeted and killed in drone strikes by the u.s. military since 2009. that 16-year-old boy was anwar al-alawaki's son who is a known terrorist. president obama is expected to address the drone policy and national security during a speech at the

wilson. >> i'm so proud. it's pretty great. you know? it was a wonderful surprise that came on our 25th wedding anniversary. john's former two and a half men co-star charlie sheen is dropping his stage name for his birthday name. the film is out in september. remember 90 s hanson song mmba? the group are launching a new beer called mm. hop. and for more sleblt news follow us on twilter and check out otrc.com. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 a first in france. plus... a 12-year-old enters a plea to charges he murdered his sister. i'll have a live report coming up. >> also an arizona mother remains in a mexican jail on drug smuggling charges. what the family says is really happening. >> how gf a speller are you? how two contestants are doing after the first rounds of the >>> a 12-year-old boy charged with stabbing his little sister to death appeared in a courtroom today to enter a plea. >> the victim, 8-year-old laila fowler was found dead in her home april 27th. laura anthony joins us live from the court hou.s laura? >> the hearing lasted about three minutes but for today, the attorneys indicated they might ask for his release to his family that. did n