missing the bad weather on the east coast. >>> surprise visit for hillary clinton during a book tour stop in suburban washington, d.c. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor just happened to be shopping at the costcointon burst out into laughter and said, i can't believe it. clinton spent more than three hours signing books as part of her book tour. she talked about being dead broke earlier this week, the deteriorating situation in iraq could prove a bigger challenge for the former secretary of state. you have the white house three days ago talking about one of her greatest accomplishments was eradicating an al qaeda in iraq. 48 hours later, dealing with situation where we're talking about how to best help eradicate al qaeda offshoot in iraq. let's bring in jonathan alan and a.b. stoddard, columnist with the hill. iraq descending in kay ross, as hillary clinton rolls out her took touting foreign policy credentials. what's the impact? >> well, it's a very tough surprise for hillary clinton, obviously she knew something was going to happen with iraq at some point. it's been deteriorating for quite some time and the writing's been on the wall, the various insurgents and terrorist groups trying to tak