this idea was that we can't look back we can't prosecute the baxters we have to look forward and a john karzai who is matching as a possible president secretary at the time and up until even a few months ago by vice president of the united states as a possible treasury secretary nomination of joe biden was a big mistake there and not prosecuting the banks and letting them because they want to come back and still more hank greenberg now but he was a prosecutor thrown in jail for his lying cheating and stealing i want to come back and sue the government for billions more and i mean max again i think this is a big mistake because it feeds the president should and the real perception in the actual reality of the lack of economic justice that somebody who gets arrested for stealing a coca-cola from a grocery store is prosecuting somebody who actually engaged in in the looting of their own companies and their and their own banks through giant owner's schemes and compensation and the like these people are are not even considered subjects of criminal investigations so we have a precedent in this count

afghan political leadership general peter fuller said of president karzai and his staff were quote isolated from reality well lost in john's been quick to dismiss the statement as a personal opinion that doesn't reflect u.s. afghan relations he answered it comes as foreign troops are gradually withdrawing from the country having control over to afghan forces. and in india a massive rescue operation is underway for fifteen construction workers kidnapped by modest rebels it's the latest attack by insurgents who want to establish communism in the country well they say they're fighting for the rural poor been left out of india's big city economic boom. as this story. these are the images people recognize when they think of india as maoist rebels for almost twenty five years the group has attempted to overthrow the government in violence and intimidation to turn india into a communist society in their eyes the government is not taking any interest in the indigenous people of rural india the government has called the maoists the single biggest security threat to india and it's held them responsible for displacing and killing tho

john. thank you. >> we're also getting new information coming into "the situation room" about a senior u.s. general in afghanistan who is highly critical of the afghan government and president karzaielopments. >>> another u.s. general in deep trouble because of comments made about what's going on in afghanistan. let's go back to barbara starr. what's going on here, barbara? >> if this were just coming in from afghanistan, major general peter fuller, one of the top u.s. commanders in the effort to train afghan forces relieved of duty, fired by the top commander general john allen. this follows general fuller making remarks to a reporter from politico here in washington yesterday where he certainly disparaged, there's no question about it, the afghan government. he made remarks that afghan leaders, including hamid karzai, the president, are isolated from reality. at one point he told the politico reporter quoting, you've got to be kidding me, i'm sorry, we just gave you $11.6 billion and now you're it willing me i really don't care? general fuller not disputing we are told that he made those remarks, that he was quoted accurately, now relieved of duty after saying these sorts of thi

karzai says the top commander of u.s. and nato troops has ordered a retraining following recent deaths of afghan civilians. he says he received a letter from u.s. general johnen. on november 23, six children and adults were killed in a nato air strike in southern afghanistan. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the newly designed c- span.org website has 11 video choices, making it easy for you to watch today's events. it's also easier for you to get our schedule, so you can quickly scroll through all the program schedule on the c-span networks and receive e-mail alerts when your programs are scheduled to air. there's a section to access our most popular series and programs, like "washington journal" and open " the contenders." you can quickly find where to watch our three networks on cable or satellite networks across the country. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with matt kibbe, president and ceo of freedomworks. here is the headline in "the washington times" this morning. tea partyers split over gingrich. guest: you have to strip away some of the emotion. the first problem is i.n.s. to the extent that it is about