judge mike powell, presided over a sexting case. we've applauded judge powell for getting it right. it was a tough sentence. it wasn't just a slap op the wrist, but these kids aren't going to be the next phillip albert and have their lives ruined. let's get back to what's going on in pennsylvania. 30 kids. isn't felony child porn overkill here, judge? >> you know, i don't think that's for a judicial officer to say, mike. you know, in our system of government, that is committed to the executive braj to decide what people ought to be charged with. at least in the first instance, does the judicial branch have to defer to that. but once we get the case we have some discretion as to how to handle it. i think that's particularly true with juvenile judges. and for instance, in ohio, even if i would find that a child has committed the offense with which they're charged, i have the discretion to dismiss it or to reduce it if i find that's in a child's best interest. >> i'll ask you this. should someone be punished for the rest of their life, or a good part of it anyway for sending a text at

conner powell is live. what is the latest in this attack? >> the u.s. military is describing this attack as complex and a well organized attack. in a rare show of force, taliban attacked two u.s. military out bosts with 250 men. these out posts are in the remote region in eastern afghanistan right on the afghan-pakistan border as you said. the u.s. military was able to hold the attack but it came at a high cost. eight u.s. soldiers and two others were killed marking it the deadliest days for coalition troops. it's evidence of them gaining strength and how far the u.s. military has to to go before they can declare this country stable. >> mcchrystal says he wants to protect the afghan population. do remote outposts fit into this plan, that is the question. >> the top priority of protecting afghan civilians. they are going to continue to protect civilians but some of these remote outposts and places like nuristan, there are not enough afghans to protect. it's too dangerous for them to sit there. they are probably going to try to pull out of nuristan and co

colonel powell, afghan security forces are supposed to be fighting alongside with u.s.troops but that isn't always the case, is it? >> no, it's definitely not. u.s. military side by side from last night. afghan police officer shot and killed two u.s. soldiers while he was on out on patrol in eastern afghanistan. now that afghan police officer is now missing. officials have detained his family trying to track down where he is. this isn't the first time of incident like this. just last month a afghan police officer shot and wounded a u.s. soldier after an argument. this type of incident is happening more and more and there is concerns that the taliban may have infiltrated security forces here in afghanistan. afghanistan security forces are known to be corrupt just like the government and fairly dysfunctional. it shows you how far the government and security forces have to go before they can take responsibility for protecting afghan civilian population. >> julie: speaking of the government, afghan presidential elections back in august, there still isn't a winner. what is t

judge powell for getting it right. it was a tough sentence, there was -- it wasn't just a slap on the wrist but these kids aren't going to be the next phillip albert and have their lives ruined. judge, you with us? >> yes, i am. >> let's first off, gets back to what's going on in pennsylvania. 30 kids and isn't felony child porn just overkill here? >> you know, i don't think that's for a judicial officer to say, mike. in our system of government, that is committed to the executive branch to decide what people ought to be charged with and at least in the first instance, those of us in the judicial branch have to defer to that. once we get the case, we have some discretion as to how to handle it. i think that's particularly true with juvenile judges and for instance, in ohio, even if i would find that a child has committed the offense with which they're charged, i have the discretion to dismiss it or to reduce it if i find that's in a child's best interest. >> okay. i'll ask you this. should someone be punished the rest

most of the generals that are still running the pentagon are generals that came up with colin powell.ned the lessons of vietnam or worked in the reagan administration. they learned the lessons from beirut. so after the tragedy of vietnam, the pentagon and the generals calm away with this, well, if we're going to go to war we better have a clear exit strategy and better go in with overwhelming force. right now, i think, you've got mcchrystal learning from the mistakes the generals made during iraq and also during vietnam. so he's speaking up. >> i'm going to switch gear, and go to the nobel peace prize. the president himself saying he was surprised. your reaction when you heard? >> i've got to be honest. i was, you know, i did a show early in the morning. so the news breaks overnight. i get an e-mail from my executive producer who said, hey, the president won the nobel peace prize and i e-mailed back, for what? i laughed when i first heard the news. my legitimate response. i'm sorry. just like the olympics the week before. i wanted america to get the olympics. i was gladded president w

afghanistan is still sorting out the disputed results, from the presidential election and connor powell, was the policeman a member of the taliban or police officer at all? >> reporter: afghanee officials describe the gunman as wearing an afghan police uniform and in plying, maybe he was not a member of the police, but authorities all say they know his identity and have several m f family members in custody and there is a growing concern the taliban is infiltrating the police an military and the security service on the whole are largely considered corrupt, and dysfunctional. and, the taliban could be targeting these institutions as a way of targeting international, but, particularly, u.s. soldiers and this type of incident, is happening more and more, just last month, a -- an afghan police officer shot and wounded a u.s. soldier, after an argument, and there is concern that this is the type of incident that just sort of proves how unreliable the afghan security services are, and just how far they have to go, before they can take responsibility here for the security in afghanistan. gregg

us to talk about it, welcome back radio talk show host, former teacher, dom, with us, judge, mike powell. he made headlines earlier this year with an excellent solution. real wisdom from the bench. dom, let's you and i start. here we are, dom. man, what do you make of this? are kids -- why, i guess is the question. why are kids not getting the message this is wrong, it's demeaning, wrong on so many levels? where are we missing the mark? >> you probably remember, too, and from viewers this isn't far from another place in pennsylvania where there was a national case around this and showdown between a prosecutor and girl who did this. part of this is apparently some parents and others don't think there's too much wrong with this. they have the notion if you're just sending it to the boyfriend, what's the big deal? you and i know what happens. the big deal is, the boyfriend becomes disgruntled or they share it with another guy. this minor at 30. this could go to thousands of people. think it's with the person who is sharing this. they're either conned in to believing this is normal to send t

the talk about colin powell ended up not having the fire in his belly. wes clark, a terrible campaigner. >> one, two, three, right now. romney, petraeus, palin. what would you put it aut? >> as far as running? >> gate positions. who do you put in the inside track? >> probably put rockny at the first track. >> who's number two? petraeus or sarah palin? >> i'd say you would put pawlenty or palin there. >> where's huckabee? >> where's petraeus in. >> i don't think he's going to run. >> huckabee's there, too. >> we'll see. thank you, david corn. thank you, jonathan martin. talked up here. join us tomorrow night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern for more "hardball." time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. good to have you with us tonight on "the ed show." hope you had a great weekend. quick update. no vote today in the senate finance committee. harry reid and max baucus are at odds. reed reid wants to go to the floor, baucus wants to wait for the cbo to score the senate finance committee bill to tell us how much this is going to cost. ever

conflicts and foreign policies, kissinger versus rogers, pierzynski versus cyrus vance and colin powell versus cheney. so far has no drama obama avoided a personality rift in his administration? >> all the big stories about the egos going to the obama administration on foreign policy and economic policy he avoided them. >> not yet but then again, just think what we're going to learn about next year. chris:, elisabeth bumiller, any fights so far? >> not yet. we already have the political advisors with odds with the military advisors. chris: you have a book coming out? >> there is an opportunity and the luxury of time when you do a book to dig in to what these things are. at the same time, at this point he has managed it well. and still, the question again, not only does obama sell to the public, he sells to his staff and his cabinet. he's very effective. >> where were we at this point in the bush administration in the first term? very quiet. >> anybody with stories of massive conflict, please call bob woodward. but i think obama has been brilliant to offload it on to the congress. >> the

. -- as center powell has pointed out. -- as senator powell has pointed out.i cannot give you a specific criteria or bubble that that came from, but during that particular hearing can -- or bible that that came from, but during that particular hearing, this affects middle-income families. >> i had an amendment to -- to $5,000, but i did not have the offset. -- i had an amendment to raise it up to $5,000, but i did not have the offset. >> the bureau of labor statistics they survey for 2006 on the income level. i agree that we do not have the detaile specificsd on income level, but they did do a breakout between people who make the above $15 an hour and people who make below $15 an hour. for those who make above $15 an hour, 45% of them have access to fsa. those who make the low $50 an hour, only 21% have access to fsa. >> thank you. there are all kinds of statistics on this. according to a mercer consulting service firm, the average contribution is $1,235 among employees at all firms participating. the average account was 1000 units $61. -- was $1,261. all the

board members joining us exclusively, don powell.oard member of bank of america, former fdic chair and our dpes host mike holland of holland & company, a b of a shareholder. good to see both of you. don, he was tired, we hear. >> i think ken lewis deeply loves bank of america. he felt the issues he had dealt with in the past, strategic issues, he accomplished many of those. he felt like it was time to move on. this was, as you mentioned, his decision. i think it's remarkable what ken lewis has been able to do and accomplish over the years. i used to, in texas -- i knew ken lewis in texas. i know he's a man that had a vision for bank of america and was able to fulfill many, many of those dreams that he had way back. >> you heard, talking about what he was guilty of, not guilty of is it possible he was guilty of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> it's difficult to distinguish between wrong place at the wrong time and accidents. i think ken lewis is like any ceo, there are some things he wishes he would have done different.

between afghanistan and pakistan and said to be one of the fiercest attacks of the 8-year war, connor powell, shooting live from afghanistan with this latest. what is going on? >> reporter: eric, typically when the taliban attacks, and hits u.s. forces, they have smaller, lighter, more mobile groups an flee to the countryside and military commanders describe this as complex and well organized and more than 200 taliban fighters attacked two u.s. military out posts, in the afghan eastern province of nuristan and the taliban fighters attacked the military out posts in the remote, rugged area, swarming this area, trying to rush up the high steep mountain walls and ultimately, u.s. forces were able to repel the taliban attack, but, 8 american soldiers were killed and two taliban fighters -- or two afternoon fighters were killed in -- and dozens of taliban fighters were also killed and this type of attack is happening more and more, complex attacks as the u.s. military fans out across afghanistan and moves into rural, remote areas, and hopes to better protect the afghan civilians, and that is a to

neil: we do not have a clear and the game, as we did with the troops surge in iraq, and even colin powell has been among those saying he would go slow here, because we do not have a clear sort of mission statement, and that appears to be the conundrum for the president's meeting with his defense secretary as you and i speak -- for the president, meeting with his defense secretary as you and i speak. what do you say? >> well, i understand that argument, but it seems to me that the endgame is even less attractive if there is not a greater commitment. the greater the commitment, the more likely it is that the game will end sooner. the great worry i have is that we will just drift along. unwilling to pull out, because that would be an overt admission of failure. this means that we go on as we are, and then, inevitably, we will produce an outcome where there will be a chorus in some years time for the west to pull out. it is very difficult. i understand that. i do not envy those who are now charged with the responsibility of making the decision, but i do have that sense that if we continue as

i mean, there's one thing to actually speak up, which of course colin powell didn't do. but it's another thing to resign. when you're the vice president. >> what can you do? >> that's the protest. >> speaking up -- there's a protest -- >> that's the point. >> you said he could threaden to resign, which is true. he might very well go out there and threaten to resign. the man has a bully pulpit. he could do many things and use it, he doesn't have to resign. >> the most serious thing of all is sending kids to have their heads and limbs blown off -- >> yes, i agree with that. you might start by saying, by voicing your opposition. >> he is. he's in private meetings now with -- >> but is he especially nationally, publicly about this? >> can i move on with this for a second? because the thing about it is that the fact is that the left is questioning obama. i think that that is a healthy response. don't you? >> first of all -- >> bush had yes-men around him and he had cheney -- >> cheney had yesmen around him. bush wasn't the president. i think it's great. i think that we should

and hannah powell-auslam joins us live. she's all grown up. you're not 10 anymore. you're 11.o you have a favorite one? >> yeah. >> which one? >> nick. >> you're going to marry him one day. just making sure. still the daddy. you know, do people want to come up to you, when your hair is this short? >> yeah. >> your dad spiked it for you. it looks good. it looks really good. how are you feeling, hannah? >> good. >> yeah? everything going all right? >> i'm excited to be here. >> we're excited to have you with us. we've been sharing your story. but to have you in the studio with us means a lot. let's go back a little bit. you found a little bit of a lump. it was itching. and you waited to tell your mom. why did you wait? >> i was embarrassed. >> you were embarrassed? why were you embarrassed? >> i don't know. >> when it started itching, you knew that was time to tell your mom? >> yeah. >> what do you tell kids about when they find something, what do they do? >> tell their parents right away. >> not to wait? and good thing you went and told your mom. i can only imagine your little

vice president biden and perhaps general colin powell and general jim jones and others are advising that the threat really remains now in pakistan, and that al qaeda is concentrated there, and that if we spend resources we don't have militarily in afghanistan at this point, to go after the taliban, when al cad da -- al qaeda is an international global terrorist threat, more pressing to our national o security, that he will blow a chance to get into pakistan at the right time, and take care of al qaeda where it's based, and that, i think, although there are political pressures from moveon and the left of his party, to be certain is, a huge challenge to weigh. i agree with charles that he laid out his own strategy and general mccrystal has come up with a plan for the mission that president obama outlined in march, but he is not just listening to rahm emanuel. he is listening to a chorus of voices who are concerned that pakistan is aware of where al qaeda is concentrated and we have to spend our resources there. jim: it was mid august when the president said this was not a war of choice. it

in kabul, conor powell, fox news. >> geraldo: i think that the president should heed mcchrystaled admonition follow their own president and agree. >> president obama put general mcchrystal in place as his hand picked person to lead that effort essentially saying i trust this guy. you either do or you don't. you have to listen to your military commanders on the ground who as i say have mud on their boots and blood on their shirts. here is what we need to clear the objective. we did have success in afghanistan until about 2004 and we started taking the resources away and putting them in iraq and then afghanistan has gone to the toilet. we have to decide, are we going to win there or get the heck out of there. woo if we are going to win you have to do what the general on the ground is telling us is necessary to get t done. he wants to hurry healthcare and stadium luciana and cash for clunkers but when our guys are getting shot in afghanistan, he wants to take time and think about it. >> geraldo: this is a fox news alert. as if we needed evidence that pakistan and afghanistan are trout with peri

. >> we lost billy powell and ian. evans. wh had to think, what are we going to do now.yself, ricky, and gary, we put our heads together with ourrynd producer and sparky over here, and we had to finish this recorr for them, you know.an for for them and for our fans and for us. any time that anything bad'saed happened to us, we've alwayslwas went back to the music and our fans. >> ricky, some of the tracks ono this album actually have billy on them. >> yes. baey had started the record with us back last year, and when ian, you know, succumbed to cancer,re he was getting treatments acros town while we were recording. billy passed away in january. emotionally it was a drain forhr all three of us, you know, tofii try and finish the record, but l especially when billy passed.s, it was really a big emotional drain for us, and you know what? we had to do it not only for th fans but for those guys, you know, that was in -- that hadenb passed on and all the ones thatm went before us or went before'rp them. you know what? r we're very proud of this record. this record to us is real

connor powell is following the story from kabul, afghanistan. >> reporter: julie, it has been a violentnd deadly 24 hours for u.s. troops here in afghanistan, five u.s. service members, have been killed in the last day, and two of them, by an afghan police officer, who was out on patrol with u.s. soldiers. incidents like this, which are happening more and more than have -- that have military commanders worried that taliban's militants may be infiltrating the ranks of the afghan police and military as violence hit record levels building the afghan security forces is part of a two pronged approach to winning the war in afghanistan, and the top american military commander, general stanley mcchrystal is also requesting about 40,000 additional u.s. troops, to better protect the civilian population from insurgents, and military commanders here in afghanistan, say there simply are not enough troops to battle the insurgency and as violent increases, regular afternoons are rapidly losing faith in the international community, and, the afghan governments, and military officials say more troops wil

. >> ying the what happened as far as iraq is concerned, including general powell's presentation to theational security council as hurt america's credibility. just a fact. so, there is understandable cynicism and i understand that, but i also believe that it's pretty clear that the iranians are bent on the development of nuclear weapons and all of this, as you know, is complicated by the fact that the israelis do not have unlimited patience. >> now, of course, the president himself, david, said i do not have unlimited patience. but, now, there's talk of military strikes is really much set aside, as well as talk of sanks for the next month, at least, while we see why the iranians deliver on these promises. >> this is a test of engagement. if you sit down with the iranians, what does the u.s. have to show for it? so far the potential for an agreement where the iranians, as you've been reporting would export some of their lower grade uranium to be used for medical purposes, but they're still not getting to the real issue of negotiation, which is will the iranians talk about their enrichmen

you're getting different indications that seem that the side backed by general colin powell, generalim jones, vice president biden, seems to be in control of the debate. but i don't think we'll know until we have a final answer. >> i'm looking at a tweet right now. at this point it's a crap shoot. if we pull back, we're cowardly. if we send more troops, we risk more lives. it's all out of hand. i'm sure there are many that might agree with that. let's change gears because we're learning that u.n. inspectors will get a look at the iran nuclear facility. iran's president says president obama will be sorry for questioning iran's attentions for the plan. what would happen about if inspectors go in there, find something they don't like and what if everything looks okay? >> i don't think president obama will be sorry for questioning the iranians who continue to lie year in and year out about their intentions to am mass nuclear -- it create nuclear facilities and nuclear fuels. they have spent a lot of money and a lot of time do this. locating this last facility in a place that could not be

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we should have gone in as per general powell, go in, you got to knock over the taliban to get at al qaeda. go after al qaeda, try to kill them and get rid of them. if they move out, then you move out and tell the taliban if they come back in, look, if you do this, if you give these guys sanctuary, we're coming in and it will be worse. in the meantime, we're going to be bombing you. but to build a country out of that backward area that has never known any kind of democracy as we know it, it's not western, it's islamic. i think their government comes out organically out of the roots of the civilization and we can't re-create vermont in the hindu kush. >> pat buchanan, always a pleasure. >>> a lot of ifs in that answer, buddy. >> it's a tough call. >> thanks, pat. >>> coming up, the president's playing basketball with blue dogs tonight. i think it's time for the president to get into the game on health care myself. new poll numbers show when the president gets involved, support for reform goes up. joan walsh, her take when we come back and other issues on "the ed show." stay with us. people

. >> joining us this morning exclusively don powell, board member of bank of america. >> for the record he was not pushed and this has nothing to do with any imminent announcement on charges or anything? >> this is ken lewis' decision. >> "squawk box" where web business turns first. >>> welcome back. time for today's edition of 100 years of engineering excellence is here for the taking. it's gmc truck month. shop the gmc yukon that offers 20 highway mpg, and over 108 cubic feet of maximum cargo space. step up to the best. it's gmc truck month. get 0% apr for 72 months on 2009 gmc yukon. or get $6,000 total cash back on select 09 yukon vehicles in stock. see your gmc dealer today. "pops & drops." a drop here for smithfield foods. down 9% today. petey? >> i think it shook people when the ceo/president sold almost one-third of his position. sold almost 100,000 shares today but he did reiterate it he didn't like the stocks but trying to get something and got no bonuses and that was part of the reason. >> i will sell one-third. >> right. >> drop here for morgan stanley. down 3% today, joe. >

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. >> joining us this morning exclusively don powell, board member of bank of america. >> for the record he was not pushed and this has nothing to do with any imminent announcement on charges or anything? >> this is ken lewis' decision. >> "squawk box" where web business turns first. >>> welcome back. time for today's edition of "pops & drops." a drop here for smithfield foods. down 9% today. petey? >> i think it shook people when the ceo/president sold almost one-third of his position. sold almost 100,000 shares today but he did reiterate it he didn't like the stocks but trying to get something and got no bonuses and that was part of the reason. >> i will sell one-third. >> right. >> drop here for morgan stanley. down 3% today, joe. >> back to 30 bucks. the same scenario as q1 had to take a markup on better improved debt markets in billion dollars. that's it's it is what markup looks like. eps' been slashed from 75 cents to a quarter. >> down 3%, guy. >> not a nickname that you want to go with and not a stock that you want to own now. it's dead money around 24 bucks. >> j. crew. >> i've

the seminar includes rudy giuliani and colin powell.in powell didn't hang around with these thugs anymore. >> i think the greatest speech maker ever and he stinks. >> i have to take issue with that. first of all, bush did too many things that were bad, let's face it. i would rather have somebody who doesn't do anything, oh, let's invade a country, let's take your rights away. let's invade a country. >> what rights have been taken away? no rights have been taken away. >> he wanted war and he got a war. he got what he wanted. >> let's go have a war, that's a good motivation. >> that was just on the blow, he had a war for no reason? we're going to go back to that again. >> you know it's true. >> his first speech is going to be in texas, if it were the bordering states, i would be a little worried. >> why? >> that he would invade for no reason? like iraq. >> what about this other case that we have been talking about this week, this sex scandal between this espn analyst, baseball analysts, steve phillips, he's having an affair with a 22-year

. >> let's bring in judge mike powell. presided over a texting case. we applauded judge powell for getting it right. it was a tough sentence. it wasn't just a slap on the wrist. but these kids aren't going to be the next phillip albert and have their lives ruined. judge, you with us? >> yes, i am. >> first off, let's get back to what's happening in pennsylvania. 30 kids. isn't felony child porn overkill here, judge? >> you know, i don't think that's for a judicial officer to say, mike. in our system of government, it's committed to the executive branch to decide what people ought to be charged with. at least in the first instance, those of us in the judicial branch have to defer to that. once we get the case, we have some discretion as to how to handle it. and i think that's particularly true with juvenile judges. and for instance, in ohio, even if i would find that a child has committed the offense with which they're charged, i have the discretion to dismiss it or reduce it if i find it's in a child's best interest. >> i'll ask you this. should someon

connor powell has more from kabul. >> connor. >> typically the taliban fight in small guerrilla mobile units. but u.s. military officials are calling this widespread attack complex and one of the most brazen attacks in recent memory. more than 250 taliban fighters attacked two u.s. outposts in a very rugged, difficult fighting terrain along the pakistani afghan border. u.s. officials say u.s. military were able to repel this attack but in the cost of 8 soldiers. two afghan soldiers were killed. this type of complex attacks are happening as the taliban grow in strength but also as the u.s. military fans out across afghanistan to more remote, more rural regions trying to protect the afghan civilian population. the top commander here has made that a top priority. but there is rethinking of this idea maybe u.s. troops shouldn't be all over the country in the very rural areas, they need to be near significant population centers so there is a chance some of these u.s. troops will pull out of areas like this too difficult, too labor intensive to fight in and focus on more population, larger p

the seminar includes rudy giuliani and colin powell.in powell didn't hang around with these thugs anymore. >> i think the greatest speech maker ever and he stinks. >> i have to take issue with that. first of all, bush did too many things that were bad, let's face it. i would rather have somebody who doesn't do anything, oh, let's invade a country, let's take your rights away. let's invade a country. >> what rights have been taken away? no rights have been taken away. >> he wanted war and he got a war. he got what he wanted. >> let's go have a war, that's a good motivation. >> that was just on the blow, he had a war for no reason? we're going to go back to that again. >> you know it's true. >> his first speech is going to be in texas, if it were the bordering states, i would be a little worried. >> why? >> that he would invade for no reason? like iraq. >> what about this other case that we have been talking about this week, this sex scandal between this espn analyst, baseball analysts, steve phillips, he's having an affair with a 22-year

we have dick bove and jeff hart, former fdic chairman bill isaac and don powell. also a b of a board member, as well. we have bob corker and congressman darrel issa of the house government reform committee ready with their comments and we're going to talk to a b of air shareholder. we're going to get the pulse of the consumer with the ceo of walgreen's. the drugstore is opening up a new store in new york city. find out you who they are thriving in a down economy. "squawk box" is going to start about 12 minutes from now at the top of the hour. say hello to all my pals over there. >> you miss us desperately. do you miss getting up at 2:00 a.m. and all that stuff? >> yeah. >> i kind of new that answer, yeah. >> you're looking fabulous, michelle. all that sleep must be doing you good. this is christine, by the way. we miss you. >> miss you, too. >> coming up, cit presents its restructuring plan to investors today. can the u.s. lender avoid bankruptcy? we'll have the analysis. stay tuned. remember the anticipation of hearing the ice cream truck? in poland, cargill borr

connor powell, thank you. >>> iran's alleged nuclear program is the focus of a scheduled meeting betweenian leaders and the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog this weekend. according to the international an dom mick energy agency, al bar die and the iranians will discuss several issues including a secret uranium enrichment facilities, days after iran and six world powers put nuclear talks back on track. iran has said the program conducts operations only relating to peaceful purposes. also on the issue of disclosure iranian president ahmadinejad is calling out president obama, claiming the president made a big mistake, he says, in pro claiming iran had not followed the rules. ahmadinejad says there has been no secrecy over iran's announcement of its new enrichment facility plant, claiming irannd the iaea of the facility well ahead of time and the u.s. he says must have known about it. >>> very often when you lose your job you also lose your health insurance. insurance you can't afford any way, when not bringing home a paycheck. now president obama is tying his plans for health care reform to the ris

. >> but colin powell became the good soldier. i agree. think if biden threatens to resign if there is no truth reduction then we have a real country here. >> it is one thing to speak up and another thing to resign. the man could do many thengs. he doesn't have to resign. >> but the most serious thing of all is to send kids to have their heads blown off. >> you might start by voesing your opposition. >> can i move on. the thing about it? the fajt is that the left is questioning the obama. that is a healthy response. bush had yes men around him. he had cheney. >> cheney had yes men when bush wasn't the president. >> i think that is great. we should learn from europe. they have 14, 12 parties. there is the liberal wing. i think these parties should split up and have parties. the evangelical. the home phobic wing of the party. >> you don't mean that in a bad way? >> i think the two-party system is stupid. >> what happened the idea of parliament. >> when somebody said in the middle of the speech you lie, all held broke loose because we dared t

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boone pickens, donald powell, news makers and news breakers. it's monday, and "squawk box" is only getting started. >>> $20? time to take a look at this morning's upgrades and downgrades. barcla barcla barclays downgraded at ubs. i guess they've had a sell, i don't know for how long. that hasn't been working out too well. at this point they're going to a neutral, stock's up at least tripled. from its lows. >>> general dynamics upgraded, upgrading the sector target, upgrading the sector target increase to 80 from 52. the firm also jue grades the sector. petsmart upgraded from buy to neutral. price target is 27. i really need to know the difference -- how would you pick a petsmart versus a petco, do you know? >> i don't. >> either from a stock or to go where you need. is that a potential combination down the road where they just say, look, let's stop -- >> petsmartco? >> i don't want to give you tmi, but i need a new pooper scooper. what about them? that's why i need -- one of them is very large. >> by the way, ubs -- >> on barclays -- >> went to

>> it's colin powell who said all along we need to have a mission strategy.though again, the president has enunciated a strategy which is he doesn't want it to be a place, for al qaeda and terrorists. i think we can agree. the question is in order to achieve that do you have to build a functioning state there or not. les gel argues no, we don't. not have it a functioning state, we have 60,000 or 70,000 american soldiers there that builds up the afghanistan army and keeps it from being a haven for al qaeda. >> you also have, and then i want to get to the health care debate, you have joe klein has a piece, i guess on -- yes, with mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> we interviewed him last friday. and i don't know if you saw the tape which is pretty fantastic. we asked him, i asked him about president obama's speech that day. basically accusing him of having a nuclear facility that had not been reported to the iaea. >> this was coming out. >> that was -- it seemed -- >> the real headline was his apparent cluelessness. >> yeah. and he did that saying -- >> that must have bee