ryan crocker. i want to say a few more things about ryan crocker. i've met with him very late in the night, i've sat there in those hot and uncomfortable places in iraq, with top officers, with admiral mullen, for example, ryan crocker, general petraeus, a number of other very top leaders in our military and our state department personnel. ryan crocker understands the middle east, ryan crocker served well there. he was as instrumental in the negotiations and the status of forces agreement, he was the one who put his hands to that agreement in 2008 and today the letter of the status of forces agreement is being followed by president obama. good for him. i appreciate that. i support it. it's something i called for. if it were president bush doing that, i would be for that. i just don't think the american people see it the same way because he's not as proud of that decision as perhaps he would be of a different posture that we have in that part of the country. so, mr. speaker, we have a numbe interests in america. our national security interests are pa

now, ambassador ryan crocker will give us his thoughts about an election that won't end.nner but the loser won't lose. >> exactly. that comes up eastern time 9:00 a.m. on the satellite radio and elsewhere. meanwhile, the man hunt is on for the guy or guys who left a bomb in the middle of times square. now surveillance video showing one man changing his clothes near the explosive packed s.u.v. we have live in times square with a reporter coming up next. >> protesters are taking to the streets to fight arizona's new immigration bill. what about the americans living near the border? are their voices being heard? a fair and balanced debate next. >> and the u.s. and iran face-off at the u.n. today over nukes. who invited this guy? should the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad get a platform to push his nuclear propaganda. there are no other world leaders there. he comes to the u.s. how dare he. >> members only. first, our quote of the day, who said this -- ♪ throughout o lives, we encounter new opportunits. at the hartford, we help you pursue them with confidence. by prepar

expectations that they could recreate the handing glove partnership that general petraeus and ambassador ryan crockerad while leading the war effort in iraq. so, we are continuing our discussion on the hard work ahead with this of bed written by the president karzai. -- with this of bed written by president karzai. this is a jury of four republicans. tell us what you think about the hard work ahead as described by president hamid karzai. caller: first, those opium fields should be ruined -- blown up. the taliban, the al qaeda, all of their money comes from there. every dime of it. it would not take the just a few minutes to burn those opium fields down. we get 90% of the heroin and the whole world from afghanistan. they cannot grow in the other crops that makes them the much money from that stuff. so, that's what should be done. host: so, jerry if you burn down the opium crops, will you were pleased with? the afghan people most heavily to support themselves, don't they? caller: whatever, wheat, corn, stuff like that. but the taliban and al qaeda -- that is where their money comes from. where they get