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. >> that's the thing about sniping.he shots are coming, from where you're at, you know. so that's one reason it's so easy to get away with that type of murders, you know, snipings, like that. >> as shocking as it was to listen to such a cold-hearted killer, melissa couldn't leave that room. she still needed more, details that would ensure a victory in court and justice for the families. >> he started to get some details, saying stuff to him like was the road paved? >> yes. >> what kind of bullets did you use? did you exit on the right or the left? how crucial were these details to getting him? >> i treated it as if i was questioning a witness on the stand witness stand to try to paint a picture, but also to corroborate with some of the known evidence that we had. >> did you stay around the area just to make sure those two people that you shot were dead? >> no, no. >> did you have a moment, melissa, in the interview with him that you thought to yourself, i got him. he's mine? >> what was going through my mind actually wa

they were sniping on a mission that we joined. there is still a big problem with corruption. the question now, will the afghans be able to do the job the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> for more on these challenges and calls for an even quicker drawdown of u.s. troops, i spoke earlier with a former adviser to the u.s. military in afghanistan. so, seth, have david cameron asking the taliban to stop fighting, put down their weapons, join the political process. what do you think the chances are that might happen? >> there are elements of the taliban and other insurgent groups that are willing to talk about this option. they have been fighting for three decades in afghanistan. people are tired. i think right now what we're seeing is some elements willing, some elements unwilling. based on the fact that many of them believe they are winning right now, that the u.s. and other allies are leaving, i think it is unlikely that they will cut a deal now. not wait it out -- why not wait it out? >> to what extent is the taliban looking at things like this letter

. -- a taliban munitions patch they were sniping at the soldiers operation we joined. the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in washington, three american senators, three -- two democrats and one republican pended op-ed in the "new york times" which called for a more rapid withdrawal of all american combat troops. tom udall is among those arguing the case. thank you for joining me. you criticize president obama for not bringing back american troops fast enough from afghanistan. what would you like him to do? >> the thing we have to realize is the thing we went in with objectives. those objectives were displacing a government that was harboring terrorists. terrorist camps, al qaeda was hooked up with them, and osama bin laden was in the region. now we have an elected

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. -- a taliban munitions patch they were sniping at the soldiers operation we joined. the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in washington, three american senators, three -- two democrats and one republican pended op-ed in the "new york times" which called for a more rapid withdrawal of all american combat troops. tom udall is among those arguing the case. thank you for joining me. you criticize president obama for not bringing back american troops fast enough from afghanistan. what would you like him to do? >> the thing we have to realize is the thing we went in with objectives. those objectives were displacing a government that was harboring terrorists. terrorist camps, al qaeda was hooked up with them, and osama bin laden was in the region. now we have an elected

. >> reporter: the partisan sniping continued today. >> the action that we're about to take here today is going to help with the process of seeing senator mcconnell and senator reid work together. why? because-- >> i'm going to take back my time. mr. guyer, that is pernicious nonsense. >> reporter: "baron's" newspaper dupped it a stupid fight. >> this process has become a joke. it is a disgrace. it's an insult to the american people. >> reporter: and to the troops, some of whom asked the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, as he traveled through afghanistan, whether they will still get paid if the u.s. coffers run dry. he told them, "i honestly can't answer that." how can you even allow these soldiers to wonder whether they're going to get paid? >> i think senator mcconnell and i are both cefd that we're going to be able to come to some agreement with the white house and end this impasse. >> reporter: but, again, democratic leaders dispute that, and in fact, when house minority leader nancy pelosi was returning from the white house this evening, we asked her what she thought of mcco

i'll fall titian's continue to bicker and snipe about the looming debt ceiling debate calling each other names storming out of rooms people aside from the media have started to take notice you know it's not wall street it still seems cools and cucumber it's the ratings agencies who started think the unthinkable the historic u.s. downgrade on wednesday moody's place the united states triple bond rating on quote a review for a possible downgrade i warned that even if the u.s. did raise the debt ceiling that might not be enough to save the u.s. is aaa rating and if that wasn't enough yesterday the s. and p. announced that there was a substantial likelihood that they would downgrade the u.s. rating in the next three months as to meeting the probability of the u.s. losing out rating at a whopping fifty percent so with all of that talk of a potential downgrade for the u.s. well that actually mean for you and i and for the u.s. economy as a whole joining me to discuss this is michael pentode senior economist for euro pacific capital michael pleasure to have you back on the show tonight. try me

. >> reporter: after more than a week of sniping, the two republican leaders in the house say they've made peace. but not the rank and file. republican paul brown says he wants the debt ceiling lowered, not raised. if your leadership comes to you and says, "look, you have to vote to raise the debt ceiling." what do you do? >> i vote no. >> reporter: no matter what? >> no matter what. i think it's wrong. >> reporter: that's what you might call a "my way or the highway" approach. but democrats are playing that game, too. the president says he wants a deal that includes cuts to popular entitlement programs like medicare. but listen to what nancy pelosi told us when we asked her about cutting medicare. but are cuts in benefits on the table? >> no. >> reporter: absolutely not? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: with so many red lines being drawn, the bottom line right now, diane, is that no plan has the votes to pass. >> thank you, jon karl, again, reporting in from washington. and keep sending us your messages for washington on abcnews.com. we're reading them. >>> new questions now about air

this morning asian markets opened lower thanks in part to the stalemate that still has both sides snipingt each other. >> my god, shouldn't we be worried about the country? >> negotiations are not over till they're actually over and people sign a piece of document -- a piece of paper. the president and the speaker were extremely close. >> boehner's plan would cut federal l ending, raise the government's borrowing ability, and he says it should clear both houses of congress. senate democratic leader harry reid says his plan includes spending cuts that exceed the increase in borrowing and no new revenue. >>> attention, football fans. it looks like the nfl season will take place after all, bringing the formal lockout to an end. the executive committee of the players union is expected to vote today to recommend a ten-year labor agreement. that would be followed by a series of votes including one by individual players. training camps could begin by the end of the week. yes! >> finally. >> i'm a football fan, let's go! >> all right. you've had enough. >> enough, man, let's roll. >>> here's your

there's always a sniping a comes up, another holocaust movie. but certainly from my pint of view how can there ever be enough movies about that atrocity. what do you hope the movie will achieve? the book has had a huge impact but the movie takes it to a different level, would think. >> first of all, i want to say the movie is very faithful to my book. the young director did a wonderful job sticking to my book. and i was so relieved that i didn't find that my sarah and my julia had changed. secondly, i want to say that i think the movie of that importance is another way to be able to tell young generations about what happened. using the vehicle of emotions, this is a very emotional movie. as it was and it is an emotional book but it's also sticking to fact. this is exactly how it happened. people can learn from it. as harvey said, we need to remember this and we need to explain to younger generations what happened so it doesn't happen again. >> how has it gone down in france? i would imagine there's a split view, people who are very pleased that

setting up competition between teams then it backs sport snipe see people running in this arena. filled just to see this. >> it's very fun to watch. great for the fans. it's something that as a sport once it gets that recognition will be even more popular. >> these people are tumbling and flipping. that's not easy. >> absolutely not. >> there's some controversy whether you're a competitive sport. censor. >> we work just as hard if not harder than any other sport. >> our training and conditioning over the summer, basically we get two days over the summer. we get our butts in to shape. work hard. 2 1/2 minutes sprinting. >> does that sort of take the wind out of these cheerleaders when they hear, you're not a sport, you're not a competitive sport? >> i think it does but it is our job as coaches in the industry to teach and educate them that, hey, cheerleading on the sideline is not a sport, competitive cheerleading is. >> they're in as good a shape as any other competitive athlete in their season. >> nice. extreme cheerleading will be one of the topics in tonight's ""cnn presents"

that's not what the other major candidates want to hear and the sniping is already beginning. >> there are 10ay es one no. >> reporter: he was the popular choice for interim mayor. >> i made myself a promise that i wouldn't run and i want to keep it. >> reporter: but word is, he is reconsidering. a grassroots campaign urging him to run revealed it has 40,000 signatures from supporters. and chinatown's storefronts are not shy about displaying posters. if he declares, lee could be the front-runner. supervisor and mayoral candidate david chu doesn't like it. >> i have heard that he is having second thoughts. >> reporter: do you feel betrayed by that? >> you know, at the end of the day, ed lee committed to all of san francisco. he made a promise to the city and to elected officials that he was not going to run. i hope that he is going to be a man of his word and stand by the promise. >> reporter: lee is popular at city hall. the bureaucrat everyone loves. but if he runs, he will be scrutinized. the claws are already coming out. >> there have been some very specific and disturbing allegatio

with reports of a possible deal this morning after so much partisan sniping yesterday, how do the media keep up with all the back room maneuvering? how badly is the press being spun by the white house and the republicans? are journalists so immersed in the short-term politics that they're losing the sight of the impact of trillions. blogger jeff jarvis stirs up a storm by hurling an obscenity. the reporter whose story prompted david wu to resign over a sex scandal. should he have relied on unnamed sources? i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." >>> it would be comical if it weren't so serious. washingtonality its worst as all of us in the news business trying to keep up with a story that changes by the hour. the senate scheduled to vote today at 1:00 p.m. to avoid a crippling default. look at the rolling news coverage suggests one inescapable conclusion, we often aren't sure what's going on either the countdown continues, american anger and anxiety keep building as the politicians let another day go by without a deal on the flash debt. >> it is one week and counting to august

a lot of sniping between republicans as opposed to between republicans and democrats.ally for progressives on the hill today. what's that about? >> yesterday we saw the tea party types rallying for cut, cap and balance. today it's the progressives out there with progressive senators and members of congress rallying to make sure there's no cuts what so ever to ss, medicare, medicaid, the entitlements. that's what the far left wants. we saw the far right yesterday. ali, you were talking about that crucial vote in the house for john boehner's plan. the big question is does he have the votes? i tell you, i've learned this, tea party groups are calling republicans to make sure they vote against boehner's plan. this will be a crucial vote today. keep your eyes on this one in the house. if the boehner plant doesn't pass the tea party will be the reason why, ali. >> paul steinhauser in washington. here are three things to have on your radar. new jobless claims will be raised at 8:30 eastern this morning. >>> in the gulf of mexico we're tracking tropical storm don. if it contin

. >> there's more, the judge had enough of the sniping and took attorneys from both sides to the woodshed. plus this -- a very high-profile rape case appears to be unraveling. the head of the international monetary fund off house arrest and smiling while his accuser is now being called a liar. her neighbors in new york now perplexed and some embarrassed. questions about whether she made the whole thing up. plus -- ♪ -- the story of andrew wilfred. he was killed in achlfghanistan. he was openly gay. his parents are now fighting for same-sex marriage in his homestate of minnesota. >> when you enter the military, you have to take an oath to protect and defend the constitution and to protect the country against foreign and domestic enemies. the enemy here is intolerance, misinformation, bigotry, probably greed. so, as a soldier, that is what he is fighting for. >> more on my conversation with them and a minnesota state senator who is trying to outlaw gay marriage. but now to our top story, we begin in orlando, florida. very soon casey anthony's fate will rest with the jury of seven women and

i'm not going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier, but i can tell you that there wasworld to avoid the real cuts that we need to make in order to preserve the fiscal integrity of our country, and frankly, real cuts that needed to be made, that need to be made to preserve our entitlement programs, which are important programs to tens of millions of americans. >> well, listen to this now. about 4,000 faa workers could be furloughed today. why? because congress got out of there last night without reauthorizing funding for the agency. now, we're told essential staff like air traffic controllers will remain on the job to keep the flying public safe, but faa engineers construction workers, others among those facing furloughs. >> one of the highest unemployments is in the construction trades. and why do we want to lay off, suspend more construction workers and our 4,000 employees who do a lot of good work are also going to be suspended. and they're -- look it, they live on a paycheck and they have budgets to meet. we have the best aviation system in the world. this is not th

. >> i will not get involved in the sniping. i am interested in a solution to the problem we face.'t want to see default or get close to it. >> chris: we are close to it now. >> it is bad for the economy and country. i am trying to find a common ground that is doable in the time remaining. >> chris: the last question, sir. according to your plan, how disappointed are you. as we understand now. a tril yen in spending cut in the short term. how disappointed are you that after month was talking and an urgent deadline that is it it seems the most washington can come up when you spend 46 trillion is one trillion in spending? >> after six months conversations with the president about doing the big deal, and taking a big step in the right direction, it is pretty clear to me they are just not willing to do it and the next election matters more than what is right for the country. i am not worried about the next election. forget about the next election. if we do the right thing for the country, we'll not have to worry about who will get elected and who isn't. >> chris: speaker boehner, i wan

>>reporter: after more than a week of sniping the 2 republican leaders in the house say they have made not the rank and file tl. republican paul brown says he wants the debt ceiling lowered not raised. >> if your leadership comes to you and says look we have to vote to raise the debt ceiling what do you do. >> i vote no he. >>reporter: no matter what. >> no matter what. it's wrong. >>reporter: that's a my way or the highway approach. but democrat are playing that game too. president says he wants a deal that includes cuts to popular entitlement programs like medicare but listen to what nancy pelosi told us when we asked her about cutting medicare cuts and benefits on the table. >> no, absolutely not. >> absolutely not. >>reporter: if and with so many lines in the sand the bottom line tonight, is that no plan has the vote 0pass at this moment. >> in 2000 george w. bush won the presidency even though he did not win the popular vote. bill passed by the california legislature is designed to keep something like that from happening again. san mateo assemblyman hill and several republican str

meanwhile, at the top of this hour -- i think you talked a little bit about the sniping going on fromink the thing is going to pass. but if you read between the lines really, it does appear that at least the congressional leaders seem to be moving closer together. the question is whether they can get the votes they need to pass something out of the house and the senate that the president will sign. that's the bottom line. >> all right. i know you're going to be watching it carefully and also watching the credit reports, the credit agencies' testimony. joe johns in washington. it is 42 minutes after the hour. here are three things to put on your radar. 10:00 a.m. some of the country's top ceos answer questions from the senate finance committee, asked to talk about jobs and economic growth. at noon the tea party express holds a rally on capitol hill to push for the cut, cap and balance plan which has no chance of passing the senator getting signed by the president. gop candidate her main cain is set to address the crowd. we are watching and waiting as is all of our best political team o

i'm not going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier. >> so has this gotten personal?uch can get done? >> i think it is personal a little bit. this is more than the relationship between the president and john boehner. this is all going on the staff levels. it's going on, you know, in between, you know, the question of whether boehner can control his own caucus versus, you know, even yesterday democrats were starting to criticize the suggestions of what boem obama was giving up on their side. you know, at the same time -- i think both sides, you know, boehner went out of his way yesterday to say that he thinks that he can still negotiate in good faith with the president, but, i mean, this is just a lot of drama with a lot of people. >> well, there have been suggestions that john boehner, the individual, would like to get a deal done. that he himself as an individual came, you know, with all good intentions, but that he is almost being held hostage to the extreme right in his party that say no way, you do this basically and you're out as speaker of the house. >> that's c

i think if you look at the way in which this broke down there was sniping from both sides.president obama saying he couldn't get a phone call returned. speaker boehner angry the deal had fallen apart. even asked by reporters if he trusted the president? he said he did. i asked him if the relationship was beyond repair? he said no. they've been talking over the week. it took a gigantic step back. it is central around this tax issue. within the republican conference of aides there have spoken to me and said the media has not done a good job portraying how big the taxes are to them. a lot of the member haves a religious fervor that any type of tax increase is not acceptable. boehner going from $800 billion in revenue could beç explainedo go up to $1.2 trillion which is white house suggested that wasn't a number is still open to debate was something is that boehner saw it as one aide told me impossible, a dis, they couldn't move it at all. >> one of if big issues is what are the markets saying and how are they reacting? it's been muted so far. i've talked to people, finance pe

i'm note going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier. >> okay. so these guys are supposed to meet again in about four hours with others as well. do you sense this is getting personal now? >> i think it's getting personal in the way especially on the staff level. they don't trust each other anymore. the republicans are saying the white house moved the goal post. and obama is saying that boehner walked away from this. i think there's a trust level that's missing at this point. obama knows at the end of the day, the senate leader terri-lynne mcclintic connell said this they want to make him a one-term president. republicans want him to lose. he's saying fine, at what cost? that's one of the things the white house is saying the republicans are doing. they deny that of course. it's hard to say there's not some kind of political implication. >> what about the reality of getting this deal done? what's the buzz in washington? do they think it will happen by august 2nd? >> it will i think happen. but i don't know if it's going to happen by august 2nd. we

i am not going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier. but i can tell you that there was every effort in the world to avoid the real cuts that we need make in order to preserve the fiscal integrity of our country and frankly the real cuts that need to be made to preserve our entitlement programs chr important programs to tens of millions of americans. >> you're frustrated with the white house. but how can you see that you can forge an agreement here just exclusively with people in the house and in the senate without having some buy-in with the white house? >> i think that we can work together here on capitol hill to forge an agreement and i am hopeful that the president will work with us on that agreement. >> president obama said that you did not return his phone call. does this permanently damage your relationship with the president? >> the president and i have gotten to know each other pretty well over the course of the last six months and i can tell you that in all of our conversations they were respectful, they were firm, there was fr

i'm not going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier. but i can tell you that there was every effort in the world to avoid the real cuts that we need to make in order to preserve the fiscal integrity of our country and quite frankly the cuts that need to be made, that need to be made to preserve our entitlement programs which are important programs to tens of millions of americans. >> -- see that you can forth an agreement with people in the house and senate without having some buy-in from -- >> i think that we can work together here on capitol hill. we will forth an agreement. and i'm hopeful that president will work with us on that agreement bp. >> president obama said you did not return his phone call. has this permanently damaged your relationship with the president? >> president and i have gotten to know each other pretty well over the course of the last six months. i can tell new all of our conversations, they were respectful, they were wo firm, frustration esz on both sides. but i don't believe our relationship was permanently dam

. >> woodruff: even amid the public sniping, mcconnell and reid were said to be working on a fail-safe plan to raise the debt ceiling. the hybrid package would include mcconnell's backup plan to let the president increase the debt ceiling on his own, extending through the 2012 election. it would also add $1.5 trillion in cuts identified in bipartisan talks that were led by vice president biden. it was unclear if house republicans would agree, and at the white house, spokesman jay carney said the president still wants a bigger deal. >> whether it's senator mcconnell's provision or some variation of it, they are not the preferred outcome here. we continue to work as we did yesterday in the meeting and as the president will again today in his meeting with congressional leaders towards something more substantial and significant. >> woodruff: that meeting convened at the white house late this afternoon. for a closer look at both the economics and the politics of this stand-off, we turn to two reporters who are following events closely. david wessel, economics editor and a columnist for the

. >> well, i am not going to getet involved in all of that political sniping. i am interested in a solution to the problem that we face. i don't want to see default. i don't want -- i don't thinki we want to get anywhere close to to it.here >> are you close to it now. >> we are bad for our economy we and bad for our country. b and so i am trying to find a common ground that is doableound in the time we have remaining. >> and let me just ask you and it is the last question, how qut disappointed are you?apd ar according to your plan as weacc understand now, and it mayderstw change, a trillion dollars in spending cuts in thepend short-term? short-ter how disappointed are you that after months otef talking after this urgent deadline that it i seems now that maybe the mostst that washington can come up c with when you are spending $46 x trillion over the next decade is $1 trillion in spending?endig >> after over six months the conversations with the president about doing the big te deal, about taking a big step st in the right direction. it is pretty clear to me tha

. >> well, i'm not going to get involved in all of that political sniping. i'm looking at the solution. to the problem that we face. i don't want to see default. i don't frankly want to get anywhere close to. >> chris: you are close to it? >> we are bad for our economy and bad for our country. i'm trying to find a common ground that's doable in the time that we have remaining. >> chris: let me ask you and that's the last question, sir. how disappointed are you. according to the plan we understand now and it may change trillion dollars in spending cuts in the short-term. how disappointed are you that after months of talking after this urgent deadline that it seems now that maybe the most that washington can come up with when you are going to spend $46 trillion over the next decade is $1 trillion in spending? >> after over six months, conversations with the president, about doing the big deal, about taking a big step in the right direction, it's pretty clear to me that they are just not willing to do it. that the next election matters more than doing what's ri

they only snipe at republicans who are responsible and put it in writing.f their convictions to actually show the american people in writing where they stand. >> krystal, one last question here before we have to go to a break. >> sure. >> it has been said at least in discussions earlier today on this program that we're really not going to get any real plan until later on next week. that means we're going to have another week of posturing, shall we say. so isn't it really both sides that have not done what they need to do and that's really sort of roll up their sleeves and get something done here? >> well, i think that's right. and i think if we fail to raise the debt ceiling, which i personally think is a real possibility, i do think both sides are going to suffer. but what it's looking like is going to happen is some smaller deal will be cut, some fallback plan, and then we'll be looking at a larger grand plan over the next year to two years to put something together that will responsibly tackle our debt and deficit problem. >> krystal, ron, thank you very

after a tension-packed day on capitol hill, filled with bitter partisan sniping, both republicans and democrats are now saying significant progress has been made toward a deal that would avert a government default. we'll take a look at the framework of the compromise with two senate leaders and a top house g.o.p. official. but first we begin with the white house view. and gene sperling, the director of the national economic council. director sperling, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you, bret. >> bret: saturday, the debt ceiling negotiation shifted back to the white house. here is what we are hearing, reporting about a potential deal. a debt ceiling increase of about $2.4 trillion in to 2013, but in two stages. spending cuts up front, roughly $1 trillion. special committee to recommend cuts of $1.4 trillion with a total of the debt ceiling increase. committee must make recommendations before thanksgiving recess. if congress does not approve those cuts by late december, automatic across-the-board cuts go into effect, including medicare, but lawmakers would then vote whether

i'm not going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier.can tell you that there was every effort in the world to avoid the real cuts that we need to make in order to preserve the fiscal integrity of our country and frankly the real cuts that needed to be made -- that need to be made to preserve our entitlement programs, which are important programs, to tens of millions of americans. >> i understand you are frustrated with the white house, but how can you say that you can forge an agreement just exclusively with people in the house and the senate without having some buy-in from the white house? >> i think that we can work together here on capitol hill to forge an agreement, and i'm hopeful that the president will work with us on that agreement. >> speaker boehner, president obama said that you did not return his phone call. did it permanently damage your relationship with the president? >> listen, the president and i have gotten to know each other pretty well over the course of the last six months, and i can tell you in all of our conversati

raising the statutory debt limit placing the united states in jeopardy of its first ever default, sniping guerrilla warfare over major policy steps enacted by the last congress, health care reform and financial regulation, no serious action or movement on climate change, jobs, or continuing mortgage crisis and major trade deals stalled yet again despite bipartisan and presidential support." >> i think you start with this -- politics just reflects society. and what we are seeing today, i believe, is a new, emerging governing coalition being built in this country, a new political center of gravity. evidence of that abounds. start with gallop's numbers on registered independents. registered independents now represent nearly 40% of all the registered voters in america. republicans sink like a rock, democrats sink like a rock. and you can bolster that argument in many, many ways. point being, we are living at a time when society is the most complicated, interconnected, immediate we've ever seen. that also reflects on a world order that's being rebuilt. we haven't seen a world order being rebui

i'm not going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier. but i can tell you that there was every earth in the world to avoid the cuts we need to make in order to preserve the fiscal integrity of our country and the real cuts that need to be made to preserve our entitlement programs which are important programs to tens of millions of americans. >> speaker boehner -- >> -- frustration with the white house. but how can you concede that you can forge an agreement here just exclusively with people in the house and the senate without having some buy-in from the white house? >> i think that we can work together here on capitol hill to forge an agreement and i'm hopeful that the president will work with us on that agreement. >> mr. boehner, mr. boehner, president obama said you did not return his phone call. has it permanently damaged your relationship with the president? >> listen, the president and i have gotten to know each other pretty well over last six months. can i tell you in all of our conversations they were respectful. they were firm. th