joined by jake deliberate oh he's a former marine and current political researcher at the university of birmingham the afghans rely heavily on air support to fight insurgents and given the poverty of the region i asked him if this will change the face of war. well you know it's interesting this decree that came out from from president karzai you know we've seen him over the last decade or so say a number of very you know obscure or things he's made several policy decisions that have been in somewhat in some ways you know nonsensical the banning of the airstrikes is is interesting because it's one of the main ways that the coalition is able to target the insurgency and specifically anti governmental insurgents in mountainous region areas by the fact him saying that they can't use them in an urban areas is not is fairly insignificant but it is significant in the sense that they can't use airstrikes anymore in urban areas that are mountainous terrain which means more risks to the coalition and it's also more risk to afghan soldiers but simultaneously i think it's also important that for the most part

dilla barito former marine and political researcher at the university of birmingham joins us now welcome there mr della barito. not beloved by his fellow republicans as sam's part of that has to do with his remarks on israel why no love for members of his own party well check cables for a long time he has been are critical of neoconservatives foreign policy he's been critical of a lot of extreme right wing domestic stuff on the g.o.p. members have done so that's the big christmas is coming and this goes back to during the iraq war when the middle the iraq war he was very critical of the surge is very critical of the tray as and all that sort of stuff so for a short chuck a goal has a long history of being conservative he's got a long history of supporting the military and being strong in american defense however he was all she's also very wise in some of his remarks in the sense that he was critical of the unique relationship that the israel lobby hours with washington d.c. inner city israel lobby not so much the state of israel but he's also critical of american foreign policy so that's

say people increase risks of stroke by more than 40% according to research out of the university of alabama at birmingham foods such as deep fried foods processed meats and drinks significantly increase stroke risk among afterickin americans. still, the study found foods as collard greens can cut the risk of stroke you may have heard an asteroid is heading for earth. we ask abc 7 news to put it into perspective. wayne? >> another rock as they call it fchl you're sifting on it now it would be getting bigger and bigger. this best way of looking ate might be if instruments weren't so good know how lucky we are. it wasn't long ago man kind lived in ignorance. then, we learned earth is round andqÁis a moving target. >> dr. david is more aware than most of us. he is a perfect source for background on a space rock known as 2012, da 14 passing near earth february 15th. ever heard of it? >> this is cool. >> 17,000 miles or so. among one that's didn't hit use just look at the craters on the moon. >>f in 1908 there was a force stlonger than the first atom bomb. 2012's da 14 is slightly larger. we know this because

researchers at the university of alabama at birmingham say three or perhaps four workouts a week mayresident obama has renewed his call for congress to acon his gun proposals. yesterday he went home to chicago to drive home the message. earlier, he gave pos humus honors to the adults shot and killed at sandy hook elementary school. one of the president's most visible and vocal opponents is rocker ted nugent. he wears his passion on his sleeve. he incited us to his texas range to explain his views and shoot some rounds. >> fire in the hole. >> for ted nugent, gun control is putting is the second bullet in the same hole as the first. >> two down. >> a lot of people look at the tragedy at sandy hook and they say, something's got to be done. >> agreed, something does have to be done. >> they point to the weapons that were used as the cause. >> no, it's not the weapons. the weapons have nothing to do with it. these, again, these weapons are in every pickup truck in texas. ♪ >> the famed platinum selling rocker is passionate about his music, his family, and his firearms. nugent is fiercely

technology, and i think that we all agree we have seen cases of these people, some of the university of alabama birminghamand then going back to india, going back to china and starting jobs that compete and take jobs away from our people and that is a tragedy and germany doesn't do that, chile doesn't do that, australia doesn't do that, canada didn't do that, so should we design a system that prioritizes cannot exclude the others, but prioritizes those individuals? >> yes. once again as long as it doesn't deter the kids from going -- >> let me say that also in certain areas where they are americans that can fill those positions. >> the general point is that you might end up with fewer people than to discourage the inflow of people from the largest source of the occupations who are american citizens. >> okay. >> we believe there is a need to reform the way that the immigration is done today. >> i believe there is a need to reform the immigration for the highly skilled workers but also believe there is the need to reform the entire system. steny absolutely. we all agree. but i think that my point is, and i

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