. >> so you describe those drug wars as unwinnable. >> absolutely unwinnable. it's a ridiculous war. we should not have starred it. we will never be able to win it. it has now cost us more than 50,000 lives, $50 billion dollar, widespread human rights abuses and tremendous damage to mexico's image aboard with no results to show in exchange. there's nothing that can be done with drugs in mexico as long as the united states keeps consuming what it consumes. it hasn't changed it's consumption patterns. probably there's no reason why it should. i was a strong proponent of proposition 19 in california last november. i had hoped it would pass, legalizing marijuana in the state of california. it didn't pass. it lost by three points. i'm hopeful that in 19 -- 2012 it will pass and then we in mexico can also begin the process of legalization of drugs, starting with marijuana. >> president calderon is conducting the war in mexico. is it time to end it? >> he will not end it because he's too stubborn. he has taken it as a person battle. he's alone. the rest of the country

coming in, high-level panel now declaring the global war on drugs unwinnable.legalization? breaking news. political headlines and jeanne moos straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> several days now congressman anthony weiner has been trying sometimes clumsily to end the drama over a lewd photo that briefly appeared on his twitter account. still not clear if it was a picture of the congressman in his underwear or if he sent it to a young college student or all the work of a hacker. today congressman weiner gave it another shot. listen to this. >> is this a good spot? okay. good morning. yesterday from 1:00 to almost 10:00 i sat down and did interviews with anyone that wanted to answer questions extensively. made it very clear i did not send a picture my twitter account had been hacked in this prank. apparently it been successful but after 11 hours of answering questions, today i have to get back to work doing the job i'm paid to do. i appreciate your patience and understanding. if i can do anything to make you more comfortable whi

of foreign policy analysts who wrote the report, which also concluded that the war was probably unwinnableit was the attempted cover-up that made things worse, as it so often has been. president nixon has -- tried and failed to stop the "new york times" from publishing the pentagon papers. his willingness to use the legal means to do so helped put him on the path to watergate, which destroyed his presidency. >> looking back, we were doing the right thing. i did act well. >> but as all 7000 pages of the pentagon papers were released from any surprise revelations a look and like to -- look unlikely. daniel says he picked out the best it's one he originally linked them. >> -- he picked out the best parts when he originally leak to them. >> it was the wiki-leaks of 40 years ago, only bigger. the man who leaked to them says anyone in a similar position today should do so, only sooner, before the bombs start falling. >> you have been watching newsday from the bbc. >> a reminder of the main news again this hour, the exodus of refugees fleeing the violence and unrest in syria is continuing. almost

. >> reporter: when he took office, iraq looked unwinnable. afghanistan was all but forgotten.e leaves with osama bin laden dead but a whole new set of challenges in the middle east. he defended president obama's decision to commit u.s. forces in libya without asking congress. >> i think he's been clear as well that he would welcome the congress passing a resolution of support. >> reporter: and he says the president made the right call to let nato take the lead. >> we have 50,000 troops in iraq. we have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. we had 24,000 people engaged in japanese earthquake relief. >> reporter: as robert gates leaves, american troops like these who served in iraq are making their way back home. a mission not quite accomplished. awaiting america's next secretary of defense. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >>> thousands of families spent father's day in oakland today. >> they invited me three years ago, did it. now this year i said, let's go to an a's game. came out perfect. . >>> baseball and father's day. it's a long-standing tradition in many families. a bit more

why he's getting so much the port especially from the young people it's analysts under cleared unwinnable wars dumped on the young people and also the financial crisis that we have related to the foreign policy it we're dumping that then on the young people and that's why the next generation the current young people between the age of fifteen and twenty five or thirty they're with me because they're getting dumped on and that to me is the big issue so i brought jake back into this discussion and i also asked him why the general consensus among the mainstream media outlets is that ron paul is a fringe candidate who doesn't matter here's his response. most of the mainstream media and a lot of the establishment kind of political folks are invested in establishment candidates ron paul is not the true establishment he's been there a long time but he's libertarian minded some people do it but because kids get something straight ok mitt romney is like watching a monkey screw the football like he's absolutely horrible you have romney care and then he criticized obama for doing the exact same thin

it's analysts undeclared unwinnable wars dumped on the young people and also the financial crisis that we have related to the foreign policy and we're dumping that debt on the young people and that's why the next generation the current young people between the age of fifteen and twenty five or thirty they're with me because they're getting dumped on and that to me is the big issue but i want to bring back into this conversation we're talking about ron paul six hundred twelve votes almost double what the next person in line jon huntsman got at this straw poll it is just a struggle but let's not forget this isn't the only straw poll that ron paul has won this you go to run already such a charismatic guy a young people are flocking to him hundreds of thousands of people across america are running into the ron paul camps you asked why well why did he get twice the number of votes because americans are looking for fresh ideas they're tired of hearing god bless america they're tired of hearing about socialism they really want the idea of freedom and liberty to come apart through a lot of sma

copies to the "new york times" revealing top government officials knew the conflict in vietnam was unwinnable hampshire and my friend, don lemon. >> all right, richelle, thank you very much. >>> last night we told you about kirk murphy. kirk was just five years old when he was treated at ucla's gender identity clinic under a pseudonym to reveal his real name. the purpose was to eliminate kirk's feminine behavior and make her more masculine. the man who ran the study was george reichers. he calls the program a success. decades later the research done on kirk is still being cited by those who think kids can be prevented from becoming gay. that infewer yates kirk's family. they say the treatment that reichers called a success literally destroyed him. they want you to know what he went through and the impact it had on the rest of his life. cnn confronted reichers with their allegations. here now is anderson cooper's special report on "the sissy boy "experiment. >> kirk, what do you think of your new nephew? >> [ inaudible ] >> kirk murphy killed himself nearly six months after this video was take

many of the challenges look unwinnable.u should grow opium seems to be convincing, but the west feels it has to keep trying to find a solution. perhaps hoping that somehow the level of life here, the amount of money people make will grow enough and opium will become too complicated of an industry for simple farmers to get involved in. right now it's simple, it's the easiest way to make sure money. >> excellent reporting. thank you, nick. >>> don't forget to vote for a choose the news story you would like to see. text 22360. text "1" for sharks of summer. people are warned after a great white is spotted offshore on a busy summer day. text "2" for the wimbledon lifestyle. it's a 125-year-old tradition. text "3" for apple dance off. a teen busting moves after an apple computer promotion. >>> and you only have a couple days to get good deals for the fourth of july prices. [ female announcer ] what if your natural beauty could be flawless too? discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy

and afghan allyies, if you resist us long enough and drag us down in a war that seems to be unwinnable to our people, we will give in and we will give you a seat at the table. you can return to power in your country. and to the afghans it says you struggled this last decade many of you don't have jobs can't feed your children. that's just too bad. if you had resisted us you now would be getting a job, nice salary and your village would be getting on to development. it also sends a message to al qaeda that you can dress it up any way you like and sell it to the american people. as far as we're concerned, we also win. we hung on long enough until you couldn't take it anymore. for one reason or another. and now they have the opportunity to come back. >> there will be a lot on that on both sides, we can be sure. lara logan, thanks. >>> now let's check in with betty nguyen at the news desk. >>> a wind-driven wildfire in southern arizona has forced more evacuations. the monument fire is one of several in arizona. 3,000 people were forced to evacuate yesterday when the fire raced down a mount

politics this out were puritan ron paul telling nbc's "today show" that his run for the presidency is unwinnable war is stumped on the young people and the soaring national debt. the texas congressman 10 poll this weekend at a republican conference in beating huntsman. the state department is providing rules for one of its most popular exchange programs for foreign college students. this after finding some students were vulnerable to exploitation. the revised rules will shift more responsibility is on to companies designated as sponsors in the summer work travel program. critics say the new rules do not require in up government oversight while the agency says the cleanups will change the program. stock futures pointing to a lower opening after concerns about greece increase. the country needs more cash to avoid defaulting on its debt. the use is no changes can be made until further weakening of the debt. those are the latest head plants -- headlines on c-span radio. >> 11 original c-span interviews with current and retired justices. this new edition ebook includes an interview with the newest ad