Michael
rejoins TBFPTOT (now also including Fareed Zakaria)
as Anderson Cooper asks questions about the speech.
In the second clip, Wolf Blitzer asks about the drug
situation in Afghanistan and how thoroughly drugs
fuel the economy there and whether we can tackle that
problem.
Length: 6:09 / 3:31
Immediately
following the speech, Michael is back at the map with
John King to show the exact line of delineation
between where the NATO troops are and where the
American troops are ... and overwhelmingly the
American troops are where the Taliban is strongest.
Despite the NATO support, "This is an American war."
Google maps also gives a good idea of the difficulty
of the terrain (at the end of the Himalayas) that we
are trying to close down and control, and Michael
asks where the discussion was about "the neighbors"
who are such important players in this war.
Length: 6:51
Less than
30 minutes prior to the speech, Campbell Brown
introduces "the best foreign policy team on
television" -- Michael, Christiane Amanpour, Nic
Robertson, Barbara Starr, and Chris Lawrence.
Length:
4:16
Michael
joins John King at the Magic Wall to explain where US
troops are, where we need more people, and who is in
power on both the Afghan and Pakistan sides of the
border. (Although John drives; Michael points but
doesn't touch.)
Length: 4:09
Michael
Holmes talks to Michael about tonight's address and
the situation in Afghanistan.
Length: 8:35
Rick
Sanchez talks to Michael prior to the president's
speech and asks him what we will actually be able to
achieve in Afghanistan.
Length: 4:14
Michael's
prepared piece about who the enemies are in
Afghanistan. (VO only)
Length: 3:37