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. >>> bob woodward's new book "obama's war" has people talking inside and outside the beltway. >> it's a behind the scenes glimpse at how the president charted the course of the war in afghanistan. diane sawyer sat down with woodward in an abc news exclusive. >> reporter: the book is filled with big personalities and big debates. there is vice president joe biden showing up unannounced early one morning as the president comes down the stairs to warn that afghanistan could lead to another vietnam. >> and the president says, i am not going to sign on to failure. i am not going to be like those other presidents and stick with it because of my ego, my politics, my political security. in other words, barack obama says, i'm not going to be lyndon johnson. we have to have a plan for getting out, we're ending this war. >> you do have a heart-pounding description of a brand-new president. he gets the briefing about the constellation of terror in the world. >> it's a cold shower. imagine. the high of being elected on that tuesday, and then they come in two days later and say, by the way, here ar
. >>> bob woodward's new book "obama's war" has people talking inside and outside the beltway. >> it's a behind the scenes glimpse at how the president charted the course of the war in afghanistan. diane sawyer sat down with woodward in an abc news exclusive. >> reporter: the book is filled with big personalities and big debates. there is vice president joe biden showing up unannounced early one morning as the president comes down the stairs to warn that...
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author bob woodward on his new book "obama's war." >> well, the wars are going to go down with his name on them. >> a diane sawyer exclusive. >>> and, panda-monium. a job opportunity working with pandas in china. >> the most amazing experience i've ever had. >> it's tuesday, september 28th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning and thanks for being with us on this tuesday. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob nelson. >>> people in the upper midwest are trying to cope now with record flooding. cleanup has already started in a small minnesota town where 60 of the 90 homes have literally just been washed away. >> not far away, a tiny community has been virtually cut off by rising waters near portage, wisconsin. alex stone reports. >> reporter: floods are rare at this time of the year in the upper midwest. during the fall the wisconsin river is usually so low you can almost drive across the river bottom. but last week's heavy rain caused it to swell over 20 feet, hitting a new record, breaking the previous one set back in 1938. residents in the blackhawk park neighborhood of ca
author bob woodward on his new book "obama's war." >> well, the wars are going to go down with his name on them. >> a diane sawyer exclusive. >>> and, panda-monium. a job opportunity working with pandas in china. >> the most amazing experience i've ever had. >> it's tuesday, september 28th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning and thanks for being with us on this tuesday. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob...
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the author, bob woodward, reveals presidential aides were deeply divided over the war. meanwhile, republicans are criticizing revelations about the nation's foreign policy. liz cheney, daughter of the former vice president, calls it alarming fatalism. >>> initial steps are now being taken to remove a wisconsin district attorney now accused in a sexting scandal. the wisconsin governor's office wants a public hearing on the case but the d.a. involved is not bowing to the pressure. here now is barbara pinto. >> reporter: district attorney ken kratz was the man maria turned to for help to get a drug conviction pardoned. shortly after they met, she said the d.a. began sending her racy text messages. >> he would say things like, i'm in traverse city with my family for the week, in between naps, how can you please me in between the sheets? >> reporter: the law student later told her story to assistant district attorney richard ginkowski, who encouraged her to go public. >> it was like a mini bombshell. i mean, i wasn't planning to hear that news from somebody and it was shocki
the author, bob woodward, reveals presidential aides were deeply divided over the war. meanwhile, republicans are criticizing revelations about the nation's foreign policy. liz cheney, daughter of the former vice president, calls it alarming fatalism. >>> initial steps are now being taken to remove a wisconsin district attorney now accused in a sexting scandal. the wisconsin governor's office wants a public hearing on the case but the d.a. involved is not bowing to the pressure. here...
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. >>> there is more fallout this morning from author bob woodward's book on the white house afghan war strategy. >> it shows presidential aides deeply divided over how best to fight the war. this morning the administration is trying to put a positive spin on the book. john hendren is in washington with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. the white house insists president obama is certain he got his afghan war strategy right. but a new book says there was a lot of disagreement and name-calling before he got there. it's the book that has washington buzzing. bob woodward's "obama's wars" is a detailed account of how the obama administration assembled its policy for the war in afghanistan. it portrays the president as a leader urgently trying to find a way to end u.s. involvement there, at one point saying, "i want an exit strategy." woodward reports the president pressed top advisers for a withdrawal date and terms and when he didn't get one, he drew one up himself. the book says the president had to balance politics and national security after pledging to
. >>> there is more fallout this morning from author bob woodward's book on the white house afghan war strategy. >> it shows presidential aides deeply divided over how best to fight the war. this morning the administration is trying to put a positive spin on the book. john hendren is in washington with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. the white house insists president obama is certain he got his afghan war strategy right. but a new book...
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. >>> bob woodward's new book "obama wars" goes on sale at bookstores nationwide today. diane sawyer interviews the author tonight on abc's "world news." >>> finally this half hour, stomping out some smelly bugs. those bedbugs were not enough. now there seems to be a national stink bug epidemic. >> 29 states in all have reported invasions of the bugs. as tahman bradley reports, they don't bite, but they sure do smell. >> reporter: in this year of widespread pest pandemonium -- >> bedbugs. >> bedbugs. >> bedbugs are back. >> reporter: you've probably had your eyes fixed on your bed. now it seems you may need to turn your nose towards your air vent. >> something hits me in the back of my neck. i'm just, you know, waving it off. >> reporter: forget bedbugs. in maryland and across the northeast, it's man versus stink bugs. an all-out war. >> they're terrible. they're everywhere. we can't get rid of them. >> reporter: they're brown, foul-smelling creatures popping up in vents, on walls, on windows, even in beards. emitting a foul odor when irritated or squashed. and man, it s
. >>> bob woodward's new book "obama wars" goes on sale at bookstores nationwide today. diane sawyer interviews the author tonight on abc's "world news." >>> finally this half hour, stomping out some smelly bugs. those bedbugs were not enough. now there seems to be a national stink bug epidemic. >> 29 states in all have reported invasions of the bugs. as tahman bradley reports, they don't bite, but they sure do smell. >> reporter: in this year...