have troops in afghanistan and france, poland, canada, netherlands, norway, spain, turkey, germany, uk, denmark -- a lot of countries. i am not going to get into the specifics of any requests she made. >> without getting into specifics, did she talk about more troops? >> i think she talked about the need for mostly coordinating our efforts. that was one aspect of this whole effort that really became apparent when she was in school -- in kabul of the need to talk about not duplicating efforts, about giving the right coordinated effort to get the right results. i am not going to get into numbers or increases or anything like that. >> apparently the president spoke with the secretary sunday night. can you give me some idea of the guidance he might have given her? >> i cannot give you the details of that conversation. i do not have a readout of it. yes? >> could you give us an update of geneva. do you think it is still possible to have a successful treaty by december 5? >> i think clearly it is going to be impossible to have ratified the treaty. i think everybody knows that, and i do not t

was a surprising comparison because the minority population throughout europe and especially in the uk do not compare to the kind of diversity we have. nevertheless, a lot more attention in the press was focused on minority members of parliament and what their prospects might be. they took the party individually and look at how the parties were doing with the black minority candidates and women. i have evidence of the british fascination with obama. in a moment, i will show you a table about obama book sales. this is the number one significant difference. it was not just a surface familiar with our elections. the number of people who read the obama books was amending -- amazing. the british book award gave his one book the british book of the year award. i will come back to that. the fascination with sarah palin was unbelievable to me. but familiarity with her nomination and with her record compared to john mccain was quite interesting to me. it was as of the selection of the vice-president in the republican candidate told you everything you need to know about the republican party. i t

iran's embassy in the uk is slamming the school accusing it of being politically motivated. the protests followed the election and got bigger once we saw the death of nedal on camera. the death sent to them says the college is taking advantage of her death by names the scholarship for her. the school says our donors are free to name scholarships after whoever they please. there are people protesting the situation. i'm sure there are many more people supporting it. >> right. absolutely. hey, reggie, thanks for keeping us updated. >>> one thing atlanta and its suburbs doesn't need is more rain. that is exactly what we are getting. thanks to tropical storm ida. which is best? fresh or frozen produce? we go beyond the service to isom conventional wisdom. >> fresh versus frozen produce. which is better? if you think fresh think again. it turns out frozen produce is just as nutritious as fresh produce because frozen vegetables and fruit are harvested at their peak, the nutrition is preserved throughout the freezing process. you can lose those vitamins to water if you cook them in

now, the frames were designed by artists, including the uk's damian herst. lance said parting with the bikes were not easy since he likes to keept ones he races, but it was for a good cause. $1.3 million. one bike got $500,000. >>> and tom brady's wife is putting the super in supermodel. just one month from giving birth, she is close to getting her helicopter's license. "people" magazine reports she passed the written test and now needs to complete the flying test. so she'll be able to fly new yoo to the photo shoot and go out for a game. you know. >> she's so behind the times. most super models have their license by now from what i read. >> my wife hate this is story. >> like big deal if i go to the store, she's flying helicopters. >> i love your wife. a lot of great things. thank you. one soccer player scores big when it comes to helping the homeless. he says it doesn't take that much to make a huge difference. robin meade has that story in this week's leaders with heart. >> lawrence grew up playing soccer. now he's using that sport to keep homeless men an

he was sent there from the uk where he was denied entry. >>> new this morning, this could be a huge mess. almost a million people are having to find a new way around philadelphia today. why? the city's largest trans atlantic union went over strike last night. no buses, no subways, no trolleys in the city and even suburbs. talks broke down over pensions and work rules. transit officials say their offer was competitive. >>> also new this morning. nearly half of u.s. kids could be on food stamps at some point during their childhood. a new study says 90% of african-american kids and 37% of white kids may get food stamps by age 20. it says these kids may be at risk for malnutrition and the recession could possibly be pushing those alarming numbers higher. the study is in the archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine. >>> new security measures finally, they are in place. california school where police say that 15-year-old girl was gang raped. the district put up these automated lights in the area where they say it all happened. and today it's taking bids for security cameras, as well. now

uk is making those a major offense. a court has intensed a distracted driver to a 21 months in prison. the woman inside was killed. >>> new york becomes the latest state do that. what do you think should be the penalty? what should offenders have to pay? $150? that is enough? does it merit jail time, as britain is imposing? you've probably experienced this on the road maybe. 877-835-5446. 1-877-tell-hln. text views, comment and name, though not behind the wheel to hln tv. standard rates apply. >>> children too young to even get into a pg-13 movie are lying about their ages to get on facebook or myspace. kids on grown-up sites, sounds like a serious concern. is it really? cnn.com is asking that question today. and dotcom live's catherine callaway is here with more. >> reporter: it's very difficult for these networking sites like facebook and myspace to really enforce their rules, one of the few that have rules, they'd like you to be 13 before you set up one of the sites. how are they going to know? well, soaring numbers