we are in afghanistan because of 9/11. the other thing was to renounce violence and to lay down their arms and participate in life peacefully. many taliban have done this since 2002. people who were senior oil officials -- some people who were senior officials have done this. there is regular contact between them and internationals, including americans. what you're talking but, no sir. yes, sir? >> i am from the bbc. hell encouraged were you about the fight against corruption. -- how encouraged or you about the fight against corruption? >> corruption is an enormously complicated issue. it is easy to put the word in the headline but when you get down to it, what does it mean and what is the difference between traditional corruption? these are complicated issues let me be very, very clear on this. we are deeply concerned about corruption. secretary clinton did not hesitate to discuss this. the international community has such a large footprint in afghanistan and a lot of the targets of opportunity for corruption come from th

the first is why today our armed forces are in afghanistan, and the second is how and when afghanistan can take responsibility for its own security so that our troops can come home. mr. speaker, the origins of our intervention in afghanistan and the scale of the terrorist threat are known to us all. a around the world, thousands of men and women of all religions, including thousands of the muslim faith, are being murdered in al qaeda outrageous. the bombings cost 52 lives and injured over 750 people. most recently in britain we have seen the 2006 heathrow liquid bombs plot, the 2007 london and glasgow bombings, and this year, and al qaeda conspiracy to target shopping centers. there are now over whether to 20 convicted terrorists serving sentences in british prisons, -- there are now over 120 convicted terrorists serving sentences in british prisons. to counter this terrorist threat, we have since 2001 traveled their resources available today nearly twice as many regular police officers are engaged in full-time work to counter the terrorist threat. suspect travelers are now checked at

envoy to afghanistan is contradicting the commanding general there. so two of the highest positions and they don't agree. >> exactly. eye to eye, here they are not agreeing, as you say. we know general stanley mcchrystal has asked for 40,000 troops. the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, retired general ike iken eikenberry will only make it more relying on the united states. let president obama know that right before yesterday's war council meeting. >> having two generals on the ground, the ambassador and general mcchrystal is commander on the ground openly just feuding with each other in public like this is unprecedented. we used to talk about a team of rivals. we never imagined this. >> general eikenberry was the top for 18 months going back to 2006 and 2007. >> okay. so what are the key sticking points for president obama? is the ability of the afghan government -- how much cooperation is he getting from president hamid karzai? >> not as much as he would like. president obama has suggested karzai do more to crack down on corruption and the illegal dru

i think afghanistan is a war of choice. what general mcchrystal has suggested, we have a range of options. in order to make a large investment in afghanistan, is somehow central to the effort. there is nothing special or unique about afghan real-estate. there are lots of other places where al qaeda and groups like it are holing up. it may become a sanctuary where the taliban can undermine pakistan. if they are already don't have pakistan as a sanctuary. i am not arguing that afghanistan is irrelevant. i just don't see it as critical to the effort against terrorism or the future of pakistan. i don't think the general has made the case -- this is really at the heart of the president's dilemma. would it, in the long run, accomplish anything? would the results be commensurate with the investment? if we put in 40,000 more troops, things will improve. i have no doubt about that given the talent of the u.s. military. the real question is, will it and door once we dial it back? -- endure once we dial it back. there is also the real

india has in during links with afghanistan. we do not see afghanistan as a trader of influence. we want a legion of peace and stability. india will assist afghanistan in building the institution. democracy is an ancient land like afghanistan and will take time to come to terms with the country's history and it tribal leadership. it is why the important that all major, regional and international players put their weight behind the government of afghanistan. this is the only way they can meet the challenges it faces. . we have invested heavily over the past few years in normalizing relations with our neighbor, pakistan. we made considerable progress on the road to a durable and permanent settlement of all outstanding issues. i have said that we are ready to pick up the dialogue, including on issues relating to kashmir. i see a south asia of peace, friendship and prosperity. where its borders will see the flow of people, goods and ideas. for this to happen, pakistan must make a break with the past. they must forgive terrorism and it is my salemme hope that india and pakistan come t

commander in afghanistan afghanistan wants up to 40,000 more. the white house says a decision could come within weeks. >>> a huge statue of former bill clinton was unveiled in the serbian province of kosovo. many consider them a hero for drawing out yugoslavia's troops in 1999. for conan o'brien, the story was too good an opportunity to pass up. >> yesterday, the country of koes sovo unveiled a 20-foot-ta statue of president clinton. the former statue was so lifelike, it's been slapped plenty of times. >> clinton went to the unveiling, but he was not slapped. >> got the stands to himself. >>> let me show you what's happening now. we don't have any delays, which is really good, but we might see a couple pop up. that gusty north wind as you get to new england, you have a high pressure building in. when boston and new york, probably a half hour delay. if you don't get the delays, you'll definitely get the bumpy ride coming through. l.a.x., last hour had visibility of one-16th of a mile due to fog. delays due to that. >>> the san francisco oakland b

police in afghanistan tried shouting at him to stop. they say that several children were hurt in the blast. it happened nerp the country's border with iran. violence has been soaring there as the taliban expands its turf. >>> soon you could skip the customs line when flying home from overseas. homeland security wants to expand an experimental program for prescreening travelers so if you pay a one-time $100 fee and you undergo a background check, you can report your arrival and make declarations at computerized kiosks. now customs officials say it's cut the average wait time from ten minutes to three. through customs in ten minutes? please. >>> the second installment of the "twilight" series. this time around bella is tangling with more than just the undead. >> too late now. >> bella, get back. >> paul, paul, get back now. >> you know what, critics don't love this one. they say it lacks spark and even the special effects aren't so great but it really doesn't matter what they think. look at the crowds of people waiting for the premiere in

which is bad you don't want to kill a cow in afghanistan. farmers get very upset. >> how were you able to remain calm and -- >> well, the video isn't great because the only way to shoot video is to pop out the hatch. but they were useing the hatch to fair to grenades so the hatch was occupied so i was only able to shoot inside. hotes and eye were their names. it was tough because i didn't want to shine a light in their face. and i didn't want to ruin their night vision or just bug them because that he had job to do, so i was only able to getly snippets of video of them going about their job, killing taliban, which is something they don't do often anding is they realize is not really their job. >> did you get a chance to talk to them after the fair to fight? >> sure. >> and what was your impression of how they were after that? was it business as usual? >> yeah. they've all done this before. hotes, the young man named matt hotes who was in the back of the truck with me. great guy. and he -- i ran into him at lunch a few days later, and we just

. >>> president obama is considering four options for the future of the war in afghanistan. sources tell us that he is expected to talk about them at a meeting with his war council today including a possible deployment of about 34,000 more u.s. troops. and a new cnn/opinion research poll, 42% of americans support sending more troops. 32% think that afghanistan will eventually have a stable democratic government. >>> some days you just want a break from the news and thank goodness there's weather to talk about. >> yeah, and there's a lot, too. >> some of us want a break from the weather, bob. >> it's been raining nonstop in places like georgia and the carolinas for the last 24 hours and, robin, four inches of rain fell yesterday at the airport down in atlanta so the heavy rain is out there. it's still raining now to get to northern georgia but the remnants of ida are getting absorbed in the cold front up to the north. it's all pushing that rain over to the east. now the heaviest rain by far now in towards south carolina and north carolina, too, zero in on the charleston radar

afghan -- afghanistan's stability is important in the process. i have also indicated that after eight years, some of those years in which we did not have either their resources or the strategy -- of the resources or the strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job. i feel very confident that when the american people hear a clear rationale for what we're doing there, and how we intend to achieve our goals that they will be supportive. now, i think it is worth mentioning since i will be with the prime minister of india, that this is not just important to the united states, but it is important to the world. the whole world, i think, has a core security interest in making sure that the kind of extremism and violence that you have seen emanating from this region is tackled, confronted in a serious way. now, we have to do it as part of a broader international community. one of the things i will be discussing is the obligations of our international partners in this process. it is going to be very important to recognize that the afg

a soldier comes home from afghanistan and wait until you see what happens when the dog recognizes that it's him. >> gracie. oh, my gosh. gracie. >> i told you. >> it gets even louder. oh, my gosh, it's him. look. is that not sweet? people have clicked on this one nearly 800,000 times. today's video on live system leak kopp. that is where we found it. that is one happy puppy. >>> an nfl owner found out the price of two birds. he got a big finding for a not so friendly gesture. but did you think it's too much? plus, a real warning about fake money. >>> one of elizabeth smart's accused kidnappers is expected to plead guilty today. we don't have details on the plea deal for wanda barzee. she and her husband are accused of taking smart interest her home at knifepoint when she was 14. mitchell repeatedly raped her, smart says. she was found nine months later. >>> okay. so the nfl owner caught flipping off the other team now has to pay for it but what do you think about how much he has to pay? here is rafer with more on that. >>> it was not a slap on the wrist by any means, robin. the nfl bro

so the united nations is moving about 600 staffers out of afghanistan. the changes come in the wake of a deadly attack on a u.n. guest house in kabul. the agency says security was clearly not up to par there so it will relocate the workers on a short-term basis while new security measures are put in place. >>> let's get over to meteorologist bob van dillen who is just glowing this morning after your yankees won. >> yeah. >> are you sleepy? >> a little bit but, you know, the coffee helps out a lot. you're right about that. what's going on? we're talking about november. it's weird to hear about the world series in november. kind of odd to hear about a tropical storm in november as well but we still have tropical storm season and hurricane season last through november 30th. we have a storm right now. here is panama. you can see it there. here is costa rica and nicaragua. this is our tropical storm, ida. it's not moving very fast, drifting to the northwest at seven miles per hour. 70-mile-per-hour sustained winds but is beginning to interact with the land ma

the white house says the president has now made a decision on afghanistan strategy and will announce it on tuesday night. you'll be able to watch it live on the c-span networks and our website, c-span.org, with a simulcast on c-span radio. president obama's speech from west point begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >> "american i cons," three original documentaries from c-span, now available on d.v.d. a unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. see the exquisite detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours into those rarely seen spaces of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capitol, one of america's most symbolic structures. "american icons," a three-disc d.v.d. september it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online at c-span.org/store. .

when i was in afghanistan just to try to bring it closer to home, i visited a number of our jag offices there, and i will never forget visiting one jag office in one of our bases. and the staff judge advocate had no windows, and the reason had no windows was because they were boarded up, the reason they were boarded up was because a suicide bomb had just gone off within feet of our law office there a couple of days before. and when i was there, i asked all of our lawyers there, is there anything that you need, is there anything that i as the general counsel of the defense department can do to try to help support your mission here? and i try to make a more concrete. i said are you having trouble meeting the requirements here? [laughter] >> anything. is your local bar giving you a hard time, no, we're fine, sir. we are fine. and these young men and women are working 18 hours a day. and they are not making what first year associate at paul weitz makes. i'm not making what first year associate makes. [laughter] >> and i constantly come back to that. when i visit walter reed and i see a trip

troops to afghanistan. he will make his case to the nation next week. military officials expect an infusion of approximately 32,000 last 35,000 trips beginning in february or march. >> remind everyone to please turn off their cell phones and blackberries. we we get to the question and answer portion please remember to state your name and affiliation before asking a question. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> on this day before thanksgiving waiting here at the center for american progress. former white house chief of staff now with the center for american progress waiting for this discussion on federal education dollars. education secretary duncan as will new york city mayor bloomberg. that is joe klein, the head of the new york city school system [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning and welcome. i'm the president for the center for american progress. we are very pleased to h

afghanistan could go horribly. i want to say as i always do, some strange thing could happen beyond the pale gray that will affect the election. but if this does not, they look -- they will lose a lot of seats. the president will say that they have to fix this. >> history is that on this. >> the last, largest social program that was implemented by republicans, medicare part b -- d for seniors. that was not implemented after -- until after the next election. there was opposition, and this was not implemented with a favorable rating. hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent to demonize the health care bill. there will be a bomb on us. -- bump on this. we did not win any of the seats heating up republicans on the medicare part d. and you will not get anything like going after us. >> hawaii except the question. -- i except the question. if you are talking about going back to the health care system, they carry the framework for the 2010 election. this is not going to be the issue. if you lose a lot of seeds, this

in the calf and hip and he had served two tours of duty in iraq and was getting ready to 0 leave for afghanistan. he told his uncle he was getting his shots when this happened. >> the next thing he knows there was a lot of shooting going on and he hollered to the other people in the room with him to follow him and they escaped out a back door. >> as many as 25,000 people can be at ft. hood on any given day. it's a huge outpost here. now one soldier says that she feels lucky because she was actually planning to be in that area where the shooting happened but ended up not being there. >> definitely was a close call. i started thinking the what ifs. what if i would have gone there, what would have happened if i was there? how would i have reacted or maybe i would have been the unfortunate one. >> just to recap what we do know so far about this horrible shooting yesterday at ft. hood, the suspect is a u.s. soldier and is in custody this morning and survived being shot several times during the attack. 13 people were killed. the lockdown at ft. hood ended last night so that people have been able to ge

it caused diversion from afghanistan and the loss of 4000 americans. and and told people being permanently disabled. there is quite a price to pay for whatever results we are getting. host: you spoke earlier about the technology challenges facing us -- though tsa and cia watchless. there is a lead story this morning on tracking sex crime offenders. it gets trickier. . . it brings the ability for people to do bad things. used to have to rob a bank with a gun. now, if you are a particularly clever with hacking, you could probably robbed a bank and nobody would know about it. host: you think the foreign intelligence officers are relying on data more than street reporting? guest: i think they are no different than we are. we develop sources and try to find up what is going on and technology has become an important part of what we do. host: one more call for you. tucson, good morning, steve, on the democrats' line. thank you for taking my call. it seems pretty clear that congress and the american people have been misled going into iraq. the more i've resear

white house is slamming reports that suggest president obama already decided to send more troops to afghanistan. national security adviser general jim jones says the reports are false. senior administration officials suggest pentagon sources leaked the misinfo. he will meet with the national security team tomorrow. >>> the man accused of trying to blackmail david letterman is expected to ask the judge to drop the case today. a lawyer for robert halderman plans to challenge the evidence. the case made letterman admit on his own show that he had sex with women who worked for him. >>> north and south korean warships clashed near their disputed sea border this morning exchanging fire. south korea claims that a north korean ship was damaged after it deliberately crossed the border. an official says this may have been just an accident that got out of control. that's a quick check of what we're talking about, definitely not all. let's check in on you this morning, sleepy head. i'm robin meade. welcome. during wartime u.s. troops know the risk that they're facing but today in ft. hood a memorial for 13

president obama is deciding right now whether to send up to 40,000 more troops to afghanistan. >>> your iphone could surf the web, balance your checkbook and, soon, it might even drive your car. >> it's a little bumpy. >> well, new for you in 20 minutes, how an experimental app lets you steer without even touching the screen. did you see that? >> the whole car. >> one state is making some televisions illegal. this sounds hard to believe. which states are doing this? i have an idea. >> you know it's the state that's out there many times when it comes to new energy rules and saving energy. we're talking about california. just so you know, where you're seeing us right now, your tv is safe so don't be scared. this is only about tvs in the future. california is saying that they want the companies to build them to use a lot less energy than they do now. basically most flat screen tvs use a lot more energy than the older versions of the sets. california even said, look, people's bills have gone up and they might not even know that's why. their energy commission voted unanimously to become the

i'll go farther and say that what congressman the task will set back our troops in afghanistan iraq, they should have the same benefits as our nfl quarterbacks in terms of when they should return to combat. finally, what is the nfl doing? you've heard of the nfl committee that was formed 15 years ago, so they have not had their head in the sand. there's not been denial about the effects of concussion. they have published many papers and done research. they also educated the players, the coaches, and the trainers on the significance of concussion, long-term effects, and the dangers. that is not an idle. the institute mandatory -- they had instituted mandatory testing, strict return to play guidelines, fines for hits to the head, and there is a whistleblower program predict any player feeling that he had been coerced to go back prematurely following a concussion, he can call a hotline and immediately have assistance in this. fourth, there is continued research going on. also please today when the commissioner stated that the nfl is going to make a joint effort to participate in the cte

and it is estimated that as many as 20% of soldiers returning from iraq and afghanistan have sustained a brain injury. and the brain injuries of our soldiers have spurred congress to make unprecedented investments in brain injury research. research that will benefit soldiers, and civilians alike for years to come, and we have done this in a bipartisan fashion. and the same way that we gained greater understanding and research from the brain injuries of our soldiers, we should also take this opportunity to learn from the injurys of professional athletes. the task force placed considerable attention on issue of, so called mild brain injuries. and specifically on -- on concussions, which aif he can everyone from our soldiers in the battlefield to our children who play on various sports fields. and in fact, the task force held a pam discussion that featured two of your witnesses today. and dr. tucker who is a team physician of the baltimore ravens and mr. nowitzki who is the director for the center for the study of traumatic brain injury. and these discussions in the growing number of stud

they are part of a military investigation into allegations that detainees in afghanistan and iraq were tortured and physically abused. now trying to-to-stop this, i say the pentagon and defense secretary robert gates say showing photos would endanger u.s. troops abroad. that's the argument on the government side. they don't think this is a safe thing to doxt aclu says no, the public has a right to see these pictures the pentagon and defense secretary filed an appeal not really an appeal but papers with the supreme court to stop the release of the pictures. people are thinking of the abu ghraib pictures but thigese are not the pictures. >> gitmo? we don't know. >> is it important the public see these alleged abuse pictures or do you agree with secretary gates that the publication of these photo is a danger to u.s. troops abroad? e-mail us at cnn.come/hln or text us at hlntv or you can jump in the conversation, my facebook page. richelle carey hln. this is important stuff. >> you're going to get a lot of good views starting in an hour and 15 minutes. thanks. >>> is the united states turn

. >>> afghanistan's president just won another term in office, but without a second round of voting scheduled for this weekend, this coming saturday. election officials declared hamid karzai officially the winner and canceled the runoff. karzai would have been the only candidate left because his challenger pulled out yesterday. he says the vote could not be fair because the election commissioners were appointed by karzai. >>> and a u.s. man won the new york city marathon for the first time, i can't believe it, 27 years. rafer weigel, really, first american in that long? >> a string of dominance from other companies but this is a proud moment for america. meb keflezighi. his family emigrated from east africa. he became a citizen in 1998. when he won, he kissed the ground, crossed himself and broke down and cried. this guy's journey amazing. he was a star at ucla. he won the silver in the 2004 olympics. but this was his best race at 34 years old. 26 miles in a two hours and nine minutes, proudly hoisting the american flag. brooke. >> 26.2 miles. >> 26.2 miles in two hours and nine minutes. that

. >> she says specialist xiong would have deployed to afghanistan in january. his younger brother is already there, serving with the marines. >>> a truck driver died when he lost control on a new s-curve detour on the san francisco bay bridge. the highway patrol said he went over the side of the bridge, fell 200 feet. it was still dark when he tried to make the turn at about 50 miles an hour. this is the first fatality at that curve. but the "san francisco chronicle" reports that there have been 42 crashes there in the last two months. >>> about 500 people turned out to remember the 11 women found dead at a house in cleveland. they marched with candles after a memorial service to the house where the women were found. anthony sowell lives there. he's accused of murder and rape. one of the seven bodies identified here so far, taletia forson. her mom was there last night and said this. >> as we stand here in front of this home where they found your daughter, what is that like for you? >> it's hard. because i want to burn it down. i really would like to. it's very

whatever are the individual speakers on afghanistan there's clarity on the mission. the prime minister has said we're in afghanistan to protect british people against terrorism. and yet almost in the same breath threatens to pull out of the country if president karzai can't clean up his corrupt government. these are contradictory messages they are sending out mixed signals. can the prime minister now square that circle?vu >> we are in the country because of the threat to britain. a threat that has been seen over eight years as a result of projected and actual terrorist defenses in our country. three-quarters of which come from afghanistan and pakistan and mainly the borders of pakistan. that is why we are there to protect the streets of britain. i was right to ask president karzai to give us assurances about how in his second term he would tackle corruption. he has now announced an anticorruption task force. i gather 12 people have been arrested yesterday from within the core administration. at the same time, i've asked him to appoint district and regional governors

. >> cuba is then the only nation in the world where americans are forbidden to-- traveling to afghanistan, or burma. americans are travel-- free to travel to and the island and our president just completed a very successful visit to a communist country, china. by any objective standard our current policy toward cuba just has not work. it is clear to me when i travel to cuba in the mid '70s as a congressional staffer and it is even clearer to me over three decades later earlier this year and led a congressional delegation to cuba. we believe there are new opportunities to rethink u.s. policy with their nearest caribbean neighbor. americans should not be denied the right to travel to cuba. americans have become isolated. we should be free to be part of the global community. it is their democratic right to travel to cuba. we don't want to deny our citizens they are free democratic rights based on what regime or what government is in place. >> the time of the gentlelady has expired. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> the gentlelady from nevada. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would like to thank and