family and friends as well as the vice president gathered to hear the role called of 2,752 victims. thanks for being here tonight. next is campbell brown. tonight, hear the questions, we want answers. eight long years after 9/11, why is president obama still not found? but two wars later, the terrorist mastermind is still on the loose. what will it take to hunt him down? plus, a deadly fire fight in afghanistan and a dramatic story of survival. >> it was a trap. we walked into basically a three-sided kill zone within a few seconds had built into this

and how about health care reform? we can make that happen. we'll cut our costs and everything else falls into place. >> and new tonight, another take. two more a.c.o.r.n. workers fired. good afternoon, everybody.

the stories making the impact right now. the moments you may have missed. we have breaking news for you tonight with the war in afghanistan getting deadlier by the month, the panel is now calling for an even greater commitment. >> we're learning right now about a new high level request about to go forward to actually get more troops involved in afghanistan. >> defense secretary gates has come to the conclusion that the threat from roadside bombs, those ieds in afghanistan that are killing so many u.s. troops, that the threat is so dire that he wants to send more forces to afghanistan as quickly as possible to deal with this threat. >> even as american commanders fight the war, the biggest fan of navy back in washington. >> as mr. obama considers sending more troops to afghanistan, his own party is bulking, today senate armed

services chair floored him not to order more deployments. house speaker nancy pelosi sends a similar message. >> i don't think there's a great deal of support with sending more troops the most recent abc news poll shows only 24% of americans favor an increase in troops. the war in afghanistan, of course, responded to the terrorists attacks of 9/11, one of the most darkest moments in mirn history. >> survivors and families come together to once again grieve, comfort, and reflect.

and in shakesville, pennsylvania, commander in chief with the moment of silence at the time that the first plane struck. >> later in a soaking rain, he laid a wreath at the memorial. >> nearly 3,000 days have passed, almost one for each of those taken from us. president obama designating it as a day of remembrance. meanwhile, just a short distance from where the president was speaking,

traumatic fear. security scare on the 9/11 ans ver anniversary, but don't worry, it was just a test. >> president obama was then marking the attacks on america eight years ago. >> at the airports, it was shut down until an okay. >> there was no suspect vessel and no criminal activity. this was a preplanned exercise. >> but there had been no notification to state or local authorities, even the secret service, although the president's motorcade went over the bridge as the exercise was under way. robert gibbs said if anybody was

unnecessarily alarmed based on ear roan yous reporting based on shots that had been fired, there was an attack. >> the coast guard promising a thorough review of the incident. over to yale university tonight, where they are offering a $10,000 reward for any information about the missing grad student. 24-year-old anniely vanished from the campus on thursday. a cell phone and all found and she had a wedding to get to and they say there is not a worry or involvement in this case. and leaving the bank and in a green shirt. >> the area around yale can be a very dangerous area. in fact, she has written about it herself. earlier this year she wrote new

haven is plagued with theft and constant confrontations. the fbi is on the case. in south aftrica, forced to undergo gender testing to prove that she is a woman. in newspapers around the world, reporting that a south african sprinter has both male and female organs. track officials will not confirm or deny that she has both male and female characteristics and three times the normal level of testosterone for women. >> her father was out reraged.

and this one saying, shook this one saying, outrage. and and the media has and too still up in the air is whether she will be able to compete as a woman in future international competitions. over to the parallel universe of the jacksons. new details about her brother michael's final moments. >> it has been reported that the eldest son was summoned by dr. murray to help resuscitate michael save his own father. that must have been a terrible experience for him. is it true?

>> yes, he did and we don't do that to a child. you don't do that to a child and asking that child to come up. >> la toya goes on to say that her brother looked absolutely fabulous. a lawmaker who heckles the president to steal the show. >> during the speech, did you hear that? congressman joe wilson apologizes for calling him a liar. so now governor mark sanford is the second most embarrassing

from south carolina. he's watching gossip girls on his ipod and that blair is such a bitch that he couldn't hold it in. >> it's not that jerry springer show. >> congressman wilson may be getting the last laugh here. he has raised more than $200,000. eight years after 9/11, osama bin laden is still not found. >> be prepared to die and then

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the most wanted man but we still don't know where he is. here's what we do know. he barely escaped in 2001. there have been so many bogus sitings that some acts have called him elvis. there's a reward for his capture. the one big question remains, why is he still out there? and earlier i talked to retired cia agent, one of the agents assigned to the hunt for bin

laden and his deputies. we were joined by cnn correspondent michael wear from afghanistan and contributor in bush home hand advisor, fran townsend. >> let me start with you here. you were in the middle of the search on the ground in pakistan. give us a sense of what it was like hunting for him. did you ever make progress or get close? >> we thought that we were making progress on other fronts but the last i heard. >> michael, you're on the ground in afghanistan today. does bin laden even feel

relevant? >> and they have been pushed across the border to pakistan. this war is about something else. it's about trying to stabilize this country. in the hope that al qaeda training camps don't return. but in terms of destroying al qaeda and bin laden, this means very little, if not anything at all. >> michael, the u.s. is offering this huge ward, $25 million for bin laden. why do you think having that kind of money out there never

really worked? >> these are men that are prepared to die for bin laden. in fact, they are eager to do so, to martyr ththemselves in b laden's name. compared to eternal life, compared to sacrificing your own life, your own existence, what is $25 million, campbell. >> fran, let me ask you to go with me, turn back a clock a little here, we all know that president bush made catching bin laden a top priority. i want people to listen. >> i want justice. and there's an old poster out west that i recall that said wanted dead or alive.

looking back, that was so many years ago, do you think the emphasis on bin laden was a mistake. >> you know, i will tell you that he's an inspirational leader, an operational leader, we know that international attacks are run through the leadership of al qaeda, and so he continues to be a focus of fundraising and recruiting and inspiration. he's not meaningless in the struggle and in the war against terrorism. i would disagree -- i would depart a little bit from michael waer in the sense that you're fighting the afghanistan taliban. but along that border, there are cross border attacks with the tribals like others that provide safe haven to al qaeda and al kwid he da's leadership. >> fran, do you think we're ever going to find him i always

believe that event lie the combination of intelligence and working with the foreign allies will be successful. >> that was fran townsend, michael, art keller there. cnn will have much more. anderson cooper reports from the front lines tonight at 10:00 eastern. and tonight, we have an extraordinary report from a war reporter who survived the fight of his life in afghanistan. he tells the story of the worst battle he's ever seen and how he made it out alive. also coming up, oprah's favorite doctor, dr. oz and his prescription for health care reform. >> you can't afford any of the programs out there right now if we don't become healthier as a nation. (announcer) take your time to find the right time with cialis for daily use...

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campbell, we're monitoring the space shuttle that will land within the next half hour. the man charged with gunning down an anti-war protestor also shot and killed the owner of a gravel pit and he was going to kill again. police northwest of detroit say drake killed the activist as the man demonstrated in front of a high school when cops caught him, they say he made statements about another homicide and that he was going after a third victim. no word on a motive yet. a big policy shift. the obama administration says they are going to hold one on

one talks with north korea. until now, they would not talk with north korea south korea, japan, russia. but north korea pulled out of those talks month ago. they hope it will pay the way for more talks. police just announced a multimillion dollar collections of andy warhol paintings. plus, a big weekend for basketball fans.

and finally this, you've got to look at this video. florida wildlife officials unleash pythons. that's dalila. 18 feet long and 17 years old, 30 inches in diameter. >> that thing is huge. what was he thinking? >> mike galanos, thank you. >> you, too. there is a secret to long life and in a moment, dr. ehmert oz will share. >> if you go to costa rica or places where people live to age 100, four times more frequently than if they are american with vital tea, she share one

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tonight's newsmaker is one of america's most known doctors. dr. oz became famous as oprah's own doctor. we sat down this afternoon and started our conversation about the contentious debate over health care reform. >> we are in the middle of this health care debate right now and you've described it as frustrating. explain why. >> i think we're spending a lot of effort in washington. the most spent effort, focusing on how we're going to do health care. it's the care of health and we can't afford any of the programs out there right now if we don't become healthier as a nation.

that's not a battle to wage in washington. we're going to have to take that up in our living room and they are healthier than we are. >> so what would you change about the debate? where would you put the emphasis. >> globally we have to do the right thing in america. as an example, we spend a lot of effort figuring out how we are going to regulate insurance companies. we also have to spend a little bit of effort trying to figure out why americans buy some foods over others.

and in some states in 20% or more. cigarette smoking is one of the five things we do that we know drives at least 60% of the health care budget. that's a big difference between states. why? because the state of california continues to hammer home and make it easy for people who want to stop, to stop. supporting in many ways that experts can speak on. in other states they don't bother putting the effort. >> it's something that we hear the president tack about. how much do we ourselves bear the responsibility? how much control do we have. >> by the time you are 50 years of age, you drive 70% of age. so five factors pretty much determine how long you are going to live and how well. things like high blood pressure, which is a simple thing to test,

because it is, treating it seems to be like losing belly fat. when you realize you're better off taking a dietary and exercise can dupes your mind set. but more high numbers that allow the hdl cholesterol and treat them with medications, not realizing that we are over the broken foundation of the health plan. >> and sugar is one of your targets and, in particular, sodas. as an example, what would happen if soda was banned in this country, what sort of changes would we see? >> i wouldn't ban soda, in fairness, but i would make it difficult for kids to get drinks with lots of sugar in them and hammer home how detrimental it is. most americans think that you get fat because you eat fat. that doesn't happen. when you eat sugary foods which have no nutritional benefit, two things happen. first of all, it sends your

brain a schizophrenic message. it wants nutrition so you eat more. secondly, the liver takes all of those nutrients, figures out that you have enough sugar lushd and puts it into fat. eat more and you get more fat in your belly and also causes diabetes. do you realize that half of the latino kids born this decade are going to be a diabetic? that's not just minorities. we have to be a third of the white population to be a diabetic. we can't afford to pay for that. european pays half per person on health care than we do because they are about half as sick. >> if you can change one thing or get us focused on one thing, what would it snb. >> we have a mentality in our federal government on these issues. we have transportation, which is not really caring much about education and not talking much to health. those three groups have to work together because they all affect

our health. when we a policy that subsidizes foods not good for us and we don't have the health group that will take into account the large account of society, we don't have a federal policy. but let's talk about individuals. i would never let my kids have soft drinks and i don't. it's banned in our home. we make a decision in the grocery store, not at home. if you go out to eat something, celebrate, go ahead and have a soft drink. physical fitness, that's something that we've completely forgotten about. if you look around the world of the people who live the longest, if you go to costa rica, people that live four times more longer if they are american, they share one continuous quality. daily physical activity. we don't walk as a population. we don't stay active or climb the stairs and what ends up happening is we become frail.

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back mou with dr. oz and talking about the swine flu. >> how worried should we be? what do you think about it? >> swine flu is a very per miss cue yous virus t took a little bit of swine and human virus and mixed it together. so two things happened. because we don't recognize it, we don't really recognize it because we didn't see it before. we estimate, and i think that this is pretty accurate, that half of all of the people that hear my voice and see my face right now will get the swine flu. the good news is, it doesn't

seem to be a very bad course. most people can overcome the swine flu without too much problems. if the virus mutates just a little bit t. could become more dangerous pretty rapidly. that's what worries us, that there's a swine flu virus that is also contagious and could become more deadly. >> so would you get the vaccine, presuming it becomes available and accessible to most people? there have been concerns about the vaccines voiced by a lot of people. would you tell people to get vaccinated if you can? >> the concerns are very valid. first of all, the vaccine, on our tuesday show, i'm getting the vaccine thaw like to see me get. it's a much younger vaccine i'm

a hit care provider and i think someone like me should get it. if you're a pregnant woman, i think it's safe, too, but we're not going to know that. there are some groups that are quite concerned that we're not going to have enough data to assure that it's safe. >> let ask you -- i guess finally about your show this is an exciting moment for you. you're -- >> this is actually oprah's idea. >> i know. i shouldn't say that. it was actually her fault. she said, this is working out pretty well. people keep calling us. we've started a national conversation that this country needs now more than ever. because if we can appreciate how much of our future we control as individuals and how much of it we have to do by ourselves, whether it's being a smart patient to make us able to improve the health care system from the inside or whether it's a matter of understanding

what's -- intelligence as well. simple stuff to make a big difference. the take away message from this talk, we talk about the swine flu. take vitamin d because we know that vitamin d is incredibly important to our immune system. not only does it help our bones and heart, it prevents cancer. this is not theory. this is well described and well defined. the second thing i would do is give our kids omega 3 fats. why? because we'll have an increased flu. and it needs to be fluid and plastic in order to cope. if we don't give those facts and the amount, they have to be smart. how could they possibly compete? >> dr. mehmet oz. when we come back, a.c.o.r.n. workers caught on tape yet again

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tonight a. growing scandal in one of the grow west community organizers. a.c.o.r.n. is not supposed to help pumps and prostitutes avad the irs. what is going on? abby brew doe has tonight's break out. >> first it was baltimore and now washington d.c. for the second time in as many days, a video has surfaced showing workers for a.c.o.r.n. offering help, advice, for a couple pretending to be a pimp and a prostitute.

>> my girlfriend is a prostitute. >> reporter: in the latest sting posted on youtube, they are heard asking for advice from a pair of broth they wills. >> you're going to have to say that it was a gift from somebody but the money has got to go in the bank. >> reporter: one of the workers offered career advice. >> i know it's your girlfriend but it's your money. >> you don't know where it's coming from? >> i personally know where it's coming from. >> but, right, you don't know where it's coming from is what we're trying to tell you. we're looking out for you. >> a.c.o.r.n. is active in 41 states and focuses on housing for the poor. they respond by saying that they were appalled and angry and that the two workers have been fired.

we tried to reach both women for comment but were unsuccessful. and if all of this sounds familiar, it's because the same couple did the same sting operation in baltimore where they were advised by two other acorn workers on how to set up a brothell using two under age girls from baltimore. they suggest that the woman acting as a prostitute refer to herself as a performing artist on tax forms. the acorn spokesperson followed and that the paper was doctored and levin said that they made similar efforts in philadelphia. in that case, they actually reported the film makers to the police. a.c.o.r.n. provided a copy to the police report. they said both workers, like colleagues in d.c., have been fired. >> they were dismissed. >> we're also trying to contact

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you're talking about countries that so brutally oppress, terrorize women, i mean, both intellectually, physically, in every way imaginable, how do you do that? >> this is a big goal here. we have seen real change in countries and, you know, cheryl's grandmother had her feet bound in china and -- >> it's not -- it's within a lifetime, i mean really. >> it's a finding that happened for hundreds and hundreds of years and really ended in 25 years, incredibly quickly, child marriage ended, con cue bin, all of these things. and then china was a huge beneficiary of it, including the men of china. i think that's the message to get out. this is not a battle between the sexes. it's a battle to get the economy going. >> but the countries that you're putting a spotlight on, we're going to talk about it in a

second, the men are very resistant to this idea. so how do you deal with that? >> well, we have seen cases, for example, in pakistan. we focus on one case with where a woman got a microloan and started an embroidery business. her husband was very suspicious about this until they got electricity to it, paid off a tv -- >> he's all for it? >> exactly. you know, it really does change the mind set. >> let's talk about the really extra other neard women whose stories that you tell. i actually met this man once. >> yes. >> she's an extra ordinary woman her brother was framed for some sort of crime and in order for the village to punish the family, they would gang rape the

sister. >> to punish her for his crime? >> to punish the family. >> yes. so normally in that situation, after you're raped, you usually commit suicide in india. >> because it's so humiliating? >> pakistan. i'm sorry. >> that's just the norm. her parents said, no, you're not going to commit suicide and she calmed down and decided not to commit suicide but her kids went all the way up to the top and musharraf heard about it and actually gave her money, about $8,000, which she didn't take for herself abuy an ipod, she actually invested it in education and built a school for girls. she's become a role model because she stood up to the cultural norms and has done something positive for the entire village and the area behind her. >> and, nick, let me ask you about one more girl. muhammad? >> it's a young woman i met in

ethiopia. she, like a lot of girls there, was treated as -- she was more or less the slave of a man who made her second wife. he beat her. his first wife beat her because she resented a younger, prettier girl there. she got pregnant and tried to deliver herself in the bush by herself. because she was still only 13 years old. she had obstructed labor. the baby died. she was left crippled and the child birth entry which left her incontinent and smelling. a village at that point didn't want to have anything to do with her. they put her into the village inn a little hut and took the door off so they would find her at night and kill her. she fought them off that night with a stick and then crawled to a nearby village, took her to a hospital as supported by the official foundation recruiting a

lot of people here. they were able to repair her and she was really smart and followed instructions really well she's now a nurse at that same hospital. >> she's only 14 when she fought off those. >> that's wonderful. the book is full of these incredibly inspiring stories. the book is called "half the sky" turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide. thank you for being here. we really appreciate it. >> thank you, campbell. >> if you would like to help, we have all of this information online for you. there are dozens of ways to make a difference. we have some incredibly intense video to share with you tonight. a reporter ambushed along with u.s. troops in afghanistan. how he survived.

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pictures in just moments ago. the space shuttle "discovery," you're watching it landing safely at kennedy air force base in california. that's a live picture. "discovery" had seven ven astronauts on board wrapping up a 14 day trip. and now a first-hand report of a reporter jonathan who was with u.s. troops on tuesday reporting outside of an afghan village and four and the first

units of the afghanistan army reaches the outskirts of the village with the marine trainers that apparently need to be the point at which it began as a snap of a couple of bullets and within a few seconds had built into this intense storm of gunfire and the american officers that i was with began calling for the support and artillery fire. they were being told 15 minutes, 15 minutes, 15 minutes.

and incoming fire and the rest of us bolted back. there really is no telling whether she's picking the best moment or not. so i basically sort of put my legs -- coiled my legs underneath me and just sprang and ran for the place where i believe the rest of my group was. when i got there, i saw captain swenson kind of he was realized the worst was assumed. with the arrival of the ships,

and they were alive and get them out of there, if they were dead to, treat their bodies. these men that i was with to do this every day, really need recognition for what they did that day. >> and our condolences tonight go out to the families of the four americans who were killed. sergeant edwin johnson of columbus, georgia. first lieutenant michael johnson of the beach and petty officer third riverbank, california. and as we leave you tonight, new york city's tribute in life to the victims of 9/11. "larryin