>> joey chestnut, the tiffee tie ãmohampiorai thanks for joining, see you tomorrow. >> eric: a "fox news alert." good morning, everyone, as the new v e-eo ces ing from souther afghanistan. afternoon and british forces helping tytousands to safety as u.s. marines take the fight to the taliban. . ood morninm. morning, itod eric sean. >> jamie: good morning to you amie ood morninm. colby at americayour nt kns headquarters, the troops who fight for our freedom are trying to help afternoon cit the wens a little freedom of their own, thousands of marines having to deal with scorching hot teiseratures in addition to sneak attacks by taliban forces. en fa. >> cl two nato soldiers were killed this morning by a roadside bomb. not far from where the marines are fighting. k, o word on the nationality of those soldiers.

and there is nt kn information d ãmoalled from kabul, see ghanisl connor, thanks for calling in and tell us what yoclohave heare >> reporter: we have found out that it was two british troops killed in the province and one killed by a rgo,ket attack and one by a roadside bomb and they are pushing deep into hell man province and they have encountered little resistance but this british have not been as for9,nate and l brit four marines and soldiers the last two days and the u.s. marine cog. wo bying to push this taliban o of hell man provinces, long a strong hold of theirs and a -- and what they use to fund their insurgency across afghanistan and pakistan. >> jaom e: what are you learnin about the kidnapped u.n. de-mining unit. >> omb. nfarom w: aou whanistaning a is one of the m brit heavily mined countries in the world. not the m brit heare ily minen counwo by in the wovoln

country in the world and 16his . workers were in eastern afghanistan and were stopped by armed gunmen and we're not sure if they were tal suran or arse linals but they were kidnapped and are being held for ransom. and lgo,al police chief in the area, in the province on the afghanistan-pakistan border, ac9,ally tried to blame this mor wel workers for not notifyi the police they were in the area, and a double edged walorn because of the corruption, in the afghan government, if you tell the police yoclomight be putting yourself at more risk and often westerners don't ac9,ally check in with this localpraovers passing through the province that's afghanpraovers to have westerners do. >> jamie: connor powell thanks for the latest. >> it.ic: no white house rea. >> clion yet to a misir le launch in norh korea, that occurred yesterday. wg.re hearing a wytole level of ãmokidnise, this morning and ben

the house, there is plenty from south korea and it oth ourred see ter pyongyang testified, 7 people range ballistic missiles, we are now told could reach k n government and military targets, in south korea. what is going on with north -rea and why are they doing it? joining us is john bolten u.s. ambassador to the u . and a f hap k, t kns krintd tor andpraood mg and good to see you on a sunday morning. >>praood morninm. her3, >> e cac: they launched it july 4th and every july 4th it seems th ne launch misir les and in ' launched 7 missiles and did it again yesterday, and, why are th ne doing this and what do thy wanted? >> you no, this report from south korea has been corroborated by the forfor ogn minister of australia. that the missiles seem to have achieved a war csaperent landin pattern and which could indicate their guidance systems have been eisroveote so, kind of a bottom line, even though, they like to launch on our holiday or test nuclear wepakons our ytolida la, these

missile tests may actually fundamentally be about the missiles thernmelves and e lprovingprauidance and range, and making them more dangerous. >> it.ic: they arehis ir ng the tests, no matter what the data is to define the technical capability to potentially proliferate and sell the missiles elsewhere. >> sell them else where and also to make them more efflidtive atorinst, in this case, south korea or slightly longer range p and what they learn, in aersee tynon aics and guidand a range of issues with shorter and medium-range ballistic missiles can apply to their long range ballistic missile program and the taepo dong misir le as well and while the politics of the missile launches certainly are an element that has to be ãmoonir deren progress on their misir le capabili ki m oes the wytole question more serious. >> and it seems more detailed than what the vice pres e-ent sain

which is wea, the white house not isshat tng and ces ment to them any attention and what, like a wo bainulent -ro-staar-o stes leng and sarseaming into world affairs. >> there is a lot of anal lais, that s acs -- about the suth oesir on issue inside now,d is attention-getting and ther in thore the preir dent is standing in response and i say, again, the missile launches may ac9,ally be m britly about the misir les. and when you consider the cooperation between north korea and iran, on mrifk missiles, nsite likely on the nuclear side as well, it is shows this is a prbaslem that contiliges toprar more serious, even as our administration, proposes to cut expenditures for misir le d in e ãapor thehis .s. and the allies >> eric: do you think that is wise. >> i think it is a terri ore mistake and i hope that in congress, they are able to reverse tytose cuts and sytow t suppoant. i think people in hawaii and alaska certainly have the missile de.sally e i think all on aericans will come to have me

of -- as we see north korea and eraame increase the range and acdayracy of their ballistic missiles. >> eric: quoted in hawaii a teisorary platform with radar in case one of this missiles can hit hawaii, is the administration doing enough? wea, canlei we just stop what , is doing and take out one of th brie misir les on the liesncd b in thore they have the opporty to fire it off at us? >> wel lai i think there is le the mtimate concern with this kind of irrational leadership that we have in north -rea, that if we d e-praet into mility activity they could launch again -- atorinst south korea and one oso the reasoally of significance y were using relatively shorts range misir les in the the tesi is thispraovers korea, now takes a much more realistic, mainh harder line, tuaaially t the north than the pred defers did. but, part of this is intended to deter south -retheir b which is ac9,ally taking a stronger line than the obama administration. >> and the you -- you know what

es scary about that, the missiles can hit in 4 to 6 staninutes. and no radar or air raid sounds going on, you are cooked if they launch those missiles. >> ile lacnt ty and that is wyt think even though many of the missile cape abilities in north korea are proba ory not as ath ourate as the ones fired yesterday it shows the only long term aally wer here, is elimiqug the north korean re the mme, hopefully, peacefully reuniting it with south korea and ele linating the constant threa kim jong-il and his regime pose in south korea and around the wovolmat >> e cage about to hand off th region team to a younger son and sapnave to see hse, it goes,s ertolten who, by the way the noh koreans called the fiendic blood sainke-- thank youoaery much. >> d e-he , thh. regitea: on the political ãapront, the republican now bes known for being a big supporteder of preir dent obama may be having second thoughts.

>> jamie: we report, you decide. colin powell, did endorse mr. obama for the president last year and says the two, stay untouch. eric. >> eric: new developments this morning on the scandal involving a "washington post," have you heard about it? the post -- involves white house officials and congress an roertsdz, after the "washington

post" came under fire when it was revealed they were hoping to charge business leaders and lobbyists, tens of thousands of dollars, even a quarter of a million dollars, for what it described as an imminent dinner discussion with the administration officials, congressional leaders, and some of the newspaper's own journalists. those soirees, were to be held at the home of post publisher and ceo, katherine wamer and issued a lengthy apology in the newspaper this morning. saying, quote, we all make mistakes and hope to be forgiven for that. i apologize to our readers for the mistakes i made in this case and she says, i remain committed to you, our readers and remain committed to the highest standards of integrity, and while we will continue to pursue new lines of business we will never allow the new avenues to compromise our integrity. >> jamie: the president has big plans to leave the white house tonight for his next foreign mission, a week-long trip and centered around the annual summit of the group of 8 industrialized nations and the g8 as it is known, held in rome.

and the president's first stop is in moscow and the number one topic, nuclear weapons, caroline shivley is in our washington, d.c. bureau with details on the trip. hi, caroline, good morning to you, tell us about the trip. a photo op or something more? >> i think it will get down to the nitty-gritty, the meetings in moscow, jamie and the biggest sticking points for the u.s. and russia is over u.s. plans on a missile defense system based in the czech republic and the u.s. says it is to defend europe from any threats and russia is worried, systems will be pointed right at them and here's what president obama told the russian opposition paper, quote, we are not building and will not build a system aimed to respond to an attack from russia. such thinking is simply a legacy of the cold war. the russians still aren't sure about that, though, and unless they can come to an agreement over missile defense, president medvedev said there can not be a treaty on nuclear arms stroll,

and the one packet expires in december and both countries wanted to reduce this number of warheads and there are specifics, there are short deadlines on jamie. >> jamie: and all the back and forth so far, do you think things warmed up at all between russia and the u.s.? >> i think that is a good question and we'll find out answers, this week, and specifically tomorrow when they have the first meeting and things got frosty between then president putin and the bush administration, and mr. obama only met once with this currents president medvedev in april and now, mr. obama and secretary of state clinton keep talking about hitting the restart button with russia on relations but the russians are still afraid the u.s. policy is based on having a weak country over there. and now other issues to watch, big ones, obama wants russia to get tough on iran, though the two have been partners, and medvedev wants the u.s. to rule out military alliances with the ukraine and georgia. former soviet republics and neither part is giving an inch so far. >> jamie: of course a big trip, and we'll be talking shortly with the former ambassador to the vatican about the meeting with the pope and what else does

he have on the i tinary. >> while in italy he'll be at the g8 meeting and big topics there, economy and climate change and meeting with the pope as you said and then, on friday, he heads to ghana an africa to talk about relations with that continue then. >> jamie: following all the details as the president gets ready to depart. thank you. >> eric: a "fox news alert" now, details coming if, awaiting the results of an autopsy on super bowl quarterback steve mcnair, the investigation into his murder now focused on his relationship with a woman who was found dead next to him, his body was found yesterday, in the condominium, in dot nashville, and -- downtown nashville and suffered several gunshot wounds and he was hired in 2008, he was shot several times including onces in the head and while, they say, the body of 20-year-old ka he'll kazemi was

found nearby and had a single gunshot wound to the head and police fund the pistol near her body and she met mcnair who was married at a restaurant where she worked and you may remember he led the titans to the super bowl in 2000, the investigation could be an apparent murder-suicide and no confirmation of that. jamie. >> jamie: residents in a south carolina county are armed and they are alert, this weekend. a teenage girl becoming the 5th victim of a serial killer that is still on the loose. 15-year-old abbey taylor died at a spartanburg hospital yesterday, she and her father, both shot in their family's store on thursday. police say they believe the same person who killed them also killed three other people, last saturday, the killings have rocked the community as you can imagine. 4th of july celebrations called off, and many residents say they've armed themselves. >> have my protection the in the house. and i just... i'm not going to

let something like this change my attitude. or what i do. >> jamie: investigators believe the man is a white man, 6'2", 200 pounds and believe he's driving a silver ford explorer. >> eric: michael jackson fans, hoping to attend his memorial service and we'll find out later today if they snag a ticket to the ceremony and you may have heard the memorial service is now on for tuesday and at the staples center, in downtown los angeles. each person selected will receive two tickets, to the event, and the odds of attending are slim, more than a million-and-a-half people signed up already. and there are only 8,000s -- 8750 tickets. and a number of tickets go to friends of michael jackson and families and associates. officials in los angeles bracing for what will be a record turnout. >> jamie: breaking news, coming out of disney world, righted now, there has been a deadly crash in -- shut down the famous disney monorail. the first time that has happened

in more than three decades. new video, and new information, for you, right after the break. >> eric: and the president and the pope will be meeting this coming week and considering how the the president has struggled with fairly liberal american catholics, how will he do with the conservative pope, answers about the meeting and what to expect that he have break. -- after the break. - ( grill sizzling ) - that's right, you're...

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>> eric: brand new video coming in, of the deadly crash, traend that happened early morning -- tragedy that happened at walt disney world in orlando, florida, and two monorails collided at 2:00 a.m. and the first time, they say, it ever happened and the pictures of the crash, fire officials say that one of the drivers of the monorail was killed, and another taken to a nearby hospital, and is expected to be okay. and there were two employees and five guests on those monorails an luckily no tourists rer injured and it happened at the ticket and transportation center of disney world and an executive issued a statement this dolence driver's family, saying the monorail will be closed until further notice.

>> jamie: and president obama is pressing for his first meeting with the pope -- and there may be a couple of touchy topics, especially when it comes to abortion and just today the president said he favors policies protecting workers who perform abortions. but, he also said, catholics should not be forced to perform the procedures and joining us to talk about the fine line the the president will be walking, former ambassador to the vatican, ray flynn, ambassador, nice to have you here. >> good morning, jamie. >> jamie: this is a big and very important trip and all at licks will be -- catholics will be looking at what the president discusses and accomplishes with the pope, what do you think the meeting will sneen historically the relationship between the president of the u.s. and the holy father has been an important one and that is evidenced under the administration of ronald reagan when they both, the pope, pope

john paul ii and ronald reagan and his administration were quite effective in bringing down communism, in poland and eastern europe and of course, the soviet empire, and the relationship, is very, very important, and how well -- it remains a question, unfortunately we are off to a slow start in developing the relationship and maybe this week will be the first step. >> jamie: when you talk about the decisions that president obama has made, especially regarding abortion and stem cell, his position on those, what would you expect the pope to say to him about those decisions and policies that he has in place? >> well, the holy father will be firm and direct with the president, despite the fact that it may not be portrayed that way, and and in -- they don't

pull any punches and will express specifically how they feel. how they spin it or the white house spins it is another issue. and the holy father will get his pointed of view across, very clearly, and the person -- president will try and take it in another direction as he already has, common ground issues, and so, the whole plethora of issues, not in abortion and nonetheless it would be a mistake to suggest abortion and stem cell research, particularly, embryonic stem cell research, will not be a major issue at this debate. but, then again, jamie, all roads lead to the vatican when it comes to peace and stability for the world. the president should know that. and i hope he understands that a -- to be successful in his foreign policy he has to have the active cooperation of the

catholic church and pope benedict xvi as phone rald reagan had before and which ultimately -- ronald reagan had before and which ultimately led to the fall of communism in the rest of the world. >> jamie: you mentioned in the intro the protection of catholic medical and health care workers who have certain beliefs, but may be in a position where they have to perform procedures. the bush administration was very clear in its clause -- in its position on what should happen in terms of protection of those workers, and do you think president obama has been consistent in hess position in -- in his position? >> well, on independence day, this foundation of our nation is based on freedom, and liberties. and, at the same time we are threatening catholic doctors under conscience -- who refuse to perform a procedure that is abhorrent to their way of thinking and the president definitely has to back down on this one. and he has to make it very clear, he should make his

statement, to the vatican this week, that he respects the catholic faith, respects catholics in their opinions, and, yet, there may be differences of opinion, but there is no difference of opinion when it comes to liberty and freedom of catholic doctors, and catholic nurses in their conscience in not allowing or performing abortions. >> jamie: ambassador flynn, pleasure to meet you, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, jamie and eric. >> eric: and it has been two days since sarah palin announced she is stepping down as alaska's gosh and man you should see what the sunday papers are saying, "the new york times" calls her nutty. and egotistical and quote, crazy town and the attacks, her digs, and what sarah palin will do next, just ahead. >> and dr. isadore rosenfeld will make the "sunday house call" and will break down new fda warnings on prescription drugs to let you know how to stay safe and keep the family

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year history. and new worries, day after north korea test fired a barrage of missiles, and south korea says those missiles have the range to hit the government and military sites, and some say north korean missiles could hit seoul in only 4 minutes. and, after a stunning announcement on friday, sarah palin, on her facebook page she says she feels a, quote, higher calling and suggests she might start a national conservative agenda as she steps down july 6th. >> president obama hoped to get bipartisan support for his plans to nationalize health care and in recent days, we are seeing an increasing sign the republican wish list will get kicked to the curb in congress. and "fox news sunday" host chris wallace asked the house majority and minor leaders. take a listen: >> we'll pass significant reform.